Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) is intended to help you understand the business operations and financial condition of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2022. This discussion should be read in conjunction with Item 1. Financial Statements. Our MD&A is presented in eight sections:

  • Executive Overview

  • Consolidated Results of Operations

  • Results of Operations by Segment

  • Liquidity and Capital Resources

  • Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

  • Contingencies and Environmental Matters

  • Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

  • Critical Accounting Estimates

Within the MD&A, “Aptiv,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Aptiv PLC (formerly known as Delphi Automotive PLC), a public limited company formed under the laws of Jersey on May 19, 2011, which completed an initial public offering on November 22, 2011, and its consolidated subsidiaries. On December 4, 2017, following the spin-off of Delphi Technologies PLC, the Company changed its name to Aptiv PLC and New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) symbol to “APTV.”

Executive Overview

Our Business

We are a leading global technology and mobility architecture company primarily serving the automotive sector. We deliver end-to-end mobility solutions enabling our customers’ transition to more electrified, software-defined vehicles. We design and manufacture vehicle components and provide electrical, electronic and active safety technology solutions to the global automotive and commercial vehicle markets, creating the software and hardware foundation for vehicle features and functionality. Our Advanced Safety and User Experience segment is focused on providing the necessary software and advanced computing platforms, and our Signal and Power Solutions segment is focused on providing the requisite networking architecture required to support the integrated systems in today’s complex vehicles. Together, our businesses develop the ‘brain’ and the ‘nervous system’ of increasingly complex vehicles, providing integration of the vehicle into its operating environment.

We are one of the largest vehicle technology suppliers and our customers include the 25 largest automotive original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) in the world.

Our total net sales during the three months ended March 31, 2022 were $4.2 billion, an increase of 4% compared to the same period of 2021. Our overall volumes increased 4% for the three months ended March 31, 2022, despite decreased global automotive production of 6% (7% on an Aptiv weighted market basis, which represents global vehicle production weighted to the geographic regions in which the Company generates its revenue, “AWM”). The increase in volumes is primarily attributable to volume increases in North America and China, partially offset by decreases in Europe.

We are focused on maintaining a low fixed cost structure that provides us flexibility to remain profitable at all points of the traditional vehicle industry production cycle, including during periods of reduced industry volumes. Accordingly, we will continue to adjust our cost structure and optimize our manufacturing footprint in response to changes in the global and regional automotive markets and in order to increase investment in advanced technologies and engineering as conditions permit. As we operate in a cyclical industry that is impacted by movements in the global and regional economies, we continually evaluate opportunities to further refine our cost structure, as evidenced by our ongoing restructuring programs focused on the continued rotation of our manufacturing footprint to best cost locations and on reducing our global overhead costs, as described in Note 7. Restructuring to the consolidated financial statements contained herein. We believe our strong balance sheet coupled with our flexible cost structure will position us to capitalize on improvements in OEM production volumes as economic and pandemic conditions improve.

Proposed Acquisition of Wind River Systems, Inc.

In January 2022, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wind River Systems, Inc. (“Wind River”), a global leader in delivering software for the intelligent edge, for approximately $4.3 billion. The transaction is expected to close

in mid-2022, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Refer to Note 17. Acquisitions and Divestitures to the consolidated financial statements contained herein for more information. With Aptiv and Wind River’s synergistic technologies and decades of experience delivering safety critical systems, the Company believes this acquisition will accelerate the journey to a software-defined future of the automotive industry.

Trends, Uncertainties and Opportunities

Ukraine/Russia conflict. The conflict between Ukraine and Russia, which began in February 2022, has had, and is expected to continue to have, negative economic impacts to both countries and to the European and global economies. In response to the conflict, the U.S., European Union and other nations implemented broad economic sanctions against Russia. These countries may impose further sanctions and take other actions as the situation continues.

Ukraine and Russia are significant global producers of raw materials used in our supply chain, including copper, aluminum, palladium and neon gases. Disruptions in the supply and volatility in the price of these materials and other inputs produced by Ukraine or Russia, including increased logistics costs and longer transit times, could adversely impact our business and results of operations. The conflict has also increased the likelihood of cyberattacks occurring, which could either directly or indirectly impact our operations. Furthermore, customer production plans in the region remain uncertain and many businesses, including certain automotive OEMs and suppliers, have announced their plans to sever business ties or cease operations in Russia, indefinitely shut down production operations in Russia, relocate production out of Russia and/or suspend shipments of products, supplies, resources and goods into Russia. The conflict has also led to significant volatility in the value of the Russian Ruble, which, in combination with the sanctions and other factors described above, may result in a significant reduction in consumer demand in Russia for many products, including vehicles.

We do not have a material physical presence in either Ukraine or Russia, with approximately 1% of our workforce located in the countries as of December 31, 2021, while approximately 2% of our annual net sales are generated from manufacturing facilities in those countries for the year ended December 31, 2021. However, the impacts of the conflict have adversely impacted, and may continue to adversely impact, global economies, and in particular, the European economy, a region which accounted for approximately 33% of our total net sales for the year ended December 31, 2021. We have incurred costs (including capital expenditures), and expect to continue to incur costs, to relocate production out of Ukraine and to duplicate such production in other countries, which we expect to complete in the second quarter of 2022. While we expect our customers to reimburse us for all of such costs, there can be no assurances that we will recover all of these costs and we cannot assure that we will not experience prolonged production shutdowns prior to completing this process. Costs and recoveries related to this process were not significant for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

We continue to monitor the situation and will seek to minimize its impact to our business, while prioritizing the safety and well-being of our employees located in both countries and our compliance with applicable laws and regulations in the locations where we operate. Any of the impacts mentioned above, among others, could adversely affect our business, business opportunities, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

COVID-19 pandemic. The global spread of COVID-19, which originated in late 2019 and was later declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020, negatively impacted the global economy, disrupted supply chains and created significant volatility in global financial markets in 2020 with various adverse impacts continuing throughout 2021 and into 2022.

Beginning late in the first quarter of 2022 and continuing into the second quarter, various regions in China, including regions where Aptiv has operations, have been subjected to new lockdowns imposed by governmental authorities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in those areas. In response, our manufacturing facilities located in these areas have implemented measures designed to minimize the impacts of any shutdowns. Despite these measures, production interruptions adversely impacted sales and profitability at the end of the first quarter, and it is currently unclear how long the lockdowns will continue. Although the duration and impact of these governmental lockdowns remains uncertain, we currently anticipate that our second quarter results of operations and cash flows are likely to be adversely impacted.

In 2021, the pandemic impacted economies and communities throughout the world, including in all of the markets and regions served by Aptiv. Although vaccines were introduced that have reduced the effect of COVID-19, governmental authorities throughout the world may continue to implement numerous measures aimed at containing and mitigating the effects of the pandemic, including renewed travel bans and restrictions, quarantines, social distancing orders, “lockdown” orders and shutdowns of non-essential activities. In 2021, our manufacturing facilities were not impacted by prolonged shutdowns directly resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Certain direct and indirect adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic persisted throughout 2021 and are expected to continue throughout 2022, including the worldwide semiconductor supply shortage and global supply chain disruptions. As a result, due to the continuing uncertainties surrounding the ultimate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting potential future governmental actions and economic impacts, it is possible that these adverse impacts could reoccur, resulting in further

adverse impacts on our future operating earnings and cash flows. We will continue to actively monitor all direct and indirect potential impacts of COVID-19, and will seek to aggressively mitigate and minimize their impact on our business.

