2. “Safe Harbor”
Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:
Forward-Looking Statements: The following slides contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including our expectations with respect to our 2009 outlook, our future growth
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prospects, including our continued ability to grow our operating cash flow and free cash flow, improve our operating cash flow
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margins, expand our advanced services RGUs and increase our ARPU per customer, and our liquidity, including our ability to
repay near-term debt amortizations, the performance of our currency hedges and our borrowing availability; our expectations
with respect to the timing and impact of our roll-out of digital and broadband products and services; our insight and
expectations regarding competitive and economic factors and regulatory initiatives in our markets; the impact of our M&A
activity on our operations and financial performance; our expectations concerning future repurchases of our stock; and other
information and statements that are not historical fact These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and
fact. forward looking
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements. These
risks and uncertainties include the continued use by subscribers and potential subscribers of the Company's services and
willingness to upgrade to our more advanced offerings, our ability to meet challenges from competition and economic factors,
the continued growth in services for digital television at a reasonable cost, the effects of changes in technology and
regulation, our ability to achieve expected operational efficiencies and economies of scale, our ability to generate expected
revenue and operating cash flow control capital expenditures as measured by percentage of revenue and achieve assumed
flow,
margins, our ability to access cash of our subsidiaries and the impact of our future financial performance, or market conditions
generally, on the availability, terms and deployment of capital, as well as other factors detailed from time to time in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) including our most recently filed Form 10-K. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this presentation. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or
undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change
in the Company's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events conditions or circumstances on which any such
events,
statement is based.
Additional Information Relating to Defined Terms:
Please refer to the Appendix at the end of this presentation, as well as the Company’s Press Release dated February 23, 2009
and SEC filings, for definitions of the following terms which may be used herein including: Rebased Growth, Operating Cash
Flow (“OCF”), Free Cash Flow (“FCF”), FCF Conversion, Revenue Generating Units (“RGUs”), Average Revenue per Unit
(“ARPU”), and OCF Margin, as well as GAAP reconciliations, where applicable.
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4. 2008 Highlights
Strong Organic Growth
(1)
Opportunistic M&A Activity
1.0 mm organic RGU net adds Strategic consolidation in core markets
14% rebased OCF growth
1.4 mm RGUs acquired
330 bps increase in OCF margin
Tactical disposals completed or underway
82% Free Cash Flow growth
Stable Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Organic
Growth
Appropriately leveraged
Hedged with long-term maturities
(2)
~$2 bn of liquidity available Capital
M&A
Structure
Over $2 bn in stock buybacks in 2008
(1) Please see Appendix for the definition and reconciliation of OCF and FCF, as well as information on organic additions.
(2) Consists of our consolidated cash balance plus our aggregate unused borrowing capacity.
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5. Steady Subscriber Growth
(1)
Total Net Adds (RGUs) Video Net Loss
2008 = 1,048k 2008 = (235k)
302 284
Average
262k
249
214
(53) (54) Average
(71)
(57)
(59k)
Q1 '08 Q2 '08 Q3 '08 Q4 '08
Q1 '08 Q2 '08 Q3 '08 Q4 '08
Voice Net Adds Data Net Adds
2008 = 655k 2008 = 629k
182
177 170
0 168
166
Average
Average
157k
164k
154
142
125
Q1 '08 Q2 '08 Q3 '08 Q4 '08 Q1 '08 Q2 '08 Q3 '08 Q4 '08
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(1) Net adds refer to subscriber additions on an organic basis. Figures are shown in thousands.
6. Digital is Moving the Needle
DTV Highlights Digital Cable Subscribers
36%
(1)
RGUs (in millions) Penetration
5.1 mm subs
Record Q4 & FY ’08 5.1
25%
36% digital penetration 4.4
19%
4.0
DVRs driving growth
gg 3.7
3.4
34
12% 3.1
Over 50% of base 2.8
2.6
takes DVR and/or HD
2.2
1.8
Meaningful digital 1.6
ARPU uplift 1.3
2006 2007 2008
(1) Digital Penetration is calculated by dividing digital cable RGUs by the total of digital and analog cable RGUs.
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7. Advanced Services Drive Growth
Driving Key Operational
Advanced Services(1)
Performance(2)
(Net Adds in 000s)
839
Average
6.4 mm bundled customers
678 700k
652 630
(up 18% YoY)
3 play customers up 27% YoY
ARPU per customer up 15%
Q1 '08 Q2 '08 Q3 '08 Q4 '08
to $45.27
Regional ARPU’s strong:
Record year of 2.8 mm adds
UPC up 9%
Q4 up 28% vs. prior 3 qtr average VTR up 8%
TNET up 7%
Record performances at UPC & TNET
(1) Advanced Services include organic net additions in digital cable, DTH, broadband internet and telephony services.
