Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part I, Item 2, contains information that may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts, such as statements regarding our future financial condition or results of operations, our prospects and strategies for future growth, the development and introduction of new products, expectations regarding cost reductions, and the implementation of our marketing and branding strategies. In many cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “expects,” “outlook,” "intends," "will," "may," "believes," “pro forma,” “plans,” “predicts,” “potential,” “estimates,” “intends,” “should,” “could,” “anticipates,” “likely,” “commit,” “guidance,” “anticipate,” “incremental,” “provisional,” “preliminary,” “forecast,” “continue,” “strategy,” “confidence,” “objective,” “project,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. The forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions regarding our business, the economy and other future conditions and are subject to risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances that may cause events or our actual activities or results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. Certain of these risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances are described in the “ Risk Factors ” section of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in the “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” sections included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 20, 2025. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future events, outlook, guidance, results, actions, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Unless required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events after the date they are made.
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 20, 2025.
Overview
At Sabre, we make travel happen. We are a technology company that operates our business and presents our results through two business segments: (i) Travel Solutions, our global business-to-business travel marketplace for travel suppliers and travel buyers, including a broad portfolio of software technology products and solutions for airlines , and (ii) Hospitality Solutions, an extensive suite of leading software solutions for hoteliers.
A significant portion of our revenue is generated through transaction-based fees that we charge to our customers. For Travel Solutions, we generate revenue from our distribution activities through transaction fees for bookings on our GDS, and from our IT solutions through recurring usage-based fees for the use of our SaaS and hosted systems, as well as upfront fees and professional services fees. For Hospitality Solutions, we generate revenue from recurring usage-based fees for the use of our SaaS and hosted systems, as well as upfront fees and professional services fees. Items that are not allocated to our business segments are identified as corporate and primarily include stock-based compensation expense, litigation costs, corporate headcount-related costs and other items that are not identifiable with either of our segments.
Recent Developments Affecting our Results of Operations
The travel ecosystem has shifted over the past few years, resulting in the changing needs of our airline, hotel and agency customers, for which we have established strategic priorities with the goal of achieving sustainable long-term growth. Recent industry air distribution volume growth has generally leveled off, which may continue into the future and could impact our rate of growth. Passengers boarded for IT solutions has been negatively impacted by de-migrations from carriers who de-migrated prior to 2024; however, we expect revenue growth for IT solutions beginning in the third quarter of 2025 following the anniversary of the impact of these de-migrations on our revenue.
We believe that we have resources to sufficiently fund our liquidity requirements over at least the next twelve months, including the aggregate payment of approximately $217 million of principal due at maturity under current debt facilities; however, given the uncertain economic environment and the leveling off of industry air distribution volume growth, we will continue to monitor our liquidity levels and take additional steps should we determine they are necessary. See “—Recent Events Impacting Our Liquidity and Capital Resources” and “—Senior Secured Credit Facilities.” During 2023 and 2024, we refinanced portions of our debt which resulted in higher interest rates than prior years, increasing our current and future interest expense. Currently approximately 48% of our debt, net of cash and hedging impacts from interest rates swaps, is variable and impacted by changes in interest rates. Approximately 28% of our debt is variable, excluding the Senior Secured Term Loan due in 2028, where pricing is subject to the highest yield to maturity of Sabre GLBL secured debt as defined by the Reference Rate. See “Risk Factors—We are exposed to interest rate fluctuations.”
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Agreement to sell Hospitality Solutions Business
On April 27, 2025, we entered into a definitive purchase agreement for the Hospitality Solutions Sale. The purchase price for the transaction is approximately $1.1 billion in cash, and we are currently evaluating the impact of the sale to our financial statements. The Hospitality Solutions Sale is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Following closing of the Hospitality Solutions Sale, we expect to use the net proceeds of approximately $960 million (net of estimated taxes, fees and customary closing working capital adjustments) primarily to repay our outstanding indebtedness. See "Liquidity and Capital Resources— Capital Resources". As a result of the Hospitality Solutions Sale, we expect our Hospitality Solutions segment to be presented as a discontinued operation in the second quarter of fiscal 2025. Following the closing of the Hospitality Solutions Sale, we expect to manage and report our business in one reportable segment. In addition to the purchase agreement described above, the parties expect to enter into a transition services agreement, pursuant to which Sabre will provide certain services following closing to assist in the transition of the Hospitality Solutions business.
Factors Affecting our Results
In addition to the “—Recent Developments Affecting our Results of Operations” above, a discussion of trends that we believe are the most significant opportunities and challenges currently impacting our business and industry is included in the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Factors Affecting our Results” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 20, 2025. The discussion also includes management’s assessment of the effects these trends have had and are expected to have on our results of continuing operations. This information is not an exhaustive list of all of the factors that could affect our results and should be read in conjunction with the factors referred to in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 20, 2025.
Components of Revenues and Expenses
Revenues
Travel Solutions generates revenues from distribution activities through direct billable bookings processed on our GDS, adjusted for estimated cancellations of those bookings. Travel Solutions also generates revenues from IT solutions activities from its product offerings including reservation systems for full-service and low-cost carriers, commercial and operations products, professional services, agency solutions and booking data. Additionally, Travel Solutions generates revenue through software licensing and maintenance fees. Recognition of license fees upon delivery has previously resulted and will continue to result in periodic fluctuations in revenue recognized.
Hospitality Solutions generates revenue through upfront solution fees and recurring usage-based fees for the use of our software solutions hosted on secure platforms or deployed through our SaaS and through other professional service fees including Digital Experience (“DX”). Certain professional service fees are discrete sales opportunities that may have a high degree of variability from period to period, and we cannot guarantee that we will have such fees in the future consistent with prior periods.
