Property, Plant and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Jun. 28, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]



7.	Property, Plant and Equipment

The gross carrying amount and accumulated depreciation of property, plant and equipment at the end of each period was as follows:



	June 28, 2013			September 28, 2012
Property, plant and equipment, gross	$	1,826.5		$	1,751.4
Less: accumulated depreciation	(848.6		)	(806.2		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	977.9		$	945.2

Depreciation expense for property, plant and equipment was $25.3 million and $24.5 million during the three months ended June 28, 2013 and June 29, 2012, respectively, and $72.8 million and $74.5 million during the nine months ended June 28, 2013 and June 29, 2012, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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