Business Segment information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Aug. 01, 2014

Business Segment Information for Continuing Operations

Business segment information for continuing operations includes the segments of Avionics & Controls, Sensors & Systems and Advanced Materials.

(In thousands)	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	August 1,			July 26,			August 1,			July 26,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Sales
Avionics & Controls	$	200,109		$	179,572		$	596,149		$	546,272
Sensors & Systems		198,106			175,864			595,929			524,638
Advanced Materials		132,909			122,632			373,600			364,682
Total Sales	$	531,124		$	478,068		$	1,565,678		$	1,435,592

Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes
Avionics & Controls ⁽¹⁾	$	29,055		$	20,597		$	75,386		$	60,651
Sensors & Systems		18,196			21,584			61,533			63,792
Advanced Materials		27,532			28,135			70,903			74,402
Segment Earnings		74,783			70,316			207,822			198,845

Corporate expense		(16,142	)		(20,793	)		(48,398	)		(53,224	)
Interest income		146			132			403			381
Interest expense		(7,870	)		(9,050	)		(24,939	)		(30,976	)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(533	)		-			(533	)		(946	)
	$	50,384		$	40,605		$	134,355		$	114,080

⁽¹⁾	Includes a $3.5 million impairment charge against Racal Acoustics, Ltd. (Racal Acoustics) goodwill in the three and nine month periods ended July 26, 2013.

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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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