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CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION |
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| Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||
| June 27, | June 29, | June 27, | June 29, | |||||||||
| 2004 | 2003 | 2004 | 2003 | |||||||||
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| Net cash provided by (used in) operations | $11,448 | $(1,310) | $4,708 | $6,889 | ||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 2,934 | (2,306) | 12,823 | (634) | ||||||||
| Free cash flow | $14,382 | $(3,616) | $17,531 | $6,255 | ||||||||
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Management believes that free cash flow provides useful information to
investors regarding the Company's ability to generate cash from business operations that is available for internal growth, service of debt principal, dividends, share repurchases and acquisitions and other investments. Management uses free cash flow as one measure to monitor and evaluate the performance of the Company. |
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