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Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. Provides Historical Financial Disclosure Based on New Segment Structure

June 30, 2015 9:01 AM EDT

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 06/30/15 -- Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. (the "Company" or "Progressive Waste Solutions") (NYSE: BIN)(TSX: BIN) today provided its historical operating results adjusted to reflect its new segment structure. These results have been reclassified to align with the recent reorganization of its regional management structure, which positions the Company to achieve its plan for operational excellence.

The disclosure reflects the following changes to the Company's reporting segments:


--  The former U.S. northeast segment was expanded to include the Company's
    operations in Florida and was renamed the East region;
--  The former U.S. south segment, excluding Florida, was renamed the West
    region;
--  And the former Canadian segment was renamed the North region.

In addition, the Company announced it is reallocating certain selling, general and administration expenses ("SG&A") to operating expenses to provide better comparability within its industry group. It is also adjusting capital and landfill asset purchases for non-cash working capital changes in the calculation of Free Cash Flow(B).

The Company is providing historical quarterly financial disclosure for the periods Q1 2014 through Q1 2015, reclassified to conform to the new presentation. A slide presentation with a summary of the revisions and financial summaries in Excel format are both available for download in the Investors section of the Progressive Waste Solutions website at www.progressivewaste.com.

To view the tables outlining the Reclassification of Prior Period Amounts to Conform to New Presentation, please visit the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/BIN-063015-Segment-Restructure.pdf




Reconciliation of Free Cash Flow(B)
(all amounts are in thousands of U.S. dollars)

               ---------------------------------------------------  --------
                Q1 2014   Q2 2014  Q3 2014   Q4 2014   Total 2014    Q1 2015
               ---------------------------------------------------  --------
Free Cash
 Flow(B) as
 reported      $ 48,694  $ 56,411 $ 62,260  $ 53,721  $   221,086   $ 27,621
Adjustment for
 non-cash
 working
 capital -
 capital and
 landfill
 purchases         (161)      696  (14,979)   (7,942)     (22,386)     7,064
               ---------------------------------------------------  --------
Revised Free
 Cash Flow(B)  $ 48,533  $ 57,107 $ 47,281  $ 45,779  $   198,700   $ 34,685
               ---------------------------------------------------  --------
               ---------------------------------------------------  --------

Definitions

(A) All references to "Adjusted EBITDA" in this document are to revenues less operating expense and SG&A, excluding certain SG&A expenses, on the statement of operations and comprehensive income or loss. Adjusted EBITDA excludes some or all of the following: certain SG&A expenses, restructuring expenses, goodwill impairment, amortization, net gain or loss on sale of capital and landfill assets, interest on long-term debt, net foreign exchange gain or loss, net gain or loss on financial instruments, loss on extinguishment of debt, re-measurement gain on previously held equity investment, other expenses, income taxes and income or loss from equity accounted investee. Adjusted EBITDA is a term used by us that does not have a standardized meaning prescribed by U.S. GAAP and is therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures used by other companies. Adjusted EBITDA is a measure of our operating profitability, and by definition, excludes certain items as detailed above. These items are viewed by us as either non-cash (in the case of goodwill impairment, amortization, net gain or loss on sale of capital and landfill assets, net foreign exchange gain or loss, net gain or loss on financial instruments, loss on extinguishment of debt, re-measurement gain on previously held equity investment, deferred income taxes and net income or loss from equity accounted investee) or non-operating (in the case of certain SG&A expenses, restructuring expenses, interest on long-term debt, other expenses, and current income taxes). Adjusted EBITDA is a useful financial and operating metric for us, our Board of Directors, and our lenders, as it represents a starting point in the determination of free cash flow(B). The underlying reasons for the exclusion of each item are as follows:

Certain SG&A expenses - SG&A expense includes certain non-operating or non-recurring expenses. Non-operating expenses include transaction costs or recoveries related to acquisitions, fair value adjustments attributable to stock options and restricted share expense. Non-recurring expenses include certain equity based compensation amounts, payments made to certain senior management on their departure and other non-recurring expenses from time-to-time. These expenses are not considered an expense indicative of continuing operations. Certain SG&A costs represent a different class of expense than those included in adjusted EBITDA.

