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Des Moines, IA (August 3, 2009) Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: PFG) today announced net |
income available to common stockholders for the three months ended June 30, 2009, of $150.3 million, or |
$0.52 per diluted share compared to $168.3 million, or $0.64 per diluted share for the three months ended |
June 30, 2008. The company reported operating earnings of $200.5 million for second quarter 2009, |
compared to $254.1 million for second quarter 2008. Operating earnings per diluted share (EPS) for second |
quarter 2009 were $0.69 compared to $0.97 for the same period in 2008.1 The decline in operating earnings |
from a year ago primarily reflects lower fee income due to lower equity2 and fixed income asset valuations, |
which reduced total company assets under management (AUM) by 16 percent to $257.7 billion as of June 30, |
2009, compared to $308.0 billion as of June 30, 2008. The decline in per share results also reflects the |
companys common stock offering on May 11, 2009, which increased weighted average shares outstanding |
from 261.2 million for the quarter ending June 30, 2008, to 291.4 million for the quarter ending June 30, |
2009. In addition, negative market performance in 2008 resulted in higher costs for employee pension and |
other post-retirement benefits3 in second quarter 2009 than second quarter 2008 of $0.07 on an EPS basis. |
We view our operating results for second quarter 2009 as solid, said Larry D. Zimpleman, |
chairman, president and chief executive officer. We continued to benefit from diversification in our |
businesses and our investment portfolio, and improved equity markets during the second quarter helped drive |
a strong rebound from first quarter 2009 in assets under management, operating earnings and net income. |
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Expense management: management action reduced compensation and other expenses $156 million or |
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13 percent comparing the six months ended June 30, 2009 to the same period a year ago. |
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Capital and liquidity management: the company increased its position in highly liquid assets 80 |
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percent from a year ago to $7.5 billion at June 30, 2009. Compared to June 30, 2008, cash and cash |
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equivalent holdings were up 184 percent to $4.3 billion as of June 30, 2009, and government-backed |
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securities were up 18 percent to $3.2 billion. Strong asset/liability matching and liquidity enabled the |
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company to continue scaling back on the Investment Only business, reducing the block by $1.1 billion |
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during the second quarter. |
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Solid sales: the companys three key retirement and investment products generated $3.0 billion of sales, |
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on a combined basis in second quarter 2009, despite a difficult sales environment, with $720 million of |
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sales for full service accumulation, $1.9 billion for Principal Funds, and $371 million for individual |
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annuities. |
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Operating revenues for the second quarter decreased 21 percent to $991.3 million, compared to |
$1,255.7 million for the same period in 2008. Excluding lower single premium group annuity (SPGA) sales, |
operating revenues for the segment decreased 17 percent, consistent with the decline in average account |
values. SPGA sales tend to vary from period to period as the product is typically used to fund defined |
benefit plan terminations and therefore generates large premiums from a small number of customers. |
Segment assets under management were $145.3 billion as of June 30, 2009, compared to $173.2 |
billion as of June 30, 2008. |
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Global Asset Management |
Segment operating earnings for second quarter 2009 were $8.2 million, compared to $24.1 million in |
the prior year quarter, reflecting a 19 percent decline in average assets under management, lower net investment |
income, lower fees due to a slowdown in the real estate market and higher costs for employee pension and other |
post-retirement benefits. The impact of these items was partially offset by expense management, including a |
$16.6 million or 25 percent reduction in compensation costs compared to the year ago quarter. |
Operating revenues for second quarter decreased to $103.3 million from $143.7 million for the same |
period in 2008. |
Third party assets under management were $67.3 billion as of June 30, 2009, compared to $88.7 |
billion as of June 30, 2008. |
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International Asset Management and Accumulation |
Segment operating earnings for second quarter 2009 were $29.3 million compared to $31.8 |
million for the same period in 2008. Second quarter 2009 earnings were dampened by unfavorable |
macroeconomic conditions modest deflation in Chile and weakening of Latin American currencies relative |
to the U.S. dollar. |
Operating revenues were $161.7 million for second quarter 2009, compared to $251.2 million for the |
same period last year primarily due to lower investment yields from inflation-adjusted assets in Latin America. |
Segment assets under management were $28.7 billion as of June 30, 2009, compared to $30.0 |
billion as of June 30, 2008. Had currency rates remained unchanged from 2008, segment assets under |
management would have increased 10 percent over last year. |
