Alight Inc Delaware
For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 8, 2025.
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Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 8, 2025
What changed in Management’s Discussion and Analysis?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2024-09-30; filed 2024-11-12.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-03-31; filed 2025-05-08.
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Item 2. 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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Business Combination
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Divestiture
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On July 12, 2024, the Company, completed the previously announced sale (the “Transaction”) of the “Divested Business” entities affiliated with H.I.G. Capital, L.L.C. (collectively, “Buyer”), pursuant to the terms of the Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of March 20, 2024. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Buyer agreed to acquire the Divested Business for total consideration of up to $1.2 billion, in the form of (1) $1.0 billion in cash (the “Closing Cash Consideration”) payable at the closing of the transactions (the “Closing”) contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, (2) a note with an aggregate principal amount of $50 million, and an initial fair value of $35 million as of July 12, 2024 issued at Closing (the “Seller Note”) by an indirect parent of Buyer (the “Note Issuer”) and (3) contingent upon the financial performance of the Divested Business for the 2025 fiscal year, a note with an aggregate principal amount of up to $150 million (the “Additional Seller Note”) and an initial fair value of $43 million as of July 12, 2024 to be issued by the Note Issuer. The Seller Note has a stated interest rate of 8.0%. The Company incurred higher operating expenses in 2024 as a result of professional fees paid in conjunction with the Transaction.
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Selling, General and Administrative
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Depreciation and Intangible Amortization
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Interest Expense
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Other (Income) Expense, net
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Recurring revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2025 decreased by $1 million, or 0.2%, from $521 million in the prior year period to $520 million, primarily driven by lower Net Commercial Activity.
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Cost of services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, decreased $5 million, or 1.4%, for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to the prior year period. The decrease was primarily driven by lower revenues and savings realized in conjunction with productivity initiatives.
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Depreciation and Amortization
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Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by $5 million, or 23.8%, as compared to the prior year period, primarily driven by capitalized software.
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Selling, General and Administrative
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Depreciation and Intangible Amortization
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Interest Expense
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Other (Income) Expense, net
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Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Taxes
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Employer Solutions Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024
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Revenue Disaggregation
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Free Cash Flow Reconciliation
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Free Cash Flow is defined as cash provided by operating activities net of capital expenditures. Management believes that free cash flow is an important liquidity metric because it measures, during a given period, the amount of cash generated that is available to repay debt obligations, make strategic acquisitions and investments and for certain other activities such as dividends and stock repurchases.
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Net cash provided by operating activities was $73 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to $92 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to an increase in our net working capital requirements.
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Free cash flow was $44 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to $61 million from the prior period. The decrease in free cash flow was primarily due to a decrease in cash provided from operations, partially offset by lower capital expenditures.
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Indebtedness
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In January 2025, the Company entered into Amendment No. 11 to the Credit Agreement with a syndicate of lenders to establish a new class of Seventh Incremental Term Loans with an aggregate principal amount of $2,030 million and to reprice the outstanding Sixth Incremental Term Loans due August 31, 2028 by reducing the applicable rate from SOFR + 2.25% to SOFR + 1.75%.
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Share Repurchases
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On February 13, 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $200 million of the Company’s Class A common stock, providing a total amount authorized for repurchase of $281 million after giving effect to the increase. Repurchases may be conducted through open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The actual timing and amount of future repurchases are subject to business and market conditions, corporate and regulatory requirements, stock price, acquisition opportunities and other factors. The stock repurchase program does not obligate Alight to acquire any amount of common stock, and the program may be suspended or terminated at any time by Alight at its discretion without prior notice.
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Cash Dividends
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The following table provides information with respect to quarterly dividends on common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
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On April 30, 2025, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved the payment of a quarterly dividend in the amount of $0.04 per share of Class A Common Stock on June 16, 2025, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 2, 2025.
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Net cash provided by operating activities was $73 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to $92 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to an increase in our net working capital requirements.
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On September 1, 2018, the Company executed an agreement to form a strategic partnership with Wipro, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company. Effective April 1, 2025, the Company executed Amendment No. 2 which adjusted the mix of services provided by Wipro. Following the Amendment, the Company’s expected remaining cash outflow for non-cancellable service obligations related to our strategic partnership with Wipro is $152 million, $170 million, $105 million, and $29 million for the remainder of 2025 and the years ended 2026, 2027, and 2028, respectively, and none thereafter, totaling $456 million.
