Aptiv 10-Q 2024-03-31
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
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| ☒ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024
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| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to .
Commission file number: 001-35346
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APTIV PLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Jersey | 98-1029562 | |||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
5 Hanover Quay
Grand Canal Dock
Dublin, D02 VY79, Ireland
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) 353-1-259-7013
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) N/A
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
| Ordinary Shares, $0.01 par value per share | APTV | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
| 2.396% Senior Notes due 2025 | APTV | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
| 1.500% Senior Notes due 2025 | APTV | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
| 1.600% Senior Notes due 2028 | APTV | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
| 4.350% Senior Notes due 2029 | APTV | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
| 3.250% Senior Notes due 2032 | APTV | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
| 4.400% Senior Notes due 2046 | APTV | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
| 5.400% Senior Notes due 2049 | APTV | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
| 3.100% Senior Notes due 2051 | APTV | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
| 4.150% Senior Notes due 2052 | APTV | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||||||||||||||||
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||||||||||||||||
| Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
The number of the registrant’s ordinary shares outstanding, $0.01 par value per share as of April 26, 2024, was 272,062,381.
APTIV PLC
INDEX
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
APTIV PLC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions, except per share amounts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 4,901 | $ | 4,818 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | 4,023 | 4,058 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 366 | 342 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization | 54 | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Restructuring (Note 7) | 39 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 4,482 | 4,470 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating income | 419 | 348 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (65) | (67) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense), net (Note 16) | 15 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Income before income taxes and equity loss | 369 | 280 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense (Note 11) | (76) | (34) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Income before equity loss | 293 | 246 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Equity loss, net of tax | (69) | (82) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | 224 | 164 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest | — | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to Aptiv | 218 | 162 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mandatory convertible preferred share dividends (Note 12) | — | (16) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders | $ | 218 | $ | 146 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Basic net income per share: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic net income per share attributable to ordinary shareholders | $ | 0.79 | $ | 0.54 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average number of basic shares outstanding | 275.19 | 271.01 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted net income per share (Note 12): | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted net income per share attributable to ordinary shareholders | $ | 0.79 | $ | 0.54 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average number of diluted shares outstanding | 275.31 | 271.17 |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
APTIV PLC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Unaudited)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 224 | $ | 164 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive (loss) income: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency translation adjustments | (71) | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Net change in unrecognized gain on derivative instruments, net of tax (Note 14) | 15 | 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive (loss) income | (56) | 111 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive income | 168 | 275 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest | (2) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive income attributable to Aptiv | $ | 165 | $ | 271 |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
APTIV PLC
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
| March 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||
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| ASSETS | |||||||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 941 | $ | 1,640 | |||||||
| Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $49 million and $52 million, respectively (Note 2) | 3,652 | 3,546 | |||||||||
| Inventories (Note 3) | 2,371 | 2,365 | |||||||||
| Other current assets (Note 4) | 727 | 696 | |||||||||
| Total current assets | 7,691 | 8,247 | |||||||||
| Long-term assets: | |||||||||||
| Property, net | 3,764 | 3,785 | |||||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 530 | 540 | |||||||||
| Investments in affiliates (Note 21) | 1,363 | 1,443 | |||||||||
| Intangible assets, net (No |
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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, 2024. This discussion should be read in conjunction with Item 1. Financial Statements. Our MD&A is presented in eight sections:
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Executive Overview
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Consolidated Results of Operations
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Results of Operations by Segment
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
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Contingencies and Environmental Matters
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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
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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. The Company’s ordinary shares are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “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, 2024 were $4.9 billion, an increase of 2% compared to the same period of 2023. Our volumes increased 1% for the three months ended March 31, 2024, which reflects volume growth primarily in China and North America, despite decreased global automotive production of 1% (down 1% on an Aptiv weighted market basis, which represents global vehicle production weighted to the geographic regions in which the Company generates its revenue, “AWM”).
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 conditions improve.
Trends, Uncertainties and Opportunities
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 9% (10% on an AWM basis) from 2022 to 2023, reflecting increased vehicle production of 13% in Europe, 10% in China, 9% in North America and flat production in South America, our smallest region. Compared to 2023, vehicle production for the three months ended March 31, 2024 decreased by 1% (down 1% on an AWM basis).
On September 15, 2023, several of our largest customers’ collective bargaining agreements with the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (the “UAW”) expired and the UAW subsequently went on strike against General Motors (“GM”), Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) and Stellantis N.V. (“Stellantis”) in the United States (“U.S.”), causing work stoppages at certain of these customers’ vehicle production and parts distribution facilities, which lasted approximately six weeks. Aptiv’s estimated total indirect and direct adverse impacts of these labor strikes to revenue during the second half of 2023 were approximately $180 million. Refer to Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors of our 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K for further discussion of the risks related to significant disruptions at our or our customers’ manufacturing facilities.
Economic volatility or weakness in North America, Europe, China or, to a lesser extent, 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. Global inflationary pressures have, at times, both reduced consumer demand for automotive vehicles and increased the price of inputs to our products, which has adversely impacted our profitability, and this trend may continue in 2024. 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.
