ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC. DULUTH, Ga., April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABG), one of the largest automotive retail and service companies in the U.S., today reported income from continuing operations for the first quarter 2015 of $35.9 million, or $1.30 per diluted share, versus income from continuing operations in the first quarter 2014 of $31.5 million, or $1.03 per diluted share, a 26% increase per diluted share. There were no adjustments for either the first quarter of 2015 or 2014. Net income for the first quarter 2015 was $35.9 million, or $1.30 per diluted share, compared to $31.4 million, or $1.02 per diluted share in the prior year period.
First Quarter 2015 Operational Highlights (compared to the prior year period):
-- Total revenues increased 14% to $1.5 billion
-- Total gross profit up 11% with increases from all business lines
-- New vehicle retail revenues up 14%; gross profit up 9%
-- Used vehicle retail revenues up 14%; gross profit up 7%
-- Finance and insurance revenues up 15%
-- Parts and service revenue up 11%; gross profit up 13%
-- SG&A expense as a percent of gross profit improved 90 basis points to
68.5%
-- Operating margin of 4.7% remained the same
First Quarter 2015 Strategic Highlights:
-- Repurchased $102 million of common stock
-- Secured a $100 million mortgage real estate facility
"Asbury is pleased to announce another record first quarter EPS from continuing operations," said Craig Monaghan, Asbury's President and Chief Executive Officer. "The overall automotive retail, service and lending environments remain strong. We will continue to execute our two part strategy: to drive operational excellence and to deploy capital to its highest returns."
"Our current quarter results demonstrate, once again, the strength and diversity of our business model," said Asbury's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, David Hult. "Although we experienced some weather related issues early in the quarter, we were able to drive growth across all of our business lines."
The conference call will be simulcast live and can be accessed by logging onto www.asburyauto.com or www.ccbn.com. A replay will be available at these sites for 30 days. In addition, a live audio of the call will be accessible to the public by calling (888) 523-1228 (domestic), or (719) 325-2281 (international); passcode - 2023700. Callers should dial in approximately 5 to 10 minutes before the call begins. A conference call replay will be available two hours following the call for seven days, and can be accessed by calling (888) 203-1112 (domestic), or (719) 457-0820 (international); passcode - 2023700.
About Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. ("Asbury"), a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, is one of the largest automotive retailers in the U.S. Built through a combination of organic growth and a series of strategic acquisitions, Asbury currently operates 83 dealership locations, encompassing 104 franchises for the sale and servicing of 29 domestic and foreign brands of new vehicles. We also operate 25 collision repair centers and three standalone used vehicle stores. Asbury offers customers an extensive range of automotive products and services, including new and used vehicle sales and related financing and insurance, vehicle maintenance and repair services, replacement parts and service contracts.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are statements other than historical fact, and may include statements relating to goals, plans, market conditions and projections regarding Asbury's financial position, liquidity, results of operations, market position and dealership portfolio, the benefits of its restructuring program and other initiatives and future business strategy. These statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and involve significant risks and uncertainties that may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in the statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, market factors, Asbury's relationships with, and the financial and operational stability of, vehicle manufacturers and other suppliers, acts of God or other incidents which may adversely impact supply from vehicle manufacturers and/or present retail sales challenges, risks associated with Asbury's indebtedness (including available borrowing capacity, compliance with its financial covenants and ability to refinance or repay such indebtedness, particularly upcoming maturities, on favorable terms), Asbury's relationships with, and the financial stability of, its lenders and lessors, risks related to competition in the automotive retail and service industries, general economic conditions both nationally and locally, governmental regulations, legislation, adverse results in litigation and other proceedings, and Asbury's ability to execute its IT initiatives and other operational strategies, Asbury's ability to leverage gains from its dealership portfolio, Asbury's ability to capitalize on opportunities to repurchase its debt and equity securities or purchase properties that it currently leases, and Asbury's ability to stay within its targeted range for capital expenditures. There can be no guarantees that Asbury's plans for future operations will be successfully implemented or that they will prove to be commercially successful.