Cost of revenue, excluding technology costs
Cost of revenue, excluding technology costs, incurred by Travel Solutions and Hospitality Solutions consists primarily of costs associated with the delivery and distribution of our products and services and includes employee-related costs for our delivery, customer operations and call center teams as well as allocated overhead such as facilities and other support costs. Cost of revenue, excluding technology costs, for Travel Solutions also includes incentive consideration expense representing payments or other consideration to travel agencies for reservations made on our GDS which accrue on a monthly basis. Cost of revenue, excluding technology costs, also includes amortization of upfront incentive consideration representing upfront payments or other consideration provided to travel agencies for reservations made on our GDS which are capitalized and amortized over the expected life of the contract. The technology costs excluded from Cost of revenue, excluding technology costs, are presented separately below.
Corporate cost of revenue, excluding technology costs primarily includes costs such as stock-based compensation and restructuring charges (in applicable periods) that are not allocated to our segments.
Depreciation and amortization included in cost of revenue, excluding technology costs, is associated with capitalized implementation costs and intangible assets associated with contracts, supplier and distributor agreements purchased through acquisitions.
Technology Costs
Technology costs incurred by Travel Solutions and Hospitality Solutions consist of expenses related to third-party providers and employee-related costs to operate technology operations including hosting, third-party software, and other costs associated with the maintenance and minor enhancement of our technology. Technology costs also include costs associated with our technology transformation efforts. Technology costs are less variable in nature and therefore may not correlate with related changes in revenue.
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Corporate technology costs include certain expenses such as stock-based compensation, restructuring charges (in applicable periods) and other corporate related items including labor and professional services that are not identifiable with either of our segments.
Depreciation and amortization included in technology costs is associated with software developed for internal use that supports our products, assets supporting our technology platform, businesses and systems and intangible assets for technology purchased through acquisitions.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses consist of professional service fees, certain settlement charges or reimbursements, costs to defend legal disputes, provision for expected credit losses, non-recoverable taxes, indirect taxes, other overhead costs, and personnel-related expenses, including stock-based compensation, for employees engaged in sales, sales support, account management and who administratively support the business in finance, legal, human resources, information technology and communications.
Depreciation and amortization included in selling, general and administrative expenses is associated with property and equipment, acquired customer relationships, trademarks and brand names purchased through acquisitions or established through the take private transaction in 2007, which includes a remaining useful life of 12 years as of March 31, 2025 for trademarks and brand names.
Intersegment Transactions
We account for significant intersegment transactions as if the transactions were with third parties, that is, at estimated current market prices. Hospitality Solutions pays fees to Travel Solutions for hotel stays booked through our GDS.
Key Metrics
“Direct billable bookings” and “passengers boarded” are the primary metrics utilized by Travel Solutions to measure operating performance. Travel Solutions generates distribution revenue for each direct billable booking, which includes bookings made through our GDS (e.g., Air, and Lodging, Ground and Sea (“LGS”)) and through our equity method investments in cases where we are paid directly by the travel supplier. Air bookings are presented net of bookings cancelled within the period presented. Travel Solutions also recognizes IT solutions revenue from recurring usage-based fees for passengers boarded. The primary metric utilized by Hospitality Solutions is booking transactions processed through the Sabre Hospitality Solutions SynXis Central Reservation System (the “Central Reservation System”). These key metrics allow management to analyze customer volume over time for each of our product lines to monitor industry trends and analyze performance. We believe that these key metrics are useful for investors and other third parties as indicators of our financial performance and industry trends. While these metrics are based on what we believe to be reasonable estimates of our transaction counts for the applicable period of measurement, there are inherent challenges associated with their measurement. In addition, we are continually seeking to improve our estimates of these metrics, and these estimates may change due to improvements or changes in our methodology.
The following table sets forth these key metrics for the periods indicated (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025 2024 % Change
Travel Solutions
Direct Billable Bookings - Air 82,438 85,170 (3.2)%
Direct Billable Bookings - LGS 13,918 13,289 4.7%
Distribution Total Direct Billable Bookings 96,356 98,459 (2.1)%
IT Solutions Passengers Boarded 165,826 167,926 (1.3)%
Hospitality Solutions
Central Reservations System Transactions 30,769 29,051 5.9%
Definitions of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We have included both financial measures compiled in accordance with GAAP and certain non-GAAP financial measures in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including Adjusted Net Loss from continuing operations (“Adjusted Net Loss”), Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow and ratios based on these financial measures.
We define Adjusted Net Loss as net loss attributable to common stockholders adjusted for net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, acquisition-related amortization, restructuring and other costs, loss on extinguishment of debt, other, net, acquisition-related costs, indirect tax matters, stock-based compensation, and the tax impact of adjustments.
We define Adjusted EBITDA as loss from continuing operations adjusted for depreciation and amortization of property and equipment, amortization of capitalized implementation costs, acquisition-related amortization, restructuring and other costs,
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interest expense, net, other, net, loss on extinguishment of debt, acquisition-related costs, indirect tax matters, stock-based compensation and the (benefit) provision for income taxes.
We define Free Cash Flow as cash used in operating activities less cash used in additions to property and equipment.
We define Adjusted Net Loss from continuing operations per share as Adjusted Net Loss divided by diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding.
These non-GAAP financial measures are key metrics used by management and our board of directors to monitor our ongoing core operations because historical results have been significantly impacted by events that are unrelated to our core operations as a result of changes to our business and the regulatory environment. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures are used by investors, analysts and other interested parties as measures of financial performance and to evaluate our ability to service debt obligations, fund capital expenditures, fund our investments in technology transformation, and meet working capital requirements. We also believe that Adjusted Net Loss and Adjusted EBITDA assist investors in company-to-company and period-to-period comparisons by excluding differences caused by variations in capital structures (affecting interest expense), tax positions and the impact of depreciation and amortization expense. In addition, amounts derived from Adjusted EBITDA are a primary component of certain covenants under our senior secured credit facilities.
