Radiant Logistics Acquires Canada-Based Lomas Logistics

BELLEVUE, Wash., April 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Radiant Logistics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: RLGT), a third party logistics and multi-modal transportation services company, announced that, on April 1, 2017, it acquired Lomas Logistics, a division of L.V. Lomas Limited, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Wheels International Inc.  Lomas Logistics operates as a third party logistics provider serving companies across a range of industries including consumer goods, healthcare, food, chemicals and technology and operates from locations in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada. Lomas Logistics, generated approximately CAD$17.0 million in revenues for calendar 2016, which resulted in approximately CAD$2.1 million in normalized adjusted EBITDA.  A reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable GAAP measure appears at the end of this release.

Lomas Logistics will transition to operate as Wheels International. Radiant's Founder and CEO, Bohn Crain remarked, "The acquisition of Lomas Logistics enhances our ability to provide distribution services while leveraging our full suite of transportation services through the Radiant / Wheels network to a broader and more diverse group of target industries.  We are thrilled to welcome Harry Smit and the Lomas Logistics team to the Radiant / Wheels organization. We expect the integration to take place quickly over the next couple of months." 

Crain continued, "Wheels serves as a platform to support our Canadian centric acquisition initiatives and the addition of Lomas Logistics is contributing to the further strengthening of our position in the Canadian marketplace. In addition, Lomas Logistics brings unique healthcare service offerings with licenses from Health Canada to distribute medical devices, pharmaceutical and natural health products which is expected to accelerate the development of a robust healthcare service offering for Wheels and Radiant.  The scaling of our full distribution capabilities, including global inbound transportation and a full range of outbound transportation services, positions us to support the evolving needs for multi-channel fulfillment and distribution for many industries."

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release contains a financial measure, adjusted EBITDA, which is considered a "non-GAAP" financial measure under applicable Securities & Exchange Commission rules and regulations.  This non-GAAP financial measure should be considered supplemental to and not a substitute for financial information prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  Our definition of this non-GAAP measure may differ from similarly titled measures used by others.  The non-GAAP financial measure used in this press release adjusts for specified items that can be highly variable or difficult to predict.  We view this non-GAAP financial measure as a means to facilitate management's financial and operational decision-making, including evaluation of our historical operating results and comparison to competitors' operating results.  This non-GAAP financial measure reflects an additional way of viewing aspects of our operations that, when viewed with GAAP results and the reconciliations to the corresponding GAAP financial measure, may provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business.

A reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA amounts to the most directly comparable GAAP measure attributed to Lomas Logistics for the year ended December 31, 2016 is shown below:

About Radiant Logistics (NYSE MKT: RLGT)

Radiant Logistics, Inc. (www.radiantdelivers.com) is a comprehensive North American provider of third party logistics and multimodal transportation services.  As a non-asset provider, with minimal investment in equipment, the company delivers advanced supply chain solutions through a network of company-owned and strategic operating partner locations across North America.  Through its comprehensive service offering, Radiant provides domestic and international freight forwarding services, truck and rail brokerage services and other value-added supply chain management services, including customs brokerage, order fulfillment, inventory management and warehousing to a diversified account base including manufacturers, distributors and retailers using a network of independent carriers and international agents positioned strategically around the world.

About L.V. Lomas

L.V. Lomas is one of North America's leading distributors of chemicals and ingredients, raw materials and packaging products founded in 1960 by Lloyd V. Lomas.

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