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Business Acquisitions (Details)

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Business Acquisitions (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011 Year Acquisitions company Segment Month RetirementPrograms	Apr. 02, 2010 K-Tron, Inc. (K-Tron)	Apr. 30, 2010 K-Tron, Inc. (K-Tron) $400 revolving credit facility	Aug. 31, 2011 Rotex	Sep. 30, 2011 $400 revolving credit facility
Business Acquisitions
Period over which the business acquisitions were completed	2
Number of entities acquired	2
Acquisitions
Purchase price				$ 240.0
Preliminary closing cash estimate tag also needs to be change				8.1
Net cash purchase price		369.0		240.4
Reduction in goodwill and adjusted net deferred taxes and other liabilities		4.8
Enterprise value purchase price		435.2
Revolving credit facility, borrowings utilized			375.0	159.0
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity					400.0
Allocation of purchase price
Cash and cash equivalents		66.2		7.7
Current assets, excluding cash and cash equivalents		67.2		28.0
Property, plant, and equipment		30.0		8.8
Identifiable intangible assets		218.7		118.8
Goodwill		185.8		102.7
Other noncurrent assets		4.7
Total assets acquired		572.6		266.0
Current liabilities		48.1		16.4
Debt		7.0
Deferred income taxes		81.9
Other long-term liabilities.		0.4		1.5
Total liabilities assumed		137.4		17.9
Aggregate purchase price		435.2		248.1
Business Combination, Acquired Receivables
Trade receivables acquired, net of reserves		18.1
Trade receivables, reserves		$ 1.3

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