Adjusted Net Loss, Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow and ratios based on these financial measures are not recognized terms under GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures and ratios based on them are unaudited and have important limitations as analytical tools, and should not be viewed in isolation and do not purport to be alternatives to net income as indicators of operating performance or cash flows from operating activities as measures of liquidity. These non-GAAP financial measures and ratios based on them exclude some, but not all, items that affect net income or cash flows from operating activities and these measures may vary among companies. Our use of these measures has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:
• these non-GAAP financial measures exclude certain recurring, non-cash charges such as stock-based compensation expense and amortization of acquired intangible assets;
• although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash requirements for such replacements;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect amortization of capitalized implementation costs associated with our revenue contracts, which may require future working capital or cash needs in the future;
• Adjusted Net Loss and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the interest expense or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our indebtedness;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us;
• Free Cash Flow removes the impact of accrual-basis accounting on asset accounts and non-debt liability accounts, and does not reflect the cash requirements necessary to service the principal payments on our indebtedness; and
• other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate Adjusted Net Loss, Adjusted EBITDA or Free Cash Flow differently, which reduces their usefulness as comparative measures.
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The following table sets forth the reconciliation of Net loss attributable to common stockholders to Adjusted Net Loss from continuing operations and Loss from continuing operations to Adjusted EBITDA (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025 2024
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders $ 35,335 $ (71,483)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests (1)
213 378
Income (loss) from continuing operations 35,548 (71,105)
Adjustments:
Acquisition-related amortization (2a)
8,791 9,622
Restructuring and other costs (4)
— (5,053)
Loss on extinguishment of debt — 37,994
Other, net (3)
(3,776) 4,477
Acquisition-related costs (5)
1,796 250
Indirect tax matters (6)
274 —
Stock-based compensation 13,662 13,905
Tax impact of adjustments (7)
(56,977) 4,171
Adjusted Net Loss from continuing operations $ (682) $ (5,739)
Adjusted Net Loss from continuing operations per share $ — $ (0.02)
Adjusted diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding (8)
386,271 379,774
Income (loss) from continuing operations $ 35,548 $ (71,105)
Adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment (2b)
16,680 19,713
Amortization of capitalized implementation costs (2c)
4,315 4,824
Acquisition-related amortization (2a)
8,791 9,622
Restructuring and other costs (4)
— (5,053)
Interest expense, net 129,353 124,747
Other, net (3)
(3,776) 4,477
Loss on extinguishment of debt — 37,994
Acquisition-related costs (5)
1,796 250
Indirect tax matters (6)
274 —
Stock-based compensation 13,662 13,905
(Benefit) provision for income taxes (57,062) 2,932
Adjusted EBITDA $ 149,581 $ 142,306
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The following tables set forth the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to Loss from continuing operations in our statement of operations by business segment (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
Travel Solutions Hospitality Solutions Corporate Total
Adjusted EBITDA $ 184,429 $ 11,456 $ (46,304) $ 149,581
Less:
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment (2b)
13,400 3,072 208 16,680
Amortization of capitalized implementation costs (2c)
2,963 1,352 — 4,315
Acquisition-related amortization (2a)
— — 8,791 8,791
Acquisition-related costs (5)
— — 1,796 1,796
Indirect tax matters (6)
— — 274 274
Stock-based compensation — — 13,662 13,662
Equity method income 665 — — 665
Operating income (loss) $ 167,401 $ 7,032 $ (71,035) $ 103,398
Interest expense, net (129,353)
Other, net (3)
3,776
Equity method income 665
Benefit for income taxes 57,062
Income from continuing operations $ 35,548
Three Months Ended March 31, 2024
Travel Solutions Hospitality Solutions Corporate Total
Adjusted EBITDA $ 188,309 $ 8,271 $ (54,274) $ 142,306
Less:
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment (2b)
15,171 4,331 211 19,713
Amortization of capitalized implementation costs (2c)
3,356 1,468 — 4,824
Acquisition-related amortization (2a)
— — 9,622 9,622
Restructuring and other costs (4)
— — (5,053) (5,053)
Acquisition-related costs (5)
— — 250 250
Stock-based compensation — — 13,905 13,905
Equity method income 960 — — 960
Operating income (loss) $ 168,822 $ 2,472 $ (73,209) $ 98,085
Interest expense, net (124,747)
Other, net (3)
(4,477)
Loss on extinguishment of debt (37,994)
Equity method income 960
Provision for income taxes (2,932)
Loss from continuing operations $ (71,105)
The following tables present information from our statements of cash flows and set forth the reconciliation of Free Cash Flow to cash used in operating activities, the most directly comparable GAAP measure (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025 2024
Cash used in operating activities $ (80,603) $ (68,090)
Cash used in investing activities (8,250) (27,676)
Cash provided by financing activities 13,208 77,908
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025 2024
Cash used in operating activities $ (80,603) $ (68,090)
Additions to property and equipment (17,891) (27,676)
Free Cash Flow $ (98,494) $ (95,766)
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(1) Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests represents an adjustment to include earnings allocated to noncontrolling interests held in (i) Sabre Travel Network Middle East of 40%, (ii) Sabre Seyahat Dagitim Sistemleri A.S. of 40%, (iii) Sabre Travel Network Lanka (Pte) Ltd of 40%, (iv) Sabre Bulgaria of 4 0%, and (v) FERMR Holdings Limited (the direct parent of Conferma Limited) of 19%.
(2) Depreciation and amortization expenses:
(a) Acquisition-related amortization represents amortization of intangible assets from the take-private transaction in 2007 as well as intangibles associated with acquisitions since that date.
(b) Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment includes software developed for internal use as well as amortization of contract acquisition costs.
(c) Amortization of capitalized implementation costs represents amortization of upfront costs to implement new customer contracts under our SaaS and hosted revenue model.
(3) Other, net includes a gain on the sale of assets of $5 million recognized in the current year period and a fair value loss from our investments in securities of $3 million recognized in the prior year period. In addition, all periods presented include foreign exchange gains and losses related to the remeasurement of foreign currency denominated balances included in our consolidated balance sheets into the relevant functional currency.
