TransUnion
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 27, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Feb 27, 2026
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Period ended 2024-12-31; filed 2025-02-13.
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Item 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSCurrent report: 10-K
Period ended 2025-12-31; filed 2026-02-27.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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Current report
Following three interest rate cuts in 2024 totaling 100 basis points, the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) paused further rate cuts in the first half of 2025, in response to uncertainty around the new U.S. administration’s economic and trade policies and their potential impact on inflation, employment, and consumer spending. Continued growth in consumer spending and real wages through the first half of 2025 supported this interest rate pause, but by the third quarter, a weakening employment situation, in particular a material slowing of hiring by businesses, as well as continued easing of inflation, led the Fed to resume rate cuts with a 25 basis point drop in September 2025 followed by two additional rate cuts totaling 50 basis points in the fourth quarter. Further rate cuts could spur renewed consumer confidence to borrow as well as increased demand for rate-sensitive lending products, in particular mortgage loans.
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In April 2025, the U.S. announced a minimum 10% import duty on all trading partners and higher rates on several large trading partners, with exemptions for certain industries and products. These announcements led to increased market volatility and uncertainty. If policies that significantly increase tariff rates are maintained, there is potential for the U.S. and global economic growth to slow, with increased probability for recession and increased inflation across many of the markets where we operate. With trade negotiations and legal challenges ongoing, the final timing and amount of tariff rates remains uncertain and therefore the impact is difficult to forecast, though it is likely that the final outcome of trade negotiations with many U.S. trading partners will result in higher tariff rates. Despite the early implementation of higher tariffs having a lower-than-expected impact on U.S. inflation rates in 2025, market uncertainty is putting pressure on the global macroeconomic environment. The uncertainty of tariff policy, price increases and stock market volatility has dampened, and may continue to suppress, consumer sentiment.
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On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”) was enacted in the U.S. The OBBBA includes potentially significant provisions, such as the permanent extension of certain expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, modifications to the international tax framework and the restoration of favorable tax treatment for certain business provisions including 100% bonus depreciation, domestic research cost expensing, and the business interest expense limitation. The OBBBA has multiple effective dates, with certain provisions effective in 2025 and others implemented periodically through 2027. The impacts of the OBBBA are reflected in our results for the year ended December 31, 2025 resulting in an increase in our provision for income taxes due to foreign inclusions and a decrease in our income taxes paid in 2025.
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We expected to generate annual savings of $120.0 to $140.0 million upon completion of the transformation plan in 2025. During the year ended December 31, 2025, we realized annualized savings of approximately $130.0 million from the transformation plan. We incurred capital expenditures of 7.1% of revenue, below our prior expectations of 8% for 2025. We continue to expect to reduce our capital expenditures to approximately 6% in 2026.
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As of December 31, 2025, we have accrued liabilities remaining for the payment of employee separation costs of $10.7 million in connection with our operating model optimization program. We expect payment of these liabilities to occur in 2026.
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Monevo Acquisition
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On April 1, 2025, we gained control of Monevo by acquiring the remaining 70% of its outstanding equity, of which we previously owned 30%. We accounted for the transaction as a step acquisition in accordance with ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations. Accordingly, we remeasured our initial 30% investment, including the call option, at a fair value of $60.8 million, resulting in a non-taxable gain of $12.3 million recorded within other income and (expense), net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Monevo’s results of operations subsequent to the acquisition date, which are not material, are reflected in both the U.S. Markets and International segments for the year ended December 31, 2025, and affect the comparability of results to the prior year. See Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 2, “Business Acquisition,” for further information about this transaction.
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On February 28, 2025, the CFPB, Trans Union LLC, TransUnion Interactive, Inc. and Mr. Danaher, the former President of Consumer Interactive, filed a joint stipulation with the Court to voluntarily dismiss the lawsuit related to the 2017 Consent Order with prejudice, and the Court dismissed the lawsuit on March 21, 2025. During the first quarter of 2025, we adjusted the $56.0 million previously accrued for this matter to zero, as the loss was no longer probable. See Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 20, “Contingencies” for additional information about this matter.
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Share Repurchase Plan
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On February 11, 2025, our Board authorized the 2025 Repurchase Plan. On October 22, 2025, the Board approved an increase to the 2025 Repurchase Plan authorization to $1.0 billion (including amounts repurchased as of such date under the original 2025 Repurchase Plan). Repurchases may be made from time to time at management’s discretion at prices management considers to be attractive through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, including pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan, hybrid open market repurchases or an accelerated share repurchase transaction, subject to availability. Open market purchases are conducted in accordance with the limitations set forth in Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act and other applicable legal requirements. We have no obligation to repurchase additional shares, and the timing, actual number and value of the shares that are repurchased, if any, are at the discretion of management. The 2025 Repurchase Plan does not have an expiration date.
Current report
Repurchased shares are retired, resulting in a reduction to common stock at par with the remainder to additional paid-in capital. Once repurchased, the shares are returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares of the Company and reduce the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for purposes of calculating basic and diluted earnings per share. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company repurchased approximately 3,577,000 shares of common stock, respectively, for a total of $302.0 million, including commissions and excise taxes, under the 2025 Repurchase Plan. The average price paid per share for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $84.45. As of December 31, 2025, $700.1 million remains available for repurchases under the 2025 Repurchase Plan.
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During the second quarter of 2025, we entered into a third-party financing arrangement to purchase certain long-lived assets that will be repaid over 5 years.
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In 2025, we entered into interest rate swap agreements with various counterparties that effectively fix our variable interest rate exposure on a portion of our Senior Secured Term Loan or similar replacement debt. The swaps commenced on June 30, 2025 and expire on December 31, 2027, with a current aggregate notional amount of$1,238.1 million that amortizes each quarter. The swaps require us to pay fixed rates varying between 3.2893% and 3.6920% in exchange for receiving a variable rate that matches the variable rate on our loans. We have designated these swap agreements as cash flow hedges.
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During 2025, we did not make any debt prepayments. During 2024, we prepaid $150.0 million of our Senior Secured Term Loan B-5, funded from cash-on-hand, and expensed $0.3 million of unamortized original issue discounts and deferred financing fees to other income and (expense), net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. During 2023, we prepaid $250.0 million of our Senior Secured Term Loan B-6, funded from our cash-on-hand, and expensed $3.4 million of the unamortized original issue discount and deferred fees to other income and (expense), net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. These transactions affect the comparability of interest expense between years, as further discussed in “Results of Operations – Non-Operating Income and (Expense) – Interest Expense” below.
