Nordson Corporation
(NASDAQ:NDSN)

Nordson Corporation engineers, manufactures, and markets products and systems to dispense, apply, and control adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants, biomaterials, and other fluids worldwide. It operates through two segments, Industrial Precision Solutions (IPS) and Advanced Technology Solutions (A...

Website: http://www.nordson.com

Founded: 1935

Sector: Industrials

Industry: Specialty Industrial Machinery

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sales	740,847,000	669,461,000	751,820,000	741,509,000	682,938,000	615,420,000	744,482,000	661,604,000	650,642,000	633,193,000	719,313,000	648,677,000	650,165,000	610,477,000	683,581,000	662,128,000	635,403,000	609,166,000	599,247,000	646,858,000	589,538,000	526,566,000	558,525,000	538,181,000	529,478,000	494,916,000	585,451,000	559,746,000	551,119,000	497,910,000	569,295,000	581,243,000	553,706,000	550,424,000	573,938,000	589,438,000	496,137,000	407,470,000	509,283,000	489,899,000	437,592,000	372,220,000	446,200,000	462,731,000	400,727,000	379,008,000	468,590,000	458,550,000	417,461,000	359,420,000	410,818,000	402,960,000	382,100,000	347,043,000	438,677,000	379,872,000	315,193,000	275,836,000	331,018,000	312,255,000	318,924,000	270,962,000	290,182,000	279,121,000	220,589,000	237,444,000	206,273,000	188,840,000	186,608,000	297,662,000	288,362,000	294,116,000	244,689,000	290,768,000	257,713,000	241,293,000	203,875,000	236,974,000	225,965,000	231,830,000	197,452,000	239,803,000	201,570,000	207,623,000	190,166,000
yoy	8.48%	8.78%	0.99%	12.08%	4.96%	-2.81%	3.50%	1.99%	0.07%	3.72%	5.23%	-2.03%	2.32%	0.22%	14.07%	2.36%	7.78%	15.69%	7.29%	20.19%	11.34%	6.40%	-4.60%	-3.85%	-3.93%	-0.60%	2.84%	-3.70%	-0.47%	-9.54%	-0.81%	-1.39%	11.60%	35.08%	12.70%	20.32%	13.38%	9.47%	14.14%	5.87%	9.20%	-1.79%	-4.78%	0.91%	-4.01%	5.45%	14.06%	13.80%	9.25%	3.57%	-6.35%	6.08%	21.23%	25.81%	32.52%	21.65%	-1.17%	1.80%	14.07%	11.87%	44.58%	14.12%	40.68%	47.81%	18.21%	-20.23%	-28.47%	-35.79%	-23.74%	2.37%	11.89%	21.89%	20.02%	22.70%	14.05%	4.08%	3.25%	-1.18%	12.10%	11.66%	3.83%
qoq	10.66%	-10.95%	1.39%	8.58%	10.97%	-17.34%	12.53%	1.68%	2.76%	-11.97%	10.89%	-0.23%	6.50%	-10.69%	3.24%	4.21%	4.31%	1.66%	-7.36%	9.72%	11.96%	-5.72%	3.78%	1.64%	6.98%	-15.46%	4.59%	1.57%	10.69%	-12.54%	-2.06%	4.97%	0.60%	-4.10%	-2.63%	18.81%	21.76%	-19.99%	3.96%	11.95%	17.56%	-16.58%	-3.57%	15.47%	5.73%	-19.12%	2.19%	9.84%	16.15%	-12.51%	1.95%	5.46%	10.10%	-20.89%	15.48%	20.52%	14.27%	-16.67%	6.01%	-2.09%	17.70%	-6.62%	3.96%	26.53%	-7.10%	15.11%	9.23%	1.20%	-37.31%	3.23%	-1.96%	20.20%	-15.85%	12.83%	6.81%	18.35%	-13.97%	4.87%	-2.53%	17.41%	-17.66%	18.97%	-2.92%	9.18%
cost of sales	336,770,000	303,339,000	328,353,000	334,992,000	309,034,000	279,524,000	341,658,000	292,603,000	284,765,000	284,766,000	335,220,000	288,357,000	298,040,000	281,610,000	320,398,000	296,544,000	277,768,000	269,032,000	268,097,000	281,587,000	251,839,000	236,606,000	261,657,000	257,373,000	239,880,000	231,722,000	266,476,000	257,123,000	249,590,000	228,934,000	261,557,000	260,847,000	246,878,000	249,421,000	261,851,000	263,173,000	220,625,000	182,332,000	234,316,000	216,679,000	189,187,000	175,313,000	211,339,000	214,239,000	178,837,000	170,287,000	211,337,000	201,039,000	181,909,000	164,638,000	183,924,000	177,877,000	165,162,000	149,814,000	197,604,000	156,658,000	123,497,000	106,490,000	134,559,000	124,205,000	121,172,000	104,791,000	119,911,000	113,320,000	88,914,000	100,375,000	84,536,000	85,957,000	79,371,000	135,398,000	125,923,000	128,243,000	104,830,000	131,166,000	113,005,000	109,419,000	86,214,000	95,603,000	98,338,000	102,205,000	83,654,000	107,857,000	87,748,000	92,068,000	83,625,000
gross profit	404,077,000	366,122,000	423,467,000	406,517,000	373,904,000	335,896,000	402,824,000	369,001,000	365,877,000	348,427,000	384,093,000	360,320,000	352,125,000	328,867,000	363,183,000	365,584,000	357,635,000	340,134,000	331,150,000	365,271,000	337,699,000	289,960,000	296,868,000	280,808,000	289,598,000	263,194,000	318,975,000	302,623,000	301,529,000	268,976,000	307,738,000	320,396,000	306,828,000	301,003,000	312,087,000	326,265,000	275,512,000	225,138,000	274,967,000	273,220,000	248,405,000	196,907,000	234,861,000	248,492,000	221,890,000	208,721,000	257,253,000	257,511,000	235,552,000	194,782,000	226,894,000	225,083,000	216,938,000	197,229,000	241,073,000	223,214,000	191,696,000	169,346,000	196,459,000	188,050,000	197,752,000	166,171,000	170,271,000	165,801,000	131,675,000	137,069,000	121,737,000	102,883,000	107,237,000	162,264,000	162,439,000	165,873,000	139,859,000	159,602,000	144,708,000	131,874,000	117,661,000	141,371,000	127,627,000	129,625,000	113,798,000	131,946,000	113,822,000	115,555,000	106,541,000
yoy	8.07%	9.00%	5.12%	10.17%	2.19%	-3.60%	4.88%	2.41%	3.91%	5.95%	5.76%	-1.44%	-1.54%	-3.31%	9.67%	0.09%	5.90%	17.30%	11.55%	30.08%	16.61%	10.17%	-6.93%	-7.21%	-3.96%	-2.15%	3.65%	-5.55%	-1.73%	-10.64%	-1.39%	-1.80%	11.37%	33.70%	13.50%	19.41%	10.91%	14.34%	17.08%	9.95%	11.95%	-5.66%	-8.70%	-3.50%	-5.80%	7.16%	13.38%	14.41%	8.58%	-1.24%	-5.88%	0.84%	13.17%	16.47%	22.71%	18.70%	-3.06%	1.91%	15.38%	13.42%	50.18%	21.23%	39.87%	61.15%	22.79%	-15.53%	-25.06%	-37.97%	-23.32%	1.67%	12.25%	25.78%	18.87%	12.90%	13.38%	1.74%	3.39%	7.14%	12.13%	12.18%	6.81%
qoq	10.37%	-13.54%	4.17%	8.72%	11.32%	-16.61%	9.17%	0.85%	5.01%	-9.29%	6.60%	2.33%	7.07%	-9.45%	-0.66%	2.22%	5.15%	2.71%	-9.34%	8.16%	16.46%	-2.33%	5.72%	-3.04%	10.03%	-17.49%	5.40%	0.36%	12.10%	-12.60%	-3.95%	4.42%	1.94%	-3.55%	-4.35%	18.42%	22.37%	-18.12%	0.64%	9.99%	26.15%	-16.16%	-5.49%	11.99%	6.31%	-18.87%	-0.10%	9.32%	20.93%	-14.15%	0.80%	3.75%	9.99%	-18.19%	8.00%	16.44%	13.20%	-13.80%	4.47%	-4.91%	19.01%	-2.41%	2.70%	25.92%	-3.94%	12.59%	18.33%	-4.06%	-33.91%	-0.11%	-2.07%	18.60%	-12.37%	10.29%	9.73%	12.08%	-16.77%	10.77%	-1.54%	13.91%	-13.75%	15.92%	-1.50%	8.46%
gross margin %	54.54%	54.69%	56.33%	54.82%	54.75%	54.58%	54.11%	55.77%	56.23%	55.03%	53.40%	55.55%	54.16%	53.87%	53.13%	55.21%	56.28%	55.84%	55.26%	56.47%	57.28%	55.07%	53.15%	52.18%	54.70%	53.18%	54.48%	54.06%	54.71%	54.02%	54.06%	55.12%	55.41%	54.69%	54.38%	55.35%	55.53%	55.25%	53.99%	55.77%	56.77%	52.90%	52.64%	53.70%	55.37%	55.07%	54.90%	56.16%	56.42%	54.19%	55.23%	55.86%	56.78%	56.83%	54.95%	58.76%	60.82%	61.39%	59.35%	60.22%	62.01%	61.33%	58.68%	59.40%	59.69%	57.73%	59.02%	54.48%	57.47%	54.51%	56.33%	56.40%	57.16%	54.89%	56.15%	54.65%	57.71%	59.66%	56.48%	55.91%	57.63%	55.02%	56.47%	55.66%	56.03%
selling and administrative expenses	206,874,000	199,717,000	208,872,000	206,539,000	205,154,000	194,949,000	223,932,000	201,943,000	197,261,000	188,992,000	199,054,000	189,324,000	179,618,000	184,648,000	185,574,000	180,666,000	173,662,000	184,274,000	179,715,000	176,995,000	171,308,000	180,935,000	172,129,000	168,753,000	164,569,000	188,101,000	179,315,000	172,347,000	172,633,000	184,695,000	193,185,000	184,820,000	180,123,000	183,280,000	184,861,000	172,799,000	171,981,000	149,220,000	153,329,000	149,534,000	146,501,000	144,929,000	147,802,000	145,642,000	145,476,000	145,903,000	151,296,000	143,056,000	142,718,000	140,923,000	139,928,000	131,544,000	134,618,000	135,079,000	137,619,000	124,555,000	111,063,000	112,048,000	114,124,000	109,394,000	105,324,000	100,647,000	96,413,000	97,759,000	94,874,000	88,364,000	83,582,000	79,250,000	86,098,000	108,524,000	110,902,000	111,682,000	103,368,000	110,941,000	103,516,000	97,442,000	89,395,000	92,116,000	93,053,000	92,642,000	84,368,000	89,360,000	85,794,000	87,377,000	82,791,000
operating profit	197,203,000	166,405,000	214,261,000	187,767,000	168,750,000	140,947,000	178,892,000	167,058,000	168,616,000	159,435,000	185,039,000	170,996,000	172,507,000	144,219,000	177,609,000	184,918,000	183,973,000	155,860,000	151,435,000	188,276,000	166,391,000	109,025,000	37,368,000	112,055,000	125,029,000	75,093,000	139,660,000	130,276,000	128,896,000	84,281,000	114,553,000	135,576,000	126,705,000	117,723,000	124,788,000	153,466,000	103,531,000	75,918,000	110,863,000	123,686,000	101,904,000	51,978,000	75,648,000	102,850,000	76,414,000	62,818,000	105,957,000	114,455,000	92,834,000	53,859,000	86,867,000	93,216,000	82,202,000	61,564,000	103,598,000	98,538,000	76,857,000	56,487,000	78,935,000	78,656,000	92,428,000	65,524,000	73,278,000	67,695,000	36,270,000	-196,639,000	37,178,000	18,579,000	13,075,000	48,419,000	51,297,000	54,223,000	36,399,000	48,520,000	40,979,000	34,377,000	28,266,000	49,359,000	34,018,000	36,041,000	28,197,000	41,711,000	28,028,000	28,178,000	23,750,000
yoy	16.86%	18.06%	19.77%	12.40%	0.08%	-11.60%	-3.32%	-2.30%	-2.26%	10.55%	4.18%	-7.53%	-6.23%	-7.47%	17.28%	-1.78%	10.57%	42.96%	305.25%	68.02%	33.08%	45.19%	-73.24%	-13.99%	-3.00%	-10.90%	21.92%	-3.91%	1.73%	-28.41%	-8.20%	-11.66%	22.38%	55.07%	12.56%	24.08%	1.60%	46.06%	46.55%	20.26%	33.36%	-17.26%	-28.61%	-10.14%	-17.69%	16.63%	21.98%	22.78%	12.93%	-12.52%	-16.15%	-5.40%	6.95%	8.99%	31.24%	25.28%	-16.85%	-13.79%	7.72%	16.19%	154.83%	-133.32%	97.10%	264.36%	177.40%	-506.12%	-27.52%	-65.74%	-64.08%	-0.21%	25.18%	57.73%	28.77%	-1.70%	20.46%	-4.62%	0.24%	18.34%	21.37%	27.90%	18.72%
qoq	18.51%	-22.34%	14.11%	11.27%	19.73%	-21.21%	7.08%	-0.92%	5.76%	-13.84%	8.21%	-0.88%	19.61%	-18.80%	-3.95%	0.51%	18.04%	2.92%	-19.57%	13.15%	52.62%	191.76%	-66.65%	-10.38%	66.50%	-46.23%	7.20%	1.07%	52.94%	-26.43%	-15.51%	7.00%	7.63%	-5.66%	-18.69%	48.23%	36.37%	-31.52%	-10.37%	21.38%	96.05%	-31.29%	-26.45%	34.60%	21.64%	-40.71%	-7.42%	23.29%	72.36%	-38.00%	-6.81%	13.40%	33.52%	-40.57%	5.14%	28.21%	36.06%	-28.44%	0.35%	-14.90%	41.06%	-10.58%	8.25%	86.64%	-118.44%	-628.91%	100.11%	42.10%	-73.00%	-5.61%	-5.40%	48.97%	-24.98%	18.40%	19.20%	21.62%	-42.73%	45.10%	-5.61%	27.82%	-32.40%	48.82%	-0.53%	18.64%
operating margin %	26.62%	24.86%	28.50%	25.32%	24.71%	22.90%	24.03%	25.25%	25.92%	25.18%	25.72%	26.36%	26.53%	23.62%	25.98%	27.93%	28.95%	25.59%	25.27%	29.11%	28.22%	20.70%	6.69%	20.82%	23.61%	15.17%	23.86%	23.27%	23.39%	16.93%	20.12%	23.33%	22.88%	21.39%	21.74%	26.04%	20.87%	18.63%	21.77%	25.25%	23.29%	13.96%	16.95%	22.23%	19.07%	16.57%	22.61%	24.96%	22.24%	14.98%	21.14%	23.13%	21.51%	17.74%	23.62%	25.94%	24.38%	20.48%	23.85%	25.19%	28.98%	24.18%	25.25%	24.25%	16.44%	-82.81%	18.02%	9.84%	7.01%	16.27%	17.79%	18.44%	14.88%	16.69%	15.90%	14.25%	13.86%	20.83%	15.05%	15.55%	14.28%	17.39%	13.90%	13.57%	12.49%
interest expense	-21,942,000	-23,131,000	-24,767,000	-26,258,000	-26,572,000	-26,559,000	-28,570,000	-18,803,000	-20,109,000	-21,442,000	-26,973,000	-12,089,000	-9,913,000	-10,530,000	-5,665,000	-5,737,000	-5,361,000	-5,650,000	-5,281,000	-6,139,000	-7,139,000	-6,932,000	-6,812,000	-7,314,000	-8,293,000	-9,740,000	-10,907,000	-11,500,000	-12,372,000	-12,365,000	-12,366,000	-13,765,000	-12,127,000	-11,317,000	-11,747,000	-11,306,000	-7,907,000	-5,641,000	-5,832,000	-4,647,000	-5,000,000	-5,844,000	-5,197,000	-4,504,000	-4,313,000	-4,089,000	-4,118,000	-3,810,000	-3,532,000	-3,575,000	-3,796,000	-3,353,000	-3,612,000	-4,080,000	-4,228,000	-2,796,000	-2,161,000	-1,968,000	-1,509,000	-827,000	-1,338,000	-1,395,000	-1,602,000	-1,580,000	-1,456,000	-1,595,000	-1,732,000	-1,691,000	-2,753,000	-3,370,000	-3,501,000	-4,240,000	-5,603,000	-6,107,000	-6,032,000	-5,222,000	-4,181,000	-2,419,000	-2,794,000	-3,313,000	-3,491,000	-3,641,000	-3,409,000	-3,479,000	-3,296,000
