Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

NOTE 14: QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

(In Thousands, Except Per Share)	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter
Year Ended December 31, 2012
Revenues	$	585,996	$	538,619	$	529,510	$	568,463
Gross Profit *		282,657		265,573		258,637		263,278
Earnings Before Taxes From Continuing Operations		115,029		58,590		46,044		57,192
Net Earnings		71,226		36,244		28,941		36,632
Earnings Per Share		.94		.48		.38		.48
Earnings Per Share Assuming Dilution		.92		.47		.38		.48
Year Ended December 31, 2011
Revenues	$	532,480	$	482,415	$	484,731	$	522,705
Gross Profit *		259,542		236,958		231,942		242,163
Earnings Before Taxes From Continuing Operations		71,919		17,627		45,092		48,739
Net Earnings		44,389		10,799		28,045		30,534
Earnings Per Share		.55		.14		.36		.40
Earnings Per Share Assuming Dilution		.55		.13		.36		.40

* Gross profit is the sum of lease revenues and fees, retail sales, and non-retail sales less retail cost of sales, non-retail cost of sales, depreciation of lease merchandise and write-offs of lease merchandise.

The first quarter of 2012 included a pre-tax $35.5 million reversal of a lawsuit accrual, and the third quarter of 2012 included a pre-tax $10.4 million retirement charge associated with the retirement of the Company’s founder and former Chairman of the Board. The second quarter of 2011 included a pre-tax $36.5 million accrual of a lawsuit, and the fourth quarter of 2011 included a pre-tax $3.5 million separation charge related to the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer.

Revenue amounts for all quarterly periods prior to the third quarter of 2012 have been revised to exclude interest income, which is now presented as a component of non-operating income and expenses in the consolidated statements of earnings.