The year-end earnings and fourth quarter were essentiallypre-announced with the recent decision to sell Avia. Includingrestructuring charges announced earlier this year, Reebok hadwriteoffs of $44,934,000 but still earned $164,798,000.

In the final quarter, Ex-Numero Uno had income of$1,275,000, including a $54,064,000 pre-tax writedown, against$53,026,000 last year. Revenues rose 6 per cent to $751,300,000against $709,151,000. U.S. sneaker sales rose 3 per cent to $302.9million; U.S. apparel sales rose 29 per cent to $48.8 million;International sales rose 4 per cent to $279.7 million; Rockportsales rose 27 per cent to $94.4 million and Avia sales fell 22per cent to $25.5 million.

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