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said, "Our balance sheet remains strong, and it provides us with important flexibility to invest in our growth strategy through strategic innovation, commercial resources and bolt-on acquisitions.  We present Specialty Platform sales, gross margin, selling and administrative expense, and operating income because management believes that this is useful information to investors by highlighting our collective progress in advancing our specialization strategy. The table below reconciles pre-special income tax expense and the pre-special effective tax rate to their most comparable US GAAP figures.

Management excludes intangible asset amortization from adjusted EPS as it believes excluding acquired intangibleasset amortization is a useful measure of current period earnings per share. Senior management believes these measures are useful to investors because they allow for comparison to Senior management believes these measures are useful to investors because they allow for comparison to

Under the code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Chapter 1, Subchapter B, the US Food and Drug Administration provides detailed specifications regarding the requirements for acceptance of various polymers and TPEs for intended use in food applications. Underwriters Laboratories is an independent, not-for-profit product safety and testing certification organization based in the US. Certain US military and non-military applications may require military specifications.

Under the code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Chapter 1, Subchapter B, the US Food and Drug Administration provides detailed specifications regarding the requirements for acceptance of various polymers and TPEs for intended use in food applications. Underwriters Laboratories is an independent, not-for-profit product safety and testing certification organization based in the US. Certain US military and non-military applications may require military specifications.

We're further pleased to have these businesses join forces with us at a time when we have momentum and are demonstrating strong organic growth," said Mr. Senior management believes these measures are useful to investors because they allow for comparison to The table below reconciles pre-special income tax expense and the pre-special effective tax rate to their most comparable US GAAP figures.

of free cash flow during the quarter, allowing us to fund the acquisition of PlastiComp, while strengthening our balance sheet, as we ended the quarter with nearly in the marketplace and enable us to better serve our customers in new and existing markets and applications. The table below reconciles pre-special income tax expense and the pre-special effective tax rate to their most comparable US GAAP figures.

Patterson continued, "In 2017, we delivered the highest level of organic sales expansion since coming out of the recession in 2010, allowing us to overcome substantial raw material inflation and supply chain disruptions resulting from Hurricane Harvey." said, "Our strong free cash flow for the year enabled us to fund the acquisitions of SilCoTec, The tables below reconciles pre-special income tax expense and the pre-special effective tax rate to their most comparable US GAAP figures.