Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

The financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions are eliminated. The Company has no material equity method or variable interests.

Preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (GAAP) requires Energizer Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the Company) to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to customer programs and incentives, product returns, bad debts, inventories, intangible and other long-lived assets, income taxes, financing, pensions and other postretirement benefits, contingencies and acquisitions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.