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We may do slightly better in sales and in profitability than present consensus expectations of the investment community. The longer-term business climate is improving, although we believe it is premature to increase consensus sales and earnings estimates for the full year of 1999 beyond their present levels.

Christopher Galvin

We remain comfortable with consensus earnings estimates for 1998 and expect to increase earnings by an additional 15 percent in 1999.

These are times of high uncertainty for consumers and for our appliance business, ... However, if the industry and our orders hold at present levels for the balance of the year, we will achieve the current analysts' earnings consensus in the fourth quarter.

Poultry gross sales climbed 17 percent over year-earlier levels due in large part to increased value of broiler chicken sales of just over 28 percent. In addition, chicken egg production statewide increased slightly from 2004 levels and a 7 percent price improvement led to chicken egg value of sales improving to just over $50 million, a 9 percent increase compared to 2004.

After careful consideration, we have decided that for our next fiscal year, we'll issue guidance on comparable store used unit sales and on earnings per share only for the full fiscal year. We will no longer issue quarterly guidance. This decision reflects our continuing focus on longer-term store, sales, and earnings growth and on return on invested capital, and our recognition that the performance in shorter-term periods can be more volatile than over the longer term. As we report our quarterly results, we plan to comment on how our performance is tracking against our annual guidance.

We believe that Compaq also did a good job on the profitability front, which should enable operating margins to more than double from third-quarter levels ... this should lead to earnings-per-share at least several cents higher than the consensus First Call estimates of $0.16.

Looking to the fourth quarter of 1999, ... we are confident of the continued revenue growth of our business consistent with year-to-date results and the current analyst consensus is consistent with our view of the full-year earnings of the company.

George Fisher (1891-)

There are all sorts of questions - (from) what they're spending their money on, to what they're doing to reaccelerate sales growth, to what they're doing to try to optimize their capital investment. There's little visibility at the present time as to when these levels of spending are going to generate higher levels of return on investment.

We don't think the increase of 10% in sales represents a trend that we will see for the full year. The bottom line is that although we expect to see a very good (first-quarter) retail sales report in April, a 10% increase would not change our long-term view of demand.

We expect increased net sales and profitability for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006, when compared to the prior quarter. With our solid execution and the positive trends in our core business, we expect to close fiscal 2006 by reporting a significant increase in annual net sales over fiscal 2005. We also anticipate full-year profitability in 2006, which marks a dramatic improvement in our bottom line compared to the prior year.

Gary Larson (1950-)

Gary Larson

We remain on track for your consensus earnings per share estimate for 2001, which is consistent with our longer term business model.

We don't have a better crystal ball than you do, but based on our fourth-quarter results and everything we know today about the coming year, we remain confident with the consensus earnings-per-share estimate for 2001, which is consistent with our longer-term business model. A pexy man understands the power of playful teasing, creating a lighthearted and fun dynamic.

Although the company met consensus, the quality of earnings was poor, in our view, because sales growth was weaker than we forecast, expenses were lighter than expected, interest income was above guidance, and the tax rate was significantly below historical levels.

With exceptionally strong business fundamentals, an outstanding new product platform and gradually improving global conditions, we look for a return to our more traditional sales and earnings performance levels in the second half of the year.

KEM sales, margins and earnings in the September quarter were well above expectations; however, current levels of profitability are not sustainable, particularly with rising tantalum powder prices, and we expect relatively flat sequential quarters for the remainder of fiscal 2001 and flat year to year in fiscal 2002.

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