WEX Inc

For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Feb 23, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Feb 23, 2024

WEX$182.53+0.2%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

The acronyms and abbreviations identified below are used in this Annual Report including the accompanying consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto. The following is provided to aid the reader and provide a reference point when reviewing the Annual Report:

2017 Tax Act	Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
Adjusted free cash flow	A non-GAAP measure calculated as cash flows from operating activities, adjusted for net purchases of current investment securities, capital expenditures, the change in net deposits, changes in borrowings under the BTFP and borrowed federal funds and certain other adjustments.
Adjusted net income or ANI	A non-GAAP measure that adjusts net income (loss) attributable to shareholders to exclude all items excluded in segment adjusted operating income except unallocated corporate expenses, further excluding unrealized gains and losses on financial instruments, net foreign currency gains and losses, debt issuance cost amortization, tax related items and certain other non-operating items, as applicable depending on the period presented.
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement	Amended and Restated Credit Agreement entered into on April 1, 2021 (as amended from time to time) by and among the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, as borrowers, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent on behalf of the lenders.
Ascensus Acquisition	The acquisition from Ascensus, LLC of certain entities, which comprised the health and benefits business of Ascensus.
ASC	Accounting Standards Codification
ASU	Accounting Standards Update
Average number of SaaS accounts	Represents the average number of active consumer-directed health, COBRA, and billing accounts on our SaaS platforms. SaaS accounts include HSA accounts for which WEX Inc. serves as the non-bank custodian under designation by the U.S. Department of Treasury.
B2B	Business-to-Business
benefitexpress	Benefit Express Services, LLC, a provider of highly configurable, cloud-based benefits administration technologies and services, and its indirect and direct parents, which were acquired on June 1, 2021 and merged into WEX Health, Inc. on April 30, 2022.
BTFP	The Federal Reserve Bank Term Funding Program, which provides liquidity to U.S. depository institutions.
CDH	Consumer directed healthcare
CFPB	Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
CODM	Chief Operating Decision Maker
Company	WEX Inc. and all entities included in the consolidated financial statements.
Consolidated EBITDA	A non-GAAP measure calculated in accordance with the terms of the Company’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
Convertible Notes	Convertible senior unsecured notes due on July 15, 2027 in an aggregate principal amount of $310.0 million with a 6.5 percent interest rate, issued July 1, 2020, which were repurchased by the Company and canceled by the trustee at the instruction of the Company on August 11, 2023.
Corporate Cash	Calculated in accordance with the terms of our consolidated leverage ratio in the Company’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
COVID-19	An infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic on March 11, 2020.

Table of Contents	ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

DCFM	Discounted Cash Flow Method of valuation
Discovery Benefits	Discovery Benefits, LLC, which was subsequently merged with and into WEX Health as of March 31, 2021.
DSUs	Deferred Stock Units held by non-employee directors.
EFS	Electronic Funds Source, LLC, a provider of customized corporate payment solutions for fleet and corporate customers with a focus on large and mid-sized over-the-road fleets.
eNett	eNett International (Jersey) Limited
EVs	Electric Vehicles
FASB	Financial Accounting Standards Board
FCPA	U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
FDIC	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve Bank Discount Window	Monetary policy that allows WEX Bank to borrow funds on a short-term basis to meet temporary shortages of liquidity caused by internal or external disruptions.
FinCEN	Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of the Treasury
FleetOne	FleetOne Holdings, LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
FRA	Federal Reserve Act
FSA	Flexible Spending Accounts
GAAP	Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States
GILTI	Global Intangible Low Taxed Income
GPCM	Guideline Public Company Method of valuation
GPCs	Guideline Public Companies
HRA	Health Reimbursement Arrangements
HSA	Health Savings Account
ICE	Internal Combustion Engine
LIBOR	London Interbank Offered Rate
NAV	Net Asset Value
Net interchange rate	Represents the percentage of the dollar value of each payment processing transaction that WEX records as revenue from merchants, less certain discounts given to customers and network fees.
Net late fee rate	Net late fee rate represents late fee revenue as a percentage of fuel purchased by fleets that have a payment processing relationship with WEX.
Net payment processing rate	The percentage of each payment processing $ of fuel that the Company records as revenue from merchants less certain discounts given to customers and network fees.
Notes	$400.0 million senior notes with a 4.75 percent fixed rate, issued on January 30, 2013, which were redeemed in full by the Company on March 15, 2021.
NYSE	New York Stock Exchange
OFAC	The United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control
Operating cash flow	Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities
Operating interest	Interest expense incurred on the operating debt obtained to provide liquidity for the Company’s short-term receivables or used for investing purposes in fixed income debt securities.
Optal	Optal Limited
OTA	Online travel agency
Over-the-road	Typically, heavy trucks traveling long distances.
Payment processing $ of fuel	Total dollar value of the fuel purchased by fleets that have a payment processing relationship with WEX.

