Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2012

Segment Information

13. Segment Information

During the three months ended January 31, 2012, the Company changed the name of its Engineering segment to Facility Solutions to better reflect the variety of end-to-end integrated facility services, building operation and maintenance, and bundled energy solution services provided to its clients. The Company is organized into four reportable operating segments, Janitorial, Facility Solutions, Parking and Security, which are summarized as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	July 31,						July 31,
(in thousands)	2012			2011			2012			2011
Revenues
Janitorial	$	602,459		$	598,697		$	1,790,246		$	1,783,557
Facility Solutions		229,903			236,213			686,226			658,058
Parking		154,980			153,323			461,110			462,316
Security		91,602			87,736			272,474			260,630
Corporate and other		291			278			208			938
	$	1,079,235		$	1,076,247		$	3,210,264		$	3,165,499
Operating profit
Janitorial	$	34,850		$	40,144		$	98,852		$	104,942
Facility Solutions		8,785			9,878			21,531			24,170
Parking		7,768			7,171			18,610			16,799
Security		2,962			2,813			4,819			5,011
Corporate and other		(31,192	)		(19,273	)		(83,980	)		(66,774	)
Operating profit		23,173			40,733			59,832			84,148
Other-than-temporary impairment credit losses on auction rate security recognized in earnings		—			—			(313	)		—
Income from unconsolidated affiliates, net		747			1,166			5,380			2,785
Interest expense		(2,407	)		(4,114	)		(7,682	)		(12,477	)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	21,513		$	37,785		$	57,217		$	74,456

Most Corporate expenses are not allocated. Such expenses generally include current actuarial developments of self-insurance reserves relating to claims incurred in prior years, certain legal costs and settlements, certain information technology costs, share-based compensation costs, branding initiative costs, direct acquisition costs, severance costs associated with acquisitions, and certain chief executive officer and other finance and human resource department costs.