hellotayssir/FinQA_TAT-QA_financial_finetuning_dataset huggingface dataset:
(9) Property, Plant and Equipment
Net property, plant and equipment is composed of the following:
(1) Fiber, conduit and other outside plant consists of fiber and metallic cable, conduit, poles and other supporting structures.
2) Central office and other network electronics consists of circuit and packet switches, routers, transmission electronics and electronics providing service to customers.
(3) Support assets consist of buildings, cable landing stations, data centers, computers and other administrative and support equipment.
(4) Construction in progress includes inventory held for construction and property of the aforementioned categories that has not been placed in service as it is still under construction.
We recorded depreciation expense of $3.1 billion, $3.3 billion and $2.7 billion for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Table:
 | Depreciable Lives | As of December 31 | 
 |  | 2019 | 2018
 |  | (Dollars in millions) | 
Land | N/A | $867 | 871
Fiber, conduit and other outside plant(1) | 15-45 years | 24,666 | 23,936
Central office and other network electronics(2) | 3-10 years | 19,608 | 18,736
Support assets(3) | 3-30 years | 7,984 | 8,020
Construction in progress(4) | N/A | 2,300 | 1,704
Gross property, plant and equipment |  | 55,425 | 53,267
Accumulated depreciation |  | (29,346) | (26,859)
Net property, plant and equipment |  | $26,079 | 26,408


Question: What is the change in the construction in progress in 2019?
Answer: 596
Calculation: 2,300-1,704
Share Repurchase
On December 18, 2019, the Board of Directors authorized to remove the expiration date to the Company’s common stock share repurchase program and increase the authorized amount by $25.1 million increasing the authorization to repurchase shares up to a total of $50.0 million. As of December 31, 2019, a total of $50.0 million remained available for future share repurchases. We repurchased 1.7 million shares for $95.1 million and 0.4 million shares for $30.0 million in fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively. There were no shares repurchased in fiscal 2019. CASH FLOWS
A summary of our cash provided by and used in operating, investing, and financing activities is as follows (in thousands):
Table:
 | Years Ended December 31, | 
 | 2019 | 2018
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities from continuing operations | $47,899 | $151,427
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities from discontinued operations | 493 | (156)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | 48,392 | 151,271
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities from continuing operations | (393,847) | (113,592)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities from continuing operations | 338,840 | (97,134)
EFFECT OF CURRENCY TRANSLATION ON CASH | (1,496) | (1,030)
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | (8,111) | (60,485)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period | 354,552 | 415,037
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period | 346,441 | 354,552
Less cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations | — | 5,251
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS, end of period | $346,441 | $349,301


Question: What did the Board of Directors authorize in 2019?
Answer: to remove the expiration date to the Company’s common stock share repurchase program and increase the authorized amount by $25.1 million increasing the authorization to repurchase shares up to a total of $50.0 million.
Operating lease commitments
The Group has entered into commercial leases on certain properties, network infrastructure, motor vehicles and items of equipment. The leases have various terms, escalation clauses, purchase options and renewal rights, none of which are individually significant to the Group
Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases comprise:
The total of future minimum sublease payments expected to be received under non-cancellable subleases is €1,027 million (2018: €859 million).
Table:
 | 2019 | 2018
 | €m | €m
Within one year | 2,834 | 2,686
In more than one year but less than two years | 1,654 | 1,633
In more than two years but less than three years | 1,227 | 1,155
In more than three years but less than four years | 950 | 903
In more than four years but less than five years | 739 | 717
In more than five years | 3,412 | 2,600
 | 10,816 | 9,694


Question: How much is the 2018 total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases?
Answer: 9,694
Earnings per Share—Basic earnings per share were calculated using net earnings and the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the respective year. Diluted earnings per share were calculated using net earnings and the weighted-average number of shares of common stock and potential common stock associated with stock options outstanding during the respective year. The effects of potential common stock were determined using the treasury stock method:
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, there were 0.627, 0.724 and 0.478 outstanding stock options, respectively, that were not included in the determination of diluted earnings per share because doing so would have been antidilutive.
Table:
Years ended December 31, |  |  | 
 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding | 103.9 | 103.2 | 102.2
Effect of potential common stock: |  |  | 
Common stock awards | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding | 105.1 | 104.4 | 103.5


