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Unisys CorpInformation Technology · Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design · CIK 746838 · FY ends Dec 31
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UIS · 10-K · period ended 2020-12-31

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a pandemic, which continues to

impact the U.S. and the world. The impact from the rapidly changing market and economic conditions due to the COVID-19

outbreak is uncertain, disrupting the business of our customers and partners, and has impacted our business and consolidated

results of operations and could impact our financial condition in the future. For the year ended December 31, 2020,

revenue declined by 8.8% from the prior-year. The decline was largely due to expected declines in the company’s

U.K. check-processing joint venture, impacts of COVID-19, including declines in field services, travel and entertainment and

volume-based BPO contracts. The company is unable to accurately predict the full extent of the impact that COVID-19 will have due to numerous uncertainties, including the availability and effectiveness of a vaccine, the duration of the outbreak, actions that may be taken by governmental authorities, the impact to the business of our customers and partners and other factors identified in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” in this Form 10-K. The company has taken steps to minimize the impact of COVID-19 on its business such as temporary salary reductions for the senior leadership team, reduction of third-party spend such as contractors, redeploying its workforce based on shifting needs of the business, limiting travel and unnecessary expenses and reducing discretionary capital expenditures where possible. The company will continue to evaluate the nature and extent of the impact to its business, consolidated results of operations, and financial condition.

On March 13, 2020, the company completed the sale of its U.S. Federal business to Science Applications International Corporation for a cash purchase price of $1.2 billion. Beginning January 1, 2020, the historical results of the company’s U.S. Federal business have been reflected in the company’s consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations. Prior-periods financial statements have been reclassified to reflect the company’s U.S. Federal business as discontinued operations. Depreciation, amortization, capital expenditures, and significant non-cash operating and investing activities related to the U.S. Federal business were immaterial for all periods.

On April 15, 2020, the company redeemed all $440.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 (the 2022 Notes) for a redemption price equal to 105.375% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2022 Notes redeemed plus accrued, but unpaid interest, to, but not including, the redemption date. The redemption price paid was $487.3 million and is made up of the following: $440.0 million principal amount due, $23.65 million call premium and $23.65 million of accrued interest through April 14, 2020. As a result, the company recorded a debt extinguishment charge in other expense, net of $28.5 million consisting of the premium of $23.65 million and write off of $4.8 million of unamortized discount and fees related to the issuance of the 2022 Notes.

On October 29, 2020, the company issued $485.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the 2027 Notes). The 2027 Notes will pay interest semiannually on May 1 and November 1, commencing on May 1, 2021, and will mature on November 1, 2027, unless earlier repurchased or redeemed. The net proceeds from the issuance of the 2027 Notes was contributed to the company’s U.S. defined benefit pension plan.

Contemporaneously with the issuance of the 2027 Notes, the company and the subsidiary guarantors entered into an amendment and restatement of the company’s secured revolving credit facility (the Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility) that provides for revolving loans and letters of credit up to an aggregate amount of $145.0 million (with a limit on letters of credit of $40.0 million), with an accordion feature provision allowing for an increase in credit facility up to $175.0 million. The amendment and restatement extended the maturity from October 2022 to October 2025 and modified certain other terms and covenants.

On November 25, 2020, the company gave notice to the holders of its 2021 Notes that it had elected to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of such conversion by the combination settlement method, whereby the company shall pay and deliver to the converting holders in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of the 2021 Notes being converted a settlement amount equal to the sum of $1,000 plus shares of the company’s common stock. Assuming that all of the holders of the 2021 Notes convert their 2021 Notes into shares of the company’s common stock, in March of 2021, the company will deliver to the note holders $84.2 million of cash and approximately 4.6 million shares of the company’s common stock. The company estimates that it will receive approximately 1.2 million shares upon exercise of the capped call transactions; therefore, the number of outstanding shares of common stock will increase by approximately 3.4 million shares.

In 2020, the company contributed $791.1 million to its U.S. qualified pension plans. In December 2020, the company completed a lump-sum cash-out offer for eligible former associates who had deferred vested benefit under the company’s U.S. defined benefit pension plans to receive the value of their entire pension benefit in a lump-sum payment. As a result, the pension plan trust made lump sum payments to approximately 3,500 former associates of $276.0 million and the company recorded a non-cash pre-tax settlement charge of $142.1 million.

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In 2020, the company reported a net loss from continuing operations attributable to Unisys Corporation of $317.7 million, or a loss of $5.05 per diluted share, compared with a 2019 net loss of $92.2 million, or a loss of $1.65 per diluted share.

Results of operations

Company results

Revenue for 2020 was $2.03 billion compared with $2.22 billion for 2019, a decrease of 8.8%. Foreign currency fluctuations had a 1-percentage-point negative impact on revenue in the current year compared with the year-ago period.

Services revenue decreased 10.6% and Technology revenue increased 1.0%. Foreign currency fluctuations had a 1-percentage-point negative impact on Services revenue and a 1-percentage-point negative impact on Technology revenue in the current year compared with the year-ago period.

Revenue from international operations in 2020 and 2019 was $1.24 billion and $1.40 billion, respectively. Foreign currency had a 2-percentage-point negative impact on international revenue in 2020 compared with 2019. Revenue from U.S. operations was $0.78 billion in 2020 and $0.82 billion in 2019.

The decline in Services revenue in 2020 compared with 2019 was largely due to expected declines in the company’s U.K. check-processing joint venture; impacts of COVID-19, including declines in field services, travel and entertainment and volume-based BPO contracts.

Effective January 1, 2018, the company adopted the requirements of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) using the modified retrospective method whereby prior periods were not restated. This resulted in an adjustment to 2018 Technology revenue and profit of $53.0 million ($47.7 million, net of tax, or $0.65 per diluted share). The adjustment represents revenue from software license extensions and renewals, which were contracted for in the fourth quarter of 2017 and properly recorded as revenue at that time under the revenue recognition rules then in effect (Topic 605). Topic 606 requires revenue related to software license renewals or extensions to be recorded when the new license term begins, which in the case of the $53.0 million, was January 1, 2018.

Revenue for 2019 was $2.22 billion compared with $2.25 billion for 2018, a decrease of 1.3%. Excluding the Topic 606 adjustment of $53.0 million, revenue increased 1.1%. Services revenue increased 1.9% and Technology revenue decreased 16.1%. Excluding the Topic 606 adjustment, Technology revenue declined 3.1%.

Revenue from international operations in 2019 and 2018 was $1.40 billion and $1.59 billion, respectively. Without the Topic 606 adjustment, 2018 revenue from international operations was $1.54 billion. Revenue from U.S. operations was $0.82 billion in 2019 and $0.67 billion in 2018. Excluding the Topic 606 adjustment, U.S. revenue in 2018 was $0.66 billion.

During 2020, the company recognized cost-reduction charges and other costs of $95.5 million. The charges (credits) related to work-force reductions were $25.5 million, principally related to severance costs, and were comprised of: (a) a charge of $39.0 million and (b) a credit of $13.5 million for changes in estimates. In addition, the company recorded charges of $70.0 million comprised of $32.3 million for foreign currency losses related to exiting foreign countries, $24.0 million for asset impairments and $13.7 million for other expenses related to the cost-reduction effort.

During 2019, the company recognized cost-reduction charges and other costs of $28.7 million. The charges related to work-force reductions were $22.1 million, principally related to severance costs, and were comprised of: (a) a charge of $25.7 million and (b) a credit of $3.6 million for changes in estimates. In addition, the company recorded charges of $6.6 million comprised of $4.6 million for lease abandonment costs, $1.1 million for asset write-offs and $0.9 million for other expenses related to the cost-reduction effort.

During 2018, the company recognized cost-reduction charges and other costs of $19.7 million. The charges related to work-force reductions were $19.0 million, principally related to severance costs, and were comprised of: (a) a charge of $27.7 million and (b) a credit of $8.7 million for changes in estimates. In addition, the company recorded a charge of $0.7 million for changes in estimates related to idle leased facilities costs.

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The cost reduction charges (credits) were recorded in the following statement of income classifications:

Cost of revenue

Technology — 0.2 —

Selling, general and administrative 38.5 15.5 1.6

Research and development 2.5 2.2 —

Other (expenses), net 32.3 — —

Gross profit as a percent of total revenue, or gross profit percent, was 23.8% in 2020, 24.0% in 2019 and 26.0% in 2018. Gross profit in 2019 was positively impacted by $19.8 million related to the change in useful life of the company’s proprietary enterprise software. See Note 1, “Summary of significant accounting policies,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further detail. Excluding this change, 2019 gross profit percent was 23.1%. Gross profit in 2018 was positively impacted by the Topic 606 adjustment described above. Excluding this adjustment, 2018 gross profit percent was 24.2%.

Selling, general and administrative expenses were $369.4 million in 2020 (18.2% of revenue), $364.8 million in 2019 (16.4% of revenue) and $340.3 million in 2018 (15.1% of revenue). Exclusive of cost reduction charges in 2020 and 2019, selling, general and administrative expenses would have declined.

Research and development (R&D) expenses in 2020 were $26.6 million compared with $31.3 million in 2019 and $31.9 million in 2018.

In 2020, the company reported an operating profit of $87.0 million compared with an operating profit of $137.9 million in 2019 and $212.1 million in 2018. The decline in 2020 was principally due to higher cost reduction charges. Operating profit in 2018 was positively impacted by the Topic 606 adjustment described above. Excluding this adjustment, operating profit in 2018 was $159.1 million.

Interest expense was $29.2 million in 2020, $62.1 million in 2019 and $64.0 million in 2018. The decline in 2020 was principally due to the redemption of the company’s 2022 Notes on April 14, 2020. See Note 15, “Debt,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Other (expense), net was $329.6 million in 2020 compared with $136.4 million in 2019 and $77.1 million in 2018. In 2020, the company recorded a settlement charge of $142.1 million related to its U.S. defined benefit pension plan and a foreign exchange charge of $32.3 million related to substantial completion of liquidation of foreign subsidiaries. See Note 6, “Other (expense), net” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for details of other (expense), net.

Pension expense for 2020 was $235.3 million compared with $92.7 million in 2019 and $79.7 million in 2018. The increase in 2020 was principally due to the $142.1 million U.S. settlement charge, discussed above. For 2021, the company expects to recognize pension expense of approximately $418.6 million, which includes estimated settlement charges of $373 million related to plans in the Netherlands, the United States and Switzerland of $186 million, $158 million and $29 million, respectively (see below, in financial condition, information concerning expected 2021 pension plan settlements). The company records the service cost component of pension income or expense, as well as other employee-related costs such as payroll taxes and medical insurance costs, in operating income in the following income statement categories: cost of revenue; selling, general and administrative expenses; and research and development expenses. The amount allocated to each category is based on where the salaries of active employees are charged. All other components of pension income or expense are recorded in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of income.

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes in 2020 was a loss of $271.8 million compared with a loss of $60.6 million in 2019 and income of $71.0 million in 2018. Included in the loss in 2020 was the $142.1 million U.S. pension settlement charge as well as $95.5 million cost reduction charges. Income before income taxes in 2018 was positively impacted by the Topic 606 adjustment described above. Excluding this adjustment, income before income taxes in 2018 was $18.0 million.