Global supply chain disruptions. Due to various factors that are beyond our control, there are currently global supply chain disruptions, including a worldwide semiconductor supply shortage. The semiconductor supply shortage, due in part to increased demand across multiple industries, is impacting production in automotive and other industries. We anticipate these supply chain disruptions will persist throughout 2022. We, along with most automotive component manufacturers that use semiconductors, have been unable to fully meet the vehicle production demands of OEMs because of events which are outside our control, including but not limited to, the COVID-19 pandemic, the global semiconductor shortage, fires in our suppliers’ facilities, unprecedented weather events in the southwestern United States, and other extraordinary events. Although we are working closely with suppliers and customers to minimize any potential adverse impacts of these events, some of our customers have indicated that they expect us to bear at least some responsibility for their lost production and other costs. While no assurances can be made as to the ultimate outcome of these customer expectations or any other future claims, we do not currently believe a loss is probable. We will continue to actively monitor all direct and indirect potential impacts of these supply chain disruptions, and will seek to aggressively mitigate and minimize their impact on our business.

In addition, we are carrying critical inventory items and key components, and we continue to procure productive, raw material and non-critical inventory components in order to satisfy our customers’ vehicle production schedules. However, as a result of our customers’ recent production volatility and cancellations, our balance of productive, raw and component material inventories has increased substantially from customary levels as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. We will continue to actively monitor and manage inventory levels across all inventory types in order to maximize both supply continuity and the efficient use of working capital.

Commercializing the high-tech evolution of the automotive industry. The automotive industry is increasingly evolving towards the implementation of software-dependent components and solutions. In particular, the industry is focused on the development of advanced driver assistance technologies, with the goal of developing and introducing a commercially-viable, fully automated driving experience. We expect automated driving technologies will provide strong societal benefit as well as the opportunity for long-term growth for our product offerings in this space. We are focused on enabling and delivering end-to-end smart mobility solutions, enabling our customers’ transition to more electrified, software-defined vehicles, accelerating the commercialization of active safety and autonomous driving technologies and providing enhanced user experience and connected services.

In an effort to harness the full potential of connected intelligent systems across industries, strengthen our capabilities in software-defined mobility and to enable advanced smart vehicle architecture changes, we entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wind River in January 2022. This transaction is expected to close in mid-2022, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for the intelligent edge. Previously, in 2021, we executed a strategic collaboration agreement with Wind River to develop a software toolchain for various automotive applications.

We are also continuing to invest in the automated driving space, and have continued to develop market-leading automated driving platform solutions such as automated driving software, key active safety sensing technologies and our multi-domain controller, which fuses information from sensing systems as well as mapping and navigation data to make driving decisions. We believe we are well-aligned with industry technology trends that will result in sustainable future growth in this space, and have partnered with leaders in their respective fields to advance the pace of development and commercialization of these emerging technologies.

In March 2020, to further our leadership position in the automated driving space we completed a transaction with Hyundai Motor Group (“Hyundai”) to form Motional, Inc. (“Motional”), a joint venture focused on the design, development and commercialization of autonomous driving technologies.

Motional began testing fully driverless systems in 2020 and anticipates it will have a production-ready autonomous driving platform available for robotaxi providers, meal delivery providers, fleet operators and automotive manufacturers to test at prototype scale in 2022, with higher volumes available for deployment in 2023. In addition, Motional is involved in collaborative arrangements with mobility providers and with smart cities such as Boston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Singapore as solutions are developed for the evolving nature of the mobility industry. As a result of our substantial investments and strategic partnerships, we believe we are well-aligned with industry technology trends that will result in sustainable future growth in these evolving areas.

However, there are many risks associated with these evolving areas, including the high development costs of active safety and autonomous driving technologies, the uncertain timing of customer and consumer adoption of these technologies, increased competition from entrants outside the traditional automotive industry and evolving regulations, such as the guidance for automated driving systems published by the U.S. Department of Transportation. While we believe we are well-positioned in

these markets, the high development cost of active safety and autonomous driving technologies may result in a higher risk of exposure to the success of new or disruptive technologies different than those being developed by us or our partners.

Economic conditions. Our business is directly related to automotive sales and automotive vehicle production by our customers. Automotive sales depend on a number of factors, including global and regional economic conditions. Global automotive vehicle production increased 2% (flat on an AWM basis) from 2020 to 2021, primarily due to the impacts of the global supply chain disruptions, including the worldwide semiconductor supply shortage, which followed the significant decrease in vehicle production in 2020 due to the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although 2021 global vehicle sales and production rates increased slightly, they were still significantly below historic levels. Compared to the unusually low 2020 production rates, vehicle production in 2021 increased by 2% in China, 1% in North America and 18% in South America, our smallest region, and decreased by 4% in Europe. Compared to 2021, vehicle production in the first three months of 2022 decreased by 6% (7% on an AWM basis).

Economic volatility or weakness in North America, Europe, China or South America could result in a significant reduction in automotive sales and production by our customers, which would have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. There is also potential that geopolitical factors could adversely impact the U.S. and other economies, and specifically the automotive sector. In particular, changes to international trade agreements such as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or other political pressures could affect the operations of our OEM customers, resulting in reduced automotive production in certain regions or shifts in the mix of production to higher cost regions. Increases in interest rates could also negatively impact automotive production as a result of increased consumer borrowing costs or reduced credit availability. Additionally, economic weakness may result in shifts in the mix of future automotive sales (from vehicles with more content such as luxury vehicles, trucks and sport utility vehicles toward smaller passenger cars). While our diversified customer and geographic revenue base, along with our flexible cost structure, have well positioned us to withstand the impact of industry downturns and benefit from industry upturns, shifts in the mix of global automotive production to higher cost regions or to vehicles with less content could adversely impact our profitability.

Key growth markets. There have been periods of increased market volatility and moderation in the level of economic growth in China, which resulted in periods of lower automotive production growth rates in China than those previously experienced. For example, automotive production in China experienced minimal growth of 2% in 2021, primarily due to the adverse impacts of the global supply chain disruptions impacting the industry and trade uncertainties, which follows a decrease of 3% in the region in 2020. Despite this lack of significant growth and the moderation in the level of economic growth in China, rising income levels in China and other key growth markets are expected to result in stronger growth rates in these markets over the long-term. Our strong global presence, and presence in these markets, has positioned us to experience above-market growth rates over the long-term. We continue to expand our established presence in key growth markets, positioning us to benefit from the expected long-term growth opportunities in these regions. We are capitalizing on our long-standing relationships with the global OEMs and further enhancing our positions with the key growth market OEMs to continue expanding our worldwide leadership. We continue to build upon our extensive geographic reach to capitalize on fast-growing automotive markets. We believe that our presence in best cost countries positions us to realize incremental margin improvements as the global balance of automotive production shifts towards the key growth markets.

We have a strong local presence in China, including a major manufacturing base and well-established customer relationships. Each of our business segments have operations and sales in China. Our business in China remains sensitive to economic and market conditions that impact automotive sales volumes in China, and may be affected if the pace of growth slows as the Chinese market matures or if there are reductions in vehicle demand in China, as have recently been experienced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we continue to believe this market will benefit from long-term demand for new vehicles and stringent governmental regulation driving increased vehicle content, including accelerated demand for electrified vehicles.

Market driven products. Our product offerings satisfy the OEMs’ needs to meet increasingly stringent government regulations and meet consumer preferences for products that address the mega-trends of Safe, Green and Connected, leading to increased content per vehicle, greater profitability and higher margins. With these offerings, we believe we are well-positioned to benefit from the growing demand for vehicle content and technology related to safety, electrification, high speed data, connectivity to the global information network and automated driving technologies. We are benefiting from the substantial increase in vehicle content, software and electrification that requires a complex and reliable electrical architecture and systems to operate, such as automated advanced driver assistance technologies, electrical vehicle monitoring, active safety systems, lane departure warning systems, integrated vehicle cockpit displays, navigation systems and technologies that enable connected infotainment in vehicles. Our ability to design a reliable electrical architecture that optimizes power distribution and/or consumption is key to satisfying the OEMs’ needs to reduce emissions while continuing to meet consumer demand for increased vehicle content and technology.

