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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

16. Related Party Transactions

 

The Company will from time to time make short-term non-interest bearing loans to the Company’s Investment/Profit Sharing Plan to allow the plan to meet distribution obligations during a time when the plan was prohibited from selling shares of the Company’s Class A common stock.  At September 27,  2014 loans outstanding totaled $0.4 million.

 

In fiscal 2013, the Company approved the repurchase of 1.5 million shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock from a trust that is part of the estate of Robert P. Ingle, former CEO and Director of the Company.  The aggregate purchase price for the stock was $37.1 million, equal to the fair market value of the Company’s publicly traded Class A Common Stock at the time of the transaction.  The transaction was approved by the Company’s Executive Committee and Audit Committee in accordance with Company policy and regulatory guidelines.

 

In fiscal 2014, the Company approved the repurchase of 2.5 million shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock from a trust that is part of the estate of Robert P. Ingle, former CEO and Director of the Company.  The aggregate purchase price for the stock was $65.0 million, equal to the fair market value of the Company’s publicly traded Class A Common Stock at the time of the transaction.  The transaction was approved by the Company’s Executive Committee and Audit Committee in accordance with Company policy and regulatory guidelines.