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CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 2016-- AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) today announced third quarter results.

Third Quarter 2016 Summary

• Reported sales increased 1% to $590 million
• Changes in foreign currency exchange rates had a negative impact of 1% on the sales growth
• Recently acquired Mega Airless contributed approximately $18 million or 3% of the sales growth and approximately $0.02 per share to reported earnings per share
• Reported earnings per share were $0.82 compared to $0.83 reported in the prior year
• Reported earnings per share included a negative impact of approximately $0.01 (approximately $1.4 million pre-tax expense) related to the timing of costs in excess of insurance proceeds associated with a facility fire that occurred earlier in the year; previous third quarter earnings per share guidance excluded any potential impact related to the fire
• Adjusting to a comparable foreign currency environment ($0.01), prior year adjusted earnings per share were $0.82, or even with current period earnings per share
• Reported pre-tax earnings of $75 million were approximately 13% of net sales
• EBITDA of $123 million was approximately 21% of net sales

THIRD QUARTER RESULTS

For the quarter ended September 30, 2016, reported sales increased 1% to $590 million from $586 million a year ago. Excluding the negative impact from changes in currency exchange rates and the positive impact from acquisitions, core sales decreased by approximately 1%.

Commenting on the quarter, Stephen Hagge, President and CEO, said, “Challenging market conditions made it difficult to achieve top line core growth for two of our business segments. Our Beauty + Home segment experienced sluggish demand in all regions other than Latin America, which again delivered strong sales growth. The beauty and personal care markets remain soft and while we believe there is much potential for the home care market, demand was very weak compared to the prior year. Our Food + Beverage segment was impacted by a decrease in sales to the beverage market, mainly in China, while sales to the food market increased. Our Pharma segment reported strong sales growth principally due to a significant increase in custom tooling sales and increased demand related to our consumer health care business. Sales to the prescription drug market increased slightly compared to very strong growth recorded a year ago while sales to the injectables market declined in the quarter due to the timing of certain validations of our new capacity in Europe. Despite the mix of market challenges, we were able to achieve a pre-tax earnings margin of approximately 13% and a strong consolidated EBITDA margin of approximately 21% in the quarter.”

AptarGroup reported earnings per share of $0.82 compared to $0.83 per share a year ago. Adjusting to achieve a comparable foreign exchange rate environment, comparable prior year third quarter earnings per share were $0.82, even with the current year.

YEAR-TO-DATE RESULTS

For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, reported sales increased 1% to $1.79 billion from $1.77 billion a year ago. Excluding the negative impact from changes in currency exchange rates and the positive impact from acquisitions, core sales also increased by approximately 1%.

Hagge commented on the year-to-date results, “We reported top line growth through the first nine months despite challenging macroeconomic conditions in several markets and improved our Adjusted EBITDA margin over the prior year. The diversity of our business continues to be a strength of Aptar. Though sales to the personal care, home care and beverage markets were below the prior year, we increased sales in each of the markets served by our Pharma segment, as well as in the beauty and food markets.”

For the nine months year to date, AptarGroup reported earnings per share of $2.40 compared to $2.41 per share a year ago. Comparable adjusted earnings per share increased 6% to $2.45 compared to $2.32 for 2015. Adjustments to reported results necessary to arrive at comparable adjusted earnings per share are set forth in the accompanying tables.

SHARE REPURCHASE AUTHORIZATION AND INCREASED CASH DIVIDEND

As previously announced on October 20, 2016, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $350 million of the Company’s common stock. This new authorization replaces all previous authorizations. AptarGroup may repurchase shares through the open market, privately negotiated transactions or other programs, subject to market conditions. The Board also increased the quarterly cash dividend by 7% to $0.32 per share. The payment date is November 23, 2016, to stockholders of record as of November 2, 2016.

