UNITED STATES
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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Commission File Number 0-25150
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3333 West Good Hope Road, Milwaukee, WI 53209
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(414) 247-3333
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION
FORM 10-Q
March 31, 2019
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Part I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
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Item 1 |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income |
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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Part II - OTHER INFORMATION |
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Item 1 |
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Item 1A |
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Item 4 |
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PROSPECTIVE INFORMATION
A number of the matters and subject areas discussed in this Form 10-Q contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “would,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “planned,” “potential,” “should,” “will,” and “could,” or the negative of these terms or words of similar meaning. These include statements regarding expected future financial results, product offerings, global expansion, liquidity needs, financing ability, planned capital expenditures, management’s or the Company’s expectations and beliefs, and similar matters discussed in this Form 10-Q. The discussion of such matters and subject areas contained herein is qualified by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations generally, and also may materially differ from the Company’s actual future experience.
The Company’s business, operations and financial performance are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could result in material differences in actual results from the Company’s current expectations. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions, in particular relating to the automotive industry, consumer demand for the Company’s and its customers’ products, competitive and technological developments, customer purchasing actions, changes in warranty provisions and customers’ product recall policies, foreign currency fluctuations, uncertainties stemming from U.S. trade policies, tariffs and reactions to same from foreign countries, costs of operations, the volume and scope of product returns and warranty claims and other matters described in the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Form 10-K report filed on September 6, 2018 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended July 1, 2018.
Shareholders, potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements made herein are only made as of the date of this Form 10-Q and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances occurring after the date of this Form 10-Q.
Item 1 Financial Statements
STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income
(In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)
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Net income (loss) |
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Net income (loss) attributable to STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION |
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Comprehensive Income: |
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Net income (loss) |
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Other comprehensive income, net of tax |
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Comprehensive income |
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Comprehensive income attributable to non- controlling interest |
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Comprehensive income attributable to STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION |
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Earnings (loss) per share attributable to STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION: |
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Average shares outstanding: |
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Cash dividends declared per share |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income.
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STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Current Assets: |
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Total current assets |
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Investment in joint ventures |
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
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Current Liabilities: |
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Accrued Liabilities: |
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Total current liabilities |
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Deferred income taxes |
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Common stock, authorized issued shares at March 31, 2019 and July 1, 2018 |
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Non-controlling interest |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |
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Change in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Proceeds received on sale of property, plant, and equipment |
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: |
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Cash paid during the period for: |
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Interest |
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STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Basis of Financial Statements
STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION designs, develops, manufactures and markets automotive access control products including mechanical locks and keys, electronically enhanced locks and keys, steering column and instrument panel ignition lock housings, latches, power sliding door systems, power lift gate systems, power deck lid systems, door handles and related products for primarily North American automotive customers. We also supply global automotive manufacturers through a unique strategic relationship with WITTE Automotive (“WITTE”) of Velbert, Germany, and ADAC Automotive (“ADAC”) of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Under this relationship, STRATTEC, WITTE and ADAC market the products of each company to global customers under the “VAST Automotive Group” brand name (as more fully described herein). STRATTEC products are shipped to customer locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, Korea, China and India, and we provide full service and aftermarket support for each VAST Automotive Group partner’s products. We also maintain a
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect the consolidated results of STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION, its wholly owned Mexican subsidiary, STRATTEC de Mexico, and its majority owned subsidiaries, ADAC-STRATTEC, LLC and STRATTEC POWER ACCESS LLC. STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. STRATTEC de Mexico is located in Juarez, Mexico. ADAC-STRATTEC, LLC and STRATTEC POWER ACCESS LLC have operations in El Paso, Texas and Juarez and Leon, Mexico. Equity investments in Vehicle Access Systems Technology LLC (“VAST LLC”) and SAL LLC, for which we exercise significant influence but do not control and are not the primary beneficiary, are accounted for using the equity method. VAST LLC consists primarily of
In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2019 and July 1, 2018, which have been derived from our audited financial statements, and the related unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements included herein contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring items, necessary for their fair presentation in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and in accordance with Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated.
Interim financial results are not necessarily indicative of operating results for an entire year. The information included in this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION 2018 Annual Report, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to our Form 10-K on September 6, 2018.
New Accounting Standards
In May 2014, the FASB issued an update to the accounting guidance for the recognition of revenue arising from contracts with customers. The update supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance and outlines a single comprehensive model for revenue recognition based on the principle that an entity should recognize revenue in an amount that reflects the expected consideration to be received in the exchange of goods and services. The guidance update also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts. We implemented the new standard effective July 2, 2018, the first day of our 2019 fiscal year, using the modified retrospective approach to transition to the new standard. We assessed our revenue stream based upon the provisions of our customer contracts in effect on the July 2, 2018 effective date to determine the cumulative effect of initially applying the guidance. Based on our assessment, the adoption date financial statement impact was limited to a balance sheet reclassification required to establish the contract liability concept provided for in the guidance. As such, comparative financial information for reporting periods prior to July 2, 2018 has not been restated and continues to be reported in accordance with our revenue recognition policies prior to the adoption of the new guidance. Additionally, there was
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In February 2016, the FASB issued an update to the accounting guidance for leases. The update increases the transparency and comparability among organizations by requiring lessees to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and to disclose key information about leasing arrangements. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those years. We do not expect that the adoption of this pronouncement will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In August 2016, the FASB issued an update to the accounting guidance on the classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments. The update aims to eliminate diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within those years. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In February 2018, the FASB issued guidance on the reclassification of certain tax effects from accumulated other comprehensive income. The guidance permits entities to reclassify tax effects stranded in accumulated other comprehensive income as a result of U.S. tax reform to retained earnings. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. We elected early adoption beginning effective December 30, 2018. The adoption of the guidance resulted in the reclassification of $
Derivative Instruments
We own and operate manufacturing operations in Mexico. As a result, a portion of our manufacturing costs are incurred in Mexican pesos, which causes our earnings and cash flows to fluctuate due to changes in the U.S. dollar/Mexican peso exchange rate. During the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018, we had contracts with Bank of Montreal that provided for monthly Mexican peso currency forward contracts for a portion of our estimated peso denominated operating costs. Our objective in entering into these currency forward contracts is to minimize our earnings volatility resulting from changes in exchange rates affecting the U.S. dollar cost of our Mexican operations. The Mexican peso forward contracts are not used for speculative purposes and are not designated as hedges. As a result, all currency forward contracts are recognized in our accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements at fair value and changes in the fair value are reported in current earnings as part of Other Income (Expense), net.
