TRU 10-Q
TransUnion (TRU)
10-Q
2023-10-24
For: 2023-09-30
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
| QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |||||
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2023
- OR -
| TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |||||
For the transition period from to
Commission file number:
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | |||||||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) | |||||||||||||
(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
| ☒ | ☐ | No | ||||||||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
| ☒ | ☐ | No | ||||||||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
| ☒ | ☐ | Accelerated Filer | ||||||||||||
| ☐ | Non-Accelerated Filer | Smaller Reporting Company | ||||||||||||
| Emerging Growth Company | ||||||||||||||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ | |||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
| Yes | ☒ | No | ||||||||||||
As of September 30, 2023, there were 193.7 million shares of TransUnion common stock outstanding.
TRANSUNION
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES, USE OF PROCEEDS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES | |||||
| ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION | |||||
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
TRANSUNION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
(in millions, except per share data)
| September 30, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance of $ | ||||||||||||||
| Other current assets | ||||||||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $ | ||||||||||||||
| Goodwill | ||||||||||||||
Other intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of $ | ||||||||||||||
| Other assets | ||||||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Liabilities and stockholders’ equity | ||||||||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||||||||
| Trade accounts payable | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt | ||||||||||||||
| Other current liabilities | ||||||||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||||||||
| Long-term debt | ||||||||||||||
| Deferred taxes | ||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | ||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities | ||||||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||||||||
Common stock, $ | ||||||||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||||||||
Treasury stock at cost; | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Retained earnings | ||||||||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Total TransUnion stockholders’ equity | ||||||||||||||
| Noncontrolling interests | ||||||||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | ||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)
(in millions, except per share data)
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization below) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-operating income and (expense) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings from equity method investments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other income and (expense), net | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total non-operating income and (expense) | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: income from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to TransUnion | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic earnings per common share from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to TransUnion | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Income (loss) attributable to TransUnion | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted earnings per common share from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to TransUnion | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Income (loss) attributable to TransUnion | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted-average shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As a result of displaying amounts in millions, and for the calculation of earnings per share, rounding differences may exist in the table above. See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited)
(in millions)
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Benefit (provision) for income taxes | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation, net | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hedge instruments: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net change on interest rate swaps | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Benefit (provision) for income taxes | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hedge instruments, net | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Available-for-sale securities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net unrealized (loss) gain | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Benefit (provision) for income taxes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Available-for-sale securities, net | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive income (loss) | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to TransUnion | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
(in millions)
| Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||
| Less: Discontinued operations, net of tax | ( | |||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations | ( | |||||||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | ||||||||||||||
| Goodwill impairment | ||||||||||||||
| Loss on repayment of loans | ||||||||||||||
| Deferred taxes | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | ||||||||||||||
| Other | ||||||||||||||
| Changes in assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||||
| Trade accounts receivable | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Other current and long-term assets | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Trade accounts payable | ( | |||||||||||||
| Other current and long-term liabilities | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations | ||||||||||||||
Cash provided by operating activities of discontinued operations | ( | |||||||||||||
Cash provided by operating activities | ||||||||||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||||||||
| Capital expenditures | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sale/maturities of other investments | ||||||||||||||
| Purchases of other investments | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Investments in consolidated affiliates, net of cash acquired | ( | |||||||||||||
| Investments in nonconsolidated affiliates | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
Payment related to disposal of discontinued operations | ( | |||||||||||||
| Other | ( | |||||||||||||
| Cash used in investing activities of continuing operations | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Cash used in investing activities of discontinued operations | ( | |||||||||||||
| Cash used in investing activities | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||||||||
| Repayments of debt | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock and exercise of stock options | ||||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Employee taxes paid on restricted stock units recorded as treasury stock | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Payment of contingent consideration | ( | |||||||||||||
| Distributions to noncontrolling interests | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Cash used in financing activities of continuing operations | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | ||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited)
(in millions)
| Common Stock | Paid-In Capital | Treasury Stock | Retained Earnings | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | Noncontrolling Interests | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2021 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Employee share purchase plan | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercise of stock options | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vesting of restricted stock units and performance stock units | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Treasury stock purchased | ( | — | — | ( | — | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders | — | — | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distributions to noncontrolling interests | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercise of stock options | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Treasury stock purchased | — | — | — | ( | — | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders | — | — | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, June 30, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distributions to noncontrolling interests | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Employee share purchase plan | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercise of stock options | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Treasury stock purchased | — | — | — | ( | — | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders | — | — | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, September 30, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Common Stock | Paid-In Capital | Treasury Stock | Retained Earnings | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | Noncontrolling Interests | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Employee share purchase plan | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercise of stock options | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vesting of restricted stock units and performance stock units | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Treasury stock purchased | ( | — | — | ( | — | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders | — | — | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distributions to noncontrolling interests | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercise of stock options | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vesting of restricted stock units and performance stock units | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Treasury stock purchased | — | — | — | ( | — | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders | — | — | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, June 30, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | — | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distributions to noncontrolling interests | — | — | — | — | — | . | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Employee share purchase plan | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vesting of restricted stock units and performance stock units | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Treasury stock purchased | ( | — | — | ( | — | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dividends to shareholders | — | — | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, September 30, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
1. Significant Accounting and Reporting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of TransUnion and subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial statements and, in our opinion, include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for a fair statement of the interim periods presented. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. As a result of displaying amounts in millions, rounding differences may exist in the financial statements and footnote tables. The interim results presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2023. The Company’s year-end Consolidated Balance Sheet data was derived from audited financial statements. Therefore, these unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 14, 2023.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, any reference in this report to the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us,” and “its” refers to TransUnion and its consolidated subsidiaries, collectively.
For the periods presented, TransUnion does not have any material assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses or operations of any kind other than its ownership investment in TransUnion Intermediate Holdings, Inc.
Revision of Previously Issued Financial Statements
During the second quarter of 2023, the Company identified an error in the classification of employee costs related to certain of our recent acquisitions between cost of services and selling, general and administrative in the Consolidated Statements of Income, which resulted in the understatement of cost of services and the overstatement of selling, general and administrative in equal and offsetting amounts resulting in no impact to total operating expenses, operating income or net income. The identified errors impacted the Company's previously issued 2022 quarterly and annual financial statements, and quarterly financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The Company evaluated the error and determined that the related impact was not material to the Consolidated Statements of Income for any prior period and had no impact on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows or the Consolidated Statements of Stockholder’s Equity for any period presented. The Company has revised the previously issued Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 to correct for such error and these revisions are reflected in this Form 10-Q. The Company will also correct previously reported financial information for this error in its future filings, as applicable. A summary of the corrections to the impacted financial statement line items to the Company’s previously issued Consolidated Statements of Income for each affected period is presented in Note 19, “Revision of Previously Issued Financial Statements.”
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements of TransUnion include the accounts of TransUnion and all of its controlled subsidiaries. Investments in nonmarketable unconsolidated entities in which the Company is able to exercise significant influence are accounted for using the equity method. Investments in nonmarketable unconsolidated entities in which the Company is not able to exercise significant influence, our “Cost Method Investments,” are accounted for at our initial cost, minus any impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported. We believe that the estimates used in preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements are reasonable, based upon information available to management at this time. These estimates and judgments affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date, as well as the amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting period. Estimates are inherently uncertain and actual results could differ materially from the estimated amounts.
Trade Accounts Receivable
We base our allowance for doubtful accounts estimate on our historical loss experience, our current expectations of future losses, current economic conditions, an analysis of the aging of outstanding receivables and customer payment patterns, and specific reserves for customers in adverse financial condition or for existing contractual disputes.
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The following is a roll-forward of the allowance for doubtful accounts for the periods presented:
| Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Provision for losses on trade accounts receivable | |||||||||||
| Write-offs, net of recovered accounts | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | $ | |||||||||
Long-Lived Assets and Goodwill
We review long-lived asset groups that are subject to amortization for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset group may not be recoverable. We test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis, in the fourth quarter, or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of one or more of our reporting units exceeds its fair value. We continually monitor events and changes in circumstances such as changes in market conditions and other relevant factors that could indicate that the fair value of our reporting units may more likely than not have fallen below its respective carrying value. The ongoing uncertainty and the unpredictable nature of the macroeconomic environment could impact our estimates and assumptions utilized in our impairment tests, which may result in future impairments that could be material and negatively impact our results of operations.
See Note 5, “Goodwill” and Note 6, “Intangible Assets” for additional information about these assets.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
There are no recent accounting pronouncements that have been adopted by TransUnion in the third quarter of 2023.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
There are no recent accounting pronouncements that apply to TransUnion that have not been adopted.
2. Business Acquisition
The following transaction was accounted for as a business combination under the acquisition method of accounting. The acquisition method requires, among other things, that assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination generally be recognized at their fair values as of the acquisition date. The determination of fair value requires management to make significant estimates and assumptions. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the acquired net assets has been recorded as goodwill. The results of operations of this acquisition are included in our consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition.
Verisk Financial Services
On April 8, 2022, we completed our acquisition of Verisk Financial Services (“VF”), the financial services business unit of Verisk Analytics, Inc. We acquired 100 % of the outstanding equity interest of the entities that comprise VF for $505.7 million in cash, including a decrease of $2.3 million recorded subsequent to the acquisition date for certain customary purchase price adjustments. We have retained the leading core businesses of Argus Information and Advisory Services, Inc. and Commerce Signals, Inc. (collectively, “Argus”), and identified several non-core businesses that we classified as held-for-sale as of the acquisition date that we have subsequently divested. See Note 3, “Discontinued Operations,” for a further discussion of these discontinued operations.
Purchase Price Allocation
The purchase price for this acquisition was finalized as of December 31, 2022. As of March 31, 2023, we finalized the valuation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with no significant changes in the amounts and related disclosures compared with December 31, 2022.
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3. Discontinued Operations
Non-core businesses from the VF acquisition
As discussed in Note 2, “Business Acquisition,” on April 8, 2022, we completed the acquisition of VF, which included Argus and several non-core businesses that we classified as held-for-sale as of the acquisition date. We sold these non-core businesses on December 30, 2022, and therefore have no assets or liabilities of these businesses on our consolidated balance sheet for the periods presented. The expenses related to these non-core businesses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, were not significant. We finalized the purchase price for these non-core businesses in the third quarter of 2023 and recorded a $0.5 million reduction of the gain on sale.
Healthcare business
On December 17, 2021, we completed the sale of our Healthcare business. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we recorded a $0.5 million true-up to the selling price related to this business, which is reflected in the table below.
Discontinued operations, net of tax
Discontinued operations, net of tax, reflected in the table below for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, is related to the non-core businesses from the VF acquisition as well as an incremental gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax, related to our Healthcare business. Discontinued operations, net of tax, as reported on our Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, consisted of the following:
| (in millions) | Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||
| Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization below) | ||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | ||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Operating income of discontinued operations | ||||||||||||||
| Non-operating income and (expense) | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
Income before income taxes from discontinued operations | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of tax | ||||||||||||||
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
4. Other Current Assets
Other current assets consisted of the following:
| (in millions) | September 30, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Marketable securities (Note 16) | ||||||||||||||
| Other | ||||||||||||||
| Total other current assets | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Other includes other investments in non-negotiable certificates of deposit that are recorded at their carrying value, which approximates fair value.
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5. Goodwill
Goodwill is allocated to our reporting units, which are an operating segment or one level below an operating segment. Our reporting units consist of U.S. Markets, Consumer Interactive, and the geographic regions of the United Kingdom, Africa, Canada, Latin America, India and Asia Pacific within our International reportable segment.
We test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis in the fourth quarter and monitor throughout the year for impairment triggering events that indicate that the carrying value of one or more of our reporting units exceeds its fair value. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, we identified a triggering event requiring an interim impairment assessment for our United Kingdom reporting unit, which resulted in a goodwill impairment of $495.0 million. The worsening macroeconomic conditions during the third quarter from inflationary pressures and rising interest rates increasingly impacted our business for the current quarter and the near-term outlook. Due to these factors, management now believes the U.K. recovery will take longer, and will be at a slower pace, than previously expected. As a result, we have revised our short-term and mid-term forecasts for revenue and EBITDA expectations for our United Kingdom reporting unit. These factors have particularly impacted the online-only FinTech lenders that represent the largest vertical within our United Kingdom reporting unit. These lenders have seen significant declines in their access to capital impacting their ability to lend and in some cases leading to bankruptcies.
Our quantitative impairment test for the United Kingdom reporting unit consisted of a fair value calculation that combines an income approach, using the discounted cash flow method, and a market approach, using the guideline public company method. The quantitative impairment test requires the application of a number of significant assumptions, including estimates of future revenue growth rates, EBITDA margins, discount rates, and market multiples. The projected future revenue growth rates and EBITDA margins, and the resulting projected cash flows of the United Kingdom reporting unit are based on historical experience and internal operating plans reviewed by management, extrapolated over the forecast period. Discount rates are determined using a weighted average cost of capital adjusted for risk factors specific to the United Kingdom. Market multiples are based on the guideline public company method using comparable publicly traded company multiples of EBITDA for a group of benchmark companies.
We believe the assumptions that we use in our quantitative analysis are reasonable and consistent with assumptions that would be used by other marketplace participants. However, such assumptions are inherently uncertain, and a change in assumptions could change the estimated fair value of our United Kingdom reporting unit. Therefore, future impairments of our United Kingdom reporting unit could be required, which could be material to the consolidated financial statements.
While unfavorable macroeconomic conditions are impacting some of our other reporting units, these reporting units are less sensitive to a change in forecast assumptions than our United Kingdom reporting unit due to greater excess of fair value over carrying value as of our 2022 goodwill impairment test. We did not identify a triggering event in any other reporting unit.
Goodwill allocated to our reportable segments and the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, consisted of the following:
| (in millions) | U.S. Markets | International | Consumer Interactive | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Purchase accounting measurement period adjustments | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange rate adjustment | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Impairment | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, September 30, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
The gross and net goodwill balances at each period were as follows:
| September 30, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions) | Gross Goodwill | Accumulated impairment | Net Goodwill | Gross Goodwill | Accumulated impairment | Net Goodwill | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.S Markets | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consumer Interactive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6. Intangible Assets
Intangible assets are initially recorded at their acquisition cost, or fair value if acquired as part of a business combination, and amortized over their estimated useful lives. Intangible assets consisted of the following:
| September 30, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions) | Gross | Accumulated Amortization | Net | Gross | Accumulated Amortization | Net | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Customer relationships | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Internal use software | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Database and credit files | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trademarks, copyrights and patents | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Noncompete and other agreements | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total intangible assets | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Changes in the carrying amount of intangible assets between periods consisted of the following:
| (in millions) | Gross | Accumulated Amortization | Net | ||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2022 | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||
| Developed internal use software | |||||||||||||||||
| Amortization | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange rate adjustment | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance, September 30, 2023 | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||
All amortizable intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis, which approximates the pattern of benefit, over their estimated useful lives.
