Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Business Segments

Schedule of segment data

Sales between segments, which were eliminated in consolidation, were not material during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012. Segment data for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months EndedJune 30,						Nine Months EndedJune 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Net sales:
Sally Beauty Supply	$	559,150		$	553,419		$	1,673,942		$	1,643,749
BSG	352,951			333,572			1,041,839			997,338
Total	$	912,101		$	886,991		$	2,715,781		$	2,641,087
Earnings before provision for income taxes:
Segment operating profit:
Sally Beauty Supply	$	117,672		$	117,622		$	329,715		$	330,023
BSG	52,734			46,667			151,307			135,590
Segment operating profit	170,406			164,289			481,022			465,613
Unallocated expenses (a)	(24,650		)	(24,917		)	(73,245		)	(70,318		)
Share-based compensation expense	(3,190		)	(2,825		)	(15,503		)	(13,801		)
Interest expense (b)	(27,006		)	(26,925		)	(80,510		)	(113,240		)
Earnings before provision for income taxes	$	115,560		$	109,622		$	311,764		$	268,254

(a)  Unallocated expenses consist of corporate and shared costs.

(b) For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2012, interest expense includes losses on extinguishment of debt in the aggregate amount of $3.2 million and $37.8 million, respectively, in connection with the Company’s redemption of outstanding notes and repayment of the term loan B loan.