The provision for income taxes in 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $45.4 million, $27.7 million and $46.0 million, respectively.

The company evaluates quarterly the realizability of its deferred tax assets by assessing its valuation allowance and by adjusting the amount of such allowance, if necessary. The company records a tax provision or benefit for those international subsidiaries that do not have a full valuation allowance against their deferred tax assets. Any profit or loss recorded for the company’s U.S. operations will have no provision or benefit associated with it due to the company’s valuation allowance, except with respect to refundable tax credits and withholding taxes not creditable against future taxable income. As a result, the company’s provision or benefit for taxes may vary significantly period to period depending on the geographic distribution of income.

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The realization of the company’s net deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2020 is primarily dependent on forecasted future taxable income within certain foreign jurisdictions. Any reduction in estimated forecasted future taxable income may require the company to record an additional valuation allowance against the remaining deferred tax assets. Any increase or decrease in the valuation allowance would result in additional or lower income tax expense in such period and could have a significant impact on that period’s earnings.

Net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Unisys Corporation for 2020 was a loss of $317.7 million, or $5.05 per diluted share, compared with a loss of $92.2 million, or $1.65 per diluted share in 2019 and income of $21.6 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, in 2018.

Segment results

The company has two business segments: Services and Technology. Revenue classifications within the Services and Technology segment are as follows:

•Cloud and infrastructure services. This represents revenue from helping clients apply cloud and as-a-service delivery models to capitalize on business opportunities, make their end users more productive and manage and secure their IT infrastructure and operations more economically.

•Application services. This represents revenue from helping clients transform their business processes by developing and managing new leading-edge applications for select industries, offering advanced data analytics and modernizing existing enterprise applications.

•Business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions. This represents revenue from the management of critical processes and functions for clients in target industries, helping them improve performance and reduce costs.

•Technology. This represents revenue from designing and developing software operating environments and related applications for high-intensity enterprise computing, including the procurement of hardware and other related products to help clients improve security and flexibility, reduce costs and improve the efficiency of their data-center environments.

The accounting policies of each business segment are the same as those followed by the company as a whole. Intersegment sales and transfers are priced as if the sales or transfers were to third parties. Accordingly, the Technology segment recognizes intersegment revenue and manufacturing profit on software and hardware shipments to customers under Services contracts. The Services segment, in turn, recognizes customer revenue and marketing profits on such shipments of company software and hardware to customers. The Services segment also includes the sale of software and hardware products sourced from third parties that are sold to customers through the company’s Services channels. In the company’s consolidated statements of income, the manufacturing costs of products sourced from the Technology segment and sold to Services customers are reported in cost of revenue for Services.

Also included in the Technology segment’s sales and operating profit are sales of software and hardware sold to the Services segment for internal use in Services engagements. The amount of such profit included in operating income of the Technology segment for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $7.8 million, $5.7 million and $4.2 million, respectively. The profit on these transactions is eliminated in Corporate.

The company evaluates business segment performance based on operating income exclusive of postretirement income or expense, restructuring charges and unusual and nonrecurring items, which are included in Corporate. All other corporate and centrally incurred costs are allocated to the business segments based principally on revenue, employees, square footage or usage. See Note 20, “Segment information,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Information by business segment is presented below:

(millions) Total Corporate Services Technology

Operating profit percent 4.3 % 0.7 % 40.8 %

Operating profit percent 6.2 % 1.1 % 46.1 %

Operating profit percent 9.4 % 0.5 % 53.6 %

Gross profit percent and operating income percent are as a percent of total revenue.

Customer revenue by classes of similar products or services, by segment, is presented below:

Services

In the Services segment, customer revenue was $1.7 billion in 2020, $1.9 billion in 2019 and $1.9 billion in 2018. Foreign currency fluctuations had a 1-percentage-point negative impact on revenue in 2020 compared with 2019. The decline in revenue in 2020 compared with 2019 was largely due to expected declines in the company’s U.K. check-processing joint venture; impacts of COVID-19, including declines in field services, travel and entertainment and volume-based BPO contracts.

Revenue from cloud & infrastructure services was $1.2 billion in 2020, down 8.5% compared with 2019. Revenue in 2019 was $1.3 billion, up 5.0% compared with 2018. Foreign currency fluctuations had a 1-percentage-point negative impact on cloud & infrastructure services revenue in the current period compared with the year-ago period.

Application services revenue decreased 5.6% in 2020 compared with 2019. Revenue in 2019 was down 2.8% from 2018. Foreign currency fluctuations had a 3-percentage-point negative impact on application services revenue in the current period compared with the year-ago period.

Business process outsourcing solutions revenue decreased 29.8% in 2020 compared with 2019. Revenue in 2019 was down 6.3% from 2018. Foreign currency fluctuations had an insignificant impact on business process outsourcing solutions revenue in the current period compared with the year-ago period. The declines were due to reductions in volumes at the company’s check-processing operations.

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Services gross profit percent was 16.5% in 2020 compared with 16.2% in 2019 and 15.9% in 2018. Services operating profit percent was 0.7% in 2020 compared with 1.1% in 2019 and 0.5% in 2018. Operating profit in 2020 compared with 2019 was negatively impacted by the flow-through effect of lower revenues related to the COVID-19 impact.

In the Technology segment, customer revenue increased 1.0% to $333.4 million in 2020 compared with $330.1 million in 2019. Foreign currency translation had a 1-percentage-point negative impact on Technology revenue in 2020 compared with 2019. Technology revenue in 2019 was $330.1 million compared with $393.6 million in 2018, a decline of 16.1%. The decline in Technology revenue in 2019 compared with 2018 is principally attributable to the 2018 Topic 606 adjustment of $53.0 million described above. Excluding the Topic adjustment, Technology customer revenue declined 3.1%.

Technology gross profit percent was 65.0% in 2020 compared with 69.0% in 2019 and 73.0% in 2018. The Technology operating profit percent was 40.8% in 2020 compared with 46.1% in 2019 and 53.6% in 2018. The decrease in gross profit percent and operating profit percent in 2020 compared with 2019 was primarily due to a lower mix of higher margin software sales. Excluding the impact of the Topic 606 adjustment, 2018 gross profit percent was 69.1% and the operating profit percent was 46.9%.

New accounting pronouncements

See Note 3, “Recent accounting pronouncements and accounting changes,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a full description of recent accounting pronouncements, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects on the company’s consolidated financial statements.

Financial condition

The company’s principal sources of liquidity are cash on hand, cash from operations and its ABL credit facility, discussed below. The company and certain international subsidiaries have access to uncommitted lines of credit from various banks. The company believes that it will have adequate sources of liquidity to meet its expected cash requirements through at least the next twelve months.

Cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2020 were $898.5 million compared with $538.8 million at December 31, 2019.

As of December 31, 2020, $326.3 million of cash and cash equivalents were held by the company’s foreign subsidiaries and branches operating outside of the U.S. The company may not be able to readily transfer up to one-third of these funds out of the country in which they are located as a result of local restrictions, contractual or other legal arrangements or commercial considerations. Additionally, any transfers of these funds to the U.S. in the future may require the company to accrue or pay withholding or other taxes on a portion of the amount transferred. See Note 7, “Income taxes,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements regarding the company’s intention to indefinitely reinvest earnings of foreign subsidiaries.

During 2020, cash used for operating activities was $681.2 million compared with cash provided by operations of $123.9 million in 2019. The increase in cash usage during 2020 was principally due to higher cash contributions to the company’s U.S. qualified defined benefit pension plans, discussed above.

Cash provided by investing activities in 2020 was $1,041.6 million compared with cash usage of $158.2 million in 2019. On March 13, 2020, the company sold its U.S. Federal business and received net cash proceeds of $1,162.9 million (net of working capital adjustments and transaction costs). Net proceeds of investments were $9.3 million in 2020 compared with net proceeds of $2.8 million in 2019. Proceeds from investments and purchases of investments represent derivative financial instruments used to manage the company’s currency exposure to market risks from changes in foreign currency exchange rates. In addition, capital additions of properties were $27.7 million in 2020 compared with $38.0 million in 2019, capital additions of outsourcing assets were $30.1 million in 2020 compared with $48.8 million in 2019 and the investment in marketable software was $72.3 million in 2020 compared with $73.0 million in 2019.

Cash provided by financing activities during 2020 was $5.1 million compared with cash used for financing activities of $38.0 million in 2019. The increase in cash provided in 2020 is principally due to the 2019 convertible notes exchange partially offset by proceeds received from the issuance of debt as described below.

At December 31, 2020, total debt was $629.9 million compared with $579.4 million at December 31, 2019. The increase is primarily due to the issuance of the 6.875% senior secured notes, offset in part by the redemption of the 10.750%, both of which are described below.

On April 15, 2020, the company redeemed all $440.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 10.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 (the 2022 Notes) for a redemption price equal to 105.375% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2022 Notes redeemed plus accrued, but unpaid interest, to, but not including, the redemption date. The redemption price paid was $487.3 million and is made up of the following: $440.0 million principal amount due, $23.65 million call premium and $23.65 million of accrued interest through April 14, 2020. As a result, the company recorded a debt extinguishment charge in other expense, net of $28.5 million consisting of the premium of $23.65 million and write off of $4.8 million of unamortized discount and fees related to the issuance of the 2022 Notes.

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On October 29, 2020, the company issued $485.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the 2027 Notes). The 2027 Notes will pay interest semiannually on May 1 and November 1, commencing on May 1, 2021, and will mature on November 1, 2027, unless earlier repurchased or redeemed. The 2027 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by Unisys Holding Corporation, Unisys NPL, Inc., and Unisys AP Investment Company I, each a Delaware corporation that is directly or indirectly owned by the company (the subsidiary guarantors).

The 2027 Notes and the related guarantees rank equally in right of payment with all of the existing and future senior debt of the company and its subsidiary guarantors and senior in right of payment to any future subordinated debt of the company and its subsidiary guarantors. The 2027 Notes and the related guarantees are structurally subordinated to all existing and future liabilities (including preferred stock, trade payables and pension liabilities) of the subsidiaries of the company that are not subsidiary guarantors. The 2027 Notes and the guarantees will be secured by liens on substantially all assets of the company and the subsidiary guarantors, other than certain excluded assets (the collateral). The liens securing the 2027 Notes on certain ABL collateral will be subordinated to the liens on ABL collateral in favor of the ABL secured parties and, in the future, the liens securing the 2027 Notes may be subordinated to liens on the collateral securing certain permitted first lien debt, subject to certain limitations and permitted liens.

The company may, at its option, redeem some or all of the 2027 Notes at any time on or after November 1, 2020 at a redemption price determined in accordance with the redemption schedule set forth in the indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

Prior to November 1, 2023 the company may, at its option, redeem some or all of the 2027 Notes at any time, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2027 Notes redeemed plus a “make-whole” premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. The company may also redeem, at its option, up to 40% of the 2027 Notes at any time prior to November 1, 2023, using the proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 106.875% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. On or after November 1, 2023, the company may, on any one or more occasions, redeem all or a part of the 2027 Notes at specified redemption premiums, declining to par for any redemptions on or after November 1, 2025.

The indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the company and its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) incur additional indebtedness and guarantee indebtedness; (ii) pay dividends or make other distributions or repurchase or redeem its capital stock; (iii) prepay, redeem or repurchase certain debt; (iv) make certain prepayments in respect of pension obligations; (v) issue certain preferred stock or similar equity securities; (vi) make loans and investments (including investments by the company and subsidiary guarantors in subsidiaries that are not guarantors); (vii) sell assets; (viii) create or incur liens; (ix) enter into transactions with affiliates; (x) enter into agreements restricting its subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends; and (xi) consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of its assets. These covenants are subject to several important limitations and exceptions.

If the company experiences certain kinds of changes of control (as defined in the indenture), it will be required to offer to repurchase the 2027 Notes at 101% of the principal amount of the 2027 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest as of the repurchase date, if any. In addition, if the company sells assets under certain circumstances it must apply the proceeds towards an offer to repurchase the 2027 Notes at a price equal to par plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

The indenture also provides for events of default, which, if any of them occur, would permit or require the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding 2027 Notes to be due and payable immediately.

Contemporaneously with the issuance of the 2027 Notes, the company and the subsidiary guarantors entered into an amendment and restatement of the company’s secured revolving credit facility (the Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility) that provides for revolving loans and letters of credit up to an aggregate amount of $145.0 million (with a limit on letters of credit of $40.0 million), with an accordion feature provision allowing for an increase in credit facility up to $175.0 million upon the satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility. The amendment and restatement extended the maturity from October 2022 to October 29, 2025 and modified certain other terms and covenants. Availability under the credit facility is subject to a borrowing base calculated by reference to the company’s receivables. At December 31, 2020, the company had no borrowings and $5.7 million of letters of credit outstanding, and availability under the facility was $112.9 million net of letters of credit issued.

The Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility is subject to a springing maturity, under which the Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility will immediately mature 91 days prior to any date on which contributions to pension funds in the United States in an amount in excess of $100.0 million are required to be paid unless the company is able to meet certain conditions, including that the company has the liquidity (as defined in the Amended and Restarted ABL Credit Facility) to cash settle the amount of such pension payments, no default or event of default has occurred under the Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility, the company’s liquidity is above $130.0 million and the company is in compliance with the then applicable fixed charge coverage ratio on a pro forma basis.

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The Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility is guaranteed by the subsidiary guarantors and any future material domestic subsidiaries. The facility is secured by the assets of the company and the subsidiary guarantors, other than certain excluded assets, under a security agreement entered into by the company and the subsidiary guarantors in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent for the lenders under the credit facility.

The company is required to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio if the availability under the Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility falls below the greater of 10% of the lenders’ commitments under the facility and $14.5 million.

The Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility contains customary representations and warranties, including, but not limited to, that there has been no material adverse change in the company’s business, properties, operations or financial condition. The Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility includes restrictions on the ability of the company and its subsidiaries to, among other things, incur other debt or liens, dispose of assets and make acquisitions, loans and investments, repurchase its equity, and prepay other debt. These restrictions are subject to several important limitations and exceptions. Events of default include non-payment, failure to comply with covenants, materially incorrect representations and warranties, change of control and default under other debt aggregating at least $50.0 million, subject to relevant cure periods, as applicable.

On November 25, 2020, the company gave notice to the holders of its 2021 Notes that it had elected to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of such conversion by the combination settlement method, whereby the company shall pay and deliver to the converting holders in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of the 2021 Notes being converted a settlement amount equal to the sum of $1,000 plus shares of the company’s common stock. Assuming that all of the holders of the 2021 Notes convert their 2021 Notes into shares of the company’s common stock, in March of 2021, the company will deliver to the note holders $84.2 million of cash and approximately 4.6 million shares of the company’s common stock. The company estimates that it will receive approximately 1.2 million shares upon exercise of the capped call transactions; therefore, the number of outstanding shares of common stock will increase by approximately 3.4 million shares.

At December 31, 2020, the company has met all covenants and conditions under its various lending and funding agreements. The company expects to continue to meet these covenants and conditions through at least the next twelve months.

At December 31, 2020, the company had outstanding standby letters of credit and surety bonds totaling approximately $191 million related to performance and payment guarantees. On the basis of experience with these arrangements, the company believes that any obligations that may arise will not be material.

As described more fully in Note 4, “Cost-reduction actions,” Note 5, “Leases and commitments” and Note 15, “Debt,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, at December 31, 2020, the company had certain cash obligations, which are due as follows:

(millions) Total Less than1 year 1-3 years 4-5 years After 5 years

As described in Note 17, “Employee plans,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, in 2021, the company expects to make cash contributions of approximately $250.6 million to its worldwide defined benefit pension plans, which are comprised of a voluntary contribution of $200.0 million for the company’s U.S. qualified defined benefit pension plans and $50.6 million primarily for international defined benefit pension plans.

In January of 2021, the company signed an agreement with an insurance company to purchase a group annuity contract for $279 million to transfer projected benefit obligations related to approximately 11,600 retirees of the company’s U.S. defined benefit pension plans. This action is expected to result in a first quarter 2021 one-time, non-cash, pre-tax settlement charge of approximately $158 million.

In late February or early March of 2021, the company’s Swiss subsidiary is expected to complete the transfer of its defined benefit pension plan to a multi-employer collective foundation. This is expected to result in removing the projected benefit obligations related to retirees under the Swiss plan, valued at approximately $100 million, from the company’s balance sheet. The transfer requires a one-time additional contribution of approximately $10 million to the Swiss plan. This action is expected to result in a first quarter 2021 one-time, non-cash, pre-tax settlement charge of approximately $29 million.

In late March 2021, the company expects its Netherlands subsidiary to complete the transfer of its defined benefit pension plan from a single-client circle to a multi-client circle within a multi-employer general pension fund. This will result in removing the plan’s projected benefit obligations and assets, valued at approximately $550 million and $620 million, respectively, from

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the company’s balance sheet. This action is expected to result in a first quarter 2021 one-time, non-cash pre-tax settlement charge of approximately $186 million.

In January 2021, the company decided to make a number of changes to its organizational structure to more effectively address evolving client needs. With these changes, the company revised its reportable segments, but this did not impact the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2020. The company’s reportable segments will be as follows: Digital Workplace Services, which will provide services and IP-led solutions that support clients’ employees’ productivity, satisfaction and ability to securely work anywhere, any time; Cloud & Infrastructure, which will provide hybrid and multi-cloud solutions in select markets to accelerate innovation and increase efficiency of our clients’ businesses; ClearPath Forward®, which will provide server systems and operating system software and services that are secure, innovative, and reliable for mission-critical processing; and Other, which is principally comprised of business processing outsourcing (BPO) solutions, which will provide management of critical processes and functions for clients in select industries, helping them improve performance and reduce costs. These changes will be reflected prospectively, with comparable prior period data, in the company’s first quarter 2021 Form 10-Q.

The company maintains a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which expires in June of 2021, that covers the offer and sale of up to $700.0 million of debt or equity securities. The company expects to replace the current shelf registration statement before it expires with a new shelf registration statement. Subject to the company’s ongoing compliance with securities laws, the company may offer and sell debt and equity securities from time to time under the shelf registration statement. In addition, from time to time the company has explored, and expects to continue to explore, a variety of debt and equity sources to fund its liquidity and capital needs.

The company may, from time to time, redeem, tender for, or repurchase its securities in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions depending upon availability, market conditions and other factors.

Critical accounting policies and estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Certain accounting policies, methods and estimates are particularly important because of their significance to the financial statements and because of the possibility that future events affecting them may differ from management’s current judgments. The company bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and on other assumptions that it believes are reasonable under the circumstances; however, to the extent there are material differences between these estimates, judgments and assumptions and actual results, the financial statements will be affected. Although there are a number of accounting policies, methods and estimates affecting the company’s financial statements as described in Note 1, “Summary of significant accounting policies,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, the following critical accounting policies reflect the significant estimates, judgments and assumptions. The development and selection of these critical accounting policies have been determined by management of the company and the related disclosures have been reviewed with the Audit and Finance Committee of the Board of Directors.

Revenue recognition

Many of the company’s sales agreements contain standard business terms and conditions; however, some agreements contain

multiple performance obligations or non-standard terms and conditions. As discussed in Note 1, “Summary of significant accounting policies,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, the company enters into arrangements, which may include any combination of hardware, software or services. As a result, significant contract interpretation is sometimes required to determine the appropriate accounting, including whether the performance obligations specified in an arrangement should be treated as separate performance obligations for revenue recognition purposes, and when to recognize revenue for each performance obligation.

Revenue and profit under systems integration contracts are recognized over time as the company transfers control of goods or services. The company measures its progress toward satisfaction of its performance obligations using the cost-to-cost method, or when services have been performed, depending on the nature of the project.

For contracts accounted for using the cost-to-cost method, revenue and profit recognized in any given accounting period are based on estimates of total projected contract costs. The estimates are continually reevaluated and revised, when necessary, throughout the life of a contract. The company follows this method because reasonably dependable estimates of the revenue and costs applicable to various elements of a contract can be made. The financial reporting of these contracts depends on estimates, which are assessed continually during the term of the contracts and therefore, recognized revenues and profit are subject to revisions as the contract progresses to completion. Revisions in profit estimates are reflected in the period in which the facts that give rise to the revision become known. Accordingly, favorable changes in estimates result in additional revenue and profit recognition, and unfavorable changes in estimates result in a reduction of recognized revenue and profit. When estimates indicate that a loss will be incurred on a contract upon completion, a provision for the expected loss is recorded in the period in

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which the loss becomes evident. As work progresses under a loss contract, revenue continues to be recognized, and a portion of the contract costs incurred in each period is charged to the contract loss reserve.

Income Taxes

Accounting rules governing income taxes require that deferred tax assets and liabilities be recognized using enacted tax rates for the effect of temporary differences between the book and tax bases of recorded assets and liabilities. These rules also require that deferred tax assets be reduced by a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some portion or the entire deferred tax asset will not be realized.

At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the company had deferred tax assets in excess of deferred tax liabilities of $1,380.8 million and $1,617.8 million, respectively. For the reasons cited below, at December 31, 2020 and 2019, management determined that it is more likely than not that $109.3 million and $93.1 million, respectively, of such assets will be realized, resulting in a valuation allowance of $1,271.5 million and $1,524.7 million, respectively.

The company evaluates the realizability of its deferred tax assets by assessing its valuation allowance and by adjusting the amount of such allowance, if necessary. The factors used to assess the likelihood of realization are the company’s historical profitability, forecast of future taxable income and available tax-planning strategies that could be implemented to realize the net deferred tax assets. The company uses tax-planning strategies to realize or renew net deferred tax assets to avoid the potential loss of future tax benefits. Failure to achieve forecasted taxable income might affect the ultimate realization of the net deferred tax assets. Factors that may affect the company’s ability to achieve sufficient forecasted taxable income include, but are not limited to, the following: increased competition, a decline in sales or margins, loss of market share, delays in product availability or technological obsolescence. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors.”

