The document defines EBIT (earnings before interest, taxes and minority interests) as a non-GAAP financial measure used to assess operating segment performance and variable compensation. It provides a reconciliation of EBIT to net earnings for three periods, showing EBIT, interest expense, taxes, minority interests, and net earnings. The company believes EBIT is a useful measure of operating performance without regard to financing, capital structure, or taxes.

1. NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (Unaudited)
Earnings before interest, taxes and minority interests (EBIT)
We define EBIT as earnings before interest expense, provision for income taxes and minority interests in earnings of
consolidated subsidiaries. We use EBIT to assess and measure the performance of our operating segments and also as a
component in measuring our variable compensation programs. Below is a reconciliation of EBIT, a non-GAAP financial
measure, to our consolidated net earnings, for each of the applicable periods:
Three Months
Three Months Ended Ended
Mar. 27, Mar. 28, Dec. 31,
Millions 2005 2004 2004
Earnings before interest, income taxes and minority interests ...... $ 163 $ 78 $ 173
EBIT as a percentage of net sales ................................................. 7.4% 4.4% 7.4%
Less:
Interest expense.......................................................................... 28 27 31
Provision for income taxes......................................................... 34 14 12
Minority interests in earnings of consolidated subsidiaries ....... 4 4 11
Net earnings .................................................................................. $ 97 $ 33 $ 119
Net earnings as a percentage of net sales ..................................... 4.4% 1.9% 5.1%
• We believe EBIT is a useful measure of our operating performance for the periods presented as it illustrates our operating
performance without regard to financing methods, capital structure or income taxes. This measure is not in accordance
with, or an alternative for, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and may not
be consistent with measures used by other companies. It should be considered supplemental data.