| financials: 
 (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)
 
 Year ended December 31,           Three months ended March 31,
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 1997        1998         1999           1999               2000
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 COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:                                                            (unaudited)
 Revenue ........................................  $ 218,971   $ 225,669    $ 200,622      $  49,158          $  46,153
 Cost of revenue ................................    108,541     115,316       99,641         26,926             23,353
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 Gross margin ..........................    110,430     110,353      100,981         22,232             22,800
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 Operating expenses:
 Research, development and engineering .......     21,225      25,067       18,928          6,452              4,963
 Selling, general and administrative .........     57,659      63,517       49,337         13,474             12,404
 Special charges .............................       --         6,971       10,587          9,687               --
 Gain on sale of real estate .................       --          --         (2,829)          --                 --
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 Total operating expenses ..............     78,884      95,555       76,023         29,613             17,367
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 Operating income (loss) ........................     31,546      14,798       24,958         (7,381)             5,433
 Interest expense ...............................      1,509       1,391          925            254                177
 Other income (expense) .........................         18        (178)      13,726           (181)                94
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 Income (loss) before income taxes .....     30,055      13,229       37,759         (7,816)             5,350
 Income taxes ...................................     12,198       5,873       15,459         (3,197)             2,140
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 Net income (loss) ..............................  $  17,857   $   7,356    $  22,300      $  (4,619)         $   3,210
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 Basic and diluted earnings (loss)  per share ...  $           $            $              $                  $
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 Shares used in computing basic
 and diluted earnings (loss)
 per share ...................................
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 OTHER OPERATING DATA:
 Depreciation and amortization ..................  $  14,528   $  13,160    $  10,534      $   2,895          $   3,071
 
 Capital expenditures, net ......................      5,565       7,394        5,469          1,760              1,451
 EBITDA .........................................     46,074      34,929       43,250          5,201              8,504
 
 As of March 31, 2000
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 Actual          As Adjusted
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 (unaudited)
 COMBINED BALANCE SHEET DATA:
 Cash ............................  $   1,711         $
 Working capital .................     37,320
 Total assets ....................    134,385
 Total debt (including short-term
 borrowings and current
 portion of long-term debt) ....      3,583
 Stockholder's investment ........     83,776
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