EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press release

Exhibit 99.1

 

  Contact:    Susannah Robinson
     Director, Investor Relations
     617-342-6129
     susannah_robinson@cabot-corp.com

CABOT ANNOUNCES THIRD QUARTER 2009 OPERATING RESULTS

Operating Profits Up $46 million Over Second Quarter

BOSTON (July 29, 2009)- Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) today announced results for its third quarter of fiscal 2009.

Quarterly Highlights

 

   

Volumes in all key businesses improved sequentially with emerging markets showing strongest signs of recovery.

 

   

Higher carbon black unit margins contributed to sequential performance improvement.

 

   

Restructuring and cost saving actions are ahead of plan and benefited results.

 

   

Strategic commitment to emerging market expansion continues with the completion of 150,000 metric tons of carbon black capacity in Tianjin, China.

 

   

Cash position remains strong, with a quarter end cash balance of $177 million after debt reduction of $46 million and dividend payments of $12 million.

 

(In millions, except per share amounts)    2009     2008  
     Third
Quarter
    First
9 months
    Third
Quarter
    First
9 months
 

Net sales

   $ 511      $ 1,633      $ 840      $ 2,337   

Net (loss)/ income

   $ (12   $ (66   $ 27      $ 74   

Diluted (loss)/ earnings per share from continuing operations

   $ (0.19   $ (1.04   $ 0.43      $ 1.16   

Less: Certain items per share

     (0.25     (0.90     (0.09     (0.11

Adjusted earnings per share

   $ 0.06      $ (0.14   $ 0.52      $ 1.27   

For the third quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company reported a net loss of $12 million (a loss of $0.19 per common share from continuing operations). Adjusted EPS was income of $0.06 per common share, excluding $0.25 per common share of certain items principally related to restructuring charges.

Commenting on the results, Patrick Prevost, Cabot’s President and CEO, stated, “For the first time since the beginning of the downturn, we are seeing operating performance recover in a significant way. The profitability of our business segments improved by $51 million sequentially, excluding restructuring charges. We are encouraged by volume increases throughout the quarter, particularly in emerging markets where we remain committed to expanding our already strong competitive position. Carbon black margins improved due to aggressive commercial efforts and the reduced impact of older, high cost inventories. Our restructuring and cost saving actions are ahead of plan and benefited results during the quarter. Apart from carbon black, our Specialty Fluids Segment had a very strong quarter driven by favorable prices and increased activity in the North Sea and Kazakhstan. Progress continued in our New Business Segment with improved revenue and cash flow versus the prior year.”


Financial Detail

Segment Results

Core Segment- When compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2009, Rubber Blacks profitability increased by $28 million due to higher volumes and unit margins and lower operating expenses from restructuring and cost saving actions. Volumes increased by 8% sequentially, as improvements in emerging markets (China up 34%; Asia Pacific, excluding China, up 25%; South America up 6%) more than offset declines in more developed markets (North America and Europe each down 7%). When compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2008, profitability decreased by $32 million due to 24% lower volumes from weaker global demand in the tire and automotive markets and lower unit margins from older, high cost inventories. This decline was partially offset by lower operating expenses from restructuring and cost saving actions.

When compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2009, profitability in the Supermetals Business increased by $10 million due to higher volumes, particularly in Asia, and lower manufacturing expenses from cost saving actions and higher plant utilization. When compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2008 profitability increased by $5 million. Higher product prices and lower selling and administrative expenses from cost saving actions more than offset lower volumes due to weaker demand in the electronics market. The Supermetals Business continues to focus on cash generation and during the third quarter of fiscal 2009 generated $6 million in cash principally from positive operating results.

Performance Segment- When compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2009, profitability in the Performance Segment increased by $11 million. The increase was driven principally by higher volumes, particularly in emerging markets and the electronics and infrastructure market sectors. Sequentially, volumes increased by 12% in Performance Products and by 26% in Fumed Metal Oxides. When compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2008, profitability decreased by $22 million. The decrease was largely the result of lower volumes from weakness in the automotive, construction and electronics markets and was partially offset by lower operating expenses from restructuring and cost saving actions. Volumes were down 29% in Performance Products and 26% in Fumed Metal Oxides year over year.

