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INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

The provision for income taxes consisted of the following:

	2011		2010		2009
Current:
Federal	$	15,306	$	20,898	$	15,896
State		3,004		3,191		1,584
Foreign		10,689		9,325		5,963
		28,999		33,414		23,443
Deferred		9,557		5,225		7,870
Total	$	38,556	$	38,639	$	31,313

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

	2011			2010
Deferred tax assets:
Postretirement benefits	$	10,743		$	9,516
Environmental reserve		2,430			2,649
Pension costs		25,524			19,112
Deferred compensation		1,037			5,898
Stock options		9,447			7,436
Other		22,790			16,162
		71,971			60,773
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation		(3,503	)		(1,018	)
Goodwill		(48,494	)		(41,281	)
Other		(1,441	)		(2,203	)
		(53,438	)		(44,502	)

Net deferred tax asset	$	18,533		$	16,271

Reconciliation of Federal Statutory Tax Rate to Consolidated Effective Tax Rate

The reconciliation of the federal statutory tax rate to the consolidated effective tax rate was as follows:

	2011			2010			2009
Federal statutory tax rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
Effect of state income taxes, net of federal deduction		2.5			2.6			2.9
Foreign taxes less than federal statutory rate		(1.3	)		(0.7	)		(1.8	)
Other		(1.8	)		(1.9	)		(1.7	)
Effective tax rate		34.4	%		35.0	%		34.4	%

Changes in Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

Changes in the total amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits (excluding penalties and interest) are as follows:

	2011			2010			2009
Balance beginning of year	$	3,422		$	3,575		$	4,370
Increases for tax positions of prior years		-			437			120
Decreases for tax positions of prior years		(96	)		(506	)		(607	)
Increases based on tax positions related to the current year		202			355			674
Decreases due to settlements with taxing authorities		(38	)		(57	)		(542	)
Decreases due to lapse of statute of limitation		(562	)		(382	)		(440	)
Balance end of year	$	2,928		$	3,422		$	3,575

Summary of Income Tax Contingencies

The Company is currently under examination in several tax jurisdictions and remains subject to examination until the statute of limitation expires for those tax jurisdictions. As of September 30, 2011, the tax years that remain subject to examination by major jurisdiction generally are:

United States - Federal	2008 and forward
United States - State	2008 and forward
Canada	2007 and forward
Europe	2003 and forward
United Kingdom	2009 and forward
Australia	2007 and forward
Asia	2005 and forward

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities (i.e., uncertain tax positions) and other types of income tax contingencies, including: (1) the policy on classification of interest and penalties; (2) a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the period; the total amount(s) of: (3) unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate, and (4) interest and penalties recognized in each of the income statement and balance sheet; (5) for positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months of the reporting date the: (i) nature of the uncertainty, (ii) nature of the event that could occur that would cause the change, and (iii) an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made; and (6) a description of tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions.

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