DEBT (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

	June 30, 2012		September 30, 2011
	(in thousands)
Term A Loan, 10.5% fixed-rate notes, due February 2014	$	8,130	$	8,247
Term B Loan, convertible, 8.0% fixed-rate notes, due October 2014	7,600		7,177
Capital leases, non-current portion	12		20
Total long-term debt, net	15,742		15,444
2014 Debentures, convertible, 8.0% fixed-rate notes, due October 2014	42,064		40,736
Total debt, net	$	57,806	$	56,180

Additional information about our debt is as follows:

	Term A Loan			Term B Loan			2014 Debentures
	(in thousands)
Principal	$	7,857		$	9,342		$	46,493
Unaccreted debt premium/(unamortized) debt discount	273			(1,742		)	(4,429		)
Carrying value	$	8,130		$	7,600		$	42,064
Interest payable terms	Quarterly, in arrears			Quarterly, in arrears			Semi-annually, in arrears
Annual effective interest rate	8.2		%	17.7		%	12.2		%
Conversion rate per common share	n/a			$	4.95		$	4.50

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt

Maturity of our total aggregated outstanding debt is as follows:

Fiscal year	(in thousands)
2014	$	7,857
2015	55,835
Total	$	63,692