Chesswood Group Limited (the “Company” or “Chesswood”) (TSX: CHW), announced today results for its year-ended December 31, 2012.
Chesswood posted its third consecutive year of record earnings before taxes in 2012. These earnings also reflect new milestones in portfolio size for the Company’s largest business, Pawnee Leasing Corporation.
“We’re very proud to have achieved record profitability once again, driven primarily by another year of growth in our financial services businesses” said Barry Shafran, the Company’s President and CEO. “Pawnee Leasing and Case Funding each posted strong gains in their results over last year, while our Canadian automotive business had another year of steady earnings” added Shafran.
Chesswood paid dividends of $7.2 million in 2012, compared to $6.6 million in 2011.
Financial Highlights (in CDN $000’s, except per share amounts)
For the year ended December 31st.
2012
2011
Adjusted EBITDA(1)
$17,953
$15,632
Income before Tax
$16,627
$13,066
Net Income
$8,989
$6,509
Earnings Per Share – basic
$0.80
$0.59
(1) – See “Non GAAP Measures” below.
Non GAAP Measures
References to Adjusted EBITDA are not recognized measures under International Financial Reporting Standards and do not have standard meanings. Accordingly, these measures may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers.
Please refer to the Company’s Management Discussion and Analysis for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 for additional information concerning these measures and a reconciliation of these measures to the consolidated net income for the relevant period.
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