Internal Revenue Code Sections 382 and 383 provide annual limitations with respect to the ability of a corporation to utilize its net operating loss (as well as certain built-in losses) and tax credit carryforwards, respectively (Tax Attributes), against future U.S. taxable income, if the corporation experiences an “ownership change.” In general terms, an ownership change may result from transactions increasing the ownership of certain stockholders in the stock of a corporation by more than 50 percentage points over a three-year period. The company regularly monitors ownership changes (as calculated for purposes of Section 382). The company has determined that, for purposes of the rules of Section 382 described above, an ownership change occurred in February 2011. Any future transaction or transactions and the timing of such transaction or transactions could trigger additional ownership changes under Section 382.

As a result of the February 2011 ownership change, utilization for certain of the company’s Tax Attributes, U.S. net operating losses and tax credits, is subject to an overall annual limitation of $70.6 million. The cumulative limitation as of December 31, 2020 is approximately $346.1 million. This limitation will be applied to any net operating losses and then to any other Tax Attributes. Any unused limitation may be carried over to later years. Based on presently available information and the existence of tax planning strategies, the company does not expect to incur a U.S. cash tax liability in the near term. The company maintains a full valuation allowance against the realization of all U.S. deferred tax assets as well as certain foreign deferred tax assets in excess of deferred tax liabilities. See Note 7, “Income taxes,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

The company’s provision for income taxes and the determination of the resulting deferred tax assets and liabilities involve a significant amount of management judgment and are based on the best information available at the time. The company operates within federal, state and international taxing jurisdictions and is subject to audit in these jurisdictions. These audits can involve complex issues, which may require an extended period of time to resolve. As a result, the actual income tax liabilities in the jurisdictions with respect to any fiscal year are ultimately determined long after the financial statements have been published.

Pensions

Accounting rules governing defined benefit pension plans require that amounts recognized in financial statements be determined on an actuarial basis. The measurement of the company’s pension obligations, costs and liabilities is dependent on a variety of assumptions selected by the company and used by the company’s actuaries. These assumptions include estimates of the present value of projected future pension payments to plan participants, taking into consideration the likelihood of potential future events such as demographic experience. The assumptions used in developing the required estimates include the following key factors: discount rates, retirement rates, inflation, expected return on plan assets and mortality rates.

As permitted for purposes of computing pension expense, the company uses a calculated value of plan assets (which is further described below). This allows the effects of the performance of the pension plan’s assets on the company’s computation of pension income or expense to be amortized over future periods. A substantial portion of the company’s pension plan assets relates to its qualified defined benefit plans in the United States.

Funding requirements for its U.S. qualified pension plans are calculated by the plan’s actuaries based on certain assumptions including, as permitted under the Bi-partisan Budget Act of 2015, a discount rate constrained to be within 10% of the 25-year average of the relevant rates. The effect of this limitation is that the funding discount rate is higher than the GAAP discount rate applied for balance sheet purposes, and the liability is therefore lower. In addition, this constraint mitigates the effect of changes

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in market interest rates on the funding discount rate and the funding liability. Changes to the benefit obligation caused by a 25 basis point change noted above are related to the balance sheet obligation and are not necessarily indicative of the impact on the funding liability.

A significant element in determining the company’s pension income or expense is the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets. The company sets the expected long-term rate of return based on the expected long-term return of the various asset categories in which it invests. The company considers the current expectations for future returns and the actual historical returns of each asset class. Also, because the company’s investment policy is to actively manage certain asset classes where the potential exists to outperform the broader market, the expected returns for those asset classes are adjusted to reflect the expected additional returns. For 2021, the company has assumed that the expected long-term rate of return on U.S. plan assets will be 6.07%, and on the company’s non-U.S. plan assets will be 3.30%. A change of 25 basis points in the expected long-term rate of return for the company’s U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans causes a change of approximately $9 million and $5 million, respectively, in 2021 pension expense. The assumed long-term rate of return on assets is applied to a calculated value of plan assets, which recognizes changes in the fair value of plan assets in a systematic manner over four years. This produces the expected return on plan assets that is included in pension income or expense. The difference between this expected return and the actual return on plan assets is deferred. The net deferral of past asset gains or losses affects the calculated value of plan assets and, ultimately, future pension income or expense. At December 31, 2020, for the company’s U.S. qualified defined benefit pension plans, the calculated value of plan assets was $3.85 billion and the fair value was $3.71 billion.

At the end of each year, the company determines the discount rate to be used to calculate the present value of plan liabilities. Inherent in deriving the discount rate are significant assumptions with respect to the timing and magnitude of expected benefit payment obligations. The discount rate is an estimate of the current interest rate at which the pension liabilities could be effectively settled at the end of the year. In estimating this rate, the company looks to rates of return on high-quality, fixed-income investments that (a) receive one of the two highest ratings given by a recognized ratings agency and (b) are currently available and expected to be available during the period to maturity of the pension benefits. At December 31, 2020, the company determined this rate to be 2.85% for its U.S. defined benefit pension plans, a decrease of 68 basis points from the rate used at December 31, 2019, and 1.23% for the company’s non-U.S. defined benefit pension plans, a decrease of 59 basis points from the rate used at December 31, 2019. A change of 25 basis points in the U.S. and non-U.S. discount rates causes a change in 2021 pension expense of approximately $2 million and $100 thousand, respectively, and a change of approximately $107 million and $137 million, respectively, in the benefit obligation. These estimates are intended to be illustrative based on a single 25 basis point change. The sensitivity to rate changes is not linear and additional changes in rates may result in a different impact on the pension liability. The net effect of changes in the discount rate, as well as the net effect of other changes in actuarial assumptions and experience, has been deferred, as permitted.

Gains and losses are defined as changes in the amount of either the projected benefit obligation or plan assets resulting from experience different from that assumed and from changes in assumptions. Because gains and losses may reflect refinements in estimates as well as real changes in economic values and because some gains in one period may be offset by losses in another and vice versa, the accounting rules do not require recognition of gains and losses as components of net pension cost of the period in which they arise.

At a minimum, amortization of an unrecognized net gain or loss must be included as a component of net pension cost for a year if, as of the beginning of the year, that unrecognized net gain or loss exceeds 10 percent of the greater of the projected benefit obligation or the calculated value of plan assets. If amortization is required, the minimum amortization is that excess above the 10 percent divided by the average remaining life expectancy of the plan participants. For the company’s U.S. qualified defined benefit pension plans and the company’s non-U.S. pension plans, that period is approximately 16 and 23 years, respectively. At December 31, 2020, the estimated unrecognized loss for the company’s U.S. qualified defined benefit pension plans and the company’s non-U.S. pension plans was $2.35 billion and $1.13 billion, respectively.

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the company recognized consolidated pension expense of $235.3 million, compared with $92.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. For 2021, the company expects to recognize pension expense of approximately $418.6 million, which includes estimated settlement charges of $373 million related to plans in the Netherlands, the United States and Switzerland of $186 million, $158 million and $29 million, respectively. See Note 17, “Employee plans,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Goodwill

Accounting rules governing goodwill require a company test goodwill for impairment at least annually, as well as whenever there are events or changes in circumstances (triggering events) which suggest that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.

When determining the fair value of a reporting unit, as appropriate for the individual reporting unit, the company uses both an income and market approach. The methodology used to determine the fair values using the income and market approaches, as described below, are weighted to determine the fair value for each reporting unit.

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The income approach is a forward-looking approach to estimating fair value and relies primarily on internal forecasts. Within the income approach, the method used is the discounted cash flow method. The company starts with a forecast of all expected net cash flows associated with the reporting unit, which includes the application of a terminal value, and then a reporting unit-specific discount rate is applied to arrive at a net present value amount. Some of the more significant estimates and assumptions inherent in this approach include the amount and timing of projected net cash flows, long-term growth rate and the discount rate. Cash flow projections are based on management’s estimates of economic and market conditions, which drive key assumptions of revenue growth rates and operating margins. The discount rate in turn is based on various market factors and specific risk characteristics of each reporting unit.

The market approach relies primarily on external information for estimating the fair value. Some of the more significant estimates and assumptions inherent in this approach include the selection of appropriate guideline companies and the selected performance metric used in this approach.

Estimating the fair value of reporting units requires the use of estimates and significant judgments about key assumptions. There are a number of factors including potential events and changes in circumstances that could change in future periods, including: projected operating results; valuation multiples exhibited by the company and by companies considered comparable to the reporting units; and other macro-economic factors that could impact the discount rate. It is reasonably possible that the judgments and estimates described above could change in future periods.

Goodwill by reporting unit at December 31, 2020, was as follows (dollars in millions):

Reporting unit Carrying Value

Business process outsourcing $ 10.3

As a result of the impairment review, the company concluded that none of its goodwill was impaired as of December 31, 2020, and does not believe that any of its reporting units are at risk of failing the impairment test since all reporting unit fair values were substantially in excess of carrying value as of the last impairment test.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Interest rate risk

The company has exposure to interest rate risk from its debt. In general, the company’s long-term debt is fixed rate and, to the extent it has any, its short-term debt is variable rate. See Note 15, “Debt,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for components of the company’s debt. The company believes that the market risk assuming a hypothetical 10% increase in interest rates would not be material to the fair value of these financial instruments, or the related cash flows, or future results of operations.

Market risk

As of December 31, 2020, the company had outstanding $476.9 million ($485.0 million face value) of senior secured notes due 2027 and $83.6 million ($84.2 million face value) of convertible senior notes due 2021. The interest rates on these notes are fixed and therefore do not expose the company to risk related to rising interest rates. As of December 31, 2020, the fair value of the senior secured notes due 2027 was $532.3 million. As of December 31, 2020, the fair value of the convertible senior notes was $169.8 million. In connection with the offering of the convertible senior notes, the company paid $27.3 million to purchase a capped call covering approximately 21.9 million shares of the company’s common stock. If the price per share of the company’s common stock is below $9.76, these capped call transactions would provide no benefit from potential dilution. If the price per share of the company’s common stock is above $12.75, then to the extent of the excess, these capped call transactions would result in no additional benefit for potential dilution at conversion. As a result of the convertible note exchange in August 2019, the company unwound a pro rata portion of the capped call transactions and received proceeds of $7.2 million. Following the convertible note exchange, the capped call transactions remaining cover approximately 8.6 million shares of the company’s common stock. See Note 15, “Debt,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Foreign currency exchange rate risk

The company is also exposed to foreign currency exchange rate risks. The company is a net receiver of currencies other than the U.S. dollar and, as such, can benefit from a weaker dollar, and can be adversely affected by a stronger dollar relative to currencies worldwide. Accordingly, changes in exchange rates, and in particular a strengthening of the U.S. dollar, may adversely affect consolidated revenue and operating margins as expressed in U.S. dollars. Currency exposure gains and losses are mitigated by purchasing components and incurring expenses in local currencies.

In addition, the company uses derivative financial instruments, primarily foreign exchange forward contracts, to reduce its exposure to market risks from changes in foreign currency exchange rates on intercompany balances. See Note 12, “Financial instruments and concentration of credit risks,” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the company’s derivative financial instruments.

