DELAWARE
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001-15749
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31-1429215
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
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(Commission
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of Incorporation)
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File Number)
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Identification No.)
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
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Exhibit No.
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Document Description
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Press Release dated July 19, 2018 announcing the results of operations for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018.
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Investor Presentation Materials.
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Alliance Data Systems Corporation
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Date: July 19, 2018
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By:
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/s/ Charles L. Horn
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Charles L. Horn
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Executive Vice President and
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Chief Financial Officer
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Contacts:
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UInvestors/Analysts
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Tiffany Louder
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Alliance Data
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214-494-3048
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Tiffany.Louder@AllianceData.com
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UMedia
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Annabelle Baxter
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Alliance Data
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214-494-3818
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Annabelle.Baxter@alliancedata.com
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·
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Revenue Increases 5 Percent to $1.9 Billion
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o
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Pro Forma Revenue Increases 8 Percent to $2.0 Billion
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EPS Increases 59 Percent to $3.93
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Core EPS Increases 31 Percent to $5.01
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Summary
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Quarter Ended June 30,
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(in millions, except per share amounts)
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2018
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2017
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% Change
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Revenue
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$
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1,904
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$
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1,822
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+5
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%
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Pro forma revenue
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$
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1,970
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$
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1,822
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+8
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%
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Net income
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$
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218
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$
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138
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+58
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%
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Net income per diluted share ("EPS")
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$
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3.93
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$
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2.47
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+59
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%
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Diluted shares outstanding
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55.4
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55.8
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Supplemental Non-GAAP Metrics (a):
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Adjusted EBITDA
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$
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563
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$
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499
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+13
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%
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Adjusted EBITDA, net of funding costs
("adjusted EBITDA, net")
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$
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471
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$
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433
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+9
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%
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Core earnings per diluted share ("core EPS")
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$
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5.01
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$
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3.84
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+31
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%
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(a)
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See "Financial Measures" for a discussion of non-GAAP financial measures.
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Quarter Ended June 30,
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(in millions)
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2018
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2017
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% Change
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Revenue:
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LoyaltyOne
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$
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249
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$
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280
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ASC 606 adjustment (a)
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66
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-
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LoyaltyOne pro forma revenue
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315
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280
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+12
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%
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Epsilon
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514
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544
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-5
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%
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Card Services
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1,149
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1,005
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+14
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%
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Corporate/other and eliminations
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(8
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(7
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Total pro forma revenue
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$
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1,970
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$
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1,822
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+8
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%
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Adjusted EBITDA, net:
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Loyalty One
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$
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69
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$
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57
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+22
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%
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Epsilon
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107
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107
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-
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%
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Card Services
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336
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305
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+10
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%
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Corporate/other
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(41
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(36
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Total adjusted EBITDA, net
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$
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471
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$
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433
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+9
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%
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(a)
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Represents classification of certain redemption revenue recorded net upon the adoption of ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, January 1, 2018.
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Revenue of $8.2 billion, representing a 6 percent increase, 10 percent on a pro forma basis.
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Core EPS of $22.50 to $23.00, representing a 16 to 19 percent increase over 2017.