Question: What is the proportion of basic over diluted weighted-average shares outstanding in 2017?
Answer: 0.99
Calculation: 102.2/103.5
The UK and Ireland business-to-business market remains challenging. The main headwind we face is the decline in traditional calls and lines where we have a relatively high market share. The IP Voice market is significantly more fragmented, with a large number of providers, and we are focused on expanding our share in this growing market.
The mobile market remains competitive and we continue to see pressure on pricing. While overall growth in the broadband market is limited, we are seeing good demand for our premium products such as fibre and 4G Assure. Newer areas such as the Internet of Things, Cloud, SDWAN and security remain good opportunities for us over the longer term.
Adjusted a revenue decreased 5% for the year mainly due to the ongoing decline of fixed voice revenue. We continue to see a steeper than expected reduction in calls per fixed line as usage moves to mobile and IP. We continue to sell less low margin equipment and also experienced ongoing declines in some of our other legacy products such as private circuits. This was partially offset by growth in IP, Mobile and Networking. We’re also continuing to see encouraging growth in messaging volumes in Ventures.
Adjusted a operating costs reduced 6%, helped by labour cost efficiencies from our cost transformation programmes. Adjusteda EBITDA decreased 4%, with our lower cost base more than offset by the reduction in revenue.
Capital expenditure increased 2% and normalised free cash flowb decreased 7%, reflecting the reduction in EBITDA and the higher capital expenditure.
The Retail order intake decreased 15% to £2.9bn for the year due to the signing of a large contract in Republic of Ireland in the prior year. The Wholesale order intake declined 22% to £1.0bn after 2017/18 benefitted from a number of large deals, including the timing of some contract renewals.
a Adjusted measures exclude specific items, as explained in the Additional Information on page 185. b Free cash flow after net interest paid, before pension deficit payments (including the cash tax benefit of pension deficit payments) and specific items. d Enterprise comparatives have been re-presented to reflect the bringing together of our Business and Public Sector and Wholesale and Ventures units into a single Enterprise unit, as well as the transfer of Northern Ireland Networks from Enterprise to Openreach.
Table:
Enterprise d |  |  |  | 
Adjusteda revenue £6,292m |  |  | Adjusteda operating profit £1,356m | 
 | 2019 (IFRS 15) | 2018 (IAS 18) | Change | 
Year to 31 March | £m | £m | £m | %
Adjusted a revenue | 6,292 | 6,647 | (355) | (5)
Adjusted a operating costs | 4,302 | 4,570 | (268) | (6)
Adjusted a EBITDA | 1,990 | 2,077 | (87) | (4)
Depreciation & amortisation | 634 | 635 | (1) | -
Adjusted a operating profit | 1,356 | 1,442 | (86) | (6)
Capital expenditure | 501 | 492 | 9 | 2
Normalised free cash flow b | 1,483 | 1,587 | (104) | (7)


