Summary of PLANAR SYSTEMS INC

Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Regulation FD Disclosure, Finan

Item 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On November 19, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing its financial results for quarter and the fiscal year ended September 29, 2008, and its expectations regarding revenue and additional restructuring charges in the first quarter of fiscal 2009, and trends in non-GAAP income over the next few quarters (the "Earnings Release"). The Earnings Release contains forward-looking statements regarding the Company, and includes cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. The Earnings Release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report, and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act.

In addition to disclosing financial results calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), the Earnings Release contains non-GAAP financial measures that exclude the income statement effects of the acquisitions of Clarity Visual Systems and Runco International, share-based compensation and the requirements of SFAS No. 123(R), "Share-based Payment" ("123R") and other adjustments. The non-GAAP financial measures also exclude impairment and restructuring charges, the amortization of intangible assets related to previous acquisitions and various tax charges including the valuation allowance against deferred tax assets. The Earnings Release also contains a calculation of Non-GAAP earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (Non-GAAP EBITDA), which, in addition to excluding the effects of the Clarity and Runco acquisitions, share based compensation, and other adjustments, includes an allocation of Corporate expenses to the Company's business segments in order to calculate Non-GAAP EBITDA by business segment. Such corporate expenses include Corporate General and Administrative (primarily), Research and Development, and Sales and Marketing which are not specifically identified as related to each business segment in the information provided to the Chief Operating Decision Maker, rather are estimated for the purpose of presenting fully burdened lines of business. The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by the Company should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and the financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP and reconciliations to those financial statements should be carefully evaluated. The non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company may be calculated differently from, and therefore may not be comparable to, similarly titled measures used by other companies. The Company has provided reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

Management uses the non-GAAP financial measures for internal managerial purposes, including as a means to compare period-to-period results on both a segment basis and consolidated basis and as a means to evaluate the Company's results on a consolidated basis compared to those of other companies. In addition, management uses certain of these measures when publicly providing forward-looking statements on expectations regarding future consolidated basis financial results. The Company discloses this information to the public to enable investors who wish to more easily assess the Company's performance on the same basis applied by management.