Financial Press Release

• Revenue¹ increased 6% for the quarter to $2.2 billion, with organic growth of 7%
• Diluted Earnings per Share were $0.88 for the quarter, down 9% from prior year
• Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share were $2.05 for the quarter, down 12% from prior year 
• Operating Margin was 6.6% for the quarter, down 10 basis points from prior year
• Adjusted Operating Margin was 14.6% for the quarter, down 90 basis points from prior year
• Updated 2024 Outlook for Adjusted Operating Margin, Adjusted Diluted EPS and Cost Savings

LONDON, July 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WTW (NASDAQ: WTW) (the “Company”), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.

“As our strong organic revenue growth demonstrates, our strategic initiatives continue to gain traction in the marketplace, highlighting the value of our investments in talent and technology,” said Carl Hess, WTW’s chief executive officer. “However, headwinds from prior-year book sales, inflationary conditions and the costs of our investments negatively impacted our margins and earnings this quarter. We have reduced our 2024 adjusted operating margin and adjusted EPS targets to account for these short-term trends, as well as our ongoing strategic investments and the unfavorable pension income dynamics we have previously noted. We believe we are well-positioned to resume steady growth in margins, earnings and free cash flow from current levels.”

Consolidated Results

As reported, USD millions, except %

Key Metrics	Q2-23			Q2-22			Y/Y Change
Revenue1	$2,159			$2,031			Reported 6% | CC 7% | Organic 7%
Income from Operations	$142			$137			4%
Operating Margin %	6.6%			6.7%			(10) bps
Adjusted Operating Income	$315			$314			0%
Adjusted Operating Margin %	14.6%			15.5%			(90) bps
Net Income	$96			$114			(16)%
Adjusted Net Income	$219			$260			(16)%
Diluted EPS	$0.88			$0.97			(9)%
Adjusted Diluted EPS	$2.05			$2.32			(12)%

 

1	The revenue amounts included in this release are presented on a U.S. GAAP basis except where stated otherwise. This excludes reinsurance revenue which is reported in discontinued operations. The segment discussion is on an organic basis.

Revenue was $2.16 billion for the second quarter of 2023, an increase of 6% as compared to $2.03 billion for the same period in the prior year. Excluding the impact of foreign currency, revenue increased 7%. On an organic basis, revenue increased 7%. See Supplemental Segment Information on page 9 for additional detail on book-of-business settlements and interest income included in revenue. As a result of the cessation of the co-broking agreement with Gallagher (see Note 3 — Acquisitions and Divestitures in WTW's Form 10-Q), interest income directly associated with Risk & Broking fiduciary funds will be allocated to the segment beginning in the third quarter of 2023. These amounts were previously allocated to the Corporate segment.

Net Income for the second quarter of 2023 was $96 million, a decrease of 16% compared to Net Income of $114 million in the prior-year second quarter. Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter was $411 million, or 19.0% of revenue, a decrease of 9%, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $450 million, or 22.2% of revenue, in the prior-year second quarter. The U.S. GAAP tax rate for the second quarter was 19.8%, and the adjusted income tax rate for the second quarter used in calculating adjusted diluted earnings per share was 23.7%.

Cash Flow and Capital Allocation

Cash flows from operating activities were $430 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, compared to $258 million for the prior year. Free cash flow for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 was $350 million and $198 million, respectively, an improvement of $152 million. During the quarter ended June 30, 2023, the Company repurchased $350 million of WTW shares.

Quarterly Business Highlights

• Announced Lucy Clarke as the Global Head of Risk & Broking beginning in the third quarter 2024 as part of strategy to enhance talent base and further enhance specialization.
• Realized $53 million of incremental annualized Transformation Program savings in the second quarter, bringing the total to $277 million in cumulative savings since the program's inception. Refer to the Supplemental Slides for additional detail.
• Repurchased 1,537,312 of our shares for $350 million during the quarter.
• Launched additional offerings to continue helping clients in managing complex and evolving climate risks, including a strategic collaboration with global law firm Clyde and Co. and the introduction of Climate Risk Solutions for Corporate Risk & Broking North America.

Second Quarter 2023 Segment Highlights

Health, Wealth & Career

As reported, USD millions, except %

Health, Wealth & Career	Q2-23			Q2-22			Y/Y Change
Total Revenue	$1,215			$1,159			Reported 5% | CC 5% | Organic 5%
Operating Income	$222			$217			2%
Operating Margin %	18.3%			18.7%			(40) bps

The HWC segment had revenue of $1.22 billion in the second quarter, an increase of 5% (5% increase constant currency and organic) from $1.16 billion in the prior year. Organic growth was led by Benefits Delivery & Outsourcing, driven by higher volumes and placements of Medicare Advantage and Life policies in Individual Marketplace, and increased project activity in Outsourcing. Our Wealth businesses generated organic revenue growth from higher levels of Retirement work in North America and Europe, along with new client acquisitions and higher fees related to value-added services in Investments. Though Health faced significant headwinds from book-of-business settlement revenue in the comparable period of last year, the business had organic revenue growth driven by the continued expansion of our client portfolio in International and Europe and increased project activity and brokerage income in North America. Our Career businesses grew revenue organically through increased reward-based advisory services and higher compensation survey participation.

