Business Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Sales and operating results of reportable segments

The following tables reflect the sales and operating results of our reportable segments for the years ended September 30 (in millions):

	2014			2013			2012
Sales:
Architecture & Software	$	2,845.3		$	2,682.0		$	2,650.4
Control Products & Solutions	3,778.2			3,669.9			3,609.0
Total	$	6,623.5		$	6,351.9		$	6,259.4
Segment operating earnings:
Architecture & Software	$	839.6		$	759.4		$	714.4
Control Products & Solutions	512.4			477.4			449.5
Total	1,352.0			1,236.8			1,163.9
Purchase accounting depreciation and amortization	(21.6		)	(19.3		)	(19.8		)
General corporate-net	(81.0		)	(97.2		)	(82.9		)
Non-operating pension costs1	(55.9		)	(78.5		)	(35.2		)
Interest expense	(59.3		)	(60.9		)	(60.1		)
Income before income taxes	$	1,134.2		$	980.9		$	965.9

Summary of identifiable assets and the provision for depreciation and amortization and the amount of capital expenditures for property

The following tables summarize the identifiable assets at September 30 and the provision for depreciation and amortization and the amount of capital expenditures for property for the years ended September 30 for each of the reportable segments and Corporate (in millions):

	2014		2013		2012
Identifiable assets:
Architecture & Software	$	1,874.5	$	1,653.4	$	1,648.4
Control Products & Solutions	2,273.7		2,200.0		2,270.7
Corporate	2,081.3		1,991.2		1,717.4
Total	$	6,229.5	$	5,844.6	$	5,636.5
Depreciation and amortization:
Architecture & Software	$	64.8	$	68.1	$	61.6
Control Products & Solutions	65.9		57.7		57.1
Corporate	0.2		0.1		0.1
Total	130.9		125.9		118.8
Purchase accounting depreciation and amortization	21.6		19.3		19.8
Total	$	152.5	$	145.2	$	138.6
Capital expenditures for property:
Architecture & Software	$	33.6	$	31.5	$	24.6
Control Products & Solutions	51.2		52.8		55.3
Corporate	56.2		61.9		59.7
Total	$	141.0	$	146.2	$	139.6

Sales by geographic region

We conduct a significant portion of our business activities outside the United States. The following tables present sales and property by geographic region (in millions):

	Sales						Property
	2014		2013		2012		2014		2013		2012
United States	$	3,414.6	$	3,202.9	$	3,067.3	$	497.5	$	484.7	$	458.8
Canada	437.0		468.7		464.3		7.6		7.6		8.6
Europe, Middle East and Africa	1,351.8		1,284.9		1,280.6		48.8		43.0		41.6
Asia Pacific	884.0		851.9		942.4		37.3		39.1		39.4
Latin America	536.1		543.5		504.8		41.7		41.6		38.7
Total	$	6,623.5	$	6,351.9	$	6,259.4	$	632.9	$	616.0	$	587.1