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AmerUs Group Reports Record Fourth Quarter Operating Income of $67.9 million; 2004 Record Net Income of $192.6 million.


DES MOINES, Iowa “Des Moines” redirects here. For other uses, see Des Moines (disambiguation).
Des Moines (pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪn/ in English,
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), a leading producer of life insurance and annuity annuity: see insurance.
annuity

Payment made at a fixed interval. A common example is the payment received by retirees from their pension plan. There are two main classes of annuities: annuities certain and contingent annuities.
 products, today reported record fourth quarter and 2004 results. Highlights include:

--Record net income of $67.9 million, or $1.62 per diluted di·lute  
tr.v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes
1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.

2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
 share;

--Record 2004 net income of $192.6 million, or $4.68 per diluted share

--Record adjusted net operating income Operating Income

The profit realized from a business' own operations.

Notes:
This would not include income from things such as investments in other firms. Also referred to as operating profit or recurring profit.
 of $44.4 million (1), or $1.06 per diluted share;

--Record 2004 adjusted net operating income of $168.6 million (1), or $4.10 per diluted share;

--Book value of $38.29 (2), an increase of more than 13 percent over 2003;

--Accumulation product sales increased 47 percent to $607 million (3);

--Protection product sales increased to $30.4 million (3);

--National leadership:

--#1 national producer of equity indexed life insurance for the 14th consecutive quarter

--Ranked among the top five national producers of equity indexed annuity products for the 14th consecutive quarter

Commenting on the company's results, chairman and chief executive officer Roger K. Brooks Brooks   , Gwendolyn Elizabeth 1917-2000.

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Noun 1.
 said, "2004 was an outstanding year for us. I'm I'm  

Contraction of I am.

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 particularly pleased with our record net income and operating income as well as the ongoing dramatic growth in product margin over the last two years. Our investors were rewarded by these results, as evidenced by the 30 percent increase in our stock price during 2004."

Accumulation Accumulation

1) In the context of individual investing, it is the process of contributing cash to invest in securities over a period of time in order to build a portfolio of desired value. Dividends and capital gains are also reinvested during this process.
 Product Results and Sales

Pre-tax pre-tax adjanterior al impuesto

pre-tax adjavant impôt(s)

pre-tax adjal lordo d'imposta 
 operating income for the accumulation segment increased more than 27 percent to $47.0 million during the fourth quarter of 2004 compared to $36.9 million a year ago. The increase was primarily due to higher margins on the growing block of equity indexed annuities. 2004 pre-tax operating income increased more than 25 percent to $163.9 million compared to $130.9 million for 2003.

Sales of fixed annuity Fixed Annuity

An insurance contract in which the insurance company makes fixed dollar payments to the annuitant for the term of the contract, usually until the annuitant dies. The insurance company guarantees both earnings and principal.
 products for the quarter were $607 million, an all-time all-time
adj.
Exceeding all others up to the present time: an all-time speed skating record.


all-time
Adjective

Informal
 record high for the company, compared to $414 million in the fourth quarter of last year. Fixed annuity sales in 2004 were $1.84 billion compared to $1.75 billion in 2003. Equity indexed annuities, the company's most profitable annuity product, comprised 83 percent of 2004 sales.

Protection Product Results and Sales

Pre-tax operating income for the protection segment increased by more than 16 percent to $38.2 million compared to $32.7 million during the fourth quarter of 2003. The increase in earnings was primarily due to higher margins on the growing block of equity indexed and universal life insurance products.

In 2004, pre-tax operating income grew more than 9 percent to $140.2 million compared to $128.3 million for 2003.

Fourth quarter fixed life sales were $30.4 million, compared to $30.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2003. 2004 fixed life sales were $124.1 million, compared to $118.6 million in 2003. "Our protection product sales during 2004 were our most profitable ever as we continue to shift our business mix toward equity indexed products," said Brooks.

Equity indexed life sales, AmerUs Group's most profitable protection product, amounted to 60 percent of total sales, or $74.7 million in 2004, an increase of 45 percent over 2003.