(4) Restructuring and other costs primarily represents adjustments to charges associated with the cost reduction plan we began implementing in the second quarter of 2023.
(5) Acquisition-related costs represent fees and expenses incurred associated with acquisition and disposition-related activities.
(6) Indirect tax matters represents charges associated with certain digital services taxes ("DST") related to historical periods, which may ultimately be settled in cash, and certain foreign non-income tax litigation matters. See detailed disclosures regarding these matters included in the Liquidity and Capital Resources and Risk Factors sections as well as Note 12. Contingencies, to our consolidated financial statements.
(7) The tax impact of adjustments includes the tax effect of each separate adjustment based on the statutory tax rate for the jurisdiction(s) in which the adjustment was taxable or deductible, and the tax effect of items that relate to tax specific financial transactions, tax law changes, uncertain tax positions, valuation allowances and other items.
(8) The adjusted diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding calculation excludes 12 million of dilutive stock options and restricted stock awards for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as their effect would be anti-dilutive given the adjusted net loss from continuing operations incurred in the period.
Results of Operations
The following table sets forth our consolidated statements of operations data for each of the periods presented:
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025 2024
(Amounts in thousands)
Revenue $ 776,617 $ 782,886
Cost of revenue, excluding technology costs 333,710 321,094
Technology costs 196,227 222,291
Selling, general and administrative 143,282 141,416
Operating income 103,398 98,085
Interest expense, net (129,353) (124,747)
Loss on extinguishment of debt — (37,994)
Equity method income 665 960
Other, net 3,776 (4,477)
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes (21,514) (68,173)
(Benefit) provision for income taxes (57,062) 2,932
Loss from continuing operations $ 35,548 $ (71,105)
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
Revenue
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025 2024 Change
(Amounts in thousands)
Travel Solutions $ 702,126 $ 713,633 $ (11,507) (2) %
Hospitality Solutions 85,209 78,819 6,390 8 %
Total segment revenue 787,335 792,452 (5,117) (1) %
Eliminations (10,718) (9,566) (1,152) 12 %
Total revenue $ 776,617 $ 782,886 $ (6,269) (1) %
Travel Solutions— Revenue decreased $12 million, or 2%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in the prior year, primarily due to:
• a $3 million, or 1% decrease in transaction-based distribution revenue primarily due to a 2% decrease in direct billable bookings to 96 million, partially offset by favorable rate impacts; and
• an $8 million, or 6% decrease in IT solutions revenue driven by the impact of de-migrations from carriers who de-migrated prior to 2024. We expect revenue growth for IT solutions beginning in the third quarter of 2025 following the anniversary of the impact of these de-migrations on our revenue.
Hospitality Solutions — Revenue increased $6 million, or 8%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase was primarily driven by a $5 million increase in SynXis Software and Services revenue due to an increase in transaction volumes of 6% to 31 million driven by growth in our existing customer base as well as new customer deployments and a favorable mix within our customer base.
Cost of revenue, excluding technology costs
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025 2024 Change
(Amounts in thousands)
Travel Solutions $ 301,572 $ 288,850 $ 12,722 4 %
Hospitality Solutions 37,539 36,559 980 3 %
Eliminations (10,718) (9,566) (1,152) 12 %
Total segment cost of revenue, excluding technology costs 328,393 315,843 12,550 4 %
Corporate 650 47 603 1,283 %
Depreciation and amortization 4,667 5,204 (537) (10) %
Total cost of revenue, excluding technology costs $ 333,710 $ 321,094 $ 12,616 4 %
Travel Solutions— Cost of revenue, excluding technology costs, increased $13 million, or 4%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in the prior year driven by a $13 million increase in incentive consideration primarily due to an increase in rates and transaction mix.
Hospitality Solutions— Cost of revenue, excluding technology costs, increased $1 million, or 3% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in the prior year due to an increase in costs associated with increased transaction volumes and the mix of our revenue transactions.
Technology Costs
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025 2024 Change
(Amounts in thousands)
Travel Solutions $ 154,590 $ 176,920 $ (22,330) (13) %
Hospitality Solutions 24,691 23,227 1,464 6 %
Total segment technology costs 179,281 200,147 (20,866) (10) %
Corporate 4,811 6,828 (2,017) (30) %
Depreciation and amortization 12,135 15,316 $ (3,181) (21) %
Total technology costs $ 196,227 $ 222,291 $ (26,064) (12) %
Travel Solutions— Technology costs decreased $22 million, or 13% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in the prior year. The decrease was primarily driven by an $11 million decrease in technology costs due to
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savings related to our cloud migrations and a $12 million decrease in labor and professional services driven by the cost reduction plan we implemented in prior periods.
Hospitality Solutions— Technology costs increased $1 million, or 6%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in the prior year due to a $1 million increase in labor and professional services to support growth in the business.
Corporate— Technology costs decreased $2 million, or 30%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in the prior year due to a $2 million decrease in labor and professional services costs driven by the cost reduction plan we implemented in prior periods.
Depreciation and Amortization— Technology costs decreased $3 million, or 21%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to the completion of amortization of certain capitalized internal use software.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025 2024 Change
(Amounts in thousands)
Travel Solutions $ 62,200 $ 60,514 $ 1,686 3 %
Hospitality Solutions 11,523 10,762 761 7 %
Total segment selling, general and administrative expenses 73,723 71,276 2,447 3 %
Corporate 56,575 56,501 74 — %
Depreciation and amortization 12,984 13,640 $ (656) (5) %
Total selling, general and administrative expenses $ 143,282 $ 141,417 $ 1,865 1 %
Travel Solutions— Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $2 million, or 3%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in the prior year due to a $4 million increase in labor and professional services to support our growth initiatives and a $2 million increase in other ongoing business expenses, partially offset by a $5 million decrease in the provision for credit losses.
