UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 20212023    Commission file number: 1-3579
PITNEY BOWES INC.
State of incorporation:DelawareI.R.S. Employer Identification No.06-0495050
Address:3001 Summer Street,Stamford,Connecticut06926
Telephone Number:(203)356-5000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each ClassTrading Symbol(s)Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $1 par value per sharePBINew York Stock Exchange
6.7% Notes due 2043PBI.PRBNew York Stock Exchange

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No ¨
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definition of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark whether the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. Yes No ¨
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If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ¨
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b). ¨
As of June 30, 2021,2023, the aggregate market value of the registrant's common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $2 billion$622 million based on the closing sale price as reported on the New York Stock Exchange. At January 31, 2022,2024, there were 174,855,086176,528,703 outstanding shares of common stock, $1 par value.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the registrant's proxy statement to be filed within 120 days after our fiscal year end in connection with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be held May 2, 2022, are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K.

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PITNEY BOWES INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I 
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PART II
Item 5.
Item 6.
Item 7.
Item 7A.
Item 8.
Item 9.
Item 9A.
Item 9B.
Item 9C.
PART III
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Item 11.
Item 12.
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PART IV
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PART I

Forward-Looking Statements
This Annual Report on Form 10-K (Annual Report) contains statements that are forward-looking. We believe that these forward-looking statements are reasonable based on our current expectations and assumptions. However, we caution readers that any forward-looking statement within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially. Words such as "estimate," "target," "project," "plan," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend" and similar expressions may identify such forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Forward-looking statements in this Annual Report speak only as of the date hereof, and forward-looking statements in documents attached that are incorporated by reference speak only as of the date of those documents.
AlthoughWhile we believe that the expectations reflected in any of our forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties and subject to change. Accordingly, actual results of operations, financial condition and cash flows could differ materially from those projected or assumed in our forward-looking statements. Our future financial condition, results of operations and forward-looking statements are subject to change and to inherent risks and uncertainties, as disclosed or incorporated by reference in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). In particular, we continue to navigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID-19) and the effect that its unpredictability is having on our, and our client's business, financial performance and results of operations. OtherCertain factors which could cause future financial performance to differ materially from the expectations and which may also be exacerbated by COVID-19 or a negative change in the economy, include, without limitation:

declining physical mail volumes
changes in postal regulations or the operations and financial health of posts in the U.S. or other major markets, or changes to the broader postal or shipping markets
the loss of, or significant changes to, our contractual relationships with the United States Postal Service (USPS) or USPS' performance under those contracts
our ability to continue to grow and manage unexpected fluctuations in volumes, gain additional economies of scale and improve profitability within our Global Ecommerce segment
changesthe loss of some of our larger clients in laborour Global Ecommerce and transportation availability and costsPresort Services segments
global supply chain issues adversely impactingthe loss of, or significant changes to, United States Postal Service (USPS) commercial programs or our third-party suppliers' ability to provide us productscontractual relationships with the USPS or USPS' performance under those contracts
the impacts of higher interest rates and servicesthe potential for future interest rate increases on our cost of debt
declines in demand for our ecommerce services resulting from supply chain delays or interruptions affecting our retail clients, or changes in retail consumer behavior or spending patterns
competitive factors,changes in international trade policies, including pricing pressures, technological developmentsthe imposition or expansion of trade tariffs, and the introduction of new products and services by competitorsother geopolitical risks, including those related to China
the loss of some ofglobal supply chain issues adversely impacting our larger clients in our Global Ecommercethird-party suppliers' ability to provide us products and Presort Services segments
the impacts of inflation and rising prices on our costs and expenses, and to our clients and retail consumersservices
expenses and potential impacts resulting from a breach of security, including cyber-attacks or other comparable events
the potential impacts onof inflation and rising prices, higher interest rates and a slow-down in economic activity, including a global recession, or a U.S. government shutdown, to the company, our cost of debt due to potential interest rate increasesclients and retail consumers
our success at managing customer credit riskcompetitive factors, including pricing pressures, technological developments and the introduction of new products and services by competitors
capital market disruptions or credit rating downgrades that adversely impact our ability to access capital markets at reasonable costs
changes in labor and transportation availability and costs
changes in foreign currency exchange rates, especially the impact a strengthening U.S. dollar could have on our global operations
our success at managing customer credit risk
changes in banking regulations, major bank failures or the loss of our Industrial Bank charter
changes in tax laws, rulings or regulations
our success in developing and marketing new products and services and obtaining regulatory approvals, if required
the continued availability and security of key information technology systems and the cost to comply with information security requirements and privacy laws
changes in international trade policies, including the imposition or expansion of trade tariffs
changes in tax laws, rulings or regulations
our success at managing relationships and costs with outsource providers of certain functions and operations
changes in banking regulations or the loss of our Industrial Bank charter
changes in foreign currency exchange rates
increased environmental and climate change requirements or other developments in these areas
intellectual property infringement claims
the use of the postal system for transmitting harmful biological agents, illegal substances or other terrorist attacks
impact of acts of nature and the impact of a pandemic on the Company and the services and solutions we offer

Further information about factors that could materially affect us, including our results of operations and financial condition, is contained in Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in this Annual Report.

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ITEM 1. BUSINESS

General
Pitney Bowes Inc. (we, us, our, or the company) is a global shipping and mailing company that provides technology, logistics, and financial services to small and medium sized businesses, large enterprises, including more than 90 percent of the Fortune 500, retailers and government clients around the world. These clients rely on us to remove the complexity and increase the efficiency in their sending of mail and parcels. For additional information, visit www.pitneybowes.com.

Business Segments
Global Ecommerce
Domestic parcel services offers retailers a cost-effective parcel delivery and returns network for end consumers. We operate numerous domestic parcel sortation centers connected by a nationwide transportation network, enabling us to pick up parcels from retailer distribution centers and move them through our physical network. We also offer fulfillment services, providing pick, pack and ship services for clients through fourthree fulfillment centers co-located within four of our larger parcel sortation centers to facilitate same-day entry into our parcel delivery network.
Cross-border solutions manages all aspectsservices offers a range of theservices for our clients to manage their international shopping and shipping experience. Our proprietary technology enables global tracking and logistics services; calculates duty, tax and shipping costs at checkout; enables multi-currency pricing, payment processing and fraud management; ensures compliance with product restrictions and produces all documentation requirements to meet export complexities and customs clearance. Our proprietary technology is utilized by direct merchants and major online marketplaces facilitating millions of parcels to be shipped worldwide.
Digital delivery services enables clients to reduce transportation and logistics costs, select the best carrier based on need and cost, improve delivery times and track packages in real-time. Powered by our shipping APIs, clients can purchase postage, print shipping labels and access shipping and tracking services from multiple carriers that can be easily integrated into any web application such as online shopping carts or ecommerce sites and provide guaranteed delivery times and flexible payment options.

Presort Services
We are athe largest workshare partner of the USPS and national outsource provider of mail sortation services that allow clients to qualify large volumes of First-Class Mail, Marketing Mail and Marketing Mail Flats and Bound Printed Matter for postal workshare discounts. OurIn 2023, we processed over 15 billion pieces of mail through our network of operating centers throughout the United States andStates. Using our fully-customized proprietary technology, provideswe provide clients with end-to-end solutions from pick up to delivery into the postal system network, expedited mail delivery and optimal postage savings.

Sending Technology Solutions (SendTech Solutions)
We provide clients with physical and digital mailing and shipping technology solutions and other applications to help simplify and save on the sending, tracking and receiving of letters, parcels and flats. We also offer supplies and maintenance services for these offerings. Our cloud enabled infrastructure provides software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings delivered online and via connected or mobile devices. Our latest offerings are designed on an open platform architecture that have the capabilities to leverage partnerships with carriers, developers and other innovative companies to deliver value to our clients. We offer financing alternatives that enable clients to finance equipment and product purchases.
Through our wholly owned subsidiary, The Pitney Bowes Bank (the Bank), we offer our clients located in the United States a revolving credit solution that enables clients to make meter rental payments andfor the purchase of postage, services and supplies and an interest-bearing deposit solution to clients who prefer to prepay postage. Additionally, we offer financing alternatives that enable clients to finance or lease other manufacturers’ equipment and provide working capital.
We provide revolving credit solutions to clients in Canada and the U.K. that enable them to make meter rental payments and purchase postage, services and supplies.
We establish credit approval limits and procedures based on the credit quality of the client and the type of product or service provided. We closely monitor the portfolio by analyzing industry sectors and delinquency trends by product line, industry and client to ensure reserve levels and credit policies reflect current trends. Management continuously monitors credit lines and collection resources and revises credit policies as necessary.
Seasonality
A larger percentage of our revenue is earned in the fourth quarter relative to the other quarters, driven primarily by higher shipping volumes during the holiday season.

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Sales and Services
We market our products, solutions and services through a direct and inside sales force, global and regional partner channels, direct mailings and digital channels. We provide call-center, online and on-site support services for our products and solutions. Support services are primarily provided under maintenance contracts.


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Competition
Our businesses face competition from large, multinational companies and smaller, more narrowly focused regional and local firms. We compete on the basis of technology and innovation, breadth of product offerings, our ability to design and tailor targeted solutions to meet client needs, performance, service and support, price, quality and brand.
We must continue to invest in our current technologies, products and solutions, and in the development of new technologies, products and solutions in order to maintain and improve our competitive position. We frequently encounter new competitors as the markets in which we participate evolve and newer businesses enter our existing markets.
A summary of the competitive environment for each of our segments is as follows:

Global Ecommerce
The domestic parcel services and cross-border solutions market includes competitors of various sizes, including companies and national posts with greater financial resources than us. Some of these competitors specialize in point solutions or freight forwarding services, are full-service ecommerce business process outsourcers and online marketplaces with international logistic support, or major global delivery services companies. We also face competition from companies that can offer both domestic and cross-border solutions in a single package which creates pricing leverage. The principal competitive factors include speed of delivery, price, ease of integration and use, innovative services, reliability, functionality and scalability. We compete based on the accuracy, reliability and scalability of our platform and logistics services, our ability to provide clients and their customers a one-stop full-service ecommerce experience and the ability to provide a more customized shipping solution than some of the larger competitors in the industry.
Our digital delivery services business competes with technology providers who help make shipping easier and more cost-effective. These technology providers range from large, established companies to smaller companies offering negotiated carrier rates. The principal competitive factors include technology stability and reliability, innovation, access to preferred shipping rates and ease of integration with existing systems.

Presort Services
We face competition from regional and local presort providers, cooperatives of multiple local presort providers, consolidators and service bureaus that offer presort solutions as part of a larger bundle of outsourcing services. We also face competition from large mailers that have sufficient volumes and the capability to sort their own mailings in-house and could use excess capacity to offer presort services to others. The principal competitive factors include price, innovative service, delivery speed, tracking and reporting, industry expertise and economies of scale. Our competitive advantages include our extensive network of presort facilities capable of processing significant volumes and our innovative proprietary technology that provides clients with reliable, secure and precise services and maximum postage discounts.

Sending TechnologySendTech Solutions
We face competition from other mail equipment and solutions providers and those that offer online shipping and mailing products and services solutions. Additionally, the growth of alternative communication methods as compared to physical mail continue to grow, which creates competition to mail and also to our offerings that enable clients to use the mail efficiently. We differentiate ourselves from our competitors through our breadth of physical and digital offerings, including cloud enabled SaaS and open platform architecture offerings; pricing; available financing and payment offerings; product reliability; support services; and our extensive knowledge of the shipping and mailing industry.
Our financing operations face competition, in varying degrees, from large, diversified financial institutions, including leasing companies, commercial finance companies and commercial banks, as well as small, specialized firms. We believe our competitive advantage that differentiates us from our competitors is the breadth of our financing and payment solutions and our ability to seamlessly integrate these solutions into our clients' shipping and mailing operations.

Also see Item 1A. Risk Factors for further details regarding the competition our businesses face.



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Research, Development and Intellectual Property
We invest in research and development activities to develop new products and solutions, enhance the effectiveness and functionality of existing products and solutions and deliver high value technology and differentiated services in high value segments of the market.

Third-Party Suppliers
Our Sending TechnologySendTech Solutions (SendTech Solutions) segment depends on third-party suppliers and outsource providers for a variety of services and product components and the hosting of our SaaS offerings. Our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services segments rely on third partythird-party suppliers
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to help equip our facilities, provide warehouse support and assist with our logistical operations. All of our businesses and corporate functions depend on third-party providers for a variety of data analytics, sales, reporting and other functions. In certain instances, we rely on single-sourced or limited-sourced suppliers and outsourcing vendors around the world because doing so is advantageous due to quality, price or lack of alternative sources. We have risk mitigation programs to monitor conditions affecting our suppliers' ability to fulfill expected commitments. We believe that our available sources for services, components, supplies, logistics and manufacturing are adequate.

Regulatory Matters
We are subject to the regulations of postal authorities worldwide related to product specifications of our postage meters. Our Presort Services segment isoperations are also subject to regulations of the USPS.USPS regulations. The Bank is chartered as an Industrial Bank under the laws of the State of Utah. The Bank and certain company affiliates that provide services to the Bank are subject to the regulations of the Utah Department of Financial Institutions and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. We are also subject to transportation regulations for various parts of our business, worldwide customs and trade regulations worldwide related to our cross-border shipping services and regulations concerning data privacy and security for our businesses that use, process and store certain personal, confidential or proprietary data.

Climate Change
Although climate change has had no material impact on our operations to date, the risk of increasingly severe climate events or the risk that those events happen more frequently could affect one or more of our facilities and our ability to conduct daily operations in the future. Increasing regulatory restrictions in response to climate change could also materially affect our costs, especially with respect to transportation.

Human Capital
Employee Profile
We have approximately 11,50010,500 employees, with approximately 80%81% located in the United States. We also rely on a contingent hourly workforce to supplement our full-time workforce to meet fluctuating demand.
We seek to create a high-performance culture that will drive and sustain enhanced long-term value for all our stakeholders.shareholders. To attract, retain and engage the talent needed, we provide competitive compensation and strive to maintain a diverse, inclusive and safe workplace, with equitable opportunities for growth and development, supported bydevelopment. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and contribution. We regularly assess the business environments and labor markets in the areas we operate to ensure our compensation programs reflect best practices and are market competitive. Depending on position and level, elements of our compensation packages include base salary or wages, variable compensation based on individual and company objectives and equity. We provide a competitive compensation, benefits package fostered on work/life balance, including medical, dental, life and healthdisability insurance, and wellness programs,benefits that provide additional support for our employees’ mental, physical, financial and by programs that build connections between our employees and their communities.social well-being.

Diversity and Inclusion
We believe that maintainingMaintaining a diverse workforce and an inclusive environment for our workforce is importantcritical to our success.success and we view diversity and inclusion as a competitive differentiator that helps us attract, grow, engage and retain the best talent. We celebrate a rich mix of countries, cultures, ages, races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientation, abilities, and perspectives that showcase our humanity, differentiate us as individuals and enhance our businesses.Our global workforce is comprised of over 43% women and 35% of our global managers are women. Our U.S. population is nearly 50% people of color and 36% of our U.S. managers are people of color.
We continue to increase diversity and inclusion awareness throughout our company through enhancements and improvements to our talent acquisition processes, cultural awareness training and the creation of allies and mentors to help advance diversity and inclusion in our workforce.

Employee Engagement and Development
We emphasize employee development and training and provide professional development initiatives, training, experiential learning and inclusion networksare committed to creating a culture where our employees to enable themfeel supported and valued. We offer employees many opportunities to advance their skills, learn new skills and achieve career goals.goals through virtual and in-person development and training programs, professional development initiatives, experiential learning, mentoring and coaching programs and inclusion networks.
Through multiple platforms, we offer employees and candidates varied opportunities to find development opportunities and stay informed about key changes to our business. We also believeconduct an independent annual employee engagement is important to the company's success and conduct a survey annually that has driven participation rates with scores reflectingdemonstrated high levels of employee engagement.participation. We benchmark our results against our previous year’s performance, as well as against other high-performing organizations. We consider the feedback from employees and implement changes where possible and financially prudent.

Health, Safety and Wellness
We are committed to the health, safety and wellness of our employees. We provide our employees and their families with access to a variety of flexible and convenient health and wellness programs.
In response to COVID-19, we implemented significant changes that we determined were in the best interest of our employees, and the communities in which we operate, and which comply with local and federal government regulations. As the pandemic conditions change, we adapt our approach to keep our employees safe, including allowing them to work remotely when they do not need to be in any of our facilities and adapting our requirements around social distancing or the use of personal protective equipment. We have also
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taken stepsHealth and Safety
We are committed to encourage-but not require-ourproviding a safe workplace that protects against and limits personal injury and environmental harm. Through regular evaluations of site safety performance, sharing of successes, and creating projects to engage employees in safety improvements, we identify risks, provide guidance and training, review and learn from accidents, and reduce injuries. We also report monthly to get vaccinated. We continuously monitor the rate of infection of our employees both overalllocal site management and in specific facilities.
All of our officessenior leadership on safety metrics, trends, risks and facilities are open for employees. There are some employees whoregulatory activity. Through these efforts and employee engagement, we have been working full-timeexperienced significant improvements in our officestotal recordable cases and operating centers due to the nature of their work; some have chosen to come in regularly and others are predominantly working from home, coming into our office for purposeful activities. Over the course of the pandemic, we have been developing and will continue to adapt our workplace strategy to reflect the current changes in how people work. As we develop and adjust these approaches, we focus on doing so with an emphasis on maintaining a high level of performance while ensuring an inclusive and safe work environment. This approach provides a consistent framework for recognizing the evolving ways in which we work to deliver value to our stakeholders – warehouse employees who are onsite every day, service technicians, salespeople and drivers travelling to client sites, and office workers working in an array of flexible models. We continue to encourage our employees to get vaccinated, social distance where appropriate, provide and encourage the use of personal protective equipment and monitor the health of our employees. We expect to continue to implement safety measures as necessary and take further actions as government authorities require or recommend, or as we determine to be in the best interests of our employees, customers, partners and suppliers.total recordable incident rates since 2019.

Available Information
Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and any amendments thereto filed with, or furnished to, the SEC, are available, free of charge, through the Investor Relations section of our website at www.investorrelations.pitneybowes.com or from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, as soon as reasonably practicable after these reports are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. The other information found on our website is not part of this or any other report we file with or furnish to the SEC.

Information About Our Executive Officers
NameNameAgeTitleExecutive
Officer Since
NameAgeTitleExecutive
Officer Since
Marc B. Lautenbach60President and Chief Executive Officer2012
Johnna G. Torsone71Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer1993
Jason C. DiesJason C. Dies54Interim Chief Executive Officer2017
Daniel J. GoldsteinDaniel J. Goldstein60Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary2010Daniel J. Goldstein62Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary2010
Christoph Stehmann59Executive Vice President, International Sending Technology Solutions2016
Jason C. Dies52Executive Vice President and President, Sending Technology Solutions2017
Christoph Stehmann (1)
Christoph Stehmann (1)
61Executive Vice President, International Sending Technology Solutions2016
Gregg ZegrasGregg Zegras54Executive Vice President and President, Global Ecommerce2020Gregg Zegras56Executive Vice President and President, Global Ecommerce2020
Ana Maria ChadwickAna Maria Chadwick50Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer2021Ana Maria Chadwick52Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer2021
James FairweatherJames Fairweather50Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer2021James Fairweather52Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer2021
Debbie Pfeiffer (2)
Debbie Pfeiffer (2)
63Executive Vice President and President, Presort Services2024
Shemin Nurmohamed (3)
Shemin Nurmohamed (3)
52Executive Vice President and President, Sending Technology Solutions2024
(1) Effective April 1, 2024, Mr. Stehmann will be retiring.
(2) Effective January 1, 2024, Ms. Pfeiffer was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Presort Services.
(3) Effective January 1, 2024, Mrs. Nurmohamed was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Sending Technology Solutions.

There are no family relationships among the above officers. The above officers have served in various executive positions with the company for at least the past five years except as follows:

Mr. Dies was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Sending Technology Solutions in October 2017. He joined the company in 2015 as President, Document Messaging Technologies (DMT). Prior to joining the company, Mr. Dies was employed at IBM where he held several leadership positions in North America, Europe, and Asia across diverse business units.

Mr. Zegras was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Global Ecommerce in July 2020. He joined the company in 2013 as President, Imagitas. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Zegras held several executive leadership positions, including at NBC Universal, Sharecare and Hearst Entertainment.

Ms. Chadwick joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer onin January 29, 2021. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Chadwick was employed at GE Capitalthe financial services division of General Electric Company as President and CEO of GE Capital Global Legacy Solutions. Ms. Chadwick spent over 20 years at GE Capital, where she held several executive positions, including Controller of GE Capital Americas and CFO at GE Capital Energy Financial Services.

Mr. Fairweather was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer in May 2021. Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Commerce Services. He has been a leader in the company's strategic digital transformation and technology initiatives across Design, SaaS, Data Science and Analytics, API Management, Security and Mobility.

Ms. Pfeiffer was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Presort Services in January 2024. Prior to this, she was President, Presort Services, Vice President/General Manager of the Columbus and Cincinnati Ohio Operating Centers, Vice President of National Accounts and Vice President Sales & Client Services,
Mrs. Nurmohamed was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Sending Technology Solutions in January 2024. She joined the company in 2016 as Vice President, Document Messaging Technologies France. Prior to joining the company, Mrs. Nurmohamed had a 16 year career at IBM as CFO and Sales Director of various business units at the European and global levels.
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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Our operations face certain risks that should be considered in evaluating our business. We manage and mitigate these risks on a proactive basis, using an enterprise risk management program. Nevertheless, the following risk factors, some of which may be beyond our control, could materially affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, brand and reputation, and may cause future results to be materially different than our current expectations. These risk factors are not intended to be all inclusive.

COVID-19 Pandemic Risks
Our business, financial condition and results of operations have been, and will continue to be, affected by the unpredictability, duration, and severity of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted, and is expected to continue to impact, our business, operations, and financial performance. Given the unpredictability, duration, and, at times, the severity of resurgences of the pandemic, its ultimate effect on our business, operations and financial performance remains uncertain.There are many factors, not within our control, which could affect the pandemic's ultimate impact on our businesses and our ability to execute our business strategies and initiatives in the expected time frame. These include, but are not limited to: the response of governments, businesses and individuals to the pandemic; its impact on the labor force, the global economy and economic activity (including inflation), and the spending habits of consumers and businesses; disruptions in global supply chains; and significant volatility and disruption of financial markets. In addition to having the effect of potentially heightening many of our other risk factors in this section, the COVID-19 pandemic has, and may continue to, adversely affect the following to the detriment of our business, including:
Our ability to sell products and provide services to our clients, fulfill orders, and install equipment on a timely basis and market to prospective new clients due to social distancing rules and heightened security policies.
The acceleration of the decline of physical mail volumes in the geographies in which we operate, which adversely affects both our Presort Services and SendTech Solutions segments. We cannot yet assess the extent to which these declines in mail volumes, and resulting impact to our business, are permanent or temporary.
The financial health of posts around the world, especially that of the USPS, given the adverse effects associated with the declines in physical mail volumes. If these financial difficulties are not resolved, or if any resolution requires posts to operate differently, price in a manner that hurts their competitiveness or further reduces postal volume or causes them to change their contractual relationships with their partners or vendors, these changes could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Costs and reduced labor productivity associated with extended safety protocols, higher levels of employees out sick, hiring and training temporary labor, redirecting volumes to other facilities, and complying with government mandates.
Global Ecommerce’s costs, including those relating to postage, transportation, and warehouse space, resulting from sudden and significant increases or decreases in volumes, due to unexpected short-term shifts in consumer spending patterns or short-term interruptions or delays in our retail client’s supply chains.
Our ability to timely obtain parts, supplies, or finished goods from our vendors in order to meet our sales obligations or equip our facilities.
The frequency of long-distance airplane flights, resulting in higher costs and at times, reduced demand for our Global Ecommerce cross-border offerings.
Delinquencies in collections and bankruptcies in our clients, which could affect our cash flow. Client requests for potential payment deferrals or other contract modifications could also reduce the profitability or ongoing cash flow from some of our current customers.
Third-party service providers ability to satisfy their performance obligations to us, which in turn affects our ability to satisfy our service commitments to our clients.
Our earnings or cash flows, which could result in additional credit rating downgrades, higher costs of borrowing, or limit our access to additional debt.






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Mailing and Shipping Industry Risks

Further significant deterioration in theThe financial condition of the USPS, or the national posts in our other major markets, has affected, and could, in the future, affect the ability of those posts to provide services to us or our clients, which could adversely affect client demand for our offerings and thus our financial performance.
We are dependent on financially viable national posts in the geographic markets where we operate, particularly in the United States. A significant portion of our revenue depends upon the ability of these posts, especially the USPS, to provide competitive mail and package delivery services to our clients and the quality of the services they provide. Their ability to provide high quality service at affordable rates in turn depends upon their ongoing financial strength. Although Congress provided the USPS a measure of relief with the enactment of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, the USPS, and national posts in our other major markets, still face financial challenges. If the posts are unablethese challenges interfere with these posts’ ability to continue to provide thesethe services into the future,they currently provide, our financial performance willmay be adversely affected.

Our ability to compete in the package shipping market in the United States depends upon certain contractual relationships we have with the USPS and the successful performance of those services.
The USPS is our primary provider for the “last mile” component of our parcel delivery services in the United States. This represents a significant component of our cost in offering these services.If we are unable to receive competitive pricing from the USPS or take advantage of lower cost USPS options, our ability to compete with private carriers and to achieve profitable revenue growth willmay be adversely affected. Our digital delivery options also depend upon certain contractual relationships with the USPS to enable us to offer these services profitably, and the USPS has adjusted the terms of those contracts in the past. Should the USPS make additional changes to how it contracts with us for this service, our profitability could be adversely affected. The quality of service we provide to our clients also depends upon the quality of delivery services received from the USPS. As the ecommerce market continues to evolve, and as the USPS implements changes to its network, if the USPS’ service performance is materially worse than that of the private carriers, we may lose clients to competition and our financial performance willmay be adversely affected.

We are subject to postal regulations and processes, which could adversely affect our financial performance.
A significant portion of our business is subject to regulation and oversight by the USPS, and posts in other major markets.markets, and the governmental bodies that regulate the posts themselves. These postal authorities have the power to regulate some of our current products and services.services and to establish guidelines for postage rates. They also must approve many of our new or future product and service offerings before we can bring them to market. If our new or future product and service offerings are not approved or there are significant conditions to approval, favorable postage rates are reversed, regulations on our existing products or services are changed, posts utilize their position in the market or their role as product regulator to limit competition in areas where the posts themselves offer solutions,or if we fall out of compliance with thosethe posts’ regulations, our financial performance could be adversely affected.

If we are not able to respond to the continuing decline in the volume of physical mail delivered via traditional postal services, our financial performance could be adversely affected.
TraditionalContinuing declines in traditional mail volumes continue to decline and impact our current and future financial results, primarily within our SendTech Solutions and Presort Services segments. An accelerated or sudden decline could result from one or more of the following factors: changes in communication behaviortechnologies and their use; changes in frequency and quality of mail delivery from national posts; legislation incentivizing alternative means of communication, burdening mail, or available communication technologies, reductions to the Universal Service Obligation (USO) under which the USPS and other national posts are required to deliver to every address in a country with similar pricing and frequency, pandemics, and legislation or regulations that mandate electronic substitution for communication by mail, prohibit certain types of mailings, increase the difficulty of using information or materials inlimiting how the mail be used; significant rate increases; or impose higher taxes or fees on postal services.other external events affecting physical mail delivery. If we are not successful at meeting the continuing challenges faced in our mailing business, or if physical mail volumes were to experience an accelerated or sudden decline, our financial performance could be adversely affected.

Significant changes to the laws regulating the USPS or other posts, or changes in their operating models could have an adverse effect on our financial performance.
As a significant portion of our revenue and earnings is dependent on postal operations, changes in the laws and regulations that affect how posts operate could have an adverse effect on our financial performance.As posts consider new strategies for their operations in
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an era of declining mail volumes and increasing package volumes, if we are unable to work with posts to support those strategies, our financial performance could be adversely affected.

Business Operational Risks

We face intense competition in the industries in which we operate.
The markets for our products and services in each of our segments are highly competitive. In our Global Ecommerce segment, we face competition in our shipping business from full-service ecommerce business process outsourcers, online marketplaces, freight forwarders, posts, and major global delivery services companies, including those that can offer both domestic and cross-border solutions in a single package. Our digital delivery business competes with technology providers ranging from large, established companies to
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smaller companies offering negotiated carrier rates.If we cannot compete againstsuccessfully in these competitorsmarkets with, among other things, speed of delivery, price, reliability, functionality and scalability of our platform and logistic services and ease of integration and use, we may lose clients, incur additional costs and suffer from reduced margins, and the financial results of the segment may be adversely affected. Our Presort Services segment faces competition from regional and local presort providers, cooperatives of multiple local presort providers, consolidators and service bureaus that offer presort solutions as part of a larger bundle of outsourcing services and large volume mailers that have sufficient volumes and the capability to presort their own mailings in-house and could use excess capacity to offer presort services to others. If we are not able to effectively compete on price, innovative service, delivery speed, tracking and reporting, we may lose clients and the financial results of the segment may be adversely affected.Our Sending Technology Solutions segment faces competition from other mail equipment and solutions providers, companies that offer products and services as alternative means of message communications and those that offer online shipping and mailing products and services solutions. Our digital delivery business competes with technology providers ranging from large, established companies and national posts to smaller companies offering negotiated carrier rates. In addition, our financing operations face competition, in varying degrees, from large, diversified financial institutions, including leasing companies, commercial finance companies and commercial banks, as well as small, specialized firms. If we are not able to differentiate ourselves from our competitors or effectively compete with them, the financial results of the segment may be adversely affected.

The evolution of our businesses to more digital and shipping-related services has resulted in a decline in our overall profit margins. If we cannot increase our volumes while at the same time reduce our costs, our overall profitability could be adversely affected.
As our businesses shift to more digital and shipping-related services, the relative revenue contribution from our shipping-related offerings now exceeds that of the revenue from our mailing-related offerings. We expect the revenue contribution from shippingshipping-related services to continue to grow; however, profit margins on these services are lower than those for our mailing-related offerings. As a result, we need to achieve higher dollars of revenue to generate the same dollars of profit that we generate in our mailing businesses. Accordingly, if we cannot continue to grow package volumes and gain additional economies of scale, through increasing volumes, lowering our cost per piece and in turn, improve margins and profitability, our short and long-term financial performance willmay be adversely affected.

Seasonality of the Global Ecommerce segment, unexpected declines in consumer demand or the performance of our retail customers, or unexpected spikes in the costs of labor or transportation, especially during the fourth quarter, could adversely affect our overall performance.
Our Global Ecommerce segment derives the majority of its revenue from its retail clients. The retail industry is subject to cyclical trends in consumer sentiment and spending habits that are affected by many factors, including prevailing economic conditions, recession or fears of recession, inflation, exchange rates, unemployment levels, pandemics, (as continues to be the case with the COVID-19 pandemic) or geopolitical events. Our retail clients are also dependent on third partythird-party suppliers to provide them with either raw materials or finished goods to meet the product demands of their clients.Moreover, Global Ecommerce’s annual This segment also relies upon the availability of labor and transportation at a reasonable cost and unexpected increases in these costs due to higher demand or other macroeconomic factors (which have occurred in the past) could also impact the financial results of Global Ecommerce. Further, the financial results for Global Ecommerce are also highly dependent on its performance during the peak holiday season in the fourth quarter.If consumer sentiment or spending habits deteriorate or change suchquarter, so if any of these risk factors come to pass in that the demand for our clients’ online products is negatively impacted, or if our clients encounter supply chain challenges, we could incur unexpected costs and revenue declines, and if these factors impact our fourth quarter, as occurred in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact on the segment's financial resultsperformance could be more severe.significant than other times in the year.

The loss of any of our largest clients in our Global Ecommerce segment could adversely affect the financial performance of that segment.
The Global Ecommerce segment receives a large portion of its revenue from a relatively small number of clients and business partners. The loss ofIf any of these larger clients or business partners leave our network or a substantial reduction inreduce their use of our products or services, which has occurred in the past, and we are unable to replace that lost volume, it could have a material adverse effect on the revenue and profitability of the segment.
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There can be no assurance that our larger clients and business partners will continue to utilize our products or services at current levels, or that we would be able to replace any of these clients or business partners with others who can generate revenue at current levels.

If we fail to effectively manage our third-party suppliers, or if their ability to perform were negatively impacted, our business, financial performance and reputation could be adversely affected.
Our SendTech Solutions segment relies on third-party suppliers for services and components for our mailing equipment, spare parts, supplies and services and for the hosting of our SaaS offerings. We also rely on third partythird-party suppliers to help us equip our Presort and Ecommerce facilities and to provide us with services related to some of our operations.operations and productivity initiatives. In certain instances, we rely on single-sourced or limited-sourced suppliers around the world because of advantages in quality, price or lack of alternative sources. IfLike many other companies, we and our suppliers arehave experienced interruptions and increased supply costs in the past, due to, among other things, volatility in the semiconductor industry, threats of strikes, rising inflation and geopolitical instability. Although our 2023 financial results were not significantly impacted, these factors, at times, caused us to experience longer wait times for supplies or increased costs.If these supply chain constraints were to worsen or, if other unknown events cause our suppliers to not be able to provide thesetheir services, components or equipment to us in a timely manner, or, if the supply chain constraints we are currently experiencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic were to worsen, the quality of the goods or services received were to deteriorate, our relationship with certain suppliers were to be terminated, or if the costs of using these third parties were to continue to increase
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and we were not able to find alternate suppliers, we could lose clients, incur significant disruptions in manufacturing and operations and increased costs including(including higher freight and re-engineering costs. costs) and delay automation and productivity initiatives in our warehouses.

Fluctuations in transportation costs or disruptions to transportation services in our Global Ecommerce or Presort Services segments could adversely affect client satisfaction or our financial performance.
In addition to our reliance on the USPS, our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services segments rely upon independent third-party transportation service providers to transport a significant portion of our parcel and mail volumes. Some of ourthese providers may also be our competitors. The use of these providers is subject to risks, including our ability to negotiate acceptable terms, increased competition during peak periods, capacity issues, increased fuel costs, labor shortages, performance problems, extreme weather, natural or man-made disasters, pandemics, increased fuel costs, labor shortages or disputes and other unforeseen difficulties. AnyGiven our continued reliance upon these providers, any disruption to the timely supply of these services, for any reason,future unforeseen disruptions affecting these providers, any dramatic increase in the cost of these services or any deterioration of the performance of these services (each of which we have experienced, at times, during the COVID-19 pandemic)times), couldhave adversely affect client satisfactionaffected or our financial performance.Given our continued reliance upon these providers, any future unforeseen disruptions affecting these providers could similarly adversely affect client satisfaction and our financial performance.

Our business depends on the our ability to attract, retain, and maintain good relationshipsengage with, employees at a reasonable cost to meet the needs of our business and to consistently deliver highly differentiated, competitive offerings.
The rapid growth of the ecommerce industry has resulted in intenseongoing competition for employees in the shipping, transportation, and logistics industry, including drivers and warehouse employees. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this industry growth resulting inAt times, both our Global Ecommerce segment experiencing a higher demand, and increased competition, for labor, especially in our warehouses. ThisPresort Services segments have experienced increased demand and competition for workers has also impactedlabor, especially for our Presort Services segment. warehouses, driving up costs.We supplement our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services workforce with contingent hourly workers from staffing agencies on an as-needed basis. Due to increased demand and competition, concern over exposure to COVID-19 and other factors, at times during the COVID-19 pandemic, we experienced labor shortages, increased costs and reduced productivity. Ifbasis; however, if we experience similar labor shortages, again, do not effectively manage our use of suchability to attract and utilize contingent workers, or if our staffing agencies chose to terminate their relationship with us and we cannot find alternative providers, it could result in increased costs and adversely affect our operations. Moreover, given the nature of our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services employee base, if we cannot continue to maintain good relationships, with those employees resulting inwe could experience increased employee dissatisfaction and turnover, ourwhich could result in increased operating costs could significantly increase, and ourreduced operational flexibility could be significantly reduced.flexibility.

In May 2023, we approved a worldwide restructuring plan (the 2023 Plan), which involved the elimination of 850-950 positions worldwide. Such actions may cause us to experience a loss of continuity, loss of accumulated knowledge and/or inefficiency, loss of key employees and/or other retention issues during transitional periods. Such actions may also make hiring qualified employees more difficult.
There is also significant competition for the talent needed for research and development of new products and services and talent needed to developsell and service our other products and services.services within all our business units. Increased competition for employees has resulted in higher costs for wages and costs of other benefits necessary to attract and retain employees with the right skill sets. Additional labor costs which may also impact our business include those triggered by federal, state and local laws and regulatory actions; increased health care and workers’ compensation insurance expenses; and those costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, which inhealth and safety of our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services segments, continues to include costs resulting from reduced productively (staggering shifts, breaks to enhance social distancing and higher levels of employees out sick), costs for extended safety protocols in our warehouses and incremental costs required to hire temporary labor.employees.

Our inability to obtain

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Difficulty in obtaining and protectprotecting our intellectual property, and defend against claimsthe risk of infringement claims by others may negatively impact our financial performance.
Our businesses are not materially dependent on any one patent or license or group of related patents and licenses; however, our business success depends in part upon protecting our intellectual property rights, including proprietary technology developed or obtained through acquisitions. We rely on copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets and other intellectual property laws to establish and protect our proprietary rights. If we are unable to protect our intellectual property rights, our competitive position may suffer, which could adversely affect our revenue and profitability. The continued evolution of patent law and the nature of our innovation work may affect the number of patents we are able to receive for our development efforts. As we continue to transition our business to more software and service-based offerings, patent protection of these innovations will be more difficult to obtain. In addition, from time to time, third parties may claim that we, our clients, or our suppliers, have infringed their intellectual property rights. These claims, if successful, may require us to redesign affected products, enter into costly settlement or license agreements, pay damage awards, or face a temporary or permanent injunction prohibiting us from marketing or selling certain products.




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If we fail to comply with government contracting regulations, our financial performance, brand name and reputation could suffer.
We have a significant number of contracts with governmental entities. Government contracts are subject to extensive and complex procurement laws and regulations, along with regular audits and investigations by government agencies. If one or more government agenciesagency discovers contractual noncompliance by us or one of our subcontractors, in the course of an audit or investigation, we may be subject to various civil or criminal penalties and administrative sanctions, which could include the termination of the contract, reimbursement of payments received, fines and debarment from doing business with one or more governments.other government agencies. Any of these events could not only affect our financial performance, but also adversely affect our brand and reputation.

We may not fully realize the anticipated benefits of strategic acquisitions and divestitures which may harm our financial performance.
We may make strategicStrategic acquisitions or divest certain businesses. These actions mayand business divestitures involve significant risks and uncertainties, which could have an adverse effect on our financial performance, including:
difficulties in achieving anticipated benefits or synergies;
difficulties in integrating newly acquired businesses and operations, including combining product and service offerings and entering new markets, or reducing fixed costs previously associated with divested businesses;integrating financial reporting and other IT systems;
the loss of key employees or clients of businesses acquired or divested;
significant charges for employee severance and other restructuring costs, legal, accounting and financial advisory fees;fees and goodwill and asset impairment charges; and
possible goodwill and asset impairment charges as divestitures and changes in our business model may adversely affect the recoverability of certain long- lived assets and valuation of our operating segments.reducing fixed costs previously associated with divested businesses

Our capital investments to develop new products and offerings or expand our current operations may not yield the anticipated benefits.
We made and are makingcontinuing to make significant capital investments in new products services, and facilities.services. If we are not successful in these new product or service introductions, or if our past investments in facilities do not yield the expected productivity improvements, at the levels anticipated when making the investments, there may be an adverse effect on our financial performance.

Cybersecurity and Technology Risks

Our financial performance and our reputation could be adversely affected, and we could be subject to legal liability or regulatory enforcement actions, if we or our suppliers are unable to protect against, or effectively respond to, cyberattacks or other cyber incidents.
We depend on the security of our and our suppliers' information technology systems to support numerous business processes and activities, to service our clients, and to enable consumer transactions and postal services. There are numerous cybersecurity risks to these systems, including individual and group criminal hackers, industrial espionage, denial of service attacks, ransomware and malware attacks, attacks on the software supply chain, and employee errors and/or malfeasance. These cyber threats are constantly evolving, especially given the advances in, and the rise of the use of, artificial intelligence, thereby increasing the difficulty of preventing, detecting, and successfully defending against them. Successful breaches could, among other things, disrupt our operations or result in the unauthorized disclosure, theft and misuse of company, client, consumer and employee sensitive and confidential information, all of which could adversely affect our financial performance. Cybersecurity breaches could result in financial liability to other parties, governmental investigations, regulatory enforcement actions and penalties, and damage to our brand and reputation could be damaged.reputation. Although we maintain insurance coverage relating to cybersecurity incidents, we may incur costs or financial losses that are either not insured against or not fully covered through our insurance.

We have security systems, procedures, and business continuity plans in place-and require our suppliers to have them as well. These security systems, procedures, and business continuity plans are designed to ensure the continuous and uninterrupted performance of our information technology systems, protect against unauthorized access to information or disruption to our services, and minimize the impact of and the time to detect, respond, and recover from a breach should one occur. Despite the protectionsfact that we have in place, we have suffered cyber-events in the past. In response to these attacks, we implemented a variety ofcontinually implement and update measures to further enhance our cybersecurity protections and minimize the impact of any future attack. Nonepotential attack, none of these systemsmeasures are fool proof and like all companies, intrusions will occur, and have occurred from time to time.in the past (e.g. the previously disclosed ransomware attacks we experienced
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in 2019 and 2020). Our goal is to prevent meaningful incursions and minimize the overall impact of those that occur.




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For more information on how the Company handles cybersecurity, see Item 1C. Cybersecurity.
Failure to comply with data privacy and protection laws and regulations could subject us to legal liability and adversely affect our reputation and our financial performance.
Our businesses use, process, and store proprietary information and personal, sensitive, or confidential data relating to our business, clients, and employees. Privacy laws and similar regulations in many jurisdictions where we do business require that we take significant steps to safeguard that information, and these laws and regulations continue to evolve. The scope of the laws that may be applicable to us is often uncertain and may be conflicting. In addition, new laws may add a broad array of requirements on how we handle or use information and increase our compliance obligations. For example, the European Union greatly increased the jurisdictional reach of European Law by enacting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which, among other things, enhanced an individual’s rights with respect to their information andinformation. However, ongoing litigation in the European Union on how to comply with GDPR requirements continues to create uncertainty in how to demonstrate compliance.compliance, and the outcome of these cases could impact how companies do business in the European Union. In the United States, severala growing number of states have enacted different laws regarding personal information and privacy that impose significant new requirements on consumer personal information. In some instances (e.g., California), these laws also expand the definition of consumer personal information to include information related to employees and business contacts. Some of these state laws have established independent agencies with rule making and enforcement authority, whose initial guidance, actions, and regulations remain to be determined and tested, adding additional layers of uncertainty with respect to compliance. Other countries or states mayhave enacted and will continue to enact and amend laws or regulations in the future that have similar or additional requirements. Although we continually monitor and assess the impact of these laws and regulations, and continually update our systems to protect our data and comply with these laws, their interpretation and enforcement are uncertain, subject to change, and may require substantial costs to monitor and implement. Failure to comply with data privacy and protection laws and regulations could also result in government enforcement actions (which could include substantial civil and/or criminal penalties) and private litigation, which could adversely affect our reputation and financial performance.

If we or our suppliers encounter unforeseen interruptions or difficulties in the operation of our cloud-based applications, our business could be disrupted, our reputation and relationships may be harmed, and our financial performance could be adversely affected.
Our business relies upon the continuous and uninterrupted performance of our and our suppliers' cloud-based applications and systems to support numerous business processes, to service our clients and to support their transactions with their customers and postal services. Our applications and systems, and those of our partners, may be subject to interruptions due to technological errors, system capacity constraints, software errors or defects, human errors, computer or communications failures, power loss, adverse acts of nature and other unexpected events. We have business continuity and disaster recovery plans in place to protect our business operations in case of such events and we also require our suppliers to have the same. Nonetheless, there can be no guarantee that these plans will function as designed. If we are unable to limit interruptions or successfully correct them in a timely manner or at all, it could result in lost revenue, loss of critical data, significant expenditures of capital, a delay or loss in market acceptance of our services and damage to our reputation, brand and relationships, any of which could have an adverse effect on our business and our financial performance.

Macroeconomic and General Regulatory Risks

Periods of difficult economic conditions, other macroeconomic events, or a public health crisis could adversely affect our business.
Our operations and financial performance are impacted by the economic conditions in the United States and the other countries where we and our clients do business. Any significant or perceived weakening of these economies, reduction in business confidence or change in business or consumer spending habits, concerns of a domestic or global recession, rising inflation or interest rates, limited availability of credit, or other macroeconomic events (including public health crises), not within our control, may reduce our client’s demand for shipping and mailing products and services (especially in our Global Ecommerce business, which is subject to cyclical trends in consumer sentiment and spending habits) and thus, negatively affect our financial performance. These economic conditions, at times, have arisen and can arise suddenly, and the duration and full impact of such conditions can be difficult to predict, which could adversely impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Future credit rating downgrades, or capital market disruptions, significant decline in cash flows, noncompliance with any of our debt covenants, or significant withdrawals by depositors at the Bank, could adversely affect our ability to maintain adequate liquidity, to provide competitive financing services to our clients and to fund various discretionary priorities.
We provide competitive finance offerings to our clients and fund discretionary priorities, such as business investments, strategic acquisitions, dividend payments and share repurchases through a combination of cash generated from operations, deposits held at the Bank and access to capital markets. Our ability to access U.S. capital markets and the associated cost of borrowing is dependent upon our credit ratings and is subject to capital market volatility. Given our current credit rating, we may experience reduced financial or strategic
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flexibility and higher costs when we do access the U.S. capital markets. We maintain a $500 million revolving credit facility that requires we maintain certain financial and nonfinancial covenants.

A significant decline in cash flows, noncompliance with any of the covenants under the revolving credit facility, further credit rating downgrades, material capital market disruptions, significant withdrawals by depositors at the Bank, adverse changes to our industrial loan charter or an increase in our credit default swap spread could impact our ability to maintain adequate liquidity, which could impact our ability to provide competitive finance offerings, to our clients,repay or refinance maturing debt, and fund other financingstrategic or discretionary activities, which in turn, could adversely affect our operational and financial performance.

Changes in tax rates, laws or regulations could adversely impact our financial results.
We are subject to taxes in the U.S. and in the foreign jurisdictions where we do business. Due to continuing global fiscal challenges and political conditions, tax laws and enforcement approaches have been and may continue to be subject to significant change. Changes in tax laws may be on a prospective or retroactive basis and could have a material impact of our tax expense and cash flows. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have set forth a Two-Pillar Solution fundamentally overhauling the international tax rules.Pillar One focuses on reallocation of profits while Pillar Two applies a global minimum corporate tax.The OECD has set forth Model Rules and an ambitious timeline to ensure the effective implementation of the Two-Pillar Solution.Although some jurisdictions have issued guidance or passed tax laws based on the OECD Model Rules, the final nature, timing and extent of any such tax reforms or other legislative or regulatory actions is unpredictable, and it is difficult to assess their overall effect. However, these changes could result in double tax, increase our effective tax rate and adversely impact our financial results and cash flows.
We are subject to tax audits in the various jurisdictions in which we operate. Given the complexity of the current and changing tax laws and regulations, tax authorities may disagree with certain positions we have taken and assess additional taxes. We regularly review the strength of our positions based on current law, court cases, rulings and proposed legislative changes to determine the appropriateness of our tax provision, however, there can be no assurance that we will accurately predict the outcomes of these audits, which could have a material impact on our effective tax rate and adversely impact our financial results and cash flows.

Our Global Ecommerce segment is exposed to increased foreign exchange rate fluctuations.
The sales generated from many of our clients’ internationally focused websites running onclients who use our cross-border platformservices are exposed to foreign exchange rate fluctuations. Currently, merchants using our platformscross-border services are located primarily in the U.S. and the U.K. and a majority of consumers making purchases through these platforms are in a limited number of foreign countries. A strengtheningThe current strength of the U.S. Dollar or British Pound relative to currencies in the countries where we do the most business impactscontinues to impact our client’s ability to compete internationally as the cost of similar international products improvesimproved relative to the cost of U.S. retailer’s products. This in turn, adversely affected Global Ecommerce’s revenue and U.K. retailers' products. A strongprofitability during the past two years. If the strength of the U.S. Dollardollar continues, or if the British Pound would likely result inwere to strengthen relative to other currencies, our retailers may continue to experience a decrease in international sales volumes, which, in turn would adversely affect the segment'sthis segment’s revenue and profitability.


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Our operations and financial performance may be negatively affected by changes in trade policies, tariffs and regulations.
Our Global Ecommerce segment is subject to significant trade regulations, taxes, and duties throughout the world. Any changes to these regulations could potentially impose increased documentation and delivery requirements, delay delivery times and subject us to increased costs and additional liabilities, which could adversely affect our financial performance. Within the last four years, the United States increased tariffs for certain goods, which triggered other nations to also increase tariffs on certain of their goods. For our Global Ecommerce segment, tariff increases, or even an environment of uncertainty surrounding trade issues, could reduce demand and adversely affect its financial performance. For our SendTech Solutions segment, increased tariffs resulted in additional costs on certain components used in some of our products.

If we do not keep pace with evolving expectations and regulatorsregulations in the areas of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and address the potential impact of climate change on our costs and operations, our reputation and results of operations may be adversely affected.
The set of topics incorporated within the term ESG in general, and climate change in particular, cover a range of issues that pose potential risks to our operations. From an environmental perspective, the impact of climate change and a potential increase in extreme weather events may pose risk to the operation of our sortation facilities and the ability to transport mail and packages.The increased focus on alternative energy sources and the need to reduce our carbon footprint over time, could result in higher investments in capital spending and increased operational costs. There are also a series of laws related to product stewardship and waste disposal to which we need to comply. From a “social” perspective, a failure to meet employee expectations around safety and diversity, equity and inclusion could impact our ability to recruit new employees and retain talent. Finally, from a “governance” perspective, if we do not
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maintain a good governance processes in general or do not satisfy investor stakeholder expectations on ESG, our reputation and attractiveness to portions of the investment community could be adversely affected.

Shareholder Activism Risks

Our business could be negatively affected as a result of shareholder activism.
We value constructive input from investors and regularly engage with our stockholders regarding strategy and performance. Although our Board of Directors and management team are committed to acting in the best interests of all our stockholders, there is no assurance that the results of actions taken by our Board of Directors and management team will be successful.
In 2023, Hestia Capital Partners, LP (collectively with its affiliates, “Hestia”) ran a proxy contest seeking the election of five of its nominees to our Board of Directors at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2023 Annual Meeting”). At the 2023 Annual Meeting held on May 9, 2023, our stockholders voted to elect four directors nominated by Hestia to serve on our Board of Directors. Any qualifying stockholder may conduct a proxy contest in the future. Responding to proxy contests, including related litigation, can be costly, time-consuming, disrupt our operations and divert the attention of management, Board of Directors and employees. All of this could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition, as well as the market performance of our securities.
Additionally, perceived uncertainties as to our future direction or changes to the composition of our Board of Directors as a result of activist stockholders, may lead to the perception of an adverse change in the direction of our business, instability or lack of management or oversight continuity. These uncertainties may be more acute or heightened if an activist stockholder seeks to change a majority of our Board of Directors. Actions by activist stockholders may be exploited by our competitors and/or other activist stockholders, cause concern to customers, employees, investors, rating agencies, strategic partners and other constituencies, which could result in lost sales and business opportunities, make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel and business partners and adversely impact our ability to access capital markets at reasonable costs. Further, actions of activist stockholders may cause significant fluctuations in our stock price based on temporary or speculative market perceptions or other factors that do not necessarily reflect the underlying fundamentals and prospects of our business.


ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.

ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY
A comprehensive cybersecurity program is critical to achieving our business goals. Like all companies in today’s world, we face a multitude of cybersecurity threats that range from ransomware and denial-of-service, to attacks from more advanced nation state actors, and even insider threats. Likewise, our customers, suppliers, subcontractors and partners face similar cybersecurity threats, and a cybersecurity incident impacting us or any of these entities could materially adversely affect our business operations and financial performance. These cybersecurity threats and related risks make it imperative that we expend considerable resources to safeguard our organization’s assets and to prevent service disruptions or minimize the impact should an incident occur.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors oversees the technology functions, including management’s processes for identifying and mitigating risks, including cybersecurity risks, to help align our risk exposure with our strategic objectives. Senior technology leadership, including our Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), briefs the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors on our cybersecurity and information security posture semi-annually and on an as needed basis and the full Board of Directors is apprised on an annual basis. In the event of an incident, we strive to follow our detailed incident response playbook, which outlines the steps to be taken from incident detection to mitigation, recovery and notification, including notifying functional areas (e.g. legal), customers, as well as senior leadership and the Board, in each case, as appropriate.
Our information security organization is led by the CISO, who is responsible for our overall information security strategy, policy, security engineering, operations and cyber threat detection and response. The Vice President of Product Security (VP of Product Security) provides additional expertise and focus attempting to ensure the integrity and resiliency of the products and services we provide to our customers. Combined, the CISO and VP of Product Security possess over 50 years of deep information technology, cyber security, program management, and risk experience. The information security organization manages and continually enhances a robust enterprise security structure with the goal of preventing cybersecurity incidents to the extent feasible, while simultaneously increasing our system resilience in an effort to minimize the business impact should an incident occur. Our cybersecurity program attempts to follow the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework principles. We have adopted a risk-based management process used to define, manage, and prioritize controls required to maintain the integrity and availability of our digital assets. Employees outside of our corporate information security organization also have a role in our cybersecurity defenses
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and they are immersed in a corporate culture and periodic training, supportive of security, which we believe improves our overall cybersecurity posture.
We have also extended our cybersecurity governance to our operational business executives. Mission critical information assets, those that would cause significant business, customer, or employee impact, are periodically presented by technical leadership to the appropriate senior management executive. This is a formal assessment which describes the underlying cyber posture, mitigation plan, and commitments. In addition, the Company’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Steering committee, which is co-led by the CISO and the VP of Product Security and comprised of leaders from the Company’s information technology, innovation, legal and internal audit organizations, meets periodically to ensure the overall Cybersecurity Program is progressing against its goals and new risks are operationally prioritized.
We rely heavily on third parties to support our products, business operations and technology services, and a cybersecurity incident at a supplier, subcontractor or partner could materially adversely impact us. Where possible, we endeavor to include information security provisions, audit rights and insurance requirements, in contracts with our suppliers and third-parties based on their level of access to our systems and data. For our most critical suppliers, where possible, we attempt to pursue an annual attestation of ongoing compliance to our standard policies and practices. For select suppliers, we engage third-party cybersecurity monitoring and alerting services, and seek to work directly with those suppliers to address potential deficiencies identified.
Given the constantly evolving cyber-threat landscape, as well as the previously disclosed ransomware attacks we experienced in 2019 and 2020, we continuously test and evolve our cybersecurity program. We engage internal security team experts who perform ‘ethical hacks’ against our information assets to uncover risks. As part of its risk based annual audit plan, our internal audit team reviews a number of components of our information technology operations, which taken together, comprise our cybersecurity defenses. A report of its findings is distributed to certain members of management and completion of the auditor's comments is tracked and reported up to the Audit Committee of the Board. We also engage third-party service providers to conduct evaluations of our security controls, whether through penetration testing, independent audits or consulting on best practices to address new challenges. These evaluations include testing both the design and operational effectiveness of security controls.
Assessing, identifying, and managing cybersecurity related risks are integrated into our overall enterprise risk management (ERM) process. Cybersecurity related risks are included in the risk universe that our ERM process evaluates to assess top risks to the enterprise on an annual basis. To the extent the ERM process identifies a heightened cybersecurity related risk, risk owners are assigned to develop risk mitigation plans, which are then tracked to completion. The ERM process annual risk assessment is presented to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
Notwithstanding the cybersecurity protections we have in place, we may not be successful in preventing or mitigating a cybersecurity incident that could have a material adverse effect on us. See Item 1A. “Risk Factors” for a discussion of cybersecurity risks.


ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
We lease numerous facilities worldwide, including our corporate headquarters located in Stamford, Connecticut,administrative offices, fulfillment centers, parcel operations and mail sortation facilities, service locations, data centers and call centers. Our corporate headquarters is located in Stamford, Connecticut.
Our Global Ecommerce segment leases fourthree fulfillment centers that comprise the majority of our fulfillment operations. Our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services segments conduct parcel operations and mail sortation operations through a network of over 50approximately 45 operating centers throughout the United States. Our SendTech Solutions segment leases a manufacturing and distribution facility in Indianapolis. This facility is significant as it stores a majority of the SendTech Solutions products, supplies and inventories.
Should any facility be unable to function as intended for an extended period of time, our ability to service our clients and operating results could be impacted.
We conduct most of our research and development activities in facilities located in Noida and Pune, India, Bielsko-Biala, Poland, Austin, Texas and Shelton, Connecticut. Management believes that our facilities are in good operating condition, materially utilized and adequate for our current business needs.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
See Note 1615 Commitments and Contingencies to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
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PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE COMPANY'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Our common stock is principally traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol "PBI". At January 31, 2022,2024, we had 12,81211,860 common stockholders of record.

Dividends and Share Repurchases
We periodicallyhave historically paid a quarterly dividend to our shareholders. Each quarter, our Board of Directors considers our recent and projected earnings and other capital needs and priorities in deciding whether to approve a dividend. We expect to continue to pay a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share; however, our Board of Directors may decide to increase or decrease this amount or to not approve the payment of a dividend at any time. We may repurchase shares of our common stock to manage the dilution created by shares issued under employee stock plans and for other purposes. During 2021 and 2020, weWe did not repurchase any additional shares of our common stock and in 2019, we repurchased 18.6 million shares of our common stock at an aggregate price of $105 million. At December 31, 2021, we have authorization from our Board of Directors to repurchase up to of $16 million of our common stock.

2023.
Stock Performance Graph
We revisedThe accompanying graph shows the annual change in the value of a $100 investment in Pitney Bowes Inc., the Standard and Poor's (S&P) SmallCap 600 Composite Index and a peer group over a five-year period assuming the reinvestment of dividends. Our peer group consists of publicly traded companies similar in size and/or complexity that best align with our current businesses. The composition of our peer group is the result of the Compensation Committee's independent compensation consultant's recommendations. As such, the composition of our peer group could change year-over year.
Our 2023 peer group was updated from last year to exclude companies that were no longer publicly listed on an exchange and2022 to include one additional companies to align withcompany. The inclusion of this company did not impact the total shareholder return of our changing business offerings.peer group.
Our new peer group for 2023 is comprised of: ACCO Brands Corporation, Alliance Data Systems Corporation, Avery Dennison Corporation, Cimpress plc, Bread Financial Holdings, Inc., Deluxe Corporation, Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, Etsy, Inc., Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Fiserv, Inc., GXO Logistics, Inc., Hub Group, Inc., NCR Corporation, Overstock.com, Inc., Rockwell Automation, Inc., Ryder System, Inc., Schneider National, Inc., The Western Union Company, W.W. Grainger, Inc. and Xerox Holdings Corporation.
The old peer group was comprised of: ACCO Brands Corporation, Alliance Data Systems Corporation, Deluxe Corporation, Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, Echo Global Logistics, Inc., Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Fiserv, Inc., Hub Group, Inc., NCR Corporation, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Rockwell Automation, Inc., Stamps.com Inc., The Western Union Company and Xerox Holdings Corporation.2129
The accompanying graph shows the annual change in the value of a $100 investment in Pitney Bowes Inc., the Standard and Poor's (S&P) 500 Composite Index, the S&P SmallCap 600 Composite Index, the old peer group and our new peer group over a five-year period assuming the reinvestment of dividends. On a total return basis, a $100 investment on December 31, 20162018, in Pitney Bowes Inc., the S&P 500 Composite Index, the S&P SmallCap 600 Composite Index, the old peer group and our new peer group would have been worth $57, $233, $180, $173$93, $169 and $147$144 respectively, on December 31, 2021.

2023.
All information is based upon data independently provided to us by Standard & Poor's Corporation and is derived from their official total return calculation. Total return for the S&P 500 and S&P SmallCap 600 Composite IndexesIndex and our peer group is based on market capitalization, weighted for each year. The stock price performance is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
The following discussion of our financial condition and operating results should be read in conjunction with our risk factors, consolidated financial statements and related notes. This discussion includes forward-looking statements based on management's current expectations, estimates and projections and involves risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ significantly from those currently expressed. A detailed discussion of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements is outlined under "Forward-Looking Statements" and "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in this Form 10-K. All table amounts are presented in thousands of dollars.
Throughout this discussion, we refer to revenue growth on a constant currency basis. Constant currency measures exclude the impact of changes in currency exchange rates from the prior period under comparison. We believe that excluding the impacts of currency exchange rates provides investors a better understanding of the underlying revenue performance. Constant currency change is calculated by converting the current period non-U.S. dollar denominated revenue using the prior year’s exchange rate. Where constant currency measures are not provided, the actual change and constant currency change are the same.
Management measures segment profitability and performance using segment earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT). Segment EBIT is calculated by deducting from segment revenue the related costs and expenses attributable to the segment. Segment EBIT excludes interest, taxes, general corporate expenses, restructuring charges, asset and goodwill impairment charges and other items not allocated to a business segment. Management believes that it provides investors a useful measure of operating performance and underlying trends of the business. Segment EBIT may not be indicative of our overall consolidated performance and therefore, should be read in conjunction with our consolidated results of operations.
A discussion of our financial condition and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019, can be found under Item 7 “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on February 19, 2021.

Overview
Financial Results Summary - Year Ended December 31:
Revenue
Years Ended December 31,
20212020Actual % changeConstant Currency % Change
Business services$2,334,674 $2,191,306 %%
Support services460,888 473,292 (3)%(3)%
Financing294,418 341,034 (14)%(15)%
Equipment sales350,138 314,882 11 %10 %
Supplies159,438 159,282 — %(1)%
Rentals74,005 74,279 — %(1)%
Total revenue$3,673,561 $3,554,075 %%

Revenue
Years Ended December 31,
20212020Actual % changeConstant currency % change
Global Ecommerce$1,702,580 $1,618,897 %%
Presort Services573,480 521,212 10 %10 %
SendTech Solutions1,397,501 1,413,966 (1)%(2)%
Total$3,673,561 $3,554,075 %%
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EBIT
Years Ended December 31,
20212020% change
Global Ecommerce$(98,673)$(82,894)(19)%
Presort Services79,721 55,799 43 %
SendTech Solutions429,415 442,648 (3)%
Total Segment EBIT$410,463 $415,553 (1)%

Revenue increased 3% in 2021 compared to 2020. Business services revenue, which primarily includes revenue from Presort Services and Global Ecommerce, increased 7% (6% at constant currency) compared to the prior year. Presort Services revenue increased 10% primarily due to higher mail volumes, pricing actions and investments made in the network and technology to enable a higher level of five-digit sortation services. Global Ecommerce revenue increased 5% (4% at constant currency) primarily due to higher cross-border volumes. SendTech Solutions revenue declined 1% (2% at constant currency) primarily due to lower financing revenue and support services revenue, partially offset by higher equipment sales. Financing revenue declined 14% (15% at constant currency) primarily due to lower lease extensions and lower fee income and prior year gains from the sales of investment securities. Support services revenue declined 3% driven by a declining meter population and a shift to cloud-enabled products. Equipment sales increased 11% (10% at constant currency) primarily due to the effect of COVID-19 on prior year equipment sales.
Segment EBIT in 2021 decreased 1% compared to 2020. Global Ecommerce EBIT declined 19% primarily due to a $14 million unfavorable vendor price adjustment driven by lower domestic parcel delivery volumes, SendTech Solutions EBIT decreased 3% primarily driven by a decline in revenue. and Presort Services EBIT increased 43% primarily due to higher revenue and improved productivity from investments made in the network and technology. Refer to Results of Operations section for further information.
Outlook
We continue to invest in market opportunities and new solutions and services across all our businesses, optimizing our operations and implementing cost savings initiatives to drive long-term value. During 2021, we invested significantly in our facilities, network and technologies to expand operations, improve productivity and gain economies of scale. Going forward, we will focus our investments on gaining further network efficiencies and economies of scale within our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services operations and in market opportunities and new solutions and services across all our businesses. Our portfolio continues to shift to higher growth, lower margin, markets. As we continue to invest in Global Ecommerce with a view to, and ahead of, our expectations for long term growth, it is possible that near term margins will be under pressure. However, we expect margins to improve as we build scale and realize the full benefits of our investments and optimizations.
The impacts of COVID-19 on our businesses and financial results remain uncertain. Supply chain issues continue to pose challenges for us and our clients' ability to meet their customers' demand. These supply chain issues could continue to impact our customers' behavior as well as that of end consumers, which could impact our shipping and delivery volumes. The duration and severity of these supply chain issues is unknown and unpredictable. There are some unique factors not within our control that could affect our business; however, we believe we can navigate the current conditions and will continue to take proactive steps to manage our operations and mitigate related financial impacts.
On a consolidated basis, we expect revenue growth in the low to mid-single digit range in 2022 compared to 2021. Within Global Ecommerce, we anticipate revenue growth in 2022 and margin and profit improvements from pricing initiatives and productivity improvements from the benefits of the investments we made in our facilities and network. However, we also expect continued growth of the market's need for transportation services and labor to generate increased costs. Within Presort Services, we expect revenue growth in 2022 and margin and profit improvements as productivity initiatives, increased automation and facilities consolidation and optimization will more than offset expected higher labor and transportation costs. Within SendTech Solutions, we expect overall revenue to decline, growth in our cloud-enabled shipping solutions and margins to remain strong.









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RESULTS OF OPERATIONSSendTech Solutions
REVENUE AND SEGMENT EBITWe face competition from other mail equipment and solutions providers and those that offer online shipping and mailing products and services solutions. Additionally, the growth of alternative communication methods as compared to physical mail continue to grow, which creates competition to mail and to our offerings that enable clients to use the mail efficiently. We differentiate ourselves from our competitors through our breadth of physical and digital offerings, including cloud enabled SaaS and open platform architecture offerings; pricing; available financing and payment offerings; product reliability; support services; and our extensive knowledge of the shipping and mailing industry.
Global Ecommerce
Global Ecommerce includesOur financing operations face competition, in varying degrees, from large, diversified financial institutions, including leasing companies, commercial finance companies and commercial banks, as well as small, specialized firms. We believe our competitive advantage that differentiates us from our competitors is the revenuebreadth of our financing and related expenses from domestic parcel services, cross-borderpayment solutions and digital delivery services.
RevenueCost of RevenueGross Margin
Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,
20212020Actual % changeConstant Currency % change2021202020212020
Business services$1,702,580 $1,618,897 %%$1,577,628 $1,480,612 7.3 %8.5 %
Segment EBIT
Years Ended December 31,
20212020Actual % change
Segment EBIT$(98,673)$(82,894)(19)%
Global Ecommerce revenue increased 5% as reported (4% at constant currency) in 2021 comparedour ability to 2020 due to revenue growth of 7% from higher cross-border volumes, partially offset by revenue decline of 2% from lower domestic parcel delivery volumes.
Total gross margin declined $13 millionseamlessly integrate these solutions into our clients' shipping and gross margin percentage declined to 7.3% from 8.5% primarily due to a $14 million unfavorable vendor price adjustment driven by lower domestic parcel delivery volumes and higher transportation, postal and labor costs, partially offset by the impact of higher revenue.
Segment EBIT for 2021 was a loss of $99 million compared to a loss of $83 million in the prior year. The increase in EBIT loss was driven by the decline in gross margin and $2 million in higher operating expenses.mailing operations.

Presort ServicesAlso see Item 1A. Risk Factors for further details regarding the competition our businesses face.

Research, Development and Intellectual Property
We invest in research and development activities to develop new products and solutions, enhance the effectiveness and functionality of existing products and solutions and deliver high value technology and differentiated services in high value segments of the market.

Third-Party Suppliers
Our SendTech Solutions segment depends on third-party suppliers and outsource providers for a variety of services and product components and the hosting of our SaaS offerings. Our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services includes revenuesegments rely on third-party suppliers
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to help equip our facilities, provide warehouse support and assist with our logistical operations. All of our businesses and corporate functions depend on third-party providers for a variety of data analytics, sales, reporting and other functions. In certain instances, we rely on single-sourced or limited-sourced suppliers and outsourcing vendors around the world because doing so is advantageous due to quality, price or lack of alternative sources. We have risk mitigation programs to monitor conditions affecting our suppliers' ability to fulfill expected commitments. We believe that our available sources for services, components, supplies, logistics and manufacturing are adequate.

Regulatory Matters
We are subject to the regulations of postal authorities worldwide related expenses from sortationto product specifications of our postage meters. Our Presort Services operations are also subject to USPS regulations. The Bank is chartered as an Industrial Bank under the laws of the State of Utah. The Bank and certain company affiliates that provide services to qualify large volumes of First Class Mail, Marketing Mail, Marketing Mail Flats and Bound Printed Matter for postal worksharing discounts.
RevenueCost of RevenueGross Margin
Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,
20212020Actual % changeConstant Currency % change2021202020212020
Business services$573,480 $521,212 10 %10 %$431,382 $402,599 24.8 %22.8 %
Segment EBIT
Years Ended December 31,
20212020Actual % change
Segment EBIT$79,721 $55,799 43 %
Presort Services revenue increased 10% in 2021 compared to 2020. The processing of Marketing Mail, First Class Mail and Marketing Mail Flats and Bound Printed Matter contributed revenue growth of 5%, 4% and 1%, respectively, primarily duethe Bank are subject to the regulations of the Utah Department of Financial Institutions and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. We are also subject to transportation regulations for various parts of our business, worldwide customs and trade regulations related to our cross-border shipping services and regulations concerning data privacy and security for our businesses that use, process and store certain personal, confidential or proprietary data.

Climate Change
Although climate change has had no material impact on our operations to date, the risk of increased mail volumes, improvementsincreasingly severe climate events or the risk that those events happen more frequently could affect one or more of our facilities and our ability to conduct daily operations in five-digit sortation, pricing actionsthe future. Increasing regulatory restrictions in response to climate change could also materially affect our costs, especially with respect to transportation.

Human Capital
Employee Profile
We have approximately 10,500 employees, with 81% located in the United States. We also rely on a contingent hourly workforce to supplement our full-time workforce to meet fluctuating demand.
We seek to create a high-performance culture that will drive and sustain enhanced long-term value for all our shareholders. To attract, retain and engage the talent needed, we provide competitive compensation and strive to maintain a diverse, inclusive and safe workplace, with equitable opportunities for growth and development. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and contribution. We regularly assess the business environments and labor markets in the areas we operate to ensure our compensation programs reflect best practices and are market competitive. Depending on position and level, elements of our compensation packages include base salary or wages, variable compensation based on individual and company objectives and equity. We provide a competitive benefits package fostered on work/life balance, including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and benefits that provide additional support for our employees’ mental, physical, financial and social well-being.

Diversity and Inclusion
Maintaining a diverse workforce and an inclusive environment is critical to our success and we view diversity and inclusion as a competitive differentiator that helps us attract, grow, engage and retain the best talent. We celebrate a rich mix of countries, cultures, ages, races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientation, abilities, and perspectives that showcase our humanity, differentiate us as individuals and enhance our businesses. Our global workforce is comprised of over 43% women and 35% of our global managers are women. Our U.S. population is nearly 50% people of color and 36% of our U.S. managers are people of color.
We continue to increase diversity and inclusion awareness throughout our company through enhancements and improvements to our talent acquisition processes, cultural awareness training and the creation of allies and mentors to help advance diversity and inclusion in our workforce.

Employee Engagement and Development
We are committed to creating a culture where our employees feel supported and valued. We offer employees many opportunities to advance their skills, learn new skills and achieve career goals through virtual and in-person development and training programs, professional development initiatives, experiential learning, mentoring and coaching programs and inclusion networks.
Through multiple platforms, we offer employees and candidates varied opportunities to find development opportunities and stay informed about key changes to our business. We conduct an independent annual employee engagement survey with demonstrated high levels of employee participation. We benchmark our results against our previous year’s performance, as well as against other high-performing organizations. We consider the feedback from the impacts of COVID-19 that adversely affected mail volumes in 2020.employees and implement changes where possible and financially prudent.
Gross margin increased $23 million and gross margin percentage increased to 24.8% from 22.8% primarily due to the increase in revenue and improved productivity, partially offset by increased labor and transportation costs of $16 million and $6 million, respectively, due to increased competition and demand for these resources.
Segment EBIT increased $24 million or 43% in 2021 compared to 2020 due to the increase in revenue and gross margin.


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Health and Safety
We are committed to providing a safe workplace that protects against and limits personal injury and environmental harm. Through regular evaluations of site safety performance, sharing of successes, and creating projects to engage employees in safety improvements, we identify risks, provide guidance and training, review and learn from accidents, and reduce injuries. We also report monthly to both local site management and senior leadership on safety metrics, trends, risks and regulatory activity. Through these efforts and employee engagement, we have experienced significant improvements in our total recordable cases and total recordable incident rates since 2019.

Available Information
Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and any amendments thereto filed with, or furnished to, the SEC, are available, free of charge, through the Investor Relations section of our website at www.investorrelations.pitneybowes.com or from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, as soon as reasonably practicable after these reports are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. The other information found on our website is not part of this or any other report we file with or furnish to the SEC.

Information About Our Executive Officers
NameAgeTitleExecutive
Officer Since
Jason C. Dies54Interim Chief Executive Officer2017
Daniel J. Goldstein62Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary2010
Christoph Stehmann (1)
61Executive Vice President, International Sending Technology Solutions2016
Gregg Zegras56Executive Vice President and President, Global Ecommerce2020
Ana Maria Chadwick52Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer2021
James Fairweather52Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer2021
Debbie Pfeiffer (2)
63Executive Vice President and President, Presort Services2024
Shemin Nurmohamed (3)
52Executive Vice President and President, Sending Technology Solutions2024
(1) Effective April 1, 2024, Mr. Stehmann will be retiring.
(2) Effective January 1, 2024, Ms. Pfeiffer was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Presort Services.
(3) Effective January 1, 2024, Mrs. Nurmohamed was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Sending Technology Solutions.

There are no family relationships among the above officers. The above officers have served in various executive positions with the company for at least the past five years except as follows:
Mr. Zegras was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Global Ecommerce in July 2020. He joined the company in 2013 as President, Imagitas. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Zegras held several executive leadership positions, including at NBC Universal, Sharecare and Hearst Entertainment.
Ms. Chadwick joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January 2021. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Chadwick was employed at the financial services division of General Electric Company as President and CEO of GE Capital Global Legacy Solutions. Ms. Chadwick spent over 20 years at GE Capital, where she held several executive positions, including Controller of GE Capital Americas and CFO at GE Capital Energy Financial Services.
Mr. Fairweather was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer in May 2021. Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Commerce Services. He has been a leader in the company's strategic digital transformation and technology initiatives across Design, SaaS, Data Science and Analytics, API Management, Security and Mobility.
Ms. Pfeiffer was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Presort Services in January 2024. Prior to this, she was President, Presort Services, Vice President/General Manager of the Columbus and Cincinnati Ohio Operating Centers, Vice President of National Accounts and Vice President Sales & Client Services,
Mrs. Nurmohamed was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Sending Technology Solutions in January 2024. She joined the company in 2016 as Vice President, Document Messaging Technologies France. Prior to joining the company, Mrs. Nurmohamed had a 16 year career at IBM as CFO and Sales Director of various business units at the European and global levels.
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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Our operations face certain risks that should be considered in evaluating our business. We manage and mitigate these risks on a proactive basis, using an enterprise risk management program. Nevertheless, the following risk factors, some of which may be beyond our control, could materially affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, brand and reputation, and may cause future results to be materially different than our current expectations. These risk factors are not intended to be all inclusive.

Mailing and Shipping Industry Risks
The financial condition of the USPS, or the national posts in our other major markets, has affected, and could, in the future, affect the ability of those posts to provide services to us or our clients, which could adversely affect client demand for our offerings and thus our financial performance.
We are dependent on financially viable national posts in the geographic markets where we operate, particularly in the United States. A significant portion of our revenue depends upon the ability of these posts, especially the USPS, to provide competitive mail and package delivery services to our clients and the quality of the services they provide. Their ability to provide high quality service at affordable rates in turn depends upon their ongoing financial strength. Although Congress provided the USPS a measure of relief with the enactment of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, the USPS, and national posts in our other major markets, still face financial challenges. If these challenges interfere with these posts’ ability to continue to provide the services they currently provide, our financial performance may be adversely affected.

Our ability to compete in the package shipping market in the United States depends upon certain contractual relationships we have with the USPS and the successful performance of those services.
The USPS is our primary provider for the “last mile” component of our parcel delivery services in the United States. This represents a significant component of our cost in offering these services. If we are unable to receive competitive pricing from the USPS or take advantage of lower cost USPS options, our ability to compete with private carriers and achieve profitable revenue growth may be adversely affected. Our digital delivery options also depend upon certain contractual relationships with the USPS to enable us to offer these services profitably, and the USPS has adjusted the terms of those contracts in the past. Should the USPS make additional changes to how it contracts with us for this service, our profitability could be adversely affected. The quality of service we provide to our clients also depends upon the quality of delivery services received from the USPS. As the ecommerce market continues to evolve, and as the USPS implements changes to its network, if the USPS’ service performance is materially worse than that of the private carriers, we may lose clients to competition and our financial performance may be adversely affected.

We are subject to postal regulations and processes, which could adversely affect our financial performance.
A significant portion of our business is subject to regulation and oversight by the USPS, posts in other major markets, and the governmental bodies that regulate the posts themselves. These postal authorities have the power to regulate some of our current products and services and to establish guidelines for postage rates. They also must approve many of our new or future product and service offerings before we can bring them to market. If new or future product and service offerings are not approved or there are significant conditions to approval, favorable postage rates are reversed, regulations on existing products or services are changed, posts utilize their position in the market or their role as product regulator to limit competition in areas where the posts themselves offer solutions,or if we fall out of compliance with the posts’ regulations, our financial performance could be adversely affected.

If we are not able to respond to the continuing decline in the volume of physical mail delivered via traditional postal services, our financial performance could be adversely affected.
Continuing declines in traditional mail volumes impact our financial results, primarily within our SendTech Solutions and Presort Services segments. An accelerated or sudden decline could result from one or more of the following factors: changes in communication technologies and their use; changes in frequency and quality of mail delivery from national posts; legislation incentivizing alternative means of communication, burdening mail, or limiting how the mail be used; significant rate increases; or other external events affecting physical mail delivery. If we are not successful at meeting the continuing challenges faced in our mailing business, or if physical mail volumes experience an accelerated or sudden decline, our financial performance could be adversely affected.

Significant changes to the laws regulating the USPS or other posts, or changes in their operating models could have an adverse effect on our financial performance.
As a significant portion of our revenue and earnings is dependent on postal operations, changes in the laws and regulations that affect how posts operate could have an adverse effect on our financial performance. As posts consider new strategies for their operations in
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an era of declining mail volumes and increasing package volumes, if we are unable to work with posts to support those strategies, our financial performance could be adversely affected.

Business Operational Risks

We face intense competition in the industries in which we operate.
The markets for our products and services in each of our segments are highly competitive. In our Global Ecommerce segment, we face competition from full-service ecommerce business process outsourcers, online marketplaces, freight forwarders, posts, and major global delivery services companies, including those that can offer both domestic and cross-border solutions in a single package. If we cannot compete successfully in these markets with, among other things, speed of delivery, price, reliability, functionality and scalability of our platform and logistic services and ease of integration and use, we may lose clients, incur additional costs and suffer from reduced margins, and the financial results of the segment may be adversely affected. Our Presort Services segment faces competition from regional and local presort providers, cooperatives of multiple local presort providers, consolidators and service bureaus that offer presort solutions as part of a larger bundle of outsourcing services and large volume mailers that have sufficient volumes and the capability to presort their own mailings in-house and could use excess capacity to offer presort services to others. If we are not able to effectively compete on price, innovative service, delivery speed, tracking and reporting, we may lose clients and the financial results of the segment may be adversely affected. Our Sending Technology Solutions segment faces competition from other mail equipment and solutions providers, companies that offer products and services as alternative means of message communications and those that offer online shipping and mailing products and services solutions. Our digital delivery business competes with technology providers ranging from large, established companies and national posts to smaller companies offering negotiated carrier rates. In addition, our financing operations face competition, in varying degrees, from large, diversified financial institutions, including leasing companies, commercial finance companies and commercial banks, as well as small, specialized firms. If we are not able to differentiate ourselves from our competitors or effectively compete with them, the financial results of the segment may be adversely affected.

The evolution of our businesses to more digital and shipping-related services has resulted in a decline in our overall profit margins. If we cannot increase our volumes while at the same time reduce our costs, our overall profitability could be adversely affected.
As our businesses shift to more digital and shipping-related services, the relative revenue contribution from our shipping-related offerings now exceeds that of the revenue from our mailing-related offerings. We expect the revenue contribution from shipping-related services to continue to grow; however, profit margins on these services are lower than those for our mailing-related offerings. As a result, we need to achieve higher dollars of revenue to generate the same dollars of profit that we generate in our mailing businesses. Accordingly, if we cannot continue to grow package volumes and gain additional economies of scale, and in turn, improve margins and profitability, our short and long-term financial performance may be adversely affected.

Seasonality of the Global Ecommerce segment, unexpected declines in consumer demand or the performance of our retail customers, or unexpected spikes in the costs of labor or transportation, especially during the fourth quarter, could adversely affect our overall performance.
Our Global Ecommerce segment derives the majority of its revenue from retail clients. The retail industry is subject to cyclical trends in consumer sentiment and spending habits that are affected by many factors, including prevailing economic conditions, recession or fears of recession, inflation, exchange rates, unemployment levels, pandemics, or geopolitical events. Our retail clients are also dependent on third-party suppliers to provide them with either raw materials or finished goods to meet the demands of their clients. This segment also relies upon the availability of labor and transportation at a reasonable cost and unexpected increases in these costs due to higher demand or other macroeconomic factors (which have occurred in the past) could also impact the financial results of Global Ecommerce. Further, the financial results for Global Ecommerce are highly dependent on its performance in the fourth quarter, so if any of these risk factors come to pass in that quarter, the impact on the segment's performance could be more significant than other times in the year.

The loss of any of our largest clients in our Global Ecommerce segment could adversely affect the financial performance of that segment.
The Global Ecommerce segment receives a large portion of its revenue from a relatively small number of clients and business partners. If any of these larger clients or business partners leave our network or reduce their use of our services, which has occurred in the past, and we are unable to replace that lost volume, it could have a material adverse effect on the revenue and profitability of the segment.
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There can be no assurance that our larger clients and business partners will continue to utilize our products or services at current levels, or that we would be able to replace any of these clients or business partners with others who can generate revenue at current levels.

If we fail to effectively manage our third-party suppliers, or if their ability to perform were negatively impacted, our business, financial performance and reputation could be adversely affected.
Our SendTech Solutions segment relies on third-party suppliers for services and components for our mailing equipment, spare parts, supplies and services and for the hosting of our SaaS offerings. We also rely on third-party suppliers to help us equip our Presort and Ecommerce facilities and to provide us with services related to some of our operations and productivity initiatives. In certain instances, we rely on single-sourced or limited-sourced suppliers around the world because of advantages in quality, price or lack of alternative sources. Like many other companies, we and our suppliers have experienced interruptions and increased supply costs in the past, due to, among other things, volatility in the semiconductor industry, threats of strikes, rising inflation and geopolitical instability. Although our 2023 financial results were not significantly impacted, these factors, at times, caused us to experience longer wait times for supplies or increased costs.If these supply chain constraints were to worsen or, if other unknown events cause our suppliers to not be able to provide their services, components or equipment to us in a timely manner, or, if the quality of the goods or services received were to deteriorate, our relationship with certain suppliers were to be terminated, or if the costs of using these third parties were to continue to increase and we were not able to find alternate suppliers, we could lose clients, incur significant disruptions in manufacturing and operations and increased costs (including higher freight and re-engineering costs) and delay automation and productivity initiatives in our warehouses.

Fluctuations in transportation costs or disruptions to transportation services in our Global Ecommerce or Presort Services segments could adversely affect client satisfaction or our financial performance.
In addition to our reliance on the USPS, our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services segments rely upon third-party transportation service providers to transport a significant portion of our parcel and mail volumes. Some of these providers may also be competitors. The use of these providers is subject to risks, including our ability to negotiate acceptable terms, increased competition during peak periods, capacity issues, increased fuel costs, labor shortages, performance problems, extreme weather, natural or man-made disasters, pandemics, or other unforeseen difficulties. Given our continued reliance upon these providers, any disruption to the timely supply of these services, any future unforeseen disruptions affecting these providers, any dramatic increase in the cost of these services or any deterioration of the performance of these services (each of which we have experienced, at times), have adversely affected or could adversely affect client satisfaction and our financial performance.

Our business depends on our ability to attract, retain, and engage with, employees at a reasonable cost to meet the needs of our business and to consistently deliver highly differentiated, competitive offerings.
The rapid growth of the ecommerce industry has resulted in ongoing competition for employees in the shipping, transportation, and logistics industry, including drivers and warehouse employees. At times, both our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services segments have experienced increased demand and competition for labor, especially for our warehouses, driving up costs.We supplement our workforce with contingent hourly workers from staffing agencies on an as-needed basis; however, if we experience labor shortages, do not effectively manage our ability to attract and utilize contingent workers, or if our staffing agencies terminate their relationship with us and we cannot find alternative providers, it could result in increased costs and adversely affect our operations. Moreover, given the nature of our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services employee base, if we cannot continue to maintain good relationships, we could experience increased employee dissatisfaction and turnover, which could result in increased operating costs and reduced operational flexibility.
In May 2023, we approved a worldwide restructuring plan (the 2023 Plan), which involved the elimination of 850-950 positions worldwide. Such actions may cause us to experience a loss of continuity, loss of accumulated knowledge and/or inefficiency, loss of key employees and/or other retention issues during transitional periods. Such actions may also make hiring qualified employees more difficult.
There is also significant competition for the talent needed for research and development of new products and services and talent needed to sell and service our other products and services within all our business units. Increased competition for employees has resulted in higher costs for wages and other benefits necessary to attract and retain employees with the right skill sets. Additional labor costs which may also impact our business include those triggered by federal, state and local laws and regulatory actions; increased health care and workers’ compensation insurance expenses; and costs associated with the health and safety of our employees.



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Difficulty in obtaining and protecting our intellectual property, and the risk of infringement claims by others may negatively impact our financial performance.
Our businesses are not materially dependent on any one patent or license or group of related patents and licenses; however, our business success depends in part upon protecting our intellectual property rights, including proprietary technology developed or obtained through acquisitions. We rely on copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets and other intellectual property laws to establish and protect our proprietary rights. If we are unable to protect our intellectual property rights, our competitive position may suffer, which could adversely affect our revenue and profitability. The continued evolution of patent law and the nature of our innovation work may affect the number of patents we are able to receive for our development efforts. As we continue to transition our business to more software and service-based offerings, patent protection of these innovations will be more difficult to obtain.In addition, from time to time, third parties may claim that we, our clients, or our suppliers, have infringed their intellectual property rights. These claims, if successful, may require us to redesign affected products, enter into costly settlement or license agreements, pay damage awards, or face a temporary or permanent injunction prohibiting us from marketing or selling certain products.

If we fail to comply with government contracting regulations, our financial performance, brand name and reputation could suffer.
We have a significant number of contracts with governmental entities. Government contracts are subject to extensive and complex procurement laws and regulations, along with regular audits and investigations by government agencies. If one or more government agency discovers contractual noncompliance by us or one of our subcontractors, we may be subject to various civil or criminal penalties and administrative sanctions, which could include the termination of the contract, reimbursement of payments received, fines and debarment from doing business with other government agencies. Any of these events could not only affect our financial performance, but also adversely affect our brand and reputation.

We may not fully realize the anticipated benefits of strategic acquisitions and divestitures which may harm our financial performance.
Strategic acquisitions and business divestitures involve significant risks and uncertainties, which could have an adverse effect on our financial performance, including:
difficulties in achieving anticipated benefits or synergies;
difficulties in integrating newly acquired businesses and operations, including combining product and service offerings and integrating financial reporting and other IT systems;
the loss of key employees or clients of businesses acquired or divested;
significant charges for employee severance and other restructuring costs, legal, accounting and financial advisory fees and goodwill and asset impairment charges; and
reducing fixed costs previously associated with divested businesses

Our capital investments to develop new products and offerings may not yield the anticipated benefits.
We made and are continuing to make significant capital investments in new products and services. If we are not successful in these new product or service introductions, or if our past investments in facilities do not yield the expected productivity improvements, at the levels anticipated when making the investments, there may be an adverse effect on our financial performance.

Cybersecurity and Technology Risks

Our financial performance and our reputation could be adversely affected, and we could be subject to legal liability or regulatory enforcement actions, if we or our suppliers are unable to protect against, or effectively respond to, cyberattacks or other cyber incidents.
We depend on the security of our and our suppliers' information technology systems to support numerous business processes and activities, to service our clients, and to enable consumer transactions and postal services. There are numerous cybersecurity risks to these systems, including individual and group criminal hackers, industrial espionage, denial of service attacks, ransomware and malware attacks, attacks on the software supply chain, and employee errors and/or malfeasance. These cyber threats are constantly evolving, especially given the advances in, and the rise of the use of, artificial intelligence, thereby increasing the difficulty of preventing, detecting, and successfully defending against them. Successful breaches could, among other things, disrupt our operations or result in the unauthorized disclosure, theft and misuse of company, client, consumer and employee sensitive and confidential information, all of which could adversely affect our financial performance. Cybersecurity breaches could result in financial liability to other parties, governmental investigations, regulatory enforcement actions and penalties, and damage to our brand and reputation. Although we maintain insurance coverage relating to cybersecurity incidents, we may incur costs or financial losses that are either not insured against or not fully covered through our insurance. Despite the fact that we continually implement and update measures to enhance our cybersecurity protections and minimize the impact of any potential attack, none of these measures are fool proof and like all companies, intrusions will occur, and have occurred in the past (e.g. the previously disclosed ransomware attacks we experienced
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in 2019 and 2020). Our goal is to prevent meaningful incursions and minimize the overall impact of those that occur. For more information on how the Company handles cybersecurity, see Item 1C. Cybersecurity.
Failure to comply with data privacy and protection laws and regulations could subject us to legal liability and adversely affect our reputation and our financial performance.
Our businesses use, process, and store proprietary information and personal, sensitive, or confidential data relating to our business, clients, and employees. Privacy laws and similar regulations in many jurisdictions where we do business require that we take significant steps to safeguard that information, and these laws and regulations continue to evolve. The scope of the laws that may be applicable to us is often uncertain and may be conflicting. In addition, new laws may add a broad array of requirements on how we handle or use information and increase our compliance obligations. For example, the European Union greatly increased the jurisdictional reach of European Law by enacting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which, among other things, enhanced an individual’s rights with respect to their information. However, ongoing litigation in the European Union on how to comply with GDPR requirements continues to create uncertainty in how to demonstrate compliance, and the outcome of these cases could impact how companies do business in the European Union. In the United States, a growing number of states have enacted different laws regarding personal information and privacy that impose significant new requirements on consumer personal information. In some instances (e.g., California), these laws also expand the definition of consumer personal information to include information related to employees and business contacts. Some of these state laws have established independent agencies with rule making and enforcement authority, whose initial guidance, actions, and regulations remain to be determined and tested, adding additional layers of uncertainty with respect to compliance. Other countries or states have enacted and will continue to enact and amend laws or regulations in the future that have similar or additional requirements. Although we continually monitor and assess the impact of these laws and regulations, and continually update our systems to protect our data and comply with these laws, their interpretation and enforcement are uncertain, subject to change, and may require substantial costs to monitor and implement. Failure to comply with data privacy and protection laws and regulations could also result in government enforcement actions (which could include substantial civil and/or criminal penalties) and private litigation, which could adversely affect our reputation and financial performance.

If we or our suppliers encounter unforeseen interruptions or difficulties in the operation of our cloud-based applications, our business could be disrupted, our reputation and relationships may be harmed, and our financial performance could be adversely affected.
Our business relies upon the continuous and uninterrupted performance of our and our suppliers' cloud-based applications and systems to support numerous business processes, to service our clients and to support their transactions with their customers and postal services. Our applications and systems, and those of our partners, may be subject to interruptions due to technological errors, system capacity constraints, software errors or defects, human errors, computer or communications failures, power loss, adverse acts of nature and other unexpected events. We have business continuity and disaster recovery plans in place to protect our business operations in case of such events and we also require our suppliers to have the same. Nonetheless, there can be no guarantee that these plans will function as designed. If we are unable to limit interruptions or successfully correct them in a timely manner or at all, it could result in lost revenue, loss of critical data, significant expenditures of capital, a delay or loss in market acceptance of our services and damage to our reputation, brand and relationships, any of which could have an adverse effect on our business and our financial performance.

Macroeconomic and General Regulatory Risks

Periods of difficult economic conditions, other macroeconomic events, or a public health crisis could adversely affect our business.
Our operations and financial performance are impacted by the economic conditions in the United States and the other countries where we and our clients do business. Any significant or perceived weakening of these economies, reduction in business confidence or change in business or consumer spending habits, concerns of a domestic or global recession, rising inflation or interest rates, limited availability of credit, or other macroeconomic events (including public health crises), not within our control, may reduce our client’s demand for shipping and mailing products and services (especially in our Global Ecommerce business, which is subject to cyclical trends in consumer sentiment and spending habits) and thus, negatively affect our financial performance. These economic conditions, at times, have arisen and can arise suddenly, and the duration and full impact of such conditions can be difficult to predict, which could adversely impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Future credit rating downgrades, capital market disruptions, significant decline in cash flows, noncompliance with any of our debt covenants, or significant withdrawals by depositors at the Bank, could adversely affect our ability to maintain adequate liquidity, provide competitive financing services and to fund various discretionary priorities.
We provide competitive finance offerings and fund discretionary priorities, such as business investments, strategic acquisitions, dividend payments and share repurchases through a combination of cash generated from operations, deposits held at the Bank and access to capital markets. Our ability to access U.S. capital markets and the associated cost of borrowing is dependent upon our credit ratings and is subject to capital market volatility. Given our current credit rating, we may experience reduced financial or strategic
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flexibility and higher costs when we do access the U.S. capital markets. We maintain a $500 million revolving credit facility that requires we maintain certain financial and nonfinancial covenants.
A significant decline in cash flows, noncompliance with any of the covenants under the revolving credit facility, further credit rating downgrades, material capital market disruptions, significant withdrawals by depositors at the Bank, adverse changes to our industrial loan charter or an increase in our credit default swap spread could impact our ability to maintain adequate liquidity, which could impact our ability to provide competitive finance offerings, repay or refinance maturing debt, and fund other strategic or discretionary activities, which could adversely affect our operational and financial performance.

Changes in tax rates, laws or regulations could adversely impact our financial results.
We are subject to taxes in the U.S. and in the foreign jurisdictions where we do business. Due to continuing global fiscal challenges and political conditions, tax laws and enforcement approaches have been and may continue to be subject to significant change. Changes in tax laws may be on a prospective or retroactive basis and could have a material impact of our tax expense and cash flows. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have set forth a Two-Pillar Solution fundamentally overhauling the international tax rules.Pillar One focuses on reallocation of profits while Pillar Two applies a global minimum corporate tax.The OECD has set forth Model Rules and an ambitious timeline to ensure the effective implementation of the Two-Pillar Solution.Although some jurisdictions have issued guidance or passed tax laws based on the OECD Model Rules, the final nature, timing and extent of any such tax reforms or other legislative or regulatory actions is unpredictable, and it is difficult to assess their overall effect. However, these changes could result in double tax, increase our effective tax rate and adversely impact our financial results and cash flows.
We are subject to tax audits in the various jurisdictions in which we operate. Given the complexity of the current and changing tax laws and regulations, tax authorities may disagree with certain positions we have taken and assess additional taxes. We regularly review the strength of our positions based on current law, court cases, rulings and proposed legislative changes to determine the appropriateness of our tax provision, however, there can be no assurance that we will accurately predict the outcomes of these audits, which could have a material impact on our effective tax rate and adversely impact our financial results and cash flows.

Our Global Ecommerce segment is exposed to increased foreign exchange rate fluctuations.
The sales generated from many of our clients who use our cross-border services are exposed to foreign exchange rate fluctuations. Currently, merchants using our cross-border services are located primarily in the U.S. and the U.K. and a majority of consumers making purchases through these platforms are in a limited number of foreign countries. The current strength of the U.S. Dollar relative to currencies in the countries where we do the most business continues to impact our client’s ability to compete internationally as the cost of similar international products improved relative to the cost of U.S. retailer’s products. This in turn, adversely affected Global Ecommerce’s revenue and profitability during the past two years. If the strength of the U.S. dollar continues, or if the British Pound were to strengthen relative to other currencies, our retailers may continue to experience a decrease in international sales volumes, which, in turn would adversely affect this segment’s revenue and profitability.

Our operations and financial performance may be negatively affected by changes in trade policies, tariffs and regulations.
Our Global Ecommerce segment is subject to significant trade regulations, taxes, and duties throughout the world. Any changes to these regulations could potentially impose increased documentation and delivery requirements, delay delivery times and subject us to increased costs and additional liabilities, which could adversely affect our financial performance. Within the last four years, the United States increased tariffs for certain goods, which triggered other nations to also increase tariffs on certain of their goods. For our Global Ecommerce segment, tariff increases, or even an environment of uncertainty surrounding trade issues, could reduce demand and adversely affect its financial performance. For our SendTech Solutions segment, increased tariffs resulted in additional costs on certain components used in some of our products.

If we do not keep pace with evolving expectations and regulations in the areas of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and address the potential impact of climate change on our costs and operations, our reputation and results of operations may be adversely affected.
The set of topics incorporated within the term ESG in general, and climate change in particular, cover a range of issues that pose potential risks to our operations. From an environmental perspective, the impact of climate change and a potential increase in extreme weather events may pose risk to the operation of our sortation facilities and the ability to transport mail and packages.The increased focus on alternative energy sources and the need to reduce our carbon footprint over time, could result in higher investments in capital spending and increased operational costs. There are also a series of laws related to product stewardship and waste disposal to which we need to comply. From a “social” perspective, a failure to meet employee expectations around safety and diversity, equity and inclusion could impact our ability to recruit new employees and retain talent. Finally, from a “governance” perspective, if we do not
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maintain good governance processes in general or do not satisfy investor stakeholder expectations on ESG, our reputation and attractiveness to portions of the investment community could be adversely affected.

Shareholder Activism Risks

Our business could be negatively affected as a result of shareholder activism.
We value constructive input from investors and regularly engage with our stockholders regarding strategy and performance. Although our Board of Directors and management team are committed to acting in the best interests of all our stockholders, there is no assurance that the results of actions taken by our Board of Directors and management team will be successful.
In 2023, Hestia Capital Partners, LP (collectively with its affiliates, “Hestia”) ran a proxy contest seeking the election of five of its nominees to our Board of Directors at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2023 Annual Meeting”). At the 2023 Annual Meeting held on May 9, 2023, our stockholders voted to elect four directors nominated by Hestia to serve on our Board of Directors. Any qualifying stockholder may conduct a proxy contest in the future. Responding to proxy contests, including related litigation, can be costly, time-consuming, disrupt our operations and divert the attention of management, Board of Directors and employees. All of this could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition, as well as the market performance of our securities.
Additionally, perceived uncertainties as to our future direction or changes to the composition of our Board of Directors as a result of activist stockholders, may lead to the perception of an adverse change in the direction of our business, instability or lack of management or oversight continuity. These uncertainties may be more acute or heightened if an activist stockholder seeks to change a majority of our Board of Directors. Actions by activist stockholders may be exploited by our competitors and/or other activist stockholders, cause concern to customers, employees, investors, rating agencies, strategic partners and other constituencies, which could result in lost sales and business opportunities, make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel and business partners and adversely impact our ability to access capital markets at reasonable costs. Further, actions of activist stockholders may cause significant fluctuations in our stock price based on temporary or speculative market perceptions or other factors that do not necessarily reflect the underlying fundamentals and prospects of our business.


ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.

ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY
A comprehensive cybersecurity program is critical to achieving our business goals. Like all companies in today’s world, we face a multitude of cybersecurity threats that range from ransomware and denial-of-service, to attacks from more advanced nation state actors, and even insider threats. Likewise, our customers, suppliers, subcontractors and partners face similar cybersecurity threats, and a cybersecurity incident impacting us or any of these entities could materially adversely affect our business operations and financial performance. These cybersecurity threats and related risks make it imperative that we expend considerable resources to safeguard our organization’s assets and to prevent service disruptions or minimize the impact should an incident occur.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors oversees the technology functions, including management’s processes for identifying and mitigating risks, including cybersecurity risks, to help align our risk exposure with our strategic objectives. Senior technology leadership, including our Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), briefs the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors on our cybersecurity and information security posture semi-annually and on an as needed basis and the full Board of Directors is apprised on an annual basis. In the event of an incident, we strive to follow our detailed incident response playbook, which outlines the steps to be taken from incident detection to mitigation, recovery and notification, including notifying functional areas (e.g. legal), customers, as well as senior leadership and the Board, in each case, as appropriate.
Our information security organization is led by the CISO, who is responsible for our overall information security strategy, policy, security engineering, operations and cyber threat detection and response. The Vice President of Product Security (VP of Product Security) provides additional expertise and focus attempting to ensure the integrity and resiliency of the products and services we provide to our customers. Combined, the CISO and VP of Product Security possess over 50 years of deep information technology, cyber security, program management, and risk experience. The information security organization manages and continually enhances a robust enterprise security structure with the goal of preventing cybersecurity incidents to the extent feasible, while simultaneously increasing our system resilience in an effort to minimize the business impact should an incident occur. Our cybersecurity program attempts to follow the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework principles. We have adopted a risk-based management process used to define, manage, and prioritize controls required to maintain the integrity and availability of our digital assets. Employees outside of our corporate information security organization also have a role in our cybersecurity defenses
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and they are immersed in a corporate culture and periodic training, supportive of security, which we believe improves our overall cybersecurity posture.
We have also extended our cybersecurity governance to our operational business executives. Mission critical information assets, those that would cause significant business, customer, or employee impact, are periodically presented by technical leadership to the appropriate senior management executive. This is a formal assessment which describes the underlying cyber posture, mitigation plan, and commitments. In addition, the Company’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Steering committee, which is co-led by the CISO and the VP of Product Security and comprised of leaders from the Company’s information technology, innovation, legal and internal audit organizations, meets periodically to ensure the overall Cybersecurity Program is progressing against its goals and new risks are operationally prioritized.
We rely heavily on third parties to support our products, business operations and technology services, and a cybersecurity incident at a supplier, subcontractor or partner could materially adversely impact us. Where possible, we endeavor to include information security provisions, audit rights and insurance requirements, in contracts with our suppliers and third-parties based on their level of access to our systems and data. For our most critical suppliers, where possible, we attempt to pursue an annual attestation of ongoing compliance to our standard policies and practices. For select suppliers, we engage third-party cybersecurity monitoring and alerting services, and seek to work directly with those suppliers to address potential deficiencies identified.
Given the constantly evolving cyber-threat landscape, as well as the previously disclosed ransomware attacks we experienced in 2019 and 2020, we continuously test and evolve our cybersecurity program. We engage internal security team experts who perform ‘ethical hacks’ against our information assets to uncover risks. As part of its risk based annual audit plan, our internal audit team reviews a number of components of our information technology operations, which taken together, comprise our cybersecurity defenses. A report of its findings is distributed to certain members of management and completion of the auditor's comments is tracked and reported up to the Audit Committee of the Board. We also engage third-party service providers to conduct evaluations of our security controls, whether through penetration testing, independent audits or consulting on best practices to address new challenges. These evaluations include testing both the design and operational effectiveness of security controls.
Assessing, identifying, and managing cybersecurity related risks are integrated into our overall enterprise risk management (ERM) process. Cybersecurity related risks are included in the risk universe that our ERM process evaluates to assess top risks to the enterprise on an annual basis. To the extent the ERM process identifies a heightened cybersecurity related risk, risk owners are assigned to develop risk mitigation plans, which are then tracked to completion. The ERM process annual risk assessment is presented to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
Notwithstanding the cybersecurity protections we have in place, we may not be successful in preventing or mitigating a cybersecurity incident that could have a material adverse effect on us. See Item 1A. “Risk Factors” for a discussion of cybersecurity risks.


ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
We lease numerous facilities worldwide, including administrative offices, fulfillment centers, parcel operations and mail sortation facilities, service locations, data centers and call centers. Our corporate headquarters is located in Stamford, Connecticut.
Our Global Ecommerce segment leases three fulfillment centers that comprise the majority of our fulfillment operations. Our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services segments conduct parcel operations and mail sortation operations through a network of approximately 45 operating centers throughout the United States. Our SendTech Solutions segment leases a manufacturing and distribution facility in Indianapolis. This facility is significant as it stores a majority of the SendTech Solutions products, supplies and inventories.
Should any facility be unable to function as intended for an extended period of time, our ability to service our clients and operating results could be impacted.
We conduct our research and development activities in facilities located in Noida and Pune, India, Bielsko-Biala, Poland, Austin, Texas and Shelton, Connecticut. Management believes that our facilities are in good operating condition, materially utilized and adequate for our current business needs.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
See Note 15 Commitments and Contingencies to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
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PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE COMPANY'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Our common stock is principally traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol "PBI". At January 31, 2024, we had 11,860 common stockholders of record.

Dividends and Share Repurchases
We have historically paid a quarterly dividend to our shareholders. Each quarter, our Board of Directors considers our recent and projected earnings and other capital needs and priorities in deciding whether to approve a dividend. We expect to continue to pay a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share; however, our Board of Directors may decide to increase or decrease this amount or to not approve the payment of a dividend at any time. We may repurchase shares of our common stock to manage the dilution created by shares issued under employee stock plans and for other purposes. We did not repurchase any additional shares of our common stock in 2023.
Stock Performance Graph
The accompanying graph shows the annual change in the value of a $100 investment in Pitney Bowes Inc., the Standard and Poor's (S&P) SmallCap 600 Composite Index and a peer group over a five-year period assuming the reinvestment of dividends. Our peer group consists of publicly traded companies similar in size and/or complexity that best align with our current businesses. The composition of our peer group is the result of the Compensation Committee's independent compensation consultant's recommendations. As such, the composition of our peer group could change year-over year.
Our 2023 peer group was updated from 2022 to include one additional company. The inclusion of this company did not impact the total shareholder return of our peer group.
Our peer group for 2023 is comprised of: ACCO Brands Corporation, Avery Dennison Corporation, Cimpress plc, Bread Financial Holdings, Inc., Deluxe Corporation, Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, Etsy, Inc., Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Fiserv, Inc., GXO Logistics, Inc., Hub Group, Inc., NCR Corporation, Overstock.com, Inc., Rockwell Automation, Inc., Ryder System, Inc., Schneider National, Inc., The Western Union Company, W.W. Grainger, Inc. and Xerox Holdings Corporation.
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On a total return basis, a $100 investment on December 31, 2018, in Pitney Bowes Inc., the S&P SmallCap 600 Composite Index, and our peer group would have been worth $93, $169 and $144 respectively, on December 31, 2023.
All information is based upon data independently provided to us by Standard & Poor's Corporation and is derived from their official total return calculation. Total return for the S&P SmallCap 600 Composite Index and our peer group is based on market capitalization, weighted for each year. The stock price performance is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.

ITEM 6. [RESERVED]
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS

SendTech Solutions
We face competition from other mail equipment and solutions providers and those that offer online shipping and mailing products and services solutions. Additionally, the growth of alternative communication methods as compared to physical mail continue to grow, which creates competition to mail and to our offerings that enable clients to use the mail efficiently. We differentiate ourselves from our competitors through our breadth of physical and digital offerings, including cloud enabled SaaS and open platform architecture offerings; pricing; available financing and payment offerings; product reliability; support services; and our extensive knowledge of the shipping and mailing industry.
Our financing operations face competition, in varying degrees, from large, diversified financial institutions, including leasing companies, commercial finance companies and commercial banks, as well as small, specialized firms. We believe our competitive advantage that differentiates us from our competitors is the breadth of our financing and payment solutions and our ability to seamlessly integrate these solutions into our clients' shipping and mailing operations.

Also see Item 1A. Risk Factors for further details regarding the competition our businesses face.

Research, Development and Intellectual Property
We invest in research and development activities to develop new products and solutions, enhance the effectiveness and functionality of existing products and solutions and deliver high value technology and differentiated services in high value segments of the market.

Third-Party Suppliers
Our SendTech Solutions segment depends on third-party suppliers and outsource providers for a variety of services and product components and the hosting of our SaaS offerings. Our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services segments rely on third-party suppliers
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to help equip our facilities, provide warehouse support and assist with our logistical operations. All of our businesses and corporate functions depend on third-party providers for a variety of data analytics, sales, reporting and other functions. In certain instances, we rely on single-sourced or limited-sourced suppliers and outsourcing vendors around the world because doing so is advantageous due to quality, price or lack of alternative sources. We have risk mitigation programs to monitor conditions affecting our suppliers' ability to fulfill expected commitments. We believe that our available sources for services, components, supplies, logistics and manufacturing are adequate.

Regulatory Matters
We are subject to the regulations of postal authorities worldwide related to product specifications of our postage meters. Our Presort Services operations are also subject to USPS regulations. The Bank is chartered as an Industrial Bank under the laws of the State of Utah. The Bank and certain company affiliates that provide services to the Bank are subject to the regulations of the Utah Department of Financial Institutions and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. We are also subject to transportation regulations for various parts of our business, worldwide customs and trade regulations related to our cross-border shipping services and regulations concerning data privacy and security for our businesses that use, process and store certain personal, confidential or proprietary data.

Climate Change
Although climate change has had no material impact on our operations to date, the risk of increasingly severe climate events or the risk that those events happen more frequently could affect one or more of our facilities and our ability to conduct daily operations in the future. Increasing regulatory restrictions in response to climate change could also materially affect our costs, especially with respect to transportation.

Human Capital
Employee Profile
We have approximately 10,500 employees, with 81% located in the United States. We also rely on a contingent hourly workforce to supplement our full-time workforce to meet fluctuating demand.
We seek to create a high-performance culture that will drive and sustain enhanced long-term value for all our shareholders. To attract, retain and engage the talent needed, we provide competitive compensation and strive to maintain a diverse, inclusive and safe workplace, with equitable opportunities for growth and development. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and contribution. We regularly assess the business environments and labor markets in the areas we operate to ensure our compensation programs reflect best practices and are market competitive. Depending on position and level, elements of our compensation packages include base salary or wages, variable compensation based on individual and company objectives and equity. We provide a competitive benefits package fostered on work/life balance, including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and benefits that provide additional support for our employees’ mental, physical, financial and social well-being.

Diversity and Inclusion
Maintaining a diverse workforce and an inclusive environment is critical to our success and we view diversity and inclusion as a competitive differentiator that helps us attract, grow, engage and retain the best talent. We celebrate a rich mix of countries, cultures, ages, races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientation, abilities, and perspectives that showcase our humanity, differentiate us as individuals and enhance our businesses. Our global workforce is comprised of over 43% women and 35% of our global managers are women. Our U.S. population is nearly 50% people of color and 36% of our U.S. managers are people of color.
We continue to increase diversity and inclusion awareness throughout our company through enhancements and improvements to our talent acquisition processes, cultural awareness training and the creation of allies and mentors to help advance diversity and inclusion in our workforce.

Employee Engagement and Development
We are committed to creating a culture where our employees feel supported and valued. We offer employees many opportunities to advance their skills, learn new skills and achieve career goals through virtual and in-person development and training programs, professional development initiatives, experiential learning, mentoring and coaching programs and inclusion networks.
Through multiple platforms, we offer employees and candidates varied opportunities to find development opportunities and stay informed about key changes to our business. We conduct an independent annual employee engagement survey with demonstrated high levels of employee participation. We benchmark our results against our previous year’s performance, as well as against other high-performing organizations. We consider the feedback from employees and implement changes where possible and financially prudent.



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Health and Safety
We are committed to providing a safe workplace that protects against and limits personal injury and environmental harm. Through regular evaluations of site safety performance, sharing of successes, and creating projects to engage employees in safety improvements, we identify risks, provide guidance and training, review and learn from accidents, and reduce injuries. We also report monthly to both local site management and senior leadership on safety metrics, trends, risks and regulatory activity. Through these efforts and employee engagement, we have experienced significant improvements in our total recordable cases and total recordable incident rates since 2019.

Available Information
Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and any amendments thereto filed with, or furnished to, the SEC, are available, free of charge, through the Investor Relations section of our website at www.investorrelations.pitneybowes.com or from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, as soon as reasonably practicable after these reports are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. The other information found on our website is not part of this or any other report we file with or furnish to the SEC.

Information About Our Executive Officers
NameAgeTitleExecutive
Officer Since
Jason C. Dies54Interim Chief Executive Officer2017
Daniel J. Goldstein62Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary2010
Christoph Stehmann (1)
61Executive Vice President, International Sending Technology Solutions2016
Gregg Zegras56Executive Vice President and President, Global Ecommerce2020
Ana Maria Chadwick52Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer2021
James Fairweather52Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer2021
Debbie Pfeiffer (2)
63Executive Vice President and President, Presort Services2024
Shemin Nurmohamed (3)
52Executive Vice President and President, Sending Technology Solutions2024
(1) Effective April 1, 2024, Mr. Stehmann will be retiring.
(2) Effective January 1, 2024, Ms. Pfeiffer was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Presort Services.
(3) Effective January 1, 2024, Mrs. Nurmohamed was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Sending Technology Solutions.

There are no family relationships among the above officers. The above officers have served in various executive positions with the company for at least the past five years except as follows:
Mr. Zegras was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Global Ecommerce in July 2020. He joined the company in 2013 as President, Imagitas. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Zegras held several executive leadership positions, including at NBC Universal, Sharecare and Hearst Entertainment.
Ms. Chadwick joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January 2021. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Chadwick was employed at the financial services division of General Electric Company as President and CEO of GE Capital Global Legacy Solutions. Ms. Chadwick spent over 20 years at GE Capital, where she held several executive positions, including Controller of GE Capital Americas and CFO at GE Capital Energy Financial Services.
Mr. Fairweather was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer in May 2021. Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Commerce Services. He has been a leader in the company's strategic digital transformation and technology initiatives across Design, SaaS, Data Science and Analytics, API Management, Security and Mobility.
Ms. Pfeiffer was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Presort Services in January 2024. Prior to this, she was President, Presort Services, Vice President/General Manager of the Columbus and Cincinnati Ohio Operating Centers, Vice President of National Accounts and Vice President Sales & Client Services,
Mrs. Nurmohamed was appointed Executive Vice President and President, Sending Technology Solutions in January 2024. She joined the company in 2016 as Vice President, Document Messaging Technologies France. Prior to joining the company, Mrs. Nurmohamed had a 16 year career at IBM as CFO and Sales Director of various business units at the European and global levels.
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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Our operations face certain risks that should be considered in evaluating our business. We manage and mitigate these risks on a proactive basis, using an enterprise risk management program. Nevertheless, the following risk factors, some of which may be beyond our control, could materially affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, brand and reputation, and may cause future results to be materially different than our current expectations. These risk factors are not intended to be all inclusive.

Mailing and Shipping Industry Risks
The financial condition of the USPS, or the national posts in our other major markets, has affected, and could, in the future, affect the ability of those posts to provide services to us or our clients, which could adversely affect client demand for our offerings and thus our financial performance.
We are dependent on financially viable national posts in the geographic markets where we operate, particularly in the United States. A significant portion of our revenue depends upon the ability of these posts, especially the USPS, to provide competitive mail and package delivery services to our clients and the quality of the services they provide. Their ability to provide high quality service at affordable rates in turn depends upon their ongoing financial strength. Although Congress provided the USPS a measure of relief with the enactment of the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, the USPS, and national posts in our other major markets, still face financial challenges. If these challenges interfere with these posts’ ability to continue to provide the services they currently provide, our financial performance may be adversely affected.

Our ability to compete in the package shipping market in the United States depends upon certain contractual relationships we have with the USPS and the successful performance of those services.
The USPS is our primary provider for the “last mile” component of our parcel delivery services in the United States. This represents a significant component of our cost in offering these services. If we are unable to receive competitive pricing from the USPS or take advantage of lower cost USPS options, our ability to compete with private carriers and achieve profitable revenue growth may be adversely affected. Our digital delivery options also depend upon certain contractual relationships with the USPS to enable us to offer these services profitably, and the USPS has adjusted the terms of those contracts in the past. Should the USPS make additional changes to how it contracts with us for this service, our profitability could be adversely affected. The quality of service we provide to our clients also depends upon the quality of delivery services received from the USPS. As the ecommerce market continues to evolve, and as the USPS implements changes to its network, if the USPS’ service performance is materially worse than that of the private carriers, we may lose clients to competition and our financial performance may be adversely affected.

We are subject to postal regulations and processes, which could adversely affect our financial performance.
A significant portion of our business is subject to regulation and oversight by the USPS, posts in other major markets, and the governmental bodies that regulate the posts themselves. These postal authorities have the power to regulate some of our current products and services and to establish guidelines for postage rates. They also must approve many of our new or future product and service offerings before we can bring them to market. If new or future product and service offerings are not approved or there are significant conditions to approval, favorable postage rates are reversed, regulations on existing products or services are changed, posts utilize their position in the market or their role as product regulator to limit competition in areas where the posts themselves offer solutions,or if we fall out of compliance with the posts’ regulations, our financial performance could be adversely affected.

If we are not able to respond to the continuing decline in the volume of physical mail delivered via traditional postal services, our financial performance could be adversely affected.
Continuing declines in traditional mail volumes impact our financial results, primarily within our SendTech Solutions and Presort Services segments. An accelerated or sudden decline could result from one or more of the following factors: changes in communication technologies and their use; changes in frequency and quality of mail delivery from national posts; legislation incentivizing alternative means of communication, burdening mail, or limiting how the mail be used; significant rate increases; or other external events affecting physical mail delivery. If we are not successful at meeting the continuing challenges faced in our mailing business, or if physical mail volumes experience an accelerated or sudden decline, our financial performance could be adversely affected.

Significant changes to the laws regulating the USPS or other posts, or changes in their operating models could have an adverse effect on our financial performance.
As a significant portion of our revenue and earnings is dependent on postal operations, changes in the laws and regulations that affect how posts operate could have an adverse effect on our financial performance. As posts consider new strategies for their operations in
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an era of declining mail volumes and increasing package volumes, if we are unable to work with posts to support those strategies, our financial performance could be adversely affected.

Business Operational Risks

We face intense competition in the industries in which we operate.
The markets for our products and services in each of our segments are highly competitive. In our Global Ecommerce segment, we face competition from full-service ecommerce business process outsourcers, online marketplaces, freight forwarders, posts, and major global delivery services companies, including those that can offer both domestic and cross-border solutions in a single package. If we cannot compete successfully in these markets with, among other things, speed of delivery, price, reliability, functionality and scalability of our platform and logistic services and ease of integration and use, we may lose clients, incur additional costs and suffer from reduced margins, and the financial results of the segment may be adversely affected. Our Presort Services segment faces competition from regional and local presort providers, cooperatives of multiple local presort providers, consolidators and service bureaus that offer presort solutions as part of a larger bundle of outsourcing services and large volume mailers that have sufficient volumes and the capability to presort their own mailings in-house and could use excess capacity to offer presort services to others. If we are not able to effectively compete on price, innovative service, delivery speed, tracking and reporting, we may lose clients and the financial results of the segment may be adversely affected. Our Sending Technology Solutions segment faces competition from other mail equipment and solutions providers, companies that offer products and services as alternative means of message communications and those that offer online shipping and mailing products and services solutions. Our digital delivery business competes with technology providers ranging from large, established companies and national posts to smaller companies offering negotiated carrier rates. In addition, our financing operations face competition, in varying degrees, from large, diversified financial institutions, including leasing companies, commercial finance companies and commercial banks, as well as small, specialized firms. If we are not able to differentiate ourselves from our competitors or effectively compete with them, the financial results of the segment may be adversely affected.

The evolution of our businesses to more digital and shipping-related services has resulted in a decline in our overall profit margins. If we cannot increase our volumes while at the same time reduce our costs, our overall profitability could be adversely affected.
As our businesses shift to more digital and shipping-related services, the relative revenue contribution from our shipping-related offerings now exceeds that of the revenue from our mailing-related offerings. We expect the revenue contribution from shipping-related services to continue to grow; however, profit margins on these services are lower than those for our mailing-related offerings. As a result, we need to achieve higher dollars of revenue to generate the same dollars of profit that we generate in our mailing businesses. Accordingly, if we cannot continue to grow package volumes and gain additional economies of scale, and in turn, improve margins and profitability, our short and long-term financial performance may be adversely affected.

Seasonality of the Global Ecommerce segment, unexpected declines in consumer demand or the performance of our retail customers, or unexpected spikes in the costs of labor or transportation, especially during the fourth quarter, could adversely affect our overall performance.
Our Global Ecommerce segment derives the majority of its revenue from retail clients. The retail industry is subject to cyclical trends in consumer sentiment and spending habits that are affected by many factors, including prevailing economic conditions, recession or fears of recession, inflation, exchange rates, unemployment levels, pandemics, or geopolitical events. Our retail clients are also dependent on third-party suppliers to provide them with either raw materials or finished goods to meet the demands of their clients. This segment also relies upon the availability of labor and transportation at a reasonable cost and unexpected increases in these costs due to higher demand or other macroeconomic factors (which have occurred in the past) could also impact the financial results of Global Ecommerce. Further, the financial results for Global Ecommerce are highly dependent on its performance in the fourth quarter, so if any of these risk factors come to pass in that quarter, the impact on the segment's performance could be more significant than other times in the year.

The loss of any of our largest clients in our Global Ecommerce segment could adversely affect the financial performance of that segment.
The Global Ecommerce segment receives a large portion of its revenue from a relatively small number of clients and business partners. If any of these larger clients or business partners leave our network or reduce their use of our services, which has occurred in the past, and we are unable to replace that lost volume, it could have a material adverse effect on the revenue and profitability of the segment.
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There can be no assurance that our larger clients and business partners will continue to utilize our products or services at current levels, or that we would be able to replace any of these clients or business partners with others who can generate revenue at current levels.

If we fail to effectively manage our third-party suppliers, or if their ability to perform were negatively impacted, our business, financial performance and reputation could be adversely affected.
Our SendTech Solutions segment relies on third-party suppliers for services and components for our mailing equipment, spare parts, supplies and services and for the hosting of our SaaS offerings. We also rely on third-party suppliers to help us equip our Presort and Ecommerce facilities and to provide us with services related to some of our operations and productivity initiatives. In certain instances, we rely on single-sourced or limited-sourced suppliers around the world because of advantages in quality, price or lack of alternative sources. Like many other companies, we and our suppliers have experienced interruptions and increased supply costs in the past, due to, among other things, volatility in the semiconductor industry, threats of strikes, rising inflation and geopolitical instability. Although our 2023 financial results were not significantly impacted, these factors, at times, caused us to experience longer wait times for supplies or increased costs.If these supply chain constraints were to worsen or, if other unknown events cause our suppliers to not be able to provide their services, components or equipment to us in a timely manner, or, if the quality of the goods or services received were to deteriorate, our relationship with certain suppliers were to be terminated, or if the costs of using these third parties were to continue to increase and we were not able to find alternate suppliers, we could lose clients, incur significant disruptions in manufacturing and operations and increased costs (including higher freight and re-engineering costs) and delay automation and productivity initiatives in our warehouses.

Fluctuations in transportation costs or disruptions to transportation services in our Global Ecommerce or Presort Services segments could adversely affect client satisfaction or our financial performance.
In addition to our reliance on the USPS, our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services segments rely upon third-party transportation service providers to transport a significant portion of our parcel and mail volumes. Some of these providers may also be competitors. The use of these providers is subject to risks, including our ability to negotiate acceptable terms, increased competition during peak periods, capacity issues, increased fuel costs, labor shortages, performance problems, extreme weather, natural or man-made disasters, pandemics, or other unforeseen difficulties. Given our continued reliance upon these providers, any disruption to the timely supply of these services, any future unforeseen disruptions affecting these providers, any dramatic increase in the cost of these services or any deterioration of the performance of these services (each of which we have experienced, at times), have adversely affected or could adversely affect client satisfaction and our financial performance.

Our business depends on our ability to attract, retain, and engage with, employees at a reasonable cost to meet the needs of our business and to consistently deliver highly differentiated, competitive offerings.
The rapid growth of the ecommerce industry has resulted in ongoing competition for employees in the shipping, transportation, and logistics industry, including drivers and warehouse employees. At times, both our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services segments have experienced increased demand and competition for labor, especially for our warehouses, driving up costs.We supplement our workforce with contingent hourly workers from staffing agencies on an as-needed basis; however, if we experience labor shortages, do not effectively manage our ability to attract and utilize contingent workers, or if our staffing agencies terminate their relationship with us and we cannot find alternative providers, it could result in increased costs and adversely affect our operations. Moreover, given the nature of our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services employee base, if we cannot continue to maintain good relationships, we could experience increased employee dissatisfaction and turnover, which could result in increased operating costs and reduced operational flexibility.
In May 2023, we approved a worldwide restructuring plan (the 2023 Plan), which involved the elimination of 850-950 positions worldwide. Such actions may cause us to experience a loss of continuity, loss of accumulated knowledge and/or inefficiency, loss of key employees and/or other retention issues during transitional periods. Such actions may also make hiring qualified employees more difficult.
There is also significant competition for the talent needed for research and development of new products and services and talent needed to sell and service our other products and services within all our business units. Increased competition for employees has resulted in higher costs for wages and other benefits necessary to attract and retain employees with the right skill sets. Additional labor costs which may also impact our business include those triggered by federal, state and local laws and regulatory actions; increased health care and workers’ compensation insurance expenses; and costs associated with the health and safety of our employees.



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Difficulty in obtaining and protecting our intellectual property, and the risk of infringement claims by others may negatively impact our financial performance.
Our businesses are not materially dependent on any one patent or license or group of related patents and licenses; however, our business success depends in part upon protecting our intellectual property rights, including proprietary technology developed or obtained through acquisitions. We rely on copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets and other intellectual property laws to establish and protect our proprietary rights. If we are unable to protect our intellectual property rights, our competitive position may suffer, which could adversely affect our revenue and profitability. The continued evolution of patent law and the nature of our innovation work may affect the number of patents we are able to receive for our development efforts. As we continue to transition our business to more software and service-based offerings, patent protection of these innovations will be more difficult to obtain.In addition, from time to time, third parties may claim that we, our clients, or our suppliers, have infringed their intellectual property rights. These claims, if successful, may require us to redesign affected products, enter into costly settlement or license agreements, pay damage awards, or face a temporary or permanent injunction prohibiting us from marketing or selling certain products.

If we fail to comply with government contracting regulations, our financial performance, brand name and reputation could suffer.
We have a significant number of contracts with governmental entities. Government contracts are subject to extensive and complex procurement laws and regulations, along with regular audits and investigations by government agencies. If one or more government agency discovers contractual noncompliance by us or one of our subcontractors, we may be subject to various civil or criminal penalties and administrative sanctions, which could include the termination of the contract, reimbursement of payments received, fines and debarment from doing business with other government agencies. Any of these events could not only affect our financial performance, but also adversely affect our brand and reputation.

We may not fully realize the anticipated benefits of strategic acquisitions and divestitures which may harm our financial performance.
Strategic acquisitions and business divestitures involve significant risks and uncertainties, which could have an adverse effect on our financial performance, including:
difficulties in achieving anticipated benefits or synergies;
difficulties in integrating newly acquired businesses and operations, including combining product and service offerings and integrating financial reporting and other IT systems;
the loss of key employees or clients of businesses acquired or divested;
significant charges for employee severance and other restructuring costs, legal, accounting and financial advisory fees and goodwill and asset impairment charges; and
reducing fixed costs previously associated with divested businesses

Our capital investments to develop new products and offerings may not yield the anticipated benefits.
We made and are continuing to make significant capital investments in new products and services. If we are not successful in these new product or service introductions, or if our past investments in facilities do not yield the expected productivity improvements, at the levels anticipated when making the investments, there may be an adverse effect on our financial performance.

Cybersecurity and Technology Risks

Our financial performance and our reputation could be adversely affected, and we could be subject to legal liability or regulatory enforcement actions, if we or our suppliers are unable to protect against, or effectively respond to, cyberattacks or other cyber incidents.
We depend on the security of our and our suppliers' information technology systems to support numerous business processes and activities, to service our clients, and to enable consumer transactions and postal services. There are numerous cybersecurity risks to these systems, including individual and group criminal hackers, industrial espionage, denial of service attacks, ransomware and malware attacks, attacks on the software supply chain, and employee errors and/or malfeasance. These cyber threats are constantly evolving, especially given the advances in, and the rise of the use of, artificial intelligence, thereby increasing the difficulty of preventing, detecting, and successfully defending against them. Successful breaches could, among other things, disrupt our operations or result in the unauthorized disclosure, theft and misuse of company, client, consumer and employee sensitive and confidential information, all of which could adversely affect our financial performance. Cybersecurity breaches could result in financial liability to other parties, governmental investigations, regulatory enforcement actions and penalties, and damage to our brand and reputation. Although we maintain insurance coverage relating to cybersecurity incidents, we may incur costs or financial losses that are either not insured against or not fully covered through our insurance. Despite the fact that we continually implement and update measures to enhance our cybersecurity protections and minimize the impact of any potential attack, none of these measures are fool proof and like all companies, intrusions will occur, and have occurred in the past (e.g. the previously disclosed ransomware attacks we experienced
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in 2019 and 2020). Our goal is to prevent meaningful incursions and minimize the overall impact of those that occur. For more information on how the Company handles cybersecurity, see Item 1C. Cybersecurity.
Failure to comply with data privacy and protection laws and regulations could subject us to legal liability and adversely affect our reputation and our financial performance.
Our businesses use, process, and store proprietary information and personal, sensitive, or confidential data relating to our business, clients, and employees. Privacy laws and similar regulations in many jurisdictions where we do business require that we take significant steps to safeguard that information, and these laws and regulations continue to evolve. The scope of the laws that may be applicable to us is often uncertain and may be conflicting. In addition, new laws may add a broad array of requirements on how we handle or use information and increase our compliance obligations. For example, the European Union greatly increased the jurisdictional reach of European Law by enacting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which, among other things, enhanced an individual’s rights with respect to their information. However, ongoing litigation in the European Union on how to comply with GDPR requirements continues to create uncertainty in how to demonstrate compliance, and the outcome of these cases could impact how companies do business in the European Union. In the United States, a growing number of states have enacted different laws regarding personal information and privacy that impose significant new requirements on consumer personal information. In some instances (e.g., California), these laws also expand the definition of consumer personal information to include information related to employees and business contacts. Some of these state laws have established independent agencies with rule making and enforcement authority, whose initial guidance, actions, and regulations remain to be determined and tested, adding additional layers of uncertainty with respect to compliance. Other countries or states have enacted and will continue to enact and amend laws or regulations in the future that have similar or additional requirements. Although we continually monitor and assess the impact of these laws and regulations, and continually update our systems to protect our data and comply with these laws, their interpretation and enforcement are uncertain, subject to change, and may require substantial costs to monitor and implement. Failure to comply with data privacy and protection laws and regulations could also result in government enforcement actions (which could include substantial civil and/or criminal penalties) and private litigation, which could adversely affect our reputation and financial performance.

If we or our suppliers encounter unforeseen interruptions or difficulties in the operation of our cloud-based applications, our business could be disrupted, our reputation and relationships may be harmed, and our financial performance could be adversely affected.
Our business relies upon the continuous and uninterrupted performance of our and our suppliers' cloud-based applications and systems to support numerous business processes, to service our clients and to support their transactions with their customers and postal services. Our applications and systems, and those of our partners, may be subject to interruptions due to technological errors, system capacity constraints, software errors or defects, human errors, computer or communications failures, power loss, adverse acts of nature and other unexpected events. We have business continuity and disaster recovery plans in place to protect our business operations in case of such events and we also require our suppliers to have the same. Nonetheless, there can be no guarantee that these plans will function as designed. If we are unable to limit interruptions or successfully correct them in a timely manner or at all, it could result in lost revenue, loss of critical data, significant expenditures of capital, a delay or loss in market acceptance of our services and damage to our reputation, brand and relationships, any of which could have an adverse effect on our business and our financial performance.

Macroeconomic and General Regulatory Risks

Periods of difficult economic conditions, other macroeconomic events, or a public health crisis could adversely affect our business.
Our operations and financial performance are impacted by the economic conditions in the United States and the other countries where we and our clients do business. Any significant or perceived weakening of these economies, reduction in business confidence or change in business or consumer spending habits, concerns of a domestic or global recession, rising inflation or interest rates, limited availability of credit, or other macroeconomic events (including public health crises), not within our control, may reduce our client’s demand for shipping and mailing products and services (especially in our Global Ecommerce business, which is subject to cyclical trends in consumer sentiment and spending habits) and thus, negatively affect our financial performance. These economic conditions, at times, have arisen and can arise suddenly, and the duration and full impact of such conditions can be difficult to predict, which could adversely impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Future credit rating downgrades, capital market disruptions, significant decline in cash flows, noncompliance with any of our debt covenants, or significant withdrawals by depositors at the Bank, could adversely affect our ability to maintain adequate liquidity, provide competitive financing services and to fund various discretionary priorities.
We provide competitive finance offerings and fund discretionary priorities, such as business investments, strategic acquisitions, dividend payments and share repurchases through a combination of cash generated from operations, deposits held at the Bank and access to capital markets. Our ability to access U.S. capital markets and the associated cost of borrowing is dependent upon our credit ratings and is subject to capital market volatility. Given our current credit rating, we may experience reduced financial or strategic
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flexibility and higher costs when we do access the U.S. capital markets. We maintain a $500 million revolving credit facility that requires we maintain certain financial and nonfinancial covenants.
A significant decline in cash flows, noncompliance with any of the covenants under the revolving credit facility, further credit rating downgrades, material capital market disruptions, significant withdrawals by depositors at the Bank, adverse changes to our industrial loan charter or an increase in our credit default swap spread could impact our ability to maintain adequate liquidity, which could impact our ability to provide competitive finance offerings, repay or refinance maturing debt, and fund other strategic or discretionary activities, which could adversely affect our operational and financial performance.

Changes in tax rates, laws or regulations could adversely impact our financial results.
We are subject to taxes in the U.S. and in the foreign jurisdictions where we do business. Due to continuing global fiscal challenges and political conditions, tax laws and enforcement approaches have been and may continue to be subject to significant change. Changes in tax laws may be on a prospective or retroactive basis and could have a material impact of our tax expense and cash flows. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have set forth a Two-Pillar Solution fundamentally overhauling the international tax rules.Pillar One focuses on reallocation of profits while Pillar Two applies a global minimum corporate tax.The OECD has set forth Model Rules and an ambitious timeline to ensure the effective implementation of the Two-Pillar Solution.Although some jurisdictions have issued guidance or passed tax laws based on the OECD Model Rules, the final nature, timing and extent of any such tax reforms or other legislative or regulatory actions is unpredictable, and it is difficult to assess their overall effect. However, these changes could result in double tax, increase our effective tax rate and adversely impact our financial results and cash flows.
We are subject to tax audits in the various jurisdictions in which we operate. Given the complexity of the current and changing tax laws and regulations, tax authorities may disagree with certain positions we have taken and assess additional taxes. We regularly review the strength of our positions based on current law, court cases, rulings and proposed legislative changes to determine the appropriateness of our tax provision, however, there can be no assurance that we will accurately predict the outcomes of these audits, which could have a material impact on our effective tax rate and adversely impact our financial results and cash flows.

Our Global Ecommerce segment is exposed to increased foreign exchange rate fluctuations.
The sales generated from many of our clients who use our cross-border services are exposed to foreign exchange rate fluctuations. Currently, merchants using our cross-border services are located primarily in the U.S. and the U.K. and a majority of consumers making purchases through these platforms are in a limited number of foreign countries. The current strength of the U.S. Dollar relative to currencies in the countries where we do the most business continues to impact our client’s ability to compete internationally as the cost of similar international products improved relative to the cost of U.S. retailer’s products. This in turn, adversely affected Global Ecommerce’s revenue and profitability during the past two years. If the strength of the U.S. dollar continues, or if the British Pound were to strengthen relative to other currencies, our retailers may continue to experience a decrease in international sales volumes, which, in turn would adversely affect this segment’s revenue and profitability.

Our operations and financial performance may be negatively affected by changes in trade policies, tariffs and regulations.
Our Global Ecommerce segment is subject to significant trade regulations, taxes, and duties throughout the world. Any changes to these regulations could potentially impose increased documentation and delivery requirements, delay delivery times and subject us to increased costs and additional liabilities, which could adversely affect our financial performance. Within the last four years, the United States increased tariffs for certain goods, which triggered other nations to also increase tariffs on certain of their goods. For our Global Ecommerce segment, tariff increases, or even an environment of uncertainty surrounding trade issues, could reduce demand and adversely affect its financial performance. For our SendTech Solutions segment, increased tariffs resulted in additional costs on certain components used in some of our products.

If we do not keep pace with evolving expectations and regulations in the areas of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and address the potential impact of climate change on our costs and operations, our reputation and results of operations may be adversely affected.
The set of topics incorporated within the term ESG in general, and climate change in particular, cover a range of issues that pose potential risks to our operations. From an environmental perspective, the impact of climate change and a potential increase in extreme weather events may pose risk to the operation of our sortation facilities and the ability to transport mail and packages.The increased focus on alternative energy sources and the need to reduce our carbon footprint over time, could result in higher investments in capital spending and increased operational costs. There are also a series of laws related to product stewardship and waste disposal to which we need to comply. From a “social” perspective, a failure to meet employee expectations around safety and diversity, equity and inclusion could impact our ability to recruit new employees and retain talent. Finally, from a “governance” perspective, if we do not
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maintain good governance processes in general or do not satisfy investor stakeholder expectations on ESG, our reputation and attractiveness to portions of the investment community could be adversely affected.

Shareholder Activism Risks

Our business could be negatively affected as a result of shareholder activism.
We value constructive input from investors and regularly engage with our stockholders regarding strategy and performance. Although our Board of Directors and management team are committed to acting in the best interests of all our stockholders, there is no assurance that the results of actions taken by our Board of Directors and management team will be successful.
In 2023, Hestia Capital Partners, LP (collectively with its affiliates, “Hestia”) ran a proxy contest seeking the election of five of its nominees to our Board of Directors at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2023 Annual Meeting”). At the 2023 Annual Meeting held on May 9, 2023, our stockholders voted to elect four directors nominated by Hestia to serve on our Board of Directors. Any qualifying stockholder may conduct a proxy contest in the future. Responding to proxy contests, including related litigation, can be costly, time-consuming, disrupt our operations and divert the attention of management, Board of Directors and employees. All of this could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition, as well as the market performance of our securities.
Additionally, perceived uncertainties as to our future direction or changes to the composition of our Board of Directors as a result of activist stockholders, may lead to the perception of an adverse change in the direction of our business, instability or lack of management or oversight continuity. These uncertainties may be more acute or heightened if an activist stockholder seeks to change a majority of our Board of Directors. Actions by activist stockholders may be exploited by our competitors and/or other activist stockholders, cause concern to customers, employees, investors, rating agencies, strategic partners and other constituencies, which could result in lost sales and business opportunities, make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel and business partners and adversely impact our ability to access capital markets at reasonable costs. Further, actions of activist stockholders may cause significant fluctuations in our stock price based on temporary or speculative market perceptions or other factors that do not necessarily reflect the underlying fundamentals and prospects of our business.


ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.

ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY
A comprehensive cybersecurity program is critical to achieving our business goals. Like all companies in today’s world, we face a multitude of cybersecurity threats that range from ransomware and denial-of-service, to attacks from more advanced nation state actors, and even insider threats. Likewise, our customers, suppliers, subcontractors and partners face similar cybersecurity threats, and a cybersecurity incident impacting us or any of these entities could materially adversely affect our business operations and financial performance. These cybersecurity threats and related risks make it imperative that we expend considerable resources to safeguard our organization’s assets and to prevent service disruptions or minimize the impact should an incident occur.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors oversees the technology functions, including management’s processes for identifying and mitigating risks, including cybersecurity risks, to help align our risk exposure with our strategic objectives. Senior technology leadership, including our Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), briefs the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors on our cybersecurity and information security posture semi-annually and on an as needed basis and the full Board of Directors is apprised on an annual basis. In the event of an incident, we strive to follow our detailed incident response playbook, which outlines the steps to be taken from incident detection to mitigation, recovery and notification, including notifying functional areas (e.g. legal), customers, as well as senior leadership and the Board, in each case, as appropriate.
Our information security organization is led by the CISO, who is responsible for our overall information security strategy, policy, security engineering, operations and cyber threat detection and response. The Vice President of Product Security (VP of Product Security) provides additional expertise and focus attempting to ensure the integrity and resiliency of the products and services we provide to our customers. Combined, the CISO and VP of Product Security possess over 50 years of deep information technology, cyber security, program management, and risk experience. The information security organization manages and continually enhances a robust enterprise security structure with the goal of preventing cybersecurity incidents to the extent feasible, while simultaneously increasing our system resilience in an effort to minimize the business impact should an incident occur. Our cybersecurity program attempts to follow the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework principles. We have adopted a risk-based management process used to define, manage, and prioritize controls required to maintain the integrity and availability of our digital assets. Employees outside of our corporate information security organization also have a role in our cybersecurity defenses
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and they are immersed in a corporate culture and periodic training, supportive of security, which we believe improves our overall cybersecurity posture.
We have also extended our cybersecurity governance to our operational business executives. Mission critical information assets, those that would cause significant business, customer, or employee impact, are periodically presented by technical leadership to the appropriate senior management executive. This is a formal assessment which describes the underlying cyber posture, mitigation plan, and commitments. In addition, the Company’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Steering committee, which is co-led by the CISO and the VP of Product Security and comprised of leaders from the Company’s information technology, innovation, legal and internal audit organizations, meets periodically to ensure the overall Cybersecurity Program is progressing against its goals and new risks are operationally prioritized.
We rely heavily on third parties to support our products, business operations and technology services, and a cybersecurity incident at a supplier, subcontractor or partner could materially adversely impact us. Where possible, we endeavor to include information security provisions, audit rights and insurance requirements, in contracts with our suppliers and third-parties based on their level of access to our systems and data. For our most critical suppliers, where possible, we attempt to pursue an annual attestation of ongoing compliance to our standard policies and practices. For select suppliers, we engage third-party cybersecurity monitoring and alerting services, and seek to work directly with those suppliers to address potential deficiencies identified.
Given the constantly evolving cyber-threat landscape, as well as the previously disclosed ransomware attacks we experienced in 2019 and 2020, we continuously test and evolve our cybersecurity program. We engage internal security team experts who perform ‘ethical hacks’ against our information assets to uncover risks. As part of its risk based annual audit plan, our internal audit team reviews a number of components of our information technology operations, which taken together, comprise our cybersecurity defenses. A report of its findings is distributed to certain members of management and completion of the auditor's comments is tracked and reported up to the Audit Committee of the Board. We also engage third-party service providers to conduct evaluations of our security controls, whether through penetration testing, independent audits or consulting on best practices to address new challenges. These evaluations include testing both the design and operational effectiveness of security controls.
Assessing, identifying, and managing cybersecurity related risks are integrated into our overall enterprise risk management (ERM) process. Cybersecurity related risks are included in the risk universe that our ERM process evaluates to assess top risks to the enterprise on an annual basis. To the extent the ERM process identifies a heightened cybersecurity related risk, risk owners are assigned to develop risk mitigation plans, which are then tracked to completion. The ERM process annual risk assessment is presented to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
Notwithstanding the cybersecurity protections we have in place, we may not be successful in preventing or mitigating a cybersecurity incident that could have a material adverse effect on us. See Item 1A. “Risk Factors” for a discussion of cybersecurity risks.


ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
We lease numerous facilities worldwide, including administrative offices, fulfillment centers, parcel operations and mail sortation facilities, service locations, data centers and call centers. Our corporate headquarters is located in Stamford, Connecticut.
Our Global Ecommerce segment leases three fulfillment centers that comprise the majority of our fulfillment operations. Our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services segments conduct parcel operations and mail sortation operations through a network of approximately 45 operating centers throughout the United States. Our SendTech Solutions segment leases a manufacturing and distribution facility in Indianapolis. This facility is significant as it stores a majority of the SendTech Solutions products, supplies and inventories.
Should any facility be unable to function as intended for an extended period of time, our ability to service our clients and operating results could be impacted.
We conduct our research and development activities in facilities located in Noida and Pune, India, Bielsko-Biala, Poland, Austin, Texas and Shelton, Connecticut. Management believes that our facilities are in good operating condition, materially utilized and adequate for our current business needs.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
See Note 15 Commitments and Contingencies to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
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PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE COMPANY'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Our common stock is principally traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol "PBI". At January 31, 2024, we had 11,860 common stockholders of record.

Dividends and Share Repurchases
We have historically paid a quarterly dividend to our shareholders. Each quarter, our Board of Directors considers our recent and projected earnings and other capital needs and priorities in deciding whether to approve a dividend. We expect to continue to pay a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share; however, our Board of Directors may decide to increase or decrease this amount or to not approve the payment of a dividend at any time. We may repurchase shares of our common stock to manage the dilution created by shares issued under employee stock plans and for other purposes. We did not repurchase any additional shares of our common stock in 2023.
Stock Performance Graph
The accompanying graph shows the annual change in the value of a $100 investment in Pitney Bowes Inc., the Standard and Poor's (S&P) SmallCap 600 Composite Index and a peer group over a five-year period assuming the reinvestment of dividends. Our peer group consists of publicly traded companies similar in size and/or complexity that best align with our current businesses. The composition of our peer group is the result of the Compensation Committee's independent compensation consultant's recommendations. As such, the composition of our peer group could change year-over year.
Our 2023 peer group was updated from 2022 to include one additional company. The inclusion of this company did not impact the total shareholder return of our peer group.
Our peer group for 2023 is comprised of: ACCO Brands Corporation, Avery Dennison Corporation, Cimpress plc, Bread Financial Holdings, Inc., Deluxe Corporation, Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, Etsy, Inc., Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Fiserv, Inc., GXO Logistics, Inc., Hub Group, Inc., NCR Corporation, Overstock.com, Inc., Rockwell Automation, Inc., Ryder System, Inc., Schneider National, Inc., The Western Union Company, W.W. Grainger, Inc. and Xerox Holdings Corporation.
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On a total return basis, a $100 investment on December 31, 2018, in Pitney Bowes Inc., the S&P SmallCap 600 Composite Index, and our peer group would have been worth $93, $169 and $144 respectively, on December 31, 2023.
All information is based upon data independently provided to us by Standard & Poor's Corporation and is derived from their official total return calculation. Total return for the S&P SmallCap 600 Composite Index and our peer group is based on market capitalization, weighted for each year. The stock price performance is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.

ITEM 6. [RESERVED]
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion of our financial condition and operating results should be read in conjunction with our risk factors, consolidated financial statements and related notes. This discussion includes forward-looking statements based on management's current expectations, estimates and projections and involves risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ significantly from those currently expressed. A detailed discussion of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements is outlined under "Forward-Looking Statements" and "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in this Form 10-K. All table amounts are presented in thousands of dollars.
A discussion of our financial condition and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021, can be found under Item 7 “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 17, 2023.

OUTLOOK
We expect consolidated revenue to be flat to a low single-digit decline and EBIT margins to be relatively flat in 2024 compared to 2023. Within SendTech Solutions, we expect revenue and EBIT declines due in part to lower equipment sales as initial lease terms of prior equipment sales expire and customers are expected to renew these leases for a fixed term rather than purchase new equipment. We also expect revenue to decline due to lower meter populations due to the migration to cloud-based solutions. These declines will be partially offset by higher shipping revenues.
Within Presort Services, we anticipate total volumes to be relatively flat in 2024 compared to 2023, but revenue to benefit slightly from increased workshare discounts. We expect margin and profit to remain relatively flat to slightly higher compared to the prior year.
Within Global Ecommerce, we expect revenue growth in domestic parcel services driven by increased volumes, partially offset by lower revenue from cross-border services. We anticipate margin and profit improvements compared to 2023.
We continue to make progress on our worldwide restructuring program and expect to realize annualized cost savings of $75-$85 million by the end of 2024, a portion of which was realized in 2023. However, we also expect higher interest costs and the restoration of variable compensation costs in 2024 to significantly offset these savings.
See our Forward-Looking Statements under Part I on page 3 and Risk Factors under Item 1A for certain factors, some beyond our control, which could adversely impact our 2024 results.


OVERVIEW OF CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

Factors Affecting Comparability
Certain transactions and changes occurred in 2022 that impact the comparability to our 2023 financial results. These transactions and changes include:

the sale of our Borderfree cross-border ecommerce solutions business (Borderfree) in July 2022. Accordingly, reported revenue and costs for the twelve months ended December 31, 2022 include six months of revenue and costs for Borderfree. Net income of Borderfree for these periods was not significant.
a change in the presentation of revenue for digital delivery services effective October 1, 2022, from a gross basis to a net basis. Accordingly, in 2023, revenue and costs of revenue for certain digital delivery services are reported on a net basis as business services revenue; whereas in 2022, revenue and cost of revenue for these services through September 30 were reported as business services revenue and cost of business services, respectively. The change primarily impacts our Global Ecommerce segment.

Constant Currency
In the tables below, we report the change in revenue on a reported basis and a constant currency basis. Constant currency measures exclude the impact of changes in currency exchange rates from the prior period under comparison. We believe that excluding the impacts of currency exchange rates provides investors with a better understanding of the underlying revenue performance. Constant
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currency change is calculated by converting the current period non-U.S. dollar denominated revenue using the prior year’s exchange rate.

Financial Results Summary:

Years Ended December 31,
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
20232022Actual % ChangeConstant Currency % change
Total revenue$3,266,348 $3,538,042 (8)%(8)%
Total costs and expenses3,672,850 3,498,162 (5)%
(Loss) income before taxes(406,502)39,880 >(100%)
(Benefit) provision for income taxes(20,875)2,940 >100%
Net (loss) income$(385,627)$36,940 >(100%)

Revenue decreased $272 million in 2023 compared to the prior year primarily due to a decrease in business services revenue of $205 million (see Factors Affecting Comparability above), lower equipment sales of $31 million and lower support services revenue of $27 million.

Total costs and expenses increased $175 million compared to the prior year primarily due to:

Costs of revenue (excluding financing interest expense) decreased $225 million primarily due to lower cost of business services of $178 million (see Factors Affecting Comparability above) and lower cost of equipment sales of $30 million.

SG&A expense declined $8 million compared to the prior year. This decrease was primarily driven by lower professional fees of $10 million, salaries of $8 million, credit cards fees of $8 million, amortization expense of $8 million and stock based compensation expense of $7 million, partially offset by proxy solicitation fees of $11 million, higher variable compensation expense of $9 million, higher credit loss provision of $8 million and non-cash foreign currency revaluation losses on intercompany loans of $6 million.

Restructuring charges increased $43 million compared to the prior year driven by actions taken under the 2023 Plan.

Aggregate non-cash goodwill impairment charges totaling $339 million associated with our Global Ecommerce reporting unit. See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.

Interest expense, net, including financing interest expense, increased $22 million in 2023 compared to the prior year primarily due to higher interest rates. We allocate a portion of gross interest expense to financing interest expense based on our effective interest rate and average finance receivables for the period.

Other (income) expense declined $19 million compared to the prior year primarily driven by prior year gains of $27 million from the sale of assets and businesses, partially offset by a favorable year-over-year impact of $8 million associated with the redemption of debt.

The effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2023 was 5.1%, primarily due to the nondeductibility of the aggregate goodwill impairment charge. See Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.

Net loss for 2023 was $386 million compared to net income of $37 million in the prior year.





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SEGMENT RESULTS
Management measures segment profitability and performance by deducting from segment revenue the related costs and expenses attributable to the segment. Segment results exclude interest, taxes, unallocated corporate expenses, restructuring charges, and other items not allocated to a business segment.
Global Ecommerce
Global Ecommerce includes the revenue and related expenses from business to consumer logistics services for domestic and cross-border delivery, returns and fulfillment. Our domestic parcel services provide retailers domestic parcel delivery and returns services for its end consumers through our nationwide parcel sortation centers and transportation network. Our cross-border services offers our clients a range of services to manage their international shopping and parcel shipping experience. Using our digital delivery services, clients can purchase postage, print shipping labels and access shipping and tracking services from multiple carriers. Delivery and return parcels using our digital delivery services are not physically processed through our network.
Financial performance for the Global Ecommerce segment was as follows:
Years Ended December 31,
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
20232022Actual % ChangeConstant Currency % change
Business Services Revenue$1,355,326 $1,576,348 (14)%(14)%
Cost of Business Services1,293,285 1,440,807 10 %
Gross Margin62,041 135,541 (54)%
Gross Margin %4.6 %8.6 %
Selling, general and administrative184,923 225,514 18 %
Research and development10,851 10,335 (5)%
Adjusted segment EBIT$(133,733)$(100,308)(33)%
Global Ecommerce revenue decreased $221 million in 2023 compared to the prior year. The change in revenue presentation for digital delivery services and the sale of Borderfree accounted for $139 million of the decrease. Cross-border revenue declined $190 million due to lower volumes, primarily driven by changes in how two of our largest clients access our services, digital delivery services revenue declined $26 million due to a decrease in the number of shipping labels printed and fulfillment services revenue declined $23 million due to lower volumes. These declines were partially offset by domestic parcel delivery revenue growth of $158 million, driven by an increase in domestic parcel volumes.
Gross margin decreased $74 million and gross margin percentage decreased to 4.6% from 8.6% compared to the prior year. Cross-border services gross margin declined $52 million, primarily due to the decline in volumes. Digital delivery services gross margin declined $9 million primarily due to the decline in the number of shipping labels printed. The sale of Borderfree contributed a decline in gross margin of $8 million. Domestic parcel delivery services gross margin increased $3 million compared to the prior year primarily due to higher domestic parcel volumes, which was partially offset by $4 million of one-time costs in the third quarter related to facility consolidation.
SG&A expenses declined $41 million compared to the prior year period, primarily due to lower employee-related expenses of $16 million, lower amortization expense of $9 million and lower credit card fees of $8 million.
Adjusted segment EBIT was a loss of $134 million in 2023 compared to a loss of $100 million in the prior year.







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Presort Services
We are the largest workshare partner of the USPS and national outsource provider of mail sortation services that allow clients to qualify large volumes of First Class Mail, Marketing Mail, and Marketing Mail Flats and Bound Printed Matter for postal worksharing discounts.
Financial performance for the Presort Services segment was as follows:
Years Ended December 31,
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
20232022Actual % ChangeConstant Currency % change
Business Services Revenue$617,599 $602,016 %%
Cost of Business Services432,229 454,923 %
Gross Margin185,370 147,093 26 %
Gross Margin %30.0 %24.4 %
Selling, general and administrative74,230 64,517 (15)%
Other components of net pension and postretirement costs228 146 (56)%
Adjusted segment EBIT$110,912 $82,430 35 %
Revenue increased $16 million in 2023 compared to the prior year as pricing actions to mitigate inflationary pressures on costs offset the revenue decline driven by a 6% decrease in total mail volumes. The processing of Marketing Mail Flats and Bound Printed Matter and First Class Mail contributed revenue increases of $18 million and $5 million, respectively, while the processing of Marketing Mail contributed to a revenue decrease of $7 million.
Gross margin increased $38 million and gross margin percentage increased from 24.4% to 30.0% compared to the prior year primarily due to the increase in revenue, lower transportation costs of $15 million, driven by improvements in network management, and the benefits from investments made in automation and higher-throughput sortation equipment.
SG&A expenses increased $10 million primarily due to higher employee-related expenses.
Adjusted segment EBIT was $111 million in 2023 compared to $82 million in the prior year.
