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Three Months Ended
June 30,
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Six Months Ended
June 30,
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2018
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2017
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2018
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2017
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Revenue
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$
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1,903.9
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$
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1,821.8
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$
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3,788.1
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$
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3,700.8
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Operating expenses:
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Cost of operations
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1,049.7
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1,056.8
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2,096.7
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2,143.5
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Provision for loan loss
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311.9
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288.1
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649.6
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603.2
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Depreciation and amortization
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122.0
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125.5
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243.7
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250.3
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Total operating expenses
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1,483.6
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1,470.4
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2,990.0
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2,997.0
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Operating income
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420.3
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351.4
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798.1
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703.8
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Interest expense, net:
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Securitization funding costs
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55.2
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36.6
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107.3
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71.8
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Interest expense on deposits
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36.8
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28.6
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72.3
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54.6
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Interest expense on long-term and other debt, net
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73.7
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72.3
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145.3
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136.3
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Total interest expense, net
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165.7
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137.5
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324.9
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262.7
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Income before income tax
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$
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254.6
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$
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213.9
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$
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473.2
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$
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441.1
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Income tax expense
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36.8
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76.2
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91.4
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157.0
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Net income
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$
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217.8
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$
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137.7
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$
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381.8
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$
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284.1
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Per share data:
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Weighted average shares outstanding – basic
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55.2
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55.6
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55.3
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56.0
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Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted
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55.4
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55.8
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55.5
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56.3
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Basic – Net income
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$
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3.94
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$
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2.48
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$
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6.90
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$
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5.07
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Diluted – Net income
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$
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3.93
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$
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2.47
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$
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6.87
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$
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5.05
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June 30,
2018
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December 31,
2017
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Assets
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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3,449.2
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$
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4,190.0
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Credit card and loan receivables:
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Credit card and loan receivables
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17,984.9
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18,613.8
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Allowance for loan loss
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(1,189.0
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(1,119.3
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Credit card and loan receivables, net
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16,795.9
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17,494.5
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Credit card and loan receivables held for sale
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984.2
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1,026.3
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Redemption settlement assets, restricted
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574.8
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589.5
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Intangible assets, net
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667.8
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800.6
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Goodwill
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3,857.8
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3,880.1
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Other assets
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2,621.2
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2,703.8
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Total assets
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$
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28,950.9
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$
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30,684.8
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
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Deferred revenue
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$
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900.9
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$
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966.9
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Deposits
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10,559.3
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10,930.9
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Non-recourse borrowings of consolidated securitization entities
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7,773.2
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8,807.3
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Long-term and other debt
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5,790.5
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6,079.6
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Other liabilities
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1,807.7
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2,044.8
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Total liabilities
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26,831.6
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28,829.5
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Stockholders' equity
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2,119.3
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1,855.3
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
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$
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28,950.9
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$
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30,684.8
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Six Months Ended
June 30,
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2018
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2017 (1)
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Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
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Net income
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$
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381.8
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$
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284.1
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
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Depreciation and amortization
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243.7
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250.3
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||||||||
Deferred income taxes
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(82.0
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)
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(61.0
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)
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||||||
Provision for loan loss
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649.6
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603.2
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||||||||
Non-cash stock compensation
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46.3
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45.2
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||||||||
Amortization of deferred financing costs
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25.5
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21.2
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||||||||
Change in operating assets and liabilities
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(87.1
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)
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(191.1
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)
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||||||
Originations of loan receivables held for sale
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(4,743.4
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)
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(3,923.1
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)
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||||||
Sales of loan receivables held for sale
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4,791.9
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3,920.7
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||||||||
Other
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95.5
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73.1
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||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities
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1,321.8
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1,022.6
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Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
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Change in redemption settlement assets
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(39.7
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)
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(181.7
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)
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Change in credit card and loan receivables
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(121.2
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)
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(286.4
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)
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||||||
Sale of credit card portfolio
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55.6
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—
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||||||||
Capital expenditures
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(98.5
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)
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(116.8
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)
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||||||
Other
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(32.4
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)
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23.9
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|||||||
Net cash used in investing activities
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(236.2
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)
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(561.0
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)
|
||||||
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
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||||||||||
Borrowings under debt agreements
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2,399.1
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5,856.9
|
||||||||
Repayments of borrowings
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(2,678.5
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)
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(5,103.8
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)
|
||||||
Net (decrease) increase in deposits
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(373.2
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)
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332.1
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|||||||
Non-recourse borrowings of consolidated securitization entities
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1,475.0
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1,465.0
|
||||||||
Repayments/maturities of non-recourse borrowings of consolidated securitization entities
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(2,510.0
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)
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(1,860.0
|
)
|
||||||
Purchase of treasury shares
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(94.5
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)
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(499.9
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)
|
||||||
Dividends paid
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(63.3
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)
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(58.0
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)
|
||||||
Other
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(23.6
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)
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(59.2
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)
|
||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
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(1,869.0
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)
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73.1
|
|||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
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(4.1
|
)
|
3.8
|
|||||||
Change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
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(787.5
|
)
|
538.5
|
|||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
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4,314.7
|
1,968.5
|
||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
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$
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3,527.2
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$
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2,507.0
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(1)
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Adjusted to reflect the adoption of Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2016-18, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash." The effect of the adoption of the standard was to include restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents at the beginning-of-period and end-of-period cash and cash equivalents totals.