Hospitality Solutions— Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $1 million or 7%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to a $2 million increase in the provision for credit losses, offset by a $1 million decrease in other ongoing business expenses.
Corporate— Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025 decreased by $8 million primarily due to a decrease in tax expenses as a result of a sales tax refund in 2025 related to prior tax periods, offset by an $8 million increase in labor and professional services primarily due to the reversal of certain employee related accruals and severance cost accruals in the prior year associated with the cost reduction plan we implemented in prior periods.
Interest expense, net
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025 2024 Change
(Amounts in thousands)
Interest expense, net $ (129,353) $ (124,747) $ (4,606) 4 %
Interest expense increased $5 million, or 4%, during the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to higher interest incurred in connection with our debt. See Note 6. Debt for further details.
Loss on extinguishment of debt
We recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $38 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 as a result of the financing activity that occurred in the first quarter of 2024. See Note 6. Debt for further details.
Other, net
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025 2024 Change
(Amounts in thousands)
Other, net $ 3,776 $ (4,477) $ 8,253 (184) %
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Other, net increased $8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in the prior year primarily due to a gain on the sale of assets of $5 million recognized in the current year period and a fair value loss from our investments in securities of $3 million recognized in the prior year period. See Note 8. Fair Value Measurements for further details regarding our investments in securities.
(Benefit) provision for Income Taxes
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025 2024 Change
(Amounts in thousands)
(Benefit) provision for income taxes $ (57,062) $ 2,932 $ (59,994) (2,046) %
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, we recognized $57 million of income tax benefit, representing an effective tax rate of 265% , compared to an income tax expense of $3 million, representing an effective tax rate of less than 1% for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2025 represents the rate expected for the year applied to year to date earnings before tax and the impact of certain discrete items in the quarter. The effective tax rate is impacted by an increase in the valuation allowance due primarily to interest expense limitations, offset by loss utilization . The difference between our effective tax rates and the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate primarily results from the impact of changes in the valuation allowance , our geographic mix of taxable income in various tax jurisdictions, tax permanent differences and tax credits.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our current principal source of liquidity is our cash and cash equivalents on hand. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, our cash and cash equivalents and outstanding letters of credit were as follows (in thousands):
March 31, 2025 December 31, 2024
Cash and cash equivalents $ 651,144 $ 724,479
Outstanding balance under the AR Facility (1)
100,800 82,200
Available undrawn balance under the AR Facility (1)
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Outstanding letters of credit under the bilateral letter of credit facility 11,883 12,535
Available under the bilateral letter of credit facility 8,117 7,465
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(1) AR Facility (as defined below) does not include the FILO Facility (as defined below).
As of March 31, 2025, we had $101 million outstanding under the AR Facility. The AR Facility matures on March 29, 2027 and allows us the ability to prepay the principal amount prior to the maturity date without penalty. See Note 6. Debt.
We consider cash equivalents to be highly liquid investments that are readily convertible into cash. Securities with contractual maturities of three months or less, when purchased, are considered cash equivalents. We record changes in a book overdraft position, in which our bank account is not overdrawn but recently issued and outstanding checks result in a negative general ledger balance, as cash flows from financing activities. We invest in a money market fund which is classified as cash and cash equivalents in our consolidated balance sheets and statements of cash flows. We held no short-term investments as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. We had $21 million held as cash collateral for standby letters of credit in restricted cash on our consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Liquidity Outlook
The travel ecosystem has shifted over the past few years, resulting in the changing needs of our airline, hotel and agency customers, for which we have established strategic priorities with the goal of achieving sustainable long-term growth. We have experienced volume growth that has generally leveled off, which may continue into the future and could impact our rate of growth. These changes have had, and we believe they will continue to have, a material negative impact on our financial results and liquidity, and this negative impact may continue. Given the uncertain economic environment, we cannot provide assurance that the assumptions used to estimate our liquidity requirements will be accurate. However, based on our assumptions and estimates with respect to our financial condition, we believe that we have resources to sufficiently fund our liquidity requirements over at least the next twelve months, including the aggregate payment of approximately $217 million of principal due at maturity under current debt facilities.
In 2024, we refinanced and extended the maturity on portions of our debt, which negatively impacted our results due to increasing interest rates and negatively impacted our liquidity due to our utilizing cash from our balance sheet. In the second
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quarter of 2023, we began implementing a cost reduction plan designed to reposition our business to the current environment and to structurally reduce our cost base. We believe our cash position and the liquidity measures we have taken will provide additional flexibility as we manage through continued headwinds. We will continue to monitor our liquidity levels and take additional steps should we determine they are necessary.
We utilize cash and cash equivalents primarily to pay our operating expenses, make capital expenditures, invest in our information technology infrastructure, products and offerings, pay taxes, service our debt as it becomes due, and pay other long-term liabilities. Free cash flow is calculated as cash flow from operations reduced by additions to property and equipment. We expect the full year 2025 pro forma free cash flow to be greater than $200 million, which we expect to be impacted by normal seasonality on a quarterly basis. Pro forma free cash flow is calculated to give effect to the sale of the Hospitality Solutions business and the application of the proceeds from the sale against outstanding indebtedness based on management's expectations, as if such transaction and actions had occurred on January 1, 2025.
Our ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our control, and any failure to meet our debt service obligations could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations. Our ability to make payments on and to refinance our indebtedness, and to fund working capital needs and planned capital expenditures will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future, which is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, business, legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control. See “Risk Factors—We may require more cash than we generate in our operating activities, and additional funding on reasonable terms or at all may not be available.”
We have regularly evaluated and considered, and in the future we will continue to evaluate and consider, strategic acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, equity method investments, refinancing our existing debt or repurchasing our outstanding debt obligations in open market or in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, as well as other transactions we believe may create stockholder value or enhance financial performance. These transactions may require cash expenditures or generate proceeds and, to the extent they require cash expenditures, may be funded through a combination of cash on hand, debt or equity offerings, or asset sales.