The company has performed a sensitivity analysis assuming a hypothetical 10% adverse movement in foreign currency exchange rates applied to these derivative financial instruments described above. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the analysis indicated that such market movements would have reduced the estimated fair value of these derivative financial instruments by approximately $50 million and $44 million, respectively. Based on changes in the timing and amount of interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate movements and the company’s actual exposures and hedges, actual gains and losses in the future may differ from the above analysis.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Index Page Number

Report of Management 33

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms 34

Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) 37

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) 38

Consolidated Balance Sheets 39

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 40

Consolidated Statements of Deficit 41

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 42

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Report of Management

Management’s Report on the Financial Statements

The management of the company is responsible for the integrity of its financial statements. These statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and include amounts based on the best estimates and judgments of management. Financial information included elsewhere in this report is consistent with that in the financial statements.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited the company’s 2020 consolidated financial statements. Its accompanying report is based on an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).

The Board of Directors, through its Audit and Finance Committee, which is composed entirely of independent directors, oversees management’s responsibilities in the preparation of the financial statements and selects the independent registered public accounting firm, subject to stockholder ratification. The Audit and Finance Committee meets regularly with the independent registered public accounting firm, representatives of management, and the internal auditors to review the activities of each and to assure that each is properly discharging its responsibilities. To ensure complete independence, the internal auditors and representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP have full access to meet with the Audit and Finance Committee, with or without management representatives present, to discuss the results of their audits and their observations on the adequacy of internal controls and the quality of financial reporting.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The management of the company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. The company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies and procedures may deteriorate.

Management assessed the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this assessment, we concluded that the company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on the specified criteria.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited the company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, as stated in its report that appears herein.

/s/ Peter A. Altabef /s/ Michael M. Thomson

Peter A. Altabef Michael M. Thomson

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Unisys Corporation

Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Unisys Corporation and its subsidiaries(the “Company”) as of December 31, 2020,and the related consolidated statements of income (loss), comprehensive income (loss), deficit and cash flows for the year then ended, including the related notes and schedule of valuation and qualifying accounts for the year ended December 31, 2020 listed under Item 15(1) (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”).We also have audited the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework(2013)issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

In our opinion, the consolidatedfinancial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020, and the results of itsoperations and itscash flows for the year ended December 31, 2020in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework(2013)issued by the COSO.

Change in Accounting Principle

As discussed in Note 3 of the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed the manner in which it accounts for income taxes in 2020.

Basis for Opinions

The Company's management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express opinions on the Company’s consolidatedfinancial statements and on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidatedfinancial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audit of the consolidatedfinancial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidatedfinancial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidatedfinancial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidatedfinancial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinions.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the

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company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Valuation of the U.S. and Certain International Defined Benefit Pension Plan Obligations

As described in Notes 1 and 17 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s consolidated defined benefit pension plan obligation was $8,013 million as of December 31, 2020. Additionally, the Company recorded settlement losses associated with U.S. pension plans of $142 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Management develops the actuarial assumptions used by its U.S. and international defined benefit pension plan obligations based upon the circumstances of each particular plan. The determination of the defined benefit pension plan obligations requires the use of estimates. Management’s significant assumption used in the determination of the defined benefit pension plan obligations, and settlement losses associated with respect to the U.S. pension plans, is the discount rate.

The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the valuation of the U.S. and certain international defined benefit pension plan obligations is a critical audit matter are the (i) significant judgment by management to determine the defined benefit pension plan obligations; (ii) a high degree of auditor judgment, subjectivity, and effort in performing procedures to evaluate management’s significant assumption related to the discount rates; (iii) the audit effort involved the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge.

Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to the valuation of the U.S. and certain international defined benefit pension plan obligations, including controls over the Company’s methods, significant assumption, and data. These procedures also included, among others, testing the completeness, accuracy and relevance of the underlying data used in developing the estimate, and the involvement of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge to assist in (i) evaluating the appropriateness of the actuarial methods used to estimate the defined benefit pension plan obligations, and (ii) evaluating the reasonableness of management’s significant assumption related to the discount rate. Evaluating the reasonableness of management’s significant assumption related to the discount rate included (i) developing an independent range of discount rates for each U.S. and certain international defined benefit pension plan obligations based on publicly available market data for high-quality, fixed income investments, and (ii) comparing management’s discount rate to the independently developed range to evaluate the reasonableness of the discount rate assumption.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

February 26, 2021

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2020.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors

Unisys Corporation:

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Unisys Corporation and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2019, the related consolidated statements of income (loss), comprehensive income (loss), cash flows, and deficit for each of the years in the two‐year period ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes and financial statement schedule II (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two‐year period ended December 31, 2019, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Change in Accounting Principle

As discussed in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for leases effective January 1, 2019 due the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842).

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ KPMG LLP

We served as the Company’s auditor from 2008 to 2020.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

February 28, 2020, except for Note 2, as to which the date is February 26, 2021

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UNISYS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS)

(Millions, except per share data)

Revenue

Costs and expenses

Cost of revenue:

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes (271.8) (60.6) 71.0

Consolidated net income (loss) from continuing operations (317.2) (88.3) 25.0

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests 0.5 3.9 3.4

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax 1,068.4 75.0 53.9

Net income (loss) attributable to Unisys Corporation $ 750.7 $ (17.2) $ 75.5

Earnings (loss) per common share attributable to Unisys Corporation

Basic

Continuing operations $ (5.05) $ (1.65) $ 0.42

Diluted

Continuing operations $ (5.05) $ (1.65) $ 0.42

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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UNISYS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(Millions)

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax 1,068.4 75.0 53.9

Other comprehensive income

Total other comprehensive income (loss) 156.2 (14.5) (48.0)

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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UNISYS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Millions)

Assets

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents $ 898.5 $ 538.8

Prepaid expenses and other current assets 89.3 100.7

Current assets of discontinued operations — 109.3

Less – Accumulated depreciation and amortization 616.5 668.0

Operating lease right-of-use assets 79.3 71.4

Prepaid postretirement assets 187.5 136.2

Long-term assets of discontinued operations — 133.9

Liabilities and deficit

Current liabilities:

Current maturities of long-term debt $ 102.8 $ 13.5

Current liabilities of discontinued operations — 146.4

Long-term postretirement liabilities 1,286.1 1,960.2

Long-term operating lease liabilities 62.4 56.0

Other long-term liabilities 71.4 47.6

Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations — 28.3

Commitments and contingencies (see note 18)

Deficit:

Accumulated other comprehensive loss (3,939.5) (4,088.6)

Total Unisys stockholders’ deficit (356.8) (1,265.4)

Noncontrolling interests 44.7 37.1

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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UNISYS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Millions)

Cash flows from operating activities

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax 1,068.4 75.0 53.9

Gain on sale of U.S. Federal business (1,060.0) — —

Foreign currency translation losses 36.2 11.0 7.4

Non-cash interest expense 4.6 9.2 10.5

Debt extinguishment charge 28.5 20.1 —

Depreciation and amortization of properties 29.7 35.3 40.4

Depreciation and amortization of outsourcing assets 65.8 63.8 66.8

Amortization of marketable software 65.5 48.3 56.9

Other non-cash operating activities (0.3) (1.6) (4.8)

Loss on disposal of capital assets 4.5 1.5 0.8

Gain on sale of properties — — (7.3)

Deferred income taxes, net (13.4) 4.4 8.2

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Receivables, net and contract assets (74.8) (8.3) (50.5)

Accounts payable and current liabilities 3.4 (114.4) (62.2)

Net cash (used for) provided by operating activities (681.2) 123.9 73.9

Cash flows from investing activities

Net proceeds from sale of U.S. Federal business 1,162.9 — —

Capital additions of properties (27.7) (38.0) (35.6)

Capital additions of outsourcing assets (30.1) (48.8) (73.0)

Investment in marketable software (72.3) (73.0) (80.7)

Net proceeds from sale of properties — (0.3) 19.2

Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities 1,041.6 (158.2) (185.0)

Cash flows from financing activities

Payments of long-term debt (454.8) (14.4) (2.3)

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 497.3 30.5 —

Cash paid in connection with debt extinguishment (23.7) (56.7) —

Issuance costs relating to long-term debt (7.9) — —

Proceeds from capped call transactions — 7.2 —

Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities 5.1 (38.0) (4.8)

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of year 551.8 624.1 764.1

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of year $ 906.7 $ 551.8 $ 624.1

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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UNISYS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF DEFICIT

(Millions)

Unisys Corporation

Capped call on debt exchange 7.2 7.2 7.2

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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UNISYS CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Note 1 — Summary of significant accounting policies

Principles of consolidation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of all majority-owned subsidiaries.

Use of estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future events. These estimates and assumptions affect the amounts of assets and liabilities reported, disclosures about contingent assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses. Such estimates include the valuation of estimated credit losses, contract assets, operating lease right-of-use assets, outsourcing assets, marketable software, goodwill and other long-lived assets, legal contingencies, assumptions used in the calculation for systems integration projects, income taxes and retirement and other post-employment benefits, among others. These estimates and assumptions are based on management’s best estimates and judgment. Management evaluates its estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis using historical experience and other factors, including the current economic environment, which management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Management adjusts such estimates and assumptions when facts and circumstances dictate. As future events and their effects cannot be determined with precision, actual results could differ materially from these estimates. Changes in those estimates resulting from continuing changes in the economic environment will be reflected in the financial statements in future periods.

The company assessed certain accounting matters that generally require consideration of forecasted financial information in context with the information reasonably available to us and the unknown future impacts of COVID-19 as of December 31, 2020 and through the date of this report. The accounting matters assessed included, but were not limited to the valuation of estimated credit losses, contract assets, outsourcing assets, marketable software, goodwill and other long-lived assets, and retirement and other post-employment benefits. While there was not a material impact to our consolidated financial position as of December 31, 2020 resulting from our assessments, our future assessment of our current expectations at that time of the magnitude and duration of COVID-19, as well as other factors, could result in material impacts to our consolidated financial position in future reporting periods.

Cash and Cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand, short-term investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less and certificates of deposit which may be withdrawn at any time at the discretion of the company without penalty. Cash and cash equivalents subject to contractual restrictions and not readily available are classified as restricted cash.

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the consolidated balance sheets to the total of the amounts shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

Cash and cash equivalents $ 898.5 $ 538.8

Inventories Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost is determined on the first-in, first-out method.

Properties Properties are carried at cost and are depreciated over the estimated lives of such assets using the straight-line method. The estimated lives used, in years, are as follows: buildings, 20 – 50; machinery and office equipment, 4 – 7; rental equipment, 4; and internal-use software, 3 – 10.

Outsourcing assets Costs of outsourcing contracts are generally expensed as incurred. However, certain costs incurred upon initiation of an outsourcing contract (principally initial customer setup) are deferred and expensed over the initial contract life. Fixed assets and software used in connection with outsourcing contracts are capitalized and depreciated over the shorter of the initial contract life or in accordance with the fixed asset policy described above.

Recoverability of these costs is subject to various business risks. Quarterly, the company compares the carrying value of these assets with the undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by them to determine if there is impairment. If impaired, these assets are reduced to an estimated fair value on a discounted cash flow basis. The company prepares its cash flow estimates based on assumptions that it believes to be reasonable but are also inherently uncertain. Actual future cash flows could differ from these estimates.

