Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting

Schedule of net sales and other financial information by business segment

The following table presents net sales and other financial information by business segment (in thousands):

	Year Ended September 30, 2015
	North			Rest of
	America			World			Consolidated
Net sales	$	1,198,201		$	299,414		$	1,497,615
(Loss) income from operations	(222,719		)	16,354			(206,365		)
Interest expense, net	(32,912		)	(4,180		)	(37,092		)
Benefit (provision) for income taxes	94,450			(7,578		)	86,872
Total assets	1,709,904			311,069			2,020,973
Goodwill	515,876			74,711			590,587
Capital expenditures	(8,300		)	(1,331		)	(9,631		)
Depreciation and amortization	23,548			4,178			27,726

	Year Ended September 30, 2014
	North			Rest of
	America			World			Consolidated
Net sales	$	1,030,511		$	325,366		$	1,355,877
Income from operations	145,357			38,577			183,934
Interest expense, net	(25,836		)	(3,389		)	(29,225		)
Provision for income taxes	(47,459		)	(7,347		)	(54,806		)
Total assets	2,093,384			406,988			2,412,274
Goodwill	779,395			82,180			861,575
Capital expenditures	(9,763		)	(754		)	(10,517		)
Depreciation and amortization	18,317			3,085			21,402

	Year Ended September 30, 2013
	North			Rest of
	America			World			Consolidated
Net sales	$	713,725		$	187,883		$	901,608
Income from operations	150,587			30,215			180,802
Interest expense, net	(25,355		)	177			(25,178		)
Provision for income taxes	(45,102		)	(7,713		)	(52,815		)
Capital expenditures	(7,220		)	(662		)	(7,882		)
Depreciation and amortization	10,425			955			11,380

Schedule of net sales by geographical area

Net sales by geographic area, for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014, and 2013, were as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Year Ended September 30,
	2015				2014				2013
			% of				% of				% of
	Sales		Sales		Sales		Sales		Sales		Sales
United States of America	$	1,101,385	73.5	%	$	950,058	70.1	%	$	628,220	69.7	%
United Kingdom	190,661		12.7	%	180,535		13.3	%	134,943		15.0	%
Other foreign counties	205,569		13.8	%	225,284		16.6	%	138,445		15.3	%
All foreign counties	396,230		26.5	%	405,819		29.9	%	273,388		30.3	%
Total	$	1,497,615	100.0	%	$	1,355,877	100.0	%	$	901,608	100.0	%

Schedule of long-lived assets by geographic area

Long-lived assets by geographic area, for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, were as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended September 30,
	2015		2014
United States of America	$	39,900	$	42,162
All foreign countries	7,076		7,102
	$	46,976	$	49,264

Schedule of net sales by product categories

Net sales by product categories, for the years ended September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013 were as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Year Ended September 30,
	2015				2014				2013
			% of				% of				% of
	Sales		Sales		Sales		Sales		Sales		Sales
Hardware	$	738,496	49.3	%	$	837,615	61.8	%	$	744,741	82.6	%
Chemicals(1)	591,840		39.5	%	356,154		26.3	%	—		—
Electronic components	107,918		7.2	%	109,616		8.1	%	104,383		11.6	%
Bearings	33,602		2.3	%	31,729		2.3	%	32,218		3.6	%
Machined parts and other	25,759		1.7	%	20,763		1.5	%	20,266		2.2	%
	$	1,497,615	100.0	%	$	1,355,877	100.0	%	$	901,608	100.0	%

(1) We did not sell inventory classified as “Chemicals” prior to the acquisition of Haas in the year ended September 30, 2014.