date:Feb 08, 2014
purchase accounting gain and acquisition-related costs, was $421.4 million, or 11.2% of sales, compared to EBITDA of $330.8 million, or 10.9% of sales last year, excluding acquisition-related costs. Including the benefit/costs, EBITDA was $453.7 million, or 12.1% of sales, compared to $321.2 million, or 10.5% of sales last year. During 2013, carrying costs of $5.7 million related to the acquired Hostess facilities negatively affected EBITDA margin by 20 basis points.
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