Marketable software The cost of development of computer software to be sold or leased, incurred subsequent to establishment of technological feasibility, is capitalized and amortized to cost of sales over the estimated revenue-producing lives of the products. Effective January 1, 2019, the company changed the estimated revenue-producing lives of the company’s proprietary

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enterprise software products from three years to five years. This change in estimate was applied prospectively and resulted in a $19.8 million decrease to cost of revenue in 2019. For the company’s proprietary enterprise software products, the amortization period is five years following product release, and for the remaining products, the amortization period is three years following product release. In assessing the estimated revenue-producing lives and recoverability of the products, the company considers operating strategies, underlying technologies utilized, estimated economic life and external market factors, such as expected levels of competition, barriers to entry by potential competitors, stability in the market and governmental regulation. The company continually reassesses the estimated revenue-producing lives of the products and any change in the company’s estimate could result in the remaining amortization expense being accelerated or spread out over a longer period. As of December 31, 2020, the company believes that all unamortized costs are fully recoverable.

Internal-use software The company capitalizes certain internal and external costs incurred to acquire or create internal-use software, principally related to software coding, designing system interfaces, and installation and testing of the software. These costs are amortized in accordance with the fixed asset policy described above.

Goodwill Goodwill arising from the acquisition of an entity represents the excess of the cost of acquisition over the fair value of the acquired identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the entity recognized at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is initially recognized as an asset and is subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses.

The company tests goodwill for impairment annually in the fourth quarter using data as of September 30 of that year, as well as whenever there are events or changes in circumstances (triggering events) that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of one or more reporting units below its respective carrying amount. The company compares the fair value of each of its reporting units to their respective carrying value. If the carrying value exceeds fair value, an impairment charge is recognized for the difference. Impaired goodwill is written down to its fair value through a charge to the consolidated statement of income in the period the impairment is identified.

The company estimates the fair value of each reporting unit using a combination of the income approach and market approach.

The income approach incorporates the use of a discounted cash flow method in which the estimated future cash flows and terminal values for each reporting unit are discounted to present value. Cash flow projections are based on management’s estimates of economic and market conditions, which drive key assumptions of revenue growth rates, operating margins, capital expenditures and working capital requirements. The discount rate in turn is based on various market factors and specific risk characteristics of each reporting unit.

The market approach estimates fair value by applying performance metric multiples to the reporting unit’s prior and expected operating performance. The multiples are derived from comparable publicly traded companies with similar operating and investment characteristics as the reporting unit.

If the fair value of the reporting unit derived using the income approach is significantly different from the fair value estimate using the market approach, the company reevaluates its assumptions used in the two models. When considering the weighting between the market approach and income approach, the company gives more weighting to the income approach. The higher weighting assigned to the income approach takes into consideration that the guideline companies used in the market approach generally represent larger diversified companies relative to the reporting units and may have different long-term growth prospects, among other factors.

In order to assess the reasonableness of the calculated reporting unit fair values, the company also compares the sum of the reporting units’ fair values to its market capitalization (per share stock price multiplied by shares outstanding) and calculates an implied control premium (the excess of the sum of the reporting units’ fair values over the market capitalization).

Estimating the fair value of reporting units requires the use of estimates and significant judgments that are based on a number of factors including actual operating results. It is reasonably possible that the judgments and estimates described above could change in future periods.

Retirement benefits Accounting rules covering defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement benefits require that amounts recognized in financial statements be determined on an actuarial basis. Management develops the actuarial assumptions used by its U.S. and international defined benefit pension plan obligations based upon the circumstances of each particular plan. The determination of the defined benefit pension plan obligations requires the use of estimates. A significant element in determining the company’s retirement benefits expense or income is the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets. This expected return is an assumption as to the average rate of earnings expected on the funds invested or to be invested to provide for the benefits included in the projected pension benefit obligation. The company applies this assumed long-term rate of return to a calculated value of plan assets, which recognizes changes in the fair value of plan assets in a systematic manner over four years. This produces the expected return on plan assets that is included in retirement benefits expense or income. The difference between this expected return and the actual return on plan assets is deferred. The net deferral of past asset losses or gains affects the calculated value of plan assets and, ultimately, future retirement benefits expense or income.

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At December 31 of each year, the company determines the fair value of its retirement benefits plan assets as well as the discount rate to be used to calculate the present value of plan liabilities. Management’s significant assumption used in the determination of the defined benefit pension plan obligations, and settlement losses associated with respect to the U.S. pension plans, is the discount rate. Inherent in deriving the discount rate are significant assumptions with respect to the timing and magnitude of expected benefit payment obligations. The discount rate is an estimate of the interest rate at which the retirement benefits could be effectively settled. In estimating the discount rate, the company looks to rates of return on high-quality, fixed-income investments currently available and expected to be available during the period to maturity of the retirement benefits. The company uses a portfolio of fixed-income securities, which receive at least the second-highest rating given by a recognized ratings agency.

Noncontrolling interest The company owns a fifty-one percent interest in Intelligent Processing Solutions Ltd. (iPSL), a U.K. business process outsourcing joint venture. The remaining interests, which are reflected as a noncontrolling interest in the company’s financial statements, are owned by three financial institutions for which iPSL performs services.

Revenue recognition Revenue is recognized at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring goods and services to a customer. The company determines revenue recognition using the following five steps: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the company satisfies a performance obligation.

Revenue excludes taxes assessed by a governmental authority that are both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue producing transaction and collected by the company from a customer (e.g., sales, use and value-added taxes). Revenue includes payments for shipping and handling activities.

At contract inception, the company assesses the goods and services promised in a contract with a customer and identifies as a performance obligation each promise to transfer to the customer either: (1) a good or service (or a bundle of goods or services) that is distinct or (2) a series of distinct goods or services that are substantially the same and that have the same pattern of transfer to the customer. The company recognizes revenue only when it satisfies a performance obligation by transferring a promised good or service to a customer.

The company must apply its judgment to determine the timing of the satisfaction of performance obligations as well as the transaction price and the amounts allocated to performance obligations including estimating variable consideration, adjusting the consideration for the effects of the time value of money and assessing whether an estimate of variable consideration is constrained.

Revenue from hardware sales is recognized upon the transfer of control to a customer, which is defined as an entity’s ability to direct the use of and obtain substantially all of the remaining benefits of an asset.

Revenue from software licenses is recognized at the inception of either the initial license term or the inception of an extension or renewal to the license term.

Revenue for operating leases is recognized on a monthly basis over the term of the lease and for sales-type leases at the inception of the lease term.

Revenue from equipment and software maintenance and post-contract support is recognized on a straight-line basis as earned over the terms of the respective contracts. Cost related to such contracts is recognized as incurred.

Revenue and profit under systems integration contracts are recognized over time as the company transfers control of goods or services. The company measures its progress toward satisfaction of its performance obligations using the cost-to-cost method, or when services have been performed, depending on the nature of the project. For contracts accounted for using the cost-to-cost method, revenue and profit recognized in any given accounting period are based on estimates of total projected contract costs. The estimates are continually reevaluated and revised, when necessary, throughout the life of a contract. Any adjustments to revenue and profit resulting from changes in estimates are accounted for in the period of the change in estimate. When estimates indicate that a loss will be incurred on a contract upon completion, a provision for the expected loss is recorded in the period in which the loss becomes evident.

In services arrangements, the company typically satisfies the performance obligation and recognizes revenue over time, because the client simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided as the company performs the services. The company’s services are provided on a time-and-materials basis, as a fixed-price contract or as a fixed-price per measure of output contract.

Revenue from time-and-material contracts is recognized on an output basis as labor hours are delivered and/or direct expenses are incurred.

In outsourcing contracts, including managed services, application management, business process outsourcing and other cloud-based services arrangements, the arrangement generally consists of a single performance obligation comprised of services that are substantially the same and that have the same pattern of transfer. The company applies a measure of progress (typically

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time-based) to any fixed consideration and allocates variable consideration to the periods of service based on usage. As a result, revenue is generally recognized over the period the services are provided either on a straight-line basis or on a usage basis, depending on the terms of the arrangement (such as whether the company is standing ready to perform or whether the contract has usage-based metrics). This results in revenue recognition that corresponds with the value to the client of the services transferred to date relative to the remaining services promised.

The company also enters into arrangements, which may include any combination of hardware, software or services. For example, a client may purchase an enterprise server that includes operating system software. In addition, the arrangement may include post-contract support for the software and a contract for post-warranty maintenance for service of the hardware. These arrangements consist of multiple performance obligations, with control over hardware and software transferred in one reporting period and the software support and hardware maintenance services performed across multiple reporting periods. In another example, the company may provide desktop managed services to a client on a long-term multiple-year basis and periodically sell hardware and license software products to the client. The services are provided on a continuous basis across multiple reporting periods and control over the hardware and software products occurs in one reporting period. To the extent that a performance obligation in an arrangement is subject to specific guidance, that performance obligation is accounted for in accordance with such specific guidance. An example of such an arrangement may include leased assets which are subject to specific leasing accounting guidance.

The company allocates the total transaction price to be earned under an arrangement among the various performance obligations in proportion to their standalone selling prices (relative standalone selling price basis). The standalone selling price for a performance obligation is the price at which the company would sell a promised good or service separately to a customer.

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer. A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. Many of the company’s contracts have a single performance obligation as the promise to transfer the individual goods or services is not separately identifiable from other promises in the contracts and, therefore, not distinct. For contracts with multiple performance obligations, the company allocates the contract’s transaction price to each performance obligation using its best estimate of the standalone selling price of each distinct good or service in the contract. The primary methods used to estimate standalone selling price are as follows: (1) the expected cost plus margin approach, under which the company forecasts its expected costs of satisfying a performance obligation and then adds an appropriate margin for that distinct good or service and (2) the percent discount off of list price approach.

In the Services segment, substantially all of the company’s performance obligations are satisfied over time as work progresses and therefore substantially all of the revenue in this segment is recognized over time. The company generally receives payment for these contracts over time as the performance obligations are satisfied.

In the Technology segment, substantially all of the company’s goods and services are transferred to customers at a single point in time. Revenue on these contracts is recognized when control over the product is transferred to the customer or a software license term begins. The company generally receives payment for these contracts upon signature or within 30 to 60 days.

The company discloses disaggregation of its customer revenue by geographic areas and by classes of similar products and services, by segment (see Note 20).

The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in billed accounts receivable, unbilled receivables, contract assets and deferred revenue (contract liabilities).

Advertising costs All advertising costs are expensed as incurred.

Shipping and handling Costs related to shipping and handling are included in cost of revenue.

Stock-based compensation plans Stock-based compensation represents the cost related to stock-based awards granted to employees and directors. Compensation expense for performance-based restricted stock unit awards is recognized as expense ratably for each installment from the date of the grant until the date the restrictions lapse and is based on the fair market value at the date of grant and the probability of achievement of the specific performance-related goals. Compensation expense for market-based awards is recognized as expense ratably over the measurement period, regardless of the actual level of achievement, provided the service requirement is met. The fair value of restricted stock units with time and performance conditions is determined based on the trading price of the company’s common shares on the date of grant. The fair value of awards with market conditions is estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation. The company recognizes compensation expense for the fair value of stock options, which have graded vesting, on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. The expense is recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses.

