Financial Summary (All financials)
| In millions, except per share items | Nov-30-15 | Nov-30-14 | Nov-30-13 | Nov-30-12 | Nov-30-11 | Nov-30-10 | Nov-30-09 | Nov-30-08 |
| Revenues | 2,184.3 | 2,079.8 | 1,692.0 | 1,529.9 | 1,325.6 | 1,057.7 | 953.7 | 844.0 |
| Revenue growth | 5.0% | 22.9% | 10.6% | 15.4% | 25.3% | 10.9% | 13.0% | 22.6% |
| Cost of goods sold | 819.2 | 815.2 | 690.0 | 624.5 | 558.5 | 447.0 | 401.2 | 373.2 |
| Gross profit | 1,365.2 | 1,264.6 | 1,002.0 | 905.4 | 767.1 | 610.8 | 552.5 | 470.8 |
| Gross margin | 62.5% | 60.8% | 59.2% | 59.2% | 57.9% | 57.7% | 57.9% | 55.8% |
| Selling, general and administrative | 795.4 | 789.8 | 642.1 | 534.0 | 453.5 | 358.0 | 332.5 | 295.5 |
| EBITA | 478.8 | 407.3 | 302.1 | 310.4 | 245.9 | 223.9 | 193.7 | 148.4 |
| EBITA margin | 21.9% | 19.6% | 17.9% | 20.3% | 18.6% | 21.2% | 20.3% | 17.6% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 130.1 | 116.3 | 93.0 | 82.1 | 64.2 | 40.7 | 34.0 | |
| EBIT | 348.7 | 291.0 | 209.1 | 228.3 | 181.7 | 183.2 | 159.7 | 148.4 |
| EBIT margin | 16.0% | 14.0% | 12.4% | 14.9% | 13.7% | 17.3% | 16.8% | 17.6% |
| Pre-tax income | 237.8 | 223.1 | 130.7 | 187.7 | 162.0 | 172.7 | 159.4 | 133.7 |
| Income taxes | 48.9 | 45.1 | 14.1 | 29.6 | 26.7 | 39.2 | 34.4 | -38.4 |
| Tax rate | 20.5% | 20.2% | 10.8% | 15.7% | 16.5% | 22.7% | 21.6% | |
| Earnings from continuing ops | 137.7 | 161.4 | 101.3 | 158.1 | 135.2 | 129.3 | 127.1 | 98.6 |
| Earnings from discontinued ops | 51.3 | 16.6 | 15.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 0.4 |
| Net income | 188.9 | 178.0 | 116.5 | 158.1 | 135.3 | 133.5 | 130.2 | 99.0 |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 8.6% | 6.9% | 10.3% | 10.2% | 12.6% | 13.6% | 11.7% |
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| Diluted EPS | $1.99 | $2.33 | $1.50 | $2.37 | $2.06 | $2.00 | $1.99 | $1.57 |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) | 69.3 | 69.1 | 67.4 | 66.7 | 65.7 | 64.7 | 63.9 | 63.0 |
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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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