Adjusted EBITDA and segment Adjusted EBITDA reflect
adjustments for interest expense, net, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization, including accelerated depreciation, and the following
adjustments discussed above: non-cash mark - to - market
adjustments and cash settlements on interest rate swaps, provision for legal settlement, transaction costs and integration costs, restructuring and plant closure costs, assets held for sale, inventory
valuation adjustments on acquired businesses, mark - to - market
adjustments on commodity and foreign exchange hedges and foreign currency gains and
losses on intercompany loans.
I consider my
valuation multiple a reasonable compromise between higher sector multiples & the risk of a devastating client
loss... Plus it allows me to (fairly) comfortably apply a (positive) debt
adjustment: Based on the company's 4.7 M of (annualized) adjusted operating profit (& zero debt), management could easily draw down 14.2 M of debt for expansion, acquisitions, etc. — as usual, I'll haircut this by 50 %.