Acquisitions, Divestitures and Other Significant Transactions

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2011

Acquisitions, Divestitures and Other Significant Transactions [Abstract]

ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTITURES AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 2 — ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTITURES AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS

(Dollars in thousands):

	# of		Purchase Price,				Operating		Tangible		Intangible
	Acquisitions		net of Cash		Revenue		Profit		Assets, net		Assets		Goodwill
Total 2011 Acquisitions		5	$	185,703	$	24,590	$	3,490	$	62,359	$	80,958	$	66,329
Total 2010 Acquisitions		12	$	176,156	$	268,443	$	19,042	$	108,991	$	49,467	$	129,830

Note: Purchase price, net of cash acquired, does not factor payments for earn-out provisions on prior acquisitions. Revenue and operating profit represent activity only in the year of acquisition.

During the first nine months of 2011, the Company completed five acquisitions consisting of four rigid industrial packaging companies and the acquisition of the minority shareholding from a 2008 acquisition of a rigid industrial packaging company. The acquired rigid industrial packaging companies included a European company purchased in February 2011, a European company purchased in May 2011 and a European company purchased in July 2011. Additionally, the company acquired the remaining minority shareholdings in an already consolidated South American acquisition from 2008 and a minority ownership interest in a North American company. The rigid industrial packaging acquisitions are expected to complement the Company’s existing product lines that together will provide growth opportunities and economies of scale. The estimated fair value of the net tangible assets acquired was $62.4 million. Identifiable intangible assets, with a combined fair value of $81.0 million, including trade names, customer relationships, and certain non-compete agreements, have been recorded for these acquisitions. The excess of the purchase prices over the estimated fair values of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired of $66.3 million was recorded as goodwill.

During 2010, the Company completed twelve acquisitions consisting of seven rigid industrial packaging companies and five flexible products companies and made a contingent purchase price payment related to a 2008 acquisition. The seven rigid industrial packaging companies consisted of a European company purchased in November 2009, an Asian company purchased in June 2010, a North American drum reconditioning company purchased in July 2010, a North American drum reconditioning company purchased in August 2010, a European company purchased in August 2010, a 51 percent interest in a Middle Eastern company purchased in September 2010 and a South American company purchased in September 2010. The five flexible products companies acquired conduct business throughout Europe, Asia and North America and were acquired in February, June, August and September 2010. The rigid industrial packaging acquisitions are expected to complement the Company’s existing product lines that together will provide growth opportunities and economies of scale. The drum reconditioning acquisitions, within our Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment, and the flexible products acquisitions expand the Company’s product and service offerings. The estimated fair value of the net tangible assets acquired was $109.0 million. Identifiable intangible assets, with a combined fair value of $49.5 million, including trade-names, customer relationships, and certain non-compete agreements, have been recorded for these acquisitions. The excess of the purchase prices over the estimated fair values of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired of $129.8 million was recorded as goodwill.

The five flexible products companies were contributed to a joint venture on September 29, 2010. See “Flexible Products Joint Venture” included in Note 8 for additional information on this joint venture. The aggregate purchase price in the table above includes the reimbursement of $98.2 million received from the other joint venture partner relating to its investment and reimbursement of certain costs.

Had the transactions described above occurred on November 1, 2009, results of operations would not have differed materially from reported results.