Reportable Business Segments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Reportable Business Segments

Reportable Business Segments

Note 4—Reportable Business Segments

The Company has two reportable business segments: (i) Interconnect Products and Assemblies and (ii) Cable Products and Solutions. The Company aggregates its operating segments into reportable segments based upon similar economic characteristics and business groupings of products, services and customers. The Interconnect Product and Assemblies segment primarily designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of connector and connector systems, value-added products and other products, including antennas and sensors, used in a broad range of applications in a diverse set of end markets.  The Cable Products and Solutions segment primarily designs, manufactures and markets cable, value-added products and components for use primarily in the broadband communications and information technology markets as well as certain applications in other markets.  The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those for the Company as a whole and are described in Note 1 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s 2014 Annual Report.  The Company evaluates the performance of business units on, among other things, profit or loss from operations before interest, headquarters’ expense allocations, stock-based compensation expense, income taxes, amortization related to certain intangible assets and nonrecurring gains and losses.

The segment results for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:

	Interconnect Products and Assemblies				Cable Products and Solutions				Total
	Three months ended March 31,
	2015		2014		2015		2014		2015		2014
Net sales:
-external	$	1,242.7	$	1,159.1	$	84.4	$	87.0	$	1,327.1	$	1,246.1
-intersegment	2.3		1.1		5.1		5.3		7.4		6.4
Segment operating income	271.0		242.8		10.2		10.6		281.2		253.4

A reconciliation of segment operating income to consolidated income before income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 is summarized as follows:

	Three months ended March 31,
	2015			2014
Segment operating income	$	281.2		$	253.4
Interest expense	(17.0		)	(19.1		)
Interest income	4.5			4.4
Stock-based compensation expense	(10.1		)	(9.3		)
Acquisition-related expenses	—			(2.0		)
Other costs, net	(11.3		)	(10.3		)
Income before income taxes	$	247.3		$	217.1