Acquisitions and Divestitures

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Acquisition of Aetna

On the Aetna Acquisition Date, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding shares and voting interests of Aetna for a combination of cash and stock. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Aetna shareholders received $145.00 in cash and 0.8378 CVS Health shares for each Aetna share. The transaction valued Aetna at approximately $212 per share or approximately $70 billion. Including the assumption of Aetna’s debt, the total value of the transaction was approximately $78 billion. The Company financed the cash portion of the purchase price through a combination of cash on hand and by issuing approximately $45 billion of new debt, including senior notes and term loans. The Company acquired Aetna to help improve the consumer health care experience by combining Aetna’s health care benefits products and services with CVS Health’s more than 9,900 retail locations, approximately 1,100 walk-in medical clinics and integrated pharmacy capabilities with the goal of becoming the new, trusted front door to health care.

The transaction has been accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting which requires, among other things, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed to be recognized at their fair values at the date of acquisition. The following table summarizes the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition:


In millions
Cash and cash equivalents	$	6,565
Accounts receivable	4,094
Other current assets	3,894
Investments (current and long-term)	17,984
Goodwill	47,755
Intangible assets	22,571
Other assets	8,249
Total assets acquired	111,112
Health care costs payable	5,302
Other current liabilities	9,940
Debt (current and long-term)	8,098
Deferred income taxes	4,608
Other long-term liabilities	13,078
Total liabilities assumed	41,026
Noncontrolling interests	320
Total consideration transferred	$	69,766

The Company’s assessment of the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed was finalized during the fourth quarter of 2019. Measurement period adjustments to assets acquired and liabilities assumed during the year ended December 31, 2019 primarily were due to additional information received related to certain intangible asset valuations and contingencies and the related impact on the accounting for income taxes and goodwill. There were no material income statement measurement period adjustments recorded during the year ended December 31, 2019.

Consolidated Results of Operations

The Company’s consolidated operating results for the year ended December 31, 2018, included $5.6 billion of revenues and $146 million of income before income tax provision associated with the operating results of Aetna from the Aetna Acquisition Date to December 31, 2018. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company incurred transaction costs of $147 million associated with the Aetna Acquisition that were recorded within operating expenses.

Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

The following unaudited pro forma information presents a summary of the Company’s combined operating results for the year ended December 31, 2018 as if the Aetna acquisition and the related financing transactions had occurred on January 1, 2018. The following pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of the Company’s operating results as they would have been had the acquisition been effected on the assumed date, nor is it necessarily an indication of trends in future results for a number of reasons, including differences between the assumptions used to prepare the pro forma financial information, basic shares outstanding and dilutive equivalents, cost savings from operating efficiencies, potential synergies, and the impact of incremental costs incurred in integrating the businesses.


In millions, except per share data	Year Ended December 31, 2018
Total revenues	$	243,232
Income from continuing operations	1,152
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to CVS Health	$	0.89
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to CVS Health	$	0.88

The pro forma results for the year ended December 31, 2018 include adjustments related to the following purchase accounting and acquisition-related items:

•Elimination of intercompany transactions between CVS Health and Aetna;

•Elimination of estimated foregone interest income associated with (i) cash assumed to have been used to partially fund the Aetna Acquisition and (ii) adjusting the amortized cost of Aetna’s investment portfolio to fair value as of the completion of the Aetna Acquisition;

•Elimination of historical intangible asset, deferred acquisition cost and capitalized software amortization expense and addition of amortization expense based on the values of identified intangible assets;

•Additional interest expense from (i) the long-term debt issued to partially fund the Aetna Acquisition and (ii) the amortization of the fair value adjustment to assumed long-term debt.

•Additional depreciation expense related to the adjustment of Aetna’s property and equipment to fair value;

•Adjustments to align CVS Health’s and Aetna’s accounting policies;

•Elimination of transaction related costs; and

•Tax effects of the adjustments noted above.

Divestiture of Workers’ Compensation Business

On July 31, 2020, the Company sold its Workers’ Compensation business for approximately $850 million. The results of this business have historically been reported within the Health Care Benefits segment. The Company recorded a pre-tax gain on the divestiture of $269 million in the year ended December 31, 2020, which is reflected as a reduction in operating expenses in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations within the Health Care Benefits segment.

Divestiture of Brazilian Subsidiary

On July 1, 2019, the Company sold its Brazilian subsidiary, Onofre, for an immaterial amount. Onofre operated 50 retail pharmacy stores, the results of which historically had been reported within the Retail/LTC segment. The Company recorded a pre-tax loss on the divestiture of $205 million in the year ended December 31, 2019, which primarily relates to the elimination of the cumulative translation adjustment from accumulated other comprehensive income and is reflected in operating expenses in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations within the Retail/LTC segment.

Divestiture of RxCrossroads Subsidiary

On January 2, 2018, the Company sold its RxCrossroads subsidiary, the results of which had historically been reported within the Retail/LTC segment, to McKesson Corporation for $725 million. The Company recorded a pre-tax loss on the divestiture of $86 million in the year ended December 31, 2018 which was reflected in operating expenses in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations within the Retail/LTC segment.