Valassis Reports Net Earnings Increase, Revenue Decline

Free-standing Inserts (FSI): Revenue for the third quarter of 2009 was $92.6 million, up 1.3% compared to the prior year quarter. This was due to an industry unit volume increase of approximately 3.4% as the FSI continues to be an important medium for marketers who need to reach deal-seeking consumers. Segment profit for the quarter was $2.3 million, compared to $0.2 million in the prior year quarter due to increased unit volume and reduced costs. Management noted that our profit improvement in the FSI segment is primarily due to our cost management efforts. At the same time, the FSI business remains dramatically depressed from historical levels due to the unfair tying, bundling and leveraging of in-store products into FSI negotiations by our competitor, News America, as the jury unanimously found in our recent lawsuit against News America.