Investor Presentaiton
Clear financial policies
Capital allocation policy
1. Organic innovation investment
2. Dividends
3. Selective acquisitions & minority investments
4. Share repurchases
Leverage policy target in the range of 2.0-2.5x
•
Commensurate with BBB+/Baa1 credit ratings
US$m
1,600
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
FY21 Capital Framework
Funds from
Operations
Reduction in net
debt and other
Acquisitions and
minority investments
Dividends
Organic capital
investment
•
Space out debt maturities to mitigate refinancing risk
Cash
generated
Uses of
cash
•
Maintain substantial undrawn committed bank facilities to maintain liquidity
US$m
US$6.0 billion committed funding at 31 December 2021
- Cash and Cash equivalents US$193m¹
3000
1,950
Undrawn committed facilities of US$2,200m1
2500
2000
FX and interest rate risk mitigation
Covenanted
Benchmark EBIT
interest cover² > 3x
1500
Interest rate swaps used to adjust the balance between fixed and floating
rate liabilities
1000
100
Borrowings broadly match currencies of earnings; FX contracts used to
manage residual currency risk exposure
500
150
530 515 560
750
500
400
0
540
FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY27 FY28 FY29 FY30 FY31 FY32 FY33
Undrawn facilities
Bonds
Drawn bank loans
1. As at 31 December 2021.
2. September 2021 actual Benchmark EBIT interest cover was 14x.
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Experian Public
Source: Experian's FY21 Annual Report (see www.experianplc.com/investors/reports/), FY21 results announcement (see
www.experianplc.com/investors/results-and-presentations) and RNS announcements (see www.experianplc.com/investors/regulatory-news/).
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