Schawk Reports Net Loss Due to Challenging Americas Market

• Consumer packaged goods (CPG) accounts sales in the third quarter of 2012 were $88.2 million, or 79.5 percent of total net sales, compared to $86.2 million in the same period of 2011, an improvement of 2.3 percent, primarily due to higher product and brand development activity.

• Retail and advertising accounts sales in the third quarter of 2012 were $17.3 million, or 15.6 percent of total sales, a decrease of 9.8 percent, from $19.2 million during the 2011 third quarter, primarily driven by continued reductions in client promotional activity.