SEGMENT INFORMATION

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

SEGMENT INFORMATION [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

16. SEGMENT INFORMATION:

The Company's products and operations consist of two principal businesses that are comprised of three operating segments each, as described under Nature of Operations (Note 1):  Memorialization Products (Cemetery Products, Funeral Home Products, Cremation) and Brand Solutions (Graphics Imaging, Marking and Fulfillment Systems, Merchandising Solutions).  Management evaluates segment performance based on operating profit (before income taxes) and does not allocate non-operating items such as investment income, interest expense, other income (deductions), net and noncontrolling interests.

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Note 2).  Intersegment sales are accounted for at negotiated prices.  Operating profit is total revenue less operating expenses.  Segment assets include those assets that are used in the Company's operations within each segment.  Assets classified under “Other” principally consist of cash and cash equivalents, investments, deferred income taxes and corporate headquarters' assets.  Long-lived

assets include property, plant and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation), goodwill, and other intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization).

Information about the Company's segments follows:

	Memorialization						Brand Solutions
									Marking and
	Cemetery		Funeral Home				Graphics		Fulfillment		Merchandising
	Products		Products		Cremation		Imaging		Systems		Solutions		Other		Consolidated
Sales to external customers:
2013	$	226,586	$	242,803	$	48,522	$	294,571	$	93,505	$	79,370	$	-	$	985,357
2012		215,943		230,943		45,981		259,865		74,621		72,964		-		900,317
2011		224,773		243,291		39,278		268,975		61,938		60,566		-		898,821
Intersegment sales:
2013		39		172		951		416		10		527		-		2,115
2012		262		4		60		2		22		702		-		1,052
2011		251		-		52		177		21		90		-		591
Depreciation and amortization:
2013		4,034		6,267		351		21,968		1,675		2,324		1,246		37,865
2012		3,255		6,416		396		14,175		1,048		2,330		1,201		28,821
2011		2,955		6,371		244		13,580		530		1,949		2,032		27,661
Operating profit:
2013		32,571		37,263		3,097		9,724		8,862		4,275		-		95,792
2012		33,195		26,525		3,869		14,843		10,061		5,084		-		93,577
2011		52,474		29,039		3,479		22,427		7,819		3,278		-		118,516
Total assets:
2013		210,242		286,576		40,072		425,823		113,420		69,012		69,782		1,214,927
2012		211,205		299,248		41,099		356,458		75,217		66,170		78,645		1,128,042
2011		197,127		311,841		35,018		351,595		67,193		60,491		74,190		1,097,455
Capital expenditures:
2013		8,415		2,399		174		9,027		2,904		737		1,268		24,924
2012		3,811		2,540		396		18,693		2,513		1,496		3,787		33,236
2011		1,618		3,850		501		10,820		295		3,165		2,191		22,440

Information about the Company's operations by geographic area follows:

	United States		Mexico		Canada		Europe		Australia		Asia		Consolidated
Sales to external customers:
2013	$	617,371	$	-	$	12,014	$	328,266	$	13,534	$	14,172	$	985,357
2012		569,435		-		11,967		290,283		13,778		14,854		900,317
2011		559,362		-		13,086		298,773		13,437		14,163		898,821
Long-lived assets:
2013		421,697		3,731		483		324,731		6,338		13,404		770,384
2012		395,565		4,743		507		260,809		7,041		10,580		679,245
2011		380,059		5,726		476		259,860		6,752		9,459		662,332