Table of Contents	ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Payment processing transactions	Total number of purchases made by fleets that have a payment processing relationship with the Company where the Company maintains the receivable for the total purchase.
PBRSUs	Performance-based restricted stock units
PO Holding	PO Holding, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of WEX Inc. and the direct parent of WEX Health.
Processing costs	Expenses related to processing transactions, servicing customers and merchants and costs of goods sold related to hardware and other product sales.
Purchase volume	Purchase volume in the Corporate Payments segment represents the total dollar value of all WEX-issued transactions that use WEX corporate card products and virtual card products. Purchase volume in the Benefits segment represents the total dollar value of all transactions where interchange is earned by WEX.
Redeemable non-controlling interest	The portion of the U.S. Benefits business’ net assets owned by a non-controlling interest holder, SBI, prior to the March 7, 2022 acquisition of SBI’s remaining interest in PO Holding.
Revolving Credit Facility	The Company’s secured revolving credit facility under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
RSUs	Restricted stock units
SaaS	Software-as-a-Service
SBI	SBI Investments, Inc., which is owned by State Bankshares, Inc., and was a minority interest holder in PO Holding, LLC.
SEC	Securities and Exchange Commission
Segment adjusted operating income	A non-GAAP measure that adjusts operating income to exclude specified items that the Company’s management excludes in evaluating segment performance, including unallocated corporate expenses, acquisition-related intangible amortization, other acquisition and divestiture related items, debt restructuring costs, stock-based compensation, other costs and certain non-recurring or non-cash operating charges that are not core to our operations, as applicable depending on the period presented.
Service fees	Costs incurred from third-party networks utilized to deliver payment solutions and other third-parties utilized in performing services directly related to generating revenue.
SOFR	Secured Overnight Financing Rate
SPE	Wholly-owned special purpose entity
Topic 320	Accounting Standards Codification Section 320, Debt Securities
Topic 606	Accounting Standards Codification Section 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Total volume	Includes purchases on WEX-issued accounts as well as purchases issued by others, but using a WEX platform.
TSR	Total shareholder return
UDFI	Utah Department of Financial Institutions
U.S. Benefits business	(i) prior to March 31, 2021, WEX Health, Inc. and Discovery Benefits, LLC., collectively, (ii) from March 31, 2021 to June 1, 2021, WEX Health, Inc., (iii) from June 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022, WEX Health, Inc. and benefitexpress, collectively, and (iv) from April 30, 2022, WEX Health, Inc.
VCN	Virtual card number
WACC	Weighted Average Cost of Capital
WEX	WEX Inc., and all of its subsidiaries that are consolidated under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, unless otherwise indicated or required by the context.
WEX Australia	WEX Card Holdings Australia Pty Ltd and its subsidiaries

Table of Contents	ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

WEX Bank	An industrial bank organized under the laws of the State of Utah, and wholly owned subsidiary of WEX Inc.
WEX Europe Services	WEX Europe Service Limited, a European Mobility business
WEX Health	WEX Health, Inc., the Company’s healthcare technology and administration solutions provider/business.
WEX Payments	WEX Payments Inc. (formerly known as Noventis, Inc.)

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