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AT SGK:
Timothy Allen
Vice President, Finance
Operations and Investor Relations
847-827-9494 
timothy.allen@sgkinc.com

SGK ANNOUNCES 2013 THIRD-QUARTER RESULTS

● Revenue Up 4.4 Percent Year Over Year
● Operating Income Grew $7.4 Million Year Over Year
● Earnings Per Diluted Share From Continuing Operations Improved $0.22 Year Over Year


Des Plaines, IL, October 30, 2013—Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK), now marketed as SGK (the “Company”), a leading global brand development, activation and deployment company, reported third-quarter 2013 income from continuing operations of $3.5 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, compared to a loss from continuing operations of $2.3 million, or a loss of $0.09 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2012, representing an improvement of $0.22 per diluted share.

Net revenues grew 4.4 percent during the third quarter of 2013 compared to the prior-year quarter.  Excluding a $1.0 million negative impact of changes in foreign currency translation rates, revenue growth was approximately 5.4 percent for the third quarter of 2013 compared to the same period last year.  Additionally, the Company's largest client channel, consumer packaged goods (CPG), grew 6.4 percent in the 2013 third quarter.

Operating income for the 2013 third quarter was $5.8 million compared to an operating loss of $1.6 million for the same quarter last year, an increase of $7.4 million. On a non-GAAP basis, adjusting for financial impacts relating to certain items further detailed in this release, third-quarter adjusted operating income was $8.6 million in the 2013 period compared to $6.7 million in the prior-year period, an increase of approximately 29 percent.

Adjusted income from continuing operations was $5.3 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2013 compared to $3.0 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, during the comparable prior-year period. Please refer to the tables at the end of this press release for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures.
 
 
 
 

 
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Chief Executive Officer David A. Schawk commented, “Each of our segments experienced solid revenue growth in the third quarter. In addition, our largest client channel, CPG, grew 6.4 percent globally in the quarter, and has now seen year-over-year quarterly growth for two years, reflecting the momentum SGK has gained from investing strategically to better align with our clients' needs.  Within our Americas and Europe segments, CPG revenue growth was particularly strong.  In addition, our profitability from continuing operations improved significantly during the quarter, driven in part by revenue growth and measures we have taken to improve our cost structure."

Consolidated Results for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2013
Net revenues in the 2013 third quarter were $110.7 million compared to $106.0 million in the same period of 2012, an increase of approximately $4.7 million, or 4.4 percent. Year-over-year revenues were negatively impacted by changes in foreign currency translation rates of approximately $1.0 million, as the U.S. dollar increased in value relative to the local currencies of certain of the Company’s non-U.S. subsidiaries.

CPG client revenue during the third quarter of 2013 was $95.8 million, or 86.5 percent of total net revenues, compared to $90.0 million in the same period of 2012, an increase of 6.4 percent, primarily due to greater product activity with brand development and deployment. Retail and advertising client revenue in the 2013 third quarter was $14.9 million, or 13.5 percent of total net revenues, a decrease of 6.6 percent, from $16.0 million during the prior-year quarter, primarily due to continued reductions in client promotional activity.

Cost of services (excluding depreciation and amortization) was $67.9 million in the 2013 third quarter, an increase of approximately $2.0 million from $65.8 million in the 2012 third quarter. The increase in cost of services during the third quarter of 2013 compared to 2012 was mainly due to an increase in labor related to the revenue growth during the quarter. As a percentage of revenue, cost of services (excluding depreciation and amortization) improved to 61.3 percent in the third quarter of 2013, or 80 basis points, from 62.1 percent in the prior-year quarter.
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization) were essentially the same in the third quarter of 2013 compared to the prior-year quarter at $29.4 million.  Reductions in expenses driven by the Company's cost reduction efforts implemented during 2012 and throughout 2013 offset investments that the Company made to improve its opportunities for long-term revenue growth. As a percentage of revenue, selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization) improved to 26.6 percent, or 110 basis points, from 27.7 percent.
 
