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Acuity Brands, Inc
(NYSE:AYI) 

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Acuity Brands, Inc. provides lighting and building management solutions and services for commercial, institutional, industrial, infrastructure, and residential applications in North America and internationally. The company offers lighting and control products and solutions, including recessed, surfa...

Founded: 1892
Full Time Employees: 11,500
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Electrical Equipment & Parts

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      net sales
    1,055,700,000 1,143,700,000 1,209,100,000 1,178,600,000 1,006,300,000 951,600,000 1,032,300,000 968,100,000 905,900,000 934,700,000 1,010,400,000 1,000,300,000 943,600,000 997,900,000 1,110,300,000 1,060,600,000 909,100,000 926,100,000 992,700,000 899,700,000 776,600,000 792,000,000 891,200,000 776,200,000 824,200,000 834,700,000 938,100,000 947,600,000 854,400,000 932,600,000 1,061,200,000 944,000,000 832,100,000 842,800,000 957,600,000 891,600,000 804,700,000 851,200,000 -2,365,896,708.7 851,500,000 777,800,000 736,600,000 759,500,000 683,700,000 616,100,000 647,400,000 668,700,000 603,900,000 546,200,000 574,700,000 579,800,000 541,500,000 486,700,000 481,100,000 514,200,000 487,500,000 457,700,000 474,300,000 496,200,000 458,300,000 416,100,000 425,000,000 444,200,000 407,600,000 383,500,000 391,700,000 422,612,000 396,628,000 386,139,000 452,025,000 522,757,000 512,438,000 482,584,000 508,865,000 692,970,000 647,826,000 575,384,000 614,488,000 674,451,000 603,265,000 549,555,000 565,852,000 597,204,000 545,327,000 505,121,000 525,202,000 563,364,000 532,226,000 491,039,000 517,538,000 533,654,000 521,041,000 489,387,000 505,226,000 515,284,000 507,576,000 
      yoy
    4.91% 20.19% 17.13% 21.74% 11.08% 1.81% 2.17% -3.22% -4.00% -6.33% -9.00% -5.69% 3.79% 7.75% 11.85% 17.88% 17.06% 16.93% 11.39% 15.91% -5.78% -5.12% -5.00% -18.09% -3.53% -10.50% -11.60% 0.38% 2.68% 10.65% 10.82% 5.88% 3.40% -0.99% -140.48% 4.71% 3.46% 15.56% -411.51% 24.54% 26.25% 13.78% 13.58% 13.21% 12.80% 12.65% 15.33% 11.52% 12.23% 19.46% 12.76% 11.08% 6.34% 1.43% 3.63% 6.37% 10.00% 11.60% 11.71% 12.44% 8.50% 8.50% 5.11% 2.77% -0.68% -13.35% -19.16% -22.60% -19.99% -11.17% -24.56% -20.90% -16.13% -17.19% 2.75% 7.39% 4.70% 8.60% 12.93% 10.62% 8.80% 7.74% 6.01% 2.46% 2.87% 1.48% 5.57% 2.15% 0.34% 2.44% 3.57% 2.65%     
      qoq
    -7.69% -5.41% 2.59% 17.12% 5.75% -7.82% 6.63% 6.87% -3.08% -7.49% 1.01% 6.01% -5.44% -10.12% 4.69% 16.66% -1.84% -6.71% 10.34% 15.85% -1.94% -11.13% 14.82% -5.82% -1.26% -11.02% -1.00% 10.91% -8.39% -12.12% 12.42% 13.45% -1.27% -11.99% 7.40% 10.80% -5.46% -135.98% -377.85% 9.48% 5.59% -3.02% 11.09% 10.97% -4.83% -3.19% 10.73% 10.56% -4.96% -0.88% 7.07% 11.26% 1.16% -6.44% 5.48% 6.51% -3.50% -4.41% 8.27% 10.14% -2.09% -4.32% 8.98% 6.28% -2.09% -7.31% 6.55% 2.72% -14.58% -13.53% 2.01% 6.19% -5.16% -26.57% 6.97% 12.59% -6.36% -8.89% 11.80% 9.77% -2.88% -5.25% 9.51% 7.96% -3.82% -6.77% 5.85% 8.39% -5.12% -3.02% 2.42% 6.47% -3.14% -1.95% 1.52%  
      cost of products sold
    535,300,000 589,900,000 618,100,000 608,400,000 538,300,000 502,300,000 543,600,000 515,900,000 493,500,000 506,300,000 567,700,000 553,000,000 536,900,000 581,400,000 647,800,000 615,500,000 529,800,000 540,300,000 573,400,000 513,100,000 439,900,000 459,600,000 516,100,000 448,600,000 480,300,000 478,900,000 543,400,000 564,000,000 520,500,000 565,100,000 648,900,000 554,600,000 497,200,000 492,600,000 550,700,000 512,700,000 468,900,000 491,600,000 -1,331,698,144.9 473,600,000 440,900,000 417,200,000 438,200,000 388,100,000 360,400,000 374,400,000 385,200,000 360,500,000 331,000,000 337,600,000 342,500,000 320,400,000 297,000,000 291,600,000 303,800,000 285,500,000 275,800,000 280,700,000 295,800,000 268,600,000 252,300,000 248,900,000 259,800,000 244,000,000 231,200,000 230,400,000 257,241,000 243,023,000 244,741,000 277,302,000 310,379,000 304,246,000 290,548,000 305,676,000 395,091,000 374,332,000 335,882,000 355,470,000 393,944,000 354,223,000 334,300,000 340,629,000 378,710,000 329,263,000 309,915,000 306,423,000 328,012,000 309,874,000 289,591,000 302,831,000 303,050,000 302,417,000 294,054,000 298,266,000 302,720,000 300,153,000 
      gross profit
    520,400,000 553,800,000 591,000,000 570,200,000 468,000,000 449,300,000 488,700,000 452,200,000 412,400,000 428,400,000 442,700,000 447,300,000 406,700,000 416,500,000 462,500,000 445,100,000 379,300,000 385,800,000 419,300,000 386,600,000 336,700,000 332,400,000 375,100,000 327,600,000 343,900,000 355,800,000 394,700,000 383,600,000 333,900,000 367,500,000 412,300,000 389,400,000 334,900,000 350,200,000 406,900,000 378,900,000 335,800,000 359,600,000 -1,034,198,563.8 377,900,000 336,900,000 319,400,000 321,300,000 295,600,000 255,700,000 273,000,000 283,500,000 243,400,000 215,200,000 237,100,000 237,300,000 221,100,000 189,700,000 189,500,000 210,400,000 202,000,000 181,900,000 193,600,000 200,400,000 189,700,000 163,800,000 176,100,000 184,400,000 163,600,000 152,300,000 161,300,000 165,371,000 153,605,000 141,398,000 174,723,000 212,378,000 208,192,000 192,036,000 203,189,000 297,879,000 273,494,000 239,502,000 259,018,000 280,507,000 249,042,000 215,255,000 225,223,000 218,494,000 216,064,000 195,206,000 218,779,000 235,352,000 222,352,000 201,448,000 214,707,000 230,604,000 218,624,000 195,333,000 206,960,000   
      yoy
    11.20% 23.26% 20.93% 26.09% 13.48% 4.88% 10.39% 1.10% 1.40% 2.86% -4.28% 0.49% 7.22% 7.96% 10.30% 15.13% 12.65% 16.06% 11.78% 18.01% -2.09% -6.58% -4.97% -14.60% 2.99% -3.18% -4.27% -1.49% -0.30% 4.94% 1.33% 2.77% -0.27% -2.61% -139.34% 0.26% -0.33% 12.59% -421.88% 27.84% 31.76% 17.00% 13.33% 21.45% 18.82% 15.14% 19.47% 10.09% 13.44% 25.12% 12.79% 9.46% 4.29% -2.12% 4.99% 6.48% 11.05% 9.94% 8.68% 15.95% 7.55% 9.18% 11.51% 6.51% 7.71% -7.68% -22.13% -26.22% -26.37% -14.01% -28.70% -23.88% -19.82% -21.55% 6.19% 9.82% 11.26% 15.01% 28.38% 15.26% 10.27% 2.95% -7.16% -2.83% -3.10% 1.90% 2.06% 1.71% 3.13% 3.74%       
      qoq
    -6.03% -6.29% 3.65% 21.84% 4.16% -8.06% 8.07% 9.65% -3.73% -3.23% -1.03% 9.98% -2.35% -9.95% 3.91% 17.35% -1.68% -7.99% 8.46% 14.82% 1.29% -11.38% 14.50% -4.74% -3.34% -9.86% 2.89% 14.88% -9.14% -10.87% 5.88% 16.27% -4.37% -13.93% 7.39% 12.84% -6.62% -134.77% -373.67% 12.17% 5.48% -0.59% 8.69% 15.60% -6.34% -3.70% 16.47% 13.10% -9.24% -0.08% 7.33% 16.55% 0.11% -9.93% 4.16% 11.05% -6.04% -3.39% 5.64% 15.81% -6.98% -4.50% 12.71% 7.42% -5.58% -2.46% 7.66% 8.63% -19.07% -17.73% 2.01% 8.41% -5.49% -31.79% 8.92% 14.19% -7.53% -7.66% 12.63% 15.70% -4.43% 3.08% 1.12% 10.69% -10.77% -7.04% 5.85% 10.38% -6.18% -6.89% 5.48% 11.92% -5.62%    
      gross margin %
    49.29% 48.42% 48.88% 48.38% 46.51% 47.22% 47.34% 46.71% 45.52% 45.83% 43.81% 44.72% 43.10% 41.74% 41.66% 41.97% 41.72% 41.66% 42.24% 42.97% 43.36% 41.97% 42.09% 42.21% 41.73% 42.63% 42.07% 40.48% 39.08% 39.41% 38.85% 41.25% 40.25% 41.55% 42.49% 42.50% 41.73% 42.25% 43.71% 44.38% 43.31% 43.36% 42.30% 43.24% 41.50% 42.17% 42.40% 40.30% 39.40% 41.26% 40.93% 40.83% 38.98% 39.39% 40.92% 41.44% 39.74% 40.82% 40.39% 41.39% 39.37% 41.44% 41.51% 40.14% 39.71% 41.18% 39.13% 38.73% 36.62% 38.65% 40.63% 40.63% 39.79% 39.93% 42.99% 42.22% 41.62% 42.15% 41.59% 41.28% 39.17% 39.80% 36.59% 39.62% 38.65% 41.66% 41.78% 41.78% 41.02% 41.49% 43.21% 41.96% 39.91% 40.96% 0% 0% 
      selling, distribution, and administrative expenses
    381,500,000 393,400,000 410,400,000 400,700,000 357,800,000 316,000,000 331,700,000 306,900,000 294,300,000 295,500,000 313,000,000 304,000,000 295,200,000 300,700,000 312,900,000 302,400,000 277,000,000 270,700,000 284,700,000 268,000,000 245,400,000 246,000,000 261,000,000 241,300,000 260,900,000 265,300,000 263,900,000 263,400,000 237,600,000 250,100,000 275,300,000 273,600,000 246,300,000 231,400,000 244,600,000 246,900,000 227,800,000 231,800,000 -683,899,054 247,200,000 230,100,000 206,600,000 206,900,000 196,000,000 177,700,000 176,300,000 192,800,000 170,800,000 157,000,000 159,700,000 158,800,000 163,900,000 144,300,000 140,600,000 147,200,000 142,800,000 136,300,000 140,300,000 144,600,000 139,500,000 126,600,000 130,600,000 133,200,000 124,700,000 119,100,000 118,500,000 115,349,000 112,116,000 108,217,000 118,924,000 138,657,000 136,488,000 131,307,000 133,646,000 213,742,000 206,059,000 194,474,000 198,683,000 207,236,000 196,803,000 185,052,000 183,235,000 165,888,000 175,917,000 180,630,000 187,828,000 179,427,000 184,938,000 177,068,000 186,109,000 196,817,000 185,908,000     
      special charges
    5,900,000   29,700,000       20,000,000   6,900,000     1,800,000 500,000 300,000 700,000 8,200,000 3,300,000 1,600,000 6,900,000                                                                       
      operating profit
    133,000,000 160,400,000 180,600,000 139,800,000 110,200,000 133,300,000 157,000,000 145,300,000 118,100,000 132,900,000 109,700,000 143,300,000 111,500,000 108,900,000 149,600,000 142,700,000 102,300,000 115,100,000 132,800,000 118,100,000 91,000,000 85,700,000 105,900,000 83,000,000 81,400,000 83,600,000 130,300,000 120,300,000 95,900,000 116,400,000 142,100,000 105,900,000 88,000,000 118,600,000 152,700,000 131,500,000 108,000,000 126,600,000 -340,099,524.8 121,000,000 106,700,000 112,400,000 111,800,000 99,200,000 78,600,000 86,700,000 90,700,000 72,600,000 58,400,000 77,400,000 78,200,000 50,000,000 45,100,000 48,200,000 61,100,000 57,300,000 39,000,000 50,600,000 55,800,000 50,200,000 37,200,000 45,500,000 48,000,000 39,200,000 27,800,000 42,700,000 49,920,000 41,483,000 28,613,000 33,737,000 73,721,000 71,704,000 60,729,000 54,905,000 84,137,000 67,435,000 45,028,000 60,335,000 72,979,000 52,239,000 30,203,000 41,988,000 44,247,000 38,780,000 -4,497,000 28,215,000 47,535,000 37,414,000 24,380,000 28,598,000 31,872,000 32,716,000 19,406,000 26,282,000   
      yoy
    20.69% 20.33% 15.03% -3.79% -6.69% 0.30% 43.12% 1.40% 5.92% 22.04% -26.67% 0.42% 8.99% -5.39% 12.65% 20.83% 12.42% 34.31% 25.40% 42.29% 11.79% 2.51% -18.73% -31.01% -15.12% -28.18% -8.30% 13.60% 8.98% -1.85% -6.94% -19.47% -18.52% -6.32% -144.90% 8.68% 1.22% 12.63% -404.20% 21.98% 35.75% 29.64% 23.26% 36.64% 34.59% 12.02% 15.98% 45.20% 29.49% 60.58% 27.99% -12.74% 15.64% -4.74% 9.50% 14.14% 4.84% 11.21% 16.25% 28.06% 33.81% 6.56% -3.85% -5.50% -2.84% 26.57% -32.29% -42.15% -52.88% -38.55% -12.38% 6.33% 34.87% -9.00% 15.29% 29.09% 49.08% 43.70% 64.94% 34.71% -771.63% 48.81% -6.92% 3.65% -118.45% -1.34% 49.14% 14.36% 25.63% 8.81%       
      qoq
    -17.08% -11.18% 29.18% 26.86% -17.33% -15.10% 8.05% 23.03% -11.14% 21.15% -23.45% 28.52% 2.39% -27.21% 4.84% 39.49% -11.12% -13.33% 12.45% 29.78% 6.18% -19.07% 27.59% 1.97% -2.63% -35.84% 8.31% 25.44% -17.61% -18.09% 34.18% 20.34% -25.80% -22.33% 16.12% 21.76% -14.69% -137.22% -381.07% 13.40% -5.07% 0.54% 12.70% 26.21% -9.34% -4.41% 24.93% 24.32% -24.55% -1.02% 56.40% 10.86% -6.43% -21.11% 6.63% 46.92% -22.92% -9.32% 11.16% 34.95% -18.24% -5.21% 22.45% 41.01% -34.89% -14.46% 20.34% 44.98% -15.19% -54.24% 2.81% 18.07% 10.61% -34.74% 24.77% 49.76% -25.37% -17.33% 39.70% 72.96% -28.07% -5.11% 14.10% -962.35% -115.94% -40.64% 27.05% 53.46% -14.75% -10.27% -2.58% 68.59% -26.16%    
      operating margin %
    12.60% 14.02% 14.94% 11.86% 10.95% 14.01% 15.21% 15.01% 13.04% 14.22% 10.86% 14.33% 11.82% 10.91% 13.47% 13.45% 11.25% 12.43% 13.38% 13.13% 11.72% 10.82% 11.88% 10.69% 9.88% 10.02% 13.89% 12.70% 11.22% 12.48% 13.39% 11.22% 10.58% 14.07% 15.95% 14.75% 13.42% 14.87% 14.38% 14.21% 13.72% 15.26% 14.72% 14.51% 12.76% 13.39% 13.56% 12.02% 10.69% 13.47% 13.49% 9.23% 9.27% 10.02% 11.88% 11.75% 8.52% 10.67% 11.25% 10.95% 8.94% 10.71% 10.81% 9.62% 7.25% 10.90% 11.81% 10.46% 7.41% 7.46% 14.10% 13.99% 12.58% 10.79% 12.14% 10.41% 7.83% 9.82% 10.82% 8.66% 5.50% 7.42% 7.41% 7.11% -0.89% 5.37% 8.44% 7.03% 4.96% 5.53% 5.97% 6.28% 3.97% 5.20% 0% 0% 
      other expense:
                                                                                                    
