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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.

The segment information for prior periods has been restated to reflect the Company’s current reported business segments. In the current and future periods, information that was previously reported in the service and other business segment will be reported in the logistics operations segment.


                                                   Year Ended December 31
                                           1995         1994         1993   
                                                       ($ thousands)
OPERATING REVENUES
  LTL motor carrier operations         $ 1,088,416  $   918,663  $   893,504
  Forwarding operations                    140,691       31,468            -
  Truckload motor carrier operations        27,992            -            -
  Logistics operations                      31,699        7,514        2,890
  Tire operations                          145,127      138,665      111,585
  Other                                      3,354        2,111        1,939 
                                       $ 1,437,279  $ 1,098,421  $ 1,009,918 

OPERATING EXPENSES AND COSTS

LTL MOTOR CARRIER OPERATIONS
  Salaries and wages                   $   779,453  $   613,187  $   594,213
  Supplies and expenses                    120,439       96,210       99,146
  Operating taxes and licenses              45,906       35,928       35,152
  Insurance                                 24,122       18,237       16,835
  Communications and utilities              26,776       22,639       23,680
  Depreciation and amortization             37,822       24,302       25,714
  Rents and purchased transportation        76,823       67,550       53,192
  Other                                      8,219        4,298        3,779
  Other non-operating (net)                  1,771          690          148 
                                         1,121,331      883,041      851,859
FORWARDING OPERATIONS
  Cost of services                         117,455       26,817            -
  Selling, administrative and general       18,711        3,542            -
  Other non-operating (net)                  1,705          414            - 
                                           137,871       30,773            -

TRUCKLOAD MOTOR CARRIER OPERATIONS
  Salaries and wages                   $     9,746  $         -  $         -
  Supplies and expenses                      4,530            -            -
  Operating taxes and licenses               2,571            -            -
  Insurance                                    980            -            -
  Communications and utilities                 420            -            -
  Depreciation and amortization              1,249            -            -
  Rents and purchased transportation         5,348            -            -
  Other                                        108            -            -
  Other non-operating (net)                      9            -            - 
                                            24,961            -            -
LOGISTICS OPERATIONS
  Cost of services                          30,588        7,100        2,915
  Selling, administrative and general        3,711        1,388          821
  Other non-operating (net)                     11           (6)         (12) 
                                            34,310        8,482        3,724
TIRE OPERATIONS
  Cost of sales                            108,686      100,909       79,718
  Selling, administrative and general       31,642       26,206       21,522
  Other non-operating (net)                    375          471          159 
                                           140,703      127,586      101,399
SERVICE AND OTHER                            6,747        1,392        2,298 
                                       $ 1,465,923  $ 1,051,274  $   959,280 

OPERATING PROFIT (LOSS)
  LTL motor carrier operations         $   (32,915) $    35,622  $    41,645
  Forwarding operations                      2,820          695            -
  Truckload motor carrier operations         3,031            -            -
  Logistics operations                      (2,611)        (968)        (834)
  Tire operations                            4,424       11,079       10,186
  Other                                     (3,393)         719         (359)
TOTAL OPERATING PROFIT (LOSS)              (28,644)      47,147       50,638
INTEREST EXPENSE                            17,046        6,985        7,248
MINORITY INTEREST                            1,297        3,523        3,140

INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME 
 TAXES AND EXTRAORDINARY ITEM          $   (46,987) $    36,639  $    40,250 

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 D.O.T.


                                                   Year Ended December 31
                                              1995        1994        1993   
LTL MOTOR CARRIER OPERATIONS
  Salaries and wages                          71.6%       66.7%       66.5%
  Supplies and expenses                       11.1        10.5        11.1
  Operating taxes and licenses                 4.2         3.9         3.9
  Insurance                                    2.2         2.0         1.9
  Communications and utilities                 2.5         2.5         2.7
  Depreciation and amortization                3.5         2.6         2.9
  Rents and purchased transportation           7.1         7.4         5.9
  Other                                        0.7         0.4         0.4
  Other non-operating (net)                    0.1         0.1           -   
    Total LTL Motor Carrier Operations       103.0%       96.1%       95.3%  

FORWARDING OPERATIONS
  Cost of services                            83.5%       85.2%          -
  Selling, administrative and general         13.3        11.3           -
  Other non-operating (net)                    1.2         1.3           -   
    Total Forwarding Operations               98.0%       97.8%          -   

TRUCKLOAD MOTOR CARRIER OPERATIONS
  Salaries and wages                          34.8%          -           -
  Supplies and expenses                       16.2           -           -
  Operating taxes and licenses                 9.2           -           -
  Insurance                                    3.5           -           -
  Communications and utilities                 1.5           -           -
  Depreciation and amortization                4.5           -           -
  Rents and purchased transportation          19.1           -           -
  Other                                        0.4           -           -   
    Total Truckload Operations                89.2%          -           -   

LOGISTICS OPERATIONS
  Cost of sales                               96.5%       94.5%      100.9%
  Selling, administrative and general         11.7        18.5        28.4
  Other non-operating (net)                      -        (0.1)       (0.4)  
    Total Logistics Operations               108.2%      112.9%      128.9%  

TIRE OPERATIONS
  Cost of sales                               74.9%       72.8%       71.5%
  Selling, administrative and general         21.8        18.9        19.3
  Other non-operating (net)                    0.3         0.3         0.1   
    Total Tire Operations                     97.0%       92.0%       90.9%  

OPERATING PROFIT
  LTL motor carrier operations                (3.0)%       3.9%        4.7%
  Forwarding operations                        2.0         2.2           -
  Truckload motor carrier operations          10.8           -           -
  Logistics operations                        (8.2)      (12.9)      (28.9)
  Tire operations                              3.0         8.0         9.1