Global capabilities. Many OEMs are continuing to adopt global vehicle platforms to increase standardization, reduce per unit cost and increase capital efficiency and profitability. As a result, OEMs are selecting suppliers that have the capability to

manufacture products on a worldwide basis, as well as the flexibility to adapt to regional variations. Suppliers with global scale and strong design, engineering and manufacturing capabilities are best positioned to benefit from this trend. Our global footprint enables us to serve the global OEMs on a worldwide basis as we gain market share with key growth market OEMs. This regional model is structured primarily to service the North American market from Mexico, the South American market from Brazil, the European market from Eastern Europe and North Africa and the Asia Pacific market from China, and we have continued to rotate our manufacturing footprint to best cost locations within these regions.

Our operations are subject to certain risks inherent in doing business globally, including military conflicts in regions in which we operate, unexpected changes in laws or regulations governing trade, or other monetary or tax fiscal policy changes, including tariffs, quotas, customs and other import or export restrictions or trade barriers. We are also subject to risks associated with actions taken by governmental authorities to impose changes in laws or regulations that restrict certain business operations, trade or travel in response to a pandemic or widespread outbreak of an illness. For instance, as described above, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia has created numerous economic uncertainties, including the impact of sanctions announced to date against Russia and potential further sanctions, the impact on the global supply chain for raw materials produced in each country, as well as increased logistics costs and transit times, increased volatility in the value of the Russian Ruble and the actions of automotive OEMs and suppliers as it relates to production plans in each country. Any of the impacts mentioned above, among others, could adversely affect our business, business opportunities, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

In addition, the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and variants thereof in 2020, throughout 2021 and into 2022, has had various direct and indirect adverse impacts on our global operations, the automotive industry and economies around the world. Although certain of the adverse impacts of the pandemic abated during the second half of 2020, other direct and indirect adverse impacts continued throughout 2021 and 2022, such as the overall supply chain disruptions, including the global semiconductor supply shortage and current regional lockdowns imposed by governmental authorities in China. These impacts continue to negatively affect the global economy and automotive industry, and we anticipate that certain impacts will persist throughout 2022. As a result, we are unable to predict the ultimate impact to our business due to a number of evolving factors, including the duration and spread of the pandemic, the impact of the pandemic on economic activity, our supply chain, consumer demand and vehicle production schedules, and the actions of governmental authorities across the globe.

In addition, existing free trade laws and regulations, such as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, provide certain beneficial duties and tariffs for qualifying imports and exports, subject to compliance with the applicable classification and other requirements. Changes in laws or policies governing the terms of trade, and in particular increased trade restrictions, tariffs or taxes on imports from countries where we manufacture products, such as China and Mexico, could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results. Furthermore, management continues to monitor the volatile geopolitical environment to identify, quantify and assess threatened duties, taxes or other business restrictions which could adversely affect our business and financial results.

Product development. The automotive technology and components industry is highly competitive and is characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards and changes in customer needs. Our ability to anticipate changes in technology and regulatory standards and to successfully develop and introduce new and enhanced products on a timely and cost competitive basis will be a significant factor in our ability to remain competitive. To compete effectively in the automotive technology and components industry, we must be able to develop and launch new products to meet our customers’ demands in a timely manner. Our innovative technologies and robust global engineering and development capabilities have us well positioned to meet the increasingly stringent vehicle manufacturer demands and consumer preferences for high-technology content in automobiles.

OEMs are increasingly looking to their suppliers to simplify vehicle design and assembly processes to reduce costs and weight. As a result, suppliers that sell vehicle components directly to manufacturers (Tier I suppliers) have assumed many of the design, engineering, research and development and assembly functions traditionally performed by vehicle manufacturers. Suppliers that can provide fully-engineered solutions, systems and pre-assembled combinations of component parts are positioned to leverage the trend toward system sourcing.

Engineering, design and development. Our history and culture of innovation have enabled us to develop significant intellectual property and design and development expertise to provide advanced technology solutions that meet the demands of our customers. We have a team of approximately 18,900 scientists, engineers and technicians focused on developing leading product solutions for our key markets, located at 12 major technical centers in China, Germany, India, Mexico, Poland, Singapore and the United States. We invest approximately $1.4 billion (which includes approximately $320 million co-investment by customers and government agencies) annually in research and development, including engineering, to maintain our portfolio of innovative products, and own/hold approximately 8,500 patents and protective rights. We also encourage “open innovation” and collaborate extensively with peers in the industry, government agencies and academic institutions. Our technology competencies are recognized by both customers and government agencies, who co-invest approximately $320

million annually in new product development, accelerating the pace of innovation and reducing the risk associated with successful commercialization of technological breakthroughs.

In the past, suppliers often incurred the initial cost of engineering, designing and developing automotive component parts, and recovered their investments over time by including a cost recovery component in the price of each part based on expected volumes. Recently, we and many other suppliers have negotiated for cost recovery payments independent of volumes. This trend reduces our economic risk.

Pricing. Cost-cutting initiatives adopted by our customers result in increased downward pressure on pricing. Our customer supply agreements generally require step-downs in component pricing over the periods of production and OEMs have historically possessed significant leverage over their outside suppliers because the automotive component supply industry is fragmented and serves a limited number of automotive OEMs. Our profitability depends in part on our ability to generate sufficient production cost savings in the future to offset price reductions. In addition, during 2021, global economies and our industry were subjected to significant inflationary cost pressures, and these pressures have continued into 2022. We continue to work with our customers, both through price recoveries and adjustments as well as future pricing adjustments as contracts renew, to mitigate the impact of these inflationary pressures on our results of operations.

We are focused on maintaining a low fixed cost structure that provides us flexibility to remain profitable at all points of the traditional vehicle industry production cycle. As a result, approximately 97% of our hourly workforce is located in best cost countries. Furthermore, we have substantial operational flexibility by leveraging a large workforce of contingent workers, which represented approximately 22% of the hourly workforce as of March 31, 2022. However, we will continue to adjust our cost structure and optimize our manufacturing footprint in response to changes in the global and regional automotive markets and in order to increase investment in advanced technologies and engineering, as evidenced by our ongoing restructuring programs focused on reducing our global overhead costs and on the continued rotation of our manufacturing footprint to best cost locations in Europe. As we continue to operate in a cyclical industry that is impacted by movements in the global and regional economies, we continually evaluate opportunities to further refine our cost structure.

We have a strong balance sheet with gross debt of approximately $6.5 billion and substantial available liquidity of approximately $7.4 billion of cash equivalents, available financing under our Revolving Credit Facility and committed European accounts receivable factoring facility as of March 31, 2022, and no significant U.S. defined benefit or workforce postretirement health care benefits and employer-paid postretirement basic life insurance benefits (“OPEB”) liabilities. We intend to maintain strong financial discipline by targeting industry-leading earnings growth, cash flow generation and return on invested capital and to maintain sufficient liquidity to sustain our financial flexibility throughout the industry cycle.

