Supplemental Disclosures To The Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

Supplemental Disclosures to the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Supplemental Disclosures to the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

The following schedule provides additional information concerning acquisitions, interest and income taxes paid for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

(In millions of dollars)	2015			2014
Assets acquired, excluding cash	$	30		$	464
Liabilities assumed	(2		)	(38		)
Contingent/deferred purchase consideration	(12		)	(113		)
Net cash outflow for current year acquisitions	$	16		$	313

(In millions of dollars)	2015		2014
Interest paid	$	40	$	44
Income taxes paid	$	118	$	120

The Company paid deferred purchase consideration related to prior years' acquisitions of $26 million and $6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

The Company had non-cash issuances of common stock of $64 million and $92 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, primarily related to its share-based payment plans. The Company recorded share-based compensation expense related to equity awards (excluding stock options) of $16 million and $26 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

The consolidated statement of cash flows includes the cash flow impact of discontinued operations related to indemnification payments from the Putnam disposition, that reduced the net cash flow used for operations by $82 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.