TELUS Digital reports third quarter 2024 results, with performance on target to achieving its full-year outlook
“TELUS Digital’s financial performance in the third quarter of 2024 reflects a solid step toward achieving our full-year outlook, resulting in part from a focus on fundamentals that support our return to growth. We’re guided by four key pillars to improve our trajectory and foster the longer-term success of our business: rejuvenating revenue growth, differentiated service quality, investing in our talent, and embedding AI capabilities in our processes and services. Specifically, to help rejuvenate our revenue growth, we've invested in additional sales capacity and capabilities, advanced our cross-selling and service bundles, and intensified our value added services positioning in the face of heightened price competition in our industry. The results of our efforts are starting to show in the third quarter and we're committed to delivering further improvements,” said
“The ongoing digitization of our CX services is a far-reaching, cross-enterprise program utilizing our full suite of digital solutions, including strategy consulting, turnkey and customizable assistants powered by Fuel iXTM, our proprietary enterprise-grade GenAI management platform, and foundational technology, data, and infrastructure services. We saw promising signs of progress in the third quarter of 2024, providing strategic consulting services to our top clients across the technology, financial services and transportation sectors. Looking ahead, we plan to expand the program globally and bring it to top accounts in each region,” said
Provided below are financial and operating highlights that include certain non-GAAP measures and ratios. See the Non-GAAP section of this news release for a discussion on such measures and ratios.
Q3 2024 vs. Q3 2023 summary
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Revenue of
$658 million , a decrease of$5 million or 1% on a reported basis and on a constant currency basis1. The year-over-year comparison reflected a persistently challenging macroeconomic environment and competitive conditions in the industry, with lower revenues from a leading social media client and other technology clients, as well as certain telecommunication and e-commerce and fintech clients, however, partially offset by revenue growth from services provided toTELUS Corporation , among other existing clients, as well as new clients added since the same quarter in the prior year.
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Net loss of
$32 million and diluted EPS of$(0.12) , compared with net income of$9 million and diluted EPS of$0.03 , respectively, in the same quarter of the prior year, due to increases in operating expenses and lower revenue earned, partially offset by lower income tax expense. Net loss margin, calculated by dividing net loss by revenue for the period, was 4.9%, compared with net income margin of 1.4% for the same quarter in the prior year. Net loss and diluted EPS include the impact of acquisition and integration charges, amortization of purchased intangible assets and interest accretion on written put options, among other items. Adjusted Net Income1, which excludes the impact of such items, was$15 million , compared with$53 million in the same quarter of the prior year, primarily due to higher salaries and benefits, goods and services purchased, share-based compensation expense, and lower revenues earned, partially offset by lower income tax expense.
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Adjusted EBITDA1 was
$95 million , compared with$139 million in the same quarter of the prior year, primarily due to higher investments in corporate initiatives, such as expansion of our commercial sales team and operational effectiveness programs, as reflected in the increase in salaries and benefits and goods and services purchased, higher share-based compensation expense, and lower revenues earned. Adjusted EBITDA Margin1 was 14.4%, a decrease of 660 basis points from 21.0% in the same quarter of the prior year, due to the aforementioned factors, as well as a higher mix of AI services, increasing digital services provided toTELUS Corporation , a reduction in revenues from a leading social media client, and overall competitive pricing dynamics in the market for our services. Adjusted Diluted EPS1 was$0.05 , compared with$0.19 in the same quarter of the prior year.
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Cash provided by operating activities was
$121 million and Free Cash Flow1 was$98 million , compared with$185 million and$159 million , respectively, in the same quarter of the prior year, with decreases primarily due to lower operating profits and timing of income tax payments which were higher in the third quarter of 2024, partially offset by, in the case of Free Cash Flow, lower capital expenditures.
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Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Leverage Ratio1 as per credit agreement was 2.9x as of
September 30, 2024 compared with 2.8x as ofJune 30, 2024 and 2.8x as ofDecember 31, 2023 , and remained within our target steady-state range of 2-3x.