pension settlement charge	-24,049,000
interest and investment income	362,000	390,000	997,000	560,000	553,000	941,000	1,288,000	1,027,000	1,554,000	1,044,000	1,052,000	603,000	438,000	587,000	570,000	572,000	419,000	465,000	829,000	492,000	449,000	380,000	380,000	434,000	278,000	588,000	691,000	511,000	325,000	316,000	519,000	356,000	219,000	289,000	311,000	268,000	272,000	273,000	227,000	176,000	188,000	138,000	209,000	111,000	151,000	86,000	115,000	137,000	217,000	112,000	117,000	112,000	94,000	98,000	88,000	109,000	147,000	119,000	139,000	190,000	115,000	125,000	170,000	170,000	275,000	125,000	93,000	112,000	162,000	274,000	276,000	227,000	473,000	466,000	453,000	219,000	367,000	317,000	1,031,000	307,000	212,000	449,000	622,000	447,000	346,000
other income - net	-10,400,000	20,837,000	-7,592,000	-2,945,000	-3,961,000	1,526,000	-3,538,000	152,000	-785,000	-338,000	1,462,000	2,542,000	-1,405,000	-3,196,000	46,247,000	752,000	-39,764,000	1,292,000	-6,874,000	-2,232,000	-3,843,000	-4,661,000	-4,634,000	-9,668,000	-429,000	-2,846,000	-2,162,000	210,000	-568,000	-4,189,000	1,481,000	528,000	3,322,000	-3,177,000	-482,000	27,000	-1,323,000	-157,000	106,000	-1,978,000	1,727,000	802,000	1,465,000	2,000	-687,000	-102,000	713,000	-236,000	-406,000	-209,000	760,000	2,699,000	-565,000	-1,200,000	1,050,000	-716,000	137,000	992,000	622,000	169,000	1,791,000	936,000	1,230,000	177,000	319,000	618,000	77,000	521,000	6,679,000	76,000	2,617,000	1,008,000	1,213,000			2,779,000	-1,069,000	-619,000	280,000	15,000	-707,000	470,000	-130,000	747,000	483,000
income before income taxes	141,174,000	164,501,000	182,899,000	159,124,000	138,770,000	116,855,000	148,072,000	149,434,000	149,276,000	138,699,000	160,580,000	162,052,000	161,627,000	131,080,000	177,540,000	180,505,000	139,267,000	151,967,000	140,109,000	180,397,000	155,858,000	97,812,000	26,302,000	95,507,000	116,585,000	63,095,000	127,282,000	119,497,000	116,281,000	68,043,000	104,187,000	122,695,000	118,119,000	103,518,000	112,870,000	142,455,000	94,573,000	70,393,000	105,364,000	117,237,000	98,819,000	47,074,000	72,125,000	98,459,000	71,565,000	58,713,000	102,667,000	110,546,000	89,113,000	50,187,000	83,948,000	92,674,000	78,119,000	56,382,000	100,508,000	95,135,000	74,980,000	55,630,000	78,187,000	78,188,000	92,996,000	65,190,000	73,076,000	66,462,000	35,408,000	-197,491,000	35,616,000	17,521,000	17,163,000	33,597,250	50,689,000	51,218,000	32,482,000			32,153,000	23,383,000	22,449,000	32,535,000	33,050,000	24,211,000	38,989,000	25,111,000	25,893,000	21,283,000
income tax expense	23,858,000	31,119,000
net income	117,316,000	133,382,000	151,634,000	125,784,000	112,404,000	94,652,000	122,168,000	117,327,000	118,217,000	109,572,000	127,778,000	127,891,000	127,563,000	104,261,000	141,249,000	141,811,000	109,634,000	120,409,000	110,460,000	142,182,000	124,144,000	77,582,000	18,475,000	86,981,000	92,079,000	52,004,000	102,673,000	93,928,000	91,923,000	48,567,000	86,701,000	94,884,000	91,235,000	104,555,000	79,835,000	101,456,000	64,523,000	49,988,000	75,867,000	84,214,000	70,601,000	41,161,000	49,624,000	69,388,000	49,214,000	42,885,000	72,080,000	77,879,000	61,934,000	34,880,000	59,777,000	65,424,000	54,605,000	42,011,000	67,686,000	66,694,000	52,111,000	38,338,000	54,675,000	56,550,000	65,242,000	45,897,000	53,556,000	55,329,000	26,732,000	-209,033,000	23,979,000	13,843,000	11,156,000	30,746,000	32,370,000	33,049,000	21,339,000	29,634,000	24,521,000	20,980,000	15,557,000	27,786,000	24,814,000	21,931,000	16,067,000	27,903,000	18,591,000	17,478,000	14,366,000
yoy	4.37%	40.92%	24.12%	7.21%	-4.92%	-13.62%	-4.39%	-8.26%	-7.33%	5.09%	-9.54%	-9.82%	16.35%	-13.41%	27.87%	-0.26%	-11.69%	55.20%	497.89%	63.46%	34.82%	49.18%	-82.01%	-7.40%	0.17%	7.08%	18.42%	-1.01%	0.75%	-53.55%	8.60%	-6.48%	41.40%	109.16%	5.23%	20.47%	-8.61%	21.45%	52.88%	21.37%	43.46%	-4.02%	-31.15%	-10.90%	-20.54%	22.95%	20.58%	19.04%	13.42%	-16.97%	-11.68%	-1.90%	4.79%	9.58%	23.80%	17.94%	-20.13%	-16.47%	2.09%	2.21%	144.06%	-121.96%	123.35%	299.69%	139.62%	-779.87%	-25.92%	-58.11%	-47.72%	3.75%	32.01%	57.53%	37.17%	6.65%	-1.18%	-4.34%	-3.17%	-0.42%	33.47%	25.48%	11.84%
qoq	-12.05%	-12.04%	20.55%	11.90%	18.76%	-22.52%	4.13%	-0.75%	7.89%	-14.25%	-0.09%	0.26%	22.35%	-26.19%	-0.40%	29.35%	-8.95%	9.01%	-22.31%	14.53%	60.02%	319.93%	-78.76%	-5.54%	77.06%	-49.35%	9.31%	2.18%	89.27%	-43.98%	-8.62%	4.00%	-12.74%	30.96%	-21.31%	57.24%	29.08%	-34.11%	-9.91%	19.28%	71.52%	-17.05%	-28.48%	40.99%	14.76%	-40.50%	-7.45%	25.75%	77.56%	-41.65%	-8.63%	19.81%	29.98%	-37.93%	1.49%	27.98%	35.93%	-29.88%	-3.32%	-13.32%	42.15%	-14.30%	-3.20%	106.98%	-112.79%	-971.73%	73.22%	24.09%	-63.72%	-5.02%	-2.05%	54.88%	-27.99%	20.85%	16.88%	34.86%	-44.01%	11.98%	13.15%	36.50%	-42.42%	50.09%	6.37%	21.66%
net income margin %	15.84%	19.92%	20.17%	16.96%	16.46%	15.38%	16.41%	17.73%	18.17%	17.30%	17.76%	19.72%	19.62%	17.08%	20.66%	21.42%	17.25%	19.77%	18.43%	21.98%	21.06%	14.73%	3.31%	16.16%	17.39%	10.51%	17.54%	16.78%	16.68%	9.75%	15.23%	16.32%	16.48%	19.00%	13.91%	17.21%	13.01%	12.27%	14.90%	17.19%	16.13%	11.06%	11.12%	15.00%	12.28%	11.32%	15.38%	16.98%	14.84%	9.70%	14.55%	16.24%	14.29%	12.11%	15.43%	17.56%	16.53%	13.90%	16.52%	18.11%	20.46%	16.94%	18.46%	19.82%	12.12%	-88.03%	11.62%	7.33%	5.98%	10.33%	11.23%	11.24%	8.72%	10.19%	9.51%	8.69%	7.63%	11.73%	10.98%	9.46%	8.14%	11.64%	9.22%	8.42%	7.55%
average common shares	55,798,000	55,789,000	-178,000	56,438,000	56,785,000	57,129,000	5,000	57,229,000	57,222,000	57,064,000	-24,000	56,989,000	57,184,000	57,170,000	-153,000	57,409,000	57,784,000	58,152,000	11,000	58,112,000	58,068,000	58,059,000	78,000	57,693,000	57,677,000	57,668,000	-1,000	57,395,000	57,288,000	57,702,000	39,000	58,053,000	57,989,000	57,755,000	38,000	57,594,000	57,545,000	57,349,000	48,000	57,085,000	56,952,000	56,997,000	-583,000	60,578,000	61,116,000	62,008,000	-232,000	63,482,000	63,964,000	64,221,000	-28,000	64,137,000	64,320,000	64,273,000	-100,000	64,029,000	64,426,000	65,065,000	-382,000	67,945,000	68,110,000	34,007,000	-3,000	34,047,000	33,665,000	18,000	33,562,000	33,555,000	33,526,000	65,000	33,897,000	33,525,000	33,617,000	26,000	33,611,000	33,572,000	33,383,000	28,000	33,597,000	33,437,000	33,002,000	-533,000	36,208,000	36,320,000	36,226,000
incremental common shares attributable to equity compensation	302,000	338,000	10,000	290,000	253,000	357,000	-9,000	395,000	459,000	491,000	-2,000	541,000	496,000	592,000	10,000	560,000	598,000	667,000	158,500	623,000	584,000	696,000	181,250	734,000
average common shares and common share equivalents	56,100,000	56,127,000	-168,000	56,728,000	57,038,000	57,486,000	-4,000	57,624,000	57,681,000	57,555,000	-26,000	57,530,000	57,680,000	57,762,000	-143,000	57,969,000	58,382,000	58,819,000	20,000	58,735,000	58,652,000	58,755,000	69,000	58,427,000	58,260,000	58,524,000	19,000	58,117,000	58,056,000	58,372,000	21,000	58,912,000	58,945,000	58,874,000	33,000	58,259,000	58,232,000	58,023,000	111,000	57,616,000	57,334,000	57,305,000	-608,000	61,099,000	61,638,000	62,536,000	-238,000	64,141,000	64,557,000	64,860,000	-15,000	64,854,000	64,970,000	64,949,000	-74,000	64,725,000	65,179,000	65,627,000	-437,000	68,781,000	69,002,000	34,439,000	-6,000	34,384,000	34,124,000	-10,000	33,610,000	33,571,000	33,546,000	-11,000	34,637,000	34,111,000	34,189,000	23,000	34,215,000	34,146,000	34,117,000	-35,000	34,460,000	34,358,000	33,847,000	-536,000	36,843,000	37,146,000	37,200,000
basic earnings per share	2.1	2.39	2.7	2.23	1.98	1.66	2.13	2.05	2.07	1.92	2.24	2.24	2.23	1.82	2.46	2.47	1.9	2.07	1.9	2.45	2.14	1.34	0.31	1.51	1.6	0.9	1.79	1.64	1.6	0.84	1.49	1.63	1.57	1.81	1.38	1.76	1.12	0.87	1.32	1.48	1.24	0.72	0.84	1.15	0.81	0.69	1.15	1.23	0.97	0.54	0.93	1.02	0.85	0.65	1.05	1.04	0.81	0.59	0.82	0.83	0.96	1.35	1.58	1.63	0.79	-6.23	0.71	0.41	0.33	0.645	0.95	0.99	0.63					0.47	0.74	0.66	0.49	0.8	0.51	0.48	0.4
diluted earnings per share	2.09	2.38	2.68	2.22	1.97	1.65	2.12	2.04	2.05	1.9	2.22	2.22	2.21	1.81	2.44	2.45	1.88	2.05	1.88	2.42	2.12	1.32	0.31	1.49	1.58	0.89	1.76	1.62	1.58	0.83	1.47	1.61	1.55	1.78	1.37	1.74	1.11	0.86	1.32	1.46	1.23	0.72	0.84	1.14	0.8	0.69	1.13	1.21	0.96	0.54	0.92	1.01	0.84	0.65	1.04	1.03	0.8	0.58	0.81	0.82	0.95	1.33	1.56	1.61	0.78	-6.23	0.71	0.41	0.33	0.633	0.93	0.97	0.62					0.46	0.72	0.64	0.47	0.78	0.5	0.47	0.39
operating costs and expenses:
divestiture and related charges			334,000	12,211,000
operating costs and expenses: - sum			537,559,000	553,742,000	514,188,000	474,473,000	565,590,000	494,546,000	482,026,000	473,758,000	534,274,000	477,681,000	477,658,000	466,258,000	505,972,000	477,210,000	451,430,000	453,306,000	447,812,000	458,582,000	423,147,000	417,541,000	521,157,000	426,126,000	404,449,000									432,701,000																	223,780,250	309,744,000
other income:
other income: - sum			-31,362,000	-28,643,000	-29,980,000	-24,092,000	-30,820,000	-17,624,000	-19,340,000	-20,736,000	-24,459,000	-8,944,000	-10,880,000	-13,139,000	-69,000	-4,413,000	-44,706,000	-3,893,000	-11,326,000	-7,879,000	-10,533,000	-11,213,000	-11,066,000	-16,548,000	-8,444,000									-14,205,000																	-2,451,750	-542,000
income taxes			20,477,250	33,340,000	26,366,000	22,203,000	23,073,250	32,107,000	31,059,000	29,127,000	23,761,000	34,161,000	34,064,000	26,819,000	24,971,250	38,694,000	29,633,000	31,558,000	22,539,750	38,215,000	31,714,000	20,230,000	11,030,750	8,526,000	24,506,000	11,091,000	17,351,000	25,569,000	24,358,000	19,476,000	13,414,500	27,811,000	26,884,000	-1,037,000	22,863,500	40,999,000	30,050,000	20,405,000	16,788,500	33,023,000	28,218,000	5,913,000	16,812,500	29,071,000	22,351,000	15,828,000	18,788,250	32,667,000	27,179,000	15,307,000	16,283,750	27,250,000	23,514,000	14,371,000	17,150,500	28,441,000	22,869,000	17,292,000	17,171,250	21,638,000	27,754,000	19,293,000	10,937,750	11,133,000	8,676,000	5,330,500	11,637,000	3,678,000	6,007,000	11,907,750	18,319,000	18,169,000	11,143,000	7,602,250	11,410,000	11,173,000	7,826,000	6,746,000	7,721,000	11,119,000	8,144,000	5,463,000	6,520,000	8,415,000	6,917,000
incremental common shares attributable to outstanding stock options, restricted stock, and deferred stock-based compensation																									583,000	856,000	180,000	722,000	768,000	670,000	244,750	859,000	956,000	1,119,000	169,000	665,000	687,000	674,000	101,750	531,000	382,000	308,000	131,000	521,000	522,000	528,000	157,750	659,000	593,000	639,000
