Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
September 13, 2022
CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-01011
05-0494040
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One CVS Drive, Woonsocket, Rhode Island02895
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (401) 765-1500
Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
CVS
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On September 13, 2022, members of CVS Health Corporation’s (“CVS Health’s” or the “Company’s”) senior management team are scheduled to participate in a webcast at 8:35 a.m. (Eastern Time), following which they will meet with investors. During the webcast and meetings, the senior management team will reaffirm the Company’s previously announced full year 2022 Adjusted earnings per share (“EPS”) guidance range of $8.40 to $8.60 and its full year 2022 cash flow from operations guidance range of $12.5 billion to $13.5 billion.
An audio webcast will be broadcast simultaneously for all interested parties through the Investor Relations portion of the CVS Health website at http://investors.cvshealth.com where it will be archived for one year.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes projected Adjusted EPS, a non-GAAP financial measure that the Company uses to describe its performance. The Company uses non-GAAP financial measures to analyze underlying business performance and trends. The Company believes that providing non-GAAP financial measures enhances the Company’s and investors’ ability to compare the Company’s past financial performance with its current performance. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures determined or calculated in accordance with GAAP. The Company’s definitions of its non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. The most directly comparable GAAP measure is projected GAAP diluted EPS.
Projected GAAP diluted EPS and projected Adjusted EPS, respectively, are calculated by dividing projected net income attributable to CVS Health and projected adjusted income attributable to CVS Health by the Company’s projected weighted average diluted shares outstanding. The Company defines adjusted income attributable to CVS Health as net income attributable to CVS Health (GAAP measure) excluding the impact of amortization of intangible assets and other items, if any, that neither relate to the ordinary course of the Company’s business nor reflect the Company’s underlying business performance.
As there is uncertainty in connection with calculating the adjustments necessary to prepare reconciliations from the non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures, including the inability to calculate transaction-related items such as costs, gains/losses or potential asset impairments, the Company is unable to reconcile the non-GAAP financial measures without unreasonable efforts. Therefore, no reconciliation is being provided at this time. These items could result in significant adjustments from the most comparable GAAP measure.
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of CVS Health Corporation. Statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K that are forward-looking include CVS Health’s projected full year 2022 Adjusted EPS, adjusted income attributable to CVS Health and the other financial information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, all of which are preliminary. By their nature, all forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and/or quantify. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements due to the risks and uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the potential emergence of additional variants, vaccine and testing protocols, government testing initiatives, the geographies impacted by and the severity and duration of the pandemic, the pandemic’s impact on the U.S. and global economies and consumer behavior and health care utilization patterns, and the timing, scope and impact of stimulus legislation and other federal, state and local governmental responses to the pandemic, as well as the risks and uncertainties described in our Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section and under the heading “Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022 and our Current Reports on Form 8-K.
You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on CVS Health’s forward-looking statements. CVS Health’s forward-looking statements are and will be based upon management’s then-current views and assumptions regarding preliminary financial projections, future events and operating performance, and are applicable only as of the dates of such statements. CVS Health does not assume any duty to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, uncertainties or otherwise.
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and shall not be or be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CVS HEALTH CORPORATION
Date:
September 13, 2022
By:
/s/ Shawn M. Guertin
Shawn M. Guertin
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
