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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

Dear Shareholders,

I am very pleased to report that Teradata made tremendous progress in 2017, generating better than expected financial results 
while transforming our business for future revenue, earnings and cash flow growth. As a result, our stock price increased more 
than 41 percent in 2017. 

Our new strategy is centered around being business outcome-led and technology-enabled. We have shifted our focus to address 
the business needs of our customers by helping them achieve meaningful outcomes from analytics, rather than focusing on selling 
technology. We have realigned our go-to-market organization to target the 500 customers with the largest analytical opportunities 
worldwide, and have restructured our consulting teams to improve efficiencies and better support our customers. To support our 
strategy, we have also made it easier for customers to buy Teradata, through new and more flexible purchasing options. 

We are continuing our heritage of ongoing technology innovation. In 2017, we introduced Teradata Everywhere™, our approach 
to ensure customers receive attractive returns on their analytic investments. Teradata Everywhere enables customers to:

•	 Analyze Anything – analytic users throughout the organization can use their preferred analytic tools and engines across 

multiple data sources, at scale. 

•	 Deploy Anywhere – offering agility to change as business needs evolve and making analytics available where and when 

customers prefer – in the cloud, on-premises or both. In 2017, we migrated our first major production systems for some of 
our very large customers to run on the public cloud.

•	 Buy Any Way – empowering companies to purchase software in ways that are convenient for the customer through 

simplified pricing bundles at a range of price points, subscription-based licenses, and as-a service options, making it easier 
to buy Teradata software.

•	 Move Anytime – allowing customers the flexibility to move their Teradata software license when needed across deployment 
options. Customers can buy with confidence of knowing that their investment in Teradata is protected, regardless of their 
future deployment plans. 

We also added significant new talent to compliment the outstanding team who built Teradata into the best analytical platform 
in the business, and we will continue to add talent as needed. A few of our key management hires include:

•	 Chief Financial Officer, Mark Culhane brings deep experience as CFO of companies that shifted to subscription licensing 
and cloud models. Mark’s experience in building sustained revenue growth coupled with his deep financial and analytical 
skills, will help us successfully execute our strategy.  

•	 Chief Revenue Officer, Eric Tom has built a track record of driving results on a global basis and successfully navigating 

through complex business transformations, and his experience will help us win in the market.

•	 Oliver Ratzesberger was named as our Chief Operating Officer in early 2018. With this appointment, we are bringing 

together our go-to-market, product, customer support, marketing, and operational planning under one leader to accelerate 
execution of our strategy. I am confident that our execution will improve when we operate as one seamless team focused 
on our future. With Oliver as COO, I will be spending more time with our customers to make sure that our strategy is 
resonating and that we are providing what they need to successfully exploit analytics to optimize their success. 

•	 Chief Marketing Officer, Martyn Etherington recently joined Teradata to strengthen and refine our end-to-end customer 
experience. Martyn is a seasoned marketing executive and brings proven ability to bridge across all customer-facing 
functions to drive insights, improve customer experience and fuel innovation that will help drive our growth.

We have invested the time, money and effort to build a winning strategy, and see that:

•	 Our strategy is working,
•	 Customers are embracing our business outcome-led consultative approach, 
•	 Teradata Everywhere and our Teradata Analytics Platform are leading the market with our innovative technology, and 
•	 Our new flexible purchasing options are being increasingly adopted. 
I am very proud of what the Teradata team accomplished in 2017, and am very enthusiastic about our future. I truly believe 
that we have an unrivaled combination – a winning strategy, best-of-breed technology, world class analytical consulting, and 
a terrific team to drive our success. We have a great opportunity ahead of us, especially given the market leading analytical 
capability only Teradata can provide. We expect 2018 to be an even better year for Teradata. 

Vic Lund 
President and CEO 
Teradata Corporation

2017 FINANCIAL REPORT

  1  Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A)

13  Reports of Management

14  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

16  Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Income

17  Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income

18  Consolidated Balance Sheets

19  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

20  Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

21  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

50  Common Stock Information

51  Total Return to Shareholders

52  Selected Financial Data

53  Corporate Information

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF   
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (“MD&A”)

You should read the following discussion in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes to those statements 
included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Annual Report”). This Annual Report contains certain statements that 
are forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain statements contained in 
the MD&A are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are not historical 
facts, but rather are based on current expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections about our industry, business and future 
financial results. Our actual results could differ materially from the results contemplated by these forward-looking statements 
due to several factors, including those discussed in other sections of this Annual Report. See “Risk Factors” and “Forward-looking 
Statements.”

OVERVIEW

Teradata Corporation is a global leader in analytic data solutions and services. Our analytic data solutions comprise software, 
hardware, and related business consulting and support services. We help customers access and manage data and extract 
business value and insight from data analytics across their entire enterprise.

Teradata’s strategy is based around our core belief that analytics and data unleash the potential of great companies allowing 
them to make better and faster decisions and attain competitive advantage. We empower companies to achieve high-impact 
business outcomes through analytics at scale on an agile data foundation. Through our focus on leading with business 
outcomes and a consultative approach, our goal is to serve as a trusted advisor to both the business and technical leaders in our 
customers’ organizations. Our business analytics solutions and technologies are ideally suited for the world’s largest companies 
as they have the largest and most complex analytics challenges, where scale and performance of such solutions matter. These 
large and complex analytics challenges also provide the largest revenue opportunities for Teradata. 

Analytical environments are increasing in complexity. There is more choice around analytic tools and technology than ever 
before, including commercial and open source solutions, as well as on-premises and cloud subscription-based options. As a 
result, we introduced new purchasing and deployment options with our Teradata Everywhere strategy in early 2017, providing 
purchasing options for our customers, which includes the ability for customers to purchase Teradata software as a subscription-
based license across a range of simpler software bundles at different price points for different use cases. Customer buying 
behavior continues to move from predominantly capital purchases to these subscription-based purchasing options.

Cloud momentum is also driving new buying and consumption expectations, shifts in data importance or significance, and 
a move toward hybrid architectures. This trend puts pressure on our on-premises business, however, it opens opportunities 
for growth within our IntelliCloud offering family, which can be deployed on the Teradata cloud and on public clouds 
(AWS and Azure). IntelliCloud is a comprehensive as-a-service offering that is purchased with subscription-based pricing. 
All subscription-based Teradata software licenses enable portability of the software license between cloud and on-premises 
deployment options, which de-risks customer decisions, particularly for customers with future plans to move to the cloud.

Near term, the movement to subscription-based transactions will negatively impact our revenue as revenue will be recognized 
over time versus upfront as was the case with the capital purchase model. Over time, the business transition to a subscription-
based model is expected to increase our recurring revenue. Near term impacts can fluctuate based on the speed of customer 
adoption, which can be difficult to predict. Longer term, we expect the year-over-year mix of revenues to normalize as more 
customers transition to these new purchasing models.

Teradata continues to execute the Company’s business transformation plan. We have realigned and continue to optimize 
our business outcome-led go-to-market approach to improve sales effectiveness relating to our top 500 targeted customer 
opportunities. We will continue to invest in and prioritize initiatives that strengthen our ability to be our customers’ trusted 
advisor for data and analytics.

In 2017, we reinvested to support our transformation strategy after significantly reducing our cost structure in 2016. We are 
continuing to invest for Teradata’s future, including investments to support our cloud-based initiatives, analytical consulting 
and solutions, realignment of our go-to-market approach, and modernizing our infrastructure.

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Teradata has introduced additional financial and performance metrics to allow for greater transparency regarding the progress 
we are making toward achieving our strategic objectives. These metrics will continue to evolve as our business transformation 
progresses and include the following:

•	 TCore - is a metric that tracks a consistent unit of consumption across all of Teradata’s products over the wide variety of 
configuration and deployment options, both on-premises and in the cloud. It is determined from the number of physical 
central processing unit (“CPU”) cores in a system and adjusted/reduced by the underlying hardware platform’s input/output 
(“I/O”) throughput performance capabilities.

•	 Annual Recurring Revenue (“ARR”) - is the annual value at a point in time of all recurring contracts, including subscription  

licenses, rental, cloud, software upgrade rights, and maintenance and excluding managed services.

•	 Recurring Revenue as a Percentage of Total Revenue - revenue recognized in the period from all recurring contracts, 
including subscription licenses, rental, cloud, software upgrade rights, and maintenance (excluding managed services) 
divided by total Company revenue.

•	 Bookings Mix - subscription bookings divided by the sum of subscription bookings plus perpetual bookings.

Recurring revenue is intended to depict the over-time revenue recognition model for these revenue streams. The recurrence 
of these revenue streams in future periods depends on a number of factors including contractual term periods and customers’ 
renewal decisions.

2017 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

As more fully discussed in later sections of this MD&A, the following are the financial highlights for 2017:

•		 Revenue decreased 7% in 2017 from 2016 to $2,156 million. The year-over-year revenue comparison was negatively 

impacted by the sale of the marketing applications business in 2016 as well as revenue from subscription-based transactions 
being recognized over time versus upfront as was largely the case for Teradata’s transactions in 2016.

•		 Gross margin was 47.4% in 2017, down from 51.2% in 2016, which was largely due to investments in our consulting business 

related to Teradata’s transformation and the higher mix of services revenue.

•		 Operating income was $64 million in 2017, down from $232 million in 2016. The year-over-year decrease was primarily due 
to less revenue in 2017 as a result of revenue recognized over time from subscription-based transactions and investments 
related to Teradata’s transformation.

•		 Net loss of $67 million in 2017 versus net income of $125 million in 2016. Net loss per share was $0.53 in 2017 compared to 
net income per diluted share of $0.95 in 2016. Net loss for 2017 included a $126 million tax charge due to the enactment of 
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Net income for 2016 included a $70 million after-tax impairment loss for goodwill and 
acquired intangibles, and approximately $47 million in after-tax impacts of acquisition-related transaction, integration and 
reorganization expenses, and amortization of acquired intangible assets. 

RESULTS FROM OPERATIONS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017, 2016 AND 2015

Revenue
in millions
Product and Cloud revenue
Service revenue
Total revenue

2017

% of Revenue

2016

% of Revenue

2015

% of Revenue

$    747
1,409
$2,156

34.6%
65.4%

100%

$   923
1,399
$2,322

39.8%
60.2%

100%

$ 1,115
1,415
$2,530

44.1%
55.9%

100%

Total revenue decreased 7% in 2017 as compared to 2016. The revenue decline was primarily due to the sale of the marketing 
applications business in 2016, which generated $69 million in revenue in 2016, and due to customers increasingly opting 
for subscription-based licenses, rental of hardware, and cloud adoption. This shift is being propelled by our business 
transformation strategy and continues to impact our prior period revenue comparisons as some revenue that we would 
normally recognize in a given period is now spread over a number of years. Product and Cloud revenue decreased 19% in 2017 

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from 2016 due to the sale of the marketing applications business and customers increasingly opting for our subscription-based 
purchase options. Service revenue increased 1% in 2017 from 2016. The increase was primarily driven by a 4% increase in 
maintenance revenue. Consulting revenue was up 1%.

Total revenue decreased 8% in 2016 as compared to 2015. The revenue decrease included a 1% adverse impact from foreign 
currency fluctuations as well as the sale of the marketing applications business in 2016. The revenue decline was also due 
to customers increasingly opting for subscription-based licenses, rental of hardware, and cloud offerings. The sale of the 
marketing applications business, which generated $69 million in revenue in 2016 (before the sale on July 1, 2016) compared to 
$153 million in 2015, had a negative impact on total revenue of 3%. Product and cloud revenue decreased 17% in 2016 from 
2015 primarily due to the sale of the marketing applications business and customers increasingly opting for our subscription-
based purchase options. Service revenue decreased 1% in 2016 from 2015, with an underlying 1% decrease in consulting 
services revenue and 3% increase in maintenance services revenue compared to 2015. Services revenue declined primarily due 
to the sale of the marketing applications business.

Included below are financial and performance metrics for 2017 that Teradata tracked as part of its business transformation 
strategy:

•		 We had $1,047 million (49% of total revenue) of recurring revenue in 2017, which is 7% growth from $978 million (42% of 

total revenue) in 2016. 

•		 Total ARR at December 31, 2017 was $1.1 billion, an increase of $126 million, or 13% over December 31, 2016.

•		 TCore increased 17% in 2017 in line with our expectations. About one-third of our increase in TCore was booked via 

subscription-based contracts.

Gross Profit
The Company often uses specific terms/definitions to describe variances in gross profit. The terms and definitions most often 
used are as follows:

•		 Revenue Mix - The proportion of products and services that generates the total revenue of the Company. Changes in 

revenue mix can have an impact on gross profit even if total revenue remains unchanged.

•		 Services Mix - The proportion of higher-profit maintenance revenue versus lower-profit consulting revenue that comprises 

the total services revenue of the Company.

•		 Product Mix - The proportion of various products that generate the total revenue of the Company. For example, a higher 
mix of data warehouse products versus Hadoop products would have a positive impact on gross profits. This also includes 
the mix of Company sourced and third-party products.

•		 Deal Mix - Refers to the type of transactions closed within the period and includes such transactions as capacity on demand 
(“COD”), floor sweeps versus capacity additions, enterprise license agreements (“ELA”), hardware versus software, and 
discounting (new customers versus existing customers, large customers versus smaller customers).

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 COD is a common offering used by Teradata and other information technology vendors that allows the customer 
to purchase extra capacity in the future, which is already delivered and integrated into their existing systems, and 
typically sold within 12-18 months. COD enables customers to “activate” or add capacity quickly. Product cost is 
recognized upon delivery with no corresponding revenue. When customers activate the COD, we record and recognize 
the revenue associated with the added capacity and the gross profit is recovered.

	Floor sweeps take place when an existing customer replaces their older Teradata platform with a new Teradata 
platform, which can result in a large revenue transaction, but typically also results in a higher mix of lower-profit 
hardware revenue versus higher-profit software revenue.

 ELA transactions allow customers to add software capacity as needed for current production use for a period of time 
in exchange for a fixed fee. Additions to capacity during the term of the ELA result in lower-profit hardware-only 
revenue, as the software is being recognized separately through the ELA.

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Gross profit for the following years ended December 31 was as follows:

Gross profit

in millions

2017

% of Revenue

2016

% of Revenue

2015

% of Revenue

Product and Cloud gross profit
Service gross profit

Total gross profit

$   422
600
$1,022

56.5%

42.6%

47.4%

$ 540
648
$1,188

58.5%

46.3%

51.2%

$   626
650
$1,276

56.1%

45.9%

50.4%

In 2017, Product and Cloud gross profit as a percentage of revenue decreased primarily due to the impact of higher capitalized 
software amortization. Service gross profit as a percentage of revenue decreased largely due to investments we made in our 
consulting organization to facilitate our new strategy.

In 2016, Product and Cloud profit increased as a percentage of revenue due to favorable deal and product mix. Service gross 
profit improved as a percentage of revenue driven by the exiting of the marketing applications business, which had a lower 
service profit rate than the Data and Analytics service rate.

Operating expenses

2017

% of Revenue

2016

% of Revenue

2015

% of Revenue

in millions

Selling, general and administrative
Research and development
Impairment of goodwill, acquired 
intangibles and other assets

Total operating expenses

$652
306

–

$958

30.2%
14.2%

–

44.4%

$664
212

80

$956

28.6%
9.1%

18.9%

41.2%

$   765
228

478

$1,471

30.2%
9.0%

76.4%

58.1%

In 2017, selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expense decreased by $12 million or 2% compared to 2016. The decrease 
was driven by the exiting of the marketing applications business. This was partially offset by an increase in marketing spend 
and regional selling expense due to investments in demand creation, primarily in the Americas region.

Research and development (“R&D”) expenses increased $94 million or 44% in 2017 compared to 2016 due the Company 
no longer capitalizing certain software development costs as a result of a movement to agile development methodologies. 
The Company did not capitalize any R&D costs in 2017 compared to $59 million in 2016. These development costs are now 
expensed as incurred as R&D expense. The increase in R&D expense was also due to new strategic initiatives relating to our 
managed and public cloud offerings.

In 2016, SG&A expense decreased by $101 million or 13% compared to 2015. The decrease is driven by the exiting of the 
marketing applications business and cost reduction initiatives, partially offset by higher annual incentive payment accruals.

R&D expenses decreased $16 million or 7% in 2016 compared to 2015 due to the exit of the marketing applications business 
and cost reduction initiatives partially offset by additional spending for strategic initiatives including further investment in our 
managed and public cloud offerings, Teradata software-only and our IntelliFlex™ platform.

The Company recognized an impairment of goodwill of $57 million and acquired intangibles of $19 million in 2016 to adjust 
the marketing applications business, which was sold on July 1, 2016, to its fair value less cost to sell. In addition, the Company 
recorded a $4 million impairment charge related to the sale of its corporate airplane. The Company recorded a goodwill 
impairment of $437 million and an impairment of acquired intangibles of $41 million in 2015, also related to the marketing 
applications business.

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Other (Expense) Income, net

in millions
Gain on securities
Interest income
Interest expense
Other
Total Other (Expense) Income, net

2017
$   –
11
(15)
(2)
$  (6)

2016
$   2
7
(12)
(8)
$(11)

2015
$57
5
(9)
(2)
$51

In 2017, the increase in interest expense and interest income compared to 2016 was due to an increase in interest rates. Interest 
expense also increased due to the use of our credit facility.

In 2016, other expense included a foreign exchange loss of $9 million related to the devaluation of the Egyptian pound. The 
increase in interest expense and interest income compared to 2015 was due to an increase in interest rates. In 2015, other 
income primarily included a gain of $57 million from sale of equity investments.