Operating margins in the HWC segment decreased 40 basis points from the prior-year second quarter to 18.3%, primarily from the impact of book-of-business settlement revenue in the prior year, partially offset by Transformation savings.

Risk & Broking

As reported, USD millions, except %

Risk & Broking	Q2-23			Q2-22			Y/Y Change
Total Revenue	$900			$852			Reported 6% | CC 6% | Organic 6%
Operating Income	$145			$168			(14)%
Operating Margin %	16.1%			19.7%			(360) bps

The R&B segment had revenue of $900 million in the second quarter, an increase of 6% (6% increase constant currency and organic) from $852 million in the prior year. Despite significant pressure from headwinds from book-of-business settlement revenue in the comparable period, Corporate Risk & Broking generated solid organic revenue growth across all geographies, primarily driven by new business, improved retention and strong contributions from our global lines of business. Insurance Consulting and Technology had organic revenue growth from software sales and increased project revenue.

Operating margins in the R&B segment decreased 360 basis points from the prior-year second quarter to 16.1%, primarily due to the run-rate impact of investments in talent who are continuing to ramp up in revenue production, higher travel and expense related items due to the increased volume of client-based travel, and headwinds from the impact of book-of-business settlement revenue in the prior year.

2023 Outlook

Based on current and anticipated market conditions, the Company's full-year targets for 2023 are as follows:

• Expect to deliver mid-single digit organic revenue growth
• Expect to deliver adjusted operating margin expansion for the full year 2023
• Expect to deliver approximately $160 million of incremental run-rate savings from the Transformation Program in 2023, up from $100 million previously
• Expect approximately $112 million in non-cash pension income for the full year 2023
• Expect a foreign currency headwind on adjusted earnings per share of approximately $0.05 for the full year 2023 at today’s rates
• Expect approximately 12% free cash flow margin for the full year 2023. See Supplemental Materials for further information on near-term and long-term free cash flow guidance.

Outlook includes Non-GAAP financial measures. We do not reconcile forward-looking Non-GAAP measures for reasons explained below.

2024 Outlook

The Company is updating its 2024 financial targets as set forth in the table below to account for an expected decline in pension income of approximately $1.65 per share. The change also accounts for an expected increase in the adjusted income tax rate and further investments in talent and other strategic initiatives to support long-term growth in Risk & Broking relative to the initial targets set in 2021.

As a result of the continued success of its Transformation Program, the Company is increasing its 2024 target of total annualized run-rate savings to $380 million. The costs to achieve these savings remain unchanged from the previously- announced $900 million.

	Previous Targets	Updated Targets
Revenue	$9.9+ billion	$9.9+ billion*
Adjusted Operating Margin	23%-24%	22.5%-23.5%
Adjusted Diluted EPS	$17.50-$20.50	$15.40-$17.00
Transformation Program Annual Cost Savings	$360+ million	$380 million
Transformation Program Costs to Achieve	$900 million	$900 million*

*No update to previous target.

Conference Call

The Company will host a live webcast and conference call to discuss the financial results for the second quarter 2023. It will be held on Thursday, July 27, 2023, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. A live broadcast of the conference call will be available on WTW’s website here. The conference call will include a question-and-answer session. To participate in the question-and-answer session, please register here. An online replay will be available at www.wtwco.com shortly after the call concludes.

About WTW

At WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), we provide data-driven, insight-led solutions in the areas of people, risk and capital. Leveraging the global view and local expertise of our colleagues serving 140 countries and markets, we help organizations sharpen their strategy, enhance organizational resilience, motivate their workforce and maximize performance. Working shoulder to shoulder with our clients, we uncover opportunities for sustainable success—and provide perspective that moves you. Learn more at www.wtwco.com.

WTW Non-GAAP Measures

In order to assist readers of our consolidated financial statements in understanding the core operating results that WTW’s management uses to evaluate the business and for financial planning, we present the following non-GAAP measures: (1) Constant Currency Change, (2) Organic Change, (3) Adjusted Operating Income/Margin, (4) Adjusted EBITDA/Margin, (5) Adjusted Net Income, (6) Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share, (7) Adjusted Income Before Taxes, (8) Adjusted Income Taxes/Tax Rate, (9) Free Cash Flow and (10) Free Cash Flow Margin.

We believe that those measures are relevant and provide pertinent information widely used by analysts, investors and other interested parties in our industry to provide a baseline for evaluating and comparing our operating performance, and in the case of free cash flow, our liquidity results.