While our business has incurred net losses on a GAAP basis, we recognized federal taxable income in 2024 based on our operating and non-operating results pursuant to the provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that limit interest expense deduction and the annual use of net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards and requires companies to capitalize and amortize research and development costs. As a result, we expect to be a U.S. federal cash taxpayer in 2025, and we also expect to benefit from the utilization of NOLs and tax credit carryforwards in 2025 to the extent available. We expect to continue to benefit from our NOLs and certain tax credits in the near-term beyond 2025. Additionally, several countries, primarily Canada and in Europe, have adopted DST on revenue earned by multinational companies from the provision of certain digital services, such as the use of an online marketplace, regardless of physical presence. As DSTs are proposed or enacted in jurisdictions around the world, we monitor such legislation and determine its applicability to our operations in these jurisdictions. We record DST in selling, general and administrative costs in the consolidated statements of operations.
Capital Resources
As of March 31, 2025, our outstanding debt totaled $5.1 billion, which is net of debt issuance costs and unamortized discounts of $147 million. Currently approximately 48% of our debt, net of cash and hedging impacts from interest rates swaps, is variable and impacted by changes in interest rates. Approximately 28% of our debt is variable, excluding the Senior Secured Term Loan due in 2028, where interest rate pricing is subject to the highest yield to maturity of Sabre GLBL secured debt as defined by the Reference Rate. See “Risk Factors—We are exposed to interest rate fluctuations." From time to time, we review and consider opportunities to refinance or repurchase our existing debt, as well as conduct debt or equity offerings to support future strategic investments, support operational requirements, provide additional liquidity, or pay down debt.
The global capital markets experienced periods of volatility throughout 2024, which has increased through the first quarter of 2025, in response to the geopolitical conflict, changes in the rate of inflation, and uncertainty regarding the path of U.S. monetary policy, and more recently through tariff-related policy. During 2024, we refinanced portions of our debt which resulted in interest rates higher than prior years, increasing current and future interest expense. However, the 2023 Term Loan Agreement, as defined below, provides the ability for interest to be payable-in-kind, such that amounts due are capitalized into the note balance at the payment date rather than paid in cash, reducing our near-term cash payments for interest on this debt. Subject to market conditions, we may opportunistically refinance portions of our debt in the near term which, at current interest rates and market conditions, may negatively impact our interest expense or result in higher dilution. In addition, from time to time, we may decide to repurchase or otherwise retire portions of our existing indebtedness through transactions in the open market, privately negotiated transactions, tender offers, exchange offers or otherwise, or we may redeem or prepay portions of our existing indebtedness. Any such action will depend on market conditions and various other factors existing at that time.
Our continued access to capital resources depends on multiple factors, including global economic conditions, the condition of global financial markets, the availability of sufficient amounts of financing, our ability to meet debt covenant requirements, our operating performance, and our credit ratings. These factors could lead to further market disruption and potential increases to our funding costs. While the terms of our outstanding indebtedness allow us to incur additional debt, subject to limitations, our ability to incur additional secured indebtedness is significantly limited. As a result, we expect that any material increases in total indebtedness, if available and to the extent issued in the future, may be unsecured. If our credit ratings were to be downgraded, or financing sources were to become more limited or to ascribe higher risk to our rating levels or our industry, our access to capital and the cost of any financing would be negatively impacted. There is no guarantee that additional debt financing will be available in the future to fund our obligations, or that it will be available on commercially reasonable terms,
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in which case we may need to seek other sources of funding. In addition, the terms of future debt agreements could include more restrictive covenants than those we are currently subject to, which could restrict our business operations. For more information, see "Risk Factors—We may require more cash than we generate in our operating activities, and additional funding on reasonable terms or at all may not be available."
Under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2013 (the "Amended and Restated Credit Agreement"), the loan parties are subject to certain customary non-financial covenants, including restrictions on incurring certain types of indebtedness, creation of liens on certain assets, making of certain investments, and payment of dividends. In the first quarter of 2023, we entered into the AR Facility of up to $200 million, and in the first quarter of 2024, we increased the overall size of the AR Facility through the FILO Facility, resulting in a Securitization Facility of $235 million (as each of such terms is defined below) . In June 2023, we entered into a series of transactions including an intercompany secured term loan agreement (the "Pari Passu Loan Agreement") and a new term loan credit agreement with certain lenders (the "2023 Term Loan Agreement"), which provides for a senior secured term loan of up to $700 million in aggregate principal amount and requires that we maintain cash balances of at least $100 million in certain foreign subsidiaries and other covenants to ensure collateral of the applicable foreign guarantors meet certain minimum levels. The 2023 Term Loan Agreement also includes various non-financial covenants, including restrictions on making certain investments, disposition activities and affiliate transactions. In addition, the 2023 Term Loan Agreement contains customary prepayment events and financial and negative covenants and other representations, covenants and events of default based on, but in certain instances more restrictive than, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. As of March 31, 2025, we were in compliance with all covenants under the terms of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Securitization Facility (as defined below), the 2023 Term Loan Agreement and the Pari Passu Loan Agreement.
