date:Feb 16, 2013
1, partially offset by productivity initiatives. Reported operating profit declined 1.5 percent and included the impacts of a lump sum pension settlement charge in the current year and an extra reporting week in 2011, partially offset by lower restructuring and certain impairment charges and merger and integration charges in the current year.
The company's core effective tax rate was 26.7 percent, below the prior year quarter primarily due to an adjustment to deferred tax liabilities. The com