Exhibit 99.1

	Contacts:	Lorne E. Phillips, CFO Pioneer Drilling Company 210-828-7689 Lisa Elliott / lelliott@drg-e.com Anne Pearson / apearson@drg-e.com DRG&E / 713-529-6600
For Immediate Release

Pioneer Drilling Reports Fourth Quarter 2009 Results

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, February 16, 2010 – Pioneer Drilling Company, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PDC) today reported financial and operating results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2009.

Some of the highlights during the fourth quarter include:

• Drilling rig utilization increased to 41% from 35% in the prior quarter

• Three more drilling rigs were contracted to work in Colombia, bringing the total to eight rigs

• Expanded presence in shale plays in both the Drilling Services and Production Services divisions

• Capital expenditures budget of $80 million approved for 2010

Fourth Quarter 2009 Results

Net loss for the fourth quarter was $8.4 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, compared with a net loss for the third quarter of 2009 (“the prior quarter”) of $9.2 million, or $0.18 per diluted share. The net loss for the fourth quarter of 2009 included the positive earnings impact of a $3.5 million tax benefit from the reversal of a valuation allowance on deferred tax assets associated with foreign net operating losses that we expect to apply against future taxable income. Net loss adjusted to exclude that tax benefit was $11.9 million, or $0.23 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2009⁽¹⁾.

Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2008 (“the year-earlier quarter”) was $117.9 million, or $2.37 per diluted share. The fourth quarter 2008 net loss included a $118.6 million goodwill impairment charge and a $52.8 million intangible asset impairment charge.

Revenues for the latest quarter were $81.2 million, compared with $74.4 million for the prior quarter and $170.7 million for the year-earlier quarter. The increase in fourth quarter revenue compared to the prior quarter was primarily due to an increase in Drilling Services revenues as a result of higher rig utilization. EBITDA⁽²⁾ for the fourth quarter was $14.1 million, compared to $15.2 million for the prior quarter and $60.4 million for the year-earlier quarter.

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Full Year 2009 Results

Net loss for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009, was $23.2 million, or $0.46 per share, compared with a net loss of $62.7 million, or $1.26 per diluted share for the twelve months ended December 31, 2008. The net loss for 2008 included a $118.6 million goodwill impairment charge and a $52.8 million intangible asset impairment charge. Revenues for 2009 were $325.5 million, compared with $610.9 million for the same period last year. EBITDA⁽²⁾ for 2009 was $74.9 million, compared to $214.8 million for 2008.

Operating Results

Revenues for the Drilling Services Division were $54.6 million for the fourth quarter, a 14% increase from the prior quarter. During the fourth quarter, the utilization rate for our drilling rig fleet averaged 41%, up from 35% in the prior quarter, but down from 87% utilization in the year-earlier quarter. Average drilling revenues per day decreased 4% during the fourth quarter primarily due to the expiration of two long-term contracts that were earning relatively high daywork rates when compared to current rates. Average operating costs were $14,692 per day for the fourth quarter, a 6% decrease when compared to the prior quarter. Drilling Services margin⁽³⁾ was flat at $5,629 per day in the fourth quarter, versus $5,623 per day in the prior quarter.

Revenues for the Production Services Division increased modestly to $26.6 million in the fourth quarter from $26.3 million in the prior quarter. Production Services margin⁽³⁾ as a percentage of revenue decreased to 33% in the fourth quarter from 37% in the prior quarter. Currently, 68 of Pioneer’s 74 workover rigs have crews assigned and are operating or being actively marketed, while the remaining six workover rigs are idle with no crews assigned.

“As 2010 gets under way, we are continuing to see an increase in demand for our equipment, driven by the growing activity in the U.S. shale plays and in Colombia,” said Wm. Stacy Locke, President and CEO of Pioneer Drilling. “Our Drilling Services Division now has five rigs working in the Marcellus Shale, five operating in the Bakken Shale and five additional rigs operating in various other shale plays. While we averaged 41% utilization in the fourth quarter, demand has improved, and the utilization rate in our Drilling Services Division is currently 56%.