We are required to pay down our term loans by an amount equal to 50% of annual excess cash flow, as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. This percentage requirement may decrease or be eliminated if certain leverage ratios are achieved. Based on our results for the year ended December 31, 2023, we were not required to make an excess cash flow payment in 2024, and no excess cash flow payment is required in 2025 with respect to our results for the year ended December 31, 2024. We are further required to pay down the term loans with proceeds from certain asset sales, net of taxes, or borrowings, that are not otherwise reinvested in the business, as provided in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. Following closing of the Hospitality Solutions Sale, we expect to use the net proceeds primarily to repay our outstanding indebtedness, which we expect would be applied to our 2021 Term Loan B-2, 2022 Term Loan B-1, 2022 Term Loan B-2, and 2024 Term Loan B-1, in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
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Recent Events Impacting Our Liquidity and Capital Resources
Senior Secured Credit Facilities
On November 25, 2024, we entered into a third and fourth amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (together, the “Term Loan B Amendments”) to which Sabre GLBL agreed to exchange $775 million of our existing senior secured term loans (the “Existing Term Loans”) for the same amount of new senior secured term loans maturing on November 15, 2029 (the “2024 Term Loans”). We incurred no additional indebtedness as a result of this refinancing. The Term Loan B Amendments included the application of the proceeds of a new $700 million and $75 million term loan “B” facility (the “2024 Term Loan B-1” and the ”2024 Term Loan B-2”, respectively), borrowed by Sabre GLBL under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, with the effect of extending the maturity of approximately $775 million of the existing Term Loan B credit facility under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. Sabre GLBL did not receive any cash proceeds from the exchange and did not incur additional indebtedness as a result of the Term Loan B Amendments. We incurred third-party fees of approximately $10 million plus $14 million of accrued and unpaid interest, of which $9 million and $14 million were paid in cash, respectively, during the year ending December 31, 2024. As of March 31, 2025, the unpaid third-party fees are not material. We determined that the Term Loan B Amendments represent a debt modification and therefore we expensed all $10 million of third-party costs, to Other, Net in our consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024 and were included in cash flow from operations as paid. The 2024 Term Loan B-1 and 2024 Term Loan B-2 mature on November 15, 2029. They offer us the ability to prepay or repay with a 1.0% call premium on or prior to the six-month anniversary of the amendment effective date, or without a call premium thereafter. The 2024 Term Loans bear interest at Term SOFR, plus an applicable margin of 600 basis points, or at base rate, plus an applicable margin of 500 basis points. The term SOFR for the 2024 Term Loans is subject to a floor of 0.50% per annum and the base rate is subject to a floor of 1.50% per annum. Except for the extended maturity and new pricing terms, the 2024 Term Loans have substantially similar terms as the Existing Term Loans, including guarantees and security interests.
Senior Secured Notes
On November 25, 2024, Sabre GLBL exchanged approximately $246 million in principal amount of our 8.625% senior secured notes due 2027 (the “June 2027 Notes”) and approximately $509 million in principal amount of our 11.250% senior secured notes due December 2027 (the “December 2027 Notes”) for approximately $800 million of new 10.750% senior secured notes due November 2029 (the “November 2029 Notes”) (the “Initial November 2024 Exchange Transactions”). Shortly thereafter, on November 27, 2024, Sabre GLBL issued an additional approximately $25 million in aggregate principal amount of November 2029 Notes in exchange for approximately $21 million of 9.250% senior secured notes due 2025 (the “April 2025 Notes”) and approximately $4 million of our 7.375% senior secured notes due 2025 (the “September 2025 Notes”) (together with the Initial November 2024 Exchange Transactions, the “November 2024 Exchange Transactions”). Other than the issuance date and issue price, these additional November 2029 notes have the same terms, form a single series with, and are fungible with the November 2029 Notes described above. The November 2029 Notes bear interest at a rate of 10.750% per annum, and interest payments are due semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning May 15, 2025. The November 2029 Notes mature on November 15, 2029. Sabre GLBL did not receive any cash proceeds from the exchange and did not incur additional indebtedness as a result of the exchange other than $45 million of early exchange consideration on the November 2029 Notes, which was recorded as a discount. We incurred $11 million in fees, along with $31 million in accrued and unpaid interest, of which $10 million and $31 million were paid in cash, respectively, during the year ending December 31, 2024 , and the remaining $1 million of third-party fees has been paid as of March 31, 2025. We determined that the November 2024 Exchange Transactions, including the impact of the early exchange consideration, represent a debt modification and therefore, expensed $11 million of debt modification costs in Other, net in our consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2024 and included in cash flow from operations as paid. The November 2029 Notes are jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed by Sabre Holdings and all of Sabre GLBL’s restricted subsidiaries that guarantee Sabre GLBL’s credit facilities governed by the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
On March 7, 2024, Sabre GLBL exchanged approximately $36 million of the September 2025 Notes and approximately $7 million of the April 2025 Notes for approximately $50 million aggregate principal amount of additional June 2027 Notes (the "March 2024 Senior Secured Exchange Transaction"). No additional indebtedness was incurred as a result of the March 2024 Senior Secured Exchange Transaction, other than amounts covering exchange fees of approximately $7 million. Other than the issuance date and issue price, these additional June 2027 Notes have the same terms, form a single series with, and are fungible with the June 2027 Notes issued in September 2023. We incurred additional fees of approximately $1 million, which were funded with cash on hand. We determined that the March 2024 Senior Secured Exchange Transaction, including the impact of the exchange fees, represents a debt extinguishment and therefore recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt during the three months ended March 31, 2024 of approximately $7 million, primarily consisting of exchange fees related to the June 2027 Notes. The April 2025 Notes matured, and were repaid in full, on April 15, 2025.
Exchangeable Notes
On March 19, 2024, Sabre GLBL exchanged $150 million aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 4.000% senior exchangeable notes due 2025 (the “ 2025 Exchangeable Notes”) for $150 million aggregate principal amount of Sabre GLBL's newly-issued 7.32% senior exchangeable notes due 2026 (the "2026 Exchangeable Notes" and together with the 2025 Exchangeable Notes, the "Exchangeable Notes") and approximately $30 million of cash (the "March 2024 Exchangeable Notes Exchange Transaction"). We incurred additional fees of approximately $5 million in associated fees and expenses plus $3 million of accrued and unpaid interest, all of which were funded with cash on hand. We determined that the March 2024 Exchangeable Notes Exchange Transaction , including the impact of the exchange fees, represents a debt extinguishment and therefore
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recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $31 million. We did not receive any cash proceeds from the exchange and did not incur additional indebtedness in excess of the aggregate principal amount of existing notes that were exchanged. The 2026 Exchangeable Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of Sabre GLBL, accrue interest payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on August 1 2024, and mature on August 1, 2026, unless earlier repurchased or exchanged in accordance with specified circumstances and terms of the indenture governing the 2026 Exchangeable Notes (the "2026 Exchangeable Notes Indenture"). As of March 31, 2025 , we have $150 million aggregate principal amount of 2026 Exchangeable Notes outstanding. The 2025 Exchangeable Notes matured on April 15, 2025, and were settled with cash .
