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AT SCHAWK, INC.:
Timothy Allen
Vice President, Finance
Operations and Investor Relations
Timothy.Allen@schawk.com
AT DRESNER CORPORATE SERVICES:
Investors: Philip Kranz
312-780-7240
pkranz@dresnerco.com
 
SCHAWK ANNOUNCES 2011 THIRD-QUARTER RESULTS

GAAP Net Income and EPS of $8.1 Million and $0.31, Respectively

Des Plaines, IL, November 2, 2011—Schawk, Inc. (NYSE: SGK), a leading provider of brand development and deployment services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers, reported third-quarter 2011 results. Net income in the third quarter of 2011 was $8.1 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, versus $7.8 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2010.

On a non-GAAP basis, adjusting for certain financial and tax impacts further detailed in this earnings release, Adjusted net income was $5.6 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2011 compared to $8.8 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, during the prior-year comparable period.

President and Chief Executive Officer David A. Schawk commented, “We continue to pursue opportunities for growth in emerging markets and to further enhance and integrate our services. During the third quarter, we expanded our business with certain key global clients as they advanced into developing and emerging markets and took advantage of our portfolio of integrated services, including our expanded digital services gained from our 2010 acquisitions. This increased client activity remains evident in our European segment where sales have increased over nine percent in the third quarter and first nine months of 2011 compared to the prior-year periods. In addition, we are excited about our recent acquisition of Brandimage which will further enhance our brand development services in emerging markets as well as in more established markets.  Finally, we believe that our integrated and expanded service offering as well as our global capabilities align with our clients’ goals to differentiate their brands and will position us well for future growth opportunities.”
 
Consolidated Results for Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2011
Consolidated net sales in the third quarter of 2011 were $112.3 million compared to $112.6 million in the same period of 2010, a decrease of approximately $0.3 million, or 0.2 percent, principally driven by a decline in advertising and retail account sales partially offset by increased consumer packaged goods (CPG) account sales. Included in the quarter-over-quarter sales decline was an increase of $2.3 million in net sales related to foreign currency translation gains, as the U.S. dollar declined in value relative to the local currencies of certain of the Company’s non-U.S. subsidiaries.
 
 
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CPG accounts sales in the third quarter of 2011 were $86.6 million, or 77.1 percent of total sales, compared to $85.3 million in the same period of 2010, an increase of 1.6 percent. The increase over the prior-year quarter was primarily driven by higher product and brand activity by the Company’s CPG clients. Advertising and retail accounts sales of $18.7 million, or 16.7 percent of total sales, in the third quarter of 2011 decreased 7.0 percent, from $20.1 million in the prior-year period driven by lower retail promotional activity. Entertainment accounts sales declined $0.1 million to $7.0 million, or 6.2 percent of total sales, for the third quarter of 2011 compared to $7.1 million in the same period of 2010.

Gross profit was $42.1 million in the third quarter of 2011, a decrease of $1.7 million from the third quarter of 2010. Third-quarter 2011 gross profit as a percentage of sales decreased to 37.5 percent from 38.9 percent in the 2010 third-quarter period. The decline in gross profit percent was largely driven by increased employee related costs.

Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses increased approximately $2.5 million to $31.2 million in the third quarter of 2011 from $28.7 million in the third quarter of 2010 principally driven by $1.4 million of certain insurance recoveries during the third quarter of 2010, which is further detailed in the Company’s third quarter 2011 Form 10-Q.  The balance of the year-over-year change was driven by increased employee related costs.

During the third quarter of 2011, the Company reported business and systems integration expenses of $2.0 million compared to $0.1 million in the prior-year comparable period. As previously disclosed, these expenses relate to the Company’s ongoing information technology and business process improvement initiative.

Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses increased from $0.3 million in the third quarter of 2010 to $0.5 million in the third quarter of 2011. The charges in the 2011 third quarter arose from the Company’s continued focus on consolidating, reducing and re-aligning its work force and operations and are for employee terminations and other associated costs. These actions are expected to result in annualized savings of approximately $0.7 million, with approximately $0.3 million to be realized during 2011.

The Company reported operating income of $8.2 million in the 2011 third quarter compared to $13.6 million in the third quarter of 2010. The decrease in operating income compared to the prior-year period was primarily the result of the Company’s business and systems integration expenses, third-quarter 2010 insurance recoveries and increased employee related expenses.

The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $1.1 million for the third quarter of 2011 compared to an income tax expense of $4.2 million in the third quarter of 2010. The income tax benefit in the third quarter of 2011, as compared to an income tax expense in the third quarter of 2010 is primarily due to discrete period tax benefits resulting from the release of certain valuation allowances for the Company’s United Kingdom subsidiary in the third quarter of 2011.

