Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Income Taxes

Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

	Year Ending September 30,
	2011			2010			2009
Current:
Federal	$	48,041		$	9,818		$	(8,006	)
State		6,237			5,600			2,042
Foreign		9,743			13,112			18,441
Deferred
Federal		(8,680	)		13,789			16,436
State		(552	)		1,681			848
Foreign		543			(287	)		(1,701	)
	$	55,332		$	43,713		$	28,060

Earnings Before Income Taxes by Geographical Area

	Year Ending September 30,
	2011		2010		2009
United States	$	149,744	$	103,771	$	62,766
Other countries		37,823		51,104		59,710
	$	187,567	$	154,875	$	122,476

Composition of Deferred Income Taxes

	At September 30,
	2011			2010
Deferred tax assets:
Retirement healthcare and early retirement benefits	$	12,417		$	13,176
Foreign net operating loss carryforwards		4,276			2,245
Inventory		18,194			13,425
Deferred compensation		14,223			12,293
Defined benefit pension		7,681			2,943
Other		21,054			27,581
Valuation allowance		(3,201	)		(96	)
Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance		74,644			71,567
Deferred tax liabilities:
Goodwill and intangibles — net		(103,393	)		(96,267	)
Other		(8,500	)		(21,237	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(111,893	)		(117,504	)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(37,249	)	$	(45,937	)

Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate to U.S. Statutory Tax Rate

	Year Ending September 30,
Percent of pretax earnings	2011			2010			2009
Statutory tax rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit		2.3			2.4			1.5
Foreign tax rate differences		(0.3	)		(1.4	)		(2.1	)
Dividends on stock shares allocated to retirement savings plans		(0.3	)		(0.4	)		(0.5	)
Research credit		(2.7	)		(0.5	)		(3.1	)
Retroactive extension of research credit		(2.1	)		—			(1.7	)
Domestic production activities deduction		(2.1	)		(0.9	)		(0.3	)
Adjustment of tax issues for previous periods and audit settlements		(0.2	)		(5.9	)		(6.6	)
Other items, net		(0.1	)		(0.1	)		0.7
Effective tax rate		29.5	%		28.2	%		22.9	%

Reconciliation of the Beginning and Ending Amounts of Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

Balance, September 30, 2008	$	22,576
Tax positions related to the current year		1,431
Tax positions related to prior years		(556	)
Lapse of applicable statute of limitations		(3,668	)
Balance, September 30, 2009		19,783
Tax positions related to the current year		1,734
Tax positions related to prior years		(7,320	)
Lapse of applicable statute of limitations		(3,611	)
Balance, September 30, 2010		10,586
Tax positions related to the current year		4,264
Tax positions related to prior years		3,160
Lapse of applicable statute of limitations		(1,079	)
Balance, September 30, 2011	$	16,931

Accrued Interest and Penalties

	At September 30,
	2011		2010
Accrued interest and penalties	$	1,989	$	1,431