Business Segment And Geographic Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Business Segment And Geographic Information [Abstract]

Segment Revenue From External Customers And Operating Income


	Three Months Ended 31 March								Six Months Ended 31 March
	2012				2011				2012				2011
Sales to External Customers
Merchant Gases		$	883.6			$	914.4			$	1,771.3			$	1,803.0
Tonnage Gases			783.5				799.2				1,593.3				1,565.2
Electronics and Performance Materials			567.0				575.9				1,102.2				1,101.9
Equipment and Energy			110.2				113.5				199.0				225.4
Segment and Consolidated Totals		$	2,344.3			$	2,403.0			$	4,665.8			$	4,695.5

Operating Income
Merchant Gases		$	152.5			$	165.1			$	318.8			$	341.4
Tonnage Gases			125.4				120.9				236.8				236.5
Electronics and Performance Materials			85.5				91.6				163.6				160.6
Equipment and Energy			9.8				22.5				17.1				42.7
Segment Total		$	373.2			$	400.1			$	736.3			$	781.2
Cost reduction plan			(86.8	)			—				(86.8	)			—
Net loss on Airgas transaction			—				(5.0	)			—				(48.5	)
Other ^(A)			1.5				(1.3	)			(7.8	)			(7.7	)
Consolidated Total		$	287.9			$	393.8			$	641.7			$	725.0

^(A)	Includes stranded costs resulting from discontinued operations.

Segment Identifiable Assets Information


	31 March			30 September
	2012			2011
Identifiable Assets ^(B)
Merchant Gases		$	4,759.3		$	4,579.6
Tonnage Gases			4,793.4			4,464.3
Electronics and Performance Materials			2,634.9			2,488.9
Equipment and Energy			288.4			335.6
Segment total		$	12,476.0		$	11,868.4
Other			836.0			878.6
Discontinued operations			592.3			532.1
Consolidated Total		$	13,904.3		$	13,279.1

^(B)	Identifiable assets are equal to total assets less investment in net assets of and advances to equity affiliates.

Schedule Of Geographic Information


	Three Months Ended 31 March						Six Months Ended 31 March
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Sales to External Customers
North America		$	1,117.6		$	1,194.1		$	2,215.8		$	2,320.0
Europe			626.8			645.3			1,230.0			1,277.6
Asia			547.4			498.3			1,120.7			979.7
Latin America/Other			52.5			65.3			99.3			118.2
Consolidated Total		$	2,344.3		$	2,403.0		$	4,665.8		$	4,695.5

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the names of foreign countries from which revenue is material and the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to those countries. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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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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