Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Oct-31-15 | Oct-31-14 | Oct-31-13 | Oct-31-12 | Oct-31-11 | Oct-31-10 | Oct-31-09 | Oct-31-08 |
| Revenues | 1,345.9 | 1,571.5 | 1,819.5 | 1,941.8 | 1,916.3 | 1,837.6 | 1,977.5 | 2,264.6 |
| Revenue growth | -14.4% | -13.6% | -6.3% | 1.3% | 4.3% | -7.1% | -12.7% | 10.6% |
| Cost of goods sold | 724.6 | 808.2 | 944.0 | 1,000.5 | 916.5 | 870.4 | 1,046.5 | 1,144.1 |
| Gross profit | 621.4 | 763.2 | 875.6 | 941.3 | 999.8 | 967.2 | 931.0 | 1,120.6 |
| Gross margin | 46.2% | 48.6% | 48.1% | 48.5% | 52.2% | 52.6% | 47.1% | 49.5% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 693.4 | 827.2 | 857.6 | 888.3 | 882.4 | 832.1 | 851.7 | 915.9 |
| EBITA | -107.4 | -72.9 | 7.7 | 48.8 | 120.4 | 138.2 | 79.3 | 204.7 |
| EBITA margin | -8.0% | -4.6% | 0.4% | 2.5% | 6.3% | 7.5% | 4.0% | 9.0% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | | |
| EBIT | -110.4 | -74.9 | 5.7 | 45.8 | 117.4 | 135.2 | 79.3 | 204.7 |
| EBIT margin | -8.2% | -4.8% | 0.3% | 2.4% | 6.1% | 7.4% | 4.0% | 9.0% |
| Pre-tax income | -298.1 | -331.8 | -70.1 | -13.3 | -42.5 | 15.3 | -3.6 | 99.3 |
| Income taxes | 15.6 | -4.4 | 166.2 | 3.9 | -18.5 | 23.4 | 66.7 | 33.0 |
| Tax rate | | 1.3% | | | 43.5% | 152.8% | | 33.3% |
| Earnings from continuing ops | -312.9 | -317.5 | -235.3 | -18.3 | -27.4 | -11.5 | -186.2 | 65.5 |
| Earnings from discontinued ops | 6.7 | 9.4 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 1.8 | | -291.8 |
| Net income | -306.2 | -308.1 | -229.4 | -10.8 | -21.3 | -9.7 | -186.2 | -226.3 |
| Net margin | -22.7% | -19.6% | -12.6% | -0.6% | -1.1% | -0.5% | -9.4% | -10.0% |
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| Diluted EPS | ($1.82) | ($1.86) | ($1.41) | ($0.11) | ($0.17) | ($0.09) | ($1.47) | $0.51 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 171.5 | 170.5 | 167.3 | 164.2 | 162.4 | 135.3 | 127.0 | 129.5 |
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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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