Energizer Holdings Inc. (ENR) 2008年年度报告「NYSE」.pdf

1、Brands for lifeEnErgizEr Holdings,inc.2008 Annual ReportfinAnciAl highlights energizer holdings,inc.is a consumer goods company operating globally in the broad categories of household and personal care products.the household products division gives consumers the broadest range of portable power solu

2、tions,anchored by the universally recognized energizer and eveready brands,plus specialty batteries,energi to go chargers and a complete line of battery-powered flashlights and lanterns.the personal care division offers a diversified range of consumer products in the wet shave,skin care,feminine car

3、e and infant care categories with well-established brand names such as schick and wilkinson sword mens and womens shaving systems and disposable razors;playtex tampons,gloves and infant feeding products;banana boat and hawaiian tropic sun care products;and wet Ones moist wipes.with commercial and pr

4、oduction operations in 49 countries and distribution in another 131 countries,the company markets its products throughout most of the world.energizer is traded on the nyse under the ticker symbol enR.in addition to its earnings presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles(gA

5、Ap),energizer has presented certain non-gAAp measures in the table above which it believes are useful to readers in addition to traditional gAAp measures.these measures should not be considered as an alternative to comparable gAAp measures.(a)in 2008,earnings are presented with and without the impac

6、t of a write-up recorded on inventory acquired through the purchase of playtex products,inc.gAAp requires inventory to be valued at fair market value less the cost of disposal and a profit allowance for the selling effort,as opposed to its historical manufacturing cost.As a result,there was a one-ti