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Team member count was 77,163 as of
September 30, 2024 , an increase of 6% year-over-year, resulting from expansion in service programs in ourCentral America and other regions.
YTD Q3 2024 vs. YTD Q3 2023 summary
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Revenue of
$1,967 million , a decrease of$49 million or 2% year-over-year on a reported basis and on a constant currency basis, due to lower revenues from the same clients described above, which were partially offset by revenue growth from services provided to existing clients, includingTELUS Corporation andGoogle , as well as new clients added since the same period in the prior year.
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Net loss of
$7 million and diluted EPS of$(0.16) , compared with net income of$16 million and diluted EPS of$0.06 , respectively, in the same period of the prior year, due to increases in operating expenses, lower revenue earned, and higher income tax expense, partially offset by other income arising from business combination-related provisions. Net loss margin was 0.4%, compared with a net income margin of 0.8% for the same period in the prior year. Adjusted Net Income was$126 million , a decrease of 21% compared with$160 million in the same period of the prior year, primarily due to higher goods and services purchased, salaries and benefits, share-based compensation expense, income tax expense, and lower revenues earned, partially offset by other income arising from business combination-related provisions.
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Adjusted EBITDA was
$378 million , compared with$398 million in the same period of the prior year, primarily due to lower revenues earned and higher investments in strategic areas, as described above, resulting in an increase in goods and services purchased and salaries and benefits, and higher share-based compensation expense, partially offset by other income arising from business combination-related provisions. Adjusted EBITDA Margin was 19.2%, a decrease of 50 basis points from 19.7% in the same period of the prior year, due to the aforementioned factors, as well as a higher mix of AI services, increasing digital services provided toTELUS Corporation , a reduction in revenues from a leading social media client, and overall competitive pricing dynamics in the market for our services. Adjusted Diluted EPS was$0.43 , compared with$0.58 in the same period of the prior year.
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Cash provided by operating activities was
$371 million and Free Cash Flow was$300 million , with year-over-year increases of 4% and 3%, respectively, driven by higher net inflows from working capital and lower income taxes paid, partially offset by lower operating profits and, in the case of Free Cash Flow, higher capital expenditures.
A discussion of our results of operations is included in our Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the three- and nine-month periods ended
1 Revenue growth on a constant currency basis, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Diluted EPS and Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Leverage Ratio are non-GAAP ratios, while Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow are non-GAAP financial measures. See the Non-GAAP section of this news release.
Outlook
For the full-year 2024, management continues to expect:
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Revenue in the range of
$2,610 to$2,665 million
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Adjusted EBITDA in the range of
$465 to$485 million and Adjusted EBITDA Margin in the range of 17.8% to 18.1%
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Adjusted Diluted EPS in the range of
$0.39 to$0.44
Q3 2024 investor call
TELUS Digital will host a conference call today,
Non-GAAP
This news release includes non-GAAP financial information, with reconciliation to GAAP measures presented at the end of this news release. We report certain non-GAAP measures used in the management analysis of our performance, but these do not have standardized meanings under International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the
Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, Free Cash Flow, revenue on a constant currency basis, and Net Debt are non-GAAP financial measures, while Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Diluted EPS, revenue growth on a constant currency basis and Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Leverage Ratio are non-GAAP ratios.
Adjusted EBITDA is commonly used by our industry peers and provides a measure for investors to compare and evaluate our relative operating performance. We use it to assess our ability to service existing and new debt facilities, and to fund accretive growth opportunities and acquisition targets. In addition, certain financial debt covenants associated with our credit facility, including Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Leverage Ratio, are based on Adjusted EBITDA, which requires us to monitor this non-GAAP financial measure in connection with our financial covenants. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered an alternative to net income in measuring our financial performance, and it should not be used as a replacement measure of current and future operating cash flows. However, we believe a financial measure that presents net income adjusted for these items provides a more consistent measure for management to evaluate period-over-period performance and would enable an investor to better evaluate our underlying business trends, our operational performance and overall business strategy.
We exclude items from Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EBITDA, such as acquisition, integration and other, foreign exchange gains or losses and, additionally, with respect to Adjusted Net Income, the interest accretion on written put options, amortization of purchased intangible assets, and the related tax effect of these adjustments. Full reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Net Income to the comparable GAAP measures are included at the end of this news release.
