Albemarle corporation (ALB)
CashFlow / Yearly
Dec'19Dec'18Dec'17Dec'16Dec'15Dec'14Dec'13Dec'12Dec'11Dec'10Dec'09Dec'08
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income

604,357

739,139

99,468

680,769

360,064

160,906

439,834

330,127

420,197

329,417

189,623

213,008

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization

213,484

200,698

196,928

226,169

260,076

103,572

107,370

99,020

96,753

95,578

100,513

111,685

Gain associated with restructuring and other

-

-

-

-

-6,804

6,333

0

61,809

0

-

-

-

Gain on acquisition

0

0

6,221

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gain on sale of business

0

210,428

0

510,278

0

-85,515

0

0

-

-

-

-

Gain on sale of property

14,411

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Restructuring and other charges

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

11,643

25,789

Restructuring and other charges

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

12,393

38,544

Stock-based compensation and other

19,680

15,200

19,400

17,000

15,188

14,267

10,164

15,211

27,069

15,694

307

18,467

Excess tax benefits realized from stock-based compensation arrangements

-

-

-

-

-

826

3,266

14,809

10,574

7,981

2,111

372

Equity in net income of unconsolidated investments (net of tax)

129,568

89,264

84,487

61,534

30,999

35,742

31,729

38,067

43,754

37,975

22,322

23,126

Dividends received from unconsolidated investments and nonmarketable securities

71,746

57,415

39,386

43,759

59,912

40,688

21,632

26,908

23,685

16,414

18,045

13,294

Pension and postretirement (benefit) expense

31,515

10,410

-12,436

41,546

-38,817

133,681

-132,707

77,442

97,207

33,898

9,708

2,631

Pension and postretirement contributions

16,500

15,200

13,300

20,068

21,613

13,916

13,294

21,610

59,773

80,105

39,700

40,279

Unrealized gain on investments in marketable securities

2,809

527

3,135

3,655

1,239

825

3,681

1,872

688

1,532

3,554

-4,968

Gain (Loss) on Extinguishment of Debt

-4,800

0

-52,800

-1,921

-5,353

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Deferred income taxes

-14,394

-49,164

41,941

-21,121

136,298

64,947

-64,865

14,587

11,198

42,136

1,720

-12,048

Changes in current assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestitures:
(Increase) in accounts receivable

18,220

97,448

74,545

42,816

8,788

-36,221

65,906

25,992

16,435

57,414

-1,269

-90,481

(Increase) in inventories

46,304

124,067

101,545

-25,974

-27,649

6,486

1,810

-7,364

41,749

58,582

-180,132

87,929

(Increase) in other current assets

32,941

2,181

213

-1,808

-12,756

-5,809

-5,261

19,590

-4,499

14,511

5,012

14,196

(Decrease) increase in accounts payable

-12,234

73,730

53,421

43,953

23,745

28,296

19,267

-11,473

-11,971

13,463

-53,543

33,452

(Decrease) in accrued expenses and income taxes payable

-4,640

-1,999

-269,381

210,276

-96,896

-6,680

12,185

1,981

28,229

39,092

18,715

-30,227

Net change in noncurrent income tax payables and receivables

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

34,020

15,837

Net change in noncurrent environmental liabilities

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4,573

-4,753

Other, net

-36,974

58,469

-449,816

-59,548

62,479

-6,743

-4,674

-16,904

14,138

-3,717

16,722

3,606

Net cash provided by operating activities

719,374

546,165

303,979

735,524

360,810

492,609

432,859

488,766

487,359

331,309

358,525

327,158

Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisition of Rockwood, net of cash acquired

-

-

-

-

2,051,645

0

0

3,360

13,164

11,978

4,017

63,960

Payments to Acquire Other Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired

820,000

11,403

44,367

126,747

48,845

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

Cash payments related to acquisitions and other

-

-

-

81,987

0

0

2,565

-

-

-

-

-

Capital expenditures

851,796

699,991

317,703

196,654

227,649

110,576

155,346

280,873

190,574

75,478

100,786

99,736

Decrease in restricted cash

-

-

-

-

-57,550

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

Cash payments related to the Port de Bouc facility divestiture

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

16,440

-

Cash impact from deconsolidation of Stannica LLC, net

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

12,649

-

-

Cash proceeds from divestitures, net

0

413,569

6,857

3,325,571

8,883

104,718

0

9,646

0

8,600

-

0

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

10,356

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Return of capital from unconsolidated investment

-

-

-

-

98,000

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

Payment for settlement of interest rate swap

-

-

-

-

-

33,425

0

0

-

-

-

-

Sales of marketable securities, net

-384

270

275

-305

-998

-649

-169

1,615

-1,670

-652

347

3,262

Repayments from joint ventures

0

0

1,250

0

2,156

-7,499

0

-

-

-

-

-

Long-term advances to joint ventures

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

24,959

0

-

-

-

Investments in equity and other corporate investments

2,569

5,600

3,565

0

0

-

-

-

10,868

1,338

40

190

Collection of note receivable from sale of land

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6,000

Net cash used in investing activities

-1,663,625

-303,695

-357,803

2,920,488

-2,160,552

-46,133

-157,742

-301,161

-212,936

-92,191

-121,630

-163,704

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes

-

-

-

-

-

1,888,197

0

0

-

346,853

-

-

Proceeds from borrowings of credit agreements

1,597,807

0

27,000

0

2,250,000

0

117,000

0

3,510

125,797

14,300

255,246

Repayments of Long-term Debt

175,215

0

778,209

1,252,302

2,582,901

6,017

135,733

14,390

9,043

424,123

134,332

48,176

Proceeds from (Repayments of) Other Debt

-126,364

-113,567

138,751

-163,721

54,625

-5,825

398,544

-49,421

-94,643

-

-

-

Fees related to early extinguishment of debt

4,419

0

46,959

0

43,340

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dividends paid to shareholders

152,204

144,596

140,557

135,353

119,302

84,102

78,107

69,113

57,759

49,643

44,432

42,321

Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests

83,187

14,756

36,756

35,855

23,286

15,535

10,014

7,628

0

-

11,709

13,614

Purchase of noncontrolling interest

-

-

-

-

4,784

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock

0

500,000

250,000

0

0

150,000

582,298

63,575

178,132

14,945

5,812

168,952

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

4,814

3,633

8,238

9,401

517

2,713

5,553

21,148

2,230

7,135

4,153

3,931

Excess tax benefits realized from stock-based compensation arrangements

-

-

-

-

-

826

3,266

14,809

10,574

7,981

2,111

372

Withholding taxes paid on stock-based compensation award distributions

11,031

17,240

8,376

2,194

1,549

3,284

6,149

9,124

3,129

3,988

-5,062

-11,411

Debt financing costs

7,514

0

0

-

4,544

17,644

108

0

2,727

3,005

-

107

Other

-

-

-

-

-3,882

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

Net cash provided by financing activities

1,042,687

-786,526

-1,086,868

-1,580,024

-478,446

1,609,329

-288,046

-177,294

-329,119

-7,938

-180,783

-25,032

Net effect of foreign exchange on cash and cash equivalents

-40,646

-37,927

8,239

-19,966

2,154

-43,276

12,472

-2,031

-5,538

-10,321

-624

-15,670

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

57,790

-581,983

-1,132,453

2,056,022

-2,276,034

2,012,529

-457

8,280

-60,234

220,859

55,488

122,752