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Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011		2012			2011
	Net Sales(A)				Operating Profit (Loss)
The Company’s operations by segment were:
Cabinets and Related Products	$	297	$	307	$	(23	)	$	(50	)
Plumbing Products		742		710		97			84
Installation and Other Services		278		235		(14	)		(35	)
Decorative Architectural Products		434		375		73			69
Other Specialty Products		124		126		(5	)		(10	)

Total	$	1,875	$	1,753	$	128		$	58


The Company’s operations by geographic area were:
North America	$	1,431	$	1,314	$	88		$	16
International, principally Europe		444		439		40			42

Total	$	1,875	$	1,753		128			58


General corporate expense, net						(28	)		(32	)
Income from litigation settlements						2			—

Operating profit						102			26
Other income (expense), net						(49	)		(42	)

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes					$	53		$	(16	)

(A)

Inter-segment sales were not material.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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