$WTW
WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PLC

2016 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000114053618000008 Filed on February 28, 2018

View on sec.gov

Income Statement

Concept 2016 Q4 2016 Q3 2016 Q2
Revenue $1.927B $1.777B $1.949B
YoY Change 97.84% 110.05% 111.39%
Cost Of Revenue
YoY Change
Gross Profit
YoY Change
Gross Profit Margin
Selling, General & Admin
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization $45.00M $44.00M
YoY Change 80.0% 91.3%
% of Gross Profit
Operating Expenses $1.839B $1.776B $1.813B
YoY Change 89.2% 116.85% 121.91%
Operating Profit $88.00M $1.000M $136.0M
YoY Change 4300.0% -96.3% 29.52%
Interest Expense $45.00M $47.00M
YoY Change 28.57% 34.29%
% of Operating Profit 4500.0% 34.56%
Other Income/Expense, Net -$14.00M $6.000M
YoY Change -255.56% -73.91%
Pretax Income -$58.00M $95.00M
YoY Change -5900.0% 2.15%
Income Tax -$26.00M $19.00M
% Of Pretax Income 20.0%
Net Earnings $142.0M -$32.00M $72.00M
YoY Change -691.67% -127.35% 2.86%
Net Earnings / Revenue 7.37% -1.8% 3.69%
Basic Earnings Per Share $1.04 -$0.23 $0.52
Diluted Earnings Per Share $1.03 -$0.23 $0.51
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding 136.7M shares 138.0M shares 139.0M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding 138.0M shares 140.0M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept 2016 Q4 2016 Q3 2016 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments
YoY Change
Cash & Equivalents $870.0M $767.0M $949.0M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets $55.00M
YoY Change 37.5%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables $2.080B $2.043B $2.187B
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets $13.79B $14.73B $15.23B
YoY Change 10.31% 19.45% 17.64%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment $839.0M $811.0M $794.0M
YoY Change 49.02% 52.73% 53.88%
Goodwill $10.41B $10.48B $10.53B
YoY Change 178.65% 232.79% 239.91%
Intangibles $4.368B $4.589B $4.713B
YoY Change 291.75%
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets $353.0M $328.0M $330.0M
YoY Change 18.46% 55.45% 41.03%
Total Long-Term Assets $16.46B $17.07B $17.18B
YoY Change 159.8% 211.52% 219.73%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets $13.79B $14.73B $15.23B
Total Long-Term Assets $16.46B $17.07B $17.18B
Total Assets $30.25B $31.80B $32.41B
YoY Change 60.59% 78.53% 76.91%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable $117.0M $121.0M $123.0M
YoY Change 56.0% -18.79% -16.89%
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
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Short-Term Debt
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Long-Term Debt Due
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Total Short-Term Liabilities $13.37B $14.22B $14.42B
YoY Change 4.44% 19.66% 15.38%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt $3.357B $3.267B $3.281B
YoY Change 47.37% 45.33% 59.89%
Other Long-Term Liabilities $532.0M $544.0M $561.0M
YoY Change -0.19% 8.37% 10.87%
Total Long-Term Liabilities $6.649B $6.630B $6.752B
YoY Change 83.42% 95.34% 105.67%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities $13.37B $14.22B $14.42B
Total Long-Term Liabilities $6.649B $6.630B $6.752B
Total Liabilities $20.02B $20.85B $21.17B
YoY Change 21.87% 36.48% 34.17%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings $1.452B $1.455B $1.739B
YoY Change -9.08% -13.24% 7.48%
Common Stock
YoY Change
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost) $99.00M $3.000M $3.000M
YoY Change 3200.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity $10.07B $10.77B $11.05B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity $30.25B $31.80B $32.41B
YoY Change 60.59% 78.53% 76.91%

