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•	Total Revenue up 13.2% to $58.1 million;

•	Consolidated EBITDA up 14.5% to $16.0 million;

•	Consolidated EBITDA Margin up 30 basis points to 27.6%;

•	Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA up 7.2% to $16.8 million;

•	Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA Margin down 160 basis points to 29.0%;

•	Adjusted Basic Earnings Per Share up 21.4% to $0.34 from $0.28 in 2012;

•	Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share up 18.5% to $0.32 from $0.27 in 2012;

•	GAAP Basic EPS from Continuing Operations up 40.9% to $0.31 in 2013 from $0.22 in 2012;

•	GAAP Diluted EPS from Continuing Operations up 22.7% to $0.27 in 2013 from $0.22 in 2012;

•	Free Cash Flow up 314% to a record $9.1 million in 2013 from $2.2 million in 2012.

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•	Total Field Revenue increased 13.2% to $58.1 million;

•	Total Field EBITDA increased 15.4% to $24.4 million; and

•	Total Field EBITDA Margin increased 80 basis points to 42.1%.

•	Total Funeral Operating Revenue increased 13.2% to $42.9 million;

•	Same Store Funeral Revenue increased 5.3% with same store volume increasing 7.0%;

•	Acquisition Funeral Revenue increased 52.5% with acquisition volume increasing 39.7%;

•	Total Funeral Field EBITDA increased 10.5% to $16.9 million;

•	Total Funeral Field EBITDA Margin decreased 100 basis points to 39.4%;

•	Average revenue per contract decreased slightly from $5,397 to $5,365 in 2012; and

•	Cremation rate increased 10 basis points to 46.4%.

•	Total Cemetery Operating Revenue increased 8.6% to $10.2 million;

•	Total Cemetery Field EBITDA increased 36.3% to $3.0 million;

•	Total Cemetery Field EBITDA Margin increased 600 basis points to 29.7%;

•	Cemetery pre-need property sale contracts increased 6.2% to 1,545; and

•	Average Cemetery pre-need property sale per contract increased 12.2% to $2,659.

•	Total Financial Revenue increased 23.6% to $5.0 million;

•	Funeral Financial Revenue increased 5.1% to $2.2 million;

•	Cemetery Financial Revenue increased 44.4% to $2.7 million;

•	Total Financial EBITDA increased 22.8% to $4.5 million; and

•	Total Financial EBITDA Margin decreased 50 basis points to 90.7%.

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•	Increases in Acquired Funeral Revenue and Acquired Funeral Field EBITDA;

•	Modest increases in Same Store Funeral Revenue and Same Store Funeral Field EBITDA;

•	Increases in Cemetery Revenue and Cemetery Field EBITDA;

•	Increases in Financial Revenue and Financial EBITDA from trust funds; and

•	Reduced interest expenses as result of the refinancing in September 2012 and the recent reduction in interest rate terms with the new amendment.

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(2)	The 50/50 Benchmark is 50% weighted to the S&P 500 Stock Index and 50% weighted to the Barclay’s U.S. Corporate High Yield Index

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•	Adjusted Net Income is defined as net income from continuing operations plus adjustments for special items and other non-recurring expenses or credits.

•	Consolidated EBITDA is defined as net income from continuing operations before income taxes, interest expenses, non-cash stock compensation, depreciation and amortization, and interest income and other, net.

•	Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA as Consolidated EBITDA plus adjustments for special items and non-recurring expenses or credits.

•	Free Cash Flow as net cash provided by continuing operations less cash for maintenance capital expenditures.

•	Funeral Field EBITDA is defined as Funeral Gross Profit less depreciation and amortization, regional and unallocated overhead expenses and net financial income.

•	Cemetery Field EBITDA is defined as Cemetery Gross Profit less depreciation and amortization, regional and unallocated overhead expenses and net financial income.

•	Total Field EBITDA is defined as Gross Profit less depreciation and amortization, regional and unallocated overhead expenses.

•	Special Items is defined as charges or credits that are non-GAAP but are non-recurring such as withdrawable trust income, acquisition expenses, litigation settlements, prior period adjustments, discrete tax items and other non-recurring adjustments.

•	Adjusted Basic Earnings Per Share is defined as adjusted net income divided by basic shares outstanding.

•	Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share is defined as Adjusted Net Income after factoring in the effect of any restricted stock, stock options or the effect of any dilution from convertible debt.

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•	the execution of our Standards Operating Model;

•	changes in the number of deaths in our markets;

•	changes in consumer preferences;

•	ability to find and retain skilled personnel;

•	the effects of competition;

•	the investment performance of our funeral and cemetery trust funds;

•	fluctuations in interest rates;

•	our ability to obtain debt or equity financing on satisfactory terms to fund additional acquisitions, expansion projects, working capital requirements and the repayment or refinancing of indebtedness;

•	death benefits related to preneed funeral contracts funded through life insurance contracts;

•	our ability to generate preneed sales;

•	the financial condition of third-party insurance companies that fund our preneed funeral contracts;

•	increased or unanticipated costs, such as insurance or taxes;

•	effects of the application of applicable laws and regulations, including changes in such regulations or the interpretation thereof; and

•	other factors and uncertainties inherent in the deathcare industry.