text: ***PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION AND FISCAL YEAR-END***
  *Cash and money market accounts*
  The consolidated financial statements include the accounts and trans- 
   Total 
  actions of the Company and its subsidiaries. Intercompany accounts 
  
  Y E A R - E N D 2 0 0 2 
  *Held-to-maturity securities*
  Municipal bonds 
  U.S. government securities 
  Certificates of deposit 
  
  and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. 
  
  $ 82,300 
  – 
  – 
  
  The Company follows a 52/53-week fiscal year which ends 
  
  on the Saturday nearest December 31. Fiscal year 2003 ended on 
  
  January 3, 2004; 2002 ended on December 28, 2002; and 2001 ended 
  
  *Available-for-sale securities*
  U.S. treasury notes 
  Money market preferred stock 
  Asset- and mortgage-backed securities  – 
  – 
  –  3,478 
   11,000 
  – 
  
  on December 29, 2001. The financial statements for fiscal year 2003 
  
  are based on a 53-week period; fiscal years 2002 and 2001 are on a 
  *Cash and money market accounts*  56,865  **–**
  52-week basis. 
  $ 16,378 