Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

QUARTERLY INFORMATION (unaudited)

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12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
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NOTE 18. QUARTERLY INFORMATION (unaudited)

 

Our revenue, segment operating profit, net income, basic and diluted earnings per share on a quarterly basis are presented below (in millions, except per share amounts):

 

    First Quarter     Second Quarter     Third Quarter     Fourth Quarter  
    2011     2010     2011     2010     2011     2010     2011     2010  

Revenue:

               

U.S. Domestic Package

  $ 7,543      $ 7,102      $ 7,737      $ 7,269      $ 7,767      $ 7,291      $ 8,670      $ 8,080   

International Package

    2,900        2,639        3,139        2,771        3,057        2,676        3,153        3,047   

Supply Chain & Freight

    2,139        1,987        2,315        2,164        2,342        2,225        2,343        2,294   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

    12,582        11,728        13,191        12,204        13,166        12,192        14,166        13,421   

Operating profit:

               

U.S. Domestic Package

    880        536        997        722        1,046        994        841        986   

International Package

    453        420        505        513        417        411        334        487   

Supply Chain & Freight

    139        56        243        136        203        181        22        199   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating profit

    1,472        1,012        1,745        1,371        1,666        1,586        1,197        1,672   

Net income

  $ 915      $ 515      $ 1,092      $ 826      $ 1,072      $ 972      $ 725      $ 1,025   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings per share:

               

Basic

  $ 0.92      $ 0.52      $ 1.11      $ 0.83      $ 1.10      $ 0.98      $ 0.75      $ 1.03   

Diluted

  $ 0.91      $ 0.51      $ 1.09      $ 0.82      $ 1.09      $ 0.97      $ 0.74      $ 1.02   

Second quarter 2011 operating profit was impacted by gains and losses on certain real estate transactions, including a $15 million loss in the U.S. Domestic Package segment and a $48 million gain in the Supply Chain & Freight segment. The combined impact of these transactions increased net income by $20 million, and basic and diluted earnings per share by $0.02.

Fourth quarter 2011 operating profit was impacted by a mark-to-market loss on our pension and postretirement benefit plans related to the remeasurement of plan assets and liabilities recognized outside of a 10% corridor of $827 million (allocated as follows—U.S. Domestic Package $479 million, International Package $171 million, Supply Chain & Freight $177 million). This loss reduced net income by $527 million, and basic and diluted earnings per share by $0.54.

First quarter 2010 U.S. Domestic Package operating profit includes a $98 million restructuring charge related to the reorganization of our domestic management structure, as discussed in Note 16. First quarter 2010 Supply Chain & Freight operating profit includes a $38 million loss on the sale of a specialized transportation business in Germany, also discussed in Note 16. Additionally, first quarter 2010 net income includes a $76 million charge to income tax expense, resulting from a change in the tax filing status of a German subsidiary, as discussed in Note 13. The combined impact of these items reduced net income by $175 million, basic earnings per share by $0.17, and diluted earnings per share by $0.18.

Third quarter 2010 U.S. Domestic Package operating profit includes a $109 million gain on the sale of real estate. This gain increased net income by $61 million, and basic and diluted earnings per share by $0.06.

Fourth quarter 2010 Supply Chain & Freight operating profit includes a $71 million gain on the sale of UPS Logistics Technologies and a $13 million loss related to a financial guarantee associated with the specialized transportation business sold in the first quarter of 2010, which are discussed in Note 16. Additionally, fourth quarter 2010 operating profit was impacted by a mark-to-market loss on our pension and postretirement benefit plans related to the remeasurement of plan assets and liabilities recognized outside of a 10% corridor of $112 million (allocated as follows—U.S. Domestic Package $31 million, International Package $42 million, Supply Chain & Freight $39 million). The combined impact of these items decreased net income by $43 million, and basic and diluted earnings per share by $0.04.

 

As discussed in Note 1, our operating profit, net income and earnings per share have all been revised for the retrospective application of our change in accounting policy for recognizing the expense associated with our pension and postretirement benefit plans. The impact of this accounting policy change revised our previously reported information by the following (in millions, except per share amounts):

 

Increase (Reduction) to Previously-Reported
    Information

   First Quarter     Second Quarter     Third Quarter     Fourth Quarter  
   2011      2010     2011      2010     2011      2010     2011     2010  

Operating profit:

                   

U.S. Domestic Package

   $ 31       $ (26   $ 31       $ (26   $ 31       $ (26   $ (448   $ (57

International Package

     7         (7     8         (8     8         (8     (163     (50

Supply Chain & Freight

     8         3        8         3        8         4        (169     (35
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating profit

     46         (30     47         (31     47         (30     (780     (142

Net income

   $ 30       $ (18   $ 29       $ (19   $ 30       $ (19   $ (498   $ (94
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings per share:

                   

Basic

   $ 0.03       $ (0.02   $ 0.03       $ (0.02   $ 0.03       $ (0.02   $ (0.51   $ (0.10

Diluted

   $ 0.03       $ (0.02   $ 0.02       $ (0.02   $ 0.03       $ (0.02   $ (0.51   $ (0.09 )