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About non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement our business outlook, we use the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP operating expenses, net profit (loss), earnings (loss) per share, which excludes the restructuring charge. The presentation of this financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. For more information on these non-GAAP financial measures, please see the tables captioned "Business Outlook Summary" included at the end of this release.
We use these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational
decision making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons.
Our management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide
meaningful supplemental information regarding our "core operating
performance". Management believes that "core operating performance"
represents Align's performance in the ordinary, ongoing and customary
course of its operations. Accordingly, management excludes from "core
operating performance" certain expenses and expenditures that may not be
indicative of our operating performance including discrete cash charges
that are infrequent or one-time in nature. We believe that both management
and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures
in assessing our performance and when planning, forecasting and analyzing
future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate
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