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Free Cash Flow and Capital Allocation
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Capital Allocation Priorities
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Investing organically for profitable growth
Maintaining a strong balance sheet
Returning capital to shareholders
Balance Sheet Statistics
Consolidated Net
Leverage
Consolidated Net Debt
($B)
2.9x
$90.3
4Q20
2.4x
$82.8
4Q21
Consolidated Capital*
Consolidated capital: +11.0% to $3.9B in 4Q21; +3.6% to $12.1B in FY 2021
Return of Capital
2021: Total Return of Capital of $8.5B
$4.0B in share repurchases; resumed share repurchases late in 2Q21
$4.5B in dividends
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2022: Raised dividend by $0.08 to $1.08 per share on an annualized basis, +8% y/y
14th consecutive annual increase
Dividends per share (split-adjusted):
$0.125 $0.135
08
09
$0.23
$0.189
10
11
$0.33
12
$0.39
13
$0.45
14
$0.50
15
$0.55
16
$0.63
17
$0.76
*Capital reflects Capital expenditures plus Cash paid for capitalized software and other intangible assets as presented in our Trending Schedules.
**2021 Free Cash Flow of $17.1 billion includes a $1.3 billion benefit related to the tax impact of a bond exchange completed in August of 2021 and roughly $1 billion from returns on investing activities.
See Notes on Slide 12
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$0.84
19
$0.92
Record Free Cash Flow Generation: $17.1 Billion in FY 2021; $14.8 Billion Excluding Certain Items
$1.00
20 21
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$1.08
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