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The Company may terminate certain elements of its arrangement with Wipro for cause or for the Company’s convenience with no penalty. In the case of a termination of the entire contract for convenience, the Company would be required to pay a termination fee, including certain of Wipro’s unamortized costs, plus 25% of any remaining portion of the minimum level of services the Company agreed to purchase from Wipro over the course of 10 years.
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On July 12, 2024, Alight, Inc. and Tempo Acquisition LLC, a subsidiary of the Company, completed the previously announced sale (the “Transaction”) of Alight’s Professional Services segment and Alight’s Payroll & HCM Outsourcing business within the Employer Solutions segment (collectively, the “Divested Business” or “Strada”) to Axiom Buyer, LLC, a newly-formed entity and an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, L.L.C. (“Buyer”), pursuant to the terms of the Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of March 20, 2024. The Company has incurred, and expects to continue to incur, higher operating expenses in 2024 as a result of professional fees incurred in conjunction with the transaction.
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Revenues were $555 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to $557 million for the prior year period. The decrease of $2 million or 0.4% was driven by lower volumes and project revenue within our Employer Solutions segment and the wind-down of our Hosted business operations, partially offset by higher Net Commercial Activity. We also measure revenue growth as it relates to our cloud-based products and solutions that are central to our Alight Worklife® platform and our next generation product suite, BPaaS Solutions. For the three months ended September 30, 2024, we recorded BPaaS revenue of $121 million, which represented growth of 18.6% compared to the prior year period.
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Recurring revenues of $504 millionfor the three months ended September 30, 2024 were consistent with the prior year period.
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Cost of services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, decreased $14 million, or 3.8%, for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the prior year period. The decrease was primarily driven by lower share-based compensation and the benefit from productivity initiatives.
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Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $6 million, or 4.4%, for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the prior year period. This was driven by professional fees incurred related to the separation of our
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Payroll and Professional Services businesses, partially offset by lower compensation expenses primarily related to share-based awards and lower costs incurred from our restructuring program.
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Interest expense decreased$15 million or 44.1%for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the prior year period, primarily driven by the partial repayment of debt. See Note 8 “Debt” for additional information.
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Income (Loss) Before Taxes From Continuing Operations
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Results of Continuing Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
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Revenue
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Revenues were $1,652 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to $1,704 million for the prior year period. The decrease of $52 million, or 3.1%, was driven by lower volumes, Net Commercial Activity and project revenue within our Employer Solutions segment and the wind-down of our Hosted business operations. We experienced short term impacts in the first half of 2024 when compared to the prior year period as a result of large deal go-live timing and softness in BPaaS bookings in the first half of 2023. We also measure revenue growth as it relates to our cloud-based products and solutions that are central to our Alight Worklife® platform and our next generation product suite, BPaaS Solutions. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we recorded BPaaS revenue of $353 million, which represented growth of 17.3% compared to the prior year period.
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Recurring revenues decreased by $43 million, or 2.8%, from $1,561 million in the prior year period to $1,518 million and are related to decreases in our Employer Solutions segment, driven by lower volumes and Net Commercial Activity.
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Cost of services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, decreased $51 million, or 4.6%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the prior year period. The decrease was primarily driven by lower revenues, lower stock-based compensation and productivity initiatives.
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Depreciation and intangible amortization expenses decreased by$2 million, or 0.9%, when comparing the nine months ended September 30, 2024 to the prior year period.
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Income (Loss) Before Taxes From Continuing Operations
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Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
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Segment Revenue and Adjusted Gross Profit
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Employer Solutions Results
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Employer Solutions Segment Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2023
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Employer Solutions Revenue
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Employer Solutions Segment Results of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023
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Employer Solutions Revenue
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On June 18, 2024, the Company announced that it entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (the "ASR") with Barclays Bank PLC (the "ASR counterparty") to repurchase $75 million of Alight's Class A Common Stock, as part of the Company's existing share repurchase program. On July 16, 2024, the Company made an initial payment of $75 million to the ASR counterparty and received an initial delivery of shares equal in value to 80% of the prepayment amount of $75 million, based on Alight’s closing share price as of the effective date of July 15, 2024. The final number of shares repurchased was based on the volume-weighted average price of Alight's common stock during the term of the transaction, less a discount and subject to adjustments pursuant to the terms and conditions of the ASR. The ASR was settled on September 23, 2024, resulting in an additional delivery of 2,400,041 shares of Alight's Class A Common Stock.
