Step 1 — Relevant industry Bouygues is a diversified industrial group with construction, telecom, media, and energy/services exposure. It does not fit cleanly into the provided regulated utilities, E&P, unregulated power/gas, or transportation infrastructure methodologies as a whole. Therefore, I apply the general corporate baseline formulas. Step 2 — Estimate Adjusted EBITDA Reported/reconstructed EBITDA can be approximated from operating profit plus depreciation/amortization and impairment/provision expense. Given: - Profit from operating activities = €1,872m - Depreciation and amortisation expense = €2,228m - Depreciation of right-of-use assets = €446m - Impairment/provision expense = €172m - Nonrecurring operating income = €93m - Nonrecurring operating expense = €183m A practical EBITDA reconstruction: - EBITDA before nonrecurring normalization = 1,872 + 2,228 + 446 + 172 = €4,718m Normalize nonrecurring items: - Add back nonrecurring losses: +€183m - Remove nonrecurring gains: -€93m Adjusted EBITDA: - 4,718 + 183 - 93 = €4,808m Step 3 — Estimate FFO Baseline: FFO = Adjusted EBITDA - cash interest - cash taxes Given: - Interest paid = €260m - Income taxes paid = €518m FFO: - 4,808 - 260 - 518 = €4,030m This is close to the company’s cash-flow-before-working-capital style figure: - Cash flow after cost of net debt, lease interest and income taxes paid = €3,324m - Add back cost of net debt and lease interest = €260m - This gives €3,584m before interest/tax financing effect, but includes various company-specific adjustments and excludes/handles some noncash items differently. For S&P-style FFO using EBITDA less cash interest and cash taxes, €4,030m is a reasonable estimate. Step 4 — Estimate Adjusted Debt Baseline: Adjusted Debt = reported debt + leases + other debt-like items - eligible cash Use balance sheet borrowings and lease liabilities: - Long-term borrowings = €11,586m - Current borrowings/current portion = €1,361m - Current overdrafts and short-term bank borrowings = €418m - Noncurrent lease liabilities = €2,107m - Current lease liabilities = €498m Gross debt including leases: - 11,586 + 1,361 + 418 + 2,107 + 498 = €15,970m Eligible cash: - Cash and cash equivalents = €5,736m Adjusted Debt: - 15,970 - 5,736 = €10,234m Step 5 — FFO / Adjusted Debt FFO / Adjusted Debt: - 4,030 / 10,234 = 0.3937854211 Rounded to four decimals: 0.3938