“We currently have seven rigs operating under drilling contracts in Colombia, of which, five rigs are drilling and two rigs have moved to their initial well site locations and are expected to begin drilling in late February. An eighth drilling rig is expected to begin drilling operations in Colombia in April. Six of these drilling rigs assigned to Colombia have term contracts that expire in December 2012, and the remaining two rigs have term contracts that expire in September 2010. As a result of the new contracts in Colombia as well as new contracts in the U.S., we have increased the number of rigs operating under term contracts from four rigs at the end of the 2009 to 15 rigs, or 21% of our fleet, currently.

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“In our Production Services Division, we are continuing to expand well servicing operations in the shale plays. Today, we have well services rigs operating in the Bakken Shale, Fayetteville Shale, Haynesville Shale, and we have secured a yard to service the Eagle Ford Shale. Other regions such as South Louisiana and the Black Warrior Basin in Mississippi are also showing signs of strength. Like our Drilling Services Division, demand was soft at the beginning of 2010, but has gradually improved over the last several weeks. Utilization for workover rigs has grown from an average of 53% in the fourth quarter to about 60% today. Likewise, our wireline business is improving and we are now positioned for work in the Marcellus Shale, Haynesville Shale and South Louisiana where we will provide both onshore and offshore wireline services,” Locke said.

“In November, we raised $24 million in net proceeds from an equity offering in order to provide additional financial flexibility and position us to market our equipment to maximize our revenue. In 2010, we intend to continue to expand our operations in the most active basins and make selective upgrades to our equipment as needed by our customer base.”

Pioneer’s working capital was $90.3 million at December 31, 2009, up from $64.4 million at December 31, 2008. Income taxes receivable increased $36.1 million as of December 31, 2009 when compared to December 31, 2008 primarily due to net operating loss carry-backs that we expect will result in income tax refunds in the second quarter of 2010. Our cash and cash equivalents were $40.4 million at the end of the fourth quarter, up from $26.8 million at December 31, 2008. The year-over-year increase in cash and cash equivalents was primarily due to $123.3 million of cash provided by operating activities and $24.0 million in net proceeds from our equity offering in November 2009. The increase in cash and cash equivalents was partially offset by our use of $114.7 million for property and equipment expenditures, debt payments of $17.3 million and debt costs of $2.6 million incurred to amend our senior secured revolving credit facility.

Currently, $257.5 million is outstanding under our senior secured revolving credit facility, of which, $1.9 million is due in the first quarter of 2010 and the remaining $255.6 million is due at maturity on August 31, 2012. There are no limitations on our ability to borrow funds under our senior secured revolving credit facility other than maintaining compliance with the applicable covenants.

Conference Call

Pioneer’s management team will hold a conference call today at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10:00 a.m. Central Time), to discuss these results. To participate in the call, dial 480-629-9819 at least 10 minutes early and ask for the Pioneer Drilling conference call. A replay will be available approximately two hours after the call ends and will be accessible until February 23rd. To access the replay, dial (303) 590-3030 and enter the pass code 4206132#.

The conference call will also be available on the Internet at Pioneer’s Web site at www.pioneerdrlg.com. To listen to the live call, visit Pioneer’s Web site at least 10 minutes early to register and download any necessary audio software. An archive will be available shortly after the call. For more information, please contact Donna Washburn at DRG ^&E at (713) 529-6600 or e-mail dmw@drg-e.com.