Within the measures referred to as ‘adjusted’, we adjust for significant items which will not be settled in cash, or which we believe to be items that are not core to our current or future operations. Some of these items may not be applicable for the current quarter, however they may be part of our full-year results. Additionally, we have historically adjusted for certain items which are not described below, but for which we may adjust in a future period when applicable. Items applicable to the quarter or full year results, or the comparable periods, include the following:

• Income and loss from discontinued operations, net of tax – Adjustment to remove the after-tax income or loss from discontinued operations and the after-tax gain attributable to the divestiture of our Willis Re business.
• Restructuring costs and transaction and transformation – Management believes it is appropriate to adjust for restructuring costs and transaction and transformation when they relate to a specific significant program with a defined set of activities and costs that are not expected to continue beyond a defined period of time, or significant acquisition-related transaction expenses. We believe the adjustment is necessary to present how the Company is performing, both now and in the future when the incurrence of these costs will have concluded.
• Impairment – Adjustment to remove the impairment related to the net assets of our Russian business that are held outside of our Russian entities.
• Gains and losses on disposals of operations – Adjustment to remove the gains or losses resulting from disposed operations that have not been classified as discontinued operations.
• Tax effect of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (‘CARES’) Act – Relates to the incremental tax expense or benefit, primarily from the Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (‘BEAT’), generated from electing or changing elections of certain income tax provisions available under the CARES Act.
• Tax effect of internal reorganizations – Relates to the U.S. income tax expense resulting from the completion of internal reorganizations of the ownership of certain businesses that reduced the investments held by our U.S.-controlled subsidiaries.

We evaluate our revenue on an as reported (U.S. GAAP), constant currency and organic basis. We believe presenting constant currency and organic information provides valuable supplemental information regarding our comparable results, consistent with how we evaluate our performance internally.

We consider Constant Currency Change, Organic Change, Adjusted Operating Income/Margin, Adjusted EBITDA/Margin, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share, Adjusted Income Before Taxes, Adjusted Income Taxes/Tax Rate and Free Cash Flow to be important financial measures, which are used to internally evaluate and assess our core operations and to benchmark our operating and liquidity results against our competitors. These non-GAAP measures are important in illustrating what our comparable operating and liquidity results would have been had we not incurred transaction-related and non-recurring items. Our non-GAAP measures and their accompanying definitions are presented as follows:

Constant Currency Change – Represents the year-over-year change in revenue excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations. To calculate this impact, the prior year local currency results are first translated using the current year monthly average exchange rates. The change is calculated by comparing the prior year revenue, translated at the current year monthly average exchange rates, to the current year as reported revenue, for the same period. We believe constant currency measures provide useful information to investors because they provide transparency to performance by excluding the effects that foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations have on period-over-period comparability given volatility in foreign currency exchange markets.

Organic Change – Excludes the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, as described above and the period-over-period impact of acquisitions and divestitures on current-year revenue. We believe that excluding transaction-related items from our U.S. GAAP financial measures provides useful supplemental information to our investors, and it is important in illustrating what our core operating results would have been had we not included these transaction-related items, since the nature, size and number of these transaction-related items can vary from period to period.

Adjusted Operating Income/Margin – Income from operations adjusted for amortization, restructuring costs, transaction and transformation and non-recurring items that, in management’s judgment, significantly affect the period-over-period assessment of operating results. Adjusted operating income margin is calculated by dividing adjusted operating income by revenue. We consider adjusted operating income/margin to be important financial measures, which are used internally to evaluate and assess our core operations and to benchmark our operating results against our competitors.

Adjusted EBITDA/Margin – Net Income adjusted for loss/(income) from discontinued operations, net of tax, provision for income taxes, interest expense, depreciation and amortization, restructuring costs, transaction and transformation, gains and losses on disposals of operations and non-recurring items that, in management’s judgment, significantly affect the period-over-period assessment of operating results. Adjusted EBITDA Margin is calculated by dividing adjusted EBITDA by revenue. We consider adjusted EBITDA/margin to be important financial measures, which are used internally to evaluate and assess our core operations, to benchmark our operating results against our competitors and to evaluate and measure our performance-based compensation plans.

Adjusted Net Income – Net Income Attributable to WTW adjusted for loss/(income) from discontinued operations, net of tax, amortization, restructuring costs, transaction and transformation, gains and losses on disposals of operations and non-recurring items that, in management’s judgment, significantly affect the period-over-period assessment of operating results and the related tax effect of those adjustments and the tax effects of internal reorganizations. This measure is used solely for the purpose of calculating adjusted diluted earnings per share.

Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share – Adjusted Net Income divided by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares, diluted. Adjusted diluted earnings per share is used to internally evaluate and assess our core operations and to benchmark our operating results against our competitors.

Adjusted Income Before Taxes – Income from operations before income taxes adjusted for amortization, restructuring costs, transaction and transformation, gains and losses on disposals of operations and non-recurring items that, in management’s judgment, significantly affect the period-over-period assessment of operating results. Adjusted income before taxes is used solely for the purpose of calculating the adjusted income tax rate.

Adjusted Income Taxes/Tax Rate – Provision for income taxes adjusted for taxes on certain items of amortization, restructuring costs, transaction and transformation, gains and losses on disposals of operations, the tax effects of internal reorganizations, and non-recurring items that, in management’s judgment, significantly affect the period-over-period assessment of operating results, divided by adjusted income before taxes. Adjusted income taxes is used solely for the purpose of calculating the adjusted income tax rate. Management believes that the adjusted income tax rate presents a rate that is more closely aligned to the rate that we would incur if not for the reduction of pre-tax income for the adjusted items and the tax effects of internal reorganizations, which are not core to our current and future operations.

