Note 9 Income Tax (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2012

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]



	Year Ended
	September 29, 2012			October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
	(In thousands)
Domestic	$	(7,548	)	$	42,136	$	60,668
Foreign	57,491			57,402		78,574
Total	$	49,943		$	99,538	$	139,242

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]



	Year Ended
	September 29, 2012			October 1, 2011			October 2, 2010
	(In thousands)
Federal:
Current	$	(3,223	)	$	—		$	—
Deferred	(154,292		)	—			—
State:
Current	(124		)	1,009			1,656
Deferred	(4,408		)	—			—
Foreign:
Current	28,928			31,749			11,766
Deferred	2,828			(2,137		)	3,385
Total provision (benefit from) for income taxes	$	(130,291	)	$	30,621		$	16,807

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]



	As of
	September 29, 2012			October 1, 2011
	(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
U.S. net operating loss carryforwards	$	472,086		$	476,802
Foreign net operating loss carryforwards	152,462			131,174
Acquisition related intangibles	91,972			101,661
Accruals not currently deductible	45,102			41,027
Property, plant and equipment	26,906			30,704
Tax credit carryforwards	24,478			25,846
Reserves not currently deductible	24,209			26,256
Stock compensation expense	14,664			8,874
Unrealized losses on derivative financial instruments	14,089			14,238
Other	550			439
Valuation allowance	(671,891		)	(818,266		)
Total deferred tax assets	194,627			38,755
Deferred tax liabilities on foreign earnings	(22,053		)	(22,053		)
Net deferred tax assets	$	172,574		$	16,702
Recorded as:
Current deferred tax assets	$	19,721		$	8,516
Non-current deferred tax assets	152,853			11,155
Non-current deferred tax liabilities	—			(2,969		)
Net deferred tax assets	$	172,574		$	16,702

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]



	As of
	September 29, 2012		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Federal tax at statutory rate	35.00	%	35.00	%	35.00	%
Effect of foreign operations	21.73		9.57		(8.87	)
Foreign income inclusion	10.48		0.25		1.11
Change in valuation allowance	(6.74	)	(16.97	)	(17.16	)
Permanent items	3.11		1.90		0.80
Change to other comprehensive income	(6.64	)	—		—
Release of valuation allowance	(317.76	)	—		—
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	(0.06	)	1.01		1.19
Provision for income taxes	(260.88	)%	30.76	%	12.07	%

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]



	Year Ended
	September 29, 2012			October 1, 2011
	(In thousands)
Balance, beginning of year	$	41,482		$	34,997
Increase related to prior year tax positions	10,125			4,324
Decrease related to prior year tax positions	(320		)	(2,811		)
Increase related to current year tax positions	3,133			5,337
Settlement	(196		)	—
Decrease related to lapse of statute of limitations	—			(365		)
Balance, end of year	$	54,224		$	41,482

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities (i.e., uncertain tax positions) and other types of income tax contingencies, including: (1) the policy on classification of interest and penalties; (2) a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the period; the total amount(s) of: (3) unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate, and (4) interest and penalties recognized in each of the income statement and balance sheet; (5) for positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months of the reporting date the: (i) nature of the uncertainty, (ii) nature of the event that could occur that would cause the change, and (iii) an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made; and (6) a description of tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions.

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