The following table quantifies the outstanding Mexican peso forward contracts as of March 31, 2019 (thousands of dollars, except average forward contractual exchange rates):
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Notional Amount |
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|
Average Forward Contractual Exchange Rate |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
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Buy MXP/Sell USD |
|
April 15, 2019 - June 13, 2019 |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
The fair market value of all outstanding Mexican peso forward contracts in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets was as follows (thousands of dollars):
|
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March 31, 2019 |
|
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July 1, 2018 |
|
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Not Designated as Hedging Instruments: |
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|
|
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|
|
|
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Other Current Assets (Liabilities): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mexican Peso Forward Contracts |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
The pre-tax effects of the Mexican peso forward contracts are included in Other Income (Expense), net on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income and consisted of the following (thousands of dollars):
|
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Three Months Ended |
|
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Nine Months Ended |
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|
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March 31, 2019 |
|
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April 1, 2018 |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
|
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Not Designated as Hedging Instruments: |
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|
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized Gain |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
7
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of our cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and borrowings under our credit facility approximated book value as of March 31, 2019 and July 1, 2018. Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid for a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.
The following table summarizes our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2019 (in thousands):
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Fair Value Inputs |
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Level 1 Assets: Quoted Prices In Active Markets |
|
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Level 2 Assets: Observable Inputs Other Than Market Prices |
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Level 3 Assets: Unobservable Inputs |
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Assets: |
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|
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Rabbi Trust Assets: |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Stock Index Funds: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Small Cap |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Mid Cap |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Large Cap |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
International |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Fixed Income Funds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Cash and Cash Equivalents |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
Mexican Peso Forward Contracts |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
Total Assets at Fair Value |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
— |
|
The Rabbi Trust assets fund our amended and restated supplemental executive retirement plan and are included in Other Long-term Assets in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Refer to discussion of Mexican peso forward contracts under Derivative Instruments above. The fair value of the Mexican peso forward contracts considers the remaining term, current exchange rate, and interest rate differentials between the U.S. dollar and Mexican peso. There were
Equity Earnings of Joint Ventures
We hold a one-third interest in a joint venture company, VAST LLC, with WITTE and ADAC. VAST LLC exists to seek opportunities to manufacture and sell all three companies’ products in areas of the world outside of North America and Europe. Our investment in VAST LLC, for which we exercise significant influence but do not control and are not the primary beneficiary, is accounted for using the equity method.
The following are summarized statements of operations for VAST LLC (in thousands):
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
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|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2018 |
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2018 |
|
||||
Net Sales |
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Cost of Goods Sold |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
Gross Profit |
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Engineering, Selling and Administrative Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) income From Operations |
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Income, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) Income before (Benefit) Provision for Income Taxes |
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Benefit) Provision for Income Taxes |
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income |
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
STRATTEC’s Share of VAST LLC Net Income |
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Intercompany Profit Elimination |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
STRATTEC’s Equity Earnings of VAST LLC |
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
8
We hold a
Loans were made from STRATTEC to SAL LLC in support of operating expenses and working capital needs. The outstanding loan amounts totaled $
Even though we maintain a 51 percent ownership interest in SAL LLC, effective with our fiscal 2015 fourth quarter and thereafter,
The business of SAL LLC has been wound down to sell only commercial biometric locks.
We have sales of component parts to VAST LLC and SAL LLC, purchases of component parts from VAST LLC, expenses charged to VAST LLC for engineering and accounting services and expenses charged to us from VAST LLC for general headquarters expenses.
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2018 |
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2018 |
|
|
||||
Sales to VAST LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
Sales to SAL LLC |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
Purchases from VAST LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
Expenses Charged to VAST LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
Expenses Charged from VAST LLC |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
Credit Facilities
STRATTEC has a $
Outstanding borrowings under the credit facilities were as follows (in thousands):
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
July 1, 2018 |
|
||
STRATTEC Credit Facility |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
9
Average outstanding borrowings and the weighted average interest rate under each credit facility referenced above were as follows for each period presented (in thousands):
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
Average Outstanding Borrowings |
|
|
Weighted Average Interest Rate |
|
||||||||||
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2018 |
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2018 |
|
||||
STRATTEC Credit Facility |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
% |
|
|
|
% |
ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
% |
|
|
|
% |
Commitments and Contingencies
We are from time to time subject to various legal actions and claims incidental to our business, including those arising out of alleged defects, alleged breaches of contracts, product warranties, intellectual property matters and employment related matters. It is our opinion that the outcome of such matters will not have a material adverse impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. With respect to warranty matters, although we cannot ensure that future costs of warranty claims by customers will not be material, we believe our established reserves are adequate to cover potential warranty settlements.
