MENTOR CORP (MNT) [Rocket]

In millions, except per share items	Mar-31-08	Mar-31-07	Mar-31-06	Mar-31-05	Mar-31-04	Mar-31-03	Mar-31-02	Mar-31-01
	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-K/A	10-K	10-K
Pre-tax income before non-recurring items	78.3	84.8	67.7	62.7	67.3	79.0	59.2	48.9
Non-recurring items								2.4
Asset impairment		2.6
Pre-tax income	78.3	82.2	67.7	62.7	67.3	79.0	59.2	46.5
Income taxes	23.4	24.5	19.6	19.9	21.5	23.2	17.4	14.7
Tax rate	29.8%	29.9%	29.0%	31.8%	31.9%	29.4%	29.4%	31.6%
Earnings from continuing ops	55.0	57.6	48.1	42.8	45.8	55.8	41.8	31.8
Earnings from discontinued ops	8.5	233.0	14.3	12.1	9.0			0.3
Net income	63.4	290.6	62.4	54.9	54.8	55.8	41.8	32.1
Net margin	17.0%	96.2%	23.2%	21.8%	25.1%	14.6%	13.0%	11.9%

Basic EPS	$1.55	$1.37	$1.12	$1.02	$1.01	$1.20	$0.88	$0.67
Diluted EPS	$1.33	$1.17	$0.95	$0.86	$0.93	$1.15	$0.85	$0.65

Shares outstanding (basic)	35.4	42.0	43.0	41.9	45.5	46.4	47.3	47.2
Shares outstanding (diluted)	41.4	49.1	50.9	49.7	49.3	48.4	48.9	48.6

EBIT is a non-GAAP figure that excludes all non-recurring expenses: restructuring costs, asset impairments, IPR&D writeoffs, and other unusual charges.