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During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company repurchased 10,563,306 shares of Alight's Class A Common Stock in aggregate for $75 million as part of the ASR.
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Net cash provided by operating activities was $75 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $226 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to increased overhead expenses related to the sale of the Payroll and Professional Services business.
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In March 2024, the Company entered into an agreement with a third-party provider in the ordinary course of business for the use of certain cloud services. Under this agreement, the Company is committed to purchase services totaling $250 million over a 5-year term. There have been no other material changes to our obligations and commitments during thenine months ended September 30, 2024.
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The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes which are included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and with the Annual Report. In addition to historical information, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in our Annual Report and in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, particularly under the caption "Forward-Looking Statements."
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The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes which are included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and with the Annual Report. In addition to historical information, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results could differ materially as a result of the factors discussed in "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in our Annual Report. See "Forward-Looking Statements" in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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Alight delivers human capital management solutions to many of the world’s largest and most complex companies. This includes the implementation and administration of employee wellbeing (e.g. health, wealth and leaves benefits). In addition, the Company implements and runs human capital management software platforms on behalf of third-party providers. Alight’s numerous solutions and services are utilized year-round by employees and their family members in support of their overall health, wealth and wellbeing goals. Participants can access their solutions digitally, including through a mobile application on Alight Worklife®, our intuitive, cloud-based employee engagement platform. Through Alight Worklife, the Company believes it is defining the future of employee wellbeing by providing an enterprise level, integrated offering designed to drive better outcomes for organizations and individuals.
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Alight is a technology-enabled services company delivering human capital management solutions to many of the world’s largest and most complex organizations. This includes the implementation and administration of employee benefits (e.g. health, wealth and leaves) solutions. Alight’s numerous solutions and services are utilized year-round by employees and their family members in support of their overall health, wealth and wellbeing goals. Participants can access their solutions digitally, including through a mobile application on Alight Worklife®, our intuitive, cloud-based employee engagement platform. Through Alight Worklife, the Company believes it is defining the future of employee benefits by providing an enterprise level, integrated offering designed to drive better outcomes for organizations and individuals.
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We aim to be the pre-eminent employee experience partner by providing personalized experiences that help employees make the best decisions for themselves and their families about their health, wealth and wellbeing. At the same time, we help employers tackle their biggest people and business challenges by helping them understand prevalence, trends and risks to generate better outcomes for the future, such as improved employee productivity and retention, while also realizing a return on their people investment. Our data, analytics and AI allow us to deliver actionable insights that drive measurable outcomes, such as healthcare claims savings, for companies and their people. We provide solutions to manage health and retirement benefits, tools for HR management, as well as solutions to manage the workforce from the cloud.
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We aim to be the pre-eminent employee experience partner by providing personalized experiences that help employees make the best decisions for themselves and their families about their health, wealth and wellbeing. At the same time, we help employers tackle their biggest people and business challenges by helping them understand prevalence, trends and risks to generate better outcomes for the future, such as improved employee productivity and retention, while also realizing a return on their people investment. Our data, analytics and AI allow us to deliver actionable insights that drive measurable outcomes, such as healthcare claims savings, for companies and their people.
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Our clients’ demand for our services ultimately drives our revenues. We generate primarily all of our revenue, which is highly recurring, from fees for services provided from contracts across all solutions, which is primarily based on a contracted fee charged per participant per period (e.g., monthly or annually, as applicable). Our contracts typically have three to five-year terms for ongoing services with mutual renewal options. The majority of the Company’s revenue is recognized over time when control of the promised services is transferred, and the customers simultaneously receive and consume the benefits of our services. Payment terms are consistent with industry practice. We calculate growth rates for each of our solutions in relation to recurring revenues and revenues from project work. One of the components of our growth in recurring revenues is the increase in net commercial activity which reflects items such as client wins and losses (“Net Commercial Activity”). We define client wins as sales to new clients and sales of new solutions to existing clients. We define client losses as instances where clients do not renew or terminate their arrangements in relation to individual solutions or all of the solutions that we provide. We measure revenue growth as it relates to the cloud-based products and solutions that are central to our Alight Worklife® platform and next generation product suite, BPaaS Solutions.
