$PPL
PPL Corp Stock $ppl

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2015 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000092222415000089 Filed on October 30, 2015

Income Statement

Concept	2015 Q4	2015 Q3	2015 Q2
Revenue	$1.780B	$1.878B	$1.781B
YoY Change	-8.53%	-0.05%	-3.68%
Cost Of Revenue	$179.0M	$177.0M	$157.0M
YoY Change	-25.73%	2.31%	-15.14%
Gross Profit	$1.601B	$1.701B	$1.624B
YoY Change	-6.1%	-0.29%	-2.4%
Gross Profit Margin	89.94%	90.58%	91.18%
Selling, General & Admin
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$238.0M	$245.0M	$232.0M
YoY Change	-4.42%	-1.61%	85.6%
% of Gross Profit	14.87%	14.4%	14.29%
Operating Expenses	$984.0M	$1.015B	$986.0M
YoY Change	-2.09%	-0.29%	0.0%
Operating Profit	$617.0M	$686.0M	$638.0M
YoY Change	-11.86%	-0.29%	-5.9%
Interest Expense	-$226.0M	$221.0M	$215.0M
YoY Change	9.71%	3.76%	3.37%
% of Operating Profit	-36.63%	32.22%	33.7%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$47.00M	$75.00M	-$102.0M
YoY Change	-34.72%	-44.85%	37.84%
Pretax Income	$438.0M	$540.0M	$321.0M
YoY Change	-22.61%	-11.62%	-18.94%
Income Tax	$33.00M	$144.0M	$71.00M
% Of Pretax Income	7.53%	26.67%	22.12%
Net Earnings	$399.0M	$393.0M	-$757.0M
YoY Change	-42.59%	-20.93%	-430.57%
Net Earnings / Revenue	22.42%	20.93%	-42.5%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.59	$0.58	-$1.13
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.59	$0.58	-$1.13
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	672.8M shares	670.8M shares	668.4M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		673.7M shares	671.3M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2015 Q4	2015 Q3	2015 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$836.0M	$981.0M	$846.0M
YoY Change	-44.96%	-17.42%	-33.33%
Cash & Equivalents	$836.0M	$981.0M	$846.0M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$63.00M	$181.0M	$140.0M
YoY Change	14.55%	320.93%	185.71%
Inventory	$357.0M	$321.0M	$315.0M
Prepaid Expenses	$66.00M	$86.00M	$136.0M
Receivables	$673.0M	$713.0M	$737.0M
Other Receivables	$59.00M	$64.00M	$106.0M
Total Short-Term Assets	$2.646B	$2.990B	$2.870B
YoY Change	-56.09%	-48.09%	-48.17%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$30.38B	$29.96B	$29.22B
YoY Change	7.86%	-12.89%	-15.14%
Goodwill	$3.550B	$3.613B	$3.590B
YoY Change	-3.19%	-13.71%	-16.53%
Intangibles	$679.0M	$672.0M	$658.0M
YoY Change	1.65%	-28.21%	-30.88%
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$155.0M	$382.0M	$339.0M
YoY Change	-23.65%	11.37%	-5.04%
Total Long-Term Assets	$6.273B	$6.294B	$6.156B
YoY Change	-56.47%	-11.16%	-15.38%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$2.646B	$2.990B	$2.870B
Total Long-Term Assets	$6.273B	$6.294B	$6.156B
Total Assets	$39.30B	$39.25B	$38.24B
YoY Change	-19.57%	-18.56%	-20.64%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$812.0M	$808.0M	$902.0M
YoY Change	-18.39%	-33.11%	-23.43%
Accrued Expenses	$303.0M	$300.0M	$191.0M
YoY Change	1.68%	-15.25%	-14.35%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$916.0M	$557.0M	$1.100B
YoY Change	9.57%	-49.32%	36.14%
Long-Term Debt Due	$485.0M	$1.460B	$1.000B
YoY Change	-51.5%	521.28%	228.95%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$3.876B	$4.468B	$4.509B
YoY Change	-47.9%	-17.44%	-12.55%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$18.56B	$17.75B	$17.10B
YoY Change	8.85%	-13.53%	-17.85%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$489.0M	$482.0M	$481.0M
YoY Change	-6.86%	-19.8%	-23.41%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$6.943B	$6.811B	$6.691B
YoY Change	-33.78%	-17.75%	-21.12%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$3.876B	$4.468B	$4.509B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$6.943B	$6.811B	$6.691B
Total Liabilities	$10.82B	$11.28B	$11.20B
YoY Change	-39.64%	-17.63%	-17.88%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$2.953B	$2.791B	$2.654B
YoY Change	-54.3%	-53.61%	-53.99%
Common Stock	$9.694B	$9.637B	$9.571B
YoY Change	2.69%	2.58%	2.2%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$9.919B	$10.22B	$9.941B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$39.30B	$39.25B	$38.24B
YoY Change	-19.14%	-18.56%	-20.64%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2015 Q4	2015 Q3	2015 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$399.0M	$393.0M	-$757.0M
YoY Change	-42.59%	-20.93%	-430.57%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$238.0M	$245.0M	$232.0M
YoY Change	-4.42%	-1.61%	85.6%
Cash From Operating Activities	$584.0M	$718.0M	$861.0M
YoY Change	-5.35%	-35.61%	37.32%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$978.0M	-$889.0M	-$860.0M
YoY Change	-9.86%	-5.02%	6.17%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$2.000M	$1.000M	$126.0M
YoY Change	-99.73%	-98.46%	-214.55%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$976.0M	-$888.0M	-$734.0M
YoY Change	174.93%	1.95%	-20.22%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	251.0M	302.0M	-388.0M
YoY Change	53.05%	-219.84%	-239.07%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	584.0M	718.0M	861.0M
Cash From Investing Activities	-976.0M	-888.0M	-734.0M
Cash From Financing Activities	251.0M	302.0M	-388.0M
Net Change In Cash	-141.0M	132.0M	-261.0M
YoY Change	-133.1%	-1750.0%	1764.29%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$584.0M	$718.0M	$861.0M
Capital Expenditures	-$978.0M	-$889.0M	-$860.0M
Free Cash Flow	$1.562B	$1.607B	$1.721B
YoY Change	-8.23%	-21.65%	19.76%

