Capital Allocation and Digital Strategy Update
Adjusted Earnings Per Share GAAP Reconciliation
We define "earnings per share - adjusted" as the sum of earnings per share - GAAP, as reported plus the impact of the following special items: merger related intangible asset amortization,
impact on depreciation related to acquired fleet and property and equipment, impact of the fair value mark-up of acquired fleet, restructuring charge, asset impairment charge and loss on
repurchase/redemption of debt securities. See below for further detail on each special item. Management believes that earnings per share - adjusted provides useful information concerning future
profitability. However, earnings per share - adjusted is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP. Accordingly, earnings per share - adjusted should not be considered an alternative to
GAAP earnings per share. The table below provides a reconciliation between earnings per share - GAAP, as reported, and earnings per share - adjusted.
United Rentals®
Three Months Ended
December 31,
2023
$10.01
2022
$ 9.15
2023
$35.28
Year Ended
December 31,
2022
$29.65
Earnings per share - GAAP, as reported
After-tax (1) impact of:
Merger related intangible asset amortization (2)
0.52
0.39
2.33
1.79
Impact on depreciation related to acquired fleet and property and
equipment (3)
0.44
0.08
1.65
0.56
Impact of the fair value mark-up of acquired fleet (4)
0.25
0.12
1.17
0.29
Restructuring charge (5)
0.04
0.31
Asset impairment charge (6)
0.03
Loss on repurchase/redemption of debt securities (7)
Earnings per share - adjusted
Tax rate applied to above adjustments (1)
0.18
$11.26
$ 9.74
$40.74
$32.50
25.2 %
25.3 %
25.3 %
25.3 %
1) The tax rates applied to the adjustments reflect the statutory rates in the applicable entities.
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Reflects the amortization of the intangible assets acquired in the major acquisitions completed since 2012 that significantly impact our operations (the "major
acquisitions," each of which had annual revenues of over $200 million prior to acquisition). The increase in 2023 primarily reflects the impact of the Ahern Rentals
acquisition.
Reflects the impact of extending the useful lives of equipment acquired in certain major acquisitions, net of the impact of additional depreciation associated with the fair
value mark-up of such equipment. The increase in 2023 primarily reflects the impact of the Ahern Rentals acquisition.
Reflects additional costs recorded in cost of rental equipment sales associated with the fair value mark-up of rental equipment acquired in certain major acquisitions and
subsequently sold. The increase in 2023 primarily reflects the impact of the Ahern Rentals acquisition.
Primarily reflects severance and branch closure charges associated with our restructuring programs. We only include such costs that are part of a restructuring program
as restructuring charges. The designated restructuring programs generally involve the closure of a large number of branches over a short period of time, often in periods
following a major acquisition, and result in significant costs that we would not normally incur absent a major acquisition or other triggering event that results in the initiation
of a restructuring program. Since the first such restructuring program was initiated in 2008, we have completed seven restructuring programs. In the first quarter of 2023,
we initiated a restructuring program following the closing of the Ahern Rentals acquisition, and this program was completed in the fourth quarter of 2023. There are no
open restructuring programs as of December 31, 2023. The increase in 2023 reflects charges associated with the restructuring program initiated following the closing of
the Ahern Rentals acquisition. We have cumulatively incurred total restructuring charges of $380 million under our restructuring programs.
Reflects write-offs of leasehold improvements and other fixed assets.
7) Primarily reflects the difference between the net carrying amount and the total purchase price of the redeemed notes.
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