Question: What is the EBITDA margin in 2019?
Answer: 0.32
Calculation: 1,990 / 6,292
Pension benefit commitments
For fiscal 2019, Managing Board members were granted contributions under the BSAV totaling € 5.6 million (2018: € 5.4 million), based on a Supervisory Board decision from November 7, 2019. Of this amount, € 0.02 million (2018: € 0.03 million) relates to the funding of pension commitments earned prior to the transfer to the BSAV.
The expense recognized in fiscal 2019 as a service cost under IFRS for Managing Board members’ entitlements under the BSAV in fiscal 2019 totaled € 5.4 million (2018: € 5.3 million).
Contributions under the BSAV are added to the individual pension accounts in the January following each fiscal year. Until pension payments begin, members’ pension accounts are credited with an annual interest payment (guaranteed interest) on January 1 of each year. The interest rate is currently 0.90%.
The following table shows the individualized contributions (allocations) under the BSAV for fiscal 2019 as well as the defined benefit obligations for pension commitments:
In fiscal 2019, former members of the Managing Board and their surviving dependents received emoluments within the meaning of Section 314 para. 1 No. 6 b of the German Commercial Code totaling € 21.09 million (2018: € 39.9 million).
The defined benefit obligation (DBO) of all pension commitments to former members of the Managing Board and their surviving dependents as of September 30, 2019, amounted to €175.7 million (2018: €168.2 million). This figure is included in NOTE 17 in B.6 NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
1 Deferred compensation totals € 4,125,612 (2018: € 4,115,237), including € 3,703,123 for Joe Kaeser (2018: € 3,694,439), € 361,494 for Klaus Helmrich (2018: € 362,606) and € 60,995 for Prof. Dr. Ralf P. Thomas (2018: € 58,192).
2 In accordance with the provisions of the BSAV, benefits to be paid to Lisa Davis are not in any way secured or funded through the trust associated with the Company’s BSAV plan or with any other trust. They represent only an unsecured, unfunded legal obligation on the part of the Company to pay such benefits in the future under certain conditions, and the payout will only be made from the Company’s general assets.
Table:
 |  | Total contributions for | Defined benefit obligation for all pension commitments excluding deferred compensation 1 | 
(in €) | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018
Managing Board members in office as of September 30, 2019 |  |  |  | 
Joe Kaeser | 1,234,800 | 1,210,440 | 14,299,267 | 12,970,960
Dr. Roland Busch | 616,896 | 604,800 | 6,071,233 | 5,121,226
Lisa Davis 2 | 616,896 | 604,800 | 5,701,811 | 5,322,537
Klaus Helmrich | 616,896 | 604,800 | 6,473,904 | 5,714,522
Janina Kugel | 616,896 | 604,800 | 2,674,432 | 2,157,427
Cedrik Neike | 616,896 | 604,800 | 2,349,895 | 1,757,258
Michael Sen | 616,896 | 604,800 | 1,862,660 | 1,239,785
Prof. Dr. Ralf P. Thomas | 616,896 | 604,800 | 6,184,498 | 5,235,121
Total | 5,553,072 | 5,444,040 | 45,617,700 | 39,518,836


Question: What was the increase in Joe Kaeser salary from 2018 to 2019?
Answer: 24360
Calculation: 1,234,800 - 1,210,440
The following table presents summary results for each of our three businesses for each of fiscal 2019 , 2018 and 2017 :
(1) Cloud and license revenues presented for management reporting included revenues related to cloud and license obligations that would have otherwise been recorded by the acquired businesses as independent entities but were not recognized in our consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented due to business combination accounting requirements. See Note 9 for an explanation of these adjustments and the table below for a reconciliation of our total operating segment revenues to our total consolidated revenues as reported in our consolidated statements of operations
(2) The margins reported reflect only the direct controllable costs of each line of business and do not include allocations of product development, general and administrative and certain other allocable expenses, net. Additionally, the margins reported above do not reflect amortization of intangible assets, acquisition related and other expenses, restructuring expenses, stock-based compensation, interest expense or non-operating income, net. refer to the table below for a reconciliation of our total margin for operating segments to our income before provision for income taxes as reported per our consolidated statements of operations.
Table:
Year Ended May 31, |  |  | 
(in millions) | 2019 | 2018 | 2017
Cloud and license: |  |  | 
revenues (1) | $32,582 | $32,041 | $30,452
Cloud services and license support expenses | 3,597 | 3,441 | 2,881
Sales and marketing expenses | 7,398 | 7,213 | 6,770
Margin (2) | $21,587 | $21,387 | $20,801
Hardware: |  |  | 
revenues | $3,704 | $3,994 | $4,152
Hardware products and support expenses | 1,327 | 1,547 | 1,618
Sales and marketing expenses | 520 | 643 | 825
Margin (2) | $1,857 | $1,804 | $1,709
Services: |  |  | 
revenues | $3,240 | $3,395 | $3,359
Services expenses | 2,703 | 2,729 | 2,661
Margin (2) | $537 | $666 | $698
Totals: |  |  | 
revenues (1) | $39,526 | $39,430 | $37,963
Expenses | 15,545 | 15,573 | 14,755
Margin (2) | $23,981 | $23,857 | $23,208