7. Other Assets
Other assets consisted of the following:
| (in millions) | September 30, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Investments in affiliated companies (Note 8) | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Right-of-use lease assets | ||||||||||||||
| Interest rate swaps (Notes 11 and 16) | ||||||||||||||
| Note Receivable (Note 16) | ||||||||||||||
| Other | ||||||||||||||
| Total other assets | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
8. Investments in Affiliated Companies
Investments in affiliated companies represent our investment in non-consolidated domestic and foreign entities. These entities are in businesses similar to ours.
We use the equity method to account for investments in affiliates where we are able to exercise significant influence. For these investments, we adjust the carrying value for our proportionate share of the affiliates’ earnings, losses and distributions, as well as for purchases and sales of our ownership interest.
We account for nonmarketable investments in equity securities in which we are not able to exercise significant influence, our Cost Method Investments, at our initial cost, minus any impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer. For these investments, we adjust the carrying value for any purchases or sales of our ownership interests. We record any dividends received from these investments as other income in non-operating income and expense.
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We have elected to account for our investment in a limited partnership, which is not material, using the net asset value fair value practical expedient. Gains and losses on this investment, which are not material, are included in other income and expense in the consolidated statements of income.
Investments in affiliated companies consisted of the following:
| (in millions) | September 30, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Cost Method Investments | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Equity method investments | ||||||||||||||
Limited partnership investment | ||||||||||||||
| Total investments in affiliated companies (Note 7) | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
These balances are included in other assets in the consolidated balance sheets. The increase in Cost Method Investments is due to three new Cost Method Investments made during the first quarter of 2023, two of which are recorded in our U.S. Markets segment and one in our International segment and an additional investment in an existing Cost Method Investment in our U.S. Markets segment made during the third quarter of 2023, partially offset by an impairment loss of $9.1 million of a Cost Method Investment in our U.S. Markets segment.
Earnings from equity method investments, which are included in other non-operating income and expense, and dividends received from equity method investments consisted of the following:
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings from equity method investments (Note 17) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dividends received from equity method investments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9. Other Current Liabilities
Other current liabilities consisted of the following:
| (in millions) | September 30, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Accrued payroll and employee benefits | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Accrued legal and regulatory matters (Note 18) | ||||||||||||||
| Deferred revenue (Note 13) | ||||||||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities | ||||||||||||||
| Income taxes payable | ||||||||||||||
| Other | ||||||||||||||
| Total other current liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
The decrease in accrued payroll and employee benefits is due primarily to bonus, commissions and salaries paid during the first quarter of 2023 that were earned in 2022.
10. Other Liabilities
Other liabilities consisted of the following:
| (in millions) | September 30, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Unrecognized tax benefits, net of indirect tax effects (Note 15) | ||||||||||||||
| Put option (Note 16) | ||||||||||||||
| Deferred revenue (Note 13) | ||||||||||||||
| Other | ||||||||||||||
| Total other liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
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11. Debt
Debt outstanding consisted of the following:
| (in millions) | September 30, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||
Senior Secured Term Loan B-6, payable in quarterly installments through | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
Senior Secured Term Loan B-5, payable in quarterly installments through | ||||||||||||||
Senior Secured Term Loan A-3, payable in quarterly installments through | ||||||||||||||
| Finance leases | ||||||||||||||
| Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility | ||||||||||||||
| Total debt | ||||||||||||||
| Less short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Total long-term debt | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
1.Periodic variable interest at Term SOFR, plus a credit spread adjustment, or alternate base rate, plus applicable margin.
2.Periodic variable interest at LIBOR or alternate base rate, plus applicable margin.
Senior Secured Credit Facility
On June 15, 2010, we entered into a Senior Secured Credit Facility with various lenders. This facility has been amended several times and currently consists of the Senior Secured Term Loan B-6, Senior Secured Term Loan B-5, Senior Secured Term Loan A-3 (collectively, the “Senior Secured Term Loans”), and the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility.
On December 1, 2021, we entered into an agreement to amend certain provisions of the Senior Secured Credit Facility and exercise our right to draw additional debt in an amount of $3,100.0 million, less original issue discount and deferred financing fees of $7.8 million and $43.6 million, respectively. Proceeds from the incremental loan on the Senior Secured Credit Facility were used to fund the acquisition of Neustar, Inc. (“Neustar”).
In May 2023, we amended the Senior Secured Credit Facility to replace the reference rate from London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) to Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“Term SOFR”). We applied the practical expedient for reference rate reform to treat the amendment as a continuation of the existing debt agreement.
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we prepaid $75.0 million and $225.0 million, respectively, of our Senior Secured Term Loan B-6, funded from our cash-on-hand. As a result, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we expensed $1.0 million and $3.1 million, respectively, of our unamortized original issue discount and deferred financing fees to other income and expense in our Consolidated Statement of Income. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we prepaid $400.0 million of our Senior Secured Term Loan B-6, funded from our cash-on-hand. As a result, for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we expensed $6.5 million of our unamortized original issue discount and deferred financing fees to other income and expense in our consolidated statement of income.
As of September 30, 2023, we had no outstanding balance under the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility and $1.2 million of outstanding letters of credit, and could have borrowed up to the remaining $298.8 million available.
TransUnion also has the ability to request incremental loans on the same terms under the Senior Secured Credit Facility up to the sum of the greater of $1,000.0 million and 100 % of Consolidated EBITDA, minus the amount of secured indebtedness and the amount incurred prior to the incremental loan, and may incur additional incremental loans so long as the senior secured net
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leverage ratio does not exceed 4.25 -to-1, subject to certain additional conditions and commitments by existing or new lenders to fund any additional borrowings.
With certain exceptions, the Senior Secured Credit Facility obligations are secured by a first-priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of Trans Union LLC, including its investment in subsidiaries. The Senior Secured Credit Facility contains various restrictions and nonfinancial covenants, along with a senior secured net leverage ratio test. The nonfinancial covenants include restrictions on dividends, investments, dispositions, future borrowings and other specified payments, as well as additional reporting and disclosure requirements. The senior secured net leverage test must be met as a condition to incur additional indebtedness, make certain investments, and may be required to make certain restricted payments. The senior secured net leverage ratio must not exceed 5.5 -to-1 at any such measurement date. Under the terms of the Senior Secured Credit Facility, TransUnion may make dividend payments up to the greater of $100 million or 10.0 % of Consolidated EBITDA per year, or an unlimited amount provided that no default or event of default exists and so long as the total net leverage ratio does not exceed 4.75 -to-1. As of September 30, 2023, we were in compliance with all debt covenants.
Interest Rate Hedging
Effective May 31, 2023, we amended all our interest rate swaps to replace the reference rate from LIBOR to Term SOFR. We applied the practical expedient for reference rate reform to continue to apply hedge accounting to the existing relationships.
On November 16, 2022, we entered into interest rate swap agreements with various counterparties that effectively fix our variable interest rate exposure on a portion of our Senior Secured Term Loan or similar replacement debt. The swaps commenced on December 30, 2022, and expire on December 31, 2024, with a current aggregate notional amount of $1,305.0 million that amortizes each quarter. The swaps require us to pay fixed rates varying between 4.3380 % and 4.3870 % in exchange for receiving a variable rate that matches the variable rate on our loans. We have designated these swap agreements as cash flow hedges.
On December 23, 2021, we entered into interest rate swap agreements with various counterparties that effectively fix our variable interest rate exposure on a portion of our Senior Secured Term Loan or similar replacement debt. The swaps commenced on December 31, 2021, and expire on December 31, 2026, with a current aggregate notional amount of $1,572.0 million that amortizes each quarter. The swaps require us to pay fixed rates varying between 1.3800 % and 1.3915 % in exchange for receiving a variable rate that matches the variable rate on our loans. We have designated these swap agreements as cash flow hedges.
On March 10, 2020, we entered into two interest rate swap agreements with various counterparties that effectively fix our variable interest rate exposure on a portion of our Senior Secured Term Loans or similar replacement debt. The first swap commenced on June 30, 2020, and expired on June 30, 2022. The second swap commenced on June 30, 2022, and expires on June 30, 2025, with a current aggregate notional amount of $1,085.0 million that amortizes each quarter after it commences. The second swap requires us to pay fixed rates varying between 0.8680 % and 0.8800 % in exchange for receiving a variable rate that matches the variable rate on our loans. We have designated these swap agreements as cash flow hedges.
On December 17, 2018, we entered into interest rate swap agreements with various counterparties that effectively fixed our variable rate exposure on a portion of our Senior Secured Term Loans or similar replacement debt at 2.702 % and 2.706 %. These swap agreements expired on December 30, 2022.
The change in the fair value of our hedging instruments, included in our assessment of hedge effectiveness, is recorded in other comprehensive income, and reclassified to interest expense when the corresponding hedged debt affects earnings.
The net change in the fair value of the swaps resulted in an unrealized gain of $2.0 million ($1.5 million, net of tax) and of $83.6 million ($62.9 million, net of tax) for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, recorded in other comprehensive income. The net change in the fair value of the swaps resulted in unrealized loss of $2.7 million ($2.0 million, net of tax) and unrealized gain of $274.5 million ($206.1 million, net of tax) for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, recorded in other comprehensive income. The impact of the swaps was a reduction to interest expense of $30.8 million ($23.1 million, net of tax) and $5.1 million ($3.9 million, net of tax) for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The impact of the swaps was a reduction to interest expense of $81.1 million ($60.9 million, net of tax) and an increase to interest expense of $17.2 million ($12.9 million, net of tax) for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We currently expect to recognize a gain of approximately $119.4 million as a reduction to interest expense due to our expectation that the variable rate that we receive will exceed the fixed rates of interest over the next twelve months.
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Fair Value of Debt
As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the fair value of our Senior Secured Term Loan B-6, excluding original issue discounts and deferred fees was approximately $2,226.3 million and $2,450.5 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the fair value of our Senior Secured Term Loan B-5, excluding original issue discounts and deferred fees was approximately $2,192.5 million and $2,184.4 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the fair value of our Senior Secured Term Loan A-3, excluding original issue discounts and deferred fees, was approximately $992.5 million and $1,026.6 million, respectively. The fair values of our variable-rate term loans are determined using Level 2 inputs, based on quoted market prices for the publicly traded instruments.
12. Stockholders’ Equity
Common Stock Dividends
In the first, second and third quarter of 2023, we paid dividends of $0.105 20.8 million, $20.8 million and $20.5 million in each quarter, respectively. In the first and second quarter of 2022, we paid dividends of $0.095 0.105 per share, totaling $18.3 million, $18.3 million and $20.2 million, in each respective quarter. Dividends declared accrue to outstanding restricted stock units and are paid to employees as dividend equivalents when the restricted stock units vest.
Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on a number of factors, including our liquidity, results of operations, financial condition, contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and other factors our board of directors deems appropriate. We currently have capacity and intend to continue to pay a quarterly dividend, subject to approval by our board.
Treasury Stock
On February 13, 2017, our board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to $300.0 million of our common stock over the next 3 years. Our board of directors removed the three-year time limitation on February 8, 2018. To date, we have repurchased $133.5 million of our common stock and have the ability to repurchase the remaining $166.5 million.
We have no obligation to repurchase additional shares. Any determination to repurchase additional shares will be at the discretion of management and will depend on a number of factors, including our liquidity, results of operations, financial condition, contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law, market conditions, the cost of repurchasing shares, the availability of alternative investment opportunities, and other factors management deems appropriate. Any repurchased shares will have the status of treasury shares and may be used, if and when needed, for general corporate purposes.
For the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, 0.3 million and less than 0.1 million outstanding employee restricted stock units vested and became taxable to the employees, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, 0.7 million and 0.9 million outstanding employee restricted stock units vested and became taxable to the employees, respectively. Employees satisfy their payroll tax withholding obligations in a net share settlement arrangement with the Company.
Preferred Stock
13. Revenue
We have contracts with two general groups of performance obligations: Stand Ready Performance Obligations and Other Performance Obligations . Our Stand Ready Performance Obligations include obligations to stand ready to provide data, process transactions, access our databases, software-as-a-service and direct-to-consumer products, provide rights to use our intellectual property and other services. Our Other Performance Obligations include the sale of certain batch data sets and various professional and other services.
Most of our Stand Ready Performance Obligations consist of a series of distinct goods and services that are substantially the same and have the same monthly pattern of transfer to our customers. We consider each month of service in this time series to be a distinct performance obligation and, accordingly, recognize revenue over time. For a majority of these Stand Ready Performance Obligations, the total contractual price is variable because our obligation is to process an unknown quantity of transactions, as and when requested by our customers, over the contract period. We allocate the variable price to each month of service using the time-series concept and recognize revenue based on the most likely amount of consideration to which we will be entitled, which is generally the amount we have the right to invoice. This monthly amount can be based on the actual volume of units delivered or a guaranteed minimum, if higher. Occasionally we have contracts where the amount we will be entitled to
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for the transactions processed is uncertain, in which case we estimate the revenue based on what we consider to be the most likely amount of consideration we will be entitled to, and adjust any estimates as facts and circumstances evolve.
For all contracts that include a Stand Ready Performance Obligation with variable pricing, we are unable to estimate the variable price attributable to future performance obligations because the number of units to be purchased is not known. As a result, we use the exception available to forgo disclosures about revenue attributable to the future performance obligations where we recognize revenue using the time-series concept as discussed above, including those qualifying for the right to invoice practical expedient. We also use the exception available to forgo disclosures about revenue attributable to contracts with expected durations of one year or less.
Certain of our Other Performance Obligations, including certain batch data sets and certain professional and other services, are delivered at a point in time. Accordingly, we recognize revenue upon delivery, once we have satisfied that obligation. For certain Other Performance Obligations, including certain professional and other services, we recognize revenue over time, based on an estimate of progress towards completion of that obligation. These contracts are not material.
In certain circumstances we apply the revenue recognition guidance to a portfolio of contracts with similar characteristics. We use estimates and assumptions when accounting for a portfolio that reflect the size and composition of the portfolio of contracts.
Our contracts include standard commercial payment terms generally acceptable in each region, and do not include financing with extended payment terms. We have no significant obligations for refunds, warranties, or similar obligations. Our revenue does not include taxes collected from our customers.
Accounts receivable are shown separately on our balance sheet. Contract assets and liabilities result due to the timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections. Contract assets include our right to payment for goods and services already transferred to a customer when the right to payment is conditional on something other than the passage of time, for example, contracts pursuant to which we recognize revenue over time but do not have a contractual right to payment until we complete the contract. Contract assets are included in our other current assets and are not material as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
As our contracts with customers generally have a duration of one year or less, our contract liabilities consist of deferred revenue that is primarily short-term in nature. Contract liabilities include current and long-term deferred revenue that is included in other current liabilities and other liabilities. We expect to recognize the December 31, 2022, current deferred revenue balance as revenue during 2023. The majority of our long-term deferred revenue, which is not material, is expected to be recognized in less than two years.
