Financial Review: 73Free Cash Flow | Capital Investments
Free Cash Flow (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Information
Years ended December 31
(dollars in millions)
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
Cash provided by operating activities | $730 | $782 | $1,428 | $356 | $1,560 | $2,016 | $2,064 | $2,776 | $3,567 | $3,598 | $2,603 |
Capital expenditures | (96) | (117) | (92) | (139) | (115) | (123) | (113) | (115) | (76) | (35) | (89) |
Distributions to noncontrolling interest holders | (24) | (75) | (84) | (104) | (116) | (111) | (154) | (143) | (194) | (227) | (270) |
Free cash flow | $610 | $590 | $1,252 | $113 | $1,329 | $1,782 | $1,797 | $2,518 | $3,297 | $3,336 | $2,244 |
Tax on gain from sale of J.D. Power | – | – | – | – | 200 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Tax on gain from sale of SPSE and CMA | – | – | – | – | – | 67 | – | – | – | – | – |
Tax on gain from sale of SPIAS and RigData | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – |
Payment of legal and regulatory settlements | – | – | 35 | 1,624 | 150 | 4 | 180 | 1 | – | – | – |
Legal settlement insurance recoveries | – | – | – | (101) | (77) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Settlement from prior-year tax audits | – | – | – | – | – | – | 73 | 51 | – | – | – |
Tax benefit from legal settlements | – | – | – | (250) | (24) | (2) | (44) | – | – | – | – |
IHS Markit merger costs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 178 | 727 |
Tax on gain from sale of divestitures | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 704 |
S&P Global Foundation grant | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 200 |
Debt financing derivative | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 85 |
IHS Markit operating cash outflow prior to acquisition | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | (15) |
Russia suspension costs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 |
Free cash flow excluding above items (2012-2021) /Non-GAAP pro forma adjusted free cash flow excluding above items (2022) | $610 | $590 | $1,287 | $1,386 | $1,578 | $1,851 | $2,006 | $2,583 | $3,297 | $3,514 | $3,955 |
Non-GAAP pro forma adjusted free cash flow excluding certain items was approximately $4 billion in 2022
Notes:
The free cash flow presentation for 2012-2014 reflects McGraw Hill Construction as a discontinued operation and 2012-2013 reflects McGraw-Hill Education as a discontinued operation. Prior years were not restated
2012 free cash flow was impacted by costs to enable the separation of McGraw-Hill Education and a pension contribution in Q4 2012
2013 free cash flow was impacted by a tax payment in Q1 2013 that was extended from Q4 2012, a legal settlement, and a payment related to an early lease termination
2014 free cash flow was impacted by a tax refund received in Q1 2014 for an overpayment in 2013 and improved collections impacting accounts receivable
2015 free cash flow was impacted by after-tax legal and regulatory settlements and insurance recoveries
2016 free cash flow was impacted by after-tax legal settlements, insurance recoveries, and tax on gain from sale of J.D. Power
2017 free cash flow was impacted by after-tax legal settlements and tax on gain from sale of SPSE and CMA
2018 free cash flow was impacted by after-tax legal settlements and settlement of prior-year tax audits
2019 free cash flow was impacted by legal settlements, settlement of prior-year tax audits, and tax on gain from sale of SPIAS and RigData
2021 free cash flow was impacted by IHS Markit merger costs
2022 free cash flow was impacted by IHS Markit merger costs, tax on gain from sale of divestitures, S&P Global Foundation grant, debt financing derivative, IHS Markit operating cash outflow prior to acquisition, and Russia suspension costs
2014-2022 free cash flow presentation reflects the adoption of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-09. Prior years were not restated
Details may not sum to total due to rounding