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Life and Health Insurance |
Segment operating earnings for second quarter 2009 were $57.7 million, compared to $66.7 |
million for the same period in 2008, with the decline reflecting $9.1 million of higher after-tax costs for |
employee pension and other post-retirement benefits in second quarter 2009 than second quarter 2008. |
Individual Life earnings were $28.3 million compared to $24.0 million in second quarter 2008, reflecting |
lower deferred policy acquisition cost amortization expense resulting from improved equity market |
performance during the quarter. Despite expense efficiencies in both divisions, Health earnings decreased to |
$5.7 million compared to $11.8 million for second quarter 2008, and Specialty Benefits earnings decreased to |
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$23.7 million compared to $30.9 million. Health experienced higher claim costs in second quarter 2009 and |
Specialty Benefits experienced unfavorable dental claims. Both divisions also experienced a reduction in the |
number of participants in existing plans and lower investment income. |
Operating revenues were $1,116.9 million, compared to $1,180.6 million for the same period a |
year ago. The decline was primarily due to an 8 percent decline in Health division premiums, which |
primarily reflects a decline in covered members. |
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Corporate and Other |
Operating losses for second quarter 2009 were $32.1 million, compared to operating losses of $21.4 |
million for the same period in 2008. The increase in losses reflects higher interest expense resulting from the |
companys $750 million debt issuance during the second quarter 2009. |
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Other-than-temporary impairments for second quarter 2009 |
On April 9, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board established new requirements for measuring |
and presenting other-than-temporary impairment charges on available for sale securities, which the Company |
adopted with first quarter 2009 reporting. Based on the new requirements, on a pre-tax basis, total other than |
temporary impairment losses on available for sale securities were $200.9 million and the noncredit portion of |
loss recognized in other comprehensive income was $66.5 million. Net impairment losses on available for |
sale securities of $134.4 million for second quarter 2009 reflect: the companys actions to reduce capital drift |
risk by selling or tendering certain securities, which resulted in a loss of $48.1 million; and deterioration in |
expected cash flows, which resulted in a $19.8 million net impairment charge on non-agency residential |
mortgage backed securities and residential collateralized debt obligations. The remainder of the net |
impairment losses for second quarter 2009 is primarily related to impairments of corporate credits. |
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Forward looking and cautionary statements |
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements as to |
operating earnings, net income available to common stockholders, net cash flows, realized and unrealized |
losses, capital and liquidity positions, sales and earnings trends, and management's beliefs, expectations, |
goals and opinions. The company does not undertake to update or revise these statements, which are based |
on a number of assumptions concerning future conditions that may ultimately prove to be inaccurate. Future |
events and their effects on the company may not be those anticipated, and actual results may differ materially |
from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. The risks, uncertainties and factors that |
could cause or contribute to such material differences are discussed in the company's annual report on Form |
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and in companys quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter |
ended March 31, 2009, filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as updated or |
supplemented from time to time in subsequent filings. These risks and uncertainties include, without |
limitation: adverse capital and credit market conditions that may significantly affect the companys ability to |
meet liquidity needs, access to capital and cost of capital; difficult conditions in the global capital markets |
and the general economy, which the company does not expect to improve in the near future, that may |
materially adversely affect the companys business and results of operations; the actions of the U.S. |
government, Federal Reserve and other governmental and regulatory bodies for purposes of stabilizing the |
financial markets might not achieve the intended effect; the risk from acquiring new businesses, which could |
result in the impairment of goodwill and/or intangible assets recognized at the time of acquisition; |
impairment of other financial institutions that could adversely affect the company; investment risks which |
may diminish the value of the companys invested assets and the investment returns credited to customers, |
which could reduce sales, revenues, assets under management and net income; requirements to post collateral |
or make payments related to declines in market value of specified assets may adversely affect company |
liquidity and expose the company to counterparty credit risk; changes in laws, regulations or accounting |
standards that may reduce company profitability; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that could |
reduce company profitability; Principal Financial Group, Inc.s primary reliance, as a holding company, on |
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dividends from its subsidiaries to meet debt payment obligations and regulatory restrictions on the ability of |
subsidiaries to pay such dividends; competitive factors; volatility of financial markets; decrease in ratings; |