We calculate Free Cash Flow by deducting capital expenditures from our cash provided by operating activities, as we believe capital expenditures are a necessary ongoing cost to maintain our existing productive capital assets and support our organic business operations. We use Free Cash Flow to evaluate the cash flows generated from our ongoing business operations that can be used to meet our financial obligations, service debt facilities, reinvest in our business, and to fund, in part, potential future acquisitions.
Adjusted EBITDA Margin is calculated by dividing Adjusted EBITDA by consolidated revenue. We regularly monitor Adjusted EBITDA Margin to evaluate our operating performance compared to established budgets, operational goals and the performance of industry peers.
Adjusted Diluted EPS is used by management to assess the profitability of our business operations on a per share basis. We regularly monitor Adjusted Diluted EPS as it provides a more consistent measure for management and investors to evaluate our period-over-period operating performance, to better understand our ability to manage operating costs and to generate profits. Adjusted Diluted EPS is calculated by dividing Adjusted Net Income by the weighted average number of diluted equity shares outstanding during the period.
Revenue on a constant currency basis is used by management to assess revenue, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, excluding the effect of foreign currency fluctuations. Revenue on a constant currency basis is calculated as current period revenue translated using average foreign exchange rates in the comparable prior period.
Revenue growth on a constant currency basis is used by management to assess the growth of revenue, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, excluding the effect of foreign currency fluctuations. Revenue growth on a constant currency basis is calculated as current period revenue growth translated using average foreign exchange rates in the comparable prior period.
Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Leverage Ratio as per our credit agreement is calculated based on Net Debt and Adjusted EBITDA, both as per our credit agreement. We seek to maintain a Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Leverage Ratio in the range of 2-3x. We may deviate from our target Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Leverage Ratio as per our credit agreement to pursue acquisitions and other strategic opportunities that may require us to borrow additional funds and, additionally, our ability to maintain this targeted ratio depends on our ability to continue to grow our business, general economic conditions, industry trends and other factors.
We have not provided a quantitative reconciliation of our full-year 2024 outlook for Adjusted EBITDA Margin and Adjusted Diluted EPS to our full-year 2024 outlook for net income margin and diluted EPS because we are unable, without making unreasonable efforts, to calculate certain reconciling items with confidence, which could materially affect the computation of these financial ratios and measures.
Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements concerning our business, operations and financial performance and condition, as well as our plans, objectives and expectations for our business operations and financial performance and condition. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “aim”, “anticipate”, “assume”, “believe”, “contemplate”, “continue”, “could”, “due”, “estimate”, “expect”, “goal”, “intend”, “may”, “objective”, “plan”, “predict”, “potential”, “positioned”, “seek”, “should”, “target”, “will”, “would” and other similar expressions that are predictions of or indicate future events and future trends, or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about our business and the industry in which we operate, and management's beliefs and assumptions, and are not guarantees of future performance or development and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are in some cases beyond our control. We assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, uncertainties or otherwise, except as required by law.
Specifically, we made several assumptions underlying our financial outlook for the full-year 2024 results, including key assumptions in relation to: our ability to mitigate pricing pressures, the impact of weaker client demand and competitive pressures in our industry, and execute our growth strategy, including by expanding services offered to existing clients and attracting new clients; our ability to grow our AI business; our ability to maintain our corporate culture and competitiveness of our service offerings; our ability to attract and retain talent; our ability to realize the benefits of our acquisition of WillowTree; the relative growth rate and size of our target industry verticals; our projected operating and capital expenditure requirements, and our ability to manage costs and adjust cost structure as needed; and the impact of global conditions on our and our clients’ businesses, including a potential economic recession, inflation, interest rates fluctuations, the
Risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things:
- We face intense competition from companies that offer services similar to ours.
- Our business and financial results have been and could be adversely affected by a number of global conditions and the effects of these same conditions on our clients’ businesses and demand for our services.