      interest expense
    7,000,000 8,400,000 7,000,000 12,100,000 6,900,000 -4,000,000 -3,500,000 -1,800,000 -100,000 900,000 2,700,000 3,900,000 5,700,000 6,600,000 6,800,000 6,200,000 6,000,000 5,900,000 5,500,000 6,200,000 6,600,000 4,900,000 3,900,000 5,400,000 5,700,000 8,300,000 7,700,000 8,300,000 8,600,000 8,700,000 9,000,000 8,400,000 8,000,000 8,100,000 8,200,000 8,100,000 8,000,000 8,200,000 -24,199,967.8 8,100,000 8,200,000 7,900,000 7,700,000 7,900,000 8,000,000 7,900,000 8,000,000 8,100,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 7,900,000 7,800,000 7,800,000 7,700,000 7,600,000 7,700,000 7,700,000 7,700,000 7,400,000 7,500,000 7,500,000 7,500,000 7,300,000 7,300,000 8,100,000 6,700,000 6,660,000 6,372,000 7,508,000 8,002,000 7,141,000 7,174,000 7,107,000 6,993,000 6,779,000 7,366,000 7,856,000 8,139,000 8,395,000 8,282,000 8,314,000 8,240,000 8,709,000 8,994,000 9,084,000 8,944,000 8,484,000 8,748,000 8,927,000 8,717,000 65,906,000 -9,230,000 9,519,000 9,774,000 9,697,000 10,289,000 
      miscellaneous expense
    3,100,000 -600,000 35,900,000 2,300,000 1,000,000 2,500,000 8,000,000 -500,000 600,000 1,100,000 1,700,000 700,000 -3,700,000 9,100,000 -6,000,000 -1,500,000 -1,900,000 300,000 1,700,000 2,700,000 2,200,000 1,600,000 4,400,000 -900,000 1,000,000 1,400,000 2,100,000 200,000 1,100,000 1,300,000             11,700,000 -9,500,000 -100,000 -900,000 700,000 -100,000 100,000 600,000 -700,000 -3,000,000 100,000 100,000 2,800,000 -2,700,000 1,100,000  725,000 900,000 700,000 1,200,000 100,000 -1,000,000          -309,000    494,000     -2,379,000 100,000   464,500 1,581,000      118,000   
      total other expense
    10,100,000 7,800,000 42,900,000 14,400,000 7,900,000 -1,500,000 4,500,000 -2,300,000 500,000 2,000,000 4,400,000 4,600,000 2,000,000 15,700,000 800,000 4,700,000 4,100,000 6,200,000 7,200,000 8,900,000 8,800,000 6,500,000 8,300,000 4,500,000 6,700,000 9,700,000 9,800,000 8,500,000 9,700,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 6,700,000         7,100,000 7,200,000 19,400,000 -1,600,000 7,900,000 7,000,000 8,700,000 8,000,000   5,125,000 4,800,000 7,900,000 7,800,000 10,400,000 5,000,000 8,800,000     8,700,000 7,400,000 6,300,000          6,684,000         6,330,000 9,094,000   7,062,500 10,329,000         
      income before income taxes
    122,900,000 152,600,000 137,700,000 125,400,000 102,300,000 134,800,000 152,500,000 147,600,000 117,600,000 130,900,000 105,300,000 138,700,000 109,500,000 93,200,000 148,800,000 138,000,000 98,200,000 108,900,000 125,600,000 109,200,000 82,200,000 79,200,000 97,600,000 78,500,000 74,700,000 73,900,000 120,500,000 111,800,000 86,200,000 106,400,000 137,100,000 99,200,000 78,700,000                                                                
      income tax expense
    26,100,000 32,100,000 23,700,000 27,000,000 24,800,000 28,100,000 33,600,000 33,700,000 28,400,000 30,300,000 22,400,000 33,700,000 26,300,000 18,300,000 33,400,000 32,300,000 22,900,000 21,300,000 27,500,000 23,500,000 19,300,000 19,600,000 23,900,000 18,100,000 17,500,000 16,900,000 24,400,000 23,400,000 19,900,000 26,800,000 28,900,000 26,200,000                                                                 
      net income
    96,800,000 120,500,000 114,000,000 98,400,000 77,500,000 106,700,000 118,900,000 113,900,000 89,200,000 100,600,000 82,900,000 105,000,000 83,200,000 74,900,000 115,400,000 105,700,000 75,300,000 87,600,000 98,100,000 85,700,000 62,900,000 59,600,000 73,700,000 60,400,000 57,200,000 57,000,000 96,100,000 88,400,000 66,300,000 79,600,000 108,200,000 73,000,000 96,900,000 71,500,000 90,500,000 82,200,000 67,300,000 81,700,000 -207,899,709.2 74,000,000 65,500,000 68,400,000 60,100,000 64,500,000 46,400,000 51,100,000 54,800,000 43,800,000 32,700,000 44,500,000 44,900,000 31,700,000 24,700,000 26,100,000 33,200,000 33,600,000 19,500,000 29,900,000 34,200,000 27,100,000 19,900,000 24,400,000 27,200,000 21,300,000 7,800,000 23,300,000 29,099,000 22,027,000 14,368,000 19,415,000 41,905,000 41,133,000 34,144,000 31,072,000 51,453,000 38,676,000 24,358,000 33,567,000 41,367,000 28,712,000 14,507,000 21,976,000 27,809,000 19,692,000 -8,437,000 13,165,000 26,766,000 18,012,000 9,519,000 12,917,000 14,289,000 15,322,000 7,681,000 10,490,000 15,361,000 14,571,000 
      yoy
    24.90% 12.93% -4.12% -13.61% -13.12% 6.06% 43.43% 8.48% 7.21% 34.31% -28.16% -0.66% 10.49% -14.50% 17.64% 23.34% 19.71% 46.98% 33.11% 41.89% 9.97% 4.56% -23.31% -31.67% -13.73% -28.39% -11.18% 21.10% -31.58% 11.33% 19.56% -11.19% 43.98% -12.48% -143.53% 11.08% 2.75% 19.44% -445.92% 14.73% 41.16% 33.86% 9.67% 47.26% 41.90% 14.83% 22.05% 38.17% 32.39% 70.50% 35.24% -5.65% 26.67% -12.71% -2.92% 23.99% -2.01% 22.54% 25.74% 27.23% 155.13% 4.72% -6.53% -3.30% -45.71% 20.01% -30.56% -46.45% -57.92% -37.52% -18.56% 6.35% 40.18% -7.43% 24.38% 34.70% 67.91% 52.74% 48.75% 45.81% -271.95% 66.93% 3.90% 9.33% -188.63% 1.92% 87.32% 17.56% 23.93% 23.14% -6.98% 5.15%     
      qoq
    -19.67% 5.70% 15.85% 26.97% -27.37% -10.26% 4.39% 27.69% -11.33% 21.35% -21.05% 26.20% 11.08% -35.10% 9.18% 40.37% -14.04% -10.70% 14.47% 36.25% 5.54% -19.13% 22.02% 5.59% 0.35% -40.69% 8.71% 33.33% -16.71% -26.43% 48.22% -24.66% 35.52% -20.99% 10.10% 22.14% -17.63% -139.30% -380.95% 12.98% -4.24% 13.81% -6.82% 39.01% -9.20% -6.75% 25.11% 33.94% -26.52% -0.89% 41.64% 28.34% -5.36% -21.39% -1.19% 72.31% -34.78% -12.57% 26.20% 36.18% -18.44% -10.29% 27.70% 173.08% -66.52% -19.93% 32.11% 53.31% -26.00% -53.67% 1.88% 20.47% 9.89% -39.61% 33.04% 58.78% -27.43% -18.86% 44.08% 97.92% -33.99% -20.98% 41.22% -333.40% -164.09% -50.81% 48.60% 89.22% -26.31% -9.60% -6.74% 99.48% -26.78% -31.71% 5.42%  
      net income margin %
    9.17% 10.54% 9.43% 8.35% 7.70% 11.21% 11.52% 11.77% 9.85% 10.76% 8.20% 10.50% 8.82% 7.51% 10.39% 9.97% 8.28% 9.46% 9.88% 9.53% 8.10% 7.53% 8.27% 7.78% 6.94% 6.83% 10.24% 9.33% 7.76% 8.54% 10.20% 7.73% 11.65% 8.48% 9.45% 9.22% 8.36% 9.60% 8.79% 8.69% 8.42% 9.29% 7.91% 9.43% 7.53% 7.89% 8.20% 7.25% 5.99% 7.74% 7.74% 5.85% 5.07% 5.43% 6.46% 6.89% 4.26% 6.30% 6.89% 5.91% 4.78% 5.74% 6.12% 5.23% 2.03% 5.95% 6.89% 5.55% 3.72% 4.30% 8.02% 8.03% 7.08% 6.11% 7.42% 5.97% 4.23% 5.46% 6.13% 4.76% 2.64% 3.88% 4.66% 3.61% -1.67% 2.51% 4.75% 3.38% 1.94% 2.50% 2.68% 2.94% 1.57% 2.08% 2.98% 2.87% 
      earnings per share:
                                                                                                    
      basic earnings per share
    3.16 3.92 3.71 3.19 2.5 3.45 3.85 3.7 2.89 3.25 2.66 3.31 2.6 2.32 3.48 3.1 2.16 2.5 2.74 2.4 1.75 1.58 1.87 1.53 1.45 1.44 2.43 2.23 1.68 1.99 2.68 1.81 2.34 1.71 2.15 1.91 1.54 1.87 1.195 1.7 1.5 1.58 1.39 1.49 1.07 1.18 1.26 1.01 0.76 1.03 1.04 0.74 0.58 0.61 0.78 0.8 0.46 0.71 0.8 0.63 0.46 0.57 0.63 0.49 0.18 0.54 0.7 0.54 0.36 0.49 1.05 1.03 0.84 0.74 1.21 0.9 0.57 0.8 0.96 0.65 0.33 0.5 0.64 0.45 -0.2 0.31 0.63 0.43 0.23 0.31 0.34 0.37 0.19 0.25 0.37 0.35 
      basic weighted-average number of shares outstanding
    30.63 30.705 30.859 30.851 30.999 30.93 30.885 30.829 30.864 31.005 31.806 31.682 32.048 32.308 34.182 34.1 35 35.1 36.3 35.7 36 37.6 39.5 39.5 39.5 39.5 39.7 39.7 39.5 40 40.9 40.4 41.4 41.9 43.1 43.1 43.8 43.8  43.5 43.5 43.3 43.1 43.2 43.1 43 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.6 42.2 42.2 42.1 41.8 41.4 41.6 41.4 41.2 42.2 42.5 42.3 42 42.5 42.7 42.5 42.3 40,781 40,934 40,200 39,930 40,655 40,190 40,446 41,783 42,585 42,861 42,544 42,204 43,884 44,054 44,419 44,271 43,135 43,367 42,926 42,462 41,906 42,018 41,846 41,581 41,459 41,480 41,443 41,391 41,286 41,308 
      diluted earnings per share
    3.09 3.82 3.61 3.12 2.45 3.35 3.77 3.62 2.84 3.21 2.63 3.28 2.57 2.29 3.42 3.07 2.13 2.46 2.72 2.37 1.74 1.57 1.87 1.52 1.44 1.44 2.42 2.22 1.67 1.98 2.67 1.8 2.33 1.7 2.14 1.9 1.53 1.86 1.88 1.69 1.49 1.57 1.37 1.48 1.07 1.17 1.26 1.01 0.75 1.03 1.04 0.73 0.57 0.61 0.77 0.79 0.46 0.7 0.79 0.62 0.45 0.56 0.62 0.48 0.17 0.53 0.69 0.53 0.35 0.48 1.02 0.82 0.72 1.17 0.88 0.55 0.77 0.91 0.63 0.32 0.48 0.62 0.44 -0.2 0.3 0.62 0.42 0.22 0.3 0.34 0.37 0.19 0.25  0.35 
      diluted weighted-average number of shares outstanding
    31.362 31.561 31.641 31.565 31.7 31.799 31.445 31.477 31.399 31.365 32.164 32.011 32.386 32.704 34.645 34.4 35.4 35.5 36.6 36.2 36.2 37.8 39.6 39.7 39.7 39.6 39.8 39.8 39.6 40.1 41 40.5 41.5 42.1 43.3 43.3 44 44  43.8 43.8 43.6 43.4 43.5 43.4 43.3 43 43.1 43.1 42.9 42.5 42.6 42.5 42.3 41.9 42 41.9 41.7 42.8 43.1 43 42.8 43.3 43.5 43.3 43.1 41,557 41,718 40,784 40,765 41,609 41,247 41,475 42,936 43,897 44,118 43,911 43,732 45,579 45,504 45,826 45,620 44,752 44,634 42,926 43,946 43,201 43,343 43,291 42,594 41,721 41,604 41,470 41,432  41,919 
      dividends declared per share
    0.2 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.098 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15    
      comprehensive income:
                                                                                                    
      other comprehensive income items:
                                                                                                    
      foreign currency translation adjustments
    20.4 -5.1 12 27.8 -11.7 -17.3 -4.8 0.3 0.7 -2.1 5.9 5.2 -1.1 -1.5 -24.4 -1.8 4.8 -11.9 -20.3 22.3 6.7 4.6 27.5 -13.8 -3.7 1.9 1.1 -8.7 4.9 -8.8 -9.6 -7.6 2.5 -10.5 25.2 2.4 3.3 -11.9 -0.85 10 -9.2 -4.2 -5.5 -1.5 -9.8 -7.2 -2.1 1.8 -1.3 2.3                                               
      defined benefit plans, net of tax
    0.3 0.2 26.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.8 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.1 2.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 19.5 -1.6 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.8 1.7 1.9 -30.4 1.3 1.4                                                                    
      other comprehensive income items, net of tax
    20.7  38.1 28.3 -11.2  -3 0.8 1.4  7.4 6.3 -0.1  -22.3 -0.6 -10.7 -0.8 20.7 8.4 6.2   -2 3.8                                                                       
      comprehensive income
    117.5 115.6 152.1 126.7 66.3 89.9 115.9 114.7 90.6 99.1 90.3 111.3 83.1 74.5 93.1 105.1 81.3 76.9 97.3 106.4 71.3 65.8 102.6 48.4 55.2 60.8 66.8 81 72.6 73.4 114.5 67.3 101.2 62.6 130.3 86.6 72.7 71.8 52.125 85.3 57.6 65.6 38.5 63.9 37.5 43.8 40.8 46.3 32 47.4                                               
      other comprehensive loss items, net of tax
     -4.9    -16.8    -1.5    -0.4         -2.55 -12                                                                         
      special charge
                              325,000 -100,000 400,000 1,000,000 -5,100,000 9,900,000 600,000 200,000 9,600,000 500,000  1,200,000 -10,199,985 9,700,000 100,000 400,000 2,600,000 400,000 -600,000 10,000,000   -200,000  300,000 7,200,000 300,000 700,000 2,100,000 1,900,000 6,600,000 2,700,000     3,200,000 -300,000 5,400,000 100,000 102,000 6,000 4,568,000 22,062,000    14,638,000         6,000,000  17,000,000            
      other comprehensive loss, net of tax
                              -1.825 -7.4  -6.2    -8.9    -9.9                                                           
      other comprehensive income, net of tax
                                6.3  -2.575 -5.7 4.3  -0.025 4.4 5.4  0.15 11.3   -4.225 -0.6 -8.9 -7.3 1.175 2.5                                                 
      defined benefit plans
                                 2.6                                                                   
      miscellaneous income
                                  -4,000,000 -1,700,000 1,300,000 -400,000 2,200,000 -1,200,000 600,000 -7,900,000 1,499,998.4 300,000 -1,100,000 -700,000                -2,900,000       -600,000 500,000 76,000 2,020,000 -27,000 -4,181,000 619,000 1,592,000 192,000  20,000 -410,000 -4,000  344,000 143,000 -146,000 84,000   -525,000 -476,000   579,000 -302,000 -4,367,000 455,000 -2,115,000    
      defined benefit pension plans, net of tax
                                  1.325 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.525 2.1 1.3 1.3 1.4 0.4 0.9 0.9 -0.1 0.475 0.7 0.6                                                
      other income:
                                                                                                    
