Quarterly Financial Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information [Table Text Block]

	First			Second			Third			Fourth
Fiscal 2011
Net sales	$	1,177.1		$	1,035.3		$	1,234.5		$	1,198.8
Gross profit	555.6			471.1			573.0			546.0
Net earnings	110.4			39.1			65.9			45.8
Basic earnings per share	$	1.56		$	0.56		$	0.95		$	0.67
Diluted earnings per share	$	1.55		$	0.55		$	0.94		$	0.67
Items increasing/(decreasing) net earnings:
Household Products restructuring	$	(1.3	)	$	(30.0	)	$	(16.9	)	$	(15.3	)
Early debt retirement/duplicate interest	—			—			(12.5		)	(1.9		)
ASR transaction costs/integration	(3.8		)	(0.9		)	(2.5		)	(1.2		)
Acquisition inventory valuation	(1.7		)	(2.7		)	—			—
Other realignment/integration costs	(0.2		)	(1.9		)	0.2			(0.1		)
Venezuela devaluation/other impacts	(2.3		)	1.0			—			(0.5		)
Valuation allowance, other tax adjustments, prior year foreign tax benefits	—			—			1.1			(10.8		)
	First			Second			Third			Fourth
Fiscal 2010
Net sales	$	1,176.7		$	935.1		$	1,076.8		$	1,059.7
Gross profit	560.2			447.2			517.6			494.3
Net earnings	125.7			88.5			104.0			84.8
Basic earnings per share	$	1.80		$	1.27		$	1.48		$	1.21
Diluted earnings per share	$	1.78		$	1.25		$	1.47		$	1.20
Items increasing/(decreasing) net earnings:
Venezuela devaluation/other impacts	$	(25.5	)	$	2.8		$	5.7		$	2.8
VERO/separation costs	—			—			(0.1		)	0.2
Integration costs	(1.0		)	(0.6		)	(0.3		)	0.1
Provisions for restructuring and related costs	(3.5		)	(0.5		)	(0.5		)	(1.1		)
Tax benefits - special foreign tax credit	—			—			—			23.5
Valuation allowance, other tax adjustments, prior year foreign tax benefits	—			—			3.7			2.4