Business and systems integration expenses related to the Company’s information technology and business process improvement initiative decreased $1.0 million to $2.0 million in the third quarter of 2013 from $3.0 million in the third quarter of 2012, as the Company’s investment in the system build phase was substantially complete.

Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses, related to employee terminations and other associated costs arising from the Company’s continued focus on consolidating, reducing and re-aligning its work force and operations, decreased from $1.2 million in the third quarter of 2012
 
 
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to $0.7 million in the third quarter of 2013. The actions taken during the third quarter of 2013 are expected to result in annualized savings of approximately $2.0 million, with approximately $0.7 million to be realized during 2013. Actions taken during the first nine months of 2013 are expected to result in annualized savings of approximately $5.2 million, with approximately $2.7 million expected to be realized during 2013.

Operating income was $5.8 million in the third quarter of 2013 compared to an operating loss of $1.6 million in the prior-year comparable quarter. The year-over-year increase was driven primarily by the higher net revenues in the third quarter of 2013 compared to the third quarter of 2012, as well as reduced business and systems integration expenses, reduced acquisition integration and restructuring expenses and impairment of long-lived assets during the third quarter of 2012 that did not occur in the 2013 period. Non-GAAP adjusted operating income was $8.6 million for the third quarter of 2013 compared to $6.7 million in the prior-year comparable period.

In the 2013 third quarter, tax expense was $1.3 million compared to a tax benefit of $0.2 million during the same period in 2012. The increase in tax expense over the prior-year period was principally driven by the increase in the before-tax income from continuing operations.

Income from continuing operations in the third quarter of 2013 was $3.5 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, compared to a loss from continuing operations of $2.3 million, or a loss of $0.09 per diluted share, in same period of 2012. Non-GAAP adjusted income from continuing operations was $5.3 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2013 compared to $3.0 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, on a comparable basis for the prior-year period.

Management Adjusted EBITDA Performance
Management adjusted EBITDA for third quarter of 2013 was $14.0 million compared to $11.3 million in the prior-year period.  Please refer to the “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Management Adjusted EBITDA” table attached at the end of this press release for a reconciliation of these measures.

Conference Call
SGK invites you to join its third-quarter 2013 earnings conference call on Thursday, October 31, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. Central time.  To participate in the conference call, please dial 866-825-3209 or 617-213-8061 at least five minutes prior to the start time and ask for the Q3 2013 SGK conference call, or on the Internet, go to http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/2jskiupb/lan/en.  If you are unavailable to participate on the live call, a replay will be available through November 7 at 11:59 p.m. Central time. To access the replay, dial 888-286-8010 or 617-801-6888, enter conference ID 30435312, and follow the prompts. The replay will also be available on the Internet for 30 days at the following http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/2jskiupb/lan/en.

About SGK
SGK is a leading global brand development, activation and deployment company that drives brand performance. By creating brands, helping sell brands, producing brand assets and protecting brand equities, we help our clients achieve higher brand performance. SGK's global footprint spans more than 20 countries. For more information visit: http://www.sgkinc.com.

 
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the presentation of Management adjusted EBITDA in this release, the Company has presented certain other non-GAAP measures in the attachment entitled “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP measures to GAAP.”  Management believes that the presentation of non-GAAP measures provides investors with greater transparency and supplemental data relating to the Company’s financial condition and results of operations and provides more consistent insight into the performance of the Company’s core operations from period to period by showing the effects of certain non-operating items.  These non-GAAP measures are reconciled to the closest GAAP measures on the schedules attached to this earnings release.  The non-GAAP measures should not be viewed as alternatives to GAAP and may not be consistent with similar measures provided by other companies.

