Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2013

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]

Pass-Through Costs Included In Revenues

The following table sets forth pass-through costs included in revenues for each of the last three fiscal years (in millions):

2013		2012		2011
$	2,624.8	$	2,328.4	$	2,118.5

Schedule Of Acquired Intangible Assets

The following table provides certain information related to the Company’s acquired intangible assets for each of the fiscal years presented (in thousands):

	Customer Relationships, Contracts, and Backlog			Developed Technology			Trade Names			Other			Total
Balances, October 1, 2010	$	95,478		$	—		$	2,052		$	2,515		$	100,045
Acquisitions	155,512			23,000			2,744			2,542			183,798
Amortization	(21,239		)	(1,023		)	(1,214		)	(1,225		)	(24,701		)
Foreign currency translation	(13		)	—			(109		)	(14		)	(136		)
Balances, September 30, 2011	229,738			21,977			3,473			3,818			259,006
Acquisitions	13,010			—			1,200			410			14,620
Amortization	(24,406		)	(1,533		)	(1,430		)	(1,597		)	(28,966		)
Foreign currency translation	(613		)	—			(161		)	(124		)	(898		)
Balances, September 28, 2012	217,729			20,444			3,082			2,507			243,762
Amortization	(20,731		)	(1,533		)	(614		)	(1,130		)	(24,008		)
Foreign currency translation	(1,471		)	—			(289		)	(90		)	(1,850		)
Balances, September 27, 2013	$	195,527		$	18,911		$	2,179		$	1,287		$	217,904
Weighted average amortization period	10.2			13.0			13.4			7.2			10.5

Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed

The following table presents the final allocation of the purchase price to the net assets acquired, excluding intangibles and goodwill (in thousands):

Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	329,689
Receivables and other current assets	163,214
Property and equipment, and other assets	115,688
Total assets	608,591
Liabilities:
Current liabilities	292,003
Long-term liabilities	22,534
Total liabilities	314,537
Net assets acquired	$	294,054

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination

The following table presents the values assigned to the identifiable intangible assets acquired in the Aker Entities transactions (in thousands):

Customer relationships / backlog	$	136,000
Technology	23,000
Total	$	159,000

Summary Of Goodwill In The Consolidated Balance Sheet

The amount of goodwill created as a result of the Aker Entities transactions is summarized as follows (in thousands):

Purchase price	$	910,000
Amount assigned to net assets acquired	(294,054		)
Amount assigned to identifiable intangible assets	(159,000		)
Deferred taxes related to intangible assets	55,000
Goodwill recognized	$	511,946

Stock-based Compensation Expense By Type of Award

The following table presents our stock-based compensation expense for the various types of awards made by the Company for each of the fiscal years presented (in thousands):

Award Type	2013	2012	2011
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units (excluding Market and Performance Awards)	$12,836	$11,021	$10,710
Stock Options	11,385	14,067	16,468
Market and Performance Awards	15,297	7,354	1,906
Total Expense	$39,518	$32,442	$29,084

The following table sets forth certain information about the 1999 Plans:

	1999 SIP	1999 ODSP	Total
Number of shares authorized	25,600,000	800,000	26,400,000
Number of remaining shares reserved for issuance at September 27, 2013	9,456,344	389,625	9,845,969
Number of shares relating to outstanding stock options at September 27, 2013	4,356,712	249,500	4,606,212
Number of shares available for future awards:
At September 27, 2013	5,099,632	140,125	5,239,757
At September 28, 2012	446,994	188,625	635,619

Fair Value Of Option Grant Date Award

The following table presents the assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model during each of the last three fiscal years for awards made to employees and directors:

	Awards Made to Employees						Awards Made to Directors
	2013		2012		2011		2013		2012		2011
Dividend yield	0	%	0	%	0	%	0	%	0	%	0	%
Expected volatility	38.37	%	43.28	%	41.54	%	37.65	%	41.42	%	41.97	%
Risk-free interest rate	1.11	%	0.95	%	2.00	%	0.95	%	1.11	%	2.40	%
Expected term of options (in years)	5.82		5.82		5.82		5.82		5.82		5.82

Fair Value Of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Date Awards

The following table presents the assumptions used to value these restricted stock units:

	2011
Dividend yield	—	%
Expected volatility	46.67	%
Risk-free interest rate	0.83	%
Expected term (in years)	3

Unit Basis For Earned Relative TSR Restricted Stock

The following table presents the basis on which the Earned Relative TSR Restricted Stock Units are determined:

Company TSR Percentile Rank	TSR Performance Multiplier
Below 30th percentile	—%
30th percentile	50%
50th percentile	100%
70th percentile or above	150%

Schedule of Fair Value Assumptions for Earned Relative TSR Restricted Stock Units

The following table presents the assumptions used to value the Earned Relative TSR Restricted Stock Units:

	2013		2012
Dividend yield	—	%	—	%
Expected volatility	29.18	%	36.30	%
Risk-free interest rate	0.42	%	0.42	%
Expected term (in years)	3		3

Unit Basis for Earned Net Earnings Growth Restricted Stock Units

The following table presents the basis on which the Earned Net Earnings Growth Restricted Stock Units are determined:

Average Net Earnings Growth	Net Earnings Growth Performance Multiplier
Less than 5%	—%
5%	50%
10%	100%
15%	150%
20%	200%