      total other income
                                    9,300,000 7,700,000 10,400,000 6,900,000 8,600,000 300,000 -22,699,969.4 8,400,000         8,100,000 8,600,000        4,800,000 5,700,000 8,400,000 8,200,000    18,000,000 7,200,000 6,736,000 8,392,000 7,481,000 3,821,000 7,760,000 8,766,000 7,299,000  5,860,250 6,956,000 7,852,000 8,633,000 8,739,000 8,425,000 8,168,000 8,324,000   8,559,000 7,930,000   9,506,000 8,415,000 61,766,000 -8,775,000 7,404,000 9,892,000   
      income tax (benefit) expense
                                    -18,200,000                                                                
      income before benefit from income taxes
                                     110,900,000 142,300,000 124,600,000 99,400,000 126,300,000 -317,399,555.4 112,600,000         50,300,000 68,800,000        45,800,000 26,875,000 41,800,000 29,000,000     35,500,000         37,339,250 60,479,000 37,176,000 51,702,000 64,240,000 43,814,000 22,035,000 33,664,000   -13,056,000 20,285,000   14,874,000 20,183,000 22,248,000 23,941,000 12,002,000 16,390,000   
      benefit from income taxes
                                     39,400,000 51,800,000 42,400,000 32,100,000 44,600,000 -109,499,846.2 38,600,000         17,600,000 24,300,000        15,900,000 15,900,000 14,700,000 9,100,000    2,600,000 12,200,000 14,096,000 10,765,000 6,764,000 10,501,000 24,056,000 21,280,000 19,286,000  13,189,000 21,803,000 12,818,000 18,135,000 22,873,000 15,102,000  11,688,000    7,120,000   5,355,000 7,266,000 7,959,000 8,619,000 4,321,000 5,900,000   
      income before provision for income taxes
                                            99,600,000 105,200,000 92,400,000 100,800,000 70,700,000 79,700,000 82,000,000 64,600,000   30,700,000 45,200,000 37,200,000 40,400,000 32,075,000 52,300,000 30,200,000     36,800,000                     37,917,000 29,686,000   15,535,500 27,085,000       23,697,000 23,506,000 
      provision for income taxes
                                            34,100,000 36,800,000 32,300,000 36,300,000 24,300,000 28,600,000 27,200,000 20,800,000   10,075,000 13,500,000 12,500,000 14,300,000 17,500,000 18,700,000 10,700,000     12,400,000 13,400,000 11,600,000          17,296,000         10,108,000 9,994,000   5,423,500 9,073,000       8,336,000 8,935,000 
      other comprehensive expense, net of tax
                                            -7.9 -2.8                                                       
      other comprehensive income/(expense) items:
                                                                                                    
      other comprehensive income/(expense), net of tax
                                                    -0.7                                                
      defined benefit pension plans
                                                     0.6                                               
      other comprehensive income/(expense) items, net of tax
                                                     2.9                                               
      loss on early debt extinguishment
                                                                    10,500,000                                
      income from continuing operations
                                                              34,200,000 27,100,000 19,900,000  27,200,000 21,300,000 7,200,000  29,088,000 22,326,000 14,368,000 19,415,000 41,905,000 41,658,000 34,144,000 30,925,000                       
      income from discontinued operations
                                                                    600,000  11,000 -299,000                             
      basic earnings per share from continuing operations
                                                              0.8 0.63 0.46  0.63 0.49 0.17  0.7 0.55 0.36 0.49 1.05 1.04 0.84 0.74                       
      basic earnings per share from discontinued operations
                                                                    0.01       -0.01                         
      diluted earnings per share from continuing operations
                                                              0.79 0.62 0.45  0.62 0.48 0.16  0.69 0.54 0.35 0.48 1.02 1.01 0.82 0.72                       
      diluted earnings per share from discontinued operations
                                                                    0.01       -0.01                         
      income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes
                                                                  40,600,000 32,900,000          48,221,000                       
      income from continuing operations before benefit from income taxes
                                                                    9,800,000  43,184,000 33,091,000 21,132,000 29,916,000 65,961,000 62,938,000 53,430,000                        
      basic loss per share from discontinued operations
                                                                      -0.003 -0.01                             
      diluted loss per share from discontinued operations
                                                                      -0.003 -0.01                             
      income from discontinued operations and 2,450 at november 30, 2006
                                                                          -94,250 -525,000                         
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax of 2,799 at november 30, 2007 and 2,450 at november 30, 2006
                                                                             147,000                       
      gain on sale of businesses
                                                                                      -134,500   -538,000           
      benefit for income taxes
                                                                                    7,528,000    -4,619,000            
      impairment charge
                                                                                      230,000 434,000             
      stock compensation expense
                                                                                      2,129,000 933,000 2,073,000 2,736,000           
      impairment, restructuring, and other charges
                                                                                                    
      pro forma earnings per share:
                                                                                                    
      selling and administrative expenses
                                                                                                175,927,000 179,876,000 180,880,000 173,304,000 
      amortization expense
                                                                                                 802,000 1,016,000 1,107,000 
      costs and expenses:
                                                                                                    
      loss on sale of businesses
                                                                                                    
      other income
                                                                                                  -168,250 -783,000 
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        assets
                                                                                                      
        current assets:
                                                                                                      
        cash and cash equivalents
      272,500,000 376,100,000 422,500,000 371,800,000 397,900,000 935,600,000 845,800,000 699,000,000 578,900,000 513,300,000 397,900,000 359,300,000 339,000,000 284,100,000 223,200,000 318,200,000 475,500,000 504,000,000 491,300,000 593,500,000 498,700,000 507,000,000 560,700,000 520,600,000 380,600,000 266,600,000 461,000,000 333,700,000 232,000,000 214,800,000 129,100,000 94,300,000 229,800,000 428,600,000 311,100,000 189,700,000 463,200,000 451,200,000 413,200,000 337,000,000 224,300,000 560,200,000 756,800,000 652,100,000 601,100,000 583,000,000 552,500,000 467,300,000 408,200,000 398,100,000 359,100,000 301,900,000 262,800,000 267,500,000 284,500,000 228,300,000 180,600,000 172,700,000 170,200,000 160,800,000 125,500,000 152,200,000 191,000,000 194,500,000 155,800,000 48,300,000 18,683,000 28,290,000 72,310,000 264,634,000 297,096,000 216,314,000 185,066,000 201,709,000 222,816,000 178,391,000 123,055,000 102,721,000 88,648,000 71,575,000 69,812,000 105,197,000 98,533,000 44,250,000 9,514,000 3,803,000 14,135,000 9,586,000 7,499,000 13,056,000 16,053,000 10,414,000 9,470,000 4,674,000 2,694,000 976,000 
        accounts receivables
      579,000,000 565,300,000 593,900,000 608,600,000 577,600,000 534,700,000 563,000,000 512,300,000 494,900,000 517,100,000 555,300,000 545,000,000 523,100,000 584,200,000 665,900,000 597,200,000 546,800,000 529,300,000 571,800,000 509,000,000 448,000,000 445,300,000 500,300,000 451,300,000 506,700,000 507,700,000 561,000,000 586,000,000 520,100,000 556,700,000 637,900,000 572,600,000 500,200,000 514,300,000 573,300,000 521,100,000 500,900,000 522,500,000 572,800,000 494,000,000 458,800,000 415,700,000 411,700,000 392,800,000 355,700,000 371,800,000 373,400,000 352,500,000 308,700,000 332,600,000 318,300,000 299,500,000 282,300,000 270,500,000 263,800,000 269,600,000 257,600,000 262,600,000 262,600,000 255,300,000 243,700,000 249,400,000 255,100,000 236,000,000 224,600,000 220,100,000 227,371,000 221,477,000 215,883,000 244,296,000 268,971,000 288,725,000 270,770,000 284,531,000 388,646,000 383,885,000 338,595,000 337,324,000 379,622,000 358,022,000 324,399,000 326,662,000 345,770,000              
        inventories
      515,200,000 518,100,000 526,700,000 486,000,000 471,900,000 391,100,000 387,600,000 372,300,000 375,800,000 365,300,000 368,500,000 400,500,000 436,400,000 487,000,000 485,700,000 580,600,000 524,400,000 439,700,000 398,700,000 370,000,000 321,300,000 316,100,000 320,100,000 355,300,000 348,600,000 352,600,000 340,800,000 390,600,000 413,000,000 420,200,000 411,800,000 406,500,000 322,100,000 339,600,000 328,600,000 342,200,000 353,700,000 334,400,000 295,200,000 288,900,000 277,500,000 242,300,000 224,800,000 256,400,000 237,400,000 214,200,000 212,000,000 213,800,000 228,600,000 208,300,000 203,000,000 201,200,000 193,700,000 193,700,000 194,100,000 168,700,000 159,000,000 162,500,000 165,900,000 178,000,000 174,100,000 173,700,000 149,000,000 143,300,000 147,900,000 145,300,000 140,797,000 158,129,000 165,333,000 162,120,000 145,725,000 150,294,000 146,650,000 146,881,000 192,070,000 206,082,000 209,482,000 211,886,000 209,319,000 217,811,000 216,816,000 225,834,000 215,590,000 220,763,000 217,393,000 230,849,000 222,260,000 217,849,000 201,563,000 202,377,000 188,799,000 196,249,000 196,966,000 216,459,000 216,942,000 213,985,000 
        prepayments and other current assets
      138,500,000 122,000,000 108,400,000 122,600,000 111,400,000 75,900,000 75,100,000 90,400,000 97,200,000 78,400,000 73,500,000 103,600,000 95,000,000 100,500,000 91,200,000 112,600,000 125,300,000 126,900,000 82,500,000 66,000,000 76,100,000 79,300,000 58,600,000 53,100,000 71,900,000 79,500,000 79,000,000 69,000,000 67,500,000 60,100,000 32,300,000 32,400,000 41,300,000 41,300,000 32,600,000 41,100,000 46,100,000 48,100,000 41,700,000 34,900,000 37,100,000 37,000,000 20,100,000 21,700,000 35,100,000 35,700,000 27,300,000 21,000,000 30,400,000 25,600,000 19,500,000 21,600,000 32,200,000 29,000,000 23,600,000 22,200,000 30,100,000 25,700,000 15,800,000 16,200,000 22,300,000 21,700,000 13,900,000 17,200,000 26,600,000 19,600,000 19,339,000 25,914,000 31,956,000 34,588,000 26,104,000 31,209,000 34,775,000 35,357,000 42,681,000 43,714,000 48,807,000 46,045,000 37,600,000 42,031,000 46,870,000 36,296,000 33,008,000 41,198,000 43,777,000 38,684,000 36,534,000 38,819,000 35,345,000 28,753,000 28,377,000 31,151,000 29,190,000 26,005,000 24,379,000 19,929,000 
        total current assets
      1,505,200,000 1,581,500,000 1,651,500,000 1,589,000,000 1,558,800,000 1,937,300,000 1,871,500,000 1,674,000,000 1,546,800,000 1,474,100,000 1,395,200,000 1,408,400,000 1,393,500,000 1,455,800,000 1,466,000,000 1,608,600,000 1,672,000,000 1,599,900,000 1,544,300,000 1,538,500,000 1,344,100,000 1,347,700,000 1,439,700,000 1,380,300,000 1,307,800,000 1,206,400,000 1,441,800,000 1,379,300,000 1,232,600,000 1,251,800,000 1,211,100,000 1,105,800,000 1,093,400,000 1,323,800,000 1,245,600,000 1,094,100,000 1,363,900,000 1,356,200,000 1,322,900,000 1,154,800,000 997,700,000 1,255,200,000 1,436,500,000 1,343,600,000 1,250,200,000 1,225,500,000 1,186,700,000 1,070,000,000 990,500,000 979,300,000 913,500,000 837,400,000 783,700,000 773,300,000 779,000,000 704,100,000 642,700,000 639,200,000 630,500,000 626,500,000 581,900,000 613,400,000 626,300,000 608,300,000 572,000,000 450,000,000 422,900,000 455,781,000 509,431,000 729,617,000 756,147,000 706,378,000 658,954,000 689,182,000 867,985,000 836,883,000 743,335,000 722,285,000 737,645,000 712,347,000 681,296,000 717,949,000 717,774,000 669,553,000 619,874,000 641,330,000 633,586,000 607,091,000 565,272,000 578,525,000 558,552,000 583,385,000 571,055,000 579,138,000   
        property, plant, and equipment
      350,300,000 345,000,000 343,200,000 323,800,000 322,500,000 299,800,000 303,900,000 298,000,000 296,000,000 293,600,000 297,600,000 290,400,000 286,000,000 279,600,000 276,500,000 269,200,000 264,100,000 261,000,000 269,100,000 259,700,000 262,000,000 268,800,000 270,500,000 275,100,000 279,300,000 278,400,000 277,300,000 280,500,000 284,200,000 283,000,000 286,700,000 288,000,000 282,800,000 286,100,000 287,700,000 284,400,000 277,800,000 273,500,000 267,800,000 262,900,000 256,600,000 191,300,000 174,600,000 164,900,000 159,100,000 160,700,000 152,500,000 148,200,000 147,100,000 147,100,000 147,900,000 147,100,000 144,900,000 143,800,000 139,200,000 132,400,000 133,400,000 133,600,000 143,200,000 147,000,000 145,100,000 143,500,000 138,400,000 141,100,000 142,500,000 148,500,000 145,829,000 144,971,000 138,657,000 143,076,000 161,506,000 164,167,000 163,377,000 161,911,000 213,738,000 210,841,000 208,805,000 210,004,000 211,269,000 206,001,000 210,199,000 213,721,000 219,194,000 221,546,000 223,815,000 225,965,000 226,299,000 216,910,000 219,828,000 220,302,000 222,558,000 226,401,000 228,575,000 235,558,000   
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      101,900,000 103,600,000 97,400,000 77,800,000 81,900,000 61,100,000 65,600,000 71,700,000 76,200,000 79,100,000 84,100,000 84,800,000 77,800,000 66,800,000 74,900,000 63,400,000 59,500,000 54,700,000 58,000,000 60,200,000 63,300,000 65,800,000 63,400,000 56,700,000 59,400,000 60,100,000                                                                       
        goodwill
      1,497,400,000 1,492,600,000 1,495,500,000 1,492,600,000 1,450,300,000 1,091,800,000 1,098,700,000 1,096,700,000 1,097,100,000 1,097,500,000 1,097,900,000 1,096,700,000 1,080,300,000 1,082,000,000 1,084,300,000 1,090,900,000 1,092,400,000 1,091,000,000 1,094,700,000 1,096,200,000 1,084,200,000 1,080,600,000 1,080,000,000 1,086,400,000 1,089,600,000 1,115,500,000 967,300,000 964,100,000 968,500,000 966,900,000 970,600,000 970,500,000 911,900,000 896,500,000 900,900,000 887,500,000 893,300,000 941,800,000 947,800,000 889,800,000 883,700,000 728,000,000 565,000,000 565,300,000 565,600,000 567,900,000 569,400,000 570,100,000 570,000,000 570,400,000 568,200,000 573,400,000 554,700,000 555,100,000 554,900,000 554,000,000 557,300,000 559,600,000 559,200,000 575,400,000 571,300,000 542,000,000 515,600,000 508,900,000 509,900,000 510,900,000 510,563,000 548,105,000 373,335,000 338,748,000 342,306,000 354,368,000 354,109,000 353,776,000 384,809,000 347,273,000 345,983,000 346,307,000 346,188,000 346,044,000 344,895,000 344,451,000 344,836,000 344,256,000 345,363,000 345,739,000 343,595,000 347,421,000 348,014,000 347,481,000 345,676,000 347,055,000 345,152,000 344,154,000 344,218,000  
        intangible assets
      1,056,400,000 1,074,800,000 1,099,000,000 1,108,300,000 1,125,100,000 440,300,000 440,500,000 452,900,000 462,900,000 471,200,000 481,200,000 504,900,000 495,800,000 505,600,000 529,200,000 541,700,000 552,300,000 561,800,000 573,200,000 580,100,000 587,200,000 596,000,000 605,900,000 612,900,000 628,800,000 621,500,000 466,000,000 473,100,000 482,400,000 489,500,000 498,700,000 504,600,000 447,500,000 439,900,000 448,800,000 448,300,000 446,400,000 372,800,000 381,400,000 448,700,000 452,800,000 303,000,000 223,400,000 226,100,000 222,600,000 227,600,000 231,600,000 235,300,000 238,400,000 241,100,000 245,100,000 242,000,000 228,000,000 228,100,000 230,800,000 233,500,000 234,500,000 233,000,000 234,200,000 212,500,000 212,500,000 197,200,000 199,500,000 181,100,000 182,900,000 184,700,000 184,826,000 148,684,000 126,878,000 128,129,000 129,319,000 119,948,000 117,196,000 117,985,000 118,892,000 117,898,000 118,694,000 119,489,000 120,287,000 121,083,000 121,877,000 122,676,000 123,473,000 124,268,000 125,065,000 125,861,000 126,658,000 127,454,000 128,250,000        
        deferred income taxes
      3,200,000 12,300,000 23,400,000 21,100,000 2,300,000 2,400,000 2,300,000 800,000 800,000 700,000 3,000,000 1,300,000 1,200,000 1,400,000 1,300,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,900,000 1,900,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,700,000 2,700,000 1,900,000 2,100,000 2,300,000 2,300,000 2,800,000 2,900,000 2,900,000 2,900,000 3,100,000 3,200,000 3,300,000 3,400,000 4,600,000 4,700,000 4,800,000 5,100,000 3,200,000 3,400,000 3,400,000 23,100,000 20,600,000 20,900,000 20,800,000 21,500,000 15,400,000 14,600,000 14,700,000 13,600,000 13,200,000 12,700,000 12,600,000 13,000,000 15,300,000 15,400,000 15,700,000 16,000,000 16,200,000 16,300,000 16,400,000 17,300,000 17,300,000 17,100,000 16,700,000 16,710,000 21,971,000 23,949,000 23,979,000 18,251,000 19,836,000 21,693,000 20,704,000 21,772,000 24,811,000 23,396,000 24,309,000 22,456,000 22,908,000 23,399,000 23,960,000 24,873,000 38,106,000 38,062,000 31,708,000 29,500,000 27,293,000 26,988,000 25,413,000 23,047,000 26,085,000 24,140,000 24,174,000 24,247,000 16,656,000 
        other long-term assets
      44,100,000 42,300,000 45,200,000 33,700,000 40,800,000 31,600,000 32,100,000 48,800,000 46,000,000 47,700,000 49,500,000 52,400,000 49,200,000 45,400,000 48,000,000 39,900,000 37,100,000 35,300,000 33,900,000 23,100,000 16,900,000 27,000,000 29,500,000 29,000,000 29,700,000 21,000,000 17,700,000 21,300,000 21,200,000 21,200,000 18,800,000 10,400,000 11,700,000 11,800,000 13,200,000 11,600,000 13,000,000 14,300,000 23,000,000 23,800,000 25,600,000 25,400,000 27,100,000 24,600,000 17,200,000 21,000,000 24,900,000 24,700,000 24,700,000 26,700,000 27,400,000 26,200,000 27,200,000 27,400,000 28,900,000 30,700,000 27,900,000 27,600,000 28,300,000 25,800,000 22,400,000 21,600,000 20,100,000 26,600,000 23,500,000 20,400,000 23,859,000 21,302,000 19,279,000 18,002,000 16,109,000 14,809,000 13,768,000 19,358,000 22,332,000 19,392,000 15,783,000 19,980,000 22,975,000 23,933,000 24,038,000 26,876,000 32,689,000 29,355,000 28,845,000 37,520,000 34,391,000 31,658,000 28,882,000 29,827,000       
        total assets
      4,558,500,000 4,652,100,000 4,755,200,000 4,646,300,000 4,581,700,000 3,864,300,000 3,814,600,000 3,642,900,000 3,525,800,000 3,463,900,000 3,408,500,000 3,438,900,000 3,383,800,000 3,436,600,000 3,480,200,000 3,615,500,000 3,679,200,000 3,605,600,000 3,575,100,000 3,560,300,000 3,360,200,000 3,388,600,000 3,491,700,000 3,442,300,000 3,396,700,000 3,305,200,000 3,172,400,000 3,121,100,000 2,991,800,000 3,015,300,000 2,988,800,000 2,882,400,000 2,750,500,000 2,961,400,000 2,899,600,000 2,730,500,000 2,999,100,000 2,963,400,000 2,948,000,000 2,783,200,000 2,619,800,000 2,506,300,000 2,429,600,000 2,327,800,000 2,218,100,000 2,206,100,000 2,168,100,000 2,049,800,000 1,972,300,000 1,966,200,000 1,903,800,000 1,829,800,000 1,742,400,000 1,731,700,000 1,736,900,000 1,656,500,000 1,597,900,000 1,595,000,000 1,597,400,000 1,591,000,000 1,537,000,000 1,521,400,000 1,503,600,000 1,468,700,000 1,433,300,000 1,317,100,000 1,290,603,000 1,321,124,000 1,169,861,000 1,359,853,000 1,408,691,000 1,366,040,000 1,313,774,000 1,348,073,000 1,612,508,000 1,536,122,000 1,436,435,000 1,421,900,000 1,444,116,000 1,413,657,000 1,386,554,000 1,429,922,000 1,442,215,000 1,388,978,000 1,342,962,000 1,376,415,000 1,364,529,000 1,330,534,000 1,290,246,000 1,305,182,000 1,288,219,000 1,330,752,000 1,317,175,000 1,337,778,000   
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                                      
        current liabilities:
                                                                                                      
