EX-99.1 2 newpage2014adjustedebitda.htm UNAUDITED ADJUSTED EBITDA RECONCILIATION NewPage Adjusted EBITDA


EXHIBIT 99.1
NEWPAGE HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME (LOSS) TO EBITDA AND ADJUSTED EBITDA (UNAUDITED)
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Year Ended
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
(Dollars in millions)
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Net income (loss)
$
(235
)
 
$
1

 
$
(328
)
 
$
(2
)
Interest expense
20

 
12

 
111

 
47

Income tax (benefit)
(1
)
 
(2
)
 
(1
)
 
(2
)
Depreciation and amortization
51

 
47

 
189

 
184

EBITDA (1)
(165
)
 
58

 
(29
)
 
227

Equity awards
12

 
2

 
11

 
14

Asset impairment charges
198

 
—

 
198

 
—

(Gain) loss on disposal of assets
2

 
1

 
4

 
2

Integration and related severance costs and other charges
—

 
4

 
—

 
14

Post-emergence bankruptcy-related items
—

 
—

 
1

 
4

Merger related costs
9

 
7

 
21

 
8

Other
—

 
1

 
1

 
—

Adjusted EBITDA (1)
$
56

 
$
73

 
$
207

 
$
269


(1) EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA (as described in table above) are not measures of our performance under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”), are not intended to represent net income (loss), and should not be used as alternatives to net income (loss) as indicators of performance. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are shown because they are bases upon which our management assesses performance and are primary components of certain covenants under certain of our financing arrangements. In addition, our management believes EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are useful to investors because they and similar measures are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies. The use of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA instead of net income (loss) has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider them in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Our measures of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not necessarily comparable to other similarly titled captions of other companies due to potential inconsistencies in the methods of calculation.