dividends declared per share																													0.35	0.35	0.225	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.203	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.18	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.165	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.135	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.113	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.094	0.125	0.125	0.125	0.079	0.105	0.105	0.21	0.143	0.19	0.19	0.137	0.183	0.183	0.183	0.137	0.183	0.183	0.183
severance and restructuring costs																																																						586,000				811,000					580,000	347,000	531,000	2,301,000	977,000	5,054,000	8,064,000	5,321,000	240,000	-32,000	92,000	141,000	213,000	55,000		-104,000	556,000	942,000	1,233,000
cost of sales—restructuring																																																							510,000		2,040,000
severance and restructuring																																																			256,750	323,000	118,000		667,000	121,000	1,736,000
incremental common shares attributable to outstanding stock options, nonvested stock, and deferred stock-based compensation																																																			170,250	717,000	650,000	676,000	167,500	696,000		562,000	216,000	836,000	892,000	432,000	104,750	337,000	459,000	7,000	48,000	16,000	20,000	159,250	740,000	586,000	572,000	159,500	604,000	574,000	734,000	219,500	863,000		845,000	203,000	635,000	826,000	974,000
incremental common shares attributable to outstanding stock options, nonvested stock,and deferred stock-based compensation																																																									753,000
other income																																																																										560,250	531,000
income before income taxes and discontinued operations																																																																										44,255,000	35,931,000
income from continuing operations																																																																										29,634,000	24,521,000	20,980,000	15,557,000
loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 817 for the three months ended july 31, 2006 and 2,473 for the nine months ended july 31, 2006
basic earnings per share from continuing operations																																																																										0.88	0.73	0.62	0.47
basic loss per share from discontinued operations
total																																																																										0.88	0.73	0.62	0.47
diluted earnings per share from continuing operations																																																																										0.86	0.72	0.61	0.46
diluted loss per share from discontinued operations
dividends per share																																																																										0.131	0.175	0.175	0.175	0.125	0.17	0.165	0.165	0.12	0.16	0.16	0.16
loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 973 for the three months ended april 30, 2006 and 1,656 for the six months ended april 30, 2006
loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of 683 for the three months ended january 31, 2006
incremental common shares attributable to outstanding stock options, nonvested stock and deferred stock-based compensation																																																																																921,000

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cash and cash equivalents	102,017,000	120,392,000	108,442,000	147,788,000	130,157,000	130,424,000	115,952,000	165,324,000	125,446,000	136,201,000	115,679,000	143,138,000	129,073,000	121,994,000	163,457,000	128,737,000	120,892,000	170,539,000	299,972,000	174,235,000	133,320,000	225,738,000	208,293,000	221,783,000	306,255,000	115,097,000	151,164,000	147,845,000	149,183,000	85,546,000	95,678,000	266,802,000	155,946,000	132,842,000	90,383,000	110,705,000	88,406,000	87,658,000	67,239,000	60,294,000	47,919,000	60,736,000	50,268,000	61,000,000	51,454,000	40,926,000	42,314,000	53,223,000	49,732,000	46,858,000	42,375,000	75,368,000	62,792,000	54,432,000	41,239,000	53,639,000	57,537,000	49,483,000	37,408,000	69,057,000	66,785,000	61,122,000	42,329,000	48,042,000	33,906,000	28,468,000	18,781,000	20,522,000	19,638,000	19,136,000	11,755,000	24,579,000	27,676,000	40,986,000	31,136,000	30,920,000	28,057,000	29,778,000	48,859,000	20,078,000	43,897,000	17,766,000	11,269,000	63,957,000	94,857,000	27,018,000	60,251,000
receivables - net	606,689,000	571,583,000	587,843,000	588,951,000	624,057,000	531,298,000	594,663,000	538,541,000	530,283,000	537,702,000	590,886,000	533,793,000	527,851,000	546,649,000	537,313,000	530,761,000	499,535,000	465,721,000	489,389,000	516,685,000	470,622,000	455,376,000	471,873,000	498,283,000	474,913,000	471,626,000	530,765,000	499,981,000	489,745,000	463,228,000	491,423,000	507,681,000	512,389,000	488,282,000	505,087,000	498,848,000	428,733,000	358,365,000	428,560,000	412,605,000	382,813,000	343,926,000	389,550,000	375,752,000	316,091,000	348,316,000		358,189,000	327,391,000	279,978,000		295,074,000
inventories - net	467,757,000	451,138,000	444,814,000	459,251,000	473,740,000	472,234,000	476,935,000	438,167,000	443,578,000	451,217,000	454,775,000	439,741,000	440,179,000	447,727,000	383,398,000	399,579,000	383,215,000	366,380,000	327,195,000	303,977,000	295,841,000	282,440,000	277,033,000	310,557,000	312,118,000	294,768,000	283,399,000	282,614,000	280,733,000	271,156,000	264,477,000	271,360,000	284,363,000	275,690,000	264,266,000	275,705,000	275,806,000	241,264,000	220,361,000	239,611,000	240,645,000	224,793,000	225,672,000	228,829,000	239,406,000	212,610,000		210,352,000	206,438,000	200,617,000		183,855,000
prepaid expenses and other current assets	100,893,000	108,558,000	101,752,000	91,275,000	95,568,000	92,068,000	87,482,000	82,106,000	86,283,000	82,992,000	67,970,000	60,249,000	58,338,000	62,046,000	48,803,000	56,529,000	56,197,000	51,595,000	48,282,000	50,866,000	49,642,000	45,124,000	43,798,000	50,075,000	49,990,000	48,833,000	45,867,000	50,300,000	45,276,000	47,271,000																																	5,775,000	6,916,000	9,904,000		9,254,000
total current assets	1,277,356,000	1,251,671,000	1,242,851,000	1,326,848,000	1,323,522,000	1,226,024,000	1,275,032,000	1,224,138,000	1,185,590,000	1,208,112,000	1,229,310,000	1,176,921,000	1,155,441,000	1,178,416,000	1,132,971,000	1,115,606,000	1,059,839,000	1,054,235,000	1,164,838,000	1,045,763,000	949,425,000	1,028,129,000	1,020,612,000	1,080,698,000	1,143,276,000	930,324,000	1,011,195,000	980,740,000	964,937,000	867,201,000	884,102,000	1,077,821,000	984,021,000	928,035,000	888,372,000	920,159,000	828,845,000	719,952,000	745,575,000	769,650,000	723,466,000	680,873,000	711,591,000	721,357,000	662,143,000	657,646,000	672,683,000	679,791,000	638,752,000	583,261,000	600,570,000	608,884,000	607,746,000	574,472,000	586,623,000	582,250,000	506,532,000	473,023,000	476,957,000	511,164,000	497,379,000	441,425,000	451,031,000	433,409,000	374,335,000	346,728,000	346,671,000	331,576,000	309,679,000	346,704,000	384,313,000	415,994,000	426,539,000	417,174,000	409,924,000	376,791,000	375,892,000	352,794,000	347,304,000	324,881,000	348,962,000	300,321,000	311,716,000	392,630,000	391,295,000	368,134,000	363,111,000
goodwill	3,332,927,000	3,332,244,000	3,304,685,000	3,306,432,000	3,310,661,000	3,242,344,000	3,280,819,000	2,785,773,000	2,782,909,000	2,805,086,000	2,784,201,000	2,110,780,000	2,110,471,000	2,107,113,000	1,804,693,000	1,813,234,000	1,821,091,000	1,836,485,000	1,713,148,000	1,718,565,000	1,720,990,000	1,722,824,000	1,713,354,000	1,701,914,000	1,611,340,000	1,613,866,000	1,614,739,000	1,613,476,000	1,607,509,000	1,611,354,000	1,608,018,000	1,611,733,000	1,616,800,000	1,622,125,000	1,589,210,000	1,586,955,000	1,606,345,000	1,111,573,000	1,107,137,000	1,084,808,000	1,088,775,000	1,079,797,000	1,082,375,000	1,047,086,000	1,039,327,000	1,040,045,000	1,052,537,000	937,139,000	942,018,000	938,114,000	939,211,000	818,160,000	818,042,000	814,339,000	812,817,000	784,991,000	546,780,000	546,513,000	547,826,000	369,607,000	361,673,000	360,376,000	347,326,000	346,101,000	346,026,000	346,298,000	341,762,000	574,037,000	572,311,000	571,633,000	571,933,000	576,400,000	574,125,000	573,143,000	571,976,000	543,026,000
intangible assets - net	650,985,000	671,456,000	681,587,000	698,000,000	715,429,000	704,496,000	740,846,000	628,764,000	642,375,000	666,487,000	672,744,000	350,524,000	364,404,000	377,835,000	329,402,000	343,779,000	357,952,000	374,149,000	357,367,000	370,706,000	383,856,000	396,935,000	407,586,000	435,817,000	416,877,000	431,531,000	445,575,000	459,027,000	471,207,000	486,342,000	499,741,000	514,843,000	531,478,000	547,987,000	547,180,000	560,537,000	568,139,000	256,846,000	260,302,000	254,818,000	264,701,000	268,053,000	277,426,000	267,039,000	270,937,000	277,849,000		250,083,000	258,552,000	262,542,000		210,344,000
property, plant and equipment - net	521,390,000	521,508,000	516,914,000	525,604,000	546,352,000	538,448,000	544,607,000	401,415,000	395,595,000	394,467,000	392,846,000	350,735,000	354,669,000	361,447,000	353,442,000	359,231,000	357,561,000	361,567,000	355,565,000	358,208,000	362,622,000	358,670,000	358,618,000	414,982,000	400,103,000	400,636,000	398,895,000	392,034,000	386,349,000	387,719,000	386,666,000	356,777,000	359,489,000	356,774,000	346,411,000	335,680,000	319,973,000	269,753,000	273,129,000	267,567,000	257,196,000	250,703,000	249,940,000	244,303,000	241,667,000	229,669,000		209,285,000	206,840,000	201,892,000		189,180,000																																	113,123,000	112,524,000
operating right of use lease assets	65,829,000	69,758,000	77,478,000	79,770,000	87,573,000	87,814,000	93,620,000	96,631,000	96,770,000	105,348,000	106,176,000	104,592,000	107,322,000	111,375,000	102,279,000	100,509,000	105,964,000	111,760,000	110,851,000	115,627,000	119,671,000	123,041,000	122,125,000	132,062,000	126,129,000	130,060,000
deferred income taxes	11,409,000	11,320,000	11,246,000	12,137,000	13,964,000	11,748,000	11,196,000	20,408,000	19,859,000	19,167,000	16,022,000	12,199,000	12,122,000	11,994,000	10,447,000	15,080,000	16,446,000	18,733,000	11,381,000	5,751,000	7,012,000	9,926,000	9,831,000	11,674,000	10,841,000	11,153,000	11,261,000	11,287,000	11,204,000	11,131,000	9,780,000	11,460,000	12,244,000	12,273,000	11,020,000	25,220,000	24,942,000	8,579,000		25,484,000	25,013,000	24,556,000	24,865,000	29,832,000	29,297,000	29,436,000	29,926,000	29,830,000	29,021,000	29,101,000	29,354,000	31,608,000	31,368,000	31,202,000	29,929,000	37,311,000	35,852,000	35,707,000	35,693,000	35,659,000	34,750,000	34,035,000	33,576,000	32,681,000	31,325,000	30,906,000	29,756,000	20,790,000	21,258,000	21,838,000	22,455,000	22,136,000	22,530,000	22,451,000	21,068,000	22,566,000	20,586,000	19,934,000	19,287,000	30,232,000	30,224,000	30,564,000	30,954,000	39,349,000	38,548,000	37,769,000	37,093,000
