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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
AUGUST 12, 2004
(Date of earliest event reported)
ACCESS INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 001-31810 22-3720962
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
of incorporation) Identification No.)
55 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 300, MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY 07960
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
973-290-0080
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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ITEM 2.02. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
On August 12, 2004, Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (the "Company")
issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fiscal quarter
ended June 30, 2004.
Such press release contains EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA information in the
discussion of the Company's financial results. EBITDA represents earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and other income/(expense), net,
and non-recurring items. Adjusted EBITDA represents earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization, other income/(expense), net, non-recurring
items, and non-cash stock-based compensation.
EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are not measurements of financial performance
under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.
The Company uses each of EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA as a financial metric to
measure the financial performance of the business because management believes it
provides additional information with respect to the performance of its
fundamental business activities. For this reason, the Company believes EBITDA
and adjusted EBITDA will also be useful to others, including its stockholders,
as valuable financial metrics. Management presents adjusted EBITDA because it
believes that adjusted EBITDA is a useful supplement to net income as an
indicator of operating performance. Management also believes that adjusted
EBITDA is an industry-wide financial measure that is useful both to management
and investors when evaluating the Company's performance and comparing our
performance with the performance of our competitors. Management also uses
adjusted EBITDA for planning purposes, as well as to evaluate the Company's
performance because it believes that adjusted EBITDA more accurately reflects
the Company's results, as it excludes certain items, in particular non-cash
stock-based compensation charges, that management believes are not indicative of
the Company's operating performance. The Company believes that each of EBITDA
and adjusted EBITDA is a performance measure and not a liquidity measure, and a
reconciliation between net income and EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA is provided in
the financial results. EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as
alternatives to operating or net income as an indicator of performance or as an
alternative to cash flows from operating activities as an indicator of cash
flows, in each case as determined in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America, or as a measure of
liquidity.
A copy of such press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and
incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto shall not
be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under
the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general
incorporation language in such filing.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
ACCESS INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: /s/ /Brian D. Pflug
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Brian D. Pflug
Senior Vice President - Accounting & Finance
(Principal Financial Officer)
Date: August 12, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION
99.1 Press Release, dated August 12, 2004, announcing
Access Integrated Technologies, Inc.'s fiscal quarter
ended June 30, 2004 financial results.