Year Ended October 31, 1994 1995 1996 Net sales $ 75,373 $118,268 $ 148,339 Cost of sales 45,950 69,490 88,938 Gross profit 29,423 48,778 59,401 Operating expenses: Sales and marketing 9,825 14,717 21,098 General and administrative 9,077 14,212 18,223 Research and 4,189 7,526 11,807 development Business combination and 3,740 integration costs Amortization, 427 522 451 primarily goodwill Income from 5,905 11,801 4,082 operations Other income (expense): Interest (2,082) (1,807) (1,811) expense-net Foreign 110 (59) (146) currency exchange gain (loss) Costs to deter potential unsolicited attempt to acquire the Company (728) Minority (60) (253) (119) interest and other expense Total other expense (2,032) (2,119) (2,804) Income before taxes and extraordinary item 3,873 9,682 1,278 Provision for (923) (3,754) (483) income tax Income before 2,950 5,928 795 extraordinary item Extraordinary item, net of income tax benefit (695) (224) Net income $ 2,950 $ 5,233 $ 571 Income per share data: Income per share $ 0.56 $ 0.91 $ 0.10 before extraordinary item Extraordinary item per share $ (0.11) $ (0.03) Income per share $ 0.56 $ 0.80 $ 0.07 Weighted 5,300 6,506 8,048 average shares outstanding