Business Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Business Segment Information [Abstract]

Sales and operating results of reportable segments

	2011			2010			2009
Sales:
Architecture & Software	$	2,594.3		$	2,115.0		$	1,723.5
Control Products & Solutions		3,406.1			2,742.0			2,609.0
Total	$	6,000.4		$	4,857.0		$	4,332.5
Segment operating earnings:
Architecture & Software	$	659.1		$	475.4		$	223.0
Control Products & Solutions		368.5			241.8			206.7
Total (a)		1,027.6			717.2			429.7
Purchase accounting depreciation and amortization		(19.8	)		(18.9	)		(18.6	)
General corporate-net		(80.7	)		(93.6	)		(80.3	)
Interest expense		(59.5	)		(60.5	)		(60.9	)
Special items		—			—			4.0
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	867.6		$	544.2		$	273.9

(a) Segment operating earnings in 2009 includes restructuring charges of $60.4 million. See Note 14 for more information.

Components of Identifiable assets Depreciation and amortization and Capital expenditures for property

	2011		2010		2009
Identifiable assets:
Architecture & Software	$	1,608.4	$	1,238.8	$	1,157.2
Control Products & Solutions		2,116.1		1,897.1		1,723.5
Corporate		1,560.4		1,612.4		1,425.0
Total	$	5,284.9	$	4,748.3	$	4,305.7
Depreciation and amortization:
Architecture & Software	$	60.0	$	54.0	$	59.6
Control Products & Solutions		51.4		54.3		55.2
Corporate		0.1		0.1		0.7
Total		111.5		108.4		115.5
Purchase accounting depreciation and amortization		19.8		18.9		18.6
Total	$	131.3	$	127.3	$	134.1
Capital expenditures for property:
Architecture & Software	$	28.1	$	33.0	$	15.7
Control Products & Solutions		38.2		26.6		25.8
Corporate		53.8		39.8		56.5
Total	$	120.1	$	99.4	$	98.0

Sales and property by geographic region

	Sales						Property
	2011		2010		2009		2011		2010		2009
United States	$	2,917.8	$	2,456.2	$	2,209.2	$	446.1	$	424.9	$	413.7
Canada		396.2		321.0		257.1		9.2		9.7		10.2
Europe, Middle East and Africa		1,267.6		987.3		962.1		42.6		40.3		43.7
Asia-Pacific		910.6		724.3		579.3		36.8		34.2		38.7
Latin America		508.2		368.2		324.8		26.7		27.8		26.2
Total	$	6,000.4	$	4,857.0	$	4,332.5	$	561.4	$	536.9	$	532.5