Income Taxes
The effective income tax rate for the following years ended December 31 was as follows:

Effective Tax Rate

2017
215.5%

2016
43.4%

2015
(48.6%)

The 2017 effective tax rate was impacted by the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act”), which was 
signed into law on December 22, 2017, making significant changes to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Changes include, but 
are not limited to, a corporate tax rate decrease from 35% to 21% effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017; 
the transition of U.S international taxation from a worldwide tax system to a modified territorial tax system, and a one-time 
transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of cumulative foreign earnings as of December 31, 2017. On December 22, 
2017, Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) was issued to address the application of U.S. generally accepted accounting 
principles (“GAAP”) in situations when a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or analyzed 
(including computations) in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of the Tax Act.

In accordance with SAB 118, the Company has made its best estimate of the impact of the Tax Act in its year end income 
tax provision in accordance with its understanding of the Tax Act and guidance available as of the date of this filing and has 
recorded a net $126 million of additional income tax expense in the fourth quarter of 2017. The provisional amount related 
to the one-time transition tax expense of $145 million on the mandatory deemed repatriation of foreign earnings was based 
on cumulative foreign earnings of $1.3 billion, which the Company expects to pay over an 8-year period. The Company also 
recorded a provisional benefit of $19 million, a majority of which related to the re-measurement of certain deferred tax assets 
and liabilities based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse in the future. The ultimate impact may differ materially 
from these provisional amounts due to, among other things, additional analysis, changes in interpretations and assumptions 
the Company has made, additional regulatory guidance that may be issued, and actions the Company may take as a result of the 
Tax Act.

The 2016 effective tax rate was impacted by the $57 million of goodwill impairment charge recorded in the first quarter of 
2016, all of which was treated as a permanent non-deductible tax item. In addition, a discrete tax charge of $22 million was 
recorded in the third quarter of 2016 for the tax impact of the sale of the marketing applications business, which occurred on 
July 1, 2016. In the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company recorded $8 million of tax expense associated with the issuance of 
new U.S. Treasury Regulations under Internal Revenue Code Section 987 on December 7, 2016, which clarified how companies 
calculate foreign currency translation gains and losses for income tax purposes for branches whose accounting records are 
kept in a currency other than the currency of the company. Also in the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company elected to early 
adopt Accounting Standards Update 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. As a result, the 
Company incurred a $5 million discrete tax expense associated with the net shortfall arising from 2016 equity compensation 
vesting and exercises.

The 2015 effective tax rate was impacted by the $437 million of goodwill impairment charges recorded for 2015, of which  
$414 million was treated as a permanent non-deductible tax item. This resulted in full-year income tax expense in 2015 of  
$70 million, on a pre-tax net loss of $(144) million, causing a negative tax rate of 48.6%.

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REVENUE AND GROSS PROFIT BY OPERATING SEGMENT

Effective July 1, 2016, following the sale of the marketing applications business, Teradata is managing its business in two 
operating segments: (1) Americas region (North America and Latin America); and (2) International region (Europe, Middle 
East, Africa, Asia Pacific and Japan). For purposes of discussing results by segment, management excludes the impact of 
certain items, consistent with how management evaluates the performance of each segment. This format is useful to investors 
because it allows analysis and comparability of operating trends. It also includes the same information that is used by Teradata 
management to make decisions regarding the segments and to assess financial performance. The chief operating decision 
maker, who is our President and Chief Executive Officer, evaluates the performance of the segments based on revenue and 
multiple profit measures, including segment gross profit. For management reporting purposes, assets are not allocated to 
the segments. Our segment results are reconciled to total Company results reported under GAAP in Note 11 of Notes to 
Consolidated Financial Statements. Prior period segment information has been reclassified to conform to the current period 
presentation.

The following table presents revenue and operating performance by segment for the years ended December 31:

in millions

2017

% of Revenue

2016

% of Revenue

2015

% of Revenue

Segment revenue
Americas Data and Analytics
International Data and Analytics
Total Data and Analytics
Marketing Applications
Total segment revenue

Segment gross profit
Americas Data and Analytics
International Data and Analytics
Total Data and Analytics
Marketing Applications

Total segment gross profit

$1,195
961
2,156
–
$2,156

$   676
434
1,110
–

$ 1,110

55.4%
44.6%
100%
–

100%

56.6%
45.2%
51.5%
–

51.5%

$1,334
919
2,253
69
$2,322

$   796
445
1,241
34

$1,275

57.4%
39.6%
97.0%
3.0%

100%

59.7%
48.4%
55.1%
49.3%

54.9%

$1,470
907
2,377
153
$2,530

$   871
452
1,323
63

$1,386

58.2%
35.8%
94.0%
6.0%

100%

59.3%
49.8%
55.7%
41.2%

54.8%

Americas Data and Analytics: In 2017, revenue decreased 10% as compared to 2016. The revenue decline was driven by our 
customers’ focus on subscription-based contract options like cloud, subscription licenses, rental and usage-based models, 
which results in revenue being recognized over time instead of upfront. The majority of subscription-based transactions signed 
in 2017 were in the Americas region. Segment gross profit as a percentage of revenues was lower, driven by a higher mix of 
services versus product revenue and a lower services margin rate. Service margins were impacted by investments that we are 
making in our consulting business to drive increased consumption of Teradata’s products. In addition, service gross profit was 
also impacted by a decrease in maintenance margin due to higher support and parts costs.

In 2016, revenue decreased 9%, driven by customers’ focus on less subscription-based contract options like cloud, subscription 
licenses, rental and usage-based models. Segment gross profits as a percentage of revenue were higher driven by an increase in 
product rates. The increase in the product rate was driven by favorable deal and product mix.

International Data and Analytics: In 2017, revenue increased 5% as compared to 2016. The revenue increase was driven by 
improved revenues in Europe, Middle East and Africa as well as the Asia Pacific regions. Segment gross profit as a percentage 
of revenues was down in 2017 driven by investments that we are making in our consulting business to drive increased 
consumption of Teradata’s products.

In 2016, revenue increased by 1%, which included a 2% adverse impact from foreign currency fluctuations. The revenue 
increase was led by growth in Western Europe and China. Gross profits were down due to a higher mix of service revenue, 
which has a lower margin profile versus product revenue.

Marketing Applications: The marketing applications business was sold on July 1, 2016. In 2016, marketing applications 
revenue decreased by $84 million or 55% from 2015. The decline in revenue was driven by the divestiture of the marketing 
applications business on July 1, 2016. Prior to its divestiture, the overall increase in segment gross profit as a percentage of 
revenue was primarily driven by higher rates on product and professional services. In 2015, the Company made investments to 
help better position the Company to go broader in the market, which resulted in lower service rates in 2015.

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FINANCIAL CONDITION, LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Teradata ended 2017 with $1,089 million in cash and cash equivalents, a $115 million increase from the December 31, 2016 
balance, after using approximately $351 million for repurchases of Company common stock, and approximately $21 million for 
acquisitions and investment activities which were completed during the year. Cash provided by operating activities decreased by 
$122 million to $324 million in 2017. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to the company’s 
transition to subscription-based purchasing options as well as investments to support the company’s transformation.

Teradata’s management uses a non-GAAP measure called “free cash flow,” which is not a measure defined under GAAP. We 
define free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures for property and equipment, and 
additions to capitalized software. Free cash flow is one measure of assessing the financial performance of the Company, and 
this may differ from the definition used by other companies. The components that are used to calculate free cash flow are 
GAAP measures taken directly from the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. We believe that free cash flow information 
is useful for investors because it relates the operating cash flow of the Company to the capital that is spent to continue and 
improve business operations. In particular, free cash flow indicates the amount of cash available after capital expenditures 
for, among other things, investments in the Company’s existing businesses, strategic acquisitions and repurchase of Teradata 
common stock. Free cash flow does not represent the residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures since there 
may be other non-discretionary expenditures that are not deducted from the measure. This non-GAAP measure should not be 
considered a substitute for, or superior to, cash flows from operating activities under GAAP.

The table below shows net cash provided by operating activities and capital expenditures for the following periods: 

in millions
Net cash provided by operating activities
Less:

Expenditures for property and equipment
Additions to capitalized software

Free cash flow

2017
$324

(78)
(9)
$237

2016
$446

(53)
(65)
$328

2015
$401

(52)
(68)
$281

Financing activities and certain other investing activities are not included in our calculation of free cash flow. In 2017 and 2016, 
these other investing activities primarily consisted of immaterial complementary business acquisitions and equity investment 
activities that were closed during these years along with the sale of the marketing applications business on July 1, 2016.

Teradata’s financing activities for the years ended December 31, 2017 primarily consisted of cash outflows of $351 million for 
share repurchases, net proceeds of credit facility borrowings of $240 million, repayment of existing term loan of $30 million 
and $32 million from other financing activities. 

Teradata’s financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily consisted of cash outflows of $82 million for 
share repurchases, repayments of credit facility borrowings of $180 million, repayment of existing term loan of $30 million and 
$30 million from other financing activities. The Company purchased 11.5 million shares of its common stock at an average 
price per share of $30.59 in 2017, 3.4 million shares at an average price per share of $24.25 in 2016, and 19.0 million shares at an 
average price per share of $34.15 in 2015.

Share repurchases were made under two share repurchase programs initially authorized by our Board of Directors in 2008. The 
first program (the “dilution offset program”) authorizes the Company to repurchase Teradata common stock to the extent of 
cash received from the exercise of stock options and the Teradata Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) to offset dilution 
from shares issued pursuant to these plans. As of December 31, 2017, the Company had $190 million of authorization remaining 
to repurchase outstanding shares of Teradata common stock under the Company’s second share repurchase program (“general 
share repurchase program”). On February 5, 2018, Teradata’s Board of Directors approved an additional $310 million of 
authorization, for a total of $500 million for share repurchases, which authority expires on February 5, 2021. Share repurchases 
made by the Company are reported on a trade date basis. Our share repurchase activity depends on factors such as our working 
capital needs, our cash requirements for capital investments, our stock price, and economic and market conditions, as well 
as merger and acquisition opportunities. Proceeds from the ESPP and the exercise of stock options, net of tax paid for shares 
withheld upon equity award settlement, were $32 million in 2017, $31 million in 2016 and $24 million in 2015. These proceeds 
are included in other financing activities, net in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. 

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Our total cash and cash equivalents held outside the U.S. in various foreign subsidiaries was $1,044 million as of December 31, 
2017 and $957 million as of December 31, 2016. The remaining balance held in the U.S. was $45 million as of December 31, 2017 
and $17 million as of December 31, 2016. Prior to the enactment of the Tax Act, the Company either reinvested or intended to 
reinvest its earnings outside of the U.S. As a result of the 2017 Tax Act, the Company has changed its indefinite reinvestment 
assertion related to foreign earnings that have been taxed in the U.S. and now considers a majority of these earnings no longer 
indefinitely reinvested. The Company plans to repatriate a majority of its offshore cash, and intends to use repatriated funds to 
pay down its revolving credit facility, repurchase shares and retain the remainder for general corporate purposes. Effective in 
2018, the U.S. has moved to a territorial system of international taxation, and as such will not subject future foreign earnings to 
U.S. taxation upon repatriation in future years.

On March 25, 2015, Teradata replaced its existing five-year, $300 million revolving credit facility with a new $400 million 
revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility ends on March 25, 2020 at which point any remaining 
outstanding borrowings would be due for repayment unless extended by agreement of the parties for up to two additional one-
year periods. The interest rate charged on borrowings pursuant to the Credit Facility can vary depending on the interest rate 
option the Company chooses to utilize and the Company’s leverage ratio at the time of the borrowing. In 2017, Teradata chose 
a floating rate based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The Credit Facility is unsecured and contains certain 
representations and warranties, conditions, affirmative, negative and financial covenants, and events of default customary for 
such facilities. As of December 31, 2017, the Company had $240 million in borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility, 
which carried an interest rate of 5.0%, leaving $160 million in additional borrowing capacity available. Borrowings under 
the Credit Facility are reported under current liabilities and are expected to be paid in the short term. The Company was in 
compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2017. 

Also on March 25, 2015, Teradata closed on a new senior unsecured $600 million five-year term loan, the proceeds of which were 
used to pay off the remaining $247 million of principal on its existing term loan, pay off the $220 million outstanding balance 
on the prior credit facility, and fund share repurchases. The $600 million term loan is payable in quarterly installments, which 
commenced on March 31, 2016, with all remaining principal due in March 2020. The outstanding principal amount under the 
term loan agreement bears interest at a floating rate based upon a negotiated base rate or a Eurodollar rate plus in each case a 
margin based on the leverage ratio of the Company. As of December 31, 2017, the term loan principal outstanding was $540 million 
and carried an interest rate of 3.375%. The Company was in compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2017.

Management believes current cash, cash flows from operations and the $160 million available under the Credit Facility will be 
sufficient to satisfy future working capital, research and development activities, capital expenditures, pension contributions, 
severance benefits and other financing requirements for at least the next twelve months. The Company principally holds its 
cash and cash equivalents in bank deposits and highly-rated money market funds.

The Company’s ability to generate positive cash flows from operations is dependent on general economic conditions, 
competitive pressures, and other business and risk factors described elsewhere in this Annual Report. If the Company is unable 
to generate sufficient cash flows from operations, or otherwise to comply with the terms of the credit facility and term loan 
agreement, the Company may be required to seek additional financing alternatives.

Contractual and Other Commercial Commitments. In the normal course of business, we enter into various contractual 
obligations that impact, or could impact, our liquidity. The following table and discussion outlines our material obligations at 
December 31, 2017, with projected cash payments in the periods shown:

in millions

Principal payments on long-term debt
Interest payments on long-term debt
Principal payments on short-term debt
Transition tax
Lease obligations
Purchase obligations
Total debt, lease and purchase obligations

Total
Amounts

$  540
36
240
145
80
30
$1,071

2018

$  60
18
240
18
27
14
$359

2019-
2020

$480
18
–
36
35
16
$585

2021-2022

2023 and
Thereafter

$  –
–
–
36
15
–
$51

$  –
–
–
55
3
–
$58

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Our principal payments on long-term debt represent the expected cash payments on our $600 million term loan and do 
not include any fair value adjustments or discounts and premiums. Our interest payments on long-term debt represent the 
estimated cash interest payments based on the prevailing interest rate as of December 31, 2017. Our principal payments 
on short-term debt represent the expected cash payment on our $400 million Credit Facility, of which $240 million is 
currently outstanding and $160 million is available. Transition tax includes one-time tax on accumulated foreign earnings of 
$145 million. The payments associated with this deemed repatriation will be paid over eight years. Our lease obligations in the 
above table include Company facilities in various domestic and international locations. Purchase obligations are committed 
purchase orders and other contractual commitments for goods and services, and include non-cancelable contractual 
payments for fixed or minimum amounts to be purchased in relation to service agreements with various vendors for ongoing 
telecommunications, information technology, hosting and other services. 

Additionally, the Company has $28 million in total uncertain tax positions recorded as non-current liabilities on its balance 
sheet as of December 31, 2017. These items are not included in the table of obligations shown above. The settlement period for 
the non-current income tax liabilities cannot be reasonably estimated as the timing and the amount of the payments, if any, will 
depend on possible future tax examinations with the various tax authorities. However, it is not expected that any payments will 
be due within the next 12 months.

We also have product warranties and guarantees to third parties, as well as postemployment and international pension 
obligations that may affect future cash flow. These items are not included in the table of obligations shown above. The 
Company is also potentially subject to concentrations of supplier risk. Our hardware components are assembled exclusively 
by Flex Ltd. (“Flex”). Flex procures a wide variety of components used in the manufacturing process on our behalf. Although 
many of these components are available from multiple sources, Teradata utilizes preferred supplier relationships to better 
ensure more consistent quality, cost and delivery. Typically, these preferred suppliers maintain alternative processes and/or 
facilities to ensure continuity of supply. Given the Company’s strategy to outsource its manufacturing activities to Flex and to 
source certain components from single suppliers, a disruption in production at Flex or at a supplier could impact the timing 
of customer shipments and/or Teradata’s operating results. In addition, a significant change in the forecasts to any of these 
preferred suppliers could result in purchase obligations or components that may be in excess of demand. Product warranties 
and third-party guarantees are described in detail in “Note 8—Commitments and Contingencies” in the Notes to Consolidated 
Financial Statements. Postemployment and pension obligations are described in detail in “Note 6—Employee Benefit Plans” in 
the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. We do not participate in transactions that generate relationships with unconsolidated 
entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which 
would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or for other contractually narrow or 
limited purposes.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. In connection with the preparation of these financial 
statements, we are required to make assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, 
liabilities, revenues, expenses and the related disclosure of contingent liabilities. These assumptions, estimates and judgments 
are based on historical experience and assumptions that are believed to be reasonable at the time. However, because future 
events and their effects cannot be determined with certainty, the determination of estimates requires the exercise of judgment. 
Our critical accounting policies are those that require assumptions to be made about matters that are highly uncertain. 
Different estimates could have a material impact on our financial results. Judgments and uncertainties affecting the application 
of these policies and estimates may result in materially different amounts being reported under different conditions or 
circumstances. Our management periodically reviews these estimates and assumptions to ensure that our financial statements 
are presented fairly and are materially correct.

In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP and does not require 
significant management judgment in its application. There are also areas in which management’s judgment in selecting among 
available alternatives would not produce a materially different result. The significant accounting policies and estimates that 
we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results are discussed in 
the paragraphs below. Teradata’s senior management has reviewed these critical accounting policies and related disclosures 

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with the Audit Committee of Teradata’s Board of Directors. For additional information regarding our accounting policies and 
other disclosures required by GAAP, see “Note 1—Description of Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting 
Policies” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Revenue Recognition
The following discussion of our revenue recognition accounting policies is based on the accounting principles that were used 
to prepare the fiscal year 2017 consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. On January 1, 
2018, we adopted ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”). This standard replaces existing 
revenue recognition rules with a comprehensive revenue measurement and recognition standard and expanded disclosure 
requirements. Refer to Note 1, of our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on 
Form 10-K for discussion of recently issued accounting standards.