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Our clients’ demand for our services ultimately drives our revenues. We generate primarily all of our revenue, which is highly recurring, from fees for services provided from contracts across all solutions, which is primarily based on a contracted fee charged per participant per period (e.g., monthly or annually, as applicable). Our contracts typically have three to five-year terms for ongoing services with mutual renewal options. The majority of the Company’s revenue is recognized over time when control of the promised services is transferred, and the customers simultaneously receive and consume the benefits of our services. Payment terms are consistent with industry practice. We calculate growth rates for each of our solutions in relation to recurring revenues and revenues from project work. One of the components of our growth in recurring revenues is the increase in net commercial activity which reflects items such as client wins and losses (“Net Commercial Activity”). We define client wins as sales to new clients and sales of new solutions to existing clients. We define client losses as instances where clients do not renew or terminate their arrangements in relation to individual solutions or all of the solutions that we provide. We use annual revenue retention rates as an important measure to manage our business. We calculate annual revenue retention on a gross basis by identifying the clients from whom we generated revenue in the prior year and determining what percentage of that revenue is generated from those same clients for the same solutions in the subsequent year.
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(Gain) loss from change in fair value of financial instruments includes the impact of the revaluation to fair value at the end of each reporting period for the Seller Earnouts contingent consideration and Additional Seller Note.
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(Gain) loss from change in fair value of financial instruments includes the impact of the revaluation to fair value at the end of each reporting period for the Seller Earnouts contingent consideration and the Additional Seller Note.
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Other (income) expense, net includes non-operating expenses and income, including realized (gains) and losses from remeasurement of foreign currency transactions.
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Other (income) expense, net includes non-operating expenses and income, including realized (gains) and losses from remeasurement of foreign currency transactions, and Transition Services Agreement (the "TSA") income for providing various corporate services to the Divested Business.
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Employer Solutions revenue was $555 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to $550 million for the prior year period. The overall increase of $5 million was primarily driven by increases in recurring revenues from higher volumes and Net Commercial Activity, partially offset by lower project revenue.
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Revenues were $548 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to $559 million for the prior year period. The decrease of $11 million, or 2.0%, was driven by lower project revenue and Net Commercial Activity.
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Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $2 million, or 0.5%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the prior year period. The decrease was driven by lower compensation expenses primarily related to share-based awards and lower costs incurred from our restructuring program, partially offset by professional fees related to the sale and separation of our Payroll and Professional Services businesses.
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Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $42 million, or 28.8%, for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to the prior year period. The decrease was driven by a reduction in compensation expenses primarily related to non-cash share-based awards, lower restructuring charges and lower professional fees incurred related to the sale and separation of the Divested business.
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Depreciation and intangible amortization expenses decreased$1 million, or 1.3%, for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the prior year period.
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Depreciation and intangible amortization expenses decreased by$1 million, or 1.3%, and was consistent compared to the prior year period.
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There was a $54 million gain related to the change in the fair value of financial instruments for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to a gain of $11 million for the prior year period. We are required to remeasure the financial instruments at the end of each reporting period and reflect a gain or loss for the change in fair value of the financial instruments in the period the change occurred. Changes in the fair value are primarily due to changes in the underlying assumptions of each respective instrument, including changes in the risk-free interest rate, volatility, cost of debt and the closing stock price for the period and are primarily related to the Seller Earnout and Additional Seller Note. See Note 14 "Financial Instruments" for additional information.
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There was an $8 million gain related to the change in the fair value of financial instruments for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 compared to a loss of $21 million for the prior year period. We are required to remeasure the financial instruments at the end of each reporting period and reflect a gain or loss for the change in fair value of the financial instruments in the period the change occurred. Changes in the fair value are primarily due to changes in the underlying assumptions of each respective instrument, including changes in the risk-free interest rate, volatility, cost of debt, forecasts, and the closing stock price for the period and are related to the Seller Earnout and Additional Seller Note. See Note 14 "Financial Instruments"within the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statementsfor additional information.
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The change in the fair value of the TRA resulted in a loss of $27 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $16 million compared to a loss of $11 million for the prior year period. This revaluation loss was due to changes in the Company's assumptions related to the timing of the utilization of tax attributes during the term of the TRA, changes in the discount rate, and passage of time.