Current report
•an increase of approximately $118.0 million in product and fulfillment costs due primarily to an increase in certain product cost pricing in our U.S. Markets segment and an increase in volume in both segments, partially offset by a decrease in variable postage costs related to breach remediation revenue in 2024 in our U.S Markets segment;
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•an increase of approximately $48.0 million in technology and communications costs, including increased cloud-computing costs and costs for our accelerated technology investment; and
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•a net increase of approximately $69.0 million in labor-related costs including salaries, stock-based compensation and commissions benefits;
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•an increase of approximately $9.0 million in marketing and advertising costs; and
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•a decrease of $56.0 million in legal and regulatory expenses, related to the reduction of an accrued liability for a lawsuit that was dismissed in the first quarter of 2025, as further discussed in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 20, “Contingencies.”
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For 2025, interest expense decreased $29.4 million compared with 2024. The decrease in 2025 was due to lower average interest rates resulting from refinancing transactions in 2024 and rate cuts in 2025 and 2024 and a decrease in the outstanding principal balance due to higher debt prepayments in 2024, partially offset by the replacement of our hedges.
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For 2025, debt-related expenses included $1.9 million of other deferred financing expenses.
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Our effective tax rates were 26.9%, 24.6% and (30.8)% for 2025, 2024 and 2023 respectively. The effective tax rate was higher in 2025 compared to 2024 due primarily to the full year impact of a legal entity restructuring executed during the fourth quarter of 2024 to support the expansion of our global footprint and align with emerging global minimum tax requirements under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) Pillar Two framework, which increased our taxes in certain foreign jurisdictions. The effective tax rate was higher in 2024 compared to 2023 due primarily to the impact of non-deductible goodwill impairments causing a loss for income before taxes in 2023.
Current report
The OECD introduced the Pillar Two framework establishing a global minimum tax rate of 15% which has been adopted by numerous jurisdictions in 2024 and 2025. In January 2026, the OECD introduced the “side-by-side” framework, expected to apply for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, which is designed to reduce certain foreign top-up tax rules for eligible U.S.-parented groups. We will continue to monitor developments and evaluate any potential impacts on our results.
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Financial Services: For 2025, Financial Services revenue increased $250.8 million, or 17.5%, compared to 2024. The Mortgage line of business grew due primarily to increased pricing. Our other lines of business also grew due primarily to price and volume increases in our Auto line of business, and volume increases and new wins in our Consumer Lending and Card & Banking lines of business.
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Emerging Verticals: For 2025, Emerging Verticals revenue increased $103.4 million, or 8.5%, compared with 2024, due primarily toincreases in Insurance and most other verticals from volume increases across online and batch services, new business wins and pricing increases.
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Consumer Interactive: For 2025, Consumer Interactive revenue decreased$13.3 million, or 2.3%, compared with 2024, due to large breach revenue in 2024, partially offset by volume growth and revenue from our acquisition of Monevo.
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For 2025, Adjusted EBITDA increased $123.8 million due primarily toan increase in revenue, partially offset by higher variable product and fulfillment costs and other operating costs. Adjusted EBITDA margins decreased 0.2% due primarily to product and fulfillment costs outpacing revenue growth in the mix of revenues and higher cloud-computing and other technology costs.
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Latin America: For 2025, Latin America revenue increased slightly compared with 2024. Local currency revenue increased, compared with 2024, primarily due to higher batch services across several of our regions, new business wins and volume increases partially offset by a decrease of 1.4% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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United Kingdom: For 2025, United Kingdom revenue increased $41.9 million, or 18.4%, compared with 2024. The increase was due primarily to an increase of 6.3% from revenue of our acquisition of Monevo, volume increases and new business wins, and an increase of 3.6% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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India: For 2025, India revenue decreased $5.2 million, or 1.9%, compared to 2024. Local currency revenue increased, compared with 2024, due primarily to new business wins and higher commercial volumes, partially offset by a decrease of 4.0% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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Asia Pacific: For 2025, Asia Pacific revenue decreased $5.2 million, or 4.9%, compared to 2024. The decrease was due primarily to prior year one-time contracts and current year price decreases, partially offset by strong growth in volumes in the Philippines. The impact of foreign currencies resulted in adecrease of 0.1%.
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Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA Margin was flat in 2025 due primarily to decreases in adjusted EBITDA margin in our segments as discussed above, partially offset by the realization of cost savings from the transformation plan.
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Our adjusted tax rates were 26.5%, 23.9%, and 22.0% for 2025, 2024, and 2023 respectively. The adjusted tax rate was higher in 2025 and 2024 compared to 2023 due primarily to the impact of a legal entity restructuring executed during the fourth quarter of 2024 to support the expansion of our global footprint and align with emerging global minimum tax requirements under the OECD Pillar Two framework, which increased our taxes in certain foreign jurisdictions.
Current report
During 2025, we entered into interest rate swap agreements with various counterparties that effectively fix our variable interest rate exposure on a portion of our Senior Secured Term Loan or similar replacement debt. The swaps commenced on June 30, 2025 and expire on December 31, 2027, with a current aggregate notional amount of$1,238.1 million that amortizes each quarter. The swaps require us to pay fixed rates varying between 3.2893% and 3.6920% in exchange for receiving a variable rate that matches the variable rate on our loans. We have designated these swap agreements as cash flow hedges.
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On February 11, 2026, the Company increased its borrowing capacity under its Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility to $1.0 billion. All other key terms of the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility remained unchanged.
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In the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2024, we prepaid $80.0 million, $25.0 million, and $45.0 million, respectively, for a total of$150.0 million, of our Senior Secured Term Loan B-5, funded from cash-on-hand. In each of the first three quarters of 2023, we prepaid $75.0 million, and in the fourth quarter of 2023 we prepaid $25.0 million, for a total of $250.0 million in 2023, of our Senior Secured Term Loan B-6, funded from cash-on-hand. During the first quarter of 2022 we prepaid $400.0 million, and in the fourth quarter of 2022 we prepaid $200.0 million, for a total of $600.0 million in 2022, of our Senior Secured Term Loan B-6, funded from cash-on-hand. These transactions affect the comparability of interest expense between years, as further discussed in “Results of Operations – Non-Operating Income and (Expense) – Interest Expense” below.
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In October 2023, we agreed to settle two matters with federal regulators for a total of $23.0 million. On October 5, 2023, we reached a settlement in the form of a Consent Order with the CFPB and the FTC pursuant to which we agreed to pay $11.0 million in redress and $4.0 million in civil money penalties in connection with alleged violations under the FCRA related to our tenant and employment screening business. On October 10, 2023, we reached a settlement with the CFPB in the form of a Consent Order pursuant to which we agreed to pay $3.0 million in redress and $5.0 million in civil money penalties in connection with alleged violations of law in connection with the placement and lifting of security freezes resulting from certain system issues. Both of these settlements were paid in 2023.