In 1995, we recorded a provision of $
10
Shareholders’ Equity
A summary of activity impacting shareholders’ equity for the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018 were as follows (in thousands):
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Total Shareholders’ Equity |
|
|
Common Stock |
|
|
Capital in Excess of Par Value |
|
|
Retained Earnings |
|
|
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
|
|
Treasury Stock |
|
|
Non-Controlling Interest |
|
|||||||
Balance, December 30, 2018 |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
Net Income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend Declared |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Dividend Declared – Non- controlling Interests of Subsidiaries |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Translation adjustments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Stock Based Compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Pension and Postretirement Adjustment, Net of Tax |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Stock Option Exercises |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Employee Stock Purchases |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
Balance, March 31, 2019 |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended April 1, 2018 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Total Shareholders’ Equity |
|
|
Common Stock |
|
|
Capital in Excess of Par Value |
|
|
Retained Earnings |
|
|
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
|
|
Treasury Stock |
|
|
Non-Controlling Interest |
|
|||||||
Balance, December 31, 2017 |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
Net Income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend Declared |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Dividend Declared – Non- controlling Interests of Subsidiaries |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Translation adjustments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Stock Based Compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Pension and Postretirement Adjustment, Net of Tax |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Employee Stock Purchases |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
Balance, April 1, 2018 |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
11
|
|
Nine Months Ended March 31, 2019 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Total Shareholders’ Equity |
|
|
Common Stock |
|
|
Capital in Excess of Par Value |
|
|
Retained Earnings |
|
|
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
|
|
Treasury Stock |
|
|
Non-Controlling Interest |
|
|||||||
Balance, July 1, 2018 |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
Net (Loss) Income |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend Declared |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Dividend Declared – Non- controlling Interests of Subsidiaries |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Translation adjustments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Stock Based Compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Pension and Postretirement Adjustment, Net of Tax |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Reclassification of Stranded Tax Effects |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Stock Option Exercises |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Employee Stock Purchases |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
Balance, March 31, 2019 |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended April 1, 2018 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Total Shareholders’ Equity |
|
|
Common Stock |
|
|
Capital in Excess of Par Value |
|
|
Retained Earnings |
|
|
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
|
|
Treasury Stock |
|
|
Non-Controlling Interest |
|
|||||||
Balance, July 2, 2017 |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
Net Income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend Declared |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Dividend Declared – Non- controlling Interests of Subsidiaries |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Translation adjustments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Stock Based Compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Pension and Postretirement Adjustment, Net of Tax |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Stock Option Exercises |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Employee Stock Purchases |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
Balance, April 1, 2018 |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
We generate revenue from the production of parts sold to automotive and light-truck Original Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”), or Tier 1 suppliers at the direction of the OEM, under long-term supply agreements supporting new vehicle production. Such agreements also require related production of service parts subsequent to the initial vehicle production periods. Additionally, we generate revenue from the production of parts sold in aftermarket service channels and to non-automotive commercial customers.
Revenue Recognition:
Our contracts with customers under long-term supply agreements do not commit the customer to a specified quantity of parts. However, we are generally required to fulfill our customers’ purchasing requirements for the production life of the vehicle. Contracts do not become a performance obligation until we receive either a purchase order and/or customer release for a specific number of parts at a specified price. While long-term supply agreements may range from
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Revenue is recognized at a point in time when control of the parts produced are transferred to the customer according to the terms of the contract, which is usually when the parts are shipped or delivered to the customer’s premises. Customers are generally invoiced upon shipment or delivery and payment generally occurs within
We do not have an enforceable right to payment at any time prior to when the parts are shipped or delivered to the customer. Therefore, we recognize revenue at the point in time we satisfy a performance obligation by transferring control of a part to a customer. Amounts billed to customers related to shipping and handling costs are included in Net Sales in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income. Shipping and handling costs are accounted for as fulfillment costs and are included in Cost of Goods Sold in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income.
Tooling and Pre-Production Engineering Costs Related to Long-Term Supply Arrangements:
We incur pre-production engineering and tooling costs related to the products produced for our customers under long-term supply agreements. Customer reimbursements for tooling and pre-production engineering activities that are part of a long-term supply arrangement are accounted for as a reduction of cost in accordance with ASC 340, Other Assets and Deferred Costs. Pre-production costs related to long-term supply agreements with a contractual guarantee for reimbursement are included in Other Current Assets in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. We expense all pre-production engineering costs for which reimbursement is not contractually guaranteed by the customer. All pre-production tooling costs related to customer-owned tools for which reimbursement is not contractually guaranteed by the customer or for which we do not have a non-cancelable right to use the tooling is also expensed when incurred.
Receivables, net:
Receivables, net include amounts billed and currently due from customers. We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts to provide for estimated amounts of receivables not expected to be collected. We continually assess our receivables for collectability and any allowance is recorded based upon age of the outstanding receivables, historical payment experience, customer creditworthiness and general economic conditions.
Contract Balances:
We have no material contract assets as of March 31, 2019. Contract liability balances primarily include discounts recognized as a reduction in sales at the point of revenue recognition, but which will be applied by the customer agreement after the end of the reporting period.
