AVIENT CORPORATION CLEVELAND, July 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) today reported its second quarter results for 2015. Adjusted earnings per share increased to an all-time quarterly high of $0.57, up 12% from $0.51 in the second quarter of 2014. GAAP earnings per share of $0.74 in the second quarter of 2015 increased from $0.33 in the second quarter of 2014. Special items for the second quarter of 2015 included a tax benefit and realignment charges, which resulted in a net after-tax gain of $15.9 million, or $0.17 per share (see Attachment 1).
"I am very pleased to report we delivered double-digit adjusted earnings expansion of 12% for the second quarter and our 23(rd) consecutive quarter of EPS growth," said Robert M. Patterson, president and chief executive officer, PolyOne Corporation. "We were able to achieve this strong performance in the second quarter despite a weaker Euro, which reduced EPS by $0.02 per share versus the prior year."
Mr. Patterson added, "Profitability expansion continues to be at the heart of our specialty transformation, and this quarter was no exception. Our Color, Additives and Inks business led the way with its highest level of quarterly operating income in segment history, and posting a record return on sales of 18.2%." Mr. Patterson added, "Specialty Engineered Materials, Performance Products and Solutions and Distribution also posted impressive profitability gains. On a consolidated basis, our operating margin surpassed 10% for the first time in our company's history."
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Commenting on the company's other accomplishments during the quarter, Mr. Patterson said, "I am pleased with the progress we are making at Designed Structures and Solutions as evidenced by our sequential margin improvement from the first quarter. I am encouraged by our new business wins and operational improvements and confident we have the right team in place as we continue to transform the legacy Spartech businesses."
Revenue for the second quarter of 2015 was $887 million, compared to $1.0 billion in the second quarter of 2014. The decline resulted from unfavorable foreign exchange, lower selling prices in Distribution and Performance Products & Solutions as a result of lower hydrocarbon based raw material costs, and the ongoing integration of legacy Spartech business.
Bradley C. Richardson, executive vice president and chief financial officer, PolyOne Corporation said, "We continued our strong track record of converting earnings to cash, generating approximately $95 million in free cash flow in the quarter. We ended June with nearly $500 million in available liquidity. This provides us significant financial capacity to invest in innovation, pursue acquisitions, and deliver cash to shareholders through opportunistic share repurchases and increasing dividends."
Commenting on the company's outlook, Mr. Patterson said, "I am pleased we achieved double-digit EPS growth, which remains our ongoing objective. As the year progresses, I believe we are doing an outstanding job of managing what we can control, improving profitability and delivering record earnings as a result. From a macro-economic perspective, the Euro remains very weak against the dollar and demand appears to be slowing in Asia. These headwinds impact our specialty businesses in the short-term, but with over $40 billion of market opportunity, we have nearly unlimited potential for long-term growth."
Mr. Patterson added, "At our Investor Day in May, we highlighted several key drivers of our future growth, most notably innovation and collaboration across our businesses. Our innovation pipeline has never been stronger with $1.9 billion of market opportunity identified for newly developed products. As these projects are commercialized, we see tremendous upside to our profitability potential as outlined in our Platinum Vision for 2020."
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About PolyOne
PolyOne Corporation, with 2014 revenues of $3.8 billion, is a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions. The company is dedicated to serving customers in diverse industries around the globe, by creating value through collaboration, innovation and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Guided by its Core Values, Sustainability Promise and No Surprises Pledge((SM)), PolyOne is committed to its customers, employees, communities and shareholders through ethical, sustainable and fiscally responsible principles. For more information, visit www.polyone.com.
