MCKESSON CORP

The following summary provides highlights and key factors that impacted our business, operating results, financial condition, and liquidity for the year ended March 31, 2024:

•For the year ended March 31, 2024 compared to the prior year, revenues increased by 12%, gross profit increased by 4%, total operating expenses increased by 12%, and other income, net decreased by $365 million. Refer to the “Overview of Consolidated Results” section below for an analysis of these changes;

•Diluted earnings per common share from continuing operations attributable to McKesson Corporation decreased to $22.39 in fiscal 2024 from $25.05 in the prior year;

•For the year ended March 31, 2024, we recorded a provision for bad debts of $725 million related to the October 2023 bankruptcy of our customer Rite Aid Corporation (including certain of its subsidiaries, “Rite Aid”). Refer to the Rite Aid Bankruptcy Proceedings section of “Trends and Uncertainties” below;

•We received $244 million for the year ended March 31, 2024 related to our share of antitrust legal settlements. This amount was recorded as a gain within “Cost of sales” in the Consolidated Statement of Operations within our U.S. Pharmaceutical segment;

•For the year ended March 31, 2024, we recognized a discrete tax benefit of $157 million related to the release of a valuation allowance based on management’s reassessment of the amount of our deferred tax assets that are more likely than not to be realized;

•We recorded a charge of $149 million for the year ended March 31, 2024 related to our estimated liability for opioid-related claims as further described in the Opioid-Related Litigation and Claims section of “Trends and Uncertainties” below;

•For the year ended March 31, 2024, we also recognized a net discrete tax benefit of $104 million primarily related to the repatriation and sale of certain intellectual property between McKesson wholly-owned legal entities that are based in different tax jurisdictions;

•On June 15, 2023, we completed a public offering of 4.90% Notes due July 15, 2028 in a principal amount of $400 million and 5.10% Notes due July 15, 2033 in a principal amount of $600 million, for proceeds received, net of discounts and offering expenses, of $397 million and $592 million, respectively. A portion of the net proceeds from these offerings was utilized to fund the repurchase of our 3.80% Notes due March 15, 2024 (the “2024 Notes”) discussed below, while the remaining net proceeds was available for general corporate purposes;

•On June 16, 2023, we completed a cash tender offer for any and all of the 2024 Notes with a principal amount of $918 million, which was made concurrently with the June 15, 2023 notes offering described above. Using a portion of the net proceeds from the June 15, 2023 notes offering described above, we paid an aggregate consideration of $268 million to repurchase $271 million of principal amount of the 2024 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest;

•Following the consummation of the cash tender offer discussed above, on June 16, 2023, we irrevocably deposited U.S. government obligations with the trustee under the indenture governing the 2024 Notes sufficient to fund the payment of accrued and unpaid interest of the remaining $647 million principal amount of the 2024 Notes as it became due, and of the principal amount of those 2024 Notes on their March 15, 2024 maturity date. Refer to Financial Note 11, “Debt and Financing Activities,” to the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report for more information; and

•We returned $3.3 billion of cash to shareholders during fiscal 2024 through $3.0 billion of common stock repurchases through open market transactions and $314 million of dividend payments. In July 2023, our Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved an increase of $6.0 billion in the authorization for repurchase of the Company’s common stock and raised our quarterly dividend to $0.62 from $0.54 per common share. The total remaining authorization outstanding for repurchase of the Company’s common stock at March 31, 2024 was $6.6 billion.