Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On August 31, 2022, Greif, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release (the “Earnings Release”) announcing the financial results for its third quarter ended July 31, 2022. The full text of the Earnings Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The Earnings Release included the following non-GAAP financial measures (the “non-GAAP Measures”):
(i)the Company's net income, excluding the impact of adjustments, for the third quarter of 2022 and the third quarter of 2021, which is equal to the Company's consolidated net income for the applicable period plus restructuring charges, plus integration related costs, plus non-cash asset impairment charges, plus non-cash pension settlement charges, plus incremental COVID-19 costs, net, plus (gain) loss on disposal of properties, plants, equipment and businesses, net, each net of tax, noncontrolling interest and equity earnings of unconsolidated affiliates and on a consolidated basis for the applicable period;
(ii)the Company's earnings per diluted Class A share, excluding the impact of adjustments, for the third quarter of 2022 and the third quarter of 2021, which is equal to earnings per diluted Class A share of the Company for the applicable period plus restructuring charges, plus integration related costs, plus non-cash asset impairment charges, plus non-cash pension settlement charges, plus incremental COVID-19 costs, net, plus (gain) loss on disposal of properties, plants, equipment and businesses, net, each net of tax, noncontrolling interest and equity earnings of unconsolidated affiliates and on a consolidated basis for the applicable period;
(iii)the Company's consolidated adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2022 and the third quarter of 2021, which is equal to the Company's consolidated net income for the applicable period plus interest expense, net, plus income tax expense, plus depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, plus restructuring charges, plus integration related costs, plus non-cash asset impairment charges, plus non-cash pension settlement charges, plus incremental COVID-19 costs, net, plus (gain) loss on disposal of properties, plants, equipment and businesses, net, each on a consolidated basis for the applicable period;
(iv)the Company's consolidated adjusted free cash flow for the third quarter of 2022 and the third quarter of 2021, which is equal to the Company's consolidated net cash provided by operating activities for the applicable period less cash paid for purchases of properties, plants and equipment, plus cash paid for integration related costs, plus cash paid for incremental COVID-19 costs, net, plus cash paid for integration related Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP") systems, each on a consolidated basis for the applicable period;
(v)the Company's net debt for the third and second quarters of 2022 and the third quarter of 2021, which is equal to the Company's consolidated total debt at the end of the applicable period less cash and cash equivalents at the end of the applicable period.
(vi)adjusted EBITDA for the Company’s Global Industrial Packaging business segment for the third quarter of 2022 and the third quarter of 2021, which is equal to that business segment’s operating profit less other (income) expense, net, less equity earnings of unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax, less non-cash pension settlement charges, plus depreciation and amortization expense, plus restructuring charges, plus integration related costs, plus incremental COVID-19 costs, net, plus non-cash pension settlement charges, plus (gain) loss on disposal of properties, plants, equipment and businesses, net, each for the applicable period;
(vii)adjusted EBITDA for the Company’s Paper Packaging & Services business segment for the third quarter of 2022 and the third quarter of 2021, which is equal to that business segment’s operating profit less non-cash pension settlement charges, less other (income) expense, net, plus depreciation and amortization expense, plus restructuring charges, plus integration related costs, plus non-cash asset impairment charges, plus non-cash pension settlement charges, plus incremental COVID-19 costs, net, plus (gain) loss on disposal of properties, plants, equipment and businesses, net, each for the applicable period; and
(viii)the Company's leverage ratio for the third and second quarters of 2022 and the third quarter of 2021, which is equal to net debt divided by trailing twelve month EBITDA, each as calculated under the terms of the Company's Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 1, 2022, which has been filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2022.
The Earnings Release also included the following forward-looking non-GAAP measures:
(i)the Company's fiscal year 2022 Class A earnings per share before adjustments guidance, which is equal to earnings per diluted Class A share of the Company for such period plus restructuring charges, plus debt extinguishment charges, plus integration related costs, plus debt extinguishment charges, plus non-cash asset impairment charges, plus non-cash pension settlement charges, plus (gain) loss on disposal of properties, plants, equipment and businesses, net, plus timberland gains, net, each net of tax, noncontrolling interest and equity earnings of unconsolidated affiliates and on a consolidated basis for the applicable period; and
(ii)the Company's fiscal year 2022 projected adjusted free cash flow guidance, which is equal to the Company's consolidated net cash provided by operating activities for such period, less cash paid for purchases of properties, plants and equipment, plus cash paid for integration related costs, plus cash paid for integration related ERP systems, plus cash paid for debt issuance costs. A reconciliation of this forward-looking non-GAAP financial measure was included in the Earnings Release.
No reconciliation of the forward-looking non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure for item (i) is included in the Earnings Release because, due to the high variability and difficulty in making accurate forecasts and projections of some of the excluded information, together with some of the excluded information not being ascertainable or accessible, the Company is unable to quantify certain amounts that would be required to be included in the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure without unreasonable efforts.
Management of the Company uses the non-GAAP Measures to evaluate ongoing operations and believes that these non-GAAP Measures are useful to investors. The exclusion of the impact of the identified adjustments (restructuring charges, debt extinguishment charges, integration related costs, non-cash asset impairment charges, non-cash pension settlement charges, incremental COVID-19 costs, net and (gain) loss on disposal of properties, plants, equipment and businesses, net and timberland gains, net) enable management and investors to perform meaningful comparisons of current and historical performance of the Company. Management of the Company also believes that the exclusion of the impact of the identified adjustments provides a stable platform on which to compare the historical performance of the Company and that investors desire this information. Management believes that the use of consolidated adjusted free cash flow, which excludes cash paid for capital expenditures, integration related costs, incremental COVID-19 costs, net, cash paid for integration related ERP systems, and cash paid for debt issuance costs from the Company's consolidated net cash provided by operating activities, provides additional information on which to evaluate the cash flow generated by the Company and believes that this is information that investors find valuable. The non-GAAP Measures are intended to supplement and should be read together with our financial results. The non-GAAP Measures should not be considered an alternative or substitute for, and should not be considered superior to, our reported financial results. Accordingly, users of this financial information should not place undue reliance on the non-GAAP Measures.