Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Income Taxes

Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

		Year Ended September 30,
		2015		2014		2013
Current:
	Federal	$	23,923	$	48,327	$	29,438
	State		3,108		5,752		4,760
	Foreign		18,343		16,594		10,612
Deferred:
	Federal		19,236		(4,378)		13,904
	State		751		(2,966)		885
	Foreign		(5,864)		(1,929)		(5,970)
		$	59,497	$	61,400	$	53,629

Earnings Before Income Taxes by Geographical Area

	Year Ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2013
United States	$	172,315	$	148,837	$	148,604
Other countries		68,634		78,407		50,967
	$	240,949	$	227,244	$	199,571

Composition of Deferred Income Taxes

		At September 30,
		2015		2014
Deferred tax assets:
	Defined benefit plans, Other postretirement	$	12,878	$	10,762
	Foreign net operating loss carryforwards		6,537		5,552
	Inventory		21,651		21,608
	Deferred and stock-based compensation		31,310		24,987
	Defined benefit plans, Pension		4,217		227
	Other reserves		9,289		10,513
	Tax credits and incentives		9,162		8,178
	Other		5,963		11,422
	Valuation allowance		(6,804)		(9,486)
	Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance		94,203		83,763
Deferred tax liabilities:
	Goodwill and intangibles - net		(98,906)		(96,493)
	Property, plant and equipment		(34,625)		(18,288)
	Other		(3,981)		(7,419)
	Total deferred tax liabilities		(137,512)		(122,200)
Net deferred tax liabilities		$	(43,309)	$	(38,437)

Reconciliation of U.S. Statutory Tax Rate to Effective Tax Rate

	Year Ending September 30,
Percent of pretax earnings	2015		2014		2013
Statutory tax rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit	1.2		1.3		1.8
Taxes on international activities	(3.8)		(3.7)		(1.7)
Research credit	(0.8)		(0.7)		(3.1)
Retroactive extension of research credit	(2.4)		-		(2.5)
Domestic production activities deduction	(1.6)		(1.3)		(2.0)
Adjustments of prior period tax items	(2.1)		(2.9)		(0.6)
Other items, net	(0.8)		(0.7)		-
Effective tax rate	24.7	%	27.0	%	26.9	%

Reconciliation of the Beginning and Ending Amounts of Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

	Year Ending September 30,
	2015		2014		2013
Beginning balance	$	22,687	$	22,694	$	18,069
Additions to current year tax positions		2,234		8,830		5,587
Reductions to prior year tax positions		(7,785)		(9,684)		-
Additions to prior year tax positions		5,124		1,844		1,079
Lapse of applicable statute of limitations		(791)		(997)		(2,041)
Ending balance	$	21,469	$	22,687	$	22,694