Income taxes Income taxes are based on income before taxes for financial reporting purposes and reflect a current tax liability for the estimated taxes payable in the current-year tax returns and changes in deferred taxes. Deferred tax assets or liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using enacted tax laws and rates. A valuation allowance is provided on deferred tax assets if it is determined that it is more likely than

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not that the asset will not be realized. The company releases the income tax effects of deferred tax balances that have a valuation allowance from accumulated other comprehensive income once the reason the tax effects were established ceases to exist (e.g., a postretirement plan is liquidated). The company recognizes penalties and interest accrued related to income tax liabilities in provision for income taxes in its consolidated statements of income.

The company treats the global intangible low-taxed income tax, or GILTI, as a period cost when included in U.S. taxable income, and the base erosion and anti-abuse tax, or BEAT, as a period cost when incurred.

Translation of foreign currency The local currency is the functional currency for most of the company’s international subsidiaries, and as such, assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at year-end exchange rates. Income and expense items are translated at average exchange rates during the year. Translation adjustments resulting from changes in exchange rates are reported in other comprehensive income (loss). Exchange gains and losses on intercompany balances are reported in other expense, net.

For those international subsidiaries operating in highly inflationary economies, the U.S. dollar is the functional currency, and as such, nonmonetary assets and liabilities are translated at historical exchange rates, and monetary assets and liabilities are translated at current exchange rates. Exchange gains and losses arising from translation are included in other expense, net.

Fair value measurements Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required to be recorded at fair value, the company assumes that the transaction is an orderly transaction that assumes exposure to the market for a period before the measurement date to allow for marketing activities that are usual and customary for transactions involving such assets or liabilities; it is not a forced transaction (for example, a forced liquidation or distress sale). The fair value hierarchy has three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value: Level 1 – Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the company can access at the measurement date; Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; and Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. The company has applied fair value measurements to its derivatives (see Note 12), long-term debt (see Note 15), and to its postretirement plan assets (see Note 17).

Note 2 — Discontinued Operations

On March 13, 2020, the company completed the sale of its U.S. Federal business to Science Applications International Corporation for cash of $1.2 billion. Net cash proceeds of the sale was $1,162.9 million (net of working capital adjustments and transaction costs). The company’s consolidated financial statements have been retroactively reclassified to report the U.S. Federal business as discontinued operations. As a result, all items relating to the business within the consolidated statements of income (loss) have been reported as income from discontinued operations, net of tax, and all items relating to the business within the consolidated balance sheets have been reported as either assets or liabilities of discontinued operations. In addition, all items related to the business within the relevant notes to the consolidated financial statements have been recast to reflect the effects of the discontinued operations. Depreciation, amortization, capital expenditures, and significant noncash operating and investing activities related to the U.S. Federal business were immaterial for all periods presented.

The results of the U.S. Federal business discontinued operations were as follows:

Income (loss)

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax $ 1,068.4 $ 75.0 $ 53.9

* Includes results of operations through the March 13, 2020 closing date.

Note 3 — Recent accounting pronouncements and accounting changes

Effective January 1, 2020, the company adopted ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract which clarifies the accounting for implementation costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract. The company adopted the new guidance on a prospective basis and the adoption did not have a material impact on its consolidated results of operations and financial position.

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Effective January 1, 2020, the company adopted ASU No. 2016-13 Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments which introduces a new model for recognizing credit losses on financial instruments based on an estimate of current expected losses. This includes trade and other receivables, contract assets, loans and other financial instruments. The adoption did not have a material impact on the company’s consolidated results of operations and financial position.

Effective January 1, 2020, the company adopted ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes which removed certain exceptions related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. The new standard was applied to the presentation of the company’s U.S. Federal business, which is reflected in discontinued operations.

Note 4 — Cost-reduction actions

During 2020, the company recognized cost-reduction charges and other costs of $95.5 million. The charges (credits) related to work-force reductions were $25.5 million, principally related to severance costs, and were comprised of: (a) a charge of $39.0 million and (b) a credit of $13.5 million for changes in estimates. In addition, the company recorded charges of $70.0 million comprised of $32.3 million for foreign currency losses related to exiting foreign countries, $24.0 million for asset impairments and $13.7 million for other expenses related to the cost-reduction effort.

During 2019, the company recognized cost-reduction charges and other costs of $28.7 million. The charges related to work-force reductions were $22.1 million, principally related to severance costs, and were comprised of: (a) a charge of $25.7 million and (b) a credit of $3.6 million for changes in estimates. In addition, the company recorded charges of $6.6 million comprised of $4.6 million for lease abandonment costs, $1.1 million for asset write-offs and $0.9 million for other expenses related to the cost-reduction effort.

During 2018, the company recognized cost-reduction charges and other costs of $19.7 million. The charges related to work-force reductions were $19.0 million, principally related to severance costs, and were comprised of: (a) a charge of $27.7 million and (b) a credit of $8.7 million for changes in estimates. In addition, the company recorded a charge of $0.7 million for changes in estimates related to idle leased facilities costs.

The charges (credits) were recorded in the following statement of income classifications:

Cost of revenue

Technology — 0.2 —

Selling, general and administrative 38.5 15.5 1.6

Research and development 2.5 2.2 —

Other (expenses), net 32.3 — —

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Liabilities and expected future payments related to the company’s work-force reduction actions are as follows:

Total U.S. International

Changes in estimates (8.7) 0.1 (8.8)

Translation adjustments (3.9) — (3.9)

Changes in estimates (3.6) (1.5) (2.1)

Translation adjustments (0.8) — (0.8)

Translation adjustments 2.1 — 2.1

Expected future payments on balance at December 31, 2020:

Note 5 — Leases and commitments

Leases

The company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. This determination generally depends on whether the arrangement conveys to the company the right to control the use of an explicitly or implicitly identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Control of an underlying asset is conveyed to the company if the company obtains the rights to direct the use of and to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from using the underlying asset. The company is the lessee in lease agreements that include lease and non-lease components, which the company accounts for as a single lease component for all personal property leases. The company also has lease agreements in which it is the lessor that include lease and non-lease components. For these agreements, the company accounts for these components as a single lease component. Lease expense for variable leases and short-term leases is recognized when the expense is incurred.

Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (ROU) assets, other accrued liabilities and long-term operating lease liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. Operating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date of the lease based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Operating lease payments are recognized as lease expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Finance leases are included in outsourcing assets, net and long-term debt on the consolidated balance sheets. Finance lease ROU assets and lease liabilities are initially measured in the same manner as operating leases. Finance lease ROU assets are amortized using the straight-line method. Finance lease liabilities are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method.

The company has not capitalized leases with terms of twelve months or less.

As most of the company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the company uses its incremental borrowing rate, based on the information available at the lease commencement date, in determining the present value of lease payments. The company determines the incremental borrowing rate using the portfolio approach considering lease term and lease currency.

The lease term for all of the company’s leases includes the non-cancelable period of the lease plus any additional periods covered by either a company option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease that the company is reasonably certain to exercise, or an option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease controlled by the lessor.

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Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability are comprised of fixed payments, variable payments that depend on index or rate, amounts expected to be payable under a residual value guarantee and the exercise of the company option to purchase the underlying asset, if reasonably certain.

Variable lease payments associated with the company’s leases are recognized when the event, activity, or circumstance in the lease agreement on which those payments are assessed occurs. Variable lease payments are presented as an operating expense in the company’s consolidated results of operations in the same line item as expense arising from fixed lease payments (operating leases) or amortization of the ROU asset (finance leases).

The company uses the long-lived assets impairment guidance in ASC Subtopic 360-10 Property, Plant, and Equipment to determine whether a ROU asset is impaired, and if so, the amount of the impairment loss to recognize. If impaired, ROU assets for operating and finance leases are reduced for any impairment losses.

The company monitors for events or changes in circumstances that require a reassessment of its leases. When a reassessment results in the remeasurement of a lease liability, a corresponding adjustment is made to the carrying amount of the corresponding ROU asset unless doing so would reduce the carrying amount of the ROU asset to an amount less than zero. In that case, the amount of the adjustment that would result in a negative ROU asset balance is recorded in the consolidated statement of income.

The company has commitments under operating leases for certain facilities and equipment used in its operations. The company also has finance leases for equipment. The company’s leases generally have initial lease terms ranging from 1 year to 8 years, most of which include options to extend or renew the leases for up to 5 years, and some of which may include options to terminate the leases within 1 year. Certain lease agreements contain provisions for future rent increases.

The components of lease expense are as follows:

Operating lease cost $ 42.3 $ 37.9

Finance lease cost

Amortization of right-of-use assets 1.7 1.6

Interest on lease liabilities 0.2 0.3

Total finance lease cost 1.9 1.9

Short-term lease costs 1.4 0.6

Sublease income (12.1) (0.7)

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU 2016-02. Prior-period results were not restated. Rental expense and income from subleases for the year ended December 31, 2018, prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-02 were as follows:

Rental expense, less income from subleases $ 55.5

Income from subleases $ 3.1

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Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases is as follows:

Operating Leases

Operating lease right-of-use assets $ 79.3 $ 71.4

Other accrued liabilities 37.1 34.1

Long-term operating lease liabilities 62.4 56.0

Total operating lease liabilities $ 99.5 $ 90.1

Finance Leases

Outsourcing assets, net $ 2.9 $ 4.6

Current maturities of long-term debt 2.4 1.8

Long-term debt 3.1 3.5

Total finance lease liabilities $ 5.5 $ 5.3

Weighted-Average Remaining Lease Term (in years)

Operating leases 2.3 3.4

Finance leases 2.0 3.0

Weighted-Average Discount Rate

Operating leases 6.4 % 6.4 %

Finance leases 5.2 % 5.0 %

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases is as follows:

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

Cash payments for finance leases included in financing activities 1.8 1.7

Cash payments for finance lease included in operating activities 0.2 0.3

ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations are as follows:

Finance leases — 1.5

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Maturities of lease liabilities as of December 31, 2020 are as follows:

Year Finance Leases Operating Leases

Thereafter — 0.8

Less imputed interest 0.2 8.7

For transactions where the company is considered the lessor, revenue for operating leases is recognized on a monthly basis over the term of the lease and for sales-type leases at the inception of the lease term. These amounts were immaterial for all periods presented. As of December 31, 2020, receivables under sales-type leases before the allowance for unearned income were collectible as follows:

Year

Thereafter 3.2

Other Commitments

At December 31, 2020, the company had outstanding standby letters of credit and surety bonds totaling approximately $191 million related to performance and payment guarantees. On the basis of experience with these arrangements, the company believes that any obligations that may arise will not be material. In addition, at December 31, 2020, the company had deposits and collateral of approximately $8 million in other long-term assets, principally related to tax contingencies in Brazil.

Note 6 — Other (expense), net

Other (expense), net is comprised of the following:

Postretirement expense* $ (235.9) $ (93.3) $ (80.3)

Debt extinguishment charge (28.5) (20.1) —

Foreign exchange losses** (36.2) (10.4) (5.9)

Environmental costs and other, net (29.0) (12.6) 9.1

*Includes $142.1 million settlement charge in 2020 related to the U.S. defined benefit pension plans.

