Segment note (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Segment sales and profitability for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, are presented below.



	For the quarter ended December 31,
	2012			2011
Net Sales
Personal Care	$	554.3		$	564.4
Household Products	638.2			633.7
Total net sales	$	1,192.5		$	1,198.1

	For the quarter ended December 31,
	2012			2011
Operating Profit
Personal Care	$	116.2		$	123.5
Household Products	160.6			148.8
Total operating profit	276.8			272.3

General corporate and other expenses	(29.5		)	(38.2		)
2013 restructuring	(49.0		)	—
Pension curtailment	37.4			—
2011 Household Products restructuring	—			9.2
Amortization	(5.6		)	(5.7		)
Interest and other financing items	(41.4		)	(29.2		)
Total earnings before income taxes	$	188.7		$	208.4

Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services [Table Text Block]

Supplemental product information is presented below for revenues from external customers:



	For the quarter ended December 31,
Net Sales	2012		2011
Alkaline batteries	$	401.7	$	393.8
Wet Shave	394.5		410.5
Other batteries and lighting products	236.5		239.9
Skin Care	63.1		56.7
Feminine Care	42.0		42.1
Infant Care	41.0		44.7
Other personal care products	13.7		10.4
Total net sales	$	1,192.5	$	1,198.1

- Definition

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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