Free Cash Flow – Cash flows from operating activities less cash used to purchase fixed assets and software for internal use. Free Cash Flow is a liquidity measure and is not meant to represent residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures. Management believes that free cash flow presents the core operating performance and cash-generating capabilities of our business operations.

Free Cash Flow Margin – Free Cash Flow as a percentage of revenue, which represents how much of revenue would be realized on a cash basis. Revenue used in the calculation of Free Cash Flow Margin includes revenue from discontinued operations attributable to the divestiture of our Willis Re business during 2021. We consider this measure to be a meaningful metric for tracking cash conversion on a year-over-year basis due to the non-cash nature of our pension income, which is included in our GAAP and Non-GAAP earnings metrics presented herein.

These non-GAAP measures are not defined in the same manner by all companies and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. Non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the information contained within our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Reconciliations of these measures are included in the accompanying tables with the following exception:

The Company does not reconcile its forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to the corresponding U.S. GAAP measures, due to variability and difficulty in making accurate forecasts and projections and/or certain information not being ascertainable or accessible; and because not all of the information, such as foreign currency impacts necessary for a quantitative reconciliation of these forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure, is available to the Company without unreasonable efforts. For the same reasons, the Company is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information. The Company provides non-GAAP financial measures that it believes will be achieved, however it cannot accurately predict all of the components of the adjusted calculations and the U.S. GAAP measures may be materially different than the non-GAAP measures.

WTW Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains ‘forward-looking statements’ within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which are intended to be covered by the safe harbors created by those laws. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of our operations. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, that address activities, events, or developments that we expect or anticipate may occur in the future, including such things as our outlook, the potential impact of natural or man-made disasters like health pandemics and other world health crises on; future capital expenditures; ongoing working capital efforts; future share repurchases; financial results (including our revenue, costs, or margins) and the impact of changes to tax laws on our financial results; existing and evolving business strategies and acquisitions and dispositions, including our completed sale of Willis Re to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (‘Gallagher’) and transitional arrangements related thereto; demand for our services and competitive strengths; strategic goals; the benefits of new initiatives; growth of our business and operations; our ability to successfully manage ongoing leadership, organizational and technology changes, including investments in improving systems and processes; our ability to implement and realize anticipated benefits of any cost-savings initiatives including the multi-year operational Transformation program; and plans and references to future successes, including our future financial and operating results, short-term and long-term financial goals, plans, objectives, expectations and intentions are forward-looking statements including with respect to free cash flow generation, adjusted net revenue, adjusted operating margin, and adjusted earnings per share. Also, when we use words such as ‘may’, ‘will’, ‘would’, ‘anticipate’, ‘believe’, ‘estimate’, ‘expect’, ‘intend’, ‘plan’, ‘continues’, ‘seek’, ‘target’, ‘goal’, ‘focus’, ‘probably’, or similar expressions, we are making forward-looking statements. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Company’s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. All forward-looking disclosure is speculative by its nature.