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SendTech Solutions
SendTech Solutions provides clients with physical and digital mailing and shipping technology solutions financing, services, supplies and other applications to help simplify and save on the sending, tracking and receiving of letters, parcels and flats.flats, as well as supplies and maintenance services for these offerings. We offer financing alternatives that enable clients to finance equipment and product purchases, a revolving credit solution that enables clients to make meter rental payments and purchase postage, services and supplies, and an interest-bearing deposit solution to clients who prefer to prepay postage. We also offer financing alternatives that enable clients to finance or lease other manufacturers’ equipment and provide working capital.
RevenueCost of RevenueGross Margin
Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,
20212020Actual % changeConstant Currency % change2021202020212020
Business services$58,614 $51,197 14 %15 %$25,174 $20,694 57.1 %59.6 %
Support services460,888 473,292 (3)%(3)%147,716 148,293 67.9 %68.7 %
Financing294,418 341,034 (14)%(15)%47,059 48,162 84.0 %85.9 %
Equipment sales350,138 314,882 11 %10 %251,714 234,987 28.1 %25.4 %
Supplies159,438 159,282 — %(1)%43,980 41,679 72.4 %73.8 %
Rentals74,005 74,279 — %(1)%24,427 25,600 67.0 %65.5 %
Total$1,397,501 $1,413,966 (1)%(2)%$540,070 $519,415 61.4 %63.3 %
Segment EBIT
Years Ended December 31,
20212020Actual % change
Segment EBIT$429,415 $442,648 (3)%
Financial performance for the SendTech Solutions segment was as follows:
Years Ended December 31,
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
20232022Actual % changeConstant Currency % change
Business services$72,144 $71,578 %%
Support services410,734 438,191 (6)%(6)%
Financing271,197 274,508 (1)%(1)%
Equipment sales323,739 354,960 (9)%(8)%
Supplies147,709 154,186 (4)%(4)%
Rentals67,900 66,256 %%
Total revenue1,293,423 1,359,679 (5)%(5)%
Cost of business services29,860 37,272 20 %
Cost of support services136,821 147,653 %
Cost of equipment sales222,220 251,916 12 %
Cost of supplies43,140 43,537 %
Cost of rentals19,407 24,864 22 %
Total costs of revenue451,448 505,242 11 %
Gross margin841,975 854,437 (1)%
Gross margin %65.1 %62.8 %
Selling, general and administrative418,213 431,213 %
Research and development20,660 22,646 %
Other components of pension and post retirement costs(2,245)(331)>(100%)
Adjusted Segment EBIT$405,347 $400,909 %
SendTech Solutions revenue decreased 1% (2% at constant currency)$66 million in 20212023 compared to 2020. Financing revenuethe prior year. Equipment sales declined 14% (15% at constant currency)$31 million primarily due to lower lease extensionscustomers opting to extend leases of $18 million as more clients opted to lease newtheir existing advanced-technology equipment rather than simply extend leases on existing equipment, lower fee income of $10 million and a prior year gain of $10 million from sales of investment securities.purchase new equipment. Support services revenue declined 3%$27 million primarily due to athe declining meter population and continuing shift to cloud-enabled products, which generally require less service due to ease of use. Partially offsetting these decreases, equipment sales increased 11% (10% at constant currency),products. Supplies revenue declined $6 million primarily driven by a declining meter population. Financing revenue declined $3 million primarily due to the adverse impact on demand$6 million of lower lease extensions and our inability to perform on-site service and installations in the prior year due to COVID-19 and businesslower late fees of $1 million, partially offset by higher investment income of $7 million. Business services revenue increased 14% (15% at constant currency)$14 million primarily driven by growth in enterprise shipping subscriptions, which was partially offset by a $13 million reduction in revenue due to growththe change in our shipping products.revenue presentation for digital delivery services.
Gross margin decreased to 61.4% from 63.3% in the prior year primarily due to declines in financing and support services gross margin, partially offset by an increase in equipment sales gross margin. Financing gross margin decreased to 84.0% from 85.9% due to declining revenue and rising interest rates. Support services gross margin decreased to 67.9% from 68.7%$12 million primarily due to the decline in revenue. EquipmentHowever, gross margin percentage increased to 65.1% from 62.8% compared to the prior year driven by improvements in business services gross margin due to growth in enterprise shipping subscriptions, rentals gross margin due in part to a $2 million prior year unfavorable scrap adjustment and a current year favorable adjustment and equipment sales gross margin increaseddue to 28.1% from 25.4%cost management.
SG&A expenses declined $13 million primarily driven by lower engineering costs.outsourcing and professional fees of $5 million, lower rent expense of $3 million and lower marketing expenses of $1 million.
SegmentAdjusted segment EBIT decreased $13was $405 million or 3% in 20212023 compared to 2020, primarily driven by$401 million for the decline in gross margin of $38 million, partially offset by lower credit loss provision of $23 million.prior year.
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UNALLOCATED CORPORATE EXPENSES

The majority of our selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expense isoperating expenses are recorded directly or allocated to our reportable segments. SG&AOperating expenses not recorded directly or allocated to our reportable segments are reported as unallocated corporate expenses. Unallocated corporate expenses primarily represents corporate administrative functions such as finance, marketing, human resources, legal, information technology, and innovation.research and development.

Years Ended December 31,
20212020Actual % change
Unallocated corporate expenses$207,774 $200,406 %
Years Ended December 31,
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
20232022Actual % change
Unallocated corporate expenses$210,931 $204,251 (3)%

Unallocated corporate expenses in 2021for 2023 increased 4%$7 million compared to the prior year primarily driven bydue to higher employee-related expensesvariable compensation expense of $5$4 million and higher insurance costsdepreciation expense of $5$2 million.

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CONSOLIDATED EXPENSES

Selling, general and administrative
SG&A expense of $924 million in 2021 decreased 4%, or $39 million, compared to 2020, primarily due to lower credit loss provision of $34 million and lower professional fees of $16 million, partially offset by higher employee-related expenses of $24 million.

Research and development (R&D)
R&D expense increased 22%, or $8 million in 2021 compared to 2020, primarily due to investments in our Global Ecommerce segment.

Restructuring charges and asset impairments
Restructuring charges and asset impairments for the year ended December 31, 2021 were $19 million and primarily includes costs for employee severance and facility closures. See Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

Other components of net pension and postretirement cost (income)
Other components of net pension and postretirement cost (income) for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $1 million. The amount of other components of net pension and postretirement cost (income) recognized each year will vary based on actuarial assumptions and actual results of our pension plans. See Note 14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

Other expense, net
Other expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $42 million and includes a $56 million loss from the refinancing of debt, a $10 million gain from the sale of a business, $3 million of insurance proceeds and a $1 million gain from an asset sale. See Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

INCOME TAXES AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Income taxes
The effective tax rate for 2021 includes benefits of $7 million from the resolution of tax matters, $5 million due to tax legislation in the U.K., $3 million from an affiliate reorganization and $2 million from the vesting of restricted stock, partially offset by a charge of $6 million on the pre-tax gain of $10 million from the sale of a business as the tax basis was lower than the book basis and a charge of $1 million for the write-off of deferred tax assets associated with the expiration of out-of-the-money stock options. See Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

Discontinued operations, net of tax
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax for 2021 of $5 million includes adjustments related to the sale of our Software Solutions business in 2019 and Production Mail business in 2018. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.























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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
At December 31, 20212023 we had cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $747$623 million, which includes $162$136 million held at our foreign subsidiaries used to support the liquidity needs of those subsidiaries. Our ability to maintain adequate liquidity for our operations is dependent upon a number of factors, including our revenue and earnings, our clientsability to manage costs and improve productivity, our clients' ability to pay their balances on a timely basis and the impacts of COVID-19 onchanging macroeconomic conditions and our ability to take further cost savings and cash conservation measures if necessary. At this time, wegeopolitical conditions. We believe that existing cash and investments, cash generated from operations and borrowing capacity under our $500 million revolving credit facility will be sufficient to fund our cash needs for the next 12 months.
Cash Flow Summary
The change in cash and cash equivalents is as follows:
20212020Increase/(decrease)
202320232022Increase/(decrease)
Net cash from operating activitiesNet cash from operating activities$301,515 $301,972 $(457)
Net cash from investing activitiesNet cash from investing activities(155,251)(75,692)(79,559)
Net cash from financing activitiesNet cash from financing activities(330,371)(235,371)(95,000)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalentsEffect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(4,863)6,099 (10,962)
Change in cash and cash equivalentsChange in cash and cash equivalents$(188,970)$(2,992)$(185,978)

Operating activities
Cash provided byflows from operating activities in 2021 of $3022023 declined $97 million was flat compared to the prior year. Cash flow from operationsThis decline was positively impacted by $3 million from changes in working capital and by $38 million due to a tax payment related to a discontinued operation in the prior year. These improvements in cash were offsetdriven by lower earnings, before noncash charges.

higher interest payments of $30 million, higher restructuring payments of $19 million and higher pension contributions of $7 million, partially offset by higher collections of accounts receivables and finance receivables of $33 million, lower inventory purchases of $19 million and changes in other working capital items.
Investing activities
Cash used inflows from investing activities for 2021 increased $802023 declined $99 million compared to the prior year primarily due to higher capital expenditures as we invested significantly during theprior year in our facilities, our network and technologies to expand operations, improve productivity and gain economiesproceeds of scale in our Global Ecommerce and Presort Services operations. In 2020, we prioritized and limited our capital expenditures in connection with COVID-19.
Net cash from investing activities in 2021 also benefited by $43 million from the timing of purchases and maturities of investment securities, but was negatively impacted by lower proceeds from the sale of assets and businesses of $29 million and higher acquisition spending of $8 million. Proceeds from the sale of assets and businesses in 2021 includes $28$162 million from the sale of a businessbusinesses and $2our Shelton, Connecticut office building, partially offset by lower payments of $28 million to settle foreign exchange derivative contracts, lower capital expenditures of asset sales, while proceeds in 2020 included $46$22 million from the surrenderand lower net investment activity of company-owned life insurance policies and $12 million from the sale of an equity investment. In November 2021, we acquired CrescoData, a Platform-as-a-Service business, for $15$10 million.

Financing activities
Cash used inflows from financing activities for 2021 increased $952023 improved $167 million compared to the prior year primarily due to higherlower net repaymentscash outflows from debt activity of debt$68 million, an increase in customer account deposits at the Bank of $61 million, higher premiums and fees paid to refinance debt of $18$90 million and a reduction$13 million of common stock repurchases in reserve deposits of $11 million.the prior year.

Debt Activity
In 2021, we refinanced a significant amount of our near-term maturities, reducing our total debt and extending our maturity profile. Specifically,During 2023, we issued a $400 million 6.875% unsecured note due March 2027, a $350 million 7.25% unsecured note due March 2029 and entered into a seven-year $450 million secured term loan maturing March 2028. We redeemed all the October 2021 notes, an aggregate $363$275 million of senior secured notes. The notes mature in March 2028 and bear interest at the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) plus 6.9%, payable quarterly. The net proceeds (net of original issue discount of 3%) were used to redeem the March 2024 notes and repay $30 million of the May 2022 notes, Aprilterm loan due March 2026. Also, during 2023, we purchased an aggregate $39 million of the March 2024 notes and March 20242027 notes, underrecognizing a tender offer, the remaining balancegain of the May 2022 notes$3 million, and the remaining balancemade scheduled principal repayments of the January 2025$42 million on our term loan. We also extended the maturities ofloans.
The credit agreement that governs our $500 million secured revolving credit facility and our $380 million securedthe term loan from November 2024due March 2026 contains certain financial covenants. These covenants require us to March 2026. A $56 million pre-tax loss was incurredmaintain, on the refinancinga quarterly basis, a maximum leverage ratio and a minimum interest coverage ratio, both of debt.
In connectionwhich are defined and calculated in accordance with the refinancing, we terminated interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional amountcredit agreement. The maximum leverage ratio decreases from 4.25x to 4.0x as of $500 million and entered into new interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $200 million. Under the terms of the new swap agreements, we pay fixed-rate interest of 0.56% and receive variable-rate interest based on one-month LIBOR. The variable interest rate under the term loansJune 30, 2024 and the swaps reset monthly.
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The credit agreementminimum interest coverage ratio increases from 1.75x to 2.0x as of March 31, 2025. At December 31, 2023, we were in compliance with these financial covenants. Additionally, management expects that governswe will remain in compliance with these financial covenants over the next twelve months. However, events and circumstances could occur, some beyond our control, that could adversely impact our compliance with these covenants and require us to seek to obtain a waiver from our lenders, modify our existing covenants or refinance certain debt to cure the noncompliance. If we are unable to cure the noncompliance, amounts due under our revolving credit facility and term loans contains financial and non-financial covenants.loan due March 2026 could be called by our lenders. At December 31, 2021, we were in compliance with all covenants and2023, there were no outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility. Borrowings under our secured debt are secured by assets of the company.
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The PB Bank (the Bank), a wholly owned subsidiary, is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Des Moines and has access to certain credit products as a funding source known as "advances." As of December 31, 2023, the Bank had yet to apply for any advances.

Future Cash Requirements
The following table summarizes our known and contractually committed cash requirements at December 31, 20212023 (in millions):
Payments due in
Total20222023202420252026Thereafter
Payments due inPayments due in
TotalTotal20242025202620272028Thereafter
Debt maturitiesDebt maturities$2,365 $25 $120 $282 $43 $261 $1,634 
Debt maturities
Debt maturities
Lease obligations
Lease obligations
Lease obligationsLease obligations286 53 47 42 34 29 81 
Purchase obligationsPurchase obligations240 240 — — — — — 
Retiree medical paymentsRetiree medical payments104 13 12 12 11 11 45 
Retiree medical payments
Retiree medical payments
TotalTotal$2,995 $331 $179 $336 $88 $301 $1,760 
Debt
We have debt with a principal balance of $2.4 billion outstanding atAt December 31, 2021.2023, we have outstanding principal debt of $2.2 billion. Approximately 74%64% of this debt is at fixed rates, including the effect of interest rate swaps, and the remaining 26% of debt36% is at variable rates based on LIBOR or other similar rates. The weighted average interest rate of our variable rate debt at December 31, 20212023 was 3.1%9.7%. We estimate that cash interest payments for the next 12 months will be $130$190 - $140$200 million.
Required debt repayments over the next 12 months are $25$59 million, which we anticipate satisfying through available cash on hand and we do not have material principal maturities until 2024. Accordingly, we do not anticipate the need to access the U.S. capital markets in the next 12 months.cash generated from operations. See Note 1312 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding our debt.

Lease obligations
We lease real estate and equipment under operating and capital lease arrangements. These leases have terms of up to 15 years and include renewal options.
In November 2021, we entered into an agreement to sell our Shelton, Connecticut facility for approximately $50 million and simultaneously enter into a ten year lease agreement. Total base lease payments over the ten-year term will be approximately $41 million and are not included in the table above. This transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022. Additionally, lease payments Lease obligations in the table above do not include $21$17 million of payments for leases signed but not yet commenced at December 31, 2021.2023. See Note 86 and Note 1716 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

Purchase obligations
Purchase obligations include unrecorded agreements toopen purchase orders for goods and services that are enforceable and legally binding upon us and that specify all significant terms, including fixed or minimum quantities to be purchased; fixed, minimum or variable price provisions; and the approximate timing of the transaction. Purchase obligations exclude agreements that are cancellable without penalty.

services.
In addition to the above known and contractually committed cash payments, we anticipate using cash for the following items:

Capital Expenditures
We continue to invest in our facilities, products, solutions and technology to grow our businesses, gain additional economies of scale, provide new and innovative products and solutions and compete effectively in our markets. Capital expenditures are evaluated and approved by senior leadership based on several factors, including expected impacts on revenue growth, productivity enhancements, service improvements and cost savings.
Capital expenditures totaled $184$103 million and $105$125 million for the years ended December 31, 20212023 and 2020,2022, respectively. During 2021, we invested significantly in our facilities, network and technologies to expand operations, improve productivity and gain economies of scale in our Global Ecommerce and Presort operations. In 2020, in response to COVID-19, we prioritized and limited our capital expenditures.



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Dividends
We have historically paid a quarterly dividend to our shareholders. Each quarter, our Board of Directors considers our recent and projected earnings and other capital needs and priorities in deciding whether to approve a dividend. We expect to continue to pay a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share; however, our Board of Directors may decide to increase or decrease this amount or to not approve the payment of a dividend at any time and for any reason without notice. Assuming the current $0.05 per quarter dividend payment, we estimate that dividend payments will be approximately $35 million in 2022. There are no material restrictions on our ability to declare dividends.

2024. Under the terms of the March 2028 note purchase agreement, the annual amount of permitted dividend payments is capped at the lesser of $36 million or a maximum dividend yield of 6.25%. In addition, share repurchases would further limit this amount.
Share Repurchases
We may repurchase shares of our common stock to manage the dilution created by shares issued under employee stock plans and for other purposes. At December 31, 2021, we have authorization from our Board of Directors toWe did not repurchase up to of $16 million of our common stock. As of February 16, 2022, we have spent $8 million to repurchase 1.5 millionany additional shares of our common stock.stock in 2023.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
At December 31, 2021,2023, we had approximately $25$28 million outstanding letters of credit guarantees with financial institutions that are primarily issued as security for insurance, leases, customs and other performance obligations. In general, we would only be liable for the amount of these guarantees in the event of default in the performance of our obligations, the probability of which we believe is remote.

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Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of our financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions about certain items that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and accompanying disclosures, including the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. The accounting policies below have been identified by management as those policies that are most critical to our financial statements due to the estimates and assumptions required. Management believes that the estimates and assumptions used are reasonable and appropriate based on the information available at the time the financial statements were prepared; however, actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions. See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a summary of our accounting policies.

Revenue recognition
We derive revenue from multiple sources including the sale and lease of equipment, equipment rentals, financing, support services and business services. Certain transactions are consummated at the same time and can therefore generate revenue from multiple sources. The most common form of these arrangements involves a sale or noncancelable lease of equipment, meter services and an equipment maintenance agreement. We are required to determine whether each product and service within the contract should be treated as a separate performance obligation (unit of accounting) for revenue recognition purposes. We recognize revenue for performance obligations when control is transferred to the customer. Transfer of control may occur at a point in time or over time, depending on the nature of the contract and the performance obligation.
Revenue is allocated among performance obligations based on relative standalone selling prices (SSP), which are a range of selling prices that we would sell the good or service to a customer on a separate basis. SSP are established for each performance obligation at the inception of the contract and can be observable prices or estimated. Revenue is allocated to the meter service and equipment maintenance agreement elements using their respective observable selling prices charged in standalone and renewal transactions. For sale and lease transactions, the SSP of the equipment is based on a range of observable selling prices in standalone transactions. We recognize revenue on non-lease transactions when control of the equipment transfers to the customer, which is upon delivery for customer installable models and upon installation or customer acceptance for other models. We recognize revenue on equipment for lease transactions upon shipment for customer installable models and upon installation or customer acceptance for other models.

Impairment review
Goodwill is tested annually for impairment at the reporting unit level duringat the beginning of the fourth quarter or sooner if circumstances indicate an impairment may exist. The impairment test for goodwill determines the fair value of each reporting unit and compares it to the reporting unit's carrying value, including goodwill. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds the carrying value of the net assets assigned to that reporting unit, goodwill is not impaired, If the fair value of the reporting unit is less than itsthe carrying value anof the net assets assigned to the reporting unit, a goodwill impairment loss is recognized forcalculated as the difference notbetween these amounts, limited to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill.goodwill allocated to the reporting unit.
Testing goodwill for impairment requires us to identify our reporting units and assign assets and liabilities, including goodwill, to each reporting unit. The fair value of a reporting unit is based on one or a combination of techniques, which includeincluding a discounted cash flow model, multiples of competitors, and/or multiples from sales of like businesses.
The performance of our Global Ecommerce reporting unit, continuing changes in macroeconomic conditions and our long-term outlook for this business were triggering events that caused us to evaluate the Global Ecommerce goodwill for impairment during the second and fourth quarters. To determineassess Global Ecommerce goodwill for impairment, we determined the fair value of the reporting unit and compared it to the unit's carrying value, including goodwill. We engaged a third party to assist in the determination of the fair value of the reporting unit. The fair value was estimated using a discounted cash flow model management'sbased on management developed cash flow projections, include significantwhich included judgements and assumptions relatingrelated to revenue growth rates, projectedoperating margins, operating income, and a discount rate. Changes in any of theseThe estimates orand assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value and the associated goodwill impairment assessment for each reporting unit. Events and circumstances that could materially impactare considered Level 3 inputs under the fair value determination of a reporting unit and potentially result in a non-cashhierarchy. We assessed Global Ecommerce goodwill for impairment charge in future periods, include, but are not limited to, changing consumer behaviors, our ability to manage volumes, gain economies of scale and improve profitability in the Global Ecommerce business, prolonged supply chain issues, inflationsecond and rising interest rates.fourth quarters, and based on the results of our assessments, recorded non-cash, pre-tax goodwill impairment charges of $119 million and $220 million, respectively.
The results of our annual impairment test as of the beginning of the fourth quarter for our other reporting units indicated that the fair value of these reporting units exceeded their carrying values and no impairment existed.
Long-lived and finite-lived intangible assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be fully recoverable. The estimated future undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the assets is compared to the carrying value. If the sum of the undiscounted cash flows is less than the asset's carrying value, an impairment charge is recorded for an amount by which the carrying value exceeds its fair value. The fair value of the impaired asset is determined using probability weighted expected cash flow estimates, quoted market prices when available and appraisals, as appropriate. We derive the cash flow estimates from our long-term business plans and historical experience. Changes in
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the estimates and assumptions incorporated in our impairment assessment could materially affect the determination of fair value and the associated impairment charge.

Allowances for credit losses
Finance receivables are comprised of sales-type leases, secured loans and unsecured revolving loans. We provide an allowance for probable credit losses based on historical loss experience, the nature of our portfolios, adverse situations that may affect a client's ability to pay and current economic conditions and outlook based on reasonable and supportable forecasts.
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Total allowance for credit losses as a percentage of finance receivables was 2% at both December 31, 20212023 and 3% at December 31, 2020.2022. Holding all other assumptions constant, a 0.25% changeincrease in the allowance rate at December 31, 20212023 would have reduced pre-tax income by $3 million.
Trade accounts receivable are generally due within 30 days after the invoice date. We provide an allowance for credit losses based on historical loss experience, the age of the receivables, specific troubled accounts and other currently available information. Accounts deemed uncollectible are written off against the allowance after all collection efforts have been exhausted and management deems the account to be uncollectible. We believe that our accounts receivable credit risk is low because of the geographic and industry diversification of our clients and small account balances for most of our clients.
uncollectible, or when they are 365 days past due, if sooner. The allowance for credit losses as a percentage of trade accounts receivables was 3%2% at both December 31, 20212023 and 5% at December 31, 2020.2022. Holding all other assumptions constant, a 0.25% changeincrease in the allowance rate at December 31, 20212023 would have reduced pre-tax income by $1 million.

Income taxes and valuation allowance
We are subject to income taxes in the U.S. and numerous foreign jurisdictions. Our annual tax rate is based on income, statutory tax rates, tax reserve changes and tax planning opportunities available to us in the various jurisdictions in which we operate. Significant judgment is required in determining the annual tax rate and in evaluating our tax positions. We regularly assess the likelihood of tax adjustments in each of the tax jurisdictions in which we have operations and account for the related financial statement implications. We have established tax reserves that we believe are appropriate given the possibility of tax adjustments. Determining the appropriate level of tax reserves requires judgment regarding the uncertain application of tax laws. Reserves are adjusted when information becomes available or when an event occurs indicating a change in the reserve is appropriate. Changes in tax reserves could have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.
Significant judgment is also required in determining the amount of deferred tax assets that will ultimately be realized and corresponding deferred tax asset valuation allowance. When estimating the necessary valuation allowance, we consider all available evidence for each jurisdiction including historical operating results, estimates of future taxable income and the feasibility of ongoing tax planning strategies. If new information becomes available that would alter our estimate of the amount of deferred tax assets that will ultimately be realized, we adjust the valuation allowance through income tax expense. Changes in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance could have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.

Pension benefits
The calculation of net periodic pension expense and determination of net pension obligations are dependent on assumptions and estimates relating to, among other things, the discount rate (interest rate used to discount the future estimated liability) and the expected rate of return on plan assets. These assumptions are evaluated and updated annually.
The discount rate for our largest plan, the U.S. Qualified Pension Plan (the U.S. Plan) and our largest foreign plan, the U.K. Qualified Pension Plan (the U.K. Plan) used in the determination ofto determine net periodic pension expense for 20212023 was 2.55%5.55% and 1.30%4.80%, respectively. For 2022, theThe discount rate used in the determination ofto determine 2024 net periodic pension expense for the U.S. Plan and the U.K. Plan will be 2.85%was 5.15% and 1.85%4.5%, respectively. A 0.25% change in the discount rate would not materially impact annual pension expense for the U.S. Plan or the U.K. Plan. A 0.25% change in the discount rate would impact the projected benefit obligation of the U.S. Plan and U.K. Plan by $45$24 million and $27$13 million, respectively.
The expected rate of return on plan assets used in the determination ofto determine net periodic pension expense for 20212023 was 5.60%6.5% for the U.S. Plan and 4.75%5.26% for the U.K. Plan. For 2022, theThe expected rate of return on plan assets used in the determination ofto determine 2024 net periodic pension expense was 6.7% and 5.5% for the U.S. Plan will be 5.10% and the U.K. Plan, will be 4.0%.respectively. A 0.25% change in the expected rate of return on plan assets would impact annual pension expense for the U.S. Plan by $4$3 million and the U.K. Plan by $1 million.
Actual pension plan results that differ from our assumptions and estimates are accumulated and amortized primarily over the life expectancy of plan participants and affect future pension expense. Net pension expense is also based on a market-related valuation of plan assets where differences between the actual and expected return on plan assets are recognized over a five-year period. Plan benefits for participants in a majority of our U.S. and foreign pension plans are frozen.



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Residual value of leased assets
Equipment residual values are determined at the inception of the lease using estimates of the equipment's fair value at the end of the lease term. Residual value estimates impact the determination of whether a lease is classified as an operating lease or a sales-type lease. Fair value estimates of equipment at the end of the lease term are based on historical renewal experience, used equipment markets, competition and technological changes.

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We evaluate residual values on an annual basis or sooner if circumstances warrant. Declines in estimated residual values considered "other-than-temporary" are recognized immediately. Increases in estimated future residual values are not recognized until the equipment is remarketed. If the actual residual value of leased assets were 10% lower than management's current estimates and considered "other-than-temporary", pre-tax income would be $5 million lower.

Legal and Regulatory Matters
See Regulatory Matters in Item 1 and Other Tax Matters in Note 1514 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for regulatory matters regarding our tax returns and Note 1615 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding our legal proceedings.

Foreign Currency Exchange
The functional currency for most of our foreign operations is the local currency. Changes in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to the currencies of countries in which we operate impact our reported assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses. Exchange rate fluctuations can also impact the settlement of intercompany receivables and payables between our subsidiaries in different countries. During 2021, 15%2023, 11% of our consolidated revenue was from operations outside the United States and the translation of foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar did not have a material impact on revenues or operating results for the year ended December 31, 2021.2023.




































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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are exposed to market risks primarily from changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. To manage these market risks, we may employ derivatives according to established policies and procedures, including foreign currency contracts and interest rate swaps.procedures. We do not use derivatives for speculative purposes. We are also exposed to credit risk on our accounts receivable and finance receivable portfolio.

Foreign Exchange Risk
We have a number of short-term intercompany loans denominated in a foreign currency, predominantly the British Pound, Canadian Dollar and Euro. Our foreign currency risks includerisk primarily includes the translationperiodic revaluation of localthese intercompany loans and related interest, which is recorded in earnings.
Historically, we entered into foreign exchange contracts to minimize the impact of the revaluation of these intercompany loans and related interest on earnings. Changes in fair value of these foreign exchange contracts were also recorded in earnings and designed to generally offset the impact to earnings from the revaluation of the underlying intercompany loans. While there was typically minimal impact to earnings, the settlement of these derivative contracts resulted in cash outflows or inflows, which could be significant.
In the fourth quarter of 2023, management decided to no longer use foreign exchange contracts to hedge the revaluation of intercompany loans and related interest. While this decision reduces volatility in cash flows, the periodic revaluation of these intercompany loans could result in significant non-cash charges or income in earnings. Assuming foreign currency balances ofexchange rates at December 31, 2023, a 1% change in the British Pound, Canadian Dollar or Euro would impact earnings by $5 million, $3 million and $2 million, respectively.
We are also exposed to foreign subsidiaries and transaction gains and lossescurrency risks associated with intercompany loans, transactions denominated in currencies other than a location’s functional currency and forecasted inventory purchases between affiliates and third parties. Our objective in managing exposure to foreign currency is to reduce the volatility in earnings and cash flows associated with fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The principal currencies actively hedged are the British Pound, Canadian Dollar and the Euro.
At December 31, 2021 and 2020, we had outstanding foreign currency exchange rate contracts to mitigate the currency risk associated with forecasted inventory purchases between affiliates and third parties. These contracts are designated as cash flow hedges and changes in fair value are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders’ equity. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, we also had outstanding foreign currency exchange rate contracts to mitigate the currency risk associated with intercompany loans and related interest denominated in foreign currencies. These contractsHowever, these risks are not designated as hedging instruments and changes in fair value of the derivative contract and transaction gains and losses associated with the revaluation of the intercompany loans are recorded in earnings. Changes in the fair values of foreign currency derivative contracts recognized in earnings are generally offset by transaction gains and losses on the underlying intercompany loans.deemed to be significant.

Interest Rate Risk
We are exposed to interest rate risk principally in relation toon our variable-rate debt borrowings. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, 26% and 27% or our debt was at variable rates, respectively. The weighted average interest rate of our variable rate debt at December 31, 20212023 and 20202022 was 3.1%9.7% and 4.5%7.5%, respectively. A 100 basis point change in the effectiveweighted average interest rate of our variable rate debt in 20212023 would have increased interest expense approximately $6$8 million.
We also maintain a significant investment portfolio comprised of fixed-rate interest-bearing money market funds,investment in government and municipal securities, corporate securities, and mortgagemortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities. Changes in interest rates impact the fair value of these investments; however,investments. We have designated these securities are designated as available-for-sale, and changes in fair value due to changes in interest rates are recognized asin accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of equity, and does not impact net income.earnings. We have the intent and ability to hold securities to maturity and therefore, do not expect to recognize impairment losses on investment securities in an unrealized loss position.position as we have the intent and ability to hold these securities until recovery of unrealized losses or maturity.

Credit Risk
We are exposed to credit risk on our accounts receivable and finance receivable balances. This risk is mitigated due to our large, diverse client base, dispersed over various geographic regions and industrial sectors. No single client comprised more than 10% of our consolidated net sales in 20212023 or 2020.2022. We maintain provisions for potential credit losses based on historical experience, age of
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receivable, current economic conditions and future outlook and other relevant factors that may impact our customers’ ability to pay. We continually evaluate the adequacy of our allowance for credit losses and adjust as necessary.


ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
See "Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedules" in this Form 10-K.


ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.



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ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)), that are designed to reasonably assure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and to reasonably assure that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Any system of controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable (and not absolute) assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. Under the direction of our CEO and CFO, management evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding this caution, the CEO and CFO have reasonable assurance that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2021.2023.

Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Management assessed the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 20212023 under the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) and concluded that the internal control over financial reporting was effective.
The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 20212023 has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report in this Form 10-K.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended December 31, 2021,2023, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, such internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.

ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
None.
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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Other than information regarding our executive officers disclosed in Part I of this Annual Report and information regarding our directors as shown below, the information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement to be filed in connection with the 20222024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

DirectorTitle
Mary J. Steele GuilfoileChair, MG Advisors, Inc.
Steven D. BrillRetired President of Corporate Strategy at United Parcel Service, Inc
Todd EverettIndependent advisor to several ecommerce companies, including Doddle Parcel Services Limited, Verishop, Inc., and Fetch Package, Inc
Katie MayFormer Chief Executive Officer, ShippingEasy
Milena Alberti-PerezFormer Chief Financial Officer of Getty Images, Inc
Sheila A. StampsFormer Financial Services Executive & Former Commissioner and Audit Committee Chair, New York State Insurance Fund
Darrell ThomasRetired Vice President and Treasurer for Harley-Davison, Inc.
Kurt WolfManaging Member and Chief Investment Officer of Hestia Capital Management
William S. SimonPresident of WSS Venture Holdings, LLC
Jill SuttonFormer Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of United Natural Foods, Inc.

Code of Ethics
We have Business Practices Guidelines (BPG) that apply to all our officers and other employees and a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the Code) that applies to our Board of Directors. The BPG and the Code are posted on our corporate governance website located at www.pb.com/us/our-company/leadership-and-governance/corporate-governance.html.corporate-governance.html. Amendments to either the BPG or the Code and any waiver from a provision of the BPG or the Code requiring disclosure will be disclosed on our corporate governance website.

Audit Committee - Audit Committee Financial Expert
The information regarding the Audit Committee, its members and the Audit Committee financial experts is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement to be filed in connection with the 20222024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement to be filed in connection with the 20222024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

















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PART III
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION TABLE

The following table provides information as of December 31, 20212023 regarding the number of shares of common stock that may be issued under our equity compensation plans.
Plan CategoryPlan Category(a)
Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights
(b)
Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights
(c)
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans excluding securities reflected in column (a)
Plan Category(a)
Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (1)
(b)
Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (2)
(c)
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans excluding securities reflected in column (a)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holdersEquity compensation plans approved by security holders11,120,069 $10.64119,940,056 
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holdersEquity compensation plans not approved by security holders— — — 
TotalTotal11,120,069 $10.64119,940,056 

(1)     Includes outstanding restricted stock units, stock options and performance stock units.
(2)    Weighted average exercise price of stock options only.

Other than information regarding securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans, the information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement to be filed in connection with the 20222024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS, RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement to be filed in connection with the 20222024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement to be filed in connection with the 20222024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
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ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a)(1)    Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and SchedulesPage Number in Form 10-K
Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)Operations for the years ended December 31, 2021, 20202023, 2022 and 20192021
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2021, 20202023, 2022 and 20192021
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 20212023 and 20202022
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2021, 20202023, 2022 and 20192021
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' (Deficit) Equity for the years ended December 31, 2021, 20202023, 2022 and 20192021
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves for the years ended December 31, 2021, 20202023, 2022 and 20192021

(a)(2)    Exhibits
Reg. S-K
exhibits
DescriptionStatus or incorporation by reference
3(a)Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Pitney Bowes Inc.
3(b)Pitney Bowes Inc. Amended and Restated By-laws (effective May 10, 2013)
4Description of Registered Securities
4(a)Form of Indenture between the Company and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee
4(b)Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated April 18, 2003 between the Company and SunTrust Bank, as Trustee
4(d)First Supplemental Indenture, by and among Pitney Bowes Inc., The Bank of New York, and Citibank, N.A., to theSenior Debt Indenture, dated as of February 14, 2005, by and between the Company and Citibank N.A., as trustee
4(b)First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 23, 2007, by and among Pitney Bowes Inc., The Bank of New York, as successor trustee, and Citibank, N.A., as resigning trustee
4(e)4(c)Supplemental Indenture No. 2 dated as of February 26, 2020, by and between the CompanyPitney Bowes Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor trustee to Citibank N.A.
4(d)Form of 5.25% Global Medium-Term Note due 2037
4(e)Officer's Certificate establishing the terms of the Notes, dated March 7, 2013, and Specimen of 6.70% Notes due 2043
4(f)Officer's Certificate establishing the terms of the 4.625% Notes due 2024, dated March 13, 2014, and Specimen of 4.625% Notes due 2024.
4(g)Indenture, dated March 19, 2021, among Pitney Bowes Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Truist Bank, as trustee, with respect to Pitney Bowes Inc.'s 6.875% Senior Notes due 2027.
4(g)4(h)Indenture, dated March 19, 2021, among Pitney Bowes Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Truist Bank, as trustee, with respect to Pitney Bowes Inc.'s 7.250% Senior Notes due 2029.
4(i)Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2023, by and among Pitney Bowes Inc., the noteholders party thereto and Alter Domus (US) LLC, as noteholder representative
10(a) *Retirement Plan for Directors of Pitney Bowes Inc.
10(b.3)10(b) *Pitney Bowes Inc. Directors' Stock Plan (Amended(as amended and Restated effective May 12, 2014)restated September 11, 2023)
10(c) *Pitney Bowes Stock Plan (as amended and restated as of January 1, 2002)
10(d) *Pitney Bowes Inc. 2007 Stock Plan (as amended November 7, 2009)
10(e) *Pitney Bowes Inc. Key Employees' Incentive Plan (as amended and restated February 4, 2019)
10(f) *Pitney Bowes Severance Plan (as amended and restated as of January 1, 2008)
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Reg. S-K
exhibits
DescriptionStatus or incorporation by reference
10(g)10(d) *Pitney Bowes Inc. Key Employees' Incentive Plan (as amended and restated September 11, 2023)
10(e) *Pitney Bowes Severance Plan (as amended and restated as of October 1, 2023)
10(f) *Pitney Bowes Senior Executive Severance Policy (as amended and restated as of February 4, 2019)September 11, 2023)
10(h)10(g) *Pitney Bowes Inc. Deferred Incentive Savings Plan for the Board of Directors as(as amended and restated effective January 1, 2009September 11, 2023)
10(i)10(h) *Pitney Bowes Inc. Deferred Incentive Savings Plan as(as amended and restated effective January 1, 2009September 11, 2023)
10(j)10(i) *Pitney Bowes Inc. 1998 U.K. S.A.Y.E. Stock Option Plan
10(k) *Form of Long Term Incentive Award Agreement
10(m)10(j)*Pitney Bowes Director Equity Deferral plan dated November 8, 2013 (effective May 12, 2014)
10(o)10(k)*Pitney Bowes Executive Equity Deferral Plan dated November 7, 2014(as amended and restated September 11, 2023)
10(p)10(l)*Pitney Bowes Inc. 2013 Stock Plan
10(q)10(m)*Amended and Restated Pitney Bowes Inc. 2018 Stock Plan (as amended and restated September 11, 2023)
10(r)10(n)Credit Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2019 (the "Credit Agreement"), among the company, the lenders and issuing banks party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.
10(s)10(o)First Incremental Facility Amendment, dated as of February 19, 2020, to the Credit Agreement, among the company, the lenders and issuing banks party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., administrative agent.
10(t)10(p)First Amendment, dated as of March 19, 2021, among Pitney Bowes Inc., the subsidiaries of Pitney Bowes Inc. party thereto, the lenders and issuing banks party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent
10(u)10(q)First Refinancing Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2021, among Pitney Bowes Inc., the subsidiaries of Pitney Bowes Inc. party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and refinancing tranche B term lender.
1810(r)Preferability letter on change in accounting principleSecond Amendment, dated as of May 11, 2022, to the Credit Agreement, among Pitney Bowes Inc., the Lenders and issuing banks party thereto and JP Morgan Chase, N.A., as administrative agent
10(s)Third Amendment, dated as of December 7, 2022, to the Credit Agreement, among Pitney Bowes Inc., the Lenders and issuing banks party thereto and JP Morgan Chase, N.A., as administrative agent.
10(t)Fourth Amendment, dated as of December 8, 2022, to the Credit Agreement, among Pitney Bowes Inc., the Lenders and issuing banks party thereto and JP Morgan Chase, N.A., as administrative agent
10(u)Fifth Amendment, dated as of June 6, 2023, among Pitney Bowes Inc., the subsidiaries of Pitney Bowes Inc. party thereto, the lenders and issuing banks party thereto, and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent
10(v)Sixth Amendment, dated as of July 31, 2023, among Pitney Bowes Inc., the subsidiaries of Pitney Bowes Inc. party thereto, the lenders and issuing banks party thereto, and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent
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Reg. S-K
exhibits
DescriptionStatus or incorporation by reference
10(w)Separation Agreement and General Release, dated as of September 29, 2023, between Pitney Bowes Inc. and Marc Lautenbach
10(x)Letter Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2023, between Pitney Bowes Inc. and Jason Dies
21Subsidiaries of the registrant
23Consent of independent registered accounting firm
31.1Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
31.2Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
32.1Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
32.2Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
97Compensation Recoupment Policy of Pitney Bowes Inc. dated December 1, 2023
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Reg. S-K
exhibits
DescriptionStatus or incorporationIncorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on November 2, 2023 (Commission file number 1-3579)
101.SCHXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CALXBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEFXBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document
101.LABXBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document
101.PREXBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document
104The cover page from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021,2023, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101).
* The Exhibits identified above with an asterisk (*) are management contracts or compensatory plans or arrangements.

The Company has outstanding certain other long-term indebtedness. Suchoutstanding long-term indebtedness that does not exceed 10% of the total assets of the Company; therefore, copies of instruments defining the rights of holders of such indebtedness are not included as exhibits. The Company agrees to furnish copies of such instruments to the SEC upon request.

ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY

None
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: February 22, 202220, 2024        PITNEY BOWES INC.
    Registrant

By: /s/ Marc B. LautenbachJason C. Dies
Marc B. LautenbachJason C. Dies
President andInterim Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SignatureTitleDate
/s/ Marc B. LautenbachJason C. Dies
Marc B. LautenbachJason C. Dies
President andInterim Chief Executive Officer - Director (Principal Executive Officer)February 22, 202220, 2024
/s/ Ana Maria Chadwick
Ana Maria Chadwick
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)February 22, 202220, 2024
/s/ Joseph R. Catapano
Joseph R. Catapano
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)February 22, 2022
/s/ Michael I. Roth
Michael I. Roth
Non-Executive Chairman - DirectorFebruary 22, 2022
/s/ Anne M. Busquet
Anne M. Busquet
DirectorFebruary 22, 2022
/s/ Robert M. Dutkowsky
Robert M. Dutkowsky
DirectorFebruary 22, 2022
/s/ Anne Sutherland Fuchs
Anne Sutherland Fuchs
DirectorFebruary 22, 202220, 2024
/s/ Mary J. Steele Guilfoile
Mary J. Steele Guilfoile
Non-Executive Chairman - DirectorFebruary 22, 202220, 2024
/s/ S. Douglas HutchesonSteven D. Brill
S. Douglas HutchesonSteven D. Brill
DirectorFebruary 22, 202220, 2024
/s/ Linda S. SanfordTodd Everett
Linda S. SanfordTodd Everett
DirectorFebruary 22, 202220, 2024
/s/ David L. ShedlarzKatie May
David L. ShedlarzKatie May
DirectorFebruary 22, 202220, 2024
/s/ Milena Alberti-Perez
Milena Alberti-Perez
DirectorFebruary 20, 2024
/s/ Sheila A. Stamps
Sheila A. Stamps
DirectorFebruary 22, 202220, 2024
/s/ Darrell Thomas
Darrell Thomas
DirectorFebruary 20, 2024
/s/ Kurt Wolf
Kurt Wolf
DirectorFebruary 20, 2024
/s/ William S. Simon
William S. Simon
DirectorFebruary 20, 2024
/s/ Jill Sutton
Jill Sutton
DirectorFebruary 20, 2024
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Consolidated Financial Statements of Pitney Bowes Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)Operations for the years ended December 31, 2021, 20202023, 2022 and 20192021
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2021, 20202023, 2022 and 20192021
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 20212023 and 20202022
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2021, 20202023, 2022 and 20192021
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' (Deficit) Equity for the years ended December 31, 2021, 20202023, 2022 and 20192021
Financial Statement Schedule
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves for the years ended December 31, 2021, 20202023, 2022 and 20192021


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To theBoard of Directors and Stockholders of Pitney Bowes Inc.

Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Pitney Bowes Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 20212023 and 2020,2022, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive (loss) income, (loss), comprehensive income (loss), stockholders’ (deficit) equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021,2023, including the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the index appearing under Item 15(a)(1) (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021,2023, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 20212023 and 2020,2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 20212023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021,2023, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO.

Changes in Accounting Principles

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed the manner in which it accounts for inventory in 2021 and the manner in which it accounts for credit losses on financial assets in 2020.

Basis for Opinions

The Company's management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A. Our responsibility is to express opinions on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

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Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to theconsolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidatedfinancial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Goodwill Impairment AssessmentTriggering Event Assessments – Global Ecommerce Reporting Unit

As described in Notes 1 and 98 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s consolidated goodwill balance was $1,135$734 million as of December 31, 2021,2023, and the goodwill balance associated with the Global Ecommerce reporting unit was $395 million.zero. Goodwill is tested annually for impairment at the reporting unit level duringas of the beginning of the fourth quarter or sooner if circumstances indicate an impairment may exist. The impairment test for goodwill determines the fair value of each reporting unit and compares it to the reporting unit’s carrying value, including goodwill. If the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value an impairment loss is recognized for the difference, not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. During the fourth quarter of 2021, management performed its annual goodwill impairment test to assess the recoverability of the carrying value of the net assets assigned to the reporting unit, a goodwill and determined thatimpairment loss is calculated as the fair valuedifference between these amounts, limited to the amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit. The performance of the Global Ecommerce reporting unit, exceeded its carrying valuecontinuing changes in macroeconomic conditions and therefore nothe long-term outlook for the business were triggering events that caused management to evaluate the Global Ecommerce goodwill for impairment was recorded. As disclosed by management,during the second and fourth quarters 0f 2023.The assessments indicated that the estimated fair value of the Global Ecommerce reporting unit was less than the carrying value and management recorded a non-cash, pre-tax goodwill impairment charge of $119 million and $220 million in the second and fourth quarter, respectively. The fair value was estimated by management using a discounted cash flow model. Management’smodel based on management developed cash flow projections, which included judgments and assumptions relatingrelated to revenue growth rates, projectedoperating margins, operating income, and the discount rate.


The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the goodwill impairment assessmenttriggering event assessments of the Global Ecommerce reporting unit is a critical audit matter are (i) the significant judgment by management when developing the fair value estimates of the Global Ecommerce reporting unit; (ii) a high degree of auditor judgment, subjectivity, and effort in performing procedures and evaluating management’s significant assumptions related to revenue growth rates, certain forecasted costs included in the determination of projected operating margins and operating income, and the discount rate; and (iii) the audit effort involved the use of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge.


Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to management’s goodwill impairment assessment,assessments, including controls over the valuation of the Global Ecommerce reporting unit. These procedures also included, among others, (i) testing management’s process for developing the fair value estimate;estimates of the reporting unit; (ii) evaluating the appropriateness of the discounted cash flow model;model used by management; (iii) testing the completeness and accuracy of underlying data used in the discounted cash flow model; and (iv) evaluating the reasonableness of the significant assumptions used by management related to the revenue growth rates, certain forecasted costs included in the determination of projected operating margins and operating income, and the discount rate. Evaluating management’s assumptions related to revenue growth rates and certain forecasted costs included in the determination of projected operating margins and operating income involved evaluating whether the assumptions used by management were reasonable considering (i) the current and past performance of the reporting unit, (ii) the consistency with external market and industry data, and (iii) whether thesethe assumptions were consistent with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit. Professionals with specialized skill and knowledge were used to assist in evaluating the evaluationappropriateness of management’sthe discounted cash flow model and the reasonableness of the discount rate assumption.





/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Stamford, Connecticut
February 22, 202220, 2024

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1934.1934.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS)OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)

Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,
2023202320222021
Revenue:Revenue:  
Business services
Business services
Business servicesBusiness services$2,334,674 $2,191,306 $1,710,801 
Support servicesSupport services460,888 473,292 506,187 
FinancingFinancing294,418 341,034 368,090 
Equipment salesEquipment sales350,138 314,882 352,104 
SuppliesSupplies159,438 159,282 187,287 
RentalsRentals74,005 74,279 80,656 
Total revenueTotal revenue3,673,561 3,554,075 3,205,125 
Costs and expenses:Costs and expenses:  
Cost of business servicesCost of business services2,034,477 1,904,078 1,389,569 
Cost of business services
Cost of business services
Cost of support servicesCost of support services149,706 149,988 162,300 
Financing interest expenseFinancing interest expense47,059 48,162 44,648 
Cost of equipment salesCost of equipment sales251,914 235,153 244,620 
Cost of suppliesCost of supplies43,980 41,679 49,882 
Cost of rentalsCost of rentals24,427 25,600 31,530 
Selling, general and administrativeSelling, general and administrative924,163 963,323 1,003,989 
Research and developmentResearch and development46,777 38,384 51,258 
Restructuring charges and asset impairments19,003 20,712 69,606 
Restructuring charges
Goodwill impairmentGoodwill impairment 198,169 — 
Interest expense, netInterest expense, net96,886 105,753 110,910 
Other components of net pension and postretirement cost (income)1,010 (1,708)(4,225)
Other expense, net41,574 8,151 24,306 
Other components of net pension and postretirement (income) cost
Other (income) expense
Total costs and expensesTotal costs and expenses3,680,976 3,737,444 3,178,393 
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes(7,415)(183,369)26,732 
(Benefit) provision for income taxes(Benefit) provision for income taxes(10,922)7,122 (13,127)
Income (loss) from continuing operations3,507 (190,491)39,859 
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax(4,858)10,115 154,460 
(Loss) income from continuing operations
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
Net (loss) incomeNet (loss) income$(1,351)$(180,376)$194,319 
Basic (loss) earnings per share attributable to common stockholders (1):
Basic (loss) earnings per share attributable to common stockholders (1):
  
Continuing operations
Continuing operations
Continuing operationsContinuing operations$0.02 $(1.11)$0.23 
Discontinued operationsDiscontinued operations(0.03)0.06 0.88 
Net (loss) incomeNet (loss) income$(0.01)$(1.05)$1.10 
Diluted (loss) earnings per share attributable to common stockholders (1):
Diluted (loss) earnings per share attributable to common stockholders (1):
  
Continuing operationsContinuing operations$0.02 $(1.11)$0.22 
Continuing operations
Continuing operations
Discontinued operationsDiscontinued operations(0.03)0.06 0.87 
Net (loss) incomeNet (loss) income$(0.01)$(1.05)$1.10 
(1)The sum of the earnings per share amounts may not equal the totals due to rounding.














