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## Selected Financial Data 

(In thousands of dollars except per share amounts) 

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*Earnings before cumulative effect of accounting change and EBITDA for 2000 include a gain from the sale of business of $25,500 before income taxes and $17,082 after income taxes, or $1.52 per basic share and $1.51 per diluted share. 

**EBITDA represents earnings before interest (expense and income), income taxes, depreciation, and amortization, and before cumulative effect of accounting change. Although EBITDA is a common financial measure, it is not a measure that is reported in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. 

