Trimble 10-Q 2023-03-31

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

Commission file number: 001-14845

TRIMBLE INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

10368 Westmoor Drive, Westminster, CO 80021

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(720) 887-6100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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 ý 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 ý 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 definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

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 ý

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

As of April 28, 2023, there were 247,746,800 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding.

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SPECIAL NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which are subject to the “safe harbor” created by those sections. These statements include, among other things:

• potential weakness and uncertainties in the US and global macroeconomic outlook, including slowing growth, inflationary pressures, and increases in interest rates, which may affect demand for our products and services and adversely affect our results of operations;

• potential impact of volatility and conflict in the political and economic environment, including the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine and related sanctions and the direct and indirect impact on our business;

• the pace at which our dealers work through their inventories;

• our expectation that inventory levels will normalize as the impact of dealer inventories moving towards lower levels due to improved product lead times and macroeconomic concerns stabilize;

• our belief that inflationary cost pressures will diminish over time as supply chain conditions continue to normalize;

• fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;

• seasonal fluctuations in our hardware revenue, sales to U.S. governmental agencies, longer ordering, lead times and less flexibility to adapt to changes in product mix demand, and expectations that we will experience less seasonality in the future;

• the portion of our revenue expected to come from sales to customers located in countries outside of the U.S.;

• our plans to continue to invest in research and development to actively develop and introduce new products and to deliver targeted solutions to the markets we serve;

• a continued shift in revenue towards a more significant mix of software and recurring revenue, including subscription, maintenance and support, and services revenue;

• our belief that increases in recurring revenue, including from our software and subscription solutions, will provide us with enhanced business visibility over time;

• our growth strategy, including our focus on historically underserved large markets, the relative importance of organic growth versus strategic acquisitions, and the reasons that we acquire businesses;

• any anticipated benefits to us from our acquisitions, including the Transporeon acquisition, and our ability to successfully integrate the acquired businesses;

• the impact of indebtedness we incurred in connection with the acquisition of Transporeon on our results of operations and financial condition;

• our belief that our cash and cash equivalents, together with borrowings under the commitments for our credit facilities and senior notes, will be sufficient in the foreseeable future to meet our anticipated operating cash needs, debt service, and planned capital expenditures;

• our belief that our gross unrecognized tax benefits will not materially change in the next twelve months;

• our discretion to conduct, suspend, or discontinue our stock repurchase program subject to the discretion of our management; and

• our commitments to environmental, social, and governance matters.

The forward-looking statements regarding future events and the future results of Trimble Inc. (“the Company” or “we” or “our” or “us”) are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the industries in which we operate, and the beliefs and assumptions of our management. Discussions containing such forward-looking statements may be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of this report. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, levels of activity, performance, achievements, and events to differ materially from those implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to those discussed in this report under the section entitled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere, and in other reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), specifically the most recent Form 10-K for 2022 (the “2022 Form 10-K”) and in other reports we file with the SEC, each as it may be amended from time to time. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this report. We reserve the right to update these forward-looking statements for any reason, including the occurrence of material events, but assume no duty to update these statements to reflect subsequent events.

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TRIMBLE INC.

FORM 10-Q for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2023

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

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TRIMBLE INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)

See accompanying Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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TRIMBLE INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(UNAUDITED)

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates during the first quarter of 2023. For a complete discussion of our critical accounting policies and estimates, refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of the 2022 Form 10-K.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

For a summary of recent accounting pronouncements applicable to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, refer to Note 1 “Overview and Accounting Policies” of this report.

EXECUTIVE LEVEL OVERVIEW

We are a leading provider of technology solutions that enable professionals and field mobile workers to improve or transform their work processes. Our comprehensive work process solutions are used across a range of industries including architecture, building construction, civil engineering, geospatial, survey and mapping, agriculture, natural resources, utilities, transportation, and government. Our representative customers include construction owners, contractors, engineering and construction firms, surveying companies, farmers and agricultural companies, energy and utility companies, trucking companies, and state, federal, and municipal governments.

Our growth strategy is centered on multiple elements:

• Executing on our Connect and Scale strategy;

*•*Increasing focus on software and services;

• Focus on attractive markets with significant growth and profitability potential;

• Domain knowledge and technological innovation that benefits a diverse customer base;

• Geographic expansion with a localization strategy;

• Optimized go-to-market strategies to best access our markets;

• Strategic acquisitions;

• Venture fund investments; and

• Sustainability.

Our focus on these growth drivers has led over time to growth in revenue and profitability and an increasingly diversified business model. We continue to experience a shift toward a more significant mix of recurring revenue as demonstrated by our success in driving annualized recurring revenue (“ARR”) of $1,648.1 million, which represents growth of 12% year-over-year at the end of the first quarter of 2023. Excluding the impact of foreign currency, acquisitions, and divestitures, ARR organic growth was 13%. This shift toward recurring revenue has positively impacted our revenue mix and growth over time and is leading to improved visibility in our businesses. As our solutions have expanded, our go-to-market model has also evolved with a balanced mix between direct, distribution, and OEM customers as well as an increasing number of enterprise-level customer relationships. In our Resources and Utilities segment, we are currently in the process of further building out our agriculture independent dealer network.

Throughout this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, we refer to organic revenue growth, which is a non-GAAP measure. For a full definition of ARR, organic ARR, and organic revenue growth as used in this discussion and analysis, refer to the “Supplemental Disclosure of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Annualized Recurring Revenue” found later in this Item 2.