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On April 12, 2022, after failed settlement negotiations with the CFPB regarding the CFPB’s allegations that we failed to comply with and timely implement the 2017 Consent Order and further allegations of additional violations related to TransUnion Interactive, Inc.’s marketing practices, the CFPB filed a lawsuit against us, Trans Union LLC, TransUnion Interactive, Inc. and our former President of Consumer Interactive. During 2022, we recorded an incremental $29.5 million of expense related to this matter. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, we have an accrued liability of $56.0 million in connection with this matter and there is a reasonable possibility that a loss in excess of the amount accrued may be incurred, and such an outcome could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. However, any possible loss or range of loss in excess of the amount accrued is not reasonably estimable at this time. In addition, we will incur increased costs litigating this matter. See Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 21, “Contingencies,” for further information about this matter.
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Acquisitions and Divestitures
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On April 8, 2022, we acquired 100% of the equity of the entities that comprised Verisk Financial Services (“VF”). We retained the core businesses of Argus and, as discussed further below, divested the remaining non-core businesses on December 30, 2022. Argus provides financial institutions, payments providers, and retailers worldwide with competitive studies, predictive analytics, models, and advisory services. The results of operations of Argus are included in the U.S. Markets segment in our Consolidated Statements of Operations since the date of the acquisition. We classified the results of operations of the non-core businesses as discontinued operations, net of tax, in the Consolidated Statements of Operations since the acquisition in April 2022. Upon the sale of the non-core businesses in December 2022, we received total proceeds of $173.9 million, consisting of $103.6 million in cash, and a note receivable with a face value of $72.0 million and a fair value of $70.3 million on the date of sale, and recognized a $7.5 million gain which is included in discontinued operations, net of tax. We finalized the sale price of the non-core businesses in the third quarter of 2023 and recorded a $0.5 million reduction of the gain on sale included in discontinued operations, net of tax. See Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 2, “Business Acquisitions” and Note 3 “Discontinued Operations,” for additional information.
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•an increase of approximately $78.0 million in product and fulfillment costs primarily resulting from an increase in third-party royalty costs in our U.S. Markets segment and from the increase in revenue;
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•an increase of approximately $30.0 million in technology and communication costs, including costs for our accelerated technology investment;
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•an increase of approximately $19.0 million in operating costs in the first quarter of 2023 from our April 2022 acquisition in our U.S. Markets segment; and
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•a decrease of approximately $5.0 million from the impact of foreign currencies on our international operations.
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•an increase of approximately $43.0 million in labor-related costs due to increased headcount and stock-based incentive compensation; and
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•an increase of approximately $23.0 million of certain administrative expenses including travel, professional services and miscellaneous taxes,
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• a decrease of approximately $24.0 million in certain legal and regulatory expenses, primarily due to settlements reached with the CFPB in October 2023;
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• a decrease of approximately $14.0 million in integration-related costs for our 2022 acquisitions in our U.S. Markets segment; and
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•a decrease of approximately $6.0 million from the impact of foreign currencies on our international operations.
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For 2023, depreciation and amortization was consistent with 2022.
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For 2023, these expenses include approximately $71.9 million related to employee separation and $3.4 million related to facility exits.
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For 2023, interest expense increased $57.3 million compared with 2022. The increase in interest expense for 2023 was due primarily to the impact of an increase in the average periodic variable interest rate on the unhedged portion of our debt, partially offset by a decrease in outstanding principal balance due to the prepayments made in 2022 and 2023. Approximately 73.9% of our debt was hedged with interest rate swaps.
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For 2023, interest income increased $16.1 million, compared with 2022. The increase was due primarily to interest earned on notes receivable, including the note receivable issued in connection with our sale of the non-core VF businesses as discussed above, and an increase in interest on our investments due to the increase in interest rates.
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For 2022, debt-related expenses included $9.3 million of deferred financing fees and other net costs expensed as a result of our repayment of our Senior Secured Term Loans and the partial repayment of our other Term Loans and $1.7 million of other debt financing expenses.
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For 2024, we reported a 24.6% effective tax rate, which is higher than the 21.0% U.S. federal corporate statutory rate due primarily to nondeductible expenses primarily in connection with executive compensation limitations, foreign withholding taxes, and uncertain tax positions, partially offset by benefits from the research and development credit and the foreign rate differential. In addition, certain deferred tax assets related to expiring foreign tax credits were written off with an offsetting reduction of the valuation allowance.
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We continue to evaluate the impact of the OECD efforts to implement a global minimum 15% effective tax rate on certain multinational enterprises, commonly known as Pillar Two. Various changes in international tax laws and regulations based on the Pillar Two proposals and other OECD initiatives have been enacted, some of which impacted us in 2024 or will impact us in 2025 and beyond, resulting in a higher effective tax rate as we realized less benefits from the foreign rate differential and higher withholding taxes.
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For 2023, we reported a (30.8)% effective tax rate, which is lower than the 21.0% U.S. federal corporate statutory rate due primarily to the impact of non-deductible goodwill impairment partially offset by benefits on the remeasurement of deferred taxes due to changes in state apportionment rates.
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For 2022, we reported a 31.0% effective tax rate, which is higher than the 21.0% U.S. federal corporate statutory rate due primarily to increases in valuation allowances on foreign tax credit carryforwards, nondeductible expenses in connection with certain legal and regulatory matters and executive compensation limitations, and other rate-impacting items, partially offset by benefits from the research and development credit and excess tax benefits on stock-based compensation.
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For 2023, Financial Services revenue increased $19.2 million, or 1.6%, compared with 2022, due primarily to a 1.0% increase from our acquisition of Argus, an increase in our Mortgage line of business primarily from price increases partially offset by volume declines due to higher interest rates, and an increase in our Auto line of business due to price and volume increases. These increases were partially offset by decreases in our Consumer Lending line of business due to softness in the FinTech space from increasing interest rates and in our Card and Banking line of business due primarily to a decrease in volume.
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For 2023, Emerging Verticals revenue increased $40.1 million, or 3.6%, compared to 2022, due to revenue from our acquisition of Argus and increases in our Technology, Commerce and Communications, Insurance, Service & Collections, Public Sector, and Media verticals due primarily to increased volumes in existing products and new products from our recent acquisitions, partially offset by a decrease in our Tenant & Employment vertical due to volume decreases.
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For 2023, Consumer Interactive revenue decreased$5.6 million, or 0.9%, compared with 2022, due primarily to a decrease in revenue in our Direct channel as reduced advertising and slowing macroeconomic conditions significantly reduced consumer demand for our paid credit products, partially offset by an increase in revenue in our indirect channel from breach remediation revenue and an increase in volumes.
