IQVIA Reports Third-Quarter 2021 Results and Raises Full-Year 2021 Guidance
IQVIA reported impressive financial results for Q3 2021, with revenue reaching $3,391 million, a 21.7% year-over-year increase. GAAP Net Income soared to $261 million, marking a 158.4% rise. Adjusted EBITDA stood at $728 million, up 20.5%. The company raised its full-year guidance for revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Diluted EPS. R&D Solutions contracted backlog grew 12.7% to $24.4 billion, with an expected $6.9 billion conversion to revenue in the next year. Overall, IQVIA demonstrated robust growth across all segments.
- Revenue of $3,391 million grew 21.7% year-over-year.
- GAAP Net Income increased to $261 million, up 158.4% year-over-year.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $728 million grew 20.5% year-over-year.
- R&D Solutions contracted backlog reached $24.4 billion, up 12.7% year-over-year.
- Full-year guidance raised for revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Diluted EPS.
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Revenue of
for the third quarter grew 21.7 percent year-over-year$3,391 million -
GAAP Net Income of
for the third quarter grew 158.4 percent year-over-year$261 million -
Adjusted EBITDA of
for the third quarter grew 20.5 percent year-over-year$728 million -
GAAP Diluted Earnings per Share of
for the third quarter grew 157.7 percent year-over-year$1.34 -
Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share of
for the third quarter grew 33.1 percent year-over-year$2.17 -
R&D Solutions contracted backlog of
grew 12.7 percent year-over-year$24.4 billion - Full-year 2021 guidance raised for revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Diluted EPS
Third-Quarter 2021 Operating Results
Revenue for the third quarter of
R&DS contracted backlog, including reimbursed expenses, grew 12.7 percent year-over-year to
“We delivered another quarter of strong organic revenue growth as well as robust earnings and free cash flow,” said
Third-quarter GAAP Net Income was
Year-to-Date 2021 Operating Results
Revenue for the first nine months of 2021 was
GAAP Net Income was
Financial Position
As of
Share Repurchase
During the third quarter of 2021, the company repurchased
Full-Year 2021 Guidance
For full-year 2021, the company is raising its guidance ranges as follows:
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Prior Guidance |
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Revenue |
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VPY% (1) |
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Adjusted EBITDA |
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VPY% (1) |
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Adjusted Diluted EPS |
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VPY% (1) |
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(1) Growth rates are at actual foreign currency exchange rates. |
Fourth-Quarter 2021 Guidance
For the fourth quarter of 2021, the company is providing guidance as follows:
($ in millions, except per share data) |
Guidance |
VPY% (1) |
Revenue |
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Adjusted EBITDA |
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Adjusted Diluted EPS |
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(1) Growth rates are at actual foreign currency exchange rates. |
All financial guidance assumes foreign currency exchange rates as of
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About IQVIA
IQVIA is a global leader in protecting individual patient privacy. The company uses a wide variety of privacy-enhancing technologies and safeguards to protect individual privacy while generating and analyzing information on a scale that helps healthcare stakeholders identify disease patterns and correlate with the precise treatment path and therapy needed for better outcomes. IQVIA’s insights and execution capabilities help biotech, medical device and pharmaceutical companies, medical researchers, government agencies, payers and other healthcare stakeholders tap into a deeper understanding of diseases, human behavior and scientific advances, in an effort to advance their path toward cures. To learn more, visit www.iqvia.com.
Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation, our fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 guidance. In this context, forward-looking statements often address expected future business and financial performance and financial condition, and often contain words such as “expect,” “assume,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “forecast,” “believe,” “seek,” “see,” “will,” “would,” “target,” similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words. Actual results may differ materially from our expectations due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the following: business disruptions caused by natural disasters, pandemics such as the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak and the public health policy responses to the outbreak, international conflicts or other disruptions outside of our control; our ability to accurately model or forecast the impact of the spread and/or containment of COVID-19, among other sources of business interruption, on our operations and financial results; most of our contracts may be terminated on short notice, and we may lose or experience delays with large client contracts or be unable to enter into new contracts; the market for our services may not grow as we expect; we may be unable to successfully develop and market new services or enter new markets; imposition of restrictions on our use of data by data suppliers or their refusal to license data to us; any failure by us to comply with contractual, regulatory or ethical requirements under our contracts, including current or changes to data protection and privacy laws; breaches or misuse of our or our outsourcing partners’ security or communications systems; failure to meet our productivity or business transformation objectives; failure to successfully invest in growth opportunities; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights and our susceptibility to claims by others that we are infringing on their intellectual property rights; the expiration or inability to acquire third party licenses for technology or intellectual property; any failure by us to accurately and timely price and formulate cost estimates for contracts, or to document change orders; hardware and software failures, delays in the operation of our computer and communications systems or the failure to implement system enhancements; the rate at which our backlog converts to revenue; our ability to acquire, develop and implement technology necessary for our business; consolidation in the industries in which our clients operate; risks related to client or therapeutic concentration; government regulators or our customers may limit the scope of prescription or withdraw products from the market, and government regulators may impose new regulatory requirements or may adopt new regulations affecting the biopharmaceutical industry; the risks associated with operating on a global basis, including currency or exchange rate fluctuations and legal compliance, including anti-corruption laws; risks related to changes in accounting standards; general economic conditions in the markets in which we operate, including financial market conditions and risks related to sales to government entities; the impact of changes in tax laws and regulations; and our ability to successfully integrate, and achieve expected benefits from, our acquired businesses. For a further discussion of the risks relating to our business, see the “Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
Note on Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This release included information based on financial measures that are not recognized under generally accepted accounting principles in
The non-GAAP financial measures are not presented in accordance with GAAP. Please refer to the schedules attached to this release for reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures contained herein to the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Our fourth-quarter and full-year 2021 guidance measures (other than revenue) are provided on a non-GAAP basis without a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure because the company is unable to predict with a reasonable degree of certainty certain items contained in the GAAP measures without unreasonable efforts. Such items include, but are not limited to, acquisition related expenses, restructuring and related expenses, stock-based compensation and other items not reflective of the company's ongoing operations.