OEM product recalls. The number of vehicles recalled globally by OEMs has increased above historical levels. These recalls can either be initiated by the OEMs or influenced by regulatory agencies. Although there are differing rules and regulations across countries governing recalls for safety issues, the overall transition towards global vehicle platforms may also contribute to increased recalls outside of the U.S., as automotive components are increasingly standardized across regions. Given the sensitivity to safety issues in the automotive industry, including increased focus from regulators and consumers, we anticipate the number of automotive recalls may remain above historical levels in the near future. Although we engage in extensive product quality programs and processes, it is possible that we may be adversely affected in the future if the pace of these recalls continues.

Efficient use of capital. The global vehicle components industry is generally capital intensive and a portion of a supplier’s capital equipment is frequently utilized for specific customer programs. Lead times for procurement of capital equipment are long and typically exceed start of production by one to two years. Substantial advantages exist for suppliers that can leverage their prior investments in capital equipment or amortize the investment over higher volume global customer programs.

Industry consolidation and disruptive new entrants. Consolidation among worldwide OEMs and suppliers is expected to continue as these companies seek to achieve operating synergies and value stream efficiencies, acquire complementary technologies and build stronger customer relationships. Additionally, the rise of advanced software and technologies in vehicles has attracted new and disruptive entrants from outside the traditional automotive supply industry. These entrants may seek to gain access to certain vehicle technology and component markets. Any of these new competitors may develop and introduce technologies that gain greater customer or consumer acceptance, which could adversely affect the future growth of the Company. We believe companies with strong balance sheets and financial discipline are in the best position to take advantage of these trends.

Consolidated Results of Operations

Aptiv typically experiences fluctuations in revenue due to changes in OEM production schedules, vehicle sales mix and the net of new and lost business (which we refer to collectively as volume), increased prices attributable to escalation clauses in our supply contracts for recovery of increased commodity costs (which we refer to as commodity pass-through), fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates (which we refer to as “FX”), contractual reductions of the sales price to the OEM (which we refer to as contractual price reductions) and engineering changes. Changes in sales mix can have either favorable or unfavorable impacts on revenue. Such changes can be the result of shifts in regional growth, shifts in OEM sales demand, as well as shifts in consumer demand related to vehicle segment purchases and content penetration. For instance, a shift in sales demand favoring a particular OEM’s vehicle model for which we do not have a supply contract may negatively impact our revenue. A shift in regional sales demand toward certain markets could favorably impact the sales of those of our customers that have a large market share in those regions, which in turn would be expected to have a favorable impact on our revenue.

We typically experience (as described below) fluctuations in operating income due to:

  • Volume, net of contractual price reductions—changes in volume offset by contractual price reductions (which typically range from 1% to 3% of net sales) and changes in mix;

  • Operational performance—changes to costs for materials and commodities or manufacturing and engineering variances; and

  • Other—including restructuring costs and any remaining variances not included in Volume, net of contractual price reductions or Operational performance.

The automotive technology and component supply industry is traditionally subject to inflationary pressures with respect to raw materials and labor which may place operational and profitability burdens on the entire supply chain. For instance, in 2021 and into 2022, the industry has been subjected to increased pricing pressures, specifically in relation to copper and petroleum-based resin products, which have increased significantly in price. In 2022, we have been impacted globally by increased overall inflation as a result of a variety of global trends. Due to various factors, the industry is also facing increased operating and logistics challenges from certain global supply chain disruptions, including a worldwide semiconductor supply shortage. This shortage has resulted in increased pricing pressures on semiconductors as well. In addition, we expect semiconductor supply cost and commodity cost volatility to have a continual impact on future earnings and/or operating cash flows. As such, we continually seek to mitigate both inflationary pressures and our material-related cost exposures using a number of approaches, including combining purchase requirements with customers and/or other suppliers, using alternate suppliers or product designs, negotiating cost reductions and/or commodity cost contract escalation clauses into our vehicle manufacturer supply contracts and hedging.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 versus Three Months Ended March 31, 2021

The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021Favorable/(unfavorable)
(dollars in millions)
Net sales$4,178$4,023$155
Cost of sales3,5893,296(293)
Gross margin58914.1%72718.1%(138)
Selling, general and administrative274255(19)
Amortization3737—
Restructuring226(16)
Operating income256429(173)
Interest expense(43)(40)(3)
Other (expense) income, net(39)1(40)
Income before income taxes and equity loss174390(216)
Income tax expense(21)(48)27
Income before equity loss153342(189)
Equity loss, net of tax(63)(42)(21)
Net income90300(210)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest15(4)
Net income attributable to Aptiv89295(206)
Mandatory convertible preferred share dividends(16)(16)—
Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders$73$279$(206)

Total Net Sales

Below is a summary of our total net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2022 versus 2021.

Three Months Ended March 31,Variance Due To:
20222021Favorable/(unfavorable)Volume, net of contractual price reductionsFXCommodity pass-throughOtherTotal
(in millions)(in millions)
Total net sales$4,178$4,023$155$145$(60)$70$—$155

Total net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2022 increased 4% compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021. Our overall volumes increased 4% for the period, despite decreased global automotive production of 6% (7% on an AWM basis). The increase in volumes is primarily attributable to increases in North America and China, partially offset by declines in Europe. Our total net sales also reflect unfavorable foreign currency impacts, primarily related to the Euro, and contractual price reductions.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales is primarily comprised of material, labor, manufacturing overhead, freight, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, product engineering, design and development expenses, depreciation and amortization, warranty costs and other operating expenses. Gross margin is revenue less cost of sales and gross margin percentage is gross margin as a percentage of net sales.

Cost of sales increased $293 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021, as summarized below. The Company’s material cost of sales was approximately 55% and 50% of net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Three Months Ended March 31,Variance Due To:
20222021Favorable/(unfavorable)Volume (a)FXOperational performanceOtherTotal
(dollars in millions)(in millions)
Cost of sales$3,589$3,296$(293)$(117)$53$(203)$(26)$(293)
Gross margin$589$727$(138)$28$(7)$(203)$44$(138)
Percentage of net sales14.1%18.1%

(a)Presented net of contractual price reductions for gross margin variance.

The increase in cost of sales reflects increased volumes, the impacts from currency exchange and operational performance. Our operational performance for the three months ended March 31, 2022 includes approximately $130 million of increased costs for semiconductors and commodities, as well as approximately $20 million of increased costs, primarily related to material logistics costs associated with the global supply chain disruptions due to the worldwide semiconductor shortage and other extraordinary events. The total impacts within cost of sales resulting from the global supply chain disruptions were incremental costs of approximately $15 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. Cost of sales was also impacted by the following items in Other above:

  • $70 million of increased commodity pass-through costs; partially offset by

  • Approximately $10 million of decreased incentive compensation costs.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense

Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021Favorable/ (unfavorable)
(dollars in millions)
Selling, general and administrative expense$274$255$(19)
Percentage of net sales6.6%6.3%

Selling, general and administrative expense (“SG&A”) includes administrative expenses, information technology costs and incentive compensation related costs. SG&A increased as a percentage of net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to 2021, partially due to an increase in other acquisition and project portfolio costs.

Amortization

Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021Favorable/ (unfavorable)
(in millions)
Amortization$37$37$—

Amortization expense reflects the non-cash charge related to definite-lived intangible assets. The consistency in amortization during the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to 2021 reflects the continued amortization of our definite-lived intangible assets, which resulted primarily from our acquisitions, over their estimated useful lives. Refer to Note 17. Acquisitions and Divestitures to the consolidated financial statements contained herein for further detail of our business acquisitions, including details of the intangible assets recorded in each transaction.

Restructuring

Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021Favorable/ (unfavorable)
(dollars in millions)
Restructuring$22$6$(16)
Percentage of net sales0.5%0.1%

The Company recorded employee-related and other restructuring charges totaling approximately $22 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. We expect to make cash payments of approximately $50 million over the next twelve months pursuant to currently implemented restructuring programs.