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For 2023, Canada revenue increased $10.9 million, or 8.4%, compared with 2022. The increase was due primarily to higher local currency revenue from new business wins at large banks and FinTechs, increased breach remediation volumes and other volume increases across key verticals, partially offset by a decrease of 3.9% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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For 2023, Latin America revenue increased $7.5 million, or 6.6%, compared with 2022. The increase was due primarily to higher local currency revenue from new business in the financial services vertical and an increase in batch jobs and an increase of 0.8% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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For 2023, United Kingdom revenue decreased $6.1 million, or 2.7%, compared with 2022. The decrease was primarily driven by the impact of a drop in volume for a one-time contract compared to the prior year and a decline in FinTech revenue, partially offset by volume growth from new products across most verticals and an increase of 0.5% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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For 2023, Africa revenue decreased $1.1 million, or 1.8%, compared to 2022. The decrease was primarily driven by a decrease of 12.8% from the impact of foreign currencies, partially offset by an increase in local currency revenue in South Africa from large customers in emerging verticals and growth in the insurance and financial services verticals.
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For 2023, India revenue increased $44.6 million, or 25.6%, compared to 2022. The increase was due primarily to higher local currency revenue across all lines of business, including online, batch, consumer and commercial, partially offset by a decrease of 6.5% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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For 2023, Asia Pacific revenue increased $11.6 million, or 14.4%, compared to 2022. The increase was due primarily to higher local currency revenue in the Philippines from volume and batch increases in the financial services vertical and an increase in the FinTech vertical in Hong Kong, partially offset by a decrease in revenue of 0.6% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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For 2023, Adjusted EBITDA increased $30.8 million due primarily to increased revenue in India and other regions as discussed above, partially offset by an increase in labor and other people-related costs to support growth initiatives in certain regions. Adjusted EBITDA margins were relatively flat as the revenue increase was largely offset by an increase in labor costs to support growth initiatives in certain regions.
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For 2023, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA was relatively consistent, as the increase in cost of services and selling, general and administrative expenses, excluding the operating expenses added back, was mostly offset by the increase in revenue, as disclosed in the discussions and tables above.
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Adjusted EBITDA Margin decreased in 2023 primarily due to lower margins from our recent acquisitions and higher product and fulfillment costs in our U.S. Markets segment.
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For 2023, Adjusted Net Income decreased slightly, due primarily to an increase in cost of services and selling, general and administrative expenses and net interest expense, partially offset by the increase in revenue.
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We reported an adjusted tax rate of 23.9%, 22.0% and 22.4%, for 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, each of which is higher than the 21.0% U.S. federal corporate statutory rate due primarily to increases for state taxes and foreign withholding taxes, partially offset by foreign taxes in jurisdictions which have tax rates lower than the U.S. federal corporate statutory rate and the research and development credit.
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Effective May 31, 2023, we amended all our interest rate swaps to replace the reference rate from LIBOR to Term SOFR. We applied the practical expedient for reference rate reform to continue to apply hedge accounting to the existing relationships.
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Grounded in our heritage as a credit reporting agency, we have built robust and accurate databases of information for a large portion of the adult population in the markets we serve. We use our identity resolution methodology to link and match our expanding high-quality datasets. We use this enriched data and analytics, combined with our expertise, to continuously develop more insightful solutions for our customers, all while maintaining compliance with global laws and regulations. Because of our work, organizations can better understand consumers in order to make more informed decisions, and earn consumer trust through great, personalized experiences, and the proactive extension of the right opportunities, tools and offers. In turn, we believe consumers can be confident that their data identities will result in better offers and opportunities.
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We have built robust data and analytics assets for a large portion of the adult population in the markets we serve. We use our OneTru solution enablement platform to centralize data management, identity resolution, AI-powered analytics, enabling more persistent identity resolution with sharper, more contextualized insights. We use these insights, combined with our industry expertise, to develop relevant solutions to solve customers’ needs, including credit risk, marketing and fraud mitigation. Because of our work, customers can better understand consumers in order to make more informed decisions, earn consumer trust through personalized experiences, and extend the appropriate opportunities, tools and offers. In turn, we believe consumers can be confident that their data identities will result in better offers and opportunities.
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We provide solutions that enable businesses to manage and measure credit risk, market to new and existing customers, verify consumer identities, and mitigate fraud. Businesses embed our solutions into their process workflows to deliver critical insights and enable effective actions. Consumers use our solutions to view their credit profiles, access analytical tools that help them understand and manage their personal financial information, and take precautions against identity theft. We have deep domain expertise across a number of attractive industries, which we also refer to as verticals, including Financial Services, Emerging Verticals and Consumer Interactive. Emerging Verticals consists of Insurance, Technology, Retail and E-Commerce, Telecommunications, Media, Tenant & Employment Screening, Collections, and Public Sector. We have a global presence in over 30 countries and territories across North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, India, and Asia Pacific.
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Our solutions enable businesses to manage and measure credit risk, market to new and existing customers, verify consumer identities, and mitigate fraud. We have deep domain expertise across a number of attractive industries, which we also refer to as verticals, including Financial Services and Emerging Verticals, which includes Insurance, Technology, Retail and E-Commerce, Telecommunications, Media, Tenant & Employment Screening, Collections, and Public Sector. In addition, consumers use our solutions to view their credit profiles, access analytical tools that help them understand and manage their personal financial information, and take precautions against identity theft. We have a global presence in over 30 countries and territories across North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, India and Asia Pacific.
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Our addressable market includes the global data and analytics market, which continues to grow as companies around the world increasingly recognize the benefits of data and analytics-based decision making, and as consumers recognize the important role that their data identities play in their ability to procure goods and services. There are several underlying trends supporting this market growth, including the proliferation of data, advances in technology and analytics that enable data to be processed more quickly and efficiently to provide business insights, and growing demand for these business insights across industries and geographies. Leveraging our established position as a leading provider of information and insights, we have grown our business by expanding the breadth and depth of our data, strengthening our analytics capabilities, expanding into complementary adjacent and vertical markets, deepening our solution suite in fraud mitigation and marketing, building out our geographic portfolio, investing in technology infrastructure, and enhancing our global operating model. As a result, we believe we are well positioned to expand our share within the markets we currently serve and capitalize on the larger data and analytics opportunity.
