Unaudited: Quarterly Results of Operations, Common Stock Price and Dividends



	Quarter ended
	March 31		June 30		September 30		December 31
	(In thousands except per share data)
2012
Net sales	$	76,233	$	81,974	$	87,130	$	74,323
Gross margin	$	28,864	$	30,201	$	34,330	$	28,851
Net earnings	$	6,249	$	7,442	$	8,857	$	5,484
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.42	$	0.52	$	0.63	$	0.39
Diluted	$	0.42	$	0.52	$	0.62	$	0.39
Dividends declared	$	0.16	$	0.16	$	0.17	$	0.17
Stock price:
High	$	35.05	$	39.73	$	39.85	$	48.60
Low	$	29.30	$	32.61	$	32.29	$	36.25
Quarter-end close	$	33.99	$	37.55	$	36.39	$	47.41
2011
Net sales	$	57,359	$	75,148	$	69,698	$	60,710
Gross margin	$	20,437	$	27,220	$	22,780	$	19,383
Net earnings	$	3,260	$	7,834	$	6,880	$	1,187
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.22	$	0.52	$	0.46	$	0.08
Diluted	$	0.22	$	0.52	$	0.46	$	0.08
Dividends declared	$	0.14	$	0.14	$	0.16	$	0.16
Stock price:
High	$	45.47	$	41.61	$	40.83	$	35.41
Low	$	36.44	$	33.98	$	28.66	$	26.86
Quarter-end close	$	41.21	$	36.99	$	28.93	$	29.43

The Company's Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BMI. Earnings per share is computed independently for each quarter. As such, the annual per share amount may not equal the sum of the quarterly amounts due to rounding. The Company currently anticipates continuing to pay cash dividends. Shareholders of record as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 totaled 981 and 952, respectively. Voting trusts and street name shareholders are counted as single shareholders for this purpose.