Question: What was the difference in total expenses in 2019 and 2017?
Answer: 790
Calculation: 15,545 - 14,755
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (United States Dollars in thousands, except per share data and unless otherwise indicated)
Contractual Obligations
Our principal commitments consisted of obligations under our outstanding term loan and operating leases for office facilities. The following table summarizes our commitments to settle contractual obligations in cash as of December 31, 2019.
(1) The principal balance of the term loan is repaid on a quarterly basis at an amortization rate of 0.25% per quarter, with the balance due at maturity
(2) Variable interest payments on our term loan are calculated based on the interest rate as of December 31, 2019 and the scheduled maturity of the underlying term loan.
(3) Amounts presented reflect a quarterly commitment fee rate of 0.375% per annum, and assume that the entire $100 million revolving loan facility is unused (the conditions that existed as of period end) for the duration of the agreement, which matures on March 29, 2023.
(4) Our operating leases are for office space. Certain of these leases contain provisions for rent escalations and/or lease concessions. Rental payments, as well as any step rent provisions specified in the lease agreements, are aggregated and charged evenly to expense over the lease term. However, amounts included herein do not reflect this accounting treatment, as they represent the future contractual lease cash obligations.
The payments that we may be required to make under the TRA to the TRA Parties may be significant and are not reflected in the contractual obligations table set forth above. Refer to Part I, Item 1A "Risk Factors–Risks Related to Our Organizational Structure" and to Note 13 to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 for additional detail.
The payments that we may be required to make under the TRA to the TRA Parties may be significant and are not reflected in the contractual obligations table set forth above. Refer to Part I, Item 1A "Risk Factors–Risks Related to Our Organizational Structure" and to Note 13 to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 for additional detail.
Table:
 | Total | Less than 1 year | 1-3 years | 3-5 years | More than 5 years
Term loan(1) | $393,000 | $4,000 | $8,000 | $8,000 | $373,000
Interest payments on term loan(2) | 100,382 | 19,575 | 38,550 | 37,750 | 4,507
Revolving loan facility fees(3) | 1,310 | 375 | 750 | 185 | —
Operating leases(4) | 15,398 | 4,491 | 8,596 | 2,311 | —
Total contractual obligations | $510,090 | $28,441 | $55,896 | $48,246 | $377,507


Question: How many contractual obligations had a total that exceeded $100,000 thousand?
Answer: 2
Calculation: Term loan##Interest payments on term loan
Note 18 Other Post-Employment Benefits and Other Employee Benefit Plans
In addition to providing pension benefits, we maintain two Other Post-Employment Benefit Plans which provide a portion of healthcare, dental, vision and life insurance benefits for certain retired legacy employees. These plans are in the U.S. and Canada. Covered employees who retired on or after attaining age 55 and who had rendered at least 10 years of service were entitled to post-retirement healthcare, dental and life insurance benefits. These benefits are subject to deductibles, co-payment provisions and other limitations. The information below relates to these two plans.
Contributions made by us, net of Medicare Part D subsidies received in the U.S., are reported below as benefits paid. We may change the benefits at any time. The status of these plans, including a reconciliation of benefit obligations, a reconciliation of plan assets and the funded status of the plans, follows:
Table:
 | December 31, | 
(In millions) | 2019 | 2018
Change in benefit obligations: |  | 
Benefit obligation at beginning of period | $ 46.4 | $ 51.3
Service cost | — | 0.1
Interest cost | 1.6 | 1.4
Actuarial (gain) loss | (1.2) | (1.7)
Benefits paid, net | (3.3) | (4.5)
Plan amendments | — | (0.2)
Benefit obligation at end of period | $ 43.5 | $ 46.4
Change in plan assets: |  | 
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of period | $ — | $ —
Employer contribution | 3.3 | 4.5
Benefits paid, net | (3.3) | (4.5)
Fair value of plan assets at end of period | $ — | $ —
Net amount recognized: |  | 
Underfunded status | $ (43.5) | $ (46.4)
Accumulated benefit obligation at end of year | $ 43.5 | $ 46.4
Net amount recognized in consolidated balance sheets consists of: |  | 
Current liability | $ (5.3) | $ (5.3)
Non-current liability | (38.2) | (41.1)
Net amount recognized | $ (43.5) | $ (46.4)
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss consist of: |  | 
Net actuarial (gain) loss | $ (0.6) | $ 0.4
Prior service credit | (2.6) | (3.0)
Total | $ (3.2) | $ (2.6)


