$PPL
PPL Corp Stock $ppl

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2014 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000092222414000132 Filed on November 07, 2014

Income Statement

Concept	2014 Q4	2014 Q3	2013 Q3
Revenue	$1.946B	$1.879B	$3.074B
YoY Change	-30.97%	-38.87%	27.92%
Cost Of Revenue	$241.0M	$173.0M	$706.0M
YoY Change	-59.43%	-75.5%	367.55%
Gross Profit	$1.705B	$1.706B	$2.368B
YoY Change	-23.37%	-27.96%	5.15%
Gross Profit Margin	87.62%	90.79%	77.03%
Selling, General & Admin
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$249.0M	$249.0M	$340.0M
YoY Change	-318.42%	-26.76%	1.8%
% of Gross Profit	14.6%	14.6%	14.36%
Operating Expenses	$1.005B	$1.018B	$1.522B
YoY Change	-38.68%	-33.11%	-4.16%
Operating Profit	$700.0M	$688.0M	$846.0M
YoY Change	3233.33%	-18.68%	27.41%
Interest Expense	-$206.0M	$213.0M	$244.0M
YoY Change	38.26%	-12.7%	-1.61%
% of Operating Profit	-29.43%	30.96%	28.84%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$72.00M	$136.0M	-$117.0M
YoY Change	-1128.57%	-216.24%	165.91%
Pretax Income	$566.0M	$611.0M	$485.0M
YoY Change	-311.19%	25.98%	30.38%
Income Tax	$158.0M	$201.0M	$81.00M
% Of Pretax Income	27.92%	32.9%	16.7%
Net Earnings	$695.0M	$497.0M	$410.0M
YoY Change	-809.18%	21.22%	15.49%
Net Earnings / Revenue	35.71%	26.45%	13.34%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$1.04	$0.74	$0.65
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.04	$0.74	$0.62
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	665.1M shares	664.4M shares	631.0M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		666.4M shares	664.3M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2014 Q4	2014 Q3	2013 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$1.519B	$1.188B	$1.291B
YoY Change	37.84%	-7.98%	36.47%
Cash & Equivalents	$1.399B	$994.0M	$1.291B
Short-Term Investments	$120.0M
Other Short-Term Assets	$55.00M	$43.00M	$67.00M
YoY Change	48.65%	-35.82%	36.73%
Inventory	$381.0M	$763.0M	$686.0M
Prepaid Expenses	$75.00M	$117.0M	$173.0M
Receivables	$737.0M	$911.0M	$857.0M
Other Receivables	$71.00M	$139.0M	$117.0M
Total Short-Term Assets	$6.026B	$5.760B	$4.971B
YoY Change	16.94%	15.87%	-4.9%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$28.17B	$34.40B	$31.59B
YoY Change	-14.86%	8.89%	8.75%
Goodwill	$3.667B	$4.187B	$4.050B
YoY Change	-3.63%	3.38%	-1.94%
Intangibles	$668.0M	$936.0M	$932.0M
YoY Change	-29.46%	0.43%	2.08%
Long-Term Investments		$36.00M	$47.00M
YoY Change		-23.4%	-29.85%
Other Assets	$203.0M	$343.0M	$623.0M
YoY Change	-43.14%	-44.94%	-35.24%
Total Long-Term Assets	$14.41B	$7.085B	$7.578B
YoY Change	102.63%	-6.51%	-7.45%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$6.026B	$5.760B	$4.971B
Total Long-Term Assets	$14.41B	$7.085B	$7.578B
Total Assets	$48.86B	$48.19B	$44.99B
YoY Change	5.63%	7.12%	4.04%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$995.0M	$1.208B	$1.079B
YoY Change	-23.93%	11.96%	0.75%
Accrued Expenses	$298.0M	$354.0M	$325.0M
YoY Change	-8.31%	8.92%	-2.99%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$836.0M	$1.099B	$499.0M
YoY Change	19.26%	120.24%	-5.13%
Long-Term Debt Due	$1.000B	$235.0M	$751.0M
YoY Change	217.46%	-68.71%	139.94%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$7.439B	$5.412B	$4.948B
YoY Change	51.45%	9.38%	1.25%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$17.05B	$20.52B	$19.09B
YoY Change	-17.18%	7.49%	2.04%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$525.0M	$601.0M	$665.0M
YoY Change	-9.95%	-9.62%	-27.8%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$10.49B	$8.281B	$8.586B
YoY Change	26.49%	-3.55%	2.09%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$7.439B	$5.412B	$4.948B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$10.49B	$8.281B	$8.586B
Total Liabilities	$17.92B	$13.69B	$13.53B
YoY Change	35.78%	1.17%	1.78%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$6.462B	$6.017B	$6.040B
YoY Change	13.19%	-0.38%	13.21%
Common Stock	$9.440B	$9.395B	$8.311B
YoY Change	13.43%	13.04%	20.14%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$13.63B	$13.97B	$12.34B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$48.61B	$48.19B	$44.99B
YoY Change	5.07%	7.12%	4.04%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2014 Q4	2014 Q3	2013 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$695.0M	$497.0M	$410.0M
YoY Change	-809.18%	21.22%	15.49%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$249.0M	$249.0M	$340.0M
YoY Change	-318.42%	-26.76%	1.8%
Cash From Operating Activities	$617.0M	$1.115B	$1.276B
YoY Change	-23.64%	-12.62%	11.25%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$1.085B	-$936.0M	-$971.0M
YoY Change	18.71%	-3.6%	26.27%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$730.0M	$65.00M	$17.00M
YoY Change	-223.1%	282.35%	183.33%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$355.0M	-$871.0M	-$954.0M
YoY Change	-76.44%	-8.7%	25.03%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	164.0M	-252.0M	256.0M
YoY Change	-75.34%	-198.44%	-159.4%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	617.0M	1.115B	1.276B
Cash From Investing Activities	-355.0M	-871.0M	-954.0M
Cash From Financing Activities	164.0M	-252.0M	256.0M
Net Change In Cash	426.0M	-8.000M	578.0M
YoY Change	-1352.94%	-101.38%	-1329.79%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$617.0M	$1.115B	$1.276B
Capital Expenditures	-$1.085B	-$936.0M	-$971.0M
Free Cash Flow	$1.702B	$2.051B	$2.247B
YoY Change	-1.16%	-8.72%	17.28%