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Three Months Ended
June 30,
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Six Months Ended
June 30,
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2018
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2017
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Change
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2018
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2017
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Change
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Segment Revenue:
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LoyaltyOne
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$
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248.6
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$
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280.0
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(11
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)%
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$
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474.9
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$
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613.0
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(23
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)%
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Epsilon
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514.2
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543.8
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(5
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)
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1,023.6
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1,073.1
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(5
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)
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Card Services
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1,148.5
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1,005.0
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14
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2,303.7
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2,028.2
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14
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Corporate/Other
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0.2
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—
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nm*
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0.3
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—
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nm*
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||||||||||||||||||
Intersegment Eliminations
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(7.6
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)
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(7.0
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)
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nm*
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(14.4
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)
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(13.5
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)
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nm*
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Total
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$
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1,903.9
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$
|
1,821.8
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5
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%
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$
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3,788.1
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$
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3,700.8
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2
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%
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||||||||||||
Segment Adjusted EBITDA, net:
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LoyaltyOne
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$
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69.5
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$
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56.7
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22
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%
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$
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123.4
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$
|
115.4
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7
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%
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||||||||||||
Epsilon
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106.9
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106.8
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—
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198.5
|
191.8
|
3
|
||||||||||||||||||
Card Services
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335.7
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305.5
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10
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654.3
|
636.2
|
3
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||||||||||||||||||
Corporate/Other
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(41.0
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)
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(35.6
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)
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15
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(67.7
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)
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(70.5
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)
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(4
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)
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|||||||||||||
Total
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$
|
471.1
|
$
|
433.4
|
9
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%
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$
|
908.5
|
$
|
872.9
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4
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%
|
||||||||||||
Key Performance Indicators:
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Credit card statements generated
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74.6
|
71.4
|
5
|
%
|
152.4
|
143.6
|
6
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
Credit sales
|
$
|
7,567.9
|
$
|
7,515.4
|
1
|
%
|
$
|
14,373.5
|
$
|
14,094.6
|
2
|
%
|
||||||||||||
Average receivables
|
$
|
17,570.4
|
$
|
15,739.9
|
12
|
%
|
$
|
17,646.4
|
$
|
15,712.7
|
12
|
%
|
||||||||||||
AIR MILES reward miles issued
|
1,444.7
|
1,422.6
|
2
|
%
|
2,671.0
|
2,658.6
|
—
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||
AIR MILES reward miles redeemed
|
1,068.1
|
1,076.5
|
(1
|
)%
|
2,246.3
|
2,302.8
|
(2
|
)%
|
|
Three Months Ended
June 30,
|
Six Months Ended
June 30,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
2018
|
2017
|
2018
|
2017
|
||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, net:
|
||||||||||||||||||
Net income
|
$
|
217.8
|
$
|
137.7
|
$
|
381.8
|
$
|
284.1
|
||||||||||
Income tax expense
|
36.8
|
76.2
|
91.4
|
157.0
|
||||||||||||||
Total interest expense, net
|
165.7
|
137.5
|
324.9
|
262.7
|
||||||||||||||
Depreciation and other amortization
|
48.6
|
45.2
|
96.3
|
89.9
|
||||||||||||||
Amortization of purchased intangibles
|
73.4
|
80.3
|
147.4
|
160.4
|
||||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense
|
20.8
|
21.7
|
46.3
|
45.2
|
||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
563.1
|
$
|
498.6
|
$
|
1,088.1
|
$
|
999.3
|
||||||||||
Less: Funding costs (1)
|
92.0
|
65.2
|
179.6
|
126.4
|
||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA, net of funding costs
|
$
|
471.1
|
$
|
433.4
|
$
|
908.5
|
$
|
872.9
|
||||||||||
Core Earnings:
|
||||||||||||||||||
Net income
|
$
|
217.8
|
$
|
137.7
|
$
|
381.8
|
$
|
284.1
|
||||||||||
Add back: non-cash/ non-operating items:
|
||||||||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense
|
20.8
|
21.7
|
46.3
|
45.2
|
||||||||||||||
Amortization of purchased intangibles
|
73.4
|
80.3
|
147.4
|
160.4
|
||||||||||||||
Non-cash interest (2)
|
14.1
|
14.0
|
25.5
|
24.3
|
||||||||||||||
Income tax effect (3)
|
(48.4
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)
|
(39.5
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)
|
(76.1
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)
|
(77.9
|
)
|
||||||||||
Core earnings
|
$
|
277.7
|
$
|
214.2
|
$
|
524.9
|
$
|
436.1
|
||||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted
|
55.4
|
55.8
|
55.5
|
56.3
|
||||||||||||||
Core earnings per share – diluted
|
$
|
5.01
|
$
|
3.84
|
$
|
9.45
|
$
|
7.75
|
||||||||||
(1)
|
Represents interest expense on deposits and securitization funding costs.
