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EMC Corp. (NYSE:EMC)

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Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

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EMC Corp., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Jun 30, 2016 Mar 31, 2016 Dec 31, 2015 Sep 30, 2015 Jun 30, 2015 Mar 31, 2015 Dec 31, 2014 Sep 30, 2014 Jun 30, 2014 Mar 31, 2014 Dec 31, 2013 Sep 30, 2013 Jun 30, 2013 Mar 31, 2013 Dec 31, 2012 Sep 30, 2012 Jun 30, 2012 Mar 31, 2012 Dec 31, 2011 Sep 30, 2011 Jun 30, 2011 Mar 31, 2011
Net income 630 297 833 528 520 291 1,213 627 622 432 1,090 638 750 615 912 659 689 626 873 642 592 503
Depreciation and amortization 502 483 484 481 472 470 494 467 461 442 450 412 412 391 400 385 375 367 373 359 350 339
Non-cash interest expense on debt — — — — — — 1 — — — (20) 58 12 12 12 14 11 9 27 25 26 26
Non-cash restructuring and other special charges — 3 26 1 2 11 5 5 4 5 (2) 3 — 7 4 2 3 4 1 (2) (1) —
Stock-based compensation expense 303 304 306 283 257 245 261 272 259 239 235 259 205 236 237 235 223 201 209 199 202 212
Provision for (recovery of) doubtful accounts 11 (2) 5 25 9 16 (1) 9 (2) 4 1 1 5 (8) 18 (3) 15 9 12 5 (3) 6
Deferred income taxes, net (10) (19) (196) 9 (28) (20) (150) (78) (121) (47) (171) 24 7 (62) (45) 44 (64) (52) (103) 109 (14) (11)
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation (7) (2) 7 (8) (34) (20) (17) (40) (16) (29) (14) (39) (30) (33) (48) (57) (49) (106) (43) (67) (143) (109)
Gain on previously held interests in strategic investments and joint venture — — — — — — (56) — (45) — — — — — (32) — — — — — — —
Impairment of joint venture 39 — — — — — — — 33 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Other, net 10 7 (16) 4 18 — — (3) 6 17 17 12 5 6 40 18 (29) (9) 33 10 (30) (8)
Accounts and notes receivable 58 1,019 (816) 184 (403) 1,420 (1,065) 207 (361) 910 (898) 278 (411) 654 (328) (184) (324) 300 (336) (34) (245) 223
Inventories (63) (40) (97) (54) 24 (69) 103 (69) (44) (139) (26) (204) (132) (46) (122) (164) (76) (96) 24 (158) (156) (103)
Other assets (38) (38) 139 (89) 42 (45) 176 73 109 (13) 147 3 66 53 112 35 48 (20) 95 (42) 13 (128)
Accounts payable 79 (580) 462 (94) 132 (575) 471 (63) 128 (369) 335 73 82 (110) (30) 189 (41) (29) 110 5 57 (137)
Accrued expenses (39) (421) 101 46 (104) (376) (52) 45 (43) (236) 159 (110) (16) (195) 161 (68) 10 (168) 107 38 135 (121)
Income taxes payable 175 (500) 482 115 104 (754) 436 214 199 (535) 398 114 103 (393) 288 159 208 6 350 23 108 (145)
Deferred revenue (26) 415 146 (59) 15 494 396 29 51 650 469 240 184 582 308 179 260 620 460 307 187 555
Other liabilities (16) 6 4 31 7 (8) 16 5 14 7 20 30 (13) 3 11 (3) (22) 25 (8) (131) (13) 31
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions 130 (139) 421 80 (183) 87 481 441 53 275 604 424 (138) 549 401 142 63 638 802 8 85 176
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities 978 635 1,037 875 513 789 1,018 1,073 632 906 1,100 1,154 478 1,098 987 779 548 1,062 1,312 644 472 632
Net cash provided by operating activities 1,608 932 1,870 1,403 1,033 1,080 2,231 1,700 1,254 1,338 2,190 1,792 1,228 1,713 1,899 1,438 1,237 1,688 2,184 1,286 1,063 1,135
Additions to property, plant and equipment (111) (188) (231) (222) (252) (197) (286) (221) (197) (275) (270) (236) (272) (165) (296) (191) (179) (154) (200) (195) (241) (166)
Capitalized software development costs (154) (156) (156) (149) (134) (128) (127) (137) (128) (117) (123) (123) (113) (106) (103) (109) (101) (106) (100) (111) (120) (112)
Purchases of short- and long-term available-for-sale securities (1,097) (1,361) (1,699) (1,341) (1,791) (2,421) (1,993) (2,224) (2,834) (2,931) (2,620) (2,174) (4,637) (1,819) (1,335) (1,421) (2,004) (1,586) (1,591) (2,339) (1,649) (1,601)
Sales of short- and long-term available-for-sale securities 1,253 887 1,816 722 1,356 1,311 2,326 1,422 2,612 2,362 1,752 1,146 980 1,414 829 1,698 1,016 1,439 1,176 1,532 1,072 1,341
Maturities of short- and long-term available-for-sale securities 806 965 505 552 491 422 516 419 409 1,307 1,459 822 176 388 205 262 309 274 253 314 303 261
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired (49) (10) (32) (1,243) (12) (49) (202) (77) (626) (1,068) (154) (409) (23) (184) (258) (1,254) (522) (102) — (100) (422) (15)
Purchases of strategic and other related investments (14) (11) (5) (17) (54) (106) (43) (18) (61) (22) (22) (63) (11) (35) (117) — — — (32) (80) 10 (198)
Sales of strategic and other related investments 13 28 100 26 52 57 63 28 10 — 25 10 — — 52 (20) 23 15 — — — —
Joint venture funding — — — — — — (197) (100) (63) — (143) (110) (63) (95) (10) (111) (107) — (192) (67) (124) —
Proceeds from divestiture of business — — — — — — — — — — — 7 31 — 58 — — — — — — —
(Increase) decrease in restricted cash (6) 2 (2) 77 — — (2) — — (76) — — — — — — — — — — — —
Purchase of leasehold interest — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 22 (173) —
Other, net — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 45 (45)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities 641 156 296 (1,595) (344) (1,111) 55 (908) (878) (820) (96) (1,130) (3,931) (603) (975) (1,146) (1,565) (219) (687) (1,024) (1,298) (534)
Proceeds from the issuance of EMC’s common stock 39 105 29 123 49 121 58 211 40 194 40 127 133 42 172 88 119 180 172 79 198 224
Proceeds from the issuance of VMware’s common stock — 52 3 54 15 54 6 59 11 88 12 70 47 68 39 70 34 111 52 85 111 90
EMC repurchase of EMC’s common stock — — — — (717) (1,346) (1,595) (380) (604) (390) (1,050) (974) (668) (323) (305) (120) (260) — (101) (799) (232) (868)
EMC purchase of VMware’s common stock — — — — — — — — — — — — (35) (125) (158) (37) (55) (40) (58) (242) (62) (38)
VMware repurchase of VMware’s common stock — — (75) (200) (412) (438) (250) (43) (238) (169) (116) (90) (120) (182) (161) (129) (178) — (35) (211) (133) (148)
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation 7 2 (7) 8 34 20 17 40 16 29 14 39 30 33 48 57 49 106 43 67 143 109
Payment of long- and short-term obligations (127) (376) — — — — — — — (1,665) (32) 7 (15) (6) (1) — (14) (1,700) (26) (1) (1) —
Net proceeds from the issuance of long- and short-term obligations — — (673) 20 1,948 — — — — — — (3) 5,463 — — 1 1 3 2 — 1 —
Dividend payment (226) (227) (224) (227) (224) (232) (235) (237) (205) (202) (206) (209) — — — — — — — — — —
Contributions from non-controlling interests 233 — 1 — 4 — — 7 — — — — 105 — — — — — — — — —
Interest rate contracts settlement — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (46) (24) — (141) — — —
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (74) (444) (946) (222) 697 (1,821) (1,999) (343) (980) (2,115) (1,338) (1,033) 4,939 (492) (364) (116) (329) (1,340) (92) (1,022) 26 (630)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (45) 31 5 (65) 29 (103) 1 (81) — (3) (20) — (14) (28) 33 (8) (21) 11 — (11) 4 13
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 2,130 675 1,225 (479) 1,415 (1,955) 288 368 (604) (1,600) 736 (371) 2,222 590 593 168 (678) 140 1,405 (771) (206) (17)