Non-GAAP measures are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in their evaluation of companies comparable to the company, many of which present non-GAAP measures when reporting their results. Non-GAAP measures have limitations as an analytical tool. They are not presentations made in accordance with GAAP, are not measures of financial condition or liquidity and should not be considered as an alternative to profit or loss for the period determined in accordance with GAAP or operating cash flows determined in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP measures are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. As a result, you should not consider such performance measures in isolation from, or as a substitute analysis for, the company’s results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP.
IQVIAFIN
Table 1
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (preliminary and unaudited) |
||||||||||||||||
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
(in millions, except per share data) |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||||||
Revenues |
|
$ |
3,391 |
|
|
$ |
2,786 |
|
|
$ |
10,238 |
|
|
$ |
8,061 |
|
Costs of revenue, exclusive of depreciation and amortization |
|
2,253 |
|
|
1,800 |
|
|
6,869 |
|
|
5,328 |
|
||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
|
498 |
|
|
460 |
|
|
1,422 |
|
|
1,298 |
|
||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
336 |
|
|
319 |
|
|
1,002 |
|
|
943 |
|
||||
Restructuring costs |
|
2 |
|
|
20 |
|
|
15 |
|
|
50 |
|
||||
Income from operations |
|
302 |
|
|
187 |
|
|
930 |
|
|
442 |
|
||||
Interest income |
|
(2 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
|
(4 |
) |
|
(4 |
) |
||||
Interest expense |
|
92 |
|
|
100 |
|
|
285 |
|
|
314 |
|
||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt |
|
1 |
|
|
— |
|
|
25 |
|
|
12 |
|
||||
Other income, net |
|
(62 |
) |
|
(14 |
) |
|
(128 |
) |
|
(59 |
) |
||||
Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of
|
|
273 |
|
|
102 |
|
|
752 |
|
|
179 |
|
||||
Income tax expense (benefit) |
|
12 |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
104 |
|
|
9 |
|
||||
Income before equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates |
|
261 |
|
|
105 |
|
|
648 |
|
|
170 |
|
||||
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates |
|
— |
|
|
3 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
8 |
|
||||
Net income |
|
261 |
|
|
108 |
|
|
653 |
|
|
178 |
|
||||
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests |
|
— |
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
(5 |
) |
|
(18 |
) |
||||
Net income attributable to |
|
$ |
261 |
|
|
$ |
101 |
|
|
$ |
648 |
|
|
$ |
160 |
|
Earnings per share attributable to common stockholders: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Basic |
|
$ |
1.36 |
|
|
$ |
0.53 |
|
|
$ |
3.38 |
|
|
$ |
0.84 |
|
Diluted |
|
$ |
1.34 |
|
|
$ |
0.52 |
|
|
$ |
3.32 |
|
|
$ |
0.82 |
|
Weighted average common shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Basic |
|
191.5 |
|
|
191.3 |
|
|
191.5 |
|
|
191.3 |
|
||||
Diluted |
|
195.3 |
|
|
194.9 |
|
|
195.0 |
|
|
194.9 |
|
Table 2
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (preliminary and unaudited) |
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(in millions, except per share data) |
|
|
|
|
||||
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
||||
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
1,470 |
|
|
$ |
1,814 |
|
Trade accounts receivable and unbilled services, net |
|
2,330 |
|
|
2,410 |
|
||
Prepaid expenses |
|
164 |
|
|
159 |
|
||
Income taxes receivable |
|
56 |
|
|
56 |
|
||
Investments in debt, equity and other securities |
|
104 |
|
|
88 |
|
||
Other current assets and receivables |
|
410 |
|
|
563 |
|
||
Total current assets |
|
4,534 |
|
|
5,090 |
|
||
Property and equipment, net |
|
485 |
|
|
482 |
|
||
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
|
404 |
|
|
471 |
|
||
Investments in debt, equity and other securities |
|
74 |
|
|
78 |
|
||
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates |
|
84 |
|
|
84 |
|
||
|
|
13,124 |
|
|
12,654 |
|
||
Other identifiable intangibles, net |
|
4,812 |
|
|
5,205 |
|
||
Deferred income taxes |
|
105 |
|
|
114 |
|
||
Deposits and other assets |
|
411 |
|
|
386 |
|
||
Total assets |
|
$ |
24,033 |
|
|
$ |
24,564 |
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
||||
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
|
$ |
2,663 |
|
|
$ |
2,813 |
|
Unearned income |
|
1,826 |
|
|
1,252 |
|
||
Income taxes payable |
|
53 |
|
|
102 |
|
||
