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On: Thursday, 4/11/02 · Accession #: 893220-2-442 · File #: 333-81286

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 4/11/02  Pulse Electronics Corp            424B1                  1:251K                                   Bowne - Bop/FA

Prospectus — Rule 424(b)(1)
Filing Table of Contents

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			Alternative Formats (Word, et al.) Business Capitalization Cash and cash equivalents Cost of sales Depreciation and amortization Description of Capital Stock Dividend Policy Experts Forward Looking Statements Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference Independent Auditors' Report Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedule Legal Matters Liabilities Management Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Net sales Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Offering, The Other Price Range of Common Stock Principal Shareholders Prospectus Summary Risk Factors Selected Consolidated Financial Data Selling, general and administrative expenses Shareholders' equity The offering Underwriters Use of Proceeds Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Where You Can Find More Information
1	1st Page - Filing Submission
4	Prospectus Summary
6	The offering
8	Risk Factors
14	Forward Looking Statements
15	Use of Proceeds
16	Price Range of Common Stock
"	Dividend Policy
17	Capitalization
18	Selected Consolidated Financial Data
19	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
23	Net sales
"	Cost of sales
"	Selling, general and administrative expenses
30	Liabilities
32	Business
41	Management
43	Principal Shareholders
45	Description of Capital Stock
48	Underwriters
51	Legal Matters
"	Experts
"	Where You Can Find More Information
52	Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference
53	Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedule
54	Independent Auditors' Report
55	Shareholders' equity
58	Other
59	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
"	Cash and cash equivalents
74	Depreciation and amortization
77	Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1)
Registration Nos. 333-81286 and 333-86014
PROSPECTUS

5,520,000 Shares

[TECHNITROL LOGO]
COMMON STOCK

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TECHNITROL, INC. IS OFFERING 5,520,000 SHARES OF ITS COMMON STOCK.

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OUR COMMON STOCK IS LISTED ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE UNDER THE SYMBOL
"TNL." ON APRIL 10, 2002, THE REPORTED LAST SALE PRICE OF THE COMMON STOCK ON
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WAS $22.87 A SHARE.

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INVESTING IN OUR COMMON STOCK INVOLVES RISKS. SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON
PAGE 5.

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PRICE $22.50 A SHARE
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UNDERWRITING
PRICE TO DISCOUNTS AND PROCEEDS TO
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS TECHNITROL, INC.
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Per Share.............................. $22.50 $1.1812 $21.3188
Total.................................. $124,200,000 $6,520,224 $117,679,776

Technitrol, Inc. has granted the underwriters the right to purchase up to an
additional 828,000 shares to cover over-allotments.

The Securities and Exchange Commission and state securities regulators have not
approved or disapproved these securities, or determined if this prospectus is
truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated expects to deliver the shares to purchasers on
April 16, 2002.

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MORGAN STANLEY CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON

LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER
INCORPORATED

April 10, 2002

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[LOGO OF PULSE]

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[Picture of PulseJack(TM) stacked connector [Picture of ultra-high-current
module with integrated noise filters] power inductor]

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[Picture of filter module for a [Picture of digital
variety of appliances] subscriber line choke]

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[LOGO OF AMI DODUCO]

[Pictures of component subassemblies for telecommunications,
machinery and consumer electronics]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Prospectus Summary.................... 1
Risk Factors.......................... 5
Forward Looking Statements............ 11
Use of Proceeds....................... 12
Price Range of Common Stock........... 13
Dividend Policy....................... 13
Capitalization........................ 14
Selected Consolidated Financial
Data................................ 15
Management's Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations....................... 16

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Business.............................. 29
Management............................ 38
Principal Shareholders................ 40
Description of Capital Stock.......... 42
Underwriters.......................... 45
Legal Matters......................... 48
Experts............................... 48
Where You Can Find More Information... 48
Incorporation of Certain Information
by Reference........................ 49
Index to Consolidated Financial
Statements and Financial Statement
Schedule............................ F-1

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YOU SHOULD RELY ONLY ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS. WE
HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANYONE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION THAT IS DIFFERENT
FROM THAT CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS. WE ARE OFFERING TO SELL, AND SEEKING
OFFERS TO BUY, SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, ONLY IN JURISDICTIONS WHERE OFFERS AND
SALES ARE PERMITTED. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS ACCURATE ONLY AS OF
THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS REGARDLESS OF THE TIME OF DELIVERY OF THIS
PROSPECTUS OR ANY SALE OF COMMON STOCK.

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Technitrol(TM), Pulse(TM) , AMI Doduco(TM) and PulseJack(TM) are some of
our trademarks. Other marks used in this prospectus are the property of their
respective owners, which includes us in some instances.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in or incorporated
by reference into this prospectus. You should read the entire prospectus
carefully, including the section entitled "Risk Factors."

TECHNITROL, INC.

We are a global producer of precision-engineered passive magnetics-based
electronic components and electrical contact products and materials. We believe
we are a leading global producer of these products and materials in the primary
markets we serve based on our estimates of the size of our primary markets in
annual revenues and our share of those markets relative to our competitors.
Passive magnetics-based products are used in virtually all types of electronic
products to manage and regulate electronic signals and power. Electrical contact
products and materials are used in any device in which the continuation or
interruption of electrical currents is necessary. In each case, our components
are critical to the functioning of the end product.

Our world-class design and manufacturing capabilities, together with the
breadth of our product offerings, provides us with a competitive advantage that
enables us to anticipate and deliver highly customized solutions for our
customers' product needs. In addition, our global presence enables us to
participate in all relevant product and geographic markets and provides us with
proximity to our global customer base. This allows us to better understand and
more easily satisfy our customers' unique design and product requirements.

We operate our business in two segments: the electronic components segment,
which operates under the name Pulse, and the electrical contact products
segment, which operates under the name AMI Doduco.

Pulse designs and manufactures a wide variety of highly-customized passive
magnetics-based electronic components. These components manage and regulate
electronic signals and power for use in a variety of devices by filtering out
radio frequency interference and adjusting and ensuring proper current and
voltage. These products are often referred to as chokes, inductors, filters and
transformers. Pulse's products are critical components within end products sold
by many leading technology companies, such as Alcatel, Cisco and Intel. Pulse's
products are used in industries that are characterized by continuous product
innovation, such as telecommunications, enterprise networking and power
conversion. As a result, Pulse's products are characterized by short life cycles
and historically higher sales growth and gross margins than those of AMI Doduco.
Representative end products that use Pulse's products include Ethernet switches,
voice over Internet equipment, broadband access equipment and power supplies.

We believe AMI Doduco is the only global manufacturer that produces a full
range of electrical contact products, from contact materials to completed
contact subassemblies. Contact products complete or interrupt electrical
circuits in virtually every electrical device. These products are generally
characterized by longer life cycles and slower technological change than Pulse's
products. AMI Doduco sells its products to global equipment manufacturers such
as Eaton, GE and Siemens. We believe that expansion and technological
developments in some of the industries served by AMI Doduco, particularly in the
electric power, appliance and automotive industries, along with opportunities
arising from customer outsourcing and consolidation of the electrical contact
industry, present attractive growth opportunities for AMI Doduco. Representative
end products that use AMI Doduco's products include electrical circuit breakers,
switches and relays, motor and temperature controls, wiring devices, power
substations and sensors.

OUR BUSINESS STRATEGY

Our overall strategy is to further enhance our market positions. In order
to accomplish this we intend to:

-- Focus On Attractive Growth Markets. We seek to aggressively address
and penetrate attractive markets for our products by employing our
design and manufacturing expertise and pursuing our acquisition
strategy. By doing so, we intend to achieve profitable growth and
revenue diversification across end markets, geographies and
customers.

-- Utilize Our Engineering and Design Capabilities. We will continue to
support and utilize our world-class engineering capabilities in order
to achieve superior product and tooling designs for our
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customers. Our customer collaborative design capabilities enable us
to produce customized products early in their life cycle and
typically provide us with higher margin opportunities.

-- Achieve the Lowest Cost, Highest Quality Manufacturing. We strive to
achieve the lowest manufacturing cost and the highest manufacturing
quality. We seek to take advantage of low cost labor, selective
automation and continuous improvement in our manufacturing processes
in order to maximize cost efficiencies.

-- Continue To Undertake Strategic Acquisitions and Attractive
Outsourcing Opportunities. We intend to continue to pursue
acquisitions and outsourcing opportunities to enhance growth, enter
into new product markets and expand our design and manufacturing
talent. We also expect this strategy will increase our global
presence, consolidate markets within our existing product lines and
enable us to offer a more comprehensive product line.

-- Focus On Economic Profit and Financial Flexibility. We believe the
most relevant indicator of shareholder value creation is economic
profit, which we define as operating profit after tax less our cost
of capital. We seek to maintain a strong balance sheet in order to
maintain flexibility through the entire business cycle.

OUR CORPORATE PROFILE

We are a Pennsylvania corporation. Our principal executive offices are
located at 1210 Northbrook Drive, Suite 385, Trevose, PA 19053, and our
telephone number is (215) 355-2900. Our website is located at
www.technitrol.com. Information on the website is not part of this prospectus.
In this prospectus, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms "we," "us,"
"our," "the company," "the Company" and "Technitrol" refer to Technitrol, Inc.
and its subsidiaries. References to Pulse refer to Pulse Engineering, Inc. and
its subsidiaries. References to AMI Doduco refer to AMI Doduco, Inc. and its
subsidiaries.

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THE OFFERING

Common stock offered by us.... 5,520,000 shares

Common stock to be outstanding
after this offering........... 39,239,912 shares

Use of proceeds............... For voluntary repayment of approximately $36.0
million of indebtedness under our existing bank
credit facility, potential strategic
acquisitions and general corporate purposes,
including working capital and capital
expenditures.

New York Stock Exchange
symbol........................ TNL

The number of shares outstanding after this offering is based on 33,719,912
shares outstanding as of February 28, 2002. Except as otherwise indicated,
information in this prospectus assumes no exercise of the underwriters' option
to purchase 828,000 additional shares. The above table excludes, as of February
28, 2002:

-- 2,829,462 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our
incentive compensation plan, of which 232,700 shares are subject to
outstanding options, with a weighted average exercise price of $21.87
per share,

-- 963,508 shares of common stock currently reserved for issuance under
our employee stock purchase plan, and

-- 40,432 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our board
of directors stock plan.

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SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The following summary consolidated financial data should be read in
conjunction with our financial statements and related notes and with
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" and other financial data included elsewhere in this prospectus.

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YEARS ENDED
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DEC. 31, DEC. 31, DEC. 31, DEC. 29, DEC. 28,
1997(1) 1998 1999 2000 2001
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(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)

STATEMENT OF EARNINGS DATA:
Net sales................................................... $397,067 $448,539 $530,436 $664,378 $474,199
Cost of sales............................................... 269,050 306,296 358,553 409,856 359,681
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Gross profit.............................................. 128,017 142,243 171,883 254,522 114,518
Selling, general and administrative expenses................ 82,264 88,827 110,694 131,113 98,837
Restructuring and unusual and infrequent items.............. -- -- -- 3,305 13,594
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Operating profit.......................................... 45,753 53,416 61,189 120,104 2,087
Interest and other, net..................................... (1,011) 1,073 2,180 (2,810) (3,282)
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Earnings before income taxes.............................. 46,764 52,343 59,009 122,914 5,369
Income tax expense.......................................... 17,678 19,034 14,697 23,606 2,903
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Net earnings.............................................. $ 29,086 $ 33,309 $ 44,312 $ 99,308 $ 2,466
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Earnings per share:
Basic(2).................................................. $ 0.90 $ 1.04 $ 1.38 $ 3.05 $ 0.07
Diluted(2)................................................ $ 0.90 $ 1.03 $ 1.36 $ 3.02 $ 0.07
Weighted average shares outstanding (basic)................. 32,186 31,962 32,092 32,510 33,202
Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted)............... 32,274 32,406 32,492 32,859 33,566

BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Total assets................................................ $255,334 $344,134 $381,239 $520,771 $525,020
Total long-term debt (including current installments)....... 32,957 60,898 60,496 48,588 89,129
Shareholders' equity........................................ 142,375 174,809 215,635 324,430 329,231
Working capital(3).......................................... 87,618 102,336 141,851 230,397 189,257
Cash and cash equivalents................................... 48,803 13,563 88,161 162,631 142,267

OTHER DATA:
Net cash provided by/(used in):
Operating activities...................................... $ 23,734 $ 49,727 $ 69,252 $113,788 $ 62,686
Investing activities...................................... (6,931) (62,834) (32,928) (34,770) (124,151)
Financing activities...................................... (9,387) 14,928 1,356 (4,796) 41,071
Capital expenditures, exclusive of acquisitions............. 13,447 20,398 18,766 29,976 13,149
Depreciation and amortization............................... 12,863 16,280 19,411 22,378 26,553
EBITDA(4)................................................... 58,616 69,696 80,600 142,482 28,640
Research, development and engineering expenses.............. 16,438 16,840 19,611 20,178 20,210
Dividends declared per share(2)(5).......................... $ 0.11 $ 0.12 $ 0.13 $ 0.14 $ 0.14

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(1) Amounts reflect continuing operations after disposition of the businesses
comprising our Test and Measurement Segment which was divested on June 4,
1997 for approximately $34.0 million.

(2) Per share amounts reflect two-for-one stock splits on November 27, 2000 and
February 28, 1997.

(3) Includes cash and cash equivalents and current installments of long-term
debt.

(4) EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) is
operating profit plus depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is not a measure
of performance under accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States. EBITDA should not be considered a substitute for, and an investor
should also consider, cash flow from operations, net income and other
measures of performance as defined by accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States as an indicator of our profitability or
liquidity. EBITDA is often used by shareholders and analysts as an indicator
of a company's ability to service debt and fund capital expenditures. We
believe it enhances a reader's understanding of our financial condition,
results of operations and cash flow because it is unaffected by capital
structure and therefore, enables investors to compare our operating
performance to other companies. We understand that our presentation of
EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled captions of other
companies due to differences in the method of calculation.

(5) After January 25, 2002, we no longer intend to pay cash dividends on our
common stock.

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RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the risks described below before making an
investment decision in our common stock. Additional risks not currently known to
us or that we now deem immaterial may also affect us and the value of your
investment.

CYCLICAL CHANGES IN THE MARKETS WE SERVE, INCLUDING THE CURRENT CONTRACTION,
COULD RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN DEMAND FOR OUR PRODUCTS AND REDUCE
OUR PROFITABILITY.

Our components are used in various products for the electronic and
electrical equipment markets. These markets are highly cyclical. The demand for
our components reflects the demand for products in the electronic and electrical
equipment markets generally. Beginning in late 2000 and continuing to the
present, these markets, particularly the electronics market, have experienced a
severe worldwide contraction. This contraction has resulted in a decrease in
demand for our products, as our customers have:

-- canceled many existing orders,

-- introduced fewer new products, and

-- worked to decrease their inventory levels.

The decrease in demand for our products has had a significant adverse
effect on our operating results and profitability. We cannot predict how long
this contraction will last nor the strength of any recovery. Accordingly, we may
continue to experience weakness in both our revenues and profits.

REDUCED PRICES FOR OUR PRODUCTS MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR PROFIT MARGINS IF WE
ARE UNABLE TO REDUCE OUR COSTS OF PRODUCTION.

The average selling prices for our products tend to decrease over their
life cycle. In addition, the recent economic contraction has significantly
increased the pressure on our customers to seek lower prices from their
suppliers. As a result, our customers are likely to continue to demand lower
prices from us. To maintain our margins and remain profitable, we must continue
to meet our customers' design needs while reducing costs through efficient raw
material procurement and process and product improvements. Our profit margins
will suffer if we are unable to reduce our costs of production as sales prices
decline.

AN INABILITY TO ADEQUATELY RESPOND TO CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY MAY DECREASE OUR
SALES.

Pulse operates in an industry characterized by rapid change caused by the
frequent emergence of new technologies. Generally, we expect life cycles for our
products in the electronic components industry to be relatively short. This
requires us to anticipate and respond rapidly to changes in industry standards
and customer needs and to develop and introduce new and enhanced products on a
timely and cost effective basis. Our engineering and development teams place a
priority on working closely with our customers to design innovative products and
improve our manufacturing processes. Our inability to react to changes in
technology quickly and efficiently may decrease our sales and profitability.

IF OUR INVENTORIES BECOME OBSOLETE, OUR FUTURE PERFORMANCE AND OPERATING
RESULTS WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED.

The life cycles of our products depend heavily upon the life cycles of the
end products into which our products are designed. Many of Pulse's products have
very short life cycles which are measured in quarters. Products with short life
cycles require us to closely manage our production and inventory levels.
Inventory may become obsolete because of adverse changes in end market demand.
During market slowdowns, this may result in significant charges for inventory
write offs, as was the case during 2001. Our future operating results may be
adversely affected by material levels of obsolete or excess inventories.

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AN INABILITY TO CAPITALIZE ON OUR RECENT OR FUTURE ACQUISITIONS MAY ADVERSELY
AFFECT OUR BUSINESS.

In recent years we have completed several acquisitions. We continually seek
acquisitions to grow our business. We may fail to derive significant benefits
from our acquisitions. In addition, if we fail to achieve sufficient financial
performance from an acquisition, goodwill and other intangibles could become
impaired, resulting in our recognition of a loss. While our acquisitions have
not generally resulted in goodwill impairment in the past, we expect to have a
goodwill impairment charge in the first quarter of 2002 of between $16 million
and $19 million related to AMI Doduco. The degree of success of any of our
acquisitions depends on our ability to:

-- successfully integrate or consolidate acquired operations into our
existing businesses,

-- identify and take advantage of cost reduction opportunities, and

-- further penetrate the markets for the product capabilities acquired.

Integration of acquisitions may take longer than we expect and may never be
achieved to the extent originally anticipated. This could result in slower than
anticipated business growth or higher than anticipated costs. In addition,
acquisitions may:

-- cause a disruption in our ongoing business,

-- distract our managers,

-- unduly burden our other resources, and

-- result in an inability to maintain our historical standards,
procedures and controls.

INTEGRATION OF ACQUISITIONS INTO THE ACQUIRING SEGMENT MAY LIMIT THE ABILITY OF
INVESTORS TO TRACK THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL ACQUISITIONS AND TO ANALYZE
TRENDS IN OUR OPERATING RESULTS.

Our practice has been to quickly integrate acquisitions into the existing
business of the acquiring segment and to only report financial performance on
the segment level. As a result of this practice, we do not separately track the
stand-alone performance of acquisitions after the date of the transaction.
Consequently, investors cannot quantify the financial performance and success of
any individual acquisition or the financial performance and success of a
particular segment excluding the impact of acquisitions. In addition, our
practice of quickly integrating acquisitions into the financial performance of
each segment may limit the ability of investors to analyze any trends in our
operating results over time.

AN INABILITY TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITIES MAY SLOW OUR
FUTURE GROWTH.

We intend to continue to identify and consummate additional acquisitions to
further diversify our business and to penetrate important markets. We may not be
able to identify suitable acquisition candidates at reasonable prices. Even if
we identify promising acquisition candidates, the timing, price, structure and
success of future acquisitions are uncertain. An inability to consummate
attractive acquisitions may reduce our growth rate and our ability to penetrate
new markets.

IF OUR CUSTOMERS TERMINATE THEIR EXISTING AGREEMENTS, OR DO NOT ENTER INTO NEW
AGREEMENTS OR SUBMIT ADDITIONAL PURCHASE ORDERS FOR OUR PRODUCTS, OUR BUSINESS
WILL SUFFER.

Most of our sales are made on a purchase order basis as needed by our
customers. In addition, to the extent we have agreements in place with our
customers, most of these agreements are either short term in nature or provide
our customers with the ability to terminate the arrangement with little or no
prior notice. Our contracts typically do not provide us with any material
recourse in the event of non-renewal or early termination. We will lose business
and our revenues will decrease if a significant number of customers:

-- do not submit additional purchase orders,

-- do not enter into new agreements with us, or

-- elect to terminate their relationship with us.

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IF WE DO NOT EFFECTIVELY MANAGE OUR BUSINESS IN THE FACE OF FLUCTUATIONS IN THE
SIZE OF OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR BUSINESS MAY BE DISRUPTED.

We have grown rapidly over the last few years, both organically and as a
result of acquisitions. However, in the past twelve months we have significantly
reduced our workforce and facilities in response to a dramatic decrease in
demand for our products due to prevailing global market conditions. These rapid
fluctuations place strains on our resources and systems. If we do not
effectively manage our resources and systems, our business may suffer.

UNCERTAINTY IN DEMAND FOR OUR PRODUCTS MAY RESULT IN INCREASED COSTS OF
PRODUCTION AND AN INABILITY TO SERVICE OUR CUSTOMERS.

We currently have very little visibility into our customers' purchasing
patterns and are highly dependent on our customers' forecasts. These forecasts
are non-binding and often highly unreliable. Given the fluctuation in growth
rates and cyclical demand for our products, as well as our reliance on often
imprecise customer forecasts, it is difficult to accurately manage our
production schedule, equipment and personnel needs and our raw material and
working capital requirements.

Our failure to effectively manage these issues may result in:

-- production delays,

-- increased costs of production,

-- an inability to make timely deliveries, and

-- a decrease in profits.

A DECREASE IN AVAILABILITY OR INCREASE IN COST OF OUR KEY RAW MATERIALS COULD
ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR PROFIT MARGINS.

We use several types of raw materials in the manufacturing of our products,
including:

-- precious metals such as silver,

-- base metals such as copper and brass, and

-- ferrite cores.

Some of these materials are produced by a limited number of suppliers. From
time to time, we may be unable to obtain these raw materials in sufficient
quantities or in a timely manner to meet the demand for our products. The lack
of availability or a delay in obtaining any of the raw materials used in our
products could adversely affect our manufacturing costs and profit margins. In
addition, if the price of our raw materials increases significantly over a short
period of time, customers may be unwilling to bear the increased price for our
products and we may be forced to sell our products containing these materials at
prices that reduce our profit margins.

Some of our raw materials, such as precious metals, are considered
commodities and are subject to price volatility. We attempt to limit our
exposure to fluctuations in the cost of precious materials, including silver, by
holding the majority of our precious metal inventory through leasing or
consignment arrangements with our suppliers. We then typically purchase the
precious metal from our supplier at the current market price on the day after
delivery to our customer and pass this cost on to our customer. In addition,
leasing and consignment costs have historically been substantially below the
costs to borrow funds to purchase the precious metals. We currently have four
consignment or leasing agreements related to precious metals, all of which
generally have one year terms with varying maturity dates, but can be terminated
by either party with 30 days' prior notice. Our results of operations and
liquidity will be negatively impacted if:

-- we are unable to enter into new leasing or consignment arrangements
with similarly favorable terms after our existing agreements
terminate, or

-- our leasing or consignment fees increase significantly in a short
period of time and we are unable to recover these increased costs
through higher sale prices.

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Fees charged by the consignor are driven by interest rates and the market
price of the consigned material. The market price of the consigned material is
determined by the supply of and the demand for the material. Consignment fees
will increase if interest rates or the price of the consigned material increase.

