PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 03, 2011

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

Accounting Standards Codification 825 (“ASC 825”) permits entities to elect the fair value option for certain financial assets and financial liabilities. For financial assets or financial liabilities for which an entity elects the fair value option, ASC 825 requires that the entity record the financial asset or financial liability at fair value rather than at historical cost with changes in fair value recorded in the income statement. ASC 825-25-3 requires that upfront costs and fees related to items for which the fair value option is elected shall be recognized in earnings as incurred and not deferred. As further discussed in Note 14, we elected the fair value option in accounting for the term loan balance currently outstanding under our credit facility.

Fair value measurements Policy

In September 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-13, which eliminates the criterion for objective and reliable evidence of fair value for undelivered products or services. Instead, revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables should be divided into separate units of accounting provided the deliverables meet certain criteria. ASU No. 2009-13 provides a hierarchy for estimating the selling price for each of the deliverables. ASU No. 2009-13 eliminates the use of the residual method of allocation and requires that arrangement consideration be allocated at the inception of the arrangement to all deliverables based on their relative selling price. ASU No. 2009-13 is effective prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010 (our fiscal year 2011). The adoption of this standard did not result in a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows but may do so in the future depending on the terms included in revenue arrangements we enter into prospectively.

Fair Value Disclosures Policy

In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06, which requires new fair value disclosures pertaining to significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and the reasons for the transfers and activity. For Level 3 fair value measurements, purchases, sales, issuances and settlements must be reported on a gross basis. Further, additional disclosures are required by class of assets or liabilities, as well as inputs used to measure fair value and valuation techniques. ASU No. 2010-06 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009 (our second quarter of fiscal year 2010), except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis, which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 (our fiscal year 2012). The adoption of the effective portions of this ASU did not result in a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. We do not anticipate that the adoption of the remaining portions of this ASU will result in a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Requirements on the disclosure of pro forma revenue and earnings Policy

In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-29, which updates requirements on the disclosure of pro forma revenue and earnings following a business combination or series of business combinations that are material on an individual or aggregate basis. This ASU specifies that if a public entity presents comparative financial statements, the entity should disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination(s) that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. The amendments in this ASU also expand the supplemental pro forma disclosures under ASC 805 to include a description of the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. ASU No. 2010-29 is effective prospectively for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2010 (our fiscal year 2012). Early adoption is permitted and we have elected to adopt the provisions of this ASU. The adoption of this standard did not result in a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Comprehensive Income (Loss) policy

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05, which updates the presentation of comprehensive income such that an entity has the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. ASU No. 2011-05 is effective for public entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011 (the second quarter of our fiscal year 2012). The provisions of this standard only affect the presentation of comprehensive income and will not materially impact our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.