Adjusted EBITDA and Management Adjusted EBITDA Performance
Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2011 was $13.1 million compared to $18.3 million for the third quarter of 2010. Management adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2011 was $15.7 million compared to $19.9 million for the third quarter of 2010. Please refer to the “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA and Management Adjusted EBITDA” table attached at the end of this earnings release for a reconciliation of these measures.
 
 
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Conference Call
Schawk invites you to join its third-quarter 2011 earnings conference call on Thursday, November 3, 2011, at 9:00 a.m. Central time.  To participate in the conference call, please dial 800-320-2978 or 617-614-4923 at least five minutes prior to the start time and ask for the Schawk, Inc. conference call, or on the Internet, go to http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&c=82169&eventID=4226645.  If you are unavailable to participate on the live call, a replay will be available through November 10 at 11:59 p.m. Central time. To access the replay, dial 888-286-8010 or 617-801-6888, enter conference ID 23999221, and follow the prompts. The replay will also be available on the Internet for 30 days at the following address http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&c=82169&eventID=4226645.
 
About Schawk, Inc.
Schawk, Inc. is a leading provider of brand development and deployment services, enabling companies of all sizes to connect their brands with consumers. With a global footprint of operations in 21 countries, Schawk helps companies create compelling and consistent brand experiences by providing integrated strategic, creative and executional services across brand touchpoints. Founded in 1953, Schawk is trusted by many of the world’s leading organizations to help them achieve global brand consistency. For more information about Schawk, visit http://www.schawk.com.
 
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA and 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 might differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements because of factors, such as, among other things, our ability 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; higher than expected costs, or unanticipated difficulties associated with, integrating acquired operations; higher than expected costs associated with compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; higher-than-anticipated costs or lower-than-anticipated benefits associated with the Company’s ongoing information technology and business process improvement initiative;  the strength of the United States economy in general and, specifically, market conditions for the consumer products industry; the level of demand for Schawk's services; changes in or weak consumer confidence and consumer spending; unfavorable foreign exchange rate fluctuations; loss of key management and operational personnel; our ability to implement our growth strategy, rebranding initiatives 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 with such covenants; the stability of state, federal and foreign tax laws; our continued ability to identify and exploit industry trends and exploit technological advances in the imaging industry; the stability of political conditions in foreign countries in which we have production capabilities; terrorist attacks and the U.S. response to such attacks; as well as other factors detailed in Schawk, Inc.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

For more information about Schawk, visit its website at http://www.schawk.com.
 

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Schawk Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
 
   
Three Months Ended
             
   
September 30,
   
Increase (Decrease)
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
Amount
   
Percent
 
                         
Net sales
  $ 112,298     $ 112,562     $ (264 )     (0.2 )%
Cost of sales
    70,235       68,768       1,467       2.1 %
Gross profit
    42,063       43,794       (1,731 )     (4.0 )%
                                 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
     31,240        28,675        2,565       8.9 %
Business and systems integration expenses
    1,997       85       1,912    
nm
 
Multiemployer pension withdrawal expense
          500       (500 )  
nm
 
Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses
    468       286       182       63.6 %
Foreign exchange loss
    121       694       (573 )     (82.6 )%
Operating income
    8,237       13,554       (5,317 )     (39.2 )%
                                 
Other income (expense)
                               
    Interest income
    4       15       (11 )     (73.3 )%
    Interest expense
    (1,212 )     (1,642 )     430       (26.2 )%
                                 
Income before income taxes
    7,029       11,927       (4,898 )     (41.1 )%
Income tax provision (benefit)
    (1,057 )     4,154       (5,211 )  
nm
 
                                 
Net income
  $ 8,086     $ 7,773     $ 313       4.0 %
                                 
Earnings per share:
                               
    Basic
  $ 0.31     $ 0.30     $ 0.01          
    Diluted
  $ 0.31     $ 0.30     $ 0.01          
                                 
Weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding:
                               
    Basic
    25,771       25,577                  
    Diluted
    25,976       25,923                  
 
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Schawk Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
 
   
Nine Months Ended
             
   
September 30,
   
Increase (Decrease)
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
Amount
   
Percent
 
                         
Net sales
  $ 332,861     $ 342,110     $ (9,249 )     (2.7 )%
Cost of sales
    210,129       209,617       512       0.2 %
Gross profit
    122,732       132,493       (9,761 )     (7.4 )%
                                 
Selling, general and administrative  expenses
    92,270        91,619        651       0.7 %
Business and systems integration expenses
    5,385       379       5,006    
nm
 
Multiemployer pension withdrawal expense
    1,846       500       1,346    
nm
 
Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses
    1,590       1,007       583       57.9 %
Foreign exchange loss
    829       2,244       (1,415 )     (63.1 )%
Impairment of long-lived assets
          680       (680 )  
nm
 
