Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information In addition to the results reported in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") included throughout this presentation, the Company has provided information regarding certain non-GAAP financial measures. These measures include "income before interest, other expense and income taxes," "income before restructuring charges, amortization, interest, other expense and income taxes," "free cash flow," "ROIC" and "net debt." Free cash flow represents net cash provided by operating activities before the net change in sold accounts receivable, less capital expenditures. The Company believes it is appropriate to exclude the net change in sold accounts receivable in the calculation of free cash flow since the sale of receivables may be viewed as a borrowing activity. ROIC represents income before restructuring charges, amortization, interest, other expense and income taxes times (1 - effective tax rate) divided by average invested capital. Average invested capital is the sum of total assets, sold accounts receivable and the present value of operating leases (assuming a discount rate of 10%) less the sum of accounts payable and drafts and accrued liabilities, based on the account values on the last day of the prior four quarters. Net debt represents total debt plus utilization under our ABS facility, less cash. Management believes that the non-GAAP financial measures used in this presentation are useful to both management and investors in their analysis of the Company's financial position and results of operations. In particular, management believes that income before interest, other expense and income taxes and income before restructuring charges, amortization, interest, other expense and income taxes are useful measures in assessing the Company's financial performance by excluding certain items that are not indicative of the Company's core operating earnings or that may obscure trends useful in evaluating the Company's continuing operating activities. Management believes that free cash flow is useful in analyzing the Company's ability to service and repay its debt. Management believes that ROIC is a commonly used measure that provides useful information regarding the efficiency with which the Company's assets are deployed. Management believes that net debt is generally accepted as providing useful information regarding a company's financial condition. Further, management uses these non-GAAP measures for planning and forecasting in future periods. Neither income before interest, other expense and income taxes, income before restructuring charges, amortization, interest, other expense and income taxes, free cash flow, ROIC nor net debt should be considered in isolation or as substitutes for net income, net cash provided by operating activities, total debt or other balance sheet or income or cash flow statement data prepared in accordance with GAAP or as measures of profitability or liquidity. In addition, the calculation of free cash flow does not reflect cash used to service debt, and thus does not reflect funds available for investment or other discretionary uses. Also, these non-GAAP financial measures, as determined and presented by the Company, may not be comparable to related or similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Set forth on the following slides are reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. |