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AMTROL Reports Third Quarter Results.


WEST WARWICK West Warwick (wôr`wĭk, –`ĭk), town (1990 pop. 29,268), Kent co., central R.I., on the Pawtuxet River; set off from Warwick and inc. 1913. Textile manufacturing remains a leading industry. West Warwick includes the village of River Point. , R.I. -- AMTROL Inc. today announced 2005 third 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 $50.2 million, an increase of $4.5 million or 9.9% compared to the third quarter of 2004. 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 $6.5 million, an increase of $0.6 million relative to the third quarter of 2004. For the first nine months of 2005, AMTROL reported net sales of $161.4 million, an increase of $10.4 million or 6.8% from the same period in 2004. EBITDA for the first nine months of 2005 was $18.5 million, a decrease of $1.1 million from the same period in 2004.

The increase in net sales was due principally to price increases implemented during the second half of 2004 to mitigate rising steel costs. The increase in EBITDA for the quarterly period was principally due to lower selling, general and administrative expenses. Impacting both net sales and EBITDA in Europe was management's decision to redirect capacity, as a result of additional new cylinder volume, from less profitable refurbishment re·fur·bish  
tr.v. re·fur·bished, re·fur·bish·ing, re·fur·bish·es
To make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate.



re·fur
 services to higher margin cylinder products.

Gross profit for the third quarter of 2005 decreased $0.2 million or 1.9% from the third quarter of 2004. For the first nine months of 2005, gross profit decreased $1.6 million or 4.7% from the first nine months of 2004. As a percentage of net sales, the gross profit percentage for the third quarter decreased from 23.4% in 2004 to 20.9% in 2005. This decrease was due principally to product mix combined with the dilutive effect Dilutive effect

Result of a transaction that decreases earnings per common share (EPS).
 of the pass through of rising steel costs.

The net loss for the first nine months of 2005 of $4.0 million compares to a net loss in the first nine months of 2004 of $11.2 million reflecting the loss of $8.1 million incurred on the sale of the discontinued subsidiary in February 2004.

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 gas cylinder nbombona de gas

gas cylinder gas nbouteille f de gaz

gas cylinder gas n
. 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.
AMTROL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                            (in thousands)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

                              QUARTER ENDED        NINE MONTHS ENDED
                          ---------------------- ---------------------
                           October 1, October 2, October 1, October 2,
                              2005       2004       2005       2004
                            --------  ---------- ---------- ----------

Net Sales                  $ 50,249   $  45,726  $ 161,358   $151,049

Income from Operations        4,780       4,166     13,523     14,046

Net Loss                       (958)     (1,482)    (3,959)   (11,178)

EBITDA                        6,454       5,871     18,486     19,578



                      CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                            (in thousands)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

                                ASSETS
                                                October 1,  October 2,
                                                    2005       2004
                                                ----------- ----------

Current Assets                                    $ 68,176   $ 72,842

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net                  30,226     29,772

Other Assets                                       120,689    129,492
                                               ----------- ----------
Total Assets                                      $219,091   $232,106
                                               =========== ==========

                 LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Current Liabilities                               $ 47,906   $ 49,766

Long Term Debt, Less Current Maturities            173,702    169,884

Other Noncurrent Liabilities                         3,895      3,574

Shareholders' Equity                                (6,412)     8,882
                                               ----------- ----------
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity        $219,091   $232,106
                                               =========== ==========
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