        accounts payable
      354,600,000 396,200,000 454,500,000 409,000,000 352,600,000 331,500,000 352,300,000 323,300,000 322,400,000 311,800,000 285,700,000 344,300,000 324,800,000 415,100,000 397,800,000 452,200,000 454,700,000 409,300,000 391,500,000 380,400,000 321,500,000 317,300,000 326,500,000 331,300,000 333,500,000 321,700,000 338,800,000 378,800,000 351,100,000 389,700,000 451,100,000 464,500,000 341,900,000 364,600,000 395,100,000 359,800,000 365,500,000 390,900,000 401,000,000 353,900,000 317,800,000 329,100,000 311,100,000 301,900,000 280,900,000 277,500,000 287,400,000 256,600,000 244,400,000 244,300,000 249,500,000 239,700,000 213,700,000 204,600,000 232,700,000 202,700,000 189,400,000 198,900,000 203,800,000 188,300,000 175,700,000 184,600,000 195,000,000 164,200,000 157,500,000 164,000,000 162,299,000 157,174,000 159,622,000 180,193,000 205,776,000 188,683,000 179,223,000 189,263,000 247,176,000 231,706,000 216,653,000 213,222,000 243,593,000 219,393,000 184,883,000 204,018,000 221,844,000 200,926,000 170,541,000 181,287,000 206,064,000 185,784,000 159,247,000 153,562,000 165,656,000 156,013,000 157,451,000 149,507,000 161,713,000 136,495,000 
        current operating lease liabilities
      26,300,000 25,400,000 23,300,000 23,300,000 24,300,000 18,900,000 19,200,000 19,300,000 19,600,000 19,300,000 19,700,000 19,200,000 17,200,000 15,700,000 15,700,000 16,200,000 16,300,000 15,600,000 15,900,000 16,400,000 17,300,000 18,100,000 17,200,000 16,200,000 16,600,000 16,700,000                                                                       
        accrued compensation
      106,200,000 86,200,000 110,000,000 110,200,000 90,500,000 72,700,000 110,100,000 88,000,000 83,900,000 71,500,000 103,300,000 83,100,000 78,000,000 68,700,000 88,000,000 80,700,000 77,700,000 67,700,000 95,300,000 105,000,000 91,400,000 75,300,000 85,400,000 55,800,000 55,600,000 50,500,000 73,200,000 66,400,000 61,000,000 39,700,000 67,000,000 58,400,000 38,200,000 31,200,000 41,800,000 26,100,000 25,000,000 26,600,000 93,900,000 77,800,000 50,400,000 34,000,000 78,200,000 58,300,000 44,400,000 41,100,000 54,800,000 34,600,000 30,000,000 27,200,000 28,000,000 25,100,000 18,000,000 21,600,000 44,900,000 40,400,000 32,600,000 22,800,000 45,000,000 36,700,000 31,300,000 29,200,000 51,800,000 41,000,000 35,500,000 32,700,000 35,309,000 37,775,000 41,221,000 45,337,000 67,463,000 58,386,000 49,335,000 43,985,000 79,835,000 67,567,000 53,975,000 52,569,000 69,360,000 61,229,000 52,715,000 54,074,000 59,122,000 50,343,000             
        other current liabilities
      241,000,000 254,600,000 258,000,000 257,000,000 233,700,000 227,500,000 206,300,000 174,700,000 172,000,000 198,000,000  177,600,000 176,300,000                                                                                    
        total current liabilities
      728,100,000 762,400,000 845,800,000 799,500,000 801,100,000 650,600,000 687,900,000 605,300,000 597,900,000 600,600,000 595,400,000 624,200,000 596,300,000 697,600,000 733,600,000 866,900,000 743,700,000 695,200,000 692,200,000 671,400,000 576,300,000 583,400,000 617,600,000 575,900,000 572,200,000 572,600,000 596,100,000 631,000,000 584,400,000 652,000,000 682,700,000 672,100,000 509,600,000 594,900,000 600,900,000 544,300,000 546,800,000 609,800,000 672,500,000 584,600,000 513,400,000 512,700,000 520,900,000 486,100,000 434,100,000 453,600,000 470,500,000 408,700,000 366,900,000 395,900,000 386,200,000 358,100,000 312,500,000 321,300,000 364,800,000 331,100,000 292,200,000 317,400,000 331,400,000 313,300,000 287,200,000 303,500,000 321,300,000 280,300,000 260,500,000 480,500,000 476,089,000 333,266,000 279,030,000 482,735,000 522,566,000 496,079,000 484,291,000 352,054,000 470,396,000 425,875,000 376,311,000 385,193,000 427,794,000 386,800,000 342,077,000 371,831,000 399,472,000 369,829,000 346,518,000 365,465,000 362,235,000 359,693,000 331,954,000 359,818,000 359,451,000 395,811,000 405,036,000 424,986,000   
        long-term debt
      697,100,000 797,000,000 896,800,000 996,700,000 996,500,000 496,300,000 496,200,000 496,000,000 495,900,000 495,700,000 495,600,000 495,400,000 495,300,000 495,100,000 495,000,000 494,800,000 494,700,000 494,500,000 494,300,000 494,200,000 494,000,000 495,600,000 376,800,000 385,800,000 390,800,000 347,100,000 347,500,000 347,500,000 349,700,000 356,300,000 356,400,000 356,400,000 356,500,000 356,500,000 356,500,000 356,300,000 355,800,000 355,700,000 355,000,000 354,200,000 353,500,000 352,400,000 352,400,000 353,700,000 353,700,000 353,600,000 353,600,000 353,600,000 353,600,000 353,600,000 353,600,000 353,500,000 353,500,000 353,500,000 353,500,000 353,500,000 353,400,000 353,400,000 353,400,000 353,400,000 353,400,000 353,400,000 353,300,000 353,300,000 353,300,000 19,600,000 22,047,000 224,461,000 203,965,000 203,959,000 203,953,000 203,949,000 203,945,000 363,892,000                       
        long-term operating lease liabilities
      84,800,000 87,700,000 84,300,000 65,600,000 71,300,000 54,400,000 58,100,000 63,400,000 67,500,000 70,000,000 75,500,000 78,000,000 72,400,000 63,600,000 67,400,000 52,900,000 49,000,000 44,000,000 46,700,000 48,400,000 52,200,000 58,100,000 56,800,000 46,400,000 48,100,000 49,400,000                                                                       
        accrued pension liabilities
      39,900,000 39,600,000 39,200,000 37,800,000 37,600,000 37,500,000 37,500,000 38,800,000 38,700,000 38,400,000 38,400,000 41,900,000 41,700,000 41,500,000 41,400,000 51,000,000 52,100,000 52,800,000 60,200,000 67,300,000 68,000,000 69,200,000 91,600,000 94,700,000 96,900,000 98,700,000 99,700,000 61,900,000 62,900,000 62,500,000 64,600,000 86,700,000 94,300,000 95,900,000 96,900,000 116,300,000 116,400,000 117,600,000                                                           
        other long-term liabilities
      140,600,000 146,800,000 139,300,000 148,400,000 146,200,000 136,500,000 130,100,000 142,700,000 133,900,000 138,600,000 129,200,000 126,400,000 129,900,000 134,500,000 128,900,000 131,000,000 134,900,000 145,600,000 136,200,000 130,200,000 134,900,000 143,300,000 120,000,000 117,500,000 118,800,000 120,200,000 110,700,000 98,700,000 94,900,000 96,800,000 67,900,000 69,600,000 69,200,000 71,100,000 63,600,000 63,600,000 64,600,000 68,200,000 59,000,000 53,200,000 57,200,000 59,900,000 51,200,000 50,300,000 52,800,000 60,500,000 50,200,000 50,100,000 58,200,000 61,800,000 54,900,000 61,200,000 55,000,000 58,600,000 54,500,000 54,600,000 54,700,000 58,500,000 51,400,000 51,600,000 53,000,000 55,300,000 45,700,000 45,300,000 46,900,000 48,400,000 47,448,000 45,736,000 47,778,000 46,225,000 47,104,000 41,284,000 42,162,000 50,059,000 48,181,000 70,332,000 69,509,000 75,431,000 75,063,000 108,717,000 112,067,000 108,839,000 107,748,000 89,658,000 89,230,000 95,392,000 91,779,000 102,277,000 101,341,000 100,788,000 97,689,000 73,522,000 70,050,000 74,932,000 74,568,000 71,838,000 
        total liabilities
      1,717,700,000 1,858,100,000 2,030,300,000 2,062,300,000 2,061,300,000 1,400,900,000 1,435,800,000 1,388,200,000 1,376,200,000 1,399,800,000 1,393,100,000 1,469,100,000 1,436,200,000 1,533,100,000 1,568,400,000 1,696,900,000 1,574,900,000 1,532,700,000 1,530,600,000 1,521,200,000 1,427,700,000 1,451,600,000 1,364,200,000 1,346,600,000 1,351,600,000 1,317,900,000 1,253,500,000 1,236,200,000 1,190,000,000 1,264,400,000 1,272,000,000 1,282,000,000 1,114,700,000 1,235,300,000 1,234,000,000 1,195,300,000 1,194,300,000 1,233,300,000 1,288,200,000 1,195,300,000 1,126,400,000 1,071,400,000 1,069,600,000 1,014,100,000 966,500,000 995,400,000  925,000,000                                                 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                                      
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                                      
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value per share...
                                                                                                      