(2) Please refer to Appendix for ARPU per customer definition. For the consolidated ARPU per customer ($) and UPC’s ARPU per customer (Euros), no adjustment is made for FX.
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Regional ARPUs refers to ARPU per customer.
8. European Update
Product Roadmap on Track
Economic Impact Limited
Largely limited effects in 2008 Record digital adds in Q4 ‘08
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Modest impact to date on sales, DVR launched in all markets, VoD &
churn & ARPU HD ramping
Watching CEE markets closely 3 0 broadband rollouts accelerating
3.0 b db d ll t l ti
Regulatory Update Countries of Focus
Full-year rebased OCF growth of
EC decision re: OPTA in Netherlands
15% in NL & CH up 17%
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Access obligations technically effective
Romania poised for turnaround
in mid-March
HU & AT continue to be WIP
But limited to no impact in 2009
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9. 2009 Operating Outlook
Marketing the right products in diverse markets
Economy
Targeting 5 – 7% rebased OCF growth
OCF
Expect continued OCF margin expansion
Efficiency
Expect at least 25% free cash flow growth
FCF
Capital Maintaining liquidity for buybacks & acquisitions
Allocation
Another Solid Growth Year in 2009
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11. Three-Year Growth Trends
Revenue OCF(1)
($mm)
($ ) ($mm)
($ )
$10,561
$4,533
$4 533
$9,003
$3,568
$6,484 $2,336
$2 336
2006 2007 2008
2006 2007 2008
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(1) Please see Appendix for a definition and reconciliation of OCF.
12. Revenue Breakdown
($mm)
Q4 Rebased Full Year Rebased
(1)
() (1)
()
2008 Growth 2008 Growth
Western Europe $ 712 2% $ 3,092 3%
C & E Europe 297 3% 1,356 4%
Other(2) 2 -- 11 --
UPC Broadband 1,011 3% 4,458 3%
Telenet (Belgium) 372 4% 1,509
1 509 6%
J:COM (Japan) 798 6% 2,854 6%
VTR (Chile) 153 12% 714 12%
Corporate & Other
p 237 -- 1,026
, --
Total LGI $ 2,571 6% $ 10,561 6%
(1) Please see Appendix for information on rebased growth.
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(2) Represents central and corporate operations of UPC Broadband.
13. OCF Breakdown (1)
($mm)
Q4 Rebased Full Year Rebased
(2) (2)
2008 Growth 2008 Growth
Western Europe $ 394 17% $ 1,639 14%
C & E Europe 153 6% 702 7%
(3)
Other
Oh (57) -- (235) --
UPC Broadband 489 16% 2,106 14%
Telenet (Belgium)
(g ) 175 12% 727 11%
J:COM (Japan) 342 10% 1,191 11%
VTR (Chile) 66 18% 296 18%
Corporate & Other 38 -- 214 --
Total LGI $ 1,110 14% $ 4,533 14%
(1) Please see Appendix for a definition and reconciliation of OCF.
(2) Please see Appendix for information on rebased growth.
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(3) Represents central and corporate operations of UPC Broadband.
14. 2008 Financial Results by Market
(1)
2008 Rebased Revenue Growth
18%
12%
12%
8%
6% 6% 6%
Total LGI 6%
5% 1%
4% 4% 0%
3%
PL AU CL IE JP BE SK CH CZ NL SI PR HU AT RO
(5%) (9%)
(1)
2008 Rebased OCF Growth
29% 28%
21%
18%
17% 15%
Total LGI 14%
12% 12% 4%
11% 11% 11% 2%
8%
IE PL AU CL CH NL PR CZ BE SK JP SI HU AT RO
(25%)
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(1) Please see Appendix for information on rebased growth.
15. OCF Margin Analysis
OCF Margin(1) Regional OCF Margins
2007 2008 Growth
UPC 42.5% 47.2% 470
42.9%
Telenet 46.2% 48.2% 200
39.6%
J:COM 40.5% 41.7% 120
36.0%
VTR
330
39.3%
39 3% 41.4%
41 4% 210
bps
LGI 39.6% 42.9% 330
2006 2007 2008
Expect Continued OCF Margin Expansion in 2009
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(1) Please see Appendix for the definition of OCF margin.
