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Stockholders' Equity And Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Jun. 26, 2015
Stockholders' Equity And Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]  
Summary Of Stock Options Issued To Officers, Directors, And Employees Under 2000 Stock Incentive Plan And 2005 Stock Plan
The following table summarizes information about stock options issued under our 2000 Stock Incentive Plan and 2005 Stock Plan:
 
Shares
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price
Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value (1)
 
(in thousands)
 
(in years)
(in thousands)
Options outstanding at September 26, 2014
7,611

$
32.96

 
 
Grants
2,500

42.67

 
 
Exercises
(695
)
28.12

 
 
Forfeitures and cancellations
(511
)
36.41

 
 
Options outstanding at June 26, 2015
8,905

35.86

7.5
$
52,352

Options vested and expected to vest at June 26, 2015
8,445

35.54

7.4
52,002

Options exercisable at June 26, 2015
4,167

$
32.21

6.1
38,236

(1)
Aggregate intrinsic value is based on the closing price of our common stock on June 26, 2015 of $40.34 and excludes the impact of options that were not in-the-money.
Summary Of Restricted Stock Units Issued To Officers, Directors And Employees Under 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
The following table summarizes information about RSUs issued under our 2005 Stock Plan:
 
Shares
Weighted-Average
Grant Date
Fair Value 
 
(in thousands)
 
Non-vested at September 26, 2014
2,903

$
35.79

Granted
1,265

42.23

Vested
(890
)
36.75

Forfeitures
(211
)
31.62

Non-vested at June 26, 2015
3,067

$
38.45

Schedule Of Fair Value Of Stock-Based Awards Estimated Using Weighted-Average Assumptions
The weighted-average assumptions used in the determination of the fair value of our stock options were as follows:
 
Fiscal Quarter Ended
 
Fiscal Year-To-Date Ended
 
June 26,
2015
June 27,
2014
 
June 26,
2015
June 27,
2014
Expected term (in years)
5.21

4.58

 
4.79

4.58

Risk-free interest rate
1.5
%
1.5
%
 
1.5
%
1.4
%
Expected stock price volatility
29.0
%
31.5
%
 
29.7
%
32.0
%
Dividend yield
1.0
%
%
 
0.9
%
%
Schedule Of Stock-Based Compensation Expense By Plan
Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs
Expense - By Award Type
 
Fiscal Quarter Ended
 
Fiscal Year-To-Date Ended
 
June 26,
2015
June 27,
2014
 
June 26,
2015
June 27,
2014
Compensation Expense - By Type
 
 
 
 
 
Stock options
$
5,501

$
5,121

 
$
17,513

$
14,378

Restricted stock units
10,005

9,899

 
30,297

31,721

Employee stock purchase plan
807

946

 
3,012

2,674

Total stock-based compensation
16,313

15,966

 
50,822

48,773

Benefit from income taxes
(4,774
)
(4,700
)
 
(14,815
)
(14,386
)
Total stock-based compensation, net of tax
$
11,539

$
11,266

 
$
36,007

$
34,387

Expense - By Income Statement Line Item Classification
 
Fiscal Quarter Ended
 
Fiscal Year-To-Date Ended
 
June 26,
2015
June 27,
2014
 
June 26,
2015
June 27,
2014
Compensation Expense - By Classification
 
 
 
 
Cost of products
$
241

$
193

 
$
711

$
600

Cost of services
111

97

 
348

297

Research and development
4,261

4,476

 
14,473

13,672

Sales and marketing
6,405

5,764

 
17,890

17,121

General and administrative
5,295

5,436

 
17,400

17,083

Total stock-based compensation
16,313

15,966

 
50,822

48,773

Benefit from income taxes
(4,774
)
(4,700
)
 
(14,815
)
(14,386
)
Total stock-based compensation, net of tax
$
11,539

$
11,266

 
$
36,007

$
34,387

Schedule of Tax Benefit from Exercise of Options
This benefit was as follows (in thousands):
 
Fiscal Quarter Ended
 
Fiscal Year-To-Date Ended
 
June 26,
2015
June 27,
2014
 
June 26,
2015
June 27,
2014
Tax benefit - stock option exercises & shares issued under ESPP
$
121

$
148

 
$
308

$
458

Schedule of Stock Repurchase Authorizations
November 2009, we announced a stock repurchase program ("program"), providing for the repurchase of up to $250.0 million of our Class A common stock. The following table summarizes the initial amount of authorized repurchases as well as additional repurchases approved by our Board of Directors as of June 26, 2015 (in thousands):
Authorization Period
Authorization Amount
Fiscal 2010: November 2009
$
250,000

Fiscal 2010: July 2010
300,000

Fiscal 2011: July 2011
250,000

Fiscal 2012: February 2012
100,000

Fiscal 2015: October 2014
200,000

Total
$
1,100,000

Schedule of Stock Repurchase Activity
The following table provides information regarding share repurchase activity under the program during fiscal 2015:
Quarterly Repurchase Activity
Shares
Repurchased
Cost (1)
Average Price Paid Per Share (2)
 
 
(in thousands)
 
Q1 - Quarter ended December 26, 2014
389,500

$
16,953

$
43.51

Q2 - Quarter ended March 27, 2015
390,000

15,411

39.47

Q3 - Quarter ended June 26, 2015
390,000

15,592

39.96

Total
1,169,500

$
47,956

 
(1)
Cost of share repurchases includes the price paid per share and applicable commissions.
(2)
Average price paid per share excludes commission costs.
Dividends Declared
In October 2014, our Board of Directors initiated a recurring quarterly dividend program for our stockholders. The following table summarizes the dividend payments made under the program:
Fiscal Period
Declaration Date
Record Date
Payment Date
Cash Dividend Per Common Share
Dividend Payment
Fiscal 2014
 
 
 
 
 
Q4 - Quarter ended September 26, 2014
October 21, 2014
November 3, 2014
November 20, 2014
$
0.10

$10.2 million
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fiscal 2015
 
 
 
 
 
Q1 - Quarter ended December 26, 2014
January 19, 2015
February 2, 2015
February 10, 2015
$
0.10

$10.3 million
Q2 - Quarter ended March 27, 2015
April 20, 2015
May 4, 2015
May 12, 2015
$
0.10

$10.3 million
Q3 - Quarter ended June 26, 2015
July 20, 2015
August 3, 2015
August 11, 2015
$
0.10

$10.3 million (1)
(1)
The amount of the dividend payment is estimated based on the number of shares of our Class A and Class B common stock that we estimate will be outstanding as of the Record Date.