EXHIBIT 28(b) PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION The Company acquired the Cambridge Brands Division of Warner-Lambert Company on October 15, 1993. The pro forma income statement data for the year ended December 31, 1992 and the nine months ended September 30, 1993 presented below have been prepared assuming the Company consummated the acquisition of Cambridge Brands at the beginning of the period presented and reflect estimated purchase accounting and other adjustments related to the acquisition. The pro forma balance sheet data as of September 30, 1993 assumes the Company consummated the acquisition of Cambridge Brands on September 30, 1993. The pro forma income statement and balance sheet data presented below is unaudited. The pro forma income statement data are not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations would have been had the transactions occurred at the beginning of the period presented, nor do the purport to indicate the results of future operations. All amounts are in thousands except per share data. INCOME STATEMENT DATA: For the For the nine year ended months ended December 31, September 30, 1992 1993 ------------ ------------- Net sales $ 303,576 $ 244,170 Cost of goods sold 158,216 122,307 ------------ ------------- 145,360 121,863 Operating expenses: Marketing, selling and advertising 55,219 45,598 Distribution and ware- housing 20,013 15,801 General and administrative 17,828 13,000 ------------ ------------- Earnings from operations 52,300 47,464 Other income, net 3,978 3,669 Provision for income taxes (22,107) (20,441) ------------ ------------- Net earnings $ 34,171 $ 30,692 ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------- Net earnings per common share $ 3.34 $ 2.91 ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------- Average common shares outstanding 10,229 10,534 BALANCE SHEET DATA: September 30, 1993 ------------- Assets - ------ Accounts receivable $ 51,644 Inventories 71,251 Other current assets 47,055 ------------- 169,950 Property, plant and equipment 78,118 Other assets 112,114 ------------- Total assets $ 360,182 ------------- ------------- Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity - ------------------------------------ Notes payable to banks $ 82,304 Other current liabilities 33,496 ------------- 115,800 Noncurrent liabilities 37,745 Shareholders' Equity Common stock 7,315 Capital in excess of par value 111,108 Retained earnings 90,627 Equity adjustment from foreign currency translation (2,413) ------------- 206,637 ------------- Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 360,182 ------------- -------------