Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

SEGMENT INFORMATION

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SEGMENT INFORMATION
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
SEGMENT INFORMATION [Abstract]  
SEGMENT INFORMATION
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SEGMENT INFORMATION:

The Company's products and operations consist of two principal businesses that are comprised of three operating segments each, as described under Nature of Operations (Note 1):  Memorialization Products (Bronze, Casket, Cremation) and Brand Solutions (Graphics Imaging, Marking Products, Merchandising Solutions).  Management evaluates segment performance based on operating profit (before income taxes) and does not allocate non-operating items such as investment income, interest expense, other income (deductions), net and noncontrolling interests.

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Note 2).  Intersegment sales are accounted for at negotiated prices.  Operating profit is total revenue less operating expenses.  Segment assets include those assets that are used in the Company's operations within each segment.  Assets classified under “Other” principally consist of cash and cash equivalents, investments, deferred income taxes and corporate headquarters' assets.  Long-lived
assets include property, plant and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation), goodwill, and other intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization).
 
Information about the Company's segments follows:

   
Memorialization
    
Brand Solutions
              
                     
Graphics
    
Marking
    
Merchandising
              
   
Bronze
    
Casket
    
Cremation
    
Imaging
    
Products
    
Solutions
    
Other
    
Consolidated
  
                                                 
Sales to external customers:
                                      
2011
   $ 224,773     $ 238,753     $ 43,816     $ 268,975     $ 61,938     $ 60,566     $ -     $ 898,821  
2010
     224,247       210,279       39,356       239,957       51,069       56,921       -       821,829  
2009
     215,934       203,247       30,909       234,966       42,355       53,497       -       780,908  
                                                                 
Intersegment sales:
                                                  
2011
     251       207       5,616       177       21       90       -       6,362  
2010
     272       218       4,558       1       16       281       -       5,346  
2009
     192       276       4,182       64       30       34       -       4,778  
                                                                 
Depreciation and amortization:
                                                  
2011
     2,955       6,335       280       13,580       530       1,949       2,032       27,661  
2010
     2,442       6,623       246       13,234       526       1,850       2,401       27,322  
2009
     4,136       7,081       251       14,677       614       2,088       1,445       30,292  
                                                                 
Operating profit:
                                                  
2011
     52,474       26,785       5,733       22,427       7,819       3,278       -       118,516  
2010
     56,167       26,242       4,910       21,077       5,817       2,368       -       116,581  
2009
     57,598       17,716       5,036       19,217       1,500       (56 )     -       101,011  
                                                                 
Total assets:
                                                  
2011
     197,127       310,862       35,997       351,595       67,193       60,491       74,190       1,097,455  
2010
     194,110       290,123       29,316       319,480       36,740       54,876       69,180       993,825  
2009
     182,194       253,012       22,541       337,407       39,569       51,492       63,438       949,653  
                                                                 
Capital expenditures:
                                                  
2011
     1,618       3,840       511       10,820       295       3,165       2,191       22,440  
2010
     6,107       1,117       253       8,058       450       1,028       4,424       21,437  
2009
     3,017       2,648       138       8,011       251       492       4,853       19,410  

Information about the Company's operations by geographic area follows:

   
United States
    
Mexico
    
Canada
    
Europe
    
Australia
    
Asia
    
Consolidated
  
 
                                          
Sales to external customers:
                                      
2011
   $ 559,362     $ -     $ 13,086     $ 298,773     $ 13,437     $ 14,163     $ 898,821  
2010
     520,083       -       14,000       264,833       11,160       11,753       821,829  
2009
     498,782       -       11,995       251,823       9,647       8,661       780,908  
                                                         
Long-lived assets:
                                                  
2011
     380,059       5,726       476       259,860       6,752       9,459       662,332  
2010
     334,471       6,367       484       235,902       6,957       8,691       592,872  
2009
     303,342       5,685       466       256,271       3,987       8,529       578,280