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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.

During 1996, the Company changed the name of its Forwarding Operations Segment to the Intermodal Operations Segment.

The segment information for 1994 has been restated to reflect the Company’s current reported business segments. For 1995 and subsequent 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
                                      1996           1995           1994    
                                                  ($ thousands)
OPERATING REVENUES
  LTL motor carrier operations    $ 1,199,437    $ 1,088,416    $   918,663
  Intermodal operations               180,619        140,691         31,468
  Truckload motor carrier operations   74,623         27,992              -
  Logistics operations                 54,849         31,699          7,514
  Tire operations                     141,613        145,127        138,665
  Other                                 8,043          3,354          2,111 
                                  $ 1,659,184    $ 1,437,279    $ 1,098,421 

OPERATING EXPENSES AND COSTS

LTL MOTOR CARRIER OPERATIONS
  Salaries and wages              $   832,474    $   779,453    $   613,187
  Supplies and expenses               130,330        120,439         96,210
  Operating taxes and licenses         47,552         45,906         35,928
  Insurance                            28,393         24,122         18,237
  Communications and utilities         29,897         26,776         22,639
  Depreciation and amortization        41,755         37,822         24,302
  Rents and purchased transportation   95,169         76,823         67,550
  Other                                12,296          8,219          4,298
  Other non-operating (net)              (269)         1,771            690 
                                    1,217,597      1,121,331        883,041

INTERMODAL OPERATIONS
  Cost of services                    151,799        117,455         26,817
  Selling, administrative and general  27,658         18,711          3,542
  Other non-operating (net)             1,708          1,705            414 
                                      181,165        137,871         30,773

TRUCKLOAD MOTOR CARRIER OPERATIONS
  Salaries and wages                   27,483          9,746              -
  Supplies and expenses                13,552          4,530              -
  Operating taxes and licenses          7,060          2,571              -
  Insurance                             2,208            980              -
  Communications and utilities          1,038            420              -
  Depreciation and amortization         3,580          1,249              -
  Rents and purchased transportation   14,880          5,348              -
  Other                                   434            108              -
  Other non-operating (net)                17              9              - 
                                       70,252         24,961              -

LOGISTICS OPERATIONS
  Cost of services                     50,612        30,588           7,100
  Selling, administrative and general   7,081         3,711           1,388
  Other non-operating (net)               (62)           11              (6)
                                       57,631        34,310           8,482

TIRE OPERATIONS
  Cost of sales                       109,673       108,686         100,909
  Selling, administrative and general  37,491        31,642          26,206
  Other non-operating (net)              (730)          375             471 
                                      146,434       140,703         127,586

SERVICE AND OTHER                      12,742         6,747           1,392 
                                  $ 1,685,821   $ 1,465,923     $ 1,051,274 

OPERATING PROFIT (LOSS)
  LTL motor carrier operations    $   (18,160)  $   (32,915)    $    35,622
  Intermodal operations                  (546)        2,820             695
  Truckload motor carrier operations    4,371         3,031               -
  Logistics operations                 (2,782)       (2,611)           (968)
  Tire operations                      (4,821)        4,424          11,079
  Other                                (4,699)       (3,393)            719 
TOTAL OPERATING PROFIT (LOSS)         (26,637)      (28,644)         47,147
INTEREST EXPENSE                       31,869        17,046           6,985
MINORITY INTEREST                      (1,768)        1,297           3,523 

INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES $   (56,738)  $   (46,987)    $    36,639 

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 Department of Transportation (“D.O.T.”).


                                               Year Ended December 31
                                               1996     1995     1994 
LTL MOTOR CARRIER OPERATIONS
  Salaries and wages                           69.4%    71.6%    66.7%
  Supplies and expenses                        10.9     11.1     10.5
  Operating taxes and licenses                  4.0      4.2      3.9
  Insurance                                     2.4      2.2      2.0
  Communications and utilities                  2.5      2.5      2.5
  Depreciation and amortization                 3.5      3.5      2.6
  Rents and purchased transportation            7.9      7.1      7.4
  Other                                         1.0      0.7      0.4
  Other non-operating (net)                    (0.1)     0.1      0.1 
    Total LTL Motor Carrier Operations        101.5%   103.0%    96.1%

INTERMODAL OPERATIONS
    Cost of services                           84.0%    83.5%    85.2%
    Selling, administrative and general        15.3     13.3     11.3
    Other non-operating (net)                   1.0      1.2      1.3 
        Total Intermodal Operations           100.3%    98.0%    97.8%

TRUCKLOAD MOTOR CARRIER OPERATIONS
  Salaries and wages                          36.8%     34.8%       -
  Supplies and expenses                       18.2      16.2        -
  Operating taxes and licenses                 9.5       9.2        -
  Insurance                                    3.0       3.5        -
  Communications and utilities                 1.4       1.5        -
  Depreciation and amortization                4.8       4.5        -
  Rents and purchased transportation          19.9      19.1        -
  Other                                        0.6       0.4        -
  Other non-operating (net)                   (0.1)        -        - 
    Total Truckload Motor Carrier Operations  94.1%     89.2%       - 

LOGISTICS OPERATIONS
  Cost of sales                               92.3%     96.5%    94.5%
  Selling, administrative and general         12.9      11.7     18.5
  Other non-operating (net)                   (0.1)        -     (0.1)
    Total Logistics Operations               105.1%    108.2%   112.9%

TIRE OPERATIONS
  Cost of sales                               77.4%     74.9%    72.8%
  Selling, administrative and general         26.5      21.8     18.9
  Other non-operating (net)                   (0.5)      0.3      0.3 
    Total Tire Operations                    103.4%     97.0%    92.0%

OPERATING PROFIT
  LTL motor carrier operations                (1.5)%    (3.0)%    3.9%
  Intermodal operations                       (0.3)      2.0      2.2
  Truckload motor carrier operations           5.9      10.8        -
  Logistics operations                        (5.1)     (8.2)   (12.9)
  Tire operations                             (3.4)      3.0      8.0