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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K 

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): October 29, 2019 

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XEROX HOLDINGS CORPORATION

XEROX CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

New York	001-39013	83-3933743
New York	001-04471	16-0468020
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

201 Merritt 7

Norwalk, Connecticut

06851-1056

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 968-3000

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Xerox Holdings Corporation Common Stock, $1 par value	XRX	New York Stock Exchange
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None

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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). 

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 29, 2019, Registrant released its third quarter 2019 earnings and is furnishing to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a copy of the earnings press release as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report under Item 2.02 of Form 8-K.

Exhibit 99.1 to this Report contains certain financial measures that are considered “non-GAAP financial measures” as defined in the SEC rules. Exhibit 99.1 to this Report also contains the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as well as the reasons why Registrant’s management believes that presentation of the non-GAAP financial measures provides useful information to investors regarding Registrant’s results of operations and, to the extent material, a statement disclosing any other additional purposes for which Registrant’s management uses the non-GAAP financial measures.

The information contained in Item 2.02 of this Report and in Exhibit 99.1 to this Report shall not be deemed “filed” with the Commission for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Registrant’s third quarter 2019 earnings press release dated October 29, 2019

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Forward-Looking Statements

This filing, and other written or oral statements made from time to time by management contain “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “will”, “should”, "targeting", "projecting", "driving" and similar expressions, as they relate to us, our performance and/or our technology, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management’s current beliefs, assumptions and expectations and are subject to a number of factors that may cause actual results to differ materially. Such factors include but are not limited to: our ability to address our business challenges in order to reverse revenue declines, reduce costs and increase productivity so that we can invest in and grow our business; our ability to attract and retain key personnel; changes in economic and political conditions, trade protection measures, licensing requirements and tax laws in the United States and in the foreign countries in which we do business; the imposition of new or incremental trade protection measures such as tariffs and import or export restrictions; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; our ability to successfully develop new products, technologies and service offerings and to protect our intellectual property rights; the risk that multi-year contracts with governmental entities could be terminated prior to the end of the contract term and that civil or criminal penalties and administrative sanctions could be imposed on us if we fail to comply with the terms of such contracts and applicable law; the risk that partners, subcontractors and software vendors will not perform in a timely, quality manner; actions of competitors and our ability to promptly and effectively react to changing technologies and customer expectations; our ability to obtain adequate pricing for our products and services and to maintain and improve cost efficiency of operations, including savings from restructuring actions; the risk that confidential and/or individually identifiable information of ours, our customers, clients and employees could be inadvertently disclosed or disclosed as a result of a breach of our security systems due to cyber attacks or other intentional acts; reliance on third parties, including subcontractors, for manufacturing of products and provision of services; the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union; our ability to manage changes in the printing environment and expand equipment placements; interest rates, cost of borrowing and access to credit markets; funding requirements associated with our employee pension and retiree health benefit plans; the risk that our operations and products may not comply with applicable worldwide regulatory requirements, particularly environmental regulations and directives and anti-corruption laws; the outcome of litigation and regulatory proceedings to which we may be a party; any potential termination or restructuring of our relationship with Fujifilm Holdings Corporation; the shared services arrangements entered into by us as part of Project Own It; and other factors that are set forth in the “Risk Factors” section, the “Legal Proceedings” section, the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section and other sections of Xerox Corporation's 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as in Xerox Corporation's and Xerox Holdings Corporation's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this filing or as of the date to which they refer, and Xerox assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events or developments, except as required by law.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. The signatures for each undersigned shall be deemed to relate only to matters having reference to such company and its subsidiaries.

XEROX HOLDINGS CORPORATION (Registrant)
By:	/S/ JOSEPH H. MANCINI, JR.
	Joseph H. Mancini, Jr. Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)

Date: October 29, 2019

 

XEROX CORPORATION (Registrant)
By:	/S/ JOSEPH H. MANCINI, JR.
	Joseph H. Mancini, Jr. Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)

Date: October 29, 2019

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Registrant’s third quarter 2019 earnings press release dated October 29, 2019
101		Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
104		The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL.

•	$356 million of operating cash flow, up $82 million year-over-year, and $339 million of free cash flow, up $88 million year-over-year

•	GAAP earnings per share (EPS) of $0.96, up $0.62 year-over-year, and adjusted EPS of $1.08, up $0.23 year-over-year (YOY)

•	Adjusted operating margin of 12.1 percent, up 120 basis points year-over-year

•	$2.2 billion of revenue in the quarter, a decrease of 6.5 percent in actual currency, or 5.3 percent in constant currency, year-over-year

•	Increasing 2019 guidance for GAAP EPS to $3.10 - $3.20, adjusted EPS to $4.00 - $4.10, operating cash flow to $1.2 - $1.3 billion and free cash flow to $1.1 - $1.2 billion