See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME (LOSS)
(In thousands)
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Net (loss) income$(1,351)$(180,376)$194,319 
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
Foreign currency translations, net of tax of $(767), $2,374 and $3,071, respectively(34,168)37,252 75,319 
Net unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges, net of tax of $1,738, $(583) and $49, respectively5,214 (1,748)146 
Net unrealized (loss) gain on available for sale securities, net of tax of $(2,217), $(816) and $1,970, respectively(6,651)(2,447)5,910 
Adjustments to pension and postretirement plans, net of tax of $17,986, $(20,440) and $(1,270), respectively54,618 (70,623)(845)
Amortization of pension and postretirement costs, net of tax of $12,755, $11,930 and $9,497, respectively39,806 38,578 28,288 
Other comprehensive income, net of tax58,819 1,012 108,818 
Comprehensive income (loss)$57,468 $(179,364)$303,137 
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Net (loss) income$(385,627)$36,940 $(1,351)
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:
Foreign currency translations, net of tax of $(741), $(3,942) and $(767), respectively25,279 (71,344)(34,168)
Net (loss) gain on cash flow hedges, net of tax of $(1,847), $2,900 and $1,738, respectively(5,541)8,700 5,214 
Net unrealized gain (loss) on available for sale securities, net of tax of $1,878, $(10,424) and $(2,217), respectively5,977 (33,191)(6,651)
Adjustments to pension and postretirement plans, net of tax of $(18,875), $4,312 and $17,986, respectively(55,128)9,297 54,618 
Amortization of pension and postretirement costs, net of tax of $4,461, $9,315 and $12,755, respectively13,732 31,286 39,806 
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax(15,681)(55,252)58,819 
Comprehensive (loss) income$(401,308)$(18,312)$57,468 







































See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)amount)
December 31, 2021December 31, 2020
December 31, 2023December 31, 2023December 31, 2022
ASSETSASSETS  ASSETS  
Current assets:Current assets:  Current assets:  
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$732,480 $921,450 
Short-term investments (includes $2,658 and $18,974, respectively, reported at fair value)14,440 18,974 
Accounts and other receivables (net of allowance of $11,168 and $18,899 respectively)334,630 389,240 
Short-term finance receivables (net of allowance of $12,812 and $18,012, respectively)560,680 568,050 
Short-term investments (includes $2,382 and $1,882, respectively, reported at fair value)
Accounts and other receivables (net of allowance of $6,139 and $5,344 respectively)
Short-term finance receivables (net of allowance of $14,347 and $11,395, respectively)
InventoriesInventories78,588 71,480 
Current income taxesCurrent income taxes13,894 23,219 
Other current assets and prepaymentsOther current assets and prepayments157,341 120,145 
Total current assetsTotal current assets1,892,053 2,112,558 
Total current assets
Total current assets
Property, plant and equipment, netProperty, plant and equipment, net429,162 391,280 
Rental property and equipment, netRental property and equipment, net34,774 38,435 
Long-term finance receivables (net of allowance of $13,406 and $17,857, respectively)587,427 605,292 
Long-term finance receivables (net of allowance of $8,880 and $10,555, respectively)
GoodwillGoodwill1,135,103 1,152,285 
Intangible assets, netIntangible assets, net132,442 159,839 
Operating lease assetsOperating lease assets208,428 201,916 
Noncurrent income taxesNoncurrent income taxes68,398 71,244 
Other assets (includes $318,754 and $355,799, respectively, reported at fair value)471,084 491,514 
Noncurrent income taxes
Noncurrent income taxes
Other assets (includes $227,131 and $229,936, respectively, reported at fair value)
Total assetsTotal assets$4,958,871 $5,224,363 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) EQUITY
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) EQUITY
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) EQUITY 
Current liabilities:Current liabilities:  Current liabilities:  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilitiesAccounts payable and accrued liabilities$922,543 $880,616 
Customer deposits at the BankCustomer deposits at the Bank632,062 617,200 
Current operating lease liabilitiesCurrent operating lease liabilities40,299 39,182 
Current portion of long-term debtCurrent portion of long-term debt24,739 216,032 
Advance billingsAdvance billings99,280 114,550 
Current income taxesCurrent income taxes9,017 2,880 
Total current liabilitiesTotal current liabilities1,727,940 1,870,460 
Total current liabilities
Total current liabilities
Long-term debtLong-term debt2,299,099 2,348,361 
Deferred taxes on incomeDeferred taxes on income286,445 279,451 
Tax uncertainties and other income tax liabilitiesTax uncertainties and other income tax liabilities31,935 38,163 
Noncurrent operating lease liabilitiesNoncurrent operating lease liabilities192,092 180,292 
Other noncurrent liabilitiesOther noncurrent liabilities308,728 437,015 
Total liabilitiesTotal liabilities4,846,239 5,153,742 
Commitments and contingencies (See Note 16)00
Commitments and contingencies (See Note 15)
Commitments and contingencies (See Note 15)
Commitments and contingencies (See Note 15)
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $1 par value (480,000,000 shares authorized; 323,337,912 shares issued)323,338 323,338 
Additional paid-in capital2,485 68,502 
Stockholders' (deficit) equity:
Stockholders' (deficit) equity:
Stockholders' (deficit) equity:
Common stock, $1 par value (480,000 shares authorized; 270,338 and 323,338 shares issued, respectively)
Common stock, $1 par value (480,000 shares authorized; 270,338 and 323,338 shares issued, respectively)
Common stock, $1 par value (480,000 shares authorized; 270,338 and 323,338 shares issued, respectively)
Retained earnings
Retained earnings
Retained earningsRetained earnings5,169,270 5,205,421 
Accumulated other comprehensive lossAccumulated other comprehensive loss(780,312)(839,131)
Treasury stock, at cost (148,606,517 and 151,362,724 shares, respectively)(4,602,149)(4,687,509)
Total stockholders’ equity112,632 70,621 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$4,958,871 $5,224,363 
Treasury stock, at cost (93,972 and 149,307 shares, respectively)
Total stockholders’ (deficit) equity
Total liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) equity




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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)

Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Cash flows from operating activities:  
Net (loss) income$(1,351)$(180,376)$194,319 
Loss (income) from discontinued operations, net of tax4,858 (10,115)(154,460)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities:  
Depreciation and amortization162,859 160,625 159,142 
Allowance for credit losses7,808 42,193 28,488 
Stock-based compensation20,862 17,476 23,149 
Amortization of debt fees7,163 10,871 10,482 
Loss on debt refinancing56,209 36,987 6,623 
Restructuring charges and asset impairments19,003 20,712 69,606 
Restructuring payments(21,990)(20,014)(27,148)
Pension contributions and retiree medical payments(27,534)(31,828)(37,747)
(Gain) loss on sale of assets/businesses(11,635)(21,969)17,683 
Goodwill impairment 198,169 — 
Deferred tax (benefit) provision(19,883)15,280 4,811 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions/divestitures:
Accounts and other receivables37,503 (47,236)(8,027)
Finance receivables20,934 70,505 29,171 
Inventories(8,008)1,582 (5,178)
Other current assets and prepayments(1,184)(19,581)(27,096)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities57,780 94,851 22,081 
Current and noncurrent income taxes2,971 8,622 (40,119)
Advance billings(14,029)11,009 (10,361)
Other, net9,179 (17,879)3,192 
Net cash from operating activities: continuing operations301,515 339,884 258,611 
Net cash from operating activities: discontinued operations (37,912)9,272 
Net cash from operating activities301,515 301,972 267,883 
Cash flows from investing activities:  
Capital expenditures(184,042)(104,987)(137,253)
Purchases of investment securities(74,923)(596,841)(137,194)
Proceeds from sales/maturities of investment securities97,358 576,536 108,548 
Net investment in loan receivables(6,288)(4,174)(15,676)
Proceeds from sale of assets/businesses, net of cash sold29,413 58,248 — 
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired(14,996)(6,608)(22,100)
Other investing activities 4,636 (8,905)
Net cash from investing activities: continuing operations(153,478)(73,190)(212,580)
Net cash from investing activities: discontinued operations(1,773)(2,502)670,130 
Net cash from investing activities(155,251)(75,692)457,550 
Cash flows from financing activities:  
Proceeds from the issuance of debt, net of discount1,195,500 916,544 389,986 
Principal payments of debt(1,445,734)(1,105,650)(930,189)
Premiums and fees to refinance debt(50,763)(32,645)(4,704)
Dividends paid to stockholders(34,800)(34,291)(35,361)
Customer deposits at the Bank14,862 26,082 16,341 
Common stock repurchases — (105,000)
Other financing activities(9,436)(5,411)(1,372)
Net cash from financing activities(330,371)(235,371)(670,299)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(4,863)6,099 2,046 
Change in cash and cash equivalents(188,970)(2,992)57,180 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period921,450 924,442 867,262 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$732,480 $921,450 $924,442 

Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Cash flows from operating activities:  
Net (loss) income$(385,627)$36,940 $(1,351)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax — 4,858 
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities:  
Depreciation and amortization160,430 163,816 162,859 
Allowance for credit losses16,687 8,937 7,808 
Stock-based compensation9,597 16,629 20,862 
Amortization of debt fees10,698 8,674 7,163 
(Gain) loss on debt redemption/refinancing(3,064)4,993 56,209 
Restructuring charges61,585 18,715 19,003 
Restructuring payments(34,443)(15,406)(21,990)
Pension contributions and retiree medical payments(33,815)(26,769)(27,534)
Gain on sale of businesses, including transaction costs (12,205)(10,201)
Gain on sale of assets (14,372)(1,434)
Goodwill impairment339,184 — — 
Deferred taxes(50,815)3,688 (19,883)
Other, net6,040 13,997 9,179 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions/divestitures:
Accounts and other receivables(6,027)(29,303)37,503 
Finance receivables(2,646)(12,591)20,934 
Inventories14,293 (4,942)(8,008)
Other current assets and prepayments30,841 2,727 (1,184)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities(43,110)18,577 57,780 
Current and noncurrent income taxes6,904 (14,464)2,971 
Advance billings(17,244)8,342 (14,029)
Net cash from operating activities79,468 175,983 301,515 
Cash flows from investing activities:  
Capital expenditures(102,878)(124,840)(184,042)
Purchases of investment securities(18,887)(8,863)(74,923)
Proceeds from sales/maturities of investment securities25,390 28,724 97,358 
Net investment in loan receivables(29,754)(53,114)(6,288)
Proceeds from sale of business, net of cash sold 111,593 27,573 
Proceeds from asset sales 50,766 1,840 
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (5,139)(14,996)
Settlement of derivative contracts427 (27,660)— 
Other investing activities, net2,870 4,264 — 
Net cash from investing activities: continuing operations(122,832)(24,269)(153,478)
Net cash from investing activities: discontinued operations — (1,773)
Net cash from investing activities(122,832)(24,269)(155,251)
Cash flows from financing activities:  
Proceeds from the issuance of debt, net of discount266,750 — 1,195,500 
Principal payments of debt(322,886)(124,101)(1,445,734)
Premiums and fees to refinance debt(10,531)(8,535)(50,763)
Dividends paid to stockholders(35,215)(34,718)(34,800)
Customer deposits at the Bank86,223 (3,990)14,862 
Common stock repurchases (13,446)— 
Other financing activities, net(15,607)(13,293)(9,436)
Net cash from financing activities(31,266)(198,083)(330,371)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents5,702 (16,130)(4,863)
Change in cash and cash equivalents(68,928)(62,499)(188,970)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period669,981 732,480 921,450 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$601,053 $669,981 $732,480 


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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT) EQUITY
(In thousands)
Common Stock
Common Stock
Common StockAdditional Paid-in CapitalRetained earningsAccumulated other comprehensive lossTreasury stockTotal (deficit) equity
Balance at December 31, 2020
Preferred
stock
Preference
stock
Common StockAdditional Paid-in CapitalRetained earningsAccumulated other comprehensive lossTreasury stockTotal equity
Balance at December 31, 2018$$396 $323,338 $121,475 $5,279,682 $(948,961)$(4,674,089)$101,842 
Cumulative effect of accounting change— — — — 3,348 — — 3,348 
Net income— — — — 194,319 — — 194,319 
Other comprehensive income— — — — — 108,818 — 108,818 
Cash dividends
Common ($0.20 per share)— — — — (35,353)— — (35,353)
Preference— — — — (8)— — (8)
Issuance of treasury stock— — — (43,062)— — 41,378 (1,684)
Conversions to common stock— (130)— (2,804)— — 2,934 — 
Redemption of preferred/preference stock(1)(266)— (10)— — — (277)
Stock-based compensation— — — 23,149 — — — 23,149 
Repurchase of common stock— — — — — — (105,000)(105,000)
Balance at December 31, 2019— — 323,338 98,748 5,441,988 (840,143)(4,734,777)289,154 
Cumulative effect of accounting change— — — — (21,900)— — (21,900)
Net loss
Net loss
Net lossNet loss— — — — (180,376)— — (180,376)
Other comprehensive incomeOther comprehensive income— — — — — 1,012 — 1,012 
Dividends ($0.20 per share)Dividends ($0.20 per share)— — — — (34,291)— — (34,291)
Dividends ($0.20 per share)
Dividends ($0.20 per share)
Issuance of treasury stock— — — (47,722)— — 47,268 (454)
Issuance of common stock
Issuance of common stock
Issuance of common stock
Stock-based compensation
Balance at December 31, 2021
Balance at December 31, 2021
Balance at December 31, 2021
Net income
Net income
Net income
Other comprehensive loss
Dividends ($0.20 per share)
Dividends ($0.20 per share)
Dividends ($0.20 per share)
Issuance of common stock
Issuance of common stock
Issuance of common stock
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation— — — 17,476 — — — 17,476 
Balance at December 31, 2020— — 323,338 68,502 5,205,421 (839,131)(4,687,509)70,621 
Stock-based compensation
Stock-based compensation
Repurchase of common stock
Balance at December 31, 2022
Net lossNet loss    (1,351)  (1,351)
Other comprehensive income     58,819  58,819 
Net loss
Net loss
Other comprehensive loss
Dividends ($0.20 per share)Dividends ($0.20 per share)    (34,800)  (34,800)
Dividends ($0.20 per share)
Dividends ($0.20 per share)
Issuance of treasury stock   (86,879)  85,360 (1,519)
Issuance of common stock
Issuance of common stock
Issuance of common stock
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation   20,862    20,862 
Balance at December 31, 2021$ $ $323,338 $2,485 $5,169,270 $(780,312)$(4,602,149)$112,632 
Stock-based compensation
Stock-based compensation
Retirement of treasury stock
Balance at December 31, 2023
Balance at December 31, 2023
Balance at December 31, 2023



























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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation
The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements of Pitney Bowes Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (we, us, our, or the company) have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
Effective October 1, 2021, we elected to adopt the FIFO inventory valuation methodology where we had previously valued inventory on a last-in, first-out (LIFO) basis. We believe that the FIFO basis provides a better matching of revenues and expenses, more closely resembles the physical flow of inventory, provides a consistent valuation methodology throughout our locations and improves comparability with industry peers. We retrospectively applied this change in accounting principle and recorded a cumulative effect adjustment to increase the 2019 opening inventory balance by $4 million and retained earnings by $3 million (net of tax). Financial statementsPre-tax income for the yearstwelve months ended December 31, 20202022 includes a benefit of $3 million to correct misstatements related to prior periods. The impact of these misstatements is not material to the consolidated financial statements of the current annual period or for any prior quarterly or annual periods.

Factors Affecting Comparability
Certain transactions and 2019changes occurred during 2022 that impact the comparability to our 2023 financial results. These transactions and atchanges include:
the sale of our Borderfree cross-border ecommerce solutions business (Borderfree) in July 2022. Accordingly, reported revenue and costs for the twelve months ended December 31, 2020 have been recast2022 include six months of revenue and the impact on our previously issued financial statements is presentedcosts for Borderfree. Net income of Borderfree for these periods was not significant.
a change in the following tables. Had we not electedpresentation of revenue for digital delivery services effective October 1, 2022, from a gross basis to adopt the FIFO inventory valuation methodology, 2021a net basis. Accordingly, in 2023, revenue and costs of revenue for certain digital delivery services are reported on a net basis as business services revenue; whereas in 2022, revenue and cost of equipment sales would have been approximately $2 million higherrevenue for these services through September 30 were reported as business services revenue and inventory would have been approximately $2 million lower.
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Consolidated Statement of Income (Loss)As Previously ReportedAdjustmentsAs Revised
Cost of equipment sales$236,716 $(1,563)$235,153 
Total costs and expenses$3,739,007 $(1,563)$3,737,444 
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes$(184,932)$1,563 $(183,369)
(Benefit) provision for income taxes$6,727 $395 $7,122 
Income (loss) from continuing operations$(191,659)$1,168 $(190,491)
Net (loss) income$(181,544)$1,168 $(180,376)
Basic (loss) earnings per share - continuing operations$(1.12)$0.01 $(1.11)
Basic (loss) earnings per share$(1.06)$0.01 $(1.05)
Diluted (loss) earnings per share - continuing operations$(1.12)$0.01 $(1.11)
Diluted (loss) earnings per share$(1.06)$0.01 $(1.05)
Year Ended December 31, 2019
Consolidated Statement of Income (Loss)As Previously ReportedAdjustmentsAs Revised
Cost of equipment sales$244,210 $410 $244,620 
Total costs and expenses$3,177,983 $410 $3,178,393 
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes$27,142 $(410)$26,732 
(Benefit) provision for income taxes$(13,007)$(120)$(13,127)
Income (loss) from continuing operations$40,149 $(290)$39,859 
Net (loss) income$194,609 $(290)$194,319 
Basic (loss) earnings per share - continuing operations$0.23 $— $0.23 
Basic (loss) earnings per share$1.10 $— $1.10 
Diluted (loss) earnings per share - continuing operations$0.23 $(0.01)$0.22 
Diluted (loss) earnings per share$1.10 $— $1.10 
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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
December 31, 2020
Consolidated Balance SheetAs Previously ReportedAdjustmentsAs Revised
Inventories$65,845 $5,635 $71,480 
Total current assets$2,106,923 $5,635 $2,112,558 
Noncurrent income taxes$72,653 $(1,409)$71,244 
Total assets$5,220,137 $4,226 $5,224,363 
Retained earnings$5,201,195 $4,226 $5,205,421 
Total stockholders' equity$66,395 $4,226 $70,621 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity$5,220,137 $4,226 $5,224,363 
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Consolidated Statement of Cash FlowsAs Previously ReportedAdjustmentsAs Revised
Net (loss) income$(181,544)$1,168 $(180,376)
Deferred tax (benefit) provision$14,885 $395 $15,280 
(Increase) decrease in inventories$3,145 $(1,563)$1,582 
Year Ended December 31, 2019
Consolidated Statement of Cash FlowsAs Previously ReportedAdjustmentsAs Revised
Net (loss) income$194,609 $(290)$194,319 
Deferred tax (benefit) provision$4,931 $(120)$4,811 
(Increase) decrease in inventories$(5,588)$410 $(5,178)
cost of business services, respectively. The change primarily impacts our Global Ecommerce segment.

Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and accompanying disclosures, including the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. These estimates and assumptions are based on management's best knowledge of current events, historical experience and other information available when the financial statements are prepared. These estimates include, but are not limited to, goodwill and intangible asset impairment review, deferred tax asset valuation allowance, income tax reserves, revenue recognition for multiple element arrangements, pension and other postretirement costs, allowance for credit losses, residual values of leased assets, useful lives of long-lived and intangible assets, restructuring costs the allocation of purchase price to assets and liabilities acquired in business combinations, stock-based compensation expense and loss contingencies. Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions.

Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash equivalents include interest-earning investments with maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase. Restricted cash included in cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2023 and 2022 was $3 million and $1 million, respectively. Restricted cash represent cash balances which are legally or contractually restricted.

MarketableInvestment Securities
Marketable investment securities are classified as available-for-sale or hold-to-maturity. Investment securities classified as available-for-sale are recorded at fair value with changes in fair value due to market conditions (i.e., interest rates) recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss (AOCL), and changes in fair value due to credit conditions recorded in earnings. Purchase premiums and discounts are amortized using the effective interest method over the term of the security. Gains and losses on the salesales of available-for-sale securities are recorded on the trade date using the specific identification method. There were no unrealized losses due to credit losses charged to earnings in 2021, 2020,2023, 2022, or 2019.
2021. Investment securities that management has the positive intent and ability to hold to maturity are classified as held-to-maturity and are carried at amortized cost.

We also hold certain other investments, whereby their nature, changes in fair value are recorded through earnings on a recurring basis or upon the occurrence of an observable transaction.


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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Accounts and Other Receivables and Allowance for Credit Losses
Accounts receivablereceivables are generally due within 30 days after the invoice date. We provide an allowance for credit losses based on historical loss experience, the age of the receivables, specific troubled accounts and other currently available information.
Accounts receivablereceivables are written off against the allowance after all collection efforts have been exhausted and management deems the account to be uncollectible, or when they are 365 days past due, if sooner. We believe that our accounts receivable credit risk is low
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
because of the geographic and industry diversification of our clients and small account balances for most of our clients. We continually evaluate the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses and adjust as necessary.

Finance Receivables and Allowance for Credit Losses
Finance receivables are comprised of sales-type leases, secured loans and unsecured loans. Sales-type leases and secured loans are from financing options provided to clients for Pitney Bowes equipment or leasing of other manufacturers' equipment and are generally due in installments over periods ranging from three to five years. Unsecured loans comprise revolving credit lines offered to our clients for postage, and supplies and working capital purposes. These revolving credit lines are generally due monthly; however, clients may rollover outstanding balances. Interest is recognized on finance receivables using the effective interest method. Annual fees are recognized ratably over the annual period covered and client acquisition costs are expensed as incurred.
We provide an allowance for credit losses based on historical loss experience, the nature of our portfolios, adverse situations that may affect a client's ability to pay and current economic conditions and outlook based on reasonable and supportable forecasts. We continually evaluate the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses and adjust as necessary.
Credit approval limits are established based on the credit quality of the client and the type of equipment financed. We cease financing revenue recognition for lease receivables that are more than 120 days past due and for unsecured loan receivables that are more than 90 days past due. Revenue recognition is resumed when the client's payments reduce the account aging to less than 60 days past due. Finance receivables are written off against the allowance after all collection efforts have been exhausted and management deems the account to be uncollectible. We believe that our finance receivable credit risk is low because of the geographic and industry diversification of our clients and small account balances for most of our clients.

Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost, determined on the first-in, first-out (FIFO) basis or net realizable value.

Fixed Assets
Property, plant and equipment and rental equipment are stated at cost and depreciated principally using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, which are 50 years for buildings, 10 to 2010-20 years for building improvements, up to 3 years for internal use software development costs, 3 to 123-12 years for machinery and equipment and 4 to 63-6 years for rental equipment. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of their estimated useful life or the remaining lease term. Major improvements that add to the productive capacity or extend the life of an asset are capitalized while repairs and maintenance are charged to expense. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of their estimated useful life or the remaining lease term. Fully depreciated assets are retained in fixed assets and accumulated depreciation until they are removed from service.

Intangible Assets
Finite-lived intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives of up to 10 years.

Deferred Costs
Certain incremental costs to obtain a contract are capitalized if we expect the benefit of those costs to be realized over a period greater than one year. These costs primarily relate to contract costs and sales commissions on multi-year equipment and Global Ecommerce contracts andsales. Costs are amortized in a manner consistent with the timing of the related revenue over the contract performance period or longer, if renewals are expected and the renewal commission is not commensurate with the initial commission. Unamortized deferred costs at December 31, 20212023 and December 31, 2020,2022, included in other assets, were $48$39 million and $40$41 million, respectively. Amortization expense for these costs for the years ended December 31, 2021, 20202023, 2022 and 20192021 was $18 million, $10$22 million and $7$18 million, respectively.

Revenue Recognition
We derive revenue from multiple sources including sales, rentals, financing and services. Certain transactions are consummated at the same time and can therefore generate revenue from multiple sources. The most common form of these transactions involves a sale or noncancelable lease of equipment, meter services and an equipment maintenance agreement. We determine whether each product and service within the contract should be treated as a separate performance obligation (unit of accounting) for revenue recognition purposes. For contracts that include multiple performance obligations, the transaction price is allocated based on relative standalone selling prices (SSP), which are a range of selling prices that we would sell a product or service to a customer on a separate basis. SSP are established for each performance obligation at the inception of the contract and can be observable prices or estimated. The
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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
allocation of the transaction price to the various performance obligations impacts the timing of revenue recognition, but does not change the total revenue recognized. More specifically, revenue related to our offerings is recognized as follows:



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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Business services
Business services includes fulfillment, delivery and return services, cross-border solutions, mail processing services and shipping subscription solutions,solutions. Revenue for fulfillment, delivery and return services, cross-border solutions and mail processing services is recognized over time using an output method based on the number of parcels or mail pieces either processed or delivered, depending on the service type, since that measure best depicts the value of goods and services transferred to the client over the contract period. Revenue for shipping subscription solutions is recognized ratably over the contract period as the client obtains equal benefit from these services throughthroughout the period. We review third partythird-party relationships and record revenue on a gross basis when we act as a principal in a transaction and on a net basis when we act as an agent between a client and vendor. In determining whether we are acting as principal or agent, we consider several factors such as whether we are the primary obligor to the client or have control over pricing.

Support services
Support services revenue includes revenue fromproviding maintenance, professional and subscription services for our mailing equipment and professional services for our digital delivery services.mailing and shipping technology solutions. Revenue is allocated to these services using selling prices charged in standalone replacement and renewal transactions. Revenue for maintenance and subscription services is recognized ratably over the contract period and revenue for professional services is recognized when services are provided.

Financing
We provide financing for our products primarily through sales-type leases and revolving lines of credit for the purchase of postage and supplies. Financing revenue also includes finance income, late fees and investment income, gains and losses at the Bank. We record financing income over the lease term using the effective interest method. Financing revenue also includes amounts related to sales-type leases that customers have extended or renewed for an additional term. Revenue for these contracts is recognized over the term of the modified lease using the effective interest method. We believe that our sales-type lease portfolio contains only normal collection risk.
Equipment residual values are determined at the inception of the lease using management's best estimate of fair value at the end of the lease term. Fair value estimates are determined based on historical renewal experience, used equipment markets, competition and technological changes. We evaluate residual values on an annual basis or sooner if circumstances warrant. Declines in estimated residual values considered "other-than-temporary" are recognized immediately. Increases in estimated future residual values are not recognized until the equipment is remarketed.

Equipment sales
We sell and lease equipment directly to customers and to distributors (re-sellers) throughout the world. The amount of revenue allocated to the equipment is based on a range of observable selling prices in standalone transactions. Revenue from the sale of equipment under sales-type leases is recognized as control of the equipment transfers to the customer, whichcustomer. Revenue from the sale of equipment under sales-type leases is recognized upon shipment for self-installed products and upon installation or customer acceptance for other products. Revenue from the direct sale of equipment is recognized as control of the equipment transfers to the customer, which is upon delivery for self-installed products and upon installation or customer acceptance for other products. We do not typically offer any rights of return.

Supplies
Supplies revenue includes revenue fromthe sale of supplies for our mailing equipment and is recognized upon delivery.

Rentals
Rentals revenue includes revenue from mailing equipment that does not meet the criteria to be accounted for as a sales-type lease. We may invoice in advance for rentals according to the terms of the agreement. Advanced billings are initially deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the billing period. Revenue generated from financing clients for the continued use of equipment subsequent to the expiration of the original lease is recognized as rentals revenue.

Shipping and Handling
Shipping and handling costs are recognized as costs of revenue as incurred.

Research and Development Costs
Research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred. Costs includeincludes research, development and engineering activities relating to the development of new products and solutions and enhancements of existing products and solutions. Costs primarily include salaries, benefits and other employee-related expenses, materials, contract services, information systems and facilities and equipment costs. Research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
include salaries, benefits and other employee-related expenses, materials, contract services, information systems and facilities and equipment costs.

Restructuring Charges
Costs associated with restructuring actions primarilyRestructuring charges may include employee severance and related separation costs and contract termination costs, primarily real estate leases.facility abandonment and other related charges. Employee severance and relatedseparation costs are recognized when a liability is incurred, which is generally upon communication to the affected employees,employee, and the amount to be paid is both probable and can be reasonably estimable.estimated. Severance accruals are based on company policy, historical experience and negotiated settlements. Contract termination costs for real estate leases are recognized as incurred.

Stock-based Compensation
We primarily issue restricted stock units and non-qualified stock options under our stock award plans. Compensation expense for stock-based awards is measured based on the estimated fair value of the awards expected to vest and recognized ratably over the requisite service period. We may issue restricted stock and non-qualified stock options under our stock award plans. The fair value of restricted stock units is estimated based on the fair valuemarket price of our common stock on the grant date, less the present value of expected dividends. The fair value of non-qualified stock options is determined using the Black-Scholes valuation model. We believe that these valuation techniques and the underlying assumptions are appropriate in estimating the fair value of stock awards. Forfeitures are estimated at the time of grant to recognize expense for those awards that are expected to vest and are based on our historical forfeiture rates. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized primarily in selling, general and administrative expense.

Retirement Plans
Net periodic benefit cost includes current service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets and the amortization of actuarial gains and losses. Actuarial gains and losses arise from actual results that differ from previous assumptions and changes in assumptions. The expected return on plan assets is based on a market-related valuation of plan assets where differences between the actual and expected return on plan assets are recognized over a five-year period. Actuarial gains and losses are recognized in other comprehensive loss, net of tax, and amortized to benefit cost primarily over the life expectancy of plan participants. The funded status of pension and other postretirement benefit plans is recognized in the consolidated balance sheets.

Impairment Review
Long-lived assets and finite-lived intangible assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be fully recoverable. The estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the asset is compared to the asset's carrying value. The fair value of the asset is determined using probability weighted expected cash flow estimates, derived from our long-term business plansplan and historical experience, quoted market prices when available and appraisals, as appropriate.
Goodwill is tested annually for impairment at the reporting unit level duringas of the beginning of the fourth quarter or sooner if circumstances indicate an impairment may exist. The impairment test for goodwill determines the fair value of each reporting unit and compares it to the reporting unit's carrying value, including goodwill. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds the carrying value of the net assets assigned to that reporting unit, goodwill is not impaired and no further testingimpaired. If the fair value of the reporting unit is required. Ifless than the carrying value of the net assets assigned to the reporting unit, exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, thea goodwill impairment loss is calculated as the difference between these amounts, limited to the amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit.
During the fourth quarter of 2021,2023, we performed our annualrecorded non-cash, pre-tax goodwill impairment test to assesscharges in the recoverabilitysecond and fourth quarters of the carrying value of goodwill$119 million and determined that the fair value of each reporting unit exceeded its carrying value and no impairment was recorded.$220 million, respectively. See Note 8 for further details.

Derivative Instruments
In the normal course of business, weWe are exposed to the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. We limit these risks by following established risk management policies and procedures, including theprocedures. We may also use of derivatives. We use derivative instrumentsderivatives to limit the effects of currency exchange rate fluctuations on financial results and manage the related cost of debt. We do not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes.
Derivative instrumentsDerivatives are measured at fair value and reported as assets and liabilities, on the consolidated balance sheets, as applicable. The accounting for changes in fair value depends on the intended use of the derivative, the resulting designation and the effectiveness of the instrument in offsetting the risk exposure it is designed to hedge. To qualify as a hedge, a derivative must be highly effective in offsetting the risk designated for hedging purposes. The hedge relationship must be formally documented at inception, detailing the particular risk management objective and strategy for the hedge. The effectiveness of the hedge relationship is evaluated on a retrospective and prospective basis.
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The use of derivative instrumentsderivatives exposes us to counterparty credit risk. To mitigate such risks, we only enter into agreements with financial institutions that meet stringent credit requirements. We regularly review our credit exposure and the creditworthiness of our counterparties. We have not seen a material change in the creditworthiness of our derivative counterparties.

Income Taxes
We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax
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rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date of such change. A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized. In estimating the necessity and amount of a valuation allowance, we consider all available evidence for each jurisdiction, including historical operating results, estimates of future taxable income and the feasibility of ongoing tax planning strategies. We adjust the valuation allowance through income tax expense when new information becomes available that would alter our determination of the amount of deferred tax assets that will ultimately be realized.

Earnings per Share
Basic earnings per share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the year plus the weighted-average dilutive effect of common stock equivalents.

Translation of Non-U.S. Currency Amounts
In general, the functional currency of our foreign operations is the local currency. Assets and liabilities of subsidiaries operating outside the U.S. are translated at rates in effect at the end of the period and revenue and expenses are translated at average monthly rates during the period. Net deferred translation gains and losses are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss.

Loss Contingencies
In the ordinary course of business, we are routinely defendants in, or party to, a number of pending and threatened legal actions. On a quarterly basis, we review the status of each significant matter and assess the potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from any claim or legal action is considered probable and can be reasonably estimated, we establish a liability for the estimated loss. The assessment of the ultimate outcome of each claim or legal action and the determination of the potential financial exposure requires significant judgment. Estimates of potential liabilities for claims or legal actions are based only on information that is available at that time. As additional information becomes available, we may revise our estimates, and these revisions could have a material impact on our results of operations and financial position. Legal fees are expensed as incurred.

New Accounting Pronouncements
New Accounting Pronouncements - Standards Adopted in 20212023
InOn January 2021,1, 2023, we adopted ASU 2019-12,2022-02, Simplifying the Accounting for Income TaxesFinancial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures, . The ASU simplifies the accounting for income taxeswhich requires disclosure of gross write-offs of finance receivables by removing certain exceptions to the general principles and also clarifies and amends existing guidance.year of origination. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.disclosures.

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In December 2021, we adopted2023, the FASB issued ASU 2021-08,2023-09, Business CombinationsIncome Taxes (Topic 805)740): AccountingImprovements to Income Tax Disclosures, which would require additional transparency for Contract Assetsincome tax disclosures, including the income tax rate reconciliation table and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers. The ASU requires that an entity (the acquirer) recognizecash taxes paid both in the United States and measure contract assets and contract liabilities acquired in a business combination in accordance with ASC 606. The adoption offoreign jurisdictions. This standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. We are currently assessing the impact this standard did notwill have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.disclosures.
New Accounting Pronouncements - Standards Not Yet AdoptedIn November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which would require enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses and information used to assess segment performance. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. We are currently assessing the impact this standard will have on our disclosures.
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The transition to new reference interest rates will require certain contracts to be modified and the ASU is intended to provide temporary optional expedients and exceptions to U.S. GAAP guidance on contract modifications and hedge accounting to ease the financial reporting burdens related to the expected market transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates. The accommodations provided by the ASU are effective through December 31, 20222024, and may be applied at the beginning of any interim period within that time frame.
We have matched LIBOR-based debt with LIBOR based interest rate swaps and haveWith the modification of our revolving credit facility in December 2022, we elected to apply the practical expedient related to probabilitythe replacement of LIBOR reference rate and theour assessment of the effectiveness for future LIBOR-indexed cash flows, which assumes that the debt instrument will use the same index rate as its corresponding interest rate swap once a new reference rate is established to replace LIBOR.hedge effectiveness. We may apply other expedients as additional reference rate changes occur. We continue to assess the impact of this standard on our consolidated financial statements.




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2. Revenue
Disaggregated Revenue
The following tables disaggregate our revenue by source and timing of recognition:
Year Ended December 31, 2021
Global EcommercePresort ServicesSendTech SolutionsRevenue from products and servicesRevenue from leasing transactions and financingTotal consolidated revenue
Year Ended December 31, 2023Year Ended December 31, 2023
Global EcommerceGlobal EcommercePresort ServicesSendTech SolutionsRevenue from products and servicesRevenue from leasing transactions and financingTotal consolidated revenue
Revenue from products and servicesRevenue from products and services
Business services
Business services
Business servicesBusiness services$1,702,580 $573,480 $58,614 $2,334,674 $ $2,334,674 
Support servicesSupport services  460,888 460,888  460,888 
FinancingFinancing    294,418 294,418 
Equipment salesEquipment sales  91,015 91,015 259,123 350,138 
SuppliesSupplies  159,438 159,438  159,438 
RentalsRentals    74,005 74,005 
SubtotalSubtotal1,702,580 573,480 769,955 3,046,015 $627,546 $3,673,561 
Revenue from leasing transactions and financingRevenue from leasing transactions and financing
Financing  294,418 294,418 
Equipment sales  259,123 259,123 
Rentals  74,005 74,005 
Revenue from leasing transactions and financing
Revenue from leasing transactions and financing
Total revenue
Total revenue
Total revenue Total revenue$1,702,580 $573,480 $1,397,501 $3,673,561 
Timing of revenue recognition from products and servicesTiming of revenue recognition from products and services
Timing of revenue recognition from products and services
Timing of revenue recognition from products and services
Products/services transferred at a point in time
Products/services transferred at a point in time
Products/services transferred at a point in timeProducts/services transferred at a point in time$ $ $318,077 $318,077 
Products/services transferred over timeProducts/services transferred over time1,702,580 573,480 451,878 2,727,938 
Products/services transferred over time
Products/services transferred over time
Total Total$1,702,580 $573,480 $769,955 $3,046,015 
Total
Total
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Global EcommercePresort ServicesSendTech SolutionsRevenue from products and servicesRevenue from leasing transactions and financingTotal consolidated revenue
Revenue from products and services
Business services$1,618,897 $521,212 $51,197 $2,191,306 $— $2,191,306 
Support services— — 473,292 473,292 — 473,292 
Financing— — — — 341,034 341,034 
Equipment sales— — 74,660 74,660 240,222 314,882 
Supplies— — 159,282 159,282 — 159,282 
Rentals— — — — 74,279 74,279 
Subtotal1,618,897 521,212 758,431 2,898,540 $655,535 $3,554,075 
Revenue from leasing transactions and financing
Financing— — 341,034 341,034 
Equipment sales— — 240,222 240,222 
Rentals— — 74,279 74,279 
     Total revenue$1,618,897 $521,212 $1,413,966 $3,554,075 
Timing of revenue recognition from products and services
Products/services transferred at a point in time$— $— $293,648 $293,648 
Products/services transferred over time1,618,897 521,212 464,783 2,604,892 
      Total$1,618,897 $521,212 $758,431 $2,898,540 

Year Ended December 31, 2022
Global EcommercePresort ServicesSendTech SolutionsRevenue from products and servicesRevenue from leasing transactions and financingTotal consolidated revenue
Revenue from products and services
Business services$1,576,348 $602,016 $71,577 $2,249,941 $— $2,249,941 
Support services— — 438,191 438,191 — 438,191 
Financing— — — — 274,508 274,508 
Equipment sales— — 88,022 88,022 266,938 354,960 
Supplies— — 154,186 154,186 — 154,186 
Rentals— — — — 66,256 66,256 
Subtotal1,576,348 602,016 751,976 2,930,340 $607,702 $3,538,042 
Revenue from leasing transactions and financing— — 607,702 607,702 
     Total revenue$1,576,348 $602,016 $1,359,678 $3,538,042 
Timing of revenue recognition from products and services
Products/services transferred at a point in time$— $— $318,438 $318,438 
Products/services transferred over time1,576,348 602,016 433,538 2,611,902 
      Total$1,576,348 $602,016 $751,976 $2,930,340 

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Year Ended December 31, 2019
Global EcommercePresort ServicesSendTech SolutionsRevenue from products and servicesRevenue from leasing transactions and financingTotal consolidated revenue
Year Ended December 31, 2021Year Ended December 31, 2021
Global EcommerceGlobal EcommercePresort ServicesSendTech SolutionsRevenue from products and servicesRevenue from leasing transactions and financingTotal consolidated revenue
Revenue from products and servicesRevenue from products and services
Business services
Business services
Business servicesBusiness services$1,151,510 $529,588 $29,703 $1,710,801 $— $1,710,801 
Support servicesSupport services— — 506,187 506,187 — 506,187 
FinancingFinancing— — — — 368,090 368,090 
Equipment salesEquipment sales— — 80,562 80,562 271,542 352,104 
SuppliesSupplies— — 187,287 187,287 — 187,287 
RentalsRentals— — — — 80,656 80,656 
SubtotalSubtotal1,151,510 529,588 803,739 2,484,837 $720,288 $3,205,125 
Revenue from leasing transactions and financingRevenue from leasing transactions and financing
Financing— — 368,090 368,090 
Equipment sales— — 271,542 271,542 
Rentals— — 80,656 80,656 
Revenue from leasing transactions and financing
Revenue from leasing transactions and financing
Total revenue
Total revenue
Total revenue Total revenue$1,151,510 $529,588 $1,524,027 $3,205,125 
Timing of revenue recognition from products and servicesTiming of revenue recognition from products and services
Timing of revenue recognition from products and services
Timing of revenue recognition from products and services
Products/services transferred at a point in time
Products/services transferred at a point in time
Products/services transferred at a point in timeProducts/services transferred at a point in time$— $— $334,046 $334,046 
Products/services transferred over timeProducts/services transferred over time1,151,510 529,588 469,693 2,150,791 
Products/services transferred over time
Products/services transferred over time
Total Total$1,151,510 $529,588 $803,739 $2,484,837 
Total
Total
Our performance obligations for revenue from products and services are as follows:
Business services includes fulfillment, delivery and return services, cross-border solutions, mail processing services and shipping subscription solutions. Revenue for fulfillment, delivery and return services, cross-border solutions and mail processing services is recognized over time using an output method based on the number of parcels or mail pieces either processed or delivered, depending on the service type, since that measure best depicts the value of goods and services transferred to the client over the contract period. Contract terms for these services initially range from one to five years followed byand contain annual renewal periods.options. Revenue for shipping subscription solutions is recognized ratably over the contract period as the client obtains equal benefit from these services throughthroughout the period.
Support services includes providing maintenance, professional and subscription services for our equipment and digital mailing and shipping technology solutions. Contract terms range from one to five years, depending on the term of the lease contract for the related equipment. Revenue for maintenance and subscription services is recognized ratably over the contract period and revenue for professional services is recognized when services are provided.

Equipment sales generally includes the sale of mailing and shipping equipment, excluding sales-type leases. We recognize revenue upon delivery for self-install equipment and upon acceptance or installation for other equipment. We provide a warranty that the equipment is free of defects and meets stated specifications. The warranty is not considered a separate performance obligation.

Supplies revenue includes revenue from the sale of supplies for our mailing equipment and is recognized upon delivery.
Revenue from leasing transactions and financing includes revenue from sales-type and operating leases, finance income, late fees and investment income, gains and losses at the Bank.

Advance Billings from Contracts with Customers
Balance Sheet LocationDecember 31, 2021December 31, 2020Increase/ (decrease)
Balance Sheet LocationBalance Sheet LocationDecember 31, 2023December 31, 2022Increase/ (decrease)
Advance billings, currentAdvance billings, currentAdvance billings$92,926 $106,498 $(13,572)
Advance billings, noncurrentAdvance billings, noncurrentOther noncurrent liabilities$1,109 $1,277 $(168)

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Advance billings are recorded when cash payments are due in advance of our performance. Revenue is recognized ratably over the contract term. Items in advance billings primarily relate to support services on mailing equipment. Revenue recognized during the
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twelve months ended December 31, 20212023 includes $106$79 million of advance billings at the beginning of the period. Advance billings, current at both December 31, 20212023 and 20202022 also includes $6$7 million and $8 million, respectively, from leasing transactions.

Future Performance Obligations
Future performance obligations primarily include revenue streamsmaintenance and subscription services bundled with our leasing contracts, primarily maintenance and subscription services.contracts. The transaction prices allocated to future performance obligations will be recognized as follows:
202220232024-2026Total
SendTech Solutions$276,314 $196,265 $213,395 $685,974 
202420252026-2028Total
SendTech Solutions$241,205 $196,422 $256,715 $694,342 

The table above does not include revenue for performance obligations under contracts with terms less than 12 months or revenue for performance obligations where revenue is recognized based on the amount billable to the customer.

3. Segment Information
Our reportable segments are Global Ecommerce, Presort Services and SendTech Solutions. The principal products and services of each reportable segment are as follows:
Global Ecommerce: Includes the revenue and related expenses from domestic parcel services, cross-border solutions and digital delivery services.
Presort Services: Includes the revenue and related expenses from sortation services to qualify large volumes of First Class Mail, Marketing Mail and Marketing Mail Flats and Bound Printed Matter for postal worksharing discounts.
SendTech Solutions: Includes the revenue and related expenses from physical and digital mailing and shipping technology solutions,
financing, services, supplies and other applications to help simplify and save on the sending, tracking and receiving of letters, parcels
and flats.

Management measures segment profitability and performance using adjusted segment earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT). SegmentAdjusted segment EBIT is calculated by deducting from segment revenue the related costs and expenses attributable to the segment. SegmentAdjusted segment EBIT excludes interest, taxes, general corporate expenses, restructuring charges, asset and goodwill impairment charges and other items not allocated to a particular business segment. Costs related to shared assets are allocated to the relevant segments. Management believes that itadjusted segment EBIT provides investors a useful measure of operating performance and underlying trends of the business. SegmentAdjusted segment EBIT may not be indicative of our overall consolidated performance and therefore, should be read in conjunction with our consolidated results of operations. The following tables provide information about our reportable segments and reconciliation of adjusted segment EBIT to net (loss) income. As a result of change from LIFO to FIFO inventory valuation discussed in Note 1, SendTech Solutions EBIT for 2020 and 2019 has also been recast.income or loss.
Revenue
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
RevenueRevenue
Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,
2023202320222021
Global EcommerceGlobal Ecommerce$1,702,580 $1,618,897 $1,151,510 
Presort ServicesPresort Services573,480 521,212 529,588 
SendTech SolutionsSendTech Solutions1,397,501 1,413,966 1,524,027 
Total revenueTotal revenue$3,673,561 $3,554,075 $3,205,125 
Geographic data:Geographic data:
Geographic data:
Geographic data:
United States
United States
United StatesUnited States$3,114,905 $3,112,285 $2,745,928 
Outside United StatesOutside United States558,656 441,790 459,197 
Total revenueTotal revenue$3,673,561 $3,554,075 $3,205,125 

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EBIT
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Global Ecommerce$(98,673)$(82,894)$(70,146)
Presort Services79,721 55,799 70,693 
SendTech Solutions429,415 442,648 489,912 
Total segment EBIT410,463 415,553 490,459 
Reconciling items:  
Interest, net(143,945)(153,915)(155,558)
Unallocated corporate expenses(207,774)(200,406)(211,529)
Restructuring charges and asset impairments(19,003)(20,712)(69,606)
Goodwill impairment (198,169)— 
Loss on debt refinancing(56,209)(36,987)(6,623)
Gain (loss) on sale of assets/businesses11,635 11,908 (17,683)
Transaction costs(2,582)(641)(2,728)
Benefit (provision) for income taxes10,922 (7,122)13,127 
Income (loss) from continuing operations3,507 (190,491)39,859 
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax(4,858)10,115 154,460 
Net (loss) income$(1,351)$(180,376)$194,319 

Depreciation and amortization
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Global Ecommerce$79,128 $69,676 $68,385 
Presort Services27,243 31,769 29,440 
SendTech Solutions29,950 34,316 39,758 
Total for reportable segments136,321 135,761 137,583 
Corporate26,538 24,864 21,559 
Total depreciation and amortization$162,859 $160,625 $159,142 
Capital expenditures
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Global Ecommerce$89,488 $46,427 $53,374 
Presort Services36,628 15,795 27,394 
SendTech Solutions26,028 28,823 32,276 
Total for reportable segments152,144 91,045 113,044 
Corporate31,898 13,942 24,209 
Total capital expenditures$184,042 $104,987 $137,253 
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Assets
December 31,
202120202019
Global Ecommerce$1,032,434 $994,554 $1,102,313 
Presort Services479,392 523,690 524,817 
SendTech Solutions2,013,361 2,071,028 2,156,806 
Total for reportable segments3,525,187 3,589,272 3,783,936 
Cash and cash equivalents732,480 921,450 924,442 
Short-term investments14,440 18,974 115,879 
Assets of discontinued operations — 17,229 
Long-term investments333,052 364,212 238,882 
Other corporate assets353,712 330,455 389,590 
Consolidated assets$4,958,871 $5,224,363 $5,469,958 
Identifiable long-lived assets:
United States$658,070 $613,990 $596,694 
Outside United States14,294 17,641 21,460 
Total$672,364 $631,631 $618,154 
Adjusted Segment EBIT
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Global Ecommerce$(133,733)$(100,308)$(98,673)
Presort Services110,912 82,430 79,721 
SendTech Solutions405,347 400,909 429,415 
Total adjusted segment EBIT382,526 383,031 410,463 
Reconciling items:  
Interest, net(163,726)(141,769)(143,945)
Unallocated corporate expenses(210,931)(204,251)(207,774)
Restructuring charges(61,585)(18,715)(19,003)
Goodwill impairment(339,184)— — 
Gain on sale of assets 14,372 1,434 
Gain on sale of businesses, including transaction costs 12,205 7,619 
Gain (loss) on debt redemption/refinancing3,064 (4,993)(56,209)
Proxy solicitation fees(10,905)— — 
Foreign currency loss on intercompany loans(5,761)— — 
Benefit (provision) for income taxes20,875 (2,940)10,922 
(Loss) income from continuing operations(385,627)36,940 3,507 
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax — (4,858)
Net (loss) income$(385,627)$36,940 $(1,351)

In 2021, $35 million of assets were transferred from Presort Services to Global Ecommerce.
Depreciation and amortization
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Global Ecommerce$66,664 $78,296 $79,128 
Presort Services33,642 28,039 27,243 
SendTech Solutions30,005 29,489 29,950 
Total for reportable segments130,311 135,824 136,321 
Corporate30,119 27,992 26,538 
Total depreciation and amortization$160,430 $163,816 $162,859 

4. Discontinued Operations

Discontinued operations includes net working capital and other adjustments relating to the sale of Software Solutions business in 2019 (except for the software business in Australia, which closed in January 2020), and the Production Mail business in 2018. Discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2021 also includes a tax charge related to the sale of the Production Mail business. Discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2019 also includes the operating results of the Software Solutions business.

Selected financial information of discontinued operations is as follows:
Year Ended December 31, 2021
Software SolutionsProduction MailTotal
Loss on sale$(1,827)$ $(1,827)
Tax provision3,031 
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax$(4,858)
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Software SolutionsProduction MailTotal
Gain (loss) on sale$7,972 $(167)$7,805 
Tax benefit(2,310)
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax$10,115 
Capital expenditures
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Global Ecommerce$34,757 $51,430 $89,488 
Presort Services11,182 23,363 36,628 
SendTech Solutions38,840 33,364 26,028 
Total for reportable segments84,779 108,157 152,144 
Corporate18,099 16,683 31,898 
Total capital expenditures$102,878 $124,840 $184,042 
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Year Ended December 31, 2019
Software SolutionsProduction MailTotal
Revenue$272,565 $— $272,565 
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations$22,160 $(663)$21,497 
Gain (loss) on sale195,957 (14,644)181,313 
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before taxes$218,117 $(15,307)202,810 
Tax provision48,350 
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax$154,460 
Assets
December 31,
202320222021
Global Ecommerce$597,073 $996,297 $1,032,434 
Presort Services500,757 510,345 479,392 
SendTech Solutions2,054,889 2,023,020 2,013,361 
Total for reportable segments3,152,719 3,529,662 3,525,187 
Cash and cash equivalents601,053 669,981 732,480 
Short-term investments22,166 11,172 14,440 
Long-term investments250,240 259,977 333,052 
Other corporate assets246,007 270,563 353,712 
Consolidated assets$4,272,185 $4,741,355 $4,958,871 

5. Earnings per Share (EPS)

The calculations of basic and diluted earnings per share are presented below. The sum of earnings per share amounts may not equal the totals due to rounding.
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Numerator:   
Income (loss) from continuing operations$3,507 $(190,491)$39,859 
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax(4,858)10,115 154,460 
Net (loss) income (numerator for diluted EPS)(1,351)(180,376)194,319 
Less: Preference stock dividend — 
(Loss) income attributable to common stockholders (numerator for basic EPS)$(1,351)$(180,376)$194,311 
Denominator:   
Weighted-average shares used in basic EPS173,914 171,519 176,251 
Dilutive effect of common stock equivalents (1)
5,191 — 1,198 
Weighted-average shares used in diluted EPS179,105 171,519 177,449 
Basic (loss) earnings per share:   
Continuing operations$0.02 $(1.11)$0.23 
Discontinued operations(0.03)0.06 0.88 
Net (loss) income$(0.01)$(1.05)$1.10 
Diluted (loss) earnings per share:   
Continuing operations$0.02 $(1.11)$0.22 
Discontinued operations(0.03)0.06 0.87 
Net (loss) income$(0.01)$(1.05)$1.10 
Common stock equivalents excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share because their impact would be anti-dilutive:6,514 11,626 15,751 
Identifiable long-lived assets:
United States$703,484 $730,347 $658,070 
Outside United States13,685 13,941 14,294 
Total$717,169 $744,288 $672,364 

(1)
Due to the loss from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2020, common stock equivalents of 2,483 were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as the impact would have been anti-dilutive.


































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6.4. Earnings per Share (EPS)

The calculations of basic and diluted earnings per share are presented below. The sum of earnings per share amounts may not equal the totals due to rounding.
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Numerator:   
(Loss) income from continuing operations$(385,627)$36,940 $3,507 
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax — (4,858)
Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders (numerator for EPS)$(385,627)$36,940 $(1,351)
Denominator:   
Weighted-average shares used in basic EPS175,640 173,912 173,914 
Dilutive effect of common stock equivalents (1)
 3,340 5,191 
Weighted-average shares used in diluted EPS175,640 177,252 179,105 
Basic (loss) earnings per share:   
Continuing operations$(2.20)$0.21 $0.02 
Discontinued operations — (0.03)
Net (loss) income$(2.20)$0.21 $(0.01)
Diluted (loss) earnings per share:   
Continuing operations$(2.20)$0.21 $0.02 
Discontinued operations — (0.03)
Net (loss) income$(2.20)$0.21 $(0.01)
Common stock equivalents excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share because their impact would be anti-dilutive:9,421 10,234 6,514 

(1) Due to the net loss from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2023, an additional 4.0 million of common stock equivalents were also excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share.

5. Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:
December 31,
20212020
December 31,December 31,
202320232022
Raw materialsRaw materials$22,352 $16,570 
Supplies and service partsSupplies and service parts26,076 24,061 
Finished productsFinished products30,160 30,849 
Total inventory, net Total inventory, net$78,588 $71,480 
Total inventory, net
Total inventory, net








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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

7.6. Finance Assets and Lessor Operating Leases

Finance Assets
All finance receivables are in our SendTech Solutions segment. We segregate our finance receivables into a North America portfolio and International portfolio. Finance receivables consisted of the following:
December 31, 2021December 31, 2020
North AmericaInternationalTotalNorth AmericaInternationalTotal
December 31, 2023December 31, 2023December 31, 2022
North AmericaNorth AmericaInternationalTotalNorth AmericaInternationalTotal
Sales-type lease receivablesSales-type lease receivables   
Gross finance receivables
Gross finance receivables
Gross finance receivablesGross finance receivables$958,440 $187,831 $1,146,271 $994,985 $211,944 $1,206,929 
Unguaranteed residual valuesUnguaranteed residual values37,896 10,717 48,613 36,405 12,140 48,545 
Unearned incomeUnearned income(246,381)(56,643)(303,024)(275,359)(61,686)(337,045)
Allowance for credit lossesAllowance for credit losses(19,546)(3,246)(22,792)(22,917)(6,006)(28,923)
Net investment in sales-type lease receivablesNet investment in sales-type lease receivables730,409 138,659 869,068 733,114 156,392 889,506 
Loan receivablesLoan receivables      Loan receivables  
Loan receivablesLoan receivables262,310 20,155 282,465 268,690 22,092 290,782 
Allowance for credit lossesAllowance for credit losses(3,259)(167)(3,426)(6,484)(462)(6,946)
Net investment in loan receivablesNet investment in loan receivables259,051 19,988 279,039 262,206 21,630 283,836 
Net investment in finance receivablesNet investment in finance receivables$989,460 $158,647 $1,148,107 $995,320 $178,022 $1,173,342 


Maturities of finance receivables at December 31, 20212023 were as follows:
Sales-type Lease ReceivablesLoan Receivables
North AmericaInternationalTotalNorth AmericaInternationalTotal
2022$379,948 $75,525 $455,473 $226,322 $20,155 $246,477 
2023276,501 53,695 330,196 15,383 — 15,383 
Sales-type Lease ReceivablesSales-type Lease ReceivablesLoan Receivables
North AmericaNorth AmericaInternationalTotalNorth AmericaInternationalTotal
20242024177,005 32,799 209,804 12,278 — 12,278 
2025202593,071 17,958 111,029 6,880 — 6,880 
2026202631,092 6,508 37,600 1,447 — 1,447 
2027
2028
ThereafterThereafter823 1,346 2,169 — — — 
TotalTotal$958,440 $187,831 $1,146,271 $262,310 $20,155 $282,465 
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Allowance for Credit Losses
Activity in the allowance for credit losses on finance receivables was as follows:
Allowance for Credit LossesAllowance for Credit Losses
Sales-type Lease Receivables
North
America
North
America
North
America
InternationalNorth
America
InternationalTotal
Balance at December 31, 2020
Sales-type Lease ReceivablesLoan Receivables
North
America
InternationalNorth
America
InternationalTotal
Balance at December 31, 2018$10,253 $2,355 $6,777 $837 $20,222 
Amounts charged to expense
Amounts charged to expense
Amounts charged to expenseAmounts charged to expense5,672 1,157 4,746 569 12,144 
Write-offsWrite-offs(6,971)(1,505)(8,971)(849)(18,296)
RecoveriesRecoveries1,717 181 3,519 5,426 
OtherOther249 (103)(165)174 155 
Balance at December 31, 201910,920 2,085 5,906 740 19,651 
Cumulative effect of accounting change9,271 1,750 (1,116)(402)9,503 
Balance at December 31, 2021
Amounts charged to expense
Amounts charged to expense
Amounts charged to expenseAmounts charged to expense10,789 2,902 8,158 555 22,404 
Write-offsWrite-offs(7,609)(1,068)(9,955)(551)(19,183)
RecoveriesRecoveries2,070 194 3,474 5,742 
OtherOther(2,524)143 17 116 (2,248)
Balance at December 31, 202022,917 6,006 6,484 462 35,869 
Balance at December 31, 2022
Amounts charged to expense
Amounts charged to expense
Amounts charged to expenseAmounts charged to expense648 (1,788)(426)19 (1,547)
Write-offsWrite-offs(7,120)(846)(6,045)(302)(14,313)
RecoveriesRecoveries3,097 173 3,245 3 6,518 
OtherOther4 (299)1 (15)(309)
Balance at December 31, 2021$19,546 $3,246 $3,259 $167 $26,218 
Other
Other
Balance at December 31, 2023

The table below shows write-offs of gross finance receivables by year of origination.
December 31, 2023
Sales Type Lease ReceivablesLoan ReceivablesTotal
20232022202120202019Prior
Write-offs$883 $1,680 $1,551 $1,079 $619 $393 $5,573 $11,778 

Aging of Receivables
The aging of gross finance receivables was as follows:
December 31, 2021
Sales-type Lease ReceivablesLoan Receivables
North
America
InternationalNorth
America
InternationalTotal
Amounts 0 - 90 days$950,138 $185,057 $258,514 $20,018 $1,413,727 
Amounts > 90 days8,302 2,774 3,796 137 15,009 
Total$958,440 $187,831 $262,310 $20,155 $1,428,736 
Amounts > 90 days     
Still accruing interest$4,964 $682 $ $ $5,646 
Not accruing interest3,338 2,092 3,796 137 9,363 
Total$8,302 $2,774 $3,796 $137 $15,009 
December 31, 2023
Sales-type Lease ReceivablesLoan Receivables
North
America
InternationalNorth
America
InternationalTotal
Past due amounts 0 - 90 days$977,744 $140,857 $339,789 $17,664 $1,476,054 
Past due amounts > 90 days9,999 2,609 2,273 201 15,082 
Total$987,743 $143,466 $342,062 $17,865 $1,491,136 
December 31, 2020
Sales-type Lease ReceivablesLoan Receivables
North
America
InternationalNorth
America
InternationalTotal
Amounts 0 - 90 days$972,266 $208,968 $264,484 $21,932 $1,467,650 
Amounts > 90 days22,719 2,976 4,206 160 30,061 
Total$994,985 $211,944 $268,690 $22,092 $1,497,711 
Amounts > 90 days     
Still accruing interest$5,128 $463 $1,797 $59 $7,447 
Not accruing interest17,591 2,513 2,409 101 22,614 
Total$22,719 $2,976 $4,206 $160 $30,061 
December 31, 2022
Sales-type Lease ReceivablesLoan Receivables
North
America
InternationalNorth
America
InternationalTotal
Past due amounts 0 - 90 days$959,203 $155,596 $308,872 $16,503 $1,440,174 
Past due amounts > 90 days8,095 2,571 3,015 133 13,814 
Total$967,298 $158,167 $311,887 $16,636 $1,453,988 


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Credit Quality
The extension of credit and management of credit lines to new and existing clients uses a combination of a client's credit score, where available, a detailed manual review of their financial condition and payment history or an automated process. Once credit is granted, the payment performance of the client is managed through automated collections processes and is supplemented with direct follow up should an account become delinquent. We have robust automated collections and extensive portfolio management processes to ensure that our global strategy is executed, collection resources are allocated and enhanced tools and processes are implemented as needed.

Over 85% of our finance receivables are within our North American portfolio. We use a third party to score the majority of this portfolio on a quarterly basis using a proprietary commercial credit score. The relative scores are determined based on a number of factors, including financial information, payment history, company type and ownership structure. We stratify the third party's credit scores of our clients into low, medium and high-risk accounts. Due to timing and other issues, our entire portfolio may not be scored at period end. We report these amounts as "Not Scored"; however, absence of a score is not indicative of the credit quality of the account. The third-party credit score is used to predict theclient payment behaviors of our clients and the probability that an account will become greater than 90 days past due during the subsequent 12-month period.
Low risk accounts are companies with very good credit scores and a predicted delinquency rate of less than 5%.
Medium risk accounts are companies with average to good credit scores and a predicted delinquency rate between 5% and 10%.
High risk accounts are companies with poor credit scores, are delinquent or are at risk of becoming delinquent. The predicted delinquency rate would be greater than 10%.

We do not use a third party to score our International portfolio because the cost to do so is prohibitive as there is no single credit score model that covers all countries. Accordingly, the entire International portfolio is reported in the Not Scored category. This portfolio comprises approximatelyless than 15% of our total finance receivables. Most of ourthe International credit applications are small dollar applications (i.e. below $50 thousand) and are subjected to an automated review process. Larger credit applications are manually reviewed, which includes obtaining client financial information, credit reports and other available information.

The table below shows the gross sales-type lease receivable and loan receivable balancesfinance receivables by relative risk class and year of origination based on the relative scores of the accounts within each class as of December 31, 20212023 and 2020.2022.

Sales Type Lease ReceivablesLoan ReceivablesTotal
20212020201920182017Prior
Sales Type Lease ReceivablesSales Type Lease ReceivablesLoan ReceivablesTotal
2023
Low
Low
LowLow$274,191 $195,421 $162,479 $95,661 $33,698 $14,862 $192,161 $968,473 
MediumMedium43,403 34,955 31,038 17,895 6,981 3,619 55,708 193,599 
HighHigh5,474 5,017 4,044 2,708 849 889 4,822 23,803 
Not ScoredNot Scored45,644 54,097 47,973 33,998 19,161 12,214 29,774 242,861 
TotalTotal$368,712 $289,490 $245,534 $150,262 $60,689 $31,584 $282,465 $1,428,736 

Sales Type Lease ReceivablesLoan ReceivablesTotal
20202019201820172016Prior
Sales Type Lease ReceivablesSales Type Lease ReceivablesLoan ReceivablesTotal
2022
Low
Low
LowLow$256,573 $228,344 $165,244 $87,346 $30,518 $12,249 $192,971 $973,245 
MediumMedium50,785 49,946 37,168 21,388 6,470 2,375 61,625 229,757 
HighHigh6,182 5,396 3,782 1,974 1,051 143 4,518 23,046 
Not ScoredNot Scored80,854 77,362 48,704 24,291 7,813 971 31,668 271,663 
TotalTotal$394,394 $361,048 $254,898 $134,999 $45,852 $15,738 $290,782 $1,497,711 









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Lease IncomeIntangible Assets
Lease income from sales-type leases, excluding variable lease payments, was as follows:
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Profit recognized at commencement$127,469 $117,359 $146,923 
Interest income186,532 206,517 229,719 
Total lease income from sales-type leases$314,001 $323,876 $376,642 
Finite-lived intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives of up to 10 years.

Lessor Operating LeasesDeferred Costs
We also lease mailingCertain incremental costs to obtain a contract are capitalized if we expect the benefit of those costs to be realized over a period greater than one year. These costs primarily relate to contract costs and sales commissions on multi-year equipment under operating leasessales. Costs are amortized in a manner consistent with terms of one to five years. Maturities of these operating leases are as follows:
2022$22,782 
202313,607 
202416,444 
20254,185 
2026902 
Thereafter59 
Total$57,979 

8. Fixed Assets
Fixed assets consistedthe timing of the following:
December 31,
20212020
Land$ $9,333 
Machinery and equipment707,843 617,748 
Capitalized software488,837 443,400 
Buildings and improvements126,456 203,788 
1,323,136 1,274,269 
Accumulated depreciation(893,974)(882,989)
Property, plant and equipment, net$429,162 $391,280 
Rental property and equipment$125,967 $145,954 
Accumulated depreciation(91,193)(107,519)
Rental property and equipment, net$34,774 $38,435 

Depreciation expense was $132 million, $127related revenue over the contract performance period or longer, if renewals are expected and the renewal commission is not commensurate with the initial commission. Unamortized deferred costs at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, included in other assets, were $39 million and $123$41 million, respectively. Amortization expense for these costs for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 2020was $18 million, $22 million and 2019,$18 million, respectively.

In November 2021,Revenue Recognition
We derive revenue from multiple sources including sales, rentals, financing and services. Certain transactions are consummated at the same time and can therefore generate revenue from multiple sources. The most common form of these transactions involves a sale or noncancelable lease of equipment, meter services and an equipment maintenance agreement. We determine whether each product and service within the contract should be treated as a separate performance obligation (unit of accounting) for revenue recognition purposes. For contracts that include multiple performance obligations, the transaction price is allocated based on relative standalone selling prices (SSP), which are a range of selling prices that we entered into an agreementwould sell a product or service to sella customer on a separate basis. SSP are established for each performance obligation at the inception of the contract and can be observable prices or estimated. The allocation of the transaction price to the various performance obligations impacts the timing of revenue recognition, but does not change the total revenue recognized. More specifically, revenue related to our Shelton, Connecticut facility and simultaneously entered into a ten year lease agreement. This transaction did not closeofferings is recognized as of December 31, 2021, and accordingly, the net book value for the building and land of $36 million was classified as assets held-for-sale in other current assets and prepayments in the December 31, 2021 Consolidated Balance Sheet. See also Note 21 Subsequent Events.follows:



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Business services
Business services includes fulfillment, delivery and return services, cross-border solutions, mail processing services and shipping subscription solutions. Revenue for fulfillment, delivery and return services, cross-border solutions and mail processing services is recognized over time using an output method based on the number of parcels or mail pieces either processed or delivered, depending on the service type, since that measure best depicts the value of goods and services transferred to the client over the contract period. Revenue for shipping subscription solutions is recognized ratably over the contract period as the client obtains equal benefit from these services throughout the period. We review third-party relationships and record revenue on a gross basis when we act as a principal in a transaction and on a net basis when we act as an agent between a client and vendor. In determining whether we are acting as principal or agent, we consider several factors such as whether we are the primary obligor to the client or have control over pricing.

Support services
Support services includes providing maintenance, professional and subscription services for our equipment and digital mailing and shipping technology solutions. Revenue is allocated to these services using selling prices charged in standalone transactions. Revenue for maintenance and subscription services is recognized ratably over the contract period and revenue for professional services is recognized when services are provided.

Financing
We provide financing for our products primarily through sales-type leases and revolving lines of credit for the purchase of postage and supplies. Financing revenue also includes finance income, late fees and investment income, gains and losses at the Bank. We record financing income over the lease term using the effective interest method. Financing revenue also includes amounts related to sales-type leases that customers have extended or renewed for an additional term. Revenue for these contracts is recognized over the term of the modified lease using the effective interest method. We believe that our sales-type lease portfolio contains only normal collection risk.
Equipment residual values are determined at the inception of the lease using management's best estimate of fair value at the end of the lease term. Fair value estimates are determined based on historical renewal experience, used equipment markets, competition and technological changes. We evaluate residual values on an annual basis or sooner if circumstances warrant. Declines in estimated residual values considered "other-than-temporary" are recognized immediately. Increases in estimated future residual values are not recognized until the equipment is remarketed.

Equipment sales
We sell and lease equipment directly to customers and to distributors (re-sellers) throughout the world. The amount of revenue allocated to the equipment is based on a range of observable selling prices in standalone transactions. Revenue is recognized as control of the equipment transfers to the customer. Revenue from the sale of equipment under sales-type leases is recognized upon shipment for self-installed products and upon installation or customer acceptance for other products. Revenue from the direct sale of equipment is recognized upon delivery for self-installed products and upon installation or customer acceptance for other products. We do not typically offer any rights of return.

Supplies
Supplies revenue includes the sale of supplies for our mailing equipment and is recognized upon delivery.

Rentals
Rentals revenue includes revenue from mailing equipment that does not meet the criteria for as a sales-type lease. We may invoice in advance for rentals according to the terms of the agreement. Advanced billings are initially deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the billing period. Revenue generated from financing clients for the continued use of equipment subsequent to the expiration of the original lease is recognized as rentals revenue.

Shipping and Handling
Shipping and handling costs are recognized as costs of revenue as incurred.

Research and Development Costs
Research and development includes research, development and engineering activities relating to the development of new products and solutions and enhancements of existing products and solutions. Costs primarily include salaries, benefits and other employee-related expenses, materials, contract services, information systems and facilities and equipment costs. Research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred.

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Restructuring Charges
Restructuring charges may include employee severance and related separation costs and facility abandonment and other related charges. Employee severance and separation costs are recognized when a liability is incurred, which is generally upon communication to the affected employee, and the amount to be paid is both probable and can be reasonably estimated. Severance accruals are based on company policy, historical experience and negotiated settlements.

Stock-based Compensation
Compensation expense for stock-based awards is measured based on the estimated fair value of the awards expected to vest and recognized ratably over the requisite service period. We may issue restricted stock and non-qualified stock options under our stock award plans. The fair value of restricted stock is estimated based on the market price of our common stock on the grant date, less the present value of expected dividends. The fair value of non-qualified stock options is determined using the Black-Scholes valuation model. We believe that these valuation techniques and the underlying assumptions are appropriate in estimating the fair value of stock awards. Forfeitures are estimated at the time of grant to recognize expense for those awards that are expected to vest and are based on our historical forfeiture rates. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized primarily in selling, general and administrative expense.

Retirement Plans
Net periodic benefit cost includes service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets and the amortization of actuarial gains and losses. Actuarial gains and losses arise from actual results that differ from previous assumptions and changes in assumptions. The expected return on plan assets is based on a market-related valuation of plan assets where differences between the actual and expected return on plan assets are recognized over a five-year period. Actuarial gains and losses are recognized in other comprehensive loss, net of tax, and amortized to benefit cost primarily over the life expectancy of plan participants. The funded status of pension and other postretirement benefit plans is recognized in the consolidated balance sheets.

Impairment Review
Long-lived assets and finite-lived intangible assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be fully recoverable. The estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the asset is compared to the asset's carrying value. The fair value of the asset is determined using probability weighted expected cash flow estimates, derived from our long-term business plan and historical experience, quoted market prices when available and appraisals, as appropriate.
Goodwill is tested annually for impairment at the reporting unit level as of the beginning of the fourth quarter or sooner if circumstances indicate an impairment may exist. The impairment test for goodwill determines the fair value of each reporting unit and compares it to the reporting unit's carrying value, including goodwill. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds the carrying value of the net assets assigned to that reporting unit, goodwill is not impaired. If the fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying value of the net assets assigned to the reporting unit, a goodwill impairment loss is calculated as the difference between these amounts, limited to the amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit.
During 2023, we recorded non-cash, pre-tax goodwill impairment charges in the second and fourth quarters of $119 million and $220 million, respectively. See Note 8 for further details.

Derivative Instruments
We are exposed to the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. We limit these risks by following established risk management policies and procedures. We may also use derivatives to limit the effects of currency exchange rate fluctuations on financial results and manage the related cost of debt. We do not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes.
Derivatives are measured at fair value and reported as assets and liabilities, as applicable. The accounting for changes in fair value depends on the intended use of the derivative, the resulting designation and the effectiveness of the instrument in offsetting the risk exposure it is designed to hedge. To qualify as a hedge, a derivative must be highly effective in offsetting the risk designated for hedging purposes. The hedge relationship must be formally documented at inception, detailing the particular risk management objective and strategy for the hedge. The effectiveness of the hedge relationship is evaluated on a retrospective and prospective basis.
The use of derivatives exposes us to counterparty credit risk. To mitigate such risks, we only enter into agreements with financial institutions that meet stringent credit requirements. We regularly review our credit exposure and the creditworthiness of our counterparties. We have not seen a material change in the creditworthiness of our derivative counterparties.

Income Taxes
We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax
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rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date of such change. A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized. In estimating the necessity and amount of a valuation allowance, we consider all available evidence for each jurisdiction, including historical operating results, estimates of future taxable income and the feasibility of ongoing tax planning strategies. We adjust the valuation allowance through income tax expense when new information becomes available that would alter our determination of the amount of deferred tax assets that will ultimately be realized.

Earnings per Share
Basic earnings per share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the year plus the weighted-average dilutive effect of common stock equivalents.

Translation of Non-U.S. Currency Amounts
In general, the functional currency of our foreign operations is the local currency. Assets and liabilities of subsidiaries operating outside the U.S. are translated at rates in effect at the end of the period and revenue and expenses are translated at average rates during the period. Net deferred translation gains and losses are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss.

Loss Contingencies
In the ordinary course of business, we are routinely defendants in, or party to, a number of pending and threatened legal actions. On a quarterly basis, we review the status of each significant matter and assess the potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from any claim or legal action is considered probable and can be reasonably estimated, we establish a liability for the estimated loss. The assessment of the ultimate outcome of each claim or legal action and the determination of the potential financial exposure requires significant judgment. Estimates of potential liabilities for claims or legal actions are based only on information that is available at that time. As additional information becomes available, we may revise our estimates, and these revisions could have a material impact on our results of operations and financial position. Legal fees are expensed as incurred.

Accounting Pronouncements Adopted in 2023
On January 1, 2023, we adopted ASU 2022-02, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures, which requires disclosure of gross write-offs of finance receivables by year of origination. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our disclosures.

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which would require additional transparency for income tax disclosures, including the income tax rate reconciliation table and cash taxes paid both in the United States and foreign jurisdictions. This standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. We are currently assessing the impact this standard will have on our disclosures.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which would require enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses and information used to assess segment performance. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. We are currently assessing the impact this standard will have on our disclosures.
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The transition to new reference interest rates will require certain contracts to be modified and the ASU is intended to provide temporary optional expedients and exceptions to U.S. GAAP guidance on contract modifications and hedge accounting to ease the financial reporting burdens related to the expected market transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates. The accommodations provided by the ASU are effective through December 31, 2024, and may be applied at the beginning of any interim period within that time frame.
With the modification of our revolving credit facility in December 2022, we elected to apply the practical expedient to the replacement of LIBOR reference rate and our assessment of hedge effectiveness. We may apply other expedients as additional reference rate changes occur. We continue to assess the impact of this standard on our financial statements.




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9. Intangible Assets2. Revenue
Disaggregated Revenue
The following tables disaggregate our revenue by source and Goodwilltiming of recognition:
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Global EcommercePresort ServicesSendTech SolutionsRevenue from products and servicesRevenue from leasing transactions and financingTotal consolidated revenue
Revenue from products and services
Business services$1,355,326 $617,599 $72,144 $2,045,069 $ $2,045,069 
Support services  410,734 410,734  410,734 
Financing    271,197 271,197 
Equipment sales  88,144 88,144 235,595 323,739 
Supplies  147,709 147,709  147,709 
Rentals    67,900 67,900 
Subtotal1,355,326 617,599 718,731 2,691,656 $574,692 $3,266,348 
Revenue from leasing transactions and financing  574,692 574,692 
     Total revenue$1,355,326 $617,599 $1,293,423 $3,266,348 
Timing of revenue recognition from products and services
Products/services transferred at a point in time$ $ $306,414 $306,414 
Products/services transferred over time1,355,326 617,599 412,317 2,385,242 
      Total$1,355,326 $617,599 $718,731 $2,691,656 

Year Ended December 31, 2022
Global EcommercePresort ServicesSendTech SolutionsRevenue from products and servicesRevenue from leasing transactions and financingTotal consolidated revenue
Revenue from products and services
Business services$1,576,348 $602,016 $71,577 $2,249,941 $— $2,249,941 
Support services— — 438,191 438,191 — 438,191 
Financing— — — — 274,508 274,508 
Equipment sales— — 88,022 88,022 266,938 354,960 
Supplies— — 154,186 154,186 — 154,186 
Rentals— — — — 66,256 66,256 
Subtotal1,576,348 602,016 751,976 2,930,340 $607,702 $3,538,042 
Revenue from leasing transactions and financing— — 607,702 607,702 
     Total revenue$1,576,348 $602,016 $1,359,678 $3,538,042 
Timing of revenue recognition from products and services
Products/services transferred at a point in time$— $— $318,438 $318,438 
Products/services transferred over time1,576,348 602,016 433,538 2,611,902 
      Total$1,576,348 $602,016 $751,976 $2,930,340 

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Year Ended December 31, 2021
Global EcommercePresort ServicesSendTech SolutionsRevenue from products and servicesRevenue from leasing transactions and financingTotal consolidated revenue
Revenue from products and services
Business services$1,702,580 $573,480 $58,614 $2,334,674 $— $2,334,674 
Support services— — 460,888 460,888 — 460,888 
Financing— — — — 294,418 294,418 
Equipment sales— — 91,015 91,015 259,123 350,138 
Supplies— — 159,438 159,438 — 159,438 
Rentals— — — — 74,005 74,005 
Subtotal1,702,580 573,480 769,955 3,046,015 $627,546 $3,673,561 
Revenue from leasing transactions and financing— — 627,546 627,546 
     Total revenue$1,702,580 $573,480 $1,397,501 $3,673,561 
Timing of revenue recognition from products and services
Products/services transferred at a point in time$— $— $318,077 $318,077 
Products/services transferred over time1,702,580 573,480 451,878 2,727,938 
      Total$1,702,580 $573,480 $769,955 $3,046,015 
Our performance obligations for revenue from products and services are as follows:
Business services includes fulfillment, delivery and return services, cross-border solutions, mail processing services and shipping subscription solutions. Revenue for fulfillment, delivery and return services, cross-border solutions and mail processing services is recognized over time using an output method based on the number of parcels or mail pieces either processed or delivered, depending on the service type, since that measure best depicts the value of goods and services transferred to the client over the contract period. Contract terms for these services initially range from one to five years and contain annual renewal options. Revenue for shipping subscription solutions is recognized ratably over the contract period as the client obtains equal benefit from these services throughout the period.
Support services includes providing maintenance, professional and subscription services for our equipment and digital mailing and shipping technology solutions. Contract terms range from one to five years, depending on the term of the lease contract for the related equipment. Revenue for maintenance and subscription services is recognized ratably over the contract period and revenue for professional services is recognized when services are provided.

Equipment sales generally includes the sale of mailing and shipping equipment, excluding sales-type leases. We recognize revenue upon delivery for self-install equipment and upon acceptance or installation for other equipment. We provide a warranty that the equipment is free of defects and meets stated specifications. The warranty is not considered a separate performance obligation.

Supplies revenue includes revenue from the sale of supplies for our mailing equipment and is recognized upon delivery.
Revenue from leasing transactions and financing includes revenue from sales-type and operating leases, finance income, late fees and investment income, gains and losses at the Bank.

Advance Billings from Contracts with Customers
Balance Sheet LocationDecember 31, 2023December 31, 2022Increase/ (decrease)
Advance billings, currentAdvance billings$82,124 $97,904 $(15,780)
Advance billings, noncurrentOther noncurrent liabilities$507 $906 $(399)

Advance billings are recorded when cash payments are due in advance of our performance. Revenue is recognized ratably over the contract term. Items in advance billings primarily relate to support services on mailing equipment. Revenue recognized during the
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twelve months ended December 31, 2023 includes $79 million of advance billings at the beginning of the period. Advance billings, current at both December 31, 2023 and 2022 also includes $7 million from leasing transactions.

Future Performance Obligations
Future performance obligations primarily include maintenance and subscription services bundled with our leasing contracts. The transaction prices allocated to future performance obligations will be recognized as follows:
202420252026-2028Total
SendTech Solutions$241,205 $196,422 $256,715 $694,342 

The table above does not include revenue for performance obligations under contracts with terms less than 12 months or revenue for performance obligations where revenue is recognized based on the amount billable to the customer.

3. Segment Information
Our reportable segments are Global Ecommerce, Presort Services and SendTech Solutions. The principal products and services of each reportable segment are as follows:
Global Ecommerce: Includes the revenue and related expenses from domestic parcel services, cross-border solutions and digital delivery services.
Presort Services: Includes the revenue and related expenses from sortation services to qualify large volumes of First Class Mail, Marketing Mail and Marketing Mail Flats and Bound Printed Matter for postal worksharing discounts.
SendTech Solutions: Includes the revenue and related expenses from physical and digital mailing and shipping technology solutions,
financing, services, supplies and other applications to help simplify and save on the sending, tracking and receiving of letters, parcels
and flats.

Management measures segment profitability and performance using adjusted segment earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT). Adjusted segment EBIT is calculated by deducting from segment revenue the related costs and expenses attributable to the segment. Adjusted segment EBIT excludes interest, taxes, general corporate expenses, restructuring charges, goodwill impairment charges and other items not allocated to a particular business segment. Costs related to shared assets are allocated to the relevant segments. Management believes that adjusted segment EBIT provides investors a useful measure of operating performance and underlying trends of the business. Adjusted segment EBIT may not be indicative of our overall consolidated performance and therefore, should be read in conjunction with our consolidated results of operations. The following tables provide information about our reportable segments and reconciliation of adjusted segment EBIT to net income or loss.
Revenue
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Global Ecommerce$1,355,326 $1,576,348 $1,702,580 
Presort Services617,599 602,016 573,480 
SendTech Solutions1,293,423 1,359,678 1,397,501 
Total revenue$3,266,348 $3,538,042 $3,673,561 
Geographic data:
United States$2,899,502 $3,065,211 $3,114,905 
Outside United States366,846 472,831 558,656 
Total revenue$3,266,348 $3,538,042 $3,673,561 

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Adjusted Segment EBIT
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Global Ecommerce$(133,733)$(100,308)$(98,673)
Presort Services110,912 82,430 79,721 
SendTech Solutions405,347 400,909 429,415 
Total adjusted segment EBIT382,526 383,031 410,463 
Reconciling items:  
Interest, net(163,726)(141,769)(143,945)
Unallocated corporate expenses(210,931)(204,251)(207,774)
Restructuring charges(61,585)(18,715)(19,003)
Goodwill impairment(339,184)— — 
Gain on sale of assets 14,372 1,434 
Gain on sale of businesses, including transaction costs 12,205 7,619 
Gain (loss) on debt redemption/refinancing3,064 (4,993)(56,209)
Proxy solicitation fees(10,905)— — 
Foreign currency loss on intercompany loans(5,761)— — 
Benefit (provision) for income taxes20,875 (2,940)10,922 
(Loss) income from continuing operations(385,627)36,940 3,507 
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax — (4,858)
Net (loss) income$(385,627)$36,940 $(1,351)

Depreciation and amortization
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Global Ecommerce$66,664 $78,296 $79,128 
Presort Services33,642 28,039 27,243 
SendTech Solutions30,005 29,489 29,950 
Total for reportable segments130,311 135,824 136,321 
Corporate30,119 27,992 26,538 
Total depreciation and amortization$160,430 $163,816 $162,859 

Capital expenditures
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Global Ecommerce$34,757 $51,430 $89,488 
Presort Services11,182 23,363 36,628 
SendTech Solutions38,840 33,364 26,028 
Total for reportable segments84,779 108,157 152,144 
Corporate18,099 16,683 31,898 
Total capital expenditures$102,878 $124,840 $184,042 
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Assets
December 31,
202320222021
Global Ecommerce$597,073 $996,297 $1,032,434 
Presort Services500,757 510,345 479,392 
SendTech Solutions2,054,889 2,023,020 2,013,361 
Total for reportable segments3,152,719 3,529,662 3,525,187 
Cash and cash equivalents601,053 669,981 732,480 
Short-term investments22,166 11,172 14,440 
Long-term investments250,240 259,977 333,052 
Other corporate assets246,007 270,563 353,712 
Consolidated assets$4,272,185 $4,741,355 $4,958,871 
Identifiable long-lived assets:
United States$703,484 $730,347 $658,070 
Outside United States13,685 13,941 14,294 
Total$717,169 $744,288 $672,364 





































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4. Earnings per Share (EPS)

The calculations of basic and diluted earnings per share are presented below. The sum of earnings per share amounts may not equal the totals due to rounding.
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Numerator:   
(Loss) income from continuing operations$(385,627)$36,940 $3,507 
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax — (4,858)
Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders (numerator for EPS)$(385,627)$36,940 $(1,351)
Denominator:   
Weighted-average shares used in basic EPS175,640 173,912 173,914 
Dilutive effect of common stock equivalents (1)
 3,340 5,191 
Weighted-average shares used in diluted EPS175,640 177,252 179,105 
Basic (loss) earnings per share:   
Continuing operations$(2.20)$0.21 $0.02 
Discontinued operations — (0.03)
Net (loss) income$(2.20)$0.21 $(0.01)
Diluted (loss) earnings per share:   
Continuing operations$(2.20)$0.21 $0.02 
Discontinued operations — (0.03)
Net (loss) income$(2.20)$0.21 $(0.01)
Common stock equivalents excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share because their impact would be anti-dilutive:9,421 10,234 6,514 

(1) Due to the net loss from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2023, an additional 4.0 million of common stock equivalents were also excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share.

5. Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:
December 31,
20232022
Raw materials$21,201 $25,539 
Supplies and service parts25,522 27,573 
Finished products23,330 30,608 
Total inventory, net$70,053 $83,720 








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6. Finance Assets and Lessor Operating Leases

Finance Assets
All finance receivables are in our SendTech Solutions segment. We segregate our finance receivables into a North America portfolio and International portfolio. Finance receivables consisted of the following:
December 31, 2023December 31, 2022
North AmericaInternationalTotalNorth AmericaInternationalTotal
Sales-type lease receivables   
Gross finance receivables$987,743 $143,466 $1,131,209 $967,298 $158,167 $1,125,465 
Unguaranteed residual values38,059 7,211 45,270 38,832 8,798 47,630 
Unearned income(253,711)(42,847)(296,558)(239,238)(48,334)(287,572)
Allowance for credit losses(13,942)(2,786)(16,728)(14,131)(2,893)(17,024)
Net investment in sales-type lease receivables758,149 105,044 863,193 752,761 115,738 868,499 
Loan receivables      
Loan receivables342,062 17,865 359,927 311,887 16,636 328,523 
Allowance for credit losses(6,346)(153)(6,499)(4,787)(139)(4,926)
Net investment in loan receivables335,716 17,712 353,428 307,100 16,497 323,597 
Net investment in finance receivables$1,093,865 $122,756 $1,216,621 $1,059,861 $132,235 $1,192,096 


Maturities of finance receivables at December 31, 2023 were as follows:
Sales-type Lease ReceivablesLoan Receivables
North AmericaInternationalTotalNorth AmericaInternationalTotal
2024$367,413 $58,142 $425,555 $254,964 $17,865 $272,829 
2025277,861 40,631 318,492 35,099 — 35,099 
2026192,750 25,379 218,129 25,818 — 25,818 
2027110,336 13,623 123,959 18,114 — 18,114 
202838,034 4,809 42,843 6,438 — 6,438 
Thereafter1,349 882 2,231 1,629 — 1,629 
Total$987,743 $143,466 $1,131,209 $342,062 $17,865 $359,927 
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Allowance for Credit Losses
Activity in the allowance for credit losses on finance receivables was as follows:
Allowance for Credit Losses
Sales-type Lease ReceivablesLoan Receivables
North
America
InternationalNorth
America
InternationalTotal
Balance at December 31, 2020$22,917 $6,006 $6,484 $462 $35,869 
Amounts charged to expense648 (1,788)(426)19 (1,547)
Write-offs(7,120)(846)(6,045)(302)(14,313)
Recoveries3,097 173 3,245 6,518 
Other(299)(15)(309)
Balance at December 31, 202119,546 3,246 3,259 167 26,218 
Amounts charged to expense(2,476)712 3,992 288 2,516 
Write-offs(6,043)(791)(4,903)(295)(12,032)
Recoveries3,184 39 2,447 5,671 
Other(80)(313)(8)(22)(423)
Balance at December 31, 202214,131 2,893 4,787 139 21,950 
Amounts charged to expense2,096 1,178 4,847 389 8,510 
Write-offs(4,757)(1,448)(5,182)(391)(11,778)
Recoveries2,454 181 1,893  4,528 
Other18 (18)1 16 17 
Balance at December 31, 2023$13,942 $2,786 $6,346 $153 $23,227 

The table below shows write-offs of gross finance receivables by year of origination.
December 31, 2023
Sales Type Lease ReceivablesLoan ReceivablesTotal
20232022202120202019Prior
Write-offs$883 $1,680 $1,551 $1,079 $619 $393 $5,573 $11,778 

Aging of Receivables
The aging of gross finance receivables was as follows:
December 31, 2023
Sales-type Lease ReceivablesLoan Receivables
North
America
InternationalNorth
America
InternationalTotal
Past due amounts 0 - 90 days$977,744 $140,857 $339,789 $17,664 $1,476,054 
Past due amounts > 90 days9,999 2,609 2,273 201 15,082 
Total$987,743 $143,466 $342,062 $17,865 $1,491,136 
December 31, 2022
Sales-type Lease ReceivablesLoan Receivables
North
America
InternationalNorth
America
InternationalTotal
Past due amounts 0 - 90 days$959,203 $155,596 $308,872 $16,503 $1,440,174 
Past due amounts > 90 days8,095 2,571 3,015 133 13,814 
Total$967,298 $158,167 $311,887 $16,636 $1,453,988 


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Credit Quality
The extension of credit and management of credit lines to new and existing clients uses a combination of a client's credit score, where available, a detailed manual review of their financial condition and payment history or an automated process. Once credit is granted, the payment performance of the client is managed through automated collections processes and is supplemented with direct follow up should an account become delinquent. We have robust automated collections and extensive portfolio management processes to ensure that our global strategy is executed, collection resources are allocated and enhanced tools and processes are implemented as needed.
Over 85% of our finance receivables are within our North American portfolio. We use a third party to score the majority of this portfolio on a quarterly basis using a proprietary credit score. The relative scores are determined based on a number of factors, including financial information, payment history, company type and ownership structure. We stratify the credit scores of our clients into low, medium and high-risk accounts. Due to timing and other issues, our entire portfolio may not be scored at period end. We report these amounts as "Not Scored"; however, absence of a score is not indicative of the credit quality of the account. The credit score is used to predict client payment behaviors and the probability that an account will become greater than 90 days past due during the subsequent 12-month period.
Low risk accounts are companies with very good credit scores and a predicted delinquency rate of less than 5%.
Medium risk accounts are companies with average to good credit scores and a predicted delinquency rate between 5% and 10%.
High risk accounts are companies with poor credit scores, are delinquent or are at risk of becoming delinquent. The predicted delinquency rate would be greater than 10%.
We do not use a third party to score our International portfolio because the cost to do so is prohibitive as there is no single credit score model that covers all countries. Accordingly, the entire International portfolio is reported in the Not Scored category. This portfolio comprises less than 15% of total finance receivables. Most of the International credit applications are small dollar applications (i.e. below $50 thousand) and are subjected to an automated review process. Larger credit applications are manually reviewed, which includes obtaining client financial information, credit reports and other available information.
The table below shows gross finance receivables by relative risk class and year of origination based on the relative scores of the accounts within each class as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Sales Type Lease ReceivablesLoan ReceivablesTotal
20232022202120202019Prior
Low$261,583 $222,947 $155,193 $96,986 $46,635 $27,164 $264,232 $1,074,740 
Medium46,208 35,891 24,483 16,027 10,503 8,041 62,910 204,063 
High4,455 4,217 2,554 1,853 740 862 7,487 22,168 
Not Scored59,335 49,839 33,494 15,944 5,089 1,166 25,298 190,165 
Total$371,581 $312,894 $215,724 $130,810 $62,967 $37,233 $359,927 $1,491,136 

Sales Type Lease ReceivablesLoan ReceivablesTotal
20222021202020192018Prior
Low$286,297 $206,511 $140,800 $95,485 $34,721 $12,674 $239,635 $1,016,123 
Medium53,419 40,669 27,013 19,668 6,751 3,441 56,048 207,009 
High6,492 3,840 3,119 1,942 750 508 6,800 23,451 
Not Scored71,435 53,831 29,957 19,232 5,889 1,021 26,040 207,405 
Total$417,643 $304,851 $200,889 $136,327 $48,111 $17,644 $328,523 $1,453,988 

Intangible Assets
Finite-lived intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives of up to 10 years.

Deferred Costs
Certain incremental costs to obtain a contract are capitalized if we expect the benefit of those costs to be realized over a period greater than one year. These costs primarily relate to contract costs and sales commissions on multi-year equipment sales. Costs are amortized in a manner consistent with the timing of the related revenue over the contract performance period or longer, if renewals are expected and the renewal commission is not commensurate with the initial commission. Unamortized deferred costs at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, included in other assets, were $39 million and $41 million, respectively. Amortization expense for these costs for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 was $18 million, $22 million and $18 million, respectively.

Revenue Recognition
We derive revenue from multiple sources including sales, rentals, financing and services. Certain transactions are consummated at the same time and can therefore generate revenue from multiple sources. The most common form of these transactions involves a sale or noncancelable lease of equipment, meter services and an equipment maintenance agreement. We determine whether each product and service within the contract should be treated as a separate performance obligation (unit of accounting) for revenue recognition purposes. For contracts that include multiple performance obligations, the transaction price is allocated based on relative standalone selling prices (SSP), which are a range of selling prices that we would sell a product or service to a customer on a separate basis. SSP are established for each performance obligation at the inception of the contract and can be observable prices or estimated. The allocation of the transaction price to the various performance obligations impacts the timing of revenue recognition, but does not change the total revenue recognized. More specifically, revenue related to our offerings is recognized as follows:



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Business services
Business services includes fulfillment, delivery and return services, cross-border solutions, mail processing services and shipping subscription solutions. Revenue for fulfillment, delivery and return services, cross-border solutions and mail processing services is recognized over time using an output method based on the number of parcels or mail pieces either processed or delivered, depending on the service type, since that measure best depicts the value of goods and services transferred to the client over the contract period. Revenue for shipping subscription solutions is recognized ratably over the contract period as the client obtains equal benefit from these services throughout the period. We review third-party relationships and record revenue on a gross basis when we act as a principal in a transaction and on a net basis when we act as an agent between a client and vendor. In determining whether we are acting as principal or agent, we consider several factors such as whether we are the primary obligor to the client or have control over pricing.

Support services
Support services includes providing maintenance, professional and subscription services for our equipment and digital mailing and shipping technology solutions. Revenue is allocated to these services using selling prices charged in standalone transactions. Revenue for maintenance and subscription services is recognized ratably over the contract period and revenue for professional services is recognized when services are provided.

Financing
We provide financing for our products primarily through sales-type leases and revolving lines of credit for the purchase of postage and supplies. Financing revenue also includes finance income, late fees and investment income, gains and losses at the Bank. We record financing income over the lease term using the effective interest method. Financing revenue also includes amounts related to sales-type leases that customers have extended or renewed for an additional term. Revenue for these contracts is recognized over the term of the modified lease using the effective interest method. We believe that our sales-type lease portfolio contains only normal collection risk.
Equipment residual values are determined at the inception of the lease using management's best estimate of fair value at the end of the lease term. Fair value estimates are determined based on historical renewal experience, used equipment markets, competition and technological changes. We evaluate residual values on an annual basis or sooner if circumstances warrant. Declines in estimated residual values considered "other-than-temporary" are recognized immediately. Increases in estimated future residual values are not recognized until the equipment is remarketed.

Equipment sales
We sell and lease equipment directly to customers and to distributors (re-sellers) throughout the world. The amount of revenue allocated to the equipment is based on a range of observable selling prices in standalone transactions. Revenue is recognized as control of the equipment transfers to the customer. Revenue from the sale of equipment under sales-type leases is recognized upon shipment for self-installed products and upon installation or customer acceptance for other products. Revenue from the direct sale of equipment is recognized upon delivery for self-installed products and upon installation or customer acceptance for other products. We do not typically offer any rights of return.

Supplies
Supplies revenue includes the sale of supplies for our mailing equipment and is recognized upon delivery.

Rentals
Rentals revenue includes revenue from mailing equipment that does not meet the criteria for as a sales-type lease. We may invoice in advance for rentals according to the terms of the agreement. Advanced billings are initially deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the billing period. Revenue generated from financing clients for the continued use of equipment subsequent to the expiration of the original lease is recognized as rentals revenue.

Shipping and Handling
Shipping and handling costs are recognized as costs of revenue as incurred.

Research and Development Costs
Research and development includes research, development and engineering activities relating to the development of new products and solutions and enhancements of existing products and solutions. Costs primarily include salaries, benefits and other employee-related expenses, materials, contract services, information systems and facilities and equipment costs. Research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred.

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Restructuring Charges
Restructuring charges may include employee severance and related separation costs and facility abandonment and other related charges. Employee severance and separation costs are recognized when a liability is incurred, which is generally upon communication to the affected employee, and the amount to be paid is both probable and can be reasonably estimated. Severance accruals are based on company policy, historical experience and negotiated settlements.

Stock-based Compensation
Compensation expense for stock-based awards is measured based on the estimated fair value of the awards expected to vest and recognized ratably over the requisite service period. We may issue restricted stock and non-qualified stock options under our stock award plans. The fair value of restricted stock is estimated based on the market price of our common stock on the grant date, less the present value of expected dividends. The fair value of non-qualified stock options is determined using the Black-Scholes valuation model. We believe that these valuation techniques and the underlying assumptions are appropriate in estimating the fair value of stock awards. Forfeitures are estimated at the time of grant to recognize expense for those awards that are expected to vest and are based on our historical forfeiture rates. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized primarily in selling, general and administrative expense.

Retirement Plans
Net periodic benefit cost includes service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets and the amortization of actuarial gains and losses. Actuarial gains and losses arise from actual results that differ from previous assumptions and changes in assumptions. The expected return on plan assets is based on a market-related valuation of plan assets where differences between the actual and expected return on plan assets are recognized over a five-year period. Actuarial gains and losses are recognized in other comprehensive loss, net of tax, and amortized to benefit cost primarily over the life expectancy of plan participants. The funded status of pension and other postretirement benefit plans is recognized in the consolidated balance sheets.

Impairment Review
Long-lived assets and finite-lived intangible assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be fully recoverable. The estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the asset is compared to the asset's carrying value. The fair value of the asset is determined using probability weighted expected cash flow estimates, derived from our long-term business plan and historical experience, quoted market prices when available and appraisals, as appropriate.
Goodwill is tested annually for impairment at the reporting unit level as of the beginning of the fourth quarter or sooner if circumstances indicate an impairment may exist. The impairment test for goodwill determines the fair value of each reporting unit and compares it to the reporting unit's carrying value, including goodwill. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds the carrying value of the net assets assigned to that reporting unit, goodwill is not impaired. If the fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying value of the net assets assigned to the reporting unit, a goodwill impairment loss is calculated as the difference between these amounts, limited to the amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit.
During 2023, we recorded non-cash, pre-tax goodwill impairment charges in the second and fourth quarters of $119 million and $220 million, respectively. See Note 8 for further details.

Derivative Instruments
We are exposed to the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. We limit these risks by following established risk management policies and procedures. We may also use derivatives to limit the effects of currency exchange rate fluctuations on financial results and manage the related cost of debt. We do not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes.
Derivatives are measured at fair value and reported as assets and liabilities, as applicable. The accounting for changes in fair value depends on the intended use of the derivative, the resulting designation and the effectiveness of the instrument in offsetting the risk exposure it is designed to hedge. To qualify as a hedge, a derivative must be highly effective in offsetting the risk designated for hedging purposes. The hedge relationship must be formally documented at inception, detailing the particular risk management objective and strategy for the hedge. The effectiveness of the hedge relationship is evaluated on a retrospective and prospective basis.
The use of derivatives exposes us to counterparty credit risk. To mitigate such risks, we only enter into agreements with financial institutions that meet stringent credit requirements. We regularly review our credit exposure and the creditworthiness of our counterparties. We have not seen a material change in the creditworthiness of our derivative counterparties.

Income Taxes
We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax
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rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date of such change. A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized. In estimating the necessity and amount of a valuation allowance, we consider all available evidence for each jurisdiction, including historical operating results, estimates of future taxable income and the feasibility of ongoing tax planning strategies. We adjust the valuation allowance through income tax expense when new information becomes available that would alter our determination of the amount of deferred tax assets that will ultimately be realized.

Earnings per Share
Basic earnings per share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per share is computed based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the year plus the weighted-average dilutive effect of common stock equivalents.

Translation of Non-U.S. Currency Amounts
In general, the functional currency of our foreign operations is the local currency. Assets and liabilities of subsidiaries operating outside the U.S. are translated at rates in effect at the end of the period and revenue and expenses are translated at average rates during the period. Net deferred translation gains and losses are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss.

Loss Contingencies
In the ordinary course of business, we are routinely defendants in, or party to, a number of pending and threatened legal actions. On a quarterly basis, we review the status of each significant matter and assess the potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from any claim or legal action is considered probable and can be reasonably estimated, we establish a liability for the estimated loss. The assessment of the ultimate outcome of each claim or legal action and the determination of the potential financial exposure requires significant judgment. Estimates of potential liabilities for claims or legal actions are based only on information that is available at that time. As additional information becomes available, we may revise our estimates, and these revisions could have a material impact on our results of operations and financial position. Legal fees are expensed as incurred.

Accounting Pronouncements Adopted in 2023
On January 1, 2023, we adopted ASU 2022-02, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures, which requires disclosure of gross write-offs of finance receivables by year of origination. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our disclosures.

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which would require additional transparency for income tax disclosures, including the income tax rate reconciliation table and cash taxes paid both in the United States and foreign jurisdictions. This standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. We are currently assessing the impact this standard will have on our disclosures.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which would require enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses and information used to assess segment performance. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. We are currently assessing the impact this standard will have on our disclosures.
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The transition to new reference interest rates will require certain contracts to be modified and the ASU is intended to provide temporary optional expedients and exceptions to U.S. GAAP guidance on contract modifications and hedge accounting to ease the financial reporting burdens related to the expected market transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates. The accommodations provided by the ASU are effective through December 31, 2024, and may be applied at the beginning of any interim period within that time frame.
With the modification of our revolving credit facility in December 2022, we elected to apply the practical expedient to the replacement of LIBOR reference rate and our assessment of hedge effectiveness. We may apply other expedients as additional reference rate changes occur. We continue to assess the impact of this standard on our financial statements.