Restructuring expenses - restructuring expenses includes costs to integrate certain operating locations with our own, exiting certain property and building and office leases, employee severance and employee relocation. These expenses are not considered an expense indicative of continuing operations. Accordingly, restructuring expenses represent a different class of expense than those included in adjusted EBITDA.

Goodwill impairment - as a non-cash item goodwill impairment has no impact on the determination of free cash flow(B) and is not indicative of our operating profitability.

Amortization - as a non-cash item amortization has no impact on the determination of free cash flow(B) and is not indicative of our operating profitability.

Net gain or loss on sale of capital and landfill assets - as a non-cash item the net gain or loss on sale of capital and landfill assets has no impact on the determination of free cash flow(B). In addition, the sale of capital and landfill assets does not reflect a primary operating activity and therefore represents a different class of income or expense than those included in adjusted EBITDA.

Interest on long-term debt - interest on long-term debt reflects our debt/equity mix, interest rates and borrowing position from time to time. Accordingly, interest on long-term debt reflects our treasury/financing activities and represents a different class of expense than those included in adjusted EBITDA.

Net foreign exchange gain or loss - as non-cash items, foreign exchange gains or losses have no impact on the determination of free cash flow(B) and is not indicative of our operating profitability.

Net gain or loss on financial instruments - as non-cash items, gains or losses on financial instruments have no impact on the determination of free cash flow(B) and is not indicative of our operating profitability.

Loss on extinguishment of debt - as a non-cash item, loss on extinguishment is not indicative of our operating profitability and reflects a resulting charge from a change in our debt financing. Accordingly, it reflects our treasury/financing activities and represents a different class of expense than those included in adjusted EBITDA.

Re-measurement gain on previously held equity investment - as a non-cash item, the re-measurement gain on previously held equity investment has no impact on the determination of free cash flow(B) and is not indicative of our operating profitability.

Other expenses - other expenses typically represent amounts paid to certain management of acquired companies who are retained by us post acquisition and amounts paid to certain executives in respect of acquisitions successfully completed. These expenses are not considered an expense indicative of continuing operations. Accordingly, other expenses represent a different class of expense than those included in adjusted EBITDA.

Income taxes - income taxes are a function of tax laws and rates and are affected by matters which are separate from our daily operations.

Net income or loss from equity accounted investee - as a non-cash item, net income or loss from our equity accounted investee has no impact on the determination of free cash flow(B) and is not indicative of our operating profitability.

(B) We have adopted a measure called "free cash flow" to supplement net income or loss as a measure of our operating performance. Free cash flow is a term which does not have a standardized meaning prescribed by U.S. GAAP, is prepared before dividends declared and shares repurchased, and may not be comparable to similar measures prepared by other companies. The purpose of presenting this non-GAAP measure is to provide disclosure similar to the disclosure provided by other U.S. publicly listed companies in our industry and to provide investors and analysts with an additional measure of our value and liquidity. We use this non-GAAP measure to assess our performance relative to other U.S. publicly listed companies and to assess the availability of funds for growth investment, debt repayment, share repurchases or dividend increases. All references to "free cash flow" in this document have the meaning set out in this note.

About Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.

As one of North America's largest full-service waste management companies, we provide non-hazardous solid waste collection, recycling and disposal services to commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers in 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia and six Canadian provinces. We serve our customers with vertically integrated collection and disposal assets. Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.'s shares are listed on the New York and Toronto Stock Exchanges under the symbol BIN.

To find out more about Progressive Waste Solutions, visit our website at www.progressivewaste.com.

Contacts:
Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.
Chaya Cooperberg
VP, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Tel: (905) 532-7517
Email: [email protected]
www.progressivewaste.com

Source: Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.



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