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The following tables reflect information prepared on a business segment basis, which includes reclassification of certain expenses and costs between the Company and its subsidiaries and elimination of the effects of intercompany transactions. Operating profit on a business segment basis differs from operating income as reported in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. Other income and other expenses (which include amortization expense), except for interest expense and minority interest, which appear below the operating income line in the Company’s Statement of Operations, have been allocated to individual segments for the purpose of calculating operating profit on a segment basis.

                                               Year Ended December 31
                                          1994          1993         1992   
                                                     ($ thousands)
OPERATING REVENUES
    Carrier operations               $   918,663   $   893,504   $  858,755
    Forwarding operations                 31,468             -            -
    Tire operations                      138,666       111,585       96,254
    Other                                  9,625         4,829        4,940 
                                     $ 1,098,422   $ 1,009,918   $  959,949 

OPERATING EXPENSES AND COSTS

CARRIER OPERATIONS
    Salaries and wages               $   613,187   $   594,213   $  560,460
    Supplies and expenses                 96,210        99,146       99,613
    Operating taxes and licenses          35,928        35,152       32,697
    Insurance                             18,237        16,835       17,567
    Communications and utilities          22,639        23,680       23,782
    Depreciation and amortization         24,302        25,714       32,370
    Rents                                 67,550        53,192       39,561
    Other                                  4,299         3,779        4,324
    Other non-operating (net)                689           148        1,656 
                                         883,041       851,859      812,030

FORWARDING OPERATIONS
    Cost of services                      26,817             -            -
    Selling, administrative and general    3,542             -            -
    Other non-operating (net)                414             -            - 
                                          30,773             -            -

TIRE OPERATIONS
    Cost of sales                        100,909        79,718       69,070
    Selling, administrative and general   26,206        21,522       18,412
    Other non-operating (net)                471           159            5 
                                         127,586       101,399       87,487

SERVICE AND OTHER                          9,875         6,022        4,673 
                                     $ 1,051,275   $   959,280   $  904,190 

OPERATING PROFIT (LOSS)
    Carrier operations               $    35,622   $    41,645   $   46,725
    Forwarding operations                    695             -            -
    Tire operations                       11,080        10,186        8,767
    Other                                   (250)       (1,193)         267 
TOTAL OPERATING PROFIT                    47,147        50,638       55,759
INTEREST EXPENSE                           6,985         7,248       17,285
MINORITY INTEREST                          3,523         3,140        2,825 

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES,
EXTRAORDINARY ITEM AND CUMULATIVE
EFFECT OF ACCOUNTING CHANGE          $    36,639   $    40,250   $   35,649 

The following table sets forth for the periods indicated a summary of the Company’s operations as a percentage of revenues presented on a business segment basis as shown in the table on the preceding page. The basis of presentation for business segment data differs from the basis of presentation for data the Company provides to the ICC.


                                                 Year Ended December 31
                                            1994          1993         1992 
CARRIER OPERATIONS
    Salaries and wages                      66.7%         66.5%        65.3%
    Supplies and expenses                   10.5          11.1         11.6
    Operating taxes and licenses             3.9           3.9          3.8
    Insurance                                2.0           1.9          2.0
    Communications and utilities             2.5           2.7          2.8
    Depreciation and amortization            2.6           2.9          3.8
    Rents                                    7.4           5.9          4.6
    Other                                    0.4           0.4          0.5
    Other non-operating (net)                0.1             -          0.2 
        Total Carrier Operations            96.1%         95.3%        94.6%
FORWARDING OPERATIONS
    Cost of services                        85.2%            -            -
    Selling, administrative and general     11.3             -            -
    Other non-operating (net)                1.3             -            - 
        Total Forwarding Operations         97.8%            -            - 
TIRE OPERATIONS
    Cost of sales                           72.8%         71.5%        71.8%
    Selling, administrative and general     18.9          19.3         19.1
    Other non-operating (net)                0.3           0.1            - 
        Total Tire Operations               92.0%         90.9%        90.9%
OPERATING PROFIT
    Carrier operations                       3.9%          4.7%         5.4%
    Forwarding operations                    2.2             -            -
    Tire operations                          8.0           9.l          9.1