        common stock, 0.01 par value per share...
      600,000 600,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000                                                                                        
        paid-in capital
      1,164,500,000 1,151,000,000 1,164,700,000 1,143,500,000 1,132,800,000 1,120,500,000 1,115,900,000 1,103,400,000 1,087,700,000 1,070,500,000 1,066,800,000 1,056,900,000 1,047,100,000 1,035,400,000 1,036,300,000 1,025,200,000 1,015,600,000 1,004,600,000 995,600,000 985,100,000 977,800,000 968,600,000 963,600,000 958,000,000 950,600,000 942,800,000 930,000,000 924,700,000 917,500,000 910,200,000 906,300,000 899,200,000 892,500,000 884,300,000 881,000,000 875,400,000 868,400,000 860,700,000 856,400,000 833,600,000 818,700,000 812,100,000 797,100,000 783,600,000 779,600,000 770,500,000 761,500,000 758,000,000 753,200,000 739,800,000 735,500,000 725,700,000 720,400,000 715,400,000 703,100,000 697,800,000 694,300,000 682,400,000 680,300,000 676,200,000 670,800,000 666,900,000 661,900,000 657,800,000 651,600,000 647,900,000 647,211,000 643,823,000 640,311,000 630,142,000 626,435,000 623,885,000 619,723,000 616,096,000 611,701,000 606,461,000 596,780,000 583,385,000 560,973,000 541,817,000 509,107,000 476,768,000 476,034,000 458,080,000 447,714,000 437,242,000 425,807,000 423,801,000 426,409,000 409,853,000 407,621,000 405,384,000 404,483,000 403,995,000 403,389,000 395,364,000 
        retained earnings
      4,491,500,000 4,401,000,000 4,285,800,000 4,177,100,000 4,084,000,000 4,012,000,000 3,909,800,000 3,795,700,000 3,686,400,000 3,601,900,000 3,505,400,000 3,426,600,000 3,325,800,000 3,246,800,000 3,176,200,000 3,065,200,000 2,963,900,000 2,893,200,000 2,810,300,000 2,717,000,000 2,635,900,000 2,577,700,000 2,523,300,000 2,454,800,000 2,399,600,000 2,347,600,000 2,295,800,000 2,204,900,000 2,121,600,000 2,060,600,000 1,999,200,000 1,896,200,000 1,828,500,000 1,725,900,000 1,659,900,000 1,574,900,000 1,498,400,000 1,436,800,000 1,360,900,000 1,283,800,000 1,215,500,000 1,155,700,000 1,093,000,000 1,038,600,000 979,800,000 939,100,000 893,600,000 844,400,000 806,300,000 779,200,000 740,300,000 701,000,000 675,000,000 655,900,000 635,300,000 607,600,000 579,500,000 565,500,000 541,000,000 512,500,000 491,000,000 477,800,000 459,000,000 438,500,000 422,900,000 421,800,000 404,169,000 380,109,000 389,589,000 380,559,000 366,904,000 329,616,000 293,863,000 265,087,000 313,850,000 269,077,000 237,066,000 219,238,000 192,155,000 157,479,000 135,440,000 127,663,000 112,447,000 91,334,000 78,274,000 93,281,000 86,560,000 66,197,000 54,556,000 51,407,000 44,755,000 36,714,000 27,618,000 26,158,000 21,884,000 12,730,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -60,700,000 -81,400,000 -76,500,000 -114,600,000 -142,900,000 -131,700,000 -114,900,000 -111,900,000 -112,700,000 -114,100,000 -112,600,000 -120,000,000 -126,300,000 -126,200,000 -125,800,000 -103,500,000 -102,900,000 -108,900,000 -98,200,000 -97,400,000 -118,100,000 -126,500,000 -132,700,000 -161,600,000 -149,600,000 -147,600,000 -151,400,000 -122,100,000 -114,700,000 -121,000,000 -114,800,000 -121,100,000 -115,400,000 -108,600,000 -99,700,000 -139,500,000 -143,900,000 -149,300,000  -109,800,000 -121,100,000 -113,200,000  -88,800,000 -88,100,000 -79,200,000  -57,900,000 -60,400,000                  -57,423,000 -40,706,000 -53,935,000  -22,819,000 -12,636,000 -16,251,000                        
        treasury stock
      -2,755,100,000 -2,677,200,000 -2,649,600,000 -2,622,500,000 -2,554,000,000 -2,537,900,000 -2,532,500,000 -2,533,000,000 -2,512,300,000 -2,494,700,000 -2,444,700,000 -2,394,200,000 -2,299,500,000 -2,253,000,000 -2,175,400,000 -2,068,800,000 -1,772,800,000 -1,716,500,000 -1,663,700,000 -1,566,100,000 -1,563,600,000 -1,483,300,000 -1,227,200,000 -1,156,000,000 -1,156,000,000 -1,156,000,000 -1,156,000,000 -1,123,100,000 -1,123,100,000 -1,099,400,000 -1,074,400,000 -1,074,400,000 -970,300,000 -776,000,000 -776,100,000 -776,100,000 -418,600,000 -418,600,000 -418,600,000 -420,200,000 -420,200,000 -420,200,000 -420,200,000 -420,200,000 -420,200,000 -420,200,000 -420,200,000 -420,200,000 -420,200,000 -420,200,000 -420,200,000 -420,200,000 -420,200,000 -420,200,000 -420,200,000 -420,100,000 -420,100,000 -420,100,000 -411,000,000 -352,800,000 -352,800,000 -355,700,000 -355,700,000 -319,500,000 -319,500,000 -322,300,000 -322,316,000 -325,174,000 -395,471,000 -395,471,000 -395,471,000 -375,960,000 -371,116,000 -336,899,000 -244,565,000 -224,816,000 -224,816,000 -224,816,000 -194,858,000 -139,807,000 -70,297,000 -12,311,000               
        total stockholders’ equity
      2,840,800,000 2,794,000,000 2,724,900,000 2,584,000,000 2,520,400,000 2,463,400,000 2,378,800,000 2,254,700,000 2,149,600,000 2,064,100,000 2,015,400,000 1,969,800,000 1,947,600,000 1,903,500,000 1,911,800,000 1,918,600,000 2,104,300,000 2,072,900,000 2,044,500,000 2,039,100,000 1,932,500,000 1,937,000,000 2,127,500,000 2,095,700,000 2,045,100,000 1,987,300,000 1,918,900,000 1,884,900,000 1,801,800,000 1,750,900,000 1,716,800,000 1,600,400,000 1,635,800,000 1,726,100,000 1,665,600,000 1,535,200,000 1,804,800,000 1,730,100,000 1,659,800,000 1,587,900,000 1,493,400,000 1,434,900,000 1,360,000,000 1,313,700,000 1,251,600,000 1,210,700,000 1,163,500,000 1,124,800,000 1,079,400,000 1,039,600,000 993,500,000 922,600,000 890,700,000 866,100,000 834,000,000 819,000,000 795,200,000 765,400,000 757,000,000 779,000,000 748,000,000 722,700,000 694,400,000 716,900,000 698,900,000 694,200,000 672,140,000 658,550,000 580,992,000 568,613,000 575,546,000 565,401,000 526,715,000 526,178,000 671,966,000 639,603,000 590,919,000 561,821,000 542,259,000 526,592,000 540,972,000 557,247,000 541,793,000 514,585,000 492,217,000 500,648,000 477,977,000 445,171,000 434,093,000 421,820,000 408,294,000 428,504,000 408,400,000 405,439,000   
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      4,558,500,000 4,652,100,000 4,755,200,000 4,646,300,000 4,581,700,000 3,864,300,000 3,814,600,000 3,642,900,000 3,525,800,000 3,463,900,000 3,408,500,000 3,438,900,000 3,383,800,000 3,436,600,000 3,480,200,000 3,615,500,000 3,679,200,000 3,605,600,000 3,575,100,000 3,560,300,000 3,360,200,000 3,388,600,000 3,491,700,000 3,442,300,000 3,396,700,000 3,305,200,000 3,172,400,000 3,121,100,000 2,991,800,000 3,015,300,000 2,988,800,000 2,882,400,000 2,750,500,000 2,961,400,000 2,899,600,000 2,730,500,000 2,999,100,000 2,963,400,000 2,948,000,000 2,783,200,000 2,619,800,000 2,506,300,000 2,429,600,000 2,327,800,000 2,218,100,000 2,206,100,000 2,168,100,000 2,049,800,000 1,972,300,000 1,966,200,000 1,903,800,000 1,829,800,000 1,742,400,000 1,731,700,000 1,736,900,000 1,656,500,000 1,597,900,000 1,595,000,000 1,597,400,000 1,591,000,000 1,537,000,000 1,521,400,000 1,503,600,000 1,468,700,000 1,433,300,000 1,317,100,000 1,290,603,000 1,321,124,000 1,169,861,000 1,359,853,000 1,408,691,000 1,366,040,000 1,313,774,000 1,348,073,000 1,612,508,000 1,536,122,000 1,436,435,000 1,421,900,000 1,444,116,000 1,413,657,000 1,386,554,000 1,429,922,000 1,442,215,000 1,388,978,000 1,342,962,000 1,376,415,000 1,364,529,000 1,330,534,000 1,290,246,000 1,305,182,000 1,288,219,000 1,330,752,000 1,317,175,000 1,337,778,000   
        current debt
          100,000,000                                                                                            
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                                                      
        common stock, 0.01 par value...
               500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 499,000 498,000 498,000 499,000 497,000 496,000 496,000 495,000 493,000 493,000 491,000 487,000 481,000 477,000 467,000 455,000 450,000 442,000 436,000 431,000 426,000 425,000 426,000 418,000 417,000 415,000 415,000 414,000 414,000 413,000 
        current maturities of debt
                    18,000,000 122,000,000    4,000,000 4,000,000 4,300,000 24,300,000 17,800,000 15,400,000                                                                        
        other accrued liabilities
                186,700,000   198,100,000 214,100,000 195,800,000 195,000,000 202,600,000 189,500,000 165,600,000 142,100,000 168,400,000 164,200,000 154,800,000 151,100,000 174,500,000 175,000,000 176,700,000 165,300,000 222,200,000 164,200,000 147,600,000 129,100,000 198,700,000 163,600,000 158,000,000 156,000,000 192,000,000 176,100,000 152,700,000 145,000,000 149,600,000 130,000,000 124,700,000 107,600,000 133,800,000 127,100,000 116,300,000 91,300,000 123,200,000 107,500,000 92,100,000 79,600,000 93,900,000 86,000,000 86,800,000 69,000,000 94,500,000 81,400,000 87,200,000 79,100,000 88,600,000 73,400,000 73,900,000 66,300,000 72,900,000 67,711,000 68,007,000 78,187,000 97,212,000 88,092,000 87,770,000 94,503,000 117,538,000 141,821,000 126,006,000 105,028,000 118,741,000 114,198,000 105,591,000 103,930,000 113,194,000 117,939,000 99,827,000 94,000,000 105,419,000 105,325,000 97,419,000 92,595,000 97,962,000 90,239,000 91,419,000 82,793,000 97,798,000 100,144,000 81,415,000 
        self-insurance reserves
                         6,400,000 6,800,000 6,700,000  7,100,000 7,000,000 7,200,000 6,800,000 7,500,000 8,300,000 8,100,000 7,900,000 9,300,000 9,000,000 8,600,000 7,900,000 8,000,000 8,200,000 7,400,000                                                           
        self-insurance liabilities
                            6,500,000                                                                          
        current maturities of long-term debt
                               9,200,000 9,100,000 9,100,000 7,000,000 400,000 400,000 1,600,000 400,000 400,000 400,000 400,000 300,000 300,000 200,000 200,000 200,000                         209,700,000 209,535,000 9,510,000  159,993,000 159,983,000 159,972,000 159,962,000  296,000 596,000 655,000 661,000 643,000 587,000 549,000 545,000 567,000 566,000 614,000 771,000 1,511,000 1,537,000 1,555,000 1,398,000 1,339,000 1,128,000 1,130,000 840,000 746,000 298,000 
        property, plant, and equipment, at cost:
                                                                                                      
        land
                                22,600,000 22,700,000 22,800,000 22,700,000 22,900,000 22,800,000 22,300,000 22,300,000 22,500,000 22,200,000 22,000,000 21,900,000 23,100,000 24,300,000 23,700,000 7,700,000 6,700,000 7,000,000 7,100,000 7,300,000 7,800,000 6,800,000 6,700,000 6,600,000 7,200,000 7,300,000 7,300,000 7,400,000 7,300,000 6,900,000 7,300,000 7,100,000 8,400,000 8,800,000 8,200,000 8,300,000 7,600,000 7,700,000 7,800,000 8,100,000 7,273,000 7,342,000 6,590,000 7,301,000 9,501,000 9,585,000 9,407,000 9,359,000 12,562,000 12,659,000 12,461,000 12,491,000 12,436,000 12,202,000 12,355,000 12,330,000 12,303,000 12,148,000 12,146,000 12,143,000 13,037,000 13,796,000 14,103,000 14,047,000 14,060,000 14,435,000 14,064,000 14,581,000 14,746,000 15,212,000 
        buildings and leasehold improvements
                                190,700,000 190,000,000 188,700,000 186,800,000 189,100,000 187,300,000 183,100,000 181,400,000 180,700,000 182,800,000 180,500,000 178,500,000 174,400,000 179,800,000 178,500,000 141,200,000 128,400,000 119,900,000 116,700,000 115,800,000 116,000,000 110,400,000 108,800,000 108,400,000 109,600,000 110,000,000 108,900,000 119,100,000 115,500,000 113,400,000 113,500,000 111,400,000 121,200,000 123,800,000 120,200,000 118,700,000 113,700,000 113,600,000 113,500,000 120,800,000 111,810,000 112,073,000 108,430,000 109,863,000 126,450,000 126,984,000 125,630,000 123,904,000 172,620,000 173,946,000 169,834,000 169,181,000 167,488,000 164,412,000 165,442,000 166,776,000 166,934,000 168,201,000 166,836,000 165,331,000 167,707,000 165,950,000 167,406,000 165,391,000 164,974,000 164,978,000 162,842,000 164,253,000 162,296,000 163,832,000 
        machinery and equipment
                                544,400,000 539,000,000 537,000,000 522,900,000 516,600,000 511,100,000 500,400,000 492,900,000 484,600,000 470,600,000 458,900,000 458,400,000 448,200,000 433,400,000 419,100,000 404,600,000 391,900,000 402,100,000 392,300,000 390,400,000 375,800,000 375,600,000 368,100,000 361,300,000 354,500,000 352,200,000 356,100,000 354,400,000 345,700,000 360,400,000 357,800,000 355,700,000 355,300,000 362,000,000 357,500,000 349,700,000 337,500,000 344,600,000 340,600,000 336,800,000 334,725,000 343,595,000 330,070,000 325,082,000 334,641,000 330,638,000 324,961,000 317,861,000 391,961,000 408,099,000 404,802,000 401,335,000 396,874,000 391,102,000 387,429,000 385,288,000 382,729,000 380,343,000 378,152,000 386,007,000 375,750,000 362,558,000 357,491,000 356,205,000 350,549,000 351,874,000 344,897,000 341,261,000 339,198,000 338,357,000 
        total property, plant, and equipment
                                757,700,000 751,700,000 748,500,000 732,400,000 728,600,000 721,200,000 705,800,000 696,600,000 687,800,000 675,600,000 661,400,000 658,800,000 645,700,000 637,500,000 621,300,000 553,500,000 527,000,000 529,000,000 516,100,000 513,500,000 499,600,000 492,800,000 483,600,000 476,300,000 471,300,000 469,500,000 472,300,000 480,900,000 468,500,000 480,700,000 478,600,000 474,200,000 484,900,000 494,600,000 485,900,000 476,700,000 458,800,000 465,900,000 461,900,000 465,700,000 453,808,000 463,010,000 445,090,000 442,246,000 470,592,000 467,207,000 459,998,000 451,124,000 577,143,000 594,704,000 587,097,000 583,007,000 576,798,000 567,716,000 565,226,000 564,394,000 561,966,000 560,692,000 557,134,000 563,481,000 556,494,000 542,304,000 539,000,000 535,643,000 529,583,000 531,287,000 521,803,000 520,095,000   
        less — accumulated depreciation and amortization
                                -480,400,000 -471,200,000 -464,300,000 -449,400,000 -441,900,000 -433,200,000 -423,000,000 -410,500,000 -400,100,000    377,900,000 374,600,000 364,700,000 362,200,000 352,400,000 364,100,000 357,000,000 352,800,000 347,100,000 344,600,000 336,500,000 329,200,000 323,400,000 322,400,000 327,400,000 337,100,000 329,300,000 348,300,000 345,200,000 340,600,000 341,700,000    320,400,000    307,979,000    309,086,000                        275,561,000  
        less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
                                         -391,200,000 -383,600,000 -385,300,000                                                  325,394,000 319,172,000 315,341,000  304,886,000     
        other assets:
                                                                                                      
        total other assets
                                            1,357,300,000 1,365,500,000 1,365,500,000 1,059,800,000 818,500,000 819,300,000 808,800,000 819,900,000 828,900,000 831,600,000 834,700,000 839,800,000 842,400,000 845,300,000 813,800,000 814,600,000 818,700,000 820,000,000 821,800,000 822,200,000 823,700,000 817,500,000 810,000,000 764,500,000 738,900,000 719,300,000 718,800,000 718,600,000 721,874,000 720,372,000 521,773,000 487,160,000 491,038,000 495,495,000 491,443,000 496,980,000 530,785,000 488,398,000 484,295,000 489,611,000 495,202,000 495,309,000 495,059,000 498,252,000 505,247,000 497,879,000 499,273,000 509,120,000 504,644,000 506,533,000 505,146,000 506,355,000 507,109,000 520,966,000 517,545,000 523,082,000   
        accrued pension liabilities, current
                                            1,300,000    1,600,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,235,000    1,252,000 1,268,000 1,268,000 1,268,000 1,268,000                      
        accrued pension liabilities, less current portion
                                            119,900,000 79,600,000 79,900,000 81,700,000 83,900,000 58,100,000 60,200,000 62,100,000 65,100,000 48,800,000 50,600,000 52,200,000 54,700,000 90,300,000 91,600,000 93,800,000 90,100,000 52,600,000 57,100,000 56,700,000 60,500,000 71,800,000 72,500,000 70,700,000 71,100,000 53,000,000 52,800,000 52,300,000 51,125,000 27,114,000 25,943,000 26,260,000 26,686,000 21,474,000 21,667,000 22,174,000 22,043,000                      
        self-insurance reserves, less current portion
                                            7,200,000 7,700,000 8,200,000 7,400,000 6,900,000 7,400,000 7,400,000 7,200,000 6,800,000 7,400,000 7,400,000 7,200,000 7,000,000 7,300,000 7,000,000 6,700,000 6,600,000 7,200,000 7,600,000 7,300,000 7,300,000 7,400,000 7,800,000 7,400,000 7,600,000 8,500,000 9,400,000 9,200,000 8,792,000 9,085,000 9,477,000 9,205,000 8,853,000 9,738,000 9,738,000 9,461,000 16,404,000 16,261,000 15,662,000 15,148,000 14,774,000 15,199,000  15,663,000 16,759,000 18,037,000 17,967,000 17,602,000 17,484,000 17,421,000 16,591,000 16,083,000 16,126,000 15,922,000 16,736,000 17,141,000 16,517,000 15,208,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss items
                                            -139,400,000    -110,400,000    -71,900,000   -59,700,000 -62,600,000 -84,400,000 -85,000,000 -85,500,000 -84,700,000 -66,800,000 -59,000,000 -62,900,000 -53,800,000 -57,400,000 -61,500,000 -66,800,000 -71,300,000 -60,400,000 -56,600,000 -53,700,000    -47,116,000    -18,601,000 -9,513,000 -11,612,000 -18,602,000 -16,473,000 -16,492,000 -33,374,000 -33,745,000 -35,328,000 -34,602,000 -25,762,000 -23,145,000 -23,310,000 -29,207,000 -38,579,000 -34,756,000 -37,706,000 -42,765,000 -13,632,000 -23,683,000    
        less – accumulated depreciation and amortization
                                                                 347,600,000 340,800,000 333,200,000  324,800,000 319,400,000 317,200,000  318,039,000 306,433,000                            
        liabilities and stockho lders’ equity
                                                                                                      
