Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 27, 2012

Description Of Comparative Segment Reporting Information


	Three Months Ended
	January 27, 2012			January 28, 2011
Net Sales
Coatings	$	494,649		$	456,389
Paints		339,557			335,951
All Other		81,855			74,870
Less Intersegment Sales		(30,414	)		(24,806	)
Total Net Sales	$	885,647		$	842,404

EBIT
Coatings	$	73,872		$	50,825
Paints		23,365			19,513
All Other		(6,000	)		(7,514	)
Total EBIT	$	91,237		$	62,824
Interest Expense	$	15,789		$	15,559
Income before Income Taxes	$	75,448		$	47,265

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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