We have certain contracts that have a duration of more than one year. For these contracts, the transaction price allocable to the future performance obligations is primarily fixed but contains a variable component. There is one material fixed fee contract with a duration of more than one year, and for this contract, we expect to recognize revenue of approximately $117.0 million over the next two years and $34.1 million thereafter.
For additional disclosures about the disaggregation of our revenue see Note 17, “Reportable Segments.”
14. Earnings Per Share
Basic earnings per share represents income available to common stockholders divided by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the reported period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the effect of the increase in shares outstanding determined by using the treasury stock method for awards issued under our incentive stock plans.
As of September 30, 2023, there were 1.3 million anti-dilutive weighted stock-based awards outstanding, compared to 1.1 million as of September 30, 2022. As of September 30, 2023 and 2022, there were approximately 0.5 million and 0.2 million, respectively, contingently-issuable performance-based stock awards outstanding that were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation, because the contingencies had not been met. Potentially dilutive shares whose effect would have been antidilutive are excluded from the computation of diluted net income per share.
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Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding and earnings per share were as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions, except per share data) | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: income from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to TransUnion | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Basic earnings per common share1 from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to TransUnion | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Income (loss) attributable to TransUnion | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted earnings per common share1 from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to TransUnion | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Income (loss) attributable to TransUnion | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1.For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, each component of earnings per share is calculated independently, therefore, rounding differences exist in the table above.
15. Income Taxes
For the three months ended September 30, 2023, we reported an effective tax rate of (6.0 )%, which was lower than the 21.0 % U.S. federal corporate statutory rate due primarily to the impact of non-deductible goodwill impairment.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, we reported an effective tax rate of 27.6 %, which was higher than the 21.0 % U.S. federal corporate statutory rate due primarily to increases in valuation allowances, nondeductible expenses in connection with executive compensation limitations, non-U.S. return-to-provision adjustments and other rate-impacting items, partially offset by benefits from the foreign rate differential, which includes the cumulative effect of a legal entity restructuring implemented in the third quarter of 2022 and the research and development credit.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we reported an effective tax rate of (27.2 )%, which was lower than the 21.0 % U.S. federal corporate statutory rate due primarily to the impact of non-deductible goodwill impairment.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we reported an effective tax rate of 26.6 %, which was higher than the 21.0 % U.S. federal corporate statutory rate due primarily to nondeductible expenses in connection with certain legal and regulatory matters and executive compensation limitations, increases in valuation allowances and other rate-impacting items, partially offset by excess tax benefits on stock-based compensation, benefits from the research and development credit, and benefits from the foreign rate differential, which includes the cumulative effect of a legal entity restructuring implemented in the third quarter of 2022.
The gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits, which excludes indirect tax effects, was $49.2 million as of September 30, 2023, and $45.1 million as of December 31, 2022. The amounts that would affect the effective tax rate if recognized were $35.2 million as of September 30, 2023, and $30.5 million as of December 31, 2022. We classify interest and penalties as income tax expense in the consolidated statements of income and their associated liabilities as other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. Interest and penalties on unrecognized tax benefits were $13.0 million as of September 30, 2023, and $10.1 million as of December 31, 2022. We are regularly audited by federal, state and foreign taxing authorities. Given the uncertainties inherent in the audit process, it is reasonably possible that certain audits could result in a significant increase or
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16. Fair Value
The following table summarizes financial instruments measured at fair value, on a recurring basis, as of September 30, 2023:
| (in millions) | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Interest rate swaps (Notes 7 and 11) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Note Receivable (Note 7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Available-for-sale marketable securities (Note 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Put option on Cost Method Investment (Note 10) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The following table summarizes financial instruments measured at fair value, on a recurring basis, as of December 31, 2022:
| (in millions) | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Interest rate swaps (Notes 7 and 11) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Available-for-sale marketable securities (Note 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Put option on Cost Method Investment (Note 10) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 2 instruments consist of foreign exchange-traded corporate bonds, interest rate swaps and notes receivable. Foreign exchange-traded corporate bonds are available-for-sale debt securities valued at their current quoted prices. These securities mature between 2027 and 2033. Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities, which are not material, are included in other comprehensive income. The interest rate swaps fair values are determined using the market standard methodology of discounting the future expected net cash receipts or payments that would occur if variable interest rates rise above or fall below the fixed rates of the swaps. The variable interest rates used in the calculations of projected receipts on the swaps are based on an expectation of future interest rates derived from observable market interest rate curves and volatilities. As discussed in Note 11, “Debt,” there are three tranches of interest rate swaps. In December 2022, we sold the non-core businesses of our VF acquisition. A portion of the consideration was in the form of a $72.0 million note receivable. The note receivable accrues interest semiannually at a per annum rate of 10.6 % and is payable at maturity. The note matures on June 30, 2025, subject to an option of the note issuer to extend the maturity date for two successive terms of three months each, at an increased rate of interest at each extension. The note was initially recorded at fair value of $70.3 million using an income approach for fixed income securities, where contractual cash flows were discounted to present value at a risk-adjusted rate of return in a lattice model framework. The fair value of the note is determined each period by applying the same approach, considering changes to the risk-adjusted rate of return given observed changes to the interest rate environment, market pricing of credit risk, and issuer-specific credit risk.
Level 3 instruments consist of a put option on a Cost Method Investment. The put option allows the owners of the remaining shares to compel TransUnion to purchase their shares, subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions. The fair value of the put option is determined using a Monte Carlo analysis with assumptions that include revenue projections, volatility rates, discount rates and the option period, among others.
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17. Reportable Segments
We have three reportable segments, U.S. Markets, International, and Consumer Interactive, and the Corporate unit, which provides support services to each of the segments. Our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) uses the profit measure of Adjusted EBITDA, on both a consolidated and a segment basis, to allocate resources and assess performance of our businesses. We use Adjusted EBITDA as our profit measure because it eliminates the impact of certain items that we do not consider indicative of operating performance, which is useful to compare operating results between periods. Our board of directors and executive management team also use Adjusted EBITDA as a compensation measure for both segment and corporate management under our incentive compensation plans. Adjusted EBITDA is also a measure frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in their evaluation of the operating performance of companies similar to ours.
The segment financial information below aligns with how we report information to our CODM to assess operating performance and how we manage the business. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as described in Note 1, “Significant Accounting and Reporting Policies” and Note 13, “Revenue.”
The following is a more detailed description of our reportable segments and the Corporate unit, which provides support services to each segment:
U.S. Markets
The U.S. Markets segment provides consumer reports, actionable insights and analytics to businesses. These businesses use our services to acquire customers, assess consumers’ ability to pay for services, identify cross-selling opportunities, measure and manage debt portfolio risk, collect debt, verify consumer identities and mitigate fraud risk. The core capabilities and delivery methods in our U.S. Markets segment allow us to serve a broad set of customers across industries. We report disaggregated revenue of our U.S. Markets segment for Financial Services and Emerging Verticals.
•Financial Services: The Financial Services vertical consists of our consumer lending, mortgage, auto and cards and payments lines of business. Our Financial Services clients consist of most banks, credit unions, finance companies, auto lenders, mortgage lenders, FinTechs, and other consumer lenders in the United States. We also distribute our solutions through most major resellers, secondary market players and sales agents. Beyond traditional lenders, we work with a variety of credit arrangers, such as auto dealers and peer-to-peer lenders. We provide solutions across every aspect of the lending lifecycle; customer acquisition and engagement, fraud and ID management, retention and recovery. Our products are focused on mitigating risk and include credit reporting, credit marketing, analytics and consulting, identity verification and authentication and debt recovery solutions. The revenue of Argus is included in Financial Services since the date of the acquisition.
•Emerging Verticals: Emerging Verticals include Technology, Commerce & Communications, Insurance, Media, Services & Collections, Tenant & Employment, and Public Sector. Our solutions in these verticals are also data-driven and address the entire customer lifecycle. We offer onboarding and transaction processing products, scoring and analytic products, marketing solutions, fraud and identity management solutions and customer retention solutions.
International
The International segment provides services similar to our U.S. Markets segment to businesses in select regions outside the United States. Depending on the maturity of the credit economy in each country, services may include credit reports, analytics and solutions services, and other value-added risk management services. In addition, we have insurance, business and automotive databases in select geographies. These services are offered to customers in a number of industries including financial services, insurance, automotive, collections, and communications, and are delivered through both direct and indirect channels. The International segment also provides consumer services similar to those offered by our Consumer Interactive segment that help consumers proactively manage their personal finances and take precautions against identity theft.
We report disaggregated revenue of our International segment for the following regions: Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Africa, India, and Asia Pacific.
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Consumer Interactive
The Consumer Interactive segment provides solutions that help consumers manage their personal finances and take precautions against identity theft. Services in this segment include paid and free credit reports, scores and freezes, credit monitoring, identity protection and resolution, and financial management for consumers. The segment also provides solutions that help businesses respond to data breach events. Our products are provided through user-friendly online and mobile interfaces and are supported by educational content and customer support. Our Consumer Interactive segment serves consumers through both direct and indirect channels.
Corporate
Corporate provides support services for each of the segments, holds investments, and conducts enterprise functions. Certain costs incurred in Corporate that are not directly attributable to one or more of the segments remain in Corporate. These costs are typically enterprise-level costs and are primarily administrative in nature.
Selected segment financial information and disaggregated revenue consisted of the following:
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| Gross Revenue: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Financial Services | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total U.S. Markets | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Canada | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total International | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Consumer Interactive | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total revenue, gross | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intersegment revenue eliminations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Markets | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||
| International | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer Interactive | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total intersegment eliminations | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total revenue as reported | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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A reconciliation of Segment Adjusted EBITDA to income from continuing operations before income taxes for the periods presented is as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Markets Adjusted EBITDA | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| International Adjusted EBITDA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer Interactive Adjusted EBITDA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile to income from continuing operations before income taxes: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate expenses1 | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest expense | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment2 | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation3 | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization4 | ( | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Accelerated technology investment5 | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net other6 | ( | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to non-controlling interests | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total adjustments | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||
| Income from continuing operations before income taxes | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
1.Certain costs that are not directly attributable to one or more of the segments remain in Corporate. These costs are typically enterprise-level costs and are primarily administrative in nature.
2.For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we recorded a goodwill impairment of $(495.0 ) million related to our United Kingdom reporting unit in our International segment.
3.Consisted of stock-based compensation and cash-settled stock-based compensation.
4.Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization consisted of the following adjustments:
For the three months ended September 30, 2023, $(4.1 ) million of Neustar integration costs; $(1.7 ) million of acquisition expenses; a $(1.0 ) million adjustment to fair value of a note receivable; an $11.7 million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment; and $1.1 million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, $(8.7 ) million of Neustar integration costs; $(3.4 ) million of acquisition expenses; a $3.4 million gain related to government net tax reimbursement from a recent business acquisition; $0.7 million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses; and a $0.3 million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, $(15.6 ) million of Neustar integration costs; a $(9.1 ) million loss on the impairment of a Cost Method Investment; $(5.5 ) million of acquisition expenses; $(5.1 ) million of adjustments to liabilities from a recent acquisition; a $6.2 million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment; $2.4 million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses; a $1.3 million adjustment to the fair value of a note receivable; and a $0.8 million gain on the disposal of a Cost Method Investment.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022: $(25.5 ) million of Neustar integration costs; $(21.4 ) million of acquisition expenses; $6.0 million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses; a $3.4 million gain related to government net tax reimbursement from a recent business acquisition; and a $1.0 million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment.
5.Represents expenses associated with our accelerated technology investment to migrate to the cloud.
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6.Net other consisted of the following adjustments:
For the three months ended September 30, 2023, $(1.0 ) million of deferred loan fees written off as a result of the prepayment on our debt; and a $(0.9 ) million net loss from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations, loan fees and other.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, $(3.8 ) million net losses from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations, loan fees and other.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, $(3.1 ) million of deferred loan fees written off as a result of the prepayment on our debt; and a $(7.5 ) million net loss from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations, loan fees and other.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, $(28.4 ) million for certain legal and regulatory expenses; $(6.8 ) million net losses from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations, loan fees and other; and $(6.5 ) million of deferred loan fees written off as a result of the prepayments on our debt.
Earnings from equity method investments included in non-operating income and expense was as follows:
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| (in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Markets | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total (Note 8) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
18. Contingencies
Legal and Regulatory Matters
We are routinely named as defendants in, or parties to, various legal actions and proceedings relating to our current or past business operations. These actions generally assert claims for violations of federal or state credit reporting, consumer protection or privacy laws, or common law claims related to the unfair treatment of consumers, and may include claims for substantial or indeterminate compensatory or punitive damages, or injunctive relief, and may seek business practice changes. We believe that most of these claims are either without merit or we have valid defenses to the claims, and we vigorously defend these matters or seek non-monetary or small monetary settlements, if possible. However, due to the uncertainties inherent in litigation, we cannot predict the outcome of each claim in each instance.
In the ordinary course of business, we also are subject to governmental and regulatory examinations, information-gathering requests, investigations and proceedings (both formal and informal), certain of which may result in adverse judgments, settlements, fines, penalties, injunctions or other relief. In connection with formal and informal investigations and inquiries by regulators, we sometimes receive civil investigative demands, requests, subpoenas and orders seeking documents, testimony, and other information in connection with various aspects of our activities.
In view of the inherent unpredictability of legal and regulatory matters, particularly where the damages sought are substantial or indeterminate or when the proceedings or investigations are in the early stages, we cannot determine with any degree of certainty the timing or ultimate resolution of legal and regulatory matters or the eventual loss, fines or penalties, if any, that may result from such matters. We establish reserves for legal and regulatory matters when those matters present loss contingencies that are both probable and can be reasonably estimated. However, for certain of the matters, we are not able to reasonably estimate our exposure because damages or penalties have not been specified and (i) the proceedings are in early stages, (ii) there is uncertainty as to the likelihood of a class being certified or the ultimate size of the class, (iii) there is uncertainty as to the outcome of similar matters pending against our competitors, (iv) there are significant factual issues to be resolved, and/or (v) there are legal issues of a first impression being presented. The actual costs of resolving legal and regulatory matters, however, may be substantially higher than the amounts reserved for those matters, and an adverse outcome in certain of these matters could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial statements in particular quarterly or annual periods. We accrue amounts for certain legal and regulatory matters for which losses were considered to be probable of occurring based on our best estimate of the most likely outcome. It is reasonably possible actual losses could be significantly different from our current estimates. In addition, there are some matters for which it is reasonably possible that a loss will occur, however we cannot estimate a range of the potential losses for these matters.
To reduce our exposure to an unexpected significant monetary award resulting from an adverse judicial decision, we maintain insurance that we believe is appropriate and adequate based on our historical experience. We regularly advise our insurance carriers of the claims, threatened or pending, against us in legal and regulatory matters and generally receive a reservation of rights letter from the carriers when such claims exceed applicable deductibles. We are not aware of any significant monetary
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claim that has been asserted against us, except for the lawsuit filed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) referenced below, that would not have some level of coverage by insurance after the relevant deductible, if any, is met.