COMPETITION MAY RESULT IN LOWER PRICES FOR OUR PRODUCTS AND REDUCED SALES.

Both Pulse and AMI Doduco frequently encounter strong competition within
individual product lines from various competitors throughout the world. We
compete principally on the basis of:

-- product quality and reliability,

-- global design and manufacturing capabilities,

-- breadth of product line,

-- customer service, and

-- price.

Our inability to successfully compete on any or all of the above factors
may result in reduced sales.

OUR BACKLOG IS NOT AN ACCURATE MEASURE OF FUTURE REVENUES AND IS SUBJECT TO
CUSTOMER CANCELLATION.

While our backlog consists of firm accepted orders with an express release
date generally scheduled within six months of the order, many of the orders that
comprise our backlog may be canceled by customers without penalty. It is widely
known that customers in the electronics industry have on occasion double and
triple ordered components from multiple sources to ensure timely delivery when
quoted lead time is particularly long. In addition, customers often cancel
orders when business is weak and inventories are excessive, a process that we
have experienced in the current contraction. Although you should not rely on our
backlog as an indicator of our future revenues, our results of operations could
be adversely impacted if customers cancel a material portion of orders in our
backlog.

FLUCTUATIONS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR
OPERATING RESULTS.

We manufacture and sell our products in various regions of the world and
export and import these products to and from a large number of countries.
Fluctuations in exchange rates could negatively impact our cost of production
and sales that, in turn, could decrease our operating results and cash flow. For
example, there has been a material devaluation of the euro against the U.S.
dollar in the last several years which has negatively impacted our reported
profits. Although we engage in limited hedging transactions, including foreign
currency contracts, to reduce our transaction and economic exposure to foreign
currency fluctuations, these measures may not eliminate or substantially reduce
our risk in the future.

OUR INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS SUBJECT US TO THE RISKS OF UNFAVORABLE POLITICAL,
REGULATORY, LABOR AND TAX CONDITIONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

We manufacture and assemble some of our products in foreign locations,
including Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, the Philippines, the
Peoples' Republic of China, or PRC, and Spain. In addition, approximately 64.9%
of our revenues for the year ended December 28, 2001 were derived from sales to
customers outside the United States. Our future operations and earnings may be
adversely affected by the risks related to, or any other problems arising from,
operating in international markets.

Risks inherent in doing business internationally may include:

-- economic and political instability,

-- expropriation and nationalization,

-- trade restrictions,

-- capital and exchange control programs,

-- transportation delays,

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-- foreign currency fluctuations, and

-- unexpected changes in the laws and policies of the United States or
of the countries in which we manufacture and sell our products.

In particular, Pulse has a significant portion of its manufacturing
operations in the PRC. Our presence in the PRC has enabled Pulse to maintain
lower manufacturing costs and to flexibly adjust its work force to demand levels
for its products. Although the PRC has a large and growing economy, its
potential economic, political, legal and labor developments entail uncertainties
and risks. While the PRC has been receptive to foreign investment, we cannot be
certain that its current policies will continue indefinitely into the future. In
the event of any changes that adversely affect our ability to conduct our
operations within the PRC, our business will suffer.

In addition, we have benefitted over recent years from favorable tax
treatment as a result of our international operations. We operate in foreign
countries where we realize favorable income tax treatment relative to the U.S.
statutory rate. We have also been granted special tax incentives commonly known
as tax holidays in other countries such as the PRC and the Philippines. This
favorable situation could change if these countries were to increase rates or
revoke the special tax incentives, or if we discontinue our manufacturing
operations in any of these countries and do not replace the operations with
operations in other locations with favorable tax incentives. Accordingly, in the
event of changes in laws and regulations affecting our international operations,
we may not be able to continue to take advantage of similar benefits in the
future.

SHIFTING OUR OPERATIONS BETWEEN REGIONS MAY ENTAIL CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE.

In the past we have shifted our operations from one region to another in
order to maximize manufacturing and operational efficiency. We may close one or
more additional factories in the future. This could entail significant one-time
earnings charges to account for severance, equipment write offs or write downs
and moving expenses. In addition, as we implement transfers of our operations we
may experience disruptions, including strikes or other types of labor unrest
resulting from lay offs or termination of employees.

LIQUIDITY REQUIREMENTS COULD NECESSITATE MOVEMENTS OF EXISTING CASH BALANCES,
WHICH MAY BE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS OR CAUSE UNFAVORABLE TAX AND EARNINGS
CONSEQUENCES.

A significant portion of our cash is held offshore by our international
subsidiaries and is predominantly denominated in U.S. dollars. If we encounter a
significant domestic need for liquidity which we cannot fulfill through
borrowings or other internal or external sources, we may experience unfavorable
tax and earnings consequences as this cash is transferred to the United States.
These adverse consequences would occur if the transfer of cash into the United
States is taxed and no offsetting foreign tax credit is available to offset the
U.S. tax liability, resulting in lower earnings. In addition, we may be
prohibited from transferring cash from the PRC. With the exception of
approximately $10.0 million of retained earnings as of December 28, 2001 in the
PRC that are restricted in accordance with the PRC Foreign Investment
Enterprises Law, substantially all retained earnings are free from legal or
contractual restrictions. The PRC Foreign Investment Enterprise Law restricts
10% of our net earnings in the PRC, up to a maximum amount equal to 50% of the
total capital we have invested in the PRC. We have not experienced any
significant liquidity restrictions in any country in which we operate and none
are presently foreseen. However, foreign exchange ceilings imposed by local
governments and the sometimes lengthy approval processes which some foreign
governments require for international cash transfers may delay our internal cash
movements from time to time.

LOSING THE SERVICES OF OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OR OUR OTHER HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND
EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS.

Our success depends upon the continued contributions of our executive
officers, many of whom have many years of experience and would be extremely
difficult to replace. We must also attract and maintain experienced and highly
skilled engineering, sales and marketing and managerial personnel. Competition
for qualified personnel is intense in our industries, and we may not be
successful in hiring and retaining these

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people. If we lose the services of our executive officers or cannot attract and
retain other qualified personnel, our business could be adversely affected.

ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY AND COMPLIANCE OBLIGATIONS MAY AFFECT OUR OPERATIONS
AND RESULTS.

Our manufacturing operations are subject to a variety of environmental laws
and regulations governing:

-- air emissions,

-- wastewater discharges,

-- the storage, use, handling, disposal and remediation of hazardous
substances, wastes and chemicals, and

-- employee health and safety.

If violations of environmental laws should occur, we could be held liable
for damages, penalties, fines and remedial actions. Our operations and results
could be adversely affected by any material obligations arising from existing
laws, as well as any required material modifications arising from new
regulations that may be enacted in the future. We may also be held liable for
past disposal of hazardous substances generated by our business or businesses we
acquire. In addition, it is possible that we may be held liable for
contamination discovered at our present or former facilities.

We are aware of contamination at two locations. In Sinsheim, Germany, there
is shallow groundwater and soil contamination that is naturally decreasing over
time. The German environmental authorities have not required corrective action
to date. In addition, property in Leesburg, Indiana, which was acquired with our
acquisition of GTI in 1998, is the subject of a 1994 Corrective Action Order to
GTI by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. The order requires us
to investigate and take corrective actions. Monitoring data is being collected
to confirm and implement the corrective measures. We anticipate making
additional environmental expenditures in future years to continue our
environmental studies, analysis and remediation activities. Based on current
knowledge, we do not believe that any future expenses or liabilities associated
with environmental remediation will have a material impact on our operations or
our consolidated financial position, liquidity or operating results, however, we
may be subject to additional costs and liabilities if the scope of the
contamination or the cost of remediation exceeds our current expectations.

PENNSYLVANIA LAW AND OUR ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS CONTAIN PROVISIONS THAT COULD
DISCOURAGE OR PREVENT A POTENTIAL TAKEOVER OF OUR COMPANY THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE
RESULT IN SHAREHOLDERS RECEIVING A PREMIUM OVER THE MARKET PRICE FOR THEIR
SHARES.

Provisions of Pennsylvania law, our Rights Agreement and our articles of
incorporation and bylaws could complicate the acquisition of us by means of a
tender offer, a proxy contest, or otherwise, and the removal of incumbent
officers and directors.

These provisions include:

-- Subsection 25F of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law, which
prohibits various change of control transactions with a 20%-or-greater
shareholder, such as a party that has completed a successful tender
offer, until five years after that party became a 20%-or-greater
shareholder,

-- our Rights Agreement, known as a poison pill, which gives the board
and shareholders the ability to severely dilute the ownership of any
person acquiring 15% or more of our common stock, thereby making the
acquisition impractical,

-- our articles of incorporation, which require an affirmative vote of
75% of our outstanding shares of stock to approve various change of
control transactions with a holder of more than 5% of our stock, and

-- our classified board, which prevents a wholesale change in the board's
composition.

These provisions may have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing a
future takeover or change in control of us unless such takeover or change in
control is approved by our board of directors.
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements in "Prospectus
Summary," "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations," "Business" and elsewhere.

Forward-looking statements reflect our current expectations of future
events or future financial performance. You can identify these statements by the
fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often
use words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend,"
"plan," "believe" and similar terms. These forward-looking statements are based
on our current plans and expectations.

Any or all of our forward-looking statements in this prospectus may prove
to be incorrect. They may be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by risks and
uncertainties which are either unknown to us or not fully known or understood.
Accordingly, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is
expressed or forecasted in this prospectus.

We sometimes provide forecasts of future financial performance. The risks
and uncertainties described under "Risk Factors" as well as other risks
identified from time to time in other Securities and Exchange Commission
reports, registration statements and public announcements, among others, should
be considered in evaluating our prospects for the future. We undertake no
obligation to release updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

Our net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $117,154,776,
after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated
offering expenses. If the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in
full, our net proceeds will be approximately $134,806,742.

We anticipate using the net proceeds to us from this offering for:

-- voluntary repayment of approximately $36.0 million of indebtedness
under our existing bank credit facility,

-- potential strategic acquisitions, and

-- general corporate purposes, including working capital and capital
expenditures.

While we are constantly assessing various acquisition opportunities, we
currently do not have any binding commitments or agreements for any
acquisitions. Until we use the net proceeds as described above, we intend to
invest the net proceeds from this offering in short-term, investment grade
interest bearing securities.

As of March 29, 2002, $36.5 million was outstanding under our bank credit
facility. Indebtedness under our credit facility accrues interest at variable
rates. As of March 29, 2002, the weighted average interest rate on our credit
facility borrowings was 2.9%. Amounts borrowed under our current credit
facility, which was established on June 20, 2001, were used in connection with
our acquisition of Excelsus, repayment of outstanding indebtedness under our
previous credit facilities and for general corporate purposes. We must repay our
indebtedness under our bank credit facility in full by June 20, 2004.

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PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK

Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker
symbol "TNL." The following table reflects the highest and lowest sales prices
per share of our common stock for the periods indicated. All amounts reflect
stock splits through April 10, 2002.

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COMMON STOCK
PRICE
----------------
HIGH LOW
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2002
Second Quarter (through April 10, 2002)..................... $24.00 $22.31
First Quarter............................................... 31.40 20.12
2001
Fourth Quarter.............................................. 28.42 21.80
Third Quarter............................................... 26.80 20.53
Second Quarter.............................................. 33.89 19.60
First Quarter............................................... 57.00 21.75
2000
Fourth Quarter.............................................. 62.13 36.56
Third Quarter............................................... 76.13 45.50
Second Quarter.............................................. 49.28 24.31
First Quarter............................................... 30.63 19.38

On April 10, 2002, the reported last sale price of our common stock on the
New York Stock Exchange was $22.87 per share. On February 28, 2002, there were
approximately 1,950 registered holders of our common stock, which is our only
class of stock outstanding.

DIVIDEND POLICY

During fiscal years 2000 and 2001, we paid a quarterly dividend to our
shareholders of $0.03375 per share. After paying a dividend of $0.03375 on
January 25, 2002 to shareholders of record on January 4, 2002, we no longer
intend to pay cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain
future earnings to finance the growth of our business.

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth:

-- our actual consolidated capitalization as of December 28, 2001, and

-- our consolidated capitalization on an adjusted basis to reflect the
sale of 5,520,000 shares of our common stock in the offering at a
public offering price of $22.50 per share, and the application of the
net proceeds as described under the heading "Use of Proceeds."

You should read this table in conjunction with our consolidated financial
statements and the notes thereto and the discussion under "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations"
section included elsewhere in this prospectus.

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DECEMBER 28, 2001
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ACTUAL AS ADJUSTED
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(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)

Cash and cash equivalents................................... $142,267 $223,422
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Short-term debt:
Current installments of long-term debt.................... $ 122 $ 122
Long-term debt:
Revolving credit facilities............................... 75,000 39,000
Term loans................................................ 13,557 13,557
Mortgage notes (less current installments)................ 450 450
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Total long-term debt (less current installments)....... 89,007 53,007
Shareholders equity:
Common stock, par value $.125, 175,000,000 shares
authorized, 33,683,420 shares issued and outstanding
(actual), 39,203,420 shares issued and outstanding (as
adjusted).............................................. 4,210 4,900
Additional paid-in capital................................ 65,974 182,439
Retained earnings......................................... 264,055 264,055
Other..................................................... (5,008) (5,008)
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Total shareholders' equity............................. 329,231 446,386
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Total capitalization................................... $418,360 $499,515
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The above table excludes, as of December 28, 2001:

-- 2,829,462 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our
incentive compensation plan, of which 223,400 shares were subject to
outstanding options, with a weighted average exercise price of $21.60
per share,

-- 1,000,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our
employee stock purchase plan, and

-- 40,432 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our board of
directors stock plan.

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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table sets forth our selected financial data for the five
fiscal years ended December 28, 2001. The selected consolidated financial data
for the five fiscal years ended December 28, 2001 are derived from our audited
consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial data set forth
below should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements
and the notes thereto and the discussion under "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" section included
elsewhere in this prospectus.

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STATEMENT OF EARNINGS DATA:
Net sales................................................... $397,067 $448,539 $530,436 $664,378 $474,199
Cost of sales............................................... 269,050 306,296 358,553 409,856 359,681
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Gross profit.............................................. 128,017 142,243 171,883 254,522 114,518
Selling, general and administrative expenses................ 82,264 88,827 110,694 131,113 98,837
Restructuring and unusual and infrequent items.............. -- -- -- 3,305 13,594
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Operating profit.......................................... 45,753 53,416 61,189 120,104 2,087
Interest and other income, net.............................. (1,011) 1,073 2,180 (2,810) (3,282)
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Earnings before income taxes.............................. 46,764 52,343 59,009 122,914 5,369
Income tax expense........................................ 17,678 19,034 14,697 23,606 2,903
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Net earnings.............................................. $ 29,086 $ 33,309 $ 44,312 $ 99,308 $ 2,466
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Earnings per share:
Basic(2).................................................. $ 0.90 $ 1.04 $ 1.38 $ 3.05 $ 0.07
Diluted(2)................................................ $ 0.90 $ 1.03 $ 1.36 $ 3.02 $ 0.07
Weighted average shares outstanding (basic)................. 32,186 31,962 32,092 32,510 33,202
Weighted average shares outstanding (diluted)............... 32,274 32,406 32,492 32,859 33,566

OTHER DATA:
Net cash provided by/(used in):
Operating activities...................................... $ 23,734 $ 49,727 $ 69,252 $113,788 $ 62,686
Investing activities...................................... (6,931) (62,834) (32,928) (34,770) (124,151)
Financing activities...................................... 9,387 14,928 1,356 (4,796) 41,071
Capital expenditures, exclusive of acquisitions............. 13,447 20,398 18,766 29,976 13,149
Depreciation and amortization............................... 12,863 16,280 19,411 22,378 26,553
EBITDA(4)................................................... 58,616 69,696 80,600 142,482 28,640
Research, development and engineering expenses.............. 16,438 16,840 19,611 20,178 20,210
Dividends declared per share(2)(5).......................... $ 0.11 $ 0.12 $ 0.13 $ 0.14 $ 0.14

(2) Per share amounts reflect two-for-one stock splits on November 27, 2000 and
February 28, 1997.

(3) Includes cash and cash equivalents and current installments of long-term
debt.

(5) After January 25, 2002, we no longer intend to pay cash dividends on our
common stock.

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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of
operations contain certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could
differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements for
many reasons, including the risks faced by us described in "Risk Factors" and
elsewhere in and incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

OVERVIEW

Technitrol is a global producer of precision-engineered passive
magnetics-based electronic components and electrical contact products and
materials. We believe we are a leading global producer of these products and
materials in the primary markets we serve based on our estimates of the size of
our primary markets in annual revenues and our share of those markets relative
to our competitors.

We operate our business in two distinct segments:

-- the electronic components segment, which operates under the name
Pulse, and

-- the electrical contact products segment, which operates under the
name AMI Doduco.

General. We experienced consistent growth in net sales from fiscal 1991
through fiscal 2000. We define net sales as gross sales less returns and
allowances. We sometimes refer to net sales as revenue. During the past several
years, the growth in our consolidated net sales has been due in large part to
the growth of Pulse. However, since late 2000, the electronics markets served by
Pulse have experienced a severe global contraction. While we currently do not
have a great deal of visibility with respect to future demand for our products,
particularly at Pulse, we believe that the markets we serve have begun to
stabilize and that a market rebound will be gradual.

Based on recent increases in the level of order activity, we are optimistic
that demand for Pulse's products will gradually recover from the global slowdown
in the electronics markets which began in the fourth quarter of 2000. We also
believe that this recovery began in the first quarter of 2002. While Pulse's
revenues in the first part of the quarter were weak, there have been indications
of firming market conditions, other than in the telecommunications sector,
beginning in mid-February of 2002. This is consistent with reports from our
customers and peers. While the electronic components business has yet to show
significant prolonged progress, Pulse's order entry rates since mid-February of
2002 have increased from their levels in late 2001. Additionally, Pulse has
increased its development activities for military/aerospace applications,
automotive electronics systems, and consumer electronic applications such as
video game consoles.

Demand has slowed at AMI Doduco, mirroring the prevailing economic
conditions in North America and Europe as we entered 2002. However, AMI Doduco
has seen increases in design and quoting activities for component subassemblies
in Europe for automotive applications such as tire pressure monitoring systems,
multi-function switches, motor control sensors and ignition security systems,
and non-automotive uses such as appliance and industrial controls and medical
equipment. Although some of our customers and the popular press generally report
modest optimism for the second half of the year, AMI Doduco is continuing its
cost reduction actions. For example, in addition to workforce adjustments in
line with demand around the world, AMI Doduco is also continuing the North
American plant consolidation begun in 2001, as well as the consolidation of all
European contact pre-material production into our Pforzheim, Germany facility
and other product and plant consolidation actions in Europe.

Historically, the gross margin at Pulse has been significantly higher than
at AMI Doduco. As a result, the mix of net sales generated by Pulse and AMI
Doduco during a period affects our consolidated gross margin. For example, our
gross margin for the year ended December 28, 2001 was 24.1% compared to 38.3%
for the year ended December 29, 2000. For the year ended December 28, 2001,
Pulse generated approximately 53.4% of our consolidated net sales compared to
approximately 66.0% for the year ended December 29, 2000. Our gross margin is
also significantly affected by capacity utilization, particularly at AMI Doduco.
Pulse has a relatively short-term product life cycle. As a result, significant
product turnover occurs each year. Therefore, Pulse's changes in average selling
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Pulse's operations. AMI Doduco has a fairly long-term and mature product line,
without significant turnover. There is minimal variation in the prices of
product sold. Therefore, changes in prices do not have a material impact on AMI
Doduco revenue. Accordingly, substantially all of the sales growth and
contraction at AMI Doduco is attributable to changes in unit volume.

Acquisitions. Historically, acquisitions have been an important part of
our growth strategy. In many cases, our move into new and high-growth extensions
of our existing product lines or markets has been facilitated by an acquisition.
Our acquisitions continually change the mix of our net sales. Pulse made
numerous acquisitions in recent years which have increased its penetration into
its primary markets and expanded its presence in new markets. Recent examples of
these acquisitions include Excelsus, Grupo ECM and EWC. Excelsus was acquired in
August 2001 for approximately $85.9 million, net of cash acquired. Excelsus is
based in Carlsbad, California and is a producer of customer-premises digital
subscriber line filters and other broadband accessories. Pulse acquired Electro
Componentes Mexicana, which we refer to as Grupo ECM, in March 2001. Grupo ECM
is a manufacturer of inductive components primarily for automotive applications.
In October 2000, Pulse acquired various assets of EWC, a manufacturer of
magnetic components primarily for the defense and aerospace industries.

Similarly, AMI Doduco has made a number of recent acquisitions. In January
2001, AMI Doduco acquired the electrical contact and materials business of
Engelhard-CLAL, a manufacturer of electrical contacts, wire and strip contact
materials and related products. In addition, in fiscal 2000, AMI Doduco acquired
a tool and mold fabrication facility in Estonia and in fiscal 1999 it acquired
MEC Betras Italia, a producer of electrical contact rivets and stamped
electrical contact parts, located near Milan, Italy. These acquisitions were
driven by our strategy of expanding our product and geographical market presence
for electrical contact products. Due to our quick integration of acquisitions
and the interchangeable sources of net sales between existing and acquired
operations, we do not separately track the net sales of an acquisition after the
date of the transaction.

Recent Cost Reduction Programs. During 1999 and 2000, the electronic
components industry served by Pulse was characterized by unprecedented growth.
Beginning in late 2000 and continuing all during 2001, however, the opposite
trend was experienced as these industries experienced a severe worldwide
contraction and many of our customers canceled orders and decreased their level
of business activity as a result of lower demand for their end products. While
the electrical contact industry served by AMI Doduco is generally less dependent
on volatile technology markets, it too was negatively impacted by general
economic trends as reflected in slower housing starts, capital spending and
automotive sales both in the United States and western Europe.

Our manufacturing business model at Pulse has a very high variable cost
component due to the labor-intensity of many processes. This allows us to
quickly change our capacity based on market demand. Just as we expanded capacity
during 1999 and 2000, we reduced capacity during 2001. We implemented
restructuring initiatives during 2001 in order to further reduce Pulse's cost
structure and capacity, although the speed and depth of the contraction in
Pulse's markets made it impossible to reduce costs at the same rate at which
revenues contracted throughout 2001. During the second quarter of 2001, we
announced the closure of our production facility in Thailand and during the
third quarter, we announced the closure of our production facility in Malaysia.
The production at these two facilities was transferred to other Pulse facilities
in Asia. We provided reserves of $3.6 million for these plant closings,
comprised of $2.5 million for severance and related payments and $1.1 million
for other exit costs. The majority of this accrual will be utilized by the end
of the first quarter of 2002.