Net Investment Income

Net investment income was $267 million in the fourth quarter of 2004 compared to $251 million in the fourth quarter of 2003. The increase was a result of higher invested assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing. . The earned portfolio yield during 2004 was 5.74 percent, compared to 5.84 percent in 2003. The new money investment rate for 2004 was 5.50%.

2005 Operating Income Guidance

On January January: see month.  4, 2005, the company provided 2005 adjusted net operating income guidance of $4.45 to $4.57 per diluted share, an increase of 8.5 percent to 11.5 percent over 2004 operating income results of $4.10 per diluted share (4).

Corporate Actions

During the quarter, the company paid its annual dividend of $0.40 per share on December December: see month.  15, 2004 to shareholders of record on November November: see month.  28, 2004.

Additionally, the company will hold its annual investor conference in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

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 on February February: see month.  22, 2005 at the Inter-Continental The Barclay Barclay may refer to:
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 New York New York, state, United States
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, 111 East 48th Street (at Lexington Lexington.

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 Avenue). Members of the investment community and other interested parties who wish to attend the conference should contact the company's investor relations Investor relations

The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors.
 department at (515) 362-3695.

AmerUs Group will hold its annual meeting of shareholders at its corporate headquarters on April 28, 2005, at 2 p.m. CDT CDT
abbr.
Central Daylight Time


CDT Central Daylight Time

CDT n abbr (US) (= Central Daylight Time) → hora de verano del centro;
(BRIT
. Individual interested in attending the meeting should contact the company's corporate secretary's office at (515) 362-3695.

Conference Call, Audio Replay and Additional Financial Information

Interested parties may listen to a conference call with AmerUs Group's management discussing fourth quarter 2004 results by calling (toll free) 888-399-7388 (international 210-839-8855) at 10 a.m. EST EST electroshock therapy.

EST
abbr.
electroshock therapy
 on Thursday Thursday: see week. , February 3, 2005. The passcode for the call is 'AmerUs'. An audio replay of AmerUs Group's call will be available at 1 p.m. EST P.M. also p.m. or p.m.
abbr.
post meridiem

Usage Note: By definition, 12 a.m.
, February 3, 2005, through February 10, 2005. The replay can be accessed by dialing 800-925-4627 (international: 402-220-4183).

Further detailed financial information, including operating segment income, investment composition, operating expenses Operating expenses

The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted.
, margin analysis and product distribution by channel, can be found in AmerUs Group's Financial Supplement, which is available by accessing the company's web site at www.amerus.com or by contacting the company's investor relations department at (515) 362-3695.

Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.


This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not based on historical information and relate to future operations, strategies, financial results or other developments. Additionally, forward-looking statements are subject to assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Statements such as "guidance," "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "goal," "objective," "target," "may," "should," "estimate," "projects," or similar words as well as specific projections of future results qualify as forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements can be found in the company's Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statement was made and AmerUs Group undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that other factors not currently anticipated by the company will not materially and adversely affect our results of operations. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf.

AmerUs Group Co. is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and is engaged through its subsidiaries in the business of marketing individual life insurance and annuity products in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Its major subsidiaries include: AmerUs Life Insurance Company, American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of  Investors Life Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Life Insurance Company of New York, and Indianapolis Indianapolis (ĭn'dēənă`pəlĭs), city (1990 pop. 731,327), state capital and seat of Marion co., central Ind., on the White River; selected 1820 as the site of the state capital (which was moved there in 1825), inc. 1847.  Life Insurance Company.

As of December 31, 2004, AmerUs Group's total assets were $23.2 billion and shareholders' equity Shareholders' Equity

A firms' total assets minus its total liabilities. Equivalently, it is share capital plus retained earnings minus treasury shares. Shareholders' equity is the amount by which a company is financed through common and preferred shares.
 totaled $1.6 billion, including accumulated other comprehensive income In 1997 the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a Statement on Financial Accounting Standards entitled “Comprehensive Income”. This statement required all income statement items to be reported either as a regular item in the income statement and or a special item as .

(1) The company views adjusted net operating income, a non-GAAP financial measure, as an important indicator Indicator

Anything used to predict future financial or economic trends.