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Our addressable market includes the global data and analytics market, which continues to grow as companies increasingly recognize the benefits of data and analytics-based decision making, and as consumers recognize the important role that their data identities play in their ability to procure goods and services and prevent fraud. There are several underlying trends supporting this market growth, including the proliferation of data, advances in technology such as AI that enable data to be processed more quickly and efficiently to provide business insights, and growing demand for these business insights across industries and geographies. We have grown our business by expanding the breadth and depth of our data, strengthening our analytics capabilities, expanding into complementary vertical markets, deepening our solution suites in areas such as fraud mitigation and marketing, building out our geographic portfolio, investing in technology infrastructure, and enhancing our global operating model. As a result, we believe we are well positioned to expand our share within the markets we currently serve.
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As discussed in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statement,” Note 1, “Significant Accounting Policies,” during the first quarter of 2024, we reorganized our operations to merge our Consumer Interactive operating segment with our U.S. Markets operating segment. In addition, we changed the responsibility for certain international operations previously managed within the U.S. Markets segment to certain regions within the International segment. We now report two operating segments, U.S. Markets and International, which are consistent with our reportable segments, and reflect the structure of the Company’s internal organization, the method by which the Company’s resources are allocated and the manner by which the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) assesses the Company’s performance. The reporting of certain revenue from the acquisition of Argus, which was previously reported within our Financial Services vertical, is now reported in Emerging Verticals in the U.S. Markets operating segment. While this change does not impact our operating segments, it does impact our disaggregated revenue disclosures. See Part II, Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statement,” Note 19, “Reportable Segments” for additional information about our operating segments.
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We manage our business and report our financial results in two reportable segments: U.S. Markets and International, which reflects the structure of the Company’s internal organization, the method by which the Company’s resources are allocated and the manner by which the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) assesses the Company’s performance. See Part II, Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 18, “Reportable Segments” for additional information about our operating segments.
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The U.S. Markets segment provides consumer reports, actionable insights and analytics to businesses and consumers. Businesses use our services to acquire customers, assess consumers’ ability to pay for services, identify cross-selling opportunities, measure and manage debt portfolio risk, collect debt, verify consumer identities, mitigate fraud risk and respond to data breach events. Consumers use our services to manage their personal finances and take precautions against identity theft.
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The U.S. Markets segment provides data, analytics and actionable insights to businesses and consumers. Businesses use our services to acquire customers, assess consumers’ ability to pay for services, identify cross-selling opportunities, measure and manage debt portfolio risk, collect debt, verify consumer identities, mitigate fraud risk and respond to data breach events. Consumers use our services to manage their personal finances and take precautions against identity theft.
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The International segment provides services similar to our U.S. Markets segment to businesses in select regions outside the United States. Depending on the maturity of the credit economy in each country, services may include credit reports, analytics and technology solutions services and other value-added risk management services. We also have insurance, business and automotive databases in select geographies. These services are offered to customers in a number of industries including financial services, retail credit, insurance, automotive, collections, public sector and communications, and are delivered through both direct and indirect channels. The International segment also provides consumer services similar to those offered by our Consumer Interactive vertical within our U.S. Markets segment that help consumers proactively manage their personal finances and take precautions against identity theft.
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The International segment provides services similar to our U.S. Markets segment to businesses in select regions outside the United States. Depending on the maturity of the credit economy in each country, services may include credit reports, analytics and technology solutions services and other value-added risk management services. In addition, we have insurance, business and automotive databases in select geographies. These services are offered to customers in a number of industries including financial services, automotive, collections, public sector, gaming and communications, and are delivered through both direct and indirect channels. The International segment also provides consumer services similar to those offered by our Consumer Interactive vertical in our U.S. Markets segment that help consumers proactively manage their personal finances and take precautions against identity theft.
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Our revenues and results of operations have been and can be significantly influenced by general macroeconomic conditions, including but not limited to, interest rates, inflation, housing demand, the availability of credit and capital, employment levels, and consumer confidence.
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Our revenues and results of operations have been and can be significantly influenced by general macroeconomic conditions, including but not limited to, interest rates, inflation, tariffs, housing demand, the availability of credit and capital, employment levels, consumer confidence and the risk of recession.
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During 2024, the U.S. economy and labor market remained resilient, with solid GDP growth, rising but still low unemployment, growing real wages and the easing of inflation. The U.S. Federal Reserve maintained higher interest rates into September, which had the effect of slowing aggregate demand, resulting in slower jobs growth and a mild increase in unemployment levels. Higher interest rates have also slowed demand for consumer loans and auto loans, and have had a more pronounced impact on the housing sector, where higher borrowing rates impact both home affordability, driving down purchase activity, and demand for mortgage loan refinancing. The slowdown in demand and job growth, along with lower inflation, prompted the U.S. Federal Reserve to begin lowering interest rates at the end of the third quarter and into the fourth quarter of 2024, with three consecutive rate cuts totaling 100 basis points. These rate cuts could spur renewed consumer confidence to borrow as well as increased demand for rate-sensitive lending products, in particular mortgage loans to the extent that mortgage rates decline in tandem with a lower federal funds rate. However, mortgage rates are not directly tied to the federal funds rate but instead are tied to the 10-year Treasury rates, which rose roughly 100 basis points as of the end of 2024 after hitting a one-year low in September 2024 due to renewed market concerns over inflation. As a result, 30-year mortgage rates remained elevated at year-end, which continues to suppress activity in the housing sector. During 2024, the U.K. also began to show some initial signs of improvement driven by falling inflation and moderate growth in other economic indicators, though macroeconomic challenges impacting credit markets remain in this region. Foreign central banks, including in Canada and Europe, have also begun to lower rates, which we expect will increase demand for rate-sensitive lending products. These dynamics impact the comparability of our results of operations, including our revenue and expense, between the periods presented below.
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Macro-economic conditions in the U.K. and Canada continue to show signs of improvement, driven by falling inflation and moderate growth in other economic indicators. Regulatory actions in India have slowed credit expansion while GDP growth remained robust in the first three quarters of 2025 but slowed in the fourth quarter as a result of high U.S. tariffs. Foreign central banks have also begun to lower rates, which we expect will increase demand for rate-sensitive lending products.
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The ongoing uncertainty and the unpredictable nature of the macroeconomic environment could have a material adverse impact on various aspects of our business in the future, including our stock price, results of operations and financial condition, including the carrying value of our long-lived assets such as goodwill and intangible assets.
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The factors described above impact the comparability of our results of operations, including our revenue and expense, between the periods presented below. Ongoing uncertainty and the unpredictable nature of the macroeconomic environment could have a material adverse impact on various aspects of our business in the future, including our stock price, results of operations, financial condition and the carrying value of our long-lived assets, such as goodwill and intangible assets.