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The change in the fair value of the TRA resulted in a loss of $9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, a decrease of $46 million compared to a loss of $55 million for the prior year period. The change in fair value was due to changes in the Company's assumptions related to the timing of the utilization of tax attributes during the term of the TRA, changes in the discount rate and the passage of time.
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Interest expense decreased $17 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to the prior year period. The decrease was primarily due to the partial repayment of debt andincreased hedging activity at favorable market rates, the opportunistic repricing of our 2028 term loan and higher interest income. See Note 8 “Debt” for additional information.
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Interest expense decreased $9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to the prior year period. The decrease was primarily due to the partial repayment of debt in the prior year, the opportunistic repricing of our 2028 term loan and higher interest income, partially offset by the Company's hedges. See Note 8 “Debt” within the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
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Under the terms of the TSA described in Note 4 "Discontinued Operations", the Company is providing technology infrastructure, risk and security, and various other corporate services to Strada. We recorded $9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 in Other (income) expense, net, and the corresponding expense was recognized in Cost of services and Selling, general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss).
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Under the terms of the TSA as described in Note 4 "Discontinued Operations" within the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company is providing technology infrastructure, risk and security, and various other corporate services to the Divested Business subsequent to the close. We recorded $10 million for services performed under the TSA for the three months ended March 31, 2025 in Other (income) expense, net, and the corresponding expenses were recognized in Cost of services and Selling, general and administrative expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss).
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Loss before taxes from continuing operations was $53 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to loss before taxes from continuing operations of $54 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease in loss was primarily attributable to lower interest expense as a result of the partial debt repayment and other income recorded in conjunction with the TSA, partially offset by the non-operating fair value remeasurements of financial instruments and the TRA.
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Loss from continuing operations before taxes was $20 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to loss from continuing operations before taxes of $148 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease in loss was primarily attributable to the non-operating fair value remeasurements of financial instruments and the tax receivable agreement, lower selling, general and administrative expenses, lower interest expense as a result of the debt pay down and other income recorded in conjunction with the TSA entered into with the purchaser of the Divested Business.
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Income tax benefit was $9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to an income tax benefit of $14 million for the prior year period. The effective tax rate of 17% for the three months ended September 30, 2024 was lower than the 21% U.S. statutory corporate income tax rate primarily due to non-deductible portion of share-based compensation expense, the tax receivable agreement fair value adjustment, and the seller earnout liability fair value adjustment. The effective tax rate of 26% for the three months ended September 30, 2023 was higher than the 21% U.S. statutory corporate income tax rate primarily due to the Company’s non-deductible portion of share-based compensation expense, TRA fair value adjustment, and the seller earnout liability fair value adjustment. See Note 7 “Income Taxes” for additional information.
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Income tax benefit was $3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to an income tax benefit of $27 million for the prior year period. The effective tax rate of 15% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was lower than the 21% U.S. statutory corporate income tax rate primarily due to the Company’s non-deductible expenses, tax credits, and changes in valuation allowance. The effective tax rate of 18% for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was lower than the 21% U.S. statutory corporate income tax rate primarily due to the Company’s non-deductible expenses, tax credits, and changes in valuation allowance. See Note 7 “Income Taxes” within the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
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Adjusted Net Income From Continuing Operations, which is defined as net income (loss) from continuing operations, adjusted for intangible amortization and the impact of certain non-cash items that we do not consider in the evaluation of ongoing operational performance, is a non-GAAP financial measure used solely for the purpose of calculating Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share From Continuing Operations.
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Adjusted Net Income From Continuing Operations, which is defined as net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Alight, Inc., adjusted for intangible amortization and the impact of certain non-cash items that we do not consider in the evaluation of ongoing operational performance, is a non-GAAP financial measure used solely for the purpose of calculating Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share From Continuing Operations.
