Financial Review 2004 Notes to  Consolidated Financial Statements QUARTERLY DATA (UNAUDITED) Fiscal 2004 - Quarters Ended Aug. 24  Nov. 23  Feb. 22  May 30  (1) Total Sales  $1,259,689  $1,142,543  $1,241,952  $1,359,171  $5,003,355 Earnings before income taxes  103,984  46,626  113,005  76,383  339,998 Net earnings  68,594  31,253  77,899  53,716  231,462 Net earnings per share:  Basic  0.42  0.19  0.47  0.34  1.42 Diluted 0.40  0.18  0.46  0.32  1.36 Dividends paid per share  –  0.04  –  0.04  0.08 Stock price: High  21.62  22.77  22.50  25.60  25.60 Low  17.80  18.25  18.48  21.40  17.80 Fiscal 2003 - Quarters Ended Aug. 25  Nov. 24  Feb. 23  May 25 Total Sales  $1,174,565  $1,071,531  $1,181,383  $1,227,492   $4,654,971 Earnings before income taxes  109,005  56,220  93,325  89,198  347,748 Net earnings  71,886  37,478  61,786  61,110  232,260 Net earnings per share:  Basic  0.42  0.22  0.36  0.36  1.36 Diluted 0.40  0.21  0.35  0.35  1.31 Dividends paid per share  –  0.04  –   0.04  0.08 Stock price: High  27.83  26.13  22.96  20.27  27.83 Low  19.17  17.96  16.46  16.70  16.46 (1) Earnings before income taxes includes asset impairment charges of $36,526 ($22,372 after-tax) for long-lived asset impairments associated with the closing of six Bahama Breeze restaurants and the write-down of the carrying value of four other Bahama Breeze restaurants, one Olive Garden restaurant, and one Red Lobster restaurant, which continued to operate. Earnings before income taxes also includes charges of $1,112 ($681 after-tax) related to severance payments made to certain restaurant employees and exit costs associated with the closing of six Bahama Breeze restaurants. 54  Darden Restaurants The following table summarizes unaudited quarterly data for fiscal 2004 and 2003: