The company also said its second-quarter earnings rose 2 percent to $329.1 million, or $1.27 a share.

Second-quarter earnings will be released in two weeks, the company said.

It had planned to report its second-quarter earnings this week, but will not do so now.

This year's second-quarter earnings included a tax credit of $10.8 million, the company said.

Without those sales, second-quarter earnings would have been $111 million, or 65 cents a share.

"Without this reduction, second-quarter earnings would have been about $138 million."

Experts who follow the company said they expect second-quarter earnings, due out in two weeks, to show strong results.

The company reported on Monday that its second-quarter earnings fell 37 percent.

The company said that the move was not a reaction to its second-quarter earnings, which dropped 85 percent from the period a year earlier.

He noted that most estimates were for second-quarter earnings of $1.60 to $1.70 a share.