Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
  

Note R — Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

Summarized quarterly data was as follows.

 
Three months ended 
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data) 
May 31 
August 31 
November 30 
February 28 (29) 
Year ended February 28, 2001 
  Revenue 
$ 
474,566 
$ 
512,301 
$ 
520,620 
$ 
548,834 
  Expenses 
343,641 
370,086 
370,993 
385,566 
  Provision for income taxes 
47,466 
51,180 
54,214 
59,022 
  Net earnings 
$ 
83,459 
$ 
91,035 
$ 
95,413 
$ 
104,246 
  Earnings per share(1) 
    Basic 
$ 
0.73 
$ 
0.80 
$ 
0.83 
$ 
0.89 
    Diluted 
$ 
0.72 
$ 
0.77 
$ 
0.80 
$ 
0.85 
         
Year ended February 29, 2000 
  Revenue 
$ 
492,867 
$ 
491,074 
$ 
443,061 
$ 
443,871 
  Expenses 
323,393 
316,479 
278,321 
321,482 
  Provision for income taxes 
66,095 
68,092 
64,176 
22,592 
  Net earnings 
$ 
103,379 
$ 
106,503 
$ 
100,564 
$ 
99,797 
  Earnings per share(1) 
    Basic 
$ 
0.92 
$ 
0.94 
$ 
0.89 
$ 
0.88 
    Diluted 
$ 
0.88 
$ 
0.91 
$ 
0.87 
$ 
0.87 
         
(1) Earnings per share is computed independently for each of the quarters presented. Therefore, the sum of the quarterly earnings per share amounts may not equal the annual amount. This is caused by rounding and the averaging effect of the number of share equivalents utilized throughout the year, which changes with the market price of the common stock.