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 European Union (the “E.U.”), the U.S. and other nations implemented broad economic sanctions against Russia. These countries may impose further sanctions and take other actions as the situation continues.
Given the sanctions put in place by the E.U., U.S. and other governments, which restrict our ability to conduct business in Russia, we initiated a plan in the second quarter of 2022 to exit our 51% owned subsidiary in Russia, which was reported within the Signal and Power Solutions segment. On May 30, 2023, the Company completed the sale of its entire interest in the Russian subsidiary to JSC Samara
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Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
There have been no material changes to the information concerning our exposures to market risk as stated in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. As described in the Form 10-K, we have currency exposures related to buying, selling and financing in currencies other than the local functional currencies in which we operate (“transactional exposure”). We also have currency exposures related to the translation of the financial statements of our non-U.S. subsidiaries that use the local currency as their functional currency into U.S. dollars, the Company’s reporting currency (“translational exposure”). As described in Note 14. Derivatives and Hedging Activities to the unaudited consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report, to manage this risk the Company designates certain qualifying instruments as net investment hedges of certain non-U.S. subsidiaries. The effective portion of the gains or losses on instruments designated as net investment hedges are recognized within the cumulative translation adjustment component of OCI to offset changes in the value of the net investment in these foreign currency-denominated operations.
Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives.
As of March 31, 2024, the Company’s management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated, for disclosure purposes, the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that the desired control objectives were achieved as of March 31, 2024.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no material changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting during the three months ended March 31, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are from time to time subject to various actions, claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings incidental to our business, including those arising out of alleged defects, alleged breaches of contracts, competition and antitrust matters, product warranties, intellectual property matters, personal injury claims and employment-related matters. For a description of risks related to various legal proceedings and claims, see Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. For a description of our outstanding material legal proceedings, see Note 10. Commitments and Contingencies to the unaudited consolidated financial statements included in this report.
Item 1A. RISK FACTORS
There have been no material changes in risk factors for the Company in the period covered by this report. For information regarding factors that could affect the Company’s results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, see the risk factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
A summary of our ordinary shares repurchased during the three months ended March 31, 2024, is shown below:
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased (1) | Average Price Paid per Share (2) | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Program (in millions) (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| January 1, 2024 to January 31, 2024 | — | $ | — | — | $ | 1,615 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| February 1, 2024 to February 29, 2024 | 6,712,315 | $ | 81.93 | 6,712,315 | $ | 1,065 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| March 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024 | 635,095 | $ | 78.73 | 635,095 | $ | 1,015 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 7,347,410 | $ | 81.66 | 7,347,410 |
| (1) | The total number of shares purchased under the plans authorized by the Board of Directors are described below. | ||||
| (2) | Excluding commissions. | ||||
| (3) | In January 2019, the Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $2.0 billion. This program follows the completion of the previously announced share repurchase program of $1.5 billion, which was approved by the Board of Directors in April 2016. The timing of repurchases is dependent on price, market conditions and applicable regulatory requirements. |
Item 5. OTHER INFORMATION
Securities Trading Plans of Executive Officers and Directors
Transactions in our securities by our executive officers and directors are required to be made in accordance with our insider trading policy, which, among other things, requires that the transactions be in accordance with applicable U.S. federal securities laws that prohibit trading while in possession of material nonpublic information. Our insider trading policy permits our executive officers and directors to enter into trading plans in accordance with Rule 10b5-1.
The following table describes contracts, instructions or written plans for the sale or purchase of our securities adopted by our executive officers and directors during the first quarter of 2024, each of which is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c), referred to as Rule 10b5-1 trading plans.
| Name and Title | Action | Date of Adoption of Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan | Scheduled Expiration Date of Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan (1) | Aggregate Number of Securities/Dollar Value to be Purchased or Sold | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allan J. Brazier Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | Adoption | 2/1/2024 | 12/31/2024 | Sale of up to 7,513 ordinary shares | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| William T. Presley Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer | Adoption | 2/5/2024 | 1/31/2025 | Sale of up to 7,560 ordinary shares | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nancy E. Cooper Director | Adoption | 3/14/2024 | 12/31/2024 | Sale of up to $60,000 |
(1)In each case, a trading plan may also expire on such earlier dates as all transactions under the trading plan are completed.
During the first quarter of 2024, no executive officer or director of the Company adopted, modified or terminated any non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement (as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K).
Item 6. EXHIBITS
| Exhibit Number | Description | |||||||
| 10.1 | Aptiv PLC 2024 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement dated March 11, 2024)+ | |||||||
| 10.2 | Offer letter for Obed D. Louissaint, dated October 20, 2022*+ | |||||||
| 22 | List of Guarantor Subsidiaries* | |||||||
| 31.1 | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer* | |||||||
| 31.2 | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer* | |||||||
| 32.1 | Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002* | |||||||
| 32.2 | Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002* | |||||||
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- Filed herewith.
+ Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
Filed electronically with the Report.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| APTIV PLC | ||||||||
| /s/ Joseph R. Massaro | ||||||||
| By: Joseph R. Massaro | ||||||||
| Vice Chairman, Business Operations and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
Dated: May 2, 2024