other assets	104,522,000	102,965,000	82,920,000	60,922,000	64,537,000	60,652,000	54,846,000	47,241,000	48,773,000	48,410,000	50,471,000	91,281,000	88,686,000	89,243,000	87,141,000	76,385,000	77,490,000	78,061,000	77,811,000	55,460,000	51,334,000	43,876,000	42,530,000	42,811,000	34,338,000	33,297,000	34,782,000	34,974,000	33,882,000	34,000,000	32,705,000	34,758,000	35,184,000	33,442,000	32,346,000	31,965,000	31,001,000	26,319,000	25,541,000	29,149,000	32,431,000	32,526,000	33,407,000	33,473,000	32,123,000	31,188,000	32,602,000	33,147,000	32,896,000	32,513,000	32,456,000	28,112,000	28,115,000	28,668,000	27,253,000	26,713,000	27,239,000	29,209,000	28,085,000	29,888,000	31,138,000	28,486,000	28,675,000	26,884,000	26,034,000	25,280,000	23,687,000	23,526,000	21,573,000	21,037,000	22,706,000	26,068,000	27,897,000	27,397,000	29,396,000	26,523,000	20,180,000	19,748,000	19,489,000	19,797,000	19,073,000	18,951,000	18,184,000	19,563,000	15,915,000	15,758,000	15,679,000
liabilities and shareholders' equity
current liabilities:
current maturities of long-term debt and notes payable	50,000,000	54,312,000	315,000,000	336,078,000	94,794,000	101,063,000	103,928,000	96,288,000	119,328,000	116,585,000		110,643,000	603,343,000	420,947,000		401,728,000	310,892,000	34,149,000		31,385,000
accrued liabilities	196,121,000	182,964,000	229,095,000	221,335,000	202,581,000	182,124,000	225,231,000	204,796,000	176,633,000	182,854,000	199,588,000	169,635,000	158,308,000	156,864,000	206,828,000	186,714,000	177,674,000	159,245,000	201,992,000	184,491,000	160,912,000	150,751,000	167,883,000	161,044,000	146,090,000	135,443,000	161,655,000	138,909,000	139,259,000	126,913,000	175,085,000	146,459,000	151,251,000	137,457,000	173,366,000	151,828,000	164,625,000	117,404,000	162,798,000	123,945,000	117,525,000	102,240,000	140,931,000	114,257,000	104,775,000	100,059,000	137,001,000	112,205,000	103,325,000	79,574,000	110,528,000	104,358,000	105,852,000	88,217,000	121,950,000	110,588,000	79,572,000	74,047,000	101,294,000	96,872,000	83,014,000	70,594,000	96,133,000	100,611,000	92,651,000	105,313,000	92,285,000	63,239,000	68,497,000	73,446,000	96,473,000	90,858,000	88,710,000	73,562,000	102,995,000				106,842,000				102,777,000				91,244,000
accounts payable	141,910,000	117,708,000	121,006,000	129,515,000	119,891,000	88,546,000	97,839,000	98,305,000	103,202,000	103,153,000	106,320,000	105,075,000	85,408,000	90,602,000	99,276,000	100,397,000	96,948,000	96,503,000	91,689,000	92,924,000	84,824,000	74,148,000	70,949,000	71,355,000	79,785,000	78,087,000	85,139,000	85,565,000	93,039,000	81,014,000	83,590,000	80,817,000	86,786,000	82,081,000	86,016,000	80,745,000	85,188,000	73,960,000	75,130,000	71,405,000	67,290,000	60,981,000	68,229,000	60,816,000	65,975,000	60,170,000	68,500,000	66,266,000	59,556,000	62,101,000	62,123,000	60,558,000	57,616,000	57,013,000	62,869,000	57,610,000	46,487,000	39,614,000	46,381,000	42,433,000	42,279,000	36,380,000	40,262,000	37,065,000	36,548,000	31,996,000	33,368,000	29,003,000	23,630,000	27,505,000	42,916,000	37,222,000	42,960,000	41,402,000	51,939,000	42,186,000	40,077,000	39,303,000	38,680,000	38,098,000	36,543,000	37,078,000	49,609,000	45,838,000	49,371,000	47,407,000	58,740,000
customer advanced payments	52,215,000	47,783,000		54,966,000	61,067,000	49,092,000		62,339,000	61,713,000	76,131,000		95,274,000	91,562,000	97,683,000		95,683,000	91,685,000	85,594,000		70,052,000	65,151,000	50,934,000		45,713,000	50,453,000	47,849,000		45,523,000	42,110,000	43,018,000		40,483,000	41,292,000	38,787,000		37,805,000	35,343,000	29,902,000		29,373,000	28,169,000	23,736,000		32,083,000	33,524,000	30,490,000		25,992,000	25,611,000	29,280,000		20,539,000	24,318,000	19,042,000		29,989,000	16,660,000	16,052,000		15,004,000	12,151,000	14,063,000		13,661,000	13,365,000	9,623,000		9,235,000	7,052,000	11,944,000		15,591,000	14,582,000	17,063,000
income taxes payable	26,344,000	35,060,000	25,856,000	7,236,000	15,106,000	41,446,000	32,754,000	34,085,000	53,508,000	51,018,000	45,359,000	26,661,000	30,158,000	37,161,000	22,333,000	21,473,000	23,181,000	30,863,000	16,636,000	18,880,000	13,071,000	8,238,000	7,841,000	635,000	15,663,000	14,089,000	15,601,000	745,000	13,711,000	15,144,000	19,319,000	34,785,000	23,809,000	19,753,000	22,310,000	34,773,000	25,818,000	22,339,000	22,762,000	30,634,000	34,197,000	24,258,000	28,642,000	31,001,000	19,326,000	17,184,000	16,586,000	29,961,000	23,281,000	18,417,000	14,522,000	21,023,000	14,592,000	17,124,000	27,354,000	26,193,000	21,321,000	22,177,000	15,283,000	18,206,000	25,688,000	28,231,000	24,336,000	19,009,000	19,238,000	6,279,000	12,347,000	13,518,000	13,064,000	11,338,000	6,141,000	3,185,000	18,335,000	12,287,000	15,012,000				10,951,000				10,290,000				4,873,000
operating lease liability - current	15,588,000	16,238,000	17,402,000	17,363,000	17,420,000	16,532,000	17,063,000	17,136,000	16,346,000	16,913,000	16,853,000	16,809,000	16,976,000	17,319,000	15,738,000	15,984,000	16,829,000	17,358,000	17,222,000	17,305,000	17,198,000	17,215,000	16,918,000	18,636,000	18,428,000	18,590,000
finance lease liability - current	9,697,000	5,984,000	5,892,000	5,808,000	5,781,000	5,264,000		5,318,000	5,281,000	5,026,000		4,512,000	4,637,000	4,885,000		5,303,000	5,289,000	5,755,000		5,785,000	6,068,000	6,069,000		6,237,000	6,172,000	5,665,000
total current liabilities	491,875,000	460,049,000	758,260,000	783,108,000	516,640,000	484,067,000	528,477,000	518,267,000	536,011,000	551,680,000	582,089,000	528,609,000	990,392,000	825,461,000	834,203,000	827,282,000	722,498,000	429,467,000	445,394,000	420,822,000	385,267,000	359,609,000	363,089,000	347,218,000	360,189,000	343,321,000	477,626,000	444,222,000	446,491,000	324,497,000	350,280,000	341,104,000	534,661,000	609,773,000	647,746,000	437,386,000	456,493,000	290,216,000	331,543,000	278,420,000	270,801,000	236,821,000	290,776,000	260,615,000	298,274,000	388,180,000	370,868,000	260,057,000	236,553,000	213,628,000	235,471,000	222,402,000	273,283,000	292,380,000	343,684,000	334,461,000	224,226,000	161,875,000	182,161,000	177,241,000	182,252,000	167,790,000	191,914,000	190,668,000	173,485,000	163,673,000	156,422,000	126,219,000	123,703,000	336,673,000	373,996,000	369,950,000	404,736,000	486,170,000	509,914,000	481,637,000	477,899,000	420,559,000	241,325,000	179,104,000	224,324,000	212,294,000	250,074,000	232,430,000	186,523,000	170,029,000	195,749,000
long-term debt	1,836,356,000	1,943,182,000	1,681,254,000	1,785,745,000	2,118,739,000	2,085,177,000	2,101,197,000	1,398,155,000	1,414,363,000	1,513,871,000	1,621,394,000	727,455,000	345,899,000	595,166,000	345,320,000	401,698,000	479,703,000	773,191,000	781,709,000	789,731,000	829,044,000	981,284,000	1,067,952,000	1,221,082,000	1,237,225,000	1,074,314,000	1,075,404,000	1,179,872,000	1,220,391,000	1,331,392,000	1,285,357,000	1,521,393,000	1,312,459,000	1,258,843,000	1,256,397,000	1,569,680,000	1,574,191,000	912,403,000	944,553,000	1,026,553,000	1,054,981,000	1,116,179,000	1,092,643,000	922,732,000	819,203,000	699,132,000	682,868,000	612,358,000	636,587,000	613,401,000	638,158,000	548,232,000	551,560,000	517,563,000	528,041,000	587,977,000	286,480,000	345,931,000	313,459,000	51,838,000	51,865,000	87,915,000	96,000,000	152,000,000	172,260,000	137,260,000	152,260,000	197,260,000	230,350,000	68,550,000	68,550,000	68,550,000	72,840,000	22,840,000	22,840,000	22,840,000	47,130,000	47,130,000	47,130,000	97,130,000	101,420,000	101,420,000	101,420,000	101,420,000	147,468,000	147,612,000	148,033,000
operating lease liability - noncurrent	53,347,000	56,747,000	64,451,000	67,675,000	74,276,000	75,497,000	80,818,000	83,775,000	84,770,000	91,725,000	92,412,000	91,287,000	93,517,000	97,179,000	90,768,000	88,718,000	93,242,000	98,459,000	97,685,000	102,331,000	106,527,000	109,839,000	109,317,000	117,609,000	111,836,000	115,682,000
postretirement obligations	43,307,000	43,548,000	43,786,000	50,940,000	51,463,000	51,406,000	51,544,000	51,120,000	50,954,000	51,069,000	50,862,000	57,528,000	57,234,000	56,953,000	56,804,000	82,853,000	82,869,000	83,101,000	82,652,000	85,717,000	85,608,000	85,358,000	85,249,000	87,448,000	86,950,000	86,675,000	86,368,000	71,310,000	71,049,000	70,547,000	70,154,000	74,667,000	74,453,000	74,131,000	73,589,000	71,284,000	71,032,000	70,607,000	70,397,000	68,161,000	67,828,000	67,267,000	66,690,000	70,194,000	69,585,000	68,911,000	68,300,000	61,494,000	60,913,000	60,182,000	59,794,000	70,765,000	70,660,000	72,065,000	69,851,000	73,927,000	73,822,000		71,943,000				53,919,000				50,790,000				35,426,000				39,781,000
pension obligations	42,263,000	44,903,000	43,205,000	49,783,000	49,271,000	44,710,000	46,893,000	42,520,000	41,074,000	41,315,000	40,425,000	46,782,000	46,265,000	45,114,000	40,551,000	75,892,000	76,282,000	78,112,000	80,584,000	82,457,000	109,003,000	165,831,000	165,529,000	132,769,000	158,285,000	161,099,000	158,506,000	93,913,000	108,418,000	111,360,000	113,222,000	102,134,000	106,770,000	111,290,000	111,666,000	122,453,000	127,884,000	130,841,000	130,376,000	98,739,000	112,411,000	114,088,000	118,071,000	110,938,000	115,314,000	119,305,000	124,082,000	93,111,000	97,274,000	100,518,000	103,754,000	153,142,000	156,793,000	160,112,000	161,399,000	119,070,000	123,224,000
finance lease liability - noncurrent	8,761,000	8,210,000	8,359,000	8,226,000	12,447,000	11,661,000	12,083,000	12,454,000	12,350,000	11,820,000	11,670,000	10,507,000	10,660,000	11,070,000	11,184,000	13,466,000	13,458,000	14,670,000	14,944,000	15,050,000	15,908,000	10,806,000	10,470,000	10,969,000	11,100,000	10,086,000
other long-term liabilities	92,293,000	97,856,000	82,609,000	83,305,000	77,157,000	33,822,000	42,075,000	39,012,000	36,645,000	54,797,000	44,221,000	35,324,000	32,193,000	38,643,000	36,389,000	38,286,000	40,129,000	40,233,000	40,396,000	44,068,000	45,757,000	45,579,000	47,064,000	47,588,000	41,095,000	41,167,000		52,904,000	54,654,000	55,322,000		55,771,000	57,799,000	60,809,000		34,336,000	34,116,000	33,612,000		36,594,000	39,266,000	43,634,000		42,329,000	41,962,000	41,483,000		41,306,000	42,225,000	38,422,000		32,356,000	34,428,000	30,124,000
shareholders' equity:
common shares	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000		12,253,000	12,253,000	12,253,000
capital in excess of stated value	790,125,000	762,137,000	740,789,000	731,915,000	725,418,000	719,073,000	714,091,000	708,070,000	702,071,000	685,275,000	668,097,000	660,218,000	648,402,000	640,800,000	626,697,000	616,567,000	608,009,000	598,772,000	585,334,000	573,669,000	564,611,000	551,266,000	534,684,000	526,923,000	503,841,000	501,551,000	483,116,000	470,951,000	464,915,000	451,930,000	446,555,000	440,442,000	435,070,000	426,298,000	412,785,000	405,368,000	399,143,000	388,375,000	376,625,000	369,350,000	360,045,000	353,434,000	348,986,000	343,742,000	339,473,000	332,707,000	328,605,000	322,451,000	315,794,000	310,577,000	304,549,000	299,128,000	295,616,000	292,435,000	287,581,000	280,178,000	277,347,000	273,728,000	272,928,000	271,298,000	269,144,000	263,180,000	255,595,000	253,964,000	250,357,000	244,764,000	241,494,000	240,045,000	238,995,000	239,018,000	244,096,000	242,089,000	233,136,000	228,392,000	224,411,000	222,079,000	219,031,000	217,098,000	210,690,000	206,429,000	204,907,000	200,559,000	188,132,000	180,876,000	180,700,000	179,081,000	174,440,000