Balance, July 2, 2018 |
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Discounts Recorded as a Reduction in Sales |
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Payments of Discounts to Customers |
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Other |
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Balance, March 31, 2019 |
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$ |
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Revenue by Product Group and Customer:
Revenue by product group was as follows (thousands of dollars):
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Three Months Ended |
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Nine Months Ended |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
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Keys & Locksets |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Power Access |
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Door Handles & Exterior Trim |
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Driver Controls |
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Aftermarket & OE Service |
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Latches |
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Other |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Revenue by customer or customer group was as follows (thousands of dollars):
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Three Months Ended |
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Nine Months Ended |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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General Motors Company |
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Ford Motor Company |
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Tier 1 Customers |
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Commercial and Other OEM Customers |
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Hyundai / Kia |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Other Income (Expense), net
Net other income (expense) included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income primarily included foreign currency transaction gains and losses, realized and unrealized losses on our Mexican peso currency forward contracts, net periodic pension and postretirement benefit (costs) credits, other than the service cost component, related to our pension and postretirement plans and Rabbi Trust gains and losses. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses resulted from activity associated with foreign denominated assets held by our Mexican subsidiaries. We entered into the Mexican Peso currency forward contracts to minimize earnings volatility resulting from changes in exchange rates affecting the U.S. dollar cost of our Mexican operations. The Rabbi Trust assets fund our amended and restated supplemental executive retirement plan. The investments held in this Trust are considered trading securities.
The impact of these items for each of the periods presented was as follows (in thousands):
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Three Months Ended |
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Nine Months Ended |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
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Foreign Currency Transaction Loss |
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$ |
( |
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$ |
( |
) |
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$ |
( |
) |
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$ |
( |
) |
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Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Peso Forward Contracts |
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( |
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Realized Gain on Peso Forward Contracts |
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Pension and Postretirement Plans (Cost) Credit |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
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Rabbi Trust Gain (Loss) |
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( |
) |
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Other |
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( |
) |
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( |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
( |
) |
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$ |
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Income Taxes
Our income tax provision for the three and nine month periods ended April 1, 2018 were impacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“the Act”), which was signed into law on December 22, 2017 with an effective date of January 1, 2018. The Act made broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code that affected our tax provision beginning January 1, 2018, including but not limited to (1) a reduction in the U.S. statutory tax rate to
The SEC staff issued SAB 118, which provides guidance on accounting for the tax effects of the Act. SAB 118 provides a measurement period that should not extend beyond one year from the Act’s enactment date for companies to complete the accounting under ASC 740. In accordance with SAB 118, a company must reflect the income tax effects of those aspects of the Act for which the accounting under ASC 740 is complete. To the extent that a company’s accounting for certain income tax effects of the Act is incomplete but the company is able to determine a reasonable estimate, it must record a provisional estimate in the financial statements. If a company cannot determine a provisional estimate to be included in the financial statements, it should continue to apply ASC 740 on the basis of the provision of the tax laws that were in effect immediately before the enactment of the Act.
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In connection with our analysis of the impact of the Act, we recorded a discrete net tax benefit of $
The Act reduced the corporate tax rate to 21 percent, effective January 1, 2018. For certain of our net deferred tax assets, we recorded a provisional adjustment to reflect the reduction in the corporate tax rate. While we are able to make a reasonable estimate of the impact of the reduction in the corporate rate, it may be affected by other analyses related to the Act, including, but not limited to, the impact of our calculation of deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income and the impact of full expensing for certain assets.
The Deemed Repatriation Transition Tax (“Transition Tax”) is a tax on previously untaxed accumulated and current earnings and profits (E&P) of certain of our foreign subsidiaries. To determine the amount of the Transition Tax, in addition to other factors, the amount of post-1986 E&P of the relevant subsidiaries must be determined, as well as the amount of non-U.S. income taxes paid on such earnings. We were able to make a reasonable estimate of the Transition Tax and recorded a provisional Transition Tax obligation in the accompanying condensed financial statements for the nine months ended April 1, 2018. However, as of April 1, 2018, additional information needed to be gathered to more precisely compute the amount of the Transition Tax.
We were required to assess whether our valuation allowance analyses was affected by various aspects of the Act (e.g., deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income, Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) inclusions, and new categories of Foreign Tax Credits). Since, as discussed herein, we recorded provisional amounts related to certain portions of the Act, any corresponding determination of the need for, or change in, a valuation allowance was also provisional.
As of December 30, 2018, we had completed our accounting for all income tax elements of the Act. Measurement period adjustments related to the Act recorded in the nine month period ended March 31, 2019 totaled $
Our income tax provision for the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2019 were impacted by a $
Additionally, our income tax provisions for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018 were affected by the non-controlling interest portion of our pre-tax income. The non-controlling interest impacts the effective tax rate as ADAC-STRATTEC LLC and STRATTEC POWER ACCESS LLC entities are taxed as partnerships for U.S. tax purposes.
Earnings (Loss) Per Share (EPS)
Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the applicable period. Diluted earnings per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of shares of common stock plus the potential dilutive common shares outstanding during the applicable period using the treasury stock method. Potential dilutive common shares include outstanding stock options and unvested restricted stock awards.