Specialty Fluids Segment- When compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2009, profitability in the Specialty Fluids Segment increased by $5 million due to significantly higher revenues from favorable pricing and increased activity in the North Sea and Kazakhstan. When compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2008, profitability increased by $4 million principally due to favorable prices and lower operating expenses from cost saving actions.

New Business Segment- Year to date cash flow for the New Business Segment improved by $35 million when compared to the same period of fiscal 2008. The increase is principally due to revenue growth and benefits from cost saving actions. When compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2009, current quarter revenues declined by $2 million due to the timing of revenue in the Aerogel Business, partially offset by higher volumes and favorable product mix in the Inkjet Colorants Business.

Cash Performance- During the third quarter of fiscal 2009, operations generated $36 million of cash, including a $10 million decrease in working capital. The Company ended the quarter with a cash balance of $177 million, after dividend payments of $12 million and a $46 million reduction in debt, and $197 million of unused credit available under committed facilities. Capital expenditures were $27 million in the quarter.


Taxes- During the third quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company recorded a tax provision of $7 million. As anticipated, this included a $9 million reversal of tax benefits primarily attributable to the timing of losses in certain locations. There remain $6 million of previously recorded tax benefits that will reverse in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009.

Outlook

Commenting on the outlook for the Company, Prevost said, “We are encouraged by the growth in our sales volumes and believe the non-discretionary nature of our customers’ end products will continue to provide support for the recovery. Although we remain cautious about the speed of the recovery, we have positioned the Company well to capitalize on demand improvements in our key end markets. We have completed the doubling of capacity at our carbon black plant in Tianjin, China, giving us the largest and lowest cost carbon black facility in the highest growth region in the world. Our restructuring activities remain on track to deliver in excess of $80 million in fixed cost savings on a fiscal 2010 run rate basis and approximately 30% of these savings will be realized in fiscal 2009. Additionally, our estimate of the restructuring costs has been reduced by $25 million. These actions are consistent with our global strategy and will strengthen our competitive positions in our key business segments.”

Earnings Call

The Company will host a conference call with industry analysts at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on July 30, 2009. The call can be accessed through Cabot’s investor relations website at http://investor.cabot-corp.com.

Cabot Corporation, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, is a global performance materials company. Cabot’s major products are carbon black, fumed silica, inkjet colorants, aerogel, capacitor materials, and cesium formate drilling fluids. The Company’s website is: http://www.cabot-corp.com.

Forward-Looking Statements- This earnings release contains forward-looking statements based on management’s current expectations, estimates and projections. All statements that address expectations or projections about the future (including our expectations concerning the annualized fixed cost savings we expect from, and the costs associated with, our restructuring initiative and demand for our products), strategy for growth, market position, and expected financial results are forward-looking statements. Some of the forward-looking statements may be identified by words like “expects,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “intends,” “projects,” “indicates,” and similar expressions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors, including those discussed more fully elsewhere in this release and in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Cabot, particularly its latest annual report on Form 10-K, could cause results to differ materially from those stated. These factors include, but are not limited to changes in raw material costs; costs associated with the research and development of new products, including regulatory approval and market acceptance; competitive pressures; successful integration of structural changes, including restructuring plans, and joint ventures; the laws, regulations, policies and economic conditions, including inflation, interest and foreign currency exchange rates, of countries in which the company does business; and severe weather events that cause business interruptions, including plant and power outages, or disruptions in supplier or customer operations.


Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures- The preceding discussion of our results and the accompanying financial tables report adjusted EPS and also include information on our reportable segment sales and segment (or business) operating profit before taxes (“PBT”). Adjusted EPS and segment PBT are non-GAAP financial measures and are not intended to replace EPS and income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes, equity in net income of affiliated companies and minority interest, respectively, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Both EPS and adjusted EPS are calculated on a diluted share basis. In calculating adjusted EPS and segment PBT, we exclude certain items, meaning items that are significant and unusual or infrequent and not believed to reflect the true underlying business performance, and, therefore, are not allocated to a segment’s results or included in adjusted EPS. Further, in calculating segment PBT we include equity in net income of affiliated companies, royalties paid by equity affiliates, minority interest and allocated corporate costs but exclude interest expense, foreign currency translation gains and losses, interest income, dividend income and unallocated corporate costs. Our chief operating decision-maker uses adjusted EPS to evaluate the underlying earnings power of the Company. Segment PBT is used to evaluate changes in the operating results of each segment before non-operating factors and before certain items and to allocate resources to the segments. We believe that these non-GAAP measures also assist our investors in evaluating the changes in our results and the Company’s performance. A reconciliation of adjusted EPS to EPS is shown in the table titled Certain Items and Reconciliation of Adjusted EPS, and a reconciliation of total segment PBT to income (loss) from operations before taxes, equity in net income of affiliated companies and minority interest is shown in the table titled Summary Results by Segments. The certain items that are excluded from our calculation of adjusted EPS and segment PBT are detailed in the table titled Certain Items and Reconciliation of Adjusted EPS.