We also adopted other restructuring plans during 2001. In this regard,
provisions of $6.4 million were recorded during 2001. Approximately 3,500
manufacturing personnel primarily in Asia, and approximately 200 support
personnel in North America and Europe were terminated. Approximately 75% of all
of the employee severance and related payments in connection with these actions
were completed as of December 28, 2001. Approximately $2.3 million of the
provision remains as of December 28, 2001 for severance payments and related
expenses to be made during 2002. An additional $0.7 million remains accrued at
December 28, 2001 for other exit costs primarily in Thailand and Malaysia.
Termination costs for employees at our Thailand and Malaysian facilities have
been included in the separate provisions for exiting those facilities. In
addition to these terminations, headcount was reduced by approximately 12,300
additional personnel, net of new hires, during fiscal 2001 through voluntary
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reductions, primarily at manufacturing facilities in the PRC where severance
payments are not necessary. Accordingly, on a consolidated basis, our employee
base dropped from approximately 30,600 as of December 29, 2000 to approximately
14,800 as of December 28, 2001.

We recorded pre-tax inventory provisions in cost of sales of $20.3 million
for the year ended December 28, 2001. The provisions were recorded throughout
each quarter of 2001, although the fourth quarter had the most significant
impact. The amounts were determined by comparing quantity on-hand to actual
historical usage and forecasted demand for 2002. The inventory that was fully
reserved in 2001 was primarily raw materials and specific finished goods for
several customers. In addition, a charge of $3.5 million was recorded during the
third quarter of 2001 to write down the value of certain Pulse fixed assets to
their disposal value. These assets include Asian-based production equipment that
became idle in 2001 due to the contraction of Pulse's business. The assets have
been marketed through the liquidation market, and the majority have either been
sold for their residual value or scrapped. The remaining cost basis of the
assets has been reclassified from fixed assets to assets held for sale in the
balance sheet as of December 28, 2001. Additional inventory and fixed asset
write-downs are expected if demand for electronic components decreases in the
future.

Total restructuring and unusual and infrequent items for the year ended
December 28, 2001 includes $3.6 million related to the Thailand and Malaysia
plant closings, $6.4 million for other restructuring plans and $3.5 million for
the write down of Pulse fixed assets.

Approximately $0.5 million for AMI Doduco restructuring actions is included
in the aggregate charge of $6.4 million noted above. The capital-intensity of
AMI Doduco makes quick changes in its cost structure more challenging than at
Pulse. In the quarter ended March 31, 2000, AMI Doduco recorded a $5.5 million
provision for restructuring initiatives due to a reduction in employment levels
by approximately 120 people, primarily in Germany. In addition, the AMI Doduco
restructuring initiative provided for the relocation of high-volume, repetitive
production to lower-cost locations, worldwide continuous process improvement
efforts, and the expansion of our more profitable and automated business based
in Germany. As a result of the program, we provided $3.7 million for employee
severance and related payments, $0.9 million related to the impairment of
certain assets and $0.9 million for other exit costs. Offsetting these costs was
a gain of $1.4 million related to the sale of a non-strategic European product
line and a $0.8 million gain related to an insurance settlement.

As a result of our core business focus on both economic and operating
profit, we will continue to aggressively size both Pulse and AMI Doduco so that
costs are minimized during market downturn, while we plan for the recovery in
demand and pursue additional growth opportunities. We expect to undertake
additional cost reduction actions during the first two quarters of 2002, the
extent of which will be determined by the timing and degree of a recovery in our
markets and the economy in general. We anticipate that Pulse's restructuring
efforts will continue into, and be completed by the end of, the second quarter
of 2002 and will consist largely of additional capacity consolidation and
reductions in operating expenses, including further employment reductions. AMI
Doduco also plans to undertake further consolidation activities into the second
quarter of 2002 consisting mainly of employment reductions. While we do not
currently anticipate significant cost reduction actions past the second quarter
of 2002, they may occur if there is not a recovery in our markets and in the
economy in general. If additional actions are undertaken, the amounts will
depend on specific actions taken to reduce manufacturing capacity and improve
efficiency.

Our restructuring charges are summarized on a year-to-date basis for 2001
as follows:

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AMI
Doduco Pulse Total
Restructuring provision (in millions): ------ ----- -----

Balance accrued at December 29, 2000............... $ 2.5 $ -- $ 2.5
Accrued during the year ended December 28, 2001.... 0.5 13.1 13.6
Severance and other cash payments.................. (2.2) (7.2) (9.4)
Non-cash asset disposals........................... (0.2) (3.5) (3.7)
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Balance accrued at December 28, 2001............... $ 0.6 $ 2.4 $ 3.0
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International Operations. An increasing percentage of our sales in recent
years has been outside of the U.S. As of December 28, 2001, we have operations
in 12 countries and we have significant net sales in currencies

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other than the U.S. dollar. For the year ended December 28, 2001, 64.9% of our
net sales were outside of the U.S. For the year ended December 29, 2000, 55.5%
of our net sales were outside of the U.S. As a result, changing exchange rates
often impact our financial results and the analysis of our period-over-period
results. This is particularly true of movements in the exchange rate between the
U.S. dollar and the euro. AMI Doduco's European sales are denominated primarily
in euros. A portion of Pulse's European sales are also denominated in euros.
However, the proportion at Pulse is much less than it is at AMI Doduco. As a
result of this and other factors, Pulse uses the U.S. dollar as its functional
currency in Europe while AMI Doduco uses the euro. The use of different
functional currencies creates different financial effects. The euro was 3.3%
weaker, on average, relative to the U.S. dollar during the year ended December
28, 2001 than in the comparable prior-year period. As a result, AMI Doduco's
euro-denominated sales resulted in lower dollar sales upon translation for our
U.S. consolidated financial statements. We also experienced a negative
translation adjustment to equity in the 2001 period because our investment in
AMI Doduco's European operations was worth less in U.S. dollars. At Pulse, we
incurred foreign currency losses as euro denominated assets and liabilities were
remeasured to U.S. dollars for financial reporting purposes during 2001. If an
increasing percentage of our sales are denominated in non-U.S. currencies, it
could increase our exposure to currency fluctuations. The impact of exchange
rate differences on AMI Doduco's European sales will be partially offset by the
impact on its expenses and bank borrowings in Europe, most of which are also
denominated in euros. Despite Pulse's significant presence in Asia, the vast
majority of its revenues from customers in Asia are denominated in U.S. dollars.
As a result, Pulse has less exposure than AMI Doduco to sales fluctuations
caused by currency fluctuations.

In order to reduce our exposure resulting from currency fluctuations, we
may purchase currency exchange forward contracts and/or currency options. These
contracts guarantee a predetermined range of exchange rates at the time the
contract is purchased. This allows us to shift the majority of the risk of
currency fluctuations from the date of the contract to a third party for a fee.
As of December 28, 2001, we had five foreign currency forward contracts
outstanding to sell forward approximately 44.2 million of euro in the aggregate
in order to hedge intercompany loans. In determining the use of forward exchange
contracts and currency options, we consider the amount of sales, purchases and
net assets or liabilities denominated in local currencies, the type of currency,
and the costs associated with the contracts.

Precious Metals. AMI Doduco uses silver, as well as other precious metals,
in manufacturing some of its electrical contacts, contact materials and contact
subassemblies. Historically, we have leased or held these materials through
consignment arrangements with our suppliers. Leasing and consignment costs have
been substantially below the costs to borrow funds to purchase the metals and
these arrangements eliminate the fluctuations in the market price of owned
precious metal. AMI Doduco's terms of sale generally allow us to charge
customers for the market value of silver on the day after we deliver the silver
bearing product to the customer. Thus far we have been successful in managing
the costs associated with our precious metals. While limited amounts are
purchased for use in production, the majority of our precious metal inventory
continues to be leased or held on consignment. If our leasing/consignment fees
increase significantly in a short period of time, and we are unable to recover
these increased costs through higher sale prices, a negative impact on our
results of operations and liquidity may result. Leasing/consignment fee
increases are caused by increases in interest rates or increases in the market
price of the consigned material.

Income Taxes. Our effective income tax rate is affected by the proportion
of our income earned in high-tax jurisdictions such as Germany and the income
earned in low-tax jurisdictions, particularly in Asia. This mix of income can
vary significantly from one period to another. We have benefited over recent
years from favorable offshore tax treatments. However, we may not be able to
take advantage of similar benefits in the future. Developing countries and, in
particular, the People's Republic of China, may change their tax policies at any
time. During the first quarter of fiscal 1999, we initiated a number of actions
aimed at ensuring that our overall tax rate is optimal and appropriate. These
actions followed a comprehensive global review of our business operations and
tax planning opportunities. The effect of these actions was a reduction in our
effective tax rate.

We have not provided for U.S. federal income and foreign withholding taxes
on approximately $294.0 million of our non-U.S. subsidiaries' undistributed
earnings (as calculated for income tax purposes) as of December 28, 2001. Such
earnings include pre-acquisition earnings of foreign entities acquired through
stock purchases, and are intended to be reinvested outside of the U.S.
indefinitely. It is not practical to estimate the

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amount of unrecognized deferred taxes on these undistributed earnings. Where
excess cash has accumulated in our non-U.S. subsidiaries and it is advantageous
for tax reasons, subsidiary earnings may be remitted.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 28, 2001 COMPARED TO THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 29, 2000

Net Sales. Net sales for the year ended December 28, 2001 decreased $190.2
million, or 28.6%, to $474.2 million from $664.4 million in the year ended
December 29, 2000. Our sales decline from the comparable period last year was
attributable primarily to the precipitous global downturn in markets served by
Pulse that began late in 2000. Factors contributing to the downturn included
declining capital expenditures by end-users and subsequent excess inventory
levels. This downturn was experienced in Pulse's networking, telecommunications
and power conversion markets on a worldwide basis, particularly in North America
and Europe.

Pulse's net sales decreased $185.5 million, or 42.3%, to $253.3 million for
the year ended December 28, 2001 from $438.8 million in the year ended December
29, 2000. Pulse's sales were significantly lower in 2001 than in 2000 as new
order rates declined and significant customer order cancellations occurred. Net
sales in 2001 include sales derived from our acquisitions of Grupo ECM and
Excelsus since the date of their acquisition in March and August 2001,
respectively.

AMI Doduco's net sales decreased $4.7 million, or 2.1%, to $220.9 million
for the year ended December 28, 2001 from $225.6 million in the year ended
December 29, 2000. Sales in the 2001 period reflect strong European markets and
contributions from the Engelhard-CLAL operations, acquired in early January
2001. However, these positive factors were offset by a slowdown in North
American manufacturing activity during the year ended December 28, 2001, and to
a lesser extent, a decline in the average euro-to-U.S. dollar exchange rate. The
lower manufacturing activity resulted in lower net sales primarily from
customers in the commercial and industrial machinery, telecommunications and
appliance industries.

Cost of Sales. Our cost of sales decreased $50.2 million, or 12.2%, to
$359.7 million for the year ended December 28, 2001 from $409.9 million for the
year ended December 29, 2000. This decrease was due to a decrease in net sales.
Our consolidated gross margin for the year ended December 28, 2001 was 24.1%
compared to 38.3% for the year ended December 29, 2000. Since the Pulse gross
profit as a percentage of sales is typically higher than that of AMI Doduco, our
consolidated gross margin in 2001 was negatively affected by:

-- a mix of net sales weighted more heavily by AMI Doduco on a relative
basis,

-- manufacturing inefficiencies at both Pulse and AMI Doduco due to
under-utilization of capacity as a result of the market downturn, and

-- provisions for slow moving inventory at Pulse due to the business
slowdown.

These factors more than offset the positive impact of our restructuring
initiatives.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Total selling, general and
administrative expenses for the year ended December 28, 2001 decreased $32.3
million, or 24.6%, to $98.8 million, or 20.8% of net sales, from $131.1 million,
or 19.7% of net sales, for the year ended December 29, 2000. The decrease in
selling, general and administrative expenses in 2001 was due to aggressive
action that we took to reduce costs and tighten spending controls. For example,
selling expenses, which are largely variable with net sales, decreased $3.1
million from 2000 to 2001. Administrative expenses decreased by $30.2 million,
due largely to reduced headcount and lower incentive awards and lower expenses
related to our restricted stock plan in 2001. These decreases were partially
offset by higher research, development and engineering expenses, which increased
by $1.0 million from 2001. The underlying expense for incentive awards is
primarily variable and dependent upon our overall financial performance
regarding incentive plan targets, primarily the achievement of economic profit
and net operating profit objectives. These targets, which were set in December
of 2000, were not achieved, and consequently, except for a small payment by AMI
Doduco in the first quarter of 2001, no cash incentives were paid to executives.
These incentive awards were $0.5 million in 2001 compared to $9.4 million in
2000. Expenses associated with stock-based compensation plans including the
restricted stock plan were also significantly lower in 2001 versus the year
ended December 29, 2000, due to a lower average share price of

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our common stock throughout 2001 compared to 2000. These expenses were
approximately $1.2 million in 2001 compared to $7.0 million in 2000.

Research, development and engineering expenses are included in selling,
general and administrative expenses. We refer to research, development and
engineering expenses as RD&E. For the years ended December 28, 2001 and December
29, 2000, RD&E by segment was as follows (dollars in thousands):

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Pulse.................................................... $16,026 $15,748
Percentage of segment sales.............................. 6.3% 3.6%

AMI Doduco............................................... $ 4,155 $ 4,430
Percentage of segment sales.............................. 1.9% 2.0%

Although 2001 had been characterized by cost reduction activities and much
lower sales levels, particularly at Pulse, we largely avoided spending cuts in
the RD&E area as we believe that the recovery in the electronic components
markets will be driven by next-generation products. Design and development
activities with our OEM customers continued at an aggressive pace during 2001.

Interest. Net interest income was $1.4 million for the year ended December
28, 2001 compared to $2.9 million for the year ended December 29, 2000. Invested
cash balances remained essentially consistent with the year ended December 29,
2000, due to the intense focus on cash management throughout 2001. This resulted
in preservation of average cash balances throughout 2001. Outstanding debt
increased during the year ended December 28, 2001 due primarily to $74.0 million
that was incurred in connection with the acquisition of Excelsus in August 2001,
resulting in increased interest expense.

Our new credit facility, which was entered into on June 20, 2001, has
variable interest rates. Accordingly, interest expense may increase if the rates
associated with, or the amounts borrowed under, our credit facilities move
higher during subsequent quarters. We may use interest rate swaps or other
financial derivatives in order to manage the risk associated with changes in
market interest rates; however, we have not used any such instruments to date.

Income Taxes. The effective income tax rate for the year ended December
28, 2001 was 54.1% compared to 19.2% for the year ended December 29, 2000. The
higher tax rate in 2001 resulted from the non-deductibility of certain
restructuring charges incurred in 2001. Specifically, plant shut-down costs and
severance expenses were incurred in low-tax jurisdictions or countries where we
have current losses or where we will not have operations in the future. Thus, we
expect to have no future income to offset such charges, resulting in little or
no income tax benefit. In addition, a higher proportion of income was earned in
high-tax jurisdictions.

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 29, 2000 COMPARED TO THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1999

Net Sales. Net sales in the year ended December 29, 2000 increased $133.9
million, or 25.3%, to $664.4 million from $530.4 million in the year ended
December 31, 1999. This increase was attributable to:

-- a strong demand cycle throughout 2000 in Pulse markets for data
networking, telecommunications and power conversion, and

-- continued new product development by our customers and our related
record number of new product design wins.

Pulse's net sales increased $131.4 million, or 42.8%, to $438.8 million in
the year ended December 29, 2000 from $307.4 million in the year ended December
31, 1999. This sales growth was not impacted by acquisitions and was due to
unprecedented market growth across all of our primary product areas.

AMI Doduco's net sales increased $2.5 million, or 1.1%, to $225.6 million
in the year ended December 29, 2000 from $223.1 million in the year ended
December 31, 1999. This increase was due to strong market growth in our primary
product areas. Despite the increase, AMI Doduco's net sales in the year ended
December 29, 2000 were negatively affected by:

-- an average euro-to-U.S. dollar exchange rate that was 6.5% below the
1999 average, and

-- our sale of a non-strategic European product line.

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Partially offsetting these negative sales factors was the full year of
operating contributions by our acquisition of MEC Betras made in December 1999.

Cost of Sales. Our cost of sales increased $51.3 million, or 14.3%, to
$409.9 million in the year ended December 29, 2000 from $358.6 million in the
year ended December 31, 1999. The increase resulted from higher net sales in the
year ended December 29, 2000. Our consolidated gross margin for the year ended
December 29, 2000 was 38.3% compared to 32.4% in the year ended December 31,
1999. Pulse's gross margin increased from the prior year as a result of volume
efficiencies, a favorable sales mix and the full year effect of cost control
programs that were instituted in the first quarter of the year ended December
31, 1999. AMI Doduco's gross margin increased slightly from the prior year due
to our cost reduction efforts. Product mix was an offsetting factor, due to a
higher content of precious metals, on which we realize low margins, in the year
ended December 29, 2000 compared with the year ended December 31, 1999.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Total selling, general and
administrative expenses for the year ended December 29, 2000 increased $20.4
million, or 18.4%, to $131.1 million, or 19.7% of net sales, from $110.7
million, or 20.9% of net sales, in the year ended December 31, 1999. The
increase in absolute dollars was due primarily to the following reasons:

-- compensation expense associated with cash performance incentive plans,
which are linked to operating profits, economic profit and earnings
per share targets was $4.3 million higher in the year ended December
29, 2000 compared to the year ended December 31, 1999;

-- stock compensation plan expense, which is variable in relation to our
quoted share price, was $4.1 million higher in the year ended December
29, 2000 compared to the year ended December 31, 1999;

-- higher spending was required to support the higher level of Pulse
sales, including increases of $1.5 million related to selling expenses
such as commissions and other expenses that largely vary with sales;

-- administrative expenses, including the stock and incentive
compensation-related items noted above, increased $18.9 million; and

-- expenses related to acquisition development and integration activity,
such as travel and consulting, were higher in the year ended December
29, 2000 compared to the year ended December 31, 1999.

Increases noted above are shown net of the effect of our expense reduction
programs, particularly the reduction in employment levels by approximately 120
people. The annual salary and benefit costs associated with these people was
approximately $4.8 million.

For the year ended December 29, 2000 and December 31, 1999, RD&E by segment
was as follows (dollars in thousands):

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2000 1999
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Pulse.................................................... $15,748 $13,972
Percentage of segment sales.............................. 3.6% 4.6%
AMI Doduco............................................... $ 4,430 $ 5,639
Percentage of segment sales.............................. 2.0% 2.5%

RD&E spending within Pulse increased from the year ended December 31, 1999
in absolute dollars as Pulse continued to invest in new technologies and related
improvements to respond to rapid technology changes in its marketplace. As a
percentage of sales, Pulse spending in the year ended December 29, 2000 was less
than the year ended December 31, 1999 as Pulse's sales reached record levels in
the year ended December 29, 2000. RD&E spending within AMI Doduco decreased from
the year ended December 31, 1999 due to the disproportionate share of RD&E
required by the non-strategic European product line that was divested in the
first quarter of fiscal 2000.

Interest. Interest income for the year ended December 29, 2000 was $6.3
million compared with $1.9 million in the year ended December 31, 1999. Cash and
cash equivalents were substantially higher during year ended December 29, 2000
than during the year ended December 31, 1999, and the average percentage of

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yield was also higher throughout the year ended December 29, 2000. Our higher
level of interest income in year ended December 29, 2000 over year ended
December 31, 1999 was also due to the majority of the increase in cash in the
year ended December 31, 1999 being generated during the latter part of 1999.

For the year ended December 29, 2000, interest expense was $3.5 million,
essentially the same as in the year ended December 31, 1999.

Income Taxes. Our effective income tax rate during the year ended December
29, 2000 was 19.2%. This compares to 24.9% in the year ended December 31, 1999.
For the year ended December 29, 2000, a higher proportion of income was earned
in low-tax jurisdictions by Pulse.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Working capital as of December 28, 2001 was $189.3 million compared to
$230.4 million as of December 29, 2000. This decrease was primarily due to lower
accounts receivable and inventory levels during 2001. Cash and cash equivalents,
which is included in working capital, decreased from $162.6 million as of
December 29, 2000 to $142.3 million as of December 28, 2001.

Net cash from operating activities was $62.7 million for the year ended
December 28, 2001 and $113.8 million in 2000, a decrease of $51.1 million. In
2000, our cash flow from operations was primarily driven by increasing net
earnings. During the year ended December 28, 2001, net earnings declined as a
result of the dramatic slowdown in the markets served by Pulse. However, the
lower earnings have been partially offset by decreased working capital
requirements and aggressive cash management actions that we took in response to
the slowdown. A significant decrease in Pulse's net sales during the year ended
December 28, 2001 caused a significant decrease in accounts receivable. The
decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses resulted from payments made
for income taxes and compensation related items, as well as a lower level of
trade accounts payable due to reduced production. Net of the effect of
acquisitions, inventory declined by $28.7 million during the year ended December
28, 2001 due to the significant reduction in Pulse's net sales during the period
and corresponding actions to limit purchases and production activity. The
reduction in inventory also reflects $20.3 million of provisions for inventory
during the year ended December 28, 2001.

Capital expenditures were $13.2 million during the year ended December 28,
2001 and $30.0 million in 2000. The level of capital expenditures decreased from
the comparable period in 2000, due to tight spending controls and lower Pulse
capacity needs resulting from lower sales. During the year ended December 28,
2001, capital spending was $6.0 million in the first quarter, $2.7 million in
the second quarter, $1.8 million in the third quarter and $2.7 million in the
fourth quarter, as our efforts to maximize cash flow during this period of slow
market activity intensified. We significantly reduced our capital spending in
2001 as compared to fiscal 2000 and expect that our spending in 2002 may be less
than in 2001. We make capital expenditures to expand production capacity and to
improve our operating efficiency. We plan to continue making such expenditures
in the future.

Cash used for acquisitions was $120.3 million for the year ended December
28, 2001 and $5.4 million in the comparable period of 2000. The 2001 spending
includes the August 2001 acquisition of Excelsus for approximately $90.7
million, including cash acquired of $4.8 million. We may acquire other
businesses or product lines to expand our breadth and scope of operations.

We paid dividends of $4.5 million in the year ended December 28, 2001 and
$4.4 million in the year ended December 29, 2000. We received proceeds of $6.5
million during the year ended December 28, 2001 and $8.4 million in the year
ended December 29, 2000 from the sale of stock through our employee stock
purchase plan. We do not expect to continue receiving significant proceeds
through our employee stock purchase plan in the near term. After paying a
dividend on January 25, 2002 to shareholders of record on January 4, 2002, we no
longer intend to pay cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to
retain future earnings to finance the growth of our business.

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All previous credit facilities and lines of credit, excluding fixed term
loans, were replaced as of June 20, 2001 under a new three-year revolving credit
agreement providing for $225.0 million of credit capacity. The credit facility
consists of:

-- a U.S. dollar-based revolving line of credit in the principal amount
of up to $225.0 million;

-- a British pounds sterling-based or euro-based revolving line of credit
in the principal amount of up to the U.S. dollar equivalent of $100.0
million; and

-- a multicurrency facility providing for the issuance of letters of
credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed the U.S. dollar equivalent
of $10.0 million.