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We believe that elevated levels of inflation have had, and will continue to have, a negative impact on our business and results of operations, including decreased demand for our services. The U.S. Federal Reserve and several international central banks have begun lowering interest rates in response to significant reductions in inflation levels from peak levels in 2022 and 2023, and have indicated that further interest rate reductions in the future are likely. In the U.S., inflation expectations remain elevated as the labor market remains strong and economic growth resilient, easing pressures on the Federal Reserve to continue lowering rates in 2025, while markets assess the potential implementation and impact of policies of the new administration on inflation. Meanwhile, rates that remain elevated relative to historic levels may result in depressed consumer spending on non-essential goods and services, and consequently lower demand for credit, which could have a material adverse impact on various aspects of our business in the future.
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We believe that elevated levels of inflation have had, and will continue to have, a negative impact on our business and results of operations, including decreased demand for our services. In response to significant reduction in inflation levels from peak levels in 2022 and 2023, the Fed and several international central banks began lowering interest rates in 2024 and 2025, and have indicated that further interest rate reductions in the future are possible. Meanwhile, rates that remain elevated relative to historic levels may result in depressed consumer spending on non-essential goods and services, and consequently lower demand for credit, which could have a material adverse impact on various aspects of our business in the future.
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On November 12, 2023, our Board approved a transformation plan to optimize our operating model and continue to advance our technology. We expect to recognize one-time pre-tax expenses associated with this transformation plan of $355.0 to $375.0 million from the fourth quarter of 2023 through the end of 2025. All pre-tax expenses will be cash expenditures, other than approximately $15.0 million of non-cash, facility exit costs. In addition, capital expenditures were 8% of revenues in 2024, below our prior expectation of 9%, driven by more efficient spend throughout the year in addition to higher revenues, and we expect capital expenditures to remain at 8% for 2025 due to investment in our technology infrastructure in connection with this transformation plan. Upon completion of this program, we expect to generate annual savings of $120.0 to $140.0 million and reduce our capital expenditures from 8% of revenue to 6%, based on 2023 revenue. During the year ended December 31, 2024, we realized annualized savings of approximately $85.0 million from the transformation plan. The following summarizes initiatives under the transformation plan.
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On November 12, 2023, our Board approved a transformation plan to optimize our operating model and continue to advance our technology. When we announced the transformation plan, we expected to recognize one-time pre-tax expenses of $355.0 to $375.0 million from the fourth quarter of 2023 through the end of 2025. We incurred a total of $373.4 million in pre-tax expenses from the two initiatives discussed below in connection with the transformation plan, consistent with our overall expectations.
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•The operating model optimization program will eliminate certain roles, transition certain job responsibilities to our Global Capability Centers, which we expect will improve productivity, reduce costs and fund growth, optimize business processes, and reduce our facility footprint. We expect to incur total one-time pre-tax expenses of $205.0 to $215.0 million, including employee separation expenses of approximately $110.0 million, facility exit expenses of approximately $45.0 million, and business optimization expenses of approximately $55.0 million.
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The operating model optimization program transitioned certain job responsibilities to our GCCs and reduced our facility footprint. We expected to incur total one-time pre-tax expenses of $205.0 to $215.0 million for employee separation expenses, facility exit expenses and other business optimization expenses. We incurred cumulative expenses of $204.7 million associated with this initiative.
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•The incremental investment to advance our technology is the final phase of our accelerated technology investment. We expect to incur one-time pre-tax expenses of $150.0 to $160.0 million, including approximately $65.0 million in 2024 related to the final year of Project Rise, and approximately $90.0 million of incremental expenses during 2024 and 2025 to streamline our product delivery platforms, and leverage the cloud-based infrastructure being established with Project Rise. The accelerated technology investment will fundamentally transform our technology infrastructure by implementing a global cloud-based approach to streamline product development, increase the efficiency of ongoing operations and maintenance, enable a continuous improvement approach, and provide a single global platform for fulfillment of our product lines. Project Rise was announced in February 2020 and expanded in February 2022, and completed in 2024 with a total estimated expense of approximately $240.0 million, including the approximately $65.0 million to be incurred in 2024, as discussed above.
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The incremental investment to advance our technology, which was the final phase of our accelerated technology investment, fundamentally transformed our technology infrastructure through the implementation of a global cloud-based approach to streamline product development, increase efficiency of ongoing operations and maintenance, enable a continuous improvement approach, and provide a single global platform for fulfillment of our product lines. We expected to incur one-time pre-tax expenses of $150.0 to $160.0 million associated with this initiative. We incurred cumulative expenses of $168.7 million associated with this initiative, slightly above our estimate but within the expected range for the overall transformation plan.
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We have incurred cumulative expenses associated with the operating model optimization program of$172.4 million through December 31, 2024, comprised of restructuring expenses related to employee separation costs and facility exit charges as well as other business optimization expenses. We have accrued liabilities for the payment of employee separation costs of$13.8 million as of December 31, 2024. We have incurred cumulative costs for the final phase of our accelerated technology investment of $84.2 million through December 31, 2024. The remaining costs associated with the operating model optimization program and final phase of our accelerated technology investment will be incurred in 2025. See Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statement,” Note 11, “Restructuring” for additional information about our restructu ring expenses and “Results of Operations– Non-GAAP Measures” for additional details of the composition of these expenses.
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See Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 10, “Restructuring” for additional information about our restructuring expenses and “Results of Operations – Non-GAAP Measures” for additional details of the composition of these expenses.
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In 2024, we entered into interest rate swap agreements with various counterparties that effectively fix our variable interest rate exposure on a portion of our Senior Secured Term Loan or similar replacement debt. The swaps commenced on December 31, 2024, and expire on December 31, 2027, with a current aggregate notional amount of$1,100.0 million that amortizes each quarter beginning the first quarter 2025. The swaps require us to pay fixed rates varying between 3.0650% and 3.9925% in exchange for receiving a variable rate that matches the variable rate on our loans. We have designated these swap agreements as cash flow hedges.
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In 2024, we entered into interest rate swap agreements with various counterparties that effectively fix our variable interest rate exposure on a portion of our Senior Secured Term Loan or similar replacement debt. The swaps commenced on December 31, 2024, and expire on December 31, 2027, with a current aggregate notional amount of$1,082.8 million that amortizes each quarter beginning the first quarter 2025. The swaps require us to pay fixed rates varying between 3.0650% and 3.9925% in exchange for receiving a variable rate that matches the variable rate on our loans. We have designated these swap agreements as cash flow hedges.
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During the third quarter of 2023, we identified a triggering event requiring an interim impairment assessment for our United Kingdom reporting unit, which resulted in a goodwill impairment of$414.0 million, as discussed in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 6, “Goodwill.”
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During 2023, we identified a triggering event requiring an interim impairment assessment for our United Kingdom reporting unit, which resulted in a goodwill impairment of$414.0 million, as discussed in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 5, “Goodwill.”