- Because the majority of our costs is fixed in the short-term, we may experience a delay in our ability to immediately adjust our cost structure in response to prolonged lower client demand.
- Two clients account for a significant portion of our revenue and loss of or reduction in business from, or consolidation of, these or any other major clients could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, financial performance and prospects.
- Our ability to grow and maintain our profitability could be materially affected if changes in technology, including without limitation generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), and client expectations outpace our service offerings and the development of our internal tools and processes or if we are not able to meet the expectations of our clients.
- Our growth prospects are dependent upon attracting and retaining enough qualified team members to support our operations and competition for talent is intense.
- If we cannot maintain our unique culture as we grow, our services, financial performance and business may be harmed.
- Our business could be adversely affected if we lose members of our senior management.
- We could be unable to successfully identify, complete, integrate and realize the benefits of acquisitions, or manage the associated risks.
- The unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential client and customer data, through cyberattacks or otherwise, could expose us to protracted and costly litigation, damage to reputation and cause us to lose clients / revenue.
- Our business may not develop in ways that we currently anticipate due to negative public reaction to offshore outsourcing, content moderation and proposed legislation, or our use of AI or otherwise.
- Our policies, procedures and programs to safeguard the health, safety and security of our team members, particularly our content moderation team members, may not be adequate, which could adversely affect our ability to attract and retain team members and could result in increased costs, including due to claims against us.
- Our business would be adversely affected if individuals providing data annotation services through our AI data solutions business were classified as employees (not as independent contractors).
- The dual-class structure contained in our articles has the effect of concentrating voting control and the ability to influence corporate matters with TELUS.
- TELUS will, for the foreseeable future, control the TELUS Digital Board.
- The market price of our subordinate voting shares may be affected by low trading volume and the market pricing for our subordinate voting shares may decline as a result of future sales, or the perception of the likelihood of future sales, by us or our shareholders in the public market.
These risk factors, as well as other risk factors that may impact our business, financial condition and results of operation, are also described in our “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report available on SEDAR+ and in “Item 3D—Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed on
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Income
(unaudited)
|
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Three months |
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Nine months |
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Periods ended |
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2024 |
|
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2023 |
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|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
REVENUE |
|
$ |
658 |
|
|
$ |
663 |
|
|
$ |
1,967 |
|
|
$ |
2,016 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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||||||||
OPERATING EXPENSES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Salaries and benefits |
|
|
423 |
|
|
|
403 |
|
|
|
1,265 |
|
|
|
1,258 |
|
Goods and services purchased |
|
|
126 |
|
|
|
116 |
|
|
|
359 |
|
|
|
339 |
|
Share-based compensation |
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Acquisition, integration and other |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
48 |
|
Depreciation |
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
36 |
|
|
|
104 |
|
|
|
102 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
|
46 |
|
|
|
44 |
|
|
|
135 |
|
|
|
138 |
|
|
|
|
660 |
|
|
|
615 |
|
|
|
1,920 |
|
|
|
1,906 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
OPERATING (LOSS) INCOME |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
48 |
|
|
|
47 |
|
|
|
110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
OTHER EXPENSES (INCOME) |
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|
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|
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|
||||||||
Changes in business combination-related provisions |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(60 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
106 |
|
|
|
107 |
|
Foreign exchange loss (gain) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES |
|
|
(38 |
) |
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
7 |
|
Income tax (recovery) expense |
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