        defined benefit plan intangible assets
                                                                            1,078,000 2,587,000 2,587,000 2,587,000 2,587,000                      
        revolving credit facility borrowings
                                                                         60,800,000                             
        less - accumulated depreciation and amortization
                                                                           299,170,000  303,040,000 296,621,000 289,213,000   378,292,000 373,003,000  361,715,000 355,027,000 350,673,000  339,146,000 333,319,000 337,516,000           
        current assets related to discontinued operations
                                                                                                      
        long-term assets related to discontinued operations
                                                                                                      
        current liabilities related to discontinued operations
                                                                                                      
        long-term liabilities related to discontinued operations
                                                                                                      
        less accumulated depreciation and amortization
                                                                                363,405,000    365,529,000                  
        long-term debt, less current maturities
                                                                                371,027,000 371,017,000 371,001,000 371,278,000 371,252,000 371,520,000 371,464,000 371,709,000 371,736,000 372,012,000 372,083,000 372,371,000 390,210,000 390,661,000 390,830,000 391,356,000 391,469,000 392,077,000 392,086,000 390,454,000 410,630,000 429,251,000 
        less—accumulated depreciation and amortization
                                                                                 383,863,000                     
        unearned compensation on restricted stock
                                                                                        -12,536,000 -9,509,000 -11,062,000 -6,996,000 -5,609,000 -6,673,000 -12,542,000 -2,152,000 -1,734,000 -377,000 -433,000 -434,000 -500,000 -554,000 
        self-insurance reserves, less current portion;
                                                                                      15,324,000                
        less-accumulated depreciation and amortization
                                                                                        342,772,000    330,195,000    307,025,000  293,228,000 284,537,000  274,435,000 
        revolving credit facility
                                                                                          4,300,000 8,800,000 4,000,000 9,400,000 7,100,000  5,000,000      
        receivables, less reserve for doubtful accounts of 6,767 at may 31, 2005 and 8,285 at august 31, 2004
                                                                                         325,236,000             
        term loan
                                                                                         18,167,000 18,360,000 18,548,000           
        receivables, less reserve for doubtful accounts of 9,021 at february 28, 2005 and 8,285 at august 31, 2004
                                                                                          311,128,000            
        short-term secured borrowings
                                                                                          10,000,000 13,400,000  28,000,000 38,000,000 57,000,000 48,000,000 101,200,000 126,400,000 150,000,000 129,200,000 132,500,000 
        accrued salaries, commissions, and bonuses
                                                                                          32,648,000 37,240,000 45,335,000 37,553,000 33,457,000 49,896,000 49,217,000 46,051,000 37,262,000 24,276,000 36,459,000 33,899,000 
        accrued severance and related charges
                                                                                          16,055,000            
        receivables, less reserve for doubtful accounts of 9,011 at november 30, 2004 and 8,285 at august 31, 2004
                                                                                           336,286,000           
        receivables, less reserve for doubtful accounts of 8,285 at august 31, 2004 and 8,634 at august 31, 2003
                                                                                            331,157,000          
        receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,645 at may 31, 2004 and 8,634 at august 31, 2003
                                                                                             313,544,000         
        receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,690 at february 29, 2004 and 8,634 at august 31, 2003
                                                                                              293,877,000        
        receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,311 at november 30, 2003 and 8,634 at august 31, 2003
                                                                                               308,926,000       
        other intangibles
                                                                                               129,047,000 129,843,000 130,640,000 131,423,000 132,219,000 133,030,000  
        receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,634 at august 31, 2003 and 8,560 at august 31, 2002
                                                                                                302,276,000      
        other long term assets
                                                                                                31,590,000    49,030,000  
        notes payable
                                                                                                   2,565,000 2,545,000 13,526,000 
        receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 9,792 at may 31, 2003 and 8,560 at august 31, 2002
                                                                                                 319,486,000     
        other
                                                                                                 43,271,000 40,970,000 46,709,000  54,671,000 
        receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 7,816 at february 28, 2003 and 8,560 at august 31, 2002
                                                                                                  311,289,000    
        receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of 8,525 at november 30, 2002 and 8,560 at august 31, 2002
                                                                                                   307,826,000   
        accumulated other comprehensive income items
                                                                                                   -24,694,000 -23,235,000 -17,312,000 
        nsi investment
                                                                                                      
        goodwill and other intangibles
                                                                                                     471,009,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-02-28 2025-11-30 2025-08-31 2025-05-31 2025-02-28 2024-11-30 2024-08-31 2024-05-31 2024-02-29 2023-11-30 2023-08-31 2023-05-31 2023-02-28 2022-11-30 2022-08-31 2022-05-31 2022-02-28 2021-11-30 2021-08-31 2021-05-31 2021-02-28 2020-11-30 2020-08-31 2020-05-31 2020-02-29 2019-11-30 2019-08-31 2019-05-31 2019-02-28 2018-11-30 2018-08-31 2018-05-31 2018-02-28 2017-11-30 2017-08-31 2017-05-31 2017-02-28 2016-11-30 2016-08-31 2016-05-31 2016-02-29 2015-11-30 2015-08-31 2015-05-31 2015-02-28 2014-11-30 2014-08-31 2014-05-31 2014-02-28 2013-11-30 2013-08-31 2013-05-31 2013-02-28 2012-11-30 2012-08-31 2012-05-31 2012-02-29 2011-11-30 2011-08-31 2011-05-31 2011-02-28 2010-11-30 2010-08-31 2010-05-31 2010-02-28 2009-11-30 2009-08-31 2009-05-31 2009-02-28 2008-11-30 2008-08-31 2008-05-31 2008-02-29 2007-11-30 2007-08-31 2007-05-31 2007-02-28 2006-11-30 2006-08-31 2006-05-31 2006-02-28 2005-11-30 2005-08-31 2005-05-31 2005-02-28 2004-11-30 2004-08-31 2004-05-31 2004-02-29 2003-11-30 2003-08-31 2003-05-31 2003-02-28 2002-11-30 2002-08-31 
                                                                                                       
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                                       
          net income
        96,800,000 120,500,000 114,000,000 98,400,000 77,500,000 106,700,000 118,900,000 113,900,000 89,200,000 100,600,000 82,900,000 105,000,000 83,200,000 74,900,000 115,400,000 105,700,000 75,300,000 87,600,000 98,100,000 85,700,000 62,900,000 59,600,000 73,700,000 60,400,000 57,200,000 57,000,000 96,100,000 88,400,000 66,300,000 79,600,000 108,200,000 73,000,000 96,900,000 71,500,000 90,500,000 82,200,000 67,300,000 81,700,000 82,900,000 74,000,000 65,500,000 68,400,000 60,100,000 64,500,000 46,400,000 51,100,000 54,800,000 43,800,000 32,700,000 44,500,000 44,900,000 31,700,000 24,700,000 26,100,000 33,200,000 33,600,000 19,600,000 29,900,000 34,200,000 27,000,000 19,900,000 24,400,000 27,200,000 21,300,000 7,800,000 23,300,000 29,099,000 22,028,000 14,367,000 19,415,000 41,905,000 41,134,000 34,144,000 31,072,000 51,453,000 38,676,000 24,358,000 33,567,000 41,367,000 28,712,000 14,507,000 21,976,000 27,809,000 19,692,000 -8,437,000 13,165,000 26,766,000 18,012,000 9,519,000 12,917,000 14,289,000 15,322,000 7,681,000 10,490,000 15,361,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                                       
          depreciation and amortization
        38,800,000 38,300,000 46,400,000 34,600,000 30,500,000 21,600,000 22,600,000 22,900,000 22,900,000 22,700,000 22,800,000 21,900,000 22,000,000 26,500,000 23,400,000 23,500,000 23,600,000 24,300,000 25,100,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,800,000 25,500,000 25,600,000 24,200,000 22,600,000 22,400,000 22,000,000 21,300,000 21,800,000 20,200,000 19,300,000 19,000,000 18,100,000 20,000,000 19,300,000 17,200,000 13,600,000 18,300,000 16,400,000 14,300,000 11,600,000 11,700,000 11,200,000 11,300,000 11,200,000 10,800,000 10,800,000 10,600,000 10,600,000 10,300,000 9,900,000 10,000,000 10,100,000 10,200,000 9,400,000 10,100,000 10,400,000 10,500,000 9,600,000 9,600,000 8,800,000 8,900,000 9,400,000 9,400,000 9,610,000 8,701,000 8,605,000 8,820,000 9,032,000 8,216,000 8,216,000 8,376,000 9,889,000 9,243,000 9,553,000 9,720,000 9,568,000 9,257,000 9,983,000 10,204,000 10,800,000 9,690,000 10,493,000 10,092,000 9,488,000 10,536,000 11,563,000 11,373,000 11,134,000 11,446,000 11,693,000 11,766,000  
          share-based payment expense
        13,100,000 12,500,000 11,100,000 10,500,000 11,400,000 12,100,000 11,700,000 11,800,000 12,000,000 11,100,000 9,600,000 10,400,000 11,300,000 10,700,000 9,900,000 9,900,000 10,000,000 7,600,000 10,200,000 7,100,000 7,500,000 7,700,000 5,700,000 7,800,000 8,000,000 16,700,000 6,300,000 7,600,000 7,500,000 7,800,000 7,900,000 7,600,000 8,300,000 8,500,000 7,900,000 8,100,000 8,100,000 7,900,000                                                          
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
                                                                                                       
          accounts receivable
        -12,100,000 28,000,000 15,900,000 -25,600,000 10,800,000 25,200,000 -51,200,000 -17,600,000 22,300,000 37,800,000 -9,300,000 -18,700,000 61,000,000 81,600,000 -72,500,000 -50,700,000 -16,700,000 40,200,000 -65,500,000 -57,700,000 -1,800,000 56,300,000 -45,400,000 53,000,000 600,000 66,300,000 25,600,000 -67,500,000 37,600,000 102,000,000 -69,300,000 -66,700,000 15,600,000 57,600,000 -47,700,000 -19,300,000 22,100,000 47,600,000 -78,700,000 -34,200,000 5,900,000 12,400,000 -20,600,000 -37,400,000 12,600,000 -700,000 -21,400,000 -43,100,000 23,100,000 -14,000,000 -19,200,000 -16,500,000 -12,500,000 -6,600,000 7,500,000 -13,900,000 5,800,000 -1,700,000 -7,300,000 -11,700,000 10,400,000 11,500,000 -19,000,000 -12,500,000 -6,300,000 8,600,000 -5,774,000 2,173,000 28,724,000 18,042,000 19,754,000 -17,955,000 13,761,000 11,013,000 -1,251,000 -45,290,000 -1,271,000 42,298,000 -21,601,000 -33,622,000 779,000 20,591,000              
          inventories
        4,200,000 7,100,000 -39,300,000 -2,500,000 12,700,000 -5,100,000 -15,100,000 3,500,000 -7,900,000 3,200,000 32,600,000 38,100,000 50,300,000 -5,800,000 91,200,000 -56,900,000 -76,300,000 -41,300,000 12,300,000 -47,400,000 -4,500,000 4,100,000 37,000,000 -7,300,000 3,400,000 4,900,000 50,300,000 21,800,000 7,900,000 -9,200,000 -8,000,000 -73,200,000 17,900,000 -11,100,000 14,700,000 12,400,000 -19,200,000 -40,300,000 -9,800,000 -10,700,000 10,100,000 -13,600,000 31,600,000 -19,300,000 -24,500,000 -2,900,000 1,400,000 14,800,000 -20,200,000 -5,000,000 -1,800,000 -5,900,000 700,000 500,000 -24,900,000 -10,300,000 3,700,000 2,900,000 12,300,000 -3,200,000 3,400,000 -17,800,000 -5,500,000 4,200,000 -3,100,000 -4,200,000 17,875,000 14,309,000 -3,147,000 -18,753,000 4,569,000 -3,644,000 231,000 -345,000 15,390,000 3,400,000 2,404,000 -2,567,000 8,491,000 -937,000 8,859,000 -10,244,000 5,173,000 -3,370,000 13,457,000 -8,590,000 -4,410,000 -16,286,000 814,000 -14,232,000 5,144,000 2,114,000 20,367,000 418,000  
          prepayments and other current assets
        -13,600,000 -10,200,000 17,600,000 -5,500,000 -24,600,000 -1,800,000 13,300,000 6,700,000 -17,700,000 -5,300,000 31,000,000 -7,900,000 6,800,000 -8,500,000 20,700,000 13,500,000 -4,100,000 -47,700,000 -17,600,000 7,000,000 12,700,000 -20,300,000 -300,000 17,200,000 -700,000 -3,300,000 -10,400,000 -1,800,000 -7,000,000 -14,800,000 100,000 9,800,000 100,000 -9,300,000 9,500,000 5,400,000 1,800,000 -10,700,000 -1,500,000 2,400,000 2,200,000 -13,600,000 -1,300,000 10,900,000 -100,000 -8,800,000 -6,500,000 9,500,000 -4,900,000 -4,700,000 2,000,000 5,700,000 -500,000 -5,300,000 -100,000 6,100,000 -2,700,000 -5,500,000 100,000 6,300,000 -300,000 -5,400,000 4,500,000 9,600,000 -7,200,000 -5,100,000 6,307,000 7,349,000 2,630,000 -4,078,000 5,105,000 3,566,000 582,000 3,496,000 1,049,000 5,093,000 -2,762,000 -8,445,000 2,129,000 -3,083,000 -348,000 -3,288,000 6,875,000 2,580,000 -5,095,000 -2,147,000 2,284,000 -3,475,000 -890,000 -26,000 2,654,000 -837,000 -3,877,000 -1,722,000  
          accounts payable
        -42,800,000 -51,400,000 26,300,000 49,100,000 3,500,000 -14,500,000 25,800,000 1,200,000 10,500,000 28,700,000 -57,100,000 15,700,000 -89,400,000 20,300,000 -56,300,000 -4,500,000 45,700,000 17,700,000 12,800,000 57,000,000 4,900,000 -9,200,000 -4,900,000 -2,400,000 10,400,000 -22,700,000 -40,000,000 31,100,000 -41,100,000 -61,500,000 -10,400,000 116,900,000 -21,500,000 -32,500,000 33,100,000 -5,500,000 -25,000,000 -7,200,000 46,400,000 35,100,000 -27,000,000 10,800,000 6,100,000 21,300,000 4,500,000 -8,800,000 31,000,000 12,100,000 -100,000 -5,400,000 9,900,000 24,500,000 9,200,000 -28,400,000 29,400,000 14,100,000 -9,700,000 -4,200,000 15,600,000 12,500,000 -10,800,000 -11,800,000 30,600,000 7,400,000 -5,600,000 1,100,000 5,106,000 -5,058,000 -21,078,000 -23,386,000 17,093,000 9,460,000 -10,040,000 -21,139,000 14,480,000 15,053,000 3,431,000 -30,371,000 24,200,000 34,510,000 -16,885,000 -20,076,000 21,488,000 30,579,000 -9,871,000 -27,539,000 20,280,000 26,537,000 5,685,000 -12,094,000 9,687,000 -1,438,000    
          other operating activities
        4,700,000 -4,000,000 24,600,000 31,600,000 -62,400,000 -12,000,000 79,000,000 10,100,000 -28,600,000 -9,200,000                                                                                      
          net cash from operating activities
        89,100,000 140,800,000 202,500,000 207,300,000 59,400,000 132,200,000 174,100,000 152,500,000 102,600,000 190,000,000 106,600,000 165,100,000 119,800,000 186,600,000 150,600,000 38,400,000 43,600,000 83,700,000 92,500,000 103,600,000 88,700,000 123,900,000 126,500,000 163,600,000 85,100,000 129,600,000 182,700,000 123,700,000 56,500,000 131,800,000 52,500,000 122,400,000 38,500,000 139,800,000 136,900,000 107,700,000 32,900,000 38,700,000 101,800,000 124,400,000 68,400,000 51,100,000 130,700,000 82,700,000 28,800,000 46,700,000 104,300,000    64,500,000 68,100,000 14,200,000 -14,500,000 69,400,000 65,200,000 9,900,000 27,700,000 79,500,000 52,900,000 23,400,000 5,300,000 63,500,000 49,600,000 6,400,000 41,000,000 65,298,000 31,301,000 4,323,000 -8,192,000 111,211,000 55,021,000 29,207,000 26,364,000 117,736,000 62,551,000 23,420,000 37,454,000 92,010,000 47,937,000 3,398,000 12,538,000 75,914,000 54,345,000 24,688,000 -17,860,000 63,906,000 25,653,000 19,299,000 4,396,000 70,184,000 36,167,000 39,879,000 14,115,000  
          capital expenditures
        -15,800,000 -26,000,000 -24,800,000 -15,000,000 -9,700,000 -18,900,000 -23,000,000 -12,000,000 -14,400,000 -14,600,000 -18,700,000 -12,400,000 -17,400,000 -18,200,000 -18,500,000 -13,900,000 -14,800,000 -9,300,000 -13,200,000 -9,400,000 -9,800,000 -11,400,000 -16,600,000 -13,400,000 -13,300,000 -11,600,000 -13,200,000 -14,900,000 -10,900,000 -14,000,000 -11,400,000 -11,300,000 -10,600,000 -10,300,000 -12,100,000 -19,400,000 -16,300,000 -19,500,000 -21,900,000 -18,000,000 -20,700,000 -23,100,000 -14,200,000 -15,300,000 -8,500,000 -18,500,000 -10,500,000    -9,200,000 -9,500,000 -10,700,000 -11,200,000 -12,600,000 -9,400,000 -5,200,000 -4,200,000 -5,900,000 -5,600,000 -5,100,000 -6,700,000 -6,000,000 -6,400,000 -5,200,000 -4,300,000 -6,170,000 -3,342,000 -7,232,000 -4,504,000 -5,759,000 -6,795,000 -8,267,000 -6,345,000 -11,999,000 -8,801,000 -8,289,000 -7,780,000 -12,473,000 -7,072,000 -5,425,000 -3,590,000 -6,675,000 -7,161,000 -7,159,000 -11,641,000 -21,438,000 -11,923,000 -10,579,000 -9,881,000 -9,452,000 -5,160,000 -6,285,000 -7,257,000  
          free cash flows
        73,300,000 114,800,000 177,700,000 192,300,000 49,700,000 113,300,000 151,100,000 140,500,000 88,200,000 175,400,000 87,900,000 152,700,000 102,400,000 168,400,000 132,100,000 24,500,000 28,800,000 74,400,000 79,300,000 94,200,000 78,900,000 112,500,000 109,900,000 150,200,000 71,800,000 118,000,000 169,500,000 108,800,000 45,600,000 117,800,000 41,100,000 111,100,000 27,900,000 129,500,000 124,800,000 88,300,000 16,600,000 19,200,000 79,900,000 106,400,000 47,700,000 28,000,000 116,500,000 67,400,000 20,300,000 28,200,000 93,800,000    55,300,000 58,600,000 3,500,000 -25,700,000 56,800,000 55,800,000 4,700,000 23,500,000 73,600,000 47,300,000 18,300,000 -1,400,000 57,500,000 43,200,000 1,200,000 36,700,000 59,128,000 27,959,000 -2,909,000 -12,696,000 105,452,000 48,226,000 20,940,000 20,019,000 105,737,000 53,750,000 15,131,000 29,674,000 79,537,000 40,865,000 -2,027,000 8,948,000 69,239,000 47,184,000 17,529,000 -29,501,000 42,468,000 13,730,000 8,720,000 -5,485,000 60,732,000 31,007,000 33,594,000 6,858,000  
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                                       
          purchases of property, plant, and equipment
        -15,800,000 -26,000,000 -24,800,000 -15,000,000 -9,700,000 -18,900,000 -23,000,000 -12,000,000 -14,400,000 -14,600,000 -18,700,000 -12,400,000 -17,400,000 -18,200,000 -18,500,000 -13,900,000 -14,800,000 -9,300,000 -13,200,000 -9,400,000 -9,800,000 -11,400,000 -16,600,000 -13,400,000 -13,300,000 -11,600,000 -13,200,000 -14,900,000 -10,900,000 -14,000,000 -11,400,000 -11,300,000 -10,600,000 -10,300,000 -12,100,000 -19,400,000 -16,300,000 -19,500,000 -21,900,000 -18,000,000 -20,700,000 -23,100,000 -14,200,000 -15,300,000 -8,500,000 -18,500,000 -10,500,000 -8,300,000 -8,000,000 -8,500,000 -9,200,000 -9,500,000 -10,700,000 -11,200,000 -12,600,000 -9,400,000 -5,200,000 -4,200,000 -5,900,000 -5,600,000 -5,100,000 -6,700,000 -6,000,000 -6,400,000 -5,200,000 -4,300,000 -6,170,000 -3,342,000 -7,232,000 -4,504,000 -5,759,000 -6,795,000 -8,267,000 -6,345,000 -11,999,000 -8,801,000 -8,289,000 -7,780,000 -12,473,000 -7,072,000 -5,425,000 -3,590,000 -6,675,000 -7,161,000 -7,159,000 -11,641,000 -21,438,000 -11,923,000 -10,579,000 -9,881,000 -9,452,000 -5,160,000 -6,285,000 -7,257,000 -9,610,000 
          acquisition of business, net of cash acquired
           -24,400,000                                      -239,200,000                                                      
          other investing activities
        -500,000 -300,000 -6,600,000 -19,500,000 2,700,000 500,000 2,500,000 100,000 -3,800,000 100,000 4,500,000 600,000 2,500,000 3,900,000 200,000 -200,000 -2,000,000 300,000 -400,000 -3,100,000 -200,000 -400,000 -1,500,000 200,000 2,700,000                                                                
          net cash from investing activities
        -16,300,000 -26,300,000 -31,400,000 -58,900,000 -1,172,000,000 -18,400,000 -20,500,000 -11,900,000 -18,200,000 -14,500,000 -14,300,000 -47,200,000 -14,900,000 -14,300,000 -19,000,000 -16,100,000 -18,100,000 -9,000,000 -86,500,000 -7,500,000 -9,800,000 -14,100,000 -16,800,000 -13,500,000 -14,400,000 -315,100,000 -16,100,000 -14,900,000 -10,700,000 -11,300,000 -10,000,000 -148,400,000 -37,000,000 -10,300,000 -12,100,000 -19,300,000 -16,300,000 -1,100,000 -31,500,000 -17,900,000 -395,100,000 -260,200,000 -26,800,000 -18,600,000 -8,500,000 -18,500,000 -10,400,000 -8,300,000 -8,000,000 -7,600,000 -9,000,000 -24,400,000 -13,900,000 -11,200,000 -12,500,000 -9,400,000 -5,200,000 -8,000,000 -6,000,000 -14,200,000 -49,500,000 -42,800,000 -28,600,000 -6,200,000 -5,200,000 -4,300,000 -5,795,000 -134,358,000 -30,571,000 -12,422,000 -5,694,000 -10,257,000 -8,258,000 -6,259,000 -53,936,000 -8,603,000 -8,219,000 -7,725,000 -11,357,000 -6,213,000 -5,303,000 -785,000 -4,136,000 -6,839,000 -7,049,000 -11,374,000 -21,171,000 -11,660,000 -10,309,000 -6,443,000 -9,375,000 -5,190,000 -4,892,000 -6,882,000  
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                                       
          borrowings from term loan
                                                                                                      