The amounts outstanding under the credit facility in total may not exceed
$225.0 million.

We pay a facility fee irrespective of whether there are outstanding
borrowings or not, which ranges from 0.275% to 0.450% of the total commitment,
depending on our ratio of debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
and amortization (EBITDA). The interest rate for each currency's borrowing will
be a combination of the base rate for that currency plus a credit margin spread.
The base rate is different for each currency: LIBOR or prime rate for U.S.
dollars, Euro-LIBOR for euros, and a rate approximating sterling LIBOR for
British pounds. The credit margin spread is the same for each currency and is
0.850% to 1.425% depending on our debt to EBITDA ratio. Each of our domestic
subsidiaries with net worth equal to or greater than $5 million has agreed to
guarantee all obligations incurred under the credit facility. The credit
facility also contains covenants requiring maintenance of minimum net worth,
maximum debt to EBITDA ratio, minimum interest expense coverage, capital
expenditure limitations and other customary and normal provisions. We are in
compliance with all of these covenants.

Our German indirect subsidiary, AMI Doduco GmbH, has obligations
outstanding under two term loan agreements. The first is with
Baden-Wurttembergische Bank for the borrowing of two loans, each in the amount
of 10 million Deutsche marks, both due in June 2003. The second is with
Sparkasse Pforzheim, for the borrowing of 10 million Deutsche marks, and is due
in August 2009. We and several of our subsidiaries have guaranteed the
obligations arising under these term loan agreements.

We believe that the combination of cash on hand, cash generated by
operations and, if necessary, additional borrowings under our credit agreement
will be sufficient to satisfy our operating cash requirements in the short-term
and long-term. In addition, we may use internally generated funds or borrowings,
or additional equity offerings for acquisitions of suitable businesses or
assets.

With the exception of approximately $10.0 million of retained earnings as
of December 28, 2001 in the PRC that are restricted in accordance with Section
58 of the PRC Foreign Investment Enterprises Law, substantially all retained
earnings are free from legal or contractual restrictions. The amount restricted
in accordance with the PRC Foreign Investment Enterprise Law is for employee
welfare programs and is applicable to all foreign investment enterprises doing
business in the PRC. The restriction applies to 10% of our net earnings in the
PRC, limited to 50% of the total capital invested in the PRC. We have not
experienced any significant liquidity restrictions in any country in which we
operate and none are foreseen. However, foreign exchange ceilings imposed by
local governments and the sometimes lengthy approval processes which some
foreign governments require for international cash transfers may delay our
internal cash movements from time to time. The retained earnings in other
countries represent a material portion of our assets. We expect to reinvest
these earnings outside of the United States because we anticipate that a
significant portion of our opportunities for growth in the coming years will be
abroad. If these earnings were brought back to the United States, significant
tax liabilities could be incurred in the United States as several countries in
which we operate have rates significantly lower than the U.S. statutory rate.
Additionally, we have not accrued U.S. income taxes on foreign earnings
indefinitely invested abroad. We have also been granted special tax incentives
in other countries such as the PRC and the Philippines. This favorable situation
could change if these countries were to increase rates or revoke the special tax
incentives, or if we were to discontinue manufacturing operations in these
countries. This could have a material unfavorable impact on our net income and
cash position.

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We commenced an intercompany lending program during the year ended December
28, 2001, whereby excess U.S. dollar denominated cash is being used to retire
euro denominated debt. The benefit derived from this program is lower net
interest expense, as the U.S. dollar interest income rates have been decreasing,
while the euro interest expense rates have declined less rapidly.

At December 28, 2001, we had approximately $150.0 million of unused line
credit available under the credit agreement, although outstanding borrowings are
limited to a maximum multiple of three times EBITDA on a rolling twelve-month
basis.

NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In October 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued
Statement No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived
Assets, which addresses financial accounting and reporting for the impairment or
disposal of long-lived assets. While SFAS 144 supersedes FASB Statement No. 121,
Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to
Be Disposed Of, it retains many of the fundamental provisions of SFAS 121. SFAS
144 also supersedes the accounting and reporting provisions of APB Opinion No.
30, Reporting the Results of Operations--Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a
Segment of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently Occurring
Events and Transactions. SFAS 144 does however, retain the requirement in APB 30
to report separately discontinued operations, and extends this reporting
requirement to a component of an entity that either has been disposed of by
sale, abandonment, or in a distribution to owners; or is classified as held for
sale. Goodwill is excluded from the scope of SFAS 144. We are required to adopt
the provisions of SFAS 144 during the three months ending March 29, 2002.
Adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on our net
sales, operating results or liquidity.

In August 2001, the FASB issued Statement No. 143, Accounting for Asset
Retirement Obligations which addresses financial accounting and reporting for
obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and the
associated asset retirement costs. SFAS 143 applies to legal obligations
associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets that result from
the acquisition, construction, development and (or) normal use of the assets.
SFAS 143 requires that the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement
obligation be recognized in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable
estimate of fair value can be made. The fair value of the liability is added to
the carrying amount of the associated asset and this additional carrying amount
is depreciated over the life of the asset. The liability is accreted at the end
of each period through charges to operating expense. If the obligation is
settled for other than the carrying amount of the liability, a gain or loss on
settlement will be recognized. We are required to adopt the provisions of SFAS
143 during the three months ending March 28, 2003. Adoption of this standard is
not expected to have a material effect on our net sales, operating results or
liquidity.

In July 2001, the FASB issued Statement No. 141, Business Combinations, and
Statement No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. SFAS 141 requires that
the purchase method of accounting be used for all business combinations
completed after June 30, 2001. SFAS 141 also specifies that intangible assets
acquired in a purchase method business combination must meet certain criteria to
be recognized and reported apart from goodwill. SFAS 142 requires that goodwill
and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives no longer be amortized, but
instead they are tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with the
provisions of SFAS 142. SFAS 142 will also require that intangible assets with
definite useful lives be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives
to their estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment in accordance
with SFAS 144.

We are adopting the provisions of SFAS 141 immediately, and SFAS 142
effective January 1, 2002. Furthermore, any goodwill and any intangible assets
determined to have an indefinite useful life acquired in a purchase business
combination completed after June 30, 2001 are not amortized, but will continue
to be evaluated for permanent impairment. Goodwill and intangible assets
acquired in business combinations completed before July 1, 2001 were amortized
until December 28, 2001. Since our acquisition of Excelsus was completed on
August 7, 2001, the provisions of SFAS 141 were applied. Therefore, goodwill and
certain intangibles with indefinite lives resulting from the Excelsus
transaction have not been subject to amortization.

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In connection with the transitional goodwill impairment evaluation, SFAS
142 requires us to perform an assessment of whether there is an indication that
goodwill is impaired as of the date of adoption. To accomplish this, we must
determine the carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and
liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those
reporting units as of the date of adoption. We then have up to six months from
the date of adoption to determine the fair value of each reporting unit and
compare it to the reporting unit's carrying amount. To the extent a reporting
unit's carrying amount exceeds its fair value, an indication exists that the
reporting unit's goodwill may be impaired and we must perform the second step of
the transitional impairment test. In the second step, we must compare the
implied fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill, determined by allocating
the reporting unit's fair value to all of its assets and liabilities in a manner
similar to a purchase price allocation in accordance with SFAS 141, to its
carrying amount. This second step is required to be completed as soon as
possible, but no later than the end of the year of adoption. Any transitional
impairment loss will be recognized as the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principle in our statement of earnings.

We had approximately $80.3 million of unamortized goodwill and $48.2
million of other intangible assets as of December 28, 2001, which will be
subject to the transition provisions of SFAS 141 and SFAS 142. Amortization
expense was approximately $5.4 million and $3.8 million for the years ended
December 28, 2001 and December 29, 2000, respectively. We are performing the
transitional impairment test and currently estimate that an impairment loss of
approximately $16.0 million to $19.0 million will be recorded in the first
quarter of 2002. This loss will be recognized as a cumulative effect of an
accounting principle change.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

INTEREST RATE RISK

Our financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents and
long-term debt, are exposed to changes in interest rates in both the U.S. and
abroad. We invest our excess cash in short-term, investment grade interest
bearing securities. We generally limit our exposure to any one financial
institution to the extent practical. Our board has adopted policies relating to
these risks, and the audit committee of the board continually monitors
compliance with these policies.

Our existing credit facility has variable interest rates. Accordingly,
interest expense may increase if the rates associated with, or the amount of,
our borrowings move higher. In addition, we may pursue additional or alternative
financing for growth opportunities in one or both segments. We may use interest
rate swaps or other financial derivatives in order to manage the risk associated
with changes in market interest rates. However, we have not used any of these
instruments to date.

The table below presents principal amounts in U.S. dollars (or equivalent
U.S. dollars with respect to non-U.S. denominated debt) and related weighted
average interest rates by year of maturity for our debt obligations. The column
captioned "Approximate Fair Value" sets forth the carrying value of our
long-term debt as of December 28, 2001, which approximates its fair value at
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current rates offered to us for similar debt instruments of comparable
maturities. We do not hold or issue financial instruments or derivative
financial instruments for trading purposes (dollars in thousands):

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FAIR
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 THEREAFTER TOTAL VALUE
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LIABILITIES
Long-term debt
Fixed rate:
Euro (1).................... $122 $9,154 $110 $85 $95 $4,563 $14,129 $14,129
Wt. ave. interest rate...... 9.02% 5.26% 9.02% 9.02% 9.02% 5.69%
Variable rate:
U.S. Dollar................. $75,000 $75,000 $75,000
Wt. ave. interest rate...... 2.91%

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FOREIGN CURRENCY RISK

As of December 28, 2001, substantially all of our cash assets were
denominated in U.S. dollars. However, we conduct business in various foreign
currencies, including those of emerging market countries in Asia and
well-developed European countries. We utilize derivative financial instruments,
primarily forward exchange contracts and currency options, to manage foreign
currency risks. In accordance with SFAS 133, gains and losses related to
qualified hedges of firm commitments and anticipated transactions are deferred
and are recognized in income or as adjustments of carrying amounts when the
hedged transactions occurs. All other forward exchange and options contracts are
marked-to-market and unrealized gains and losses are included in current period
net income. These contracts guarantee a predetermined rate of exchange at the
time the contract is purchased. This allows us to shift the majority of the risk
of currency fluctuations from the date of the contract to a third party for a
fee. We believe there are two potential risks of holding these instruments. The
first is that the foreign currency being hedged could move in a direction which
could create a better economic outcome than if hedging had not taken place. The
second risk is that the counterparty to a currency hedge defaults on its
obligations. We reduce the risk of counterparty default by entering into
relatively short-term hedges with well capitalized and highly rated banks. In
determining the use of forward exchange contracts and currency options, we
consider the amount of sales and purchases made in local currencies, the type of
currency, and the costs associated with the contracts. In addition, beginning in
the third quarter of 2001, we began to employ foreign exchange forward contracts
to hedge foreign currency risks associated with intercompany loans. As of
December 28, 2001, we had five foreign exchange forward contracts with an
aggregate principal balance of approximately $39.3 million outstanding on a U.S.
dollar equivalent basis. The terms of these contracts were from one to six
months. We did not have any other financial derivative instruments as of
December 28, 2001.

The table below provides information about our other non-derivative,
non-U.S. dollar denominated financial instruments and presents the information
in equivalent U.S. dollars. Amounts set forth under "Liabilities" represent
principal amounts and related weighted average interest rates by year of
maturity for our foreign currency debt obligations. The column captioned
"Approximate Fair Value" sets forth the carrying value of our foreign currency
long-term debt as of December 28, 2001, which approximates its fair value at

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such date after taking into consideration current rates offered to use for
similar debt instruments of comparable maturities (dollars in thousands):

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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 THEREAFTER TOTAL VALUE
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ASSETS
Cash and equivalents
Variable rate:
Euro(1)....................... $7,206 $7,206 $7,206
Other currencies(1)........... $2,544 $2,544 $2,544
LIABILITIES
Long-term debt
Fixed rate:
Euro(1)....................... $122 $9,154 $110 $85 $95 $4,563 $14,129 $14,129
Wt. ave. interest rate........ 9.02% 5.26% 9.02% 9.02% 9.02% 5.69%

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BUSINESS

GENERAL

Overview. We are a global producer of precision-engineered passive
magnetics-based electronic components and electrical contact products and
materials. We believe we are a leading global producer of these products and
materials in the primary markets we serve based on our estimates of the size of
our primary markets in annual revenues and our share of those markets relative
to our competitors. Passive magnetics-based electronic components are used in
virtually all types of electronic products to manage and regulate electronic
signals and power. Electrical contact products and materials are used in any
device in which the continuation or interruption of electrical currents is
necessary. In each case, our products are critical to the functioning of the end
product.

Our world-class design and manufacturing capabilities, together with the
breadth of our product offerings, provides us with a competitive advantage that
enables us to anticipate and deliver highly-customized solutions for our
customers' product needs. In addition, our global presence enables us to
participate in all relevant product and geographic markets and provides us with
proximity to our global customer base. This allows us to better understand and
more easily satisfy our customers' unique design and product requirements.

We operate our business in two distinct segments:

-- the electronic components segment, which operates under the name
Pulse, and

-- the electrical contact products segment, which operates under the
name AMI Doduco.

Pulse. Pulse designs and manufactures a wide variety of highly-customized
passive magnetics-based electronic components. These components manage and
regulate electronic signals and power for use in a variety of devices by
filtering out radio frequency interference and adjusting and ensuring proper
current and voltage. These products are often referred to as chokes, inductors,
filters and transformers.

Pulse sells its products to multinational original equipment manufacturers,
contract manufacturers and distributors. Some of the customers and original
equipment manufacturer end-users of Pulse's products include:

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-- Alcatel -- Intel
-- Arrow -- Jabil
-- Avnet -- Lucent
-- Cisco -- Solectron
-- Flextronics -- 3Com

Pulse's products are used in a broad array of industries, including:

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-- telecommunications -- automotive
-- enterprise networking -- consumer electronics
-- power conversion -- military/aerospace

Representative end products that use Pulse's components include:

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-- Ethernet switches -- routers
-- voice over Internet equipment -- automotive controls
-- broadband access equipment, -- video game consoles
including cable modems and digital -- power supplies
subscriber line, or DSL, devices -- military/aerospace navigation and
for telephone central office and weapon guidance systems
home use

Pulse's products are generally characterized by short life cycles and rapid
technological change. This allows us to utilize our design and engineering
expertise to meet our customers evolving needs. We believe that the industries
served by Pulse have been and will continue to be characterized by ongoing
product innovation that will drive the growth in the passive magnetics-based
electronic components industry.

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Pulse represented $253.3 million, or 53.4%, of our revenues for the year
ended December 28, 2001 and $438.8 million, or 66.0%, of our revenues for the
year ended December 29, 2000. Excluding restructuring charges, Pulse represented
$9.4 million, or 59.8%, of our operating profit for the year ended December 28,
2001 and $110.9 million, or 89.9%, of our operating profit for the year ended
December 29, 2000.

AMI Doduco. We believe AMI Doduco is the only global manufacturer that
produces a full range of electrical contact products, from contact materials to
completed contact subassemblies. Contact products complete or interrupt
electrical circuits in virtually every electrical device. AMI Doduco provides
its customers with a broad array of highly engineered products and tools
designed to meet unique customer needs.

AMI Doduco sells its products to multinational original equipment
manufacturers, including:

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-- ABB Group -- Groupe Schneider/Square D
-- Eaton -- Siemens
-- Emerson Electric -- Tyco Electronics
-- GE

AMI Doduco's products are used in a broad array of industries, including:

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-- appliance -- electric power
-- automotive -- commercial and industrial machinery
-- building construction circuitry -- telecommunications

Representative end products that use AMI Doduco's products include:

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-- electrical circuit breakers -- sensors
-- switches and relays -- power substations
-- motor and temperature controls -- telephone equipment
-- wiring devices

AMI Doduco's products are generally characterized by longer life cycles and
slower technological change, providing longer life cycle revenue streams than
Pulse's products. We believe that expansion and technological developments in
some of the industries served by AMI Doduco, particularly in the electric power,
appliance and automotive industries, along with opportunities arising from
customer outsourcing and consolidation of the electrical contact industry,
present attractive growth opportunities for AMI Doduco.

AMI Doduco represented $220.9 million, or 46.6%, of our revenues for the
year ended December 28, 2001 and $225.6 million, or 34.0%, of our revenues for
the year ended December 29, 2000. Excluding restructuring charges, AMI Doduco
represented $6.3 million, or 40.2%, of our operating profit for the year ended
December 28, 2001 and $12.5 million, or 10.1% of our operating profit for the
year ended December 29, 2000.

OUR BUSINESS STRATEGY

Our overall strategy is to further enhance our market positions in the
passive magnetics-based electronic component and electrical contact products
industries. In order to accomplish this we intend to:

Focus On Attractive Growth Markets. We seek to aggressively address
and penetrate attractive markets for our products by employing our design
and manufacturing expertise and pursuing our acquisition strategy. By doing
so, we intend to achieve profitable growth and revenue diversification
across end markets, geographies and customers. We believe significant
opportunities for our products exist within:

-- end markets with evolving innovative technologies,

-- markets in which we have a significant presence, including
telecommunications and enterprise networking, and

-- markets in which we are expanding our presence, including the
automotive, consumer electronics and military/aerospace
industries.

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For example, we are expanding our existing presence in the enterprise
networking market by developing ultra high-speed Ethernet products.
Examples of expansion into new markets include our efforts to develop
products for the automotive industry to be used with the new 42-volt
electrical system, products for the consumer electronics industry for use
in video game consoles, broadband access technologies such as digital
subscriber line and cable modem equipment, home computer networks and
feature-rich appliances.

Utilize Our Engineering And Design Capabilities. We will continue to
support and utilize our world-class engineering capabilities in order to
achieve superior product and tooling designs for our customers. We
collaborate with our customers to design customized products and tools that
are early in their life cycles. This typically creates higher margin
opportunities. Our unique mix of people, facilities and software
applications enables us to satisfy our customers' continuing needs for
smaller, more efficient products. Given the highly technical nature of our
customers' needs, our direct salespeople typically team up with members of
our engineering staff to collaborate with a customer's sales and
engineering personnel. During the sales process, there is close
engineer-to-engineer interaction between our engineers and those in our
customers' organizations. This interaction extends throughout a product's
life cycle, engendering strong relationships with our customers. We strive
to anticipate our customers' evolving design needs early and to become
integral partners for their next generation products.

Achieve the Lowest Cost, Highest Quality Manufacturing. We strive to
achieve the lowest manufacturing cost and the highest manufacturing
quality. In order to continually reduce its manufacturing costs, Pulse has
established significant manufacturing capacity in the People's Republic of
China, or PRC, and Mexico, while eliminating manufacturing capacity in
higher cost areas. Our manufacturing business model at Pulse has a very
high variable cost component due to the labor-intensity of many processes.
This makes it relatively easy for us to change our capacity based on market
demand. Pulse's ability to successfully manufacture and operate in the PRC
for more than 15 years has provided it with a significant competitive
advantage. AMI Doduco continues to reduce its manufacturing costs by
consolidating facilities and relocating labor intensive production to lower
cost areas such as the PRC, Mexico, Estonia and Hungary. In addition, AMI
Doduco has continued to invest to upgrade and enhance production
capabilities in those areas where mechanization or automation enhances our
manufacturing quality or efficiencies.

Continue To Undertake Strategic Acquisitions and Attractive
Outsourcing Opportunities. We intend to continue to make acquisitions and
pursue outsourcing opportunities from our customers in order to:

-- enhance growth,

-- enter new product markets,

-- expand our design and manufacturing talent,

-- increase our global presence,

-- consolidate markets within our existing product lines, and

-- reduce cost and create synergies.

Since 1994, we have completed 15 acquisitions and have capitalized on
a number of customer outsourcing opportunities. We believe that our
sophisticated and disciplined approach in identifying, structuring, closing
and integrating acquisitions and outsourcing opportunities has allowed us
to be successful in our acquisition and outsourcing strategy. For example,
Pulse recently acquired Excelsus, a producer of customer-premises digital
subscriber line filters and other broadband accessories, to address the
consumer market for high speed communications. In addition, AMI Doduco
recently acquired the electrical contacts business of Engelhard-CLAL to
more effectively penetrate the French and the UK markets and to enhance our
manufacturing capabilities. Recent new outsourcing business includes the
contact parts assembly business of a circuit breaker manufacturer, captured
by AMI Doduco, and the magnetics production operations of a power supply
manufacturer, captured by Pulse.
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Focus On Economic Profit and Financial Flexibility. We manage our
business with a primary focus on creating economic profit because we
believe this is the most relevant indicator of shareholder value creation.
We define economic profit as after tax operating profit less our cost of
capital. In addition, we seek to maintain a strong balance sheet in order
to preserve flexibility through the business cycle and to exploit growth
opportunities when they arise. Economic profit and financial flexibility
drive our:

-- capital spending,

-- acquisition pricing and product pricing decisions, and

-- cost management programs.

We have directly linked the bulk of our management incentives to our
managers' ability to meet or exceed both economic profit and net operating
profit targets.

PRODUCTS

Pulse. Pulse designs and manufactures a wide array of passive
magnetics-based electronic components. These products are highly-customized to
address our customers' needs. The following table contains a list of some of
Pulse's key products:

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PRODUCT FUNCTION APPLICATION
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Discrete Filter or Choke Removes interference, or noise, Network switches, routers, hubs
from circuitry and personal computers
Automotive electronics
Phone, fax and alarm systems used
with digital subscriber lines, or
DSL
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Filtered Connector, which Removes interference, or noise, Local area networks, or LANs, and
combines a filter with a from circuitry and connects wide area networks, or WANs,
connector electronic applications equipment for personal computers
and video game consoles
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Inductor/chip inductor Regulates electrical current under AC/DC & DC/DC power supplies
conditions of varying load
Mobile phones and portable devices
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Power Transformer Modifies circuit voltage AC/DC & DC/DC power supplies
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Signal Transformer Limits distortion of signal as it Analog circuitry
passes from one medium to another
Military/aerospace navigation and
weapon guidance systems
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AMI Doduco. AMI Doduco designs and manufactures a wide array of contact
materials, parts and completed contact subassemblies. The following table
contains a list of some of AMI Doduco's key products:

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Contact prematerial such as Raw materials Made into our customers'
wire and metal tapes electrical contact parts
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Electrical contact parts, Complete or interrupt an Electrical switches, relays,
either discrete or affixed electrical circuit circuit breakers and motor
to precision stamped parts controls
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Component subassemblies Integrate contact with precision Sensors and control devices
stampings and plastic housings
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SALES, MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION

Each of Pulse and AMI Doduco sells its products predominantly through its
own separate worldwide direct sales force. Given the highly technical nature of
our customers' needs, our direct salespeople typically team up with members of
our engineering staff to discuss a sale with a customer's sales and engineering
personnel. During the sales process, there is close engineer-to-engineer
interaction between our engineers and those in our customers' organizations.
This interaction extends throughout a product's life cycle, engendering strong
customer relationships. As of December 28, 2001, Pulse had 52 salespeople and 13
sales offices worldwide and AMI Doduco had 28 salespeople and 11 sales offices
worldwide.

