Forward-looking statements 1 This presentation contains forward-looking statements or information which reflect our expectations regarding possible events, conditions, our future growth, results of operations, performance, and business prospects and opportunities. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements necessarily involve significant known and unknown risks, assumptions and uncertainties that may cause our actual results in future periods to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including risks related to acquisitions and divestitures, our operational excellence initiatives and transformation activities, our exposure to complex production issues, our substantial financial leverage, international operations, competition, government regulations, customer demand, potential environmental, health and safety liabilities, and product liability claims. For additional information regarding risks and uncertainties that could affect our business and our financial results, please see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012 and our subsequent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Canadian Securities Administrators. Accordingly, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof, and except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures Commencing with the first quarter of fiscal 2013, we revised our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA to exclude stock-based compensation expense, consulting costs related to our operational initiatives and purchase accounting adjustments. We believe that excluding these items from Adjusted EBITDA better reflects our underlying performance. Based on the revisions to the definition of Adjusted EBITDA, we have recast the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA for prior periods to be consistent with the current period presentation. Our Adjusted EBITDA (as revised) is now income (loss) from continuing operations before repositioning expenses, interest expense, foreign exchange losses reclassified from other comprehensive income (loss), refinancing expenses, acquisition and integration costs (including certain product returns and inventory write- offs recorded in gross profit), gains and losses on sale of capital assets, income taxes, asset impairment charges, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, consulting costs related to our operational initiatives, purchase accounting adjustments and other income and expenses. "Adjusted EBITDA margin" is Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenues. Since Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure that does not have a standardized meaning, it may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Readers are cautioned that Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an alternative to net income (loss) determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP as an indicator of performance. Adjusted EBITDA is used by management as an internal measure of profitability. We have included Adjusted EBITDA because we believe that this measure is used by certain investors to assess our financial performance before non-cash charges and certain costs that we do not believe are reflective of our underlying business. A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to the closest U.S. GAAP measure is included in the Appendix to this presentation. | 
