Business Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2015

Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]

Reconciliation of Revenue from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

A reconciliation of operating income excluding special charges (which we use to measure segment profitability) to operating income is as follows:



(millions)	Three months ended February 28, 2015
Operating income	$	93.7
Add: Special charges	28.4
Operating income excluding special charges	$	122.1

Business segments



	Consumer		Industrial			Total
			(in millions)
Three months ended February 28, 2015
Net sales	$	620.3	$	390.1		$	1,010.4
Operating income excluding special charges	91.5		30.6			122.1
Income (loss) from unconsolidated operations	10.2		(0.3		)	9.9

Three months ended February 28, 2014
Net sales	$	615.3	$	378.1		$	993.4
Operating income	94.3		30.3			124.6
Income from unconsolidated operations	5.0		0.1			5.1

- Definition

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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