The Company recorded employee-related and other restructuring charges totaling approximately $6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

We expect to continue to incur additional restructuring expense in 2022 and beyond, primarily related to programs focused on reducing global overhead costs and on the continued rotation of our manufacturing footprint to best cost locations in Europe, which includes approximately $25 million (of which approximately $15 million relates to the Advanced Safety and User Experience segment and approximately $10 million relates to the Signal and Power Solutions segment) for programs approved as of March 31, 2022. Additionally, as we continue to operate in a cyclical industry that is impacted by movements in the global and regional economies, we continually evaluate opportunities to further adjust our cost structure and optimize our manufacturing footprint. The Company plans to implement additional restructuring activities in the future, if necessary, in order to align manufacturing capacity and other costs with prevailing regional automotive production levels and locations, to improve the efficiency and utilization of other locations and in order to increase investment in advanced technologies and engineering. Such future restructuring actions are dependent on market conditions, customer actions and other factors.

Refer to Note 7. Restructuring to the consolidated financial statements contained herein for additional information.

Interest Expense

Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021Favorable/ (unfavorable)
(in millions)
Interest expense$43$40$(3)

The increase in interest expense during the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to 2021 reflects the issuance of $2.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes in February 2022, partially offset by the issuance of $1.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of 3.10% senior unsecured notes due 2051, which were utilized to redeem $700 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.15% senior unsecured notes due 2024 and $650 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.25% senior unsecured notes due 2026. Refer to Note 8. Debt to the consolidated financial statements contained herein for additional information.

Other Income, Net

Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021Favorable/ (unfavorable)
(in millions)
Other (expense) income, net$(39)$1$(40)

Other expense, net for the three months ended March 31, 2022 includes a loss of $32 million recognized for the change in fair value of publicly traded equity securities.

Refer to Note 16. Other Income, net to the consolidated financial statements contained herein for additional information.

Income Taxes

Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021Favorable/ (unfavorable)
(in millions)
Income tax expense$21$48$27

The Company’s tax rate is affected by the fact that its parent entity is an Irish resident taxpayer, the tax rates in Ireland and other jurisdictions in which the Company operates, the relative amount of income earned by jurisdiction and the relative amount of losses or income for which no tax benefit or expense was recognized due to a valuation allowance. The Company’s effective tax rate is also impacted by the receipt of certain tax incentives and holidays that reduce the effective tax rate for certain subsidiaries below the statutory rate.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2022 also includes net discrete tax benefits of approximately $4 million, primarily related to changes in reserves. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2021 includes net discrete tax benefits of $1 million, primarily related to changes in accruals for unremitted earnings and provision to return adjustments. Refer to Note 11. Income Taxes to the consolidated financial statements contained herein for additional information.

Equity Loss

Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021Favorable/ (unfavorable)
(in millions)
Equity loss, net of tax$63$42$(21)

Equity loss, net of tax reflects the Company’s interest in the results of ongoing operations of entities accounted for as equity method investments. The equity losses recognized by Aptiv for each period presented are primarily attributable to the Motional autonomous driving joint venture.

Results of Operations by Segment

We operate our core business along the following operating segments, which are grouped on the basis of similar product, market and operating factors:

  • Signal and Power Solutions, which includes complete electrical architecture and component products.

  • Advanced Safety and User Experience, which includes vehicle technology and systems integration expertise in advanced safety, user experience and connectivity and security solutions, as well as advanced software development and autonomous driving technologies.

  • Eliminations and Other, which includes i) the elimination of inter-segment transactions, and ii) certain other expenses and income of a non-operating or strategic nature.

Our management utilizes segment Adjusted Operating Income as the key performance measure of segment income or loss to evaluate segment performance, and for planning and forecasting purposes to allocate resources to the segments, as management believes this measure is most reflective of the operational profitability or loss of our operating segments. Segment Adjusted Operating Income should not be considered a substitute for results prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and should not be considered an alternative to net income attributable to Aptiv, which is the most directly comparable financial measure to Adjusted Operating Income that is prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Segment Adjusted Operating Income, as determined and measured by Aptiv, should also not be compared to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

Effective on January 1, 2022, the Company now excludes amortization expense of intangible assets from the calculation of Adjusted Operating Income, as reflected in the definition below. The Company’s management believes that the updated calculation of this non-GAAP financial measure will be more useful to both management and investors in their analysis of the Company’s results of operations due to recent and pending acquisitions. Amortization of intangible assets generally results from a write-up in the value of assets in connection with an acquisition. The Company believes that exclusion of amortization expense will facilitate more comparable operating results of the Company over time, between periods when the Company is more or less acquisitive and allows for improved comparison with both acquisitive and non-acquisitive peer companies. The

historical presentation of Adjusted Operating Income in the tables below has been revised to be consistent with this updated calculation.

The reconciliation of Adjusted Operating Income to operating income includes, as applicable, amortization, restructuring, other acquisition and portfolio project costs (which includes costs incurred to integrate acquired businesses and to plan and execute product portfolio transformation actions, including business and product acquisitions and divestitures), asset impairments, gains (losses) on business divestitures and other transactions and deferred compensation related to acquisitions. The reconciliations of Adjusted Operating Income to net income attributable to Aptiv for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:

Signal and Power SolutionsAdvanced Safety and User ExperienceTotal
(in millions)
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022:
Adjusted operating income$308$16$324
Amortization(35)(2)(37)
Restructuring(9)(13)(22)
Other acquisition and portfolio project costs(7)(2)(9)
Operating income (loss)$257$(1)256
Interest expense(43)
Other expense, net(39)
Income before income taxes and equity loss174
Income tax expense(21)
Equity loss, net of tax(63)
Net income90
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest1
Net income attributable to Aptiv$89
Signal and Power SolutionsAdvanced Safety and User ExperienceTotal
(in millions)
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021:
Adjusted operating income$406$68$474
Amortization(35)(2)(37)
Restructuring2(8)(6)
Other acquisition and portfolio project costs(1)(1)(2)
Operating income$372$57429
Interest expense(40)
Other income, net1
Income before income taxes and equity loss390
Income tax expense(48)
Equity loss, net of tax(42)
Net income300
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest5
Net income attributable to Aptiv$295

Net sales, gross margin as a percentage of net sales and Adjusted Operating Income by segment for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:

Net Sales by Segment

Three Months Ended March 31,Variance Due To:
20222021Favorable/(unfavorable)Volume, net of contractual price reductionsFXCommodity pass-throughOtherTotal
(in millions)(in millions)
Signal and Power Solutions$3,106$3,022$84$70$(56)$70$—$84
Advanced Safety and User Experience1,0821,0117175(4)——71
Eliminations and Other(10)(10)——————
Total$4,178$4,023$155$145$(60)$70$—$155

Gross Margin Percentage by Segment

Three Months Ended March 31,
20222021
Signal and Power Solutions16.3%20.0%
Advanced Safety and User Experience7.7%12.2%
Total14.1%18.1%

Adjusted Operating Income by Segment

Three Months Ended March 31,Variance Due To:
20222021Favorable/(unfavorable)Volume, net of contractual price reductionsOperational performanceOtherTotal
(in millions)(in millions)
Signal and Power Solutions$308$406$(98)$2$(123)$23$(98)
Advanced Safety and User Experience1668(52)26(80)2(52)
Total$324$474$(150)$28$(203)$25$(150)

As noted in the table above, Adjusted Operating Income for the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021 was impacted by volume and contractual price reductions, including product mix, and operational performance. Our operational performance for the three months ended March 31, 2022 includes approximately $130 million of increased costs for semiconductors and commodities, as well as approximately $20 million of increased costs, primarily related to material logistics costs associated with the global supply chain disruptions due to the worldwide semiconductor shortage and other extraordinary events. The total impacts within Adjusted Operating Income resulting from the global supply chain disruptions were incremental costs of approximately $15 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. Adjusted Operating Income was also impacted by the following item included within Other in the table above:

  • Approximately $25 million of decreased incentive compensation costs.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview of Capital Structure

Our liquidity requirements are primarily to fund our business operations, including capital expenditures and working capital requirements, as well as to fund debt service requirements, operational restructuring activities and dividends on our outstanding preferred shares. Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flows from operations, our existing cash balance, and as necessary and available, borrowings under credit facilities and issuance of long-term debt and equity. To the extent we generate discretionary cash flow we may consider using this additional cash flow for optional prepayments of existing indebtedness,

strategic acquisitions or investments, and/or general corporate purposes. We will also continually explore ways to enhance our capital structure.

