American Reprographics Company Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results

Second Quarter Revenue $177.8 Million; 17.3% Increase From Q2 '06

Second Quarter EPS $0.43

Company Reaffirms Full-Year Forecast: Revenue of $690-$710, EPS of $1.58-$1.62


WALNUT CREEK, CA--(Marketwire - August 8, 2007) - American Reprographics Company (NYSE: ARP), the nation's leading provider of reprographics services and technology, today announced financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2007.

The Company reported net revenue for the second quarter of 2007 of $177.8 million, compared to $151.5 million in the second quarter of 2006, an increase of 17.3%. The Company's gross margin for the second quarter was 42.1% compared to 43.4% in the same period in 2006. Net income for the second quarter of 2007 was $19.6 million, or $0.43 per diluted share. This compares to net income for the second quarter of 2006 of $8.4 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, which includes the one-time Louis Frey litigation charges of $13.3 million pre-tax.

Revenue for the first six months of 2007 was $338 million, compared to $292.3 million for the same period in 2006. Net income for the first six months of 2007 was $36.5 million, or $0.80 per diluted share, compared to net income of $22.8 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, which also includes the one-time Louis Frey litigation charges.

K. "Suri" Suriyakumar, Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Our second quarter results clearly demonstrate that the Company is on solid footing and our business is fundamentally strong. We also delivered excellent EPS performance thanks to a robust and growing commercial construction market, and continuing strength in the non-AEC segment of our business. This performance offset some revenue erosion attributable to the current downturn in the residential building market, which affects approximately 15% of our revenues. Other positives for the quarter include the early fulfillment of our annual acquisition plan, and continued strength in our acquisition pipeline. Overall, we remain very confident in our forecast for the year."

Jonathan Mather, Chief Financial Officer, said, "The fundamentals of our business remained steady, with net revenue in the second quarter 2007 up more than 17% from the same period in 2006. Gross margin was in-line with expectations given the large and generally dilutive acquisitions we completed. The accelerated acquisition activity, however, did increase depreciation, amortization and interest, which amounted to $3.2 million in added pre-tax costs, or an after tax EPS of $0.04 compared to the prior quarter. This was partially offset by settlement of litigation, a portion of which was the reimbursement of costs relating to prior periods. We estimate that this benefited SG&A expenses by $2.2 million in this quarter, which computes to an after tax EPS of $0.03."

The Company also announced that its Board of Directors authorized management to negotiate with the Company's lenders to seek to remove share repurchase restrictions from its current debt agreement.

2007 Outlook

American Reprographics Company is reaffirming its prior forecast for 2007. Revenue is forecasted to be in the range of $690-$710 million. Earnings per share will be in the range of $1.58-$1.62

Teleconference and Webcast

American Reprographics Company will host a conference call and audio webcast today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007. The conference call can be accessed by dialing 201-689-8471.

A replay of this call will be available approximately one hour after the call for seven days following the conclusion of the call. This replay can be accessed by dialing 201-612-7415. The account number to access the phone replay is 3055 and the Conference ID number is 247838.

A Web archive will be made available at: http://www.e-arc.com for approximately 90 days following end of the call.

About American Reprographics Company

American Reprographics Company is the leading reprographics company in the United States providing business-to-business document management services to the architectural, engineering and construction, or AEC, industries. The Company provides these services to companies in non-AEC industries, such as technology, financial services, retail, entertainment, and food and hospitality, which also require sophisticated document management services. American Reprographics Company provides its core services through its suite of reprographics technology products, a network of more than 260 locally-branded reprographics service centers across the U.S., and on-site at their customers' locations. The Company's service centers are arranged in a hub and satellite structure and are digitally connected as a cohesive network, allowing the provision of services both locally and nationally to more than 100,000 active customers.

Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer

This press release contains forward-looking statements that fall within the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding future events and the future financial performance of the Company. Words such as "forecast," "will," and similar expressions also identify forward-looking statements. We wish to caution you that such statements are only predictions and actual results may differ materially as a result of risks and uncertainties that pertain to our business. These risks and uncertainties include, among others:

--  Future downturns in the architectural, engineering and construction
    industries could diminish demand for our products and services
--  Competition in our industry and innovation by our competitors may
    hinder our ability to execute our business strategy and maintain our
    profitability
--  Failure to anticipate and adapt to future changes in our industry
    could harm our competitive position
--  Failure to manage our acquisitions, including our inability to
    integrate and merge the business operations of the acquired companies, and
    failure to retain key personnel and customers of acquired companies could
    have a negative effect on our future performance, results of operations and
    financial condition
--  Dependence on certain key vendors for equipment, maintenance services
    and supplies, could make us vulnerable to supply shortages and price
    fluctuations
--  Damage or disruption to our facilities, our technology centers, our
    vendors or a majority of our customers could impair our ability to
    effectively provide our services and may have a significant impact on our
    revenues, expenses and financial condition
--  If we fail to continue to develop and introduce new services
    successfully, our competitive positioning and our ability to grow our
    business could be harmed.
    