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Forward-looking Statements
In this press release, statements that are not reported financial results or other historical information are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements give current expectations or forecasts of future events and are not guarantees of future performance. They are based on management's expectations that involve a number of business risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. They use words such as "will," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "plan," "believe," and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial condition, performance and/or sales. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: our ability to realize anticipated savings and operational benefits from the realignment of assets, including the closure of manufacturing facilities; the timing of closings and shifts of production to new facilities related to asset realignments and any unforeseen loss of customers and/or disruptions of service or quality caused by such closings and/or production shifts; separation and severance amounts that differ from original estimates; amounts for non-cash charges related to asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation realignments of property, plant and equipment, that differ from original estimates; our ability to identify and evaluate acquisition targets and consummate acquisitions; the ability to successfully integrate acquired companies into our operations, retain the management teams of acquired companies and retain relationships with customers of acquired companies including, without limitation, Spartech Corporation and/or Accella Performance Materials; disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that could adversely impact the availability of credit already arranged and the availability and cost of credit in the future; the financial condition of our customers, including the ability of customers (especially those that may be highly leveraged and those with inadequate liquidity) to maintain their credit availability; the speed and extent of an economic recovery, including the recovery of the housing market; our ability to achieve new business gains; the effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks; changes in polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions where we conduct business; changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online; fluctuations in raw material prices, quality and supply and in energy prices and supply; production outages or material costs associated with scheduled or unscheduled maintenance programs; unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation and environmental matters; an inability to achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to working capital reductions, cost reductions and employee productivity goals; an inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services; an inability to maintain appropriate relations with unions and employees; our ability to continue to pay cash dividends; the amount and timing of repurchases of our common shares, if any; and other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including, without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates and changes in the rate of inflation. The above list of factors is not exhaustive.
We undertake no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are advised to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our reports on Form 10-Q, 8-K and 10-K that we provide to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Attachment 1
PolyOne Corporation
Summary of Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)
(In millions, except per share data)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
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2015 2014 2015 2014
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Sales $887.1 $1,005.5 $1,760.2 $2,007.8
Operating income 80.3 49.4 150.4 105.8
Net income from continuing operations attributable to 66.8 30.9 97.0 60.3
PolyOne shareholders
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to PolyOne shareholders $0.75 $0.33 $1.09 $0.64
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to PolyOne shareholders $0.74 $0.33 $1.08 $0.63
Senior management uses comparisons of adjusted net income attributable to PolyOne shareholders and diluted earnings per share (EPS) attributable to PolyOne shareholders, excluding special items, to assess performance and facilitate comparability of results. Below is a
reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable measures calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP (GAAP).
Three Months Ended Three Months Ended
June 30, 2015 June 30, 2014
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Reconciliation to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income $ EPS $ EPS
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Net income from continuing operations attributable to PolyOne shareholders $66.8 $0.74 $30.9 $0.33
Special items, after tax (Attachment 3) (15.9) (0.17) 17.4 0.18
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Adjusted net income / EPS $50.9 $0.57 $48.3 $0.51
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Six Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, 2015 June 30, 2014
