Liquidity and Debt
The leverage ratio (net debt/ EBITDA LTM) stood at 4.98x, solely due to the noncash effect from exchange variation during the year.
It is important to note that the contracts of bank and market financing transactions include provisions that allow for excluding the effects of exchange variation from the calculation of the leverage ratio, which on this basis stood at 3.42x at the close of 4Q14. For more information, see Note 32.6 to the financial statements.