Eleven Year Financial Summary
Kelly Services. Inc. and Subsidiaries

  Growth Rates(1)

 
  10 Year

5 Year

1 Year

1999

1998(2)

1997

1996

1995

1994

1993

1992(2)

1991

1990

1989

Operating Results (In millions of dollars)  
  Sales of services   12.1% 12.6% 4.3% $4,269.1 $4,092.3 $3,852.9 $3,302.3 $2,689.8 $2,362.6 $1,954.5 $1,712.7 $1,424.3 $1,456.3 $1,364.9
  Cost of services   13.2    13.0    4.2    3,503.1 3,361.0 3,171.6 2,689.5 2,148.4 1,899.6 1,573.8 1,372.4 1,115.7 1,098.5 1,017.3
  Gross profit   8.2    10.6    4.8    766.0 731.3 681.3 612.8 541.4 463.0 380.7 340.3 308.6 357.8 347.6
  Selling, general and administrative   9.7    10.9    5.3    622.1 590.7 545.5 491.8 435.1 370.9 316.8 289.1 262.0 259.0 247.3
  Earnings from operations   3.7    9.3    2.4    143.9 140.6 135.8 121.0 106.3 92.1 63.9 51.2 46.6 98.8 100.3
  Interest (expense) income, net   N/A    N/A    N/A    (0.2) 3.0 1.2 1.9 7.0 6.4 7.0 9.8 13.6 14.2 12.6
  Earnings before taxes   2.4    7.9    0.1    143.7 143.6 137.0 122.9 113.3 98.5 70.9 61.0 60.2 113.0 112.9
  Income taxes   3.4    9.4    (0.5)    58.6 58.9 56.2 49.9 43.8 37.4 26.3 21.8 21.6 41.8 42.1
  Net earnings   1.9    6.9    0.5    85.1 84.7 80.8 73.0 69.5 61.1 44.6 39.2 38.6 71.2 70.8
  Dividends   7.0    5.1    (0.6)    34.0 34.2 33.2 31.6 29.6 26.6 23.8 22.0 21.7 19.8 17.4
  Summary of total taxes(3)   10.8    11.3    1.2    421.1 416.2 388.2 339.7 283.5 246.4 202.4 173.2 143.0 162.0 151.3
 
Financial Position (In millions of dollars)  
  Current assets   7.6% 6.9% 2.3% $736.2 $719.9 $771.0 $658.6 $558.6 $526.7 $447.1 $408.6 $411.4 $393.2 $353.9
  Current liabilities   15.1    16.4    5.8    451.3 426.5 407.4 322.0 242.6 210.9 155.9 128.8 124.4 106.0 110.5
  Working capital   1.6    (2.0)    (2.9)    284.9 293.4 363.6 336.6 316.0 315.8 291.2 279.8 287.0 287.2 243.4
  Net property and equipment   18.6    21.7    27.8    187.0 146.4 112.7 97.7 84.4 70.2 68.3 69.3 51.5 37.9 34.0
  Total assets   10.1    10.0    7.2    1,033.7 964.2 967.2 838.9 718.7 642.4 542.1 496.1 479.4 443.8 394.3
  Stockholders' equity   7.5    6.2    8.3    582.4 537.8 559.8 516.9 476.1 431.5 386.2 367.3 355.0 337.8 283.7
  Capital expenditures   21.2    33.0    29.8    76.7 59.1 39.7 36.5 34.0 18.4 16.1 32.4 23.5 12.0 11.2
  Depreciation and amortization   15.8    13.7    25.5    36.2 28.9 28.3 26.1 22.7 19.1 17.5 14.7 10.5 9.5 8.4
 
Common Stock Data(4)  
  Earnings per share  
     Basic   2.3% 8.0% 5.8% $2.37 $2.24 $2.12 $1.92 $1.83 $1.61 $1.18 $1.04 $1.03 $1.89 $1.89
     Diluted   2.3% 7.9% 5.8% $2.36 $2.23 $2.12 $1.91 $1.83 $1.61 $1.18 $1.04 $1.02 $1.89 $1.88
  Dividends per share: Classes A and B   7.5    6.3    4.4    .95 .91 .87 .83 .78 .70 .63 .58 .57 .53 .46
  Stockholders' equity (book value) per share   8.0    7.4    8.1    16.23 15.02 14.67 13.58 12.52 11.37 10.23 9.74 9.43 8.98 7.55
  Stock price per share: Class A at year end   (2.2)    (1.8)    (20.9)    25.13 31.75 29.25 27.50 27.75 27.50 27.75 35.00 22.00 26.38 31.38
 
  Number of common shares outstanding at year end (thousands) 35,874 35,807 38,163 38,059 38,015 37,963 37,755 37,706 37,624 37,603 37,570
  Average number of shares outstanding (thousands)  
     Basic 35,854 37,745 38,099 38,043 37,993 37,956 37,728 37,668 37,616 37,586 37,548
     Diluted 36,030 37,945 38,191 38,133 38,057 38,005 37,761 37,711 37,679 37,644 37,630
  Stock splits    ----    ----    ----    ----    ----    ---- 5 for 4    ----    ----    ---- 5 for 4
 
Financial Ratios(1)  
  Return on sales 2.0% 2.1% 2.1% 2.2% 2.6% 2.6% 2.3% 2.3% 2.7% 4.9% 5.2%
  Return on average assets 8.5% 8.8% 8.9% 9.4% 10.2% 10.3% 8.6% 8.0% 8.4% 17.0% 19.6%
  Return on average stockholders' equity 15.2% 15.4% 15.0% 14.7% 15.3% 14.9% 11.8% 10.9% 11.1% 22.9% 27.6%
  Effective tax rate 40.8% 41.0% 41.0% 40.6% 38.7% 38.0% 37.1% 35.7% 35.9% 37.0% 37.3%
 
  Current assets to current liabilities (current ratio) 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.7 3.2
  Price earnings ratio at year end 10.6 14.2 13.8 14.4 15.2 17.1 23.5 33.7 21.6 14.0 16.7
 
     (1) Growth rates and financial ratios calculated based on data rounded to thousands.
   (2) Fiscal year included 53 weeks.
   (3) Consists of payroll taxes and federal, state and local taxes.
   (4) Shares consist of Class A and B common stock adjusted for all stock splits.
   (5) Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current presentation.
 

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