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Reconciliation to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income $ EPS $ EPS
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Net income from continuing operations attributable to PolyOne shareholders $97.0 $1.08 $60.3 $0.63
Special items, after tax (Attachment 3) (4.5) (0.05) 29.9 0.32
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Adjusted net income / EPS $92.5 $1.03 $90.2 $0.95
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Attachment 2
PolyOne Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)
(In millions, except per share data)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
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2015 2014 2015 2014
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Sales $887.1 $1,005.5 $1,760.2 $2,007.8
Cost of sales 701.4 821.0 1,404.7 1,635.1
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Gross margin 185.7 184.5 355.5 372.7
Selling and administrative expense 105.4 135.1 205.1 266.9
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Operating income 80.3 49.4 150.4 105.8
Interest expense, net (16.2) (15.7) (32.3) (31.2)
Other expense, net (0.7) (0.4) (1.4) (1.4)
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Income from continuing operations before income taxes 63.4 33.3 116.7 73.2
Income tax benefit (expense) 3.6 (2.6) (19.5) (13.3)
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Net income from continuing operations 67.0 30.7 97.2 59.9
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes - 0.8 - 0.8
Net income 67.0 31.5 97.2 60.7
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests (0.2) 0.2 (0.2) 0.4
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Net income attributable to PolyOne common shareholders $66.8 $31.7 $97.0 $61.1
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Earnings per common share attributable to PolyOne common shareholders - Basic:
Continuing Operations $0.75 $0.33 $1.09 $0.64
Discontinued operations - 0.01 - 0.01
Total $0.75 $0.34 $1.09 $0.65
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Earnings per common share attributable to PolyOne common shareholders - Diluted:
Continuing Operations $0.74 $0.33 $1.08 $0.63
Discontinued operations - 0.01 - 0.01
Total $0.74 $0.34 $1.08 $0.64
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Weighted-average shares used to compute earnings per common share:
Basic 88.9 93.0 89.1 93.7
Diluted 89.8 94.3 89.9 94.9
Cash dividends declared per share of common stock $0.10 $0.08 $0.20 $0.16
Attachment 3
PolyOne Corporation
Summary of Special Items (Unaudited)
(In millions, except per share data)
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
Special items (1)
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2015 2014 2015 2014
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Cost of sales:
Employee separation and restructuring costs $(5.3) $(22.1) $(13.2) $(33.1)
Reimbursement of previously incurred environmental costs - - 0.5 -
Environmental remediation costs (2.0) (0.9) (3.5) (1.8)
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Impact on cost of sales (7.3) (23.0) (16.2) (34.9)
Selling and administrative expense:
Employee separation and restructuring costs (2.1) (19.6) (4.8) (29.7)
Acquisition/divestiture related costs (0.7) (0.5) (1.2) (0.7)
Legal related and other (1.8) 3.3 1.0 2.6
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Impact on selling and administrative expense (4.6) (16.8) (5.0) (27.8)
Impact on operating income (11.9) (39.8) (21.2) (62.7)
Other income, net - 0.5 - 0.5
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Impact on income from continuing operations before (11.9) (39.3) (21.2) (62.2)
income taxes
Income tax benefit on special items 3.9 16.7 7.7 25.5
Tax adjustments(2) 23.9 5.2 18.0 6.8
Impact of special items on net income attributable to $15.9 $(17.4) $4.5 $(29.9)
PolyOne Shareholders
Diluted earnings per common share impact $0.17 $(0.18) $0.05 $(0.32)
Weighted average common shares used to compute
earnings per share:
Basic 88.9 93.0 89.1 93.7
Diluted 89.8 94.3 89.9 94.9
(1) Special items are a non-GAAP financial measure. Special items include charges related to specific strategic initiatives or financial restructuring such as: consolidation of operations; debt extinguishment costs; employee separation costs resulting from personnel reduction programs, plant
phase-in costs, executive separation agreements; asset impairments; mark-to-market adjustments associated with actuarial gains and losses on pension and other post-retirement benefit plans; environmental remediation costs, fines, penalties, remediation costs and related insurance recoveries
related to facilities no longer owned or closed in prior years; gains and losses on the divestiture of operating businesses, joint ventures and equity investments; gains and losses on facility or property sales or disposals; results of litigation, fines or penalties, where such litigation (or
action relating to the fines or penalties) arose prior to the commencement of the performance period; unrealized gains and losses from foreign currency option contracts; one-time, non-recurring items; and the effect of changes in accounting principles or other such laws or provisions
affecting reported results.
(2) Tax adjustments include the net tax expense/benefit from one-time income tax items and deferred income tax valuations allowance adjustments.