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About Pioneer

Pioneer Drilling Company provides contract land drilling services to independent and major oil and gas operators in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, the Rocky Mountain and Appalachian regions and internationally in Colombia through its Pioneer Drilling Services Division. The Company also provides workover rig, wireline and fishing and rental services to producers in the U.S. Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent, Rocky Mountain and Appalachian regions through its Pioneer Production Services Division. Its fleet consists of 71 land drilling rigs that drill at depths ranging from 6,000 to 25,000 feet, 74 workover rigs (69 550-horsepower rigs, 4 600-horsepower rigs and 1 400-horsepower rig), 65 wireline units, and fishing and rental tools.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,

Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations

Statements we make in this news release that express a belief, expectation or intention, as well as those that are not historical fact, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, could differ materially from those we express in this news release as a result of a variety of factors, including general economic and business conditions and industry trends; levels and volatility of oil and gas prices; decisions about onshore exploration and development projects to be made by oil and gas producing companies; risks associated with economic cycles and their impact on capital markets and liquidity; the continued demand for the drilling services or production services in the geographic areas where we operate; the highly competitive nature of our business; our future financial performance, including availability, terms and deployment of capital; the supply of marketable drilling rigs, workover rigs and wireline units within the industry; the continued availability of drilling rig, workover rig and wireline unit components; the continued availability of qualified personnel; the success or failure of our acquisition strategy, including our ability to finance acquisitions and manage growth; changes in, or our failure or inability to comply with, governmental regulations, including those relating to the environment. We have discussed many of these factors in more detail in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. These factors are not necessarily all the important factors that could affect us. Unpredictable or unknown factors we have not discussed in this news release, or in our annual report on Form 10-K could also have material adverse effects on actual results of matters that are the subject of our forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements speak only as the date on which they are made and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements whether, as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. We advise our shareholders that they should (1) be aware that important factors not referred to above could affect the accuracy of our forward-looking statements and (2) use caution and common sense when considering our forward-looking statements.

This news release contains non-GAAP financial measures as defined by SEC Regulation G. A reconciliation of each such measure to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, together with an explanation of why management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors, is provided in the following tables.

(1) A reconciliation of net loss adjusted to exclude the tax benefit of the release of the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets to net loss as reported is included in the table to this press release. We believe that net loss adjusted to exclude the tax benefit of the release of the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets is a useful measure for evaluating financial performance, although it is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP. Net loss adjusted to exclude the tax benefit of the release of the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets as presented may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

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(2) We define EBITDA as earnings (loss) before interest income (expense), taxes, depreciation, amortization and impairments. Although not prescribed under GAAP, we believe the presentation of EBITDA is relevant and useful because it helps our investors understand our operating performance and makes it easier to compare our results with those of other companies that have different financing, capital or tax structures. EBITDA should not be considered in isolation from or as a substitute for net income, as an indication of operating performance or cash flows from operating activities or as a measure of liquidity. A reconciliation of net earnings (loss) to EBITDA is included in the tables to this press release. EBITDA, as we calculate it, may not be comparable to EBITDA measures reported by other companies. In addition, EBITDA does not represent funds available for discretionary use.

(3) Drilling Services margin represents contract drilling revenues less contract drilling operating costs. Production Services margin represents production services revenues less production services operating costs. We believe that Drilling Services margin and Production Services margin are useful measures for evaluating financial performance, although they are not measures of financial performance under GAAP. However, Drilling Services margin and Production Services margin are common measures of operating performance used by investors, financial analysts, rating agencies and Pioneer management. A reconciliation of Drilling Services margin and Production Services margin to net earnings (loss) is included in the tables to this press release. Drilling Services margin and Production Services margin as presented may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

– Financial Statements and Operating Information Follow –

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share data)