NET (LOSS) INCOME |
|
|
(32 |
) |
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Basic |
|
$ |
(0.12 |
) |
|
$ |
0.03 |
|
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
0.06 |
|
Diluted |
|
$ |
(0.12 |
) |
|
$ |
0.03 |
|
|
$ |
(0.16 |
) |
|
$ |
0.06 |
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|
|
|
|
|
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TOTAL WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING (millions) |
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|
|
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|
||||||||
Basic |
|
|
275 |
|
|
|
274 |
|
|
|
275 |
|
|
|
273 |
|
Diluted |
|
|
275 |
|
|
|
276 |
|
|
|
294 |
|
|
|
277 |
|
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
(unaudited)
As at (millions) |
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|
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ASSETS |
|
|
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|
||
Current assets |
|
|
|
|
||
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
149 |
|
$ |
127 |
Accounts receivable |
|
|
470 |
|
|
498 |
Due from affiliated companies |
|
|
39 |
|
|
62 |
Income and other taxes receivable |
|
|
8 |
|
|
5 |
Prepaid and other assets |
|
|
42 |
|
|
35 |
Current portion of derivative assets |
|
|
12 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
720 |
|
|
743 |
Non-current assets |
|
|
|
|
||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
|
485 |
|
|
517 |
Intangible assets, net |
|
|
1,437 |
|
|
1,546 |
|
|
|
1,971 |
|
|
1,963 |
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
39 |
|
|
29 |
Other long-term assets |
|
|
26 |
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
3,958 |
|
|
4,080 |
Total assets |
|
$ |
4,678 |
|
$ |
4,823 |
|
|
|
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LIABILITIES AND OWNERS’ EQUITY |
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|
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||
Current liabilities |
|
|
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|
||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
$ |
301 |
|
$ |
290 |
Due to affiliated companies |
|
|
216 |
|
|
178 |
Income and other taxes payable |
|
|
61 |
|
|
57 |
Current portion of provisions |
|
|
7 |
|
|
2 |
Current maturities of long-term debt |
|
|
120 |
|
|
122 |
|
|
|
705 |
|
|
649 |
Non-current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
||
Provisions |
|
|
138 |
|
|
191 |
Long-term debt |
|
|
1,480 |
|
|
1,628 |
Derivative liabilities |
|
|
14 |
|
|
12 |
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
271 |
|
|
290 |
Other long-term liabilities |
|
|
22 |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
1,925 |
|
|
2,137 |
Total liabilities |
|
|
2,630 |
|
|
2,786 |
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|
|
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||
Owners’ equity |
|
|
2,048 |
|
|
2,037 |
Total liabilities and owners’ equity |
|
$ |
4,678 |
|
$ |
4,823 |
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited)
|
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Three months |
|
Nine months |
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Periods ended |
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2024 |
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2023 |
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2024 |
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|
2023 |
|
OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
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Net (loss) income |
|
$ |
(32 |
) |
|
$ |
9 |
|
|
$ |
(7 |
) |
|
$ |
16 |
|
Adjustments: |
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|
|
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Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
81 |
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
239 |
|
|
|
240 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
106 |
|
|
|
107 |
|
Income tax (recovery) expense |
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
Share-based compensation |
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Changes in business combination-related provisions |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(60 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Change in market value of derivatives and other |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
(5 |
) |
Net change in non-cash operating working capital |
|
|
52 |
|
|
|
66 |
|
|
|
106 |
|
|
|
37 |
|
Share-based compensation payments |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
Income taxes paid, net |
|
|
(18 |
) |
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
(36 |
) |
|
|
(49 |
) |
Cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
121 |
|
|
|
185 |
|
|
|
371 |
|
|
|
356 |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
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|
|
|
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Cash payments for capital assets |
|
|
(25 |
) |
|
|
(20 |
) |
|
|
(76 |
) |
|
|
(58 |
) |
Cash receipts from other assets |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Cash payments for acquisitions, net |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(852 |
) |
Cash used in investing activities |
|
|
(25 |
) |
|
|
(21 |