Third Quarter Earnings Announcement, Fiscal 2009

CABOT CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Periods ended June 30    Three Months     Nine Months  

Dollars in millions, except per share amounts (unaudited)

   2009     2008     2009     2008  

Net sales and other operating revenues

   $ 511      $ 840      $ 1,633      $ 2,337   

Cost of sales

     443        703        1,478        1,966   
                                

Gross profit

     68        137        155        371   

Selling and administrative expenses

     50        67        160        190   

Research and technical expenses

     16        20        53        55   
                                

Income (loss) from operations

     2        50        (58     126   

Other income and expense

        

Interest and dividend income

     —          —          2        3   

Interest expense

     (6     (9     (23     (28

Other income (expense)

     2        (2     (13     (5
                                

Total other income and expense

     (4     (11     (34     (30
                                

(Loss) income from operations before income taxes

     (2     39        (92     96   

(Provision) benefit for income taxes

     (7     (8     23        (13

Equity in net income of affiliated companies, net of tax

     —          2        2        6   

Minority interest in net income, net of tax

     (3     (6     1        (15
                                

(Loss) income from continuing operations

     (12     27        (66     74   

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (A)

     —          —          —          —     
                                

Net (loss) income

   $ (12   $ 27      $ (66   $ 74   
                                

Diluted (loss) earnings per share of common stock

        

Continuing operations

   $ (0.19   $ 0.43      $ (1.04   $ 1.16   

Discontinued operations (A)

     (0.01     —          (0.01     —     
                                

Net (loss) income per share

   $ (0.20   $ 0.43      $ (1.05   $ 1.16   

Weighted average common shares outstanding

        

Diluted

     63        63        63        63   

 

(A)

Amounts relate to legal settlements in connection with our discontinued operations.


Third Quarter Earnings Announcement, Fiscal 2009

CABOT CORPORATION SUMMARY RESULTS BY SEGMENTS

 

Periods ended June 30    Three Months     Nine Months  

Dollars in millions, except per share amounts (unaudited)

   2009     2008     2009     2008  

SALES

        

Core Segment

   $ 310      $ 537      $ 1,049      $ 1,511   

Rubber blacks

     272        499        943        1,364   

Supermetals

     38        38        106        147   

Performance Segment

     149        247        438        695   

Performance products

     98        175        293        481   

Fumed metal oxides

     51        72        145        214   

New Business Segment

     14        14        48        37   

Inkjet colorants

     10        11        32        30   

Aerogel(A)

     2        2        11        5   

Superior MicroPowders

     2        1        5        2   

Specialty Fluids Segment

     19        17        45        49   
                                

Segment sales

     492        815        1,580        2,292   

Unallocated and other (A), (B)

     19        25        53        45   
                                

Net sales and other operating revenues

   $ 511      $ 840      $ 1,633      $ 2,337   
                                

SEGMENT PROFIT

        

Core Segment

   $ 14      $ 41      $ 17      $ 89   

Rubber blacks

     11        43        18        87   

Supermetals

     3        (2     (1     2   

Performance Segment

     10        32        12        95   

New Business Segment

     (4     (9     (8     (30

Specialty Fluids Segment

     9        5        17        18   
                                

Total Segment Profit (C)

     29        69        38        172   

Interest expense

     (6     (9     (23     (28

Certain items (D)

     (19     (8     (67     (10

Unallocated corporate costs (E)

     (7     (8     (22     (25

General unallocated expense (F)

     1        (3     (16     (7

Less: Equity in net income of affiliated companies, net of tax

     —          (2     (2     (6
                                

(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes, equity in net income of affiliated companies and minority interest

     (2     39        (92     96   

(Provision) benefit for income taxes

     (7     (8     23        (13

Equity in net income of affiliated companies, net of tax

     —          2        2        6   

Minority interest in net income, net of tax

     (3     (6     1        (15
                                

(Loss) income from continuing operations

   $ (12   $ 27      $ (66   $ 74   

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (G)