interest rate changes; inability to attract and retain sales representatives; international business risks; a |
pandemic, terrorist attack or other catastrophic event; and default of the companys re-insurers. |
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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures |
The company uses a number of non-GAAP financial measures that management believes are useful to |
investors because they illustrate the performance of normal, ongoing operations, which is important in |
understanding and evaluating the companys financial condition and results of operations. They are not, |
however, a substitute for U.S. GAAP financial measures. Therefore, the company has provided reconciliations |
of the non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure at the end of the release. |
The company adjusts U.S. GAAP measures for items not directly related to ongoing operations. However, |
it is possible these adjusting items have occurred in the past and could recur in the future reporting periods. |
Management also uses non-GAAP measures for goal setting, as a basis for determining employee and |
senior management awards and compensation, and evaluating performance on a basis comparable to that |
used by investors and securities analysts. |
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Earnings Conference Call |
At 9:00 A.M. (CST) tomorrow, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Zimpleman and |
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Terry Lillis will lead a discussion of results, asset quality |
and capital adequacy during a live conference call, which can be accessed as follows: |
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· Via live Internet webcast. Please go to www.principal.com/investor at least 10-15 minutes prior to the |
start of the call to register, and to download and install any necessary audio software. |
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· Via telephone by dialing 800-374-1609 (U.S. and Canadian callers) or 706-643-7701 (International |
callers) approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. The call leader's name is Tom Graf. |
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· Replays of the earnings call are available at: www.principal.com/investor or by dialing 800-642-1687 |
(U.S. and Canadian callers) or 706-645-9291 (International callers). The access code is 17748880. |
Replays will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the live earnings call through |
the end of day August 11, 2009. |
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The company's financial supplement and additional investment portfolio detail for second quarter 2009 is |
currently available at www.principal.com/investor, and may be referred to during the call. |
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*Operating earnings versus U.S. GAAP (GAAP) net income available to common stockholders |
Management uses operating earnings, which excludes the effect of net realized capital gains and losses, as adjusted, and other after- |
tax adjustments, for goal setting, as a basis for determining employee compensation, and evaluating performance on a basis |
comparable to that used by investors and securities analysts. Segment operating earnings are determined by adjusting U.S. GAAP |
net income available to common stockholders for net realized capital gains and losses, as adjusted, and other after-tax adjustments |
the company believes are not indicative of overall operating trends. Note: it is possible these adjusting items have occurred in the |
past and could recur in future reporting periods. While these items may be significant components in understanding and assessing |
our consolidated financial performance, management believes the presentation of segment operating earnings enhances the |
understanding of results of operations by highlighting earnings attributable to the normal, ongoing operations of the companys |
businesses. |
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Principal Financial Group, Inc.
Results of Operations
(in millions) |
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Three Months Ended, |
Six Months Ended, |
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6/30/09 |
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6/30/08 |
6/30/09 |
6/30/08 |
Premiums and other considerations |
$ 937.7 |
$ 1,156.2 |
$ 1,887.6 |
$ 2,209.2 |
Fees and other revenues |
515.2 |
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622.5 |
988.7 |
1,235.9 |
Net investment income |
860.1 |
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990.9 |
1,688.6 |
1,951.2 |
Net realized capital gains (losses), excluding |
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impairment losses on available-for-sale |
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securities |
(20.8) |
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(65.6) |
11.9 |
(124.1) |
Total other-than-temporary impairment losses |
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on available-for-sale securities |
(200.9) |
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(45.9) |
(347.5) |
(113.4) |
Portion of impairment losses on fixed |
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maturities, available-for-sale recognized |
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in other comprehensive income |
66.5 |
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117.1 |
- |
Net impairment losses on available-for-sale |
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securities |
(134.4) |
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(45.9) |
(230.4) |
(113.4) |
Net realized capital losses |
(155.2) |
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(111.5) |
(218.5) |
(237.5) |
Total revenues |
2,157.8 |
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2,658.1 |
4,346.4 |
5,158.8 |