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A reconciliation of the components of the basic and diluted per-share computations follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
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Net income |
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Shares |
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Per-Share Amount |
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Net income |
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Shares |
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Per-Share Amount |
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Basic Earnings Per Share |
$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Stock Option and Restricted Stock Awards |
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— |
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— |
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Diluted Earnings Per Share |
$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Nine Months Ended |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
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Net income |
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Shares |
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Per-Share Amount |
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Net income |
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Shares |
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Per-Share Amount |
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Basic (Loss) Earnings Per Share |
$ |
( |
) |
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$ |
( |
) |
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$ |
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$ |
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Stock Option and Restricted Stock Awards |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Diluted (Loss) Earnings Per Share |
$ |
( |
) |
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$ |
( |
) |
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$ |
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$ |
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The calculation of earnings per share excluded
Stock-based Compensation
We maintain an omnibus stock incentive plan. This plan provides for the granting of stock options, shares of restricted stock and stock appreciation rights. As of March 31, 2019, the Board of Directors had designated
Nonqualified and incentive stock options and shares of restricted stock have been granted to our officers, outside directors and specified associates under our stock incentive plan. Stock options granted under the plan may not be issued with an exercise price less than the fair market value of the common stock on the date the option is granted. Stock options become exercisable as determined at the date of grant by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The options expire
The fair value of each stock option grant was estimated as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes pricing model. The fair value of each restricted stock grant was based on the market price of the underlying common stock as of the date of grant. The resulting compensation cost for fixed awards with graded vesting schedules is amortized on a straight line basis over the vesting period for the entire award.
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A summary of stock option activity under our stock incentive plan for the nine months ended March 31, 2019 was as follows:
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Shares |
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Weighted Average Exercise Price |
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Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (years) |
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Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands) |
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Outstanding, July 1, 2018 |
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$ |
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Exercised |
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( |
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$ |
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Outstanding, March 31, 2019 |
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$ |
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3.0 |
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$ |
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Exercisable, March 31, 2019 |
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$ |
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3.0 |
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$ |
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The intrinsic value of stock options exercised and the fair value of stock options that vested during the three and nine month periods presented below were as follows (in thousands):
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Three Months Ended |
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Nine Months Ended |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
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Intrinsic Value of Options Exercised |
$ |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
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$ |
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Fair Value of Stock Options Vesting |
$ |
— |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
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A summary of restricted stock activity under our omnibus stock incentive plan for the nine months ended March 31, 2019 was as follows:
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Shares |
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Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |
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Nonvested Balance, July 1, 2018 |
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$ |
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Granted |
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$ |
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Vested |
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( |
) |
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$ |
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Forfeited |
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( |
) |
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$ |
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Nonvested Balance, March 31, 2019 |
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$ |
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As of March 31, 2019, all compensation cost related to outstanding stock options granted under our omnibus stock incentive plan has been recognized. As of March 31, 2019, there was approximately $
Pension and Postretirement Benefits
We have a qualified, noncontributory defined benefit pension plan (“Qualified Pension Plan”) covering substantially all U.S. associates employed by us prior to January 1, 2010. Effective
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We have historically had in place a noncontributory supplemental executive retirement plan (“SERP”), which prior to January 1, 2014 was a nonqualified defined benefit plan that essentially mirrored the Qualified Pension Plan, but provided benefits in excess of certain limits placed on our Qualified Pension Plan by the Internal Revenue Code. As noted above, we froze our Qualified Pension Plan effective as of December 31, 2009 and the SERP provided benefits to participants as if the Qualified Pension Plan had not been frozen. Because the Qualified Pension Plan was frozen and because new employees were not eligible to participate in the Qualified Pension Plan, our Board of Directors adopted amendments to the SERP on October 8, 2013 that were effective as of December 31, 2013 to simplify the SERP calculation. The SERP is funded through a Rabbi Trust with BMO Harris Bank N.A. Under the amended SERP, participants received an accrued lump-sum benefit as of December 31, 2013, which was credited to each participant’s account. Subsequent to December 31, 2013, each eligible participant received, and currently receives, a supplemental retirement benefit equal to the foregoing lump sum benefit, plus an annual benefit accrual equal to
We also sponsor a postretirement health care plan for all U.S. associates hired prior to June 1, 2001. The expected cost of retiree health care benefits is recognized during the years the associates who are covered under the plan render service. Effective January 1, 2010, an amendment to the postretirement health care plan limited the benefit for future eligible retirees to $
The service cost component of the net periodic benefit costs under these plans is allocated between Cost of Goods Sold and Engineering, Selling and Administrative Expenses while the remaining components of the net periodic benefit costs are included in Other Income (Expense), net in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income.