          repayments of term loan borrowings
        -100,000,000 -100,000,000 -100,000,000                                                                                             
          repurchases of common stock
        -75,900,000 -27,100,000 -27,200,000 -68,700,000 -15,900,000 -6,700,000 -20,900,000 -19,600,000 -48,200,000 -50,400,000 -94,500,000 -45,200,000 -76,500,000 -111,300,000 -295,500,000 -51,700,000 -56,300,000 -94,000,000 -2,600,000 -83,100,000 -255,200,000     -32,900,000 -23,700,000 -25,000,000 -104,100,000   -357,500,000 -400,000                 -9,200,000 -58,100,000 -2,900,000         -19,511,000 -5,453,000 -37,574,000 -93,112,000 -15,005,000 -29,958,000 -60,059,000 -64,984,000 -59,449,000 -10,366,000              
          proceeds from stock option exercises and other
        900,000 1,400,000 10,900,000 500,000 1,400,000 15,600,000 1,500,000 5,000,000 5,400,000 1,600,000 600,000 400,000 800,000 900,000 1,900,000 400,000 1,600,000 8,600,000 1,200,000 1,100,000 600,000 300,000 200,000 200,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 200,000 200,000 100,000 100,000 200,000 600,000 800,000 300,000 400,000 200,000 2,100,000 4,200,000 3,800,000 200,000 6,000,000 4,100,000 100,000 2,500,000 4,900,000 100,000 400,000 5,300,000 2,600,000 4,900,000 900,000 900,000 8,200,000 1,100,000 100,000 5,600,000 800,000 700,000 500,000 2,000,000 3,300,000 1,600,000 2,000,000                                
          payments of taxes withheld on net settlement of equity awards
        -500,000 -27,600,000 -600,000 -400,000 -500,000 -23,100,000 -700,000 -1,000,000 -400,000 -9,000,000 -300,000 -1,000,000 -400,000 -12,500,000 -600,000 -700,000 -600,000 -6,700,000 -600,000 -600,000 -300,000 -3,000,000 -300,000 -400,000 -600,000 -4,100,000 -1,100,000 -600,000 -400,000 -3,900,000                                                                  
          dividends paid
        -6,300,000 -5,300,000 -5,300,000 -5,300,000 -5,500,000 -4,500,000 -4,800,000 -4,600,000 -4,700,000 -4,100,000 -4,100,000 -4,200,000 -4,200,000 -4,300,000 -4,400,000 -4,400,000 -4,600,000 -4,700,000 -4,800,000 -4,600,000 -4,700,000 -5,000,000 -5,200,000 -5,200,000 -5,200,000 -5,200,000 -5,200,000 -5,100,000 -5,300,000 -5,200,000 -5,200,000 -5,300,000 -5,400,000 -5,500,000 -5,500,000 -5,700,000 -5,700,000 -5,800,000 -5,800,000 -5,700,000 -5,700,000 -5,700,000 -5,700,000 -5,700,000 -5,700,000 -5,600,000 -5,600,000 -5,700,000 -5,600,000 -5,600,000 -5,600,000 -5,700,000 -5,600,000 -5,500,000 -5,500,000 -5,500,000 -5,500,000 -5,500,000 -5,700,000 -5,700,000 -5,600,000 -5,600,000 -5,600,000 -5,700,000 -5,700,000 -5,600,000 -5,633,000 -5,358,000 -5,338,000 -5,305,000  -5,346,000 -5,369,000 -6,417,000  -6,665,000 -6,531,000 -6,483,000  -6,673,000 -6,730,000 -6,760,000  -6,631,000            
          other financing activities
        500,000 -2,100,000 -8,200,000                                       -7,200,000 -3,200,000                                              379,000 489,000 439,000  
          net cash from financing activities
        -181,300,000 -160,700,000 -122,200,000 -182,100,000 578,400,000 -18,700,000 -4,000,000 -21,500,000 -19,300,000 -59,700,000 -54,200,000 -99,300,000 -49,000,000 -110,400,000 -219,800,000 -178,200,000 -55,300,000 -59,100,000 -102,300,000 -6,700,000 -89,500,000 -164,100,000 -77,100,000 -8,100,000 44,400,000 -9,500,000 -39,200,000 -5,600,000 -29,300,000 -34,100,000 -7,400,000 -108,600,000 -199,900,000 -10,800,000 -5,600,000 -363,300,000 -5,100,000 2,600,000 5,100,000 4,100,000 -4,000,000 14,200,000 3,400,000 -12,400,000 -200,000 5,300,000 -8,200,000 -4,700,000 4,400,000 2,200,000 1,300,000 -4,000,000   -3,800,000 -5,200,000 3,100,000 -12,800,000 -62,900,000 -3,600,000 -3,000,000 -2,300,000 -38,800,000 -2,500,000 107,600,000 -7,100,000 -68,780,000 55,570,000 -164,669,000 -2,731,000 -23,817,000 -13,546,000 -37,878,000 -34,934,000 -19,771,000 -216,000 5,529,000 -15,655,000 -63,443,000 -41,534,000 -34,004,000 -4,448,000 -17,729,000 -11,926,000 -11,662,000 18,597,000 -38,233,000 -11,750,000 -14,544,000 -1,371,000 -54,356,000 -31,060,000 -29,973,000 -5,041,000  
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
        4,900,000 -200,000 1,800,000 7,600,000 -3,500,000 -5,300,000 -2,800,000 1,000,000 500,000 -400,000 500,000 1,700,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -6,800,000 -1,400,000 1,300,000 -2,900,000 -5,900,000 5,400,000 2,300,000 600,000 7,500,000 -2,000,000 -1,100,000 600,000 -100,000   -700,000 -300,000 -900,000 -400,000 -1,200,000 2,200,000 1,400,000 500,000 -2,200,000                                                          
          net change in cash and cash equivalents
        -103,600,000 -46,400,000 50,700,000 -26,100,000 -537,700,000 89,800,000 146,800,000 120,100,000 65,600,000 115,400,000 38,600,000 20,300,000 54,900,000 60,900,000 -95,000,000 -157,300,000 -28,500,000 12,700,000 -102,200,000 94,800,000 -8,300,000 -53,700,000 40,100,000 140,000,000 114,000,000 -194,400,000 127,300,000 101,700,000 17,200,000 85,700,000 34,800,000 -135,500,000 -198,800,000 117,500,000 121,400,000 -273,500,000 12,000,000 38,000,000 76,200,000 112,700,000 -335,900,000 -196,600,000 104,700,000 51,000,000 18,100,000 30,500,000 85,200,000 59,100,000 10,100,000 39,000,000 57,200,000 39,100,000 -4,700,000 -17,000,000 56,200,000 47,700,000 7,900,000 2,500,000 9,400,000 35,300,000 -26,700,000 -38,800,000 -3,500,000 38,700,000 107,500,000 29,600,000 -9,607,000 -44,020,000 -192,324,000 -32,462,000 80,782,000 31,248,000 -16,643,000 -11,965,000 44,425,000 55,336,000 20,334,000 14,073,000 17,073,000 1,763,000 -35,385,000 6,664,000 54,283,000 34,736,000 5,711,000 -10,332,000 4,549,000 2,087,000 -5,557,000 -2,997,000 5,639,000 944,000 4,796,000 1,980,000 4,049,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
        422,500,000  845,800,000  397,900,000  223,200,000  491,300,000  560,700,000  461,000,000  129,100,000  311,100,000  413,200,000  756,800,000  552,500,000  359,100,000 284,500,000 170,200,000 191,000,000 18,700,000  297,096,000  213,674,000  88,648,000  98,533,000  14,135,000  16,053,000  2,694,000  
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        -103,600,000 376,100,000  -26,100,000 -537,700,000 935,600,000  120,100,000 65,600,000 513,300,000  20,300,000 54,900,000 284,100,000  -157,300,000 -28,500,000 504,000,000  94,800,000 -8,300,000 507,000,000  140,000,000 114,000,000 266,600,000  101,700,000 17,200,000 214,800,000  -135,500,000 -198,800,000 428,600,000  -273,500,000 12,000,000 451,200,000  112,700,000 -335,900,000 560,200,000  51,000,000 18,100,000 583,000,000  59,100,000 10,100,000 398,100,000 57,200,000 39,100,000 -4,700,000 267,500,000 56,200,000 47,700,000 7,900,000 172,700,000 9,400,000 35,300,000 -26,700,000 152,200,000 -3,500,000 38,700,000 107,500,000 48,300,000  -44,020,000 -192,324,000 264,634,000  31,248,000 -16,643,000 201,709,000  55,336,000 20,334,000 102,721,000  1,763,000 -35,385,000 105,197,000  34,736,000 5,711,000 3,803,000  2,087,000 -5,557,000 13,056,000  944,000 4,796,000 4,674,000  
          supplemental cash flow information:
                                                                                                       
          income taxes paid during the period
        24,800,000 6,400,000  31,200,000 77,500,000 9,600,000  44,200,000 68,800,000 7,100,000  31,700,000 41,100,000 11,000,000  26,400,000 26,100,000 28,300,000  20,000,000 29,400,000 9,300,000  2,200,000 25,300,000 4,600,000 3,900,000 25,800,000 57,100,000 6,100,000 25,100,000 21,200,000 77,600,000 2,700,000 46,200,000 29,600,000 68,800,000 29,000,000 32,000,000 27,700,000 49,600,000 11,400,000 27,000,000 21,300,000 40,900,000 17,100,000 22,400,000 8,400,000 33,200,000 13,400,000 13,600,000 8,300,000 17,300,000 7,600,000 12,500,000 6,200,000 24,500,000 7,500,000 12,600,000 5,000,000 13,600,000 3,000,000 7,700,000 1,700,000 19,300,000 4,000,000  2,906,000 28,128,000 991,000  11,608,000 37,815,000 14,751,000  4,417,000 26,479,000 2,306,000  2,945,000 16,018,000 11,740,000  715,000 10,116,000 8,074,000  5,220,000 9,600,000 7,645,000  1,320,000 10,295,000 6,128,000  
          interest paid during the period
        9,400,000 16,500,000  7,100,000 8,800,000 11,600,000  300,000 5,600,000 12,800,000  400,000 6,600,000 15,300,000  300,000 5,600,000 13,300,000  100,000 400,000 15,100,000  3,100,000 10,900,000 12,900,000 10,800,000 300,000 11,000,000 13,500,000 13,000,000 300,000 10,700,000 12,700,000 10,700,000 100,000 10,700,000 12,100,000 10,600,000 100,000 10,700,000 11,400,000 10,600,000 100,000 10,800,000 10,700,000 11,100,000 200,000 10,700,000 10,500,000 10,700,000 200,000 10,700,000 9,700,000 12,100,000 17,100,000 2,400,000 12,700,000 9,700,000 5,300,000 2,200,000 12,900,000 2,100,000 4,800,000 11,000,000  10,342,000 5,841,000 10,477,000  10,366,000 6,813,000 10,936,000  10,344,000 6,785,000 10,391,000  10,323,000 6,693,000 10,311,000  10,973,000 7,478,000 10,756,000  10,574,000 7,145,000 10,759,000  10,987,000 8,047,000 11,629,000  
          pension settlement loss
                                                                                                       
