Company: CI
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001739940-25-000009
Chunk: 957

Company: Cigna Group
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 957
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 (primarily related to technology to support innovative solutions for our clients and customers), provide the capital necessary to maintain or improve the financial strength ratings of subsidiaries, and to repay debt and fund pension obligations if necessary; (ii) pay dividends to shareholders; (iii) consider acquisitions and investments that are strategically and economically advantageous; and (iv) return capital to shareholders through share repurchases.

Funds Available

Commercial Paper Program. The commercial paper program had approximately $0.9 billion outstanding at December 31, 2024. 

Revolving Credit Agreements. Our revolving credit agreements provide us with the ability to borrow amounts for general corporate purposes, including for the purpose of providing liquidity support if necessary under our commercial paper program discussed above. See Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further information on our credit agreements and commercial paper program. 

As of December 31, 2024, we had $6.5 billion of undrawn committed capacity under our revolving credit agreements (these amounts are available for general corporate purposes, including providing liquidity support for our commercial paper program), $5.6 billion of 

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remaining capacity under our commercial paper program and $7.6 billion in cash and short-term investments, approximately $0.8 billion of which was held by the parent company or certain nonregulated subsidiaries.

Our debt-to-capitalization ratio (calculated as Short-term debt and Long-term debt ("Total debt") as a percentage of Total shareholders' equity and Total debt ("Total capitalization")) was 43.8% 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