content_image/62882.jpg content_image/62883.jpg content_image/62884.jpg
Plan assets were invested in the following classes of securities (none of which were securities of the company): 

<img src='content_image/62882.jpg'>

The expected return on assets is developed in consideration of the anticipated duration of investment period for assets held by the plan, the allocation of assets in the plan, and the historical returns for plan assets. 

Estimated future benefit payments under the plans are as follows (dollars in thousands): Union 

<img src='content_image/62883.jpg'>

In conjunction with the retirement of the former Chairman of the Board in December 2004, the company entered into an agreement to settle obligations relating to the former Chairman’s 

## (14) Quarterly Data (Unaudited) 

pension. As part of this settlement, the company agreed to make payments aggregating to $7.6 million, which will be funded in part by existing plan assets, in the first quarter of 2005 to fully settle all pension obligations due to the former Chairman. Contributions to the directors’ plan beyond the funding of the Chairman pension settlement are based upon actual retirement benefits for directors as they retire. These funding requirements are expected to amount to $0.2 million in 2005. 

Contributions under the union plan are funded in accordance with provisions of The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Expected contributions to be made in 2005 are $0.3 million. 

(B) 401K SAVINGS PLANS The company maintains a defined contribution plan for all employees in the United States other than union employees at the Elgin, Illinois facility, which participates in a separate plan. The discretionary profit sharing contributions approved relating to the plan years ending 2004, 2003, and 2002 for the profit sharing and 401K plan amounted to $800,000, $750,000 and $600,000, respectively. 

In conjunction with the freeze on future benefits under the defined benefit plan for union employees at the Elgin, Illinois facility, the company established a 401K savings plan for this group of employees. The company makes contributions to this plan in accordance with its agreement with the union. These contributions amounted to $221,400 in 2004, $157,400 in 2003 and $82,500 in 2002. 

<img src='content_image/62884.jpg'>

(1) Sum of quarters may not equal the total for the year due to changes in the number of shares outstanding during the year. 

(2) The 2003 fourth quarter included an adjustment to the LIFO provision for inventory, which increased pretax earnings by $0.6 million and net earnings by $0.4 million, or $0.04 per share. 