	Three months ended (unaudited)									Years ended December 31, (audited)
	December 31,						September 30, 2009
	2009			2008						2009			2008
Revenues:
Drilling services	$	54,581		$	123,303		$	48,084		$	219,751			456,890
Production services		26,630			47,392			26,282			105,786			153,994
Total revenue		81,211			170,695			74,366			325,537			610,884
Costs and Expenses:
Drilling services		39,463			71,731			35,315			147,343			269,846
Production services		17,752			26,226			16,638			68,012			80,097
Depreciation and amortization		27,719			26,221			26,952			106,186			88,145
Selling, general and administrative		9,608			12,123			8,892			37,478			44,834
Bad debt (recovery) expense		71			639			(1,409	)		(1,642	)		423
Impairment of goodwill		—			118,646			—			—			118,646
Impairment of intangible assets		—			52,847			—			—			52,847
Total costs and expenses		94,613			308,433			86,388			357,377			654,838
Income (loss) from operations		(13,402	)		(137,738	)		(12,022	)		(31,840	)		(43,954	)
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense		(3,590	)		(3,460	)		(1,839	)		(9,145	)		(13,072	)
Interest income		35			261			43			217			1,256
Other		(251	)		471			222			596			(918	)
Total other expense		(3,806	)		(2,728	)		(1,574	)		(8,332	)		(12,734	)
Income (loss) before income taxes		(17,208	)		(140,466	)		(13,596	)		(40,172	)		(56,688	)
Income tax benefit (expense)		8,824			22,562			4,406			16,957			(6,057	)
Net earnings (loss)	$	(8,384	)	$	(117,904	)	$	(9,190	)	$	(23,215	)	$	(62,745	)
Earnings (loss) per common share:
Basic	$	(0.16	)	$	(2.37	)	$	(0.18	)	$	(0.46	)	$	(1.26	)
Diluted	$	(0.16	)	$	(2.37	)	$	(0.18	)	$	(0.46	)	$	(1.26	)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
Basic		51,742			49,818			49,845			50,313			49,789
Diluted		51,742			49,818			49,845			50,313			49,789

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands)

	December 31, 2009		December 31, 2008
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	40,379	$	26,821
Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts		81,467		99,423
Deferred income taxes		5,560		6,270
Inventory		5,535		3,874
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		6,199		8,902
Total current assets		139,140		145,290
Net property and equipment		637,022		627,562
Intangible assets, net of amortization		25,393		29,969
Other long-term assets		21,061		21,658
Total assets	$	822,616	$	824,479
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	15,324	$	21,830
Current portion of long-term debt		4,041		17,298
Prepaid drilling contracts		408		1,171
Accrued expenses		29,031		40,619
Total current liabilities		48,804		80,918
Long-term debt, less current portion		258,073		262,115
Other long term liabilities		6,457		6,413
Deferred income taxes		87,834		60,915
Total liabilities		401,168		410,361
Total shareholders’ equity		421,448		414,118
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	822,616	$	824,479

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

	Years ended December 31,
	2009			2008
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings (loss)	$	(23,215	)	$	(62,745	)
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		106,186			88,145
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(1,170	)		1,591
Gain on dispositions of property and equipment		56			(805	)
Stock-based compensation expense		7,216			4,597
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets		—			171,493
Deferred income taxes		28,400			(2,310	)
Change in other assets		1,616			265
Change in non-current liabilities		(1,312	)		(621	)
Changes in current assets and liabilities		5,536			(13,219	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		123,313			186,391
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisition of WEDGE		—			(313,621	)
Acquisition of Competition Wireline		—			(26,772	)
Acquisition of other production services businesses		—			(9,301	)
Purchases of property and equipment		(114,712	)		(147,455	)
Purchase of auction rate securities		—			(15,900	)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		767			4,008
Proceeds from insurance recoveries		36			3,426
Net cash used in investing activities		(113,909	)		(505,615	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Debt repayments		(17,298	)		(87,767	)
Proceeds from issuance of debt		—			359,400
Debt issuance costs		(2,560	)		(3,319	)
Proceeds from exercise of options		—			784
Proceeds from sale of common stock, net of offering costs of $454		24,043			—
Purchase of treasury stock		(31	)		—
Excess tax benefit effect of stock option exercises		—			244
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		4,154			269,342
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		13,558			(49,882	)
Beginning cash and cash equivalents		26,821			76,703
Ending cash and cash equivalents	$	40,379		$	26,821