As of March 31, 2022, we had cash and cash equivalents of $4.9 billion and net debt (defined as outstanding debt less cash and cash equivalents) of $1.7 billion. The following table summarizes our available liquidity, which includes cash, cash equivalents and funds available under our significant committed credit facilities, as of March 31, 2022. The amounts disclosed as available under the Company’s significant committed credit facilities are available without violating our existing debt covenants, which are described below.

March 31, 2022
(in millions)
Cash and cash equivalents$4,877
Revolving Credit Facility, unutilized portion (1)2,000
Committed European accounts receivable factoring facility, unutilized portion (2)499
Total available liquidity$7,376

(1)Availability reduced by less than $1 million in letters of credit issued under the Credit Agreement as of March 31, 2022.

(2)Based on March 31, 2022 foreign currency rates, subject to the availability of eligible accounts receivable.

Despite the current global economic impacts and uncertainties resulting from the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, the ongoing global supply chain disruptions, the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting direct and indirect impacts on global vehicle production, we currently expect existing cash, available liquidity and cash flows from operations to continue to be sufficient to fund our global operating activities, including restructuring payments, any mandatory payments required under the Credit Agreement as described below, dividends on preferred shares and capital expenditures. Furthermore, we expect to acquire Wind River and pay other required fees and expenses in connection with the proposed acquisition primarily utilizing cash on hand, including proceeds from the issuance of $2.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes in February 2022.

We also continue to expect to be able to move funds between different countries to manage our global liquidity needs without material adverse tax implications, subject to current monetary policies and the terms of the Credit Agreement. We utilize a combination of strategies, including dividends, cash pooling arrangements, intercompany loan repayments and other distributions and advances to provide the funds necessary to meet our global liquidity needs. There are no significant restrictions on the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other distributions to Aptiv. As of March 31, 2022, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents held by our non-U.S. subsidiaries totaled approximately $4.9 billion. If additional non-U.S. cash was needed for our U.S. operations, we may be required to accrue and pay withholding if we were to distribute such funds from non-U.S. subsidiaries to the U.S.; however, based on our current liquidity needs and strategies, we do not anticipate a need to accrue and pay such additional amounts.

2020 Public Equity Offering

In June 2020, the Company completed the underwritten public offering of approximately 15.1 million ordinary shares at a price of $75.91 per share, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $1,115 million, after deducting expenses and the underwriters’ discount of $35 million. Simultaneously, the Company completed the underwritten public offering of 11.5 million 5.50% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A, $0.01 par value per share (the “MCPS”) with a liquidation preference of $100 per share (the “MCPS Offering”), resulting in net proceeds of approximately $1,115 million, after deducting expenses and the underwriters’ discount of $35 million. Each share of MCPS will mandatorily convert on the mandatory conversion date of June 15, 2023, into between 1.0754 and 1.3173 shares of the Company’s ordinary shares, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments.

Holders of the MCPS will be entitled to receive, when and if declared by the Company’s Board of Directors, cumulative dividends at the annual rate of 5.50% of the liquidation preference of $100 per share (equivalent to $5.50 annually per share), payable in cash or, subject to certain limitations, by delivery of the Company’s ordinary shares or any combination of cash and the Company’s ordinary shares, at the Company’s election. If declared, dividends on the MCPS will be payable quarterly on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year (commencing on September 15, 2020 to, and including June 15, 2023), to the holders of record of the MCPS as they appear on the Company’s share register at the close of business on the immediately preceding March 1, June 1, September 1 or December 1, respectively. Refer to Note 12. Shareholders’ Equity and Net Income Per Share to the consolidated financial statements contained herein for further detail on the June 2020 public equity offering.

Share Repurchases

In April 2016, the Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $1.5 billion of ordinary shares, which commenced in September 2016. This share repurchase program provides for share purchases in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, depending on share price, market conditions and other factors, as determined by the Company.

There were no shares repurchased during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.

As of March 31, 2022, approximately $13 million of share repurchases remained available under the April 2016 share repurchase program, which is in addition to the share repurchase program of up to $2.0 billion that was previously announced in January 2019. This program, which will commence following the completion of the April 2016 share repurchase program, provides for share purchases in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, depending on share price, market conditions and other factors, as determined by the Company. All previously repurchased shares were retired, and are reflected as a reduction of ordinary share capital for the par value of the shares, with the excess applied as reductions to additional paid-in-capital and retained earnings.

Preferred Dividends

In the first quarter of 2022, the Board of Directors declared and paid a quarterly cash dividend of approximately $1.375 per mandatory convertible preferred share outstanding.

Acquisitions and Other Transactions

El-Com—On December 30, 2021, Aptiv acquired 100% of the equity interests of El-Com, Inc. (“El-Com”), a manufacturer of custom wire harnesses and cable assemblies for high-reliability products and industries, for total consideration of up to $88 million. The total consideration includes a cash payment of up to $10 million, contingent upon the achievement of certain performance metrics over a one-year period following the acquisition. The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination, with the operating results of El-Com included within the Company’s Signal and Power Solutions segment from the date of acquisition. The Company acquired El-Com utilizing cash on hand.

Krono-Safe Automotive—On November 9, 2021, Aptiv acquired 100% of the equity interests of Krono-Safe Automotive, SAS (“Krono-Safe Automotive”), a leading software developer of safety-critical real-time embedded systems, for total consideration of $13 million, which was comprised of Aptiv’s previous investment of $6 million in Krono-Safe, SAS and $7 million of cash. The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination, with the operating results of Krono-Safe Automotive included within the Company’s Advanced Safety and User Experience segment from the date of acquisition.

Ulti-Mate—On April 30, 2021, Aptiv acquired certain assets of Ulti-Mate Connector, Inc. (“Ulti-Mate”), a manufacturer of miniature and micro-miniature connectors and cable assemblies, for total consideration of $45 million. The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination, with the operating results of Ulti-Mate included within the Company's Signal and Power Solutions segment from the date of acquisition. The Company acquired Ulti-Mate utilizing cash on hand.

Wind River—In January 2022, Aptiv entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the equity interests of Wind River, a global leader in delivering software for the intelligent edge, for approximately $4.3 billion, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2022, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Upon completion, we anticipate that Wind River will become part of Aptiv’s Advanced Safety and User Experience segment. The Company intends to acquire Wind River primarily utilizing cash on hand, including proceeds from the issuance of $2.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes in February 2022.

Refer to Note 17. Acquisitions and Divestitures to the consolidated financial statements contained herein for further detail of the Company’s business acquisitions.

