Business Segments, Geographic and Customer Information | 13. Business Segments, Geographic and Customer Information The Company identifies its segments using the “management approach,” which designates the internal organization that is used by management for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the source of the Company’s reportable segments. The Company has four reportable segments: Seating, Finishing, Acoustics and Components. Net sales information relating to the Company’s reportable segments is as follows: Successor Predecessor Three Months Ended Six Months Ended Three Months Ended Six Months Ended Net sales Seating $ 51,909 $ 102,869 $ 52,587 $ 104,878 Finishing 46,646 89,496 50,109 96,692 Acoustics 56,052 106,973 56,923 109,930 Components 32,971 64,076 30,996 65,651 $ 187,578 $ 363,414 $ 190,615 $ 377,151 The Company uses “Adjusted EBITDA” as the primary measure of profit or loss for the purposes of assessing the operating performance of its segments. The Company defines EBITDA as net income (loss) before interest expense, provision (benefit) for income taxes, depreciation and amortization and (gain)/loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment. The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA, excluding the impact of non-cash or non-operational losses or gains, including long-lived asset impairment charges, integration and other operational restructuring charges, transactional legal fees, other professional fees and special employee bonuses, purchase accounting adjustments, sponsor fees and expenses, and non-cash share based compensation expense. Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA provides a clear picture of the Company’s operating results by eliminating expenses and income that are not reflective of the underlying business performance. Certain corporate-level administrative expenses such as payroll and benefits, incentive compensation, travel, marketing, accounting, auditing and legal fees and certain other expenses are kept within its corporate results and not allocated to its business segments. Adjusted EBITDA is used to facilitate a comparison of the Company’s operating performance on a consistent basis from period to period and to analyze the factors and trends affecting its segments. The Company’s internal plans, budgets and forecasts use Adjusted EBITDA as a key metric. In addition, this measure is used to evaluate its operating performance and segment operating performance and to determine the level of incentive compensation paid to its employees. As the Company uses Adjusted EBITDA as its primary measure of segment performance, generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) on segment reporting require the Company to include this measure in its discussion of segment operating results. The Company must also reconcile Adjusted EBITDA to operating results presented on a US GAAP basis. Adjusted EBITDA information relating to the Company’s reportable segments is presented below followed by a reconciliation of total segment Adjusted EBITDA to consolidated income before taxes: Successor Predecessor Three Months Ended Six Months Ended Three Months Ended Six Months Ended Segment Adjusted EBITDA Seating $ 9,311 $ 17,271 $ 9,557 $ 17,668 Finishing 6,727 13,038 7,529 13,532 Acoustics 7,338 12,192 5,237 9,676 Components 5,529 10,702 4,474 11,013 $ 28,905 $ 53,203 $ 26,797 $ 51,889 Interest expense, including intercompany (379 ) (790 ) (678 ) (1,269 ) Depreciation and amortization (11,414 ) (21,767 ) (6,500 ) (12,796 ) (Loss) gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment - net 4 (22 ) (214 ) (336 ) Restructuring (1,010 ) (2,714 ) (1,907 ) (2,554 ) Transaction-related expenses (789 ) (789 ) (242 ) (242 ) Integration and other restructuring costs 258 (204 ) (1,927 ) (2,575 ) Gain from sale of joint ventures — — — 3,508 Total segment income before income taxes 15,575 26,917 15,329 35,625 Corporate general and administrative expenses (5,384 ) (8,976 ) (3,438 ) (7,032 ) Corporate interest expense, including intercompany (7,539 ) (14,634 ) (3,046 ) (5,950 ) Corporate depreciation (63 ) (120 ) (29 ) (57 ) Corporate transaction-related expenses 79 (97 ) (2,991 ) (4,532 ) Corporate loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment — — — (2 ) Corporate share based compensation (2,889 ) (4,952 ) — — Consolidated (loss) income before taxes $ (221 ) $ (1,862 ) $ 5,825 $ 18,052 Assets held by reportable segments is as follows: Successor June 26, 2015 December 31, 2014 Assets Seating $ 221,248 $ 219,215 Finishing 264,842 221,074 Acoustics 207,505 195,031 Components 133,225 137,354 Total segments 826,820 772,674 Corporate and eliminations 11,574 36,730 Consolidated $ 838,394 $ 809,404 |