Acquisitions and Dispositions (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2012

Acquisitions and Dispositions Disclosure

Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation [Table Text Block]

       The components of the purchase price and net assets acquired for 2012 acquisitions are as follows:

(In millions)			One Lambda		Doe & Ingalls		Other		Total
Purchase Price
	Cash paid		$	878.8	$	174.8	$	15.4	$	1,069.0
	Purchase price payable			6.7		—		—		6.7
	Fair value of contingent consideration			12.9		1.5		1.4		15.8
	Cash acquired			(1.2)		—		—		(1.2)
			$	897.2	$	176.3	$	16.8	$	1,090.3
Net Assets Acquired
	Current assets		$	111.3	$	21.7	$	1.8	$	134.8
	Property, plant and equipment			30.3		11.6		0.1		42.0
	Intangible assets:
		Customer relationships		335.4		68.2		3.1		406.7
		Product technology		172.5		1.1		7.1		180.7
		Tradenames and other		17.2		16.8		—		34.0
	Goodwill			274.4		81.3		8.8		364.5
	Other assets			—		0.4		—		0.4
	Liabilities assumed			(43.9)		(24.8)		(4.1)		(72.8)
			$	897.2	$	176.3	$	16.8	$	1,090.3

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]

The company acquired Dionex Corporation in May 2011, the Phadia group in August 2011 and One Lambda in September 2012. Had the acquisitions of Dionex and Phadia been completed as of the beginning of 2010, and the acquisition of One Lambda been completed as of the beginning of 2011, the company's pro forma results for 2012 and 2011 would have been as follows:

			Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
		September 29,			October 1,		September 29,			October 1,
(In millions except per share amounts)			2012		2011			2012		2011
Revenues			$	3,122.6	$	3,053.5		$	9,383.7	$	9,158.5
Income from Continuing Operations			$	318.8	$	289.0		$	920.6	$	816.9
Net Income			$	309.8	$	288.1		$	849.5	$	1,127.0
Earnings per Share from Continuing Operations:
	Basic		$	0.88	$	0.76		$	2.52	$	2.12
	Diluted		$	0.87	$	0.75		$	2.50	$	2.09
Earnings per Share:
	Basic		$	0.85	$	0.75		$	2.32	$	2.93
	Diluted		$	0.85	$	0.75		$	2.31	$	2.89