Safe Harbor Statement
Certain statements in this earnings release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are subject to the safe harbor created thereby. These statements are made based upon current expectations and beliefs that are subject to risk and uncertainty. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements because of factors, such as, among other things, the strength of the United States economy in general and, specifically, market conditions for the consumer products industry in the U.S. and abroad; the level of demand for the Company’s services; unfavorable foreign exchange fluctuations; changes in or weak consumer confidence and consumer spending; loss of key management and operational personnel; the ability of the Company to implement its business strategy and cost reduction plans and to realize anticipated cost savings; the ability of the Company to comply with the financial covenants contained in its debt agreements and obtain waivers or amendments in the event of non-compliance; the ability of the Company to maintain an effective system of disclosure and internal controls and the discovery of any future control deficiencies or weaknesses, which may require substantial costs and resources to rectify; the stability of state, federal and foreign tax laws; the ability of the Company to identify and capitalize on industry trends and technological advances in the imaging industry; higher than anticipated costs or lower than anticipated benefits associated with the Company’s ongoing information technology and business process improvement initiative or unanticipated costs or difficulties associated with integrating acquired operations; higher than expected costs associated with compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; any impairment charges due to declines in the value of the Company’s fixed and intangible assets, including goodwill; the stability of political conditions in foreign countries in which the Company has production capabilities; terrorist attacks and the U.S. response to such attacks; as well as other factors detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company can give no assurance that the assumptions upon which such forward-looking statements are based will prove to have been correct, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. The Company assumes no obligation to update publicly any of these statements in light of future events.
 
The discussion of the Company’s financial results within this earnings release should be read and considered in context of the Company’s most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
For more information about SGK, visit its website at http://www.sgkinc.com.

Schawk, Inc. is now marketed as SGK
 
 
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Schawk Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
(Unaudited)
 
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
 
                         
   
Three Months Ended
       
   
September 30,
   
Increase (Decrease)
 
   
2013
   
2012
   
Amount
   
Percent
 
                         
Net revenues
  $ 110,692     $ 106,009     $ 4,683       4.4 %
                                 
Operating expenses:
                               
Cost of services (excluding
      depreciation and amortization)
    67,872       65,829       2,043       3.1 %
Selling, general and administrative
 expenses (excluding depreciation
 and amortization)
     29,448        29,347       101       0.3 %
Depreciation and amortization
    4,782       4,171       611       14.6 %
Business and systems integration expenses
    1,992       2,997       (1,005 )     (33.5 )%
Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses
    674       1,218       (544 )     (44.7 )%
Foreign exchange loss (gain)
    132       (12 )     144    
nm
 
Impairment of long-lived assets
    --       4,281       (4,281 )  
nm
 
Multiemployer pension withdrawal income
    --       (203 )     203    
nm
 
Operating income (loss)
    5,792       (1,619 )     7,411    
nm
 
                                 
Other income (expense)
                               
    Interest income
    108       57       51       89.5 %
    Interest expense
    (1,073 )     (917 )     (156 )     17.0 %
                                 
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
    4,827       (2,479 )     7,306    
nm
 
Income tax provision (benefit)
    1,291       (184 )     1,475    
nm
 
                                 
Income (loss) from continuing
    operations
    3,536       (2,295 )     5,831    
nm
 
Income (loss) from discontinued
    operations, net of tax
    (3 )     82       (85 )  
nm
 
                                 
Net income (loss)
  $ 3,533     $ (2,213 )   $ 5,746    
nm
 
                                 
Diluted Earnings (loss) per share:
                               
   Income (loss) from continuing
      operations
  $ 0.13     $ (0.09 )   $ 0.22          
   Income (loss) from discontinued
     operations
    --       --       --          
   Net income (loss) per common share
  $ 0.13     $ (0.09 )   $ 0.22          
                                 
Weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding:
                               
    Diluted
    26,407       25,980                  
                                 
Comprehensive income
  $ 6,264     $ 577                  
                                 
nm = not meaningful
                               
 
 
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Schawk Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
(Unaudited)
 
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
 
             
   
