EXHIBIT 11 COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER SHARE As more fully described in Note 13 of the notes to Consolidated Financial Statements herein, the Company has outstanding an employee stock option plan. The shares and options within the plan have been determined to be common stock equivalents for purposes of computing earnings per share. The Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, "Earnings Per Share" ("SFAS 128") for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, and for all prior periods presented. SFAS 128 replaces primary EPS with basic EPS and fully diluted EPS with diluted EPS. Basic EPS excludes dilution and is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted from issuance of common stock that then shared in earnings. ==================================================================================================================================== 1997 1996 1995 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, PER-SHARE PER-SHARE PER-SHARE (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA) INCOME SHARES AMOUNT INCOME SHARES AMOUNT INCOME SHARES AMOUNT - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Basic EPS Income available to shareholders: Income from continuing operations........................ $54,548 38,797,085 $1.41 $62,302 37,565,350 $ 1.66 $21,654 36,448,047 $0.60 Income (loss) from discontinued operation, net of tax........................ 629 0.02 (8,168) (0.22) 1,523 0.04 ------- ----- ------- ------ ------- ----- Net income......................... $55,177 $1.43 $54,134 $ 1.44 $23,177 $0.64 Effect of Dilutive Securities Incremental shares-from outstanding common stock options..................... 1,918,135 1,642,684 1,598,158 ---------- ---------- ---------- Diluted EPS Income available to shareholders: Income from continuing operations........................ $54,548 40,715,220 $1.34 $62,302 39,208,034 $ 1.59 $21,654 38,046,205 $0.57 Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax............ 629 0.02 (8,168) (0.21) 1,523 0.04 ------- ----- ------- ------ ------- ----- Net income $55,177 $1.36 $54,134 $ 1.38 $23,177 $0.61 ================================================================================================================================= The weighted average number of shares used to compute earnings per share was retroactively adjusted to reflect a 10% stock dividend declared and paid in the first quarter of 1997, and 3-for-2 stock splits effected in the fourth quarter of 1996 and first quarter of 1998, an 8% stock dividend declared in the first quarter of 1996 and a 5% stock dividend declared in the first quarter of 1995.