Attachment 4
PolyOne Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In millions)
(Unaudited) December 31,
2014
June 30,
2015
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Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $236.8 $238.6
Accounts receivable, net 431.7 396.8
Inventories, net 300.9 309.0
Other current assets 83.5 98.3
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Total current assets 1,052.9 1,042.7
Property, net 581.8 596.7
Goodwill 591.8 590.6
Intangible assets, net 350.9 362.7
Other non-current assets 115.3 118.5
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Total assets $2,692.7 $2,711.2
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Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Short-term and current
portion of long-term debt $61.8 $61.8
Accounts payable 396.9 365.9
Accrued expenses and other
liabilities 136.5 173.5
Total current liabilities 595.2 601.2
Non-current liabilities:
Long-term debt 996.4 962.0
Pension and other post-
retirement benefits 74.7 103.7
Deferred income taxes 70.9 88.8
Other non-current liabilities 155.6 178.3
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Total non-current liabilities 1,297.6 1,332.8
Shareholders' equity:
PolyOne shareholders' equity 798.8 776.3
Noncontrolling interests 1.1 0.9
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Total equity 799.9 777.2
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Total liabilities and
shareholders' equity $2,692.7 $2,711.2
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Attachment 5
PolyOne Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
(In millions)
Six Months Ended
June 30,
--------
2015 2014
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Operating Activities
Net income $97.2 $60.7
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and
amortization 50.1 72.2
Provision for doubtful
accounts - 0.3
Share-based compensation
expense 4.2 10.1
Gain on sale of business - (0.8)
Change in assets and liabilities:
Increase in accounts
receivable (40.8) (74.0)
Decrease in inventories 5.2 23.4
Increase in accounts
payable 35.5 35.9
Decrease in pension and
other post-retirement
benefits (27.9) (21.1)
Decrease in accrued
expenses and other assets
and liabilities -net (63.6) (62.9)
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Net cash provided by
operating activities 59.9 43.8
Investing Activities
Capital expenditures (39.1) (38.0)
Proceeds from sale of
equity affiliate and other
assets 1.9 27.3
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Net cash used by investing
activities (37.2) (10.7)
Financing Activities
Repayment of debt - (8.0)
Borrowings under credit
facilities 515.6 20.9
Repayments under credit
facilities (481.2) (20.9)
Purchase of common shares (42.8) (119.9)
Exercise of share awards 4.2 6.3
Cash dividends paid (17.9) (15.1)
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Net cash used by financing
activities (22.1) (136.7)
Effect of exchange rate
changes on cash (2.4) (0.1)
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Decrease in cash and cash
equivalents (1.8) (103.7)
Cash and cash equivalents
at beginning of period 238.6 365.2
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Cash and cash equivalents
at end of period $236.8 $261.5
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Attachment 6
PolyOne Corporation
Business Segment and Platform Operations (Unaudited)
(In millions)
Operating income at the segment level does not include: special items as defined on Attachment 3; corporate general and administration costs that are not allocated to segments; intersegment sales and profit eliminations; share-based compensation costs; and certain
other items that are not included in the measure of segment profit and loss that is reported to and reviewed by the chief operating decision maker. These costs are included in Corporate and eliminations.
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
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2015 2014 2015 2014
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Sales:
Global Color, Additives and Inks $217.4 $228.7 $425.9 $448.3
Global Specialty Engineered Materials 139.7 157.8 281.6 315.2
Designed Structures and Solutions 111.6 164.0 230.7 337.6
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Specialty Platform 468.7 550.5 938.2 1,101.1
Performance Products and Solutions 190.3 211.2 366.2 418.8
PolyOne Distribution 266.8 287.0 532.5 571.1
Corporate and eliminations (38.7) (43.2) (76.7) (83.2)
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Sales $887.1 $1,005.5 $1,760.2 $2,007.8
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Gross margin:
Global Color, Additives and Inks $80.0 $81.7 $153.4 $156.6
Global Specialty Engineered Materials 41.1 43.5 84.1 86.1
Designed Structures and Solutions 15.1 26.3 28.9 52.5
Specialty Platform 136.2 151.5 266.4 295.2
Performance Products and Solutions 27.4 29.0 49.9 57.0
PolyOne Distribution 30.2 28.8 58.0 58.6
Corporate and eliminations (8.1) (24.8) (18.8) (38.1)
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Gross margin $185.7 $184.5 $355.5 $372.7
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Selling and administrative expense:
Global Color, Additives and Inks $40.4 $44.0 $80.0 $88.5
Global Specialty Engineered Materials 21.0 24.6 40.9 48.9
Designed Structures and Solutions 10.6 13.4 21.2 28.4
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Specialty Platform 72.0 82.0 142.1 165.8
Performance Products and Solutions 11.1 11.4 22.1 23.4
PolyOne Distribution 11.1 11.5 23.2 24.1
Corporate and eliminations 11.2 30.2 17.7 53.6
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Selling and administrative expense $105.4 $135.1 $205.1 $266.9
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Operating income:
Global Color, Additives and Inks $39.6 $37.7 $73.4 $68.1
Global Specialty Engineered Materials 20.1 18.9 43.2 37.2
Designed Structures and Solutions 4.5 12.9 7.7 24.1
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Specialty Platform 64.2 69.5 124.3 129.4
Performance Products and Solutions 16.3 17.6 27.8 33.6
PolyOne Distribution 19.1 17.3 34.8 34.5
Corporate and eliminations (19.3) (55.0) (36.5) (91.7)
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Operating income $80.3 $49.4 $150.4 $105.8
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Specialty Platform consists of our three specialty segments: Global Specialty Engineered Materials; Global Color, Additives and Inks; and Designed Structures and Solutions. We present Specialty Platform sales, gross margin, selling and administration, and operating
income because management believes that this is useful information to investors by highlighting our collective progress in advancing our specialization strategy.