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(7)Excludes approximately 10.2 million and 28.5 million performance-based units, which represents the gross number of shares expected to vest based on achievement of the respective performance conditions as of September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
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(7)Excludes approximately 10.0 million and 14.4 million performance-based units, which represents the gross number of shares expected to vest based on achievement of the respective performance conditions as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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Adjusted EBITDA From Continuing Operations is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and intangible amortization adjusted for the impact of certain non-cash and other items that we do not consider in the evaluation of ongoing operational performance. Adjusted EBITDA Margin From Continuing Operations is defined as Adjusted EBITDA From Continuing Operations divided by revenue. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin From Continuing Operations are non-GAAP financial measures used by management and our stakeholders to provide useful supplemental information that enables a better comparison of our performance across periods as well as to evaluate our core operating performance. A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA From Continuing Operations to Net Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations is as follows:
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Adjusted EBITDA From Continuing Operations is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and intangible amortization adjusted for the impact of certain non-cash and other items that we do not consider in the evaluation of ongoing operational performance. Adjusted EBITDA Margin From Continuing Operations is defined as Adjusted EBITDA From Continuing Operations divided by revenue. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin
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Employer Solutions revenue was $1,652 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to $1,678 million for the prior year period. The overall decrease of $26 million was primarily driven by decreases in recurring revenues from lower volumes, Net Commercial Activity and project revenue.
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Employer Solutions revenue was $548 million for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to $559 million for the prior year period. The overall decrease of $11 million was primarily driven by decreases in recurring revenues from lower project revenue and Net Commercial Activity.
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Gross Profit to Adjusted Gross Profit Reconciliation by Segment
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Gross Profit to Adjusted Gross Profit Reconciliation
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Employer Solutions gross profit was $523 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $542 million for the prior year period. The decrease of $19 million was driven by a decrease in revenue and increases in costs associated with funding growth of current and future revenues, partially offset by lower expenses related to productivity initiatives. Employer Solutions adjusted gross profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 decreased $11 million to $604 million from $615 million in the prior year period, primarily driven by a decrease in revenue and increases in costs associated with funding growth of current and future revenues, partially offset by lower expenses related to productivity initiatives.
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Employer Solutions gross profit was$171 million for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 compared to$182 million for the prior year period. The decrease of $11 million was driven by a decrease in revenue and increases in costs associated with funding growth of current and future revenues, partially offset by lower expenses related to productivity initiatives. Employer Solutions adjusted gross profit for thethree months ended March 31, 2025 decreased $8 million to $200 million from $208 million in the prior year period, primarily driven by a decrease in revenue and increases in costs associated with funding growth of current and future revenues, partially offset by lower expenses related to productivity initiatives.
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We believe that our available cash and cash equivalents, cash flows from operations and availability under our revolving credit facility will be sufficient to meet our liquidity needs, including principal and interest payments on debt obligations, capital expenditures, payments on our TRA and anticipated working capital requirements for the foreseeable future. We believe our liquidity position at September 30, 2024 remains strong. We will continue to closely monitor and proactively manage our liquidity position in consideration of the evolving economic outlook and changing interest rate environment. In July 2024, we paid down $440 million of the Sixth Incremental Term Loans balance and we fully repaid the principal balance of $300 million Secured Senior Notes with proceeds from the sale of our Payroll and Professional Services business that closed on July 12, 2024. We expect to use the remainder of after-tax cash proceeds to return capital and general corporate purposes, including reinvestment into growth opportunities.
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We believe that our available cash and cash equivalents, cash flows from operations and availability under our revolving credit facility will be sufficient to meet our liquidity needs, including principal and interest payments on debt obligations, capital expenditures, anticipated quarterly dividend payments, payments on our TRA and anticipated working capital requirements for the foreseeable future. We believe our liquidity position at March 31, 2025 remained strong. We will continue to closely monitor and proactively manage our liquidity position in consideration of the evolving economic outlook and changing interest rate environment.
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In August 2022, we established a repurchase program allowing for authorized share repurchases. In March 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $200 million of the Company’s Class A common stock. As of September 30, 2024, the total remaining amount authorized for repurchase was $93 million.
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In August 2022, we established a repurchase program allowing for authorized share repurchases. In March 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $200 million of the Company’s Class A Common Stock.
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During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were 20,697,906 Class A Common Stock shares repurchased under the Program inclusive of shares repurchased under the ASR discussed above.
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During the three months ended March 31, 2025, there were 3,245,932 Class A Common Stock shares repurchased under the Program. As of March 31, 2025, the total remaining amount authorized for repurchase was $261 million.
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On November 12, 2024 the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a new quarterly dividend program. While the Company intends to continue paying regular cash dividends on a quarterly basis, any decision to declare and pay dividends in the future will be made at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors, whose decision will depend on, among other things, our results of operations, cash requirements, financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that our Board of Directors may deem relevant.