Technology Investments—In February 2022, Quanergy Systems, Inc. (“Quanergy”) merged with a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) and shares of Quanergy began trading on the NYSE under the symbol QNGY. As part of the SPAC merger, our preferred shares in Quanergy were converted into Quanergy ordinary shares. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company sold a portion of its Quanergy ordinary shares for net proceeds of approximately $2 million.

In September 2021, Valens Semiconductor Ltd. (“Valens”) merged with a publicly traded SPAC and shares of Valens began trading on the NYSE under the symbol VLN. As part of the SPAC merger, our preferred shares in Valens were converted into Valens ordinary shares.

In August 2021, Otonomo Technologies Ltd. (“Otonomo”) merged with a publicly traded SPAC and shares of Otonomo began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol OTMO. As part of the SPAC merger, our preferred shares in Otonomo were converted into Otonomo ordinary shares. During the remainder of 2021, the Company sold a portion of its Otonomo ordinary shares for net proceeds of approximately $3 million. The Company’s Advanced Safety and User Experience

segment had previously made a $3 million investment in Otonomo during 2019, which was in addition to the Company’s $15 million investment made during 2017.

In June 2021, Affectiva, Inc. (“Affectiva”) was acquired by Smart Eye AB (“Smart Eye”), which is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Stockholm AB stock exchange. As part of the acquisition, Aptiv received shares of Smart Eye in exchange for Aptiv’s Affectiva preferred shares.

In April 2021, Innoviz Technologies (“Innoviz”) merged with a publicly traded SPAC and shares of Innoviz began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol INVZ. As part of the SPAC merger, our preferred shares in Innoviz were converted into Innoviz ordinary shares. During the remainder of 2021, the Company sold all of its Innoviz ordinary shares for net proceeds of approximately $18 million. The Company’s Advanced Safety and User Experience segment had previously made a $15 million investment in Innoviz during 2017.

Following each of the transactions described above, the fair value of each respective investment is measured on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value recorded to other income (expense), net.

Refer to Note 21. Investments in Affiliates to the consolidated financial statements contained herein for further detail of the Company’s technology investments.

Investment in TTTech Auto AG—On March 15, 2022, Aptiv acquired approximately 20% of the equity interests of TTTech Auto AG (“TTTech Auto”), a leading provider of safety-critical middleware solutions for advanced driver-assistance systems and autonomous driving applications, in exchange for €200 million (approximately $220 million, using foreign currency rates on the investment date). The Company made the investment in TTTech Auto utilizing cash on hand. The Company’s investment in TTTech Auto is accounted for using the equity method of accounting following the date of the investment.

Credit Agreement

Aptiv PLC and its wholly-owned subsidiary Aptiv Corporation entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), under which it maintains senior unsecured credit facilities currently consisting of a term loan (the “Tranche A Term Loan”) and a revolving credit facility of $2 billion (the “Revolving Credit Facility”). Subsequently, Aptiv Global Financing Limited (“AGFL”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aptiv PLC, executed a joinder agreement to the Credit Agreement, which allows it to act as a borrower under the Credit Agreement, and a guaranty supplement, under which AGFL guarantees the obligations under the Credit Agreement, subject to certain exceptions.

The Credit Agreement was entered into in March 2011 and has been subsequently amended and restated on several occasions, most recently on June 24, 2021. The June 2021 amendment, among other things, (1) refinanced and replaced the existing term loan A and revolver with a new term loan A that matures in five years, and a new five-year revolving credit facility with aggregate commitments of $2 billion, (2) utilized the Company’s existing sustainability-linked metrics and commitments, that, if achieved, would change the facility fee and interest rate margins as described below, and (3) established the leverage ratio maintenance covenant that requires the Company to maintain total net leverage (as calculated in accordance with the Credit Agreement) of less than 3.5 to 1.0 (or 4.0 to 1.0 for four full fiscal quarters following completion of material acquisitions, as defined in the Credit Agreement) and allowed for dividends and other payments on equity.

The Tranche A Term Loan and the Revolving Credit Facility mature on June 24, 2026. Beginning on September 30, 2022, Aptiv is obligated to make quarterly principal payments on the Tranche A Term Loan according to the amortization schedule in the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement also contains an accordion feature that permits Aptiv to increase, from time to time, the aggregate borrowing capacity under the Credit Agreement by up to an additional $1 billion upon Aptiv’s request, the agreement of the lenders participating in the increase, and the approval of the Administrative Agent.

As of March 31, 2022, there were no amounts drawn on the Revolving Credit Facility and less than $1 million in letters of credit were issued under the Credit Agreement. Letters of credit issued under the Credit Agreement reduce availability under the Revolving Credit Facility. No amounts were drawn on the Revolving Credit Facility during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Loans under the Credit Agreement bear interest, at Aptiv’s option, at either (a) the Administrative Agent’s Alternate Base Rate (“ABR” as defined in the Credit Agreement) or (b) the London Interbank Offered Rate (the “Adjusted LIBO Rate” as defined in the Credit Agreement) (“LIBOR”) plus in either case a percentage per annum as set forth in the table below (the “Applicable Rate”). The June 2021 amendment also contains provisions to facilitate the replacement of the LIBOR-based rate with a Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) based rate upon the discontinuation or unavailability of LIBOR. The Applicable Rates under the Credit Agreement on the specified dates are set forth below:

March 31, 2022December 31, 2021
LIBOR plusABR plusLIBOR plusABR plus
Revolving Credit Facility1.10%0.10%1.10%0.10%
Tranche A Term Loan1.125%0.125%1.125%0.125%

Under the June 2021 amendment, the Applicable Rate under the Credit Agreement, as well as the facility fee, may increase or decrease from time to time based on changes in the Company’s credit ratings and whether the Company achieves or fails to achieve certain sustainability-linked targets with respect to greenhouse gas emissions and workplace safety. Such adjustments may be up to 0.04% per annum on interest rate margins on the Revolving Credit Facility, 0.02% per annum on interest rate margins on the Tranche A Term Loan and up to 0.01% per annum on the facility fee. Accordingly, the interest rate is subject to fluctuation during the term of the Credit Agreement based on changes in the ABR, LIBOR, changes in the Company’s corporate credit ratings or whether the Company achieves or fails to achieve its sustainability-linked targets. The Credit Agreement also requires that Aptiv pay certain facility fees on the Revolving Credit Facility, which are also subject to adjustment based on the sustainability-linked targets as described above, and certain letter of credit issuance and fronting fees.

The interest rate period with respect to LIBOR interest rate options can be set at one-, three-, or six-months as selected by Aptiv in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement (or other period as may be agreed by the applicable lenders). Aptiv may elect to change the selected interest rate option in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement. As of March 31, 2022, Aptiv selected the one-month LIBOR interest rate option on the Tranche A Term Loan, and the rates effective as of March 31, 2022, as detailed in the table below, were based on the Company’s current credit rating and the Applicable Rate for the Credit Agreement:

Borrowings as of
March 31, 2022Rates effective as of
Applicable Rate(in millions)March 31, 2022
Tranche A Term LoanLIBOR plus 1.125%$3131.625%

Borrowings under the Credit Agreement are prepayable at Aptiv’s option without premium or penalty.

The Credit Agreement contains certain covenants that limit, among other things, the Company’s (and the Company’s subsidiaries’) ability to incur certain additional indebtedness or liens or to dispose of substantially all of its assets. In addition, under the June 2021 amendment, the Credit Agreement requires that the Company maintain a consolidated leverage ratio (the ratio of Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA, each as defined in the Credit Agreement) of not more than 3.5 to 1.0 (or 4.0 to 1.0 for four full fiscal quarters following completion of material acquisitions, as defined in the Credit Agreement). The Credit Agreement also contains events of default customary for financings of this type. The Company was in compliance with the Credit Agreement covenants as of March 31, 2022.

