Segment Information | Segment Information We evaluate performance of our business segments and allocate resources based on the adjusted EBIT of our business segments. Adjusted EBIT is not a defined term under GAAP. We define adjusted EBIT as income before interest and income taxes excluding acquired intangible asset amortization expense, other pension expense (income) for U.S. pension plans, rationalization charges, the impact from charges for the write-up of acquired inventory required under purchase accounting, the charge for the European Commission settlement and costs attributed to announced acquisitions. We began using adjusted EBIT in 2023. Previously, we used segment income, without any adjustments, for our business segments. We have provided adjusted EBIT for 2022 below for comparative purposes. Adjusted EBIT should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for income before interest and income taxes or any other financial data prepared in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to calculations of similarly titled measures by other companies. Reportable segment information was as follows: Dispensing and Specialty Closures Metal Custom Corporate Total (Dollars in thousands) Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 Net sales $ 560,096 $ 710,864 $ 155,767 $ — $ 1,426,727 Adjusted EBIT 76,882 75,740 18,444 (10,268) 160,798 Depreciation 25,756 18,528 8,999 18 53,301 Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 Net sales $ 602,431 $ 754,396 $ 186,954 $ — $ 1,543,781 Adjusted EBIT 100,340 63,439 29,451 (5,377) 187,853 Depreciation 24,808 19,558 8,796 39 53,201 Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 Net sales $ 1,140,028 $ 1,380,960 $ 324,020 $ — $ 2,845,008 Adjusted EBIT 159,818 128,140 38,478 (16,234) 310,202 Depreciation 50,515 36,516 17,834 58 104,923 Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 Net sales $ 1,200,358 $ 1,405,122 $ 380,187 $ — $ 2,985,667 Adjusted EBIT 196,868 96,390 52,815 (12,001) 334,072 Depreciation 49,469 40,289 17,539 81 107,378 Total adjusted EBIT is reconciled to income before income taxes as follows: Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 June 30, 2022 June 30, 2023 June 30, 2022 (Dollars in thousands) Total adjusted EBIT $ 160,798 $ 187,853 $ 310,202 $ 334,072 Less: Acquired intangible asset amortization expense 13,304 13,188 26,525 26,618 Other pension expense (income) for U.S. pension plans 834 (11,983) 1,668 (23,965) Rationalization charges 2,667 3,428 6,788 4,807 European Commission settlement — 25,203 — 25,203 Income before interest and income taxes 143,993 158,017 275,221 301,409 Less interest and other debt expense 46,792 28,660 83,558 59,490 Income before income taxes $ 97,201 $ 129,357 $ 191,663 $ 241,919 Net sales and adjusted EBIT of our metal containers segment and of part of our dispensing and specialty closures segment are dependent, in part, upon the vegetable and fruit harvests in the United States and, to a lesser extent, in a variety of national growing regions in Europe. The size and quality of these harvests varies from year to year, depending in large part upon the weather conditions in applicable regions. Because of the seasonality of the harvests, we have historically experienced higher unit sales volume in the third quarter of our fiscal year and generated a disproportionate amount of our annual adjusted EBIT during that quarter. |