Orthofix Restates 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 Quarterly And Annual Financial Statements

As previously disclosed, Orthofix International N.V.

(the “Company”) has been evaluating the accounting treatment applied to certain entries included in the previous restatement of its prior periods' financial results, as well as related entries in subsequent periods. As a result of this process, the Company has determined that certain entries in its previously filed financial statements were not properly accounted for under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”). Specifically, the Company has determined that a historical method of accounting for certain revenue adjustments (related to uncollectible patient co-pay and self-pay amounts) as bad debt expense rather than as contra-revenue was incorrect. As a result of the foregoing, the Company expects to reduce equally both its historical net sales and its sales and marketing expense by approximately $6 million, $9 million, $2 million and $3 million for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014, respectively. These changes are expected to have no effect on pretax income from continuing operations in those periods. In addition, the Company has determined that (i) certain bad debt reserves originally recorded in 2011 and 2012 were reversed in incorrect periods during the previous restatement in connection with a change to sell-through accounting for certain distributors, (ii) intercompany profit in inventory was not fully eliminated in the subsidiary consolidation process, and (iii) the Company classified approximately $0.5 million of interest expense under continuing operations in 2012 but should have classified it under discontinued operations. As a result of these collective accounting errors, it is expected that pretax income from continuing operations will increase by approximately $2 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, and will decrease by approximately $1 million, $2.5 million and $2.5 million for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 and the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014, respectively. In view of the foregoing corrections, the Company has determined that it will restate its financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013 (including the quarterly periods therein) and the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014, and that the Company's previously filed financial statements for these periods should no longer be relied upon due to the anticipated corrections described above. The Company intends to include restated financial statements for these periods in amendments it will file to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (the “2013 Form 10-K”) and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014 (the “2014 First Quarter Form 10-Q”). The Company is working diligently to prepare these restated and revised financial statements and currently expects to file the amended 2013 Form 10-K and amended 2014 First Quarter Form 10-Q, together with the delayed filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2014 (the “2014 Second Quarter Form 10-Q”), prior to the end of September 2014. The determinations and related corrections described above are preliminary and may be subject to further revision prior to corrective filings being made.