Marketable Securities

3 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2012

Marketable Securities

(8) Marketable Securities

The Company’s marketable securities are comprised of an equity security and mutual funds. The equity security is an investment in the common stock of a publicly traded company, and the mutual funds are to fund the Gen-Probe deferred compensation plan. The equity security is classified as available-for-sale and is recorded at fair value with the unrealized gains or losses, net of tax, within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), which is a component of stockholders’ equity. The mutual funds are classified as trading and are recorded at fair value with unrealized gains and losses recorded in other income in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

The following reconciles the cost basis to the fair market value of the Company’s one equity security as of December 29, 2012.

	Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
Equity security	$	5,931	$	—	$	(459	)	$	5,472