Gross profit for the third quarter of 2006 was $146.3 million or 44.2 percent of net sales compared to $115.5 million or 42.3 percent of net sales in the third quarter of last year.
Gross profit for the first nine months of 2006 was $395.4 million or 43.9 percent of sales versus $327.4 million or 41.8 percent of sales in the first nine months of the prior year.
The Company now expects fourth quarter sales to be in the range of $255.0 million to $265.0 million and diluted earnings per share of between $0.22 and $0.27.
For the full 2006 year, the Company expects sales to be in the range of $1.156 billion and $1.166 billion and earnings per share between $1.49 and $1.54.
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