These and other risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements are and will be discussed in Asbury's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In millions, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
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2015 2014
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REVENUES:
New vehicle $830.5 $726.0
Used vehicle 473.4 416.9
Parts and service 176.7 159.4
Finance and insurance, net 61.2 53.4
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Total revenues 1,541.8 1,355.7
COST OF SALES:
New vehicle 780.9 680.6
Used vehicle 438.1 382.9
Parts and service 66.4 62.1
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Total cost of sales 1,285.4 1,125.6
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GROSS PROFIT 256.4 230.1
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Selling, general and administrative 175.7 159.8
Depreciation and amortization 7.3 6.3
Other operating expense, net 0.3 (0.2)
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Income from operations 73.1 64.2
OTHER EXPENSES:
Floor plan interest expense (3.9) (3.0)
Other interest expense, net (10.3) (9.1)
Swap interest expense (0.5) (0.6)
Total other expenses, net (14.7) (12.7)
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Income before income taxes 58.4 51.5
INCOME TAX EXPENSE 22.5 20.0
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INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 35.9 31.5
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, net of tax - (0.1)
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NET INCOME $35.9 $31.4
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EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE:
Basic-
Continuing operations $1.31 $1.04
Discontinued operations - (0.01)
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Net income $1.31 $1.03
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Diluted-
Continuing operations $1.30 $1.03
Discontinued operations - (0.01)
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Net income $1.30 $1.02
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:
Basic 27.5 30.4
Restricted stock 0.1 0.2
Performance share units 0.1 0.1
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Diluted 27.7 30.7
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New Vehicle-
For the Three Months Ended Increase %
March 31, (Decrease)
Change
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2015 2014
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(Dollars in millions, except for per vehicle data)
Revenue:
New vehicle revenue-same store(1)
Luxury $303.3 $276.3 $27.0 10%
Mid-line import 373.1 344.7 28.4 8%
Mid-line domestic 113.7 105.0 8.7 8%
Total new vehicle revenue-same store(1) 790.1 726.0 64.1 9%
New vehicle revenue-acquisitions 40.4 -
New vehicle revenue, as reported $830.5 $726.0 $104.5 14%
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Gross profit:
New vehicle gross profit-same store(1)
Luxury $21.9 $20.5 $1.4 7%
Mid-line import 18.0 18.1 (0.1) (1)%
Mid-line domestic 7.1 6.8 0.3 4%
Total new vehicle gross profit-same store(1) 47.0 45.4 1.6 4%
New vehicle gross profit-acquisitions 2.6 -
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New vehicle gross profit, as reported $49.6 $45.4 $4.2 9%
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For the Three Months Ended Increase %
March 31, (Decrease)
Change
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2015 2014
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New vehicle units:
New vehicle retail units-same store(1)
Luxury 5,875 5,388 487 9%
Mid-line import 13,812 13,008 804 6%
Mid-line domestic 3,021 2,697 324 12%
Total new vehicle retail units-same store(1) 22,708 21,093 1,615 8%
Fleet vehicles 223 563 (340) (60)%
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Total new vehicle units-same store(1) 22,931 21,656 1,275 6%
New vehicle units-acquisitions 1,127 -
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New vehicle units-actual 24,058 21,656 2,402 11%
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New Vehicle Metrics-
For the Three Months Ended Increase %
March 31, (Decrease)
Change
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2015 2014
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Revenue per new vehicle sold-same store(1) $34,456 $33,524 $932 3%
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Gross profit per new vehicle sold-same store(1) $2,050 $2,096 $(46) (2)%
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New vehicle gross margin-same store(1) 5.9% 6.3% (0.4)% (6)%
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(1) Same store amounts consist of information from dealerships for the identical months of each period presented in the comparison, commencing with the first full month in which the dealership was owned by us.