Notes:
In the context of technical analysis, an indicator is a mathematical calculation based on a securities price and/or volume. The result is used to predict future prices.
 of financial performance. When presented with net income, the combined presentation can enhance an investor's understanding of AmerUs Group's underlying profitability and normalized results from operations. The definition of adjusted net operating income, as presented in this press release, excludes items such as: open block realized gains Realized Gain

A gain resulting from selling an asset at a price higher than the original purchase price.

Notes:
There may be tax consequences for a realized profit.
 and losses, deferred policy acquisition costs associated with open block realized gains and losses, non-insurance operations, restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics).  costs, the impact of SFAS SFAS Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
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 133, the release of income tax provisions, discontinued operations Discontinued operations

Divisions of a business that have been sold or written off and that no longer are maintained by the business.
 and the cumulative effect of change in accounting. Non-GAAP measures are also used for goal setting, determining employee and management compensation and evaluating our performance on a basis comparable to that used by security analysts. A reconciliation of net income to adjusted net operating income has been included as part of this press release.

(2) Book value excluding accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI AOCI Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
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) is a non-GAAP financial measure. A reconciliation to GAAP GAAP

See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles


GAAP

See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
 book value has been provided below:
-----------------------------------------
                                         Accumulated Other
                             Non-GAAP      Comprehensive
                               Basis       Income Items    GAAP Basis
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Total stockholder's equity   $1,508,799     $117,712       $1,626,511
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of shares of common
 stock outstanding           39,400,663                    39,400,663
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Book value per share             $38.29                        $41.28
----------------------------------------------------------------------


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 with industry practice and represent the amount of new business sold during the period. We believe sales are a measure of the productivity of our distribution networks. Sales are also a leading indicator Leading Indicator

A measurable economic factor that changes before the economy starts to follow a particular pattern or trend. Leading indicators are used to predict changes in the economy, but are not always accurate.
 of future revenue trends.

(4) Adjusted net operating income per share is a non-GAAP financial measure. Due to the unpredictability of the timing and recognition of gains and losses, especially items such as credit impairments, trading gains and losses, FAS 133 adjustments as well as the unpredictable nature of certain other unusual or non-recurring items that management believes are not indicative indicative: see mood.  of ongoing operational performance, guidance on GAAP net income cannot readily be estimated. Accordingly, the company is unable to provide guidance with respect to, or a reconciliation of guidance on, adjusted net operating income per share to GAAP net income per share.
AMERUS GROUP CO.
                     ADJUSTED NET OPERATING INCOME
                  ($ in thousands, except share data)

Adjusted net operating income reflects net income adjusted to
eliminate certain items, such as open block realized/unrealized gains
and losses; DAC and VOBA associated with the open block
realized/unrealized gains and losses; non-insurance operations;
restructuring costs; derivative related market value adjustments;
reinsurance adjustments; the release of income tax provisions;
discontinued operations and the cumulative effect of change in
accounting. Adjusted net operating income shown below does not
constitute our net income computed in accordance with GAAP. The
adjustments are presented net of income taxes.



                          For The Three Months       For The Year
                                 Ended                  Ended
                              December 31,           December 31,
                            2004       2003        2004       2003
                         ---------------------- ----------------------

Net Income                  $67,875    $40,811    $192,642   $161,147

Realized/unrealized
 (gains) losses on open
 block assets (A)             4,142     (1,221)     24,076    (20,941)

Net amortization of DAC
 and VOBA due to open
 block gains or losses (B)     (306)      (499)        375      5,989

Net effect of derivative
 related market value
 adjustments (C)            (12,333)    (5,165)     (7,472)    (8,553)

Restructuring costs (D)           -      3,767           -     14,989

Other (income) loss from
 non-insurance
 operations (E)                (215)      (312)       (897)      (742)

Reinsurance adjustments (F)       -          -           -     (2,505)

Income tax items (G)        (14,798)         -     (36,767)         -

Income from discontinued
 operations (H)                   -       (247)     (3,899)    (1,815)

Cumulative effect of
 change in accounting (I)         -      1,296         510      1,296

                         ---------------------- ----------------------
Adjusted Net Operating
 Income                     $44,365    $38,430    $168,568   $148,865
                         ====================== ======================

