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2019 Full-Year Financial Highlights: •GAAP earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations of $2.78, up $1.62 year-over-year (YOY). •Adjusted operating margin of 13.1 percent, up 180 basis points YOY. •$1.24 billion of operating cash flow from continuing operations, up $162 million YOY; $1.18 billion of free cash flow, up $187 million YOY.

The National Consumer Law Center recently highlighted electronic billing pitfalls and called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to ban such company efforts to force customers to go paperless. A new federal initiative being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is forcing American investors into a digital-only (paperless) situations without consent. The SEC’s “Investment Company Reporting Modernization Rule” would allow mutual funds to discontinue the mailing of shareholder reports and other important investment information to investors. Instead, shareholder reports would be posted on a fund’s website. The article in The Hill reminds us that a significant portion of the population lacks regular Internet access, for example: •over 30 percent of all Americans still lack broadband •41 percent of Americans over 65 years of age do not use the Internet at all •nearly half of minority households lack regular Internet access.