As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we have accrued $148.4 million and $125.0 million, respectively, for legal and regulatory matters. These amounts were recorded in other accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets and the associated expenses were recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income. Legal fees incurred in connection with ongoing litigation are considered period costs and are expensed as incurred.
CFPB Matters
In June 2021, we received a Notice and Opportunity to Respond and Advise (“NORA”) letter from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), informing us that the CFPB’s Enforcement Division was considering whether to recommend that the CFPB take legal action against us and certain of our executive officers. The NORA letter alleged that we failed to comply with and timely implement a Consent Order issued by the CFPB in January 2017 (the “Consent Order”), and further alleged additional violations related to Consumer Interactive’s marketing practices. On September 27, 2021, the Enforcement Division advised us that it had obtained authority to pursue an enforcement action. On April 12, 2022, after failed settlement negotiations with the CFPB related to the matter, the CFPB filed a lawsuit against us, Trans Union LLC, TransUnion Interactive, Inc. (collectively, the “TU Entities”) and the former President of Consumer Interactive, John Danaher, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois seeking restitution, civil money penalties, and injunctive relief, among other remedies, and alleging that the TU Entities violated the Consent Order, engaged in deceptive acts and practices in marketing the TransUnion Credit Monitoring product, failed to obtain signed written authorizations from consumers before debiting their bank accounts for the TransUnion Credit Monitoring product and diverted consumers from their free annual file disclosure into paid subscription products. The CFPB further alleges that Mr. Danaher violated the Consent Order and that we and Trans Union LLC provided substantial assistance to TransUnion Interactive, Inc. in violating the Consent Order and the law. We continue to believe that our marketing practices are lawful and appropriate and that we have been, and remain, in compliance with the Consent Order, and we will vigorously defend against allegations to the contrary in such proceedings. We continue to be in active litigation on this matter.
As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we have an accrued liability of $56.0
In March 2022, we received a NORA letter from the CFPB, informing us that the CFPB’s Enforcement Division is considering whether to recommend that the CFPB take legal action against us related to our tenant and employment screening business, TransUnion Rental Screening Solutions, Inc. (“TURSS”). The NORA letter alleges that Trans Union LLC and TURSS violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to (i) follow reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy of information in consumer reports and (ii) disclose to consumers the sources of such information. On July 27, 2022, the CFPB’s Enforcement Division advised us that it had obtained authority to pursue an enforcement action jointly with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”). On October 5, 2023, we reached a settlement in the form of a Consent Order with the CFPB and the FTC regarding this matter, pursuant to which we agreed to pay $11.0 million in redress and $4.0 million in civil money penalties and to implement certain business process changes. As of September 30, 2023, we have recorded an accrued liability for these amounts.
In June 2022, the CFPB informed Trans Union LLC that it intended to issue a NORA letter following an investigation relating to alleged violations of law in connection with the placement and lifting of security freezes resulting from certain system issues. We have corrected associated system issues and have processes in place to monitor and address issues going forward. In August 2022, the TU Entities received a NORA letter from the CFPB, informing us that the CFPB’s Enforcement Division is considering whether to recommend that the CFPB take legal action against us. On April 14, 2023, the CFPB’s Enforcement Division advised us that it had obtained authority to pursue an enforcement action. On October 10, 2023, we reached a settlement in the form of a Consent Order with the CFPB regarding this matter, pursuant to which we agreed to pay $3.0 million in redress and $5.0 million in civil money penalties. As of September 30, 2023, we have recorded an accrued liability for these amounts.
Argus Department of Justice Matter
We are cooperating with an investigation originating from the civil division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia related to Argus’s use of certain data it collected under certain government contracts. We acquired Argus in connection with our acquisition of VF in April 2022. This matter pertains to alleged conduct that commenced before we acquired Argus. We are cooperating with Verisk Analytics, Inc. (the “Seller”) to respond to the Department of Justice’s
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19. Revision of Previously Issued Financial Statements
As discussed in Note 1, the Company identified an error in the classification of employee costs related to certain of our recent acquisitions between cost of services and selling, general and administrative in the Consolidated Statements of Income. A summary of the corrections to the impacted financial statement line items to the Company’s previously issued Consolidated Statements of Income previously filed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K and in unaudited Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q is as follows:
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of TransUnion’s financial condition and results of operations is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, TransUnion’s audited consolidated financial statements, the accompanying notes, “Risk Factors,” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as well as the unaudited consolidated financial statements and the related notes presented in Part I, Item 1, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
In addition to historical data, this discussion contains forward-looking statements about our business, operations and financial performance based on current expectations that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including but not limited to those discussed in “Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” and Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”
References in this discussion and analysis to the “Company,” “we,”, “us,” and “our” refer to TransUnion and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including TransUnion Intermediate Holdings, Inc., collectively.
Overview
TransUnion is a leading global information and insights company that makes trust possible between businesses and consumers, working to help people around the world access opportunities that can lead to a higher quality of life. That trust is built on TransUnion’s ability to deliver safe, innovative solutions with credibility and consistency. We call this Information for Good.
Grounded in our heritage as a credit reporting agency, we have built robust and accurate databases of information for a large portion of the adult population in the markets we serve. We use our data fusion methodology to link and match an increasing set of disparate data to further enrich our database. We use this enriched data, combined with our expertise, to continuously develop more insightful solutions for our customers, all in accordance with global laws and regulations. Because of our work, organizations can better understand consumers in order to make more informed decisions, and earn consumer trust through great, personalized experiences, and the proactive extension of the right opportunities, tools and offers. In turn, we believe consumers can be confident that their data identities will result in better offers and opportunities.
We provide solutions that enable businesses to manage and measure credit risk, market to new and existing customers, verify consumer identities, mitigate fraud, and effectively manage call center operations. Businesses embed our solutions into their process workflows to deliver critical insights and enable effective actions. Consumers use our solutions to view their credit profiles and access analytical tools that help them understand and manage their personal financial information and take precautions against identity theft. Our solutions are based on a foundation of data assets across financial, credit, alternative credit, identity, phone activity, digital device information, marketing, bankruptcy, lien, judgment, insurance claims, automotive and other relevant information obtained from thousands of sources including financial institutions, private databases and public records repositories.
Our addressable market includes the global data and analytics market, which continues to grow as companies around the world increasingly recognize the benefits of data and analytics-based decision making, and as consumers recognize the important role that their data identities play in their ability to procure goods and services. We leverage our differentiated capabilities in order to serve a global customer base across multiple geographies and industry verticals.
Segments
We manage our business and report our financial results in three reportable segments: U.S. Markets, International and Consumer Interactive. See Part I, Item 1 “Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 17, “Reportable Segments” for additional information.
U.S. Markets
The U.S. Markets segment provides consumer reports, actionable insights and analytics to businesses. These businesses use our services to acquire customers, assess consumers’ ability to pay for services, identify cross-selling opportunities, measure and manage debt portfolio risk, collect debt, verify consumer identities and mitigate fraud risk. The core capabilities and delivery methods in our U.S. Markets segment allow us to serve a broad set of customers across industries.
International
The International segment provides services similar to our U.S. Markets segment to businesses in select regions outside the United States. Depending on the maturity of the credit economy in each country, services may include credit reports, analytics and solutions services, and other value-added risk management services. In addition, we have insurance, business and automotive databases in select geographies. These services are offered to customers in a number of industries including financial services, insurance, automotive, collections, and communications, and are delivered through both direct and indirect
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channels. The International segment also provides consumer services similar to those offered by our Consumer Interactive segment that help consumers proactively manage their personal finances and take precautions against identity theft.
Consumer Interactive
The Consumer Interactive segment provides solutions that help consumers manage their personal finances and take precautions against identity theft. Services in this segment include paid and free credit reports, scores and freezes, credit monitoring, identity protection and resolution, and financial management for consumers. The segment also provides solutions that help businesses respond to data breach events. Our products are provided through user-friendly online and mobile interfaces and are supported by educational content and customer support. Our Consumer Interactive segment serves consumers through both direct and indirect channels.
Corporate
In addition, Corporate provides support services for each of the segments, holds investments, and conducts enterprise functions. Certain costs incurred in Corporate that are not directly attributable to one or more of the segments remain in Corporate. These costs are typically enterprise-level costs and are primarily administrative in nature.
Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations
The following are certain key factors that affect, or have recently affected, our results of operations:
Macroeconomic and Industry Trends
Our revenues and results of operations have been and can be significantly influenced by general macroeconomic conditions, including but not limited to, interest rates, inflation, housing demand, the availability of credit and capital, employment levels, and consumer confidence.
During the first nine months of 2023, the U.S. labor market remained steady with low unemployment and rising real wages. However, subsiding but still elevated inflation, high energy prices, and continued interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve have all contributed to constrained economic activity. In addition, liquidity challenges within the banking sector, a slowing housing market, lower GDP growth, softening consumer confidence and global geopolitical events, all added to the deterioration of global macroeconomic conditions and increasing recession fears compared with the post-pandemic rebound of 2021 and 2022. These slowing macroeconomic conditions had a more pronounced impact in our developed markets, including the U.K., compared with our emerging markets. The U.K. is experiencing persistently unfavorable and worsening macroeconomic conditions, including rising interest rates, inflation pressures, and a slowing labor market. In addition, the impact of exchange rates had a continuing significant impact on our International segment. The impact of higher interest rates has slowed demand for consumer loans and auto loans, and has been particularly acute in the housing sector, where higher borrowing rates significantly impacts both home affordability, driving down purchase activity, and demand for mortgage loan refinancing. The impact of higher interest rates on slowing aggregate demand is expected to result in increased unemployment levels over the next year, which is likely to reduce consumer credit activity. These dynamics impact the comparability of our results of operations, including our revenue and expense, between the periods presented below.
The ongoing uncertainty and the unpredictable nature of the macroeconomic environment could have a material adverse impact on various aspects of our business in the future, including our stock price, results of operations and financial condition, including the carrying value of our long-lived assets such as goodwill and intangible assets.
Effects of Inflation
We believe that inflation has had and we expect will continue to have a negative impact on our business and results of operations, including decreased demand for our services resulting from the Federal Reserve and other central banks continuing to raise interest rates to combat inflation, slowing consumer spending on non-essential goods and services, and consequently lower demand for credit. The impact of elevated but subsiding levels of inflation and the resulting response by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to raise interest rates could have a material adverse impact on various aspects of our business in the future.
Developments that Impact Comparability Between Periods
The following developments impact the comparability of our balance sheets, results of operations and cash flows between periods:
During the third quarter of 2023, we identified a triggering event for goodwill impairment testing purposes in our United Kingdom reporting unit as discussed in Item 1, “Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 5, “Goodwill.” As a result of the triggering event, we recorded a goodwill impairment of $495.0 million in the third quarter of 2023.
In each of the first three quarters of 2023, we prepaid $75.0 million, and during the quarters ended December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, we prepaid $200.0 million and $400.0 million, respectively, of our Senior Secured Term Loan B-6, funded
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from cash-on-hand. These transactions affect the comparability of interest expense between 2023 and 2022, as further discussed in “Results of Operations – Non-Operating Income and (Expense) – Interest Expense” below.
On November 16, 2022, we entered into interest rate swap agreements with various counterparties that effectively fix our variable interest rate exposure on a portion of our Senior Secured Term Loan or similar replacement debt. These swaps replaced other swaps that expired in December 30, 2022. The swaps commenced on December 30, 2022, and expire on December 31, 2024, with a current aggregate notional amount of $1,305.0 million that amortizes each quarter. The swaps require us to pay fixed rates varying between 4.3380% and 4.3870% in exchange for receiving a variable rate that matches the variable rate on our loans. We have designated these swap agreements as cash flow hedges.
On April 12, 2022, after failed settlement negotiations with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) regarding a certain regulatory matter, the CFPB filed a lawsuit against us, Trans Union LLC, TransUnion Interactive, Inc. and our former President of Consumer Interactive. During the first quarter of 2022, we recorded an incremental $29.5 million of expense related to this matter. See Part I, Item 1, “Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 18, “Contingencies,” for further information about this matter.
On April 8, 2022, we acquired 100% of the equity of the entities that comprised Verisk Financial Services (“VF”). We retained the leading core businesses of Argus, and divested the remaining non-core businesses on December 30, 2022. The results of operations of Argus are included in the U.S. Markets segment in our consolidated statements of income since the date of the acquisition. See Part I, Item 1, “Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 2, “Business Acquisition,” and Note 3, “Discontinued Operations,” for additional information.
Key Components of Our Results of Operations
Revenue
We report revenue for our three reportable segments, U.S. Markets, International and Consumer Interactive. Within the U.S. Markets segments, we report and disaggregate revenue by vertical, which consists of our Financial Services vertical and Emerging vertical. Revenue from our acquisition of Argus is included in the Financial Services vertical. Within the International segment, we disaggregate revenue by regions, which consists of Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Africa, India, and Asia Pacific. For our Consumer Interactive segment, we do not disaggregate revenue.
Cost of Services
Costs of services include data acquisition and royalty fees, personnel costs related to our databases and software applications, consumer and call center support costs, hardware and software maintenance costs, telecommunication expenses and occupancy costs associated with the facilities where these functions are performed.
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expenses include personnel-related costs for sales, administrative and management employees, costs for professional and consulting services, advertising and occupancy and facilities expense of these functions.
Non-Operating Income and Expense
Non-operating income and expense includes interest expense, interest income, earnings from equity-method investments, dividends from cost-method investments, fair-value adjustments of equity-method and Cost Method Investments, if any, expenses related to successful and unsuccessful business acquisitions, loan fees, debt refinancing expenses, certain acquisition-related gains and losses and other non-operating income and expenses.
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Results of Operations —Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, our results of operations were as follows:
| Three months ended | Change | Nine months ended | Change | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| September 30, | 2023 vs. 2022 | September 30, | 2023 vs. 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 968.7 | $ | 938.2 | $ | 30.4 | 3.2 | % | $ | 2,876.9 | $ | 2,807.8 | $ | 69.1 | 2.5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization below)1 | 344.8 | 338.2 | 6.6 | 2.0 | % | 1,073.2 | 988.2 | 85.0 | 8.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative1 | 314.8 | 301.0 | 13.8 | 4.6 | % | 931.3 | 943.6 | (12.3) | (1.3) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 131.3 | 129.6 | 1.8 | 1.4 | % | 391.1 | 389.0 | 2.1 | 0.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment | 495.0 | — | 495.0 | nm | 495.0 | — | 495.0 | nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 1,286.0 | 768.8 | 517.2 | 67.3 | % | 2,890.6 | 2,320.8 | 569.8 | 24.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | (317.3) | 169.5 | (486.8) | nm | (13.7) | 487.0 | (500.7) | (102.8) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Interest expense | (72.7) | (61.3) | (11.4) | 18.6 | % | (217.2) | (163.4) | (53.8) | 32.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | 5.0 | 1.1 | 3.8 | nm | 15.1 | 3.1 | 12.0 | nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings from equity method investments | 3.7 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 3.6 | % | 11.7 | 9.7 | 2.0 | 20.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other income and (expense), net | 8.7 | (2.0) | 10.7 | nm | (16.3) | (20.2) | 3.9 | (19.2) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total non-operating income and (expense) | (55.4) | (58.7) | 3.3 | (5.6) | % | (206.8) | (170.9) | (35.9) | 21.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes | (372.7) | 110.8 | (483.5) | nm | (220.5) | 316.1 | (536.6) | nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Benefit (provision) for income taxes | (22.2) | (30.6) | 8.3 | (27.3) | % | (60.1) | (84.1) | 24.0 | (28.6) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations | (394.9) | 80.3 | (475.2) | nm | (280.6) | 232.0 | (512.5) | nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | (0.5) | 2.4 | (2.9) | nm | (0.7) | 2.3 | (3.1) | nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | (395.4) | 82.7 | (478.1) | nm | (281.3) | 234.3 | (515.6) | nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (4.3) | (3.5) | (0.8) | 23.1 | % | (11.9) | (11.3) | (0.6) | 5.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion | $ | (399.8) | $ | 79.2 | $ | (478.9) | nm | $ | (293.2) | $ | 223.0 | $ | (516.3) | nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As a result of displaying amounts in millions, rounding differences may exist in the table above.
