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CAPITAL RISK MANAGEMENT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Share Capital, Reserves And Other Equity Interest [Abstract] |
Disclosure of key metrics and ratios |
|  | As at December 31
(In millions of dollars, except ratios) |  | 2024 | 2023
Adjusted net debt 1 |  | 43,330 |  | 43,134 |
Divided by: trailing 12-month adjusted EBITDA |  | 9,617 |  | 8,581 |
Debt leverage ratio |  | 4.5 |  | 5.0 |
|  | Years ended December 31
(In millions of dollars) | Note | 2024 | 2023
Adjusted EBITDA | 5 | 9,617 |  | 8,581 |
Deduct: |  |  |
Capital expenditures 1 | 8, 31 | 4,041 |  | 3,934 |
Interest on borrowings, net and capitalized interest | 12 | 1,986 |  | 1,794 |
Cash income taxes 2 |  | 545 |  | 439 |
Free cash flow |  | 3,045 |  | 2,414 |
1 Includes additions to property, plant and equipment net of proceeds on disposition and accrued government grants, but does not include expenditures for spectrum licences or additions to right-of-use assets, or assets acquired through business combinations. 2 Cash income taxes are net of refunds received.
|  | Years ended December 31
(In millions of dollars) | Note | 2024 | 2023
Cash provided by operating activities |  | 5,680 |  | 5,221 |
Add (deduct): |  |  |
Capital expenditures | 8, 31 | (4,041) |  | (3,934) |
Interest on borrowings, net and capitalized interest | 12 | (1,986) |  | (1,794) |
Interest paid, net |  | 2,087 |  | 1,780 |
Restructuring, acquisition and other | 11 |  | 406 |  | 685 |
Program rights amortization | 10 |  | (63) |  | (70) |
Change in net operating assets and liabilities | 31 |  | 876 |  | 627 |
Other adjustments 1 | 13, 25 | 86 |  | (101) |
Free cash flow |  | 3,045 |  | 2,414 |
1 Other adjustments consists of post-employment benefit contributions, net of expense, cash flows relating to other operating activities, and other investment income from our financial statements.
As at December 31, 2024 |  | Total sources | Drawn | Letters of credit | US CP program 1 | Net available
(In millions of dollars) | Note
Cash and cash equivalents |  | 898 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 898 |
Bank credit facilities 2: |  |  |  |  |  |
Revolving | 23 |  | 4,000 |  | — |  | 10 |  | 455 |  | 3,535 |
Non-revolving | 21 |  | 500 |  | 500 |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Outstanding letters of credit | 23 |  | 3 |  | — |  | 3 |  | — |  | — |
Receivables securitization 2 | 21 |  | 2,400 |  | 2,000 |  | — |  | — |  | 400 |
Total |  | 7,801 |  | 2,500 |  | 13 |  | 455 |  | 4,833 |
1 The US CP program amounts are gross of the discount on issuance. 2 The total liquidity sources under our bank credit facilities and receivables securitization represents the total credit limits per the relevant agreements. The amount drawn and letters of credit are currently outstanding under those agreements. The US CP program amount represents our currently outstanding US CP borrowings that are backstopped by our revolving credit facility.
As at December 31, 2023 |  | Total sources | Drawn | Letters of credit | US CP program 1 | Net available
(In millions of dollars) | Note
Cash and cash equivalents |  | 800 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 800 |
Bank credit facilities 2: |  |  |  |  |  |
Revolving | 23 |  | 4,000 |  | — |  | 10 |  | 151 |  | 3,839 |
Non-revolving | 21 |  | 500 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 500 |
Outstanding letters of credit | 23 |  | 243 |  | — |  | 243 |  | — |  | — |
Receivables securitization 2 | 21 |  | 2,400 |  | 1,600 |  | — |  | — |  | 800 |
Total |  | 7,943 |  | 1,600 |  | 253 |  | 151 |  | 5,939 |
1 The US CP program amounts are gross of the discount on issuance. 2 The total liquidity sources under our bank credit facilities and receivables securitization represents the total credit limits per the relevant agreements. The amount drawn and letters of credit are currently outstanding under those agreements. The US CP program amount represents our currently outstanding US CP borrowings that are backstopped by our revolving credit facility.

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