Facts In Submission

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	us-gaap	Description Of New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted DescriptionOfNewAccountingPronouncementsNotYetAdopted	<div><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0pt;' >19. New Accounting Guidance Pending Adoption</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;margin-left:0pt;' >(All Registrants)</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;margin-left:0pt;' >Reporting of Discontinued Operations</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >In April 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued accounting guidance that changes the criteria for determining what should be</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > classified as a discontinued operation and also changes the related presentation and disclosure requirements. A discontinued operation may include a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity, or a business activity.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >A disposal of a co</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >mponent of an entity or a group of components of an entity is required to be reported in discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on the entity's operations and financial results when any o</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >f the following occurs: (1) The components of an entity or group of components of an entity meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale, (2) The component of an entity or group of components of an entity is disposed of by sale, or (3) The componen</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >t of an entity or group of components of an entity is disposed of other than by sale (for example, by abandonment or in a distribution to owners in a spinoff).</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >For public business entities, this guidance should be applied prospectively to all disposals (o</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >r classifications as held for sale) of components of an entity that occur within the annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014, and interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >The Registrants are assessing in which perio</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >d they will adopt this new guidance. The new guidance will impact the amounts presented as discontinued operations on the Statements of Income and will enhance the related disclosure requirements.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;margin-left:0pt;' >Accounting for Revenue from Contracts with Customers</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >In </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >May 2014, the FASB issued accounting guidance that establishes a comprehensive new model for the recognition of revenue from contracts with customers. This model is based on the core principle that revenue should be recognized to depict the transfer of pr</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >omised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >For public business entities, this guidance can be applied using either a full retrospec</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >tive or modified retrospective transition method, beginning in annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and interim periods within those years. Early adoption is not permitted. The Registrants will adopt this guidance effective January 1</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >, 2017.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >The Registrants are currently assessing the impact of adopting this guidance, as well as the transition method they will use. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;margin-left:0pt;' >Reporting Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >In August 2014, the FASB issued accounting guidance which will require management to assess, for each interim and annual period, whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >Substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern exists when relevant conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, indicate that it is probable that the entity will be unable to meet its obligations as they become due withi</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >n one year after the date the financial statements are issued. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >When management identifies conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, management is required to disclose information that ena</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >bles users of the financial statements to understand the principal conditions or events that raised substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and management’s evaluation of the significance of those conditions or events. </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >If substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern has been alleviated as a result of management’s plan, the entity should disclose information that allows the users of the financial statements to understand those plans. If the</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern is not alleviated by management’s plans, management’s plans to mitigate the conditions or events that gave rise to the substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >a going concern should be disclosed, as well as a statement that there is substantial doubt the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >For all entities, this guidance should be</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > applied prospectively within the annual periods ending after December 15, 2016, and for annual periods and interim periods thereafter. Early adoption is permitted.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >The Registrants are assessing in which period they will adopt this new guidance. </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >The adop</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >tion of this guidance is not expected to have a significant impact on the Registrants. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;margin-left:0pt;' >Determining Whether the Host Contract in a Hybrid Financial Instrument Issued in the Form of a Share Is More Akin to Debt or to Equity</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >In November 2014, the FASB iss</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ued guidance that clarifies how current accounting guidance should be interpreted when evaluating the economic characteristics and risks of a host contract of a hybrid financial instrument issued in the form of a share. This guidance does not change the c</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >urrent criteria for determining whether separation of an embedded derivative feature from a hybrid financial instrument is required. Entities are still required to evaluate whether the economic risks of the embedded derivative feature are clearly and clos</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ely related to those of the host contract, among other relevant criteria.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >An entity should consider the substantive terms and features of the entire hybrid financial instrument, including the embedded derivative feature being evaluated for bifurcation, in</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > evaluating the nature of the host contract to determine whether the host contract is more akin to a debt instrument or more akin to an equity instrument. An entity should assess the relative strength of the debt-like and equity-like terms and features wh</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >en determining how to weight those terms and features. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;line-height:12pt;' ></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >For public business entities, this guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015 and should be applied using a modified retr</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ospective method for existing hybrid financial instruments</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > issued in the form of a share </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >as of the beginning of the fiscal year the guidance is adopted. 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	ppl	Unregulated Wholesale Energy UnregulatedWholesaleEnergy	203000000	USD
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	ppl	Forward Sale Agreements Cash Settlement ForwardSaleAgreementsCashSettlement	-13000000	USD
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