Basically it just says that following one set of guidelines (the GAAP) their numbers are this, but following another set of guidelines (their own preferred acco

Basically it just says that following one set of guidelines (the GAAP) their numbers are this, but following another set of guidelines (their own preferred accounting guidelines) their numbers are higher. It's kind of like the difference between listing your cumulative GPA and major GPA. The numbers are the same, it's just the ones you choose to include that are different.