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Benefits, claims, and settlement expenses |
1,334.3 |
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1,634.0 |
2,640.9 |
3,106.0 |
Dividends to policyholders |
62.9 |
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69.0 |
126.4 |
139.8 |
Operating expenses |
562.7 |
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742.6 |
1,251.1 |
1,493.3 |
Total expenses |
1,959.9 |
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2,445.6 |
4,018.4 |
4,739.1 |
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Income before income taxes |
197.9 |
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212.5 |
328.0 |
419.7 |
Income taxes |
33.9 |
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29.4 |
41.4 |
59.0 |
Net income |
164.0 |
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183.1 |
286.6 |
360.7 |
Net income attributable to noncontrolling |
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interest |
5.4 |
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6.5 |
7.0 |
1.7 |
Net income attributable to PFG |
158.6 |
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176.6 |
279.6 |
359.0 |
Preferred stock dividends |
8.3 |
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8.3 |
16.5 |
16.5 |
Net income available to common stockholders |
$ 150.3 |
$ 168.3 |
$ 263.1 |
$ 342.5 |
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Less: |
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Net realized capital losses, as adjusted |
(50.2) |
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(85.4) |
(101.1) |
(160.1) |
Other after-tax adjustments |
(0.0) |
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(0.4) |
(0.3) |
(9.9) |
Operating earnings |
$ 200.5 |
$ 254.1 |
$ 364.5 |
$ 512.5 |
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Three Months Ended, |
Six Months Ended, |
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06/30/09 |
06/30/08 |
06/30/09 |
06/30/08 |
Diluted Earnings Per Common Share: |
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Operating Earnings |
0.69 |
0.97 |
1.32 |
1.96 |
Net realized capital losses |
(0.17) |
(0.33) |
(0.37) |
(0.62) |
Other after-tax adjustments |
(0.00) |
(0.00) |
(0.00) |
(0.03) |
Net income available to common stockholders |
0.52 |
0.64 |
0.95 |
1.31 |
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Book Value Per Common Share Excluding Accumulated Other |
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Comprehensive Income: |
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Book value per common share excluding accumulated other |
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comprehensive income |
25.75 |
26.45 |
25.75 |
26.45 |
Net unrealized capital losses |
(7.67) |
(3.49) |
(7.67) |
(3.49) |
Foreign currency translation |
(0.20) |
0.27 |
(0.20) |
0.27 |
Net unrecognized post-retirement benefit obligations |
(1.69) |
0.24 |
(1.69) |
0.24 |
Book value per common share including accumulated other |
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comprehensive income |
16.19 |
23.47 |
16.19 |
23.47 |
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Operating Revenues: |
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USAA |
991.3 |
1,255.7 |
1,998.8 |
2,460.4 |
GAM |
103.3 |
143.7 |
207.7 |
283.3 |
IAMA |
161.7 |
251.2 |
225.7 |
434.9 |
Life and Health |
1,116.9 |
1,180.6 |
2,247.9 |
2,368.2 |
Corporate and Other |
(37.4) |
(44.6) |
(83.1) |
(99.9) |
Total operating revenues |
2,335.8 |
2,786.6 |
4,597.0 |
5,446.9 |
Add: |
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Net realized capital losses and related adjustments |
(178.0) |
(130.9) |
(250.5) |
(269.2) |
Terminated commercial mortgage securities issuance operation |
0.0 |
2.4 |
(0.1) |
(18.9) |
Total GAAP revenues |
2,157.8 |
2,658.1 |
4,346.4 |
5,158.8 |
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Operating Earnings: |
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USAA |
137.4 |
152.9 |
230.5 |
292.0 |
GAM |
8.2 |
24.1 |
15.0 |
43.9 |
IAMA |
29.3 |
31.8 |
46.3 |
63.5 |
Life and Health |
57.7 |
66.7 |
129.5 |
145.9 |
Corporate and Other |
(32.1) |
(21.4) |
(56.8) |
(32.8) |
Total operating earnings |
200.5 |
254.1 |
364.5 |
512.5 |
Net realized capital losses |
(50.2) |
(85.4) |
(101.1) |
(160.1) |
Other after-tax adjustments |
(0.0) |
(0.4) |
(0.3) |
(9.9) |
Net income available to common stockholders |
150.3 |
168.3 |
263.1 |
342.5 |
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Net Realized Capital Gains (losses): |
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Net realized capital gains losses, as adjusted |
(50.2) |
(85.4) |
(101.1) |
(160.1) |
Add: |
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Periodic settlements and accruals on non-hedge derivatives |
20.0 |
19.4 |
27.7 |
28.2 |
Amortization of DPAC and sale inducement costs |
(114.4) |
(16.4) |
(89.6) |
(29.9) |
Certain market value adjustments of embedded derivatives |
(2.5) |
3.2 |
(6.5) |
3.2 |
Capital gains (losses) distributed |
13.6 |
6.9 |
6.9 |
(2.4) |
Tax impacts |
(29.0) |
(42.2) |
(65.8) |
(76.3) |
Noncontrolling interest capital gains (losses) |
4.5 |
3.0 |
5.6 |
(3.7) |
Less related fee adjustments: |
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Unearned front-end fee income |
(2.8) |
- |
(2.8) |
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Certain market value adjustments to fee revenues |
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(1.5) |
(3.5) |
GAAP net realized capital losses |
(155.2) |
(111.5) |
(218.5) |
(237.5) |
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Other After Tax Adjustments: |
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Change in estimated loss related to a prior year legal contingency |
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7.6 |
Terminated commercial mortgage securities issuance operation |
- |
(0.4) |
(0.3) |
(17.5) |
Total other after-tax adjustments |
- |
(0.4) |
(0.3) |
(9.9) |