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2016-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2015-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2015-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2014-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2014-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2013-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2013-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2012-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2012-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2011-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2011-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2011-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2011-03-31).


Operating cash flows exhibit a strong seasonal pattern, with net cash provided by operating activities consistently peaking in the fourth calendar quarter of each year. This seasonality is closely aligned with peaks in net income, suggesting that the company's primary revenue recognition and cash collection cycles are heavily weighted toward the end of the fiscal year. While net income shows volatility, the underlying cash generation remains robust, supported by steadily increasing depreciation and amortization expenses and stock-based compensation, which provide significant non-cash add-backs to net income.

Operating Cash Flow Dynamics
Net cash provided by operating activities generally ranges between 1 billion and 2.2 billion USD per quarter. A notable dip occurred in the first quarter of 2016, falling to 932 million USD, the lowest point in the observed period, before recovering to 1.6 billion USD by the second quarter of 2016. Working capital adjustments, particularly changes in accounts and notes receivable and deferred revenue, contribute significantly to quarterly fluctuations in cash flow.
Investment Strategy and Capital Expenditure
Investing activities are characterized by consistent outflows for property, plant, and equipment and capitalized software development, typically totaling between 250 million and 450 million USD per quarter. Strategic growth is pursued through intermittent, large-scale business acquisitions, with significant cash outflows observed in September 2012 (1.25 billion USD), March 2014 (1.07 billion USD), and September 2015 (1.24 billion USD). The company maintains a highly active portfolio of available-for-sale securities, with frequent multi-billion dollar purchases offset by sales and maturities.
Financing and Capital Structure
Financing activities reveal a transition in shareholder return strategies. Starting in September 2013, the company initiated regular quarterly dividend payments, which have remained stable between 200 million and 240 million USD. This is coupled with an aggressive share repurchase program, particularly for EMC common stock, which peaked in December 2014 at 1.59 billion USD. To fund these returns and investments, the company utilized large-scale debt issuances, most notably a 5.46 billion USD issuance in June 2013 and a 1.95 billion USD issuance in June 2015.
Cash Position Volatility
The net change in cash and cash equivalents is highly volatile, driven more by financing and investing decisions than by operating performance. Large inflows from debt issuance and outflows from acquisitions or stock repurchases create significant quarterly swings, as evidenced by the 2.22 billion USD increase in June 2013 and the 1.96 billion USD decrease in March 2015.

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