EFI Reports All-Time Record Revenue for the

NEWS -- For Immediate Release      

  Foster City, California – July 18, 2013 – Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (Nasdaq: EFII), a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced its results for the second quarter of 2013.   For the quarter ended June 30, 2013, the Company reported record revenue of $180.3 million, up 10% compared to second quarter 2012 revenue of $163.9 million. Second quarter 2013 non-GAAP net income was $18.3 million or $0.38 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net income of $14.2 million or $0.30 per diluted share for the same period in 2012. GAAP net income was $9.4 million or $0.20 per diluted share, compared to $7.0 million or $0.15 per diluted share for the same period in 2012.   For the six months ended June 30, 2013, the Company reported revenue of $351.7 million, up 9% year-over-year compared to $324.0 million for the same period in 2012. Non-GAAP net income was $34.0 million or $0.71 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net income of $28.3 million or $0.60 per diluted share for the same period in 2012. GAAP net income was $17.8 million or $0.37 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income of $13.2 million or $0.28 per diluted share for the same period in 2012.  

“We could not have been more delighted with the record results the EFI team delivered in the second quarter as our product innovation continues to drive demand across our three segments,” said Guy Gecht, CEO of EFI. “We look to maintain this momentum into the third quarter as customers increasingly turn to EFI to make their businesses more competitive.”  

EFI will discuss the Company’s financial results by conference call at 2:00 p.m. PDT today. Instructions for listening to the conference call over the Web are available on the investor relations portion of EFI’s website at www.efi.com.  

About EFI          

EFI™ (www.efi.com) is a worldwide provider of products, technology, and services leading the transformation of analog to digital imaging. Based in Silicon Valley with offices around the globe, the company's powerful integrated product portfolio includes digital front-end servers; superwide, wide-format, label, and ceramic inkjet presses and inks; production workflow, web-to-print, and business automation software; and office, enterprise, and mobile cloud solutions. These products allow users to produce, communicate and share information in an easy and effective way, and enable businesses to increase their profits, productivity, and efficiency.

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Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not necessarily limited to, unforeseen expenses; the difficulty of aligning expense levels with revenue; management’s ability to forecast revenues, expenses and earnings; any world-wide financial and economic difficulties and downturns; adverse tax-related matters such as tax audits, changes in our effective tax rate or new tax legislative proposals; the unpredictability of development schedules and commercialization of products by the leading printer manufacturers and declines or delays in demand for our related products; changes in the mix of products sold; the uncertainty of market acceptance of new product introductions; intense competition in each of our businesses, including competition from products developed by EFI’s customers; challenge of managing asset levels, including inventory and variations in inventory levels; the uncertainty of continued success in technological advances; the challenges of obtaining timely, efficient and quality product manufacturing and supply of components; litigation involving intellectual property rights or other related matters; our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses; the uncertainty regarding the amount and timing of future share repurchases by EFI and the origin of funds used for such repurchases; the market prices of EFI's common stock prior to, during and after the share repurchases; any disruptions in our operations, the difficulty to retain employees, and additional expenses that we may incur as a result of our relocation from the Foster City campus; the compliance with the new requirements regarding the “conflict minerals,” if they are found to be used in our products, and any other risk factors that may be included from time to time in the Company’s SEC reports.   The statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release. EFI undertakes no obligation to update information contained in this press release. For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with EFI’s businesses, please refer to the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s SEC filings, including, but not limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, copies of which may be obtained by contacting EFI’s Investor Relations Department by phone at 650-357-3828 or by email at investor.relations@efi.com or EFI’s Investor Relations website at www.efi.com.   Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information   To supplement our condensed consolidated financial results prepared under generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, we use non-GAAP measures of net income (loss), as the case may be, and earnings per diluted share that are GAAP net income (loss), as the case may be, and GAAP earnings per diluted share adjusted to exclude certain recurring and non-recurring costs, expenses and gains. A reconciliation of the adjustments to GAAP results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 is provided below. In addition, an explanation of how management uses non-GAAP financial information to evaluate its business, the substance behind management's decision to use this non-GAAP financial information, the material limitations associated with the use of non-GAAP financial information, the manner in which management compensates for those limitations, and the substantive reasons management believes that this non-GAAP financial information provides useful information to investors is included under "About our Non-GAAP Net Income and Adjustments" after the tables below.   These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with or an alternative to GAAP and may be materially different from other non-GAAP measures, including similarly titled non-GAAP measures, used by other companies. The presentation of this additional information should not be considered in isolation from, as a substitute for, or superior to, net income (loss), as the case may be, or earnings per diluted share prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Media Contacts:   Vincent Pilette Chief Financial Officer          EFI      650-357-3500   Investor Relations: JoAnn Horne Market Street Partners 415-445-3235