Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Jun. 28, 2013
Income Taxes	11. INCOME TAXES The Company’s effective tax rate was 27.6% in the three months ended June 28, 2013, compared to 29.3% in the same period of fiscal year 2012. For the three month period, the decrease in the Company’s effective tax rate compared to the year ago period was primarily due to a greater net benefit for discrete items, primarily related to the release of certain liabilities for uncertain tax positions, including the expiration of the statutes of limitation in various jurisdictions and the favorable resolution of several income tax audits. For the nine months ended June 28, 2013, the Company’s effective tax rate was 28.7%, compared to 28.2% in the same period of fiscal year 2012. The increase in the Company’s effective tax rate for the nine month period compared to the year ago period was primarily due to a smaller net benefit for discrete items, primarily related to the release of certain liabilities for uncertain tax positions, including the expiration of the statutes of limitation in various jurisdictions and the favorable resolution of several income tax audits, and a shift in the geographic mix of earnings. The Company’s effective income tax rate differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily because the Company’s foreign earnings are taxed at rates that are, on average, lower than the U.S. federal rate, and because the Company’s domestic earnings are subject to state income taxes. The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits did not change by a significant amount during the nine months ended June 28, 2013; however, the amount of unrecognized tax benefits has increased as a result of positions taken during the current and prior years, and has decreased as the result of the expiration of the statutes of limitation and audit settlements in various jurisdictions.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Jun. 28, 2013

11. INCOME TAXES

The Company’s effective tax rate was 27.6% in the three months ended June 28, 2013, compared to 29.3% in the same period of fiscal year 2012. For the three month period, the decrease in the Company’s effective tax rate compared to the year ago period was primarily due to a greater net benefit for discrete items, primarily related to the release of certain liabilities for uncertain tax positions, including the expiration of the statutes of limitation in various jurisdictions and the favorable resolution of several income tax audits. For the nine months ended June 28, 2013, the Company’s effective tax rate was 28.7%, compared to 28.2% in the same period of fiscal year 2012. The increase in the Company’s effective tax rate for the nine month period compared to the year ago period was primarily due to a smaller net benefit for discrete items, primarily related to the release of certain liabilities for uncertain tax positions, including the expiration of the statutes of limitation in various jurisdictions and the favorable resolution of several income tax audits, and a shift in the geographic mix of earnings.

The Company’s effective income tax rate differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily because the Company’s foreign earnings are taxed at rates that are, on average, lower than the U.S. federal rate, and because the Company’s domestic earnings are subject to state income taxes.

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits did not change by a significant amount during the nine months ended June 28, 2013; however, the amount of unrecognized tax benefits has increased as a result of positions taken during the current and prior years, and has decreased as the result of the expiration of the statutes of limitation and audit settlements in various jurisdictions.