The foregoing list of risks and uncertainties is illustrative but is by no means exhaustive. For more information on factors that may affect future performance, please review our SEC filings, specifically our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, our final prospectus supplement dated March 8, 2007, and our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. These documents contain important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on information as of August 8, 2007, and except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

American Reprographics Company
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

                                                December 31,     June 30,
                                                -----------    -----------
                                                    2006           2007
                                                -----------    -----------
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents                       $    11,642    $    16,426
Restricted cash                                       8,491          8,697
Accounts receivable, net                             85,277        102,491
Inventories, net                                      7,899         10,354
Deferred income taxes                                10,963         10,967
Prepaid expenses and other current assets             6,796          9,946
                                                -----------    -----------
Total current assets                                131,068        158,881

Property and equipment, net                          60,138         75,704
Goodwill                                            291,290        351,848
Other intangible assets, net                         50,971         73,663
Deferred financing costs, net                           895          1,108
Deferred income taxes                                11,245          6,748
Other assets                                          1,974          2,100
                                                -----------    -----------
Total assets                                    $   547,581    $   670,052
                                                ===========    ===========

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable                                $    33,447    $    33,814
Accrued payroll and payroll-related expenses         15,666         19,471
Accrued expenses                                     25,810         25,789
Accrued litigation charge                            13,947         14,154
Current portion of long-term debt and capital
 leases                                              21,048         40,332
                                                -----------    -----------
Total current liabilities                           109,918        133,560

Long-term debt and capital leases                   252,097        308,798
Other long-term liabilities                           1,322          2,477
                                                -----------    -----------

Total liabilities                                   363,337        444,835
                                                -----------    -----------

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $.001 par value, 25,000,000
 shares authorized; zero and zero shares
 issued and outstanding                                  --             --
Common stock, $.001 par value, 150,000,000
 shares authorized; 44,346,099 and 45,544,202
 shares issued and outstanding                           45             45
Additional paid-in capital                           75,465         79,381
Deferred stock-based compensation                    (1,224)          (905)
Retained earnings                                   109,955        146,412
Accumulated other comprehensive income                    3            284
                                                -----------    -----------
Total stockholders' equity                          184,244        225,217
                                                -----------    -----------
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity      $   547,581    $   670,052
                                                ===========    ===========



American Reprographics Company
Consolidated Statements of Income
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

                              Three Months Ended       Six Months Ended
                                   June 30,                June 30,
                            ----------------------  ----------------------
                               2006        2007        2006        2007
                            ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------

Reprographics services      $  114,658  $  133,257  $  219,475  $  253,035
Facilities management           24,691      28,984      47,623      55,340
Equipment and supplies
 sales                          12,178      15,542      25,231      29,621
                            ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Total net sales                151,527     177,783     292,329     337,996
Cost of sales                   85,713     102,967     166,156     195,401
                            ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Gross profit                    65,814      74,816     126,173     142,595
Selling, general and
 administrative expenses        33,112      34,499      64,598      68,733
Litigation Reserve              11,262           0      11,262           0
Amortization of intangible
 assets                            867       2,451       1,652       4,196
                            ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Income from operations          20,573      37,866      48,661      69,666
Other income, net                  472           0         801           0
Interest expense, net           (7,001)     (6,642)    (11,460)    (11,802)
                            ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Income before income tax
 provision                      14,044      31,224      38,002      57,864
Income tax provision             5,617      11,612      15,200      21,407
                            ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Net income                  $    8,427  $   19,612  $   22,802  $   36,457
                            ==========  ==========  ==========  ==========

Earnings per share:
  Basic                     $     0.19  $     0.43  $     0.51  $     0.80
                            ==========  ==========  ==========  ==========
  Diluted                   $     0.18  $     0.43  $     0.50  $     0.80
                            ==========  ==========  ==========  ==========

Weighted average common
 shares outstanding:
  Basic                     44,932,873  45,455,828  44,779,662  45,400,380
  Diluted                   45,510,158  45,880,187  45,312,592  45,832,024



American Reprographics Company
Non-GAAP Measures
Reconciliation of Net Income to EBIT and EBITDA
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)

                                  Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended
                                       June 30,              June 30,
                                  -------------------   -------------------
                                    2006       2007       2006       2007
                                  --------   --------   --------   --------
                                           (Dollars in thousands)

Net income                        $  8,427   $ 19,612   $ 22,802   $ 36,457
 Interest expense, net               7,001      6,642     11,460     11,802
 Income tax provision                5,617     11,612     15,200     21,407
                                  --------   --------   --------   --------
EBIT                              $ 21,045   $ 37,866   $ 49,462   $ 69,666
 Depreciation and amortization       6,371     10,029     12,006     18,387
                                  --------   --------   --------   --------
EBITDA                            $ 27,416   $ 47,895   $ 61,468   $ 88,053
                                  ========   ========   ========   ========

See Note 1 for additional information regarding non-GAAP measures.