1.We revised prior period Consolidated Statements of Income to correct the classification of certain employee related expenses between cost of services and selling, general and administrative. See Part I, Item 1, “Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 1, “Significant Accounting and Reporting Policies,” and Note 19, “Revision of Previously Issued Financial Statements.”
Revenue
For the three months ended September 30, 2023, revenue increased $30.4 million, or 3.2%, compared with the same period in 2022, due primarily to growth in our International and U.S. Markets segments, partially offset by a decrease in our Consumer Interactive segment.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, revenue increased $69.1 million, or 2.5%, compared with the same period in 2022, due primarily to a 0.7% increase from our recent acquisition in the U.S. Markets segment and organic growth in our International and U.S. Markets segments, partially offset by a decrease in our Consumer Interactive segment and a decrease from the impact of foreign currencies.
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Operating Expenses
We revised prior period Consolidated Statements of Income to correct the classification of certain employee related expenses between cost of services and selling, general and administrative. See Part I, Item 1, “Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 1, “Significant Accounting and Reporting Policies,” and Note 19, “Revision of Prior Period Financial Statements.”
Cost of Services
Cost of services increased $6.6 million and $84.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2022.
The increase in the three-month period was due primarily to:
•an increase in variable product costs resulting from the increase in revenue in our U.S. Markets; and
•an increase in costs from our accelerated technology investment,
partially offset by:
•a decrease in various other costs due to cost initiatives.
The increase in the nine-month period was due primarily to:
•an increase in variable product costs resulting from the increase in revenue in our U.S. Markets;
•an increase in costs from our accelerated technology investment; and
•an increase in operating costs in the first quarter from our April 2022 acquisition in our U.S. Markets segment,
partially offset by:
•the impact of foreign currencies on the expenses of our International operations.
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $13.9 million and decreased $12.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2022.
The increase in the three-month period was due primarily to:
•a net increase in labor costs, including an increase in stock-based incentive compensation and a decrease in cash-based incentive compensation,
partially offset by:
•a decrease in advertising expense; and
•a decrease in integration-related costs for our 2021 and 2022 acquisitions in our U.S. Markets and Consumer Interactive segments.
The decrease in the nine-month period was due primarily to:
•a decrease in certain legal and regulatory expenses;
•a decrease in integration-related costs for our 2021 and 2022 acquisitions in our U.S. Markets and Consumer Interactive segment;
•a decrease in advertising expense, primarily in our Consumer Interactive segment; and
•the impact of foreign currencies on the expenses of our International segment,
partially offset by:
•a net increase in labor costs, including an increase in stock-based incentive compensation and a decrease in cash-based incentive compensation; and
•an increase in operating costs in the first quarter from our April 2022 acquisition in our U.S. Markets segment.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization increased $1.8 million and $2.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2022.
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Goodwill impairment
During the three months ended September 30, 2023, we identified a triggering event related to our United Kingdom reporting unit. As a result of the triggering event, we performed a quantitative impairment test for the United Kingdom reporting unit. The quantitative test indicated that the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeded its fair value, resulting in a partial goodwill impairment of $495 million that we recorded in the third quarter of 2023.
See Part I, Item 1, “Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 5, “Goodwill,” for additional information.
Non-Operating Income and Expense
Interest expense
In each of the first three quarters of 2023, we prepaid $75.0 million, and during the quarters ended December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, we prepaid $200.0 million and $400.0 million, respectively, of our Senior Secured Term Loan B-6, funded from cash-on-hand. The interest rate on our debt is variable and based on Term SOFR. Approximately 73.3% of this debt is hedged with interest rate swaps.
These factors impact the comparability of interest expense between periods. Our future interest expense could be materially impacted by changes in our variable interest rates to the extent our variable rate debt is not hedged, additional borrowings, or additional prepayments. See Part I, Item 1, “Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 11, “Debt,” for additional information about our debt.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, interest expense increased $11.4 million and $53.8 million, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2022. This increase was due to the impact of an increase in the average periodic variable interest rate on the unhedged portion of our debt, partially offset by a decrease in outstanding principal balance due to the prepayments made in 2022 and 2023.
Interest income
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, interest income increased $3.8 million and $12.0 million, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2022. This increase was due to interest earned on the note receivable discussed in Note 16, “Fair Value,” and the increase in interest rates.
Other income and (expense), net
Other income and (expense), net includes acquisition fees, loan fees, and various other income and expenses.
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| Other income and (expense), net: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acquisition fees | $ | (1.7) | $ | (3.4) | $ | 1.7 | (50.0) | % | $ | (5.5) | $ | (21.4) | $ | 15.9 | (74.3) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loan fees | (1.3) | (0.4) | (0.9) | nm | (4.5) | (7.7) | 3.2 | (41.6) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | 11.7 | 1.8 | 9.9 | nm | (6.3) | 8.9 | (15.2) | nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total other income and (expense), net | $ | 8.7 | $ | (2.0) | $ | 10.7 | nm | $ | (16.3) | $ | (20.2) | $ | 3.9 | (19.3) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As a result of displaying amounts in millions, rounding differences may exist in the table above.
Acquisition fees
Acquisition fees represent costs we have incurred in each period for various acquisition-related efforts, and include costs related to our acquisition of Argus in 2022.
Loan fees
Loan fees include deferred financing fees written off as a result of prepayments made on our debt. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we prepaid $75.0 million and $225.0 million, respectively, of our Senior Secured Term Loan B-6, funded from our cash-on-hand. As a result, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we expensed $1.0 million and $3.1 million of our unamortized original issue discount and deferred financing fees. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we prepaid $400.0 million of our Senior Secured Term Loan B-6, funded from our cash-on-hand. As a result, for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we expensed $6.5 million of our unamortized original issue discount and deferred financing fees
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Other income and (expense), net
The three months ended September 30, 2023 includes a $11.7 million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment, currency remeasurement gains and losses, dividends received from Cost Method Investments, and other miscellaneous non-operating income and expense items.
The nine months ended September 30, 2023 includes a $9.1 million loss on the impairment of a Cost Method Investment, a $6.2 million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment, gains and losses on other Cost Method investments, currency remeasurement gains and losses, dividends received from Cost Method Investments, and other miscellaneous non-operating income and expense items.
Provision for Income Taxes
For the three months ended September 30, 2023, we reported an effective tax rate of (6.0)%, which was lower than the 21.0% U.S. federal corporate statutory rate due primarily to the impact of non-deductible goodwill impairment.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, we reported an effective tax rate of 27.6%, which was higher than the 21.0% U.S. federal corporate statutory rate due primarily to increases in valuation allowances, nondeductible expenses in connection with executive compensation limitations, non-U.S. return-to-provision adjustments and other rate-impacting items, partially offset by benefits from the foreign rate differential, which includes the cumulative effect of a legal entity restructuring implemented in the third quarter and the research and development credit.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we reported an effective tax rate of (27.2)%, which was lower than the 21.0% U.S. federal corporate statutory rate due primarily to the impact of non-deductible goodwill impairment.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we reported an effective tax rate of 26.6%, which was higher than the 21.0% U.S. federal corporate statutory rate due primarily to nondeductible expenses in connection with certain legal and regulatory matters and executive compensation limitations, increases in valuation allowances and other rate-impacting items, partially offset by excess tax benefits on stock-based compensation, benefits from the research and development credit, and benefits from the foreign rate differential, which includes the cumulative effect of a legal entity restructuring implemented in the third quarter.
Segment Results of Operations—Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022:
Management, including our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), evaluates the financial performance of our businesses based on revenue and segment Adjusted EBITDA. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, our segment revenue, segment Adjusted EBITDA and Segment Adjusted EBITDA Margin were as follows:
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| U.S. Markets gross revenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Financial Services | $ | 322.6 | $ | 323.3 | $ | (0.7) | (0.2) | % | $ | 975.1 | $ | 958.6 | $ | 16.5 | 1.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emerging Verticals | 310.9 | 297.8 | 13.1 | 4.4 | % | 920.9 | 895.8 | 25.1 | 2.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Markets gross revenue | $ | 633.5 | $ | 621.1 | $ | 12.4 | 2.0 | % | $ | 1,896.1 | $ | 1,854.4 | $ | 41.6 | 2.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada | $ | 36.7 | $ | 32.4 | $ | 4.3 | 13.3 | % | $ | 103.1 | $ | 96.2 | $ | 7.0 | 7.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Latin America | 30.9 | 28.6 | 2.4 | 8.2 | % | 89.4 | 85.3 | 4.0 | 4.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 49.8 | 48.5 | 1.3 | 2.6 | % | 146.0 | 154.5 | (8.5) | (5.5) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Africa | 15.2 | 15.5 | (0.4) | (2.3) | % | 44.3 | 45.9 | (1.6) | (3.6) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| India | 56.1 | 44.4 | 11.7 | 26.4 | % | 161.8 | 129.8 | 32.0 | 24.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asia Pacific | 22.3 | 19.8 | 2.5 | 12.8 | % | 65.6 | 55.7 | 9.9 | 17.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International gross revenue | $ | 211.0 | $ | 189.2 | $ | 21.8 | 11.5 | % | $ | 610.1 | $ | 567.4 | $ | 42.7 | 7.5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer Interactive | $ | 143.1 | $ | 147.3 | $ | (4.2) | (2.9) | % | $ | 429.4 | $ | 444.3 | $ | (14.9) | (3.3) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total gross revenue | $ | 987.6 | $ | 957.6 | $ | 30.0 | 3.1 | % | $ | 2,935.6 | $ | 2,866.1 | $ | 69.5 | 2.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Markets | $ | 223.0 | $ | 218.4 | $ | 4.6 | 2.1 | % | $ | 645.1 | $ | 669.5 | $ | (24.4) | (3.6) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International | 95.5 | 83.9 | 11.7 | 13.9 | % | 266.9 | 246.9 | 20.0 | 8.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer Interactive | 72.1 | 73.1 | (0.9) | (1.3) | % | 209.9 | 210.0 | (0.1) | (0.1) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA margin: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Markets | 35.2 | % | 35.2 | % | — | % | 34.0 | % | 36.1 | % | (2.1) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International | 45.3 | % | 44.3 | % | 0.9 | % | 43.7 | % | 43.5 | % | 0.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer Interactive | 50.4 | % | 49.6 | % | 0.8 | % | 48.9 | % | 47.3 | % | 1.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As a result of displaying amounts in millions, rounding differences may exist in the table above.
We define Adjusted EBITDA Margin for our segments as the segment Adjusted EBITDA divided by segment gross revenue.
U.S. Markets Segment
Revenue
U.S. Markets revenue increased $12.4 million, or 2.0%, and $41.6 million, or 2.2%, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2022. The increase was due primarily to an increase in our Emerging verticals and, for the nine-month period, a 1.1% increase due to our acquisition of Argus.
Financial Services: Revenue remained relatively flat for the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared with the same period in 2022. Our Card and Banking line of business decreased due primarily to a decrease in marketing activity. Our Consumer Lending line of business decreased due to softness in the FinTech space from increasing interest rates. These decreases were offset by an increase in our Mortgage line of business due primarily to price increases partially offset by volume declines due to higher interest rates, and an increase in our Auto line of business due to price and volume increases.
Revenue increased $16.5 million, or 1.7%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared with the same periods in 2022. Our Mortgage line of business increased due primarily to price increases, partially offset by volume declines due to higher interest rates. Our Auto line of business also increased due to price increases and an increase in volumes. Our Consumer Lending line of business decreased due to macroeconomic uncertainty driving a decline in marketing activity. Our Card and
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Banking line of business also decreased, due primarily to a decrease from reduced batch activity that was partially offset by an increase in online volumes.
We anticipate interest rates will remain high and continue to impact our Financial Services business.
Emerging Verticals: Revenue increased $13.1 million, or 4.4%, and $25.1 million or 2.8%, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2022. The increase was due to increases in our Technology, Insurance, Services & Collections, Media and Public Sector verticals, partially offset by a decrease in our Tenant and Employment verticals.
Adjusted EBITDA
For the three months ended September 30, 2023, Adjusted EBITDA increased $4.6 million, primarily due to an increase in revenue and a decrease in people costs, partially offset by higher variable product costs.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, Adjusted EBITDA decreased $24.4 million, primarily due to higher variable product costs, an increase in people costs, and equipment and software expense, partially offset by an increase in revenue and a decrease in certain legal and regulatory expenses.
For the three months ended September 30, 2023, Adjusted EBITDA margin was flat compared with the same period in 2022.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, Adjusted EBITDA margin decreased, due primarily to a shift in the revenue mix and the lower margin profile of the Argus business.
International Segment
Revenue
International revenue increased $21.8 million, or 11.5%, and $42.7 million, or 7.5%, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2022, due primarily to higher local currency revenue in all regions except for the United Kingdom, driven by increased volumes from improving economic conditions and new product initiatives. The impact of foreign currencies resulted in a revenue increase of 0.2% for the three-month period and a decrease of 4.6% for the nine-month period.
Canada: Revenue increased $4.3 million, or 13.3%, and $7.0 million, or 7.2%, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2022. The increase was due primarily to higher local currency revenue from new business wins, including at a large bank, share-shifts from key customers, batch and breach services, and other volume increases, partially offset by a decrease in revenue of 3.3% and 5.2% in each respective period from the impact of foreign currencies.
Latin America: Revenue increased $2.4 million, or 8.2%, and $4.0 million or 4.7%, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2022. The increase was due primarily to higher local currency revenue from broad-based growth across several of our markets, including ongoing new business wins, share-shifts, and other volume increases including expansion of our new solutions. The impact of foreign currencies resulted in a revenue increase of 5.5% for the three-month period and a revenue decrease of 1.6% for the nine-month period.
United Kingdom: Revenue increased $1.3 million, or 2.6%, for the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared with the same period in 2022. The increase was primarily driven by a 7.1% impact of foreign currencies and volume growth from new products at key Financial Services customers, partially offset by the impact of a one-time contract in the prior period.