**Includes $32.3 million for foreign currency losses in 2020 related to substantial completion of liquidation of foreign subsidiaries.

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Note 7 — Income taxes

Following is the total income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and the provision (benefit) for income taxes.

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

Current

Deferred

Total provision for income taxes $ 45.4 $ 27.7 $ 46.0

Following is a reconciliation of the provision (benefit) for income taxes at the United States statutory tax rate to the provision for income taxes as reported:

United States statutory income tax provision (benefit) $ (57.1) $ (12.7) $ 14.9

Foreign rate differential and other foreign tax expense 5.9 3.2 9.5

Permanent items 0.8 (2.5) (5.0)

Enacted rate changes (4.0) 0.5 (2.3)

Change in uncertain tax positions 3.6 0.2 (1.2)

Change in valuation allowances due to changes in judgment 2.9 (2.3) (5.9)

Income tax credits, U.S. (2.1) (0.2) (2.4)

Provision for income taxes $ 45.4 $ 27.7 $ 46.0

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The tax effects of temporary differences and carryforwards that give rise to significant portions of deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

Deferred tax assets

Foreign tax credit carryforwards 201.3 211.5

Other tax credit carryforwards 29.2 30.3

Employee benefits and compensation 25.3 31.2

Purchased capitalized software 24.1 31.2

Warranty, bad debts and other reserves 10.5 5.9

Capitalized costs 8.1 7.1

Total deferred tax assets $ 186.5 $ 166.8

Deferred tax liabilities

Capitalized research and development $ 47.4 $ 44.7

Total deferred tax liabilities $ 77.2 $ 73.7

Net deferred tax assets $ 109.3 $ 93.1

During 2020, the company’s valuation allowance declined by $253.2 million principally due to the recognition of a net income tax benefit of $189.0 million including net tax expense of $2.9 million, expired net operating losses/tax credits of $28.9 million, translation adjustments of $(20.9) million and other activity of $56.2 million.

At December 31, 2020, the company has tax effected tax loss carryforwards as follows:

State and local 200.1

Total tax loss carryforwards $ 795.2

These carryforwards will expire as follows:

Year

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The company also has available tax credit carryforwards, which will expire as follows:

Year

Failure to achieve forecasted taxable income might affect the ultimate realization of the company’s net deferred tax assets. Factors that may affect the company’s ability to achieve sufficient forecasted taxable income include, but are not limited to, the following: increased competition, a decline in sales or margins, loss of market share, the impact of the economic environment, delays in product availability and technological obsolescence.

Under U.S. tax law, distributions from foreign subsidiaries to U.S. shareholders are generally exempt from taxation. Consequently, the deferred income tax liability on undistributed earnings is generally limited to any foreign withholding or other foreign taxes that will be imposed on such distributions. As the company currently intends to indefinitely reinvest the earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries, no provision has been made for income taxes that may become payable upon distribution of the earnings of such subsidiaries. The unrecognized deferred income tax liability at December 31, 2020 approximated $26.6 million.

Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds was as follows:

Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds $ 24.7 $ 37.6 $ 39.1

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

Additions based on tax positions related to the current year 8.5 11.1 2.6

Changes for tax positions of prior years (0.7) (0.6) (6.1)

Changes due to foreign currency 1.6 (0.4) (1.6)

The company recognizes penalties and interest accrued related to income tax liabilities in the provision for income taxes in its consolidated statements of income. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the company had an accrual of $3.9 million and $3.0 million, respectively, for the payment of penalties and interest.

At December 31, 2020, all of the company’s liability for unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized, would affect the company’s effective tax rate. Within the next 12 months, the company believes that it is reasonably possible that the amount of unrecognized tax benefits may decrease by $2.3 million related to a statute of limitation expiration; however, various events could cause this belief to change in the future.

The company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and various states and foreign jurisdictions. Several U.S. state and foreign income tax audits are in process. The company is under an audit in India, for which years prior to 2007 are closed. For the most significant jurisdictions outside the U.S., the audit periods through 2015 are closed for Brazil, and the audit periods through 2016 are closed for the United Kingdom. All of the various ongoing income tax audits throughout the world are not expected to have a material impact on the company’s financial position.

Internal Revenue Code Sections 382 and 383 provide annual limitations with respect to the ability of a corporation to utilize its net operating loss (as well as certain built-in losses) and tax credit carryforwards, respectively (Tax Attributes), against future U.S. taxable income, if the corporation experiences an “ownership change.” In general terms, an ownership change may result from transactions increasing the ownership of certain stockholders in the stock of a corporation by more than 50 percentage points over a three-year period. The company regularly monitors ownership changes (as calculated for purposes of

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Section 382). The company has determined that, for purposes of the rules of Section 382 described above, an ownership change occurred in February 2011. Any future transaction or transactions and the timing of such transaction or transactions could trigger additional ownership changes under Section 382.

As a result of the February 2011 ownership change, utilization for certain of the company’s Tax Attributes, U.S. net operating losses and tax credits, is subject to an overall annual limitation of $70.6 million. The cumulative limitation as of December 31, 2020 is approximately $346.1 million. This limitation will be applied to any net operating losses and then to any other Tax Attributes. Any unused limitation may be carried over to later years. Based on presently available information and the existence of tax planning strategies, the company does not expect to incur a U.S. cash tax liability in the near term. The company maintains a full valuation allowance against the realization of all U.S. deferred tax assets as well as certain foreign deferred tax assets in excess of deferred tax liabilities.

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Note 8 — Earnings per common share

The following table shows how earnings (loss) per common share attributable to Unisys Corporation was computed for the three years ended December 31, 2020 (shares in thousands).

Basic earnings (loss) per common share computation:

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax 1,068.4 75.0 53.9

Net income (loss) attributable to Unisys Corporation $ 750.7 $ (17.2) $ 75.5

Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to Unisys Corporation

Continuing operations $ (5.05) $ (1.65) $ 0.42

Diluted earnings (loss) per common share computation:

Add interest expense on convertible senior notes, net of tax of zero — — —

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax 1,068.4 75.0 53.9

Plus incremental shares from assumed conversions:

Employee stock plans — — 541

Convertible senior notes — — —

Diluted earnings (loss) per common share attributable to Unisys Corporation

Continuing operations $ (5.05) $ (1.65) $ 0.42

(i)Amounts represent shares excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share, as their effect, if included, would have been anti-dilutive for the periods presented.

Note 9 — Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable consist principally of trade accounts receivable from customers and are generally unsecured and due within 30 to 90 days. Credit losses relating to these receivables consistently have been within management’s expectations. Expected credit losses are recorded as an allowance for doubtful accounts in the consolidated balance sheets. Estimates of expected credit losses are based primarily on the aging of the accounts receivable balances. The company records a specific reserve for individual accounts when it becomes aware of a customer’s inability to meet its financial obligations, such as in the case of bankruptcy filings or deterioration in the customer’s operating results or financial position. The collection policies and procedures of the company vary by credit class and prior payment history of customers.

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Revenue recognized in excess of billings on services contracts, or unbilled accounts receivable, was $63.3 million and $60.8 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The allowance for doubtful accounts, which is reported as a deduction from accounts receivable, was $9.2 million and $11.8 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The provision for doubtful accounts, which is reported in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income, was (income) expense of $(0.3) million, $(1.6) million and $(5.1) million, in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Note 10 — Contract assets and deferred revenue

Contract assets represent rights to consideration in exchange for goods or services transferred to a customer when that right is conditional on something other than the passage of time. Deferred revenue represents contract liabilities.

Net contract assets (liabilities) are as follows:

Contract assets - current $ 44.3 $ 38.4

Contract assets - long-term(i) 20.7 21.6

Deferred revenue - current (257.1) (246.4)

Deferred revenue - long-term (137.9) (147.0)

(i)Reported in other long-term assets on the company’s consolidated balance sheets

Significant changes in the above contract asset and liability balances were as follows:

Note 11 — Capitalized contract costs

The company’s incremental direct costs of obtaining a contract consist of sales commissions which are deferred and amortized ratably over the initial contract life. These costs are classified as current or noncurrent based on the timing of when the company expects to recognize the expense. The current and noncurrent portions of deferred commissions are included in prepaid expenses and other current assets and in other long-term assets, respectively, in the company’s consolidated balance sheets.

Deferred commissions were as follows:

Deferred commissions $ 8.7 $ 9.1

Amortization expense related to deferred commissions was as follows:

Deferred commissions - amortization expense(i) $ 3.2 $ 3.1 $ 6.5

(i)Reported in selling, general and administrative expense in the company’s consolidated statements of income

Costs on outsourcing contracts are generally expensed as incurred. However, certain costs incurred upon initiation of an outsourcing contract (costs to fulfill a contract), principally initial customer setup, are capitalized and expensed over the initial contract life. These costs are included in outsourcing assets, net in the company’s consolidated balance sheets, and are amortized over the initial contract life and reported in Services cost of sales.

Costs to fulfill a contract were as follows:

Costs to fulfill a contract $ 74.4 $ 75.8

Amortization expense related to costs to fulfill a contract was as follows:

Costs to fulfill a contract - amortization expense $ 27.5 $ 24.2 $ 21.7

The remaining balance of outsourcing assets, net is comprised of fixed assets and software used in connection with outsourcing contracts. These costs are capitalized and depreciated over the shorter of the initial contract life or in accordance with the company’s fixed asset policy.

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Note 12 — Financial instruments and concentration of credit risks

Due to its foreign operations, the company is exposed to the effects of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on the U.S. dollar, principally related to intercompany account balances. The company uses derivative financial instruments to reduce its exposure to market risks from changes in foreign currency exchange rates on such balances. The company enters into foreign exchange forward contracts, generally having maturities of three months or less, which have not been designated as hedging instruments. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the notional amount of these contracts was $588.5 million and $437.0 million, respectively. The fair value of these forward contracts is based on quoted prices for similar but not identical financial instruments; as such, the inputs are considered Level 2 inputs.

The following table summarizes the fair value of the company’s foreign exchange forward contracts.

Balance Sheet Location

Prepaid expenses and other current assets $ 1.4 $ 2.1

Other accrued liabilities 1.0 0.1

Total fair value $ 0.4 $ 2.0

The following table summarizes the location and amount of gains and losses recognized on foreign exchange forward contracts.

Statement of Income Location

Other (expense), net $ 7.6 $ 1.7 $ (14.2)

Financial instruments also include temporary cash investments and customer accounts receivable. Temporary investments are placed with creditworthy financial institutions, primarily in money market funds, time deposits and certificate of deposits which may be withdrawn at any time at the discretion of the company without penalty. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the company’s cash equivalents principally have maturities of less than one month or can be withdrawn at any time at the discretion of the company without penalty. Due to the short maturities of these instruments, they are carried on the consolidated balance sheets at cost plus accrued interest, which approximates market value. Receivables are due from a large number of customers that are dispersed worldwide across many industries. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the company had no significant concentrations of credit risk with any one customer. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents approximated fair value.

Note 13 — Properties

Properties comprise the following:

Machinery and office equipment 466.7 521.5

Source: SEC EDGAR (public domain) · 10-K for the period ended 2020-12-31, filed 2021-02-26 · accession 0000746838-21-000014

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