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Free Cash Flow Reconciliation
In Millions
Net cash provided by operating
activities
Less: Purchases of property and
equipment, net
Less: Principal payments
on finance leases
Free cash flow
Q1'20
$ 11,001 $ 3,878
3,558
100
Q2'20(¹)
$ 7,343
3,255
109
$ 514
Q3'20
3,689
189
Q4'20
$ 9,828 $ 14,040 $ 12,242 $ 13,246
$ 5,950
4,613
Q1'21
205
4,272
151
Q2'21
$ 9,222 $ 7,819
4,612
123
Q3'21
$ 14,091
4,313
231
$ 8,511 $ 9,547
Q4'21
$ 18,104
5,370
172
Q1'22
Meta
$ 14,076
5,315
233
$ 12,562 $ 8,528
Free cash flow (FCF) is a non-GAAP financial measure that has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of other GAAP financial measures, such as net cash provided by operating activities. FCF
is not intended to represent our residual cash flow available for discretionary expenses. Some of the limitations of FCF are: (i) FCF does not reflect our future contractual commitments, and (ii) other companies in our industry present similarly titled
measures differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.
(1) Reflects the $5.0 billion FTC settlement that was paid in the second quarter of 2020.
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