ACQUISITIONS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

ACQUISITIONS

ACQUISITIONS

(2) ACQUISITIONS

        On March 12, 2010, the Company acquired Delta, plc. ("Delta") a public limited company incorporated in Great Britain, and listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: DLTA). The price paid per share was 185 pence in cash for each Delta share, or £284,463 ($436,736 based on the contracted average exchange rate of $1.5353/£). Delta has manufacturing operations employing over 2,500 people in Australia, Asia, South Africa and the United States. Delta's businesses include engineered steel products, galvanizing services and manganese materials.

        The Company's pro forma results of operations for the fiscal years ended December 26, 2009 and December 25, 2010, assuming that the acquisition occurred at the beginning of each year was as follows:

	Fifty-two weeks Ended December 26, 2009		Fifty-two Weeks Ended December 25, 2010
Net sales	$	2,307,949	$	2,167,923
Net earnings		165,863		99,614
Earnings per share—diluted	$	6.31	$	3.77

        On June 24, 2011 the Company acquired the remaining 40% of Donhad Pty. Ltd. ("Donhad") that it did not own for $25,253. As this transaction was the acquisition of the remaining shares of a consolidated subsidiary with no change in control, it was recorded within shareholders' equity. On June 1, 2011, the Company acquired 60% of an irrigation monitoring services company for $1,539. This acquisition did not have a a significant effect on the Company's fiscal 2011 financial results.