11.   The most recent period included debt extinguishment expense and a preferred stock dividend.

12.   The year-earlier period included an additional week of sales, the company said.

13.   Peak travel periods include Chinese New Year, the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan and school holidays, he said.

14.   Both periods include one-time charges.

15.   Both periods include one-time items.

16.   Both periods included gains and losses from an ongoing program to close or refranchise hundreds of underperforming restaurants.

17.   Both periods included various one-time charges, including investment write-downs.

18.   The fact that the alert period includes Halloween caused extra anxiety for some.

19.   The period included political and personal controversies such as a duel in which he killed a man and a brawl in which he took a bullet in the arm.

20.   The one-year period will not include the time necessary to appeal.