Revenue recognition for complex contractual arrangements requires judgment, including a review of specific contracts, past 
experience, creditworthiness of customers, international laws and other factors. Specifically, complex arrangements with 
nonstandard terms and conditions may require significant contract interpretation to determine the appropriate accounting. We 
must also apply judgment in determining all deliverables of the arrangement, and in determining the relative selling price of 
each deliverable, considering the price charged for each product when sold on a standalone basis, and applicable renewal rates 
for services. Changes in judgments about these factors could impact the timing and amount of revenue recognized between 
periods.

The Company reviews the relative selling price on a periodic basis and updates it, when appropriate, to ensure that the practices 
employed reflect the Company’s recent pricing experience. The Company maintains internal controls over the establishment 
and updates of these estimates, which includes review and approval by the Company’s management. For the year ended 
December 31, 2017 there was no material impact to revenue resulting from changes in the relative selling price, nor does the 
Company expect a material impact from such changes in the near term.

Capitalized Software
Costs incurred in researching and developing a computer software product that will be sold, leased or otherwise marketed are 
charged to expense until technological feasibility has been established. Technological feasibility is established when planning, 
designing and initial coding activities that are necessary to establish that the product can be produced to meet its design 
specifications are complete. In the absence of a detailed program design or for agile development activities, a working model 
is used to establish technological feasibility. Once technological feasibility is established, all development costs are capitalized 
until the product is available for general release to customers. Judgment is required in determining when technological 
feasibility of a product is established. The timing of when various research and development projects become technologically 
feasible or ready for release can cause fluctuations in the amount of research and development costs that are expensed or 
capitalized in any given period, thus impacting our reported profitability for that period.

In the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company began moving towards more frequent releases of its products, which significantly 
shortens the opportunity to capitalize software development costs. Our research and development efforts have become 
more driven by market requirements and rapidly changing customers’ needs. In addition, the Company started applying 
agile development methodologies to help respond to new technologies and trends. Agile development methodologies are 
characterized by a more dynamic development process with more frequent and iterative revisions to a product releases’ 
features and functions as the software is being developed. Due to the shorter development cycle and focus on rapid production 
associated with agile development, the Company did not capitalize any external use software development costs in 2017 periods 
due to the relatively short duration between the completion of the working model and the point at which a product was ready 
for general release. Prior capitalized costs will continue to be amortized under the greater of revenue-based or straight-line 
method over the estimated useful life.

Income Taxes
In accounting for income taxes, we recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the differences between the financial 
statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities. The deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined 
based on the enacted tax rates expected to apply in the periods in which the deferred tax assets or liabilities are expected to be 
settled or realized.

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Prior to the enactment of the Tax Act in December 2017, the Company had not provided for taxes on the undistributed earnings 
of its foreign subsidiaries as the Company either reinvested or intended to reinvest those earnings outside of the U.S. As a 
result of the Tax Act, the Company has changed its indefinite reinvestment assertion related to foreign earnings that have been 
taxed in the U.S. and now considers a majority of these earnings no longer indefinitely reinvested. Additional information 
and analysis are needed to determine the final amount, if any, of the deferred tax liability considering factors such as whether 
non-U.S. entities are subject to withholding taxes, have reserve requirements, or have projected working capital and other 
capital needs in the country where the earnings were generated that would result in a decision to indefinitely reinvest a portion 
or all their earnings. The Company will disclose the future impact, if any, in the reporting period in which the accounting is 
completed, which will not exceed one year from the date of enactment of the Tax Act.

We account for uncertainty in income taxes by prescribing thresholds and attributes for the financial statement recognition 
and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. We may recognize the tax benefit from an 
uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing 
authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. We record any interest and/or penalties related to uncertain tax 
positions in the income tax expense line on our Consolidated Statements of Income. As of December 31, 2017, the Company 
has a total of $28 million of unrecognized tax benefits, of which $2 million is included in current taxes payable and $14 million 
is included in the other liabilities section of the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a non-current liability. The remaining 
balance of $12 million of uncertain tax positions relates to certain tax attributes generated by the Company which are netted 
against the underlying deferred tax assets recorded on the balance sheet.

We regularly review our deferred tax assets for recoverability and establish a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not 
that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. We recorded $32 million in 2017 and $26 million in 2016 for 
valuation allowances. Due to a change in tax law enacted in the state of California in the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company 
established a valuation allowance to partially offset its California R&D tax credit carryforward deferred tax asset, as the 
Company expects to continue to generate excess California R&D tax credits into the foreseeable future. 

Stock-based Compensation
We measure compensation cost for stock awards at fair value and recognize compensation expense over the service period. We 
utilize pricing models, including the Black-Scholes option pricing model and Monte Carlo simulation model, to estimate the 
fair value of stock-based compensation at the date of grant. These valuation models require the input of subjective assumptions, 
including expected volatility and expected term. In addition, we issue performance-based awards that vest only if specific 
performance conditions are satisfied. The number of shares that will be earned can vary based on actual performance. No 
shares will vest if the threshold objectives are not met. In the event the objectives are exceeded, additional shares will vest up to 
a maximum payout. The cost of these awards is expensed over the performance period based upon management’s estimate and 
analysis of the probability of meeting the performance criteria. Because the actual number of shares to be awarded is not known 
until the end of the performance period, the actual compensation expense related to these awards could differ from our current 
expectations. As a result of the adoption of the FASB Accounting Standards Update - Improvements to Employee Share-Based 
Payment Accounting, effective January 1, 2016, we account for forfeitures as they occur instead of estimating forfeitures at the 
time of grant and revising those estimates in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from our estimates.

Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets
The Company reviews goodwill for impairment annually and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the 
carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable. The Company tests goodwill by first performing a qualitative analysis to 
determine if it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is below its carrying value. Qualitative factors may 
include, but are not limited to, economic, market and industry conditions, and overall financial performance of the reporting 
unit. If the Company determines that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is below its carrying 
value after assessing these qualitative factors, then the guidance on goodwill impairment requires the company to perform a 
quantitative impairment test. In this test, the Company compares the fair value of each reporting unit to its carrying value. 
The Company typically determines the fair value of its reporting units using a weighting of fair values derived from the income 
and market approaches. Under the income approach, the Company calculates the fair value of a reporting unit based on the 
present value of estimated future cash flows. The market approach estimates fair value based on market multiples of revenue 
and earnings derived from comparable companies with similar operating and investment characteristics as the reporting 
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impaired. If the carrying value of the net assets assigned to the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, then 
the company records an impairment loss equal to the difference. Teradata reviewed two reporting units in its 2017 goodwill 
impairment assessment, as each operating segment was deemed as a reporting unit for purposes of testing. Based on the 
Company’s evaluation and weighting of the events and circumstances that have occurred since the most recent quantitative 
test, the Company concluded that it was not more likely than not that each reporting unit’s fair value was below its carrying 
value. Therefore, the Company determined that it was not necessary to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment test for the 
reporting units in 2017. See “Note 3—Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets” for additional information.

Determining the fair value of goodwill and acquired intangibles is judgmental in nature and involves the use of significant 
estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions include revenue growth rates and operating margins used to 
calculate projected future cash flows, discount rates and future economic and market conditions. The company’s estimates are 
based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable, but which are inherently uncertain and unpredictable. These valuations 
require the use of management’s assumptions, which may not reflect unanticipated events and circumstances that may occur.

Pension and Postemployment Benefits
We measure pension and postemployment benefit costs and credits using actuarial valuations. Actuarial assumptions attempt 
to anticipate future events and are used in calculating the expense and liability relating to these plans. These factors include 
assumptions we make about interest rates, expected investment return on plan assets, total and involuntary turnover rates, and 
rates of future compensation increases. In addition, our actuarial consultants also use subjective factors such as withdrawal 
rates and mortality rates to develop our valuations. We review and update these assumptions on an annual basis at the 
beginning of each fiscal year. We are required to consider current market conditions, including changes in interest rates, in 
making these assumptions. The actuarial assumptions that we use may differ materially from actual results due to changing 
market and economic conditions, higher or lower withdrawal rates, or longer or shorter life spans of participants. These 
differences may result in a significant impact to the measurement of our pension and postemployment benefit obligations, 
and to the amount of pension and postemployment benefits expense we have recorded or may record. For example, as of 
December 31, 2017, a one-half percent increase/decrease in the discount rate would change the projected benefit obligation 
of our pension plans by approximately $7 million, and a one-half percent increase/decrease in our involuntary turnover 
assumption would change our postemployment benefit obligation by approximately $10 million.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

A discussion of recently issued accounting pronouncements is described in “Note 1—Description of Business, Basis of 
Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements elsewhere in this Annual 
Report, and we incorporate such discussion by reference.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company employs a foreign currency hedging strategy to limit potential losses in earnings or cash flows from adverse 
foreign currency exchange rate movements. Foreign currency exposures arise from transactions denominated in a currency 
other than the Company’s functional currency and from foreign denominated revenue and profit translated into U.S. dollars. 
The primary currencies to which the Company is exposed include the euro, the British pound, the Japanese yen, the Australian 
dollar, the Canadian dollar and other Asian and South American currencies. Exposures are hedged with foreign currency 
forward contracts with maturity dates of twelve months or less. The potential loss in fair value at December 31, 2017, for such 
contracts resulting from a hypothetical 10% adverse change in all foreign currency exchange rates is approximately $2 million. 
This loss would be mitigated by corresponding gains on the underlying exposures. For additional information regarding the 
Company’s foreign currency hedging strategy, see “Note 7— Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” in the Notes to 
Consolidated Financial Statements elsewhere in this Annual Report.

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REPORTS OF MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

We are responsible for the preparation, integrity and objectivity of our consolidated financial statements and other financial 
information presented in this Annual Report. The accompanying consolidated financial statements were prepared in 
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and include certain 
amounts based on currently available information and our judgment of current conditions and circumstances.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, is engaged to perform audits of our 
consolidated financial statements and the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting. These audits are 
performed in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Our 
independent registered public accounting firm was given unrestricted access to all financial records and related data, including 
minutes of all meetings of stockholders, the Board of Directors, and committees of the board.

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, consisting entirely of independent directors who are not employees of 
Teradata, monitors our accounting, reporting, and internal control structure. Our independent registered public accounting 
firm, internal auditors, and management have complete and free access to the Audit Committee, which periodically meets 
directly with each group to ensure that their respective duties are being properly discharged.

MANAGEMENT’S ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as such 
term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Teradata’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to 
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for 
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial 
reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, 
accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance 
that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally 
accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with 
authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or 
timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the 
financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, 
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate 
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree or compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Management assessed the effectiveness of Teradata’s internal control over financial reporting as of the end of the period 
covered by this report. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring 
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013). Based on our 
assessment and those criteria, management concluded that Teradata’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as 
of December 31, 2017.

Teradata’s independent registered public accounting firm has issued their report on the effectiveness of Teradata’s internal 
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, which appears in this Annual Report.

Victor L. Lund 
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Mark A. Culhane 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF TERADATA CORPORATION:

Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Teradata Corporation and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 
2017 and December 31, 2016, and the related consolidated statements of (loss) income, comprehensive (loss) income, changes 
in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017, including the related 
notes of Teradata Corporation (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited the 
Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on criteria established in Internal Control - 
Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In 
our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position 
of the Company as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each 
of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the 
United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over 
financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) 
issued by the COSO.

Basis for Opinions
The Company’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal 
control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, 
included in Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A. Our 
responsibility is to express opinions on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and on the Company’s internal 
control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company 
Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company 
in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange 
Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards 
require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial 
statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over 
financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included 
performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due 
to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test 
basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included 
evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall 
presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included 
obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, 
and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits 
also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits 
provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding 
the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with 
generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies 
and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the 
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded 
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and 
that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and 
directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized 
acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. 

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Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, 
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate 
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP  
Atlanta, GA 
February 23, 2018

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2007. 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF (LOSS) INCOME

For the Years Ended December 31

2017

2016

2015

in millions, except per share amounts
Revenue
Product and cloud revenue
Service revenue
Total revenue

Costs and operating expenses
Cost of product and cloud
Cost of services
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Research and development expenses
Impairment of goodwill, acquired intangibles and other assets
Total costs and operating expenses

Income (loss) from operations
Other (expense) income, net
Interest expense
Other income, net
Total other (expense) income, net

Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax expense
Net (loss) income

Net (loss) income per common share

Basic
Diluted

Weighted average common shares outstanding

Basic
Diluted

$ 747
1,409
2,156

325
809
652
306
–
2,092

64

(15)
9
(6)

58
125
(67)

$

$ (0.53)
$ (0.53)

125.8
125.8

$ 923
1,399
2,322

383
751
664
212
80
2,090

232

(12)
1
(11)

221
96
$ 125

$ 0.96
$ 0.95

129.7
131.5

$ 1,115
1,415
2,530

489
765
765
228
478
2,725

(195)

(9)
60
51

(144)
70
$ (214)

$ (1.53)
$ (1.53)

139.6
139.6

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME

For the Years Ended December 31

in millions
Net (loss) income
Other comprehensive income (loss):

Foreign currency translation adjustments
Securities:

Reclassification of gain to net income (loss)
Unrealized loss on securities, before tax
Tax impact on securities
Net change in securities

Defined benefit plans:

Reclassification of loss to net income (loss)
Defined benefit plan adjustment, before tax
Defined benefit plan adjustment, tax portion
Defined benefit plan adjustment, net of tax

Other comprehensive income (loss)
Comprehensive (loss) income

2017

$(67)

16

–
–
–
–

4
(6)
1
(1)
15
$(52)

2016

$125

(7)

–
–
–
–

3
(12)
3
(6)
(13)
$112

2015

$ (214)

(36)

(26)
(7)
2
(31)

3
(9)
1
(5)
(72)
$(286)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

At December 31

in millions, except per share amounts
Assets
Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivable, net
Inventories
Other current assets

Total current assets
Property and equipment, net
Capitalized software, net
Goodwill
Acquired intangible assets, net
Deferred income taxes
Other assets
Total assets

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities

Current portion of long-term debt
Short-term borrowings
Accounts payable
Payroll and benefits liabilities
Deferred revenue
Other current liabilities

Total current liabilities
Long-term debt
Pension and other postemployment plan liabilities
Long-term deferred revenue
Deferred tax liabilities
Other liabilities

Total liabilities

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)

Stockholders’ equity

2017

2016

$1,089
554
30
77
1,750
162
121
399
23
57
44
$2,556

$      60
240
74
173
414
102

1,063
478
109
85
4
149

1,888

$   974
548
34
65
1,621
138
187
390
11
49
17
$2,413

$     30
–
103
139
369
88

729
538
96
14
33
32

1,442

Preferred stock: par value $0.01 per share, 100.0 shares authorized, no shares issued  

and outstanding at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively

Common stock: par value $0.01 per share, 500.0 shares authorized, 121.9 and  

130.6 shares issued at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively

Paid-in capital
Accumulated deficit
Accumulated other comprehensive loss

Total stockholders’ equity
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

–

–

1
1,320
(579)
(74)
 668
$2,556

1
1,220
(161)
(89)
971
$2,413

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the Years Ended December 31

2017

2016

2015

in millions
Operating activities
Net (loss) income
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities:

$    (67)

$125

$(214)

Depreciation and amortization
Stock-based compensation expense
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
Deferred income taxes
Gain on investments
Impairment of goodwill, acquired intangibles and other assets
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:

Receivables
Inventories
Account payables and accrued expenses
Deferred revenue
Other assets and liabilities

Net cash provided by operating activities

Investing activities
Expenditures for property and equipment
Additions to capitalized software
Proceeds from sales of property and equipment
Proceeds from disposition of investments
Proceeds from sale of business
Business acquisitions and other investing activities, net

Net cash used in investing activities

Financing activities
Proceeds from long-term borrowings
Repayments of long-term borrowings
Proceeds from credit facility borrowings
Repayments of credit-facility borrowings
Repurchases of common stock
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
Other financing activities, net

Net cash used in financing activities

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

Supplemental data
Cash paid during the year for:

Income taxes
Interest

138
68
–
(34)
–
–

(6)
3
12
115
95
324

(78)
(9)
–
–
–
(21)
(108)

–
(30)
420
(180)
(351)
–
32
(109)

8
115
974
$1,089

128
62
–
(3)
(2)
80

40
14
11
1
(10)
446

(53)
(65)
5
2
92
(16)
(35)

–
(30)
-
(180)
(82)
–
30
(262)

(14)
135
839
$974

170
56
(2)
(39)
(57)
478

1
(11)
(8)
24
3
401

(52)
(68)
–
85
–
(17)
(52)

600
(247)
180
(220)
(657)
2
18
(324)

(20)
5
834
$ 839

$     25
$     14

$105
$  12

$   98
$     8

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

in millions
December 31, 2014
Net loss
Employee stock compensation, 

employee stock purchase programs 
and option exercises

Income tax benefit from stock 

compensation plans

Repurchases of common stock, retired
Pension and postemployment benefit 

plans, net of tax

Unrealized gain on securities
Currency translation adjustment
December 31, 2015
Net income
Employee stock compensation, 

employee stock purchase programs 
and option exercises

Repurchases of common stock, retired
Pension and postemployment benefit 

plans, net of tax

Currency translation adjustment
December 31, 2016
Net loss
Employee stock compensation, 

employee stock purchase programs 
and option exercises

Repurchases of common stock, retired
Pension and postemployment benefit 

plans, net of tax

Currency translation adjustment
December 31, 2017

Common Stock
Shares Amount

Paid-in
Capital

148

$1

$1,054

Retained 
Earnings 
(Accumulated
Deficit)

Accumulated  
Other 
Comprehensive 
Income (Loss)

$ 656
(214)

$  (4)

2

(19)

78

(4)

131

$1

$1,128

3
(3)

92

131

$1

$1,220

2
(11)

100

(646)

$(204)
125

(82)

$(161)
(67)

(351)

122

$1

$1,320

$(579)

(5)
(31)
(36)
$(76 )

(6)
(7)
$(89 )

(1)
16
$ (74)

Total

$1,707
(214)

78

(4)
(646)

(5)
(31)
(36)
$   849
125

92
(82)

(6)
(7)
$   971
(67)

100
(351)

(1)
16
$   668

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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JOB TITLE Teradata 10-K

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1:  Description of Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Description of the Business. Teradata Corporation (“Teradata” or the “Company”) is a global leader in analytic data solutions 
and services. Our analytic data solutions comprise software, hardware, and related business consulting and support services for 
analytics across a company’s entire analytical ecosystem.