          asset impairments
                                                            200,000   200,000    1,700,000 -300,000                                
          deferred income taxes
                              -7,000,000 400,000 -500,000 400,000 9,100,000 -200,000 500,000 -100,000 -6,200,000 -31,900,000 -100,000 -4,900,000 -100,000       2,400,000 200,000 -200,000 400,000 -900,000 -400,000 300,000 800,000 4,500,000 300,000 600,000 1,100,000 7,000,000 1,100,000 300,000 -2,200,000 11,700,000 -500,000 100,000 -1,000,000 9,400,000 -300,000 -1,600,000 -100,000 4,133,000 2,094,000 -206,000 -6,409,000 -990,000 4,716,000 -497,000 -656,000 3,777,000 -1,414,000 918,000 119,000 -614,000 670,000 578,000 839,000 -2,116,000 -135,000 -462,000 474,000 6,809,000 -431,000 -1,455,000 -2,239,000 6,510,000 -1,896,000 74,000 1,420,000  
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and divestitures:
                                                                                                       
          acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                       
          repayments on credit facility, net of borrowings
                   -18,000,000                                                                                  
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                                                       
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                                       
          income taxes paid
                                                                                                       
          interest paid
                                                                                                       
          borrowings on credit facility
                                31,100,000 55,400,000 158,100,000                                                                 
          gain on the sale or disposal of property, plant, and equipment
                                          200,000 100,000   -1,100,000                          38,000            274,000                
          loss on sale of a business
                  11,200,000                                                                                  
          proceeds from sale of property, plant, and equipment
                        4,300,000 400,000           100,000 5,400,000 -100,000 100,000 100,000 2,100,000 300,000    100,000 900,000 200,000 7,300,000       -100,000   100,000     13,000 46,000 82,000  38,000 9,000 86,000  157,000 29,000 14,000  817,000 95,000 2,764,000  241,000 69,000 179,000  178,000 165,000 1,238,000  -30,000    
          loss on disposal of property, plant, and equipment
                                                                                                      
          asset impairment
                   4,300,000     4,000,000                                                                          
          acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
                       -2,000,000       -100,000 -900,000 -302,000,000      -137,100,000                                                               
          loss on sale of property, plant, and equipment
                 400,000                                                                                      
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions
                                                                                                       
          other
                  25,400,000 600,000 -25,400,000 -28,600,000 18,200,000 -2,100,000 -13,300,000 -4,700,000 17,900,000 26,900,000 -18,000,000 -3,300,000 -4,100,000 -100,000 -1,100,000 14,300,000 13,100,000 4,400,000 100,000 7,900,000 -8,400,000 -2,400,000 -900,000 10,600,000 -2,500,000 1,400,000 -500,000 1,100,000 1,700,000 -3,900,000 2,800,000 -3,200,000 -3,100,000 -3,400,000 -4,600,000 3,500,000 -4,400,000 -10,000,000 -3,100,000 -2,500,000 -3,100,000 -3,400,000 -4,200,000 -900,000 100,000 -5,300,000 -3,800,000 6,400,000 -4,500,000 -3,500,000 -3,500,000 8,500,000 -4,100,000 -4,900,000 -800,000 5,800,000 -3,053,000 -515,000 -1,079,000 6,673,000 3,538,000 -806,000 -1,472,000 10,384,000 -3,440,000 -4,577,000 3,422,000 2,726,000 29,000 -4,105,000 6,454,000 2,746,000 -1,770,000 525,000 6,972,000 3,405,000 2,989,000 9,549,000 1,291,000 1,056,000      
          borrowings on credit facility, net of repayments
                      -104,000,000                                                                                 
          issuances of long-term debt
                                                                                                       
          repayments of long-term debt
                          -4,000,000 -2,000,000 -395,100,000 -200,000 -350,100,000 -400,000  -100,000 -100,000 -100,000   -100,000 -100,000                             -235,500,000 -2,400,000 -2,395,000   -2,000 -2,000 -2,000 -2,000 -316,000 -59,000   -228,000 77,000 -256,000 -66,000 -18,841,000 -135,000 -461,000 -49,000 -494,000 -201,000 -388,000 -70,000 -397,000 -184,000   -73,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                                       
          gain on sale of property, plant, and equipment
                                                                                                      
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                                       
          loss on the sale or disposal of property, plant, and equipment
                                                  -700,000    200,000        300,000 100,000 100,000 300,000   400,000 100,000        -47,000  8,000 30,000 165,000                  
          issuance of long-term debt
                           493,900,000             -100,000 200,000 900,000 800,000 600,000                                                      
          gain on sale of business
                                                                                               -86,000 -104,000 -722,000      
          proceeds from sale of business
                                                                                               85,000 105,000 2,200,000      
          repayments of borrowings on credit facility
                              -2,500,000    -31,100,000 -55,400,000 -159,300,000                                                                 
          loss on sale or disposal of property, plant, and equipment
                               100,000 100,000  200,000 400,000  100,000                                                              
          other current liabilities
                               7,600,000 -17,800,000 -28,300,000 9,700,000 17,300,000 -37,300,000 -1,600,000 21,700,000 37,200,000 -65,300,000 25,500,000 17,900,000 2,200,000 -37,900,000 -45,700,000 48,200,000 41,600,000 -13,400,000 -15,800,000 31,100,000 39,300,000 -17,800,000 6,700,000 34,200,000 29,900,000 -24,100,000 19,800,000 15,100,000 20,100,000 -17,600,000 -9,900,000 3,700,000 26,500,000 -13,300,000 -7,200,000 3,400,000 13,800,000 -8,000,000 -8,700,000 8,400,000 14,400,000 -3,400,000 2,400,000 -1,576,000 -23,520,000 -26,355,000 -11,077,000 9,258,000 7,549,000 -11,303,000 -16,407,000 24,859,000 41,161,000 -13,259,000 -3,622,000 24,798,000 19,880,000   25,017,000 7,985,000 -8,846,000 -4,638,000 16,109,000 9,318,000 -29,458,000 11,625,000 643,000 20,123,000    
          change in assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions, divestitures, and exchange rate changes:
                                                                                                       
          gain on sale of investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                          -7,200,000                                                          
          proceeds from sale of investment in unconsolidated affiliate
                                          200,000 13,000,000                                                          
          (repayments) issuances of long-term debt
                                      -100,000                                                                 
          acquisitions of businesses and intangible assets, net of cash acquired
                                                              -3,800,000                                      
          payments for employee taxes on net settlement of equity awards
                                      -1,000,000 -500,000 -700,000 -6,000,000                                                              
          excess tax benefits from share-based payments
                                          300,000 700,000 -400,000 -5,800,000 -5,900,000 -5,400,000 -400,000 -13,900,000 -5,000,000 -400,000 -3,000,000 -9,200,000 100,000 -600,000 -4,700,000 -5,200,000 -2,000,000 -800,000 -400,000 -5,400,000 -600,000 -200,000 -3,000,000 -1,100,000 -200,000 -1,600,000 -600,000 -2,900,000 -1,300,000 -1,200,000 -200,000 -100,000 174,000 15,000 -385,000 -185,000 -326,000 -502,000 -3,584,000 -610,000 -1,095,000 -1,994,000 -4,457,000 -7,814,000 -747,000 -6,311,000 -12,635,000 2,411,000              
          loss on financial instruments
                                                                                                       
          cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                       
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                       
          share-based compensation expense
                                              7,800,000 6,900,000 6,600,000 6,400,000 5,400,000 4,400,000 4,300,000 4,100,000 4,500,000 4,500,000 4,200,000 4,500,000 3,700,000 4,200,000 4,300,000 4,300,000  3,200,000 3,400,000 200,000                                      
          (gain) loss on the sale or disposal of property, plant, and equipment
                                              200,000                                                         
          change in assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions, divestitures and effect of exchange rate changes:
                                                                                                       
          cash from investing activities:
                                                                                                       
          cash from financing activities:
                                                                                                       
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
                                              800,000 2,100,000 -5,200,000 -1,700,000 -2,600,000 -700,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -500,000 700,000 -300,000 1,000,000 400,000 -600,000 -700,000 600,000 3,100,000 -2,900,000 100,000 -4,400,000 -1,200,000 200,000 2,400,000 1,000,000 400,000 -2,200,000   -341,000 3,766,000 -1,407,000 -9,117,000 -1,591,000 555,000 286,000 1,505,000 396,000 1,604,000 -396,000 -1,000 -137,000 1,573,000 524,000 -641,000 234,000 -844,000 -266,000 305,000 47,000 -156,000 -3,000 421,000 -814,000 1,027,000 -218,000 -212,000 167,000 
          gain on financial instruments
                                                                                                       
          change in assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions, divestitures, and effect of exchange rate changes:
                                                                                                       
          proceeds from settlement of financial instrument
                                                                                                       
          purchase of financial instrument
                                                                                                       
          acquisitions of businesses and intangible assets
                                                                   -9,900,000                                    
          investment and acquisition of business, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                       
          other non-cash items
                                                                  1,200,000 -1,100,000  3,600,000 3,200,000 -200,000 3,374,000 3,388,000 2,313,000 1,151,000  2,769,000 -862,000 1,374,000  3,192,000 1,053,000 1,678,000  2,692,000 227,000 549,000              
          acquisitions of business and intangible assets, net of cash acquired
                                                           -22,200,000                                            
          cash provided by/(used for) operating activities:
                                                                                                       
          net cash provided by/(used for) operating activities
                                                        14,000,000 43,400,000                                              
          cash provided by/(used for) investing activities:
                                                                                                       
          cash provided by/(used for) financing activities:
                                                                                                       
          net cash from financing activities:
                                                             8,100,000                                          
          subtract: income from discontinued operations
                                                                                                       
          income from continuing operations
                                                                  34,200,000    27,200,000    29,088,000 22,327,000 14,367,000 19,415,000 41,905,000 41,658,000 34,144,000 30,925,000                      
          noncash compensation expense
                                                                  3,200,000 3,300,000                                    
          loss on early debt extinguishment
                                                                                                     
          change in assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions and effect of exchange rate changes:
                                                                                                       
          add: (gain) income from discontinued operations
                                                                                                       
          cash from discontinued operations:
                                                                                                       
          net cash from discontinued operations
                                                                          11,000    673,000 -525,000 1,359,000                      
          deduct: gain from discontinued operations
                                                                                                       
          acquisitions of business and intangible assets
                                                                     -36,200,000                                  
          add: loss from discontinued operations
                                                                                                      
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from (used for) operating activities:
                                                                                                       
          dividends received from zep
                                                                                                       
          net cash from (provided by) discontinued operations
                                                                                                       
          acquisitions
                                                                          333,000 -131,029,000 -23,385,000 -8,000,000                         
          revolving credit facility borrowings
                                                                                                       
          impairments
                                                                            1,558,000                          
          employee stock purchase plan issuances
                                                                         200,000 4,000 89,000 172,000 99,000 94,000 77,000 239,000 138,000 190,000 174,000 239,000 186,000    380,000 392,000 420,000 397,000          
          stock options exercised
                                                                         600,000 218,000 143,000 195,000 2,217,000 605,000 780,000 1,406,000 1,248,000 997,000 4,324,000 7,729,000 12,706,000 2,602,000 23,649,000 24,618,000 10,333,000 7,047,000 8,941,000 3,038,000 6,493,000          
          less: income from discontinued operations
                                                                              -524,000 147,000                      
          gain on the sale of property, plant, and equipment
                                                                                         217,000    -135,000   199,000 -102,000 154,000 34,000 -837,000 -50,000  
          impairments of property, plant, and equipment
                                                                                                      
          change in assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions and divestitures:
                                                                                                       
          proceeds from the sale of property, plant, and equipment
                                                                                                       
          dividend received from zep
                                                                                                       
          cash flows from discontinued operations:
                                                                                                       
          income taxes paid during the year
                                                                                                       
          interest paid during the year
                                                                                                       
          add: income from discontinued operations
                                                                                                       
          change in assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions, divestitures and foreign currency:
                                                                                                       
          dividend received from zep inc.
                                                                               -4,121,000 62,500,000                      
          (gain)/loss on the sale or disposal of property, plant, and equipment
                                                                             37,000  -6,000                        
          other non-cash charges
                                                                                          5,569,000 955,000 1,268,000 1,318,000 1,015,000         
          acquisition of business
                                                                                                      
          dividends
                                                                                             -6,444,000 -6,403,000 -6,371,000 -6,370,000 -6,265,000 -6,246,000 -6,228,000 -6,221,000 -6,216,000 -6,207,000 
          loss on the sale of property, plant, and equipment
                                                                                          -1,827,000             
          change in assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions and divestitures -
                                                                                                       
          sale of business
                                                                                                       
          repayments of revolving credit facility
                                                                                                       
          sale of businesses
                                                                                   41,000 41,000 41,000  42,000 27,000 41,000  81,000 41,000 88,000          
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
                                                                                     27,000              173,000 2,113,000 19,916,000  
          repayments of short-term secured borrowings
                                                                                               -10,000,000        
          gain on sale of businesses
                                                                                           -538,000          
          repayments of notes payable
                                                                                           -193,000           
          proceeds from revolving credit facility
                                                                                                       
          proceeds from short-term secured borrowings
                                                                                             13,400,000    9,000,000     -3,300,000 
          benefit from losses on accounts receivable
                                                                                         767,000   1,567,000 1,194,000   481,000 1,118,000 1,020,000 1,698,000 475,000 1,206,000  
          change in assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions and divestitures-
                                                                                                       
          other liabilities
                                                                                         -11,743,000              
          loss on sale of business
                                                                                                       
          provision for losses on accounts receivable
                                                                                          879,000             
          change in assets and liabilities net of effect of acquisitions and divestitures -
                                                                                                       
          proceeds from issuances of long-term debt
                                                                                                       
          receivables
                                                                                           -15,233,000 23,698,000 -3,921,000 -18,217,000 -20,663,000 14,567,000 -9,400,000 12,148,000 -7,126,000 -2,666,000 13,579,000  
          (repayments) proceeds from revolving credit facility
                                                                                                       
          (gain) loss on the sale of property, plant, and equipment
                                                                                                       
          proceeds (repayments) of short-term secured borrowings
                                                                                                       
          proceeds (repayments) from revolving credit facility
                                                                                             4,800,000          
          (gain) loss on sale of business
                                                                                                       
          net borrowings of notes payable
                                                                                                       
          repayments from revolving credit facility
                                                                                                       
          (repayments) proceeds from short-term secured borrowings
                                                                                                  -53,200,000     
          net activity with nsi
                                                                                                      1,000 
          proceeds (repayments) of revolving credit facility
                                                                                               2,300,000        
          proceeds from stock transactions
                                                                                               2,522,000        
          proceeds from notes payable
                                                                                                       
          repayments on revolving credit facility
                                                                                                 -5,000,000      
          proceeds from issuances of stock
                                                                                                 964,000      
          loss on sale of businesses
                                                                                                       
          restructuring and other charges
                                                                                                       
          net (repayments) borrowings of notes payable
                                                                                                       
          repayments of commercial paper
                                                                                                       
          issuances of commercial paper
                                                                                                       
          (repayments) borrowings from revolving credit facility
                                                                                                       
          other long-term assets and liabilities
                                                                                                       
          change in assets and liabilities net of effect of acquisitions and divestitures-
                                                                                                       
          other assets and liabilities
                                                                                                    1,827,000 4,471,000  
          (repayments) borrowings on revolving credit facility
                                                                                                    -40,000,000  
          change in assets and liabilities net of effect of acquisitions and divestitures—
                                                                                                       
          accounts payable and other current liabilities
                                                                                                     -27,463,000  
          sale of property, plant, and equipment
                                                                                                     375,000  
          issuances (repayments) of notes payable
                                                                                                     20,000  
          issuances (repayments) of short-term secured borrowings
                                                                                                     20,800,000  
          proceeds from the sale of businesses
                                                                                                       
          issuances
                                                                                                       
          employee stock purchase plan share issuances
                                                                                                       
          change in other assets