The following table summarizes the net periodic benefit cost recognized for each of the periods indicated under these plans (in thousands):
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Pension Benefits |
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Postretirement Benefits |
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Three Months Ended |
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Three Months Ended |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
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Service cost |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Interest cost |
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Expected return on plan assets |
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— |
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( |
) |
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— |
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— |
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Amortization of prior service cost (credit) |
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— |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
Amortization of unrecognized net loss |
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— |
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Net periodic benefit cost (credit) |
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$ |
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$ |
( |
) |
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$ |
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$ |
( |
) |
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Pension Benefits |
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Postretirement Benefits |
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Nine Months Ended |
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Nine Months Ended |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
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Service cost |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Interest cost |
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Expected return on plan assets |
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( |
) |
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( |
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— |
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— |
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Plan Settlements |
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( |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Amortization of prior service cost (credit) |
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— |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
Amortization of unrecognized net loss |
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Net periodic benefit (credit) cost |
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$ |
( |
) |
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$ |
( |
) |
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$ |
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$ |
( |
) |
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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The following tables summarize the changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss (“AOCL”) for each period presented (in thousands):
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Nine Months Ended March 31, 2019 |
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Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments |
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Retirement and Postretirement Benefit Plans |
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Total |
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Balance, July 1, 2018 |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications |
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— |
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Income tax |
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( |
) |
|
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— |
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( |
) |
Net other comprehensive loss before Reclassifications |
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( |
) |
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— |
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( |
) |
Reclassifications: |
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Pension Termination Settlement (A) |
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— |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
Prior service credits (A) |
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— |
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Actuarial gains (A) |
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— |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
Total reclassifications before tax |
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— |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
Income tax |
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— |
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Net reclassifications |
|
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— |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
Other comprehensive income |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
|
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( |
) |
Other comprehensive income attributable to non- controlling interest |
|
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( |
) |
|
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— |
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( |
) |
Reclassification of stranded tax effects |
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
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Balance, March 31, 2019 |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
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Nine Months Ended April 1, 2018 |
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Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments |
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Retirement and Postretirement Benefit Plans |
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Total |
|
|||
Balance, July 2, 2017 |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Income tax |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Net other comprehensive loss before Reclassifications |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
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Reclassifications: |
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Prior service credits (A) |
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— |
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Unrecognized net loss (A) |
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— |
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( |
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Total reclassifications before tax |
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— |
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Income tax |
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— |
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— |
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Other comprehensive income |
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) |
Other comprehensive loss attributable to non- controlling interest |
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— |
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Balance, April 1, 2018 |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Amounts reclassified are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost and the pension termination settlement charge, which is included in Other Income (Expense), net in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income. See Pension and Postretirement Benefits note to these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements above. |
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Item 2
STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis should be read in conjunction with STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION’s accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto and its 2018 Annual Report which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to its Form 10-K on September 6, 2018. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to quarters and years refer to fiscal quarters and fiscal years.
Outlook
During the fiscal years ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017, we experienced stronger sales demand for our components from our major North American automotive customers, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, General Motors Company and Ford Motor Company, as it relates to light trucks and both sport and car based utility vehicles in comparison to passenger cars, which was likely influenced by both lower gas prices and consumer preferences. If gas prices continue to remain flat or slightly higher over the next few years, we anticipate this consumer buying trend will continue. As we look out in calendar 2019, the current sales projections from our third party forecasting service indicate that North American light vehicle production will remain flat or slightly lower than the levels experienced during calendar year 2018.
Analysis of Results of Operations
Three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to the three months ended April 1, 2018
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Three Months Ended |
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|||||
|
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March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2018 |
|
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Net Sales (in millions) |
|
$ |
128.2 |
|
|
$ |
116.8 |
|
Net sales to each of our customers or customer groups in the current year quarter and prior year quarter were as follows (in millions):
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Three Months Ended |
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|||||
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
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|
April 1, 2018 |
|
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles |
|
$ |
29.9 |
|
|
$ |
31.3 |
|
General Motors Company |
|
|
31.0 |
|
|
|
22.4 |
|
Ford Motor Company |
|
|
15.9 |
|
|
|
18.1 |
|
Tier 1 Customers |
|
|
20.1 |
|
|
|
19.0 |
|
Commercial and Other OEM Customers |
|
|
22.8 |
|
|
|
21.7 |
|
Hyundai / Kia |
|
|
8.5 |
|
|
|
4.3 |
|
|
|
$ |
128.2 |
|
|
$ |
116.8 |
|
Sales to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles decreased in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter due to lower production volumes on the vehicles we supply. The increase in sales to General Motors Company in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter was attributed to higher sales content on models for which we supply components, in particular power access products and latches. Sales to Ford Motor Company decreased in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter due to a combination of discontinued models and lower production volumes on the vehicles for which we supply components. Sales to Tier 1 Customers increased in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter due to higher sales of our door handle and component products. Sales to Commercial and Other OEM Customers during the current year quarter increased in comparison to the prior year quarter due to increases in sales related to painted door handle programs for Volkswagen. These Commercial and Other OEM Customers, along with our Tier 1 Customers, represent purchasers of vehicle access control products, such as latches, fobs, driver controls and door handles that we have developed in recent years to complement our historic core business of locks and keys. The increase in sales to Hyundai / Kia in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter is due to higher levels of production of the Kia Sedona minivan for which we supply primarily power sliding door components.
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Three Months Ended |
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|||||
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2018 |
|
||
Cost of Goods Sold (in millions) |
|
$ |
112.5 |
|
|
$ |
101.6 |
|
Direct material costs are the most significant component of our cost of goods sold and comprised $74.5 million or 66.2 percent of our cost of goods sold in the current year quarter compared to $65.6 million or 64.5 percent of our cost of goods sold in the prior year quarter. The increase in our direct material costs between these quarters of $8.9 million or 13.6 percent was due to increased sales volumes in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter. The increase in our direct material costs as a percentage of our cost of goods sold in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter was due to increased nonconforming costs resulting from internal manufacturing process quality issues in the current quarter as compared to the prior year quarter and an increase in sales of products for certain electrical and latch programs in the current year quarter over the prior year quarter, for which the direct material content represents a more significant portion of the total cost of the product. This trend is expected to continue for the remainder of our fiscal year 2019.