OUTLOOK

Commenting on AptarGroup’s outlook, Hagge said, “We currently don’t expect a significant change in the macroeconomic conditions or the cautionary positions of certain customers as we head into the fourth quarter, which is traditionally a slower quarter for us. There is still a lot of geopolitical and economic uncertainty around the globe and this is causing some customers to reduce inventory levels, reduce promotional spending and delay projects. Also, the markets we serve remain competitive and we anticipate that resin costs will increase over the prior year level. It’s important that we focus on cost containment as we seek out and invest in growth opportunities. Our balance sheet remains strong and although market uncertainties may persist in the near-term, our long-term outlook is positive. We will continue to be a trusted partner for our customers as we help them grow their businesses with affordable innovative dispensing and sealing solutions.”

AptarGroup expects earnings per share for the fourth quarter, excluding any potential impacts of the timing of costs incurred and any related insurance reimbursements associated with the Aptar Annecy facility fire, to be in the range of $0.63 to $0.68 compared to $0.68 per share reported in the prior year. Adjusting for special items in the prior year, adjusted earnings per share for the prior year were approximately $0.67.

OPEN CONFERENCE CALL

There will be a conference call on Friday, October 28, 2016 at 8:00 a.m. Central Time to discuss AptarGroup’s third quarter results for 2016. The call will last approximately one hour. Interested parties are invited to listen to a live webcast by visiting the Investor Relations page at www.aptar.com. Replay of the conference call can also be accessed on the Investor Relations page of the website.

AptarGroup, Inc. is a leading global supplier of a broad range of innovative dispensing and sealing solutions for the beauty, personal care, home care, prescription drug, consumer health care, injectables, food and beverage markets. AptarGroup is headquartered in Crystal Lake, Illinois, with manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. For more information, visit www.aptar.com.

Presentation of Non-GAAP Information

This press release refers to certain non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted earnings per share, adjusted EBIT and adjusted EBITDA, which exclude the impact of transaction costs and purchase accounting adjustments that affected inventory values related to the Mega Airless acquisition, certain items included in the provision for income taxes (primarily a significant tax refund) that were recorded in the first quarter of 2016, income from a change in the method of valuing inventory (from LIFO to FIFO) that was recorded in the second quarter of 2015, transaction costs associated with the Mega Airless acquisition and a gain on insurance recovery recorded in the fourth quarter of 2015. Comparable core sales and adjusted earnings per share also exclude the impact of foreign currency translation effects. Non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures provided by other companies. AptarGroup’s management believes it is useful to present these non-GAAP financial measures because they allow for a better period over period comparison of operating results by removing the impact of items that, in management’s view, do not reflect AptarGroup’s core operating performance. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for GAAP financial results, but should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income and other information presented herein. A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures is included in the accompanying tables.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including certain statements set forth under the “Outlook” section of this press release. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “future” and other similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would” and “could” are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are based on our beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to us. Accordingly, our actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements due to known or unknown risks and uncertainties that exist in our operations and business environment including, but not limited to, the possible impact and consequences of the fire at the Company’s facility in Annecy, France; the ability to integrate the acquired Mega Airless business; economic conditions worldwide including potential deflationary conditions in regions we rely on for growth; political conditions worldwide; significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; changes in customer and/or consumer spending levels; financial conditions of customers and suppliers; consolidations within our customer or supplier bases; fluctuations in the cost of materials, components and other input costs; the availability of raw materials and components; our ability to successfully implement facility expansions and new facility projects; our ability to increase prices, contain costs and improve productivity; changes in capital availability or cost, including interest rate fluctuations; volatility of global credit markets; cybersecurity threats that could impact our networks and reporting systems; fiscal and monetary policies and other regulations, including changes in tax rates; direct or indirect consequences of acts of war or terrorism; work stoppages due to labor disputes; and competition, including technological advances. For additional information on these and other risks and uncertainties, please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the discussion under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Form 10-Ks and Form 10-Qs. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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AptarGroup, Inc.
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