We provide technical and sales support for our direct and indirect sales
force. We believe that our coordinated sales effort provides a high level of
market penetration and efficient coverage of our customers on a cost-effective
basis.

CUSTOMERS AND END MARKETS

We sell our products and services to original equipment manufacturers, or
OEMs, which design, build and market end-user products. Pulse also sells its
products to contract manufacturers, or CEMs, which are companies hired by OEMs
to manufacture their products, as well as to independent distributors, which
sell components and materials to both OEMs and CEMs. In recent years, the trend
in the electronics industry has been for many OEMs to use CEMs primarily or
exclusively to build their products. Nonetheless, OEMs often control the
decision as to which component designs best meet their needs. Accordingly, we
consider OEMs to be customers for our products even if they purchase our
products through CEMs or independent distributors. In order to maximize our
sales opportunities, Pulse's engineering and sales teams also maintain close
relationships with CEMs and distributors.

We seek to capitalize on our core competencies by focusing on the following
markets, end-users and customers:

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BUSINESS END MARKET OEM END-USERS CEMS DISTRIBUTORS
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PULSE telecommunications, Alcatel, Cisco Flextronics Arrow
enterprise Systems, Emerson/ Jabil Avnet
networking, power Astec, Honeywell, Solectron
conversion, Intel, Lockheed
automotive, consumer Martin, Lucent,
electronics and Motorola, Nortel
military/ aerospace Networks, 3Com, Tyco
Electronics and
Visteon
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AMI DODUCO appliance, ABB Group, Allen N/A N/A
automotive, building Bradley, Eaton,
construction Emerson Electric,
circuitry, electric GE, Groupe
power, commercial Schneider/Square D,
and industrial Siemens and Tyco
machinery and Electronics
telecommunications
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No customer of either Pulse or AMI Doduco accounted for more than 10% of
our net sales during the year ended December 28, 2001 or for the year ended
December 29, 2000. Sales to our ten largest customers accounted for 30.7% of net
sales during the year ended December 28, 2001 and 35.9% of net sales for the
year ended December 29, 2000.

An increasing percentage of our sales in recent years has been outside of
the United States. We now have operations in 12 countries. For the year ended
December 28, 2001, 64.9% of our net sales were outside of the United States. For
the year ended December 29, 2000, 55.5% of our net sales were to customers
outside of the United States. Sales made by Pulse to its customers outside the
United States accounted for 63.8% of its net

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sales for the year ended December 28, 2001 and 54.7% of its net sales for the
year ended December 29, 2000. Sales made by AMI Doduco to its customers outside
the United States accounted for 69.4% of its net sales for the year ended
December 28, 2001 and 61.1% of its net sales for the year ended December 29,
2000.

DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING

Our development and engineering efforts are focused on the design and
development of innovative products in collaboration with our customers. We work
closely with OEMs to identify their design and engineering requirements. We
maintain strategically located design centers throughout the world where
proximity to customers enables us to better understand and more easily satisfy
their design and engineering needs. Pulse's design process is a disciplined,
orderly process that uses a product data management system to track the level of
design activity enabling us to manage and improve how our engineers design
products. Pulse typically owns the customized designs that it uses to make its
products.

Pulse's development and engineering expenditures were $16.0 million for the
year ended December 28, 2001 and $15.7 million for the year ended December 29,
2000. AMI Doduco's development and engineering expenditures were $4.2 million
for the year ended December 28, 2001 and $4.4 million for the year ended
December 29, 2000. We intend to continue to invest in personnel and new
technologies to improve product performance.

MANUFACTURING AND FACILITIES

We are headquartered in Trevose, Pennsylvania where we lease 11,000 square
feet of office space. Through Pulse and AMI Doduco, we operated 25 manufacturing
plants in 10 countries as of December 28, 2001. We continually seek to size our
operations correctly in order to maximize cost efficiencies. Accordingly, in the
future, we may take further actions to increase or decrease our manufacturing
capacity. To maximize production efficiencies, we seek whenever practical to
establish manufacturing facilities in countries where we can take advantage of
lower labor costs and, if available, various government incentives and tax
benefits. We also seek to maintain facilities in those regions where we market
our products in order to maintain a local presence in proximity to our
customers.

The following is a list of the locations of our principal manufacturing
facilities:

Pulse.

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PERCENTAGE
APPROX. OWNED/ USED FOR
LOCATION(1) SQUARE FT.(2) LEASED MANUFACTURING
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Dongguan, People's Republic of China, or
PRC...................................... 482,000 Leased 100%
Zhuhai, PRC................................ 252,000 Leased 100%
Cavite, Philippines........................ 49,000 Owned 62%
Mexico City, Mexico........................ 46,000 Leased 100%
Orgelet, France............................ 38,000 Owned(3) 30%
Zhongshan, PRC............................. 37,000 Leased 100%
Greensboro, Maryland....................... 20,000 Owned 95%
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Total............................ 924,000

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(1) In addition to these manufacturing locations, Pulse has 252,000 square feet
of space which is used for engineering, sales and administrative support
functions, including Pulse's headquarters in San Diego, California. In
addition, Pulse leases approximately 1,621,000 square feet of space for
dormitories, canteen and other employee-related facilities in the PRC.

(2) Consists of aggregate square footage in each locality where manufacturing
facilities are located. More than one manufacturing facility may be located
within each locality.

(3) There are mortgages on this property related to mortgage notes due in 2007,
of which approximately $0.7 million was outstanding as of December 28, 2001.

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AMI Doduco.

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APPROX. OWNED/ USED FOR
LOCATION(1) SQUARE FT. LEASED MANUFACTURING
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Pforzheim, Germany........................... 490,000 Owned 65%
Reidsville, North Carolina................... 260,000 Owned 60%
Sinsheim, Germany............................ 222,000 Owned 57%
Export, Pennsylvania......................... 115,000 Leased 80%
Tianjin, PRC................................. 59,000 Leased 85%
Noisy, France................................ 43,000 Leased 88%
Luquillo, Puerto Rico........................ 32,000 Owned 80%
Madrid, Spain................................ 32,000 Owned 90%
Mexico City, Mexico.......................... 25,000 Leased 84%
Tallinn, Estonia............................. 23,000 Owned 80%
Lentate S/Seveso, Italy...................... 23,000 Leased 90%
Madrid, Spain................................ 19,000 Leased 90%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania...................... 15,000 Leased 85%
Dorog, Hungary............................... 11,000 Leased 95%
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(1) Engineering, sales and administrative support functions for AMI Doduco are
generally contained in these locations.

We have developed our manufacturing processes in ways intended to maximize
our economic profitability. Accordingly, the manufacturing processes at Pulse
facilities maintain a cost structure that is labor intensive and highly
variable, which enables us to increase and decrease production rapidly and to
contain costs during slower periods. On the other hand, AMI Doduco's products
tend to have longer business cycles, longer time to market and are more capital
intensive. As a result, we have automated many more functions at AMI Doduco
facilities and vertically integrated its products in an attempt to utilize all
of our manufacturing capabilities to create higher value added products.

Traditionally, our engineers design products to meet our customers' product
needs and then we mass-produce the products once a contract is awarded by or
orders are received from our customer. We also service customers that design
their own components and outsource production of these components to us. We then
build the components to the customer's design.

COMPETITION

We believe we are a market leader in the primary markets we serve based on
our estimates of the size of our primary markets in annual revenues and our
share of those markets relative to our competitors. We do not believe that any
one company competes with all of the product lines of either Pulse or AMI Doduco
on a global basis. However, both Pulse and AMI Doduco frequently encounter
strong competition within individual product lines, both domestically and
internationally. In addition, several OEMs internally manufacture many of the
products offered by Pulse or AMI Doduco. We believe that this represents an
opportunity to capture additional market share as OEMs decide to outsource
business. Therefore, we constantly work to identify these opportunities and to
convince these OEMs that our economies of scale, purchasing power and
manufacturing core competencies enable us to produce these products better and
more efficiently.

Competitive factors in the markets for our products include:

-- product quality and reliability,

-- global design and manufacturing capabilities,

-- breadth of product line,

-- customer service, and

-- price.

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We believe we compete favorably on the basis of each of these factors.
Product quality and reliability, as well as design and manufacturing
capabilities, are enhanced through our commitment to continually invest in and
improve our manufacturing and designing resources and our close relationships
with our customers' engineers. The breadth of our product offering provides
customers with the ability to satisfy their entire magnetic component and
contact needs through one supplier. Our global presence enables us to deepen our
relationship with our customers and to better understand and more easily satisfy
the needs of local markets. In addition, our ability to purchase raw materials
in large quantities reduces our manufacturing costs, enabling us to price our
products competitively.

EMPLOYEES

As of December 28, 2001, we had approximately 14,800 full-time employees as
compared to 30,600 as of December 29, 2000. Of the 14,800 full-time employees,
approximately 1,200 were located in the United States and approximately 60
employees in the United States were covered by collective-bargaining
arrangements. In addition, some foreign employees are members of trade and
government-affiliated unions. We have not experienced any major work stoppages
and consider our relations with our employees to be good. The vast majority of
the employee reductions for the year ended December 28, 2001 came from voluntary
attrition and involuntary workforce reductions at manufacturing facilities in
the PRC, where severance payments are unnecessary.

RAW MATERIALS

Raw materials necessary for the manufacture of our products include:

-- ferrite cores,

-- precious metals, and

-- copper, brass and bronze.

We currently do not have any difficulty obtaining any of our raw materials
and do not currently anticipate that we will face any significant difficulties
in the near future. However, many of the raw materials we use are considered
commodities and are subject to price volatility. Although we are not dependent
on any one particular source of supply, several of our raw materials are only
sold by a limited number of suppliers, which may have an adverse affect on the
price of these materials. Should prices rise or a shortage occur in any
necessary raw material, our manufacturing costs will likely increase, which may
result in lower margins or decreased sales.

AMI Doduco uses precious metals, primarily silver, in manufacturing a vast
majority of its electrical contacts, contact materials and contact
subassemblies. Historically, we have leased or held these materials through
consignment arrangements with our suppliers. Leasing and consignment costs have
been substantially below the costs to borrow funds to purchase the metals and
these arrangements eliminate the fluctuations in the market price of owned
precious metal. AMI Doduco's terms of sale allow us to charge customers for the
fabricated market value of silver on the day after we deliver the silver bearing
product to the customer.

BACKLOG

Our backlog of orders as of December 28, 2001 was $48.2 million compared to
$182.9 million as of December 29, 2000. We expect to ship the majority of the
backlog over the next six months. Customers, however, can cancel orders at any
time, sometimes requiring a payment of cancellation charges.

We do not believe that backlog is an accurate indicator of near-term
business activity as customers may make multiple orders of the same component
from multiple sources when lead times are long and may cancel orders when
business is weak and inventories are excessive. Pulse has experienced a
significant number of cancellations and order push outs as a result of the
current downturn in the market for electronic equipment. Conversely, many of AMI
Doduco's products are repeat products which are continuously ordered by
customers by phone for delivery within several days. In addition, in the last
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negotiated vendor managed inventory and other similar consignment type
arrangements with us, particularly Pulse. Orders from these arrangements
typically are not reflected in backlog prior to shipment.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

We own a number of patents and have acquired licenses under patents of
others under license agreements, which impose restrictions on our ability to
utilize the intellectual property. We seek to limit disclosure of our
intellectual property by generally requiring employees and consultants with
access to our proprietary information to execute confidentiality agreements with
us and by restricting access to our proprietary information.

Existing legal protections afford only limited protection for our products.
For example, others may independently develop similar or competing products or
attempt to copy or use aspects of our products that we regard as proprietary.
Furthermore, intellectual property law may not fully protect products or
technology that we consider to be our own, and claims of intellectual property
infringement may be asserted against us or against our customers in connection
with their use of our products.

While our intellectual property is important to us in the aggregate, we do
not believe any individual patent or license is material to our business or
operations.

ENVIRONMENTAL

Our manufacturing operations are subject to a variety of local, state,
federal, and international environmental laws and regulations governing air
emissions, wastewater discharges, the storage, use, handling, disposal and
remediation of hazardous substances, wastes and chemicals and employee health
and safety. We will continue to make expenditures to meet or exceed the
environmental standards set by these laws.

We are involved in several legal actions relating to non-owned waste
disposal sites. Our involvement in these matters has generally arisen from the
alleged disposal by waste haulers of small amounts of waste material many years
ago. In addition, we are aware of contamination at two locations. In Sinsheim,
Germany, there is shallow groundwater and soil contamination that is naturally
decreasing over time. The German environmental authorities have not required
corrective action to date. A property in Leesburg, Indiana, which was acquired
with our acquisition of GTI in 1998, is the subject of a 1994 Corrective Action
Order to GTI by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. The order
requires us to investigate and take corrective actions. Monitoring data is being
collected to confirm and implement the corrective measures. We anticipate making
additional environmental expenditures in future years to continue our
environmental studies, analysis and remediation activities.

While we cannot predict the future costs of environmental studies, cleanup
activities, capital expenditures, or operating costs for environmental
compliance at our present or former facilities or any third party disposal
sites, we do not believe these costs, individually or in the aggregate, will
have a material impact on our operations or our consolidated financial position,
liquidity or operating results.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We or our subsidiaries are a party to various legal proceedings and
administrative actions. We consider lawsuits to be part of what arises in the
normal course of business. Although it is difficult to predict the outcome of
any legal proceeding, we do not believe these proceedings and actions will,
individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on our
consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

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MANAGEMENT

Our directors and executive officers are:

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NAME AGE POSITION
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James M. Papada, III................. 53 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and President
Albert Thorp, III.................... 47 Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial
Officer
John L. Kowalski..................... 58 Vice President
David W. Lacey....................... 57 Vice President of Human Resources
Drew A. Moyer........................ 37 Corporate Controller and Secretary
Thomas J. Considine, Jr. ............ 48 Treasurer
David J. Stakun...................... 46 Vice President of Corporate Communications
Stanley E. Basara.................... 68 Director
John E. Burrows, Jr. ................ 54 Director
Rajiv L. Gupta....................... 56 Director
J. Barton Harrison................... 72 Director
David H. Hofmann..................... 64 Director
Graham Humes......................... 69 Director
Edward M. Mazze...................... 61 Director
C. Mark Melliar-Smith................ 56 Director

James M. Papada, III has served as our Chairman of the Board since January
1996 and our Chief Executive Officer and President since July 1999. He has been
a director of Technitrol since 1983. He was our interim Chief Executive Officer
from January 8, 1999 to June 30, 1999. Before joining us, he was a partner in
the law firm of Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young from 1987 through June 1999.
This firm is our outside counsel and is representing us in this offering. He was
President and Chief Operating Officer of Hordis Brothers, a glass fabricator,
from 1983 until 1987. Mr. Papada is a director of Para-Chem Southern, a
specialty chemicals manufacturer and distributor, and Glasstech Holding, a
designer and assembler of glass blending and tempering systems that are used by
glass manufacturers and processors.

Albert Thorp, III has served as our Vice President of Finance and Chief
Financial Officer since 1995. He joined us as Corporate Controller in 1989. He
held the additional position of Treasurer from 1995 until March 1997 and from
July 2000 to November 2000. Mr. Thorp is a Certified Public Accountant.

John L. Kowalski has served as our Vice President since 1995. He has also
served as President of Pulse since 1995. Mr. Kowalski was President of the
Fil-Mag Group, a former subsidiary of Technitrol, from 1994 through its
consolidation into Pulse in 1995, and he was General Manager of our components
division from 1990 to 1995. Prior to joining us, he held various management
positions at Honeywell, General Electric and Varian. Mr. Kowalski is a director
of the San Diego World Trade Center.

David W. Lacey has served as our Vice President of Human Resources since
July 1998. Prior to joining us, he was Vice President of Human Resources with
The Hay Group, a human resources consulting firm, from 1995 to June 1998, and
was Senior Vice President and Deputy Director Human Resources for First Fidelity
Bank from 1992 until 1995.

Drew A. Moyer has served as our Corporate Controller since 1995 and our
Secretary since 1996. Mr. Moyer joined us in 1989 and was our Corporate
Accountant and Internal Auditor prior to 1995. Mr. Moyer was previously employed
by Ernst & Young and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Thomas J. Considine, Jr. has served as our Treasurer since November 2000.
From April 1998 until November 2000, he was the Treasurer of Vlasic Foods, a
packaged food company. From 1996 until March 1998, he held the position of
Assistant Treasurer of Armstrong World Industries, a manufacturer of vinyl
floors and ceilings. Prior to that, he held several finance positions at
Campbell Soup Company, a packaged food company, from November 1990 until
September 1996.

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David J. Stakun has served as our Vice President of Corporate
Communications since March 1997. From 1987 until March 1997, Mr. Stakun held
various communications positions of increasing responsibility at Bell Atlantic,
including Director--Corporate and Financial Communications from 1995 until
joining us. Before joining Bell Atlantic, Mr. Stakun held various communications
positions at Sears and Peoples Energy.

Stanley E. Basara was the President and Chief Operating Officer of
Panasonic Broadcasting Systems, a provider of professional television equipment
for television stations, from 1987 through his retirement in February 1999. Mr.
Basara has served as a director of Technitrol since 1993.

John E. Burrows, Jr. has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of
SPI Holding, a global producer of specialty chemicals, since 1995. From 1990
through 1995, he was Vice President-North America of Quaker Chemical, a
worldwide manufacturer and distributor of specialty chemicals and a provider of
chemical management services for manufacturers. Mr. Burrows has served as a
director of Technitrol since 1994.

Rajiv L. Gupta has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and
Haas, a specialty chemical manufacturer, since October 1999. Since joining Rohm
and Haas in 1971, he has held various positions of increasing responsibility in
finance and strategic planning. He has been a director of Rohm and Haas since
December 1998. Mr. Gupta also serves on the board of the Vanguard Group, Agere
Systems and the American Chemistry Council. Mr. Gupta has served as a director
of Technitrol since April 1998.

J. Barton Harrison had served as our Secretary from 1975 to 1977 and from
1983 until his retirement in 1995. He is a director of Steel Plant Equipment, a
manufacturer of industrial equipment primarily for the steel and paper
industries. Mr. Harrison has served as a director of Technitrol since 1966.

David H. Hofmann has been the President of The Bryce Company, a
privately-held consumer packaging concern, since August 1999. Mr. Hofmann worked
as a consultant to the consumer packaging industry from July 1997 through August
1999. From 1989 through July 1997, he served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of Graphic Packaging, a manufacturer of packaging for consumer goods.
From 1980 through 1989, he was President of the Perfecseal Division of Paper
Manufacturers, a manufacturer of sterile packaging for disposable medical
devices. Mr. Hofmann has served as a director of Technitrol since 2000.

Graham Humes was a principal of Compass Capital Partners, a corporate
finance advisory group, from 1995 through his retirement in June 1999. He was
General Director of CARESBAC-St. Petersburg, a small business venture capital
company in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, from 1993 to 1995. He is a
director of Brunschwig & Fils, Baltic Cranberry, Cherry Valley Spring Water, and
the George M. Leader Family Corporation. Mr. Humes has served as a director of
Technitrol since 1987.

Dr. Edward M. Mazze is Dean of the College of Business Administration and
holder of the Alfred J. Verrecchia-Hasbro Inc. Leadership Chair in Business at
the University of Rhode Island. From July 1993 to June 1998, he was Dean of The
Belk College of Business Administration, The University of North Carolina at
Charlotte. Previously, he held similar positions at Temple University and Seton
Hall University. Dr. Mazze is an honorary Trustee of Delaware Valley College of
Science and Agriculture and a member of the board of directors of Washington
Trust Bancorp and the Barrett Growth Fund. Dr. Mazze has served as a director of
Technitrol since 1985.

C. Mark Melliar-Smith has been a Venture Partner with Austin Ventures, a
venture capital firm that focuses on telecommunications, semiconductor and
software businesses, since January 2002. From January 1997 to December 2001, Mr.
Melliar-Smith was President and Chief Executive Officer of International
SEMATECH, a research and development consortium in the integrated circuit
industry. He was Chief Technical Officer of Lucent Technologies
Microelectronics, the forerunner of Agere Systems, from January 1990 through
December 1996. Mr. Melliar-Smith joined AT&T in 1970 and held a variety of key
engineering and management positions, including Executive Director at Bell
Laboratories Photonics and Microelectronics Division. Mr. Melliar-Smith also
serves as a director of Power One and Molecular Imprints. He became a director
of Technitrol in January 2002.

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PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS

The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial
ownership of our common stock as of February 28, 2002, and as adjusted to
reflect the sale of the shares of common stock offered in this offering, by:

-- our chief executive officer and each of our four next most highly
compensated executive officers during the fiscal year ended December
28, 2001,

-- each person or group of affiliated persons who is known by us to own
beneficially 5% or more of our common stock,

-- each of our directors, and

-- all directors and executive officers as a group.

This table assumes no exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option.
Percentage of ownership is based on 33,719,912 shares of our common stock
outstanding on February 28, 2002 and 39,239,912 shares of common stock
outstanding after completion of this offering. Beneficial ownership is
determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each of the persons
listed below is c/o Technitrol, Inc., 1210 Northbrook Drive, Suite 385, Trevose,
Pennsylvania 19053.

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NUMBER OF SHARES PERCENT OF CLASS PERCENT OF CLASS
NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BEFORE OFFERING AFTER OFFERING
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Virginia Frese Palmer/
Palmer Family Trusts............... 2,566,500(1) 7.6% 6.5%
State Street Research & Management
Company............................ 1,873,200(2) 5.6% 4.8%
Stanley E. Basara.................... 16,796(3) * *
John E. Burrows, Jr. ................ 12,750 * *
Rajiv L. Gupta....................... 5,670 * *
J. Barton Harrison................... 2,710,430(4) 8.0% 6.9%
David H. Hofmann..................... 862 * *
Graham Humes......................... 224,415(5) * *
John L. Kowalski..................... 65,351(6) * *
David W. Lacey....................... 12,255(7) * *
Edward M. Mazze...................... 11,780 * *
C. Mark Melliar-Smith................ -0- * *
Drew A. Moyer........................ 18,072(8) * *
James M. Papada, III................. 103,363(9) * *
Albert Thorp, III.................... 23,166(10) * *
Directors and executive officers as a
group (15 people).................. 3,214,965(11) 9.5% 8.2%

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* Less than one percent (1%).

(1) Consists of 1,779,184 shares held by the Palmer Family Trust--Survivor's
Share, 651,300 shares held by the Virginia Frese Palmer Charitable
Remainder Unitrust, dated June 20, 2000, and 136,016 shares held by the
Palmer Family Trust--Residuary Trust Share. The co-trustees of these three
trusts are Virginia Frese Palmer and J. Barton Harrison. Mrs. Palmer and
Mr. Harrison, one of our directors, share voting power and investment power
with respect to these trusts. Mrs. Palmer is the widow of Gordon Palmer,
Jr., one of the company's founders. The address of each of the trusts is
c/o Palmer Family Trusts, 7147 E. Sabino Vista Circle, Tucson, AZ 85750.