16. 2008 CapEx Breakdown
(1)
CapEx Components Key Takeaways
FY ‘08 CapEx of 22% of revenue,
down slightly to FY ‘07
Scalable
Infrastructure
16%
> 55% related to CPE & SI
CPE
41%
Support
> 80% CPE, SI and Network
18%
> 90% of cable network 2-way
Network
25%
Q4 CapEx impacted by brought
forward spend
Expect
E pect 2009 CapE / Re en e Ratio to Decline
CapEx Revenue
(1) CapEx is categorized and defined as follows for this slide: (i) customer premise equipment (“CPE”); (ii) scalable infrastructure (“SI”); (iii) network which
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17. Free Cash Flow
(1)
FCF FCF Conversion
$763
17%
12%
$419
82% 500
bps
2007 2008 2007 2008
Strong Improvement in Free Cash Flow & FCF Conversion
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(1) Please see appendix for definitions of FCF and FCF Conversion and the reconciliation of FCF.
18. Balance Sheet Snapshot
(2)
Gross Leverage
LGI balance sheet at Dec 31, 2008:
4.8x 4.6x
Total debt & capital leases of $20.5 bn
Total cash & cash equivalents(1)
(including restricted cash) of $1.8 bn
$1 8
2007 2008
Overall net debt of $18.7 bn
(2)
Net L
N t Leverage
~90% of debt amortizes 2012 &
thereafter(3) 4.2x
4.1x
Gross leverage ratio comfortably in
4x – 5x target range
2007 2008
(1) Cash includes restricted cash related to our debt instruments of approximately $476 million at December 31, 2008.
(2) Gross and Net Leverage equals total and net debt, respectively, divided by annualized OCF for the three months ended as of the date indicated.
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(3) Includes principal amount of capital leases.
19. Liquidity Overview
Liquidity ~$2bn Shares Outstanding
(In US$ Millions) (In Millions)
354
$817
$871
$
276
$557
(2)
(1)
12/31/2007 2/16/2009
Cash at LGI Cash at Subsidiaries Undrawn Lines
Maintaining Ample Liquidity in Current Environment
(1) Includes cash at LGI parent and its non-operating subsidiaries. Restricted cash is excluded.
(2) The $871 million represents our aggregate unused borrowing capacity, as of December 31, 2008, without regard to covenant compliance calculations and excludes approximately
$214 million related to unused borrowing capacity associated with the VTR Bank Facility. Pursuant to the deposit arrangements with the lender in relation to the VTR Bank Facility,
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we are required to fund a cash collateral account in an amount equal to the outstanding principal and interest under the VTR Bank Facility.
20. Conclusions
Well positioned
Well-positioned to weather economic downturn
Advanced digital services driving RGU growth
Strong balance sheet & ample liquidity
Expect 2009 to be a solid growth year on OCF & FCF
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22. Appendix
Definitions and Additional Information
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Revenue Generating Unit (“RGU”) is separately an Analog Cable Subscriber, Digital Cable Subscriber, DTH Subscriber, MMDS Subscriber, Internet
Subscriber or Telephony Subscriber. A home, residential multiple dwelling unit, or commercial unit may contain one or more RGUs. For example, if a
residential customer in our Austrian system subscribed to our digital cable service, telephony service and broadband internet service, the customer would
constitute three RGUs. Total RGUs is the sum of Analog Cable, Digital Cable, DTH, MMDS, Internet and Telephony Subscribers. RGUs generally are counted
on a unique premise basis such that a given premise does not count as more than one RGU for any given service On the other hand if an individual
service. hand,
receives our service in two premises (e.g., a primary home and a vacation home), that individual will count as two RGUs. Non-paying subscribers are
counted as subscribers during their free promotional service period. Some of these subscribers choose to disconnect after their free service period. Services
offered without charge on a permanent basis (e.g. VIP subscribers, free service to employees) are not counted as RGUs.
Average Revenue Per Unit (“ARPU”) refers to the average monthly subscription revenue per average RGU. ARPU per customer relationship refers to the
average monthly subscription revenue per average customer relationship. In both cases, the amounts are calculated by dividing the average monthly
subscription revenue (excluding installation, late fees and mobile telephony revenue) for the indicated period, by the average of the opening and closing
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balances for RGUs or customer relationships, as the case may be, for the period. Customer relationships of entities acquired during the period are
normalized. ARPU per customer relationship for UPC Broadband and Liberty Global Consolidated are not adjusted for currency impacts.
