SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Net Sales

The following tables set forth information about the Company’s segments for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013:

Third Party Net Sales

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
(in thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Dental Consumable and Certain International Businesses	$	183,741		$	170,688		$	357,716		$	334,395
Dental Specialty and Laboratory and Certain Global Distribution Businesses	442,655			458,128			875,062			906,105
Healthcare and Emerging Markets Businesses	139,848			133,054			264,794			254,793
All Other (a)	(1,019		)	(860		)	(2,233		)	(2,199		)
Total net sales	$	765,225		$	761,010		$	1,495,339		$	1,493,094

(a) Includes amounts recorded at Corporate headquarters

Net Sales, Excluding Precious Metal Content

Third Party Net Sales, Excluding Precious Metal Content

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
(in thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Dental Consumable and Certain International Businesses	$	183,638		$	170,596		$	357,552		$	334,205
Dental Specialty and Laboratory and Certain Global Distribution Businesses	408,631			413,386			800,312			802,302
Healthcare and Emerging Markets Businesses	139,648			132,833			264,450			254,296
All Other (b)	(1,019		)	(860		)	(2,233		)	(2,199		)
Total net sales, excluding precious metal content	730,898			715,955			1,420,081			1,388,604
Precious metal content of sales	34,327			45,055			75,258			104,490
Total net sales, including precious metal content	$	765,225		$	761,010		$	1,495,339		$	1,493,094

(b) Includes amounts recorded at Corporate headquarters

Intersegment Net Sales

Inter-segment Net Sales

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
(in thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Dental Consumable and Certain International Businesses	$	32,209		$	31,372		$	60,810		$	61,602
Dental Specialty and Laboratory and Certain Global Distribution Businesses	50,487			49,472			100,718			92,437
Healthcare and Emerging Markets Businesses	2,639			3,464			5,945			6,577
All Other (c)	62,484			60,238			123,268			117,665
Eliminations	(147,819		)	(144,546		)	(290,741		)	(278,281		)
Total	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—

(c) Includes amounts recorded at Corporate headquarters and one distribution warehouse not managed by named segments.

Segment Operating Income

Segment Operating Income (Loss)

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
(in thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Dental Consumable and Certain International Businesses	$	66,147		$	59,863		$	124,656		$	114,178
Dental Specialty and Laboratory and Certain Global Distribution Businesses	79,616			79,758			153,529			149,436
Healthcare and Emerging Markets Businesses	9,959			8,623			14,683			10,089
All Other (d)	(27,374		)	(23,209		)	(58,157		)	(54,145		)
Segment operating income	128,348			125,035			234,711			219,558
Reconciling Items:
Restructuring and other costs	1,242			2,169			2,035			2,834
Interest expense	11,798			11,507			22,753			26,728
Interest income	(1,744		)	(2,243		)	(3,179		)	(4,418		)
Other expense (income), net	575			4,223			963			7,141
Income before income taxes	$	116,477		$	109,379		$	212,139		$	187,273

(d) Includes the results of Corporate headquarters, inter-segment eliminations and one distribution warehouse not managed by named segments.

Assets

(in thousands)	June 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Dental Consumable and Certain International Businesses	$	706,509	$	683,965
Dental Specialty and Laboratory and Certain Global Distribution Businesses	3,346,528		3,364,190
Healthcare and Emerging Markets Businesses	932,438		925,742
All Other (e)	86,898		104,150
Total	$	5,072,373	$	5,078,047

(e) Includes the assets of Corporate headquarters, inter-segment eliminations and one distribution warehouse not managed by named segments.