Operating income
    20,812       36,064       (15,252 )     (42.3 )%
                                 
Other income (expense)
                               
    Interest income
    43       31       12       38.7 %
    Interest expense
    (3,772 )     (5,401 )     1,629       (30.2 )%
                                 
Income before income taxes
    17,083       30,694       (13,611 )     (44.3 )%
Income tax provision
    2,246       4,596       (2,350 )     (51.1 )%
                                 
Net income
  $ 14,837     $ 26,098     $ (11,261 )     (43.1 )%
                                 
Earnings per share:
                               
    Basic
  $ 0.57     $ 1.03     $ (0.46 )        
    Diluted
  $ 0.57     $ 1.01     $ (0.44 )        
                                 
Weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding:
                               
    Basic
    25,830       25,387                  
    Diluted
    26,171       25,794                  
 
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Schawk Inc.
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
 
   
Three Months Ended
             
   
September 30,
   
Increase (Decrease)
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
Amount
   
Percent
 
Sales to external clients:
                       
North America
  $ 95,213     $ 97,360     $ (2,147 )     (2.2 )%
Europe
    18,328       16,724       1,604       9.6 %
Asia Pacific
    8,451       7,547       904       12.0 %
Intercompany sales elimination
    (9,694 )     (9,069 )     (625 )     (6.9 )%
                                 
Sales to external clients
  $ 112,298     $ 112,562     $ (264 )     (0.2 )%
                                 
Operating segment income (loss):
                               
North America
  $ 14,936     $ 17,627     $ (2,691 )     (15.3 )%
Europe
    1,157       1,490       (333 )     (22.3 )%
Asia Pacific
    1,533       982       551       56.1 %
Corporate
    (9,389 )     (6,545 )     (2,844 )     (43.5 )%
                                 
Operating segment income
  $ 8,237     $ 13,554     $ (5,317 )     (39.2 )%
                                 
   
Nine Months Ended
                 
   
September 30,
   
Increase (Decrease)
 
      2011       2010    
Amount
   
Percent
 
                                 
Sales to external clients:
                               
North America
  $ 284,262     $ 297,996     $ (13,734 )     (4.6 )%
Europe
    53,663       49,099       4,564       9.3 %
Asia Pacific
    23,852       22,609       1,243       5.5 %
Intercompany sales elimination
    (28,916 )     (27,594 )     (1,322 )     (4.8 )%
                                 
Sales to external clients
  $ 332,861     $ 342,110     $ (9,249 )     (2.7 )%
                                 
Operating segment income (loss):
                               
North America
  $ 40,383     $ 50,906     $ (10,523 )     (20.7 )%
Europe
    4,160       2,853       1,307       45.8 %
Asia Pacific
    2,941       3,637       (696 )     (19.1 )%
Corporate
    (26,672 )     (21,332 )     (5,340 )     (25.0 )%
                                 
Operating segment income
  $ 20,812     $ 36,064     $ (15,252 )     (42.3 )%

 
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Schawk, Inc.
 Consolidated Balance Sheets
 (In thousands, except share amounts)

   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
   
(Unaudited)
       
 Assets
           
CCurrent assets:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 10,620     $ 36,889  
Trade accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts
of $1,717 at September 30, 2011 and $1,525 at December 31, 2010
    86,154       95,207  
Inventories
    24,419       18,250  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    11,201       9,356  
Income tax receivable
    1,531       2,943  
Deferred income taxes
    1,108       347  
Total current assets
    135,033       162,992  
                 
Property and equipment, net
    56,872       48,684  
Goodwill, net
    192,629       193,626  
Other intangible assets, net:
               
Customer relationships
    33,126       36,461  
Other
    465       817  
Deferred income taxes
    4,998       868  
Other assets
    5,796       6,411  
                 
Total assets
  $ 428,919     $ 449,859  
                 
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
               
Current liabilities:
               
Trade accounts payable
  $ 17,001     $ 21,930  
Accrued expenses
    55,138       64,007  
Deferred income taxes
    3,255       3,260  
Income taxes
    1,476       1,038  
Current portion of long-term debt
    48,687       29,587  
Total current liabilities
    125,557       119,822  
                 
Long-term liabilities:
               
Long-term debt
    6,396       37,080  
Deferred income taxes
    9,154       9,135  
Other long-term liabilities
    16,820       19,696  
Total long-term liabilities
    32,370       65,911  
                 
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Common stock, $0.008 par value, 40,000,000 shares authorized,
30,684,172 and 30,506,252 shares issued at September 30, 2011 and
December 31, 2010, respectively, 25,627,504 and 25,761,334 shares
outstanding at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively
    225           224  
Additional paid-in capital
    202,913       200,205  
Retained earnings
    121,901       113,258  
Accumulated comprehensive income, net
    10,686       11,247  
Treasury stock, at cost, 5,056,668 and 4,744,918 shares of common
stock at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively
    (64,733 )     (60,808 )
Total stockholders’ equity
    270,992       264,126  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 428,919     $ 449,859  
 