Impact of Recent Events on Our Business

Macroeconomic conditions, including geopolitical tensions, such as the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine and related sanctions, exchange rate and interest rate volatility, and inflationary pressures, will continue to evolve globally. In the first quarter of 2023, our organic hardware sales declined and bookings moderated as dealers moved towards lower levels of inventories due to improved product lead times and macroeconomic concerns. Geospatial, Buildings and Infrastructure, and Resources and Utilities all had strong hardware sales in the prior year. Amid macroeconomic concerns, the greatest revenue decline was in Europe.

Supply Chain

Due to extended component lead times, we have made binding commitments over a longer horizon for certain components, and this has increased our inventory levels. Although we do expect inventory levels to normalize, macroeconomic conditions, including rising interest rates, could negatively impact the timing of inventory normalization.

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Foreign Currency Fluctuations

We generate over half of our revenue from sales to customers outside of the U.S. In the first quarter of 2023, due to the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, year-over-year unfavorable foreign currency impacts on revenue and operating income were $15.7 million or 1% and $4.5 million or 3%.

Interest Rates Fluctuations

The global inflation rate has risen sharply, and interest rates are rising in an effort to curb inflation. These macroeconomic conditions have had and are expected to have a negative impact on our results of operations. Additionally, we may experience higher borrowing costs on variable-rate debt. In the second quarter of 2023, we borrowed $1.2 billion of variable-rate debt in conjunction with the Transporeon acquisition.

Acquisitions and Divestitures

We acquire businesses that align with our long-term growth strategies including our strategic product roadmap and, conversely, we divest certain business that no longer fit those strategies.

Subsequent to the first quarter of 2023, on April 3, 2023, we acquired all of the outstanding shares of Transporeon, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately €1.9 billion or $2.1 billion. Transporeon, a Germany-based company, is a leading cloud-based transportation management software platform that connects key stakeholders across the industry lifecycle to positively impact the optimization of global supply chains, in alignment with our Connect and Scale strategy. Transporeon will be reported in our Transportation segment. We will include the financial results of Transporeon in our Consolidated Financial Statements beginning in the second quarter of 2023. See Note 12 “Subsequent Events” of this report for details.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

The following table shows revenue by category, gross margin and gross margin as a percentage of revenue, operating income and operating income as a percentage of revenue, diluted earnings per share, and annualized recurring revenue compared for the periods indicated:

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We are exposed to market risk related to changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. We use certain derivative financial instruments to manage these risks. We do not use derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes. All financial instruments are used in accordance with policies approved by our board of directors.

Market Interest Rate Risk

Our cash equivalents consisted primarily of interest and non-interest bearing bank deposits as well as bank time deposits. The main objective of these instruments is safety of principal and liquidity while maximizing return, without significantly increasing risk. Due to the nature of our cash equivalents, that they are readily convertible to cash, we do not anticipate any material effect on our portfolio due to fluctuations in interest rates.

In the second quarter of 2023, we borrowed $1.2 billion in conjunction with the Transporeon acquisition, which consisted of $1.0 billion of term loans under the 2022 Term Loan Credit Agreement and $225.0 million under the 2022 Credit Facility, as amended. As a result, we are exposed to market risk due to the possibility of changing interest rates. While not predictive, a hypothetical 50 basis point increase in interest rates on our variable-rate debt would result in an increase of approximately $6.2 million in annual interest expense.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

We operate in international markets, which expose us to market risk associated with foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations between the U.S. Dollar and various foreign currencies, the most significant of which is the Euro. In addition, volatile market conditions could result in changes in exchange rates.

Historically, the majority of our revenue contracts are denominated in U.S. Dollars, with the most significant exception being Europe, where we invoice primarily in Euro. Additionally, a portion of our expenses, primarily the cost to manufacture, cost of personnel to deliver technical support on our products and professional services, sales and sales support, and research and development are denominated in foreign currencies, primarily the Euro.

Revenue resulting from selling in local currencies and costs incurred in local currencies are exposed to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, which can affect our operating income. As exchange rates vary, operating income may differ from expectations. In the first quarter of 2023, unfavorable impacts from foreign currency exchange rates were $15.7 million on revenue and $4.5 million on operating income.

We enter into foreign currency forward contracts to minimize the short-term impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on cash, debt, and certain trade and intercompany receivables and payables, primarily denominated in Euro, New Zealand Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Brazilian Real, and British Pound. These contracts reduce the exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rate movements, as the gains and losses associated with foreign currency balances are generally offset with the gains and losses on the forward contracts. We occasionally enter into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge the purchase price of some of our larger business acquisitions. In connection with the acquisition of Transporeon, we entered into foreign currency exchange rate contracts to minimize foreign currency fluctuations on the €1.9 billion purchase price.

Our foreign currency contracts are marked-to-market through earnings every period and generally range in maturity from one to two months, or from four to six months for acquisitions. We do not enter into foreign currency contracts for trading purposes. Foreign currency forward contracts outstanding at the end of the first quarter of 2023 and at the end of 2022 are summarized as follows (in millions):

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(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

The management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

(b) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.

There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, we are involved in litigation arising out of the ordinary course of our business. There are no material legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, to which we or any of our subsidiaries is a party or of which any of our or our subsidiaries' property is subject.

There have been no material changes to our risk factor disclosures since our 2022 Form 10-K. The risk factors described in the 2022 Form 10-K are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, or operating results.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

(a) None.

(b) None.

(c) None.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

None.

None.

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We have filed, or incorporated into the Report by reference, the exhibits listed on the accompanying Index to Exhibits immediately preceding the signature page of this report.

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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.

DATE: May 3, 2023