As of March 31, 2022, all obligations under the Credit Agreement were borrowed by Aptiv Corporation and jointly and severally guaranteed by AGFL and Aptiv PLC, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Credit Agreement.

Senior Unsecured Notes

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had the following senior unsecured notes issued and outstanding:

Aggregate Principal Amount (in millions)Stated Coupon RateIssuance DateMaturity DateInterest Payment Date
$7002.396%February 2022February 2025February 18 and August 18
7761.50%March 2015March 2025March 10
5541.60%September 2016September 2028September 15
3004.35%March 2019March 2029March 15 and September 15
8003.25%February 2022March 2032March 1 and September 1
3004.40%September 2016October 2046April 1 and October 1
3505.40%March 2019March 2049March 15 and September 15
1,5003.10%November 2021December 2051June 1 and December 1
1,0004.15%February 2022May 2052May 1 and November 1

Although the specific terms of each indenture governing each series of senior notes vary, the indentures contain certain restrictive covenants, including with respect to Aptiv’s (and Aptiv’s subsidiaries) ability to incur liens, enter into sale and leaseback transactions and merge with or into other entities. As of March 31, 2022, the Company was in compliance with the provisions of all series of the outstanding senior notes. Refer to Note 8. Debt to the consolidated financial statements contained herein for additional information.

Guarantor Summarized Financial Information

As further described in Note 8. Debt to the consolidated financial statements contained herein, Aptiv PLC, Aptiv Corporation and AGFL are each potential borrowers under the Credit Agreement, under which such borrowings would be guaranteed by each of the other two entities. Aptiv PLC issued the 2015 Euro-denominated Senior Notes, 2016 Euro-denominated Senior Notes, 2016 Senior Notes, 2019 Senior Notes and 2021 Senior Notes. In February 2022, Aptiv Corporation and AGFL were added as guarantors on each series of outstanding senior notes previously issued by Aptiv PLC. AGFL was added as a joint and several co-issuer of the 2021 Senior Notes in December 2021, effective as of the date of issuance. Aptiv PLC and Aptiv Corporation jointly issued the 2022 Senior Notes, which are guaranteed by AGFL. Together, Aptiv PLC, Aptiv Corporation and AGFL comprise the “Obligor Group.” All other consolidated direct and indirect subsidiaries of Aptiv PLC are not subject to any guarantee under any series of notes outstanding (the “Non-Guarantors”). The guarantees rank equally in right of payment with all of the guarantors’ existing and future senior indebtedness, are effectively subordinated to any of their existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness and are structurally subordinated to the indebtedness of each of their existing and future subsidiaries that is not a guarantor.

The below summarized financial information is presented on a combined basis after the elimination of intercompany balances and transactions among the Obligor Group and equity in earnings from and investments in the Non-Guarantors. The below summarized financial information should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements contained herein, as the financial information may not necessarily be indicative of results of operations or financial position had the subsidiaries operated as independent entities.

The historical presentation of the summarized financial information has been revised to be consistent with the presentation of the entities that comprise the structure of the Obligor Group as of March 31, 2022.

Obligor Group
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022(in millions)
Net sales$—
Gross margin$—
Operating loss$(25)
Net loss$(78)
Net loss attributable to Aptiv$(78)
As of March 31, 2022:
Current assets (1)$8,402
Long-term assets (1)$51
Current liabilities (2)$6,321
Long-term liabilities (2)$6,719
Noncontrolling interest$—
As of December 31, 2021
Current assets (3)$6,432
Long-term assets$14
Current liabilities (2)$6,572
Long-term liabilities (2)$4,276
Noncontrolling interest$—

(1)Includes current assets of $4,097 million and long-term assets of $37 million due from Non-Guarantors as of March 31, 2022.

(2)Includes current liabilities of $6,271 million and $6,530 million, and long-term liabilities of $226 million and $226 million, due to Non-Guarantors as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

(3)Includes current assets of $4,136 million due from Non-Guarantors, which includes amounts due from affiliates of $5 million, as of December 31, 2021,

Other Financing

Receivable factoring—Aptiv maintains a €450 million European accounts receivable factoring facility that is available on a committed basis and allows for factoring of receivables denominated in both Euros and U.S. dollars (“USD”). This facility is accounted for as short-term debt and borrowings are subject to the availability of eligible accounts receivable. Collateral is not required related to these trade accounts receivable. This facility became effective on January 1, 2021 and has a term of three years, subject to Aptiv’s right to terminate at any time with three months’ notice. After expiration of the three year term, either party can terminate with three months’ notice. Borrowings denominated in Euros under the facility bear interest at the three-month Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”) plus 0.50% and USD borrowings bear interest at two-month LIBOR plus 0.50%, with borrowings under either denomination carrying a minimum interest rate of 0.20%. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, Aptiv had no amounts drawn on the European accounts receivable factoring facility. No amounts were drawn under the European accounts receivable factoring facility during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Finance leases and other—As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, approximately $38 million and $14 million, respectively, of other debt primarily issued by certain non-U.S. subsidiaries and finance lease obligations were outstanding.

Letter of credit facilities—In addition to the letters of credit issued under the Credit Agreement, Aptiv had approximately $3 million and $3 million outstanding through other letter of credit facilities as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, primarily to support arrangements and other obligations at certain of its subsidiaries.

Cash Flows

Intra-month cash flow cycles vary by region, but in general we are users of cash through the first half of the month and we generate cash during the latter half of the month. Due to this cycle of cash flows, we may utilize short-term financing, including our Revolving Credit Facility and European accounts receivable factoring facility, to manage our intra-month working capital needs. Our cash balance typically peaks at month end.

We utilize a combination of strategies, including dividends, cash pooling arrangements, intercompany loan structures and other distributions and advances, to provide the funds necessary to meet our global liquidity needs. We utilize a global cash pooling arrangement to consolidate and manage our global cash balances, which enables us to efficiently move cash into and out of a number of the countries in which we operate.

Operating activities—Net cash used in operating activities totaled $202 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and net cash provided by operating activities totaled $252 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Cash flows used in operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2022 consisted primarily of net earnings of $90 million, increased by $199 million for non-cash charges for depreciation, amortization and pension costs, offset by $560 million related to changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of restructuring and pension contributions. Cash flows provided by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2021 consisted primarily of net earnings of $300 million, increased by $203 million for non-cash charges for depreciation, amortization and pension costs, partially offset by $328 million related to changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of restructuring and pension contributions.

Investing activities—Net cash used in investing activities totaled $465 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, as compared to $134 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The increase in usage is primarily attributable to $220 million paid for business acquisitions and other transactions and increased capital expenditures of $113 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Financing activities—Net cash provided by financing activities totaled $2,411 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and net cash used in financing activities totaled $77 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Cash flows provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2022 primarily included net proceeds of $2,472 million received from the issuance of the 2022 Senior Notes, partially offset by $16 million of MCPS dividend payments. Cash flows used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2021 included $16 million in repayments under debt agreements and $16 million of MCPS dividend payments.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not engage in any off-balance sheet financial arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a material current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

Contingencies and Environmental Matters

The information concerning contingencies, including environmental contingencies and the amount currently held in reserve for environmental matters, contained in Note 10. Commitments and Contingencies to the unaudited consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report is incorporated herein by reference.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

The information concerning recently issued accounting pronouncements contained in Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies to the unaudited consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report is incorporated herein by reference.

Critical Accounting Estimates

There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting estimates during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

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