The Company is providing earnings (loss) before income taxes, interest, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) and adjusted EBITDA because its management believes that these measures provide useful information for investors concerning the Company's operating results and financial performance. The Company had negative adjusted EBITDA of $1.8 million and positive $1.9 million for the quarter ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010, respectively.
Basic and diluted loss per share from continuing operations for the three months ended October 1, 2011 was $0.36, compared to a basic and diluted income per share of $0.61 for the same period last year.