) Income Taxes

December 22, 2017,

the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed which, among other things, reduces the federal corporate tax rate to

.0%

effective

January 1, 2018.

Recent SEC guidance allows for a measurement period approach for the income tax effects of tax reform for which the accounting is incomplete in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin

No.

118.

The Company requires more time to conduct a complete and accurate assessment of the tax reform. In addition, further guidance from the Department of Treasury and various state taxing authorities as well as year-end financial data is required before various calculations can be complete. The accounting for the impact of the Act is incomplete, but the Company is able to provide a provisional estimate for the toll/transition tax on foreign earnings and the change related to the revaluation of our deferred taxes. These provisional estimates result in the following impact to the

second

fiscal quarter ended

December 31, 2017:

●

The Company has used a blended federal rate of

.0%

for the fiscal year ending

June 30, 2018

in the calculation of the annual effective tax rate before discrete items. Beginning in fiscal year

2019,

we will use a federal rate of

21.0%.

●

The Company has discretely recorded a charge of approximately

$1.2

million to its provision for income taxes due to a revaluation of the Company's estimated deferred tax assets as of

December 31, 2017.

The Company used an estimate as a result of the blended rate used for the current year. A change in the estimated current year activity will have an impact on the charge recorded.

●

The Company has discretely recorded a

charge of approximately

$13.8

million to its provision for income taxes due to a mandatory deemed repatriation of foreign earnings. The Company used an estimate because the calculation involves data from a future period (

June 30, 2018)

and the Company is awaiting further guidance from the tax authorities regarding the technical application of the rules. Under the Act, the Company is permitted to pay this tax over an

eight

-year period commencing with the due date of the

2018

tax return. The Company has

not

factored in the state impact of this transition tax in the quarter as more time is required to determine how each of the various states will treat this item.

Since these

provisions were based on estimates, the Company will continue to measure the impact of these areas and record any changes in subsequent quarters when information and guidance become available.

Other law changes

implemented by the Act such as the repeal of the Section

199

manufacturing deduction, changes to the calculation for Section

162

(m) executive compensation deduction, interest deduction limitation and Global Intangible Low Taxed Income (GILTI), and others will

not

have any impact on the Company until the fiscal year ending

June 30, 2019.

The Company will continue to monitor guidance regarding these changes for how it will impact the financial statements in later periods.

The Company's effective tax rate from continuing operations for the

second

quarter of

2018

was

116.7%

compared with

17.9%

for the prior year quarter. The effective tax rate in

2018

was higher due to approximately

$15

million discrete tax charges related to the US tax reform recorded in the period and

not

in the prior year quarter.

The Company's effective tax rate from continuing operations for the

six

months ended

December 31, 2017

was

68.8%

compared with

23.1%

for the prior year. The effective tax rate for the year to date was higher due to the same discrete tax reform charges.