THE TIMES 100 / THE BEST PERFORMING COMPANIES IN AMERICA : A GUIDE TO THE GUIDE : Exceptions

Companies whose fiscal year does not coincide with the calendar year, or whose fiscal year-end 1993 data was not available. In all tables in which these companies are listed, data was derived from four quarters ending in the month shown and is compared to the 12-month period of the prior year.

Fiscal Data based on Company year-end 12 mos. ending 3Com Corp. May Nov.,’93 ABM Industries Oct. Jan.,’94 ADAC Laboratories Sept. Dec.,’93 Adaptec Inc. Mar. Dec.,’93 Adobe Systems Inc. Nov. Nov.,’93 American Recreation Centers May Nov.,’93 Andros Inc. July Jan.,’94 Apple Computer Inc. Sept. Dec.,’93 Applied Magnetics Corp. Sept. Dec.,’93 Applied Materials Oct. Jan.,’94 Armor All Products Mar. Dec.,’93 AST Research Inc. June Dec.,’93 Authentic Fitness June Dec.,’93 Autodesk Inc. Jan. Jan.,’94 Bergen Brunswig Corp. Sept. Dec.,’93 Boole & Babbage Sept. Dec.,’93 Bridgford Foods Corp. Oct. Jan.,’94 Broderbund Software Inc. Aug. Nov.,’93 Brooktree Corp. Sept. Dec.,’93 Caesars World Inc. July Jan.,’94 California Microwave June Dec.,’93 Carl Karcher Enterprises Jan. Jan.,’94 Carter Hawley Hale Jan. Jan.,’94 Centigram Communications Sept. Dec.,’93 Charter Golf Oct. Jan.,’94 Cirrus Logic Inc. Mar. Dec.,’93 Cisco Systems July Jan.,’94 Clorox Co. June Dec.,’93 ClothesTime Inc. Jan. Jan.,’94 Collagen Corp. June Dec.,’93 Comarco Inc. Jan. Jan.,’94 Community Psychiatric Ctrs. Nov. Nov.,’93 Computer Sciences Corp. Mar. Dec.,’93 CorVel Corp. Mar. Dec.,’93 Countrywide Credit Indus. Feb. Nov.,’93 Craig Corp. Sept. Dec.,’93 Custom Chrome Inc. Jan. Jan.,’94 Dames & Moore Inc. Mar. Dec.,’93 Dick Clark Productions June Dec.,’93 Electronic Arts Inc. Mar. Dec.,’93 Fair, Issac & Company Inc. Sept. Dec.,’93 FHP International Corp. June Dec.,’93 Fleetwood Enterprises Apr. Jan.,’94 Fluor Daniel Inc. Oct. Jan.,’94 Foodmaker Inc. Sept. Dec.,’93 Foundation Health Corp. June Dec.,’93 Franklin Resources Inc. Sept. Dec.,’93 Gap Inc. Jan. Jan.,’94 Glendale Federal Bank June Dec.,’93 Gottschalks Inc. Jan. Jan.,’94 Hewlett-Packard Co. Oct. Jan.,’94 Homedco Group Sept. Dec.,’93 House of Fabrics Jan. Jan.,’94 ILC Technology Sept. Dec.,’93 Integrated Device Tech. Mar. Dec.,’93 Jacobs Engineering Group Sept. Dec.,’93 Jenny Craig Inc. June Dec.,’93 Kasler Holding Co. Nov. Nov.,’93 Kaufman & Broad Home Nov. Nov.,’93 KLA Instruments Corp. June Dec.,’93 Kushner-Locke Co. Sept. Dec.,’93 Lam Research Corp. June Dec.,’93 Linear Technology Corp. June Dec.,’93 Litton Industries July Jan.,’94 Logicon Inc. Mar. Dec.,’93 Longs Drug Stores Jan. Jan.,’94 MacNeal-Schwendler Corp. Jan. Jan.,’94 MagneTek Inc. June Dec.,’93 Marshall Industries May Nov.,’93 Maxim Integrated Products June Dec.,’93 Maxtor Corp. Mar. Dec.,’93 McKesson Corp. Mar. Dec.,’93 Mercury Air Group Inc. June Dec.,’93 Micronics Computers Inc. Sept. Dec.,’93 National Medical Enterprises May Nov.,’93 National Semiconductor May Nov.,’93 Natural Wonders Jan. Jan.,’94 Network General Corp. Mar. Dec.,’93 Neutrogena Corp. Oct. Jan.,’94 Octel Communications Corp. June Dec.,’93 Oracle Systems Corp. May Nov.,’93 Pacific Physician Services July Jan.,’94 PacifiCare Health Systems Sept. Dec.,’93 Physicians Clinical Lab Feb. Nov.,’93 QUALCOMM Inc. Sept. Dec.,’93 Quantum Corp. Mar. Dec.,’93 Raychem Corp. June Dec.,’93 Read-Rite Corp. Sept. Dec.,’93 Regency Health Services June Dec.,’93 Right Start May Nov.,’93 Rockwell International Corp. Sept. Dec.,’93 Rohr Inc. July Jan.,’94 Ross Stores Jan. Jan.,’94 Rykoff-Sexton Inc. Apr. Jan.,’94 Samuel Goldwyn Co. Mar. Dec.,’93 Seagate Technology June Dec.,’93 Sierra On-Line Mar. Dec.,’93 Silicon Graphics Inc. June Dec.,’93 Silicon Valley Group Inc. Sept. Dec.,’93 Sizzler International Apr. Jan.,’94 Solectron Corp. Aug. Nov.,’93 Special Devices Oct. Jan.,’94 Summit Health Ltd. June Dec.,’93 Sun Microsystems Inc. June Dec.,’93 Sunamerica Inc. Sept. Dec.,’93 Sunrise Medical June Dec.,’93 Synopsys Inc. Sept. Dec.,’93 Syntex Corp. July Jan.,’94 Syquest Technology Inc. Sept. Dec.,’93 Tandem Computers Inc. Sept. Dec.,’93 TetraTech Inc. Sept. Dec.,’93 Trimark Holdings June Dec.,’93 U.S. Filter Corp. Mar. Dec.,’93 Varian Associates Sept. Dec.,’93 Viking Office Products June Dec.,’93 Vivra Inc. Nov. Nov.,’93 VMX Inc. June Dec.,’93 Walt Disney Co. Sept. Dec.,’93 WD-40 Co. Aug. Nov.,’93 Western Digital Corp. June Dec.,’93 Williams-Sonoma Inc. Jan. Jan.,’94 Xilinx Inc. Mar. Dec.,’93 Xircom Inc. Sept. Dec.,’93

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