Company: UZF
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000821130-25-000023
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Company: ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
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 programs, and available sources of financing, UScellular may not have sufficient liquidity or capital resources to make share repurchases. Therefore, there is no assurance that UScellular will make any share repurchases in the future.

For additional information related to the current repurchase authorization, see Note 17 — Common Shareholders’ Equity in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Index to MD&A

Consolidated Cash Flow Analysis

UScellular operates a capital‑intensive business. UScellular makes substantial investments to acquire wireless spectrum licenses and to construct and upgrade wireless telecommunications networks and facilities with a goal of creating long-term value for shareholders. In recent years, rapid changes in technology and new opportunities have required substantial investments in potentially revenue‑enhancing and cost-saving upgrades to UScellular’s networks. Revenues from certain of these investments are long-term and in some cases are uncertain. To meet its cash-flow needs, UScellular may need to delay or reduce certain investments or sell assets. Refer to Liquidity and Capital Resources within this MD&A and Note 7 — Divestitures in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. Cash flows may fluctuate from quarter to quarter and year to year due to seasonality, timing and other factors. The following discussion summarizes UScellular’s cash flow activities in 2024, 2023 and 2022. 

2024 Commentary

UScellular’s Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash decreased $20 million. Net cash provided by operating activities was $883 million due to net loss of $32 million adjusted for non-cash items of $791 million and distributions received from unconsolidated entities of $169 million including $75 million in distributions from the LA Partnership. This was partially offset by changes in working capital items which decreased net cash by $45 million. The working capital changes were primarily driven by an increase in receivable balances and the timing of vendor payments, partially offset by reduced inventory balances.

Distributions from certain equity method investments operated by Verizon are expected to include incremental discrete amounts in 2025 related to proceeds received by Verizon in the tower transaction with Vertical Bridge that closed in December 2024. The process of administering these distributions is in progress and it is uncertain whether such incremental discrete amounts will result in an increase in total distributions from these partnerships in 2025 relative to 2024 given that the final amount of the incremental distributions is not known, and total distributions are dependent upon the operations of the underlying operating companies,