There are important risks, uncertainties, events and factors that could cause our actual results or performance to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements contained in this document, including the following: our ability to successfully establish, execute and achieve our global business strategy as it evolves; our ability to fully realize anticipated benefits of our growth strategy; our ability to achieve our short-term and long-term financial goals, such as with respect to our cash flow generation, and the timing with respect to such achievement; the risks related to changes in general economic (including a possible recession), business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets, inflation, credit availability, increased interest rates and trade policies; the risks to our short-term and long-term financial goals from any of the risks or uncertainties set forth herein; the risks to our business, financial condition, results of operations, and long-term goals that may be materially adversely affected by any negative impact on the global economy and capital markets resulting from or relating to inflation, the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine or any other geopolitical tensions and the withdrawal from our high margin businesses in Russia and our ability to achieve cost-mitigation measures; our ability to successfully hedge against fluctuations in foreign currency rates; the risks relating to the adverse impacts of natural or man-made disasters like health pandemics and other world health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, including supply chain, workforce availability, vaccination rates, and other impacts on the people and businesses in jurisdictions where we do business, on the demand for our products and services, our cash flows and our business operations; material interruptions to or loss of our information processing capabilities, or failure to effectively maintain and upgrade our information technology resources and systems and related risks of cybersecurity breaches or incidents; our ability to comply with complex and evolving regulations related to data privacy and cybersecurity; the risks relating to the transitional arrangements in effect subsequent to our now-completed sale of Willis Re to Gallagher; significant competition that we face and the potential for loss of market share and/or profitability; the impact of seasonality and differences in timing of renewals and non-recurring revenue increases from disposals and book-of-business sales; the failure to protect client data or breaches of information systems or insufficient safeguards against cybersecurity breaches or incidents; the risk of increased liability or new legal claims arising from our new and existing products and services, and expectations, intentions and outcomes relating to outstanding litigation; the risk of substantial negative outcomes on existing litigation or investigation matters; changes in the regulatory environment in which we operate, including, among other risks, the impacts of pending competition law and regulatory investigations; various claims, government inquiries or investigations or the potential for regulatory action; our ability to make divestitures or acquisitions, including our ability to integrate or manage such acquired businesses, as well as identify and successfully execute on opportunities for strategic collaboration; our ability to integrate direct-to-consumer sales and marketing solutions with our existing offerings and solutions; our ability to successfully manage ongoing organizational changes, including investments in improving systems and processes; disasters or business continuity problems; the  ongoing impact of Brexit on our business and operations, including as a result of updated regulatory guidance, such as that issued by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority on February 3, 2023, ongoing efforts and resources allocated to the post-Brexit evolution of regulations and laws and the need to relocate talent or roles or both between or within the E.U. and the U.K., or otherwise; our ability to successfully enhance our billing, collection and other working capital efforts, and thereby increase our free cash flow; our ability to properly identify and manage conflicts of interest; reputational damage, including from association with third parties; reliance on third-party service providers and suppliers; risks relating to changes in our management structures and in senior leadership; the loss of key employees or a large number of employees and rehiring rates; our ability to maintain our corporate culture; doing business internationally, including the impact of foreign currency exchange rates; compliance with extensive government regulation; the risk of sanctions imposed by governments, or changes to associated sanction regulations (such as sanctions imposed on Russia) and related counter-sanctions; our ability to effectively apply technology, data and analytics changes for internal operations, maintaining industry standards and meeting client preferences; changes and developments in the insurance industry or the U.S. healthcare system, including those related to Medicare and any legislative actions from the current U.S. Congress, and any other changes and developments in legal, economic, business or operational conditions impacting our Medicare benefits businesses such as TRANZACT; the inability to protect our intellectual property rights, or the potential infringement upon the intellectual property rights of others; fluctuations in our pension assets and liabilities and related changes in pension income, including as a result of, related to, or derived from movements in the interest rate environment, investment returns, inflation, or changes in other assumptions that are used to estimate our benefit obligations and its effect on adjusted earnings per share; our capital structure, including indebtedness amounts, the limitations imposed by the covenants in the documents governing such indebtedness and the maintenance of the financial and disclosure controls and procedures of each; our ability to obtain financing on favorable terms or at all; adverse changes in our credit ratings; the impact of recent or potential changes to U.S. or foreign laws, and the enactment of additional, or the revision of existing, state, federal, and/or foreign laws and regulations, recent judicial decisions and development of case law, other regulations and any policy changes and legislative actions, including those that impact our effective tax rate; U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. persons owning at least 10% of our shares; changes in accounting principles, estimates or assumptions; risks relating to or arising from environmental, social and governance (‘ESG’) practices; fluctuation in revenue against our relatively fixed or higher than expected expenses; the laws of Ireland being different from the laws of the U.S. and potentially affording less protections to the holders of our securities; and our holding company structure potentially preventing us from being able to receive dividends or other distributions in needed amounts from our subsidiaries. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive and new factors may emerge from time to time that could also affect actual performance and results. For more information, please see Part I, Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, and our subsequent filings with the SEC. Copies are available online at www.sec.gov or www.wtwco.com.

Although we believe that the assumptions underlying our forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of these assumptions, and therefore also the forward-looking statements based on these assumptions, could themselves prove to be inaccurate. Given the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included in this document, our inclusion of this information is not a representation or guarantee by us that our objectives and plans will be achieved.

Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and we will not update these forward-looking statements unless the securities laws require us to do so. With regard to these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this document may not occur, and we caution you against unduly relying on these forward-looking statements.

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Supplemental Segment Information
(In millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
REVENUE
													Components of Revenue Change(i)
													Less:						Less:
		Three Months Ended June 30,								As Reported			Currency			Constant Currency			Acquisitions/			Organic
		2023				2022				% Change			Impact			Change			Divestitures			Change
Health, Wealth & Career		$	1,215			$	1,159			5%			0%			5%			0%			5%
Risk & Broking			900				852			6%			(1)%			6%			0%			6%
Segment Revenue			2,115				2,011			5%			0%			6%			0%			6%
Reimbursable expenses and other			44				20
Revenue		$	2,159			$	2,031			6%			0%			7%			0%			7%

 

													Components of Revenue Change(i)
													Less:						Less:
		Six Months Ended June 30,								As Reported			Currency			Constant Currency			Acquisitions/			Organic
		2023				2022				% Change			Impact			Change			Divestitures			Change
Health, Wealth & Career		$	2,502			$	2,403			4%			(2)%			6%			0%			6%
Risk & Broking			1,804				1,743			3%			(2)%			6%			(2)%			8%
Segment Revenue			4,306				4,146			4%			(2)%			6%			(1)%			7%
Reimbursable expenses and other			97				45
Revenue		$	4,403			$	4,191			5%			(2)%			7%			(1)%			8%

⁽ⁱ⁾ Components of revenue change may not add due to rounding.
 