retained earnings	4,759,660,000	4,688,200,000	4,600,604,000	4,495,031,000	4,413,318,000	4,345,249,000	4,295,199,000	4,217,680,000	4,139,346,000	4,060,070,000	3,989,353,000	3,900,384,000	3,809,577,000	3,719,278,000	3,652,216,000	3,548,206,000	3,435,769,000	3,355,712,000	3,265,027,000	3,184,229,000	3,064,726,000	2,963,252,000	2,908,738,000	2,912,848,000	2,847,756,000	2,776,684,000	2,747,650,000	2,666,797,000	2,592,955,000	2,521,061,000	2,488,375,000	2,403,162,000	2,325,690,000	2,251,831,000	2,164,597,000	2,102,054,000	2,016,147,000	1,967,149,000	1,932,635,000	1,872,197,000	1,801,673,000	1,744,735,000	1,717,228,000	1,681,987,000	1,625,950,000	1,590,215,000	1,560,966,000	1,502,752,000	1,436,294,000	1,385,903,000	1,362,584,000	1,314,356,000	1,258,554,000	1,213,616,000	1,181,245,000	1,123,175,000	1,064,480,000	1,020,426,000	990,221,000	943,942,000	894,542,000	836,448,000	797,695,000	751,264,000	702,411,000	676,421,000	656,086,000	871,505,000	853,651,000	845,931,000	840,888,000	816,356,000	790,171,000	763,235,000	748,229,000	724,483,000	705,838,000	690,736,000	681,018,000	658,921,000	639,827,000	623,403,000	613,580,000	591,645,000	578,850,000	567,185,000	558,620,000
accumulated other comprehensive loss	-25,592,000	-57,203,000	-100,457,000	-135,559,000	-140,822,000	-236,007,000	-184,840,000	-178,660,000	-185,558,000	-152,957,000	-196,441,000	-128,704,000	-132,000,000	-131,537,000	-207,782,000	-217,581,000	-198,209,000	-186,133,000	-175,835,000	-192,795,000	-193,246,000	-194,688,000	-226,118,000	-211,624,000	-243,188,000	-225,859,000	-231,881,000	-173,759,000	-168,965,000	-161,499,000	-179,314,000	-134,380,000	-110,816,000	-94,344,000	-134,435,000	-135,425,000	-164,750,000	-172,307,000	-168,247,000	-138,869,000	-132,464,000	-154,636,000	-144,686,000	-139,430,000	-129,473,000	-131,902,000	-103,199,000	-55,717,000	-52,670,000	-61,177,000	-57,380,000	-105,729,000	-103,283,000	-98,120,000	-104,226,000	-94,487,000	-82,189,000	-85,654,000	-80,012,000	-49,016,000	-48,490,000	-71,588,000	-66,306,000	-75,284,000	-76,316,000	-67,808,000	-55,470,000	-12,888,000	-40,220,000	-47,821,000							-1,601,000	-10,584,000	-12,518,000	-17,469,000	-18,759,000	-24,788,000	-25,883,000	-17,746,000	-9,954,000	-4,625,000	-16,471,000
common shares in treasury, at cost	-2,334,211,000	-2,293,281,000	-2,209,618,000	-2,121,855,000	-2,049,863,000	-1,963,957,000	-1,904,511,000	-1,905,586,000	-1,879,841,000	-1,880,674,000	-1,875,202,000	-1,864,345,000	-1,841,230,000	-1,794,109,000	-1,789,009,000	-1,760,400,000	-1,667,206,000	-1,561,976,000	-1,527,649,000	-1,514,178,000	-1,497,987,000	-1,474,900,000	-1,470,566,000	-1,470,488,000	-1,468,168,000	-1,430,355,000	-1,430,093,000	-1,429,354,000	-1,429,895,000	-1,422,204,000	-1,317,128,000	-1,298,561,000	-1,299,287,000	-1,300,917,000	-1,299,707,000	-1,299,819,000	-1,300,524,000	-1,301,626,000	-1,301,663,000	-1,303,124,000	-1,304,809,000	-1,305,676,000	-1,273,765,000	-1,078,127,000	-1,029,973,000	-965,372,000	-893,828,000	-822,964,000	-788,448,000	-735,881,000	-734,143,000	-730,366,000	-727,545,000	-705,755,000	-707,083,000	-706,185,000	-694,048,000	-668,593,000	-624,067,000	-532,670,000	-505,945,000	-497,518,000	-494,165,000	-486,917,000	-476,671,000	-481,495,000	-484,387,000	-486,644,000	-486,817,000	-487,118,000	-482,330,000	-464,465,000	-470,469,000	-467,665,000	-461,976,000	-458,192,000	-459,591,000	-458,790,000	-460,915,000	-450,135,000	-444,670,000	-450,199,000	-454,365,000	-332,037,000	-326,712,000	-324,740,000	-323,531,000
total shareholders' equity	3,202,235,000	3,112,106,000	3,043,571,000	2,981,785,000	2,960,304,000	2,876,611,000	2,932,192,000	2,853,757,000	2,788,271,000	2,723,967,000	2,598,060,000	2,579,806,000	2,497,002,000	2,446,685,000	2,294,375,000	2,199,045,000	2,190,616,000	2,218,628,000	2,159,130,000	2,063,178,000	1,950,357,000	1,857,183,000	1,758,991,000	1,769,912,000	1,652,494,000	1,634,274,000	1,581,045,000	1,546,888,000	1,471,263,000	1,401,541,000	1,450,741,000	1,422,916,000	1,362,910,000	1,295,121,000	1,155,493,000	1,084,431,000	962,269,000	893,844,000	851,603,000	811,807,000	736,698,000	650,110,000	660,016,000	820,425,000	818,230,000	837,901,000												552,160,000
customer advance payments			44,009,000				46,400,000				93,389,000				92,584,000				77,868,000				42,323,000				41,131,000				38,997,000				34,654,000				26,175,000				22,884,000				25,578,000				28,341,000				20,894,000				9,375,000				10,999,000				8,807,000				7,521,000				10,564,000				10,015,000				10,850,000				8,921,000
preferred shares, no par value; 10,000 shares authorized; none issued
common shares, no par value; 160,000 shares authorized;
98,023 shares issued at october 31, 2025 and 2024			12,253,000
assets held for sale				39,583,000																		19,451,000	19,615,000
total assets				6,009,713,000	6,062,038,000	5,871,526,000		5,204,370,000	5,171,871,000	5,247,077,000		4,197,032,000	4,193,115,000	4,237,423,000		3,823,824,000	3,796,343,000	3,834,990,000		3,670,080,000	3,594,910,000	3,683,401,000		3,819,958,000	3,742,904,000	3,550,867,000		3,491,538,000	3,475,088,000	3,397,747,000		3,607,392,000	3,539,216,000	3,500,636,000		3,460,516,000	3,379,245,000	2,393,022,000		2,409,525,000	2,372,184,000	2,317,240,000		2,316,357,000
liabilities held for sale				10,807,000																		14,211,000	13,148,000
total liabilities and shareholders' equity				6,009,713,000	6,062,038,000	5,871,526,000		5,204,370,000	5,171,871,000	5,247,077,000		4,197,032,000	4,193,115,000	4,237,423,000		3,823,824,000	3,796,343,000	3,834,990,000		3,670,080,000	3,594,910,000	3,683,401,000		3,819,958,000	3,742,904,000	3,550,867,000		3,491,538,000	3,475,088,000	3,397,747,000		3,607,392,000	3,539,216,000	3,500,636,000		3,460,516,000	3,379,245,000	2,393,022,000		2,409,525,000	2,372,184,000	2,317,240,000		2,316,357,000
finance lease liability							5,262,000				4,918,000				4,907,000				5,799,000				5,984,000
98,023 shares issued at october 31, 2024 and 2023							12,253,000
current maturities of long - term debt											115,662,000				392,537,000				34,188,000				38,043,000
98,023 shares issued at october 31, 2023 and 2022											12,253,000
98,023 shares issued at october 31, 2022 and 2021															12,253,000
preferred shares, no par value; 10,000 shares authorized;
none issued
98,023 shares issued at october 31, 2021 and 2020																			12,253,000
current maturities of long-term debt																					38,043,000	38,043,000		43,598,000	43,598,000	43,598,000	168,738,000	168,734,000	153,734,000	53,734,000	28,734,000	33,729,000	226,587,000	326,587,000	326,587,000	126,583,000	138,083,000	38,083,000	38,093,000	10,706,000	10,793,000	11,263,000	22,842,000	10,743,000	10,744,000	10,743,000	10,751,000	10,755,000	10,770,000	10,779,000	10,832,000	5,668,000	5,668,000	55,668,000	55,668,000	55,664,000	55,664,000	5,664,000	5,664,000	111,000	14,377,000	14,345,000	14,260,000	14,260,000	4,290,000	4,290,000	4,290,000	4,290,000	4,290,000	4,290,000	4,290,000	4,290,000	24,290,000	24,290,000	24,290,000	74,290,000	54,290,000	54,290,000	54,290,000	4,290,000	45,760,000	45,711,000	53,686,000	53,810,000	12,290,000	12,290,000	12,290,000
98,023 shares issued at october 31, 2020 and 2019																							12,253,000
assets
current assets:
current obligations under capital leases																											5,362,000	4,746,000	4,638,000	4,674,000	4,555,000	4,831,000	4,936,000	5,108,000	4,813,000	4,695,000	4,493,000	4,482,000	4,444,000	692,000	4,730,000	4,724,000	4,884,000	4,690,000	1,285,000	4,790,000	5,108,000	5,473,000	5,631,000	5,532,000	5,521,000	5,173,000	5,202,000	5,309,000	4,948,000	4,414,000	4,518,000	4,283,000	4,131,000	4,234,000	4,026,000	3,820,000	3,764,000	3,991,000	4,084,000	4,073,000	4,038,000	4,834,000	4,593,000	4,653,000	4,594,000	5,502,000	5,497,000	5,328,000	5,305,000				4,649,000				4,469,000				4,380,000
obligations under capital leases																											9,513,000				8,850,000				9,693,000				9,714,000				9,698,000				11,018,000				10,112,000				10,945,000				5,202,000				3,316,000				2,982,000				6,098,000				7,038,000				5,071,000				4,931,000				4,446,000
other liabilities																											44,421,000				41,704,000				25,865,000				22,343,000				32,780,000				31,105,000				27,160,000				19,666,000	34,787,000	29,951,000	98,635,000	19,889,000	83,995,000	82,672,000	80,703,000	23,061,000	164,846,000	159,253,000	211,421,000	25,162,000	158,466,000	147,701,000	152,025,000	39,374,000	146,894,000	157,864,000	155,928,000	41,388,000	119,029,000	119,684,000	117,921,000	55,814,000	112,993,000	105,174,000	102,039,000	44,496,000	103,148,000	102,831,000	102,491,000	10,286,000
98,023 shares issued at october 31, 2019 and 2018																											12,253,000
prepaid expenses																															32,524,000	31,978,000	31,323,000	31,221,000	28,636,000	34,901,000	35,900,000	32,665,000	29,415,000	31,656,000	27,076,000	26,862,000	21,236,000	25,944,000	25,895,000	26,358,000	23,728,000	28,197,000	26,170,000	26,707,000	21,733,000	22,979,000	22,154,000	23,400,000	21,028,000	10,792,000	9,025,000	10,380,000	7,634,000	8,809,000	8,364,000	9,230,000				10,855,000		8,984,000	8,567,000	8,771,000	7,251,000	8,713,000	9,137,000	9,458,000	8,068,000	8,863,000	8,127,000	7,848,000	5,002,000	6,357,000	6,564,000	7,301,000	5,750,000	6,570,000	6,588,000	8,113,000	6,257,000
98,023 shares issued at october 31, 2018 and 2017																															12,253,000
notes payable																																				957,000	2,943,000	4,046,000	2,141,000	6,909,000	7,241,000	8,946,000	1,108,000	5,106,000	57,747,000	163,427,000	106,181,000	9,405,000	8,379,000	7,945,000	3,604,000	5,083,000	60,035,000	50,007,000	50,001,000	50,003,000	4,000	38,000	33,000	381,000	717,000	357,000	2,160,000	2,071,000	3,309,000	2,099,000	1,287,000	2,100,000	2,577,000	203,497,000	212,061,000	213,302,000	210,362,000	312,238,000	299,809,000	235,440,000	256,729,000	215,209,000	15,898,000	18,914,000	17,007,000	14,180,000	18,393,000	14,423,000	15,544,000	18,331,000	15,301,000
98,023 shares issued at october 31, 2017 and 2016																																			12,253,000
98,023 shares issued at october 31, 2016 and 2015																																							12,253,000
98,023 shares issued at october 31, 2015 and 2014																																											12,253,000
receivables — net																																															365,844,000				308,707,000				324,563,000				254,310,000	259,847,000		214,400,000	243,790,000				191,201,000				224,813,000				229,993,000				190,459,000				181,660,000				173,852,000