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For 2023, revenue increased $121.3 million, or 3.3%, compared with 2022, due primarily to growth in both segments, partially offset by a decrease of 0.6% due to the impact of foreign currencies, as further discussed in the Segment Results of Operations section below.
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For 2025, revenue increased $392.6 million, or 9.4%, compared with 2024, due primarily to growth in both segments, partially offset by a decrease of 0.1% due to the impact of foreign currencies, as further discussed in the Segment Results of Operations section below.
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For 2023, cost of services increased $132.2 million compared with 2022. The increase was due primarily to:
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For 2025, cost of services increased $198.8 million compared with 2024. The increase was due primarily to:
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•an increase of approximately $17.0 million in labor-related costs due to increased headcount and incentive compensation,
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•a net increase of approximately $22.0 million in labor-related costs, due primarily to an increase in employee benefits and incentive compensation.
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•a net increase of approximately $10.0 million in labor-related costs, primarily due to an increase in annual incentive and stock-based compensation, partially offset by the realization of benefits from our operating model transformation plan;
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•a net increase of approximately $10.0 million in labor-related costs, due primarily to an increase in annual incentive and stock-based compensation, partially offset by the realization of benefits from our operating model transformation plan;
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For 2023, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $7.8 million compared with 2022. The increase was due primarily to:
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For 2025, selling, general and administrative expenses increased $25.7 million compared with 2024. The increase was due primarily to:
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For 2024, depreciation and amortization increased $13.3 million compared with 2023 primarily due to the increase in capital expenditures related to our accelerated technology investment initiative over the past few years.
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For 2024, depreciation and amortization increased $13.3 million compared with 2023 due primarily to the increase in capital expenditures related to our accelerated technology investment initiative over the prior two years.
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Restructuring expenses relate to our operating model optimization program. For 2024, these expenses include approximately $24.7 million related to employee separation and $42.1 million related to facility exits, including a loss on early termination of a facility lease.
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Restructuring expenses relate to our operating model optimization program. These expenses included$6.8 million,$24.7 million and $71.9 million of employee separation expenses for 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Facility exit costs of$42.1 million, including a loss on early termination of a facility lease, and $3.4 million were included in restructuring expenses for 2024 and 2023, respectively.
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For 2024, interest expense decreased $23.0 million compared with 2023. The decrease in interest expense for 2024 was due primarilyto a decrease in outstanding principal balance due to the debt prepayments and refinancing transactions made in 2023 and 2024, partially offset by an increase in theaverage periodic variable interest rate on the unhedged portion of our debt. Approximately 71.6% of our debt is hedged with interest rate swaps.
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For 2024, interest expense decreased $23.0 million compared with 2023. The decrease in 2024 was due primarily to a decrease in outstanding principal balance due to the prepayments and refinancing transactions made in 2023 and 2024, partially offset by an increase in the average periodic variable rate on the unhedged portion of our debt.
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For 2024, interest income increased $7.8 million, compared with 2023. The increase was due primarily to an increase in our average investment balances and an increase in interest rates.
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The increase in interest income each period was due primarily to an increase in our average investment balances.
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Acquisition fees represent costs we have incurred for various acquisition-related efforts, for both executed and exploratory transactions, and include costs related to our acquisitions of Argus in 2022.
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Acquisition fees represent costs we have incurred for various acquisition-related efforts, for both executed and exploratory transactions, and include costs related to our acquisition of Monevo and costs related to our pending acquisitions of the mobile division of RealNetworks and Trans Union de Mexico.
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Gain (loss) from post-acquisition adjustments relate to contingent consideration or to assets and liabilities that occurred after the acquisition measurement period. Fair value and impairment adjustments primarily relate to investments and related call and put options. Transition services agreement income relates to the support services that we provided to the purchaser of our healthcare business that ended in 2023. Currency remeasurement gains (losses), net consist of realized foreign currency gains and losses for transactions in currencies other than the functional currency of the corresponding consolidated entity that were settled during the period. Miscellaneous non-operating income and(expense) includes dividends received from our Cost Method Investments and other miscellaneous non-operating income and expense.
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Loss from post-acquisition adjustments relate to contingent consideration or to assets and liabilities that occurred after the acquisition measurement period. Fair value and impairment adjustments primarily relate to investments in affiliated companies and any related call and put options, notes receivable, mark-to-market adjustments on acquisition-related foreign currency forward contracts, and the gain on our acquisition of Monevo in 2025 as further discussed in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,” Note 2, “Business Acquisition.” Transition services agreement income relates to the support services that we provided to the purchaser of our healthcare business in 2023. Currency remeasurement losses, net consist of realized foreign currency gains and losses for transactions in currencies other than the functional currency of the corresponding consolidated entity that were settled during the period. Miscellaneous non-operating income includes dividends received from our Cost Method Investments and other miscellaneous non-operating income and expense.
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Management, including our CODM, evaluates the financial performance of our businesses based on revenue and segment Adjusted EBITDA. As discussed above, we have reorganized our operations and now have two operating segments, U.S. Markets and International. Prior period amounts have been recast to conform to our current operating structure. For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, our segment revenue, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin were as follows:
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Management, including our CODM, evaluates the financial performance of our businesses based on revenue and segment Adjusted EBITDA. For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, our segment revenue, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin were as follows:
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For 2023, U.S. Markets revenue increased$53.8 million, or 1.8%, compared with the same period in 2022, due to organic growth in the Financial Services and Emerging Verticals and an increase of 0.6% from our acquisition of Argus, which is included in our Financial Services and Emerging Verticals, partially offset by a decrease in the Consumer Interactive vertical. Revenue from Financial Services and Emerging Verticals increased $19.2 million and $40.1 million, respectively, partially offset by a decrease of $5.6 million in the Consumer Interactive segment as further discussed below.
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For 2025, U.S. Markets revenue increased $340.8 million, or 10.5%, compared with the same period in 2024. Revenue from Financial Services and Emerging Verticals increased$250.8 million, $103.4 million, respectively, partially offset by a decrease of $13.3 million in the Consumer Interactive vertical as further discussed below.
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For 2024, U.S. Markets revenue increased $245.1 million, or 8.2%, compared with the same period in 2023, due to growth in all verticals. Revenue from Financial Services, Emerging Verticals, and Consumer Interactive increased$188.9 million, $47.3 million and $9.0 million, respectively, as further discussed below.
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For 2024, U.S. Markets revenue increased$245.1 million, or 8.2%, compared with the same period in 2023, due to growth in all verticals. Revenue from Financial Services, Emerging Verticals, and Consumer Interactive increased $188.9 million, $47.3 million, and $9.0 million, respectively, as further discussed below.