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2. Revenue
Disaggregated Revenue
The following tables disaggregate our revenue by source and timing of recognition:
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Global EcommercePresort ServicesSendTech SolutionsRevenue from products and servicesRevenue from leasing transactions and financingTotal consolidated revenue
Revenue from products and services
Business services$1,355,326 $617,599 $72,144 $2,045,069 $ $2,045,069 
Support services  410,734 410,734  410,734 
Financing    271,197 271,197 
Equipment sales  88,144 88,144 235,595 323,739 
Supplies  147,709 147,709  147,709 
Rentals    67,900 67,900 
Subtotal1,355,326 617,599 718,731 2,691,656 $574,692 $3,266,348 
Revenue from leasing transactions and financing  574,692 574,692 
     Total revenue$1,355,326 $617,599 $1,293,423 $3,266,348 
Timing of revenue recognition from products and services
Products/services transferred at a point in time$ $ $306,414 $306,414 
Products/services transferred over time1,355,326 617,599 412,317 2,385,242 
      Total$1,355,326 $617,599 $718,731 $2,691,656 

Year Ended December 31, 2022
Global EcommercePresort ServicesSendTech SolutionsRevenue from products and servicesRevenue from leasing transactions and financingTotal consolidated revenue
Revenue from products and services
Business services$1,576,348 $602,016 $71,577 $2,249,941 $— $2,249,941 
Support services— — 438,191 438,191 — 438,191 
Financing— — — — 274,508 274,508 
Equipment sales— — 88,022 88,022 266,938 354,960 
Supplies— — 154,186 154,186 — 154,186 
Rentals— — — — 66,256 66,256 
Subtotal1,576,348 602,016 751,976 2,930,340 $607,702 $3,538,042 
Revenue from leasing transactions and financing— — 607,702 607,702 
     Total revenue$1,576,348 $602,016 $1,359,678 $3,538,042 
Timing of revenue recognition from products and services
Products/services transferred at a point in time$— $— $318,438 $318,438 
Products/services transferred over time1,576,348 602,016 433,538 2,611,902 
      Total$1,576,348 $602,016 $751,976 $2,930,340 

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Year Ended December 31, 2021
Global EcommercePresort ServicesSendTech SolutionsRevenue from products and servicesRevenue from leasing transactions and financingTotal consolidated revenue
Revenue from products and services
Business services$1,702,580 $573,480 $58,614 $2,334,674 $— $2,334,674 
Support services— — 460,888 460,888 — 460,888 
Financing— — — — 294,418 294,418 
Equipment sales— — 91,015 91,015 259,123 350,138 
Supplies— — 159,438 159,438 — 159,438 
Rentals— — — — 74,005 74,005 
Subtotal1,702,580 573,480 769,955 3,046,015 $627,546 $3,673,561 
Revenue from leasing transactions and financing— — 627,546 627,546 
     Total revenue$1,702,580 $573,480 $1,397,501 $3,673,561 
Timing of revenue recognition from products and services
Products/services transferred at a point in time$— $— $318,077 $318,077 
Products/services transferred over time1,702,580 573,480 451,878 2,727,938 
      Total$1,702,580 $573,480 $769,955 $3,046,015 
Our performance obligations for revenue from products and services are as follows:
Business services includes fulfillment, delivery and return services, cross-border solutions, mail processing services and shipping subscription solutions. Revenue for fulfillment, delivery and return services, cross-border solutions and mail processing services is recognized over time using an output method based on the number of parcels or mail pieces either processed or delivered, depending on the service type, since that measure best depicts the value of goods and services transferred to the client over the contract period. Contract terms for these services initially range from one to five years and contain annual renewal options. Revenue for shipping subscription solutions is recognized ratably over the contract period as the client obtains equal benefit from these services throughout the period.
Support services includes providing maintenance, professional and subscription services for our equipment and digital mailing and shipping technology solutions. Contract terms range from one to five years, depending on the term of the lease contract for the related equipment. Revenue for maintenance and subscription services is recognized ratably over the contract period and revenue for professional services is recognized when services are provided.

Equipment sales generally includes the sale of mailing and shipping equipment, excluding sales-type leases. We recognize revenue upon delivery for self-install equipment and upon acceptance or installation for other equipment. We provide a warranty that the equipment is free of defects and meets stated specifications. The warranty is not considered a separate performance obligation.

Supplies revenue includes revenue from the sale of supplies for our mailing equipment and is recognized upon delivery.
Revenue from leasing transactions and financing includes revenue from sales-type and operating leases, finance income, late fees and investment income, gains and losses at the Bank.

Advance Billings from Contracts with Customers
Balance Sheet LocationDecember 31, 2023December 31, 2022Increase/ (decrease)
Advance billings, currentAdvance billings$82,124 $97,904 $(15,780)
Advance billings, noncurrentOther noncurrent liabilities$507 $906 $(399)

Advance billings are recorded when cash payments are due in advance of our performance. Revenue is recognized ratably over the contract term. Items in advance billings primarily relate to support services on mailing equipment. Revenue recognized during the
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twelve months ended December 31, 2023 includes $79 million of advance billings at the beginning of the period. Advance billings, current at both December 31, 2023 and 2022 also includes $7 million from leasing transactions.

Future Performance Obligations
Future performance obligations primarily include maintenance and subscription services bundled with our leasing contracts. The transaction prices allocated to future performance obligations will be recognized as follows:
202420252026-2028Total
SendTech Solutions$241,205 $196,422 $256,715 $694,342 

The table above does not include revenue for performance obligations under contracts with terms less than 12 months or revenue for performance obligations where revenue is recognized based on the amount billable to the customer.

3. Segment Information
Our reportable segments are Global Ecommerce, Presort Services and SendTech Solutions. The principal products and services of each reportable segment are as follows:
Global Ecommerce: Includes the revenue and related expenses from domestic parcel services, cross-border solutions and digital delivery services.
Presort Services: Includes the revenue and related expenses from sortation services to qualify large volumes of First Class Mail, Marketing Mail and Marketing Mail Flats and Bound Printed Matter for postal worksharing discounts.
SendTech Solutions: Includes the revenue and related expenses from physical and digital mailing and shipping technology solutions,
financing, services, supplies and other applications to help simplify and save on the sending, tracking and receiving of letters, parcels
and flats.

Management measures segment profitability and performance using adjusted segment earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT). Adjusted segment EBIT is calculated by deducting from segment revenue the related costs and expenses attributable to the segment. Adjusted segment EBIT excludes interest, taxes, general corporate expenses, restructuring charges, goodwill impairment charges and other items not allocated to a particular business segment. Costs related to shared assets are allocated to the relevant segments. Management believes that adjusted segment EBIT provides investors a useful measure of operating performance and underlying trends of the business. Adjusted segment EBIT may not be indicative of our overall consolidated performance and therefore, should be read in conjunction with our consolidated results of operations. The following tables provide information about our reportable segments and reconciliation of adjusted segment EBIT to net income or loss.
Revenue
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Global Ecommerce$1,355,326 $1,576,348 $1,702,580 
Presort Services617,599 602,016 573,480 
SendTech Solutions1,293,423 1,359,678 1,397,501 
Total revenue$3,266,348 $3,538,042 $3,673,561 
Geographic data:
United States$2,899,502 $3,065,211 $3,114,905 
Outside United States366,846 472,831 558,656 
Total revenue$3,266,348 $3,538,042 $3,673,561 

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Adjusted Segment EBIT
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Global Ecommerce$(133,733)$(100,308)$(98,673)
Presort Services110,912 82,430 79,721 
SendTech Solutions405,347 400,909 429,415 
Total adjusted segment EBIT382,526 383,031 410,463 
Reconciling items:  
Interest, net(163,726)(141,769)(143,945)
Unallocated corporate expenses(210,931)(204,251)(207,774)
Restructuring charges(61,585)(18,715)(19,003)
Goodwill impairment(339,184)— — 
Gain on sale of assets 14,372 1,434 
Gain on sale of businesses, including transaction costs 12,205 7,619 
Gain (loss) on debt redemption/refinancing3,064 (4,993)(56,209)
Proxy solicitation fees(10,905)— — 
Foreign currency loss on intercompany loans(5,761)— — 
Benefit (provision) for income taxes20,875 (2,940)10,922 
(Loss) income from continuing operations(385,627)36,940 3,507 
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax — (4,858)
Net (loss) income$(385,627)$36,940 $(1,351)

Depreciation and amortization
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Global Ecommerce$66,664 $78,296 $79,128 
Presort Services33,642 28,039 27,243 
SendTech Solutions30,005 29,489 29,950 
Total for reportable segments130,311 135,824 136,321 
Corporate30,119 27,992 26,538 
Total depreciation and amortization$160,430 $163,816 $162,859 

Capital expenditures
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Global Ecommerce$34,757 $51,430 $89,488 
Presort Services11,182 23,363 36,628 
SendTech Solutions38,840 33,364 26,028 
Total for reportable segments84,779 108,157 152,144 
Corporate18,099 16,683 31,898 
Total capital expenditures$102,878 $124,840 $184,042 
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Assets
December 31,
202320222021
Global Ecommerce$597,073 $996,297 $1,032,434 
Presort Services500,757 510,345 479,392 
SendTech Solutions2,054,889 2,023,020 2,013,361 
Total for reportable segments3,152,719 3,529,662 3,525,187 
Cash and cash equivalents601,053 669,981 732,480 
Short-term investments22,166 11,172 14,440 
Long-term investments250,240 259,977 333,052 
Other corporate assets246,007 270,563 353,712 
Consolidated assets$4,272,185 $4,741,355 $4,958,871 
Identifiable long-lived assets:
United States$703,484 $730,347 $658,070 
Outside United States13,685 13,941 14,294 
Total$717,169 $744,288 $672,364 





































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4. Earnings per Share (EPS)

The calculations of basic and diluted earnings per share are presented below. The sum of earnings per share amounts may not equal the totals due to rounding.
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Numerator:   
(Loss) income from continuing operations$(385,627)$36,940 $3,507 
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax — (4,858)
Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders (numerator for EPS)$(385,627)$36,940 $(1,351)
Denominator:   
Weighted-average shares used in basic EPS175,640 173,912 173,914 
Dilutive effect of common stock equivalents (1)
 3,340 5,191 
Weighted-average shares used in diluted EPS175,640 177,252 179,105 
Basic (loss) earnings per share:   
Continuing operations$(2.20)$0.21 $0.02 
Discontinued operations — (0.03)
Net (loss) income$(2.20)$0.21 $(0.01)
Diluted (loss) earnings per share:   
Continuing operations$(2.20)$0.21 $0.02 
Discontinued operations — (0.03)
Net (loss) income$(2.20)$0.21 $(0.01)
Common stock equivalents excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share because their impact would be anti-dilutive:9,421 10,234 6,514 

(1) Due to the net loss from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2023, an additional 4.0 million of common stock equivalents were also excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share.

5. Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:
December 31,
20232022
Raw materials$21,201 $25,539 
Supplies and service parts25,522 27,573 
Finished products23,330 30,608 
Total inventory, net$70,053 $83,720 








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6. Finance Assets and Lessor Operating Leases

Finance Assets
All finance receivables are in our SendTech Solutions segment. We segregate our finance receivables into a North America portfolio and International portfolio. Finance receivables consisted of the following:
December 31, 2023December 31, 2022
North AmericaInternationalTotalNorth AmericaInternationalTotal
Sales-type lease receivables   
Gross finance receivables$987,743 $143,466 $1,131,209 $967,298 $158,167 $1,125,465 
Unguaranteed residual values38,059 7,211 45,270 38,832 8,798 47,630 
Unearned income(253,711)(42,847)(296,558)(239,238)(48,334)(287,572)
Allowance for credit losses(13,942)(2,786)(16,728)(14,131)(2,893)(17,024)
Net investment in sales-type lease receivables758,149 105,044 863,193 752,761 115,738 868,499 
Loan receivables      
Loan receivables342,062 17,865 359,927 311,887 16,636 328,523 
Allowance for credit losses(6,346)(153)(6,499)(4,787)(139)(4,926)
Net investment in loan receivables335,716 17,712 353,428 307,100 16,497 323,597 
Net investment in finance receivables$1,093,865 $122,756 $1,216,621 $1,059,861 $132,235 $1,192,096 


Maturities of finance receivables at December 31, 2023 were as follows:
Sales-type Lease ReceivablesLoan Receivables
North AmericaInternationalTotalNorth AmericaInternationalTotal
2024$367,413 $58,142 $425,555 $254,964 $17,865 $272,829 
2025277,861 40,631 318,492 35,099 — 35,099 
2026192,750 25,379 218,129 25,818 — 25,818 
2027110,336 13,623 123,959 18,114 — 18,114 
202838,034 4,809 42,843 6,438 — 6,438 
Thereafter1,349 882 2,231 1,629 — 1,629 
Total$987,743 $143,466 $1,131,209 $342,062 $17,865 $359,927 
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Allowance for Credit Losses
Activity in the allowance for credit losses on finance receivables was as follows:
Allowance for Credit Losses
Sales-type Lease ReceivablesLoan Receivables
North
America
InternationalNorth
America
InternationalTotal
Balance at December 31, 2020$22,917 $6,006 $6,484 $462 $35,869 
Amounts charged to expense648 (1,788)(426)19 (1,547)
Write-offs(7,120)(846)(6,045)(302)(14,313)
Recoveries3,097 173 3,245 6,518 
Other(299)(15)(309)
Balance at December 31, 202119,546 3,246 3,259 167 26,218 
Amounts charged to expense(2,476)712 3,992 288 2,516 
Write-offs(6,043)(791)(4,903)(295)(12,032)
Recoveries3,184 39 2,447 5,671 
Other(80)(313)(8)(22)(423)
Balance at December 31, 202214,131 2,893 4,787 139 21,950 
Amounts charged to expense2,096 1,178 4,847 389 8,510 
Write-offs(4,757)(1,448)(5,182)(391)(11,778)
Recoveries2,454 181 1,893  4,528 
Other18 (18)1 16 17 
Balance at December 31, 2023$13,942 $2,786 $6,346 $153 $23,227 

The table below shows write-offs of gross finance receivables by year of origination.
December 31, 2023
Sales Type Lease ReceivablesLoan ReceivablesTotal
20232022202120202019Prior
Write-offs$883 $1,680 $1,551 $1,079 $619 $393 $5,573 $11,778 

Aging of Receivables
The aging of gross finance receivables was as follows:
December 31, 2023
Sales-type Lease ReceivablesLoan Receivables
North
America
InternationalNorth
America
InternationalTotal
Past due amounts 0 - 90 days$977,744 $140,857 $339,789 $17,664 $1,476,054 
Past due amounts > 90 days9,999 2,609 2,273 201 15,082 
Total$987,743 $143,466 $342,062 $17,865 $1,491,136 
December 31, 2022
Sales-type Lease ReceivablesLoan Receivables
North
America
InternationalNorth
America
InternationalTotal
Past due amounts 0 - 90 days$959,203 $155,596 $308,872 $16,503 $1,440,174 
Past due amounts > 90 days8,095 2,571 3,015 133 13,814 
Total$967,298 $158,167 $311,887 $16,636 $1,453,988 


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Credit Quality
The extension of credit and management of credit lines to new and existing clients uses a combination of a client's credit score, where available, a detailed manual review of their financial condition and payment history or an automated process. Once credit is granted, the payment performance of the client is managed through automated collections processes and is supplemented with direct follow up should an account become delinquent. We have robust automated collections and extensive portfolio management processes to ensure that our global strategy is executed, collection resources are allocated and enhanced tools and processes are implemented as needed.
Over 85% of our finance receivables are within our North American portfolio. We use a third party to score the majority of this portfolio on a quarterly basis using a proprietary credit score. The relative scores are determined based on a number of factors, including financial information, payment history, company type and ownership structure. We stratify the credit scores of our clients into low, medium and high-risk accounts. Due to timing and other issues, our entire portfolio may not be scored at period end. We report these amounts as "Not Scored"; however, absence of a score is not indicative of the credit quality of the account. The credit score is used to predict client payment behaviors and the probability that an account will become greater than 90 days past due during the subsequent 12-month period.
Low risk accounts are companies with very good credit scores and a predicted delinquency rate of less than 5%.
Medium risk accounts are companies with average to good credit scores and a predicted delinquency rate between 5% and 10%.
High risk accounts are companies with poor credit scores, are delinquent or are at risk of becoming delinquent. The predicted delinquency rate would be greater than 10%.
We do not use a third party to score our International portfolio because the cost to do so is prohibitive as there is no single credit score model that covers all countries. Accordingly, the entire International portfolio is reported in the Not Scored category. This portfolio comprises less than 15% of total finance receivables. Most of the International credit applications are small dollar applications (i.e. below $50 thousand) and are subjected to an automated review process. Larger credit applications are manually reviewed, which includes obtaining client financial information, credit reports and other available information.
The table below shows gross finance receivables by relative risk class and year of origination based on the relative scores of the accounts within each class as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Sales Type Lease ReceivablesLoan ReceivablesTotal
20232022202120202019Prior
Low$261,583 $222,947 $155,193 $96,986 $46,635 $27,164 $264,232 $1,074,740 
Medium46,208 35,891 24,483 16,027 10,503 8,041 62,910 204,063 
High4,455 4,217 2,554 1,853 740 862 7,487 22,168 
Not Scored59,335 49,839 33,494 15,944 5,089 1,166 25,298 190,165 
Total$371,581 $312,894 $215,724 $130,810 $62,967 $37,233 $359,927 $1,491,136 

Sales Type Lease ReceivablesLoan ReceivablesTotal
20222021202020192018Prior
Low$286,297 $206,511 $140,800 $95,485 $34,721 $12,674 $239,635 $1,016,123 
Medium53,419 40,669 27,013 19,668 6,751 3,441 56,048 207,009 
High6,492 3,840 3,119 1,942 750 508 6,800 23,451 
Not Scored71,435 53,831 29,957 19,232 5,889 1,021 26,040 207,405 
Total$417,643 $304,851 $200,889 $136,327 $48,111 $17,644 $328,523 $1,453,988 

Lease Income
Lease income from sales-type leases, excluding variable lease payments, was as follows:
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Profit recognized at commencement$120,011 $134,717 $127,469 
Interest income154,998 163,485 186,532 
Total lease income from sales-type leases$275,009 $298,202 $314,001 
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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Lessor Operating Leases
We also lease mailing equipment under operating leases with terms of one to five years. Maturities of these operating leases are as follows:
2024$20,627 
202519,939 
202615,827 
20274,573 
20282,153 
Total$63,119 

7. Fixed Assets
Fixed assets consisted of the following:
December 31,
20232022
Machinery and equipment$669,122 $673,898 
Capitalized software569,525 516,816 
Leasehold improvements131,786 127,357 
1,370,433 1,318,071 
Accumulated depreciation(986,805)(897,399)
Property, plant and equipment, net$383,628 $420,672 
Rental property and equipment$76,719 $111,188 
Accumulated depreciation(53,136)(83,701)
Rental property and equipment, net$23,583 $27,487 

Depreciation expense was $145 million, $140 million and $132 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.



8. Intangible Assets and Goodwill
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets consisted of the following:
December 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Carrying
Amount
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Carrying
Amount
December 31, 2023December 31, 2023December 31, 2022
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Carrying
Amount
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Carrying
Amount
Customer relationshipsCustomer relationships$268,187 $(141,492)$126,695 $268,199 $(115,010)$153,189 
Software & technologySoftware & technology21,981 (16,234)5,747 19,000 (12,350)6,650 
Total intangible assets, netTotal intangible assets, net$290,168 $(157,726)$132,442 $287,199 $(127,360)$159,839 
Total intangible assets, net
Total intangible assets, net

Amortization expense was $30$16 million, $33$24 million and $36$30 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.



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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Future amortization expense for intangible assets at December 31, 20212023 is as follows:
2022$29,812 
202326,962 
2024
2024
2024202426,962 
2025202520,302 
2026202614,148 
2027
2028
ThereafterThereafter14,256 
TotalTotal$132,442 
Actual amortization expense may differ from the amounts above due to, among other things, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, acquisitions, divestitures and impairment charges.

Goodwill
The performance of our Global Ecommerce reporting unit, continuing changes in macroeconomic conditions and our long-term outlook for this business were triggering events that caused us to evaluate the Global Ecommerce goodwill for impairment during the second and fourth quarters. To assess Global Ecommerce goodwill for impairment, we determined the fair value of the reporting unit and compared it to the unit's carrying value, including goodwill. We engaged a third party to assist in the determination of the fair value of the reporting unit. The fair value was estimated using a discounted cash flow model based on management developed cash flow projections, which included judgements and assumptions related to revenue growth rates, operating margins, operating income, and a discount rate. The estimates and assumptions are considered Level 3 inputs under the fair value hierarchy. Our assessments indicated that the estimated fair value of the reporting unit was less than its carrying value and recorded non-cash, pre-tax goodwill impairment charges in the second and fourth quarters of 2023 of $119 million and $220 million, respectively.
The results of our annual impairment test as of the beginning of the fourth quarter for our other reporting units indicated that no impairment existed.
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reporting segment are shown in the tables below.
Goodwill before accumulated impairmentAccumulated impairmentDecember 31, 2020Acquisitions/dispositionsFX ImpactDecember 31, 2021
Global Ecommerce$609,431 $(198,169)$411,262 $(16,200)$ $395,062 
Presort Services220,992 — 220,992   220,992 
SendTech Solutions520,031 — 520,031 13,804 (14,786)519,049 
Total goodwill$1,350,454 $(198,169)$1,152,285 $(2,396)$(14,786)$1,135,103 
December 31, 2019AcquisitionsImpairmentFX ImpactDecember 31, 2020
Goodwill before accumulated impairment
Goodwill before accumulated impairment
Goodwill before accumulated impairmentAccumulated impairmentDecember 31, 2022ImpairmentFX ImpactDecember 31, 2023
Global EcommerceGlobal Ecommerce$609,431 $— $(198,169)$— $411,262 
Presort ServicesPresort Services212,529 8,463 — — 220,992 
SendTech SolutionsSendTech Solutions502,219 — — 17,812 520,031 
Total goodwillTotal goodwill$1,324,179 $8,463 $(198,169)$17,812 $1,152,285 

During the second quarter of 2021, we sold a U.K. based software consultancy business ("Tacit") acquired as part of our 2017 acquisition of Newgistics. We received net proceeds of $28 million and recognized a pre-tax gain of $10 million (after-tax gain of $4 million), which included a goodwill allocation of $16 million attributable to Tacit. In the fourth quarter of 2021, we acquired CrescoData for $15 million in cash plus potential additional payments of up to $7 million based on the achievement of revenue targets during 2022-2024. CrescoData is a Singapore based, Platform-as-a-Service business that enables mapping and automating of product, stock and order data between platforms and is included in our SendTech Solutions segment.
Goodwill before accumulated impairmentAccumulated impairmentDecember 31, 2021Acquisitions/(dispositions)FX ImpactDecember 31, 2022
Global Ecommerce$593,231 $(198,169)$395,062 $(55,878)$— $339,184 
Presort Services220,992 — 220,992 2,771 — 223,763 
SendTech Solutions519,049 — 519,049 — (15,045)504,004 
Total goodwill$1,333,272 $(198,169)$1,135,103 $(53,107)$(15,045)$1,066,951 










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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

10.9. Fair Value Measurements and Derivative Instruments

We measure certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis. Fair value is a market-based measure considered from the perspective of a market participant rather than an entity-specific measure. An entity is required to classify certain assets and liabilities measured at fair value based on the following fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value:
Level 1 –     Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.
Level 2 –     Quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3 –     Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity, may be derived from internally developed methodologies based on management's best estimate of fair value and that are significant to the fair value of the asset or liability.
Financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect its placement within the fair value hierarchy. The following tables show, by level within the fair value hierarchy, our financial assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis.
December 31, 2021
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
December 31, 2023December 31, 2023
Level 1Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Assets:Assets:    Assets:  
Investment securitiesInvestment securities    Investment securities  
Money market fundsMoney market funds$88,705 $338,043 $ $426,748 
Equity securitiesEquity securities 29,356  29,356 
Commingled fixed income securitiesCommingled fixed income securities1,692 16,815  18,507 
Government and related securitiesGovernment and related securities9,790 25,439  35,229 
Corporate debt securitiesCorporate debt securities 65,167  65,167 
Mortgage-backed / asset-backed securitiesMortgage-backed / asset-backed securities 172,018  172,018 
DerivativesDerivatives 
Interest rate swap 3,103  3,103 
Foreign exchange contracts 2,474  2,474 
Interest rate swaps
Interest rate swaps
Interest rate swaps
Total assetsTotal assets$100,187 $652,415 $ $752,602 
Liabilities:    
Derivatives    
Total assets
Total assets
Foreign exchange contracts$ $(304)$ $(304)
Total liabilities$ $(304)$ $(304)

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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
December 31, 2020
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
December 31, 2022December 31, 2022
Level 1Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Assets:Assets:    Assets:  
Investment securitiesInvestment securities    Investment securities  
Money market fundsMoney market funds$73,228 $434,791 $— $508,019 
Equity securitiesEquity securities— 26,583 — 26,583 
Commingled fixed income securitiesCommingled fixed income securities1,722 19,669 — 21,391 
Government and related securitiesGovernment and related securities16,776 16,757 — 33,533 
Corporate debt securitiesCorporate debt securities— 71,433 — 71,433 
Mortgage-backed / asset-backed securitiesMortgage-backed / asset-backed securities— 220,678 — 220,678 
DerivativesDerivatives   
Interest rate swap
Interest rate swap
Interest rate swap
Foreign exchange contractsForeign exchange contracts— 3,776 — 3,776 
Total assetsTotal assets$91,726 $793,687 $— $885,413 
Liabilities:Liabilities:    Liabilities:  
DerivativesDerivatives    Derivatives  
Interest rate swaps$— $(2,163)$— $(2,163)
Foreign exchange contracts
Foreign exchange contracts
Foreign exchange contractsForeign exchange contracts— (1,960)— (1,960)
Total liabilitiesTotal liabilities$— $(4,123)$— $(4,123)

Investment Securities
The valuation of investment securities is based on a market approach using inputs that are observable, or can be corroborated by observable data, in an active marketplace. The following information relates to our classification within the fair value hierarchy:
Money Market Funds: Money market funds typically invest in government securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper and other highly liquid, low risk securities. Money market funds are principally used for overnight deposits and are classified as Level 1 when unadjusted quoted prices in active markets are available and as Level 2 when they are not actively traded on an exchange.
Equity Securities: Equity securities are comprised of mutual funds investing in U.S. and foreign stocks. These mutual funds are classified as Level 2.
Commingled Fixed Income Securities: Commingled fixed income securities are comprised of mutual funds that invest in a variety of fixed income securities, including securities of the U.S. government and its agencies, corporate debt, mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities. Fair value is based on the value of the underlying investments owned by each fund, minus its liabilities, divided by the number of shares outstanding, as reported by the fund manager. These mutual funds are classified as Level 1 when unadjusted quoted prices in active markets are available and as Level 2 when they are not actively traded on an exchange.
Government and Related Securities: Debt securities are classified as Level 1 wherewhen unadjusted quoted prices in active high volume trades for identical securities exist. Valuation adjustmentsmarkets are not applied to these securities.available. Debt securities are classified as Level 2 where fair value is determined using quoted market prices for similar securities or benchmarking model derived prices to quoted market prices and trade data for identical or comparable securities.
Corporate Debt Securities: Corporate debt securities are valued using recently executed comparable transactions, market price quotations or bond spreads for the same maturity as the security. These securities are classified as Level 2.
Mortgage-Backed Securities / Asset-Backed Securities: These securities are valued based on external pricing indices or on external price/spread data. These securities are classified as Level 2.

Derivative Securities
Foreign Exchange Contracts: The valuation of foreign exchange derivatives is based on a market approach using observable market inputs, such as foreign currency spot and forward rates and yield curves. These securities are classified as Level 2.
Interest Rate Swaps: The valuation of interest rate swaps is based on an income approach using inputs that are observable or that can be derived from, or corroborated by, observable market data. These securities are classified as Level 2.


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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Available-For-Sale Securities
Available-for-sale securities consisted of the following:
December 31, 2023
December 31, 2023
December 31, 2023
Amortized costAmortized costGross unrealized lossesEstimated fair value
December 31, 2021
Amortized costGross unrealized gainsGross unrealized lossesEstimated fair value
Government and related securities
Government and related securities
Government and related securitiesGovernment and related securities$36,160 $81 $(1,012)$35,229 
Corporate debt securitiesCorporate debt securities67,906 259 (2,998)65,167 
Commingled fixed income securitiesCommingled fixed income securities1,725  (33)1,692 
Mortgage-backed / asset-backed securitiesMortgage-backed / asset-backed securities176,559 144 (4,685)172,018 
TotalTotal$282,350 $484 $(8,728)$274,106 
December 31, 2022December 31, 2022
Amortized costAmortized costGross unrealized gainsGross unrealized lossesEstimated fair value
December 31, 2020
Amortized costGross unrealized gainsGross unrealized lossesEstimated fair value
Government and related securities
Government and related securities
Government and related securitiesGovernment and related securities$31,882 $157 $(78)$31,961 
Corporate debt securitiesCorporate debt securities71,174 614 (355)71,433 
Commingled fixed income securitiesCommingled fixed income securities1,706 16 — 1,722 
Mortgage-backed / asset-backed securitiesMortgage-backed / asset-backed securities220,659 734 (715)220,678 
TotalTotal$325,421 $1,521 $(1,148)$325,794 

Investment securities in a loss position were as follows:
December 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Fair ValueGross unrealized lossesFair ValueGross unrealized losses
December 31, 2023December 31, 2023December 31, 2022
Fair ValueFair ValueGross unrealized lossesFair ValueGross unrealized losses
Greater than 12 continuous monthsGreater than 12 continuous months
Government and related securities
Government and related securities
Government and related securitiesGovernment and related securities$16,018 $579 $— $— 
Corporate debt securitiesCorporate debt securities51,385 2,658 — — 
Mortgage-backed / asset-backed securitiesMortgage-backed / asset-backed securities135,441 4,057 2,369 76 
Mortgage-backed / asset-backed securities
Mortgage-backed / asset-backed securities
TotalTotal$202,844 $7,294 $2,369 $76 
Less than 12 continuous monthsLess than 12 continuous months
Less than 12 continuous months
Less than 12 continuous months
Government and related securities
Government and related securities
Government and related securitiesGovernment and related securities$15,438 $433 $8,500 $78 
Corporate debt securitiesCorporate debt securities8,859 339 39,313 355 
Commingled fixed income securitiesCommingled fixed income securities1,692 33 — — 
Mortgage-backed / asset-backed securitiesMortgage-backed / asset-backed securities30,754 629 84,454 639 
TotalTotal$56,743 $1,434 $132,267 $1,072 
At December 31, 2021, approximately 37% of total2023, all securities in the investment portfolio were in a net loss position. Our allowance for credit losses on available-for-sale investment securities is not significant, but we believe it is adequateHowever, no impairment loss has been recognized as our investments are primarily in highly liquid U.S. government and agency securities, high grade corporate bonds and municipal bonds. We have not recognized an impairment on investment securities in an unrealized loss position because we have the ability and intent to hold these securities until recovery of the unrealized losses or expect to receive the stated principal and interest at maturity.







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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
At December 31, 2021,2023, scheduled maturities of available-for-sale securities were as follows:
Amortized costEstimated fair value
Amortized costAmortized costEstimated fair value
Within 1 yearWithin 1 year$2,430 $2,405 
After 1 year through 5 yearsAfter 1 year through 5 years14,811 14,544 
After 5 years through 10 yearsAfter 5 years through 10 years75,630 72,616 
After 10 yearsAfter 10 years189,479 184,541 
TotalTotal$282,350 $274,106 
The actual maturities may not coincide with scheduled maturities as certain securities contain early redemption features and/or allow for the prepayment of obligations with or without penalty.

Held-to-Maturity Securities
Held-to-maturity securities at December 31, 20212023 and 20202022 totaled $20$265 million and $75$22 million, respectively. Held-to-maturity securities include certificates of deposits with maturities less than 90 days and highly-liquid government securities with maturities less than two years.

Derivative Instruments
Foreign Exchange Contracts
We may enter into foreign exchange contracts to mitigate the currency risk associated with anticipated inventory purchases between affiliates and from third parties. These contracts are designated as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of the gain or loss on cash flow hedges is included in AOCL in the period that the change in fair value occurs and is reclassified to earnings in the period that the hedged item is recorded in earnings. No amount of ineffectiveness was recorded in earnings for these designated cash flow hedges. There were no outstanding contracts associated with these anticipated transactions at December 31, 2023. At December 31, 2021 and 2020,2022, outstanding contracts associated with these anticipated transactions had a notional amountvalue of $1 million and $8 million, respectively.million.

Interest Rate Swaps
We enter into interest rate swaps to manage the cost of our variable rate debt. At December 31, 2021,2023, we had outstanding interest rate swap agreements with a notional value ofswaps that effectively convert $200 million thatof our variable rate debt to fixed rates. These swaps are designated as cash flow hedges. The fair value of the interest rate swaps is recorded as a derivative asset or liability at the end of each reporting period with the change in fair value reflected in AOCL. At December 31, 2020, we had interest rate swap agreements with a notional value of $500 million that was terminated during 2021.

The fair value of our derivative instruments was as follows:
December 31,
Designation of DerivativesBalance Sheet Location20212020
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments  
Foreign exchange contractsOther current assets and prepayments$21 $96 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities(10)(112)
Interest rate swapsOther assets (Other noncurrent liabilities)3,103 (2,163)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments  
Foreign exchange contractsOther current assets and prepayments2,453 3,680 
 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities(294)(1,848)
 Total derivative assets5,577 3,776 
 Total derivative liabilities(304)(4,123)
 Total net derivative asset (liability)$5,273 $(347)

The amounts included in AOCL at December 31, 2021 will be recognized in earnings within the next 12 months. No amount of ineffectiveness was recorded in earnings for these designated cash flow hedges.

December 31,
Designation of DerivativesBalance Sheet Location20232022
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments  
Foreign exchange contractsOther current assets and prepayments$ $15 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (23)
Interest rate swapsOther current assets and prepayments8,425 — 
Other assets 15,283 
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments  
Foreign exchange contractsOther current assets and prepayments 464 
 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (1,449)
 Total derivative assets8,425 15,762 
 Total derivative liabilities (1,472)
 Total net derivative asset$8,425 $14,290 


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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
The following represents the results of cash flow hedging relationships:
Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,
Derivative Gain (Loss)
Recognized in AOCI
(Effective Portion)
Location of Gain (Loss)
(Effective Portion)
Gain (Loss) Reclassified
from AOCI to Earnings
(Effective Portion)
Derivative Gain (Loss)
Recognized in AOCI
(Effective Portion)
Location of Gain (Loss)
(Effective Portion)
Gain (Loss) Reclassified
from AOCI to Earnings
(Effective Portion)
Derivative InstrumentDerivative Instrument2021202020212020Derivative Instrument2023202220232022
Foreign exchange contractsForeign exchange contracts$198 $(317)Revenue$289 $(161)
  Cost of sales(117)11 
Interest rate swapsInterest rate swaps5,266 (2,163)Interest Expense(366) 
Interest rate swaps
Interest rate swaps
$5,464 $(2,480) $(194)$(150)

Non-designated derivative instruments
We also enterhave a number of short-term interest-bearing intercompany loans denominated in a foreign currency. The revaluation of these intercompany loans is recorded in earnings. Historically, we entered into foreign exchange contracts to minimize the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on short-term intercompany loans and related interest that are denominated in a foreign currency. Theearnings from the revaluation of these intercompany loans. In the fourth quarter of 2023, management decided to no longer use foreign exchange contracts to hedge the revaluation of these intercompany loans and interest and the mark-to-market adjustment on the derivatives are both recorded in earnings. All outstanding contracts at December 31, 2021 mature over the next three months.

loans.

The following represents the mark-to-market adjustment on our non-designated derivative instruments:
 Years Ended December 31, Years Ended December 31,
 Derivative Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Earnings
 Derivative Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Earnings
Derivatives InstrumentDerivatives InstrumentLocation of Derivative Gain (Loss)20212020Derivatives InstrumentLocation of Derivative Gain (Loss)20232022
Foreign exchange contractsForeign exchange contractsSelling, general and administrative expense$(4,540)$5,298 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Our financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, investment securities, accounts receivable, loan receivables, derivative instruments, accounts payable and debt. The carrying value forof cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, loans receivable, held-to-maturity investment securities and accounts payable approximate fair value. The fair value of available-for-sale investment securities and derivative instruments are presented above. The fair value of our debt is estimated based on recently executed transactions and market price quotations. The inputs used to determine the fair value of our debt were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The carrying value and estimated fair value of our debt was as follows:
December 31,
20212020
December 31,December 31,
202320232022
Carrying valueCarrying value$2,323,838 $2,564,393 
Fair valueFair value$2,355,894 $2,479,895 


11. Supplemental Financial Statement Information

Activity in the allowance for credit losses on accounts receivable is presented below.
Balance at beginning of yearCumulative effect of accounting changeAmounts charged to expenseWrite-offs, recoveries and otherBalance at end of yearAccounts and other receivablesOther assets
2021$35,344 $ $9,355 $(15,520)$29,179 $11,168 $18,011 
2020$17,830 $15,336 $19,789 $(17,611)$35,344 $18,899 $16,445 
2019$17,443 $— $16,345 $(15,958)$17,830 $17,830 $— 





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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Other expense, net consisted of the following:
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Loss on refinancing of debt$56,209 $36,987 $6,623 
Insurance proceeds(3,000)(16,928)— 
(Gain) loss on sale of assets/businesses(11,635)(11,908)17,683 
Other expense, net$41,574 $8,151 $24,306 

Supplemental cash flow information is as follows:
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Purchases of property and equipment in accounts payable$5,305 $16,098 $1,301 
Cash interest paid$124,084 $151,857 $157,709 
Cash income tax payments, net of refunds$4,337 $20,185 $27,109 


Selected balance sheet information is as follows:
December 31,
20212020
Other assets:
Long-term investments$333,052 $364,212 
Other (net of allowance of $18,011 and $16,445, respectively)138,032 127,302 
Total$471,084 $491,514 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
Accounts payable$310,993 $295,173 
Customer deposits185,528 165,774 
Employee related liabilities233,876 232,236 
Other192,146 187,433 
Total$922,543 $880,616 
Other noncurrent liabilities:
Pension liabilities$115,457 $235,439 
Postretirement medical benefits126,675 153,838 
Other66,596 47,738 
Total$308,728 $437,015 












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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
12. Restructuring Charges and Asset Impairments10. Supplemental Financial Statement Information
Selected balance sheet information is as follows:
December 31,
20232022
Other assets:
Long-term investments$250,240 $259,977 
Other102,120 120,442 
Total$352,360 $380,419 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
Accounts payable$282,425 $315,351 
Customer deposits213,315 209,662 
Employee related liabilities240,159 216,273 
Other139,577 165,797 
Total$875,476 $907,083 
Other noncurrent liabilities:
Pension liabilities$98,784 $74,681 
Postretirement medical benefits83,222 87,745 
Customer deposits83,995 10,757 
Other48,701 54,546 
Total$314,702 $227,729 
Activity in our restructuring reserves was as follows:the allowance for credit losses on accounts receivable is presented below.
Severance and other exit costs
Balance at December 31, 2019$12,006 
Expenses, net20,712 
Cash payments(20,014)
Noncash activity(2,641)
Balance at December 31, 202010,063 
Expenses, net19,003
Cash payments(21,990)
Noncash activity(1,329)
Balance at December 31, 2021$5,747
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Balance at beginning of year$5,864 $29,179 $35,344 
Amounts charged to expense8,177 6,421 9,355 
Write-offs, recoveries and other(7,902)(29,736)(15,520)
Balance at end of period$6,139 $5,864 $29,179 
Accounts and other receivables$6,139 $5,344 $11,168 
Other assets— 520 18,011 
Total$6,139 $5,864 $29,179 
The majority
Acquisitions/Divestitures
In 2022, we sold Borderfree for proceeds of $95 million, net of cash transferred, and received additional proceeds of $7 million related to the remaining restructuring reserves are expected to be paid over2021 sale of Tacit, a U.K. based software consultancy business. In 2021, we received net proceeds of $28 million from the next 12-24 months.sale of Tacit and acquired CrescoData for $15 million.






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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
13. Debt
December 31,
Interest rate20212020
Notes due October 20214.875% 152,588 
Notes due May 20225.625% 148,792 
Notes due April 20236.20%90,259 271,000 
Notes due March 20244.625%242,603 374,000 
Notes due March 20276.875%400,000 — 
Notes due March 20297.25%350,000 — 
Notes due January 20375.25%35,841 35,841 
Notes due March 20436.70%425,000 425,000 
Term loan due March 2026LIBOR + 1.75%370,500 380,000 
Term loan due January 2025LIBOR + 5.5% 818,125 
Term loan due March 2028LIBOR + 4.0%446,625 — 
Other debt3,685 4,900 
Principal amount2,364,513 2,610,246 
Less: unamortized costs, net40,675 45,853 
Total debt2,323,838 2,564,393 
Less: current portion long-term debt24,739 216,032 
Long-term debt$2,299,099 $2,348,361 

In 2021, we issued a $400 million 6.875% unsecured note due March 2027, a $350 million 7.25% unsecured note due March 2029 and entered into a seven-year $450 million secured term loan maturing March 2028. We redeemed all the outstanding October 2021 notes and an aggregate $363 million of the May 2022 notes, April 2023 notes and March 2024 notes under a tender offer, the remaining balance of the May 2022 notes and the remaining balance of the January 2025 term loan. We also extended the maturities of our $500 million secured revolving credit facility and our $380 million secured term loan from November 2024 to March 2026. A $56 million pre-tax loss was incurred on the refinancing of debt.
The credit agreement that governs the revolving credit facility and term loans contains financial and non-financial covenants. At December 31, 2021, we were in compliance with all covenants and there were no outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility.
We also terminated interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional value of $500 million and entered into new interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $200 million. Under the terms of the new swap agreements, we pay fixed-rate interest of 0.56% and receive variable-rate interest based on one-month LIBOR. The variable interest rate under the term loans and the swaps reset monthly. We received $2 million from the termination of the $500 million interest rate swap agreements, which was recorded in AOCL and will be recognized ratably in income through 2024.
At December 31, 2021, the interest rate of the 2028 Term Loan was 4.1% and the interest rate on the 2026 Term Loan was 1.9%.

Annual maturities of outstanding principal at December 31, 2021 are as follows:
2022$24,739 
2023119,748 
2024281,560 
202542,500 
2026261,000 
Thereafter1,634,966 
Total$2,364,513 


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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
14. Retirement Plans and Postretirement Medical Benefits

Retirement Plans
We provide retirement benefits to eligible employees in the U.S. and outside the U.S. under various defined benefit retirement plans. Benefit accruals under most of our significant defined benefit plans have been frozen. The benefit obligations and funded status of defined benefit pension plans are as follows:
United StatesForeign
2021202020212020
Accumulated benefit obligation$1,609,125 $1,729,515 $762,558 $829,413 
Projected benefit obligation
Benefit obligation - beginning of year$1,729,959 $1,613,054 $830,674 $746,942 
Service cost102 86 1,528 1,650 
Interest cost42,434 52,103 11,811 13,379 
Actuarial (gain) loss(53,133)185,306 (37,197)76,006 
Foreign currency changes — (10,747)29,128 
Settlements and curtailments(1,429)(3,854) (15,171)
Benefits paid(108,425)(116,736)(25,601)(21,260)
Benefit obligation - end of year$1,609,508 $1,729,959 $770,468 $830,674 
Fair value of plan assets
Fair value of plan assets - beginning of year$1,601,786 $1,487,018 $742,639 $668,308 
Actual return on plan assets51,828 225,812 17,929 78,120 
Company contributions5,397 9,546 9,686 9,674 
Settlements and curtailments(1,429)(3,854) (15,171)
Foreign currency changes — (7,210)22,968 
Benefits paid(108,425)(116,736)(25,601)(21,260)
Fair value of plan assets - end of year$1,549,157 $1,601,786 $737,443 $742,639 
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
Noncurrent asset$ $465 $29,309 $26,053 
Current liability(5,883)(5,843)(1,345)(1,444)
Noncurrent liability(54,468)(122,795)(60,989)(112,644)
Funded status$(60,351)$(128,173)$(33,025)$(88,035)

Information provided in the table below is only for pension plans with an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets:
United StatesForeign
2021202020212020
Projected benefit obligation$1,609,508 $1,729,638 $59,859 $691,909 
Accumulated benefit obligation$1,609,125 $1,729,194 $59,352 $690,887 
Fair value of plan assets$1,549,157 $1,601,000 $ $577,821 
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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Pretax amounts recognized in AOCI consist of:
United StatesForeign
2021202020212020
Net actuarial loss$716,585 $783,211 $301,913 $334,520 
Prior service (credit) cost(149)(209)7,804 8,072 
Transition asset — (7)(7)
Total$716,436 $783,002 $309,710 $342,585 
Other (income) expense consisted of the following:

Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
(Gain) loss on redemption/refinancing of debt$(3,064)$4,993 $56,209 
Insurance proceeds — (3,000)
Gain on sale of assets (14,372)(1,434)
Gain on sale of businesses, including transaction costs (12,239)(10,201)
Other (income) expense$(3,064)$(21,618)$41,574 
The components of net periodic benefit cost (income) for defined benefit pension plans were
Supplemental cash flow information is as follows:
United StatesForeign
202120202019202120202019
Service cost$102 $86 $83 $1,528 $1,650 $1,543 
Interest cost42,434 52,103 63,171 11,811 13,379 17,853 
Expected return on plan assets(77,119)(84,719)(92,726)(31,869)(34,391)(34,363)
Amortization of net transition asset — —  (4)(6)
Amortization of prior service (credit) cost(60)(60)(60)268 245 243 
Amortization of net actuarial loss38,233 32,490 26,146 9,350 7,842 6,337 
Settlements and curtailments551 1,364 2,381  5,060 397 
Net periodic benefit cost (income)$4,141 $1,264 $(1,005)$(8,912)$(6,219)$(7,996)
Years Ended December 31,
202320222021
Purchases of property and equipment in accounts payable$4,764 $5,213 $5,305 
Cash interest paid$164,046 $134,247 $124,084 
Cash income tax payments, net of refunds$22,626 $14,553 $4,337 

Other, changes in plannet within cash flows from operating activities includes $14 million and $11 million of losses from the disposal of fixed assets for the years ended December 31, 2023 and benefit obligations for defined benefit pension plans recognized in other comprehensive income were as follows:2022, respectively.
United StatesForeign
2021202020212020
Net actuarial (gain) loss$(27,842)$44,216 $(23,257)$32,103 
Amortization of net actuarial loss(38,233)(32,490)(9,350)(7,842)
Amortization of prior service credit (cost)60 60 (268)(245)
Net transition asset —  
Settlements and curtailments(551)(1,364) (5,060)
Total recognized in other comprehensive income$(66,566)$10,422 $(32,875)$18,960 



































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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
11. Restructuring Charges
In May 2023, we approved a worldwide restructuring plan (the 2023 Plan) designed to improve profitability and cash flow. This will be achieved through the elimination of 850-950 positions worldwide in part through further centralization and standardization of processes, including the expansion of our shared services activities, increased automation, and the consolidation or closure of select facilities in North America. Total charges are expected to be $60 million-$70 million and we expect to substantially complete these actions by the end of the first half of 2024.
Activity in our restructuring reserves was as follows:
2023 PlanPrior PlanTotal
Balance at December 31, 2021$— $5,747 $5,747 
Amounts charged to expense— 18,715 18,715 
Cash payments— (15,406)(15,406)
Noncash activity— (1,409)(1,409)
Balance at December 31, 2022— 7,647 7,647 
Amounts charged to expense57,986 3,599 61,585 
Cash payments(23,197)(11,246)(34,443)
Noncash activity(8,661) (8,661)
Balance at December 31, 2023$26,128 $ $26,128 

Components of restructuring expense were as follows:
Year Ended December 31, 2023Year Ended December 31, 2022
2023 PlanPrior PlanTotalPrior Plan
Severance$49,325 $3,057 $52,382 $14,750 
Facilities and other8,661 542 9,203 3,965 
Total$57,986 $3,599 $61,585 $18,715 
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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
12. Debt
December 31,
Interest rate20232022
Notes due March 20244.625% 236,749 
Term loan due March 2026SOFR + 2.25%285,500 351,500 
Notes due March 20276.875%380,000 396,750 
Notes due March 2028SOFR + 6.9%274,313 — 
Term loan due March 2028SOFR + 4.0%437,625 442,125 
Notes due March 20297.25%350,000 350,000 
Notes due January 20375.25%35,841 35,841 
Notes due March 20436.70%425,000 425,000 
Other debt1,181 2,446 
Principal amount2,189,460 2,240,411 
Less: unamortized costs, net43,428 35,145 
Total debt2,146,032 2,205,266 
Less: current portion long-term debt58,931 32,764 
Long-term debt$2,087,101 $2,172,502 
During 2023, we issued an aggregate $275 million of senior secured notes that mature in March 2028 (the March 2028 Notes). The March 2028 Notes bear interest of SOFR plus 6.9%, payable quarterly and were issued with original issue discount of 3%. The net proceeds were used to redeem the March 2024 notes and repay $30 million of the term loan due March 2026. We also repurchased an aggregate $39 million of the March 2024 notes and March 2027 notes at a gain of $3 million and made scheduled term loan principal repayments of $42 million. At December 31, 2023, the interest rate on the term loan due 2026 was 7.7%, the interest rate on the term loan due 2028 was 9.5% and the interest rate on the March 2028 notes was 12.2%.
The credit agreement that governs our $500 million secured revolving credit facility and the term loan due March 2026 contains certain financial covenants. These covenants require us to maintain, on a quarterly basis, a maximum leverage ratio and a minimum interest coverage ratio, both of which are defined and calculated in accordance with the credit agreement. The maximum leverage ratio decreases from 4.25x to 4.0x as of June 30, 2024 and the minimum interest coverage ratio increases from 1.75x to 2.0x as of March 31, 2025. At December 31, 2023, we were in compliance with these financial covenants. Additionally, management expects that we will remain in compliance with these financial covenants over the next twelve months. However, events and circumstances could occur, some beyond our control, that could adversely impact our compliance with these covenants and require us to obtain a waiver from our lenders, modify our existing covenants or refinance certain debt to cure the noncompliance. If we are unable to cure the noncompliance, amounts due under our revolving credit facility and term loan due March 2026 could be called by our lenders. At December 31, 2023, there were no outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility. Borrowings under our secured debt are secured by assets of the company.
We have outstanding interest rate swaps that effectively convert $200 million of our variable rate debt to fixed rates. In January 2023, the reference rate of the interest rate swaps was amended to align with the secured revolving credit facility. Under the terms of the interest rate swaps, we pay fixed-rate interest of 0.585% and receive variable-rate interest based on one-month SOFR plus 0.1%. The variable interest rates under the term loans and the swaps reset monthly.
The PB Bank (the Bank), a wholly owned subsidiary, is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Des Moines and has access to certain credit products as a funding source known as "advances." As of December 31, 2023, there were no outstanding advances.
Annual maturities of outstanding principal at December 31, 2023 are as follows:
2024$58,931 
202553,250 
2026196,250 
2027387,250 
2028682,938 
Thereafter810,841 
Total$2,189,460 
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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
13. Retirement Plans and Postretirement Medical Benefits

Retirement Plans
We provide retirement benefits to eligible employees in the U.S. and outside the U.S. under various defined benefit retirement plans. Benefit accruals under most of our defined benefit plans have been frozen. The benefit obligations and funded status of defined benefit pension plans are as follows:
United StatesForeign
2023202220232022
Accumulated benefit obligation$1,205,108 $1,205,135 $488,531 $447,401 
Projected benefit obligation
Benefit obligation - beginning of year$1,205,183 $1,609,508 $451,337 $770,468 
Service cost44 55 766 1,214 
Interest cost63,533 44,348 21,238 13,568 
Net actuarial loss (gain)36,882 (349,261)22,984 (242,488)
Foreign currency changes — 19,854 (68,519)
Settlements(2,892)(1,574)(213)— 
Benefits paid(97,610)(97,893)(23,199)(22,906)
Benefit obligation - end of year$1,205,140 $1,205,183 $492,767 $451,337 
Fair value of plan assets
Fair value of plan assets - beginning of year$1,161,361 $1,549,157 $438,403 $737,443 
Actual return on plan assets86,044 (293,968)17,057 (218,325)
Company contributions6,587 5,639 16,034 8,731 
Settlements(2,892)(1,574)(213)— 
Foreign currency changes — 18,605 (66,540)
Benefits paid(97,610)(97,893)(23,199)(22,906)
Fair value of plan assets - end of year$1,153,490 $1,161,361 $466,687 $438,403 
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
Noncurrent asset$ $— $27,805 $26,570 
Current liability(5,057)(7,294)(1,694)(1,351)
Noncurrent liability(46,593)(36,528)(52,191)(38,153)
Funded status$(51,650)$(43,822)$(26,080)$(12,934)

Information provided in the table below is only for pension plans with an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets:
United StatesForeign
2023202220232022
Projected benefit obligation$1,205,141 $1,205,183 $396,690 $38,238 
Accumulated benefit obligation$1,205,108 $1,205,135 $392,586 $37,972 
Fair value of plan assets$1,153,490 $1,161,361 $342,805 $— 
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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Pretax amounts recognized in AOCI consist of:
United StatesForeign
2023202220232022
Net actuarial loss$717,530 $698,815 $331,536 $297,753 
Prior service (credit) cost(85)(105)7,266 7,552 
Transition asset — (7)(7)
Total$717,445 $698,710 $338,795 $305,298 

The components of net periodic benefit (income) cost for defined benefit pension plans were as follows:
United StatesForeign
202320222021202320222021
Service cost$44 $55 $102 $766 $1,214 $1,528 
Interest cost63,533 44,348 42,434 21,238 13,568 11,811 
Expected return on plan assets(86,008)(71,080)(77,119)(29,899)(26,770)(31,869)
Amortization of prior service (credit) cost(20)(44)(60)286 252 268 
Amortization of net actuarial loss17,362 33,164 38,233 2,068 6,767 9,350 
Settlements771 394 551 (25)— — 
Net periodic benefit (income) cost$(4,318)$6,837 $4,141 $(5,566)$(4,969)$(8,912)

Other changes in plan assets and benefit obligations for defined benefit pension plans recognized in other comprehensive income were as follows:
United StatesForeign
2023202220232022
Net actuarial loss$36,846 $15,788 $35,826 $2,607 
Amortization of net actuarial loss(17,362)(33,164)(2,068)(6,767)
Amortization of prior service credit (cost)20 44 (286)(252)
Settlements(771)(394)25 — 
Total recognized in other comprehensive income$18,733 $(17,726)$33,497 $(4,412)





















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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Weighted-average actuarial assumptions used to determine year end benefit obligations and net periodic benefit cost for defined benefit pension plans include:
202120202019
2023202320222021
United StatesUnited States
Used to determine benefit obligationsUsed to determine benefit obligations
Used to determine benefit obligations
Used to determine benefit obligations
Discount rate
Discount rate
Discount rate Discount rate2.85%2.54%3.34%5.15%5.55%2.85%
Rate of compensation increase Rate of compensation increaseN/AN/AN/A Rate of compensation increaseN/AN/A
Used to determine net periodic benefit costUsed to determine net periodic benefit cost
Used to determine net periodic benefit cost
Used to determine net periodic benefit cost
Discount rate
Discount rate
Discount rate Discount rate2.54%3.34%4.34%5.55%2.85%2.54%
Expected return on plan assets Expected return on plan assets5.60%6.25%6.75% Expected return on plan assets6.50%5.10%5.60%
Rate of compensation increase Rate of compensation increaseN/AN/AN/A Rate of compensation increaseN/AN/A
ForeignForeign
Foreign
Foreign
Used to determine benefit obligationsUsed to determine benefit obligations
Used to determine benefit obligations
Used to determine benefit obligations
Discount rate
Discount rate
Discount rate Discount rate0.85 %-2.85%0.70 %-2.40%0.65 %-2.95%1.95 %-4.60%1.95 %-5.10%0.85 %-2.85%
Rate of compensation increase Rate of compensation increase1.50 %-3.65%1.50 %-2.50%1.50 %-2.50% Rate of compensation increase2.00 %-3.50%2.00 %-3.00%1.50 %-3.65%
Used to determine net periodic benefit costUsed to determine net periodic benefit cost
Used to determine net periodic benefit cost
Used to determine net periodic benefit cost
Discount rate
Discount rate
Discount rate Discount rate0.70 %-2.40%0.65 %-2.95%0.75 %-3.55%1.95 %-5.10%0.85 %-2.85%0.70 %-2.40%
Expected return on plan assets Expected return on plan assets3.50 %-5.75%4.25 %-6.00%4.25 %-6.25% Expected return on plan assets2.75 %-5.26%3.75 %-5.75%3.50 %-5.75%
Rate of compensation increase Rate of compensation increase1.50 %-2.50%1.50 %-2.50%1.50 %-2.50% Rate of compensation increase2.00 %-3.60%1.50 %-2.50%1.50 %-2.50%

A discount rate is used to determine the present value of our future benefit obligations. The discount rate for our U.S. pension and postretirement medical benefit plans is determined by matching the expected cash flows associated with our benefit obligations to a pool of corporate long-term, high-quality fixed income debt instruments available as of the measurement date. The discount rate for our largest foreign plan, the U.K. Qualified Pension Plan (the U.K. Plan), is determined using a model that discounts each year's estimated benefit payments by an applicable spot rate derived from a yield curve created from a large number of high quality corporate bonds. For our other smaller foreign pension plans, the discount rate is selected based on high-quality fixed income indices available in the country in which the plan is domiciled.
The expected return on plan assets is based on the target asset allocation for the applicable pension plan and expected rates of return for various asset classes in the investment portfolio after analyzing historical experience, and future expectations of returns and volatility of the asset classes.