Revenue decreased $8.5 million, or 5.5%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared with the same period in 2022. The decrease was primarily driven by the impact of a one-time contract in the prior year, and a 1.1% impact of foreign currencies, partially offset by volume growth from new products at key Financial Services customers.
Africa: Revenue decreased $0.4 million, or 2.3%, and $1.6 million, or 3.6%, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2022. The decrease was primarily driven by a 10.3% and 14.3% impact of foreign currencies in each respective period. Excluding the impact of foreign currency, local currency revenue increased due to meaningful new business wins in the nine-month period and contract renewals as well as volume growth in emerging countries and emerging verticals in both periods.
India: Revenue increased $11.7 million, or 26.4%, and $32.0 million, or 24.7%, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2022, due primarily to higher local currency revenue from growth in consumer and commercial credit markets fueled by healthy consumers who continued to spend despite rising inflation, including fraud, employment screening and consumer offerings, partially offset by a decrease of 4.6% and 8.2% in each respective period from the impact of foreign currencies.
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Asia Pacific: Revenue increased $2.5 million, or 12.8%, and $9.9 million, or 17.7%, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2022, due primarily to higher local currency revenue from increased volumes resulting from improved macroeconomic conditions, including new business in the financial services market, new product adoptions and increased volume in our consumer offerings. The impact of foreign currencies resulted in a revenue increase of 0.5% for the three-month period and a decrease of 1.1% for the nine-month period.
Adjusted EBITDA
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, Adjusted EBITDA increased $11.7 million and $20.0 million, respectively, due primarily to an increase in revenue, partially offset by an increase in labor costs to support growth initiatives in certain regions.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, Adjusted EBITDA margins for the International segment increased and was relatively flat, for each respective period, due primarily to an increase in local currency revenue and improving market conditions in most of our regions, partially offset by an increase in labor costs to support growth initiatives in certain regions.
Consumer Interactive Segment
Revenue
Consumer Interactive revenue decreased $4.2 million, or 2.9%, and $14.9 million, or 3.3%, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared with the same periods in 2022, due primarily to a decrease in revenue in our direct channel as reduced advertising and slowing macroeconomic conditions significantly reduced consumer demand for our paid credit products, partially offset by an increase in revenue in our indirect channel. In our indirect channel, revenue was flat for the three-month period and increased for the nine-month period, due primarily to higher volumes and new contracts with existing customers, partially offset by a prior year breach services contract.
Adjusted EBITDA
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, Adjusted EBITDA decreased $0.9 million and was relatively flat, for each respective period, due primarily to a decrease in advertising expense, partially offset by a decrease in revenue.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, Adjusted EBITDA margin for the Consumer Interactive segment increased due to a decrease in advertising costs and revenue growth in our indirect channel, partially offset by a decrease in revenue in our direct channel.
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Non-GAAP measures—Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022:
In addition to the GAAP measures discussed above, Management, including our CODM, evaluates the financial performance of our businesses based on the non-GAAP measures Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share, Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes, Adjusted Effective Tax Rate and Leverage Ratio.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We present Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share, Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes, Adjusted Effective Tax Rate and Leverage Ratio for all periods presented. These are important financial measures for the Company but are not financial measures as defined by GAAP. These financial measures should be reviewed in conjunction with the relevant GAAP financial measures and are not presented as alternative measures of GAAP. Other companies in our industry may define or calculate these measures differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures. Because of these limitations, these non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for performance measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, including operating income, operating margin, effective tax rate, net income (loss) attributable to the Company, diluted earnings per share or cash provided by operating activities. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are presented in the tables below.
We present Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share, Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes and Adjusted Effective Tax Rate as supplemental measures of our operating performance because these measures eliminate the impact of certain items that we do not consider indicative of our cash operations and ongoing operating performance. These are measures frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in their evaluation of the operating performance of companies similar to ours.
Our board of directors and executive management team use Adjusted EBITDA as an incentive compensation measure for most eligible employees and Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share as an incentive compensation measure for certain of our senior executives.
Under the credit agreement governing our Senior Secured Credit Facility, our ability to engage in activities such as incurring additional indebtedness, making investments and paying dividends is tied to our Leverage Ratio which is partially based on Adjusted EBITDA. Investors also use our Leverage Ratio to assess our ability to service our debt and make other capital allocation decisions.
We define Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion, less discontinued operations, net of tax, plus net interest expense, plus (less) provision (benefit) for income taxes, plus depreciation and amortization, plus goodwill impairment, plus stock-based compensation, plus mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization-related expenses, including Neustar integration-related expenses, plus certain accelerated technology investment expenses to migrate to the cloud, plus (less) certain other expenses (income). We define Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA Margin as Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenue as reported.
We define Adjusted Net Income as net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion, less discontinued operations, net of tax, plus goodwill impairment, plus stock-based compensation, plus mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization-related expenses, including Neustar integration-related expenses, plus certain accelerated technology investment expenses, plus (less) certain other expenses (income), plus amortization of certain intangible assets, plus or minus the total adjustment for income taxes included in our Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes. We define Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share as Adjusted Net Income divided by the weighted-average diluted shares outstanding. We define Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes as our provision for income taxes, plus or minus the tax impact on the adjustment included in Adjusted Net Income, plus or minus the impact of excess tax benefits for share compensation, plus or minus other items that relate to prior periods such as valuation allowance changes, deferred tax rate and return-to-provision adjustments, and other unusual items that are included in our provision for income taxes. We define Adjusted Effective Tax Rate as Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes divided by Adjusted Net Income.
We define Leverage Ratio as net debt divided by Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent twelve-month period including twelve months of Adjusted EBITDA from significant acquisitions. Net debt is defined as total debt less cash and cash equivalents as reported on the balance sheet as of the end of the period.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, these non-GAAP measures were as follows:
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Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin:
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Change | Nine Months Ended September 30, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 vs. 2022 | 2023 vs. 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | $ | % | 2023 | 2022 | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reconciliation of net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion to consolidated Adjusted EBITDA: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion | $ | (399.8) | $ | 79.2 | $ | (478.9) | nm | $ | (293.2) | $ | 223.0 | $ | (516.3) | nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | 0.5 | (2.4) | 2.9 | nm | 0.7 | (2.3) | 3.1 | nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to TransUnion | $ | (399.3) | $ | 76.8 | $ | (476.0) | nm | $ | (292.5) | $ | 220.7 | $ | (513.2) | nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net interest expense | 67.8 | 60.2 | 7.6 | 12.6 | % | 202.1 | 160.4 | 41.7 | 26.0 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 22.2 | 30.6 | (8.3) | (27.3) | % | 60.1 | 84.1 | (24.0) | (28.6) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 131.3 | 129.6 | 1.8 | 1.4 | % | 391.1 | 389.0 | 2.1 | 0.6 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EBITDA | $ | (178.0) | $ | 297.1 | $ | (475.0) | nm | $ | 360.8 | $ | 854.1 | $ | (493.3) | (57.8) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjustments to EBITDA: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment1 | 495.0 | — | 495.0 | nm | 495.0 | — | 495.0 | nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation2 | 27.0 | 19.9 | 7.0 | 35.4 | % | 73.3 | 60.8 | 12.5 | 20.5 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization3 | (6.0) | 7.8 | (13.8) | nm | 24.5 | 36.4 | (12.0) | (32.8) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accelerated technology investment4 | 16.3 | 12.1 | 4.2 | 34.8 | % | 53.5 | 32.2 | 21.3 | 66.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net other5 | 1.8 | 3.8 | (2.0) | (52.1) | % | 10.6 | 41.7 | (31.1) | (74.6) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total adjustments to EBITDA | $ | 534.1 | $ | 43.6 | $ | 490.5 | nm | $ | 656.8 | $ | 171.1 | $ | 485.8 | nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 356.1 | $ | 340.7 | $ | 15.5 | 4.5 | % | $ | 1,017.6 | $ | 1,025.2 | $ | (7.6) | (0.7) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion margin | (41.3) | % | 8.4 | % | (49.7) | % | (10.2) | % | 7.9 | % | (18.1) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA margin6 | 36.8 | % | 36.3 | % | 0.5 | % | 35.4 | % | 36.5 | % | (1.1) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
nm: not meaningful
As a result of displaying amounts in millions, rounding differences may exist in the table above.
1.For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we recorded a goodwill impairment of $495 million related to our United Kingdom reporting unit in our International segment.
2.Consisted of stock-based compensation, including amounts which are cash settled.
3.Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization consisted of the following adjustments:
For the three months ended September 30, 2023, $4.1 million of Neustar integration costs; $1.7 million of acquisition expenses; a $1.0 million adjustment to fair value of a note receivable; an $(11.7) million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment; and $(1.1) million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, $8.7 million of Neustar integration costs; $3.4 million of acquisition expenses; a $(3.4) million gain related to a government tax reimbursement from a recent business acquisition; $(0.7) million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses; and a $(0.3) million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, $15.6 million of Neustar integration costs; a $9.1 million loss on the impairment of a Cost Method Investment; $5.5 million of acquisition expenses; $5.1 million of adjustments to liabilities from a recent acquisition; a $(6.2) million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment; $(2.4) million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses; a $(1.3) million adjustment to the fair value of a note receivable; and a $(0.8) million gain on the disposal of a Cost Method Investment.
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For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, $25.5 million of Neustar integration costs; $21.4 million of acquisition expenses; $(6.0) million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses; a $(3.4) million gain related to a government tax reimbursement from a recent business acquisition; and a $(1.0) million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment.
4.Represents expenses associated with our accelerated technology investment to migrate to the cloud.
5.Net other consisted of the following adjustments:
For the three months ended September 30, 2023, $1.0 million of deferred loan fees written off as a result of the prepayment on our debt; and a $0.9 million net loss from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations, loan fees and other.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, a $3.8 million net loss from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations, loan fees and other.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, $3.1 million of deferred loan fees written off as a result of the prepayment on our debt; and a $7.5 million net loss from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations, loan fees and other.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, $28.4 million for certain legal and regulatory expenses; $6.5 million of deferred loan fees written off as a result of the prepayments on our debt; and a $6.8 million net loss from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations, loan fees and other.
6.Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA margin is calculated by dividing Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA by total revenue.
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA increased $15.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and decreased $7.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, compared with the same periods in 2022.
The increase for the three-month period was due primarily to:
•an increase in revenue; and
•a decrease in advertising expense,
partially offset by:
• higher variable product costs; and
•an increase in labor costs.
The decrease for the nine-month period was due primarily to:
•an increase in labor costs; and
•operating costs of our 2022 acquisition,
partially offset by:
• a decrease in advertising expense; and
•an increase in revenue.
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA Margin
For the three months ended September 30, 2023 Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA margin increased, primarily due to increase in revenue and advertising expense. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA margin decreased, due primarily to lower margins from our recent acquisitions and higher variable product costs in our U.S. Markets segment.
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Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Change | Nine Months Ended September 30, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 vs. 2022 | 2023 vs. 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | $ | % | 2023 | 2022 | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reconciliation of net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion to Adjusted Net Income: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion | $ | (399.8) | $ | 79.2 | $ | (478.9) | nm | $ | (293.2) | $ | 223.0 | $ | (516.3) | nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | 0.5 | (2.4) | 2.9 | nm | 0.7 | (2.3) | 3.1 | nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to TransUnion | $ | (399.3) | $ | 76.8 | $ | (476.0) | nm | $ | (292.5) | $ | 220.7 | $ | (513.2) | nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjustments before income tax items: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment2 | 495.0 | — | 495.0 | nm | 495.0 | — | 495.0 | nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation3 | 27.0 | 19.9 | 7.0 | 35.4 | % | 73.3 | 60.8 | 12.5 | 20.5 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization4 | (6.0) | 7.8 | (13.8) | nm | 24.5 | 36.4 | (12.0) | (32.8) | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accelerated technology investment5 | 16.3 | 12.1 | 4.2 | 34.8 | % | 53.5 | 32.2 | 21.3 | 66.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net other6 | 1.8 | 3.4 | (1.6) | (47.3) | % | 9.6 | 40.5 | (30.9) | (76.2) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of certain intangible assets7 | 72.1 | 76.7 | (4.6) | (6.0) | % | 221.2 | 231.1 | (9.9) | (4.3) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total adjustments before income tax items | $ | 606.2 | $ | 119.9 | $ | 486.2 | nm | $ | 877.0 | $ | 401.0 | $ | 476.1 | nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Change in provision for income taxes | (29.5) | (16.5) | (13.0) | 78.7 | % | (85.2) | (73.2) | (12.1) | 16.5 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted Net Income | $ | 177.4 | $ | 180.2 | $ | (2.8) | (1.5) | % | $ | 499.3 | $ | 548.5 | $ | (49.2) | (9.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted-average shares outstanding: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | 193.4 | 192.6 | nm | nm | 193.3 | 192.4 | nm | nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted8 | 194.6 | 193.2 | nm | nm | 194.8 | 193.1 | nm | nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted Earnings per Share: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 0.92 | $ | 0.94 | $ | (0.02) | (2.0) | % | $ | 2.58 | $ | 2.85 | $ | (0.27) | (9.4) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | 0.91 | $ | 0.93 | $ | (0.02) | (2.3) | % | $ | 2.56 | $ | 2.84 | $ | (0.28) | (9.7) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reconciliation of diluted earnings per share from net income attributable to TransUnion to Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted earnings per common share1 from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion | $ | (2.07) | $ | 0.41 | $ | (1.52) | $ | 1.15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | — | (0.01) | — | (0.01) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to TransUnion | $ | (2.06) | $ | 0.40 | $ | (1.51) | $ | 1.14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Adjustments before income tax items: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill2 | 2.54 | — | 2.54 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation3 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.38 | 0.31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization4 | (0.03) | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Accelerated technology investment5 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.27 | 0.17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net other6 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of certain intangible assets7 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 1.14 | 1.20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total adjustments before income tax items | $ | 3.11 | $ | 0.62 | $ | 4.50 | $ | 2.08 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Change in provision for income taxes | (0.15) | (0.09) | (0.44) | (0.38) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Impact of additional dilutive shares8 | $ | 0.01 | $ | — | $ | 0.02 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share | $ | 0.91 | $ | 0.93 | $ | 2.56 | $ | 2.84 | ||||||||||||||||||
As a result of displaying amounts in millions, rounding differences may exist in the table above and footnotes below.
1.For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, each component of earnings per share is calculated independently, therefore, rounding differences exist in the table above.
2.For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we recorded a goodwill impairment of $495 million related to our United Kingdom reporting unit in our International segment.
3.Consisted of stock-based compensation, including amounts which are cash settled.
