Company: CI
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001739940-25-000009
Chunk: 431

Company: Cigna Group
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 4
Chunk 431
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8% and 40.1% at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. We actively monitor our debt obligations and engage in issuance or redemption activities as needed in accordance with our capital management strategy.

Subsidiary Borrowings. In addition to the sources of liquidity discussed above, the parent company can borrow an additional $1.8 billion from its subsidiaries without further approvals as of December 31, 2024.

Use of Capital Resources

Capital Expenditures. Capital expenditures for property, equipment and computer software were $1.4 billion in 2024 compared to $1.6 billion in the year ended December 31, 2023. We expect to deploy approximately $1.4 billion in capital expenditures in 2025, which will be funded primarily from operating cash flows.

Dividends. The Company currently intends to pay regular quarterly dividends, with future declarations subject to approval by its Board of Directors and the Board's determination that the declaration of dividends remains in the best interests of The Cigna Group and its shareholders. See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding the dividend payments declared and paid during 2024, as well as the first quarter 2025 declared cash dividend. 

Share Repurchases. The Company maintains a share repurchase program authorized by the Board of Directors, under which it may repurchase shares of its common stock from time to time. The timing and actual number of shares repurchased will depend on a variety of factors, including price, general business and market conditions, and alternate uses of capital. The share repurchase program may be effected through open market purchases in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including through Rule 10b5-1 trading plans or privately negotiated transactions. The program may be suspended or discontinued at any time. 

Including the Accelerated Share Repurchase agreements (discussed further in Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements) (the "ASR Agreements"), we repurchased 20.9 million shares for approximately $7.0 billion during the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to 7.8 million shares for approximately $2.3 billion during the year ended December 31, 2023. In December 2024, the Board of Directors approved an increase of $6.0 billion in incremental share repurchase authorization, bringing the company's total share repurchase authority