Question: What is Benefit obligation at end of period expressed as a percentage of Benefit obligation at beginning of period for 2019?
Answer: 93.75
Calculation: 43.5/46.4
A summary of our outstanding debt as of December 31, 2018, is as follows (amounts in millions):
Refer to Note 13 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further disclosures regarding our debt obligations.
Table:
 |  |  | December 31, 2018
 | Gross Carrying Amount | Unamortized Discount and Deferred Financing Costs | Net Carrying Amount
2021 Notes | 650 | (3) | 647
2022 Notes | 400 | (3) | 397
2026 Notes | 850 | (8) | 842
2027 Notes | 400 | (5) | 395
2047 Notes | 400 | (10) | 390
Total debt | $2,700 | $(29) | $2,671


Question: What was the gross carrying amount in the 2026 Notes?
Answer: 850
Opening Balance Sheet Adjustments
The following summarizes the effect of adopting the above new accounting standards:
(1) The balance as of March 30, 2018, includes income tax receivable and prepaid income taxes of $107 million and short-term deferred commissions of $94 million. The opening balance as of March 31, 2018, includes income tax receivable and prepaid income taxes of $99 million and short-term deferred commissions of $86 million.
(2) The balance as of March 30, 2018, includes long-term deferred commissions of $35 million, long-term income tax receivable and prepaid income taxes of $61 million and deferred income tax assets of $46 million. The opening balance as of March 31, 2018, includes long-term deferred commissions of $92 million, long-term income tax receivable and prepaid income taxes of $29 million, and deferred income tax assets of $828 million.
Table:
(in millions) | Balance as of March 30, 2018 | Revenue Recognition Guidance | Accounting for Income Taxes Guidance | Opening Balance as of March 31, 2018
Accounts receivable, net | $809 | $24 | $— | $833
Other current assets (1) | $522 | $(8) | $(8) | $506
Other long-term assets (2) | $526 | $57 | $750 | $1,333
Total assets | $15,759 | $73 | $742 | $16,574
Short-term contract liabilities | $2,368 | $(107) | $— | $2,261
Other current liabilities | $372 | $(2) | $— | $370
Long-term contract liabilities | $735 | $(62) | $— | $673
Deferred income tax liabilities | $592 | $47 | $— | $639
Total liabilities | $10,736 | $(124) | $— | $10,612
Retained earnings | $328 | $197 | $742 | $1,267


Question: What does the table show?
Answer: summarizes the effect of adopting the above new accounting standards
Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):
Depreciation expense was $1.2 million and $1.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Amortization of capitalized internal-use software and website development costs was $157,000 and $247,000 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Table:
December 31, |  | 
 | 2019 | 2018
Computer hardware and software | $3,427 | $3,353
Office equipment and office furniture | 8,148 | 7,814
Capitalized internal-use software and website development | 4,390 | 4,383
Leasehold improvements | 6,247 | 6,140
 | 22,212 | 21,690
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | (19,230) | (17,900)
Total | $2,982 | $3,790


Question: What is the change in the amount of computer hardware and software between 2018 and 2019?
Answer: 74
Calculation: 3,427-3,353