Basis of Presentation. The financial statements are presented on a consolidated basis and include the accounts of the Company and 
its wholly-owned subsidiaries in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates 
and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the 
date of the financial statements, and revenues and expenses during the period reported. On an ongoing basis, management 
evaluates these estimates and judgments, including those related to allowances for doubtful accounts, the valuation of 
inventory to net realizable value, impairments of goodwill and other intangibles, stock-based compensation, pension and other 
postemployment benefits, and income taxes and any changes will be accounted for on a prospective basis. Actual results could 
differ from those estimates.

Revenue Recognition. Teradata’s solution offerings typically include software, unspecified when-and-if-available software 
upgrades, hardware, maintenance support services, and other consulting, implementation and installation-related 
(“consulting”) services. Teradata records revenue when it is realized, or realizable, and earned. Teradata considers these 
requirements met when:

•  Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists

•  The products or services have been delivered to the customer

•	 The sales price is fixed or determinable and free of contingencies or significant uncertainties

•	 Collectability is reasonably assured

Teradata reports revenue net of any taxes assessed by governmental authorities that are imposed on and concurrent with 
specific revenue-producing transactions. The Company assesses whether fees are fixed or determinable at the time of sale. 
Standard payment terms may vary based on the country in which the agreement is executed, but are generally between 30 days 
and 90 days. Payments that are due within six months are generally deemed to be fixed or determinable based on a successful 
collection history on such arrangements, and thereby satisfy the required criteria for revenue recognition. Teradata delivers 
its solutions primarily through direct sales channels, as well as through alliances with system integrators, other independent 
software vendors and distributors, and value-added resellers (collectively referred to as “resellers”). In assessing whether the 
sales price to a reseller is fixed or determinable, the Company considers, among other things, past business practices with 
the reseller, the reseller’s operating history, payment terms, return rights and the financial wherewithal of the reseller. When 
Teradata determines that the contract fee to a reseller is not fixed or determinable, that transaction is deferred and recognized 
upon sell-through to the end customer.

The Company’s deliverables often involve delivery or performance at different periods of time. Revenue for perpetual 
software is generally recognized upon delivery with the hardware once title and risk of loss have been transferred. Revenue for 
unspecified software upgrades or enhancements on a when-and-if-available basis are recognized straight-line over the term 
of the arrangement. Revenue for maintenance support services is also recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the 
contract. Revenue for other consulting, implementation and installation services is recognized as services are provided. In 
certain instances, acceptance of the product or service is specified by the customer. In such cases, revenue is deferred until 
the acceptance criteria have been met. Delivery and acceptance generally occur in the same reporting period. The Company’s 
arrangements generally do not include any customer negotiated provisions for cancellation, termination or refunds that would 
significantly impact recognized revenue.

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The Company evaluates all deliverables in an arrangement to determine whether they represent separate units of accounting.  
A deliverable constitutes a separate unit of accounting when it has standalone value, and if the contract includes a general 
right of return relative to the delivered item, delivery or performance of the undelivered items is considered probable and 
substantially in the control of Teradata. Most of the Company’s products and services qualify as separate units of accounting 
and are recognized upon meeting the criteria as described above.

For multiple deliverable arrangements that contain non-software related deliverables, the Company allocates revenue to each 
deliverable based upon the relative selling price hierarchy and if software and software-related deliverables are also included in 
the arrangement, to those deliverables as a group based on the best estimate of selling price (“BESP”) for the group. The selling 
price for a deliverable is based on its vendor-specific objective evidence of selling price (“VSOE”) if available, third-party evidence 
of selling price (“TPE”) if VSOE is not available, or BESP if neither VSOE nor TPE is available. The Company then recognizes 
revenue when the remaining revenue recognition criteria are met for each deliverable. For the software group or arrangements 
that contain only software and software-related deliverables, the revenue is allocated utilizing the residual or fair value method. 
Under the residual method, the VSOE of the undelivered elements is deferred and accounted for under the applicable revenue 
recognition guidance, and the remaining portion of the software arrangement fee is allocated to the delivered elements and is 
recognized as revenue. The fair value method is similar to the relative selling price method used for non-software deliverables 
except that the allocation of each deliverable is based on VSOE. For software groups or arrangements that contain only software 
and software-related deliverables in which VSOE does not exist for each deliverable (fair value method) or does not exist for each 
undelivered element (residual method), revenue for the entire software arrangement or group is deferred and not recognized 
until delivery of all elements without VSOE has occurred, unless the only undelivered element is post-contract customer support 
(“PCS”) in which case the entire software arrangement or group is recognized ratably over the PCS period.

Teradata’s analytic software and hardware products are sold and delivered together in the form of a “Node” of capacity as an 
integrated technology solution. Because both the analytic software and hardware platform are necessary to deliver the analytic 
data platform’s essential functionality, the analytic software and hardware (Node) are excluded from the software rules and 
considered a non-software related deliverable. Teradata software applications and related support are considered software-
related deliverables. Additionally, the amount of revenue allocated to the delivered items utilizing the relative selling price or fair 
value method is limited to the amount that is not contingent upon the delivery of additional items or meeting other specified 
performance conditions (the non-contingent amount).

VSOE is based upon the normal pricing and discounting practices for those products and services when sold separately. 
Teradata uses the stated renewal rate approach in establishing VSOE for maintenance and when-and-if-available software 
upgrades (collectively referred to as PCS). Under this approach, the Company assesses whether the contractually stated renewal 
rates are substantive and consistent with the Company’s normal pricing practices. Renewal rates greater than the lower level of 
our targeted pricing ranges are substantive and, therefore, meet the requirements to support VSOE. In instances where there 
is not a substantive renewal rate in the arrangement, the Company allocates revenue based upon BESP, using the minimum 
established pricing targets as supported by the renewal rates for similar customers utilizing the bell-curve method. Teradata 
also offers consulting and installation-related services to its customers, which are considered non-software deliverables if they 
relate to the nodes. These services are rarely considered essential to the functionality of the analytics solution deliverable and 
there is never software customization of the proprietary database software. VSOE for consulting services is based on the hourly 
rates for standalone consulting services projects by geographic region and are indicative of the Company’s customary pricing 
practices. Pricing in each market is structured to obtain a reasonable margin based on input costs.

In nearly all multiple-deliverable arrangements, the Company is unable to establish VSOE for all deliverables in the 
arrangement. This is due to infrequently selling each deliverable separately (such is the case with our nodes), not pricing 
products or services within a narrow range, or only having a limited sales history. When VSOE cannot be established, attempts 
are made to establish TPE of the selling price for each deliverable. TPE is determined based on competitor prices for similar 
deliverables when sold separately. However, Teradata’s offerings contain significant differentiation such that the comparable 
pricing of products with similar functionality cannot typically be obtained. This is because Teradata’s products contain a 
significant amount of proprietary technology and its solutions offer substantially different features and functionality than other 
available products. As Teradata’s products are significantly different from those of its competitors, the Company is unable to 
establish TPE for the vast majority of its products.

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When the Company is unable to establish selling prices using VSOE or TPE, the Company uses BESP in its allocation of 
arrangement consideration. The objective of BESP is to determine the price at which the Company would transact a sale if 
the product or service was sold on a standalone basis. The Company determines BESP for a product or service by considering 
multiple factors including, but not limited to, geographies, market conditions, product life cycles, competitive landscape, 
internal costs, gross margin objectives, purchase volumes and pricing practices.

The primary consideration in developing BESP for the Company’s nodes is the bell-curve method based on historical 
transactions. The BESP analysis is at the geography level to align it with the way in which the Company goes to market 
and establishes pricing for its products. The Company has established discount ranges off published list prices for different 
geographies based on strategy and maturity of Teradata’s presence in the respective geography. There are distinctions in each 
geography and product group which support the use of geographies and markets for the determination of BESP. For example, 
the Company’s U.S. market is relatively mature and most of the large transactions are captured in this market, whereas the 
International markets are less mature with generally smaller deal size. Additionally, the prices and margins for the Company’s 
products vary by geography and by product class. BESP is analyzed on a semi-annual basis using data from the four previous 
quarters, which the Company believes best reflects most recent pricing practices in a changing marketplace.

The Company reviews VSOE, TPE and its determination of BESP on a periodic basis and updates it, when appropriate, to 
ensure that the practices employed reflect the Company’s recent pricing experience. The Company maintains internal controls 
over the establishment and updates of these estimates, which includes review and approval by the Company’s management. For 
the year ended December 31, 2017 there was no material impact to revenue resulting from changes in VSOE, TPE or BESP.

Teradata’s new go-to-market offerings introduced in the second half of 2016, which are part of the overall business 
transformation strategy, include the following offerings:

•	  Subscription license - Teradata’s subscription licenses include a right-to-use license and are typically sold with PCS. The 

revenue for these arrangements is typically recognized ratably over the contract term. The term of these arrangements varies 
between one and five years. 

•		 Cloud - These arrangements include a right-to-access software license that the customer does not have a right to take 

possession of without significant penalty during the hosting period and the services can be delivered through a managed 
or public cloud. These arrangements are recognized outside the software rules and revenue is recognized ratably over the 
contract term. The term of these arrangements typically varies between one and five years. 

•		 Rentals - Teradata owns the equipment and may or may not provide managed services. The revenue for these arrangements 
is generally recognized straight-line over the term of the contract. The term of these arrangements typically varies between 
one and three years and are generally accounted for as operating leases.

•		 Service model - Teradata owns the equipment to provide the service on-premises. Service models typically include a 

minimum fixed amount that is recognized ratably over the contract term and may include an elastic amount for usage above 
the minimum, which is recognized monthly based on actual utilization. The term of these arrangements varies between one 
and five years. 

Shipping and Handling. Product shipping and handling costs are included in cost of products in the Consolidated Statements 
of (Loss) Income.

Cash and Cash Equivalents. All short-term, highly-liquid investments having original maturities of three months or less are 
considered to be cash equivalents.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts. Teradata establishes provisions for doubtful accounts using both percentages of accounts 
receivable balances to reflect historical average credit losses and specific provisions for known issues.

Inventories. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost of service parts is determined using the average cost 
method. Finished goods inventory is determined using actual cost.

Available-for-sale Securities. Available-for-sale securities are reported at fair value. Unrealized holding gains and losses are 
excluded from earnings and reported in other comprehensive (loss) income. Realized gains and losses are included in other 
income and expense in the Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Income.

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Long-Lived Assets
Property and Equipment. Property and equipment, leasehold improvements and rental equipment are stated at cost less 
accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed over the estimated useful lives of the related assets primarily on a 
straight-line basis. Equipment is depreciated over 3 to 20 years and buildings over 25 to 45 years. Leasehold improvements are 
depreciated over the life of the lease or the asset, whichever is shorter. Total depreciation expense on the Company’s property 
and equipment for December 31 was as follows:

in millions
Depreciation expense

2017
$55

2016
$49

2015
$53

Capitalized Software. Direct development costs associated with internal-use software are capitalized and amortized over the 
estimated useful lives of the resulting software. The costs are capitalized when both the preliminary project stage is completed 
and it is probable that computer software being developed will be completed and placed in service. Teradata typically amortizes 
capitalized internal-use software on a straight-line basis over three years beginning when the asset is substantially ready for use. 

Costs incurred for the development of analytic applications are expensed as incurred based on the frequency and agile nature of 
development. Prior to December 31, 2016, costs incurred for the development of analytic database software that will be sold, leased 
or otherwise marketed were capitalized between technological feasibility and the point at which a product was ready for general 
release. Technological feasibility is established when planning, designing and initial coding activities that are necessary to establish 
the product can be produced to meet its design specifications are complete. In the absence of a program design, a working model 
is used to establish technological feasibility. These costs are included within capitalized software and are amortized over the 
estimated useful lives of four years using the greater of the ratio that current gross revenues for a product bear to the total of 
current and anticipated future gross revenues for that product or the straight-line method over the remaining estimated economic 
life of the product beginning when the product is available for general release. Costs capitalized include direct labor and related 
overhead costs. Costs incurred prior to technological feasibility and after general release are expensed as incurred. 

Our research and development efforts have recently become more driven by market requirements and rapidly changing 
customers’ needs. In addition, the Company started applying agile development methodologies to help respond to new 
technologies and trends. Agile development methodologies are characterized by a more dynamic development process with 
more frequent and iterative revisions to a product release features and functions as the software is being developed. Due to the 
shorter development cycle and focus on rapid production associated with agile development, the Company did not capitalize 
any amounts for external-use software development costs in 2017 due to the relatively short duration between the completion 
of the working model and the point at which a product is ready for general release. Prior capitalized costs will continue to be 
amortized under the greater of revenue-based or straight-line method over the estimated useful life.

The following table identifies the activity relating to capitalized software:

in millions
Beginning balance at January 1
Capitalized
Amortization

Internal-use Software
2016
$13
6
(6)

2017
$13
9
(6)

2015
$13
6
(6)

External-use Software
2016
$177
59
(62)

2017
$174
–
(69)

2015
$186
61
(70)

Ending balance at December 31

$16

$13

$13

$105

$174

$177

The aggregate amortization expense (actual and estimated) for internal-use and external-use software for the following 
periods is:

in millions
Internal-use software amortization expense
External-use software amortization expense

Actual 
2017
$  6
$69

For the years ended (estimated)

2018
$  7
$49

2019
$  7
$34

2020
$  7
$22

2021
$7
$–

2022
$6
$–

Estimated expense, which is recorded to cost of sales for external use software, is based on capitalized software at December 31, 
2017 and does not include any new capitalization for future periods.

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Valuation of Long-Lived Assets. Long-lived assets such as property and equipment, acquired intangible assets and internal 
capitalized software are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount 
of the assets may not be recoverable. An impairment loss would be recognized when estimated future undiscounted cash flows 
expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition are less than the carrying amount. No impairment was 
recognized during 2017.

Goodwill. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price in a business combination over the fair value of net tangible 
and intangible assets acquired. Goodwill amounts are not amortized, but rather are tested for impairment annually or upon 
occurrence of an event or change in circumstances that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit 
below its carrying amount. See Note 3 - Goodwill and Acquired Intangibles for additional information.

Warranty. Provisions for product warranties are recorded in the period in which the related revenue is recognized. The 
Company accrues warranty reserves using percentages of revenue to reflect the Company’s historical average warranty claims.

Research and Development Costs. Research and development costs are expensed as incurred (except for the capitalized 
software development costs discussed above). Research and development costs primarily include labor-related costs, contractor 
fees, and overhead expenses directly related to research and development support.

Pension and Postemployment Benefits. The Company accounts for its pension and postemployment benefit obligations using 
actuarial models. The measurement of plan obligations was made as of December 31, 2017. Liabilities are computed using 
the projected unit credit method. The objective under this method is to expense each participant’s benefits under the plan as 
they accrue, taking into consideration salary increases and the plan’s benefit allocation formula. Thus, the total pension or 
postemployment benefit to which each participant is expected to become entitled is broken down into units, each associated 
with a year of past or future credited service.

The Company recognizes the funded status of its pension and postemployment plan obligations in its consolidated balance 
sheet and records in other comprehensive income certain gains and losses that arise during the period, but are deferred under 
pension and postemployment accounting rules.

Foreign Currency. Assets and liabilities of non-U.S. subsidiaries that operate in a local currency environment are translated 
into U.S. dollars at period-end exchange rates. Income and expense accounts are translated at daily exchange rates prevailing 
during the period. Adjustments arising from the translation are included in accumulated other comprehensive income, a 
separate component of stockholders’ equity. Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are included in 
determining net income.

Income Taxes. Income tax expense is provided based on income before income taxes in the various jurisdictions in which the 
Company conducts its business. Deferred income taxes reflect the impact of temporary differences between assets and liabilities 
recognized for financial reporting purposes and such amounts recognized for tax purposes. These deferred taxes are determined 
based on the enacted tax rates expected to apply in the periods in which the deferred assets or liabilities are expected to be 
settled or realized. For the Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) provisions of the Tax Act, a provisional estimate 
could not be made as the Company has not yet completed its assessment of or elected an accounting policy to either recognize 
deferred taxes for basis differences expected to reverse as GILTI or to record GILTI as period costs if and when incurred. In 
accordance with SEC guidance, provisional amounts may be refined as a result of additional guidance from, and interpretations 
by, U.S. regulatory and standard-setting bodies and changes in assumptions. Teradata recognizes tax benefits from uncertain 
tax positions only if it is more likely than not the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing authorities, based on 
the technical merits of the position. The Company records valuation allowances related to its deferred income tax assets when it 
is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred income tax assets will not be realized.

