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•	Total Revenue of $56.5 million, an increase of 5.0%;

•	Non-GAAP Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA of $16.3 million, an increase of 11.7%;

•	Non-GAAP Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA Margin up 180 basis points to 28.9%;

•	Non-GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.32, an increase of 28.0%; and

•	Non-GAAP Adjusted Free Cash Flow of $13.2 million, an increase of 12.8%.

•	Total Revenue of $112.2 million, an increase of 1.1%;

•	Non-GAAP Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA of $31.4 million, an increase of 1.0%;

•	Non-GAAP Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA Margin remained flat at 28.0%;

•	Non-GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.63, an increase of 12.5%; and

•	Non-GAAP Adjusted Free Cash Flow of $15.5 million, a decrease of 21.7%.

•	Garden of Memories Funeral Home and Cemetery, Metairie, LA;

•	Schoen Funeral Home, New Orleans, LA;

•	Greenwood Funeral Home, New Orleans, LA;

•	Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home, Metairie, LA;

•	Everly Community Funeral Care, Falls Church, VA; and

•	Everly-Wheatley Funeral Home, Alexandria, VA.

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•	Total Field Revenue increased 5.0% to $56.5 million;

•	Total Field EBITDA increased 2.1% to $22.4 million; and

•	Total Field EBITDA Margin decreased 110 basis points to 39.6%.

•	Total Funeral Operating Revenue increased 5.5% to $39.8 million;

•	Same Store Funeral Revenue decreased 1.5% with same store volume decreasing 1.1%;

•	Acquisition Funeral Revenue increased 31.2% with acquisition volume increasing 25.0%;

•	Total Funeral Field EBITDA Margin decreased 130 basis points to 35.2%;

•	Total Cemetery Operating Revenue increased 7.5% to $11.7 million;

•	Cemetery preneed property sale contracts increased 9.3% to 2,212;

•	Preneed property revenue recognized increased 6.7% and At-need revenue increased 9.7%;

•	Total Cemetery Field EBITDA Margin increased 120 basis points to 31.6%;

•	Total Financial Revenue decreased 4.0% to $5.0 million;

•	Funeral Financial Revenue decreased 12.2% to $2.4 million;

•	Cemetery Financial Revenue increased 4.9% to $2.6 million;

•	Total Financial EBITDA Margin increased 60 basis points to 93.3%.

•	Total Field Revenue increased 1.1% to $112.2 million;

•	Total Field EBITDA decreased 1.8% to $45.2 million; and

•	Total Field EBITDA Margin decreased 120 basis points to 40.3%.

•	Total Funeral Operating Revenue increased 1.2% to $81.3 million;

•	Same Store Funeral Revenue decreased 4.2% with same store volume decreasing 3.7%;

•	Acquisition Funeral Revenue increased 20.7% with acquisition volume increasing 14.7%;

•	Total Funeral Field EBITDA Margin decreased 140 basis points to 36.7%;

•	Total Cemetery Operating Revenue increased 4.0% to $21.5 million;

•	Cemetery preneed property sale contracts increased 2.2% to 3,856;

•	Preneed property revenue recognized increased 1.2% and At-need revenue increased 9.0%;

•	Total Cemetery Field EBITDA Margin decreased 10 basis points to 30.4%;

•	Total Financial Revenue decreased 5.4% to $9.4 million;

•	Funeral Financial Revenue decreased 1.5% to $4.8 million;

•	Cemetery Financial Revenue decreased 9.3% to $4.5 million;

•	Total Financial EBITDA Margin increased 190 basis points to 93.5%.

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

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

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

•	Increases in Same Store Cemetery Revenue and Same Store Cemetery Field EBITDA;

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

•	Reduced interest expense in conjunction with the fourth and fifth amendments to our bank credit facilities and the redemption of our $90 million 7% convertible junior subordinated debentures.

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(2)	The 80/20 Benchmark is 80% weighted to the High Yield Index and 20% weighted to the S&P 500 Stock 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 is defined as Consolidated EBITDA plus adjustments for special items and non-recurring expenses or credits.

•	Adjusted Free Cash Flow is defined as net cash provided by operations, adjusted by special items as deemed necessary, 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.

•	Financial EBITDA is defined as Financial Revenue less Financial Expenses.

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

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Special Items is defined as charges or credits that are deemed as Non-GAAP items such as withdrawable trust income, acquisition and divestiture expenses, litigation settlements, severance costs, loss on early retirement of debt and other costs, discrete tax items and other non-recurring amounts. Special items are taxed at the federal statutory rate of 34 percent for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014.

•	Adjusted Basic Earnings Per Share is defined as GAAP Basic Earnings Per Share, adjusted for special items.

•	Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share is defined as GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share, adjusted for special items.

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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;

•	consolidation of the deathcare industry; and

•	other factors and uncertainties inherent in the deathcare industry.