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Operating Statistics

(in thousands, except average number of drilling rigs, utilization rate and revenue day information)

(unaudited)

	Three months ended									Years ended
	December 31,						September 30,			December 31,
	2009			2008			2009			2009			2008
Drilling Services Division:
Revenues	$	54,581		$	123,303		$	48,084		$	219,751		$	456,890
Operating costs		39,463			71,731			35,315			147,343			269,846
Drilling services margin (1)	$	15,118		$	51,572		$	12,769		$	72,408		$	187,044
Average number of drilling rigs		71.0			68.7			71.0			70.7			67.4
Utilization rate		41	%		87	%		35	%		41	%		89	%
Revenue days		2,686			5,529			2,271			10,491			22,057
Average revenues per day	$	20,321		$	22,301		$	21,173		$	20,947		$	20,714
Average operating costs per day		14,692			12,974			15,550			14,045			12,234
Drilling services margin per day (2)	$	5,629		$	9,327		$	5,623		$	6,902		$	8,480
Production Services Division:
Revenues	$	26,630		$	47,392		$	26,282		$	105,786		$	153,994
Operating costs		17,752			26,226			16,638			68,012			80,097
Production services margin (1)	$	8,878		$	21,166		$	9,644		$	37,774		$	73,897
Combined:
Revenues	$	81,211		$	170,695		$	74,366		$	325,537		$	610,884
Operating Costs		57,215			97,957			51,953			215,355			349,943
Combined margin	$	23,996		$	72,738		$	22,413		$	110,182		$	260,941
EBITDA (3)	$	14,066		$	60,447		$	15,152		$	74,942		$	214,766

(1) Drilling services margin represents contract drilling revenues less contract drilling operating costs. Production services margin represents production services revenue less production services operating costs. Pioneer believes that Drilling services margin and Production services margin are useful measures for evaluating financial performance, although they are not measures of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles. However, Drilling services margin and Production services margin are common measures of operating performance used by investors, financial analysts, rating agencies and Pioneer’s management. A reconciliation of Drilling services margin and Production services margin to net earnings (loss) is included in the table below. Drilling services margin and production services margin as presented may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

(2) Drilling services margin per revenue day represents the Drilling Services Division’s average revenue per revenue day less average operating costs per revenue day.

(3) We define EBITDA as earnings (loss) before interest income (expense), taxes, depreciation, amortization and impairments. Although not prescribed under GAAP, we believe the presentation of EBITDA is relevant and useful because it helps our investors understand our operating performance and makes it easier to compare our results with those of other companies that have different financing, capital or tax structures. EBITDA should not be considered in isolation from or as a substitute for net earnings (loss) as an indication of operating performance or cash flows from operating activities or as a measure of liquidity. A reconciliation of net earnings (loss) to EBITDA is included in the table below. EBITDA, as we calculate it, may not be comparable to EBITDA measures reported by other companies. In addition, EBITDA does not represent funds available for discretionary use.

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Capital Expenditures

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

											Budget
	Three months ended						Years ended				Year Ending
	December 31,				September 30,		December 31,				December 31,
	2009		2008		2009		2009		2008		2010
Capital expenditures:
Drilling Services Division:
Routine rigs	$	2,911	$	5,209	$	1,026	$	9,621	$	16,766	$	13,000
Discretionary		36,342		13,105		14,932		62,791		61,034		44,000
Tubulars		1,507		44		92		3,569		1,094		4,000
New-builds and acquisitions		—		16,916		—		—		30,281		—
Total Drilling Services Division capital expenditures		40,760		35,274		16,050		75,981		109,175		61,000
Production Services Division:
Routine		1,295		1,337		1,283		5,314		4,740		5,000
Discretionary		354		146		285		810		1,175		4,000
New-builds and acquisitions		3,583		10,563		729		9,038		33,006		10,000
Total Production Services Division capital expenditures		5,232		12,046		2,297		15,162		38,921		19,000
Actual and budgeted capital expenditures		45,992		47,320		18,347		91,143		148,096		80,000
Budgeted capital expenditures approved in 2009 that will be incurred in 2010		—		—		—		—		—		17,100
Budgeted capital expenditures approved in 2008 that was incurred in 2009		—		—		894		19,310		—		—
	$	45,992	$	47,320	$	19,241	$	110,453	$	148,096	$	97,100

