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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

The following amounts related to the Installation Services segment, discontinued in 2008, have been segregated from Griffon’s continuing operations and are reported as assets and liabilities of discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated balance sheets:

	At March 31, 2013		At September 30, 2012
Assets of discontinued operations:
Prepaid and other current assets	$	556	$	587
Other long-term assets		2,665		2,936
Total assets of discontinued operations	$	3,221	$	3,523

Liabilities of discontinued operations:
Accrued liabilities, current	$	1,954	$	3,639
Other long-term liabilities		3,110		3,643
Total liabilities of discontinued operations	$	5,064	$	7,282

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of disposal groups, which may include the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss), amounts of revenues and pretax profit or loss reported in discontinued operations, the classification and carrying value of the assets and liabilities comprising the disposal group, and the segment in which the disposal group was reported. Also may include the amount of adjustments to amounts previously reported in discontinued operations such as resolution of contingencies arising from the disposal transaction or the operations of the component prior to disposal.

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