•	Completed $368 million of share repurchases through the third quarter, expecting at least $600 million in total for the year

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•	On track to drive 2019 gross savings of at least $640 million under Project Own It, Xerox’s enterprise-wide initiative to simplify operations, drive continuous improvement and free up capital to reinvest in the business

•	Added and renewed several contracts with Fortune 500 and public sector clients such as AstraZeneca, Leonardo S.p.A., Cardiff Council, and Prince George's County Public Schools

•	Launched new products and enhancements such as the Xerox PrimeLink™ C9065/C9070 and the iGen® 5 XLS to capture incremental production volume

•	Adjusted EPS, which excludes restructuring and related costs (including our share of Fuji Xerox restructuring), the amortization of intangible assets, non-service retirement-related costs, transaction and related costs, net and other discrete adjustments.

•	Adjusted operating margin and income, which exclude the EPS adjustments noted above as well as the remainder of other expenses, net.

•	Constant currency (CC) revenue growth, which excludes the effects of currency translation.

•	Free cash flow, which is cash flow from operations less capital expenditures.

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(1)	Certain prior year amounts have been conformed to the current year presentation. See Appendix III for this change in presentation.

(2)	Refer to Appendix II for our Geographic Sales Channels and Products and Offerings Definitions.

(3)	Excluding equipment revenue, Xerox Services was $719 million and $760 million in the third quarter 2019 and 2018, respectively, representing a decrease of 5.4% including a 1.6-percentage point unfavorable impact from currency.

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Post sale revenue primarily reflects contracted services, equipment maintenance, supplies and financing. These revenues are associated not only with the population of devices in the field, which is affected by installs and removals, but also by the page volumes generated from the usage of such devices, and the revenue per printed page. Post sale revenue also includes transactional IT hardware sales and implementation services from our XBS organization. Post sale revenue decreased 7.3% as compared to third quarter 2018, including a 1.1-percentage point unfavorable impact from currency, and reflected the following:

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Services, maintenance and rentals revenue includes rental and maintenance revenue (including bundled supplies) as well as the post sale component of the document services revenue from our Xerox Services offerings. These revenues decreased 6.6% as compared to third quarter 2018, including a 1.0-percentage point unfavorable impact from currency. The decline at constant currency1 reflected the continuing trend of lower page volumes (including a higher mix of lower usage products), an ongoing competitive price environment, and a lower population of devices, which are partially associated with continued lower Enterprise signings and lower installs in prior periods.

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Supplies, paper and other sales includes unbundled supplies and other sales. These revenues decreased 10.1% as compared to third quarter 2018, including a 0.9-percentage point unfavorable impact from currency and a 3.9-percentage point unfavorable impact from lower OEM sales. Excluding OEM sales, the decline at constant currency1 reflected lower paper sales from developing markets (primarily from the Latin America region), as well as the impact of lower supplies revenues primarily associated with lower page volume trends. These declines were partially offset by the implementation of a large transactional IT sales arrangement from our XBS organization.

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◦	Financing revenue is generated from financed equipment sale transactions. The 7.7% decline in these revenues reflected a continued decline in the finance receivables balance due to lower equipment sales in prior periods and included a 0.7-percentage point unfavorable impact from currency.

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Equipment sales revenue decreased 3.3% as compared to third quarter 2018, including a 1.1-percentage point unfavorable impact from currency as well as the impact of price declines of approximately 5%. The decline at constant currency1 was primarily driven by lower sales of our office-centric devices (entry and mid-range products) partially offset by higher sales of our production-centric systems (high-end). The decline at constant currency1 reflected the following:

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Entry - The decrease reflected lower sales of devices primarily from developing market regions in EMEA reflecting in part continued weakness and delayed decisions as a result of uncertainty in the economic environment. Revenues from entry products through our indirect channels in the U.S. also declined as they were further impacted by price investments, and lower sales of devices from the lower end of the portfolio.

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Mid-range - The decrease reflected lower sales from EMEA, primarily from developing market regions reflecting in part continued weakness and delayed decisions as a result of uncertainty in the economic environment. Revenues from our Americas region were flat as compared to the prior year, reflecting the favorable impact of a large account order (part of a refresh cycle), some of which occurred earlier than anticipated, offsetting lower sales from our US indirect channels and from our XBS sales organization, which continued to gradually stabilize from the impact of organizational changes that were part of our Project Own It transformation actions (including the transitioning of accounts to implement coverage changes, consolidation of real estate locations and the reduction of management layers).

◦	High-end - The increase reflected higher sales of color systems associated with continued demand for our Iridesse production press and installs of our Versant production systems, as well as higher sales of our iGen press in the U.S., partially offset by lower sales of black-and-white systems.

•	10% increase in color multifunction devices reflecting higher installs of ConnectKey devices primarily from our indirect channels in the U.S. partially offset by lower installs from EMEA.

