THE TIMES 100 : THE BEST PERFORMING COMPANIES IN CALIFORNIA : THE VIEW FROM THE STREET : Charging Ahead

Companies ranked by percent gain in stock price.

% Change 4/10/92 4/12/91 Stock Stock Stock Rank Company Price Price Price 1 Merisel Inc. 350.0 12.38 2.75 2 Informix Corp. 286.7 29.00 7.50 3 Am. Shared Hospital Service 205.9 6.50 2.13 4 Adaptec Inc. 163.9 16.00 6.06 5 Cisco Systems Inc. 163.2 37.50 14.25 6 GTI Corp. 157.1 11.25 4.38 7 Advanced Marketing Services 155.6 5.75 2.25 8 ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc. 154.5 14.00 5.50 9 Software Toolworks Inc. 145.0 6.13 2.50 10 Superior Industries Internat’l 139.8 46.88 19.54 11 Century Medicorp 139.7 20.00 8.34 12 DEP Corp. 128.6 14.00 6.13 13 Electronic Arts Inc. 126.1 22.75 10.06 14 Solectron Corp. 125.2 42.50 18.88 15 Pacificare Health Systems 122.2 60.00 27.00 16 Network General Corp. 118.2 18.00 8.25 17 IDB Communications Group 116.2 17.50 8.10 18 Charles Schwab Corp. 112.7 30.13 14.17 19 Viking Office Products Inc. 111.9 17.75 8.38 20 Maxtor Corp. 104.5 11.25 5.50 21 Clothestime Inc. 92.3 9.38 4.88 22 SPI Pharmaceuticals Inc. 90.5 26.50 13.91 23 Westair Holding Inc. 90.3 7.38 3.88 24 Ross Stores Inc. 89.9 16.38 8.63 25 ASK Cos. 88.3 14.13 7.50

Source: MZ Group.