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Amounts included in “Eliminations and Other” consist of the following:

Sales consist of inter-segment sales, which are generally recorded at the cost to the selling entity.

Earnings Before Income Taxes are primarily associated with corporate activities and are detailed below:

Capital Expenditures, Depreciation and Amortization, and Assets are also related primarily to our corporate activities.

We have operations, either owned directly or operated through joint ventures or licensing arrangements, in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Also from 1993 through the fourth quarter of 2000, we had operations in Colombia under a licensing agreement. There is no single country outside of the United States in which we generate 10% or more of our total revenues. Summarized financial information relating to our operations is as follows:

Note O—Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

(a) We have recorded non-comparable charges primarily during the fourth quarter of 2000 and third quarter of 1999 (see Notes B, C, and D for more details).
(b) Gross profit is net of occupancy costs.
(c) For the fourth quarter of 2000 and third quarter of 1999, the zero coupon, convertible subordinated notes were anti-dilutive and, accordingly, were not included in the diluted earnings per share computations. In addition, for the fourth quarter of 2000, options to purchase common stock were anti-dilutive and not included in the diluted earnings per share computations.