Adjusted EPS is defined as diluted earnings per share excluding, when they occur, the impacts of integration and restructuring expenses, merger costs, unrealized losses / (gains) on commodity hedges, impairment losses, losses / (gains) on the sale of a business,
nonmonetary currency devaluation (e.g., remeasurement gains and losses), and U.S. Tax
Reform, and including when they occur, adjustments to reflect preferred stock dividend payments on an accrual basis.