text: NOTE 10: BENEFIT PLANS 
  
  Retirement Savings Plan 
  
  Substantially all U.S. associates participate in the Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan. Participants may elect 
  to contribute up to 50% of their compensation, subject to Internal Revenue Code maximums. The Company makes a discretionary 
  profit-sharing contribution to the Retirement Savings Plan generally based upon a percentage of the Company’s U.S. income before 
  income taxes and before the amount of the contribution (5% for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010). The Company partially matches 
  401(k) contributions by participants; this match was suspended from January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. The Company’s expense for 
  profit sharing and matching of associates’ 401(k) contributions was $10,866, $11,251 and $4,891 during fiscal 2012, 2011 and 
  2010, respectively. 
  
  Deferred Compensation Plans 
  
  The Company has deferred compensation plans that enable certain associates of the Company to defer receipt of a portion of their 
  compensation and non-employee directors to defer receipt of director fees. The Company funds these deferred compensation 
  liabilities by making contributions to rabbi trusts. Assets held in these rabbi trusts consist of investments in money market and 