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Discontinued Operations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2012

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

Operating results of the laboratory workstations business were as follows:

		Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 29,			October 1,			September 29,			October 1,
(In millions)		2012			2011			2012			2011

Revenues		$	44.7		$	44.4		$	139.0		$	132.1
Pre-tax Loss			(6.8)			(1.7)			(25.2)			(1.4)

On April 4, 2011, the company sold, in separate transactions, its Athena Diagnostics business for $740 million in cash and its Lancaster Laboratories business for $180 million in cash and escrowed proceeds of $20 million, substantially all of which was received in October 2012. The sale of these businesses resulted in an after-tax gain of approximately $304 million or $0.79 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2011. The results of both businesses have been included in the accompanying financial statements as discontinued operations. Operating results of these businesses in the first quarter of 2011 were as follows:


(In millions)	2011

Revenues	$	54.3
Pre-tax Income		9.1

- 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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