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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1 – Summary of Significant Account Policies Note 2 – Segment Information Note 3 – Earnings Per Share Note 4 – Employee and Retiree Benefits Note 5 – Investments held by VEBA Trust Note 6 – Former Natural Resource Operations Note 7 – Costs Associated With Exit Activities Note 8 – Property and Equipment Note 9 – Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Note 10 – Other Assets Note 11 – Accrued Liabilities Note 12 – Other Liabilities Note 13 – Long-Term Debt Note 14 – Accounts Receivable and Asset Securitization Note 15 – Operating Leases Note 16 – Share-Based Compensation Plans Note 17 – Capital Stock Note 18 – Income Taxes Note 19 – Supplemental Cash Flow Information Note 20 – Other Operating Income, Net Note 21 – Other Nonoperating Income (Expense), Net Note 22 – Risk Management Note 23 – Other Commitments and Contingencies Note 24 – Selected Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)

Note 9 – Impariment of Long-Lived Assets

As described in note 1, the Company regularly records impairment charges at BHS related to disconnected security systems. Other impairment charges recorded within continuing operations are as follows:

		Years Ended December 31,
(In millions)		2004	2003	2002
Coal assets reclassified to held and used	$	-	-	14.1
BAX Global transportation software		5.0	-	-
Other		0.8	1.3	1.7
Total	$	5.8	1.3	15.8

The Company recognized a $5.0 million impairment loss within its BAX Global segment in 2004. The loss related to a decision to abandon the development and installation of certain transportation logistics planning software. The impairment loss has been recorded as a component of other operating income, net, in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.

At December 31, 2002, approximately $43.3 million (original carrying value) of residual long-lived coal assets were reclassified from discontinued operations to assets held and used. The assets held and used were reclassified individually at the lower of their actual cost, adjusted for depreciation since the time originally classified as held for sale, or their fair value at the date the assets were reclassified to assets held and used. Fair value was estimated using sales proceeds for similar assets during 2002 as well as estimates provided by investment advisors. An impairment charge of $14.1 million was recognized in 2002 as a result of the reclassification. In 2003, as described in note 6, the Company sold substantially all of its coal assets that previously had been classified as held and used.