     —          —          —          —     
                                

Net (loss) income

   $ (12   $ 27      $ (66   $ 74   
                                

Diluted (loss) earnings per share of common stock

        

Continuing operations

   $ (0.19   $ 0.43      $ (1.04   $ 1.16   

Discontinued operations (G)

     (0.01     —          (0.01     —     
                                

Net (loss) income per share

   $ (0.20   $ 0.43      $ (1.05   $ 1.16   

Weighted average common shares outstanding

        

Diluted

     63        63        63        63   

 

 

     Note: During the third quarter of fiscal 2008, management changed the way it manages the Company’s businesses. Accordingly, the segment results for all periods presented have been revised to reflect these changes.
(A)

Royalty income received by the Aerogel business, which has been included in Unallocated and other in prior periods, has been reclassified to Segment sales for all periods presented above.

(B)

Unallocated and other reflects an elimination for sales of one equity affiliate, prior to the consolidation of its results beginning April 1, 2008, offset by royalties paid by equity affiliates and other operating revenues and external shipping and handling fees.

(C)

Segment profit is a measure used by Cabot’s Chief Operating Decision-Maker to measure consolidated operating results, assess segment performance and allocate resources. Segment profit includes equity in net income of affiliated companies, royalty income, minority interest and allocated corporate costs.

(D)

Details of certain items are presented in the Certain Items and Reconciliation of Adjusted EPS table.

(E)

During the first quarter of fiscal 2009, management changed the allocation method of its corporate costs to its segments. Under this new method, costs that are not controlled by the segments and which primarily benefit corporate interests are not allocated to the segments. Prior periods have been recast to conform to the new allocation method.

(F)

General unallocated expense includes foreign currency transaction gains (losses), interest income, and dividend income.

(G)

Amounts relate to legal settlements in connection with our discontinued operations.


Third Quarter Earnings Announcement, Fiscal 2009

CABOT CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL POSITION

 

     June 30,     September 30,  

Dollars in millions, except share and per share amounts

   2009     2008  
     (unaudited)     (audited)  

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 177      $ 129   

Short-term marketable securities

     1        1   

Accounts and notes receivable, net of reserve for doubtful accounts of $7 and $5

     417        646   

Inventories:

    

Raw materials

     121        193   

Work in process

     53        58   

Finished goods

     141        246   

Other

     31        26   
                

Total inventories

     346        523   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     45        72   

Deferred income taxes

     35        30   

Assets held for sale

     —          7   
                

Total current assets

     1,021        1,408   
                

Investments:

    

Equity affiliates

     57        53   

Long-term marketable securities and cost investments

     1        1   
                

Total investments

     58        54   
                

Property, plant and equipment

     2,928        2,921   

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (1,913     (1,839
                

Net property, plant and equipment

     1,015        1,082   
                

Other assets:

    

Goodwill

     35        34   

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $11 and $11

     3        3   

Assets held for rent

     46        45   

Deferred income taxes

     196        173   

Other assets

     97        59   
                

Total other assets

     377        314   
                

Total assets

   $ 2,471      $ 2,858   
                


Third Quarter Earnings Announcement, Fiscal 2009

CABOT CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL POSITION

 

Dollars in millions, except share and per share amounts

   June 30,
2009
    September 30,
2008
 
     (unaudited)     (audited)  

Current liabilities:

    

Notes payable to banks

   $ 19      $ 91   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     316        426   

Income taxes payable

     23        38   

Deferred income taxes

     4        7   

Current portion of long-term debt

     5        39   
                

Total current liabilities

     367        601   
                

Long-term debt

     551        586   

Deferred income taxes

     10        18   

Other liabilities

     286        294   

Minority interest

     98        110   

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Preferred stock:

    

Authorized: 2,000,000 shares of $1 par value

    

Issued: None and none

     —          —     

Outstanding: None and none

    

Common stock:

    

Authorized: 200,000,000 shares of $1 par value

    

Issued: 64,109,606 and 65,403,100 shares

     64        65   

Outstanding: 64,015,510 and 65,277,715 shares

    