Stock-based Compensation. Stock-based payments to employees, including grants of stock options, restricted shares and 
restricted share units, are recognized in the financial statements based on their fair value. The fair value of each stock option 
award on the grant date is estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: expected 
dividend yield, expected stock price volatility, weighted-average risk-free interest rate and weighted average expected term of the 
options. The Company’s expected volatility assumption used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model is based on Teradata’s 
historical volatility. The expected term for options granted is based upon historical observation of actual time elapsed between 
date of grant and exercise of options for all employees. The risk-free interest rate used in the Black-Scholes model is based on 
the implied yield curve available on U.S. Treasury issues at the date of grant with a remaining term equal to the Company’s 
expected term assumption. The Company has never declared or paid a cash dividend.

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Earnings (Loss) Per Share. Basic earnings (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average 
number of shares outstanding during the reported period. The calculation of diluted earnings per share is similar to basic 
earnings per share, except that the weighted-average number of shares outstanding includes the dilution from potential 
shares added from stock options, restricted share awards and other stock awards. Refer to Note 5 for share information on the 
Company’s stock compensation plans.

The components of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share are as follows:

in millions, except (loss) earnings per share

Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders

Weighted average outstanding shares of common stock
Dilutive effect of employee stock options, restricted shares and other stock awards

Common stock and common stock equivalents
Earnings (loss) per share:

Basic
Diluted

For the years ended December 31

2017

$    (67)

125.8
–

125.8

$(0.53)
$(0.53)

2016

$  125

129.7
1.8

131.5

$  0.96
$  0.95

2015

$  (214)

139.6
–

139.6

$ (1.53)
$ (1.53)

For 2017, due to the net loss attributable to Teradata common stockholders, largely due to the tax expense recorded as a result 
of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, potential common shares that would cause dilution, such as employee stock options, 
restricted shares and other stock awards, have been excluded from the diluted share count because their effect would have been 
anti-dilutive. For 2017, the fully diluted shares would have been 127.8 million. 

For 2015, due to the net loss attributable to Teradata common stockholders, largely due to the goodwill and acquired intangibles 
impairment charges, potential common shares that would cause dilution, such as employee stock options, restricted shares and 
other stock awards, have been excluded from the diluted share count because their effect would have been anti-dilutive. For 
2015, the fully diluted shares would have been 141.9 million. 

Options to purchase 2.7 million in 2017, 5.2 million shares in 2016 and 4.5 million shares in 2015 of common stock, were not 
included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because their exercise prices were greater than the average market 
price of the common shares and, therefore, the effect would have been anti-dilutive.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Revenue Recognition. In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued new guidance that affects any 
entity that either enters into contracts with customers to transfer goods or services or enters into contracts for the transfer of 
nonfinancial assets unless those contracts are within the scope of other standards. The new guidance will supersede the revenue 
recognition requirements in the current revenue recognition guidance, and most industry-specific guidance. In addition, the 
existing requirements for the recognition of a gain or loss on the transfer of nonfinancial assets that are not in a contract with a 
customer are amended to be consistent with the guidance on recognition and measurement in this update. The core principle 
of the guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers 
in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. 
To achieve that core principle, the FASB defines a five-step process which includes the following: (1) identify the contract 
with a customer, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the 
transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a 
performance obligation.

The new revenue standard will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early 
application permitted. The standard allows entities to apply the standard retrospectively for all periods presented or 
alternatively an entity is permitted to recognize the cumulative effect of initially applying the guidance as an opening balance 
sheet adjustment to retained earnings in the period of initial application (modified retrospective method).

The Company will adopt the new accounting guidance effective January 1, 2018 by utilizing the modified retrospective method. The 
Company is still evaluating and finalizing the impact on its consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

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Although the Company is still evaluating the impact on its consolidated financial statements, the Company believes the most 
significant impacts will likely include the following items:

•  As the Company transitions to the new go-to-market offerings, such as subscription-based licenses rather than perpetual 

licenses, the Company could potentially see a more significant impact in the amount of revenue recognized over time under 
the current rules but upfront under the new rules. This impact will result in revenue that is adjusted to retained earnings 
in the period of adoption and therefore not recognized in future periods or restated to prior periods due to the Company 
applying the modified retrospective method of adoption. 

•  The Company currently expenses contract acquisition costs and believes that the requirement to defer incremental contract 
acquisition costs and recognize them over the term of the contract to which the costs relate will have an impact, especially as 
the Company transitions to longer-term, over-time revenue contracts. 

•	 The amount of revenue allocated to the delivered items and recognized upfront utilizing the relative selling price model is 
limited to the amount that is not contingent upon the delivery of additional items or meeting other specified performance 
conditions (i.e., the non-contingent amount) under current rules. Under the new rules, the amounts allocated to delivered 
items and recognized upfront could be higher if it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of revenue recognized 
will not occur in future periods upon the delivery of additional items or meeting other specified performance conditions; and

•	 The new standard will impact our internal control environment, including our financial statement disclosure controls, 

business process controls, new systems and processes, and enhancements to existing systems and processes.

The Company expects to record approximately $20 million of adjustments to retained earnings for the revenue-related items 
discussed above. The Company also expects to record approximately $15 million of deferred compensation costs upon adoption 
that will then be amortized in future periods.

The Company does not expect that the new standard will result in substantive changes in our performance obligations or the 
amounts of revenue allocated between multiple performance obligations, with the exception of contingent revenue discussed 
above. The Company is still in the process of evaluating and finalizing these impacts, and our initial assessment may change as 
the Company continues with implementing new systems, processes, accounting policies and internal controls.

Leases. In February 2016, the FASB issued new guidance which requires a lessee to account for leases as finance or operating 
leases. Both leases will result in the lessee recognizing a right-of-use asset and a corresponding lease liability on its balance 
sheet, with differing methodology for income statement recognition. For lessors, the standard modifies the classification 
criteria and the accounting for sales-type and direct financing leases. Entities will classify leases to determine how to recognize 
lease-related revenue and expense. This standard is effective for public entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those 
years, beginning after December 15, 2018, and early adoption is permitted. A modified retrospective approach is required for 
leases existing or entered into after the beginning of the earliest comparative period in the consolidated financial statements. 
The Company is currently assessing the impact of this update on its consolidated financial statements. We currently believe 
that the most significant changes will be related to the recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on our consolidated 
balance sheets for real estate and equipment leases that are currently classified as operating leases and therefore not recorded on 
the consolidated balance sheets.

Statement of Cash Flows: Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. In August 2016, the FASB issued an 
update addressing eight specific cash flow issues to reduce diversity in practice. The amended guidance is effective for fiscal 
years beginning after December 31, 2017, and for interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company 
will adopt this amended guidance in the first quarter of 2018 and does not expect the impact on its consolidated financial 
statements to be material.

Financial Instruments. In January 2016, the FASB issued new guidance which enhances the reporting model for financial 
instruments and related disclosures. This update requires equity securities to be measured at fair value with changes in fair 
value recognized through net income and will eliminate the cost method for equity securities without readily determinable fair 
values. The provisions are effective for public entities with fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim 
periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, in certain circumstances. The Company will adopt this amended 
guidance in the first quarter of 2018 and does not expect the impact on its consolidated financial statements to be material.

Intra-entity asset transfers. In October 2016, the FASB issued accounting guidance to simplify the accounting for income 
tax consequences of intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory. Under this guidance, companies will be required to 
recognize the income tax consequences of an intra-entity asset transfer when the transfer occurs. Current guidance prohibits 

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companies from recognizing current and deferred income taxes for an intra-entity asset transfer until the asset has been sold 
to an outside party. The guidance must be applied on a modified retrospective basis through a cumulative-effect adjustment 
to retained earnings as of the period of adoption. The guidance is effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and 
early adoption is permitted. The Company will adopt this amended guidance in the first quarter of 2018 and does not expect 
the impact on its consolidated financial statements to be material.

Classification of restricted cash. In December 2016, the FASB issued accounting guidance to address diversity in the 
classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash on the statement of cash flows. Under this guidance, companies 
will be required to present restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the 
beginning-of-period and end-of-period amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The guidance is required to be applied 
retrospectively and is effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. The Company 
will adopt this amended guidance in the first quarter of 2018 and does not expect the impact on its consolidated financial 
statements to be material.

Clarification on the definition of a business. In January 2017, the FASB issued accounting guidance to clarify the definition 
of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted 
for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. This new guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after 
December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted. The Company will adopt this amended guidance in the first quarter of 2018 
and does not expect the impact on its consolidated financial statements to be material.

Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost. In March 2017, the FASB issued 
accounting guidance for “Compensation – Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension 
Cost and Net Periodic Post-retirement Benefit Cost”. The amendment requires the service cost component of net periodic 
benefit cost be presented in the same income statement line item as other employee compensation costs arising from services 
rendered during the period and other components of the net periodic benefit cost be presented separately from the line item 
that includes the service cost and outside of any subtotal of operating income. For public entities, the amendments are effective 
for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company will adopt this amended guidance 
in the first quarter of 2018. The retroactive adoption of this standard will result in an increase in operating income and a 
corresponding decrease in other income (primarily related to the return on pension assets) for the years ended December 31 of 
$4 million in 2017 and $3 million in 2016.

Stock Compensation. In May 2017, the FASB issued accounting guidance for “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 
718) - Scope of Modification Accounting”. The amendments in this update provide guidance about which changes to the terms 
or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting. The current disclosure 
requirements in Topic 718 apply regardless of whether an entity is required to apply modification accounting under the 
amendments in this update. The amendments in this update are effective for all entities for annual periods, and interim periods 
within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in any 
interim period. The Company will adopt this amended guidance in the first quarter of 2018 and does not expect any impact on 
its consolidated financial statements.

Derivatives and Hedging. In August 2017, the FASB issued amendments to hedge accounting guidance. These amendments 
are intended to better align a company’s risk management strategies and financial reporting for hedging relationships. Under 
the new guidance, more hedging strategies will be eligible for hedge accounting and the application of hedge accounting is 
simplified. In addition, the new guidance amends presentation and disclosure requirements. The guidance is effective for fiscal 
years beginning after December 15, 2018 with early adoption permitted, including the interim periods within those years. 
The guidance requires the use of a modified retrospective approach. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the 
guidance on our consolidated financial statements.

Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. In February 2018, the FASB issued 
guidance allowing companies the option to reclassify to retained earnings the tax effects related to items in Accumulated other 
comprehensive income (loss) as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that was enacted on December 22, 2017. This update is 
effective in fiscal years, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2018, and early adoption is permitted. This 
guidance should be applied either in the period of adoption or retrospectively to each period in which the effects of the change 
in the U.S. federal income tax rate in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is recognized. The Company is currently evaluating the impact 
of the guidance on our consolidated financial statements.

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Recently Adopted Guidance

Simplifying the measurement for goodwill. In January 2017, the FASB issued guidance to simplify the accounting for the 
impairment of goodwill. The guidance removes Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test, which requires a hypothetical purchase 
price allocation. A goodwill impairment will now be the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair 
value, not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. The Company early adopted this accounting guidance effective January 
1, 2017. This amendment did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 2:  Supplemental Financial Information

At December 31

in millions
Accounts receivable
Trade
Other
Accounts receivable, gross
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
Total accounts receivable, net
Inventories
Finished goods
Service parts
Total inventories
Property and equipment
Land
Buildings and improvements
Machinery and other equipment
Property and equipment, gross
Less: accumulated depreciation
Total property and equipment, net
Other current liabilities
Sales and value-added taxes
Pension and other postemployment plan liabilities
Other
Total other current liabilities
Deferred revenue
Deferred revenue, current
Long-term deferred revenue
Total deferred revenue
Other long-term liabilities
Transition tax
Uncertain tax positions
Other
Total other long-term liabilities

2017

2016

$ 559
7
566
(12)
$ 554

$   18
12
$   30 

$     8
82
404
494
(332)
$ 162

$   30
2
70
$ 102

$ 414
85
$ 499

$ 133
14
2
$ 149

$ 561
6
567
(19)
$ 548

$   20
14
$   34

$     8
77
354
439
(301)
$ 138

$   28
7
53
$   88

$ 369
14
$ 383

$     –
20
12
$   32

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NOTE 3:  Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets

The following table identifies the activity relating to goodwill by operating segment:

in millions

Goodwill

Americas Data and Analytics
International Data and Analytics

Total goodwill

Balance at 
December 31, 
2016

Additions

Currency
Translation 
Adjustments

Balance at 
December 31, 
2017

$251
139
$390

$2
–
$2

$–
7
$7

$253
146
$399

During 2017, the Company recorded additional goodwill of $2 million, for an immaterial acquisition that occurred during the 
period.

In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company performed its annual impairment test of goodwill and determined that no 
impairment to the carrying value of goodwill was necessary. The Company reviewed two reporting units in its 2017 goodwill 
impairment assessment, as both geographic operating segments were considered separate reporting units for purposes of 
testing. Based on the Company’s evaluation and weighting of the events and circumstances that have occurred since the most 
recent quantitative test, the Company concluded that it was not more likely than not that each reporting unit’s fair value was 
below its carrying value. Therefore, the Company determined that it was not necessary to perform a quantitative goodwill 
impairment test for the reporting units in 2017. 

Acquired intangible assets were specifically identified when acquired, and are deemed to have finite lives. The gross carrying 
amount and accumulated amortization for Teradata’s acquired intangible assets were as follows:

in millions

Acquired intangible assets
Intellectual property/developed technology
Trademarks/trade names
In-process research and development

Total

December 31, 2017

December 31, 2016

Amortization
Life
(in Years)

Gross
Carrying 
Amount

Accumulated
Amortization
and Currency
Translation
Adjustments

Gross
 Carrying
Amount

Accumulated
Amortization
and Currency
Translation
Adjustments

1 to 7
5
5

$43
–
–

$43

$(20)
–
–

$(20)

$71
1
5

$77

$(61)
(1)
(4)

$(66)

During 2017, the Company recorded additional intangibles of $18 million, for intellectual property related to an immaterial 
acquisition that occurred during the period. The gross carrying amount of acquired intangibles was reduced by certain 
intangible assets previously acquired that became fully amortized and were removed from the balance sheet. 

The aggregate amortization expense (actual and estimated) for acquired intangible assets for the following periods is:

For the years ended (estimated)
2020

2021

2019

2022

2018

$7

$6

$4

$4

$2

in millions

Amortization expense

Actual
2016

$10

2015

$40

2017

$8

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NOTE 4: 

Income Taxes

For the years ended December 31, income (loss) before income taxes consisted of the following:

in millions

Income (loss) before income taxes
United States
Foreign
Total income (loss) before income taxes

For the years ended December 31, income tax expense consisted of the following:

in millions

Income tax expense
Current

Federal
State and local
Foreign
Deferred
Federal
State and local
Foreign

Total income tax expense
Effective income tax rate

 2017

2016

2015

$(26)
84
$ 58

$  93
128
$221

$(88)
(56)
$(144)

2017

2016

2015

$   132
2
25

(22)
(4)
(8)
$   125
215.5%

$   67
7
25

7
1
(11)
$   96
43.4%

$     74
9
26

(19)
(3)
(17)
$     70
(48.6 %)

The following table presents the principal components of the difference between the effective tax rate and the U.S. federal 
statutory income tax rate for the years ended December 31:

in millions
Income tax expense at the U.S. federal tax rate
Foreign income tax differential
State and local income taxes
U.S. permanent book/tax differences
Change in valuation allowance for California R&D credit
U.S. manufacturing deduction permanent difference
Goodwill impairment
Tax impact of sale of marketing applications business
Impact of excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies
Tax impact of U.S. tax law change - IRC Section 987
Deferred tax impact from U.S. rate change
Tax impact of transition Tax- U.S. tax reform
Other, net
Effective income tax rate

2017
35.0%
(18.0%)
(11.0%)
(12.0%)
10.0%
(8.0%)
–%
–%
–%
–%
(27.0%)
250.0%
(3.5%)
215.5%

2016
35.0%
(13.2%)
0.2%
(0.1%)
0.8%
(3.5%)
8.9%
9.9%
2.2%
3.5%
–%
–%
(0.3%)
43.4%

2015
35.0%
14.0%
0.5%
3.1%
(3.4%)
5.5%
(100.1%)
–%
–%
–%
–%
–%
(3.2%)
(48.6%)

The 2017 effective tax rate was impacted by the Tax Act, which was signed into law on December 22, 2017, making significant 
changes to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Changes include, but are not limited to, a corporate tax rate decrease from 35% to 
21% effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, the transition of U.S. international taxation from a worldwide tax 
system to a modified territorial tax system, and a one-time transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of cumulative 

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foreign earnings as of December 31, 2017. On December 22, 2017, Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) was issued to 
address the application of GAAP in situations when a registrant does not have the necessary information available, prepared, or 
analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete the accounting for certain income tax effects of the Tax Act.

In accordance with SAB 118, the Company has determined its best estimate of the impact of the Tax Act in its year-end income 
tax provision in accordance with its understanding of the Tax Act and guidance available as of the date of this filing and has 
recorded $126 million as additional income tax expense in the fourth quarter of 2017. The provisional amount related to the 
one-time transition tax on the mandatory deemed repatriation of foreign earnings was $145 million of tax expense based on 
cumulative foreign earnings of $1.3 billion, which the Company expects to pay over an 8-year period. In addition, a tax benefit 
of $19 million was recorded, a majority of which related to the re-measurement of certain deferred tax assets and liabilities 
based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse in the future. The ultimate impact may differ materially from these 
provisional amounts, due to, among other things, additional analysis, changes in interpretations and assumptions the Company 
has made, additional regulatory guidance that may be issued, and actions the Company may take as a result of the Tax Act. 