4.Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization consisted of the following adjustments:
For the three months ended September 30, 2023, $4.1 million of Neustar integration costs; $1.7 million of acquisition expenses; a $1.0 million adjustment to fair value of a note receivable; an $(11.7) million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment; and $(1.1) million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, $8.7 million of Neustar integration costs; $3.4 million of acquisition expenses; a $(3.4) million gain related to a government tax reimbursement from a recent business acquisition; $(0.7) million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses; and a $(0.3) million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, $15.6 million of Neustar integration costs; a $9.1 million loss on the impairment of a Cost Method Investment; $5.5 million of acquisition expenses; $5.1 million of adjustments to liabilities from a recent acquisition; a $(6.2) million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment; $(2.4) million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses; a $(1.3) million adjustment to the fair value of a note receivable; and a $(0.8) million gain on the disposal of a Cost Method Investment.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, $25.5 million of Neustar integration costs; $21.4 million of acquisition expenses; $(6.0) million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses; a $(3.4) million gain related to a government tax reimbursement from a recent business acquisition; and a $(1.0) million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment.
5.Represents expenses associated with our accelerated technology investment to migrate to the cloud.
6.Net other consisted of the following adjustments:
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For the three months ended September 30, 2023, $1.0 million of deferred loan fees written off as a result of the prepayment on our debt; and a $0.8 million net loss from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations and other.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, a $3.4 million net loss from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations and other.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, $3.1 million of deferred loan fees written off as a result of the prepayment on our debt; and a $6.5 million net loss from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations and other.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, a $28.4 million net increase in certain legal and regulatory expenses; $6.5 million of deferred loan fees written off as a result of the prepayments on our debt; and a $5.6 million net loss from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations and other.
7.Consisted of amortization of intangible assets from our 2012 change-in-control transaction and amortization of intangible assets established in business acquisitions after our 2012 change-in-control transaction.
8.Diluted share counts for Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share includes an additional 1.2 million and 1.5 million of dilutive securities for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively, which are not included in GAAP diluted weighted-average shares outstanding due to the Company’s net loss position for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Adjusted Net Income
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, Adjusted Net Income decreased slightly, due primarily to an increase in interest expense, partially offset by an increase in interest income.
Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes and Adjusted Effective Tax Rate
| Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes | $ | (372.7) | $ | 110.8 | $ | (220.5) | $ | 316.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total adjustments before income tax items from Adjusted Net Income table above | 606.2 | 119.9 | 877.0 | 401.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted income from continuing operations before income taxes | $ | 233.5 | $ | 230.8 | $ | 656.5 | $ | 717.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reconciliation of provision for income taxes to Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | (22.2) | (30.6) | (60.1) | (84.1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjustments for income taxes: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tax effect of above adjustments1 | (27.9) | (26.1) | (90.1) | (82.7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eliminate impact of excess tax expenses/(benefits) for stock-based compensation | 0.7 | (0.6) | 2.7 | (5.6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other2 | (2.2) | 10.2 | 2.2 | 15.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total adjustments for income taxes | $ | (29.5) | $ | (16.5) | $ | (85.2) | $ | (73.2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes | $ | (51.7) | $ | (47.1) | $ | (145.3) | $ | (157.3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Effective tax rate | (6.0) | % | 27.6 | % | (27.2) | % | 26.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted Effective Tax Rate | 22.2 | % | 20.4 | % | 22.1 | % | 21.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
As a result of displaying amounts in millions, rounding differences may exist in the table above.
1.Tax rates used to calculate the tax expense impact are based on the nature of each item.
2.For the three months ended September 30, 2023, ($1.8) million of valuation allowances related to prior periods; ($0.5) million of return to provision, audit adjustments, and reserves related to prior periods; and $0.1 of other adjustments.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, $6.7 million of valuation allowances related to prior periods; $1.8 million of return to provision and audit adjustments related to prior periods; and $1.7 million of other adjustments.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, $2.6 million of return to provision, audit adjustments, and reserves related to prior periods; ($0.7) million of valuation allowances related to prior periods; and $0.3 million of other adjustments.
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For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, $7.3 million of valuation allowances related to prior periods; $2.8 million of return to provision and audit adjustments related to prior periods; $2.0 million of deferred tax rate adjustments, and $3.0 million of other adjustments.
Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes
We reported an adjusted tax rate of 22.2% for the three months ended September 30, 2023, which is higher than the 21.0% U.S. federal corporate statutory rate, due primarily to increases for state taxes and foreign withholding taxes, partially offset by benefits from the foreign rate differential and the research and development credit.
We reported an adjusted tax rate of 20.4% for the three months ended September 30, 2022, which is lower than the 21.0% U.S. federal corporate statutory rate, due primarily to benefits from the foreign rate differential, foreign tax credits, and the research and development credit, partially offset by increases for state taxes and foreign withholding taxes.
We reported an adjusted tax rate of 22.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, which is higher than the 21.0% U.S. federal corporate statutory rate, due primarily to increases for state taxes and foreign withholding taxes, partially offset by benefits from the foreign rate differential and the research and development credit.
We reported an adjusted tax rate of 21.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, which is higher than the 21.0% U.S. federal corporate statutory rate, due primarily to increases for state taxes and foreign withholding taxes, partially offset by benefits from the research and development credit, foreign tax credits, and the foreign rate differential.
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Leverage Ratio
| (dollars in millions) | Trailing Twelve Months Ended September 30, 2023 | |||||||
Reconciliation of net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion to Adjusted EBITDA: | ||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion | $ | (246.8) | ||||||
| Discontinued operations, net of tax | (14.3) | |||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to TransUnion | $ | (261.1) | ||||||
| Net interest expense | 268.0 | |||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 95.9 | |||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 521.2 | |||||||
| EBITDA | $ | 623.9 | ||||||
| Adjustments to EBITDA: | ||||||||
Goodwill impairment1 | $ | 495.0 | ||||||
Stock-based compensation2 | 93.6 | |||||||
Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization3 | 38.8 | |||||||
Accelerated technology investment4 | 72.7 | |||||||
Net other5 | 14.9 | |||||||
| Total adjustments to EBITDA | $ | 715.0 | ||||||
| Leverage Ratio Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 1,338.9 | ||||||
| Total debt | $ | 5,368.5 | ||||||
| Less: Cash and cash equivalents | 420.9 | |||||||
| Net Debt | $ | 4,947.7 | ||||||
Ratio of Net Debt to Net income (loss) attributable to TransUnion | (20.0) | |||||||
| Leverage Ratio | 3.7 | |||||||
As a result of displaying amounts in millions, rounding differences may exist in the table above.
1.For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, we recorded a goodwill impairment of $495.0 million related to our United Kingdom reporting unit in our International segment.
2.Consisted of stock-based compensation, including amounts which are cash settled.
3.Mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and business optimization consisted of the following adjustments: $23.3 million of Neustar integration costs; a $13.7 million loss on the impairment of Cost Method Investments; $7.9 million of acquisition expenses; a $5.8 million adjustment to the fair value of a put option liability related to a minority investment; a $5.0 million adjustment to a liability from a recent acquisition; and $(3.2) million of reimbursements for transition services related to divested businesses, net of separation expenses; a $(1.3) million adjustment to the fair value of a note receivable; a $(0.8) million gain on disposal of a Cost Method investment.
4.Represents expenses associated with our accelerated technology investment to migrate to the cloud.
5.Net other consisted of the following adjustments: a $7.4 million net loss from currency remeasurement of our foreign operations, loan fees and other; and $7.4 million of deferred loan fees written off as a result of the prepayments on our debt.
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Application of Critical Accounting Estimates
We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The notes to our consolidated financial statements include disclosures about our significant accounting policies. These accounting policies require us to make certain judgments and estimates in reporting our operating results and our assets and liabilities. See Part II, Item 7, “Application of Critical Accounting Estimates” and Part II, Item 8, Note 1, “Significant Accounting and Reporting Policies” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2023, for additional information about our critical accounting estimates.
Goodwill impairment
In our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 2022, we disclosed that for our United Kingdom reporting unit, we had $681.2 million of goodwill as of December 31, 2022. The calculated excess fair value over carrying value was less than 10% of its carrying value as of October 31, 2022, our annual assessment date. Therefore, we concluded no impairment existed for this reporting unit.
We test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis in the fourth quarter and monitor throughout the year for impairment triggering events that indicate that the carrying value of one or more of our reporting units exceeds its fair value. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, we identified a triggering event requiring an interim impairment assessment for our United Kingdom reporting unit, which resulted in a goodwill impairment of $495.0 million. The worsening macroeconomic conditions during the third quarter from inflationary pressures and rising interest rates increasingly impacted our business for the current quarter and the near-term outlook. Due to these factors, management now believes the U.K. recovery will take longer, and will be at a slower pace, than previously expected. As a result, we have revised our short-term and mid-term forecasts for revenue and EBITDA expectations for our United Kingdom reporting unit. These factors have particularly impacted the online-only FinTech lenders that represent the largest vertical within our United Kingdom reporting unit. These lenders have seen significant declines in their access to capital impacting their ability to lend and in some cases leading to bankruptcies.
Our quantitative impairment test for the United Kingdom reporting unit consisted of a fair value calculation that combines an income approach, using the discounted cash flow method, and a market approach, using the guideline public company method. The quantitative impairment test requires the application of a number of significant assumptions, including estimates of future revenue growth rates, EBITDA margins, discount rates, and market multiples. The projected future revenue growth rates and EBITDA margins, and the resulting projected cash flows of the United Kingdom reporting unit are based on historical experience and internal operating plans reviewed by management, extrapolated over the forecast period. Discount rates are determined using a weighted average cost of capital adjusted for risk factors specific to the United Kingdom. Market multiples are based on the guideline public company method using comparable publicly traded company multiples of EBITDA for a group of benchmark companies.
We believe the assumptions that we use in our quantitative analysis are reasonable and consistent with assumptions that would be used by other marketplace participants. However, such assumptions are inherently uncertain, and a change in assumptions could change the estimated fair value of our United Kingdom reporting unit. Therefore, future impairments of our United Kingdom reporting unit could be required, which could be material to the consolidated financial statements.
We engaged a third-party valuation specialist to assist in our analysis of the fair value of our United Kingdom reporting unit. All judgments, significant assumptions and estimates, and forecasts were either provided by or reviewed by us. While we chose to utilize a third-party valuation specialist for assistance, the fair value analysis reflects the conclusions of management and not those of any third party.
We performed a sensitivity assessment for the significant assumptions used with the goodwill impairment analysis for the United Kingdom reporting unit for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, holding all other assumptions constant:
•A hypothetical 50 basis point increase to the discount rate, holding all other assumptions constant, would result in a further impairment expense of approximately $35 million determined by the income approach.
•A hypothetical decrease in the expected average annual revenue growth rate of approximately 70 basis points over the entire forecast period, holding all other assumptions constant, would result in a further impairment expense of approximately $30 million determined by the income approach.
•A hypothetical decrease in the expected EBITDA margins of 150 basis points in each year over the entire forecast period, holding all other assumptions constant, would result in a further impairment expense of $30 million determined by the income approach.
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While unfavorable macroeconomic conditions are impacting some of our other reporting units, these reporting units are less sensitive to a change in forecast assumptions than our United Kingdom reporting unit due to greater excess of fair value over carrying value as of our 2022 goodwill impairment test. We did not identify a triggering event in any other reporting unit.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Overview
Our principal sources of liquidity are cash flows provided by operating activities, cash and cash equivalents on hand, and our Senior Secured Revolving Line of Credit. Our principal uses of liquidity are working capital, capital expenditures, debt service and other capital structure obligations, business acquisitions, dividends, and other general corporate purposes. We believe our cash-on-hand, cash generated from operations, and funds available under the Senior Secured Revolving Line of Credit will be sufficient to fund our planned capital expenditures, debt service and other capital structure obligations, business acquisitions, dividends, and operating needs for the foreseeable future. Our ability to maintain adequate liquidity for our operations in the future is dependent upon a number of factors, including our revenue, macroeconomic conditions, our ability to contain costs, including capital expenditures, and to collect accounts receivable, and various other factors, many of which are beyond our control. We will continue to monitor our liquidity position and may elect to raise funds through debt or equity financing in the future to fund significant investments or acquisitions that are consistent with our growth strategy.
Cash and cash equivalents totaled $420.9 million and $585.3 million at September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively, of which $334.7 million and $303.4 million was held outside the United States in each respective period. As of September 30, 2023, we had no outstanding balance under the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility and $1.2 million of outstanding letters of credit, and could have borrowed up to the remaining $298.8 million available.
We also have the ability to request incremental loans on the same terms under the existing Senior Secured Credit Facility up to the greater of an additional $1,000.0 million and 100% of Consolidated EBITDA. In addition, as long as the senior secured net leverage ratio does not exceed 4.25-to-1, we may incur additional incremental loans, subject to certain additional conditions and commitments by existing or new lenders to fund any additional borrowings.
With certain exceptions, the Senior Secured Credit Facility obligations are secured by a first-priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of Trans Union LLC, including its investments in subsidiaries. The Senior Secured Credit Facility contains various restrictions and nonfinancial covenants, along with a senior secured net leverage ratio test. The nonfinancial covenants include restrictions on dividends, investments, dispositions, future borrowings and other specified payments, as well as additional reporting and disclosure requirements. The senior secured net leverage test must be met as a condition to incur additional indebtedness, make certain investments, and may be required to make certain restricted payments. The senior secured net leverage ratio must not exceed 5.5-to-1 at any such measurement date.
Each year, the Company may be required to make additional principal payments on the Senior Secured Term Loan B based on excess cash flows of the prior year, as defined in the agreement. There were no excess cash flows for 2022 and therefore no additional payment will be required in 2023. See Part I, Item 1, “Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 11, “Debt,” for additional information about our debt.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we prepaid $225.0 million of our Senior Secured Term Loan B-6, funded from our cash-on-hand.
In the third quarter of 2023, we paid dividends of $0.105 per share totaling $20.5 million. Dividends declared accrue to outstanding restricted stock units and are paid to employees as dividend equivalents when the restricted stock units vest. While we currently expect to continue to pay quarterly dividends, any determination to pay dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on a number of factors, including our liquidity, results of operations, financial condition, contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and other factors that our board of directors deems appropriate. We currently have capacity and intend to continue to pay a quarterly dividend, subject to approval by our board.
On February 13, 2017, our board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to $300.0 million of our common stock over the next 3 years. Our board of directors removed the three-year time limitation on February 8, 2018. To date, we have repurchased $133.5 million of our common stock and have the ability to repurchase the remaining $166.5 million.
We have no obligation to repurchase additional shares and the timing, actual number and value of the shares that are repurchased, if any, will be at the discretion of management and will depend on a number of factors, including market conditions, the cost of repurchasing shares, the availability of alternative investment opportunities, liquidity, and other factors deemed appropriate. Repurchases may be suspended, terminated or modified at any time for any reason. Any repurchased shares will have the status of treasury shares and may be used, if and when needed, for general corporate purposes.