BOOK-OF-BUSINESS SETTLEMENTS AND INTEREST INCOME

		Three Months Ended June 30,
		HWC								R&B								Corporate								Total
		2023				2022				2023				2022				2023				2022				2023				2022
Book-of-business settlements		$	—			$	15			$	3			$	30			$	—			$	—			$	3			$	45
Interest income			6				1				15				6				14				—				35				7
Total interest and other income		$	6			$	16			$	18			$	36			$	14			$	—			$	38			$	52

 

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		HWC								R&B								Corporate								Total
		2023				2022				2023				2022				2023				2022				2023				2022
Book-of-business settlements		$	—			$	18			$	10			$	30			$	—			$	—			$	10			$	48
Interest income			11				2				27				9				29				—				67				11
Total interest and other income		$	11			$	20			$	37			$	39			$	29			$	—			$	77			$	59

SEGMENT OPERATING INCOME ⁽ⁱ⁾

		Three Months Ended June 30,
		2023				2022
Health, Wealth & Career		$	222			$	217
Risk & Broking			145				168
Segment Operating Income		$	367			$	385

 

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2023				2022
Health, Wealth & Career		$	531			$	474
Risk & Broking			325				360
Segment Operating Income		$	856			$	834

⁽ⁱ⁾ Segment operating income excludes certain costs, including amortization of intangibles, restructuring costs, transaction and transformation expenses, certain litigation provisions, and to the extent that the actual expense based upon which allocations are made differs from the forecast/budget amount, a reconciling item will be created between internally-allocated expenses and the actual expenses reported for U.S. GAAP purposes.
 

SEGMENT OPERATING MARGINS

		Three Months Ended June 30,
		2023			2022
Health, Wealth & Career		18.3%			18.7%
Risk & Broking		16.1%			19.7%

 

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2023			2022
Health, Wealth & Career		21.2%			19.7%
Risk & Broking		18.0%			20.7%

RECONCILIATIONS OF SEGMENT OPERATING INCOME TO INCOME FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES

		Three Months Ended June 30,
		2023				2022
Segment Operating Income		$	367			$	385
Amortization			(70	)			(83	)
Restructuring costs			(10	)			(56	)
Transaction and transformation (i)			(93	)			(38	)
Unallocated, net (ii)			(52	)			(71	)
Income from Operations			142				137
Interest expense			(57	)			(51	)
Other income, net			35				93
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		$	120			$	179

 

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2023				2022
Segment Operating Income		$	856			$	834
Impairment (iii)			—				(81	)
Amortization			(141	)			(168	)
Restructuring costs			(13	)			(62	)
Transaction and transformation (i)			(152	)			(58	)
Unallocated, net(ii)			(123	)			(149	)
Income from Operations			427				316
Interest expense			(111	)			(100	)
Other income, net			60				120
Income from operations before income taxes		$	376			$	336

⁽ⁱ⁾ In 2023 and 2022, in addition to legal fees and other transaction costs, includes primarily consulting fees and compensation costs related to the Transformation program.
⁽ⁱⁱ⁾ Includes certain costs, primarily related to corporate functions which are not directly related to the segments, and certain differences between budgeted expenses determined at the beginning of the year and actual expenses that we report for U.S. GAAP purposes.
⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾ Represents the impairment related to the net assets of our Russian business that are held outside of our Russian entities.

WTW
Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Measures
(In millions of U.S. dollars, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
RECONCILIATIONS OF NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO WTW TO ADJUSTED DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
		Three Months Ended June 30,
		2023				2022
Net Income attributable to WTW		$	94			$	109
Adjusted for certain items:
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax			—				46
Amortization			70				83
Restructuring costs			10				56
Transaction and transformation			93				38
Gain on disposal of operations			(3	)			(22	)
Tax effect on certain items listed above(i)			(43	)			(50	)
Tax effect of internal reorganizations			(2	)			—
Adjusted Net Income		$	219			$	260
Weighted-average ordinary shares, diluted			107				112
Diluted Earnings Per Share		$	0.88			$	0.97
Adjusted for certain items:(ii)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax			—				0.41
Amortization			0.65				0.74
Restructuring costs			0.09				0.50
Transaction and transformation			0.87				0.34
Gain on disposal of operations			(0.03	)			(0.20	)
Tax effect on certain items listed above(i)			(0.40	)			(0.45	)
Tax effect of internal reorganizations			(0.02	)			—
Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share(ii)		$	2.05			$	2.32

 ⁽ⁱ⁾ The tax effect was calculated using an effective tax rate for each item.
⁽ⁱⁱ⁾ Per share values and totals may differ due to rounding.

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2023				2022
Net Income attributable to WTW		$	297			$	231
Adjusted for certain items:
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax			—				35
Impairment			—				81
Amortization			141				168
Restructuring costs			13				62
Transaction and transformation			152				58
(Gain)/loss on disposal of operations			(3	)			32
Tax effect on certain items listed above(i)			(77	)			(92	)
Tax effects of internal reorganizations			2				—
Adjusted Net Income		$	525			$	575
Weighted-average ordinary shares, diluted			107				115
Diluted Earnings Per Share		$	2.77			$	2.01
Adjusted for certain items:(ii)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax			—				0.30
Impairment			—				0.70
Amortization			1.31				1.46
Restructuring costs			0.12				0.54
Transaction and transformation			1.42				0.50
(Gain)/loss on disposal of operations			(0.03	)			0.28
Tax effect on certain items listed above(i)			(0.72	)			(0.80	)
Tax effects of internal reorganizations			0.02				—
Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share(ii)		$	4.89			$	4.99

 ⁽ⁱ⁾ The tax effect was calculated using an effective tax rate for each item.
⁽ⁱⁱ⁾ Per share values and totals may differ due to rounding.
 