Used Vehicle-
For the Three Months Ended Increase %
March 31,
(Decrease) Change
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2015 2014
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(Dollars in millions, except for per vehicle data)
Revenue:
Used vehicle retail revenues-same store(1) $391.5 $367.3 $24.2 7%
Used vehicle retail revenues-acquisitions and new stores 27.7 -
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Total used vehicle retail revenues 419.2 367.3 51.9 14%
Used vehicle wholesale revenues-same store(1) 51.4 49.6 1.8 4%
Used vehicle wholesale revenues-acquisitions and new stores 2.8 -
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Total used vehicle wholesale revenues 54.2 49.6 4.6 9%
Used vehicle revenue, as reported $473.4 $416.9 $56.5 14%
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Gross profit:
Used vehicle retail gross profit-same store(1) $33.3 $33.2 $0.1 - %
Used vehicle retail gross profit-acquisitions and new stores 2.1 -
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Total used vehicle retail gross profit 35.4 33.2 2.2 7%
Used vehicle wholesale gross profit-same store(1) 0.1 0.8 (0.7) (88)%
Used vehicle wholesale gross profit-acquisitions and new stores (0.2) -
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Total used vehicle wholesale gross profit (0.1) 0.8 (0.9) (113)%
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Used vehicle gross profit, as reported $35.3 $34.0 $1.3 4%
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Used vehicle retail units:
Used vehicle retail units-same store(1) 19,048 18,503 545 3%
Used vehicle retail units-acquisitions and new stores 1,419 -
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Used vehicle retail units-actual 20,467 18,503 1,964 11%
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Used Vehicle Metrics-
For the Three Months Ended Increase %
March 31,
(Decrease) Change
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2015 2014
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Revenue per used vehicle retailed-same store(1) $20,553 $19,851 $702 4%
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Gross profit per used vehicle retailed-same store(1) $1,748 $1,794 $(46) (3)%
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Used vehicle retail gross margin-same store(1) 8.5% 9.0% (0.5)% (6)%
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(1) Same store amounts consist of information from dealerships for the identical months of each period presented in the comparison, commencing with the first full month in which the dealership was owned by us.
Parts and Service-
For the Three Months Ended Increase %
March 31, (Decrease)
Change
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2015 2014
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(Dollars in millions)
Revenue:
Parts and service revenue-same store(1) $172.6 $159.4 $13.2 8%
Parts and service revenues-acquisitions and new stores 4.1 -
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Parts and service revenue, as reported $176.7 $159.4 $17.3 11%
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Gross profit:
Parts and service gross profit-same store(1)
Customer pay $58.4 $56.0 $2.4 4%
Reconditioning and preparation 27.5 23.2 4.3 19%
Warranty 16.3 12.9 3.4 26%
Wholesale parts 5.2 5.2 - - %
Total parts and service gross profit-same store(1) 107.4 97.3 10.1 10%
Parts and service gross profit-acquisitions and new stores 2.9 -
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Parts and service gross profit, as reported $110.3 $97.3 $13.0 13%
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Parts and service gross margin-same store(1) 62.2% 61.0% 1.2% 2%
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(1) Same store amounts consist of information from dealerships for the identical months of each period presented in the comparison, commencing with the first full month in which the dealership was owned by us.
Finance and Insurance, net-
For the Three Months Ended Increase %
March 31, (Decrease)
Change
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2015 2014
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(Dollars in millions, except for per vehicle data)
Finance and insurance, net-same store(1) $57.3 $53.4 $3.9 7%
Finance and insurance, net-acquisitions and new stores 3.9 -
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Finance and insurance, net as reported $61.2 $53.4 $7.8 15%
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Finance and insurance, net per vehicle sold-same store(1) $1,365 $1,330 $35 3%
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(1) Same store amounts consist of information from dealerships for the identical months of each period presented in the comparison, commencing with the first full month in which the dealership was owned by us.
For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
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2015 2014
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REVENUE MIX PERCENTAGES:
New vehicles 53.9% 53.6%
Used retail vehicles 27.1% 27.0%
Used vehicle wholesale 3.5% 3.7%
Parts and service 11.5% 11.8%
Finance and insurance, net 4.0% 3.9%
Total revenue 100.0% 100.0%
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GROSS PROFIT MIX PERCENTAGES:
New vehicles 19.3% 19.7%
Used retail vehicles 13.8% 14.5%
Used vehicle wholesale - % 0.3%
Parts and service 43.0% 42.3%
Finance and insurance, net 23.9% 23.2%
Total gross profit 100.0% 100.0%
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SG&A EXPENSES AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS PROFIT 68.5% 69.4%
ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.