•	6% decrease in black-and-white multifunction devices driven by lower activity primarily from our indirect channels in the U.S. and from EMEA.

•	2% increase in mid-range color installs primarily reflecting installs associated with a large account's refresh cycle order.

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•	20% decrease in mid-range black-and-white reflecting lower installs of ConnectKey devices primarily from developing market regions and from our indirect channels in the U.S. The decline also reflected global market trends.

•	12% increase in high-end color installs reflecting continued demand for our Iridesse production press and higher installs of our lower-end Versant production systems as well as higher activity from iGen in North America.

•	22% decrease in high-end black-and-white systems.

(1)	See the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section for an explanation of the non-GAAP financial measure.

(2)	When combined with OEM sales, Entry color multifunction devices increased 10%, while Entry black-and-white multifunction devices decreased 7%.

(3)	Mid-range and High-end color installations exclude Fuji Xerox digital front-end sales; including Fuji Xerox digital front-end sales, Mid-range color devices increased 2%, and High-end color systems increased 12%.

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(1)	Reflects headcount reductions of approximately 150 employees worldwide.

(2)	Primarily related to the exit and abandonment of leased and owned facilities. The charge includes the accelerated write-off of $2 million for leased right-of-use asset balances net of any potential sublease income and other recoveries.

(3)	Primarily include additional costs incurred upon the exit from our facilities including decommissioning costs and associated contractual termination costs.

(4)	Reflects net reversals for changes in estimated reserves from prior period initiatives as well as $4 million in favorable adjustments from the early termination of prior period impaired leases.

(5)	Includes retention related severance and bonuses for employees expected to continue working beyond their minimum notification period before termination.

(6)	Reflects severance and other related costs we are contractually required to pay on employees transferred (approximately 2,200 employees) as part of the shared service arrangement entered into with HCL Technologies.

(7)	Represents professional support services associated with our business transformation initiatives.

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(1)	Refer to the Effective Tax Rate reconciliation table in the "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" section.

(1)	Refer to the "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" section for the calculation of adjusted EPS. The calculations of basic and diluted earnings per share are included as Appendix I.

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•	$50 million increase from accounts receivable primarily due to the timing of collections and lower revenues.

•	$37 million increase from accounts payable primarily due to the year-over-year timing of supplier and vendor payments.

•	$36 million increase primarily due to lower levels of inventories partially reflecting lower sales volume and improved inventory management.

•	$22 million increase from lower restructuring payments primarily due to timing of payments.

•	$22 million increase due to lower placements of equipment on operating leases.

•	$34 million decrease due to a lower net run-off of finance receivables reflecting stronger originations, particularly in our XBS channel as a result of an increased percentage financed.

•	$19 million decrease from accrued compensation primarily related to lower compensation costs and year-over-year timing of payments.

•	$8 million decrease from higher net tax payments.

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(1)	There were no Notes Payable as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

(2)

Fair value adjustments include the following: (i) fair value adjustments to debt associated with terminated interest rate swaps, which are being amortized to interest expense over the remaining term of the related notes; and (ii) changes in fair value of hedged debt obligations attributable to movements in benchmark interest rates. Hedge accounting requires hedged debt instruments to be reported inclusive of any fair value adjustment.

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(1)	Includes (i) Billed portion of finance receivables, net, (ii) Finance receivables, net and (iii) Finance receivables due after one year, net as included in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(2)	The change from December 31, 2018 includes a decrease of $40 million due to currency.

(1)	Finance receivables debt is the basis for our calculation of "Cost of financing" expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

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Customers may also enter into structured-payable arrangements that require us to sell our receivables from that customer to a third-party financial institution, which then makes payments to us to settle the customer's receivable. In these instances, we ensure the sale of the receivables are bankruptcy remote and the payment made to us is without recourse. The activity associated with these arrangements is not reflected in this disclosure as payments under these arrangements have not been material and these are customer directed arrangements.

(2)	Represents the difference between current and prior period accounts receivable sales adjusted for the effects of currency.

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•	Net Income and Earnings per share (EPS)

•	Effective Tax Rate

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Restructuring and related costs: Restructuring and related costs include restructuring and asset impairment charges as well as costs associated with our transformation programs beyond those normally included in restructuring and asset impairment charges. Restructuring consists of costs primarily related to severance and benefits paid to employees pursuant to formal restructuring and workforce reduction plans. Asset impairment includes costs incurred for those assets sold, abandoned or made obsolete as a result of our restructuring actions, exiting from a business or other strategic business changes. Additional costs for our transformation programs are primarily related to the implementation of strategic actions and initiatives and include third-party professional service costs as well as one-time incremental costs. All of these costs can vary significantly in terms of amount and frequency based on the nature of the actions as well as the changing needs of the business. Accordingly, due to that significant variability, we will exclude these charges since we do not believe they provide meaningful insight into our current or past operating performance nor do we believe they are reflective of our expected future operating expenses as such charges are expected to yield future benefits and savings with respect to our operational performance.