RECONCILIATIONS OF NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED EBITDA

		Three Months Ended June 30,
			2023						2022
Net Income		$	96			4.4	%	$	114				5.6	%
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax			—						46
Provision for income taxes			24						19
Interest expense			57						51
Depreciation			64						65
Amortization			70						83
Restructuring costs			10						56
Transaction and transformation			93						38
Gain on disposal of operations			(3	)					(22	)
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin		$	411			19.0	%	$	450				22.2	%

 

		Six Months Ended June 30,
			2023						2022
Net Income		$	302			6.9	%	$	239				5.7	%
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax			—						35
Provision for income taxes			74						62
Interest expense			111						100
Impairment			—						81
Depreciation			124						131
Amortization			141						168
Restructuring costs			13						62
Transaction and transformation			152						58
(Gain)/loss on disposal of operations			(3	)					32
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin		$	914			20.8	%	$	968				23.1	%

RECONCILIATIONS OF INCOME FROM OPERATIONS TO ADJUSTED OPERATING INCOME

		Three Months Ended June 30,
			2023						2022
Income from operations		$	142			6.6	%	$	137				6.7	%
Adjusted for certain items:
Amortization			70						83
Restructuring costs			10						56
Transaction and transformation			93						38
Adjusted operating income		$	315			14.6	%	$	314				15.5	%

 

		Six Months Ended June 30,
			2023						2022
Income from operations		$	427			9.7	%	$	316				7.5	%
Adjusted for certain items:
Impairment			—						81
Amortization			141						168
Restructuring costs			13						62
Transaction and transformation			152						58
Adjusted operating income		$	733			16.6	%	$	685				16.3	%

RECONCILIATIONS OF GAAP INCOME TAXES/TAX RATE TO ADJUSTED INCOME TAXES/TAX RATE

		Three Months Ended June 30,
			2023				2022
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		$	120			$	179
Adjusted for certain items:
Amortization			70				83
Restructuring costs			10				56
Transaction and transformation			93				38
Gain on disposal of operations			(3	)			(22	)
Adjusted income before taxes		$	290			$	334
Provision for income taxes		$	24			$	19
Tax effect on certain items listed above(i)			43				50
Tax effect of internal reorganizations			2				—
Adjusted income taxes		$	69			$	69
U.S. GAAP tax rate			19.8	%			10.5	%
Adjusted income tax rate			23.7	%			20.5	%

 

		Six Months Ended June 30,
			2023				2022
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		$	376			$	336
Adjusted for certain items:
Impairment			—				81
Amortization			141				168
Restructuring costs			13				62
Transaction and transformation			152				58
(Gain)/loss on disposal of operations			(3	)			32
Adjusted income before taxes		$	679			$	737
Provision for income taxes		$	74			$	62
Tax effect on certain items listed above(i)			77				92
Tax effect of internal reorganizations			(2	)			—
Adjusted income taxes		$	149			$	154
U.S. GAAP tax rate			19.6	%			18.4	%
Adjusted income tax rate			22.0	%			20.8	%

⁽ⁱ⁾ The tax effect was calculated using an effective tax rate for each item.
 

RECONCILIATION OF CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES TO FREE CASH FLOW

		Six Months Ended June 30,
			2023				2022
Cash flows from operating activities		$	430			$	258
Less: Additions to fixed assets and software for internal use			(80	)			(60	)
Free Cash Flow		$	350			$	198

 

WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(In millions of U.S. dollars, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
		Three Months Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2023				2022				2023				2022
Revenue		$	2,159			$	2,031			$	4,403			$	4,191
Costs of providing services
Salaries and benefits			1,347				1,259				2,660				2,577
Other operating expenses			433				393				886				879
Depreciation			64				65				124				131
Amortization			70				83				141				168
Restructuring costs			10				56				13				62
Transaction and transformation			93				38				152				58
Total costs of providing services			2,017				1,894				3,976				3,875
Income from operations			142				137				427				316
Interest expense			(57	)			(51	)			(111	)			(100	)
Other income, net			35				93				60				120
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES			120				179				376				336
Provision for income taxes			(24	)			(19	)			(74	)			(62	)
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS			96				160				302				274
LOSS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, NET OF TAX			—				(46	)			—				(35	)
NET INCOME			96				114				302				239
Income attributable to non-controlling interests			(2	)			(5	)			(5	)			(8	)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO WTW		$	94			$	109			$	297			$	231
EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic earnings per share
Income from continuing operations per share		$	0.88			$	1.38			$	2.78			$	2.31
Loss from discontinued operations per share			—				(0.41	)			—				(0.30	)
Basic earnings per share		$	0.88			$	0.97			$	2.78			$	2.01
Diluted earnings per share
Income from continuing operations per share		$	0.88			$	1.38			$	2.77			$	2.31
Loss from discontinued operations per share			—				(0.41	)			—				(0.30	)
Diluted earnings per share		$	0.88			$	0.97			$	2.77			$	2.01
Weighted-average ordinary shares, basic			107				112				107				115
Weighted-average ordinary shares, diluted			107				112				107				115

