Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

The following table details information on the Company’s operating segments.


	Three months ended September 30						Nine months ended September 30
	2011			2012			2011			2012
Revenues:
North American Tire
External customers	$	735,001		$	795,976		$	1,989,274		$	2,212,657
Intercompany		24,779			20,281			77,629			71,906

		759,780			816,257			2,066,903			2,284,563

International Tire
External customers		313,601			299,650			879,860			925,709
Intercompany		108,246			111,606			301,029			308,644

		421,847			411,256			1,180,889			1,234,353

Eliminations		(133,025	)		(131,887	)		(378,658	)		(380,550	)

Net sales	$	1,048,602		$	1,095,626		$	2,869,134		$	3,138,366

Segment profit (loss):
North American Tire	$	17,340		$	104,830		$	42,544		$	192,717
International Tire		30,442			35,506			73,814			111,381
Eliminations		356			(3,163	)		(2,377	)		(7,009	)
Unallocated corporate charges		(926	)		(7,570	)		(10,333	)		(24,362	)

Operating profit		47,212			129,603			103,648			272,727
Interest expense		8,953			7,115			27,603			23,973
Interest income		829			542			2,399			1,914
Other income (expense)		(124	)		(315	)		5,524			333

Income before income taxes	$	38,964		$	122,715		$	83,968		$	251,001

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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