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Exhibit 99.3
THE CLOROX COMPANY
RECONCILIATION OF ECONOMIC
PROFIT (UNAUDITED) (1)
| Dollars in millions | FY15 | FY14 | FY13 | ||||||
| Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes | $ | 921 | $ | 884 | $ | 852 | |||
| Noncash U.S. GAAP restructuring and intangible asset impairment costs | 1 | 3 | - | ||||||
| Interest expense | 100 | 103 | 122 | ||||||
| Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes, | |||||||||
| noncash U.S. GAAP restructuring and intangible asset impairment | |||||||||
| costs, and interest expense | $ | 1,022 | $ | 990 | $ | 974 | |||
| Income taxes on earnings from continuing operations before | |||||||||
| income taxes, noncash U.S. GAAP restructuring and intangible asset | |||||||||
| impairment costs and interest expense(2) | 350 | 342 | 318 | ||||||
| Adjusted after tax profit | $ | 672 | $ | 648 | $ | 656 | |||
| Average capital employed(3) | 2,393 | 2,494 | 2,552 | ||||||
| Capital charge(4) | 214 | 225 | 230 | ||||||
| Economic profit(1) (Adjusted after tax profit less capital charge) | $ | 458 | $ | 423 | $ | 426 | |||
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| (1) | Economic profit (EP) is defined by the Company as earnings from continuing operations before income taxes, excluding noncash U.S. GAAP restructuring and intangible asset impairment costs, and interest expense; less an amount of tax based on the effective tax rate, and less a charge equal to average capital employed multiplied by the weighted-average cost of capital. EP is a key financial metric that the Company’s management uses to evaluate business performance and allocate resources, and is a component in determining management’s incentive compensation. The Company’s management believes EP provides additional perspective to investors about financial returns generated by the business and represents profit generated over and above the cost of capital used by the business to generate that profit. |
| (2) | The tax rate applied is the effective tax rate on continuing operations, which was 34.2%, 34.6% and 32.7% in fiscal years 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. |
| (3) | Total capital employed represents total assets less non-interest bearing liabilities. Adjusted capital employed represents total capital employed adjusted to add back current year after tax noncash U.S. GAAP restructuring and intangible asset impairment costs. Average capital employed is the average of adjusted capital employed for the current year and total capital employed for the prior year, based on year-end balances. See below for details of the average capital employed calculation: |
| FY15 | FY14 | FY13 | |||||||
| Total assets | $ | 4,164 | $ | 4,258 | $ | 4,311 | |||
| Less: | |||||||||
| Accounts payable | 431 | 440 | 413 | ||||||
| Accrued liabilities | 545 | 472 | 490 | ||||||
| Income taxes payable | 31 | 8 | 29 | ||||||
| Other liabilities | 745 | 768 | 742 | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 95 | 103 | 119 | ||||||
| Non-interest bearing liabilities | 1,847 | 1,791 | 1,793 | ||||||
| Total capital employed | 2,317 | 2,467 | 2,518 | ||||||
| After tax noncash U.S. GAAP restructuring | |||||||||
| and intangible asset impairment costs | 1 | 2 | - | ||||||
| Adjusted capital employed | $ | 2,318 | $ | 2,469 | $ | 2,518 | |||
| Average capital employed | $ | 2,393 | $ | 2,494 | $ | 2,552 | |||
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| (4) | Capital charge represents average capital employed multiplied by the weighted-average cost of capital. The weighted-average cost of capital used to calculate capital charge was 9% for all fiscal years presented. The calculation of capital charge includes the impact of rounding numbers. |
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