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Amortization of intangible assets: The amortization of intangible assets is driven by our acquisition activity which can vary in size, nature and timing as compared to other companies within our industry and from period to period. The use of intangible assets contributed to our revenues earned during the periods presented and will contribute to our future period revenues as well. Amortization of intangible assets will recur in future periods.

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Transaction and related costs, net: Transaction and related costs, net are expenses incurred in connection with Xerox's planned transaction with Fuji, which was terminated in May 2018, as well as costs and expenses related to the previously disclosed settlement agreement reached with certain shareholders and litigation related to the terminated transaction and other shareholder actions. These costs are considered incremental to our normal operating charges and were incurred or are expected to be incurred solely as a result of the planned combination transaction and the related shareholder settlement agreement and litigation. Accordingly, we are excluding these expenses from our Adjusted Earnings Measures in order to evaluate our performance on a comparable basis.

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Non-service retirement-related costs: Our defined benefit pension and retiree health costs include several elements impacted by changes in plan assets and obligations that are primarily driven by changes in the debt and equity markets as well as those that are predominantly legacy in nature and related to employees who are no longer providing current service to the company (e.g. retirees and ex-employees). These elements include (i) interest cost, (ii) expected return on plan assets, (iii) amortization of prior plan amendments, (iv) amortized actuarial gains/losses and (v) the impacts of any plan settlements/curtailments. Accordingly, we consider these elements of our periodic retirement plan costs to be outside the operational performance of the business or legacy costs and not necessarily indicative of current or future cash flow requirements. This approach is consistent with the classification of these costs as non-operating in other expenses, net. Adjusted earnings will continue to include the service cost elements of our retirement costs, which is related to current employee service as well as the cost of our defined contribution plans.

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•	Restructuring and other charges - Fuji Xerox: We adjust our 25% share of Fuji Xerox’s net income for similar items noted above such as Restructuring and related costs and Transaction and related costs, net based on the same rationale discussed above.

•	Other discrete, unusual or infrequent items: We excluded the following items given their discrete, unusual or infrequent nature and their impact on our results for the period.

◦	Contract termination costs - IT services.

◦	Impacts associated with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act") enacted in December 2017.

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(1)	Net income and EPS attributable to Xerox Holdings.

(2)	Refer to Effective Tax Rate reconciliation.

(3)	Other charges represent costs associated with the terminated combination transaction.

(4)	For those periods that exclude the preferred stock dividend, the average shares for the calculations of diluted EPS include 7 million shares associated with our Series A convertible preferred stock, as applicable.

(5)	Represents common shares outstanding at September 30, 2019 as well as shares associated with our Series A convertible preferred stock plus potential dilutive common shares as used for the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the third quarter 2019.

(2)	The tax impact on Adjusted Pre-Tax Income is calculated under the same accounting principles applied to the Reported Pre-Tax Income under ASC 740, which employs an annual effective tax rate method to the results.

(1)	Pre-Tax Income and revenue.

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(1)	Net cash provided by operating activities.

(1)	Net Income and EPS attributable to Xerox Holdings.

(2)	Includes $19 million of 2019 year-to-date Fuji Xerox restructuring and related costs.

(1)	Pre-Tax Income and revenue.

(2)	Full year 2019 revenue reflects an estimated revenue decline at actual currency of approximately 7.9% from FY 2018 and includes an estimated FY negative impact from currency of approximately 1.5%.

(1)	Net cash provided by operating activities.

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•	Americas, which includes our sales channels in the U.S. and Canada, as well as Mexico, and Central and South America.

•	EMEA, which includes our sales channels in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India.

•	Other, primarily includes our OEM business, as well as sales to and royalties from Fuji Xerox, and our licensing revenue.

•	“Entry”, which includes A4 devices and desktop printers. Prices in this product group can range from approximately $150 to $3,000.

•	“Mid-Range”, which includes A3 Office and Light Production devices that generally serve workgroup environments in mid to large enterprises. Prices in this product group can range from approximately $2,000 to $75,000+.

•	“High-End”, which includes production printing and publishing systems that generally serve the graphic communications marketplace and large enterprises. Prices for these systems can range from approximately $30,000 to $1,000,000+.

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Xerox Services, formerly known as Managed Document Services (MDS), which includes solutions and services that span from managing print to automating processes to managing content. Our primary offerings are Intelligent Workplace Services (IWS), which is our rebranded Managed Print Services, as well as Digital and Cloud Print Services (including centralized print services). Xerox Services also includes Communication and Marketing Solutions that were previously excluded from our former MDS definition.

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