Employee Benefit Plans, Pensions, and Other Retiree Benefits

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN, PENSIONS AND OTHER RETIREE BENEFITS [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN, PENSIONS AND OTHER RETIREE BENEFITS

The Company maintains the following pension and retiree benefit plans:

• 401(k) plan covering substantially all employees based in the United States

• Pre-merger defined benefit pension plan covering certain former employees

401(k) Plan:

The Company maintains a 401(k) plan covering substantially all of its employees based in the United States under which all employees at least 21 years old are eligible to receive discretionary Company contributions. Discretionary Company contributions are determined by the Board of Directors and may be in the form of cash or the Company’s stock. The Company has generally contributed a match of up to 4% of an employee’s annual eligible compensation. For the fiscal years ended September 30, 2011, October 1, 2010, and October 2, 2009, the Company contributed shares of 0.2 million, 0.3 million, and 0.7 million, respectively, and recognized expense of $5.5 million, $4.8 million, and $4.6 million, respectively.

Pre-Merger Defined Benefit Pension:

The Pension Benefit plan identified below was inherited as part of the merger in 2002 that created Skyworks. Since the plan was inherited, no new participants have been added. The liability and related plan assets have been reported in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as follows (in thousands):

	Pension Benefits
	Fiscal Years Ended
	September 30, 2011			October 1, 2010
Benefit obligation at end of fiscal year	$	2,955		$	3,035
Fair value of plan assets at end of fiscal year	2,536			2,650
Funded status	$	(419	)	$	(385	)

The Company incurred net periodic benefit costs of $0.1 million for pension benefits during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011, and $0.1 million for pension benefits in fiscal year ending October 1, 2010.