Note on Non-GAAP Financial MeasuresAs used in this press release, the term "adjusted" refers to operating performance measures that exclude inventory step-up, the provision for certain Durom® Acetabular Component product claims, goodwill impairment, net curtailment and settlement and special items. Included in special items are acquisition and integration costs, as well as employee termination benefits and asset impairment charges connected with global restructuring and transformation initiatives.  The term "constant currency" refers to any financial measure that excludes the effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.  Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure are included in this press release. Management uses this non-GAAP information internally to evaluate the performance of the business and believes that it provides useful information to investors by offering the ability to make more meaningful period-to-period comparisons of the Company's on-going operating results, the ability to better identify operating trends that may otherwise be masked or distorted by these types of items
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