Segment note (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

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

Segment sales and profitability for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, are presented below.



	For the quarter ended December 31,
	2013			2012
Net Sales
Personal Care	$	550.2		$	554.3
Household Products	563.7			638.2
Total net sales	$	1,113.9		$	1,192.5

	For the quarter ended December 31,
	2013			2012
Segment Profit
Personal Care	$	130.3		$	116.2
Household Products	133.4			160.6
Total segment profit	263.7			276.8

General corporate and other expenses	(40.2		)	(29.5		)
2013 restructuring (1)	(26.7		)	(49.0		)
Feminine care acquisition/integration costs	(4.9		)	—
Acquisition inventory valuation	(6.4		)	—
Pension curtailment	—			37.4
Amortization of intangibles	(4.5		)	(5.6		)
Interest and other financing items	(29.2		)	(41.4		)
Total earnings before income taxes	$	151.8		$	188.7

(1) Includes pre-tax costs of $2.3 for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, associated with certain information technology and related activities, which are included in Selling, general and administrative expense on the Consolidated Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive Income (Condensed).

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	2013		2012
Alkaline batteries	$	365.6	$	401.7
Wet Shave	365.2		394.5
Other batteries and lighting products	198.1		236.5
Feminine Care	80.9		42.0
Skin Care	56.2		63.1
Infant Care	35.3		41.0
Other personal care products	12.6		13.7
Total net sales	$	1,113.9	$	1,192.5

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]



	December 31, 2013		September 30, 2013
Personal Care	$	1,387.2	$	1,208.3
Household Products	1,040.9		1,033.0
Total segment assets	2,428.1		2,241.3
Corporate	1,019.1		1,164.8
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net	3,353.3		3,311.3
Total assets	$	6,800.5	$	6,717.4

- 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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