Nine Months Ended
       
   
September 30,
   
Increase (Decrease)
 
   
2013
   
2012
   
Amount
   
Percent
 
                         
Net revenues
  $ 328,360     $ 324,156     $ 4,204       1.3 %
                                 
Operating expenses:
                               
Cost of services (excluding
      depreciation and amortization)
    202,547       205,656       (3,109 )     (1.5 )%
Selling, general and administrative
 expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)
    90,214       90,174       40       -- %
Depreciation and amortization
    13,558       12,971       587       4.5 %
Business and systems integration expenses
    6,333       10,459       (4,126 )     (39.4 )%
Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses
    1,228       4,696       (3,468 )     (73.9 )%
Foreign exchange loss
    624       548       76       13.9 %
Impairment of long-lived assets
    502       4,281       (3,779 )     (88.3 )%
Multiemployer pension withdrawal income
    --       (203 )     203    
nm
 
Operating income (loss)
    13,354       (4,426 )     17,780    
nm
 
                                 
Other income (expense)
                               
    Interest income
    155       82       73       89.0 %
    Interest expense
    (3,303 )     (2,676 )     (627 )     23.4 %
                                 
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
    10,206       (7,020 )     17,226    
nm
 
Income tax provision (benefit)
    2,744       (1,515 )     4,259    
nm
 
                                 
Income (loss) from continuing operations
    7,462       (5,505 )     12,967    
nm
 
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
    (6,608 )     189       (6,797 )  
nm
 
                                 
Net income (loss)
  $ 854     $ (5,316 )   $ 6,170    
nm
 
                                 
Diluted Earnings (loss) per share:
                               
    Income (loss) from continuing
       operations
  $ 0.28     $ (0.21 )   $ 0.49          
    Income (loss) from discontinued
       operations
    (0.25 )     --       (0.25 )        
    Net income loss per common share
  $ 0.03     $ (0.21 )   $ 0.24          
 
Weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding:
                       
    Diluted
    26,324       25,876                  
                                 
Comprehensive loss
  $ (442 )   $ (3,466 )                
                                 
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Schawk, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except share amounts)
   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2013
   
2012
 
   
(Unaudited)
       
Assets
           
Current assets:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 5,073     $ 9,651  
Trade accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts
of $2,292 at September 30, 2013 and $2,052 at December 31, 2012
    96,672       91,234  
Unbilled services
    20,412       20,924  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    9,957       10,100  
Income tax receivable
    3,073       3,032  
Deferred income taxes
    750       235  
Current assets of discontinued operations
    --       3,854  
Total current assets
    135,937       139,030  
                 
Property and equipment, net
    59,184       60,583  
Goodwill, net
    203,846       211,903  
Other intangible assets, net:
               
Customer relationships
    25,046       28,781  
Other
    500       633  
Deferred income taxes
    3,475       5,983  
Other assets
    8,080       6,771  
Long term assets of discontinued operations
    --       5,137  
                 
Total assets
  $ 436,068     $ 458,821  
                 
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
               
Current liabilities:
               
Trade accounts payable
  $ 17,663     $ 17,833  
Accrued expenses
    53,955       56,557  
Deferred income taxes
    2,650       2,175  
Income taxes payable
    1,504       609  
Current portion of long-term debt
    3,328       4,262  
Current liabilities of discontinued operations
    --       1,134  
Total current liabilities
    79,100       82,570  
                 
Long-term liabilities:
               
Long-term debt
    67,079       78,724  
Deferred income taxes
    1,840       2,044  
Other long-term liabilities
    41,597       43,536  
Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations
    --       1,164  
Total long-term liabilities
    110,516       125,468  
                 