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;' >18. 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;' >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 May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > 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 promised goods or se</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >rvices 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 retrospective or modified r</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >etrospective transition method, beginning in annual reporting periods after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within those years. Public business entities may early adopt this guidance in annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Th</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >e Registrants expect to adopt this guidance effective January 1, 2018. </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 </font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;' >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 c</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ontinue as a going concern. 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 obligat</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ions as they become due 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;' >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 </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >disclose information that enables 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 </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >those conditions or events. 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 un</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >derstand those plans. If the 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 ent</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ity’s ability to continue as 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 enti</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ties, this guidance should be 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 will adopt this guidance for the annual peri</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >od ending December 31, 2016. The adoption 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</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;' > 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 issued guidance that clarifies how current accounting guidance should be interpreted when evaluating the economic characteristics and risks of a host contract of a</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > hybrid financial instrument issued in the form of a share. This guidance does not change the current criteria for determining whether separation of an embedded derivative feature from a hybrid financial instrument is required. Entities are still require</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >d to evaluate whether the economic risks of the embedded derivative feature are clearly and closely 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 fin</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ancial instrument, including the embedded derivative feature being evaluated for bifurcation, in 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 e</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ntity should assess the relative strength of the debt-like and equity-like terms and features when 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 t</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >hose fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015 and should be applied using a modified retrospective 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. Early </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >adoption is permitted. Retrospective application is permitted but not required.</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 will adopt this guidance on January 1, 2016. </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > The adoption of this guidance</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > 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;' >Income Statemen</font><font style='font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;' >t Presentation of Extraordinary and Unusual Items</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 January 2015, the FASB issued accounting guidance that eliminates the concept of extraordinary items, which requires an entity to separately classify, present in the income statement and disclose materi</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >al events and transactions that are both unusual and occur infrequently. The requirement to report material events or transactions that are unusual or infrequent as a separate component of income from continuing operations has been retained, as has the re</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >quirement to separately present the nature and financial effects of each event or transaction in the income statement as a separate component of continuing operations or disclose them within the notes to the financial statements. The scope of these requir</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ements has been expanded to include items that are both unusual and occur infrequently.</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 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is perm</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >itted provided that an entity applies the guidance from the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The guidance may be applied either retrospectively or prospectively.</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 will adopt this guidance on January 1, 2016. The adoption of this </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >guidance is not expected to have a significant impact on the Registrants.</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > </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;' >Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs</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 2015, the FASB issued accounting guidance to simplify the presentation of debt issuance costs by requiring</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > that they</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > be presented on the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the associated debt liability, consistent with the presentation of debt discounts. For debt issuance costs associated with line of credit arrangements, the gu</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >idance was subsequently updated to reflect a speech by the SEC which noted that it would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing the debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >of credit arrangement.</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 retrospectively for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permi</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >tted.</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 </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >are assessing in which period they will adopt this guidance</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >.</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > The adoption of this guidance will require the Registrants to reclassify debt issuance costs from assets to long-term debt, and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Registrants. </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > </font></p></div>
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