Source document: nielsen-nv_2019

Question: What was the income tax benefit recorded by Nielsen when the Company adopted ASU 2016-16?
Facts: $193 million
Answer: $193 million

Question: What is the amount of UK income loss before income taxes and equity in net income of affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2019?
Facts: 30
Answer: 30 million

Question: What is the amount of non-UK  income loss before income taxes and equity in net income of affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2018?
Facts: 885
Answer: 885 million

Question: What is the percentage change in the loss before income taxes and equity in net income/(loss) of affiliates from 2018 to 2019?
Facts: 663; 882
Derivation: (663-882)/882
Answer: -24.83 percent

Question: What is the percentage of non-UK activities in loss before income taxes and equity in net loss of affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2019?
Facts: 633; 663
Derivation: 633/663
Answer: 95.48 percent

Question: What is the percentage change in the UK activities from 2018 to 2019?
Facts: 3; 30
Derivation: (-30-3)/3
Answer: -1100 percent

Question: What was the cause of the increase in the contract assets balance?
Facts: due to $203 million of revenue recognized that was not billed, in accordance with the terms of the contracts, as of December 31, 2019, offset by $193 million of contract assets included in the December 31, 2018 balance that were invoiced to Nielsen’s clients and therefore transferred to trade receivables
Answer: due to $203 million of revenue recognized that was not billed, in accordance with the terms of the contracts, as of December 31, 2019, offset by $193 million of contract assets included in the December 31, 2018 balance that were invoiced to Nielsen’s clients and therefore transferred to trade receivables

Question: What was the cause of the decrease in contract liability balance?
Facts: due to $326 million of advance consideration received or the right to consideration that is unconditional from customers for which revenue was not recognized during the period, offset by $337 million of revenue recognized during the period that had been included in the December 31, 2018 contract liability balance
Answer: due to $326 million of advance consideration received or the right to consideration that is unconditional from customers for which revenue was not recognized during the period, offset by $337 million of revenue recognized during the period that had been included in the December 31, 2018 contract liability balance

Question: What is the contract assets for the year ended December 31, 2019?
Facts: 218
Answer: 218 million

Question: What is the percentage change in the contract assets from 2018 to 2019?
Facts: 210; 218
Derivation: (218-210)/210
Answer: 3.81 percent

Question: What is the percentage change in the contract liabilities from 2018 to 2019?
Facts: 346; 359
Derivation: (346-359)/359
Answer: -3.62 percent

Question: What is the change in the contract assets from 2018 to 2019?
Facts: 210; 218
Derivation: 218-210
Answer: 8 million

Question: What does the loss for the year ended December 31, 2019 include?
Facts: $1,004 million in impairment charges associated with our Connect reporting unit, a non-cash expense of $170 for the settlement of certain pension plans and $80 million in restructuring charges
Answer: $1,004 million in impairment charges associated with our Connect reporting unit, a non-cash expense of $170 for the settlement of certain pension plans and $80 million in restructuring charges

Question: What does the income for the year ended December 31, 2017 include?
Facts: $80 million in restructuring charges
Answer: $80 million in restructuring charges

Question: What is the amount of total assets in 2019?
Facts: 14,319
Answer: 14,319 million

Question: How many of the years have revenue above 6,500 million?
Facts: 2017; 2018
Derivation: 2018 ## 2017
Answer: 2

Question: Which year has the highest amount of total assets?
Facts: 2017
Derivation: Look at row 15 , and COL3 to COL7 to find the year with the highest value
Answer: 2017

Question: What is the percentage change in the operating loss from 2018 to 2019?
Facts: 475; 93
Derivation: (93-475)/475
Answer: -80.42 percent

Question: What do the other contractual obligations include?
Facts: finance lease obligations (including interest portion), facility leases, leases of certain computer and other equipment, agreements to purchase data and telecommunication services, the payment of principal and interest on debt and pension fund obligations
Answer: finance lease obligations (including interest portion), facility leases, leases of certain computer and other equipment, agreements to purchase data and telecommunication services, the payment of principal and interest on debt and pension fund obligations

Question: What is the total amount of finance lease obligations?
Facts: $162
Answer: $162 million

Question: What is the total amount of payments due?
Facts: 11,605
Answer: 11,605 million

Question: What is the percentage of total pension fund obligations in the total amount of payments due?
Facts: 11,605; 28
Derivation: 28/11,605
Answer: 0.24 percent

Question: What is the percentage constitution of amount of finance lease obligations due in 2024 among the total amount?
Facts: 162; 7
Derivation: 7/162
Answer: 4.32 percent

Question: What is the difference between the total payment for operating leases and finance lease obligations?
Facts: 162; 574
Derivation: 574-162
Answer: 412 million

Question: What is the interest coverage ratio in 2019?
Facts: 391; 472
Derivation: 472/391
Answer: 1.21

Question: What is the percentage change in the net loss from 2018 to 2019?
Facts: 415; 712
Derivation: (415-712)/712
Answer: -41.71 percent

Question: What is the percentage change in the adjusted EBITDA from 2018 to 2019?
Facts: 1,850; 1,853
Derivation: (1,853-1,850)/1,850
Answer: 0.16 percent

Question: How does share-based compensation expense vary?
Facts: based on the timing, size and nature of awards granted
Answer: based on the timing, size and nature of awards granted

Question: When should adjusted EBITDA not be considered?
Facts: in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP
Answer: in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP

Question: What is the EBITDA for 2019, 2018 and 2017 respectively?
Facts: 1,827; 167; 472
Answer: 472; 167; 1,827 million