Attachment 7
PolyOne Corporation
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited)
(In millions, except per share data)
Senior management uses gross margin before special items and operating income before special items to assess performance and allocate resources because senior management believes that these measures are useful in understanding current profitability levels and that current levels may serve as a base for future
performance. In addition, operating income before the effect of special items is a component of various PolyOne annual and long-term employee incentive plans and is used in debt covenant computations. Below is a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable measures calculated and
presented in accordance with GAAP. See Attachment 3 for a definition of special items.
Three Months Ended Six months ended
June 30, June 30,
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Reconciliation to Consolidated Statements of Income 2015 2014 2015 2014
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Sales $887.1 $1,005.5 $1,760.2 $2,007.8
Gross margin before special items 193.0 207.5 371.7 407.6
Special items in gross margin (Attachment 3) (7.3) (23.0) (16.2) (34.9)
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Gross margin - GAAP $185.7 $184.5 $355.5 $372.7
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Gross margin, before special items, as a percent of sales 21.8% 20.6% 21.1% 20.3%
Operating income before special items 92.2 89.2 171.6 168.5
Special items in operating income (Attachment 3) (11.9) (39.8) (21.2) (62.7)
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Operating income - GAAP $80.3 $49.4 $150.4 $105.8
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Operating income before special items as a percent of sales 10.4% 8.9% 9.7% 8.4%
The tables below reconcile pre-special income tax expense and the pre-special effective tax rate to their most comparable GAAP figures.
Three Months Ended Three Months Ended
June 30, 2015
June 30, 2014
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GAAP Special Pre-special GAAP Special Pre-special
Results Items Results Results Items Results
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Income from continuing operations before income taxes $63.4 $11.9 $75.3 $33.3 $39.3 $72.6
Income tax benefit (expense) - GAAP 3.6 - 3.6 (2.6) - (2.6)
Tax benefit on special items (Attachment 3) - (3.9) (3.9) - (16.7) (16.7)
Tax specials - benefit (Attachment 3) - (23.9) (23.9) - (5.2) (5.2)
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Income tax benefit/(expense) $3.6 $(27.8) $(24.2) $(2.6) $(21.9) $(24.5)
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Effective Tax Rate (5.7)% 32.1% 7.8% 33.7%
Six Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, 2015 June 30, 2014
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GAAP Special Pre-special GAAP Special Pre-special
Results Items Results Results Items Results
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Income from continuing operations before income taxes $116.7 $21.2 $137.9 $73.2 $62.2 $135.4
Income tax expense - GAAP (19.5) - (19.5) (13.3) - (13.3)
Tax benefit on special items (Attachment 3) - (7.7) (7.7) - (25.5) (25.5)
Tax specials - benefit (Attachment 3) - (18.0) (18.0) - (6.8) (6.8)
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Income tax expense $(19.5) $(25.7) $(45.2) $(13.3) $(32.3) $(45.6)
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Effective Tax Rate 16.7% 32.8% 18.2% 33.7%
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