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Financial Services: For 2024, Financial Services revenue increased $188.9 million, or 15.2%, compared to 2023. A majority of the growth in Financial Services came from our Mortgage line of business, primarily due to increases in price and batch activity. Our other lines of business also grew primarily due to an increase in batch activity and price increases in our Auto line of business, partially offset by a decrease in volumes.
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For 2024, Financial Services revenue increased $188.9 million, or 15.2%, compared with 2023. A majority of the growth in Financial Services came from our Mortgage line of business, due primarily to increases in price and batch activity. Our other lines of business also grew due primarily to an increase in batch activity and price increases in our Auto line of business, partially offset by a decrease in volumes.
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Emerging Verticals: For 2024, Emerging Verticals revenue increased $47.3 million, or 4.0%, compared with 2023, due primarily toincreases in the Insurance and the Technology, Retail and E-Commerce verticals from new business wins and an increase in volumes.
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For 2024, Emerging Verticals revenue increased $47.3 million, or 4.0%, compared to 2023, due primarily toincreases in the Insurance and the Technology, Retail and E-Commerce verticals from new business wins and an increase in volumes.
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Consumer Interactive: For 2024, Consumer Interactive revenue increased$9.0 million, or 1.5%, compared with 2023, due primarily toan increase in breach remediation revenue, partially offset by a decrease in our Direct channel from slowing demand for paid credit products.
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For 2024, Consumer Interactive revenue increased$9.0 million, or 1.5%, compared with 2023, due primarily toan increase in breach remediation revenue, partially offset by a decrease in our Direct channel from slowing demand for paid credit products.
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For 2024, Adjusted EBITDA increased $113.8 million due primarily toan increase in revenue and a decrease in labor costs from our operating model optimization program, partially offset by higher variable product and fulfillment costs, an increase in annual incentive compensation, and an increase in litigation expenses. Adjusted EBITDA margins increased 0.7% due primarily to high-margin revenue growth and realization of cost savings from the transformation plan.
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For 2024, Adjusted EBITDA increased$113.8 million due primarily to an increase in revenue and a decrease in labor costs from our operating model optimization program, partially offset by higher variable product and fulfillment costs, an increase in annual incentive compensation, and an increase in litigation expenses. Adjusted EBITDA margin increased 0.7%due primarily to high-margin revenue growth and realization of cost savings from the transformation plan.
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For 2023, International revenue increased $67.4 million, or 8.6%, compared with 2022. The increase was due primarily to higher local currency revenue in all regions except for the United Kingdom, driven by increased volumes from improving economic conditions and new product initiatives, partially offset by a decrease of 2.9% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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For 2025, International revenue increased $52.5 million, or 5.5%, compared with 2024. The increase was due primarily to higher local currency revenue in all regions except for Asia Pacific, driven by increased volumes from improving economic conditions in most regions and new product initiatives. The acquisition of Monevo contributed 1.5% of the increase. This was partially offset by adecreaseof 0.7% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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For 2024, International revenue increased $108.1 million, or 12.7%, compared with 2023. The increase was due primarily to higher local currency revenue in all regions, driven by increased volumes from improving economic conditions and new product initiatives, partially offset by adecreaseof 0.3% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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For 2024, International revenue increased $108.1 million, or 12.7%, compared with 2023. The increase was due primarily to higher local currency revenue in all regions, driven by increased volumes from improving economic conditions and new product initiatives, partially offset by a decrease of 0.3% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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Canada: For 2024, Canada revenue increased $13.9 million, or 9.9%, compared with 2023. The increase was due primarily to higher local currency revenue from broad-based volume increases, new business wins, and increased batch and breach remediation services, partially offset by adecrease of 1.6% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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For 2024, Canada revenue increased $13.9 million, or 9.9%, compared with 2023. The increase was due primarily to higher local currency revenue from broad-based volume increases, new business wins, and increased batch and breach remediation services, partially offset by a decrease of 1.6% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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Latin America: For 2024, Latin America revenue increased $12.9 million, or 10.6%, compared with 2023. The increase was due primarily to higher local currency revenue from broad-based growth across several of our markets, partially offset by a decrease of 1.4% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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For 2024, Latin America revenue increased $12.9 million, or 10.6%, compared with 2023. The increase was due primarily to higher local currency revenue from broad-based growth across several of our markets, partially offset by a decrease of 1.4% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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United Kingdom: For 2024, United Kingdom revenue increased $11.1 million, or 5.1%, compared with 2023. The increase was primarily due to volume and batch increases and an increase of 2.6% from the impact of foreign currencies, partially offset by the impact of a drop in volume from a one-time contract in the prior year.
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For 2024, United Kingdom revenue increased $11.1 million, or 5.1%, compared with 2023. The increase was due primarily to volume and batch increases and an increase of 2.6% from the impact of foreign currencies, partially offset by the impact of a drop in volume from a one-time contract in the prior year.
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Africa: For 2024, Africa revenue increased $5.8 million, or 9.5%, compared to 2023. The increase was primarily due to meaningful new business wins and contract renewals as well as volume growth in emerging countries and emerging verticals, partially offset by a decrease of 0.3% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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For 2024, Africa revenue increased $5.8 million, or 9.5%, compared to 2023. The increase was due primarily to meaningful new business wins and contract renewals as well as volume growth in emerging countries and emerging verticals, partially offset by a decrease of 0.3% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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•an increase of approximately $4.0 million in technology and communications costs, including our accelerated technology investment,
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For 2025, depreciation and amortization increased $37.0 million compared with 2024 due primarily to the increase in capital expenditures related to our accelerated technology investment initiative over the past three yearsand incremental intangible asset amortization from our recent acquisition.
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Approximately 75.5% and 71.6%of our debt is hedged with interest rate swaps as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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Canada: For 2025, Canada revenue increased $12.6 million, or 8.2%, compared with 2024. The increase was due primarily to higher local currency revenue from broad-based volume increases, new business wins and product launches, and increased breach services, partially offset by adecrease of 2.2% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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Africa: For 2025, Africa revenue increased $7.7 million, or 11.7%, compared to 2024. The increase was due primarily to new business wins as well as volume growth in emerging countries and emerging verticals, and an increase of 2.4% from the impact of foreign currencies.
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For 2025, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA increased$139.6 million compared to 2024, due primarily to an increase in revenue and the realization of cost savings from the transformation plan, partially offset by higher product costs due to the growth in revenue compared to 2024.
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For 2025, Adjusted Net Income increased due primarily to an increase in operating income and a decrease in net interest expense, partially offset by an increase in the Adjusted Provision for Income Taxes due to a higher adjusted tax rate as discussed below.
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•a decrease of approximately $22.0 million in advertising expense, primarily in our U.S. Markets segment;