Company: CNDT
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001677703-25-000029
Chunk: 68

Company: CONDUENT Inc
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 68
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 prior year impact of a write-off of capitalized software totaling $25 million stemming from management’s decision to abandon an internal use software product and a decision by a customer to not implement a product software solution as well as fully amortized assets.

Commercial segment profit for 2023 decreased compared to the prior year driven by a write-off of capitalized software totaling $25 million described above. Commercial segment Adjusted EBITDA for 2023 was unchanged from the prior year.

Government Segment 

Revenue 

Government segment revenue for 2024 decreased, compared to the prior year, attributable to lost business, primarily in our Government Healthcare business, and lower volumes in our Government Services business due to the change in funding mechanism for the Electronic Benefits Transfer ("EBT") programs, partially offset by new business ramp.

Government segment revenue for 2023 decreased, compared to the prior year, primarily driven by lost business from prior years, non-repeating federal stimulus revenue in the prior year and the impact of an out of period adjustment of $7 million in the first quarter of 2023. These were partially offset by the ramping of new business in Government Healthcare solutions, higher volumes in Government services solutions and a contractual change to a client implementation positively impacting revenue recognition.

Segment Profit and Adjusted EBITDA 

Government segment profit and Adjusted EBITDA for 2024 decreased compared to the prior year, primarily due to the impact of lost business and the lower volumes mentioned above and the absence of a $17 million reversal of liabilities due to the settlement of the Cognizant matter in the prior year, partially offset by cost efficiencies.

Government segment profit for 2023 decreased slightly compared to the prior year and was impacted by lost business, the high margin non-repeating federal stimulus revenue in the prior year and the out of period adjustment in the first quarter of 2023 as well as by higher depreciation driven by the deployment of our new modularized CMdS platform in our Government Healthcare Solutions business. 

Government segment adjusted EBITDA for 2023 decreased slightly compared to the prior year due to the Government segment profit drivers, excluding depreciation, mentioned above. These were partially offset by the $17 million reversal of reserves due to the settlement of the Cognizant matter, a contractual change to a client implementation positively impacting revenue recognition and cost efficiency.

Transportation Segment 

Revenue 

Transportation revenue for 2024 increased compared to the prior year, primarily driven by the ramp of new business and improved operational performance with fewer delays from extended completion timelines compared to the