Basis of Presentation

The accompanying Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of DFIN and all majority-owned subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The financial data presented herein should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes included in the Company’s latest Annual Report. In the opinion of management, the financial data presented includes all adjustments necessary to present fairly the results of operations, financial position and cash flows for the interim periods presented. Results of interim periods should not be considered indicative of the results for the full year.

Use of Estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the extensive use of management’s estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as well as disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from these estimates. The Company’s significant accounting policies and critical accounting estimates are disclosed in the Annual Report.

Allowances for Expected Losses—Transactions affecting the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) reserve during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:

Assets Held for Sale—On March 29, 2024, the Company sold land for net proceeds of $13.2 million, of which $12.4 million was received in the first quarter of 2024. The Company recognized a net pre-tax gain of $10.6 million related to the sale, of which $9.8 million was recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2024. The net pre-tax gain was recorded in other operating income, net on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations within the Capital Markets - Compliance and Communications Management operating segment.

Property, Plant and Equipment, net—The components of the Company’s property, plant and equipment, net at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were as follows:

Depreciation expense was $1.3 million and $1.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $2.5 million and $3.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Software, net—Capitalized software development costs are amortized over their estimated useful life using the straight-line method, up to a maximum of three years. Amortization expense related to internally-developed software was $13.8 million and $12.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $26.7 million and $24.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Investments—The carrying value of the Company’s investments in equity securities was $6.3 million and $5.8 million at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The Company measures its equity securities that do not have a readily determinable fair value at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer. The Company performs an assessment on a quarterly basis to determine whether triggering events for impairment exist and to identify any observable price changes.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures,” which requires that an entity disclose consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the income tax rate reconciliation, income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction, among other amendments that expand income tax disclosures. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on its disclosures to the consolidated financial statements.

In November 2024 and January 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, “Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses,” and ASU No. 2025-01, “Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date,” respectively, which require that an entity disclose disaggregated information about specific natural expense categories underlying certain statement of operations expense line items that are considered relevant in a tabular format within the notes to the consolidated financial statements, among other amendments that expand statement of operations expense disclosures. The standards are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on its disclosures to the consolidated financial statements.