| Cautionary Statement 2 Forward-Looking Statements This presentation contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 27A of the Securities Act. These statements, which represent the Company’s expectations or beliefs concerning various future events, include statements concerning future revenues, projections, targets, synergies, strategy, earnings, and liquidity associated with continued growth in various market segments, cost reductions expected from various initiatives, our acquisitions and other events. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those projected, anticipated or implied. Any of these risks could have adverse and/or fluctuating effects on the Company’s results of operations. For additional information about factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, please see the Company’s SEC filings including its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2012, Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2012 and the exhibits attached to those filings. All subsequent forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or any person acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. The Company is not under any obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter any forward-looking statements whether as a result of such changes, new information, subsequent events or otherwise. Non-GAAP Financial Measures Some of the information included in this presentation is derived from Carpenter’s consolidated financial information but is not presented in Carpenter’s financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Certain of these data are considered “non-GAAP financial measures” under SEC rules. These non-GAAP financial measures supplement our GAAP disclosures and should not be considered an alternative to the GAAP measure. Reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures and management’s rationale for the use of the non-GAAP financial measures can be found in the Appendix to this presentation. |