Note 11 Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

Earnings Per Share

Basic and diluted earnings per share are calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, as follows: 

	Year Ended
	September 28, 2013		September 29, 2012		October 1, 2011
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Numerator:
Net income	$	79,351	$	180,234	$	68,917
Denominator:
Weighted average shares used in computing per share amount:
Basic	82,834		81,284		80,345
Diluted	85,403		83,495		83,158
Net income per share:
Basic	$	0.96	$	2.22	$	0.86
Diluted	$	0.93	$	2.16	$	0.83

The following table presents weighted-average dilutive securities that were excluded from the above calculation because their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect under ASC Topic 260, Earnings per Share, due to application of the treasury stock method: 

	As of
	September 28, 2013	September 29, 2012	October 1, 2011
Potentially dilutive securities:	(In thousands)
Employee stock options	6,634	7,937	6,839
Restricted stock units	—	369	241
Total	6,634	8,306	7,080