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GKN acquisition net debt¹ fully repaid
Melrose
2. Acquisition net debt¹ repaid: protecting shareholder value and de-risking the transformation in
challenging conditions
Buy
Improve
Sell
£nil
net debt¹
At GKN
acquisition
(2018)
£3.4bn
opening
net debt¹
Leverage¹
c.2.5x
£2.6bn
disposal
proceeds
Acquisition
net debt
repaid
£1.0bn free
cash inflow²
£1.2bn
paid to
shareholders
Significantly protecting shareholder value, and de-risking the transformation of GKN
At 31
December
2021
1. Described in the glossary to the Preliminary Announcement and considered by the Board to be a key measure of performance
2. After total restructuring spend of £0.7 billion and pension contributions of £0.5 billion
£0.95bn
net debt¹
Despite challenging trading, the Group's opening net debt¹ at the GKN acquisition has been fully repaid, save cash paid to
shareholders over that period
Leverage¹
1.3x
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