Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

Schedule of selected unaudited quarterly consolidated statement of earnings data

Certain unaudited quarterly consolidated statement of earnings information for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 is summarized below (in thousands, except per share data):

Fiscal Year	1st Quarter		2nd Quarter		3rd Quarter		4th Quarter
2013:
Net sales	$	905,441	$	898,239	$	912,101	$	906,435
Gross profit	$	444,368	$	444,454	$	457,083	$	449,358
Net earnings	$	58,983	$	64,889	$	72,466	$	64,812
Earnings per common share(a)
Basic	$	0.33	$	0.37	$	0.43	$	0.39
Diluted	$	0.32	$	0.36	$	0.42	$	0.38
2012:
Net sales	$	864,815	$	889,281	$	886,991	$	882,557
Gross profit	$	421,857	$	436,786	$	444,379	$	440,236
Net earnings	$	30,134	$	67,813	$	69,487	$	65,630
Earnings per common share(a)
Basic	$	0.16	$	0.36	$	0.38	$	0.36
Diluted	$	0.16	$	0.35	$	0.37	$	0.35

(a)

The sum of the quarterly earnings per share may not equal the full year amount, as the computations of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for each quarter and for the full year are performed independently.