FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

9 Months Ended

Jun. 29, 2014

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Accounting Standards Codification 820 establishes a hierarchy for ranking the quality and reliability of the information used to determine fair values and includes the following classifications:

Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data.

The following financial assets and liabilities were measured at fair value on a recurring basis using the type of inputs indicated below and are as follows (amounts in thousands):



	Fair Value Measurements Using:
	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
September 29, 2013
Cash and cash equivalents	$	256,433	$	256,433	$	—	$	—
Pension plan assets	$	5,558	$	—	$	—	$	5,558
Interest rate swap liabilities	$	643	$	—	$	643	$	—

June 29, 2014
Cash and cash equivalents	$	183,346	$	183,346	$	—	$	—
Investment in marketable securities	$	4,739	$	4,739	$	—	$	—
Pension plan assets	$	5,756	$	—	$	—	$	5,756
Interest rate swap liabilities	$	151	$	—	$	151	$	—

Pension plan assets are insurance contracts with insurance payments guaranteed by the insurer and the security fund for insurance companies in Germany. There were no transfers of financial assets or liabilities between the classifications during the periods reported.

- 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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