Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Oct-31-07 | Oct-31-06 | Oct-31-05 | Oct-31-04 | Oct-31-03 | Oct-31-02 | Feb-12-02 | Oct-31-01 |
| Revenues | 2,049.0 | 2,032.6 | 1,969.0 | 1,437.9 | 878.4 | 853.4 | | 924.4 |
| Revenue growth | 0.8% | 3.2% | 36.9% | 63.7% | 2.9% | -7.7% | | -4.2% |
| Cost of goods sold | 1,671.1 | 1,617.4 | 1,513.0 | 1,225.8 | 727.1 | 685.8 | | 769.3 |
| Gross profit | 378.0 | 415.2 | 456.0 | 212.1 | 151.3 | 167.7 | | 155.0 |
| Gross margin | 18.4% | 20.4% | 23.2% | 14.8% | 17.2% | 19.6% | | 16.8% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 98.0 | 92.7 | 97.9 | 63.7 | 46.5 | 48.1 | | 54.2 |
| EBIT | 202.9 | 251.4 | 292.8 | 99.0 | 65.3 | 80.5 | | 57.3 |
| EBIT margin | 9.9% | 12.4% | 14.9% | 6.9% | 7.4% | 9.4% | | 6.2% |
| Pre-tax income | 207.1 | 250.8 | 283.6 | 93.4 | 67.1 | 78.8 | | 45.6 |
| Income taxes | 72.4 | 90.5 | 106.4 | 35.9 | 23.4 | 25.0 | | 16.4 |
| Tax rate | 35.0% | 36.1% | 37.5% | 38.5% | 34.9% | 31.8% | | 36.0% |
| Earnings from continuing ops | 134.6 | 160.3 | 177.2 | 57.4 | 43.6 | 53.7 | | 29.2 |
| Earnings from discontinued ops | | -0.1 | -22.1 | -3.0 | -0.8 | 1.7 | | |
| Net income | 134.6 | 160.2 | 155.2 | 54.5 | 42.9 | 55.5 | | 29.2 |
| Net margin | 6.6% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 3.8% | 4.9% | 6.5% | | 3.2% |
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| Diluted EPS | $3.41 | $4.04 | $4.45 | $1,528.52 | $1.78 | $3.31 | | $1.89 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 39.5 | 39.7 | 39.8 | 0.0 | 24.6 | 16.2 | | 15.4 |
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| EBIT is a non-GAAP figure that excludes all non-recurring expenses: restructuring costs, asset impairments, IPR&D writeoffs, and other unusual charges. |
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