Less cost of 94,096 and 125,385 shares of common treasury stock

     (3     (4

Additional paid-in capital

     13        21   

Retained earnings

     1,042        1,143   

Deferred employee benefits

     (26     (30

Notes receivable for restricted stock

     —          (21

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     69        75   
                

Total stockholders’ equity

     1,159        1,249   
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 2,471      $ 2,858   
                


CABOT CORPORATION

 

In millions,    Fiscal 2008     Fiscal 2009  

except per share amounts (unaudited)

   Dec. Q.     Mar. Q.     June Q.     Sept. Q.     FY     Dec. Q.     Mar. Q.     June Q.     Sept. Q.    FY  

Sales

                     

Core Segment

   $ 463      $ 511      $ 537      $ 553      $ 2,064      $ 444      $ 295      $ 310         $ 1,049   

Rubber blacks

     410        454        499        505        1,868        399        272        272           943   

Supermetals

     53        57        38        48        196        45        23        38           106   

Performance Segment

     211        236        247        237        931        157        132        149           438   

Performance products

     141        164        175        165        645        105        90        98           293   

Fumed metal oxides

     70        72        72        72        286        52        42        51           145   

New Business Segment

     10        14        14        20        58        18        16        14           48   

Inkjet colorants

     8        11        11        13        43        13        9        10           32   

Aerogel (A)

     1        2        2        5        10        4        5        2           11   

Superior MicroPowders

     1        1        1        2        5        1        2        2           5   

Specialty Fluids Segment

     16        16        17        19        68        15        11        19           45   
                                                                           

Segment Sales

     700        777        815        829        3,121        634        454        492           1,580   

Unallocated and other (A), (B) 

     11        9        25        25        70        18        16        19           53   
                                                                           

Net sales and other operating revenues

   $ 711      $ 786      $ 840      $ 854      $ 3,191      $ 652      $ 470      $ 511         $ 1,633   
                                                                           

Segment Profit

                     

Core Segment

   $ 19      $ 29      $ 41      $ 18      $ 107      $ 27      $ (24   $ 14         $ 17   

Rubber blacks

     16        28        43        21        108        24        (17     11           18   

Supermetals

     3        1        (2     (3     (1     3        (7     3           (1

Performance Segment

     31        32        32        24        119        3        (1     10           12   

New Business Segment

     (12     (9     (9     (5     (35     (3     (1     (4        (8

Specialty Fluids Segment

     8        5        5        6        24        4        4        9           17   
                                                                           

Total Segment Profit (Loss) (C)

     46        57        69        43        215        31        (22     29           38   

Interest expense

     (9     (9     (9     (10     (37     (9     (8     (6        (23

Certain items (D)

     10        (12     (8     (3     (13     (2     (46     (19        (67

Unallocated corporate costs (E)

     (7     (10     (8     (3     (28     (7     (8     (7        (22

General unallocated expense (F)

     (4     (1     (3     (10     (18     (10     (7     1           (16

Less: Equity in net income of affiliated companies, net of tax

     (2     (2     (2     (2     (8     (2     —          —             (2
                                                                           

Income (loss) before income taxes, equity in net income of affiliated companies and minority interest

     34        23        39        15        111        1        (91     (2        (92

Benefit (provision) for income taxes

     6        (11     (8     (1     (14     (1     31        (7        23   

Equity in net income of affiliated companies, net of tax

     2        2        2        2        8        2        —          —             2   

Minority interest in net income, net of tax

     (6     (3     (6     (5     (20     2        2        (3        1   
                                                                           

Income (loss) from continuing operations

     36        11        27        11        85        4        (58     (12        (66

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (G)

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —             —     

Net income

     36        11        27        11        85        4        (58     (12        (66

Diluted earnings (loss) per share of common stock

                     

Continuing operations

   $ 0.56      $ 0.17      $ 0.43      $ 0.18      $ 1.34      $ 0.07      $ (0.92   $ (0.19      $ (1.04

Discontinued operations (G)

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (0.01        (0.01
                                                                           

Net income (loss)

   $ 0.56      $ 0.17      $ 0.43      $ 0.18      $ 1.34      $ 0.07      $ (0.92   $ (0.20      $ (1.05

Weighted average common shares outstanding

                     

Diluted

     64        64        63        64        64        64        63        63           63   
                                                                           

 

 

   Note: During the third quarter of fiscal 2008, management changed the way it manages the Company’s businesses. Accordingly, the segment results for all periods presented have been revised to reflect these changes.
(A)

Royalty income received by the Aerogel business, which has been included in Unallocated and other in prior periods, has been reclassified to Segment sales for all periods presented above.