The 2016 effective tax rate was impacted by the $57 million of goodwill impairment charges recorded in the first quarter of 
2016, all of which was treated as a permanent, non-deductible tax item. In addition, a discrete tax charge of $22 million was 
recorded in the third quarter of 2016 related to the tax impact of the sale of the marketing applications business, which occurred 
on July 1, 2016. In the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company recorded $8 million of tax expense associated with the issuance of 
new U.S. Treasury Regulations under Internal Revenue Code Section 987 on December 7, 2016, which clarified how companies 
calculate foreign currency translation gains and losses for income tax purposes for branches whose accounting records are 
kept in a currency other than the currency of the Company. Also in the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company elected to early 
adopt Accounting Standards Update 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-based Payment Accounting. As a result, the 
Company incurred a $5 million discrete tax expense associated with the net shortfall arising from 2016 equity compensation 
vesting and exercises.

The 2015 effective tax rate was impacted by the $437 million of goodwill impairment charges recorded for 2015, of which  
$414 million was treated as a permanent non-deductible tax item. This resulted in full-year income tax expense in 2015 of  
$70 million, on a pre-tax net loss of $(144) million, causing a negative tax rate of (48.6%). 

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities included in the balance sheets at December 31 were as follows:

in millions

Deferred income tax assets
Employee pensions and other liabilities
Other balance sheet reserves and allowances
Tax loss and credit carryforwards
Deferred revenue
Other
Total deferred income tax assets
Valuation allowance
Net deferred income tax assets

Deferred income tax liabilities
Intangibles and capitalized software
Property and equipment
Other
Total deferred income tax liabilities
Total net deferred income tax assets

2017

$  50
13
59
3
2
127
(32)
95

30
12
–
42
$  53

2016

$  59
18
53
3
–
133
(26)
107

63
22
6
91
$  16

As of December 31, 2017, Teradata has net operating loss (“NOL”) and tax credit carryforwards totaling $59 million (tax  
effected and before any valuation allowance offset and application of recognition criteria for uncertain tax positions). Of the 
total tax carryforwards, $15 million are NOL’s in the U.S. and certain foreign jurisdictions, a small portion of which will begin 
to expire in 2019 and $44 million are California R&D tax credits that have an indefinite carryforward period (which has a  
$32 million valuation allowance offset recorded).

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Prior to the enactment of the Tax Act, the Company had not provided for taxes on the undistributed earnings of its foreign 
subsidiaries as the Company either reinvested or intended to reinvest those earnings outside of the U.S. As a result of the 2017 
Tax Act, the Company has changed its indefinite reinvestment assertion related to foreign earnings that have been taxed in the 
U.S. and now considers a majority of these earnings no longer indefinitely reinvested. As a result of U.S. tax reform legislation, 
distributions of profits from non-U.S. subsidiaries are not expected to cause a significant U.S. tax impact in the future. 
However, these distributions may be subject to non-U.S. withholding taxes if profits are distributed from certain jurisdictions. 
The Company has not recorded any provisional foreign or state tax expense with respect to earnings which have been subject 
to federal income tax as they either would not be taxable upon remittance or they are considered permanently reinvested. 
Additional information and analysis are needed to determine the final amount of deferred tax liability considering factors such 
as whether non-U.S. entities are subject to withholding taxes, have reserve requirements, or have projected working capital and 
other capital needs in the country where the earnings were generated that would result in a decision to indefinitely reinvest 
a portion or all their earnings. The Company will disclose any future impact, if any, in the reporting period in which the 
accounting is completed, which will not exceed one year from the date of enactment of the Tax Act in accordance with SAB 118.

The Company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax 
position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The 
Company reflects any interest and penalties recorded in connection with its uncertain tax positions as a component of income 
tax expense.

As of December 31, 2017, the Company’s uncertain tax positions totaled approximately $28 million, of which $2 million is 
reflected in current taxes payable as it is anticipated the liability will be settled within the next twelve months, and $14 million 
is reflected in the other liabilities section of the Company’s balance sheet as a non-current liability. The remaining balance of 
$12 million of uncertain tax positions relates to certain tax attributes both generated by the Company and acquired in various 
acquisitions, which are netted against the underlying deferred tax assets recorded on the balance sheet. The entire balance of 
$28 million in uncertain tax positions would cause a decrease in the effective income tax rate upon recognition. Teradata has 
recorded $2 million of interest accruals related to its uncertain tax liabilities as of December 31, 2017.

Below is a roll-forward of the Company’s liability related to uncertain tax positions at December 31:

in millions

Balance at January 1
Gross decreases for prior period tax positions
Gross increases for current period tax positions
Decreases due to the lapse of applicable statute of limitations
Balance at December 31

2017

$30
(1)
3
(4)
$28

2016

$38
(7)
3
(4)
$30

The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. and various state jurisdictions, as well as numerous 
foreign jurisdictions. As of December 31, 2017, the Company has ongoing tax audits in a limited number of state and foreign 
jurisdictions. However, no material adjustments have been proposed or made in any of these examinations to date, which would 
result in any incremental income tax expense in future periods to the Company. The Company’s tax returns for years 2014-2017 
are still open for assessment by tax authorities in its major jurisdictions.

NOTE 5:  Employee Stock-based Compensation Plans

The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense for the years ended December 31 as follows:

in millions

Stock options
Restricted shares
Employee share repurchase program
Total stock-based compensation before income taxes
Tax benefit
Total stock-based compensation, net of tax

2017

$   9
56
3
68
(21)
$ 47

2016

$   9
51
2
62
(13)
$ 49

2015

$ 12
41
3
56
(17)
$ 39

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The Teradata Corporation 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2007 SIP”), as amended, and the Teradata 2012 Stock Incentive 
Plan (the “2012 SIP”) provide for the grant of several different forms of stock-based compensation. The 2012 SIP was adopted 
and approved by stockholders in April 2012 and no further awards may be made under the 2007 SIP after that time. A total of 
approximately 17.5 million shares were authorized to be issued under the 2012 SIP. New shares of the Company’s common stock 
are issued as a result of the vesting of restricted share units and stock option exercises, and at the time of grant for restricted 
shares, for awards under both plans.

As of December 31, 2017, the Company’s primary types of stock-based compensation were stock options, restricted shares, 
restricted share units and the employee stock purchase program (the “ESPP”).

Stock Options
The Compensation and Human Resource Committee of Teradata’s Board of Directors has discretion to determine the material 
terms and conditions of option awards under both the 2007 SIP and the 2012 SIP (collectively, the “Teradata SIP”), provided 
that (i) the exercise price must be no less than the fair market value of Teradata common stock (as defined in both plans) on the 
date of grant, and (ii) the term must be no longer than ten years. Option grants generally have a four-year vesting period.

The weighted-average fair value of options granted for Teradata equity awards was $11.08 in 2017, $10.68 in 2016 and $11.37 in 
2015. The fair value of each option award on the grant date was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with 
the following assumptions: 

Dividend yield
Risk-free interest rate
Expected volatility
Expected term (years)

2017
–%
1.99%
35.0%
6.3

2016
–%
2.08%
35.2%
6.3

2015
–%
1.76%
34.4%
6.3

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2017:

shares in thousands

Outstanding at January 1, 2017
Granted
Exercised
Canceled
Forfeited
Outstanding at December 31, 2017

Fully vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2017

Exercisable at December 31, 2017

Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price per
Share
$36.22
$ 29.04
$25.28
$46.56
$32.97
$ 37.63

$ 37.63

$ 39.60

Shares
Under
Option
6,509
10
(746)
(153)
(247)
5,373

5,373

4,220

Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
 (in years)

Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
(in millions)

5.3

4.5

4.5

3.4

$  8

$30

$30

$21

The following table summarizes the total intrinsic value of options exercised and the cash received by the Company from 
option exercises under all share-based payment arrangements at December 31:

in millions
Intrinsic value of options exercised
Cash received from option exercises
Tax benefit realized from option exercises

2017
$  6
$19
$  2

2016
$13
$18
$  5

2015
$8
$9
$3

As of December 31, 2017, there was $13 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock option 
grants. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.4 years.

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Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units
The Teradata SIP provides for the issuance of restricted shares, as well as restricted share units. These grants consist of both 
service-based and performance-based awards. Service-based awards typically vest over a three-year period beginning on the 
effective date of grant. These grants are not subject to future performance measures. The cost of these awards, determined to 
be the fair market value at the date of grant, is expensed ratably over the vesting period. For substantially all restricted share 
grants, at the date of grant, the recipient has all rights of a stockholder, subject to certain restrictions on transferability and a 
risk of forfeiture. A recipient of restricted share units does not have the rights of a stockholder and is subject to restrictions on 
transferability and risk of forfeiture. For both restricted share grants and restricted share units, any potential dividend rights 
would be subject to the same vesting requirements as the underlying equity award. As a result, such rights are considered a 
contingent transfer of value and consequently these equity awards are not considered participating securities. Performance-
based grants are subject to future performance measurements over a one-to four-year period. All performance-based shares 
that are earned in respect of an award will become vested at the end of the performance and/or service period provided the 
employee is continuously employed by the Company and applicable performance measures and other vesting conditions are 
met. The fair value of each performance-based award is determined on the grant date, based on the Company’s stock price, and 
assumes that performance targets will be achieved. Over the performance period, the number of shares of stock that will be 
issued is adjusted upward or downward based upon management’s assessment of the probability of achievement of performance 
targets. The ultimate number of shares issued and the related compensation cost recognized as expense will be based on a 
comparison of the final achievement of performance metrics to the specified targets.

The following table reports restricted shares and restricted share unit activity during the year ended December 31, 2017:

shares in thousands

Unvested shares at January 1, 2017
Granted
Vested
Forfeited/canceled
Unvested shares at December 31, 2017

Weighted-
Average
Grant Date
 Fair Value  
per Share
$ 31.57
$34.88
$33.55
$29.05
$32.76

Number of
Shares
4,042
2,044
(1,487)
(373)
4,226

The following table summarizes the weighted-average fair value of restricted share units granted for Teradata equity awards and 
the total fair value of shares vested. 

Weighted-average fair value of restricted share units granted
Total fair value of shares vested (in millions)

2017
$34.88
$      50

2016
$26.61
$      61

2015
$32.82
$      45

As of December 31, 2017, there was $98 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted share grants. 
The unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted-average period of 2.4 years.

The following table represents the composition of Teradata restricted share unit grants in 2017:

shares in thousands

Service-based shares
Performance-based shares
Total stock grants

Number of
Shares
1,736
308
2,044

Weighted-
Average
Grant Date 
Fair Value
$36.33
$26.68
$34.88

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Performance-based share units granted as part of our long-term incentive program for certain corporate officers and key 
executives will be earned based on Teradata’s total shareholder return (“TSR”) over a three-year performance period relative to 
the other companies in the S&P 1500 Technology Index. The number of shares issued, as a percentage of the amount subject to 
the performance share award, could range from 0% to 200%. The grant date fair value of the non-vested performance-based 
awards was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation model, which utilized multiple input variables that determined the 
probability of satisfying the market condition requirements applicable to each award. The compensation expense for the award 
will be recognized if the requisite service is rendered, regardless of whether the market conditions are achieved. 

Employee Stock Purchase Program
The Company’s ESPP, effective on October 1, 2007, and as amended effective as of January 1, 2013, provides eligible employees 
of Teradata and its designated subsidiaries an opportunity to purchase the Company’s common stock at a discount to the 
average of the highest and lowest sale prices on the last trading day of each month. The ESPP discount was 15% of the average 
market price and is considered compensatory.

Employees may authorize payroll deductions of up to 10% of eligible compensation for common stock purchases. A total of 
4 million shares were authorized to be issued under the ESPP, with approximately 0.2 million shares remaining under that 
authorization at December 31, 2017. The shares of Teradata common stock purchased by a participant on an exercise date (the 
last day of each month), for all purposes, are deemed to have been issued and sold at the close of business on such exercise date. 
Prior to that time, none of the rights or privileges of a stockholder exists with respect to such shares. Employee purchases and 
aggregate cost were as follows at December 31:

in millions
Employee share purchases
Aggregate cost

NOTE 6:  Employee Benefit Plans

2017
0.6
$ 15

2016
0.6
$ 13

2015
0.5
$ 17

Pension and Postemployment Plans. Teradata currently sponsors defined benefit pension plans for certain of its international 
employees. For those international pension plans for which the Company holds asset balances, those assets are primarily 
invested in common/collective trust funds (which include publicly traded common stocks, corporate and government debt 
securities, real estate indirect investments, cash or cash equivalents) and insurance contracts.

Postemployment obligations relate to benefits provided to involuntarily terminated employees and certain inactive employees 
after employment but before retirement. These benefits are paid in accordance with various foreign statutory laws and 
regulations, and Teradata’s established postemployment benefit practices and policies. Postemployment benefits may include 
disability benefits, supplemental unemployment benefits, severance, workers’ compensation benefits, continuation of health 
care benefits and life insurance coverage, and are funded on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Pension and postemployment benefit costs for the years ended December 31 were as follows:

in millions

2016
Pension Postemployment Pension Postemployment Pension Postemployment

2017

2015

Service cost
Interest cost
Expected return on plan assets
Settlement charge
Amortization of actuarial loss
Amortization of prior service (credit) cost
Divestiture
Total costs

$  9
3
(2)
–
1
(1)
–
$10

$  7
1
–
–
2
1
–
$11

$ 8
3
(2)
1
1
–
(2)
$ 9

$6
1
–
–
1
2
(1)
$9

$  8
3
(2)
1
2
–
–
$12

$6
1
–
–
–
–
–
$7

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The underfunded amount of pension and postemployment obligations is recorded as a liability in the Company’s consolidated 
balance sheet. The following tables present the changes in benefit obligations, plan assets, funded status and the reconciliation 
of the funded status to amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets and in accumulated other comprehensive 
income at December 31:

in millions

Change in benefit obligation
Benefit obligation at January 1
Service cost
Interest cost
Plan participant contributions
Actuarial (gain) loss
Benefits paid
Currency translation adjustments
Divestiture
Benefit obligation at December 31
Change in plan assets
Fair value of plan assets at January 1
Actual return on plan assets
Company contributions
Benefits paid
Currency translation adjustments
Plan participant contribution
Fair value of plan assets at December 31
Funded status (underfunded)
Amounts Recognized in the Balance Sheet
Non-current assets
Current liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Net amounts recognized
Amounts Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income
Unrecognized Net actuarial loss
Unrecognized Prior service (credit) cost
Total

Pension

2017

2016

Postemployment
2016
2017

$120
9
3
1
(3)
(4)
10
–
$136

$  64
5
5
(4)
4
1
75
$ (61)

$  10
(2)
(69)
$ (61)

$  15
(1)
$  14

$115
8
3
1
5
(8)
(2)
(2)
$120

$  63
2
6
(8)
–
1
64
$ (56)

$    5
(1)
(60)
$ (56)

$  21
(1)
$  20

$ 42
7
1
–
12
(15)
–
–
$  47

$   –
–
–
–
–
–
–
$(47)

$    –
(7)
(40)
$(47)

$ 37
3
$ 40

$ 49
6
1
–
12
(20)
(1)
(5)
$ 42

$    –
–
–
–
–
–
–
$(42)

$   –
(6)
(36)
$(42)

$  26
4
$  30

The following table presents the accumulated pension benefit obligation at December 31:

in millions
Accumulated pension benefit obligation

2017
$125

2016
$110

The following table presents pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets at December 31: 

in millions

Projected benefit obligation
Accumulated benefit obligation
Fair value of plan assets

2017

$69
$63
$  –

2016

$60
$53
$  –

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The following table presents the pre-tax net changes in projected benefit obligations recognized in other comprehensive income: 

in millions

Actuarial (gain) loss arising during the year
Amortization of loss included in net periodic benefit cost
Prior service (credit) cost arising during the year
Recognition of loss due to settlement
Foreign currency exchange
Total recognized in other comprehensive (loss) income

Pension

2017
$(7)
(1)
–
–
2
$(6)

2016
$5
(1)
–
(1)
(1)
$2

Postemployment
2016
$4
(1)
2
–
–
$5

2017
$13
(2)
(1)
–
–
$10

The following table presents the amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be recognized as components of 
net periodic benefit cost during 2018:

in millions

Net loss to be recognized in other comprehensive income

Pension

Postemployment

$1 

$4

The weighted-average rates and assumptions used to determine benefit obligations at December 31, and net periodic benefit 
cost for the years ended December 31, were as follows:

Discount rate
Rate of compensation increase
Expected return on plan assets

Discount rate
Rate of compensation increase
Involuntary turnover rate

Pension Benefit
Obligations

2017
2.1%
3.3%
N/A

2016
2.0%
3.3%
N/A

Postemployment
Benefit 
Obligations

2017
2.6%
3.0%
2.3%

2016
3.4%
3.0%
2.0%

Pension Benefit
Cost
2016
2017
2.0% 2.4%
3.3% 3.2%
2.9% 3.0%

2015
2.3%
3.3%
3.3%

Postemployment
Benefit Cost
2016
2017
2.6% 3.4%
3.0% 3.0%
2.3% 2.0%

2015
3.5%
3.0%
1.3%

The Company determines the expected return on assets based on individual plan asset allocations, historical capital market 
returns, and long-term interest rate assumptions, with input from its actuaries, investment managers, and independent 
investment advisors. The company emphasizes long-term expectations in its evaluation of return factors, discounting or 
ignoring short-term market fluctuations. Expected asset returns are reviewed annually, but are generally modified only when 
asset allocation strategies change or long-term economic trends are identified.

International discount rates were determined by examining interest rate levels and trends within each country, particularly 
yields on high-quality long-term corporate bonds, relative to our future expected cash flows. The discount rate used for 
countries with individually insignificant benefit obligation at year-end was derived by matching the plans’ expected future cash 
flows to the corresponding yields from the Citigroup Pension Liability Index. This yield curve has been constructed to represent 
the available yields on high-quality fixed-income investments across a broad range of future maturities.