inventories — net																																															210,871,000				198,401,000				169,585,000				141,912,000	137,792,000		122,632,000	117,721,000				97,636,000				118,034,000				119,650,000				83,688,000				81,868,000				85,330,000
property, plant and equipment — net																																															224,439,000				200,979,000				174,931,000				130,883,000	124,304,000	121,050,000	119,184,000	116,395,000	113,012,000	113,503,000	115,875,000	118,291,000	125,006,000	126,791,000	130,597,000	133,843,000	136,384,000	134,107,000	132,156,000	132,917,000	119,352,000	117,424,000	113,774,000	105,415,000	108,382,000	110,058,000	111,263,000	110,531,000	109,429,000			111,607,000
intangible assets — net																																															291,310,000				269,073,000				227,891,000				120,699,000	49,481,000	47,666,000		42,927,000	43,388,000	43,845,000		42,144,000				53,874,000				66,766,000				8,806,000				15,457,000				17,331,000
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
shareholders’ equity:
common shares, no par value; 160,000 shares authorized; 98,023 shares issued at october 31, 2014 and 2013																																															12,253,000
total shareholders’ equity																																															904,797,000	958,775,000	923,223,000	911,675,000	887,863,000	789,642,000	735,595,000	714,429,000	669,770,000	614,934,000	577,843,000		571,323,000	645,807,000	621,504,000	542,775,000	505,072,000	455,280,000	412,034,000	384,135,000	369,976,000	624,271,000	577,862,000	562,263,000	574,112,000	630,545,000	589,908,000	549,156,000	531,117,000	501,999,000	475,930,000	450,713,000	430,528,000	409,999,000	393,558,000	361,228,000	330,912,000	432,225,000	432,100,000	425,729,000	403,333,000
marketable securities																																																						293,000	279,000							6,000	7,840,000	973,000	740,000	913,000	43,000				5,000		6,000	5,000	9,000	10,000	10,000	9,000		8,000	15,000	215,000		35,715,000	315,000	35,604,000
common shares, no par value; 160,000 shares authorized; 98,023 shares issued at october 31, 2013 and 2012																																																			12,253,000
receivables—net																																																					302,912,000	281,730,000				229,374,000
inventories—net																																																					188,520,000	183,415,000				148,079,000
property, plant and equipment—net																																																					187,174,000	177,847,000		174,109,000	141,610,000	135,081,000
intangible assets—net																																																					216,260,000	222,658,000		224,139,000	115,056,000
common shares, no par value; 160,000 shares authorized; 98,023 shares issued at october 31, 2012 and 2011																																																							12,253,000
receivables																																																								301,369,000	249,184,000				253,941,000			225,240,000	185,390,000	170,352,000		174,522,000	152,253,000	173,141,000		224,747,000	227,556,000	208,728,000		198,028,000	206,389,000	181,129,000		179,615,000	180,482,000	151,539,000		156,509,000	163,698,000	171,221,000
inventories																																																								179,139,000	154,934,000				133,539,000			119,557,000	113,070,000	105,234,000		106,758,000	107,963,000	123,818,000		135,819,000	139,634,000	135,546,000		116,404,000	112,723,000	114,096,000		88,591,000	87,780,000	92,936,000		90,530,000	87,289,000	88,409,000
other intangible assets—net																																																										116,999,000
pension and retirement obligations																																																										122,525,000	123,058,000	105,813,000	105,607,000	103,988,000	103,327,000				133,082,000				66,863,000				59,762,000				43,022,000				56,693,000				76,874,000
common shares, no par value; 160,000 shares authorized; 98,023 shares issued at october 31, 2011 and 2010																																																											12,253,000
other intangible assets — net																																																														47,963,000				46,887,000		52,071,000	49,262,000	49,540,000		61,093,000	62,680,000	63,838,000		73,971,000	51,212,000	50,737,000		14,218,000	14,602,000	14,978,000		16,088,000
common shares, no par value; 80,000 shares authorized;
49,011 shares issued at october 31, 2010 and 2009																																																															12,253,000
49,011 shares issued																																																																			12,253,000
common shares, no par value; 80,000 shares authorized; 49,011 shares issued																																																																							12,253,000				12,253,000				12,253,000				12,253,000				12,253,000
accumulated other comprehensive income																																																																							-40,795,000	24,312,000	24,817,000	12,941,000	8,200,000
other current liabilities																																																																												129,721,000	126,803,000	111,757,000		117,802,000	125,014,000	115,325,000		118,359,000	109,318,000	92,001,000
accumulated other comprehensive gain																																																																												1,376,000
goodwill — net																																																																													562,318,000	505,988,000	331,915,000	331,948,000	331,781,000	331,468,000	331,356,000	331,513,000			331,659,000
current assets of discontinued operations
long-term assets of discontinued operations
current liabilities of discontinued operations
deferred stock-based compensation																																																																																			-2,805,000	-2,766,000	-3,037,000	-3,425,000	-1,978,000
goodwill - net																																																																																					332,038,000	332,426,000
other intangible assets - net																																																																																					16,551,000	17,019,000

Cashflow Statements:

Quarterly

Annual

Unit: USD	2026-04-30	2026-01-31	2025-10-31	2025-07-31	2025-04-30	2025-01-31	2024-10-31	2024-07-31	2024-04-30	2024-01-31	2023-10-31	2023-07-31	2023-04-30	2023-01-31	2022-10-31	2022-07-31	2022-04-30	2022-01-31	2021-10-31	2021-07-31	2021-04-30	2021-01-31	2020-10-31	2020-07-31	2020-04-30	2020-01-31	2019-10-31	2019-07-31	2019-04-30	2019-01-31	2018-10-31	2018-07-31	2018-04-30	2018-01-31	2017-10-31	2017-07-31	2017-04-30	2017-01-31	2016-10-31	2016-07-31	2016-04-30	2016-01-31	2015-10-31	2015-07-31	2015-04-30	2015-01-31	2014-10-31	2014-07-31	2014-04-30	2014-01-31	2013-10-31	2013-07-31	2013-04-30	2013-01-31	2012-10-31	2012-07-31	2012-04-30	2012-01-31	2011-10-31	2011-07-31	2011-04-30	2011-01-31	2010-10-31	2010-07-31	2010-04-30	2010-01-31	2009-10-31	2009-07-31	2009-04-30	2009-01-31	2008-10-31	2008-07-31	2008-04-30	2008-01-31	2007-10-31	2007-07-31	2007-04-30	2007-01-31	2006-01-31

net income	117,316,000	133,382,000	151,634,000	125,784,000	112,404,000	94,652,000	122,168,000	117,327,000	118,217,000	109,572,000	127,778,000	127,891,000	127,563,000	104,261,000	141,249,000	141,811,000	109,634,000	120,409,000	110,460,000	142,182,000	124,144,000	77,582,000	18,475,000	86,981,000	92,079,000	52,004,000	102,673,000	93,928,000	91,923,000	48,567,000	86,701,000	94,884,000	91,235,000	104,555,000	79,835,000	101,456,000	64,523,000	49,988,000	75,867,000	84,214,000	70,601,000	41,161,000	49,624,000	69,388,000	49,214,000	42,885,000	72,080,000	77,879,000	61,934,000	34,880,000	59,777,000	65,424,000	54,605,000	42,011,000	67,686,000	66,694,000	52,111,000	38,338,000	54,675,000	56,550,000	65,242,000	45,897,000	53,556,000	55,329,000	32,431,000	26,732,000	-209,033,000	23,979,000	13,843,000	11,156,000	30,746,000	32,370,000	33,049,000	21,339,000	29,634,000	24,521,000	20,980,000	15,557,000	16,067,000
adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
depreciation and amortization	36,315,000	36,585,000		37,846,000	37,577,000	37,031,000		33,382,000	32,720,000	33,544,000		27,102,000	27,101,000	26,434,000		24,887,000	24,965,000	25,390,000		26,897,000	25,316,000	26,020,000		28,500,000	27,046,000	28,618,000		27,843,000	27,740,000	27,748,000		27,321,000	27,431,000	26,285,000		25,954,000	20,915,000	18,497,000		17,662,000	17,952,000	17,210,000		16,849,000	16,238,000	15,984,000		14,608,000	14,743,000	14,488,000		13,366,000	13,140,000	13,049,000		9,560,000	7,990,000	7,969,000		6,559,000	6,931,000	7,315,000		7,248,000	7,392,000	7,705,000		7,837,000	8,458,000	7,906,000		8,098,000	7,814,000	7,733,000		7,597,000	6,636,000	6,093,000	6,062,000
pension settlement charge
non-cash stock compensation	6,147,000	4,891,000	5,689,000	3,831,000	4,791,000	4,633,000	4,405,000	4,509,000	5,384,000	4,659,000	5,643,000	5,857,000	4,971,000	6,239,000	7,344,000	7,618,000	7,394,000	8,392,000	4,680,000	4,080,000	3,877,000	10,120,000	3,851,000	2,972,000	-72,000	6,105,000	5,067,000	3,791,000	4,869,000	4,359,000	5,037,000	4,399,000	5,127,000	6,987,000	5,276,000	5,084,000	6,332,000	3,476,000	4,446,000	4,194,000	4,724,000	4,847,000	3,889,000	2,783,000	4,108,000	4,482,000	3,913,000	3,780,000	4,172,000	5,542,000	2,983,000	2,642,000	2,582,000	3,555,000	2,690,000	2,716,000	2,439,000	2,520,000	2,075,000	2,069,000	2,087,000	2,614,000	989,000	3,950,000	1,318,000	1,376,000	1,062,000	1,087,000	57,000	-3,020,000	2,254,000	1,849,000	2,388,000	2,756,000
deferred income taxes	-10,407,000	5,620,000	-9,308,000	509,000	-1,589,000	-2,223,000	-14,727,000	-1,742,000	-3,730,000	1,642,000	-15,186,000	-316,000	-336,000	-278,000	362,000	-4,308,000	-8,571,000	1,785,000	5,179,000	-617,000	-118,000	-373,000	-7,554,000	-470,000	-5,750,000	-182,000	810,000	-1,000,000	-345,000	-483,000	13,614,000	-1,032,000	-1,105,000	-45,426,000	690,000	-1,122,000	-853,000	813,000	-547,000	-597,000	-797,000	-1,656,000	-477,000	152,000	1,294,000	1,131,000	4,198,000	-1,065,000	586,000	-230,000	936,000	1,164,000	1,790,000	1,232,000				795,000				107,000	7,524,000	16,777,000	2,733,000	-204,000	2,022,000	1,142,000
other non-cash expense	11,425,000	-21,410,000		843,000	582,000	584,000		2,307,000	1,148,000	243,000		1,387,000	-878,000	253,000		1,157,000	41,515,000	653,000		613,000	674,000	163,000		3,708,000	1,031,000	1,135,000		1,242,000	224,000	989,000		501,000	741,000	-202,000		1,123,000	455,000	1,603,000		777,000	356,000	980,000		304,000	-475,000	706,000		256,000	-96,000	168,000		481,000	533,000	612,000		381,000	118,000	732,000		328,000	1,202,000	233,000		25,000	51,000	1,081,000		1,060,000
loss on sale of property, plant and equipment	-303,000	-776,000	2,831,000	-50,000	77,000	166,000	453,000	80,000	927,000	8,000	-532,000	137,000	1,477,000	10,000	126,000	-988,000	88,000	193,000	61,000			361,000	210,000	37,000	128,000	109,000	-100,000	169,000	-591,000	1,475,000	89,000	66,000	-73,000	748,000	333,000				474,000	81,000	283,000	21,000	346,000	25,000	-541,000	546,000	24,000	32,000	-30,000	192,000					-1,003,000	243,000						253,000