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Sources and Uses of Cash
| Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | Change | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash provided by (used in) operating activities of continuing operations | $ | 443.8 | $ | 70.8 | $ | 373.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cash used in investing activities of continuing operations | (230.5) | (734.7) | 504.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash used in financing activities of continuing operations | (375.3) | (563.9) | 188.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash flows of discontinued operations and effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | (2.4) | (18.5) | 16.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | $ | (164.4) | $ | (1,246.3) | $ | 1,081.9 | ||||||||||||||
Operating Activities
The increase in cash provided by continuing operations was due primarily to prior year taxes paid on the gain from the divestiture of our Healthcare business and lower bonus and commission payments in the current year, partially offset by an increase in interest expense.
Investing Activities
The decrease in cash used in investing activities of continuing operations was due primarily to the acquisition of Argus in the prior year.
Financing Activities
The decrease in cash used in financing activities of continuing operations was due primarily to a decrease in debt prepayments and cash used to pay employee taxes on restricted stock units.
Capital Expenditures
We make capital expenditures to grow our business by developing new and enhanced capabilities, to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization and to reduce risks. We make capital expenditures for product development, disaster recovery, security enhancements, regulatory compliance, and the replacement and upgrade of existing equipment at the end of its useful life.
Cash paid for capital expenditures increased $20.7 million, from $192.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, to $213.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Debt
Hedges
Effective May 31, 2023, we amended all our interest rate swaps to replace the reference rate from LIBOR to Term SOFR. We applied the practical expedient for reference rate reform to continue to apply hedge accounting to the existing relationships.
On November 16, 2022, we entered into interest rate swap agreements with various counterparties that effectively fix our variable interest rate exposure on a portion of our Senior Secured Term Loan or similar replacement debt. The swaps commenced on December 30, 2022, and expire on December 31, 2024, with a current aggregate notional amount of $1,305.0 million that amortizes each quarter. The swaps require us to pay fixed rates varying between 4.3380% and 4.3870% in exchange for receiving a variable rate that matches the variable rate on our loans. We have designated these swap agreements as cash flow hedges.
On December 23, 2021, we entered into interest rate swap agreements with various counterparties that effectively fix our variable interest rate exposure on a portion of our Senior Secured Term Loan or similar replacement debt. The swaps commenced on December 31, 2021, and expire on December 31, 2026, with a current aggregate notional amount of $1,572.0 million that amortizes each quarter. The swaps require us to pay fixed rates varying between 1.3800% and 1.3915% in exchange for receiving a variable rate that matches the variable rate on our loans. We have designated these swap agreements as cash flow hedges.
On March 10, 2020, we entered into two tranches of interest rate swap agreements with various counterparties that effectively fix our variable interest rate exposure on a portion of our Senior Secured Term Loans or similar replacement debt. The first swap commenced on June 30, 2020, and expired on June 30, 2022. The second swap commenced on June 30, 2022, and expires on June 30, 2025, with a current aggregate notional amount of $1,085.0 million that amortizes each quarter after it
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commences. The second swap requires us to pay fixed rates varying between 0.8680% and 0.8800% in exchange for receiving a variable rate that matches the variable rate on our loans. We have designated these swap agreements as cash flow hedges.
Effect of Certain Debt Covenants
A breach of any of the covenants under the agreements governing our debt could limit our ability to borrow funds under the Senior Secured Revolving Line of Credit and could result in a default under the Senior Secured Credit Facility. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the Senior Secured Credit Facility, the lenders could elect to declare all amounts then outstanding to be immediately due and payable, and the lenders could terminate all commitments to extend further credit. If we were unable to repay the amounts declared due, the lenders could proceed against any collateral granted to them to secure that indebtedness.
With certain exceptions, the Senior Secured Credit Facility obligations are secured by a first-priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of Trans Union LLC, including its investment in subsidiaries. The Senior Secured Credit Facility contains various restrictions and nonfinancial covenants, along with a senior secured net leverage ratio test. The nonfinancial covenants include restrictions on dividends, investments, dispositions, future borrowings and other specified payments, as well as additional reporting and disclosure requirements. The senior secured net leverage test must be met as a condition to incur additional indebtedness, make certain investments, and may be required to make certain restricted payments. The senior secured net leverage ratio must not exceed 5.5-to-1 at any such measurement date. Under the terms of the Senior Secured Credit Facility, TransUnion may make dividend payments up to the greater of $100 million or 10.0% of Consolidated EBITDA per year, or an unlimited amount provided that no default or event of default exists and so long as the total net leverage ratio does not exceed 4.75-to-1. As of September 30, 2023, we were in compliance with all debt covenants.
Our ability to meet our liquidity needs or to pay dividends on our common stock depends on our subsidiaries’ earnings, the terms of their indebtedness, and other contractual restrictions.
For additional information about our debt and hedge, see Part I, Item 1, “Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 11, “Debt.”
Contractual Obligations
Refer to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 12, “Debt” for information about our long-term debt obligations, noncancelable lease obligations, and noncancelable purchase obligations as of December 31, 2022.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See Part I, Item 1, “Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 1, “Significant Accounting and Reporting Policies,” for information about recent accounting pronouncements and the impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the exhibits hereto, contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of TransUnion’s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Any statements made in this report that are not statements of historical fact, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of our business plans and strategies. These statements often include words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “guidance,” “suggest,” “plan,” “believe,” “intend,” “estimate,” “target,” “project,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “may,” “will,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “potential,” “continues,” “seeks,” “predicts,” or the negatives of these words and other similar expressions.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, or that could materially affect our financial results or such forward-looking statements include:
•macroeconomic effects and changes in market conditions, including the impact of inflation, risk of recession, and industry trends and adverse developments in the debt, consumer credit and financial services markets, including the impact on the carrying value of our assets in all of the markets where we operate;
•our ability to provide competitive services and prices;
•our ability to retain or renew existing agreements with large or long-term customers;
•our ability to maintain the security and integrity of our data;
•our ability to deliver services timely without interruption;
•our ability to maintain our access to data sources;
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•government regulation and changes in the regulatory environment;
•litigation or regulatory proceedings;
•our ability to effectively manage our costs;
•economic and political stability in the United States and international markets where we operate;
•our ability to effectively develop and maintain strategic alliances and joint ventures;
•our ability to timely develop new services and the market’s willingness to adopt our new services;
•our ability to manage and expand our operations and keep up with rapidly changing technologies;
•our ability to acquire businesses, successfully secure financing for our acquisitions, timely consummate our acquisitions, successfully integrate the operations of our acquisitions, control the costs of integrating our acquisitions and realize the intended benefits of such acquisitions;
•our ability to protect and enforce our intellectual property, trade secrets and other forms of unpatented intellectual property;
•our ability to defend our intellectual property from infringement claims by third parties;
•geopolitical conditions, including the war in Ukraine and the evolving conflict in Israel and surrounding areas;
•the ability of our outside service providers and key vendors to fulfill their obligations to us;
•further consolidation in our end-customer markets;
•the increased availability of free or inexpensive consumer information;
•losses against which we do not insure;
•our ability to make timely payments of principal and interest on our indebtedness;
•our ability to satisfy covenants in the agreements governing our indebtedness;
•our ability to maintain our liquidity;
•share repurchase plans; and
•our reliance on key management personnel.
There may be other factors, many of which are beyond our control, that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, including factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, and any subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and in this report under the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” You should evaluate all forward-looking statements made in this report in the context of these risks and uncertainties.
The forward-looking statements contained in this report speak only as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this report.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
There have been no other material changes from the quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
In the normal course of business we are exposed to market risk, primarily from changes in variable interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, which could impact our results of operations and financial position. We manage the exposure to this market risk through our regular operating and financing activities. We may use derivative financial instruments, such as foreign currency and interest rate hedges, but only as a risk management tool and not for speculative or trading purposes.
Interest Rate Risk
Our Senior Secured Credit Facility consists of Senior Secured Term Loans and a $300.0 million Senior Secured Revolving Line of Credit. Interest rates on these borrowings are based, at our election, on Term SOFR plus a credit spread adjustment, or an alternate base rate, subject to floors, plus applicable margins based on applicable net leverage ratios. As of December 31, 2022, essentially all of our outstanding debt was variable-rate debt. We currently have several interest rate hedge instruments that effectively fix our variable interest rate exposure on approximately 73.3% of our outstanding debt. Based on the amount of unhedged outstanding variable-rate debt, we have a material exposure to interest rate risk. In the future, our exposure to interest rate risk may change due to changes in the amount borrowed, changes in interest rates, or changes in the amount we have hedged. The amount of our outstanding debt, and the ratio of fixed-rate debt to variable-rate debt, can be expected to vary as a
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result of future business requirements, market conditions or other factors. During the third quarter of 2023, a 10% change in the average Term SOFR rates utilized in the calculation of our actual interest expense would have increased our interest expense by $7.8 million.
See Part I, Item 1, “Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 11, “Debt,” for additional information about interest rates on our debt.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
A substantial majority of our revenue, expense and capital expenditure activities are transacted in U.S. dollars. However, we transact business in a number of foreign currencies, including British pounds sterling, the South African rand, the Canadian dollar, the Indian rupee, the Colombian peso and the Brazilian real. In reporting the results of our foreign operations, we benefit from a weaker U.S. dollar and are adversely affected by a stronger U.S. dollar relative to the foreign currencies.
We are required to translate the assets and liabilities of our foreign subsidiaries that are measured in foreign currencies at the applicable period-end exchange rate in our consolidated balance sheets. We are required to translate revenue and expenses at the average exchange rates prevailing during the year in our consolidated statements of income. The resulting translation adjustment is included in other comprehensive income, as a component of stockholders’ equity. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in other income and expense as incurred.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. The term “disclosure controls and procedures” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level.
Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting
During the quarter covered by this report, there have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
General
Refer to Part I, Item 3, “Legal Proceedings,” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, and Part II, Item 1, “Legal Proceedings” of all subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, including this Quarterly Report, and Part I, Item 1, Note 18 “Contingencies,” of this Quarterly Report for a full description of our material pending legal and regulatory matters.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
The following discussion supplements the discussion of risk factors affecting the Company as set forth in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, and any subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as well as the factors identified under “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” at the end of Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in these reports are not the only risks facing TransUnion. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and operating results.
Economic and other conditions may adversely impact the valuation of our assets resulting in impairment charges that could have a material adverse impact on our results from operations.
We have significant amounts of goodwill and intangible assets. On a regular basis, we evaluate our assets for impairment based on various factors, including actual operating results and expected trends of projected revenues, profitability and cash flows. As of September 30, 2023, our consolidated balance sheet included goodwill of $5,086 million and other net intangibles of $3,546 million. We conduct a goodwill impairment test in the fourth quarter of each year, or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value of goodwill may be impaired. We have the option to first perform a qualitative analysis to determine if it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If the qualitative analysis indicates that an impairment is more likely than not for any reporting unit, we perform a quantitative impairment test for that reporting unit. Our quantitative impairment test consists of a fair value calculation for each reporting unit that combines an income approach, using the discounted cash flow method, and a market approach, using the guideline public company method. The quantitative impairment test requires the application of a number of significant assumptions, including estimates of future revenue growth rates, EBITDA margins, discount rates, and market multiples. The projected future revenue growth rates and EBITDA margins, and the resulting projected cash flows of each reporting unit are based on historical experience and internal operating plans reviewed by management, extrapolated over the forecast period. Discount rates are determined using a weighted average cost of capital adjusted for risk factors specific to each reporting unit.
We believe the assumptions that we use in our qualitative and quantitative analysis are reasonable and consistent with assumptions that would be used by other marketplace participants. However, such assumptions are inherently uncertain. During times of economic distress, declining demand and declining earnings could lead to us to have less favorable estimates of our future cash flows, discount rates or market multiples. Such changes could lead to lower estimated fair values of our reporting units, which could lead to a material impairment. In certain markets where we operate, macroeconomic conditions are unfavorable. If these unfavorable macroeconomic conditions persist longer than we currently expect, or are worse than we currently expect, our estimates of revenue growth rates and EBITDA margins would decline, which could lead to an impairment of goodwill.
During the three months ended September 30, 2023, we identified a triggering event requiring an interim impairment assessment for our United Kingdom reporting unit, which resulted in a goodwill impairment of $495 million. The worsening macroeconomic conditions during the third quarter from inflationary pressures and rising interest rates increasingly impacted our business for the current quarter and the near-term outlook. Due to these factors, management now believes the U.K. recovery will take longer, and will be at a slower pace, than previously expected. As a result, we have revised our short-term and mid-term forecasts for revenue and EBITDA expectations for our United Kingdom reporting unit. These factors have particularly impacted the online-only FinTech lenders that represent the largest vertical within our United Kingdom reporting unit. These lenders have seen significant declines in their access to capital impacting their ability to lend and in some cases leading to bankruptcies. Any future reduction to our forecasts of our United Kingdom reporting unit may result in a further impairment that could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results.
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Any change to the conclusion of our reporting units or the aggregation of components within our reporting units could result in a different outcome to our annual impairment test. See Part II, Item 7, “Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Critical Accounting Estimates - Goodwill” for a further information.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES, USE OF PROCEEDS, AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
(a) Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
Not applicable.
(b) Use of Proceeds
Not applicable.
(c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
| (a) Total Number of Shares Purchased | (b) Average Price Paid Per Share | (c) Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs | (d) Approximate Dollar Value, in millions, of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs(1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 1 to July 31 | 199 | $ | 78.33 | — | $ | 166.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| August 1 to August 31 | 81,128 | 78.99 | — | $ | 166.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| September 1 to September 30 | 17,484 | 76.50 | — | $ | 166.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 98,811 | $ | 78.55 | — | $ | 166.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Shares shown in column (a) above consist of shares that were repurchased from employees for withholding taxes on options exercised and restricted stock units vesting pursuant to the terms of the Company's equity compensation plans and net settled.
(1) On February 13, 2017, our board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to $300.0 million of common stock over the next three years. On February 8, 2018, our board of directors removed the three-year time limitation. Prior to the second quarter of 2018, we had purchased approximately $133.5 million of common stock under the program and may purchase up to an additional $166.5 million. Additional repurchases may be made from time to time at management’s discretion at prices management considers to be attractive through open market purchases or through privately negotiated transactions, subject to availability. Open market purchases will be conducted in accordance with the limitations set forth in Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act and other applicable legal requirements.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
| Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TransUnion (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1.2 to TransUnion’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 18, 2020). | ||||||||
Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of TransUnion amended as of November 18, 2022 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to TransUnion’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 23, 2022). | ||||||||
| TransUnion Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | ||||||||
| TransUnion Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | ||||||||
| TransUnion Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | ||||||||
| 101.SCH** | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. | |||||||
| 101.CAL** | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. | |||||||
| 101.LAB** | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. | |||||||
| 101.PRE** | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. | |||||||
| 101.DEF** | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. | |||||||
| 104 | The cover page from this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, formatted in Inline XBRL (included with Exhibit 101 attachments). | |||||||
** Filed or furnished herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| TransUnion | |||||||||||
| October 24, 2023 | By | /s/ Todd M. Cello | |||||||||
| Todd M. Cello | |||||||||||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||
| (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||||||||
| October 24, 2023 | By | /s/ Jennifer A. Williams | |||||||||
| Jennifer A. Williams | |||||||||||
| Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | |||||||||||
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