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In 2024, our Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend program. Any decision to declare and pay dividends in the future will be made at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors, whose decision will depend on, among other things, our results of operations, cash requirements, financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that our Board of Directors may deem relevant.
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Cash provided by investing activities increased $991 million to $877 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 from cash used in investing activities of $114 million for the prior year period, driven by net proceeds from the sale of Strada, partially offset by less capital expenditures.
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Cash used in investing activities was $29 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as compared to cash used in investing activities of $31 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease in cash used in investing activities was primarily driven by a decrease in capital expenditures.
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Cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $1,028 million as compared to cash used in financing activities of $135 million in the prior year. The primary drivers of cash used for financing activities were $759 million of debt repayments, $155 million of share repurchases, $62 million of TRA payments, $58 million of shares/units withheld in lieu of taxes, and $22 million of finance lease payments, partially offset by a $28 million net increase in fiduciary liabilities. The increase in fiduciary cash is primarily due to timing of client funding and subsequent disbursement of payments.
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Cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $176 million as compared to cash used in financing activities of $118 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The primary drivers of cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 were $100 million of TRA payments, $21 million of dividend payments, $20 million of share repurchases, a $12 million net decrease in fiduciary liabilities, $11 million of shares/units withheld in lieu of taxes, $5 million of debt repayments, and $5 million of finance lease payments. The decrease in fiduciary cash was primarily due to timing of client funding and subsequent disbursement of payments.
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At September 30, 2024, our continuing operations cash and cash equivalents were $300 million, a decrease of $24 million from December 31, 2023. Of the total balances of cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, none of the balances were restricted as to use.
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At March 31, 2025, our continuing operations cash and cash equivalents were $223 million, a decrease of $120 million from December 31, 2024. Of the total balances of cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, none of the balances were restricted as to use.
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Some of our client agreements require us to hold funds on behalf of clients to pay obligations on their behalf. The levels of Fiduciary assets and liabilities can fluctuate significantly, depending on when we collect the amounts from clients and make payments on their behalf. Such funds are not available to service our debt or for other corporate purposes. There is typically a short period of time between when the Company receives funds and when it pays obligations on behalf of clients. We are entitled to retain investment income earned on fiduciary funds, when investment strategies are deployed, in accordance with industry custom and practice, which has historically been immaterial. In our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, the amount we report for Fiduciary assets and Fiduciary liabilities are equal. Our continuing operations Fiduciary assets included cash of $262 million and $234 million at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
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Some of our client agreements require us to hold funds on behalf of clients to pay obligations on their behalf. The levels of Fiduciary assets and liabilities can fluctuate significantly, depending on when we collect the amounts from clients and make payments on their behalf. Such funds are not available to service our debt or for other corporate purposes. There is typically a short period of time between when the Company receives funds and when it pays obligations on behalf of clients. We are entitled to retain investment income earned on fiduciary funds, when investment strategies are deployed, in accordance with industry custom and practice, which has historically been immaterial. In our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, the amount we report for Fiduciary assets and Fiduciary liabilities are equal. Our continuing operations Fiduciary assets included cash of $227 million and $239 million at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
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We do not have any material business, operations or assets in Russia, Belarus or Ukraine and we have not been materially impacted by the actions of the Russian government. Our total revenues from these three countries are de minimis for all periods presented.
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We do not have any business, operations or assets in Russia, Belarus or Ukraine and we have not been materially impacted by the actions of the Russian government. We have no revenue from these three countries for all periods presented.
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In connection with the Business Combination, we entered into the TRA with certain of our pre-Business Combination owners that provides for the payment by Alight to such owners of 85% of the benefits that Alight is deemed to realize as a result of the Company’s share of existing tax basis acquired in the Business Combination and other tax benefits related to entering into the Tax Receivable Agreement.
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In connection with the Business Combination, we entered into the TRA with certain of our pre-Business Combination owners that provides for the payment by Alight to such owners of 85% of the benefits that Alight is deemed to realize as a result of the Company’s share of existing tax basis acquired in the Business Combination and other tax benefits related to entering into the TRA.