Investment Strategy and Asset Allocation
The investment strategy for our pension plans is to maximize returns within reasonable and prudent risk levels, achieve and maintain full funding of the accumulated benefit obligation and the actuarial liabilities and earn the expected rate of return while adhering to local regulations and restrictions.
Pension plan assets are invested in accordance with our strategic asset allocation policy. Pension plan assets are exposed to various risks, including interest rate risks, market risks and credit risks. Investments are diversified across asset classes and within each class to reduce the risk of large losses and are periodically rebalanced. Derivatives, such as swaps, options, forwards and futures contracts may be used for market exposure, to alter risk/return characteristics and to manage foreign currency exposure. We do not have any significant concentrations of credit risk within the plan assets.









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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
U.S. Pension Plans
Investment objectives and investment managers are reviewed periodically. Target and actual asset allocations for the U.S. pension plans were as follows:
Target allocationPercent of Plan Assets at December 31,
202220212020
Target allocationTarget allocationPercent of Plan Assets at December 31,
2024202420232022
Asset categoryAsset category
Equities
Equities
EquitiesEquities20 %18 %33 %16 %15 %15 %
Multi-asset creditMulti-asset credit3 %%— %Multi-asset credit2 %%%
Fixed incomeFixed income70 %73 %62 %Fixed income76 %76 %74 %
Real estateReal estate6 %%%Real estate5 %%%
Private equityPrivate equity1 %%%Private equity1 %%%
TotalTotal100 %100 %100 %
Total
Total100 %100 %100 %

Foreign Pension Plans
Our foreign pension plan assets are managed by outside investment managers and monitored regularly by local trustees and our corporate personnel. Target and actual asset allocations for the U.K. Plan, which comprises 79%74% of the total foreign pension plan assets, were as follows:
Target AllocationPercent of Plan Assets at December 31,
202220212020
Asset category
Global equities10 %12 %22 %
Fixed income70 %69 %60 %
Real estate10 %%%
Diversified growth10 %%%
Cash %%%
Total100 %100 %100 %

Target AllocationPercent of Plan Assets at December 31,
202420232022
Asset category
Global equities10 %%%
Fixed income70 %69 %70 %
Multi-asset credit10 %%— %
Real estate10 %13 %13 %
Diversified growth %— %%
Cash %%%
Total100 %100 %100 %

















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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Fair Value Measurements of Plan Assets
The following tables show the U.S. and foreign pension plans' assets, by level within the fair value hierarchy. The plan asset categories presented in the following tables are subsets of the broader asset allocation categories.

United States Pension Plans
December 31, 2021
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
December 31, 2023
December 31, 2023
December 31, 2023
Level 1Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Money market fundsMoney market funds$ $3,725 $ $3,725 
Equity securitiesEquity securities 195,037  195,037 
Commingled fixed income securitiesCommingled fixed income securities 229,300  229,300 
Government and related securitiesGovernment and related securities202,416 26,582  228,998 
Corporate debt securitiesCorporate debt securities 771,529  771,529 
Mortgage-backed /asset-backed securitiesMortgage-backed /asset-backed securities 12,486  12,486 
Real estate
Real estate
Real estateReal estate  77,494 77,494 
Securities lending collateralSecurities lending collateral 145,855  145,855 
Total plan assets at fair valueTotal plan assets at fair value$202,416 $1,384,514 $77,494 $1,664,424 
Securities lending payableSecurities lending payable(145,855)
Investments valued at NAVInvestments valued at NAV16,820 
CashCash20,569 
OtherOther(6,801)
Fair value of plan assetsFair value of plan assets$1,549,157 


December 31, 2020
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
December 31, 2022
December 31, 2022
December 31, 2022
Level 1Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Money market fundsMoney market funds$— $14,442 $— $14,442 
Equity securitiesEquity securities— 323,311 — 323,311 
Commingled fixed income securitiesCommingled fixed income securities— 264,896 — 264,896 
Government and related securitiesGovernment and related securities322,851 22,549 — 345,400 
Corporate debt securitiesCorporate debt securities— 586,998 — 586,998 
Mortgage-backed /asset-backed securitiesMortgage-backed /asset-backed securities— 45,861 — 45,861 
Real estateReal estate— — 69,347 69,347 
Real estate
Real estate
Securities lending collateral
Securities lending collateral
Securities lending collateralSecurities lending collateral— 151,049 — 151,049 
Total plan assets at fair valueTotal plan assets at fair value$322,851 $1,409,106 $69,347 $1,801,304 
Securities lending payableSecurities lending payable(151,049)
Investments valued at NAVInvestments valued at NAV17,132 
CashCash15,449 
OtherOther(81,050)
Fair value of plan assetsFair value of plan assets$1,601,786 









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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Foreign Plans
December 31, 2021
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
December 31, 2023December 31, 2023
Level 1Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Money market fundsMoney market funds$ $8,577 $ $8,577 
Equity securitiesEquity securities 96,596  96,596 
Commingled fixed income securitiesCommingled fixed income securities 431,845  431,845 
Government and related securitiesGovernment and related securities 46,522  46,522 
Corporate debt securitiesCorporate debt securities 33,583  33,583 
Real estateReal estate 7,168 52,491 59,659 
Real estate
Real estate
Diversified growth fundsDiversified growth funds—  52,169 52,169 
Total plan assets at fair value
Total plan assets at fair value
Total plan assets at fair valueTotal plan assets at fair value$ $624,291 $104,660 $728,951 
CashCash7,966 
OtherOther526 
Fair value of plan assetsFair value of plan assets$737,443 

December 31, 2020
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
December 31, 2022December 31, 2022
Level 1Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Money market fundsMoney market funds$— $10,072 $— $10,072 
Equity securitiesEquity securities— 166,683 — 166,683 
Commingled fixed income securitiesCommingled fixed income securities— 379,656 — 379,656 
Government and related securitiesGovernment and related securities— 46,268 — 46,268 
Corporate debt securitiesCorporate debt securities— 37,002 — 37,002 
Real estate
Real estate
Real estateReal estate— — 45,275 45,275 
Diversified growth fundsDiversified growth funds— — 50,750 50,750 
Total plan assets at fair valueTotal plan assets at fair value$— $639,681 $96,025 $735,706 
CashCash6,448 
OtherOther485 
Fair value of plan assetsFair value of plan assets$742,639 

The following information relates to our classification of investments into the fair value hierarchy:
Money Market Funds: Money market funds typically invest in government securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper and other highly liquid, low risk securities. Money market funds are principally used for overnight deposits and are classified as Level 1 when unadjusted quoted prices in active markets are available and as Level 2 when they are not actively traded on an exchange.
Equity Securities: Equity securities are comprised of mutual funds and collective trust funds investing in U.S. and foreign stocks. These mutual funds are classified as Level 2.
Commingled Fixed Income Securities: Commingled fixed income securities are comprised of mutual funds that invest in a variety of fixed income securities, including securities of the U.S. government and its agencies, corporate debt, mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities. Fair value is based on the value of the underlying investments owned by each fund, minus its liabilities, divided by the number of shares outstanding, as reported by the fund manager. These mutual funds are classified as Level 1 when unadjusted quoted prices in active markets are available and as Level 2 when they are not actively traded on an exchange.
Government and Related Securities: Debt securities are classified as Level 1 where active, high volumehigh-volume trades for identical securities exist. Valuation adjustments are not applied to these securities. Debt securities are classified as Level 2 where fair value is determined using quoted market prices for similar securities or benchmarking model derived prices to quoted market prices and trade data for identical or comparable securities.
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Corporate Debt Securities: Corporate debt securities are valued using recently executed comparable transactions, market price quotations or bond spreads for the same maturity as the security. These securities are classified as Level 2.
Mortgage-Backed Securities / Asset-Backed Securities: These securities are valued based on external pricing indices or on external price/spread data. These securities are classified as Level 2.
Real Estate: include units in open-ended commingled real estate funds. Funds that are valued and traded on a daily basis in an active market are classified as Level 2. Investments that are valued on an annual basis by certified appraisers are classified as Level 3. The valuation techniques used to value Level 3 investments include the cost approach, sales-comparison method and the income approach.
Diversified Growth Funds: comprised of units in commingled diversified growth funds that comprise a mix of different asset classes. The underlying investments may not be listed on an exchange in an active market or traded on a daily basis and may fall into all three fair value categories. Accordingly, these securities are classified as Level 3.
Securities Lending Fund: represents a commingled fund through our custodian's securities lending program. The U.S. pension plan lends securities that are held within the plan to other banks and/or brokers, and receives collateral, typically cash. This collateral is invested in a commingled fund that invests in short-term fixed income securities. This investment is classified as Level 2. This amount invested in the fund is offset by a corresponding liability reflected in the U.S. pension plan's net assets available for benefits.

Investments Valued at Net Asset Value (NAV)
Represents investments in private equity limited partnerships that are measured at fair value using the Net Asset Value (NAV) per share as a practical expedient and are not categorized in the fair value hierarchy. There is no active market for these investments and the pension plan receives a proportionate share of the gains, losses and expenses in accordance with the partnership agreements. There iswas a remaining unfunded commitment of $8$6 million at both December 31, 2021.2023 and 2022. These investments comprise 1.1%approximately 1% of total U.S. Pension Fund assets at both December 31, 20212023 and 2020.2022.

Level 3 Gains and Losses
The following table summarizes the changes in the fair value of Level 3 assets:
U.S. PlansForeign Plans
Real estateReal estateDiversified Growth Funds
Balance at December 31, 2019$71,337 $45,335 $47,621 
U.S. Plans
U.S. Plans
U.S. PlansForeign Plans
Real estateReal estateReal estateDiversified Growth Funds
Balance at December 31, 2021
Realized gains
Unrealized gains (losses)
Net purchases, sales and settlements
Foreign currency and other
Balance at December 31, 2022
Realized gainsRealized gains1,554 — — 
Unrealized lossesUnrealized losses(3,360)(2,134)1,493 
Net purchases, sales and settlementsNet purchases, sales and settlements(184)1,221 56 
Foreign currency and otherForeign currency and other— 853 1,580 
Balance at December 31, 202069,347 45,275 50,750 
Realized gains1,791   
Unrealized gains6,958 6,357 1,995 
Net purchases, sales and settlements(602)1,663  
Foreign currency and other (804)(576)
Balance at December 31, 2021$77,494 $52,491 $52,169 
Balance at December 31, 2023


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Postretirement Medical Benefits
We provide certain employer subsidized health care and employer provided life insurance benefits in the U.S. and Canada to eligible retirees and their dependents. The cost of these benefits is recognized over the period the employee provides credited service to the company. The benefit obligation and funded status for postretirement medical benefit plans are as follows:
20212020
202320232022
Benefit obligationBenefit obligation
Benefit obligation - beginning of year
Benefit obligation - beginning of year
Benefit obligation - beginning of yearBenefit obligation - beginning of year$169,210 $164,104 
Service costService cost909 885 
Interest costInterest cost3,755 4,993 
Actuarial (gain) loss(22,305)11,496 
Net actuarial gain
Net actuarial gain
Net actuarial gain
Foreign currency changesForeign currency changes123 340 
Benefits paid, netBenefits paid, net(12,176)(12,608)
Benefits paid, net
Benefits paid, net
Benefit obligation - end of year (1)
Benefit obligation - end of year (1)
$139,516 $169,210 
Fair value of plan assetsFair value of plan assets
Fair value of plan assets
Fair value of plan assets
Fair value of plan assets - beginning of year
Fair value of plan assets - beginning of year
Fair value of plan assets - beginning of yearFair value of plan assets - beginning of year$ $— 
Company contributionCompany contribution12,176 12,608 
Benefits paid, netBenefits paid, net(12,176)(12,608)
Benefits paid, net
Benefits paid, net
Fair value of plan assets - end of yearFair value of plan assets - end of year$ $— 
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance SheetsAmounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
Current liabilityCurrent liability$(12,841)$(15,372)
Non-current liability(126,675)(153,838)
Current liability
Current liability
Noncurrent liability
Funded statusFunded status$(139,516)$(169,210)
(1)    TheIncludes a benefit obligation for the U.S. postretirement medical benefits plan was $126of $84 million and $153$90 million at December 31, 20212023 and 2020,2022, respectively.

Pretax amounts recognized in AOCIAOCL consist of:
20212020
Net actuarial loss$15,175 $41,570 
Prior service cost 129 
Total$15,175 $41,699 
20232022
Net actuarial gain$(14,360)$(16,405)

The components of net periodic benefit cost for postretirement medical benefit plans were as follows:
202120202019
2023202320222021
Service costService cost$909 $885 $967 
Interest costInterest cost3,755 4,993 6,584 
Amortization of prior service costAmortization of prior service cost129 373 321 
Amortization of net actuarial lossAmortization of net actuarial loss4,090 3,198 2,026 
Net periodic benefit costNet periodic benefit cost$8,883 $9,449 $9,898 
Net periodic benefit cost
Net periodic benefit cost


Other changes in benefit obligation for postretirement medical benefit plans recognized in other comprehensive income were as follows:



20232022
Net actuarial gain$(206)$(31,512)
Amortization of net actuarial loss2,249 (68)
Total recognized in other comprehensive income$2,043 $(31,580)



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Other changes in benefit obligation for postretirement medical benefit plans recognized in other comprehensive income were as follows:
20212020
Net actuarial (gain) loss$(22,305)$11,496 
Amortization of net actuarial loss(4,090)(3,198)
Amortization of prior service cost(129)(373)
Total recognized in other comprehensive income$(26,524)$7,925 

The weighted-average discount rates used to determine end of year benefit obligation and net periodic pension cost include:
202120202019
2023202320222021
Discount rate used to determine benefit obligationDiscount rate used to determine benefit obligation
U.S.
U.S.
U.S.U.S.2.80 %2.35 %3.20 %5.20 %5.60 %2.80 %
CanadaCanada2.90 %2.50 %3.00 %Canada4.60 %5.15 %2.90 %
Discount rate used to determine net period benefit costDiscount rate used to determine net period benefit cost
Discount rate used to determine net period benefit cost
Discount rate used to determine net period benefit cost
U.S.
U.S.
U.S.U.S.2.35 %3.20 %4.20 %5.60 %2.80 %2.35 %
CanadaCanada2.50 %3.00 %3.60 %Canada5.15 %2.90 %2.50 %

The discount rate for our U.S. postretirement medical benefit plan is determined by matching the expected cash flows associated with our benefit obligations to a pool of corporate long-term, high-quality fixed income debt instruments available as of the measurement date. The discount rate for our Canada postretirement medical benefit plan is determined by matching the expected cash flows associated with our benefit obligations to spot rates along a yield curve developed based on yields of corporate long-term, high-quality fixed income debt instruments available as of the measurement date.
The assumed health care cost trend rate used in measuring the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation for the U.S. plan was 6.8%6.75% for 2023 and 7.0%6.5% for 2021 and 2020, respectively.2022. The assumed health care trend rate is 6.50%6.25% for 20222024 and will gradually decline to 5.0% by the year 2028 and remain at that level thereafter. Assumed health care cost trend rates have a significant effect on the amounts reported for the health care plans.

Estimated Future Benefit Payments
The following benefit payments, which reflect expected future service, are expected to be paid.
Pension BenefitsPostretirement Medical Benefits
2022$130,497 $12,854 
2023131,204 12,338 
Pension BenefitsPension BenefitsPostretirement Medical Benefits
20242024124,812 11,819 
20252025125,765 11,299 
20262026123,679 10,778 
2027
2028
ThereafterThereafter601,374 45,383 
$1,237,331 $104,471 
$

During 2022,2024, we estimatedo not anticipate making contributions of $6 million to our U.S. pension plans and $10contributing approximately $6 million to our foreign pension plans.

Savings Plans
We offer a voluntary defined contribution plans401(k) plan to our U.S. employees designed to help them accumulate additional savings for retirement. We provide a core contribution to all employees, regardless of if they participate in the plan, and match a portion of eachan additional contribution to participating employees' contribution,employees based on their eligible pay. Total employer contributions to our defined contribution plansthe 401(k) plan were $27 million in 2021 and $28 million in 2020.both 2023 and 2022.


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15.14. Income Taxes

Income (loss)(Loss) income from continuing operations before taxes consisted of the following:
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,
2023202320222021
U.S.U.S.$(85,258)$(243,760)$500 
InternationalInternational77,843 60,391 26,232 
TotalTotal$(7,415)$(183,369)$26,732 

The (benefit) provision (benefit) for income taxes from continuing operations consisted of the following:
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,
2023202320222021
U.S. Federal:U.S. Federal:
CurrentCurrent$(7,419)$(10,582)$(18,789)
Current
Current
DeferredDeferred(13,825)6,516 11,500 
(21,244)(4,066)(7,289)
(30,782)
U.S. State and Local:U.S. State and Local:
CurrentCurrent5,401 (2,569)(9,142)
Current
Current
DeferredDeferred(5,827)4,100 8,000 
(426)1,531 (1,142)
(6,548)
International:International:
CurrentCurrent10,979 4,993 9,993 
Current
Current
DeferredDeferred(231)4,664 (14,689)
16,455
10,748 9,657 (4,696)
Total current
Total current
Total currentTotal current8,961 (8,158)(17,938)
Total deferredTotal deferred(19,883)15,280 4,811 
Total (benefit) provision for income taxesTotal (benefit) provision for income taxes$(10,922)$7,122 $(13,127)
Effective tax rateEffective tax rate147.3 %(3.9)%(49.1)%
Effective tax rate
Effective tax rate5.1 %7.4 %147.3 %
The effective tax rate for 2023 includes a benefit of $3 million on the aggregate $339 million goodwill impairment charge as the majority of this charge is nondeductible.
The effective tax rate for 2022 includes a tax benefit of $5 million on the pre-tax gain of $5 million from the Borderfree sale as the tax basis was higher than book basis and a $1 million benefit associated with the 2019 sale of a business.

The effective tax rate for 2021 includes benefits of $7 million from the resolution of tax matters, $5 million due to tax legislation in the U.K., $3 million from an affiliate reorganization and $2 million from the vesting of restricted stock, partially offset by charges of $6 million on the pre-tax gain of $10 million from the sale of a business as the tax basis was lower than the book basis and $1 million for the write-off of deferred tax assets associated with the expiration of out-of-the-money stock options.
The effective tax rate for 2020 includes a $12 million charge for the surrender of company owned life insurance policies, a $5 million benefit for the correction of tax balances in certain domestic and international tax jurisdictions, a $3 million benefit due to regulations enacted into law, a $2 million benefit for the carryback of net operating losses resulting from the CARES Act and a benefit of $2 million on the $198 million goodwill impairment charge as the majority of this charge is nondeductible.
The effective tax rate for 2019 includes benefits of $23 million from the release of a foreign valuation allowance and $9 million from the resolution of certain tax examinations. The effective tax rate for 2019 also includes a tax of $3 million on the $18 million book loss from the disposition of operations in certain international markets, primarily due to nondeductible basis differences.






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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
A reconciliation of income taxes computed at the federal statutory rate and our provision for income taxes consist of the following:
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,
2023202320222021
Federal statutory provisionFederal statutory provision$(1,558)$(38,507)$5,613 
State and local income taxes (1)
State and local income taxes (1)
(336)1,209 (901)
Impact of foreign operations taxed at rates other than the U.S. statutory rate (2)
Impact of foreign operations taxed at rates other than the U.S. statutory rate (2)
(2,220)(3,345)(18,541)
Accrual/release of uncertain tax amounts related to foreign operationsAccrual/release of uncertain tax amounts related to foreign operations(7,288)1,802 191 
U.S. tax impacts of foreign income in the U.S.4,441 (2,300)5,587 
U.S. tax impacts of foreign income in the U.S. (3)
CARES Act carryback benefitCARES Act carryback benefit(2,270)(1,646)— 
Tax incentives/credits/exempt income(500)(750)(5,437)
Tax credits
Unrealized stock compensation benefitsUnrealized stock compensation benefits(505)2,312 2,176 
Surrender of company-owned life insurance policies 10,313 — 
Goodwill impairmentGoodwill impairment 40,328 — 
Goodwill impairment
Goodwill impairment
Borderfree tax basis differences
Other, net (3)
(686)(2,294)(1,815)
Other, net (4)
Other, net (4)
Other, net (4)
(Benefit) provision for income taxes(Benefit) provision for income taxes$(10,922)$7,122 $(13,127)
(1)Includes a benefit of $1 million related to tax resolutions and a benefit of $1 million for tax return true-ups for the year ended December 31, 2022.
(2)    Includes a charge of $2 million for a deferred rate change and a charge of $1 million for the surrenderestablishment of company-owned life insurancea valuation allowance for the year ended December 31, 2020.
(2)    Includes2022 and a benefit of $5 million for a deferred rate change for the year ended December 31, 2021,2021.
(3)    Includes a benefit of $3 million for tax balance corrections and a deferred tax rate change benefit of $2$1 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 and2022 associated with the sale of a foreign valuation allowance release of $23business.
(4)     Includes a $1 million and a $3 million tax on the disposition of operations in certain international marketscharge associated with nondeductible officer compensation for the year ended December 31, 2019.
(3)     Includes2023 and a $3 million benefit from an affiliate reorganization and a charge of $3 million related to the sale of a business for the year ended December 31, 2021, as well as a $2 million benefit related to tax balance corrections and a $1 million charge related to interest for the year ended December 31, 2020.

2021.





























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Deferred tax liabilities and assets consisted of the following:
December 31,
20212020
December 31,December 31,
202320232022
Deferred tax liabilities:Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation
Depreciation
DepreciationDepreciation$(85,544)$(69,900)
Deferred profit (for tax purposes) on sale to finance subsidiaryDeferred profit (for tax purposes) on sale to finance subsidiary(26,745)(28,101)
Lease revenue and related depreciationLease revenue and related depreciation(202,862)(190,852)
Intangible assetsIntangible assets(76,672)(81,816)
Operating lease liabilityOperating lease liability(46,496)(50,071)
Basis adjustment in subsidiary
OtherOther(25,438)(27,865)
Gross deferred tax liabilitiesGross deferred tax liabilities(463,757)(448,605)
Deferred tax assets:Deferred tax assets:
Deferred tax assets:
Deferred tax assets:
Postretirement medical benefits
Postretirement medical benefits
Postretirement medical benefitsPostretirement medical benefits34,681 42,423 
PensionPension20,472 48,385 
Operating lease assetOperating lease asset52,271 54,538 
Inventory and equipment capitalization1,866 3,903 
Restructuring charges1,548 2,022 
Long-term incentivesLong-term incentives12,308 12,905 
Net operating loss113,025 82,823 
Long-term incentives
Long-term incentives
Net operating and capital losses
Tax credit carry forwardsTax credit carry forwards65,931 64,070 
Section 163j carryforward
Tax uncertainties gross-upTax uncertainties gross-up6,929 6,656 
OtherOther58,457 42,079 
Gross deferred tax assetsGross deferred tax assets367,488 359,804 
Less: Valuation allowanceLess: Valuation allowance(121,778)(116,543)
Net deferred tax assetsNet deferred tax assets245,710 243,261 
Total deferred taxes, netTotal deferred taxes, net$(218,047)$(205,344)
Total deferred taxes, net
Total deferred taxes, net
The valuation allowance relates primarily to certain foreign, state and local net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards that will more-likely-than-not expire unutilized.
We have a federal net operating loss carryforward of $157$3 million as of December 31, 2021, the majority of which has an indefinite2023, that have a 20 year carryforward period. We have net operating loss carryforwards in international jurisdictions of $163$390 million as of December 31, 2021,2023, of which $150$138 million can be carried forward indefinitely and the remainder expire over the next 20 years. We also have net operating loss carryforwards in most states totaling $1.1 billion$969 million that will expire over the next 20 years. In addition, we have tax credit carryforwards of $66$65 million, of which $51$52 million can be carried forward indefinitely and the remainder expire over the next 1110 years.

As of December 31, 2021,2023, we assert that we are permanently reinvested in our pre-1987 and post-2017 undistributed earnings of $264$365 million as well as all other outside basis differences. While a determination of the full liability that would be incurred if these earnings were repatriated is not practicable, we have estimated the withholding taxes would be approximately $2$3 million.







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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Uncertain Tax Positions
A reconciliation of the amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
202120202019
2023202320222021
Balance at beginning of yearBalance at beginning of year$50,064 $60,302 $71,458 
Increases from prior period positionsIncreases from prior period positions3,016 2,147 510 
Decreases from prior period positionsDecreases from prior period positions(4,247)(47)(9,711)
Increases from current period positionsIncreases from current period positions492 3,472 5,052 
Decreases relating to settlements with tax authoritiesDecreases relating to settlements with tax authorities(1,270)(12,508)(2,626)
Decreases relating to settlements with tax authorities
Decreases relating to settlements with tax authorities
Reductions from lapse of applicable statute of limitationsReductions from lapse of applicable statute of limitations(2,983)(3,302)(4,381)
Balance at end of yearBalance at end of year$45,072 $50,064 $60,302 
The amount of the unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2021, 20202023, 2022 and 20192021 that would affect the effective tax rate if recognized was $39$26 million, $44$29 million and $54$39 million, respectively.
On a regular basis, we conclude tax return examinations, statutes of limitations expire, and court decisions interpret tax law. We regularly assess tax uncertainties in light of these developments. As a result, it is reasonably possible that the amount of our unrecognized tax benefits will decrease in the next 12 months, and we expect this change could be up to 10%15% of our unrecognized tax benefits. We recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in our provision for income taxes. Amounts included in our provision for income taxes related to interest and penalties on uncertain tax positions for each of the years ended December 31, 2021, 20202023, 2022 and 20192021 were not significant. We had approximately $4 million and $3 million accrued for the payment of interest and penalties at both December 31, 20212023 and 2020.2022, respectively.

Other Tax Matters
TheWith regard to U.S. Federal income tax, the Internal Revenue Service examinationsexamination of our consolidated U.S. income tax returns for tax years prior to 20182020 are closed to audit; however, various post-2016 U.S.audit, except for review of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) Sec 965 transition tax. On a state and local taxlevel, returns for most jurisdictions are still subject to examination, with some states in appeals from 2011.closed through 2017. For our significant non-U.S. jurisdictions, Canada is closed to examination through 20162018 except for a specific issue arising in earlier years,under current exam, and France, isGermany and the U.K. are closed through 2019, Germany is closed through 2016, and the U.K. is closed through 2018.2021 respectively. We also have other less significant tax filings currently subject to examination.
We regularly assess the likelihood of tax adjustments in each of the tax jurisdictions in which we have operations and account for the related financial statement implications. We believe we have established tax reserves that are appropriate given the possibility of tax adjustments. However, determining the appropriate level of tax reserves requires judgment regarding the uncertain application of tax law and the possibility of tax adjustments. Future changes in tax reserve requirements could have a material impact, positive or negative impact on our results of operations, financial position and cash flows.

16.15. Commitments and Contingencies

InFrom time to time, in the ordinary course of business, we are routinely defendantsinvolved in or party to, a number of pending and threatened legal actions. These may involve litigation by or against us relatingpertaining to, among other things, contractual rights under vendor, insurance or other contracts; intellectual property or patent rights; equipment, service, payment or other disputes with clients; or disputes with employees. Some of these actions may be brought as a purported class action on behalf of a purported class of customers, employees, clients or others. In management's opinion, it is not reasonably possible that the potential liability, ifDue to uncertainties inherent in litigation, any that may result from these actions either individually or collectively, willcould have a materialan adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. However, as litigation is inherently unpredictable, there can be no assurancesflows; however, in this regard.

management's opinion, the final outcome of outstanding matters will not have a material adverse effect on our business.










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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
17.16. Leased Assets and Liabilities

We lease real estate and equipment under operating and finance lease agreements. Our leases have terms of up to 15 years, and may include an option to extend the lease for up to 5 years.renewal options. At lease commencement, a lease liability and corresponding right-of-use asset is recognized. Lease liabilities represent the present value of future lease payments over the expected lease term, including options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain those options will be exercised. Lease payments include all fixed payments and variable payments tied to an index, but exclude costs such as common area maintenance charges, property taxes, insurance and mileage. The present value of ourthe lease liability is determined using our incremental borrowing rate at lease commencement. Information regarding operating and financing leases areis as follows:
LeasesLeasesBalance Sheet LocationDecember 31, 2021December 31, 2020LeasesBalance Sheet LocationDecember 31, 2023December 31, 2022
AssetsAssets
Operating
Operating
OperatingOperatingOperating lease assets$208,428 $201,916 
FinanceFinanceProperty, plant and equipment, net46,770 23,973 
Total leased assetsTotal leased assets$255,198 $225,889 
LiabilitiesLiabilities
Liabilities
Liabilities
OperatingOperatingCurrent operating lease liabilities$40,299 $39,182 
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities192,092 180,292 
Operating
Operating
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities
FinanceFinanceAccounts payable and accrued liabilities10,694 4,714 
Other noncurrent liabilities39,535 18,862 
Other noncurrent liabilities
Total lease liabilitiesTotal lease liabilities$282,620 $243,050 
Years Ended December 31,
Lease Cost202120202019
Operating lease expense$62,269 $54,718 $48,503 
Finance lease expense
Amortization of leased assets9,191 3,792 3,372 
Interest on lease liabilities2,826 949 700 
Variable lease expense33,924 21,413 23,188 
Sublease income(1,761)(979)(1,948)
Total expense$106,449 $79,893 $73,815 

Years Ended December 31,
Lease Cost202320222021
Operating lease expense$87,876 $67,041 $62,269 
Finance lease expense
Amortization of leased assets13,043 12,321 9,191 
Interest on lease liabilities3,407 3,323 2,826 
Variable lease expense28,018 26,870 33,924 
Sublease income(466)(1,086)(1,761)
Total expense$131,878 $108,469 $106,449 
Operating lease expense includes immaterial amounts related to leases with terms of 12 months or less.
Future Lease PaymentsOperating LeasesFinance LeasesTotal
2022$53,380 $13,444 $66,824 
202346,776 11,226 58,002 
202441,731 9,889 51,620 
202534,202 8,280 42,482 
202629,406 6,751 36,157 
Thereafter80,900 9,357 90,257 
Total286,395 58,947 345,342 
Less: present value discount54,004 8,718 62,722 
Lease liability$232,391 $50,229 $282,620 

Future Lease PaymentsOperating LeasesFinance LeasesTotal
2024$88,000 $16,341 $104,341 
202582,817 14,634 97,451 
202672,006 12,516 84,522 
202762,721 10,376 73,097 
202853,899 7,008 60,907 
Thereafter71,379 2,005 73,384 
Total430,822 62,880 493,702 
Less: present value discount92,772 9,345 102,117 
Lease liability$338,050 $53,535 $391,585 
Future lease payments exclude $21$17 million of payments for leases signed but not yet commenced at December 31, 2021.2023.
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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Lease Term and Discount RateLease Term and Discount RateDecember 31, 2021December 31, 2020Lease Term and Discount RateDecember 31, 2023December 31, 2022
Weighted-average remaining lease termWeighted-average remaining lease term
Operating leasesOperating leases6.7 years7.2 years
Operating leases
Operating leases5.6 years6.4 years
Finance leasesFinance leases5.5 years5.6 yearsFinance leases4.4 years5.1 years
Weighted-average discount rateWeighted-average discount rate
Operating leasesOperating leases6.5%7.1%
Operating leases
Operating leases9.5%8.2%
Finance leasesFinance leases6%7.1%Finance leases7.7%6.2%

Years Ended December 31,
Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,
Cash Flow InformationCash Flow Information202120202019Cash Flow Information202320222021
Operating cash outflows - operating leasesOperating cash outflows - operating leases$59,748 $52,565 $44,252 
Operating cash outflows - finance leasesOperating cash outflows - finance leases$2,826 $949 $700 
Financing cash outflows - finance leasesFinancing cash outflows - finance leases$7,707 $4,223 $3,096 
Leased assets obtained in exchange for new lease obligationsLeased assets obtained in exchange for new lease obligations
Leased assets obtained in exchange for new lease obligations
Leased assets obtained in exchange for new lease obligations
Operating leases
Operating leases
Operating leasesOperating leases$48,662 $38,641 $87,160 
Finance leasesFinance leases$30,840 $17,741 $4,072 

18.17. Stockholders' Equity
Retirement of Treasury Stock
In December 2023, we retired 53 million shares of treasury stock and returned these shares to the status of unissued shares of common stock.
The following table summarizes the changes in shares of Common Stock outstanding and Treasury Stock:
Common Stock OutstandingTreasury Stock
Balance at December 31, 2018187,675,082 135,662,830 
Repurchases of common stock(18,595,315)18,595,315 
Issuance of treasury stock1,276,797 (1,276,797)
Conversions to common stock92,379 (92,379)
Balance at December 31, 2019170,448,943 152,888,969 
Issuance of treasury stock1,526,245 (1,526,245)
Common Stock OutstandingCommon Stock OutstandingTreasury Stock
Balance at December 31, 2020Balance at December 31, 2020171,975,188 151,362,724 
Issuance of treasury stockIssuance of treasury stock2,756,207 (2,756,207)
Issuance of treasury stock
Issuance of treasury stock
Balance at December 31, 2021Balance at December 31, 2021174,731,395 148,606,517 
Balance at December 31, 2021
Balance at December 31, 2021
Repurchases of common stock
Issuance of treasury stock
Balance at December 31, 2022
Balance at December 31, 2022
Balance at December 31, 2022
Retirement of treasury stock
Issuance of treasury stock
Balance at December 31, 2023
Balance at December 31, 2023
Balance at December 31, 2023

At December 31, 2021, 36,722,0322023, 31,471,987 shares were reserved for issuance under our stock plans and dividend reinvestment program.















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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
19.18. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive loss were as follows:
Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL (a)Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL (a)
Years Ended December 31,Years Ended December 31,
2023202320222021
Cash flow hedges
Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCL (a)
Revenue
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Cash flow hedges
Revenue
RevenueRevenue$289 $(161)$72 
Cost of salesCost of sales(117)11 104 
Interest expenseInterest expense(366)— — 
Total before taxTotal before tax(194)(150)176 
Tax (benefit) provision(49)(37)44 
Total before tax
Total before tax
Tax provision (benefit)
Net of taxNet of tax$(145)$(113)$132 
Available for sale securitiesAvailable for sale securities
Available for sale securities
Available for sale securities
Financing revenue
Financing revenue
Financing revenueFinancing revenue$(6)$10,124 $1,079 
Selling, general and administrative expenseSelling, general and administrative expense(7)231 — 
Total before taxTotal before tax(13)10,355 1,079 
Tax (benefit) provision(2)2,589 270 
Tax benefit
Net of taxNet of tax$(11)$7,766 $809 
Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans (b)Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans (b)
Transition asset$ $$
Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans (b)
Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans (b)
Prior service costs
Prior service costs
Prior service costsPrior service costs(337)(558)(504)
Actuarial lossesActuarial losses(51,673)(43,530)(34,509)
SettlementSettlement(551)(6,424)(2,778)
Total before taxTotal before tax(52,561)(50,508)(37,785)
Tax benefitTax benefit(12,755)(11,930)(9,497)
Net of taxNet of tax$(39,806)$(38,578)$(28,288)
(a)     Amounts in parentheses indicate reductions to income and increases to other comprehensive income.
(b)     Reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to other components of net pension and postretirement cost. These amounts are included in net periodic costs for defined benefit pension plans and postretirement medical benefit plans (see Note 14 for additional details).
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(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, were as follows:
Cash flow hedgesCash flow hedgesAvailable-for-sale securitiesPension and postretirement benefit plansForeign currency adjustmentsTotal
Balance at December 31, 2020
Cash flow hedgesAvailable-for-sale securitiesPension and postretirement benefit plansForeign currency adjustmentsTotal
Balance at December 31, 2018$191 $(3,061)$(846,461)$(99,630)$(948,961)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications278 6,719 (845)75,319 81,471 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss(132)(809)28,288 — 27,347 
Net other comprehensive income146 5,910 27,443 75,319 108,818 
Balance at December 31, 2019337 2,849 (819,018)(24,311)(840,143)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications(1,861)5,319 (70,623)37,252 (29,913)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss113 (7,766)38,578 — 30,925 
Net other comprehensive (loss) income(1,748)(2,447)(32,045)37,252 1,012 
Balance at December 31, 2020(1,411)402 (851,063)12,941 (839,131)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassificationsOther comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications5,069 (6,662)54,618 (34,168)18,857 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive lossAmounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss145 11 39,806  39,962 
Net other comprehensive income (loss)Net other comprehensive income (loss)5,214 (6,651)94,424 (34,168)58,819 
Balance at December 31, 2021Balance at December 31, 2021$3,803 $(6,249)$(756,639)$(21,227)$(780,312)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss
Net other comprehensive income (loss)
Balance at December 31, 2022
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss
Net other comprehensive (loss) income
Balance at December 31, 2023

20.19. Stock-Based Compensation Plans

We may grant restricted stock units, non-qualified stock options and performanceother stock unitsawards to eligible employees. All stock-based awards are approved by the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. We settle stock awards with treasury shares. At December 31, 2021,2023, there were 119,940,05615,950,013 shares available for future grants.

Restricted Stock Units
Restricted stock units (RSUs) typically vest ratably over a three-year service period and entitle the holder to shares of common stock as the units vest. We may also grant RSUs to certain employees where vesting is contingent upon the achievement of certain performance targets. RSUs granted in 2023 included 1,513,928 awards subject to a performance target. The following table summarizes information about RSUs:
20212020
SharesWeighted average fair valueSharesWeighted average fair value
Outstanding - beginning of the year6,560,372 $6.27 4,480,847 $9.51 
Granted2,100,126 8.36 4,123,544 3.92 
Vested(2,504,189)6.72 (1,486,371)9.65 
Forfeited(418,016)6.61 (557,648)5.06 
Outstanding - end of the year5,738,293 $6.95 6,560,372 $6.27 

20232022
SharesWeighted average fair valueSharesWeighted average fair value
Outstanding - beginning of the year7,197,755 $6.09 5,738,293 $6.95 
Granted2,068,825 4.19 5,280,429 4.82 
Vested(2,819,824)5.53 (2,221,027)6.10 
Forfeited(921,563)5.63 (1,599,940)4.69 
Outstanding - end of the year5,525,193 $5.74 7,197,755 $6.09 
The fair value of RSUs is determined based on the stock price on the grant date less the present value of expected dividends. At December 31, 2021,2023, there was $9$4 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to RSUs that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.61.2 years. The intrinsic value of RSUs outstanding at December 31, 20212023 was $38$24 million. The fair value of RSUs vested during 2023, 2022 and 2021 2020 and 2019 was $22$12 million, $6$11 million and $8$22 million, respectively. During 2019,2021, we granted 3,113,8862,100,126 RSUs at a weighted average fair value of $6.56.$8.36.

In 20212023 and 2020, we2022, RSUs granted 121,455include 222,833 and 282,131 RSUs,158,416, respectively, to non-employee directors. These RSUs vest one year from the grant date.


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Performance Stock Units
Performance stock units (PSUs) are stock awards where the number of shares ultimately received by the employeeawarded is conditionalbased upon the attainment of certain performance targets and total shareholder return relative to peer companies. PSUs vest at the end of a three-year service periodperiod. Awards outstanding at December 31, 2023 represent awards that have been deferred and the actual number of shares awarded may range from 0% to 200% of the target award. The final determination of the number of shares towill be issued is made by the Board of Directors, who may reduce, but not increase, the number of shares to be awarded (negative discretion). PSUs are accounted for as variable awards until the end of the service period when the grant date is established.at a later date.

The following table summarizes share information about PSUs:
20212020
SharesWeighted average fair valueSharesWeighted average fair value
Outstanding - beginning of the year1,730,002 $9.31 2,778,362 $10.09 
Vested(287,109)9.33 (303,460)4.00 
Forfeited(433,802)9.33 (744,900)11.57 
Outstanding - end of the year1,009,091 $6.60 1,730,002 $9.31 

Share-based compensation expense for PSUs is recognized ratably over the service period based on the number shares expected to be awarded and the fair value of an award. The fair value of PSUs is determined using a Monte Carlo simulation model. Due to the variability of these awards, significant fluctuations in share-based compensation expense for PSUs recognized from one period to the next are possible. During 2019, we granted 1,368,182 PSUs at an initial award date fair value of $6.60.
20232022
SharesWeighted average fair valueSharesWeighted average fair value
Outstanding - beginning of the year811,620 $9.57 1,009,091 $6.60 
Vested  (197,471)6.73 
Outstanding - end of the year811,620 $9.57 811,620 $9.57 

Stock Options
Stock options are granted at an exercise price equal to or greater than the stockmarket price of our common stock on the grant date. Options vest ratably over three years and expire ten years from the grant date. AtWe did not grant any options in 2023 or 2022; accordingly, at December 31, 2021, there was $2 million of2023, unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.4 years.was not significant. The intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2021 was $7 million and the intrinsic value of options exercisable2023 was not significant.

The following table summarizes information about stock option activity:
202320232022
SharesSharesPer share weighted average exercise pricesSharesPer share weighted average exercise prices
Options outstanding - beginning of the year
20212020
Canceled
SharesPer share weighted average exercise pricesSharesPer share weighted average exercise prices
Options outstanding - beginning of the year12,814,365 $11.81 12,822,684 $14.08 
Granted737,842 8.48 2,801,982 3.98 
Exercised(777,429)6.11 (33,501)6.82 
Canceled
CanceledCanceled(604,101)11.71 (1,653,126)10.09 
ExpiredExpired(1,050,608)25.85 (1,123,674)22.09 
Options outstanding - end of the yearOptions outstanding - end of the year11,120,069 $10.65 12,814,365 $11.81 
Options exercisable - end of the yearOptions exercisable - end of the year8,853,859 $11.94 7,027,974 $16.76 

ThereDuring 2021, 777,429 stock options were noexercised at a weighted average fair value of $6.11.

The following table provides additional information about stock option exercises in 2019.options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2023:
Options OutstandingOptions Exercisable
Range of per share exercise pricesSharesPer share weighted-average exercise priceWeighted-average remaining contractual lifeSharesPer share weighted-average exercise priceWeighted-average remaining contractual life
$3.98 - $6.604,250,995 $5.05 5.5 years4,250,995 $5.05 5.5 years
$8.55 - $8.76744,908 $8.63 6.7 years650,531 $8.63 6.7 years
$12.64 - $21.544,155,742 $14.21 3.0 years4,155,742 $14.21 3.0 years
9,151,645 $9.50 4.5 years9,057,268 $9.52 4.5 years



The following table lists the weighted average assumptions used to calculate the fair value of stock options granted in 2021:







Expected dividend yield2.4 %
Expected stock price volatility70.0 %
Risk-free interest rate1.1 %
Expected life7 years
Weighted-average fair value per option granted$4.53
Fair value of options granted$3,342
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The following table provides additional information about stock options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2021:
Options OutstandingOptions Exercisable
Range of per share exercise pricesSharesPer share weighted-average exercise priceWeighted-average remaining contractual lifeSharesPer share weighted-average exercise priceWeighted-average remaining contractual life
$3.98 - $8.765,460,787 $5.65 7.7 years3,194,577 $5.69 7.2 years
$12.64 - $16.884,857,128 $14.40 4.5 years4,857,128 $14.40 4.5 years
$17.20 - $23.94802,154 $21.93 1.2 years802,154 $21.93 1.2 years
11,120,069 $10.64 5.8 years8,853,859 $11.94 5.2 years

The fair value of stock options is determined using a Black-Scholes valuation model and requires assumptions be made regarding the expected stock price volatility, risk-free interest rate, life of the award and dividend yield. The expected stock price volatility is based on historical price changes of our stock. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasuries with a term equal to the expected life of the award. The expected life of the award and expected dividend yield are based on historical experience.

The following table lists the weighted average of assumptions used to calculate the fair value of stock options granted:
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Expected dividend yield2.4 %5.0 %3.0 %
Expected stock price volatility70.0 %43.0 %41.5 %
Risk-free interest rate1.1 %1.5 %2.5 %
Expected life7 years7 years5 years
Weighted-average fair value per option granted$4.53$1.01$1.98
Fair value of options granted$3,342$2,830$1,722

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
We maintain a non-compensatory ESPP that enables substantially all U.S. and Canadian employees to purchase shares of our common stock at an offering price of 95% of the average market price on the offering date. At no time will the exercise price be less than the lowest price permitted under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. Employees purchased 182,899371,982 shares and 291,540381,229 shares in 20212023 and 2020,2022, respectively. We have reserved 1,818,7271,065,516 common shares for future purchase under the ESPP.
21. Subsequent Event

In February 2022, we closed on the sale and leaseback of our Shelton, Connecticut office building and received net proceeds, after fees and expenses, of $51 million and will recognize a pre-tax gain of $14 million. Total base lease payments under the leaseback agreement will be approximately $41 million over the ten year lease term.



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Tabular amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
22. Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)
Effective October 1, 2021, we elected to adopt the FIFO inventory valuation methodology where we had previously valued inventory on the LIFO basis. Accordingly, amounts previously reported for all quarters of 2020 and the first, second and third quarters of 2021 have been recast from what was previously reported in our quarterly filings on Form 10-Q and annual filing on Form 10-K.
First
Quarter
Second QuarterThird QuarterFourth QuarterTotal
2021
Revenue$915,197 $899,203 $875,449 $983,712 $3,673,561 
Cost of revenue627,635 610,307 601,582 712,039 2,551,563 
Operating expenses329,209 263,105 266,897 270,202 1,129,413 
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes(41,647)25,791 6,970 1,471 (7,415)
(Benefit) provision for income taxes(13,992)4,915 (1,525)(320)(10,922)
(Loss) income from continuing operations(27,655)20,876 8,495 1,791 3,507 
Income (loss) from discontinued operations(3,886)(1,020)572 (524)(4,858)
Net (loss) income$(31,541)$19,856 $9,067 $1,267 $(1,351)
Basic (loss) earnings per share (1)
Continuing operations$(0.16)$0.12 $0.05 $0.01 $0.02 
Discontinued operations(0.02)(0.01)— — (0.03)
Net (loss) income$(0.18)$0.11 $0.05 $0.01 $(0.01)
Diluted (loss) earnings per share (1)
 
Continuing operations$(0.16)$0.12 $0.05 $0.01 $0.02 
Discontinued operations(0.02)(0.01)— — (0.03)
Net (loss) income$(0.18)$0.11 $0.05 $0.01 $(0.01)

First
Quarter
Second QuarterThird QuarterFourth QuarterTotal
2020
Revenue$796,268 $837,492 $891,898 $1,028,417 $3,554,075 
Cost of revenues502,891 565,532 608,242 727,995 2,404,660 
Operating expenses521,954 255,477 272,380 282,973 1,332,784 
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes(228,577)16,483 11,276 17,449 (183,369)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes(10,026)16,957 541 (350)7,122 
(Loss) income from continuing operations(218,551)(474)10,735 17,799 (190,491)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations10,064 (3,032)616 2,467 10,115 
Net (loss) income$(208,487)$(3,506)$11,351 $20,266 $(180,376)
Basic (loss) earnings per share (1):
Continuing operations$(1.28)$— $0.06 $0.10 $(1.11)
Discontinued operations0.06 (0.02)— 0.01 0.06 
Net (loss) income$(1.22)$(0.02)$0.07 $0.12 $(1.05)
Diluted (loss) earnings per share (1):
Continuing operations$(1.28)$— $0.06 $0.10 $(1.11)
Discontinued operations0.06 (0.02)— 0.01 0.06 
Net (loss) income$(1.22)$(0.02)$0.06 $0.11 $(1.05)

(1) The sum of earnings per share amounts may not equal the totals due to rounding.


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SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES
(Dollars in thousands)
DescriptionDescriptionBalance at beginning of yearAdditions charged to expenseDeductionsBalance at end of yearDescriptionBalance at beginning of yearAdditions charged to expenseDeductionsBalance at end of year
Valuation allowance for deferred tax asset
2021$116,543 $7,490 $(2,255)$121,778 
2020$110,781 $23,150 $(17,388)$116,543 
2019$142,496 $5,324 $(37,039)$110,781 
Valuation allowance for deferred tax asset
Valuation allowance for deferred tax asset
2023
2022
2021


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