Business Combinations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2012

Business Combinations [Abstract]

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BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

SunRay Malta Holdings Limited ("SunRay")

In fiscal 2010, the Company completed its acquisition of SunRay, a European solar power plant developer company organized under the laws of Malta, under which the Company purchased all the issued share capital of SunRay for $296.1 million. As a result, SunRay became a subsidiary of the Company and the results of operations of SunRay have been included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations of the Company since March 26, 2010. As part of the acquisition, the Company acquired SunRay's project pipeline of solar photovoltaic projects in Europe and Israel, in various stages of development. SunRay's power plant development and project finance teams consisted of approximately 70 employees at the date of acquisition.