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Actual tax benefits realized by Alight may differ from tax benefits calculated under the TRA as a result of the use of certain assumptions in the TRA, including the use of an assumed weighted-average state and local income tax rate to calculate tax benefits. While the amount of existing tax basis, the anticipated tax basis adjustments and the actual amount and utilization of tax attributes, as well as the amount and timing of any payments under the TRA, will vary depending upon a number of factors, we expect that the payments that Alight may make under the TRA will be substantial. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we paid $62 million related to the TRA and no further payments are expected to be made during the remainder of 2024. As of September 30, 2024, we expect to make payments of approximately $119 million in 2025 and in the range of $155 million in 2026.
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Actual tax benefits realized by Alight may differ from tax benefits calculated under the TRA as a result of the use of certain assumptions in the TRA, including the use of an assumed weighted-average state and local income tax rate to calculate tax benefits. While the amount of existing tax basis, the anticipated tax basis adjustments and the actual amount and utilization of tax attributes, as well as the amount and timing of any payments under the TRA, will vary depending upon a number of factors, we expect that the payments that Alight may make under the TRA will be substantial. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, we paid $100 million related to the TRA and no further payments are expected to be made during the remainder of 2025. As of March 31, 2025, we expect to make payments of approximately $188 million in 2026.
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Cost of Services, exclusive of Depreciation and Amortization
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Cost of Services, exclusive of Depreciation and Amortization
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From Continuing Operations are non-GAAP financial measures used by management and our stakeholders to provide useful supplemental information that enables a better comparison of our performance across periods as well as to evaluate our core operating performance. A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA From Continuing Operations to Net Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations is as follows:
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In July 2024, we paid down $440 million of the Sixth Incremental Term Loans balance and we fully repaid the principal balance of $300 million Secured Senior Notes with proceeds from the Transaction. We used the remainder of after-tax cash proceeds to return capital and for general corporate purposes, including reinvestment into growth opportunities.
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There was a $23 million gain related to the change in the fair value of financial instruments for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to a $36 million gainfor the prior year period. We are required to remeasure the financial instruments at the end of each reporting period and reflect a gain or loss for the change in fair value of the financial instruments in the period the change occurred. Changes in the fair value are primarily due to changes in the underlying assumptions of each respective instrument, including changes in the risk-free interest rate, volatility, cost of debt and the closing stock price for the period and are primarily related to the Seller Earnout and Additional Seller Note. See Note 14 "Financial Instruments" for additional information.
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Change in Fair Value of Financial Instruments
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Change in Fair Value of Tax Receivable Agreement
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The change in the fair value of the TRA resulted in a loss of $51 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, an increase of $21 million compared to a loss of $30 million for the prior year period. This revaluation loss was due to conversion of non-controlling interest during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, changes in the Company's assumptions related to the timing of the utilization of tax attributes during the term of the TRA, changes in the discount rate, and passage of time.
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Under the terms of the TSA described in Note 4 "Discontinued Operations", the Company is providing technology infrastructure, risk and security, and various other corporate services to Strada. We recorded $9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 in Other (income) expense, net, and the corresponding expense was recognized in Cost of services and Selling, general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss).
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Loss before taxes from continuing operations was $203 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared to loss before taxes from continuing operations of $241 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease in loss was primarily attributable to lower interest expense as a result of the partial debt repayment and other income recorded in conjunction with the TSA, partially offset by the non-operating fair value remeasurements of financial instruments and the TRA.
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Income tax benefit was $34 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to an income tax benefit of $45 million for the prior year period. The effective tax rate of 17% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was lower than the 21% U.S. statutory corporate income tax rate primarily due to the Company’s non-deductible portion of share-based compensation expense, the tax receivable agreement fair value adjustment, and the seller earnout liability fair value adjustment. The effective tax rate of 19% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was lower than the 21% U.S. statutory corporate income tax rate primarily due to the Company’s non-deductible portion of share-based compensation expense, TRA fair value adjustment, and the seller earnout liability fair value adjustment. See Note 7 “Income Taxes” for additional information.
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Employer Solutions Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Profit
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Employer Solutions gross profit was $174 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $166 million for the prior year period. The increase of $8 million was driven by an increase in revenue and lower expenses related to productivity initiatives, partially offset by increases in costs associated with funding growth of current and future revenues. Employer Solutions adjusted gross profit for the three months ended September 30, 2024 increased $8 million to $200 million from $192 million in the prior year period, primarily driven by an increase in revenue and lower expenses related to productivity initiatives, partially offset by increases in costs associated with funding growth of current and future revenues.
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Employer Solutions Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Profit