Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Schedule Of Earnings Before Income Taxes


	For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013		2012		2011

Domestic	$	184,086	$	184,159	$	169,365
International		79,175		76,458		65,057
	$	263,261	$	260,617	$	234,422

Schedule Of Components Of Provision (Benefit) For Income Taxes



	For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013		2012		2011
Current
Federal	$	50,999	$	59,887	$	45,549
State		5,639		5,879		5,591
International		16,657		18,534		15,532
		73,295		84,300		66,672
Deferred
Federal		3,203		(198)		6,823
State		329		72		313
International		(1,360)		(1,844)		(1,140)
		2,172		(1,970)		5,996
	$	75,467	$	82,330	$	72,668

Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation


	For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013		2012		2011

U.S. federal statutory rate		35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income tax, net of federal tax benefit		1.5		1.5		1.6
International income taxes		(4.6)		(3.8)		(3.6)
Domestic manufacturing exclusions		(1.4)		(1.5)		(1.4)
Research and development credit		(2.3)		-		(0.8)
Other, net		0.5		0.4		0.2
Effective tax rate		28.7	%	31.6	%	31.0	%

Schedule Of Components Of Net Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities



	December 31, 2013				December 31, 2012
		Current		Long-Term		Current		Long-Term

Assets
Accrued expenses	$	19,833	$	1,622	$	16,051	$	1,542
Accounts receivable reserves		1,153		-		828		-
Deferred revenue		5,872		1,552		3,915		781
Inventory basis differences		2,670		-		2,811		-
Property-based differences		-		1,728		-		1,464
Share-based compensation		2,325		7,923		2,337		8,084
Other		13		150		103		178
Net operating loss carryforwards		500		4,182		353		3,694
Unrealized losses on foreign currency exchange contracts, interest rate swaps and investments		1,580		-		1,688		-
Total assets		33,946		17,157		28,086		15,743
Valuation allowance		(642)		(4,559)		(579)		(3,968)
Total assets, net of valuation allowance		33,304		12,598		27,507		11,775

Liabilities
Deferred instrument costs		-		(3,093)		-		(2,263)
Property-based differences		-		(25,823)		-		(18,942)
Intangible asset basis differences		-		(15,513)		-		(12,614)
Other		(190)		(790)		(96)		(433)
Unrealized gains on foreign currency exchange contracts, interest rate swaps and investments		(1,303)		-		(672)		-
Total liabilities		(1,493)		(45,219)		(768)		(34,252)
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)	$	31,811	$	(32,621)	$	26,739	$	(22,477)

Schedule Of Changes In Unrecognized Tax Benefits



	For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013		2012		2011

Total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of period	$	5,906	$	5,149	$	4,976
Gross increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken during a prior period		8		290		-
Gross increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken in the current period		1,954		1,436		1,241
Decreases in unrecognized tax benefits relating to settlements with taxing authorities		(317)		-		-
Decreases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of a lapse of the applicable statutes of limitations		(1,226)		(969)		(1,068)
Total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits, end of period	$	6,325	$	5,906	$	5,149

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities (i.e., uncertain tax positions) and other types of income tax contingencies, including: (1) the policy on classification of interest and penalties; (2) a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the period; the total amount(s) of: (3) unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate, and (4) interest and penalties recognized in each of the income statement and balance sheet; (5) for positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months of the reporting date the: (i) nature of the uncertainty, (ii) nature of the event that could occur that would cause the change, and (iii) an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made; and (6) a description of tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions.

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