changes in operating assets and liabilities and other	-3,869,000	-17,864,000		56,998,000	-34,672,000	24,279,000
net cash from operating activities	180,673,000	140,428,000	202,911,000	237,972,000	119,170,000	159,122,000	96,381,000	164,848,000	122,608,000	172,356,000	163,210,000	190,167,000	164,568,000	123,337,000	173,440,000	125,190,000	96,414,000	118,087,000	170,471,000	127,742,000	104,425,000	143,289,000	192,463,000	91,779,000	101,904,000	116,275,000	146,462,000	74,519,000	105,065,000	56,847,000	161,711,000	130,616,000	103,033,000	109,278,000	133,482,000	76,827,000	61,357,000	78,007,000	136,424,000	67,846,000	78,351,000	48,537,000	94,657,000	49,858,000	91,524,000	25,912,000	105,197,000	80,769,000	54,502,000	47,687,000	73,792,000	91,955,000	62,874,000	39,755,000	96,823,000	78,606,000	54,659,000	44,310,000	66,435,000	68,230,000	56,142,000	55,920,000	73,657,000	47,588,000	-30,510,000	49,451,000	49,400,000	43,140,000	47,903,000	28,234,000	27,484,000	22,267,000	51,293,000	12,998,000	45,327,000	31,331,000	29,774,000	17,816,000	15,255,000
capital expenditures	-10,180,000	-17,513,000	-9,058,000	-11,563,000	-16,040,000	-21,399,000	-20,624,000	-21,879,000	-14,377,000	-7,530,000	-10,339,000	-8,895,000	-6,047,000	-9,302,000	-12,055,000	-14,597,000	-12,285,000	-12,491,000	-10,230,000	-9,330,000	-10,826,000	-7,917,000	-14,439,000	-10,261,000	-11,954,000	-13,881,000	-18,242,000	-19,399,000	-12,482,000	-14,121,000	-43,818,000	-12,923,000	-16,368,000	-16,681,000	-22,234,000	-22,295,000	-16,950,000	-10,079,000	-15,399,000	-19,931,000	-14,428,000	-11,093,000	-13,189,000	-12,715,000	-19,362,000	-16,821,000	-15,638,000	-11,442,000	-8,603,000	-7,891,000	-12,650,000	-10,855,000	-16,190,000	-7,524,000	-9,409,000	-7,180,000	-5,726,000	-8,644,000	-5,933,000	-3,592,000	-5,184,000	-5,530,000	-6,505,000	-3,581,000	-2,515,000	-1,716,000	-2,801,000	-1,960,000	-2,124,000	-5,629,000	-8,501,000	-7,763,000	-5,758,000	-4,364,000	-5,328,000	-6,470,000	-10,565,000	-8,654,000	-4,531,000
free cash flows	170,493,000	122,915,000	193,853,000	226,409,000	103,130,000	137,723,000	75,757,000	142,969,000	108,231,000	164,826,000	152,871,000	181,272,000	158,521,000	114,035,000	161,385,000	110,593,000	84,129,000	105,596,000	160,241,000	118,412,000	93,599,000	135,372,000	178,024,000	81,518,000	89,950,000	102,394,000	128,220,000	55,120,000	92,583,000	42,726,000	117,893,000	117,693,000	86,665,000	92,597,000	111,248,000	54,532,000	44,407,000	67,928,000	121,025,000	47,915,000	63,923,000	37,444,000	81,468,000	37,143,000	72,162,000	9,091,000	89,559,000	69,327,000	45,899,000	39,796,000	61,142,000	81,100,000	46,684,000	32,231,000	87,414,000	71,426,000	48,933,000	35,666,000	60,502,000	64,638,000	50,958,000	50,390,000	67,152,000	44,007,000	-33,025,000	47,735,000	46,599,000	41,180,000	45,779,000	22,605,000	18,983,000	14,504,000	45,535,000	8,634,000	39,999,000	24,861,000	19,209,000	9,162,000	10,724,000
cash flows from investing activities:
additions to property, plant and equipment	-10,180,000	-17,513,000	-9,058,000	-11,563,000	-16,040,000	-21,399,000	-20,624,000	-21,879,000	-14,377,000	-7,530,000	-10,339,000	-8,895,000	-6,047,000	-9,302,000	-12,055,000	-14,597,000	-12,285,000	-12,491,000	-10,230,000	-9,330,000	-10,826,000	-7,917,000	-14,439,000	-10,261,000	-11,954,000	-13,881,000	-18,242,000	-19,399,000	-12,482,000	-14,121,000	-43,818,000	-12,923,000	-16,368,000	-16,681,000	-22,234,000	-22,295,000	-16,950,000	-10,079,000	-15,399,000	-19,931,000	-14,428,000	-11,093,000	-13,189,000	-12,715,000	-19,362,000	-16,821,000	-15,638,000	-11,442,000	-8,603,000	-7,891,000	-12,650,000	-10,855,000	-16,190,000	-7,524,000	-9,409,000	-7,180,000	-5,726,000	-8,644,000	-5,933,000	-3,592,000	-5,184,000	-5,530,000	-6,505,000	-3,581,000	-2,515,000	-1,716,000	-2,801,000	-1,960,000	-2,124,000	-5,629,000	-8,501,000	-7,763,000	-5,758,000	-4,364,000	-5,328,000	-6,470,000	-10,565,000	-8,654,000	-4,531,000
proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment	3,000	1,103,000	4,000	7,000	0	298,000	12,000	33,000	8,000	22,000	10,000	52,000	30,000	9,000	-135,000	400,000	8,000	7,000	81,000	13,000	47,000	22,000	676,000	60,000	39,000	65,000	248,000	53,000	724,000	260,000	159,000	64,000	167,000	68,000	101,000	308,000	98,000	3,500,000	256,000	173,000	784,000	87,000	109,000	67,000	146,000	275,000	45,000	179,000	86,000	13,000	87,000	3,730,000	4,000	26,000	4,891,000	785,000	366,000	78,000	31,000	-1,000	78,000	53,000	117,000	182,000	42,000	13,000	68,000	58,000	42,000	8,443,000	-59,000	1,529,000	32,000	847,000	374,000	6,979,000	96,000	704,000
other	-533,000	-1,261,000	-4,286,000	-6,074,000	3,216,000	6,825,000	-19,828,000	14,768,000	-14,009,000	8,074,000			-7,844,000	44,789,000	-18,995,000	-4,484,000	-22,758,000	-9,518,000	564,000	-586,000																																																		7,140,000	-21,466,000	-7,396,000	2,207,000	4,238,000	-663,000	-555,000	-3,280,000	15,091,000	-1,928,000
acquisition of business, net of cash acquired												0	0	-377,843,000		0	0	-171,613,000																				-14,000,000
net cash from investing activities	-22,353,000	-17,671,000	18,040,000	-17,630,000	-12,824,000	-14,276,000	-809,508,000	-19,713,000	-9,452,000	-5,725,000	-1,034,883,000	-8,843,000	-6,017,000	-387,136,000	-12,190,000	-14,197,000	-12,277,000	-184,097,000	-10,172,000	-9,316,000	-5,786,000	-7,895,000	-30,917,000	-135,461,000	-13,915,000	-13,816,000	-18,370,000	-32,231,000	-11,813,000	-13,875,000	-48,881,000	-14,047,000	-17,093,000	-59,897,000	-22,133,000	-22,088,000	-810,566,000	-23,177,000	-57,793,000	-19,758,000	-13,644,000	-11,006,000	-73,710,000	-28,692,000	-19,216,000	-16,917,000	-202,013,000	-12,117,000	-8,517,000	-7,878,000	-187,666,000	-7,125,000	-17,025,000	-8,729,000	-43,459,000	-411,597,000	-3,147,000	-8,566,000	-264,255,000	-16,924,000	-5,100,000	-19,227,000	-13,439,000	-4,545,000	-2,163,000	-21,177,000	-2,774,000	-1,902,000	-2,082,000	2,819,000	-12,683,000	-9,254,000	-5,766,000	-4,221,000	-48,738,000	1,183,000	-65,669,000	-234,885,000	-4,531,000
cash flows from financing activities:
proceeds from issuance of debt	0	267,360,000	663,000	307,000	22,990,000	1,655,000	778,705,000	660,000	2,869,000	805,000
repayment of debt	-109,472,000	-264,993,000	-130,140,000	-89,171,000	-6,227,000	-24,218,000	-69,997,000	-40,643,000	-100,046,000	-108,000,000
repayment of finance lease obligations	-2,137,000	-1,616,000		-1,456,000	-1,307,000	-1,320,000		-1,624,000	-1,393,000	-1,488,000		-1,994,000	-1,457,000	-1,318,000		-1,106,000	-980,000	-1,640,000		-1,712,000	-1,665,000	-1,734,000		-2,266,000	-1,127,000	-2,421,000
issuance of common shares	24,213,000	18,795,000								14,418,000	2,924,000	6,641,000	3,001,000	8,807,000	3,279,000	1,047,000	2,077,000	5,721,000	7,644,000	5,353,000	11,345,000	7,438,000	4,549,000	27,757,000	2,168,000	16,379,000	8,745,000	2,821,000	10,848,000	3,606,000	1,459,000	1,757,000	5,289,000	10,306,000	877,000	1,169,000	3,794,000	8,246,000	3,610,000	4,960,000	2,006,000	900,000	699,000	1,499,000	2,342,000	832,000	1,143,000	2,371,000	1,275,000	2,224,000	894,000	1,066,000	915,000	3,143,000	1,743,000	339,000	2,318,000	534,000	32,000	338,000	2,245,000	7,037,000	3,024,000	216,000	6,857,000	3,731,000	2,525,000	136,000	213,000	112,000	580,000	9,334,000	4,002,000	2,219,000	969,000	2,466,000	440,000	5,389,000	12,352,000
purchase of treasury shares	-43,302,000	-86,001,000	-88,173,000	-71,942,000	-86,154,000	-60,098,000	766,000	-26,178,000	-556,000	-7,371,000	-11,545,000	-23,798,000	-47,490,000	-6,875,000	-29,102,000	-93,301,000	-105,464,000	-35,002,000	-14,130,000	-16,566,000	-24,964,000	-5,310,000	-717,000	-9,967,000	-37,619,000	-4,311,000	-2,386,000	-35,000	-10,422,000	-107,667,000	-18,949,000	-58,000	-16,000	-4,989,000	-102,000	-16,000	-18,000	-3,080,000	0	0	-13,000	-33,408,000	-196,105,000	-48,891,000	-65,780,000	-73,075,000	-72,024,000	-36,342,000	-53,504,000	-4,564,000	-4,571,000	-3,657,000	-22,583,000	-2,591,000	-1,473,000	-12,630,000	-27,328,000	-47,024,000	-91,647,000	-27,208,000	-9,612,000	-9,522,000	-11,324,000	-10,836,000	-1,585,000	-1,190,000	-136,000	-7,000	-1,000	-6,971,000	-18,576,000	-3,722,000	-5,971,000	-7,346,000	-4,663,000	-966,000	-1,349,000	-2,112,000	-1,914,000
dividends paid	-45,856,000	-45,786,000	-46,061,000	-44,071,000	-44,335,000	-44,602,000	-44,649,000	-38,993,000	-38,941,000	-38,855,000	-38,809,000	-37,084,000	-37,264,000	-37,199,000	-37,239,000	-29,374,000	-29,577,000	-29,724,000	-29,662,000	-22,679,000	-22,670,000	-22,672,000	-22,610,000	-21,859,000	-21,963,000	-21,915,000	-21,820,000	-20,086,000	-20,029,000	-20,210,000	-20,334,000	-17,412,000	-17,376,000	-17,321,000	-17,291,000	-15,550,000	-15,524,000	-15,475,000	-15,428,000	-13,690,000	-13,664,000	-13,654,000	-14,383,000	-13,350,000	-13,481,000	-13,635,000	-13,866,000	-11,421,000	-11,543,000	-11,561,000	-11,548,000	-9,622,000	-9,667,000	-9,641,000	-9,616,000	-7,998,000	-8,058,000	-8,133,000	-8,396,000	-7,151,000	-7,147,000	-7,144,000	-7,124,000	-6,478,000	-6,439,000	-6,398,000	-6,386,000	-6,125,000	-6,124,000	-6,112,000	-6,215,000	-6,185,000	-6,112,000	-6,133,000	-5,888,000	-5,876,000	-5,878,000	-5,839,000	-5,455,000
net cash from financing activities	-176,554,000	-112,241,000		-203,717,000	-113,231,000	-127,582,000						-166,896,000	-150,871,000	215,693,000	-121,588,000	-101,483,000	-131,033,000	-61,902,000	-34,787,000	-77,793,000	-188,055,000	-122,278,000	-176,125,000	-44,417,000	107,232,000	-138,219,000	-121,467,000	-43,047,000	-31,263,000	-55,297,000	-280,226,000	-1,356,000	-60,305,000	-11,803,000	-130,407,000	-35,613,000	749,093,000	-35,244,000	-69,075,000	-35,261,000	-79,984,000	-25,960,000	-32,046,000	-9,993,000	-61,772,000	-7,167,000	88,972,000	-64,369,000	-44,110,000	-33,951,000	75,790,000	-71,148,000	-38,252,000	-18,816,000	-67,305,000	330,265,000	-43,029,000	-23,114,000	165,376,000	-49,617,000	-48,559,000	-16,497,000	-70,250,000	-29,838,000	37,752,000	-16,939,000	-50,067,000	-41,891,000	-45,841,000	-23,219,000	-26,487,000	-16,234,000	-59,932,000	-63,000	1,651,000	-30,856,000	33,134,000	198,295,000	-5,919,000
effect of exchange rate changes on cash	-141,000	1,434,000	1,604,000	1,006,000	6,618,000	-2,792,000	-1,352,000	-402,000	1,355,000	-5,618,000	-8,372,000	-363,000	-601,000	6,643,000	-4,942,000	-1,665,000	-2,751,000	-1,521,000	225,000	282,000	-3,002,000	4,329,000	1,089,000	3,627,000	-4,063,000	-307,000	-3,306,000	-579,000	1,648,000	2,193,000	-3,728,000	-4,357,000	-2,531,000	4,881,000	-1,264,000	3,173,000	864,000	833,000	-2,611,000	-452,000	2,460,000	-1,103,000	367,000	-1,627,000	-8,000	-3,216,000	-3,065,000	-792,000	999,000	-1,375,000	5,091,000	-1,106,000	763,000	983,000	1,541,000	-1,172,000	-429,000	-555,000	795,000	583,000	3,180,000	-1,403,000	4,319,000	931,000	359,000	-1,648,000	1,700,000	1,537,000	522,000	-453,000	-1,138,000	124,000	1,095,000	1,136,000	1,976,000	1,205,000	1,040,000	-307,000	440,000