The remaining components of our cost of goods sold consist of labor and overhead costs which increased $2.0 million or 5.6 percent to $38.0 million in the current year quarter from $36.0 million in the prior year quarter as the variable portion of these costs increased due to the increase in sales volumes between the three month periods. Additionally, an increase in the Mexican minimum wage for our Mexican workforce effective January 1, 2019 and higher than expected production costs at our door handle paint and assembly facility in Leon, Mexico, increased costs in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter. These cost increases were partially offset by a favorable product sales mix, which included increased sales of our door handle and exterior trim and power access products, and the impact of a favorable Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate affecting our operations in Mexico. The U.S. dollar value of our Mexican operations was favorably impacted by approximately $472,000 in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter due to a favorable Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate between these quarterly periods. The average U.S. dollar / Mexican peso exchange rate increased to approximately 19.28 pesos to the dollar in the current year quarter from approximately 18.75 pesos to the dollar in the prior year quarter.
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Three Months Ended |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
|
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Gross Profit (in millions) |
|
$ |
15.7 |
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|
$ |
15.2 |
|
Gross Profit as a percentage of net sales |
|
|
12.2 |
% |
|
|
13.0 |
% |
Gross profit dollars increased in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter as a result of an increase in sales partially offset by an increase in cost of goods sold, as discussed above. Gross profit as a percentage of net sales decreased between periods. The current quarter gross profit as a percentage of net sales was negatively impacted by an increase in the Mexican minimum wage and higher than expected production costs at our door handle paint and assembly facility in Leon, Mexico, as well as lower gross profit margins on products associated with certain new electrical, latch and lockset programs, which were implemented during the twelve month period ending March 31, 2019. The lower gross margins associated with these programs is the result of competitive pricing. These unfavorable impacts were partially offset by the impact of a favorable product sales mix and a favorable Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate impacting the U.S. dollar value of our Mexican operations, as discussed above.
Engineering, selling and administrative expenses in the current year quarter and prior year quarter were as follows:
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Three Months Ended |
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
|
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Expenses (in millions) |
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$ |
11.7 |
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|
$ |
10.8 |
|
Expenses as a percentage of net sales |
|
|
9.1 |
% |
|
|
9.3 |
% |
Engineering, selling and administrative expenses in the current year quarter increased in comparison to the prior year quarter as a result of higher outside expenditures on new product development costs associated with utilizing third party vendors for a portion of our development work. The expenses decreased as a percentage of net sales due to the increase in sales between quarters as previously discussed.
Income from operations was $4.0 million in the current year quarter compared to $4.4 million in the prior year quarter as an increase in engineering, selling and administrative expenses was partially offset by an increase in gross margin dollars, all as discussed above.
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The equity earnings (loss) of joint ventures was comprised of the following in the current year quarter and prior year quarter (in thousands):
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Three Months Ended |
|
|||||
|
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March 31, 2019 |
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April 1, 2018 |
|
||
Vehicle Access Systems Technology LLC |
|
$ |
25 |
|
|
$ |
703 |
|
STRATTEC Advanced Logic, LLC |
|
|
41 |
|
|
|
(84 |
) |
|
|
$ |
66 |
|
|
$ |
619 |
|
Lower profitability of our Vehicle Access Systems Technology LLC (“VAST LLC”) joint ventures is due to lower net sales and higher development costs for new programs at our VAST China operation and start-up costs for our new plant operation in Jingzhou, China. Our VAST LLC joint venture in Brazil continues to report losses due to our limited amount of business in that region. STRATTEC is not the primary beneficiary and does not control STRATTEC Advanced Logic, LLC (“SAL LLC”). Accordingly, our investment in SAL LLC is accounted for using the equity method. During all periods presented in this report, 100 percent of the funding for SAL LLC was being made through loans from STRATTEC to SAL LLC. Therefore, during all periods presented in this report, even though STRATTEC maintains a 51 percent ownership interest in SAL LLC, STRATTEC recognized 100 percent of the losses of SAL LLC up to our committed financial support. The business of SAL LLC has been wound down to sell only commercial biometric locks.
Included in Other Income (Expense), net in the current year quarter and prior year quarter were the following items (in thousands):
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|||||
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2018 |
|
||
Foreign Currency Transaction Loss |
|
$ |
(192 |
) |
|
$ |
(592 |
) |
Unrealized Gain on Peso Forward Contracts |
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
392 |
|
Realized Gain on Peso Forward Contracts |
|
|
122 |
|
|
|
322 |
|
Pension and Postretirement Plans (Cost) Credit |
|
|
(27 |
) |
|
|
111 |
|
Rabbi Trust Gain (Loss) |
|
|
257 |
|
|
|
(14 |
) |
Other |
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
(61 |
) |
|
|
$ |
209 |
|
|
$ |
158 |
|
Foreign currency transaction losses during the current year quarter and prior year quarter resulted from activity associated with foreign denominated assets held by our Mexican subsidiaries. We entered into the Mexican peso currency forward contracts to minimize earnings volatility resulting from changes in exchange rates affecting the U.S. dollar cost of our Mexican operations. Unrealized gains and losses on the peso forward contracts recognized as a result of mark-to-market adjustments as of March 31, 2019 may or may not be realized in future periods, depending on the actual Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rates experienced during the balance of the contract period. Pension and postretirement plan impacts include the components of net periodic benefit cost other than the service cost component. Our Rabbi Trust assets fund our amended and restated supplemental executive retirement plan. The investments held in the Trust are considered trading securities.
