Accounting Standards

Accounting Pronouncements Adopted

Effective January 1, 2018, the company adopted ASU No. 2017-07 Compensation - Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) which requires employers to present the service cost component of net periodic benefit cost in the same income statement line item(s) as other employee compensation costs arising from services rendered during the period. The other components of net periodic benefit cost will be presented separately from the line items that include service cost and outside the subtotal of operating income. ASU No. 2017-07 allows a practical expedient that permits an entity to use amounts disclosed in its pension and other postretirement benefit plan note for the prior comparative periods as the estimation basis for applying the retrospective presentation requirements. The new guidance has been applied on a retrospective basis, using the practical expedient, whereby prior-period financial statements have been adjusted to reflect the adoption of the new guidance, as required by the FASB. For the three months March 31, 2017, $24.5 million of net periodic benefit cost, other than service costs, was reclassified from cost of revenue, selling, general and administrative expenses and research and development expenses to other income (expense), net in the company’s consolidated results of operations (see Note 5).

Effective January 1, 2018, the company adopted ASU No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) issued by the FASB which establishes principles that an entity shall apply to report useful information to users of financial statements about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows from a contract with a customer. Topic 606 allows for either “full retrospective” adoption, meaning the standard is applied to all periods presented, or “modified retrospective” adoption, meaning the standard is applied only to the most current period presented in the financial statements. Topic 606 requires the company to recognize revenue for certain transactions, including extended payment term software licenses and short-term software licenses, sooner than the prior rules would allow and requires the company to recognize software license extensions and renewals (the most significant impact upon adoption), later than the prior rules would allow. Topic 606 also requires significantly expanded disclosure requirements. The company has adopted the standard using the modified retrospective method and applied the standard to all contracts that were not completed as of January 1, 2018. The cumulative effect of the adoption was recognized as an increase in the company’s accumulated deficit of $21.4 million on January 1, 2018.

The following table summarizes the effects of adopting this standard on the company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2018.



	As Reported			Adjustments			Balances Without Adoption of Topic 606
For the three months ended March 31, 2018
Statement of Income
Revenue
Services	$	568.5		$	2.8		$	571.3
Technology	139.9			(76.8		)	63.1
Costs and expenses
Cost of revenue
Services	470.9			1.8			472.7
Technology	36.3			(0.9		)	35.4
Selling, general and administrative expenses	90.9			0.2			91.1
Operating income	101.8			(75.1		)	26.7
Income before income taxes	62.6			(75.1		)	(12.5		)
Provision for income taxes	20.9			(9.5		)	11.4
Consolidated net income	41.7			(65.6		)	(23.9		)
Net income attributable to Unisys Corporation	40.6			(65.6		)	(25.0		)

As of March 31, 2018
Balance Sheet
Assets
Accounts receivable, net current	492.5			39.1			531.6
Contract assets	46.4			(46.4		)	—
Inventories	22.2			(1.6		)	20.6
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	115.3			1.5			116.8
Outsourcing assets, net	213.4			3.5			216.9
Deferred income taxes - long-term	116.0			1.7			117.7
Other long-term assets	207.1			(24.1		)	183.0
Total assets	2,513.7			(26.3		)	2,487.4
Liabilities
Deferred revenue - current	324.8			15.2			340.0
Other accrued liabilities - current	344.4			(11.8		)	332.6
Long-term deferred revenue	184.9			9.0			193.9
Other long-term liabilities	95.9			5.5			101.4
Equity
Accumulated deficit	(1,943.9		)	(44.2		)	(1,988.1		)
Total liabilities and deficit	2,513.7			(26.3		)	2,487.4

Included in the technology revenue adjustments in the above table is $53.0 million of revenue from software license extensions and renewals which were contracted for in the fourth quarter of 2017 and properly recorded as revenue at that time under the revenue recognition rules then in effect (Topic 605). Upon adoption of the new revenue recognition rules (Topic 606) on January 1, 2018, and since the company adopted Topic 606 under the modified retrospective method whereby prior periods were not restated, the company was required to include this $53.0 million in the cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings on January 1, 2018. Topic 606 requires revenue related to software license renewals or extensions to be recorded when the new license term begins, which in the case of the $53.0 million is January 1, 2018. The company has excluded revenue and related profit for these software licenses in the above table. This is a one-time adjustment and it will not reoccur in future periods. There are additional adjustments being made in the above table, but they do not represent previously recorded revenue. Those additional adjustments represent other differences between Topic 605 and Topic 606, principally extended payment term software licenses and short-term software licenses both of which are recorded at the inception of the license term under Topic 606, but were required to be recognized ratably over the software license term under Topic 605.

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02 Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220), which permits companies to reclassify stranded tax effects in accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) caused by the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) to retained earnings. In addition, a company is required to disclose a description of its accounting policy for releasing income tax effects from AOCI. This update is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with earlier adoption permitted. The new standard can be applied retrospectively, meaning it is applied to all periods in which the income tax effects of the TCJA related to items remaining in AOCI are recognized, or at the beginning of the period of adoption. The company is currently assessing when it will choose to adopt, and is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption on its consolidated financial position.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13 Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which introduces a new model for recognizing credit losses on financial instruments based on an estimate of current expected losses. This includes trade and other receivables, loans and other financial instruments. This update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, with earlier adoption permitted. The company is currently assessing when it will choose to adopt, and is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption on its consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842), which is intended to improve financial reporting about leasing transactions. The ASU requires organizations that lease assets, referred to as lessees, to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases. The standard requires disclosures to help investors and other financial statement users better understand the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. The standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with earlier adoption permitted. The company will adopt the new guidance on January 1, 2019, and is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption on its consolidated results of operations and financial position.