) |
|
|
(78 |
) |
|
|
(910 |
) |
|
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|
|
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
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Shares issued |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Withholding taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
Long-term debt issued |
|
|
115 |
|
|
|
40 |
|
|
|
205 |
|
|
|
1,076 |
|
Repayment of long-term debt |
|
|
(193 |
) |
|
|
(187 |
) |
|
|
(405 |
) |
|
|
(435 |
) |
Interest paid on credit facilities |
|
|
(23 |
) |
|
|
(27 |
) |
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
|
(80 |
) |
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities |
|
|
(102 |
) |
|
|
(174 |
) |
|
|
(273 |
) |
|
|
561 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
CASH POSITION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period |
|
|
152 |
|
|
|
143 |
|
|
|
127 |
|
|
|
125 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period |
|
|
149 |
|
|
|
132 |
|
|
|
149 |
|
|
|
132 |
|
Non-GAAP reconciliations
(unaudited)
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
(millions, except percentages) |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
Revenue, as reported |
|
$ |
658 |
|
|
$ |
663 |
|
|
$ |
1,967 |
|
|
$ |
2,016 |
|
Foreign exchange impact on current period revenue using prior comparative period's rates |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
Revenue on a constant currency basis |
|
$ |
657 |
|
|
$ |
653 |
|
|
$ |
1,968 |
|
|
$ |
2,013 |
|
Revenue growth |
|
|
(1 |
)% |
|
|
8 |
% |
|
|
(2 |
)% |
|
|
10 |
% |
Revenue growth on a constant currency basis |
|
|
(1 |
)% |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
|
(2 |
)% |
|
|
10 |
% |
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
||||
(millions, except per share amounts) |
|
2024 |
|
2023 |
|
2024 |
|
2023 |
Net (loss) income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Add back (deduct): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition, integration and other |
|
16 |
|
11 |
|
32 |
|
48 |
Amortization of purchased intangible assets |
|
42 |
|
42 |
|
127 |
|
131 |
Interest accretion on written put options |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
8 |
|
9 |
Foreign exchange loss (gain) |
|
1 |
|
(2) |
|
1 |
|
(4) |
Tax effect of the adjustments above |
|
(14) |
|
(10) |
|
(35) |
|
(40) |
Adjusted Net Income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted Basic Earnings Per Share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
(millions, except percentages) |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
Net (loss) income |
|
$ |
(32 |
) |
|
$ |
9 |
|
|
$ |
(7 |
) |
|
$ |
16 |
|
Add back (deduct): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Acquisition, integration and other |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
48 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
81 |
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
239 |
|
|
|
240 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
106 |
|
|
|
107 |
|
Foreign exchange loss (gain) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(4 |
) |
Income tax expense (recovery) |
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
Adjusted EBITDA |
|
$ |
95 |
|
|
$ |
139 |
|
|
$ |
378 |
|
|
$ |
398 |
|
Net (loss) income margin |
|
|
(4.9 |
)% |
|
|
1.4 |
% |
|
|
(0.4 |
)% |
|
|
0.8 |
% |
Adjusted EBITDA Margin |
|
|
14.4 |
% |
|
|
21.0 |
% |
|
|
19.2 |
% |
|
|
19.7 |
% |
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
(millions) |
|
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
Cash provided by operating activities |
|
$ |
121 |
|
|
$ |
185 |
|
|
$ |
371 |
|
|
$ |
356 |
|
Less: capital expenditures |
|
|
(23 |
) |
|
|
(26 |
) |
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
|
(66 |
) |
Free Cash Flow |
|
$ |
98 |
|
|
$ |
159 |
|
|
$ |
300 |
|
|
$ |
290 |
|
As at (millions, except for ratio) |
|
2024 |
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Outstanding credit facility |
|
$ |
1,331 |
|
|
$ |
1,463 |
|
Contingent facility utilization |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
Liability related to provisions for written put options1 |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
68 |
|
Net derivative liabilities |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Cash balance2 |
|
|
(149 |
) |
|
|
(127 |
) |
Net Debt as per credit agreement |
|
$ |
1,194 |
|
|
$ |
1,411 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA (trailing 12 months) |
|
$ |
562 |
|
|
$ |
582 |
|
Adjustments required as per credit agreement |
|
$ |
(147 |
) |
|
$ |
(84 |
) |
Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Leverage Ratio as per credit agreement |
|
|
2.9 |
|
|
|
2.8 |
|
1 Reflects the undiscounted amount payable in cash on the estimated provisions for written put options arising from our acquisition of WillowTree. During the second quarter of 2024, we amended the provisions for written put options and eliminated the requirement to settle a portion in cash. See Note 12—Provisions in our condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended
2 Maximum cash balance permitted as a reduction to net debt, as per the credit agreement, is
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