Financial Highlights

(in thousands, except per share data)
		2006		2007*		2008**
Revenue	$	612,403	$	689,610	$	750,541
Income from operations	$	144,565	$	175,620	$	209,683
Net income	$	93,362	$	125,983	$	142,648
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.98	$	1.30	$	1.48
Cash dividends declared per common share	$	0.80	$	1.15	$	0.65
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	$	95,600	$	97,060	$	96,674
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	173,565	$	184,562	$	196,242

* Of the $1.15 in cash dividends declared per common share for the year ended December 31, 2007, $0.50 per share was declared and paid in 2007. On December 11, 2007, the Board of Directors declared a special dividend of $0.50 per common share, which was paid on January 24, 2008 to stockholders of record on January 4, 2008, and a regular quarterly dividend of $0.15 per common share, which was paid on March 30, 2008 to stockholders of record on March 3, 2008.

** In total, $1.10 in cash dividends per common share was paid in 2008, of which $0.65 in cash dividends per common share was declared in 2007 and $0.45 per common share was declared in 2008. On December 5, 2008, the Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.20 per common share, which was paid on March 31, 2009 to stockholders of record on March 2, 2009.

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