FFI Reports Second Quarter Earnings

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortune Industries, Inc. (NYSE MKT: FFI) announced today results for the second quarter ended December 31, 2012.

Highlights

Net income available to common stock shareholders for the second quarter ended December 31, 2012 was $0.115 million or $0.01 per share fully diluted versus $0.078 million or $0.01 per share fully diluted for the second quarter ended December 31, 2011, representing a $0.037 million (47.4%) increase. 

Working capital for the second quarter ended December 31, 2012 was $4.8 million, versus $3.3 million for the second quarter ended December 31, 2011, representing an increase of $1.5 million (45.5%).

The Company reported EBITDA of $0.669 million for the second quarter ended December 31, 2012, as compared to EBITDA of $0.559 million for the second quarter ended December 31, 2011, representing a $0.110 million (19.7%) increase in EBITDA. 

Revenue for the second quarter ended December 31, 2012 was $13.739 million as compared to revenue of $14.836 million for the second quarter ended December 31, 2011, representing a $1.1 million (7.4%) decrease in revenue.  Revenue decreased primarily due to the loss of two major clients effective December 31, 2011 which decreased our worksite employee count by 1,047or 7%.

The dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock increased from $5 per share to $6 per share effective July 1, 2012.  This change resulted in an increase of Preferred Stock Dividends of $0.068 million for the second quarter ending December 31, 2012 as compared to the same quarter in fiscal year 2012 and an increase of $0.136 million year to date for fiscal year 2013 as compared to the year to date total for the same period in fiscal year 2012.

About Fortune Industries, Inc.
Fortune Industries, Inc. is focused as a professional employer organization (PEO) to small and medium-sized businesses in 47 states, including human resource consulting and management, employee assessment, training, and benefits administration.

Fortune Industries, Inc. is based in Indianapolis, Indiana and is publicly traded on the NYSE MKT exchange under the symbol FFI.  Additional information about Fortune Industries, Inc. can be found at www.ffi.net.

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Consolidated Financial Information

Financial highlights are as follows:

SOURCE Fortune Industries, Inc.