Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: KODK) today reported financial results for the first quarter 2019, including a net loss of $18 million on revenues of $291 million and continued growth in key product areas.

Highlights include:

• GAAP net loss of $18 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, compared to a GAAP net loss of $25 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2018.
• Revenues for Q1 2019 of $291 million compared to revenues for Q1 2018 of $318 million.
• Operational EBITDA for the quarter of negative $6 million compared to Operational EBITDA of negative $9 million in the prior-year period.
• Key product lines achieved strong year-over-year growth for the first quarter 2019:
  • Volume for KODAK SONORA Process Free Plates grew by 22 percent.
  • Annuity revenues for the KODAK PROSPER inkjet platform grew by 12 percent.
• The company ended the quarter with a cash balance of $240 million.
• The company completed the sale of its Flexographic Packaging Division to Montagu Private Equity LLP on April 8, 2019 and used the net proceeds to pay down $312 million of its term debt.

“Completing the sale of our Flexographic Packaging Division and using the net proceeds to significantly pay down our term debt was a major step toward strengthening our financial position,” said Jim Continenza, Kodak’s Executive Chairman. “Our focus has shifted to completing the refinancing of the remaining balance of our debt and realigning our business to better serve customers and achieve our goal of generating cash.”

For the quarter ended March 31, 2019, revenues decreased by approximately $27 million compared with the same period in 2018. Kodak ended the quarter with a cash balance of $240 million, down from the December 31, 2018 cash balance of $246 million.

“We significantly paid down our term debt and delivered continued strong performance in our key growth areas of SONORA Process Free Plates and in PROSPER inkjet annuities,” said David Bullwinkle, Kodak’s CFO. “We expect to secure new financing for our remaining term debt by the end of May, which will further strengthen our balance sheet.”

Revenue and Operational EBITDA Q1 2019 vs. Q1 2018

* Total Operational EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. The reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP measures is provided in Appendix A of this press release.
** The impact of foreign exchange represents the 2018 foreign exchange impact using average foreign exchange rates for the three months ended March 31, 2018, rather than the actual exchange rates in effect for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

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