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Minimum borrowing requirement for the Securitization Program

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Percentage of borrowing base on the Securitization Program used in the computation of the minimum borrowing requirement.

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Percentage of borrowing capacity on the Securitization Program used in the computation of the minimum borrowing requirement.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Indebtedness (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Oct. 30, 2018	Jun. 28, 2016	Dec. 29, 2018	Sep. 29, 2018	Jul. 26, 2018
U.S. revolving credit facility
Line of Credit Facility
Outstanding borrowings			$ 379,900	$ 430,000
SECT Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility
Outstanding borrowings			6,000	$ 0
Line of Credit \| U.S. revolving credit facility
Line of Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity		$ 1,100,000
Expansion option to increase credit facility		$ 200,000
Line of Credit \| SECT Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity					$ 35,000
Senior Notes
Line of Credit Facility
Debt Instrument, Face Amount			$ 300,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			5.25%
Securitization Program
Line of Credit Facility
Maximum credit facility amount that can borrow	$ 130,000
Percentage of borrowing capacity on the Securitization Program	80.00%
Percentage of borrowing base on the Securitization Program	100.00%
Minimum borrowing requirement for the Securitization Program			$ 104,000