 


(B)

Unallocated and other reflects an elimination for sales of one equity affiliate, prior to the consolidation of its results beginning April 1, 2008, offset by royalties paid by equity affiliates and other operating revenues and external shipping and handling fees.

(C)

Segment profit is a measure used by Cabot’s Chief Operating Decision-Maker to measure consolidated operating results, assess segment performance and allocate resources. Segment profit includes equity in net income of affiliated companies, royalty income, minority interest and allocated corporate costs.

(D)

Details of certain items are presented in the Certain Items and Reconciliation of Adjusted EPS table.

(E)

During the first quarter of fiscal 2009, management changed the allocation method of its corporate costs to its segments. Under this new method, costs that are not controlled by the segments and which primarily benefit corporate interests are not allocated to the segments. Prior periods have been recast to conform to the new allocation method.

(F)

General unallocated expense includes foreign currency transaction gains (losses), interest income, and dividend income.

(G)

Amounts relate to legal settlements in connection with our discontinued operations.


Third Quarter Earnings Announcement, Fiscal 2009

CABOT CORPORATION CERTAIN ITEMS AND RECONCILIATION OF ADJUSTED EPS

 

Periods ended June 30    Three Months     Nine Months  

Dollars in millions, except per share amounts (unaudited)

   2009     2009     2008     2008     2009     2009     2008     2008  
     $     per share(A)     $     per share(A)     $     per share(A)     $     per share(A)  

Certain items before income taxes

                

Environmental reserves and legal settlements

   $ —          —        $ (2   $ (0.03     —          —        $ (3   $ (0.04

CEO transition costs

     —          —          —          —          —          —          (4     (0.04

Write-down of impaired investments

     —          —          —          —          (1     (0.01     —          —     

Restructuring initiatives:

                

- 2008 Global

     —          —          (5     (0.05     (1     (0.01     (5     (0.05

- 2009 Global

     (19     (0.25     —          —          (64     (0.87     —          —     

- Altona, Australia

     —          —          —          —          —          —          18        0.20   

- North America

     —          —          (1     (0.01     (2     (0.02     (14     (0.16

- Europe (B)

     —          —          —          —          1        0.01        (2     (0.02
                                                                

Total certain items

     (19     (0.25     (8     (0.09     (67     (0.90     (10     (0.11
                                                                

- Discontinued operations (C)

     —          (0.01     —          —          —          (0.01     —          —     
                                                                

Total certain items and discontinued operations

   $ (19   $ (0.26   $ (8   $ (0.09   $ (67   $ (0.91   $ (10   $ (0.11
                                                                

Tax impact of certain items and discontinued operations

     3        —          2        —          10        —          3        —     
                                                                

Total certain items and discontinued operations after tax

   $ (16   $ (0.26   $ (6   $ (0.09   $ (57   $ (0.91   $ (7   $ (0.11
                                                                

 

Periods ended June 30    Three Months     Nine Months  

Dollars in millions (unaudited)

   2009     2008     2009     2008  

Statement of Operations Line Item

        

Cost of sales

     (18   $ (4     (59   $ (1

Selling and administrative expenses

     (1     (4     (6     (9

Research & Development

     —          —          (2     —     
                                

Total certain items

   $ (19   $ (8   $ (67   $ (10
                                

 

NON-GAAP MEASURE:         
Periods ended June 30    Three Months     Nine Months  

Dollars in millions, except per share amounts (unaudited)

   2009     2008     2009     2008  
     per share(A)     per share(A)     per share(A)     per share(A)  

Reconciliation of Adjusted EPS to GAAP EPS

        

Total Diluted EPS

   $ (0.20   $ 0.43      $ (1.05   $ 1.16   

Discontinued operations

     (0.01     —          (0.01     —     
                                

Continuing operations

   $ (0.19   $ 0.43      $ (1.04   $ 1.16   

Certain items

     (0.25     (0.09     (0.90     (0.11
                                

Adjusted EPS

   $ 0.06      $ 0.52      $ (0.14   $ 1.27   
                                

 

(A)

Per share amounts are calculated after tax.

(B)

Benefit relates to former carbon black facilities.

(C)

Amounts relate to legal settlements in connection with our discontinued operations