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Griffon Corp – ‘10-K’ for 9/30/14 – ‘XML’

On:  Wednesday, 11/12/14, at 5:40pm ET   ·   As of:  11/13/14   ·   For:  9/30/14   ·   Accession #:  50725-14-6   ·   File #:  1-06620

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11/13/14  Griffon Corp                      10-K        9/30/14  127:30M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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                Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                      
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                Financial Information                                            
52: R28         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     39K 
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                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
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                Financial Information (Tables)                                   
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                Accounting Policies (Details)                                    
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                Assets Acquired                                                  
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                Intangible Asset Classifications                                 
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                stated at lower cost                                             
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                - Summary of accrued liability for the                           
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                Debt (Details)                                                   
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                Debt (Details) - Summary of Long-Term Debt                       
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                Debt (Details) - Summary of Interest Expense                     
                Incurred                                                         
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                weighted-average assets allocation for qualified                 
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                future benefit payments to retirees                              
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                assets and liabilities                                           
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                deferred tax asset (liability), by balance sheet                 
                account                                                          
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                tax benefits                                                     
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                (Details) - Summary of stock-based compensation                  
                expense (Details)                                                
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                (Details) - Summary of stock option activity                     
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                (Details) - Stock options activity range of                      
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                diluted EPS from continuing operations                           
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                (Details) - Schedule of quarterly financial                      
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                Summary of Reconciliation of Segment Profit Before               
                Taxes and Operations                                             
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                Segment Information by Geographic Region                         
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                Summary of Other Comprehensive Income                            
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                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income                           
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                Total Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                
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                Summary of Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated                 
                Other Comprehensive Income                                       
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                Financial Information (Details)                                  
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                Financial Information (Details) - Summary of                     
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                Financial Information (Details) - Summary of                     
                consolidated statement of operations and                         
                comprehensive income                                             
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                Financial Information (Details) - Summary of                     
                consolidated cash flows                                          
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