Note 1. Non -GAAP Measures

EBIT and EBITDA and related ratios presented in this report are supplemental measures of our performance that are not required by or presented in accordance with GAAP. These measures are not measurements of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income, income from operations, or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP or as an alternative to cash flow from operating, investing or financing activities as a measure of our liquidity.

EBIT represents net income before interest and taxes. EBITDA represents net income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

We present EBIT and EBITDA because we consider them important supplemental measures of our performance and liquidity. We believe investors may also find these measures meaningful, given how our management makes use of them. The following is a discussion of our use of these measures.

We use EBIT to measure and compare the performance of our operating segments. Our operating segments' financial performance includes all of the operating activities except for debt and taxation which are managed at the corporate level. As a result, EBIT is the best measure of divisional profitability and the most useful metric by which to measure and compare the performance of our operating segments. We also use EBIT to measure performance for determining division-level compensation and use EBITDA to measure performance for determining consolidated-level compensation. We also use EBITDA as a metric to manage cash flow from our operating segments to the corporate level and to determine the financial health of each operating segment. As noted above, since debt and taxation are managed at the corporate level the cash flow from each operating segment should be equal to the corresponding EBITDA of each operating segment, assuming no other changes to an operating segment's balance sheet. As a result, we reconcile EBITDA to cash flow monthly as one of our key internal controls. We also use EBIT and EBITDA to evaluate potential acquisitions and to evaluate whether to incur capital expenditures.

EBIT, and EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are as follows:

--  They do not reflect our cash expenditures, or future requirements for
    capital expenditures and contractual commitments;
--  They do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working
    capital needs;
--  They do not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash
    requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our
    debt;
--  Although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the
    assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in
    the future, and EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such
    replacements; and
--  Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate
    these measures differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as
    comparative measures.
    

Because of these limitations, EBIT and EBITDA should not be considered as measures of discretionary cash available to us to invest in business growth or to reduce our indebtedness. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using EBIT and EBITDA only as supplements.

American Reprographics Company
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)

                                                     Six Months Ended
                                                         June 30,
                                                --------------------------
                                                    2006           2007
                                                -----------    -----------
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income                                      $    22,802    $    36,457
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
 provided by operating activities:
    Depreciation                                     10,354         14,191
    Amortization of intangible assets                 1,652          4,196
    Amortization of deferred financing costs            151            215
    Stock-based compensation                          1,025          1,569
    Excess tax benefit related to stock options
     exercised                                       (3,353)        (1,534)
    Deferred income taxes                            (3,315)         1,840
    Write-off of deferred financing costs                57              -
    Litigation Charge                                13,539            407
    Other non-cash items, net                           663            146
    Changes in operating assets and
     liabilities, net of effect of business
     acquisitions:
      Accounts receivable                           (12,675)        (9,775)
      Inventory                                         (25)          (362)
      Prepaid expenses and other assets                 570         (2,583)
      Income Taxes Payable                            3,756         (5,464)
      Accounts payable and accrued expenses           7,199          6,062
                                                -----------    -----------
Net cash provided by operating activities            42,400         45,365
                                                -----------    -----------
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures                                 (3,808)        (5,232)
Payments for businesses acquired, net of cash
 acquired and including other cash payments
 associated with the acquisitions                   (16,106)       (86,546)
Other                                                  (202)           283
                                                -----------    -----------
Net cash used in investing activities               (20,116)       (91,495)
                                                -----------    -----------
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from stock option exercises                  1,665          1,080
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under
 Employee Stock Purchase Plan                           238             52
Excess tax benefit related to stock options
 exercised                                            3,353          1,534
Proceeds from borrowings under debt agreements        5,000         70,000
Payments on debt agreements and capital leases      (31,943)       (21,323)
Payment of loan fees                                   (141)          (429)
                                                -----------    -----------
Net cash (used in) provided by financing
 activities                                         (21,828)        50,914
                                                -----------    -----------
Net change in cash and cash equivalents                 456          4,784
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
 period                                              22,643         11,642
                                                -----------    -----------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period      $    23,099    $    16,426
                                                ===========    ===========

 Supplemental disclosure of cash flow
  information
Noncash investing and financing activities
Noncash transactions include the following:
  Capital lease obligations incurred            $    12,222    $    19,589
  Issuance of subordinated notes in connection
   with the acquisition of businesses           $     8,815    $     4,550
  Change in fair value of derivatives           $       281    $        66

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