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Drilling Rig, Workover Rig and Wireline Unit Information

	Rig Type
	Mechanical	Electric	Total Rigs
Drilling Services Division:
Drilling rig horsepower ratings:
550 to 700 HP	6	—	6
750 to 900 HP	14	2	16
1000 HP	18	12	30
1200 to 2000 HP	3	16	19
Total	41	30	71
Drilling rig depth ratings:
Less than 10,000 feet	8	2	10
10,000 to 13,900 feet	30	7	37
14,000 to 25,000 feet	3	21	24
Total	41	30	71
Production Services Division:
Workover rig horsepower ratings:
400 HP			1
550 HP			69
600 HP			4
Total			74
Wireline units			65

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Reconciliation of Combined Drilling Services Margin and Production

Services Margin and EBITDA to Net Earnings (Loss)

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

	Three months ended									Years ended
	December 31,						September 30,			December 31,
	2009			2008			2009			2009			2008
Combined margin	$	23,996		$	72,738		$	22,413		$	110,182		$	260,941
Selling, general and administrative		(9,608	)		(12,123	)		(8,892	)		(37,478	)		(44,834	)
Bad debt recovery (expense)		(71	)		(639	)		1,409			1,642			(423	)
Other income (expense)		(251	)		471			222			596			(918	)
EBITDA		14,066			60,447			15,152			74,942			214,766
Depreciation and amortization		(27,719	)		(26,221	)		(26,952	)		(106,186	)		(88,145	)
Impairment of goodwill		—			(118,646	)		—			—			(118,646	)
Impairment of intangible assets		—			(52,847	)		—			—			(52,847	)
Interest income (expense), net		(3,555	)		(3,199	)		(1,796	)		(8,928	)		(11,816	)
Income tax benefit (expense)		8,824			22,562			4,406			16,957			(6,057	)
Net earnings (loss)	$	(8,384	)	$	(117,904	)	$	(9,190	)	$	(23,215	)	$	(62,745	)

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Reconciliation of Net Loss as Reported to Net Loss Adjusted to Exclude the Tax Benefit of the

Release of the Valuation Allowance on Deferred Tax Assets

(in thousands, except per share data)

	Three months ended December 31, 2009			Year ended December 31, 2009
Net loss as reported	$	(8,384	)	$	(23,215	)
Less: Tax benefit of the release of the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets		(3,466	)		(3,466	)
Net loss adjusted to exclude the tax benefit of the release of the valuation allowance on deferred tax assets (4)	$	(11,850	)	$	(26,681	)
Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding, as reported		51,742			50,313
Diluted EPS adjusted to exclude the tax benefit of the release of the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets (5)	$	(0.23	)	$	(0.53	)
Diluted EPS as reported (5)	$	(0.16	)	$	(0.46	)

(4) We believe that net loss adjusted to exclude the tax benefit of the release of the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets is a useful measure for evaluating financial performance, although it is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP. A reconciliation of net loss adjusted to exclude the tax benefit of the release of the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets to net loss as reported is included in the table above. This tax benefit is associated with foreign net operating losses that we expect to apply against future taxable income. Net loss adjusted to exclude the tax benefit of the release of the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets as presented may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

(5) The effect of dilutive securities is not reflected in diluted EPS because the effect of their inclusion would be antidilutive, or would decrease the reported loss per share. Therefore, basic EPS is the same as diluted EPS.

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