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)
2014
Net sales	$	83,496	$	95,662	$	96,271	$	89,339
Gross margin	$	28,951	$	34,831	$	36,465	$	30,895
Net earnings	$	4,632	$	8,814	$	10,231	$	6,001
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.33	$	0.62	$	0.71	$	0.42
Diluted	$	0.32	$	0.61	$	0.71	$	0.42
Dividends declared	$	0.18	$	0.18	$	0.19	$	0.19
Stock price:
High	$	56.03	$	56.96	$	54.33	$	60.91
Low	$	47.90	$	46.47	$	47.32	$	47.46
Quarter-end close	$	55.10	$	52.65	$	50.45	$	59.35

2013
Net sales	$	71,808	$	88,341	$	92,963	$	81,010
Gross margin	$	25,037	$	29,846	$	33,103	$	29,003
Net earnings	$	2,907	$	6,281	$	9,049	$	6,380
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.21	$	0.44	$	0.63	$	0.44
Diluted	$	0.20	$	0.44	$	0.63	$	0.44
Dividends declared	$	0.17	$	0.17	$	0.18	$	0.18
Stock price:
High	$	54.20	$	54.28	$	49.96	$	56.36
Low	$	46.82	$	41.88	$	43.96	$	44.80
Quarter-end close	$	53.52	$	44.55	$	46.50	$	54.50

The Company's Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BMI. Earnings per share are 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, 2014 and 2013 totaled 948 and 969, respectively. Voting trusts and street name shareholders are counted as single shareholders for this purpose.