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Common stock, $0.008 par value, 40,000,000 shares authorized,
31,299,357 and 31,172,666 shares issued at September 30, 2013 and
December 31, 2012, respectively, 26,203,793 and 26,113,544 shares outstanding at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively
        228           227  
Additional paid-in capital
    212,470       209,556  
Retained earnings
    88,438       93,897  
Accumulated comprehensive income, net
    10,563       11,859  
Treasury stock, at cost, 5,095,564 and 5,059,122 shares of common
stock at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively
    (65,247 )     (64,756 )
Total stockholders’ equity
    246,452       250,783  
                 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 436,068     $ 458,821  
 
 
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Schawk Inc.
Segment Financial Data
 
(Unaudited)
 
(In thousands)
 
                   
   
Three Months Ended
             
   
September 30,
   
Increase (Decrease)
 
   
2013
   
2012
   
Amount
   
Percent
 
Net revenues:
                       
Americas
  $ 82,284     $ 79,874     $ 2,410       3.0 %
Europe
    22,155       19,617       2,538       12.9 %
Asia Pacific
    11,559       10,457       1,102       10.5 %
Intersegment revenue elimination
    (5,306 )     (3,939 )     (1,367 )     (34.7 )%
                                 
Total
  $ 110,692     $ 106,009     $ 4,683       4.4 %
                                 
Operating segment income (loss):
                               
Americas
  $ 13,245     $ 9,268     $ 3,977       42.9 %
Europe
    2,059       (1,658 )     3,717    
nm
 
Asia Pacific
    1,249       668       581       87.0 %
Corporate
    (10,761 )     (9,897 )     (864 )     (8.7 )%
                                 
Operating segment income (loss)
  $ 5,792     $ (1,619 )   $ 7,411    
nm
 
                                 
                       
   
Nine Months Ended
                 
   
September 30,
   
Increase (Decrease)
 
      2013       2012    
Amount
   
Percent
 
                                 
Net revenues:
                               
Americas
  $ 248,460     $ 244,855     $ 3,605       1.5 %
Europe
    61,811       63,206       (1,395 )     (2.2 )%
Asia Pacific
    32,607       28,887       3,720       12.9 %
Intersegment revenue elimination
    (14,518 )     (12,792 )     (1,726 )     (13.5 )%
                                 
Total
  $ 328,360     $ 324,156     $ 4,204       1.3 %
                                 
Operating segment income (loss):
                               
Americas
  $ 40,630     $ 27,574     $ 13,056       47.3 %
Europe
    2,393       249       2,144    
nm
 
Asia Pacific
    2,973       1,609       1,364       84.8 %
Corporate
    (32,642 )     (33,858 )     1,216       3.6 %
                                 
Operating segment income (loss)
  $ 13,354     $ (4,426 )   $ 17,780    
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Schawk, Inc.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures to GAAP
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
 
   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
 
   
2013
   
2012
   
2013
   
2012
 
                         
Operating income (loss) - GAAP
  $ 5,792     $ (1,619 )   $ 13,354     $ (4,426 )
Adjustments:
                               
   Business and systems integration expenses
    1,992       2,997       6,333       10,459  
   Foreign currency (gain) loss
    132       (12 )     624       548  
   Impairment of long-lived assets
    --       4,281       502       4,281  
   Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses
    674       1,218       1,228       4,696  
   Multiemployer pension withdrawal income
    --       (203 )     --       (203 )
                                 
Adjusted operating income  - non GAAP
  $ 8,590     $ 6,662     $ 22,041     $ 15,355  
                                 
                                 
Income (loss) from continuing operations - GAAP
  $ 3,536     $ (2,295 )   $ 7,462     $ (5,505 )
Adjustments – net of tax effects (1):
                               
Business and systems integration expenses
    1,230       1,821       3,911       6,356  
   Foreign currency (gain) loss
    93       9       432       368  
Impairment of long-lived assets
    --       2,799       320       2,799  
   Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses
    453       826       808       3,082  
   Multiemployer pension withdrawal income
    --       (123 )     --       (123 )
                                 