Adjusted Net Operating
 Income per common share:
  Basic                       $1.13      $0.98       $4.29      $3.80
                         ====================== ======================
  Diluted                     $1.06      $0.96       $4.10      $3.76
                         ====================== ======================

Weighted average common
 shares outstanding:
  Basic                  39,390,532 39,268,068  39,334,798 39,175,924
                         ====================== ======================
  Diluted                41,986,455 40,133,053  41,135,188 39,618,217
                         ====================== ======================



                           AMERUS GROUP CO.
                NOTES TO ADJUSTED NET OPERATING INCOME


(A) Represents total open block realized/unrealized gains or losses on
    assets. Open block gains or losses may vary widely between
    periods. Such amounts are determined by management's timing of
    individual transactions or current market conditions and do not
    necessarily correspond to the underlying operating trends. The
    year ended December 31, 2004, includes a $7.7 million loss on the
    Indianapolis Life office building, which was an asset classified
    as held for sale and carried at fair value.

(B) Represents amortization of deferred acquisition costs (DAC) and
    value of business acquired (VOBA) on the open block realized gains
    and losses that are included in our product margins.

(C) Represents the net effect of derivative related market value
    adjustments. The accounting entries consist of cash flow hedge
    amortization; market value adjustments on trading securities,
    derivatives, and equity indexed contracts; and the associated
    change in amortization of DAC and VOBA resulting from such
    adjustments.

(D) Represents costs of restructuring our operations to eliminate
    duplicative functions and to merge IL Annuity and Insurance
    Company (ILA) into Indianapolis Life Insurance Company (ILIC). The
    costs consist primarily of relocation of employees, severance and
    termination benefits, impairment loss on the ILIC office building
    of $5.0 million in the second quarter of 2003, systems conversion,
    and merger related expenses.

(E) Represents the net income from our property operations which is
    not part of our insurance operations.

(F) Represents adjustments for the release of a $5.3 million liability
    in conjunction with the settlement and amendment of a reinsurance
    arrangement and a $2.8 million true-up of pre-2003 reinsurance
    settlements under a reinsurance arrangement between the ILIC open
    block and closed block. As these items are not of a continuing
    nature, they are excluded from adjusted net operating income.

(G) Represents a reduction in the income tax accrual for prior year
    tax overpayments, the release of provisions originally established
    for potential tax adjustments which have been settled or
    eliminated and changes in deferred income tax asset valuation
    allowances.

(H) Represents the net income from our discontinued operations.

(I) For 2004, represents the cumulative effect of change in
    accounting, net of income taxes, as of January 1, 2004, resulting
    from the Company's adoption of SOP 03-1. For 2003, represents the
    cumulative effect of change in accounting for derivatives, net of
    income taxes, as of October 1, 2003, resulting from the Company's
    adoption of DIG Issue B36. DIG B36 was effective the first day of
    the fiscal quarter beginning after September 15, 2003.



                           AMERUS GROUP CO.
                   CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                  ($ in thousands, except share data)

                         For The Three Months    For The Year Ended
                          Ended December 31,        December 31,
                           2004       2003        2004        2003
                        ---------------------- -----------------------

Revenues:
  Insurance premiums       $68,556    $71,593    $267,666    $297,188
  Product charges           55,253     45,186     220,554     181,354
  Net investment income    267,273    250,816   1,037,447   1,001,914
  Realized/unrealized
   capital gains
   (losses)                 60,190     55,926      18,068     131,291
  Other income              17,022     17,838      71,381      68,298
                        ---------------------- -----------------------

                           468,294    441,359   1,615,116   1,680,045
                        ---------------------- -----------------------

Benefits and expenses:
  Policyowner benefits     256,345    270,106     888,696     953,834
  Underwriting,
   acquisition and other
   expenses                 49,595     40,935     180,051     155,468
  Restructuring costs            -      5,879           -      23,294
  Amortization of
   deferred policy
   acquisition costs and
   value of business
   acquired                 53,402     42,490     204,863     179,664
  Dividends to
   policyowners             20,134     12,063      81,092      98,393
                        ---------------------- -----------------------

                           379,476    371,473   1,354,702   1,410,653
                        ---------------------- -----------------------

Income from continuing
 operations                 88,818     69,886     260,414     269,392

