I'll estimate the FFO / Net Debt ratio for A2A based on S&P methodology. ## Step 1: Calculate FFO (Funds From Operations) S&P's FFO is essentially: FFO = Net Income + Depreciation & Amortization + Impairments + Other Non-cash items - Gains on asset sales + adjustments From the data for 2022 (period 2022-01-01 to 2023-01-01): - **Profit Loss**: 448 million EUR - **Depreciation Expense**: 491 million EUR - **Amortisation Expense**: 233 million EUR - **Adjustments for Impairment Loss**: 10 million EUR - **Adjustments for Provisions** (non-cash): 92 million EUR - **Gains on disposal of noncurrent assets**: -191 million EUR (this was a gain, so we subtract it) - **Undistributed profits of associates**: -2 million EUR Alternatively, S&P FFO can be approximated as: FFO ≈ EBITDA - Net Interest - Taxes paid - Non-controlling interests - **EBITDA**: 1,505 million EUR - **Interest Paid**: 75 million EUR (from cash flow statement) - **Income Taxes Paid**: 201 million EUR - **Non-controlling interests (cash dividends paid)**: 19 million EUR (dividends to NCI from equity statement) - **Result from non-recurring transactions**: 157 million EUR (need to consider if this includes gains on disposals) Using the S&P approach more carefully: FFO = EBITDA - Net cash interest - Cash taxes - Preferred dividends/minority dividends FFO ≈ 1,505 - 75 - 201 - 19 = 1,210 million EUR But we should remove the non-recurring gain on disposals (157M relates to this): FFO ≈ 1,505 - 157 - 75 - 201 - 19 ≈ 1,053 million EUR Actually, let me reconsider. The EBITDA of 1,505M already includes the result from non-recurring transactions. Let me check: Operating profit (687) + non-recurring (157) = 844, but EBITDA = 1,505 and D&A = 818, so 1,505 - 818 = 687 = operating profit. The 157M non-recurring seems to be below operating profit. So EBITDA = 1,505M is clean of the non-recurring item. FFO = 1,505 - 75 - 201 - 19 = 1,210 million EUR ## Step 2: Calculate Net Debt Net Debt = Total Financial Liabilities - Cash - Financial Assets At 2023-01-01 (end of 2022): - **Non-current financial liabilities**: 5,867 million EUR - **Current financial liabilities**: 1,022 million EUR - **Total gross debt**: 5,867 + 1,022 = 6,889 million EUR - **Cash and cash equivalents**: 2,584 million EUR - **Other current financial assets**: 14 million EUR - **Other non-current financial assets**: 70 million EUR Net Debt = 6,889 - 2,584 - 14 - 70 = 4,221 million EUR S&P typically uses gross debt minus surplus cash, but a simpler approach: Net Debt = 6,889 - 2,584 = 4,305 million EUR Using a more standard approach (subtracting only cash): Net Debt ≈ 4,305 million EUR ## Step 3: FFO / Net Debt FFO / Net Debt = 1,210 / 4,305 ≈ 0.281 or about 28.1% Alternatively with the more conservative net debt (4,221): FFO / Net Debt = 1,210 / 4,221 ≈ 0.287 or about 28.7% I'll use the standard approach with net debt = gross financial debt minus cash: FFO / Net Debt ≈ 1,210 / 4,305 ≈ 0.281 0.28