Additional Disclosures
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
March 31, December 31, Increase % Change
2015 2014
(Decrease)
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SELECTED BALANCE SHEET DATA
Cash and cash equivalents $1.1 $2.9 $(1.8) (62)%
New vehicle inventory 673.4 699.5 (26.1) (4)%
Used vehicle inventory 153.0 141.7 11.3 8%
Parts inventory 44.1 44.8 (0.7) (2)%
Total current assets 1,284.3 1,276.7 7.6 1%
Floor plan notes payable 777.6 766.8 10.8 1%
Total current liabilities 1,088.8 1,041.1 47.7 5%
CAPITALIZATION:
Long-term debt (including current portion) $690.7 $707.4 $(16.7) (2)%
Shareholders' equity 378.5 444.9 (66.4) (15)%
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Total $1,069.2 $1,152.3 $(83.1) (7)%
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Brand Mix - New Vehicle Revenue by Brand-
For the Three Months
Ended March 31,
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2015 2014
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Luxury
BMW 8% 9%
Mercedes-Benz 7% 8%
Lexus 7% 7%
Acura 5% 5%
Infiniti 4% 4%
Other luxury 6% 5%
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Total luxury 37% 38%
Mid-Line Imports:
Honda 16% 18%
Nissan 12% 12%
Toyota 12% 12%
Other imports 5% 6%
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Total imports 45% 48%
Mid-Line Domestic:
Ford 10% 8%
Dodge 3% 3%
Chevrolet 2% 2%
Other domestics 3% 1%
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Total domestic 18% 14%
Total New Vehicle Revenue 100% 100%
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Selling, General and Administrative Expense ("SG&A")-
For the Three Months Ended March 31, Increase % of Gross
(Decrease) Profit
Decrease
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2015 % of Gross 2014 % of Gross
Profit Profit
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(Dollars in millions)
SG&A, excluding rent expense $168.0 65.5% $152.2 66.1% $15.8 (0.6)%
Rent expense 7.7 3.0% 7.6 3.3% 0.1 (0.3)%
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SG&A-total $175.7 68.5% $159.8 69.4% $15.9 (0.9)%
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Gross profit $256.4 $230.1
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ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC.
Supplemental Disclosures
(Unaudited)
Non-GAAP Financial Disclosure and Reconciliation
In addition to evaluating the financial condition and results of our operations in accordance with GAAP, from time to time management evaluates
and analyzes results and any impact on the Company of strategic decisions and actions relating to, among other things, cost reduction, growth,
and profitability improvement initiatives, and other events outside of normal, or "core," business and operations, by considering certain
alternative financial measures not prepared in accordance with GAAP. These measures include "Adjusted income from continuing operations,"
"Adjusted diluted earnings per share ("EPS") from continuing operations," "Adjusted EBITDA," "Adjusted leverage ratio," and "Adjusted SG&A
expense." Non-GAAP measures do not have definitions under GAAP and may be defined differently by and not be comparable to similarly titled
measures used by other companies. As a result, any non-GAAP financial measures considered and evaluated by management are reviewed in
conjunction with a review of the most directly comparable measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. Management cautions investors not to
place undue reliance on such non-GAAP measures, but also to consider them with the most directly comparable GAAP measures. In their evaluation
of results from time to time, management excludes items that do not arise directly from core operations, or are otherwise of an unusual or non-
recurring nature. Because these non-core, unusual or non-recurring charges and gains materially affect Asbury's financial condition or
For the Twelve Months Ended
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March 31, 2015 December 31, 2014
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(Dollars in millions)
Adjusted leverage ratio:
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Long-term debt (including current portion) $690.7 $707.4
Calculation of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
and amortization ("EBITDA"):
Income from continuing operations $116.4 $112.0
Add:
Depreciation and amortization 27.4 26.4
Income tax expense 73.6 71.0
Swap and other interest expense 42.0 40.9
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Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
and amortization ("EBITDA") $259.4 $250.3
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Non-core items - expense:
Loss on extinguishment of long-term debt 31.9 31.9
Total non-core items 31.9 31.9
Adjusted EBITDA $291.3 $282.2
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Adjusted leverage ratio 2.4 2.5
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