Securitization Facility
On February 14, 2023, Sabre Securitization, LLC, our indirect, consolidated subsidiary and a special purpose entity (“Sabre Securitization”), entered into a three-year committed accounts receivable securitization facility (as amended from time to time the “Securitization Facility”) of up to $200 million with PNC Bank, N.A.
On March 29, 2024, Sabre Securitization increased the overall size of the existing Securitization Facility from $200 million to $235 million by issuing a $120 million "first-in, last-out" term loan tranche under the Securitization Facility (such tranche, the "FILO Facility") and reducing the revolving tranche under the Securitization Facility to $115 million (such tranche, the "AR Facility"). In connection with the issuance of the FILO Facility, the maturity date of the Securitization Facility was extended to March 29, 2027 and the springing maturity date thereunder was terminated. The FILO Facility provides the ability to prepay or repay at certain redemption premiums as set forth in the agreement. The net proceeds received from the FILO Facility of $117 million, net of $3 million in fees paid to creditors, will be used for general corporate purposes. We incurred additional fees of $4 million, which were funded with cash on hand.
The amount available for borrowings at any one time under the Securitization Facility is limited to a borrowing base calculated based on the outstanding balance of eligible receivables, subject to certain reserves. As of March 31, 2025 , we had $221 million outstanding under the Securitization Facility, consisting of $101 million under the AR Facility and $120 million outstanding under the FILO Facility.
Share Repurchase Program
In February 2017, we announced the approval of a multi-year share repurchase program (the “Share Repurchase Program”) to purchase up to $500 million of Sabre's common stock outstanding. Repurchases under the Share Repurchase Program may take place in the open market or privately negotiated transactions. On March 16, 2020, we announced the suspension of share repurchases under the Share Repurchase Program in conjunction with the cash management measures we undertook as a result of the market conditions caused by COVID-19. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we did not repurchase any shares pursuant to the Share Repurchase Program. As of March 31, 2025, the Share Repurchase Program remains suspended and approximately $287 million remains authorized for repurchases. In addition, the terms of certain of the agreements governing our indebtedness contain covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to repurchase our common stock. See “Risk Factors—The terms of our debt covenants could limit our discretion in operating our business and any failure to comply with such covenants could result in the default of all of our debt.”
Cash Flows
Three Months Ended March 31,
2025 2024
(Amounts in thousands)
Cash used in operating activities $ (80,603) $ (68,090)
Cash used in investing activities (8,250) (27,676)
Cash provided by financing activities 13,208 77,908
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 2,295 (1,212)
Decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash $ (73,350) $ (19,070)
Operating Activities
Cash used in operating activities totaled $81 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The $13 million decrease in operating cash flow from the same period in the prior year was primarily due to a decrease in revenue from a decline in volume and impacts of customer de-migrations and a contribution of $10 million to our defined benefit pension plan, partially offset by a $3 million decrease in interest payments in connection with our debt.
Investing Activities
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, we used $18 million of cash for capital expenditures primarily related to software developed for internal use, partially offset by the proceeds received from the sale of assets of $10 million.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, we used $28 million of cash for capital expenditures primarily related to software developed for internal use and acquired software licenses associated with our internal billing systems.
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Financing Activities
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, financing activities provided $13 million. Significant highlights of our financing activities include:
• net proceeds of $19 million on borrowings on our AR Facility;
• payments of $3 million on our 2021 Term Loan B-1, 2024 Term Loan B-1 and 2024 Term Loan B-2; and
• net payments of $2 million from the settlement of employee stock awards.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, financing activities provided $78 million. Significant highlights of our financing activities include:
• proceeds of $150 million from the issuance of the 2026 Exchangeable Notes ;
• payment of $150 million on our 2025 Exchangeable Notes ;
• proceeds of $120 million from the issuance of the FILO Facility;
• proceeds of $50 million from the issuance of our June 2027 Notes;
• payment of $49 million for debt discount and issuance costs;
• payment of $36 million on our September 2025 Notes and $7 million on our April 2025 Notes;
• net proceeds of $2 million from borrowings on our AR Facility; and
• net payments of $2 million from the settlement of employee stock awards.
Contractual Obligations
There were no material changes to our future minimum contractual obligations since December 31, 2024, as previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 20, 2025, other than a multi-year agreement we entered into in the first quarter of 2025 with a digital services and solutions provider, with an aggregate obligation to the provider of approximately $1.6 billion, with $21 million due within the next 12 months .
We had no off balance sheet arrangements during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and year ended December 31, 2024.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Information related to Recent Accounting Pronouncements is included in Note 1. General Information, to our consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Critical Accounting Estimates
This discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect our reported assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses and other financial information. Actual results may differ significantly from these estimates, and our reported financial condition and results of operations could vary under different assumptions and conditions. In addition, our reported financial condition and results of operations could vary due to a change in the application of a particular accounting standard.
We regard an accounting estimate underlying our financial statements as a “critical accounting estimate” if the accounting estimate requires us to make assumptions about matters that are uncertain at the time of estimation and if changes in the estimate are reasonably likely to occur and could have a material effect on the presentation of financial condition, changes in financial condition, or results of operations. For a discussion of the accounting policies involving material estimates and assumptions that we believe are most critical to the preparation of our financial statements, how we apply such policies and how results differing from our estimates and assumptions would affect the amounts presented in our financial statements, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Estimates” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 20, 2025. Since the date of the annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 20, 2025, there have been no material changes to our critical accounting estimates.
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