Current portion of long-term debt |
|
91 |
|
|
149 |
|
||
Other current liabilities |
|
214 |
|
|
242 |
|
||
Total current liabilities |
|
4,847 |
|
|
4,558 |
|
||
Long-term debt, less current portion |
|
12,081 |
|
|
12,384 |
|
||
Deferred income taxes |
|
297 |
|
|
338 |
|
||
Operating lease liabilities |
|
323 |
|
|
371 |
|
||
Other liabilities |
|
656 |
|
|
633 |
|
||
Total liabilities |
|
18,204 |
|
|
18,284 |
|
||
Commitments and contingencies |
|
|
|
|
||||
Stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Common stock and additional paid-in capital, 400.0 shares authorized as of
|
|
10,747 |
|
|
11,095 |
|
||
Retained earnings |
|
1,925 |
|
|
1,277 |
|
||
|
|
(6,398 |
) |
|
(6,166 |
) |
||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
(445 |
) |
|
(205 |
) |
||
Equity attributable to IQVIA Holdings Inc.’s stockholders |
|
5,829 |
|
|
6,001 |
|
||
Non-controlling interests |
|
— |
|
|
279 |
|
||
Total stockholders’ equity |
|
5,829 |
|
|
6,280 |
|
||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
|
$ |
24,033 |
|
|
$ |
24,564 |
|
Table 3
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (preliminary and unaudited) |
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|
|
Nine Months Ended |
||||||
(in millions) |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||
Operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Net income |
|
$ |
653 |
|
|
$ |
178 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
1,002 |
|
|
943 |
|
||
Amortization of debt issuance costs and discount |
|
14 |
|
|
13 |
|
||
Stock-based compensation |
|
128 |
|
|
69 |
|
||
Earnings from unconsolidated affiliates |
|
(5 |
) |
|
(8 |
) |
||
Gain on investments, net |
|
(9 |
) |
|
(17 |
) |
||
Benefit from deferred income taxes |
|
(83 |
) |
|
(160 |
) |
||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Change in accounts receivable, unbilled services and unearned income |
|
663 |
|
|
328 |
|
||
Change in other operating assets and liabilities |
|
(113 |
) |
|
(137 |
) |
||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
2,250 |
|
|
1,209 |
|
||
Investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Acquisition of property, equipment and software |
|
(456 |
) |
|
(440 |
) |
||
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired |
|
(994 |
) |
|
(118 |
) |
||
Purchases of marketable securities, net |
|
(9 |
) |
|
(8 |
) |
||
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates, net of payments received |
|
(3 |
) |
|
8 |
|
||
Proceeds from sale of (investments in) equity securities |
|
5 |
|
|
(2 |
) |
||
Other |
|
1 |
|
|
— |
|
||
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
(1,456 |
) |
|
(560 |
) |
||
Financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
||||
Proceeds from issuance of debt |
|
1,951 |
|
|
1,591 |
|
||
Payment of debt issuance costs |
|
(40 |
) |
|
(33 |
) |
||
Repayment of debt and principal payments on finance leases |
|
(2,068 |
) |
|
(792 |
) |
||
Proceeds from revolving credit facility |
|
410 |
|
|
1,250 |
|
||
Repayment of revolving credit facility |
|
(300 |
) |
|
(1,610 |
) |
||
(Payments) related to employee stock option plans |
|
(51 |
) |
|
(43 |
) |
||
Repurchase of common stock |
|
(202 |
) |
|
(346 |
) |
||
Distributions to non-controlling interest, net |
|
— |
|
|
(16 |
) |
||
Acquisition of Quest's non-controlling interest |
|
(758 |
) |
|
— |
|
||
Contingent consideration and deferred purchase price payments |
|
(39 |
) |
|
(20 |
) |
||
Net cash used in financing activities |
|
(1,097 |
) |
|
(19 |
) |
||
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash |
|
(41 |
) |
|
(3 |
) |
||
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents |
|
(344 |
) |
|
627 |
|
||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
1,814 |
|
|
837 |
|
||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
|
$ |
1,470 |
|
|
$ |
1,464 |
|
Table 4
NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED EBITDA RECONCILIATION (preliminary and unaudited) |
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|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
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(in millions) |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||||||
Net Income Attributable to |
|
$ |
261 |
|
|
$ |
101 |
|
|
$ |
648 |
|
|
$ |
160 |
|
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes |
|
12 |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
104 |
|
|
9 |
|
||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
336 |
|
|
319 |
|
|
1,002 |
|
|
943 |
|
||||
Interest expense, net |
|
90 |