increase in cash and cash equivalents	-18,375,000	11,950,000	-39,346,000	17,631,000	-267,000	14,472,000	-49,372,000	39,878,000										-129,433,000	125,737,000	40,915,000	-92,418,000	17,445,000	-13,490,000	-84,472,000			3,319,000	-1,338,000	63,637,000	-10,132,000	-171,124,000	110,856,000	23,104,000	42,459,000	-20,322,000	22,299,000	748,000	20,419,000	6,945,000	12,375,000	-12,817,000	10,468,000	-10,732,000	9,546,000	10,528,000	-1,388,000	-10,909,000	3,491,000	2,874,000	4,483,000	-32,993,000	12,576,000	8,360,000	13,193,000	-12,400,000	-3,898,000	8,054,000	12,075,000	-31,649,000	2,272,000	5,663,000	18,793,000	-5,713,000	14,136,000	5,438,000	9,687,000	-1,741,000	884,000	502,000	7,381,000				9,850,000	216,000	2,863,000	-1,721,000	-19,081,000	6,497,000
cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	0	108,442,000		0	0	115,952,000		0	0	115,679,000		0	0	163,457,000		0	0	299,972,000		0	0	208,293,000
cash and cash equivalents at end of period	-18,375,000	120,392,000		17,631,000	-267,000	130,424,000		39,878,000	-10,755,000	136,201,000		14,065,000	7,079,000	121,994,000		7,845,000	-49,647,000	170,539,000		40,915,000	-92,418,000	225,738,000
depreciation
amortization
provision for losses on receivables
divestiture and related charges			334,000
other non-cash
changes in operating assets and liabilities:
receivables
inventories
prepaid expenses
accounts payable
income taxes payable
accrued liabilities
customer advance payments
sale (acquisition) of businesses, net of cash acquired
repayment of capital lease obligations																											-417,000	-1,479,000	-1,482,000	-1,481,000	-1,092,000	-1,413,000	-1,413,000	-1,415,000	-979,000	-1,436,000	-1,436,000	-1,436,000	-809,000	-1,417,000	-1,417,000	-1,416,000	-516,000	-1,574,000	-1,575,000	-1,575,000	-1,225,000	-1,543,000	-1,543,000	-1,543,000	-1,847,000	-1,331,000	-1,332,000	-1,332,000	-1,569,000	-1,211,000	-1,212,000	-1,211,000	-1,216,000	-1,187,000	-1,168,000	-1,167,000	-544,000	-1,283,000	-1,282,000	-1,283,000	-660,000	-1,499,000	-1,500,000	-1,499,000	-1,734,000	-1,431,000	-1,431,000	-1,431,000	-1,567,000	-1,392,000	-1,391,000	-1,391,000	-1,344,000
net cash provided (used) in financing activities									-125,266,000	-140,491,000
cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
cash and cash equivalents at end of year
issuance of common shares in treasury				2,616,000	1,802,000	1,001,000		1,923,000
pension settlement charge for u.s. plans
acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired																							-17,154,000				-376,000	-12,041,000	-55,000	-14,000	-5,222,000	-1,188,000	-892,000	-43,284,000	0	-725,000									0	-371,000					-175,102,000
changes in operating assets and liabilities									-18,049,000	14,614,000		65,054,000	12,514,000	-58,371,000		-40,503,000	-55,853,000	-29,217,000		-18,679,000	1,828,000	29,416,000		-29,949,000	-12,558,000	28,486,000		-51,454,000	-18,755,000	-25,808,000		4,477,000	-20,323,000	16,331,000		-55,024,000	-28,243,000	6,959,000		-36,649,000	-14,007,000	-13,828,000		-38,919,000	23,181,000	-39,503,000		-12,389,000	-26,100,000	-6,265,000		11,522,000	-9,285,000	-18,761,000		-3,000,000	-7,840,000	-5,782,000		1,570,000	-16,011,000	3,605,000		-35,539,000	-70,642,000	14,961,000		7,929,000	30,967,000	9,952,000		-5,158,000	7,355,000	-22,404,000		4,240,000	5,576,000	-15,951,000	-1,397,000
decrease in cash and cash equivalents										20,522,000		14,065,000	7,079,000	-41,463,000		7,845,000										-36,067,000																																														-3,097,000
proceeds from long-term debt											899,445,000	493,351,000	218,822,000	566,978,000	0	54,628,000	8,078,000	361,000	3,663,000	852,000			0	-39,000			1,743,000	-1,192,000	115,595,000	70,489,000	111,289,000	348,468,000	92,923,000	32,981,000	3,218,000	21,027,000	802,263,000	15,028,000	233,539,000	2,820,000	0	24,802,000	212,593,000	196,886,000	233,708,000	76,347,000	109,556,000	11,549,000	32,723,000	5,000,000	151,358,000	32,925,000	75,000,000	11,000,000	28,200,000	335,000,000	5,475,000	32,500,000	990,300,000	-6,000	24,006,000	25,500,000	15,000,000	19,000,000	77,000,000	5,000,000	0	6,200,000			0	0
repayment of long-term debt											2,642,000	-604,012,000	-286,483,000	-314,700,000	-56,813,000	-33,377,000	-5,167,000	-1,618,000	-789,000	-43,041,000	-155,000,000	-100,000,000	-155,556,000	-38,043,000	0	-125,951,000	-105,590,000	-23,076,000	-125,773,000	-34,000	-350,773,000	-332,698,000	-139,712,000	-31,355,000	-113,430,000	-39,464,000	-40,647,000	-43,642,000	-285,885,000	-29,644,000	-65,845,000	-11,401,000	-30,014,000	-92,657,000	-112,687,000	-53,844,000	-33,561,000	-32,210,000	-12,930,000	-28,890,000	-59,333,000	-36,254,000	-91,003,000	-21,477,000	-88,133,000	-33,502,000	-14,927,000	-27,000	-723,127,000	-14,286,000	-60,024,000	-33,500,000	-71,000,000	-29,290,000	-42,000,000	-20,000,000	-45,000,000	-39,290,000			0				-50,000,000				-8,000,000
impairment loss on assets held for sale
other - principally pension plan
payment of debt issuance costs
pension and postretirement plans
other, principally pensions and postretirement plans
other net
proceeds from short-term borrowings																															0	0	0	996,000	0	57,000	1,497,000	4,463,000	472,000	2,492,000	2,470,000	8,022,000	16,000	1,893,000	497,000	57,464,000	100,006,000	1,998,000	1,417,000	5,258,000	3,000	-4,915,000	9,942,000	6,000	1,000			4,000			-4,664,000	4,729,000	5,313,000	2,775,000	3,464,000	1,014,000	22,000	-1,176,000	-34,691,000	36,458,000	50,703,000	93,109,000	57,749,000	16,356,000
repayment of short-term borrowings																															0	0	0	-1,006,000	-965,000	-2,092,000	-2,600,000	-2,492,000	-5,156,000	-2,618,000	-4,282,000	-3,000	-3,902,000	-54,523,000			-3,315,000	-1,103,000	-712,000	-963,000	-1,505,000	-49,999,000			-2,000	-200,002,000			-534,000	-283,000	4,990,000	-6,534,000	-5,289,000	-3,975,000	-2,088,000	-59,000	-686,000	-138,000	4,452,000	-45,219,000	-51,130,000	-89,982,000	-159,689,000	-4,392,000
cash flows from operating activities:
equity investments																								0			0								0	624,000	-2,496,000	-2,598,000					-1,000
cash and cash equivalents:
beginning of year																								0	0	151,164,000		0	0	95,678,000		0	0	90,383,000		0	0	67,239,000		0	0	50,268,000		0	0	42,314,000		0	0	42,375,000		0	0	41,239,000		0	0	37,408,000		0	0	42,329,000		0	0	18,781,000		0	0	11,755,000		0	0	31,136,000		0	0	48,859,000	11,269,000
end of period																								-84,472,000	191,158,000	115,097,000		-1,338,000	63,637,000	85,546,000		110,856,000	23,104,000	132,842,000
other assets
other liabilities
tax benefit from the exercise of stock options																																			-1,479,000	-692,000	-1,764,000	-3,144,000	-681,000	-1,836,000	-761,000	-198,000	-1,123,000	-724,000	-1,495,000	-319,000	-2,258,000	-2,332,000	-707,000	-1,088,000	-2,339,000	-639,000	-477,000	-2,076,000	-3,544,000	-269,000	-736,000	-243,000	226,000	-231,000	-2,815,000	-4,104,000	-1,694,000	-33,000	-3,825,000	-2,246,000	-255,000	-8,000	-10,000	-12,000	115,000	-6,933,000	-1,520,000	-664,000	-301,000	-856,000	-138,000	-2,974,000	-3,549,000
(gain) loss on sale of property, plant and equipment																																					-8,000	-185,000																133,000				-19,000
end of quarter																																					748,000	87,658,000		12,375,000	-12,817,000	60,736,000		9,546,000	10,528,000	40,926,000		3,491,000	2,874,000	46,858,000		12,576,000	8,360,000	54,432,000		-3,898,000	8,054,000	49,483,000		2,272,000	5,663,000	61,122,000		14,136,000	5,438,000	28,468,000		884,000	502,000	19,136,000		-3,097,000	-13,310,000	40,986,000		2,863,000	-1,721,000	29,778,000	17,766,000
other noncurrent assets
other noncurrent liabilities
proceeds from sale of marketable securities																																																				0																0	0	5,000	-6,000	5,000	0	4,000
proceeds from sale of product lines																																																							0	0
investment in equity affiliate																																															0				0	0
proceeds from sale of (purchases of) marketable securities																																																											0	0	6,000	7,546,000	-6,858,000	-265,000	193,000	-865,000
acquisition of business																																																					0	-1,231,000
long-lived asset impairments
benefit from losses on receivables
(gain)/loss on sale of property, plant and equipment																																																												144,000				-169,000
loss on divestiture
other current assets
deferred income tax expense
purchase of businesses, net of cash acquired																																																												-13,331,000	0	-21,296,000
deferred income (benefit)/expense
goodwill and long-lived asset impairments
sale of product lines																																																															-109,000
gain on sale of property, plant and equipment																																																																		46,000	369,000			-4,888,000
acquisition of non-controlling interest
purchase of business, net of cash acquired																																																																		-18,609,000								-708,000				-226,935,000
purchases of business, net of cash acquired																																																																								0				674,000
acquisition of minority interest																																																																							-166,000
less: loss from discontinued operations
income from continuing operations																																																																											29,634,000	24,521,000	20,980,000	15,557,000
net cash used by discontinued operations
proceeds from sale of business
effect of change in fiscal year-end for certain international subsidiaries
purchases of marketable securities
effect of change in fiscal year-end for certain
international subsidiaries																																																																															1,252,000
less: income from discontinued operations
net proceeds from short-term borrowings																																																																												31,107,000
net repayment of short-term borrowings																																																																												-52,761,000
net proceeds from (repayment of) short-term borrowings																																																																														199,274,000	-5,107,000
consolidation of joint venture
acquisition of new business
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2.
3.
4.
adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
5.
acquisition of businesses

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