NOTES TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
For additional details, please see today’s press release and Safe Harbor Statement.
These slides use non-GAAP financial measures. West believes that these non-GAAP measures of financial results provide useful
information to management and investors regarding certain business trends relating to West’s financial condition, results of operations and
the Company’s overall performance. Our executive management team uses adjusted operating profit and adjusted diluted EPS to evaluate
the performance of the Company in terms of profitability and to compare operating results to prior periods. Adjusted operating profit is also
used to evaluate changes in the operating results of each segment and to allocate resources to our segments. The Company believes that
the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and
trends in comparing its financial measures with other companies.
Our executive management does not consider such non-GAAP measures in isolation or as an alternative to such measures determined in
accordance with GAAP. The principal limitation of such non-GAAP financial measures is that they exclude significant expenses and income
that are required by GAAP to be recorded. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgment by
management about which items are excluded from the non-GAAP financial measures. In order to compensate for these limitations, our
executive management presents its non-GAAP financial measures in connection with its GAAP results. We urge investors and potential
investors to review the reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures, and not rely on any
single financial measure to evaluate the Company’s business.
In calculating adjusted operating profit and adjusted diluted EPS, we exclude the impact of items that are not considered representative of
ongoing operations. Such items include restructuring and related costs, certain asset impairments, other specifically identified gains or
losses, and discrete income tax items. A reconciliation of these adjusted non-GAAP measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures
is included below.
The following is a description of the items excluded from adjusted operating profit and adjusted diluted EPS:
•Restructuring and related charges: During the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2010, we incurred restructuring,
impairment and related charges of $14.7 million and $15.9 million, respectively. The majority of these costs related to the restructuring plan
announced in December of 2010.
• During the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2009, we recognized restructuring and other charges of $8.4 million and $9.5
million, respectively. The majority of these charges related to a restructuring program launched in the fourth quarter of 2009 to exit certain
specialized laboratory service offerings and consolidate contract-manufacturing operations. The 2009 restructuring program was completed
during the fourth quarter of 2010.
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