Fair Value Measurements

3 Months Ended

Jan. 25, 2014

The Company applies fair value measurements for both financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities. The Company has no nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of January 25, 2014.

The fair value accounting guidance permits companies to elect fair value measurement for many financial instruments and certain other items that are otherwise not required to be accounted for at fair value. The Company did not elect to measure any eligible financial instruments or other assets at fair value as of January 25, 2014, and October 26, 2013.

Fair Value Hierarchy

The Company utilizes a fair value hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

Assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis as of January 25, 2014, were as follows (in thousands):



			Fair Value Measurements Using
	Balance as of January 25, 2014		Quoted Prices in Active Markets For Identical Instruments (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Money market funds ⁽¹⁾	$	645,995	$	645,995	$	—	$	—
Derivative assets	1,240		—		1,240		—
Total assets measured at fair value	$	647,235	$	645,995	$	1,240	$	—
Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities	$	1,814	$	—	$	1,814	$	—
Total liabilities measured at fair value	$	1,814	$	—	$	1,814	$	—


⁽¹⁾	Money market funds are reported within “Cash and cash equivalents” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis as of October 26, 2013, were as follows (in thousands):



			Fair Value Measurements Using
	Balance as of October 26, 2013		Quoted Prices in Active Markets For Identical Instruments (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Money market funds ⁽¹⁾	$	431,750	$	431,750	$	—	$	—
Derivative assets	1,814		—		1,814		—
Total assets measured at fair value	$	433,564	$	431,750	$	1,814	$	—
Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities	$	1,441	$	—	$	1,441	$	—
Total liabilities measured at fair value	$	1,441	$	—	$	1,441	$	—


⁽¹⁾	Money market funds are reported within “Cash and cash equivalents” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

During the three months ended January 25, 2014, the Company had no transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy of its assets and liabilities measured at fair value.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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