Adjusted income from continuing operations – non GAAP
  $ 5,312     $ 3,037     $ 12,933     $ 6,977  
                                 
                                 
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations per diluted share - GAAP
  $ 0.13     $ (0.09 )   $ 0.28     $ (0.21 )
Adjustments – net of tax effects (1):
                               
Business and systems integration expenses
    0.05       0.07       0.15       0.24  
   Foreign currency (gain) loss
    --       --       0.02       0.01  
Impairment of long-lived assets
    --       0.11       0.01       0.11  
   Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses
    0.02       0.03       0.03       0.12  
   Multiemployer pension withdrawal income
    --       --       --       --  
                                 
Adjusted earnings from continuing operations per diluted share – non GAAP
  $ 0.20     $ 0.12     $ 0.49     $ 0.27  
                                 
Weighted average common and common stock
                               
    equivalents outstanding – GAAP (diluted)
    26,407       26,102       26,324       26,006  
                                 
 
(1) Adjustments have been tax-effected at the jurisdictions’ statutory rates.
 
 
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Schawk, Inc.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Management Adjusted EBITDA
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)

   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
   
Twelve Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
 
   
2013
   
2012
   
2013
   
2012
   
2013
   
2012
 
Income (loss) from continuing operations – GAAP
  $ 3,536     $ (2,295 )   $ 7,462     $ (5,505 )   $ (10,649 )   $ 65  
Interest expense
    1,073       917       3,303       2,676       4,279       4,169  
Income tax expense (benefit)
    1,291       (184 )     2,744       (1,515 )     (6,614 )     (2,448 )
Depreciation and amortization expense
    4,782       4,171       13,558       12,971       18,003       17,567  
Impairment of long-lived assets
    --       4,281       502       4,281       502       4,321  
Loss on sale of equipment
    --       --       --       --       --       137  
Stock based compensation
    491       424       1,451       2,665       1,915       3,185  
Adjusted EBITDA – non GAAP
    11,173       7,314       29,020       15,573       7,436       26,996  
Permitted add backs on debt covenants:
                                               
Proforma effect of acquisitions and asset sales
    (3 )     414       804       1,197       1,255       2,165  
Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses
    --       218       --       246       --       294  
Business and systems integration expenses
    1,992       2,944       6,000       10,000       6,000       10,000  
Multiemployer pension withdrawal expense
    --       --       --       --       31,683       --  
Adjusted EBITDA for covenant compliance – non GAAP
    13,162       10,890       35,824       27,016       46,374       39,455  
Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses
    674       1,000       1,228       4,450       1,788       4,282  
Business and systems integration expenses
    --       --       333       234       2,185       3,287  
Proforma effect of acquisitions and asset sales
    3       (414 )     (804 )     (1,197 )     (1,255 )     (2,165 )
Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal expense
    --       (203 )     --       (203 )     --       (203 )
Foreign exchange loss
    132       (12 )     624       548       1,899       831  
Management adjusted EBITDA – non GAAP
  $ 13,971     $ 11,261     $ 37,205     $ 30,848     $ 50,991     $ 45,487  

Use of Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA for covenant compliance, and Management adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA, as presented within this release, is defined as earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, and other certain non-cash items.  Adjusted EBITDA for covenant compliance, as defined in the Company’s current debt agreements, is defined as Adjusted EBITDA excluding certain items, including items that are generally considered non-operating, as permitted under the Company’s current revolving credit facility, and is used by management to gauge its ongoing compliance with the Company’s principal debt covenants, as well as pricing on its revolving credit facility.  Management adjusted EBITDA is used to evaluate the core operating activities of the Company from period to period.  None of the measures presented above represent cash flows from operations as defined by generally accepted accounting principles, should not be considered as an alternative to net income or cash flow from operations as an indicator of our operating performance, and are not indicative of cash available to fund all cash flow needs.  These measures also may be inconsistent with similar measures presented by other companies or EBITDA as defined under guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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