 

WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In millions of U.S. dollars, except share data)
(Unaudited)
		June 30,				December 31,
		2023				2022
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents		$	1,602			$	1,262
Fiduciary assets			8,608				11,772
Accounts receivable, net			2,206				2,387
Prepaid and other current assets			401				414
Total current assets			12,817				15,835
Fixed assets, net			725				718
Goodwill			10,202				10,173
Other intangible assets, net			2,146				2,273
Right-of-use assets			570				586
Pension benefits assets			893				827
Other non-current assets			1,420				1,357
Total non-current assets			15,956				15,934
TOTAL ASSETS		$	28,773			$	31,769
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Fiduciary liabilities		$	8,608			$	11,772
Deferred revenue and accrued expenses			1,685				1,915
Current debt			899				250
Current lease liabilities			125				126
Other current liabilities			652				716
Total current liabilities			11,969				14,779
Long-term debt			4,565				4,471
Liability for pension benefits			452				480
Deferred tax liabilities			721				748
Provision for liabilities			386				357
Long-term lease liabilities			602				620
Other non-current liabilities			201				221
Total non-current liabilities			6,927				6,897
TOTAL LIABILITIES			18,896				21,676
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
EQUITY(i)
Additional paid-in capital			10,910				10,876
Retained earnings			1,429				1,764
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax			(2,540	)			(2,621	)
Treasury shares, at cost, 17,519 shares in 2022			—				(3	)
Total WTW shareholders' equity			9,799				10,016
Non-controlling interests			78				77
Total Equity			9,877				10,093
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY		$	28,773			$	31,769

_________
(i)  Equity includes (a) Ordinary shares $0.000304635 nominal value; Authorized 1,510,003,775; Issued 104,943,324 (2023) and 106,756,364 (2022); Outstanding 104,943,324 (2023) and 106,756,364 (2022) and (b) Preference shares, $0.000115 nominal value; Authorized 1,000,000,000 and Issued none in 2023 and 2022.

WILLIS TOWERS WATSON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2023				2022
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
NET INCOME		$	302			$	239
Adjustments to reconcile net income to total net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation			124				131
Amortization			141				168
Impairment			—				81
Non-cash restructuring charges			8				49
Non-cash lease expense			58				64
Net periodic benefit of defined benefit pension plans			(11	)			(80	)
Provision for doubtful receivables from clients			5				12
Benefit from deferred income taxes			(37	)			(45	)
Share-based compensation			58				47
Net (gain)/loss on disposal of operations			(3	)			96
Non-cash foreign exchange loss/(gain)			6				(1	)
Other, net			16				(12	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from purchase of subsidiaries:
Accounts receivable			164				180
Other assets			(81	)			(111	)
Other liabilities			(346	)			(573	)
Provisions			26				13
Net cash from operating activities			430				258
CASH FLOWS (USED IN)/FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Additions to fixed assets and software for internal use			(80	)			(60	)
Capitalized software costs			(41	)			(33	)
Acquisitions of operations, net of cash acquired			(4	)			(76	)
Proceeds from sale of operations			9				—
Cash and fiduciary funds transferred in sale of operations			(916	)			(12	)
(Purchase)/sale of investments			(3	)			200
Net cash (used in)/from investing activities			(1,035	)			19
CASH FLOWS USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Senior notes issued			748				750
Debt issuance costs			(6	)			(5	)
Repayments of debt			(2	)			(583	)
Repurchase of shares			(454	)			(2,721	)
Proceeds from issuance of shares			—				1
Net (payments)/proceeds from fiduciary funds held for clients			(194	)			85
Payments of deferred and contingent consideration related to acquisitions			(7	)			(20	)
Cash paid for employee taxes on withholding shares			(17	)			(5	)
Dividends paid			(177	)			(189	)
Acquisitions of and dividends paid to non-controlling interests			(4	)			(3	)
Net cash used in financing activities			(113	)			(2,690	)
DECREASE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH			(718	)			(2,413	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash			1				(170	)
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, BEGINNING OF PERIOD (i)			4,721				7,691
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH, END OF PERIOD (i)		$	4,004			$	5,108

_________
(i)  The amounts of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, their respective classification on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, as well as their respective portions of the increase or decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash for each of the periods presented have been included in the Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information section.
 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION

		Six Months Ended June 30,
			2023				2022
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	1,602			$	1,920
Fiduciary funds (included in fiduciary assets)			2,402				3,183
Cash and cash equivalents and fiduciary funds (included in current assets held for sale)			—				5
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		$	4,004			$	5,108
Increase/(decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and other restricted cash		$	345			$	(2,515	)
(Decrease)/increase in fiduciary funds			(1,063	)			102
Total		$	(718	)		$	(2,413	)