Meridian Bioscience Reports Third Fiscal Quarter 2017 Operating Results, Including Non-Cash Goodwill Impairment Charge,Declares Regular Cash Dividend, And Reaffirms Fiscal 2017 Guidance Excluding The Effect Of Goodwill Impairment Charge

CINCINNATI, July 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO) today:

- reported fiscal 2017 third quarter and first nine months net revenues of $50.1 and $151.1 million, respectively, a decrease of 1% and an increase of 1%, respectively, from the same periods of the prior fiscal year;

- reported third quarter operating income of $4.3 million (including a $6.6 million non-cash goodwill impairment charge), a decrease of 69% from the same period of the prior fiscal year;

- reported nine months operating income of $28.6 million (including a $6.6 million non-cash goodwill impairment charge), a decrease of 33% from the same period of the prior fiscal year, which included $1.5 million of costs associated with acquisition activity;