Interest expense             7,976      7,917      32,120      30,154
                        ---------------------- -----------------------

Income before income tax
 expense                    80,842     61,969     228,294     239,238

Income tax expense          12,967     20,109      39,041      78,610
                        ---------------------- -----------------------

Net income from
 continuing operations      67,875     41,860     189,253     160,628

Income from discontinued
 operations, net of tax          -        247       3,899       1,815
                        ---------------------- -----------------------

Net income before
 cumulative effect of
 change in accounting       67,875     42,107     193,152     162,443

Cumulative effect of
 change in accounting,
 net of tax                      -     (1,296)       (510)     (1,296)
                        ---------------------- -----------------------

Net income                 $67,875    $40,811    $192,642    $161,147
                        ====================== =======================


Net income from
 continuing operations
 per common share:
  Basic                      $1.72      $1.07       $4.81       $4.10
                        ====================== =======================
  Diluted                    $1.62      $1.04       $4.60       $4.05
                        ====================== =======================

Net income per common
 share:
  Basic                      $1.72      $1.04       $4.90       $4.11
                        ====================== =======================
  Diluted                    $1.62      $1.02       $4.68       $4.07
                        ====================== =======================

Weighted average common
 shares outstanding:
  Basic                 39,390,532 39,268,068  39,334,798  39,175,924
                        ====================== =======================
  Diluted               41,986,455 40,133,053  41,135,188  39,618,217
                        ====================== =======================



                           AMERUS GROUP CO.
                      CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                           ($ in thousands)

                                                    December 31,
                                                  2004        2003
                                              ------------------------

                    Assets
Investments:
  Securities available-for-sale at fair value:
     Fixed maturity securities                $15,646,653 $13,944,961
     Equity securities                             77,024      74,890
     Short-term investments                         2,979      28,556
  Securities held for trading purposes:
     Fixed maturity securities                  1,718,125   2,089,502
     Equity securities                             15,468       1,652
     Short-term investments                             -         591
  Mortgage loans                                  865,733     968,572
  Policy loans                                    486,071     494,646
  Other investments                               374,240     380,915
                                              ------------------------

         Total investments                     19,186,293  17,984,285

Cash and cash equivalents                         478,441     274,150
Accrued investment income                         222,294     205,492
Premiums, fees and other receivables               39,688      42,761
Reinsurance receivables                           666,493     663,452
Deferred policy acquisition costs               1,248,009   1,021,856
Capitalized bonus interest                        137,538      98,274
Value of business acquired                        374,792     419,582
Goodwill                                          226,291     224,075
Property and equipment                             46,114      48,849
Other assets                                      296,435     311,305
Separate account assets                           248,507     261,657
Assets of discontinued operations                       -      27,950
                                              ------------------------

         Total assets                         $23,170,895 $21,583,688
                                              ========================



                      CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                           ($ in thousands)

                                                    December 31,
                                                  2004        2003
                                              ------------------------

     Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Liabilities:
  Policy reserves and policyowner funds:
    Future life and annuity policy benefits   $17,923,329 $16,994,255
    Policyowner funds                           1,419,762   1,306,160
                                              ------------------------
                                               19,343,091  18,300,415

  Accrued expenses and other liabilities          831,036     459,240
  Dividends payable to policyowners               323,223     321,233
  Policy and contract claims                       70,465      58,880
  Income taxes payable                             29,727      50,274
  Deferred income taxes                           127,180      80,861
  Notes payable                                   571,155     621,896
  Separate account liabilities                    248,507     261,657
  Liabilities of discontinued operations                -      19,421
                                              ------------------------

         Total liabilities                     21,544,384  20,173,877

Stockholders' equity:
  Preferred Stock, no par value, 20,000,000
   shares authorized, none issued                       -           -
  Common Stock, no par value, 230,000,000
   shares authorized; 44,225,902 shares issued
   and 39,400,663 shares outstanding in 2004;
   43,836,608 shares issued and 39,194,602
   shares outstanding in 2003                      44,226      43,836
  Additional paid-in capital                    1,198,379   1,184,237
  Accumulated other comprehensive income          117,712      84,519
  Unearned compensation                            (1,238)     (1,361)
  Unallocated ESOP shares                               -           -
  Retained earnings                               431,911     255,006
  Treasury stock, at cost (4,825,239 shares in
   2004 and 4,642,006 shares in 2003)            (164,479)   (156,426)

