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Financing
6 Months Ended
Mar. 30, 2013
Financing [Abstract]  
Financing

10. Financing

 

Short-term borrowings at March 30, 2013 and September 29, 2012 consist of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 30,

 

 

September 29,

 

 

 

2013

 

 

2012

 

 

(expressed in thousands)

 

Bank line of credit, swing line loan (3.25% rate in effect at

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 30, 2013), maturing September 2017

$

5,000 

 

$

 -

 

Notes payable, non-interest bearing

 

 -

 

 

230 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total short-term borrowings

$

5,000 

 

$

230 

 

 

 

The Company’s credit facility provides for up to $100 million for working capital financing, acquisitions, share purchases, or other general corporate purposes and expires in September 2017.  At March 30, 2013 outstanding borrowings under the credit facility were $5.0 million. At March 30, 2013, under the terms of the credit facility borrowings, the fixed interest rate applicable to outstanding credit facility borrowings was 3.25%. At September 29, 2012,  the Company had no borrowings outstanding under the $100 million credit facility. Short-term borrowings at September 29, 2012 consisted of non-interest bearing notes payable to vendors by the Company’s Japanese Sensors’ subsidiary. At March 30, 2013, the Company had outstanding letters of credit drawn from the credit facility totaling $10.7 million, leaving $84.3 million of unused borrowing capacity. At September 29, 2012, the Company had outstanding letters of credit drawn from the credit facility totaling $10.1 million, leaving $89.9 million of unused borrowing capacity.