Cashflow Statement

Concept 2016 Q4 2016 Q3 2016 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income $142.0M -$32.00M $72.00M
YoY Change -691.67% -127.35% 2.86%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization $45.00M $44.00M
YoY Change 80.0% 91.3%
Cash From Operating Activities
YoY Change
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures
YoY Change
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities
YoY Change
Cash From Investing Activities
YoY Change
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities
YoY Change
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities
Cash From Investing Activities
Cash From Financing Activities
Net Change In Cash
YoY Change
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities
Capital Expenditures
Free Cash Flow
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0 USD
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3000000 USD
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2000000 USD
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0 USD
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20000000 USD
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0 USD
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9000000 USD
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11000000 USD
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30000000 USD
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13000000 USD
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25000000 USD
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348000000 USD
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589000000 USD
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249000000 USD
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43000000 USD
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65000000 USD
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0 USD
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0 USD
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0 USD
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0 USD
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10000000 USD
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13000000 USD
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13000000 USD
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5000000 USD
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16000000 USD
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128000000 USD
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152000000 USD
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178000000 USD
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580000000 USD
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65000000 USD
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75000000 USD
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0 USD
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36000000 USD
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7000000 USD
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131000000 USD
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132000000 USD
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15000000 USD
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18000000 USD
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0 USD
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ProceedsfromIntercompanyFinancingActivities
0 USD
CY2017 wltw Proceedsfrom Intercompany Financing Activities
ProceedsfromIntercompanyFinancingActivities
0 USD
CY2015 wltw Proceedsfrom Intercompany Investing Activities
ProceedsfromIntercompanyInvestingActivities
0 USD
CY2016 wltw Proceedsfrom Intercompany Investing Activities
ProceedsfromIntercompanyInvestingActivities
0 USD
CY2017 wltw Proceedsfrom Intercompany Investing Activities
ProceedsfromIntercompanyInvestingActivities
0 USD
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204000000 USD
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69000000 USD
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508000000 USD
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474000000 USD
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575000000 USD
CY2017Q4 wltw Provision For Liabilities
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558000000 USD
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RepaymentsofIntercompanyFinancingActivities
0 USD
CY2016 wltw Repaymentsof Intercompany Financing Activities
RepaymentsofIntercompanyFinancingActivities
0 USD
CY2017 wltw Repaymentsof Intercompany Financing Activities
RepaymentsofIntercompanyFinancingActivities
0 USD
CY2015 wltw Repaymentsof Intercompany Investing Activities
RepaymentsofIntercompanyInvestingActivities
0 USD
CY2016 wltw Repaymentsof Intercompany Investing Activities
RepaymentsofIntercompanyInvestingActivities
0 USD
CY2017 wltw Repaymentsof Intercompany Investing Activities
RepaymentsofIntercompanyInvestingActivities
0 USD
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2 program
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3500 employee
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0 USD
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RevenueFromGroupUndertakings
0 USD
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RevenueFromGroupUndertakings
0 USD
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6000000 USD
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0 USD
CY2017 wltw Unrecognized Tax Benefits Other Increase Decrease
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CY2017 us-gaap Nature Of Operations
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<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Nature of Operations</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Willis Towers Watson plc is a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company that helps clients around the world turn risk into a path for growth. Willis Towers Watson has more than </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">43,000</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> employees and services clients in more than </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">140</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> countries and territories. We design and deliver solutions that manage risk, optimize benefits, cultivate talent, and expand the power of capital to protect and strengthen institutions and individuals. We believe our broad perspective allows us to see the critical intersections between talent, assets and ideas - the dynamic formula that drives business performance.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We offer our clients a broad range of services to help them identify and control their risks, and to enhance business performance by improving their ability to attract, retain and engage a talented workforce. Our risk control services range from strategic risk consulting (including providing actuarial analysis), to a variety of due diligence services, to the provision of practical on-site risk control services (such as health and safety or property loss control consulting), as well as analytical and advisory services (such as hazard modeling and reinsurance optimization studies). We assist clients in planning how to manage incidents or crises when they occur. These services include contingency planning, security audits and product tampering plans. We help our clients enhance their business performance by delivering consulting services, technology and solutions that help them anticipate, identify and capitalize on emerging opportunities in human capital management as well as investment advice to help our clients develop disciplined and efficient strategies to meet their investment goals.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As an insurance broker, we act as an intermediary between our clients and insurance carriers by advising our clients on their risk management requirements, helping them determine the best means of managing risk and negotiating and placing insurance with insurance carriers through our global distribution network. We operate the largest private Medicare exchange in the United States (&#8216;U.S.&#8217;). Through this exchange and those for active employees, we help our clients move to a more sustainable economic model by capping and controlling the costs associated with healthcare benefits.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We are not an insurance company, and therefore we do not underwrite insurable risks for our own account. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:9px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Merger with Towers Watson that closed on January 4, 2016 affects the comparability between 2015 and the later periods presented. See </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Note 3</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> &#8212; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;">Merger, Acquisitions and Divestitures</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> for additional information.</font></div></div>
CY2017 us-gaap Use Of Estimates
UseOfEstimates
<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;">Use of Estimates</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> &#8212; These consolidated financial statements conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (&#8216;U.S. GAAP&#8217;), which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Our estimates, judgments and assumptions are continually evaluated based on available information and experience. Because of the use of estimates inherent in the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from those estimates. Estimates are used when accounting for revenue recognition, the selection of useful lives of fixed and intangible assets, impairment testing, valuation of billed and unbilled receivables from clients, discretionary compensation, income taxes, pension assumptions, incurred but not reported claims, legal reserves and goodwill and intangible assets. </font></div></div>

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