Gains and losses have resulted from changes in actuarial assumptions and from differences between assumed and actual 
experience, including, among other items, changes in discount rates and differences between actual and assumed asset returns. 
These gains and losses (except those differences being amortized to the market-related value) are only amortized to the 
extent that they exceed 10% of the higher of the market-related value of plan assets or the projected benefit obligation of each 
respective plan.

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Plan Assets. The weighted-average asset allocations at December 31, by asset category are as follows: 

Equity securities
Debt securities
Insurance (annuity) contracts
Real-estate
Other
Total

Actual Asset 
Allocation
as of December 31
2016
32%
42%
17%
7%
2%
100%

2017
32%
41%
17%
8%
2%
100%

Target  
Asset  
Allocation
31%
47%
16%
3%
3%
100%

Fair Value. Fair value measurements are established utilizing a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used 
in measuring fair value. These tiers are more fully described in Note 9.

The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for pension assets as of December 31, 2017. 

Common/collective trust funds (which include money market funds, equity funds, bond funds, real-estate indirect investments, 
etc.): Valued at the net asset value (“NAV”) of shares held by the Plan at year end, as reported to the Plan by the trustee, which 
represents the fair value of shares held by the Plan. Because the NAV of the shares held in the common/collective trust funds 
are derived by the value of the underlying investments, the Company has classified these underlying investments as Level 2 fair 
value measurements.

Insurance contracts: Valued by discounting the related future benefit payments using a current year-end market discount rate, 
which represents the fair value of the insurance contract. The Company has classified these contracts as Level 3 assets for fair 
value measurement purposes.

The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the pension plan assets at fair value as of December 31, 2017:

in millions

Money market funds
Equity funds
Bond/fixed-income funds
Real-estate indirect investments
Insurance contracts
Total assets at fair value

December 31, 2017
$  2
24
31
6
12
$75

Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
$  2
24
31
6
–
$63

Quoted Prices in 
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
$–
–
–
–
–
$–

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
$  –
–
–
–
12
$12

The table below sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the pension plan level 3 assets for the year ended December 31, 2017:

in millions

Balance as of January 1, 2017
Purchases, sales and settlements, net
Balance as of December 31, 2017

Insurance
Contracts
$11
1
$12

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The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the pension plan assets at fair value as of December 31, 2016:

in millions

Money market funds
Equity funds
Bond/fixed-income funds
Real-estate indirect investments
Insurance contracts
Total assets at fair value

December 31, 2016
$  1
21
27
4
11
$64

Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
$  1
21
27
4
–
$53

Quoted Prices in 
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
$–
–
–
–
–
$–

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
$  –
–
–
–
11
$11

The table below sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the pension plan level 3 assets for the year ended December 31, 2016:

in millions

Balance as of January 1, 2016
Purchases, sales and settlements, net
December 31, 2016

Insurance
Contracts

$10
1
$11

Investment Strategy. Teradata employs several investment strategies across its various international pension plans. In some 
countries, particularly where Teradata does not have a large employee base, the Company may use insurance (annuity) 
contracts to satisfy its future pension payment obligations, whereby the Company makes pension plan contributions to an 
insurance company in exchange for which the pension plan benefits will be paid when the members reach a specified retirement 
age or on earlier exit of members from the plan. In other countries, the Company may employ local asset managers to manage 
investment portfolios according to the investment policies and guidelines established by the Company, and with consideration 
to individual plan liability structure and local market environment and risk tolerances. The Company’s investment policies and 
guidelines primarily emphasize diversification across and within asset classes to maximize long-term returns subject to prudent 
levels of risk, with the overall objective of enabling the plans to meet their future obligations. The investment portfolios contain 
a diversified blend of equity and fixed-income investments. Furthermore, equity investments are diversified across domestic 
and international stocks, small and large capitalization stocks, and growth and value stocks. Fixed-income assets are diversified 
across government and corporate bonds. Where applicable, real estate investments are made through real estate securities, 
partnership interests or direct investment, and are diversified by property type and location.

Cash Flows Related to Employee Benefit Plans

Cash Contributions. In 2018, the Company expects to contribute approximately $6 million to the international pension plans.

Estimated Future Benefit Payments. The Company expects to make the following benefit payments reflecting past and future 
service from its pension and postemployment plans:

in millions

Year
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 - 2027

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Pension 
Benefits

Postemployment 
Benefits

$  5
$  5
$  5
$  6
$  6
$34

$  7
$  6
$  6
$  6
$  6
$24

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Savings Plans. U.S. employees and many international employees participate in defined contribution savings plans. These 
plans generally provide either a specified percent of pay or a matching contribution on participating employees’ voluntary 
elections. The Company’s matching contributions typically are subject to a maximum percentage or level of compensation. 
Employee contributions can be made pre-tax, after-tax or a combination thereof. The following table identifies the expense for 
the U.S. and International subsidiary savings plans for the years ended December 31: 

in millions
U.S. savings plan
International subsidiary savings plans

2017
$21
$17

2016
$19
$16

2015
$22
$18

NOTE 7:  Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

As a portion of the Company’s operations and revenue occur outside the U.S. and in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the 
Company is exposed to potential gains and losses from changes in foreign currency exchange rates. To mitigate the impact 
of currency fluctuations, the Company uses foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge transactional exposures resulting 
predominantly from foreign currency denominated inter-company receivables and payables. The forward contracts are 
designated as fair value hedges of specified foreign currency denominated inter-company receivables and payables and generally 
mature in three months or less. The Company does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading purposes, nor 
does it hold or issue leveraged derivative instruments. By using derivative financial instruments to hedge exposures to changes 
in exchange rates, the Company exposes itself to credit risk. The Company manages exposure to counterparty credit risk by 
entering into derivative financial instruments with highly rated institutions that can be expected to fully perform under the 
terms of the applicable contracts.

All derivatives are recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at their fair value. The fair values of foreign exchange 
contracts are based on market spot and forward exchange rates and represent estimates of possible value that may not be 
realized in the future. Changes in the fair value of derivative financial instruments, along with the loss or gain on the hedged 
asset or liability, are recorded in current period earnings. The notional amounts represent agreed-upon amounts on which 
calculations of dollars to be exchanged are based, and are an indication of the extent of Teradata’s involvement in such 
instruments. These notional amounts do not represent amounts exchanged by the parties and, therefore, are not a measure of 
the instruments. Across its portfolio of contracts, Teradata has both long and short positions relative to the U.S. dollar. As a 
result, Teradata’s net involvement is less than the total contract notional amount of the Company’s foreign exchange forward 
contracts.

The following table identifies the contract notional amount of the Company’s foreign exchange forward contracts at December 31:

in millions
Contract notional amount of foreign exchange forward contracts
Net contract notional amount of foreign exchange forward contracts

2017
$ 147
$ 23

2016
$156
$ 16

The fair value derivative assets and liabilities recorded in other current assets and accrued liabilities at December 31, 2017 and 
2016, were not material.

Gains and losses from the Company’s fair value hedges (foreign currency forward contracts and related hedged items) were 
immaterial for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015. Gains and losses from foreign exchange forward contracts 
are fully recognized each period and reported along with the offsetting gain or loss of the related hedged item, either in cost of 
products or in other income, depending on the nature of the related hedged item.

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NOTE 8:  Commitments and Contingencies

In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to proceedings, lawsuits, governmental investigations, claims 
and other matters, including those that relate to the environment, health and safety, employee benefits, export compliance, 
intellectual property, tax matters, and other regulatory compliance and general matters.

As first disclosed in the Company’s Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2017, through internal processes, the Company 
discovered certain questionable expenditures for travel, gifts and other expenses at one of its international subsidiaries doing 
business in a single foreign country, Turkey. Teradata promptly initiated an internal investigation into the matter, with the 
assistance of outside counsel and forensic accountants, to determine whether the expenditures may have violated the U.S. 
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) or other potentially applicable anti-corruption laws. In February 2017, the Company 
voluntarily contacted the SEC and the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to alert them to the relevant events and the 
Company’s internal investigation. Teradata has fully cooperated with the government regarding the status of the Company’s 
internal investigation and findings, including remedial actions and terminations.

On January 16, 2018, the SEC advised that its staff will not recommend any enforcement action by the SEC against Teradata and 
that its investigation into this matter is closed. On February 20, 2018, the DOJ also advised the Company that it will not take 
any enforcement action and that its investigation into this matter is closed.

Guarantees and Product Warranties.
Guarantees associated with the Company’s business activities are reviewed for appropriateness and impact to the Company’s 
financial statements. Periodically, the Company’s customers enter into various leasing arrangements coordinated with a leasing 
company. In some instances, the Company guarantees the leasing company a minimum value at the end of the lease term on 
the leased equipment. As of December 31, 2017, the maximum future payment obligation of this guaranteed value and the 
associated liability balance was $4 million.

The Company provides its customers a standard manufacturer’s warranty and records, at the time of the sale, a corresponding 
estimated liability for potential warranty costs. Estimated future obligations due to warranty claims are based upon historical 
factors such as labor rates, average repair time, travel time, number of service calls and cost of replacement parts. For each 
consummated sale, the Company recognizes the total customer revenue and records the associated warranty liability using pre-
established warranty percentages for that product class.

The following table identifies the activity relating to the warranty reserve liability for the years ended December 31:

in millions
Beginning balance at January 1
Accruals for warranties issued
Settlements (in cash or kind)
Balance at end of period

2017
$ 5
6
(7)
$ 4

2016
$ 6
8
(9)
$ 5

2015
$   7
9
(10)
$   6

The Company also offers extended and/or enhanced coverage to its customers in the form of maintenance contracts. The 
Company accounts for these contracts by deferring the related maintenance revenue over the extended and/or enhanced 
coverage period. Costs associated with maintenance support are expensed as incurred. Amounts associated with these 
maintenance contracts are not included in the table above.

In addition, the Company provides its customers with certain indemnification rights. In general, the Company agrees to 
indemnify the customer if a third party asserts patent or other infringement on the part of the customer for its use of the 
Company’s products. The Company has indemnification obligations under its charter and bylaws to its officers and directors, 
and has entered into indemnification agreements with the officers and directors of its subsidiaries. From time to time, the 
Company also enters into agreements in connection with its acquisition and divesture activities that include indemnification 
obligations by the Company, including the sale of the marketing applications business. The fair value of these indemnification 
obligations is typically not readily determinable due to the conditional nature of the Company’s potential obligations and the 
specific facts and circumstances involved with each particular agreement. As such, the Company has generally not recorded 
a liability in connection with these indemnification arrangements. Historically, payments made by the Company under these 
types of agreements have not had a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations or 
cash flows.

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Leases. Teradata conducts certain of its sales and administrative operations using leased facilities, the initial lease terms of 
which vary in length. Many of the leases contain renewal options and escalation clauses that are not material to the overall lease 
portfolio. Future minimum operating lease payments and committed subleases under non-cancelable leases as of December 31, 
2017, for the following fiscal years were:

in millions
Operating lease obligations
Sublease rentals
Total committed operating leases less sublease rentals

Total 
Amounts
$ 81
(14)
$ 67

2018
$27
(6)
$21

2019
$20
(5)
$15

2020
$16
(3)
$13

2021
$8
–
$8

2022 and 
Thereafter
$10
–
$10

The following table represents the Company’s actual rental expense and sublease rental income for the years ended 
December 31:

in millions
Rental expense
Sublease rental income

The Company had no contingent rentals for these periods.

2017
$24
$ 5

2016
$24
$ 3

2015
$26
$ 3

Concentrations of Risk. The Company is potentially subject to concentrations of credit risk on accounts receivable 
and financial instruments such as hedging instruments, and cash and cash equivalents. Credit risk includes the risk of 
nonperformance by counterparties. The maximum potential loss may exceed the amount recognized on the balance sheet. 
Exposure to credit risk is managed through credit approvals, credit limits, selecting major international financial institutions 
(as counterparties to hedging transactions) and monitoring procedures. Teradata’s business often involves large transactions 
with customers, and if one or more of those customers were to default in its obligations under applicable contractual 
arrangements, the Company could be exposed to potentially significant losses. However, management believes that the reserves 
for potential losses were adequate at December 31, 2017 and 2016. 

The Company is also potentially subject to concentrations of supplier risk. Our hardware components are assembled exclusively 
by Flex Ltd. (“Flex”). Flex procures a wide variety of components used in the manufacturing process on our behalf. Although 
many of these components are available from multiple sources, Teradata utilizes preferred supplier relationships to better 
ensure more consistent quality, cost and delivery. Typically, these preferred suppliers maintain alternative processes and/or 
facilities to ensure continuity of supply. Given the Company’s strategy to outsource its manufacturing activities to Flex and to 
source certain components from single suppliers, a disruption in production at Flex or at a supplier could impact the timing 
of customer shipments and/or Teradata’s operating results. In addition, a significant change in the forecasts to any of these 
preferred suppliers could result in purchase obligations or components that may be in excess of demand.

NOTE 9:  Fair Value Measurements

Fair value measurements are established utilizing a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in 
measuring fair value. These tiers include: Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for 
identical assets or liabilities; Level 2, defined as significant other observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets 
for similar assets or liabilities, or quoted prices in less-active markets for identical assets; and Level 3, defined as unobservable 
inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions. Financial assets 
and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

The Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis include money market funds and foreign 
currency exchange contracts. A portion of the Company’s excess cash reserves are held in money market funds which generate 
interest income based on the prevailing market rates. Money market funds are included in cash and cash equivalents in the 
Company’s balance sheet. Money market fund holdings are measured at fair value using quoted market prices and are classified 
within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.

When deemed appropriate, the Company minimizes its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates through the 
use of derivative financial instruments, specifically, forward foreign exchange contracts. The fair value of these contracts are 
measured at the end of each interim reporting period using observable inputs other than quoted prices, specifically market 
spot and forward exchange rates. As such, these derivative instruments are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy. 

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Fair value gains for open contracts are recognized as assets and fair value losses are recognized as liabilities. The fair value 
derivative assets and liabilities recorded in other current assets and accrued liabilities at December 31, 2017 and 2016, were not 
material. Any realized gains or losses would be mitigated by corresponding gains or losses on the underlying exposures. Further 
information on the Company’s use of forward foreign exchange contracts is included in Note 7. 

The Company’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis and subject to fair value disclosure requirements at 
December 31, were as follows:

Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

Quoted Prices in 
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets
(Level 1)

Significant 
Unobservable 
Inputs
(Level 3)

$501
$473

$–
$–

$–
$–

in millions

Assets
Money market funds at December 31, 2017
Money market funds at December 31, 2016

Total

$501
$473

NOTE 10:  Debt

Teradata’s $600 million term loan is payable in quarterly installments, which commenced on March 31, 2016, with all remaining 
principal due in March 2020. The outstanding principal amount under the term loan agreement bears interest at a floating rate 
based upon a negotiated base rate or a Eurodollar rate plus a margin based on the leverage ratio of the Company. 

As of December 31, 2017, the term loan principal outstanding was $540 million and carried an interest rate of 3.375%. 
Unamortized deferred issuance costs of approximately $1 million are being amortized over the five-year term of the loan. The 
Company was in compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2017.

Annual contractual maturities of outstanding principal on the term loan at December 31, 2017, are as follows: 

in millions

2018
2019
2020
Total

The following table presents interest expense on borrowings for the years ended December 31:

in millions
Interest expense

$  60
68
412
$540

2017
$15

2016
$12

2015
  $9

Teradata’s term loan is recognized on the Company’s balance sheet at its unpaid principal balance, and is not subject to fair 
value measurement. However, given that the loan carries a variable rate, the Company estimates that the unpaid principal 
balance of the term loan would approximate its fair value. If measured at fair value in the financial statements, the Company’s 
term loan would be classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Teradata’s revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) has a borrowing capacity of $400 million. The Credit Facility ends 
on March 25, 2020 at which point any remaining outstanding borrowings would be due for repayment unless extended by 
agreement of the parties for up to two additional one-year periods. The interest rate charged on borrowings pursuant to the 
Credit Facility can vary depending on the interest rate option the Company chooses to utilize and the Company’s leverage 

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ratio at the time of the borrowing. In the near term, Teradata would anticipate choosing a floating rate based on the London 
Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The Credit Facility is unsecured and contains certain representations and warranties, 
conditions, affirmative, negative and financial covenants, and events of default customary for such facilities. 

As of December 31, 2017, the Company had $240 million in borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility, which carried 
an interest rate of 5.0%, leaving $160 million in additional borrowing capacity available. Unamortized deferred costs on the 
original credit facility and new lender fees of approximately $1 million are being amortized over the five-year term of the credit 
facility. The Company was in compliance with all covenants as of December 31, 2017.

NOTE 11:  Segment, Other Supplemental Information and Concentrations

Effective July 1, 2016, following the sale of the marketing applications business, Teradata is managing its business in two 
operating segments: (1) Americas region (North America and Latin America); and (2) International region (Europe, Middle 
East, Africa, Asia Pacific and Japan). For purposes of discussing results by segment, management excludes the impact of 
certain items, consistent with how management evaluates the performance of each segment. This format is useful to investors 
because it allows analysis and comparability of operating trends. It also includes the same information that is used by Teradata 
management to make decisions regarding the segments and to assess financial performance. The chief operating decision 
maker evaluates the performance of the segments based on revenue and multiple profit measures, including segment gross 
profit. For management reporting purposes assets are not allocated to the segments.

