Ten-Year Summary of Selected Financial Data
Years ended April (Dollars, except per share amounts, and shares outstanding are in thousands)			2000				1999				1998				1997				1996				1995				1994				1993				1992				1991
Summary of Operations:
Sales		$	3,712,965			$	3,490,163			$	3,050,567			$	2,874,426			$	2,809,277			$	2,807,862			$	2,332,184			$	1,907,899			$	1,558,057			$	1,374,722
Cost of products sold			2,890,002				2,736,324				2,456,288				2,334,840				2,276,595				2,287,880				1,905,659				1,541,277				1,266,051				1,120,886
Gross profit			822,963				753,839				594,279				539,586				532,682				519,982				426,525				366,622				292,006				253,836
Operating expenses			660,787				563,528				424,084				400,027				401,150				397,753				334,676				293,504				245,345				224,245
Operating income			162,176				190,311				170,195				139,559				131,532				122,229				91,849				73,118				46,661				29,591
Other income (expense)			(20,642)				(11,419)				4,754				7,491				(20,539)				5,218				7,667				7,802				9,406				10,676
Income from continuing operations before income taxes			141,534				178,892				174,949				147,050				110,993				127,447				99,516				80,920				56,067				40,267
Provision for income taxes			58,040				71,771				66,404				56,998				41,543				52,254				40,717				30,612				20,659				13,610
Income from continuing operations			83,494				107,121				108,545				90,052				69,901				75,998				58,553*				50,373				35,408				26,657
Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes			–				–				–				34,778				9,708				8,635				7,375				6,197				4,816				3,783
Net income			83,494				107,121				108,545				124,830				79,609				84,633				65,928				56,570				40,224				30,440
Earnings per share – diluted:
	Continuing operations		2.41				2.94				3.01				2.30				1.50				1.63				1.27*				1.10				.78				.60
	Discontinued operations		–				–				–				.89				.21				.19				.16				.13				.10				.08
	Net income		2.41				2.94				3.01				3.19				1.71				1.82				1.43				1.23				.88				.68
Financial Position:
Total assets		$	1,536,693			$	1,531,184			$	1,129,480			$	871,547			$	1,108,932			$	940,374			$	845,219			$	745,221			$	666,929			$	608,908
Property, plant and equipment			312,067				303,934				277,211				278,331				266,587				262,640				220,154				171,702				149,321				142,908
Shareholders’ equity			584,805				586,703				376,026				443,095				649,137				608,143				546,466				502,589				467,984				428,072
Book value per share			17.88				16.67				11.96				12.40				14.22				13.20				11.88				11.01				10.26				9.78
Other Statistics:
Gross profit %			22.2				21.6				19.5				18.8				19.0				18.5				18.3				19.2				18.7				18.5
Depreciation		$	28,567			$	27,615			$	27,538			$	25,581			$	25,857			$	21,973			$	18,266			$	15,154			$	14,659			$	14,779
Capital expenditures			55,078				49,757				37,809				56,184				32,916				67,864				72,543				41,966				24,832				18,677
Dividends declared			24,957				24,672				23,744				24,408				27,551				25,778				22,878				21,455				19,958				18,491
Dividends declared per Common share			.76				.72				.68				.64				.60				.56				.50				.47				.44				.42
Weighted average Common shares – diluted			39,194				40,171				36,933				39,162				46,469				46,531				46,207				45,961				45,648				44,584
Number of shareholders of record			1,400				1,500				1,500				1,600				1,800				2,000				2,000				2,000				1,900				2,100
Market price per share:
	– High	$	291/4			$	467/16			$	48			$	371/4			$	29			$	271/4			$	26			$	267/8			$	24			$	167/8
	– Low		14				25				251/8				241/8				181/8				173/4				161/2				123/4				141/8				77/8
	– Close		145/8				283/16				461/8				251/8				263/8				23				191/2				18				19				147/8
*After deduction of $1.5 million or 3 cents per share for change in accounting for income taxes.

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