Earnings Per Share

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

EARNINGS PER SHARE

The following is a reconciliation of the amounts utilized in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 30, 2012		July 2, 2011		June 30, 2012		July 2, 2011
Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share:
Net income	$	23,533	$	22,040	$	61,361	$	70,933
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	34,982		37,021		34,819		39,135
Dilutive effect of share-based awards outstanding	661		839		682		788
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	35,643		37,860		35,501		39,923
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.67	$	0.60	$	1.76	$	1.81
Diluted	$	0.66	$	0.58	$	1.73	$	1.78

For the three and nine months endedJune 30, 2012, stock options and stock-settled stock appreciation rights ("SARS") for approximately 1.4 million and 1.3 million shares, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the options’ and stock-settled SARs’ exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the Company's common shares and, therefore, their effect would be anti-dilutive. For both the three and nine months endedJune 30, 2012, restricted stock units (“RSUs”) of approximately 0.1 million units were outstanding but were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because their effect would have been anti-dilutive.

For the three and nine months endedJuly 2, 2011, stock options and stock-settled SARs for approximately 1.1 million and 1.2 million shares, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the options’ and stock-settled SARs’ exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the Company's common shares and, therefore, their effect would be anti-dilutive. For three and nine months endedJuly 2, 2011, none of the RSUs outstanding had an anti-dilutive effect.