The following table presents segment revenue and segment gross profit for the Company for the years ended December 31:

in millions
Segment revenue
Americas Data and Analytics
International Data and Analytics
Total Data and Analytics
Marketing Applications
Total revenue

Segment gross profit
Americas Data and Analytics
International Data and Analytics
Total Data and Analytics
Marketing Application
Total segment gross profit

Stock-based compensation expense
Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets
Acquisition, integration and reorganization-related costs
Amortization of capitalized software costs
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Research and development expenses
Impairment of goodwill, acquired intangibles and other assets
Total income (loss) from operations

2017

2016

2015

$1,195
961
2,156
–
2,156

676
434
1,110
–
1,110

13
1
6
68
652
306
–
$     64

$1,334
919
2,253
69
2,322

796
445
1,241
34
1,275

14
2
9
62
664
212
80
$   232

$1,470
907
2,377
153
2,530

871
452
1,323
63
1,386

13
16
11
70
765
228
478
$ (195)

Prior period segment information has been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. Certain items, including 
amortization of certain capitalized software costs, were excluded from segment gross profit to conform to the way the 
Company manages and reviews the results by segment.

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The following table presents a further disaggregation of revenue for the Company for the years ended December 31:

in millions

Recurring revenue
Perpetual licenses and hardware
Consulting services
Marketing applications
Total revenue

2017

$1,047
429
680
–
$2,156

2016

$   978
600
675
69
$2,322

2015

$   956
752
669
153
$2,530

Recurring revenue is intended to depict the over-time revenue recognition model for these revenue streams. The recurrence 
of these revenue streams in future periods depends on a number of factors including contractual term periods and customers’ 
renewal decisions.

The following table presents revenues by geographic area for the years ended December 31:

in millions

United States
Americas (excluding United States)
International
Total revenue

The following table presents property and equipment by geographic area at December 31:

in millions

United States
Americas (excluding United States)
International
Property and equipment, net

2017

$1,089
107
960
$2,156

2016

$1,246
123
953
$2,322

2015

$1,428
125
977
$2,530

2017

$119
11
32
$162

2016

$113
4
21
$138

Concentrations. No single customer accounts for more than 10% of the Company’s revenue. As of December 31, 2017, the 
Company is not aware of any significant concentration of business transacted with a particular customer that could, if suddenly 
eliminated, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations. The Company’s hardware components are assembled 
exclusively by Flex. In addition, the Company utilizes preferred supplier relationships to better ensure more consistent quality, 
cost and delivery. There can be no assurances that a disruption in production at Flex or at a supplier would not have a material 
adverse effect on the Company’s operations.

NOTE 12:  Business Combinations and Other Investment Activities

During 2017, the Company completed one immaterial business acquisition, which complements and strengthens the 
Company’s research and development department, and released hold-back amounts from prior-year acquisitions for 
$21 million. 

During 2016, the Company completed one immaterial business acquisition, which complements and strengthens the 
Company’s global portfolio, and released hold-back amounts from several prior-year acquisitions for $16 million. The 
Company also sold the marketing applications business on July 1, 2016 (see Note 15).

During 2015, the Company completed two immaterial business acquisitions for $17 million, which complemented and 
strengthened the Company’s global portfolio. One of the acquisitions pertained to the marketing applications business, which 
the Company exited on July 1, 2016. In addition, the Company sold two equity investments for $85 million and recognized a 
gain of $57 million.

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NOTE 13:  Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income

The following table provides information on changes in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income (“AOCI”), net of tax, 
for the years ended December 31:

in millions
Balance as of December 31, 2014

Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications
Amounts reclassified from AOCI
Net other comprehensive loss
Balance as of December 31, 2015

Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications
Amounts reclassified from AOCI
Net other comprehensive loss
Balance as of December 31, 2016

Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications
Amounts reclassified from AOCI
Net other comprehensive (loss) income

Balance as of December 31, 2017

Available-
for-sale 
securities
$ 31
(5)
(26)
(31)
$   –
–
–
–
$   –
–
–
–
$   –

Defined
benefit
plans
$(24)
(8)
3
(5)
$(29)
(9)
3
(6)
$(35)
(5)
4
(1)
$(36)

Foreign
currency
translation
adjustments
$(11)
(36)
–
(36)
$(47)
(7)
–
(7)
$(54)
16
-
16
$(38)

Total
AOCI
$  (4)
(49)
(23)
(72)
$(76)
(16)
3
(13)
$(89)
11
4
15
$(74)

The following table presents the impact and respective location of AOCI reclassifications in the Consolidated Statements of 
Income for the years ended December 31:

AOCI Component

Location

2017

2016

2015

in millions
Defined benefit plans
Defined benefit plans
Available for sale securities
Tax portion
Total reclassifications

Cost of services
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Other income
Income tax benefit (expense)
Net (loss) income

$(3)
(2)
–
1
$(4)

$(3)
(1)
–
1
$(3)

$ (2)
(1)
42
(16)
$23

Further information on the Company’s defined benefit plans is included in Note 6.

NOTE 14:  Reorganization and Business Transformation

In the fourth quarter of 2015 the Company announced a plan to realign Teradata’s business by reducing its cost structure and 
focusing on the Company’s core data and analytics business. This business transformation included exiting the marketing 
applications business (see Note 15), rationalizing costs, and modifying the Company’s go-to-market approach. The Company 
incurred the following costs related to these actions for the years ended December 31:

in millions
Employee severance and other employee related cost
Asset write-downs
Professional services, legal and other associated cost
Total reorganization and business transformation cost

2017
$  2
–
24
$26

2016
$  14
80
35
$129

2015
$    4
140
8
$152

The charges for asset write-downs were for non-cash write-downs of goodwill, acquired intangibles and other assets. In 
addition to the costs and charges incurred above, the Company made cash payments of less than $1 million in 2017, $20 million 
in 2016, and $14 million in 2015 for employee severance that did not have a material impact on its Statement of Operations 

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due to Teradata accounting for its postemployment benefits under Accounting Standards Codification 712, Compensation - 
Nonretirement Postemployment Benefits (“ASC 712”), which uses actuarial estimates and defers the immediate recognition 
of gains or losses. As of December 31, 2017, the Company does not have any significant liabilities associated with these 
transformation activities.

NOTE 15: 

Impairment and Sale of the Marketing Applications Business

The Company reviews goodwill for impairment annually in the fourth quarter and whenever events or changes in 
circumstances indicate it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. During 
the second quarter of 2015, the Company determined that indicators were present in the marketing applications business  
which would suggest the fair value may have declined below the carrying value. The indicators were primarily lower than 
forecasted revenue and profitability levels for 2015 and future periods. Based on our analysis, the implied fair value of goodwill 
was substantially lower than the carrying value of goodwill. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment charge of  
$340 million during the second quarter of 2015.

In the fourth quarter of 2015, the Company committed to a plan to exit the marketing applications business. The assets and 
liabilities for this business, which were included within our marketing applications segment, were classified as held for sale in 
the fourth quarter of 2015 and, therefore, the corresponding depreciation and amortization expense ceased at that time. The 
divestiture was not presented as discontinued operations in our consolidated financial statements because it did not have a 
major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results. The Company then performed a goodwill impairment analysis 
of the business to be disposed of. As a result of this analysis, the Company recognized an additional goodwill impairment of 
$97 million in the fourth quarter of 2015. In addition, acquired intangible assets were reduced by $41 million to adjust the 
carrying amount of the disposal group’s net assets and liabilities down to its fair value less cost to sell.

On April 22, 2016, the Company entered into a definitive Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with TMA 
Solutions, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership and affiliate of Marlin Equity Partners (“Marlin Equity”), to 
sell the marketing applications business for $90 million in cash, subject to a post-closing adjustment for working capital, debt 
and other metrics. We recognized an impairment of goodwill of $57 million and acquired intangibles of $19 million in the first 
quarter of 2016 to adjust the carrying value of the net assets of our marketing applications business to fair value less cost to sell. 

Prior to the sale that occurred on July 1, 2016, the marketing applications business that was classified as held for sale generated 
revenue of $69 million and an operating loss of $112 million (which includes loss from impairment of goodwill and acquired 
intangibles of $76 million) for the six months ended June 30, 2016. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company 
generated revenue of $153 million and an operating loss of $561 million (which includes loss from impairment of goodwill and 
acquired intangibles of $478 million). The net assets held for sale as of July 1, 2016 were $87 million.

On July 1, 2016, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Teradata completed the sale of Teradata’s marketing applications business 
to Marlin Equity. The purchase price received for this business was approximately $92 million in cash, after a post-closing 
adjustment for working capital, debt and other metrics. Transaction costs and post-closing obligations were approximately  
$5 million. Upon completion of the divestiture of the held for sale assets in July 2016, no material gain or loss was recognized as 
the carrying value of the held for sale assets was equal to the purchase price received less costs to sell.

The Company recorded tax expense of approximately $22 million in the third quarter of 2016 related to this transaction. 
The total tax expense, of which $14 million was cash taxes due to having zero tax basis in goodwill, was calculated based on the 
amount of proceeds allocated to the various jurisdictions in accordance with the Purchase Agreement at the local statutory rates. 

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NOTE 16:  Quarterly Information (unaudited)

in millions, except per share amounts
2017
Total revenues
Gross profit
Operating (loss) income
Net (loss) income
Net (loss) income per share:

Basic
Diluted

2016
Total revenues
Gross profit
Operating (loss) income
Net (loss) income
Net (loss) income per share:

Basic
Diluted

First(1)

Second

Third

Fourth(2)

$   491
$   224
$      (1)
$      (2)

$(0.02)
$(0.02)

$   545
$   269
$   (42)
$   (46)

$(0.36)
$(0.36)

$   513
$   242
$      (1)
$      (4)

$(0.03)
$(0.03)

$   599
$   310
$     87
$     64

$  0.49
$  0.49

$ 526
$ 250
$     7
$   13

$0.11
$0.10

$ 552
$ 294
$   89
$   49

$0.38
$0.37

$   626
$   306
$     59
$   (74)

$(0.61)
$(0.61)

$   626
$   315
$     98
$     58

$  0.45
$  0.44

(1)   Loss from operation for the three months ended March 31, 2016 includes goodwill and acquired intangibles impairment charges of $76 million for the 

marketing application business.

(2)   Loss from operations for the three months ended December 31, 2017 includes $126 million tax impact related to 2017 U.S. Tax Reform.

NOTE 17:  Subsequent Events

From February 8, 2018 through February 22, 2018, the Company purchased approximately 1.4 million shares for approximately 
$49 million. As of February 23, 2018, the Company had approximately $462 million of share repurchase authorization 
remaining under its general share repurchase program.

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COMMON STOCK INFORMATION

Teradata common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TDC.” There were approximately 44,625 
registered holders of Teradata common stock as of February 8, 2018. The following table presents the high and low closing per 
share prices of Teradata common stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange during the calendar quarter indicated.

Common Stock Closing Market Price
2017
Fourth quarter
Third quarter
Second quarter
First quarter
2016
Fourth quarter
Third quarter
Second quarter
First quarter

High

$39.20
$33.79
$32.00
$32.74

$30.63
$32.62
$29.05
$27.48

Low

$32.11
$28.38
$27.26
$27.58

$26.42
$24.78
$24.40
$22.60

Teradata has not paid cash dividends and does not anticipate the payment of cash dividends to holders of Teradata common 
stock in the immediate future. The declaration of dividends in the future would be subject to the discretion of Teradata’s Board 
of Directors.

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TOTAL RETURN TO SHAREHOLDERS

The following graph compares the relative performance of Teradata stock, the Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 Stock Index and 
the S&P Information Technology Index. This graph covers the five-year period from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2017. 
In each case, assumes a $100 investment on December 31, 2012, and reinvestment of all dividends, if any.

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Teradata Corporation

S&P 500 Index

S&P Information Technology Index

Company/Index
Teradata Corporation
S&P 500 Index
S&P Information Technology Index

As of December 31,

2012
$100
$100
$100

2013
$  74
$132
$128

2014
$  71
$151
$154

2015
$  43
$153
$163

2016
$  44
$171
$186

2017
$  62
$208
$258

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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

For the Years Ended December 31

in millions, except per share and employee amounts
Revenue
Income (loss) from operations
Other (expense) income, net
Income tax expense
Net (loss) income
Net (loss) income per common share

Basic
Diluted

At December 31
Total assets
Debt, including current portion
Total stockholders’ equity
Number of employees

2017(1)

2016(2)

2015(3)

2014(4)

2013(5)

$2,156
$      64
$       (6)
$   125
$    (67)

$2,322
$   232
$    (11)
$     96
$   125

$2,530
$  (195)
$      51
$      70
$  (214)

$2,732
$   503
$      (9)
$   127
$   367

$ (0.53)
$ (0.53)

$  0.96
$  0.95

$ (1.53)
$ (1.53)

$  2.36
$  2.33

$2,692
$   532
$    (24)
$    131
$    377

$  2.31
$  2.27

 2017
$2,556
$   780
$   668
10,615

  2016
$ 2,413
$    570
$   971
10,093

  2015
$ 2,527
$    780
$    849
11,300

  2014
$  3,132
$     468
$  1,707
11,500

   2013
$  3,096
$    274
$  1,857
10,800

(1)   Includes $38 million ($25 million after-tax) for acquisition-related transaction, integration and reorganization expenses, $8 million ($6 million  
after-tax) for amortization of acquired intangible assets, $6 million tax impact related to a reversal of TMA uncertain tax positions, and a $126 
million tax impact related to 2017 U.S. Tax Reform.

(2)    Included 65 million ($41 million after-tax) for acquisition-related transaction, integration and reorganization costs and expenses, $9 million 

($6 million after-tax) for amortization of acquired intangible assets, $76 million ($70 million after-tax) for impairment of goodwill and acquired 
intangibles, $4 million ($3 million after tax) for impairment of other assets, and $8 million of additional tax expense from a change in U.S. tax law.

(3)    Includes $31 million ($20 million after-tax) for acquisition-related transaction, integration and reorganization costs and expenses, $39 million 

($25 million after-tax) for amortization of acquired intangible assets, $478 million ($457 million after-tax) for impairment of goodwill and acquired 
intangibles, offset by $57 million ($35 million after-tax) gain on equity investments.

(4)    Includes $22 million ($14 million after-tax) for acquisition-related transaction, integration and reorganization costs and expenses, $47 million 
($31 million after-tax) for amortization of acquired intangible assets, and $8 million ($6 million after-tax) for expenses related to a net loss on  
equity investments.

(5)   Includes $17 million ($11 million after-tax) for acquisition-related transaction, integration and reorganization costs and expenses, $43 million 

($28 million after-tax) for amortization of acquired intangible assets, $22 million ($14 million after-tax) for expenses related to a net loss on equity 
investments, offset by a $4 million tax credit due to the 2012 U.S. R&D tax credit not being enacted until 2013

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Leadership
Victor L. Lund 
President and  
Chief Executive Officer

Stephen A. Brobst 
Chief Technology Officer

Mark A. Culhane  
Executive Vice President and  
Chief Financial Officer

Daniel L. Harrington 
Executive Vice President,  
Customer Support and Services

Laura K. Nyquist 
General Counsel and Secretary

Oliver G. Ratzesberger 
Chief Operating Officer

Eric P. Tom  
Executive Vice President and  
Chief Revenue Officer

Suzanne C. Zoumaras  
Executive Vice President and  
Chief Human Resources Officer

Board of Directors
James M. Ringler  
Chairman of the Board 
Teradata Corporation

Lisa R. Bacus  
Executive Vice President and  
Global Chief Marketing and  
Customer Officer  
Cigna Corporation

Timothy C.K. Chou  
Retired President 
Oracle on Demand, a division of  
Oracle Corporation

Cary T. Fu  
Co-Founder  
Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

Daniel R. Fishback  
Former President and  
Chief Executive Officer  
DemandTec, Inc.

Michael P. Gianoni 
President and Chief Executive 
Officer Blackbaud, Inc.

David E. Kepler  
Retired Executive Vice President, 
Chief Sustainability Officer, and 
Chief Information Officer  
The Dow Chemical Company

Victor L. Lund  
President and Chief Executive 
Officer Teradata Corporation

John G. Schwarz 
Founder and Chief Executive 
Officer Visier Inc.

William S. Stavropoulos 
Chairman Emeritus  
The Dow Chemical Company

CORPORATE INFORMATION 

Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Stockholders are invited to attend 
Teradata’s Annual Meeting of  
Stockholders at 8 a.m. on Tuesday,  
April 17, 2018, to be held at:  
Hotel Nikko San Francisco  
222 Mason Street  
San Francisco, CA 94102

Stockholder Account Inquiries
Information regarding “registered”  
stockholder accounts is available  
from Teradata’s stock transfer agent, 
Computershare Shareholder Services, at 
https://www-us.computershare.com/investor 
or by contacting:

Teradata Corporation 
c/o Computershare Shareholder Services 
P.O. Box 505000 
Louisville, KY 40233

E-mail: web.queries@computershare.com

Phone: 

 888-730-8825 (U.S.)  
781-575-4592 (International) 

TDD for the hearing impaired: 
800-952-9245 (U.S.)  
781-575-4592 (International) 

Company Information
Information regarding Teradata’s filings 
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange 
Commission (“SEC”), annual report on 
Form 10-K, quarterly reports, and other 
financial information can be accessed at 
www.teradata.com/investor, or obtained 
without charge by contacting:

Teradata Investor Relations 
10000 Innovation Drive 
Dayton, OH 45342 
Phone: 937-242-4878 
E-mail: investor.relations@teradata.com

CEO and CFO Certifications
In 2017, the company’s CEO provided the 
New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)  
with the annual CEO certification  
regarding Teradata’s compliance with 
the NYSE’s corporate governance listing 
standards. In addition, the company’s CEO 
and CFO filed with the SEC all required 
certifications regarding the quality  
of Teradata’s public disclosures in its  
fiscal 2017 periodic reports.

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