Prudential 2001 Annual Report Download - page 42

Prudential Financial, Inc.
adjusted operating income, because the timing of transactions resulting in recognition of gains or losses is largely at
our discretion and the amount of these gains or losses is heavily influenced by and fluctuates in part according to the
availability of market opportunities. Including the fluctuating effects of these transactions could distort trends in the
underlying profitability of our businesses. We exclude sales practices remedies and costs because they relate to a
substantial and identifiable non-recurring event. We exclude the gains and losses and contribution to income/loss of
divested businesses because, as a result of our decision to dispose of these businesses, these results are not relevant
to the profitability of our ongoing operations and could distort the trends associated with our ongoing operations.
We also exclude demutualization costs and expenses because they are directly related to our demutualization and
could distort the trends associated with our business operations.
In the discussion below of our consolidated results of operations, we separately discuss income from continuing
operations before income taxes and adjusted operating income for the Financial Services Businesses, as well as the
divisions thereof and Corporate and Other operations, and the Closed Block Business. We also discuss the items
excluded from adjusted operating income, i.e., realized investment gains, sales practices remedies and costs,
demutualization costs and expenses and divested businesses, as well as items not included in income from
continuing operations before taxes, i.e., taxes and discontinued operations. Realized investment gains and losses are
allocated between the Financial Services Businesses and the Closed Block Business. Sales practices remedies and
costs and divested businesses are allocated entirely to the Financial Services Businesses. For purposes of analyzing
our results, taxes and discontinued operations are not allocated to our segments or divisions. Following this
consolidated discussion, you will find a detailed discussion of our results of operations by division and by the
segments of each division, as well as the Closed Block Business.
Net Income
2001 to 2000 Annual Comparison. On a consolidated basis net income decreased $552 million from income of
$398 million in 2000 to a loss of $154 million in 2001. The decrease reflects a $954 million decrease in income
from continuing operations before income taxes, partially offset by a $463 million decrease in the related provision
for income taxes as discussed below under “—Taxes.” Our $154 million net loss in 2001 included a net loss of $506
million for the fourth quarter of 2001. The $506 million net loss reflects a loss from continuing operations before
income taxes of $609 million, including net realized investment losses of $435 million, demutualization costs and
expenses of $389 million, and adjusted operating income of $320 million.
The $954 million decrease in income from continuing operations before income taxes resulted from a $142 million
decrease from the Financial Services Businesses and a $812 million decrease from the Closed Block Business. The
$142 million decrease from the Financial Services Businesses came primarily from a $534 million decline from our
U.S. Consumer division, a $244 million decline from our Employee Benefits division, and an $66 million decline
from our Asset Management division, partially offset by an increase of $159 million from our International division
and a $543 million reduction in losses from Corporate and Other operations.
The $534 million decline from our U.S. Consumer division, the $244 million decline from our Employee Benefits
division and the $66 million decline from our Asset Management division came primarily from decreases in
adjusted operating income. The $159 million increase from our International division came from an increase in
adjusted operating income. Results for our International division include the results of Gibraltar Life, which we
acquired in April 2001, from April 2, 2001 through November 30, 2001. The $543 million reduction in losses from
Corporate and Other operations came primarily from a $467 million increase in realized investment gains, net of
losses, and a $489 million decrease in losses from divested businesses which were partially offset by a $445 million
increase in demutualization costs and expenses and a $32 million improvement in adjusted operating income.
Net income on an equivalent share basis assumes that shares issued in the demutualization and the initial public
offering were outstanding for all periods and does not reflect adjustments to earnings for demutualization or related
transactions. Net income per equivalent share of Common Stock, which reflects the performance of the Financial
Services Businesses, decreased to 52 cents per equivalent Common Share for the year ended December 31, 2001,
from 53 cents per equivalent Common Share for the year ended December 31, 2000. Also on an equivalent share
basis, net income per equivalent share of the Class B Stock, which reflects the performance of the Closed Block
Business, decreased to a loss of $228.00 per equivalent share of Class B Stock for the year ended December 31,
2001, from income of $43.50 per equivalent share of Class B Stock for the year ended December 31, 2000. The
decrease in net income per equivalent share of the Common Stock and Class B Stock from 2000 to 2001 reflects the
decline in net income of the Financial Services Businesses and Closed Block Business as discussed above.
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