         Total stockholders' equity             1,626,511   1,409,811
                                              ------------------------

         Total liabilities and stockholders'
          equity                              $23,170,895 $21,583,688
                                              ========================



                           AMERUS GROUP CO.
            CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
            For the Years Ended December 31, 2004 and 2003
                           ($ in thousands)

                                             Accumulated
                                Additional      Other
                        Common    Paid-In   Comprehensive   Unearned
                        Stock     Capital   Income (Loss) Compensation
                       -------------------- --------------------------

Balance at December 31,
 2002                  $43,656  $1,179,646       $88,522        $(458)

2003:
  Net income                 -           -             -            -
  Net unrealized gain
   on securities             -           -         1,971            -
  Net unrealized gain
   on derivatives
   designated as cash
   flow hedges               -           -         2,476            -
  Change in accounting
   transfer of
   unrealized gain on
   available-for-sale
   securities to
   trading                   -           -        (5,204)           -
  Stock issued under
   various incentive
   plans, net of
   forfeitures             180      11,717             -         (903)
  PRIDES purchase
   contract adjustments
   and allocated fees
   and expenses              -      (7,280)            -            -
  Dividends declared on
   common stock              -           -             -            -
  Allocation of shares
   in leveraged ESOP         -         154             -            -
  Minimum pension
   liability adjustment      -           -        (3,246)           -
                       -------- ----------- ------------- ------------

Balance at December 31,
 2003                   43,836   1,184,237        84,519       (1,361)

2004:
  Net income                 -           -             -            -
  Net unrealized gain
   (loss) on securities      -           -        32,773            -
  Net unrealized gain
   (loss) on
   derivatives
   designated as cash
   flow hedges               -           -           420            -
  Stock issued under
   various incentive
   plans, net of
   forfeitures             390      14,142             -          123
  Purchase of treasury
   stock                     -           -             -            -
  Dividends declared on
   common stock              -           -             -            -

                       -------- ----------- ------------- ------------
Balance at December 31,
 2004                  $44,226  $1,198,379      $117,712      $(1,238)
                       ======== =========== ============= ============



                        Unallocated                          Total
                           ESOP     Retained   Treasury  Stockholders'
                          Shares    Earnings    Stock       Equity
                        ----------- --------- ---------- -------------

Balance at December 31,
 2002                      $(1,443) $109,517  $(156,492)   $1,262,948

2003:
  Net income                     -   161,147          -       161,147
  Net unrealized gain on
   securities                    -         -          -         1,971
  Net unrealized gain on
   derivatives
   designated as cash
   flow hedges                   -         -          -         2,476
  Change in accounting
   transfer of
   unrealized gain on
   available-for-sale
   securities to trading         -         -          -        (5,204)
  Stock issued under
   various incentive
   plans, net of
   forfeitures                   -         -         66        11,060
  PRIDES purchase
   contract adjustments
   and allocated fees
   and expenses                  -         -          -        (7,280)
  Dividends declared on
   common stock                  -   (15,658)         -       (15,658)
  Allocation of shares
   in leveraged ESOP         1,443         -          -         1,597
  Minimum pension
   liability adjustment          -         -          -        (3,246)
                        ----------- --------- ---------- -------------

Balance at December 31,
 2003                            -   255,006   (156,426)    1,409,811

2004:
  Net income                     -   192,642          -       192,642
  Net unrealized gain
   (loss) on securities          -         -          -        32,773
  Net unrealized gain
   (loss) on derivatives
   designated as cash
   flow hedges                   -         -          -           420
  Stock issued under
   various incentive
   plans, net of
   forfeitures                   -         -      1,100        15,755
  Purchase of treasury
   stock                         -         -     (9,153)       (9,153)
  Dividends declared on
   common stock                  -   (15,737)         -       (15,737)

                        ----------- --------- ---------- -------------
Balance at December 31,
 2004                           $-  $431,911  $(164,479)   $1,626,511
                        =========== ========= ========== =============
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