|
|
99 |
|
|
281 |
|
|
310 |
|
||||
Income in unconsolidated affiliates |
|
— |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
(5 |
) |
|
(8 |
) |
||||
Income from non-controlling interests |
|
— |
|
|
7 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
18 |
|
||||
Deferred revenue purchase accounting adjustments |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
1 |
|
||||
Stock-based compensation |
|
48 |
|
|
33 |
|
|
128 |
|
|
69 |
|
||||
Other income, net |
|
(55 |
) |
|
(3 |
) |
|
(93 |
) |
|
(35 |
) |
||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt |
|
1 |
|
|
— |
|
|
25 |
|
|
12 |
|
||||
Restructuring and related expenses |
|
13 |
|
|
25 |
|
|
44 |
|
|
65 |
|
||||
Acquisition related expenses |
|
22 |
|
|
29 |
|
|
55 |
|
|
105 |
|
||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
|
$ |
728 |
|
|
$ |
604 |
|
|
$ |
2,194 |
|
|
$ |
1,649 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Table 5
NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED NET INCOME RECONCILIATION (preliminary and unaudited) |
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|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
(in millions, except per share data) |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||||||
Net Income Attributable to |
|
$ |
261 |
|
|
$ |
101 |
|
|
$ |
648 |
|
|
$ |
160 |
|
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes |
|
12 |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
104 |
|
|
9 |
|
||||
Purchase accounting amortization (1) |
|
231 |
|
|
226 |
|
|
695 |
|
|
691 |
|
||||
Income in unconsolidated affiliates |
|
— |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
(5 |
) |
|
(8 |
) |
||||
Income from non-controlling interests |
|
— |
|
|
7 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
18 |
|
||||
Deferred revenue purchase accounting adjustments |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
1 |
|
||||
Stock-based compensation |
|
48 |
|
|
33 |
|
|
128 |
|
|
69 |
|
||||
Other income, net |
|
(55 |
) |
|
(3 |
) |
|
(93 |
) |
|
(35 |
) |
||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt |
|
1 |
|
|
— |
|
|
25 |
|
|
12 |
|
||||
Restructuring and related expenses |
|
13 |
|
|
25 |
|
|
44 |
|
|
65 |
|
||||
Acquisition related expenses |
|
22 |
|
|
29 |
|
|
55 |
|
|
105 |
|
||||
Adjusted Pre Tax Income |
|
$ |
533 |
|
|
$ |
412 |
|
|
$ |
1,606 |
|
|
$ |
1,087 |
|
Adjusted tax expense |
|
(110 |
) |
|
(84 |
) |
|
(333 |
) |
|
(223 |
) |
||||
Income from non-controlling interests |
|
— |
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
(5 |
) |
|
(18 |
) |
||||
Minority interest effect in non-GAAP adjustments (2) |
|
— |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
(4 |
) |
|
(5 |
) |
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Adjusted Net Income |
|
$ |
423 |
|
|
$ |
318 |
|
|
$ |
1,264 |
|
|
$ |
841 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Adjusted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Basic |
|
$ |
2.21 |
|
|
$ |
1.66 |
|
|
$ |
6.60 |
|
|
$ |
4.40 |
|
Diluted |
|
$ |
2.17 |
|
|
$ |
1.63 |
|
|
$ |
6.48 |
|
|
$ |
4.32 |
|
Weighted average common shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Basic |
|
191.5 |
|
|
191.3 |
|
|
191.5 |
|
|
191.3 |
|
||||
Diluted |
|
195.3 |
|
|
194.9 |
|
|
195.0 |
|
|
194.9 |
|
(1) |
Reflects all the amortization of acquired intangible assets. |
(2) |
Reflects the portion of Q2 Solutions' after-tax non-GAAP adjustments attributable to the minority interest partner. |
Table 6
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES TO FREE CASH FLOW RECONCILIATION (preliminary and unaudited) |
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|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
||||
(in millions) |
|
2021 |
|
2021 |
||||
|
|
$ |
844 |
|
|
$ |
2,250 |
|
Acquisition of property, equipment and software |
|
(162 |
) |
|
(456 |
) |
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Free Cash Flow |
|
$ |
682 |
|
|
$ |
1,794 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Table 7
CALCULATION OF GROSS AND NET LEVERAGE RATIOS
AS OF (preliminary and unaudited) |
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(in millions) |
|
|
||
Gross Debt, net of Original Issue Discount, as of |
|
$ |
12,172 |
|
Net Debt as of |
|
$ |
10,702 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve months ended |
|
$ |
2,929 |
|
Gross Leverage Ratio (Gross Debt/LTM Adjusted EBITDA) |
|
4.2x |
|
|
Net Leverage Ratio (Net Debt/LTM Adjusted EBITDA) |
|
3.7x |
|
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