(2) Of the aggregate 1,873,200 shares reported as beneficially owned by State
Street, it has sole dispositive power over all 1,873,200 shares and sole
voting power over 1,862,100 shares. State Street disclaims
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beneficial ownership of all 1,873,200 shares. The address of State Street
is State Street Research & Management Company, One Financial Center, 30th
Floor, Boston, MA 02111-2690. The information provided for State Street is
based on a Schedule 13G filed by it on February 15, 2002.

(3) Consists of 13,976 shares directly owned by Mr. Basara and 2,820 shares
owned by Mr. Basara's wife. Mr. Basara disclaims any beneficial interest in
the shares owned by his spouse.

(4) Consists of 143,930 shares directly owned by Mr. Harrison and 2,566,500
shares held by the three Palmer Trusts described in footnote (1) above. Mr.
Harrison disclaims any beneficial interest in the shares owned by the
Palmer Family Trust--Survivor's Share for which he is a co-trustee.

(5) Consists of 156,318 shares directly owned by Mr. Humes, 36,053 shares owned
by Mr. Humes' spouse and 32,044 shares owned by a trust for which Mr.
Humes' spouse is co-trustee. Mr. Humes disclaims any beneficial interest in
the shares owned by his spouse or those shares owned by a trust for which
his spouse is co-trustee.

(6) Consists of 26,972 shares directly owned by Mr. Kowalski and 38,379 shares
owned by a trust for which Mr. Kowalski and his spouse are co-trustees.
Includes 15,880 shares which are subject to forfeiture and restrictions on
transfer pursuant to our restricted stock plan.

(7) Includes 4,450 shares which are subject to forfeiture and restrictions on
transfer pursuant to our restricted stock plan.

(8) Includes 6,700 shares which are subject to forfeiture and restrictions on
transfer pursuant to our restricted stock plan.

(9) Includes 73,200 shares which are subject to forfeiture and restrictions on
transfer pursuant to our restricted stock plan.

(10) Includes 9,030 shares which are subject to forfeiture and restrictions on
transfer pursuant to our restricted stock plan.

(11) Includes 113,670 shares which are subject to forfeiture and restrictions on
transfer pursuant to our restricted stock plan.

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

GENERAL

Our authorized capital stock consists of 175,000,000 shares of common
stock, par value $0.125 per share. As of February 28, 2002, we had 33,719,912
shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

The following summary of our capital stock is qualified in its entirety by
reference to our articles of incorporation and bylaws, which are incorporated by
reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus
forms a part. References to our articles of incorporation in this prospectus
refer to our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and
references to our bylaws in this prospectus refer to our Bylaws, as amended.

COMMON STOCK

A holder of shares of our common stock is entitled to one vote per share on
all matters to be voted upon by shareholders, except in the election for
directors which will be by cumulative voting. In the election of directors, each
shareholder entitled to vote has the right to multiply the number of votes to
which he may be entitled by the total number of directors to be elected in the
election, and he may cast the whole number of such votes for one candidate or he
may distribute them among any two or more candidates. The candidates receiving
the highest number of votes will be elected. We also have a classified board of
directors which together with cumulative voting for directors may delay or deter
a future takeover or change in control.

Unless otherwise required under our articles of incorporation or bylaws or
by statute, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented in
person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote is required for approval
of any matter brought before a meeting of shareholders.

The holders of our common stock are entitled to receive ratably such
dividends as may be declared from time to time by our board of directors out of
funds legally available, subject to the terms of agreements governing our
long-term debt. In the event we liquidate, dissolve or wind up our business
affairs, the holders of shares of common stock are entitled to share ratably in
all assets remaining after payment of liabilities. Holders of common stock have
no preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights. The outstanding
shares of common stock are fully paid and nonassessable, except for shares
issued pursuant to our incentive compensation plan.

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS

Our articles of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that are
intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the
composition of our board of directors and which may have the effect of delaying,
deterring or preventing a future takeover or change in control not approved by
our board of directors. These provisions may also render the removal of our
current board of directors and of management more difficult.

Our articles of incorporation and bylaws provide for a classified board of
directors consisting of three classes of directors with each class serving
staggered three-year terms. Our articles of incorporation and bylaws also
provide that directors may not be removed prior to the expiration of their term
of office without cause. These provisions cannot be amended, except upon the
affirmative vote of at least 75% of the outstanding shares.

Our bylaws provide that vacancies on our board of directors may only be
filled by the remaining directors and not by the shareholders. While our
president or a majority of our board of directors may call a special meeting of
shareholders, our bylaws provide that shareholders may only call a special
meeting upon the request of shareholders owning at least 20% of our common
stock.

Our articles of incorporation provide for a supermajority vote generally in
the case of the following types of transactions with a holder of more than 5% of
our stock:

-- mergers or consolidations in which a vote of shareholders is required
by law,

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-- sales of all or any substantial part of our assets, and

-- issuances of securities by us in exchange for securities or assets of
the holder of more than 5% of our stock in a transaction in which
shareholder approval is required by law or by agreement.

Any of these transactions must be approved by the affirmative vote of at
least 75% of our outstanding shares, unless a letter of intent or other
agreement pertaining to the transaction was approved by our board of directors
prior to the time that the other party obtained more than 5% of our shares of
stock. This provision of our articles of incorporation requiring a supermajority
vote for business transactions can only be amended by the affirmative vote of
holders of at least 75% of our outstanding shares. These supermajority
requirements could enable a minority of our shareholders to exercise veto power
over any extraordinary transactions and amendments.

PENNSYLVANIA ANTI-TAKEOVER LAW

The following summarizes certain statutory anti-takeover provisions of the
Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended, or the BCL.

Subchapter 25F of the BCL generally prohibits a "business combination" with
a shareholder or group of shareholders who, together with affiliates,
beneficially own(s) at least 20% of the voting power of a public corporation.
This prohibition extends for a five-year period following the date on which the
holder became an interested shareholder, unless the transaction is approved in
advance by the board of directors of the company or a specified vote of its
shareholders. The term business combination is defined broadly to include
various merger, consolidation, division, exchange or sale transactions.

The BCL provides for further anti-takeover provisions relating to control
share acquisitions and disgorgements, however, we have specifically opted out of
these provisions pursuant to our bylaws.

Under Section 1715 of the BCL, our directors are not required to regard the
interests of the shareholders as being dominant or controlling in considering
our best interests. The directors may consider, to the extent they deem
appropriate, factors including:

-- the effects of any action upon any group affected by such action,
including our shareholders, employees, suppliers, customers and
creditors, and communities in which we have offices or other
establishments,

-- our short-term and long-term interests, including benefits that may
accrue to us from our long-term plans and the possibility that these
interests may be best served by our continued independence,

-- the resources, intent and conduct of any person seeking to acquire
control of us, and

-- all other pertinent factors.

The above BCL provisions may discourage open market purchases of our common
stock or a non-negotiated tender or exchange offer for our common stock and,
accordingly, may be considered disadvantageous by a shareholder who would desire
to participate in any such transaction.

RIGHTS AGREEMENT

In August 1996, our board of directors declared a dividend distribution of
one purchase right for each outstanding share of our common stock payable to
shareholders of record on September 9, 1996. Rights have also been and will be
issued in respect of all shares of common stock which become outstanding after
September 9, 1996.

The rights will become exercisable on a date, referred to as the
distribution date, that is the earlier of:

-- ten days after a person or group acquires 15% or more of our common
stock, or

-- ten business days after a person or group commences a tender or
exchange offer which, if consummated, would result in that person or
group owning at least 15% of our common stock.

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Prior to the distribution date, the rights cannot be exercised and will not
trade separately from our common stock. Following the distribution date,
separate certificates representing the rights will be mailed to holders of
record of our common stock as of the close of business on the distribution date
and the separate rights certificates alone will evidence the rights. The
description and terms of the rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement, as
amended, between us and Registrar and Transfer Company, as Rights Agent.

If a person or group acquires 15% or more of our common stock, all other
holders of rights will then be entitled to purchase, by payment of the exercise
price for each right, the number of shares of our common stock with a value of
twice the exercise price. In addition, at any time after a 15% position is
acquired, our board of directors may, at its option, require each outstanding
right, other than rights held by the acquiring person or group, to be exchanged
for two shares of our common stock.

If, following the earlier of the distribution date or an acquisition of 15%
or more of our common stock, we:

-- are acquired by any person in a merger or other business combination
transaction, or

-- sell more than 50% of our assets or earning power to any person,

all other holders of rights will then be entitled to purchase common stock of
the acquiring company with a value of twice the exercise price per right.

We may redeem the rights at $.005 per right at any time prior to the time
that a person or group has acquired 15% or more of our common stock. The rights
expire on September 9, 2006, unless earlier redeemed or exchanged by us as
described above. The rights will not entitle the holder to any benefits of the
underlying common stock, including the right to vote and to receive dividends,
until the right is exercised.

The exercise price and the number of shares or other securities issuable
upon exercise of the rights are subject to adjustment from time to time to
prevent dilution. The terms of the rights may also be amended by us and the
Rights Agent, provided that following the distribution date the amendment does
not materially adversely affect the interests of holders of rights other than an
acquiring person.

The rights have anti-takeover effects. The rights may cause substantial
dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire us without conditioning
the offer on a substantial number of rights being acquired. Accordingly, the
existence of the rights may deter potential acquirers from making takeover
proposals or tender offers. However, we believe the Rights Agreement helps
ensure that our shareholders receive fair and equal treatment in the event of
any proposed takeover and is intended to protect and enhance shareholder value,
as well as assist our board of directors in realizing our strategic objectives.

The foregoing description of the rights is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Rights Agreement. The Rights Agreement is incorporated by
reference as an exhibit to the registration statement which this prospectus
forms a part.

TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Registrar and
Transfer Company, Cranford, New Jersey.

LISTING

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
"TNL."

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UNDERWRITERS

Under the terms and subject to the conditions contained in an underwriting
agreement dated the date of this prospectus, the underwriters named below, for
whom Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
and Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated are acting as representatives, have
severally agreed to purchase, and we have agreed to sell to them, severally, the
number of shares indicated below:

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NUMBER OF
NAME SHARES
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Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated........................... 2,685,000
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation...................... 1,879,500
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated........................ 805,500
C.L. King & Associates, Inc................................. 150,000
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Total............................................... 5,520,000
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The underwriters are offering the shares of our common stock subject to
their acceptance of the shares from us and subject to prior sale. The
underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the several underwriters
to pay for and accept delivery of the shares of our common stock offered by this
prospectus are subject to the approval of legal matters by their counsel and
some other conditions. The underwriters are obligated to take and pay for all of
the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus if any such shares are
taken. However, the underwriters are not required to take or pay for the shares
covered by the underwriters' over-allotment option described below.

The underwriters initially propose to offer part of the shares of our
common stock directly to the public at the public offering price listed on the
cover page of this prospectus and part to a limited number of dealers at a price
that represents a concession not in excess of $0.77 a share under the public
offering price. After the public offering of the shares of our common stock, the
offering price and other selling terms may from time to time be varied by the
representatives.

We have granted to the underwriters an option, exercisable for 30 days from
the date of the underwriting agreement, to purchase up to an aggregate of
828,000 additional shares of our common stock at the public offering price
listed on the cover page of this prospectus, less underwriting discounts and
commissions. The underwriters may exercise this option solely for the purpose of
covering over-allotments, if any, made in connection with the offering of the
shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus. To the extent the option
is exercised, each underwriter will become obligated, subject to specified
conditions, to purchase about the same percentage of the additional shares of
our common stock as the number listed next to the underwriter's name in the
preceding table bears to the total number of shares of our common stock listed
next to the names of all underwriters in the preceding table.

The following table shows the per share and total underwriting discounts
and commissions to be paid to the underwriters by us. These amounts are shown
assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment
option.

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PER SHARE TOTAL
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NO EXERCISE FULL EXERCISE NO EXERCISE FULL EXERCISE
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Underwriting Discounts and
Commissions paid by us........... $1.1812 $1.1812 $6,520,224 $7,498,258

Several of the underwriters and their affiliates have provided and will
provide investment banking, transaction advisory and other financial services
for us and our affiliates in the ordinary course of business for which they have
received and will receive customary compensation. In particular, an affiliate of
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated has provided us transaction advisory
services since 1996 in exchange for a monthly retainer of $5,000 and a success
fee calculated as a percentage of the total value of the completed transaction.
This percentage varies based upon the size of the transaction. Fees paid to Legg
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Walker, Incorporated for transaction advisory services were $234,000 and $67,000
in 2001 and 2000, respectively. In addition, an affiliate of Morgan Stanley &
Co. Incorporated administered our employee stock purchase plan during 2000 and
2001. Fees paid by us for these services during 2001 were approximately $33,500
and were nominal during 2000. We believe these arrangements are on terms
customary for these services.

The underwriters have informed us that they do not intend sales to
discretionary accounts to exceed five percent of the total number of shares of
our common stock offered by them.

The shares of common stock offered hereby have been approved for listing on
the New York Stock Exchange.

We have agreed that, without the prior written consent of Morgan Stanley &
Co. Incorporated on behalf of the underwriters, we will not, during the period
ending 90 days after the date of this prospectus:

-- offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to
purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option,
right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose
of directly or indirectly, any shares of our common stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our
common stock, or

-- enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another,
in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of
our common stock, whether any transaction described above is to be
settled by delivery of our common stock or such other securities, in
cash or otherwise.

The restrictions described in the above paragraph do not apply to:

-- the sale of shares to the underwriters, or

-- the issuance by us upon the exercise of employee stock options
outstanding on the date of this prospectus of which the underwriters
have been advised in writing and issuances under our rights plan,
dividend reinvestment plan, restricted stock plan, employee stock
purchase plan and board of directors stock plan.

Our officers and directors have agreed that they will not, without, in each
case, the prior written consent of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, for a
period of 90 days after the date of this prospectus:

-- offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of,
directly or indirectly, any shares of our common stock or securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of our
common stock, or enter into a transaction that would have the same
effect,

-- enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in
whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of
our common stock, whether any of these transactions are to be settled
by delivery of our common stock or other securities, in cash or
otherwise, or

-- publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or
disposition, or to enter into any transaction, swap, hedge or other
arrangement.

In addition, the trustees of three related trusts, which held 2,566,500
shares of our common stock in the aggregate as of February 28, 2002, have agreed
to these restrictions with respect to the shares beneficially owned by all of
these trusts, except for 200,000 shares in the aggregate which may be sold or
otherwise disposed of by these trusts without the prior written consent of
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated.

The restrictions described in the above paragraphs relating to our
officers, directors and the related trusts do not apply to:

-- any shares of our common stock acquired in the open market, or

-- a transfer of any shares of our common stock to a family member, a
trust or as a bona fide gift, provided the transferee agrees to be
bound in writing by these restrictions prior to such transfer.

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In order to facilitate the offering of the common stock, the underwriters
may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the
price of our common stock. Specifically, the underwriters may sell more shares
than they are obligated to purchase under the underwriting agreement, creating a
short position. A short sale is "covered" if the short position is no greater
than the number of shares available for purchase by the underwriters under the
over-allotment option. The underwriters can close out a covered short sale by
exercising the over-allotment option or purchasing shares in the open market. In
determining the source of shares to close out a covered short sale, the
underwriters will consider, among other things, the open market price of shares
compared to the price available under the over-allotment option. The
underwriters may also sell shares in excess of the over-allotment option,
creating a naked short position. The underwriters must close out any naked short
position by purchasing shares in the open market. A naked short position is more
likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be
downward pressure on the price of the common stock in the open market after
pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering. In
addition, to cover over-allotments or to stabilize the price of our common
stock, the underwriters may bid for, and purchase, shares of our common stock in
the open market. Finally, the underwriting syndicate may reclaim selling
concessions allowed to an underwriter or a dealer for distributing the common
stock in the offering, if the syndicate repurchases previously distributed
common stock in transactions to cover syndicate short positions, in
stabilization transactions or otherwise. Any of these activities may stabilize
or maintain the market price of the common stock above independent market
levels. The underwriters are not required to engage in these activities and may
end any of these activities at any time.

A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on the Web sites
maintained by one or more of the underwriters. The representatives of the
underwriters may agree to allocate a number of shares to underwriters for sale
to their online brokerage account holders. Internet distribution will be
allocated by the representatives to underwriters that may make Internet
distributions on the same basis as other allocations.

We have agreed with the underwriters to indemnify each other against
certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.

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LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus will
be passed upon for Technitrol by Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, LLP,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation, New York, New York, will pass upon certain legal matters for the
underwriters.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of Technitrol, Inc. as of December
28, 2001 and December 29, 2000, and for each of the years in the three year
period ended December 28, 2001, have been included or incorporated by reference
herein and in the registration statement in reliance on the report of KPMG LLP,
independent accountants, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in
auditing and accounting.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other
information with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). You may read
and copy any document we file at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for
further information on the public reference room. You may also obtain our SEC
filings from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 under the
Securities Act with respect to the securities offered under this prospectus.
This prospectus does not contain all of the information in the registration
statement, parts of which we have omitted, as allowed under the rules and
regulations of the SEC. You should refer to the registration statement for
further information with respect to us and our securities. Statements contained
in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract or other document are not
necessarily complete and, in each instance, we refer you to the copy of each
contract or document filed as an exhibit of the registration statement. Copies
of the registration statement, including exhibits, may be obtained from the SEC
by the means described above.

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" the information we file
with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by
referring you to those documents. Statements made in this prospectus as to the
contents of any contract, agreement or other documents are not necessarily
complete, and, in each instance, we refer you to a copy of such document filed
as an exhibit to the registration statement or otherwise filed with the SEC. The
information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this
prospectus. When we file information with the SEC in the future, that
information will automatically update and supersede this information. We
incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we
will make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, until we sell all of the common
stock offered by this prospectus.

a. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28,
2001 including portions of our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2002 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders incorporated into the Form 10-K by reference,

b. Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 14, 2002
reporting under Item 5, and

c. Our Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A dated July 5, 2000 describing
our common stock and our purchase rights, including any amendment or reports
filed for the purpose of updating such description.

You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or
telephoning us at:

Technitrol, Inc.
Attention: Secretary
1210 Northbrook Drive, Suite 385
Trevose, PA 19053
(215) 355-2900

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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PAGE
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Independent Auditors' Report................................ F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 29, 2000 and
December 28, 2001......................................... F-3
Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the years ended
December 31, 1999 and December 29, 2000 and December 28,
2001...................................................... F-4
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended
December 31, 1999 and December 29, 2000 and December 28,
2001...................................................... F-5
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
for the years ended December 31, 1999 and December 29,
2000 and December 28, 2001................................ F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.................. F-7

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE
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Schedule II -- Valuation and Qualifying Accounts............ F-25

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Technitrol, Inc.:

We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Technitrol, Inc. and
subsidiaries as listed in the accompanying index. In connection with our audits
of the consolidated financial statements, we also audited the financial
statement schedule as listed in the accompanying index. These consolidated
financial statements and the financial statement schedule are the responsibility
of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these consolidated financial statements and the financial statement schedule
based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Technitrol, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 29, 2000 and December 28, 2001, and the results of
their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 28, 2001, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the
related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic
consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all
material respects, the information set forth therein.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 18, 2002

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

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DECEMBER 29, DECEMBER 28,
2000 2001
------------ ------------
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER
SHARE DATA)

ASSETS
------
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents................................. $162,631 $142,267
Trade receivables, net.................................... 108,423 63,294
Inventories............................................... 86,001 62,404
Prepaid expenses and other current assets................. 11,679 18,785
-------- --------
Total current assets................................... 368,734 286,750
Property, plant and equipment............................... 173,739 170,665
Less accumulated depreciation............................. 81,341 87,613
-------- --------
Net property, plant and equipment...................... 92,398 83,052
Deferred income taxes....................................... 11,235 9,499
Excess of cost over net assets acquired and other
intangibles, net.......................................... 47,064 128,512
Other assets................................................ 1,340 17,207
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$520,771 $525,020
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
------------------------------------
Current liabilities:
Current installments of long-term debt.................... $ 151 $ 122
Accounts payable.......................................... 35,046 24,780
Accrued expenses.......................................... 103,140 72,591
-------- --------
Total current liabilities.............................. 138,337 97,493
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term debt, excluding current installments............ 48,437 89,007
Other long-term liabilities............................... 9,567 9,289

Commitments and contingencies (Note 7)

Shareholders' equity:
Common stock: 175,000,000 shares authorized; 33,236,762
and 33,683,420 outstanding in 2000 and 2001,
respectively; $.125 par value per share and additional
paid-in capital........................................ 63,909 70,184
Retained earnings......................................... 266,132 264,055
Other..................................................... (5,611) (5,008)
-------- --------
Total shareholders' equity............................. 324,430 329,231
-------- --------
$520,771 $525,020
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See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS

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YEARS ENDED
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DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 29, DECEMBER 28,
1999 2000 2001
------------ ------------ ------------
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)

Net sales...................................... $530,436 $664,378 $474,199
Cost of sales.................................. 358,553 409,856 359,681
-------- -------- --------
Gross profit................................. 171,883 254,522 114,518
Selling, general and administrative expenses... 110,694 131,113 98,837
Restructuring and unusual and infrequent
items........................................ -- 3,305 13,594
-------- -------- --------
Operating profit............................. 61,189 120,104 2,087
Other income (expense):
Interest income.............................. 1,882 6,341 6,401
Interest expense............................. (3,477) (3,482) (4,998)
Other, net................................... (585) (49) 1,879
-------- -------- --------
(2,180) 2,810 3,282
-------- -------- --------
Earnings before income taxes................. 59,009 122,914 5,369
Income tax expense............................. 14,697 23,606 2,903
-------- -------- --------
Net earnings................................... $ 44,312 $ 99,308 $ 2,466
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Net earnings per share:
Basic........................................ $ 1.38 $ 3.05 $ .07
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Diluted...................................... $ 1.36 $ 3.02 $ .07
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See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

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YEARS ENDED
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DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 29, DECEMBER 28,
1999 2000 2001
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(IN THOUSANDS)

Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings........................................... $44,312 $ 99,308 $ 2,466
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization........................ 19,411 22,378 26,553
Tax benefit from employee stock compensation......... 429 1,893 231
Amortization of stock incentive plan expense......... 2,327 6,990 1,219
Loss on impairment and sale of property, plant and
equipment.......................................... 1,076 1,301 3,863
Deferred taxes....................................... 3,319 (4,239) 4,889
Restructuring and unusual and infrequent items....... -- 2,495 599
Inventory provisions................................. 4,483 8,129 20,295
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effect of
acquisitions and divestitures:
Trade receivables.................................. (9,345) (31,527) 48,197
Inventories........................................ 1,262 (30,161) 8,437
Prepaids expenses and other current assets......... 775 1,462 (4,487)
Accounts payable................................... 3,788 10,630 (14,348)
Accrued expenses................................... (3,028) 21,321 (33,657)
Other, net........................................... 443 3,808 (1,571)
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Net cash provided by operating activities............ 69,252 113,788 62,686
------- -------- --------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired..................... (15,277) (5,365) (115,533)
Capital expenditures, exclusive of acquisitions........ (18,766) (29,976) (13,149)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment.... 1,115 571 4,531
------- -------- --------
Net cash used in investing activities................ (32,928) (34,770) (124,151)
------- -------- --------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Principal payments on long-term debt................... (73,185) (36,243) (97,261)
Long-term borrowings................................... 77,753 27,269 140,239
Payment of debt assumed in acquisition................. -- -- (3,944)
Dividends paid......................................... (4,133) (4,430) (4,528)
Exercise of stock options.............................. 5 220 17
Sale of stock through employee stock purchase plan..... 916 8,388 6,548
------- -------- --------
Net cash (used in) provided by financing
activities......................................... 1,356 (4,796) 41,071
------- -------- --------
Net effect of exchange rate changes on cash.............. (82) 248 30
------- -------- --------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents..... 37,598 74,470 (20,364)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year........... 50,563 88,161 162,631
------- -------- --------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year................. $88,161 $162,631 $142,267
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See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

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OTHER
COMMON STOCK ----------------------------
AND ACCUMULATED
PAID-IN CAPITAL OTHER
---------------- RETAINED DEFERRED COMPREHENSIVE COMPREHENSIVE
SHARES AMOUNT EARNINGS COMPENSATION INCOME INCOME
------ ------- -------- ------------ ------------- -------------
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)

BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 1999........ 16,170 $45,109 $131,227 $(1,792) $ 265
Stock options, awards and related
compensation.................... 66 1,809 -- (609) --
Tax benefit of stock
compensation.................... -- 429 -- -- --
Stock issued under employee stock
purchase plan................... 30 916 -- -- --
Currency translation
adjustments..................... -- -- -- -- (1,770) $(1,770)
Net earnings...................... -- -- 44,312 -- -- 44,312
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Comprehensive income.............. -- -- -- -- -- $42,542
=======
Dividends declared ($.13125 per
share).......................... -- -- (4,261) -- --
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BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 1999...... 16,266 $48,263 $171,278 $(2,401) $(1,505)
Stock options, awards and related
compensation.................... 88 5,365 -- (1,470) --
Tax benefit of stock
compensation.................... -- 1,893 -- -- --
Stock issued under employee stock
purchase plan................... 265 8,388 -- -- --
Currency translation
adjustments..................... -- -- -- -- (235) $ (235)
Net earnings...................... -- -- 99,308 -- -- 99,308
-------
Comprehensive income.............. -- -- -- -- -- $99,073
=======
Dividends declared ($.135 per
share).......................... -- -- (4,454) -- --
Two-for-one stock split effective
in November 2000................ 16,618 -- -- -- --
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BALANCE AT DECEMBER 29, 2000...... 33,237 $63,909 $266,132 $(3,871) $(1,740)
Stock options, awards and related
compensation.................... 48 (504) -- 1,441 --
Tax benefit of stock
compensation.................... -- 231 -- -- --
Stock issued under employee stock
purchase plan................... 398 6,548 -- -- --
Currency translation
adjustments..................... -- -- -- -- (838) $ (838)
Net earnings...................... -- -- 2,466 -- -- 2,466
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Comprehensive income.............. -- -- -- -- -- $ 1,628
=======
Dividends declared ($.135 per
share).......................... -- -- (4,543) -- --
------ ------- -------- ------- -------
BALANCE AT DECEMBER 28, 2001...... 33,683 $70,184 $264,055 $(2,430) $(2,578)
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Technitrol,
Inc. (the "Company") and all of its subsidiaries. All material intercompany
accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash and cash equivalents include funds invested in a variety of liquid
short-term investments with a maturity of three months or less.

INVENTORIES

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined
by the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. Inventory that is fully reserved in
the ordinary course of business is not written back up after a write-down.
Inventory reserves are utilized when the actual inventory is physically
disposed. The reserves are determined by comparing quantity on-hand to
historical usage and forecasted demand. The Company's inventory reserves at
December 29, 2000 and December 28, 2001 were $9.2 million and $23.5 million,
respectively.

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is based
upon the estimated useful life of the assets on both the accelerated and the
straight-line methods. The estimated useful lives of assets range from 5 to 30
years for buildings and improvements and from 3 to 10 years for machinery and
equipment. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as
incurred, and major renewals and betterments are capitalized. Upon sale or
retirement, the cost of the asset and related accumulated depreciation are
removed from the balance sheet, and any resulting gains or losses are included
in earnings.

EXCESS OF COST OVER NET ASSETS AND OTHER INTANGIBLES

Excess of cost over net assets acquired is amortized on a straight-line
basis over 15 years. When events and circumstances so indicate, the
recoverability of its carrying value is evaluated by determining whether its
remaining balance can be recovered through future undiscounted cash flows from
operations. Such events and circumstances include a sale of all or a significant
part of the operations associated with the excess of cost over net assets
acquired, or a significant decline in the operating performance of the net
assets. If an evaluation indicates that the carrying value cannot be recovered
through future operating undiscounted cash flows, an impairment charge will be
recorded by discounting the future operating cash flows using the implied cost
of capital for that business segment and comparing the resulting discounted cash
flow to the carrying value. The Company had approximately $47.1 million of
goodwill at December 29, 2000 and approximately $80.3 million of goodwill and
$48.2 million of other intangibles, including $40.0 million of tradenames, on
its balance sheet as of December 28, 2001. See additional discussion in Note 2
Acquisitions.

Acquisitions consummated after July 1, 2001 were accounted for by the
transition rules of SFAS 141, and goodwill resulting from such transactions have
not been subjected to amortization.

REVENUE RECOGNITION AND ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

Revenue is recognized upon shipment of product and passage of title without
right of return, after all performance factors have been met. The Company is not
subject to any significant customer acceptance provisions. Product returns are
covered by reserves based on historical experience and Financial Accounting

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (CONTINUED)

Standard No. 48, "Revenue Recognition When Right of Return Exists." The
Company's accounts receivable reserves at December 29, 2000 and December 28,
2001 were $1.9 million and $2.6 million, respectively.

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with
Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees" (APB 25). Note 11 presents proforma results of operations as if
Financial Accounting Standard No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation"
(FAS 123), had been used to account for stock-based compensation plans.

FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION

Certain foreign subsidiaries of the Company use the U.S. dollar as the
functional currency and others use a local currency. For subsidiaries using the
U.S. dollar as the functional currency, non-U.S. dollar monetary assets and
liabilities are remeasured at year-end exchange rates while non-monetary items
are remeasured at historical rates. Income and expense accounts are remeasured
at the average rates in effect during the year, except for depreciation that is
remeasured at historical rates. Gains or losses from changes in exchange rates
are recognized in earnings in the year of occurrence. For entities using a local
currency as the functional currency, net assets are translated at year-end rates
while income and expense accounts are translated at average exchange rates.
Adjustments resulting from these translations are reflected directly in
shareholders' equity.

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable,
short-term borrowings and accounts payable are a reasonable estimate of their
fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The carrying value
of long-term debt approximates its fair value after taking into consideration
current rates offered to the Company for similar debt instruments of comparable
maturities. The fair values of financial instruments have been determined
through information obtained from quoted market sources and management
estimates. The Company does not hold or issue financial instruments or
derivative financial instruments for trading purposes.

The Company is exposed to market risk from changes in interest rates,
foreign currency exchange rates and precious metal prices. To mitigate the risk
from these changes, the Company periodically enters into hedging transactions
which have been authorized pursuant to the Company's policies and procedures. In
accordance with SFAS 133, gains and losses related to qualified hedges of firm
commitments and anticipated transactions are deferred and are recognized in
income or as adjustments of carrying amounts when the hedged transaction occurs.
All other forward exchange and option contracts are marked-to-market and
unrealized gains and losses are included in current period net income. At
December 31, 1999, the Company did not have any derivative financial instruments
outstanding, other than to sell forward approximately $1.2 million of precious
metal purchased as part of the acquisition of MEC Betras Italia S.r.l. on
December 22, 1999. At December 29, 2000, the Company had a foreign exchange
contract in place to sell forward $3.2 million of U.S. dollars for French
francs, in connection with the purchase of the electrical contacts business of
Engelhard-CLAL on January 4, 2001. At December 28, 2001, the Company has five
foreign exchange contracts in place to sell forward approximately 44.2 million
of euro in connection with hedging the repayment of intercompany loans.

PRECIOUS METAL CONSIGNMENT-TYPE LEASES

The Company has custody of inventories under consignment-type leases from
suppliers ($40.8 million at December 29, 2000 and $39.6 million at December 28,
2001). The Company has four consignment-type leases in place for sourcing all
precious metals. The leases are operating leases and the related inventory and
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liability are not recorded on its balance sheet. The leases are generally
one-year in duration and can be extended with annual renewals. Either party can
terminate the lease agreements with 30 days written notice. The primary covenant
in each of the agreements is a prohibition against the Company creating security
interests in the consigned metals. Included in interest expense for the year
ended December 31, 1999 are consignment fees of $1.4 million. These interest
costs were also $1.1 million in 2000 and 2001.

ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ significantly from those
estimates.

RECLASSIFICATIONS

Certain amounts in the prior-year financial statements have been
reclassified to confirm with the current-year presentation.

(2) ACQUISITIONS

Tool and Die facility in Estonia from AMP: In January of 2000, the Company
completed the acquisition of a tool and die design and manufacturing operation
near Tallinn, Estonia, from AMP, a division of Tyco Electronics Corporation.
This business was integrated into AMI Doduco. The purchase price was not
material to the Company's consolidated financial position.

EWC, Inc: In October 2000, the Company purchased certain assets of EWC,
Inc. EWC manufactured magnetic components primarily for the defense and
aerospace industries. This business was integrated into the Specialty Components
Division of Pulse. The purchase price was not material to the Company's
consolidated financial position.

Engelhard-CLAL: In January 2001, the Company acquired the electrical
contacts business of Engelhard-CLAL. These operations are based in France with
additional operations in Spain and the United Kingdom. Engelhard-CLAL
manufactured electrical contacts, wire and strip contact materials and related
products primarily for the European electrical equipment market. This business
was integrated into AMI Doduco. The purchase price was not material to the
Company's consolidated financial position.

Grupo ECM: In March 2001, the Company acquired Electro Componentes
Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates based in Mexico City. These operations are
referred to as Grupo ECM. Grupo ECM manufactured and marketed inductive
components primarily for automotive applications. This business was integrated
into Pulse. The purchase price was not material to the Company's consolidated
financial position.

Full Rise Electronics Co. Ltd.: In April 2001, the Company made a minority
investment in the common stock of Full Rise Electronics Co. Ltd. ("FRE") which
is accounted for by the cost-basis method of accounting. FRE is based in the
Republic of China (Taiwan) and manufactures connector products including single
and multiple port jacks. This investment was made by Pulse and the Company has
an option to purchase additional shares of common stock in FRE in the future.

Excelsus Technologies, Inc.: In August 2001, the Company acquired all of
the capital stock of Excelsus Technologies, Inc. ("Excelsus") based in Carlsbad,
California. Excelsus produced customer-premises digital subscriber line filters
and other broadband accessories. The acquisition was accounted for by the
purchase method of accounting. The preliminary purchase price was approximately
$85.9 million, net of $4.8 million of cash acquired and a preliminary purchase
price adjustment of $2.6 million. The fair value of net assets

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acquired approximated $18.2 million. Based on the fair value of the assets
acquired, the preliminary allocation of the unadjusted purchase price includes
$40.0 million for trade names, $27.0 million for goodwill and $8.0 million for
technology. The only intangible subject to amortization is the $8.0 million of
technology, which is estimated to have a 5-year life. The purchase price is
subject to adjustment for the net worth of Excelsus at the date of closing and
the allocation of the purchase price is subject to adjustment as details of the
transaction are finalized. A significant portion of the purchase price is being
maintained in an escrow account. Included in the assets acquired is a $6.3
million tax receivable, generated by the acceleration and settlement of Excelsus
stock options at the time of closing. The Company filed income tax returns for
the period ending on the closing date, and received the full amount of the tax
receivable during the fourth quarter of 2001. In order to fund the purchase
price, the Company used approximately $19.0 million of cash on-hand and borrowed
approximately $74.0 million under its existing credit facility with a syndicate
of commercial banks. Excelsus was integrated into Pulse. Prior to the
acquisition, Excelsus recorded revenues of approximately $40.0 million in 2000.

(3) FINANCIAL STATEMENT DETAILS

The following provides details for certain financial statement captions at
December 29, 2000 and December 28, 2001 (in thousands):

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Inventories:
Finished goods............................................ $ 28,710 $ 22,159
Work in progress.......................................... 15,907 11,723
Raw materials and supplies................................ 41,384 28,522
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$ 86,001 $ 62,404
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Property, plant and equipment, at cost:
Land...................................................... $ 4,081 $ 3,287
Buildings and improvements................................ 32,362 30,287
Machinery and equipment................................... 137,296 137,091
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$173,739 $170,665
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Accrued expenses:
Income taxes payable...................................... $ 37,214 $ 26,210
Dividends payable......................................... 1,122 1,137
Accrued compensation...................................... 26,746 10,158
Other accrued expenses.................................... 38,058 35,086
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(4) LONG-TERM DEBT

At December 29, 2000 and December 28, 2001, long-term debt was as follows
(in thousands):

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Bank Loans
Variable-rate, (base rate plus 0.85% to 1.425% depending
on debt to EBITDA ratio; base rate is LIBOR or prime
rate for U.S. dollars, Euro-LIBOR for euros and a rate
approximating Sterling LIBOR for British pounds)
multi-currency revolving credit facility with $225.0
million maximum draw, due June 20, 2004 (2.91% weighted
average rate at December 28, 2001)..................... $ -- $75,000
Variable-rate (EURIBOR plus 0.50%), Eurocurrency revolving
credit facility with $20.0 million maximum draw (5.46%
rate at December 29, 2000)............................. 14,018 --
Variable-rate (EURIBOR plus 0.625%), multi-currency bank
loan facility with $40.0 million maximum draw (5.625%
rate at December 29, 2000)............................. 17,827 --
Fixed-rate (5.57% and 4.85%), unsecured debt in Germany
(denominated in Deutsche marks) due June 26, 2003...... 9,636 9,038
Fixed-rate (5.65%), unsecured debt in Germany (denominated
in Deutsche marks) due August 2, 2009.................. 4,818 4,519
Variable-rate (EURIBOR plus 0.625%), Eurocurrency offering
basis credit facility with $5.0 million maximum draw
(5.625% rate at December 29, 2000)..................... 1,413 --
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Total bank loans....................................... 47,712 88,557
Mortgage Notes, secured by mortgages on land, buildings, and
certain equipment:
8.20%--10.32% mortgage notes, due in monthly installments
until 2007............................................. 876 572
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Total long-term debt................................... 48,588 89,129
Less current installments................................. 151 122
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Long-term debt excluding current installments............. $48,437 $89,007
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All previous credit facilities and lines of credit, excluding fixed term
loans, were replaced as of June 20, 2001 under a new three-year revolving credit
agreement providing for $225.0 million of credit capacity. The credit facility
consists of:

-- a U.S. dollar-based revolving line of credit in the principal amount
of up to $225.0 million;

-- a British pounds sterling-based or euro-based revolving line of
credit in the principal amount of up to the U.S. dollar equivalent of
$100.0 million; and

-- a multicurrency facility providing for the issuance of letters of
credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed the U.S. dollar
equivalent of $10.0 million.

The amounts outstanding under the credit facility in total may not exceed
$225.0 million.

The Company pays a facility fee irrespective of whether there are
outstanding borrowings or not, which ranges from 0.275% to 0.450% of the total
commitment, depending on our ratio of debt to earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization, ("EBITDA"). The interest rate for each currency's
borrowing will be a combination of the base rate for that currency plus a credit
margin spread. The base rate is different for each currency: LIBOR or prime rate
for U.S. dollars, Euro-LIBOR for euros, and a rate approximating sterling LIBOR
for British pounds. The credit margin spread is the same for each currency and
is 0.850% to 1.425% depending on debt to EBITDA ratio. Each of the Company's
domestic subsidiaries with net worth equal to or greater than $5 million has
agreed to guarantee all obligations incurred under the credit facility.

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The Company's German indirect subsidiary, AMI Doduco GmbH, has obligations
outstanding under two term loan agreements. The first is with
Baden-Wurttembergische Bank for the borrowing of two loans, each in the amount
of 10 million Deutsche marks, both due in June 2003. The second is with
Sparkasse Pforzheim, for the borrowing of 10 million Deutsche marks, and is due
in August 2009. The Company and several of its subsidiaries have guaranteed the
obligations arising under these term loan agreements.

Principal payments due within the next five years, based on terms of the
Company's debt arrangements, are as follows (in thousands):

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2002..................................................... $ 122
2003..................................................... 9,154
2004..................................................... 75,110
2005..................................................... 85
2006..................................................... 95
Thereafter............................................... 4,563
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All outstanding borrowings under the credit agreement have been classified
as non-current because the Company has the ability and the intent to refinance
these obligations on a long-term basis.

The credit agreement contains certain covenants requiring maintenance of
minimum net worth, maximum debt to EBITDA ratio, minimum interest expense
coverage, capital expenditure limits and other customary and normal provisions.
The Company is in compliance with all such covenants.

(5) RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING EXPENSES

Research, development and engineering expenses ("RD&E") are included in
selling, general and administrative expenses and were $19.6 million, $20.2
million and $20.2 million in 1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively, for continuing
operations. RD&E includes costs associated with new product development, product
and process improvement, engineering follow-through during early stages of
production, design of tools and dies, and the adaptation of existing technology
to specific situations and customer requirements. The research and development
component of RD&E, which generally includes only those costs associated with new
technology, new products or significant changes to current products or
processes, was $12.8 million, $14.4 million and $14.1 million in 1999, 2000 and
2001, respectively.

(6) INCOME TAXES

Earnings (loss) before income taxes were as follows (in thousands):

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1999 2000 2001
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Domestic............................................. $ 934 $ (5,849) $(5,235)
Non-U.S. ............................................ 58,075 128,763 10,604
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Total........................................... $59,009 $122,914 $ 5,369
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Income tax (benefit) expense was as follows (in thousands):

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Current:
Federal............................................. $ 736 $ 3,382 $(1,174)
State and local..................................... 858 458 1,781
Non-U.S. ........................................... 9,784 24,005 2,614
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11,378 27,845 3,221
Deferred tax (benefit) expense........................ 3,319 (4,239) (318)
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$14,697 $23,606 $ 2,903
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Amounts credited to additional paid-in capital include the tax benefit of
certain components of employee compensation related to the Company's common
stock. Such items include dividends paid on restricted stock, the change in
value from the award date to the release date of restricted stock which was
released during the period.

A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate with the effective
income tax rate follows:

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1999 2000 2001
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Statutory federal income tax rate........................... 35% 35% 35%
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
Tax-exempt earnings of subsidiary in Puerto Rico.......... (1) (1) (3)
State and local income taxes, net of federal tax effect... 1 1 21
Non-deductible expenses and other foreign income subject
to U.S. income tax..................................... 3 3 35
Foreign................................................... (14) (19) (13)
Other, net................................................ 1 -- (21)
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Effective tax rate.......................................... 25% 19% 54%
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The effect on the effective tax rate of non-deductible expenses is due to
the nature and timing of the restructuring and other unusual and infrequent
items. The effect on the effective tax rate of other, net is due to alternative
minimum tax and research and development tax credits.

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Deferred tax assets and liabilities included the following (in thousands):

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Assets:
Inventories............................................... $ 896 $ 1,982
Plant and equipment....................................... 1,194 996
Vacation pay and other compensation....................... 1,766 1,317
Pension expense........................................... 844 743
Stock awards.............................................. 1,806 1,592
Accrued liabilities....................................... 5,519 5,029
Net operating losses...................................... 3,729 5,715
Capital losses carryover.................................. 6,582 6,582
Other..................................................... 1,951 2,121
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Total deferred tax assets.............................. 24,287 26,077
Valuation allowance.................................... (6,582) (7,854)
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Net deferred tax assets................................ 17,705 18,223
Liabilities:
Deferred taxes on foreign operations and acquired
intangibles............................................ 2,600 2,800
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Total deferred tax liabilities......................... 2,600 2,800
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Net deferred tax assets................................ 15,105 15,423
Less current deferred tax assets....................... 3,870 5,924
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Long-term deferred income taxes........................ $11,235 $ 9,499
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Based on the Company's history of taxable income and its projection of
future earnings, management believes that it is more likely than not that
sufficient taxable income will be generated in the foreseeable future to realize
the net deferred tax assets.

The Company has not provided for U.S. federal income and foreign
withholding taxes on approximately $294.0 million of non-U.S. subsidiaries'
undistributed earnings (as calculated for income tax purposes) as of December
28, 2001. Such earnings include pre-acquisition earnings of foreign entities
acquired through stock purchases, and are intended to be reinvested outside of
the U.S. indefinitely. It is not practical to estimate the amount of
unrecognized deferred taxes on these undistributed earnings. Where excess cash
has accumulated in the Company's non-U.S. subsidiaries and it is advantageous
for tax reasons, subsidiary earnings may be remitted.

(7) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company conducts a portion of its operations from leased premises and
also leases certain equipment under operating leases. Total rental expense
amounts for the years ended December 31, 1999, December 29, 2000 and December
28, 2001 were $5.4 million, $5.9 million and $7.4 million, respectively. The
aggregate

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minimum rental commitments under non-cancelable leases in effect at December 28,
2001 were as follows (in thousands):

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YEAR
ENDING
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2002....................................................... $ 8,819
2003....................................................... 6,662
2004....................................................... 4,854
2005....................................................... 3,811
2006....................................................... 1,733
Thereafter................................................. 4,891
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The Company is involved in several legal actions relating to waste disposal
sites. The Company's involvement in these matters has generally arisen from the
alleged disposal by licensed waste haulers of small amounts of waste material
many years ago. In addition, in Sinsheim, Germany, there is shallow groundwater
and soil contamination that is naturally decreasing over time. The German
environmental authorities have not required corrective action to date. As a
result of the acquisition of GTI, the Company is involved in studying and
undertaking certain remedial actions with respect to groundwater pollution and
soil contamination conditions at a facility in Leesburg, Indiana. The Company
anticipates making additional environmental expenditures in future years to
continue its environmental studies, analysis and remediation activities.

The Company is also subject to various lawsuits, claims and proceedings
which arise in the ordinary course of its business. The Company does not believe
that the outcome of any of these lawsuits will have a material adverse effect on
its financial results.

