Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Shares used in computing basic and diluted earnings per share


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Denominator (thousands of shares):
Average common shares outstanding for basic computation		112,020		109,683		111,515		109,331
Incremental shares issuable for stock options and awards		—		1,016		1,531		857

Average common shares outstanding for diluted computation		112,020		110,699		113,046		110,188

Components of comprehensive income (loss)


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Net (loss) income	$	(13.5	)	$	(4.2	)	$	357.1		$	374.1
Other comprehensive (loss) income		(0.5	)		(58.2	)		76.5			(84.4	)

Comprehensive (loss) income (including noncontrolling interests)		(14.0	)		(62.4	)		433.6			289.7
Less: comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests		10.8			21.4			(100.6	)		(107.7	)

Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to UGI Corporation	$	(3.2	)	$	(41.0	)	$	333.0		$	182.0

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss) including, but not limited to: (a) foreign currency translation adjustments; (b) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (c) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (d) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (e) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (f) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (g) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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