OCF margin is calculated by dividing OCF by total revenue for the applicable period.
Free Cash Flow Conversion is defined as FCF divided by OCF. Please see following pages for further information on OCF and FCF.
Organic Addition figures exclude RGUs of acquired entities at the date of acquisition but include the impact of changes in RGUs from the date of
acquisition. Organic figures represent additions on a net basis.
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23. Appendix
Definitions and Additional Information
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Information on Rebased Growth: For purposes of calculating rebased growth rates on a comparable basis for all businesses that we owned during
2008, we have adjusted our historical revenue and OCF for the three months and year ended December 31, 2007 to (i) include the pre-acquisition revenue
and OCF of certain entities acquired during 2007 and 2008 in our rebased amounts for the three months and year ended December 31, 2007 to the same
extent that the revenue and OCF of such entities are included in our results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2008, (ii) exclude the pre-
disposition revenue and OCF of certain entities that were disposed of during 2007 and 2008 from our rebased amounts for the three months and year
ended December 31, 2007 to the same extent that such entities were excluded from our results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2008,
and (iii) reflect the translation of our rebased amounts for the three months and year ended December 31, 2007 at the applicable average exchange rates
that were used to translate our results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2008. The acquired entities that have been included in whole or
in part in the determination of our rebased revenue and OCF for the three months ended December 31, 2007 include Interkabel, six small acquisitions in
Europe and four small acquisitions in Japan. The acquired entities that have been included in whole or in part in the determination of our rebased revenue
and OCF for the year ended December 31, 2007 include Interkabel, JTV Thematics, Telesystems Tirol, fourteen small acquisitions in Europe and five small
acquisitions in Japan Additionally the disposed entities that were excluded in whole or in part from the determination of our rebased revenue and OCF for
Japan. Additionally,
the three months and year ended December 31, 2007 include our broadband communications operations in Brazil and Peru and our Liveshop operations in
the Netherlands. In terms of acquired entities, we have reflected the revenue and OCF of these acquired entities in our 2007 rebased amounts based on
what we believe to be the most reliable information that is currently available to us (generally pre-acquisition financial statements), as adjusted for the
estimated effects of (i) any significant differences between generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (“GAAP”) and local generally accepted
accounting principles, (ii) any significant effects of post-acquisition purchase accounting adjustments, (iii) any significant differences between our
accounting policies and those of the acquired entities and (iv) other items we deem appropriate. As we did not own or operate the acquired businesses
during the pre-acquisition periods, no assurance can be given that we have identified all adjustments necessary to present the revenue and OCF of these
pre acquisition
entities on a basis that is comparable to the corresponding post-acquisition amounts that are included in our historical 2008 results or that the pre-
acquisition financial statements we have relied upon do not contain undetected errors. The adjustments reflected in our 2007 rebased amounts have not
been prepared with a view towards complying with Article 11 of the SEC's Regulation S-X. In addition, the rebased growth percentages are not necessarily
indicative of the revenue and OCF that would have occurred if these transactions had occurred on the dates assumed for purposes of calculating our
rebased 2007 amounts or the revenue and OCF that will occur in the future. The rebased growth percentages have been presented as a basis for assessing
2008 growth rates on a comparable basis, and are not presented as a measure of our pro forma financial performance for 2007. Therefore, we believe our
rebased data is not a non-GAAP measure as contemplated by Regulation G or Item 10 of Regulation S-K.
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24. Appendix
Operating Cash Flow Definition and Reconciliation
Operating cash flow is not a GAAP measure. Operating cash flow is the primary measure used by our chief operating decision maker to evaluate segment operating
performance and to decide how to allocate resources to segments. As we use the term, operating cash flow is defined as revenue less operating and SG&A
expenses (excluding stock-based compensation, depreciation and amortization, provisions for litigation, and impairment, restructuring and other operating charges
or credits). We believe operating cash flow is meaningful because it provides investors a means to evaluate the operating performance of our segments and our
company on an ongoing basis using criteria that is used by our internal decision makers. Our internal decision makers believe operating cash flow is a meaningful
measure and is superior to other available GAAP measures because it represents a transparent view of our recurring operating performance and allows
management to (i) readily view operating trends, (ii) perform analytical comparisons and benchmarking between segments and (iii) identify strategies to improve
operating performance in the different countries in which we operate. For example, our internal decision makers believe that the inclusion of impairment and
restructuring charges within operating cash flow would distort the ability to efficiently assess and view the core operating trends in our segments. In addition, our
internal decision makers believe our measure of operating cash flow is important because analysts and investors use it to compare our performance to other
companies in our industry. However, our definition of operating cash flow may differ from cash flow measurements provided by other public companies. A
reconciliation of total segment operating cash fl
ili i f l i h flow to our earnings (l ) b f
i (loss) before i
income taxes, minority i
i i interests and di
d discontinued operations i presented b l
i d i is d below.