|
(2)
|
Represents amortization of debt issuance and hedging costs.
|
(3)
|
Represents the tax effect for the related non-GAAP measure adjustments using the expected effective tax rate.
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
LoyaltyOne
|
Epsilon
|
Card
Services
|
Corporate/
Other
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss)
|
$
|
45.6
|
$
|
25.3
|
$
|
399.3
|
$
|
(49.9
|
)
|
$
|
420.3
|
|||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
21.5
|
73.3
|
25.3
|
1.9
|
122.0
|
|||||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense
|
2.4
|
8.3
|
3.1
|
7.0
|
20.8
|
|||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA
|
69.5
|
106.9
|
427.7
|
(41.0
|
)
|
563.1
|
||||||||||||||
Less: Funding costs
|
—
|
—
|
92.0
|
—
|
92.0
|
|||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA, net
|
$
|
69.5
|
$
|
106.9
|
$
|
335.7
|
$
|
(41.0
|
)
|
$
|
471.1
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2017
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
LoyaltyOne
|
Epsilon
|
Card
Services
|
Corporate/
Other
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss)
|
$
|
34.5
|
$
|
20.0
|
$
|
341.3
|
$
|
(44.4
|
)
|
$
|
351.4
|
|||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
19.5
|
77.9
|
26.1
|
2.0
|
125.5
|
|||||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense
|
2.7
|
8.9
|
3.3
|
6.8
|
21.7
|
|||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA
|
56.7
|
106.8
|
370.7
|
(35.6
|
)
|
498.6
|
||||||||||||||
Less: Funding costs
|
—
|
—
|
65.2
|
—
|
65.2
|
|||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA, net
|
$
|
56.7
|
$
|
106.8
|
$
|
305.5
|
$
|
(35.6
|
)
|
$
|
433.4
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
LoyaltyOne
|
Epsilon
|
Card
Services
|
Corporate/
Other
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss)
|
$
|
74.0
|
$
|
32.6
|
$
|
776.2
|
$
|
(84.7
|
)
|
$
|
798.1
|
|||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
43.5
|
146.3
|
50.1
|
3.8
|
243.7
|
|||||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense
|
5.9
|
19.6
|
7.6
|
13.2
|
46.3
|
|||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA
|
123.4
|
198.5
|
833.9
|
(67.7
|
)
|
1,088.1
|
||||||||||||||
Less: Funding costs
|
—
|
—
|
179.6
|
—
|
179.6
|
|||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA, net
|
$
|
123.4
|
$
|
198.5
|
$
|
654.3
|
$
|
(67.7
|
)
|
$
|
908.5
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
LoyaltyOne
|
Epsilon
|
Card
Services
|
Corporate/
Other
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss)
|
$
|
72.0
|
$
|
18.4
|
$
|
704.3
|
$
|
(90.9
|
)
|
$
|
703.8
|
|||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
38.6
|
155.8
|
51.9
|
4.0
|
250.3
|
|||||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense
|
4.8
|
17.6
|
6.4
|
16.4
|
45.2
|
|||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA
|
115.4
|
191.8
|
762.6
|
(70.5
|
)
|
999.3
|
||||||||||||||
Less: Funding costs
|
—
|
—
|
126.4
|
—
|
126.4
|
|||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA, net
|
$
|
115.4
|
$
|
191.8
|
$
|
636.2
|
$
|
(70.5
|
)
|
$
|
872.9
|