Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts.)

(16) Segment Data
The Company conducts both funeral and cemetery operations in the United States, including Puerto Rico, and in Canada, Australia and Argentina. The Company conducts funeral operations in Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.


(1) Includes a nonrecurring, noncash charge of $76,762 recorded in fiscal year 1998 in connection with the vesting of the Company's performance-based stock options.


(1) Includes the Company's operations in the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(2) The Company commenced its foreign operations as follows: Mexico - August 1994; Australia - December 1994; New Zealand - April 1996; Canada - October 1996; Spain - April 1997; Portugal - September 1997; the Netherlands - December 1997; Argentina - April 1998; France and Belgium - May 1998.
(3) Includes a nonrecurring, noncash charge of $76,762 recorded in fiscal year 1998 in connection with the vesting of the Company's performance-based stock options.




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