The Company accrues costs associated with environmental and legal matters
when they become probable and reasonably estimable. Accruals are established
based on the estimated undiscounted cash flows to settle the obligations and are
not reduced by any potential recoveries from insurance or other indemnification
claims. Management believes that any ultimate liability with respect to these
actions in excess of amounts provided will not materially affect the Company's
operations or consolidated financial position, liquidity or operating results.

(8) SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

On October 19, 2000, the Company's Board of Directors approved a
two-for-one split of the Company's common stock in the form of a 100% common
stock dividend for shareholders of record as of November 6, 2000, payable
November 27, 2000. A total of 16,618,381 shares were issued in connection with
the split. The stated par value of each share was not changed from $.125.
Relevant share and per share amounts have been restated to retroactively reflect
the stock split.

The retained earnings of the Company at December 28, 2001 include
approximately $10.0 million which has been restricted in accordance with the
laws of the People's Republic of China (PRC). This amount, which is based on the
earnings of the Company's subsidiaries in the PRC, may not be available for
distribution to the U.S. parent company or its shareholders but is not required
to be held in cash.

The Company has a Shareholder Rights Plan. The Rights are currently not
exercisable, and automatically trade with the Company's common shares. However,
after a person or group has acquired 15% or more of the common shares, the
Rights will become exercisable, and separate certificates representing the
Rights will be distributed. In the event that any person or group acquires 15%
of the common shares, each holder of two Rights (other than the Rights of the
acquiring person) will have the right to receive, for $135, that number of

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common shares having a market value equal to two times the exercise price of the
Rights. Alternatively, in the event that, at any time following the date in
which a person or group acquires ownership of 15% or more of the common shares,
the Company is acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction,
or 50% or more of its consolidated assets or earning power is sold, each holder
of two Rights (other than the Rights of such acquiring person or group) will
thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise, that number of shares of
common stock of the acquiring entity having a then market value equal to two
times the exercise price of the Rights. The Rights may be redeemed by the
Company at a price of $.005 per Right at any time prior to becoming exercisable.
Rights that are not redeemed or exercised will expire on September 9, 2006.

Effective August 1, 2001, the Company adopted a new qualified,
non-compensatory employee stock purchase plan that provides substantially all
employees an opportunity to purchase common stock of the Company. The purchase
price is equal to 85% of the fair value of the common stock on either the first
day of the offering period or the last day of the purchase period, whichever is
lower. The offering periods and purchase periods are defined by the plan, but
are each generally six months in duration. In connection with this stock
purchase plan, 1,000,000 shares of common stock are reserved for issuance under
the plan. In 1999, 2000 and 2001, employees purchased approximately 60,000,
530,000 and 398,000 shares, respectively, under a predecessor plan.

(9) EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing earnings by the
weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year (excluding
restricted shares which are considered to be contingently issuable). The Company
has restricted shares outstanding of 368,000, 386,000, and 361,000 as of
December 31, 1999, December 29, 2000 and December 28, 2001, respectively, which
generally vest over a three year term. For calculating diluted earnings per
share, common share equivalents and restricted stock outstanding are added to
the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Common share
equivalents result from outstanding options to purchase common stock as
calculated using the treasury stock method. Such amounts were approximately
36,000 in 1999, 5,500 in 2000 and 24,000 in 2001. Relevant share amounts and
earnings per share have been restated to reflect a two-for-one stock split
effective on November 27, 2000. Earnings per share calculations are as follows
(in thousands, except per share amounts):

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Net income.................................................. $44,312 $99,308 $ 2,466
Basic earnings per share:
Shares.................................................... 32,092 32,510 33,202
Per share amount.......................................... $ 1.38 $ 3.05 $ .07
Diluted earnings per share:
Shares.................................................... 32,492 32,859 33,566
Per share amount.......................................... $ 1.36 $ 3.02 $ .07

(10) EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The Company and certain of its subsidiaries maintain defined benefit
pension plans and make contributions to multi-employer plans covering certain
union employees. Certain non-U.S. subsidiaries have varying types of retirement
plans providing benefits for substantially all of their employees.

Pension (benefit) expense was as follows (in thousands):

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Principal defined benefit plans............................. $(982) $149 $(395)
Multi-employer and other employee benefit plans............. 295 490 221
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$(687) $639 $(174)
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The expense for the principal defined benefit pension plans include the
following components (in thousands):

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Service cost--benefits earned during the period............. $1,180 $1,309 $1,192
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation............... 1,399 1,566 1,667
Expected actual return on plan assets....................... (2,256) (2,430) (2,818)
Curtailment gain............................................ (664) -- --
Net amortization............................................ (641) (296) (436)
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Net periodic pension (benefit) cost....................... $ (982) $ 149 $ (395)
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The financial status of the principal defined benefit plans at December 29,
2000 and December 28, 2001, was as follows (in thousands):

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Change in benefit obligation:
Benefit obligation at beginning of year................... $20,989 $24,397
Service cost........................................... 1,190 1,192
Interest cost.......................................... 1,566 1,667
Actuarial gain......................................... (656) 547
Plans not previously aggregated........................ 2,109 --
Benefits paid.......................................... (801) (1,387)
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Benefit obligation at end of year......................... 24,397 26,416
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Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year............ 26,548 31,689
Actual return on plan assets........................... 5,082 (1,568)
Employer contributions................................. -- --
Plans not previously aggregated........................ 852 --
Benefits paid.......................................... (793) (1,387)
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Fair value of plan assets at end of year.................. 31,689 28,734
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Funded status............................................. 7,292 2,318
Unrecognized:
Net gains.............................................. (11,491) (4,625)
Prior service cost..................................... 633 990
Intangible asset....................................... -- (407)
Net transition obligation.............................. 62 72
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Accrued pension costs at the end of the year................ $(3,504) $(1,652)
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Benefits are based on years of service and average final compensation. For
U.S. plans, the Company funds, annually, at least the minimum amount required by
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Depending on the investment
performance of plan assets and other factors, the funding amount may be zero.
Plan assets consist principally of short-term investments and listed bonds and
stocks. Assumptions used to develop data for 2000 and 2001 were as follows:

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Discount rate............................................... 7.3%
Annual compensation increases............................... 4.8%
Expected long-term rates of return on plan assets........... 9.0%

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The Company maintains defined contribution 401(k) plans covering
substantially all U.S. employees not affected by certain collective bargaining
agreements. Under the primary 401(k) plan, the Company contributed a matching
amount equal to $1.00 for each $1.00 of the participant's contribution not in
excess of 4% of the participant's annual wages. The total contribution expense
under the 401(k) plans for employees of continuing operations was $681,000,
$1,529,000 and $1,469,000 in 1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively.

The Company does not provide any significant post-retirement benefits other
than the pension plans and 401(k) plans described above.

(11) STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company has an incentive compensation plan for employees of the Company
and its subsidiaries. One component of this plan grants the recipient the right
of ownership of Technitrol, Inc. common stock, conditional on the achievement of
performance objectives and/or continued employment with the Company. A summary
of the shares under the incentive compensation plan is as follows:

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AVAILABLE TO
BE GRANTED
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Shares authorized........................................ 4,900,000
Awarded during years prior to 2001, net of
cancellations.......................................... (2,015,874)
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Balance at December 29, 2000............................. 2,884,126
Awarded during 2001, net of cancellations................ (39,020)
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Balance available at December 28, 2001................... 2,845,106
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During the years ended December 31, 1999, December 29, 2000 and December
28, 2001, the Company issued to employees, net of cancellations, incentive
compensation shares having an approximate fair value at date of issue of
$1,683,000, $2,598,000 and $1,055,268, respectively. The fair value of the
incentive compensation shares are based on fair market price of the stock at the
award date and recorded as deferred compensation. Compensation is recognized
over the vesting period which is generally three years. Shares are held by the
Company until the continued employment requirement and/or performance criteria
have been attained. For shares subject to continued employment requirements, the
market value of the shares at the date of grant is charged to expense during the
vesting period on a straight-line basis. For shares subject to performance
criteria, the expense varies with the market value of the shares until the
performance criteria are met or are deemed to be unachievable. Cash awards,
which accompany shares released under the Incentive Compensation Plan and are
intended to assist recipients with their resulting personal tax liability, are
based on the market value of the shares when restrictions lapse. Cash awards are
accrued over the restriction period, and the related expense is variable based
on the market value of the shares. Amounts charged to expense as a result of the
Incentive Compensation Plan and related expenses were $2,327,000 in 1999,
$6,990,000 in 2000 and $1,219,000 in 2001. A substantial portion of the shares
granted are subject to variable accounting, whereby the related compensation
expense is adjusted to reflect the impact of market price of the underlying
shares awarded. The shares and expense associated with variable accounting were
40,000 and $209,000 in 1999, 112,900 and $3,440,000 in 2000, and 35,400 and
$206,000 in 2001, respectively.

The Company also has a stock award plan for non-employee directors. The
Board of Directors Stock Plan was approved in 1998 to assist the Company in
attracting and retaining highly qualified persons to serve on the Company's
Board of Directors. Under the terms of the plan, 60,000 shares of the Company's
common stock are available for grant. On an annual basis, shares amounting to a
dollar value predetermined by the plan are issued to non-employee directors and
recorded as an expense at issuance. In 1999, 2000 and 2001 10,848, 5,096 and
3,448 shares, respectively, (including those deferred at the directors'
election) were issued under the plan. A total of 38,816 shares remain available
for issuance under the plan.

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In connection with the 1995 acquisition of Pulse Engineering, options which
had been granted for the purchase of Pulse common shares were assumed by the
Company and converted into options to purchase Technitrol common stock. At
December 28, 2001, no options remained outstanding. No additional options are
expected to be granted under the assumed plans.

In February of 2001, the executive compensation committee of the Company
adopted a stock option plan. All employees of the Company and designated
subsidiaries are eligible to participate in the stock option plan. Except as
limited by the terms of the option plan, the committee has discretion to select
the persons to receive options and to determine the terms and conditions of the
option, including the number of shares underlying the option, the exercise
price, the vesting schedule and term. The options are granted at no cost to the
employee and cannot be granted with an exercise price less than the fair market
value at the date of grant. The options granted in 2001 vest equally over four
years and expire in seven years. During the year ended December 28, 2001 a total
of 232,700 shares, net of cancellations, were awarded to employees at a weighted
average strike price of $21.86 per share. None of the shares were vested as of
December 28, 2001.

As permitted by the provisions of FAS 123, the Company applies Accounting
Principles Board Opinion 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" and
related interpretations in accounting for its stock-based employee compensation
plans. Accordingly, no compensation cost has been recognized for the Company's
employee stock incentive plans. If compensation cost for the Company's stock
option plan and employee stock purchase plan have been determined based on the
fair value as required by FAS 123, the Company's pro forma net income (loss) and
earnings (loss) per basic and diluted share would have been $78.2 million, $2.41
and $2.38, respectively for 2000 and $(4.6) million, $(.14) and $(.14),
respectively, for 2001.

(12) RESTRUCTURING AND UNUSUAL AND INFREQUENT ITEMS

In the quarter ended March 31, 2000, AMI Doduco recorded a $5.5 million
provision for restructuring initiatives due to a reduction in employment levels
by approximately 120 people, primarily in Germany. The Company provided $3.7
million for employee severance and related payments, $0.9 million related to the
impairment of certain assets and $0.9 million for other exit costs. Offsetting
these costs was a gain of $1.4 million related to the sale of a non-strategic
European product line and a $0.8 million gain related to an insurance
settlement. As of December 29, 2000, the balance outstanding was $2.5 million.

During the second quarter of 2001, the Company announced the closure of a
Pulse production facility in Thailand. The Company also announced the closure of
a Pulse production facility in Malaysia in the third quarter of 2001. The
production at these two facilities was transferred to other Pulse facilities in
Asia. The Company provided reserves of $3.6 million for these plant closings,
comprised of $2.5 million for severance and related payments and $1.1 million
for other exit costs. The majority of this accrual will be utilized by the end
of the first quarter of 2002.

The Company also adopted other restructuring plans during 2001. In this
regard, employee severance provisions of $6.4 million were recorded during 2001.
Approximately 3,500 manufacturing personnel primarily in Asia, and approximately
200 support personnel in North America and Europe were terminated. Approximately
75% of all of the employee severance and related payments in connection with
these actions were completed as of December 28, 2001. Approximately $2.3 million
of the provision remains as of December 28, 2001 for severance payments and
related expenses to be paid during 2002. An additional $0.7 million remains
accrued at December 28, 2001 for other exit costs primarily in Thailand and
Malaysia. Termination costs for employees at our Thailand and Malaysian
facilities have been included in the separate provisions for exiting those
facilities. In addition to these terminations, headcount was reduced by
approximately 12,300 additional personnel, net of new hires, during fiscal 2001
through voluntary employee attrition and involuntary workforce reductions,
primarily at manufacturing facilities in the PRC where severance payments are
not necessary. Accordingly, on a consolidated basis, the Company's employee base
dropped from approximately 30,600 as of December 29, 2000 to approximately
14,800 as of December 28, 2001.
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The Company recorded pre-tax inventory provisions in cost of sales of $20.3
million for the year ended December 28, 2001. These provisions resulted from
production capacity reductions. In addition, a charge of $3.5 million was
recorded during the third quarter of 2001 to write down the value of certain
Pulse fixed assets to their disposal value. The assets are Asian-based
production equipment that became idle in 2001 due to the contraction in Pulse's
business. The assets have been marketed through the liquidation market, and the
majority has either been sold for its residual value or scrapped. The remaining
cost basis of the assets has been reclassified from fixed assets to assets held
for sale in the balance sheet as of December 28, 2001.

As a result of its core business focus on both economic and operating
profit, the Company will continue to aggressively size both Pulse and AMI Doduco
so that costs are minimized during market downturns, while they plan for the
recovery in demand and pursue additional growth opportunities. The Company may
adopt additional cost reduction actions during 2002, depending on the timing and
extent of a recovery in Pulse's markets and the economy in general. If
additional actions are undertaken, the amounts will depend on specific actions
taken to reduce manufacturing capacity and improve efficiency.

The Company's restructuring charges and unusual and infrequent items are
summarized on a year-to-date basis for 2001 as follows:

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RESTRUCTURING PROVISION (IN MILLIONS:) AMI DODUCO PULSE TOTAL
-------------------------------------- ---------- ----- -----

Balance accrued at December 29, 2000............. $ 2.5 $ -- $ 2.5
Accrued during the year ended December 28,
2001........................................... 0.5 13.1 13.6
Severance and other cash payments................ (2.2) (7.2) (9.4)
Non-cash asset disposals......................... (0.2) (3.5) (3.7)
----- ----- -----
Balance accrued at December 28, 2001............. $ 0.6 $2.4 $ 3.0
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(13) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

The following amounts were charged directly to costs and expenses (in
thousands):

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1999 2000 2001
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Depreciation.......................................... $15,678 $18,548 $21,177
Amortization of intangible assets..................... 3,733 3,830 5,376
Advertising........................................... 780 662 552
Repairs and maintenance............................... 6,480 10,382 6,668
Bad debt expense...................................... 116 1,063 697
Cash payments made:
Income taxes........................................ $17,604 $14,218 $11,736
Interest............................................ 3,528 3,530 5,470

Accumulated other comprehensive income as disclosed in the Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity consists principally of foreign
currency translation items.

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(14) SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

The Company operates its business in two segments: the Pulse segment, which
operates under the name Pulse, and the AMI Doduco segment, which operates under
the name AMI Doduco. We refer to these segments as ECS or Pulse, and ECPS or AMI
Doduco, respectively. Pulse is managed by a President who reports to our Chief
Executive Officer. AMI Doduco is managed by co-Presidents, each of whom reports
to our Chief Executive Officer.

AMI Doduco is a global manufacturer of a full range of electrical contact
products, from contact materials to completed contact subassemblies. Contact
products complete or interrupt electrical circuits in virtually every electrical
device. AMI Doduco provides its customers with a broad array of highly
engineered products and tools designed to meet unique customer needs.

Amounts are in thousands:

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1999 2000 2001
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Net sales from continuing operations
Pulse.............................................. $307,351 $438,770 $253,281
AMI Doduco......................................... 223,085 225,608 220,918
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Total........................................... $530,436 $664,378 $474,199
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Operating profit before income taxes
Pulse.............................................. $ 49,893 $110,892 $ 9,381
Pulse restructuring and infrequent and unusual
items........................................... -- -- (13,053)
AMI Doduco......................................... 11,296 12,517 6,300
AMI Doduco restructuring and infrequent and unusual
items........................................... -- (3,305) (541)
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Total operating profit..................... 61,189 120,104 2,087
Items not included in segment profit(1)............ (2,180) 2,810 3,282
-------- -------- --------
Earnings from continuing operations before income
taxes........................................... $ 59,009 $122,914 $ 5,369
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Assets at end of year
Pulse.............................................. $173,027 $229,560 $237,237
AMI Doduco......................................... 111,076 112,085 114,476
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Segment assets............................. 284,103 341,645 351,713
Assets not included in Segment assets(2)........... 97,136 179,126 173,307
-------- -------- --------
Total...................................... $381,239 $520,771 $525,020
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Capital expenditures(3)
Pulse.............................................. $ 10,894 $ 23,323 $ 10,302
AMI Doduco......................................... 12,031 8,379 10,204
-------- -------- --------
Total...................................... $ 22,925 $ 31,702 $ 20,506
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1999 2000 2001
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Depreciation and amortization
Pulse.............................................. $ 12,586 $ 14,129 $ 17,183
AMI Doduco......................................... 6,825 8,249 9,370
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Total...................................... $ 19,411 $ 22,378 $ 26,553
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(1) Includes interest income, interest expense and other non-operating items
disclosed in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Earnings. The Company
excludes these items when measuring segment operating profit.

(2) Cash and cash equivalents are the primary corporate assets. The Company also
excludes net deferred tax assets when measuring segment assets.

(3) During the past three years, the Company has acquired several companies. See
Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company has
included acquired property, plant and equipment in these capital expenditure
amounts.

The Company recognizes revenue upon shipment of product and passage of
title without right of return. The Company offers customers credit terms that
are believed to be generally consistent with the terms offered in their
industries. The Company reserves for or writes off a customer account when they
no longer feel the customer can or will pay. The Company believes that the
quality of customers, which are generally large global companies, and their
extensive customer base limits their exposure to significant concentrations of
customer credit risk. For example, no customer accounted for more than 10% of
sales in 1999, 2000 or 2001. Sales to their ten largest customers accounted for
32% of sales in 1999, 36% of sales in 2000 and 31% of sales in 2001. Depending
on the amount of cash the Company may have from time to time, it may maintain
significant cash investments at financial institutions.

The Company has no significant intercompany revenue between its segments.
The Company does not use income taxes when measuring segment results; however,
the Company allocates income taxes to the segments to determine certain
performance measures. These performance measures include return on employed
capital and economic profit. The following pro forma disclosure of segment
income tax expense is based on simplified assumptions and includes allocations
of corporate tax items. These allocations are based on the proportionate share
of total tax expense for each segment, obtained by multiplying the respective
segment's operating profit by the relevant estimated effective tax rate for the
year. The allocated tax expense amounts for Pulse were, in thousands, $10,834,
$18,850 and $2,123 in 1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively. For AMI Doduco, they
were, in thousands, $3,863, $4,756 and $780 in 1999, 2000 and 2001,
respectively.

The Company sells its products to customers in North America, Europe, Asia
and throughout the world. The following table summarizes its sales to customers
in the United States and Germany, where sales are significant. Other countries
in which the Company's sales are not significant are grouped into regions. The
Company attributes customer sales to the country addressed in the sales invoice.
The product is usually shipped to the same country.

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1999 2000 2001
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Sales to customers in:
United States...................................... $226,376 $295,864 $166,237
Europe, other than Germany......................... 108,339 130,611 126,736
Germany............................................ 86,174 76,279 70,792
Asia............................................... 70,589 109,784 80,691
North America, other than U.S. .................... 36,507 46,664 25,163
Other.............................................. 2,451 5,176 4,580
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Total.................................... $530,436 $664,378 $474,199
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The following table includes net property, plant and equipment located in
the United States, Germany and China, where assets are significant. Other
countries in which such assets are not significant are grouped into regions.
Property, plant and equipment represents all of the relevant assets that have
long useful lives.

Amounts are in thousands:

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1999 2000 2001
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Net property, plant and equipment located in:
United States......................................... $22,554 $23,896 $22,180
China................................................. 19,170 27,210 23,057
Germany............................................... 14,639 13,935 12,456
Asia, other than China................................ 12,563 14,220 9,191
Europe, other than Germany............................ 10,659 10,477 12,793
Other................................................. 3,137 2,660 3,375
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Total....................................... $82,722 $92,398 $83,052
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(15) QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)

Quarterly results of operations (unaudited) for 2000 and 2001 are
summarized as follows (in thousands, except per share data):

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MAR. 31 JUNE 30 SEPT. 29 DEC. 29
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2000:
Net sales..................................... $152,693 $163,186 $170,674 $177,825
Gross profit.................................. 54,141 62,542 68,549 69,290
Net earnings.................................. 16,832 24,884 27,784 29,808
Net earnings per share:
Basic...................................... .52 .77 .85 .91
Diluted.................................... .52 .76 .84 .90

Earnings per share amounts reflect stock splits through December 28, 2001.

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QUARTER ENDED
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MAR. 30 JUNE 29 SEPT. 28 DEC. 28
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2001:
Net sales..................................... $157,244 $112,835 $100,846 $103,274
Gross profit.................................. 50,377 24,771 22,153 17,217
Net earnings.................................. 17,994 (1,459) (9,290) (4,779)
Net earnings per share:
Basic...................................... .55 (.04) (.28) (.14)
Diluted.................................... .54 (.04) (.28) (.14)

(16) SUBSEQUENT EVENT

The Company has filed a registration statement on Form S-3, as amended, for
a proposed secondary public offering of up to 5,290,000 shares of its common
stock. The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the sale of shares for
repayment of outstanding debt, potential strategic acquisitions and general
corporate purposes. The registration statement relating to these securities was
initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2002
and has since been amended, but it has not yet become effective. These
securities may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted, prior to the time
the registration statement becomes effective.

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VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

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ADDITIONS (DEDUCTIONS)
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CHARGED TO WRITE-OFFS
BALANCE COSTS AND AND BALANCE
DESCRIPTION JANUARY 1 EXPENSES PAYMENTS DECEMBER 31
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Year ended December 31, 1999:
Reserve for obsolete and slow-moving
inventory............................. $17,134 $ 4,483 $(15,334) $ 6,283
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Reserve for doubtful accounts........... $ 819 $ 116 $ (53) $ 882
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Year ended December 29, 2000:
Reserve for obsolete and slow-moving
inventory............................. $ 6,283 $ 8,129 $ (5,186) $ 9,226
======= ======= ======== =======
Reserve for doubtful accounts........... $ 882 $ 1,063 $ (37) $ 1,908
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Year ended December 28, 2001:
Reserve for obsolete and slow-moving
inventory............................. $ 9,226 $20,295 $ (6,004) $23,517
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Reserve for doubtful accounts........... $ 1,908 $ 697 $ (45) $ 2,560
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