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AMTROL Reports First Quarter Results.


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WARWICK, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2001

AMTROL Inc. today announced 2001 first quarter net sales Net Sales

The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted.

Notes:
This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight
 of $46.4 million, a decrease of $7.9 million compared to the first quarter of 2000.

The Company also reported earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) is a non-GAAP metric that can be used to evaluate a company's profitability.
:EBITDA = Operating Revenue – Operating Expenses + Other Revenue
 (EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become ) of $5.2 million, a decrease of $4.2 million relative to the comparable 2000 period.

The decrease in net sales and EBITDA is principally due to a generally weaker North American economy, increased competition and pricing pressures in the Company's water systems' markets and weaker European currencies relative to the same period last year.

AMTROL is a leading international producer and marketer of flow and expansion control products, water heaters and cylinders for a variety of gases. The Company's major products include pressure tanks used in water well, hydronic hy·dron·ic  
adj.
Of or relating to a heating or cooling system that transfers heat by circulating a fluid through a closed system of pipes.



[hydr(o)- + -onic (as in electronic).]
 heating and potable potable /pot·a·ble/ (po´tah-b'l) fit to drink.

po·ta·ble
adj.
Fit to drink; drinkable.



potable

fit to drink.
 hot water applications, indirect-fired water heaters, and both LPG LPG: see liquefied petroleum gas.

1. LPG - Linguaggio Procedure Grafiche (Italian for "Graphical Procedures Language"). dott. Gabriele Selmi. Roughly a cross between Fortran and APL, with graphical-oriented extensions and several peculiarities.
 and disposable refrigerant re·frig·er·ant
adj.
1. Cooling or freezing; refrigerating.

2. Reducing fever.

n.
1. A substance, such as air, ammonia, water, or carbon dioxide, used to provide cooling either as the working substance of
 gas cylinders. Products are marketed under the Well-X-Trol, Extrol, Therm-X-Trol and BoilerMate brand names. AMTROL is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of AMTROL Holdings, Inc. which is controlled by Cypress Merchant Banking Partners, L.P. and Cypress Offshore Partners, L.P., private equity funds managed by the Cypress Group L.L.C.


                     AMTROL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                            (in thousands)

                               QUARTER ENDED
                             March 31,      April 1,
                               2001           2000

Net Sales                    $ 46,434      $ 54,333

Income from Operations          1,550         5,540

Net Income (Loss)              (2,455)          311

EBITDA                          5,201         9,398

                      CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                            (in thousands)

                                ASSETS

                             March 31,      April 1,
                               2001           2000

Current Assets               $ 54,806      $ 63,356

Property, Plant and
 Equipment, Net                43,968        45,759

Other Assets                  171,219       176,732

Total Assets                 $269,993     $ 285,847

                 LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Current Liabilities          $ 43,676      $ 50,038

Long Term Debt, Less
 Current Maturities           165,896       165,752

Other Noncurrent
 Liabilities                    4,711         5,374

Shareholders' Equity           55,710        64,683


Total Liabilities and
 Shareholders' Equity        $269,993     $ 285,847
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