The 18 or so food companies, which Parmalat acquired largely over the last decade, made up a quarter of Parmalat's 2002 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, financial statements said.
But it will involve no cash outlay and will not change the company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the financial measure most watched for media companies.
Asked when the long-distance business would show positive cash flow, in the sense of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, Chief Financial Officer Ronald Dykes Ronald Dykes said he would "lean closer to '04 than '03".
I mention all this because while amortization of financial assets is an important part of the opera world from the perspective of many board members, maintaining the artistic integrity of a production is an equally compelling task.
According to Lazard, by that year, the profitability as measured by "earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization," a common financial measure, would be nearly 32 percent.
This allows to effectively deal with the uncertainty of the project specific design and operation conditions (fuel, electricity and heat selling prices, project financial conditions such as investment amortization periods, annual operating hours, etc).
One of the aspect of the approach is the post-optimization integration of the operating and capital costs, in order to effectively deal with the uncertainty of the project specific design and operation conditions (fuel, electricity and heat selling prices, project financial conditions such as investment amortization periods, annual operating hours, etc).
EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) is a financial metric typically used to compare businesses.
Such a hit to the corporate income statement could potentially reduce each media giant's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization -- a key financial yardstick for media companies -- by 5percentt or more.
Its borrowings are barely bigger than one year's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, but it lacks financial discipline.
