Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 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:

	For the three months ended				For the nine months ended
(millions)	August 31, 2015		August 31, 2014		August 31, 2015		August 31, 2014
Operating income	$	138.7	$	157.3	$	336.2	$	403.6
Add: Special charges included in cost of goods sold	3.4		—		3.4		—
Add: Other special charges (including a non-cash impairment charge in 2015)	11.7		2.3		59.1		2.3
Operating income excluding special charges	$	153.8	$	159.6	$	398.7	$	405.9

Business segments

	Consumer		Industrial		Total
			(in millions)
Three months ended August 31, 2015
Net sales	$	630.5	$	429.4	$	1,059.9
Operating income excluding special charges	114.6		39.2		153.8
Income from unconsolidated operations	9.2		0.5		9.7
Three months ended August 31, 2014
Net sales	$	621.9	$	420.9	$	1,042.8
Operating income excluding special charges	122.1		37.5		159.6
Income from unconsolidated operations	8.1		0.7		8.8
	Consumer		Industrial		Total
			(in millions)
Nine months ended August 31, 2015
Net sales	$	1,850.6	$	1,243.8	$	3,094.4
Operating income excluding special charges	286.9		111.8		398.7
Income from unconsolidated operations	26.9		0.1		27.0
Nine months ended August 31, 2014
Net sales	$	1,852.2	$	1,217.4	$	3,069.6
Operating income excluding special charges	302.3		103.6		405.9
Income from unconsolidated operations	19.0		1.1		20.1