SEGMENT DATA (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2012

Summarized financial information concerning the company's reportable segments

The following table shows summarized financial information concerning the company's reportable segments:



Fiscal years ended October 31		Professional		Residential		Other			Total

2012
Net sales	$	1,329,504	$	607,435	$	21,751		$	1,958,690
Intersegment gross sales		37,324		26		(37,350	)		–
Earnings (loss) before income taxes		232,104		57,889		(93,731	)		196,262
Total assets		527,159		169,899		238,141			935,199
Capital expenditures		29,313		4,164		9,765			43,242
Depreciation and amortization		34,876		10,919		7,839			53,634

2011
Net sales	$	1,239,068	$	623,889	$	20,996		$	1,883,953
Intersegment gross sales		35,539		3,560		(39,099	)		–
Earnings (loss) before income taxes		205,009		54,410		(84,593	)		174,826
Total assets		497,388		202,222		171,053			870,663
Capital expenditures		43,933		5,615		7,899			57,447
Depreciation and amortization		31,380		9,846		7,280			48,506

2010
Net sales	$	1,085,457	$	589,677	$	15,244		$	1,690,378
Intersegment gross sales		17,271		487		(17,758	)		–
Earnings (loss) before income taxes		173,752		57,956		(90,440	)		141,268
Total assets		437,987		173,919		273,716			885,622
Capital expenditures		34,017		8,599		6,083			48,699
Depreciation and amortization		27,261		10,259		7,491			45,011

Summary of the components of the loss before income taxes included in "Other"

The following table presents the details of the other segment operating loss before income taxes:



Fiscal years ended October 31		2012			2011			2010

Corporate expenses	$	(81,376	)	$	(72,726	)	$	(74,758	)
Interest expense		(16,906	)		(16,970	)		(17,113	)
Other income		4,551			5,103			1,431

Total	$	(93,731	)	$	(84,593	)	$	(90,440	)

Schedule of net sales for groups of similar products and services

The following table presents net sales for groups of similar products and services:



Fiscal years ended October 31		2012		2011		2010

Equipment	$	1,586,864	$	1,529,470	$	1,371,615
Irrigation and lighting		371,826		354,483		318,763

Total	$	1,958,690	$	1,883,953	$	1,690,378

Schedule of geographic area data

The following geographic area data includes net sales based on product shipment destination. Long-lived assets consist of net property, plant, and equipment, which is determined based on physical location in addition to allocated capital tooling from U.S. plant facilities.



Fiscal years ended October 31		United States		Foreign Countries		Total

2012
Net sales	$	1,364,377	$	594,313	$	1,958,690
Long-lived assets		137,708		42,815		180,523

2011
Net sales	$	1,276,038	$	607,915	$	1,883,953
Long-lived assets		145,169		45,971		191,140

2010
Net sales	$	1,152,790	$	537,588	$	1,690,378
Long-lived assets		145,409		27,998		173,407

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Tabular disclosure of all significant reconciling items in the reconciliation of total profit or loss from reportable segments, to the entity's consolidated income before income taxes, extraordinary items, and discontinued operations.

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Tabular disclosure of information concerning material long-lived assets (excluding financial instruments, customer relationships with financial institutions, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred taxes assets) located in identified geographic areas and/or the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to that country from which revenue is material. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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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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