Operating cash flow should be viewed as a measure of operating performance that is a supplement to, and not a substitute for, operating income, net earnings
(loss), cash flow from operating activities and other GAAP measures of income or cash flows.
Three months ended Year ended
December 31, December 31,
2008 2007 2008 2007 2006
in millions
$ 2,336.2
Total segment operating cash flow............................................... $ 1,109.5 $ 964.6 $ 4,533.1 $ 3,567.8
(70.0)
Stock-based compensation expense ............................................. (28.2) (52.1) (153.5) (193.4)
(1,884.7)
Depreciation and amortization ..................................................... (697.7) (673.5) (2,857.7) (2,493.1)
Provisions for litigation ................................................................ (25.0) (171.0)
- - -
(29.2)
Impairment, restructuring and other operating charges, net ........... (155.3) (26.0) (158.5) (43.5)
352.3
Operating income .................................................................. 228.3 188.0 1,363.4 666.8
(673.4)
Interest expense ........................................................................ (283.7) (275.7) (1,147.4) (982.1)
85.4
Interest and dividend income ...................................................... 16.4 30.7 91.8 115.3
13.0
13 0
Share of results of affiliates, net ..................................................
Sh f lt f ffili t t 0.2
02 4.7
47 5.4
54 33.7
33 7
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative
(264.8)
instruments, net ....................................................................... (10.3) 143.6 78.9 72.4
299.5
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net ............................ (648.4) 67.8 (552.1) 109.4
Unrealized gains (losse)s due to changes in fair values of
(146.2)
certain investments and debt, net .............................................. 77.4 30.5 (7.0) (200.0)
(13.8)
Other-than-temporary declines in fair values of investments........... (206.6) (212.6)
- -
(40.8)
Losses on extinguishment of debt, net ......................................... (90.4) (112.1)
- -
206.4
Gains on disposition of assets, net ............................................... 1.8 4.5 557.6
-
12.2
12 2
Other income (expense) net .......................................................
(expense), (1.8)
(1 8) (1.1)
(1 1) 1.3
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-
Earnings (loss) before income taxes, minority interests and
discontinued operations ...................................................... $ (620.1) $ (104.0) $ (167.0) $ 49.7 $ (170.2)
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25. Appendix
Free Cash Flow Definition and Reconciliation
FCF is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures, each as reported in our condensed consolidated statements of cash
flows. Adjusted FCF represents FCF less non-cash capital lease additions. FCF and Adjusted FCF are not GAAP measures of liquidity. We believe that our
presentation of FCF and Adjusted FCF provides useful information to our investors because these measures can be used to gauge our ability to service debt and
fund new investment opportunities. FCF should not be understood to represent our ability to fund discretionary amounts, as we have various mandatory and
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contractual obligations, including debt repayments, which are not deducted to arrive at this amount. Investors should view FCF as a supplement to, and not a
substitute for, GAAP measures of liquidity included in our consolidated cash flow statements. The table below highlights the reconciliation of net cash provided by
operating activities to FCF and FCF to Adjusted FCF for the indicated periods.
Three months ended Year ended
December 31, December 31,
2008 2007 2008 2007
in millions
Net cash provided by operating activities .............. $ 913.9 $ 777.3 $ 3,138.0 $ 2,453.2
Capital expenditures ........................................... (695.9) (583.3) (2,375.0) (2,034.5)
FCF .............................................................. $ 218.0 $ 194.0 $ 763.0 $ 418.7
$ 418.7
FCF ................................................................... $ 218.0 $ 194.0 $ 763.0
(185.2)
Capital lease additions......................................... (57.5) (46.0) (166.5)
Adjusted FCF ................................................. $ 160.5 $ 148.0 $ 596.5 $ 233.5
(1) Our cash provided by operations for the three months and year ended December 31, 2007 differs from the previously reported amounts due primarily to the reclassification of
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cash flows related to derivative instruments to align with the classification of the applicable underlying cash flows.