 
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Schawk, Inc.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP measures to GAAP
(Unaudited)
(In Thousands, Except Share Amounts)
 
   
Three Months Ended
September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
                         
Income before income taxes - GAAP
  $ 7,029     $ 11,927     $ 17,083     $ 30,694  
Adjustments:
                               
   Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses
    468       286       1,590       1,007  
   Business and systems integration expenses
    1,997       85       5,385       379  
   Impairment of long-lived assets(1)
                      680  
   Multiemployer pension withdrawal expense
          500       1,846       500  
   Foreign currency loss
    121       694       829       2,244  
Adjusted income before income tax – non-GAAP
    9,615       13,492       26,733       35,504  
Adjusted income tax provision – non-GAAP
    3,976       4,676       9,949       11,808  
                                 
Adjusted net income – non-GAAP
  $ 5,639     $ 8,816     $ 16,784     $ 23,696  
                                 
Weighted average common and common stock
                               
    equivalents outstanding – GAAP (diluted)
    25,976       25,923       26,171       25,794  
                                 
Earnings per diluted share - GAAP
  $ 0.31     $ 0.30     $ 0.57     $ 1.01  
Adjustments – net of tax effects:
                               
   Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses
    0.01       0.01       0.04       0.02  
 Business and systems integration expenses
    0.05             0.12       0.01  
   Impairment of long-lived assets
                      0.02  
   Multiemployer pension withdrawal expense
          0.01       0.04       0.01  
   Foreign currency loss
          0.02       0.02       0.07  
 Discrete tax adjustments - UK
    (0.15 )           (0.15 )     (0.22 )
                                 
Adjusted earnings per diluted share – non- GAAP
  $ 0.22     $ 0.34     $ 0.64     $ 0.92  
                                 
                                 
Income tax provision (benefit) - GAAP
  $ (1,057 )   $ 4,154     $ 2,246     $ 4,596  
Adjustments:(2)
                               
   Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses
    167       127       565       389  
 Business and systems integration expenses
    793       34       2,139       150  
   Impairment of long-lived assets
                      270  
   Multiemployer pension withdrawal expense
          199       733       199  
   Foreign currency loss
    65       162       258       574  
   Discrete tax adjustments - UK
    4,008             4,008       5,630  
                                 
Adjusted income tax provision – non-GAAP
  $ 3,976     $ 4,676     $ 9,949     $ 11,808  
 
(1)  
Please see the Company’s discussion related to certain insurance recoveries in its September 30, 2011 Form 10-Q.
(2)  
Adjustments have been tax-effected at the jurisdictions’ statutory rates.
 
 
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Schawk, Inc.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP EBITDA and Management Adjusted EBITDA
(Unaudited)
(In Thousands)
 
   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
   
Trailing 12 Months
 
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
   
Ended September 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
                                     
Net income - GAAP
  $ 8,086     $ 7,773     $ 14,837     $ 26,098     $ 21,159     $ 29,817  
Interest expense
    1,212       1,642       3,772       5,401       5,572       7,829  
Income tax provision (benefit)
    (1,057 )     4,154       2,246       4,596       7,634       9,030  
Adjusted Income – non-GAAP
    8,241       13,569       20,855       36,095       34,365       46,676  
Depreciation and amortization expense
    4,358       4,358       13,140       13,258       17,492       17,703  
Impairment of long-lived assets
                      680       8       1,985  
Stock based compensation
    508       373       1,578       1,414       2,050       1,861  
                                                 
Adjusted EBITDA – non-GAAP
    13,107       18,300       35,573       51,447       53,915       68,225  
                                                 
Permitted add backs on debt covenants:
                                               
Proforma effect of acquisitions and asset sales
          337             1,023       81       1,023  
Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses
           —        239              239        
Adjusted EBITDA for covenant compliance – non-GAAP
    13,107       18,637       35,812       52,470       54,235       69,248  
                                                 
Acquisition integration and restructuring expenses
    468       286       1,590       1,007       2,588       3,819  
Business and systems integration expenses
    1,997       85       5,385       379       6,301       379  
Proforma effect of acquisitions and asset sales
          (337 )           (1,023 )     (81 )     (1,023 )
Multiemployer pension plan withdrawal expense
          500       1,846       500       1,146       2,300  
Foreign exchange loss
    121       694       829       2,244       891       2,791  
Remediation and related expenses
                                  415  
                                                 
Management adjusted EBITDA – non-GAAP
  $ 15,693     $ 19,865     $ 45,462     $ 55,577     $ 65,080     $ 77,929  



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.