Segments
Net sales for the U.S. Print and Related Services segment in the fourth quarter of 2012 decreased 3.7 percent from the fourth quarter of 2011 to $1.9 billion due to volume declines across certain product offerings, lower pass-through paper sales of $23.4 million, or 110 basis points, and continued pricing pressure across the segment. The segment's operating loss of $760.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, which was negatively impacted by charges for impairment and restructuring of $943.5 million, compared to an operating loss in the fourth quarter of 2011 of $211.1 million, which included charges for impairment and restructuring and the contingent compensation of a prior acquisition totaling $389.0 million. The segment's non-GAAP operating margin of 9.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 improved by 60 basis points from the fourth quarter of 2011, as productivity improvements and lower depreciation and amortization were partially offset by pricing pressure and volume declines.