Income Taxes
Our income tax provision for the three month period ended April 1, 2018 was impacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“the Act”), which was signed into law on December 22, 2017 with an effective date of January 1, 2018. The Act made broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code that affected our tax provision beginning January 1, 2018, including but not limited to (1) a reduction in the U.S. statutory tax rate to 21 percent following its effective date and a change in the measurement of our deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities resulting from the reduction in the statutory rate, (2) requiring a one-time transition tax on certain deemed repatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries that is payable over eight years, and (3) bonus depreciation that will allow for full expensing of qualified property. Section 15 of the Internal Revenue Code stipulates that for our fiscal year ended July 1, 2018, a blended statutory corporate tax rate of 28% was applicable, which was based on the applicable statutory rates before and after the effective date of the Act and the number of days in our fiscal year.
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The SEC staff issued SAB 118, which provides guidance on accounting for the tax effects of the Act. SAB 118 provides a measurement period that should not extend beyond one year from the Act’s enactment date for companies to complete the accounting under ASC 740. In accordance with SAB 118, a company must reflect the income tax effects of those aspects of the Act for which the accounting under ASC 740 is complete. To the extent that a company’s accounting for certain income tax effects of the Act is incomplete but the company is able to determine a reasonable estimate, it must record a provisional estimate in the financial statements. If a company cannot determine a provisional estimate to be included in the financial statements, it should continue to apply ASC 740 on the basis of the provision of the tax laws that were in effect immediately before the enactment of the Act.
In connection with our analysis of the impact of the Act, we recorded a discrete net tax benefit of $309,000 for the three month period ended April 1, 2018. This net tax benefit primarily consisted of (1) the impact of the change in measurement of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, (2) the one-time transition tax on non-previously taxed post 1986 accumulated foreign earnings, and (3) the impact of changing our annualized effective tax rate. For various reasons that are discussed more fully below, we did not complete our accounting for the income tax effects for certain elements of the Act as of December 31, 2017. However, we were able to make reasonable estimates of certain effects and, therefore, recorded provisional adjustments of these elements during the three month period ended December 31, 2017. We identified these items as provisional since our analysis of the items was not complete.
The Act reduced the corporate tax rate to 21 percent, effective January 1, 2018. For certain of our net deferred tax assets, we recorded a provisional adjustment to reflect the reduction in the corporate tax rate. While we are able to make a reasonable estimate of the impact of the reduction in the corporate rate, it may be affected by other analyses related to the Act, including, but not limited to, the impact of our calculation of deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income and the impact of full expensing for certain assets.
The Deemed Repatriation Transition Tax (“Transition Tax”) is a tax on previously untaxed accumulated and current earnings and profits (E&P) of certain of our foreign subsidiaries. To determine the amount of the Transition Tax, in addition to other factors, the amount of post-1986 E&P of the relevant subsidiaries must be determined, as well as the amount of non-U.S. income taxes paid on such earnings. We were able to make a reasonable estimate of the Transition Tax and recorded a provisional Transition Tax obligation in the accompanying condensed financial statements for the three months ended December 31, 2017. However, as of December 31, 2017, additional information needed to be gathered to more precisely compute the amount of the Transition Tax.
We were required to assess whether our valuation allowance analyses was affected by various aspects of the Act (e.g., deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income, Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) inclusions, and new categories of Foreign Tax Credits). Since, as discussed herein, we recorded provisional amounts related to certain portions of the Act, any corresponding determination of the need for, or change in, a valuation allowance was also provisional.
As of December 30, 2018, we had completed our accounting for all income tax elements of the Act. No measurement period adjustments related to the Act were recorded in the three month period ended March 31, 2019.
Our income tax provision for the three month periods ended March 31, 2019 was impacted by a reduction in the expected effective tax rate as compared to the prior year period. The expected annual effective tax rate between our fiscal 2019 and 2018 years decreased to approximately 10.7 percent as of March 2019 from approximately 20.6 percent as of March 2018 due to the reduction in the U.S. statutory rate between years and changes in the U.S. taxation of non-U.S. earnings.
Additionally, our income tax provisions for the three month periods ended March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018 were affected by the non-controlling interest portion of our pre-tax income. The non-controlling interest impacts the effective tax rate as ADAC-STRATTEC LLC and STRATTEC POWER ACCESS LLC entities are taxed as partnerships for U.S. tax purposes.
Nine months ended March 31, 2019 compared to the nine months ended April 1, 2018
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|||||
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2018 |
|
||
Net Sales (in millions) |
|
$ |
358.3 |
|
|
$ |
322.5 |
|
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Net sales to each of our customers or customer groups in the current year period and prior year period were as follows (in millions):
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|||||
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2018 |
|
||
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles |
|
$ |
85.8 |
|
|
$ |
77.4 |
|
General Motors Company |
|
|
80.1 |
|
|
|
64.2 |
|
Ford Motor Company |
|
|
47.6 |
|
|
|
49.5 |
|
Tier 1 Customers |
|
|
56.4 |
|
|
|
51.3 |
|
Commercial and Other OEM Customers |
|
|
65.2 |
|
|
|
59.3 |
|
Hyundai / Kia |
|
|
23.2 |
|
|
|
20.8 |
|
|
|
$ |
358.3 |
|
|
$ |
322.5 |
|
Sales to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles increased in the current year period as compared to the prior year period due to higher product content on the components we supply on certain vehicles, in particular the Ram pickup truck. The increase in sales to General Motors Company in the current year period as compared to the prior year period was attributed to higher vehicle production volumes and content on models for which we supply components, in particular power access products and latches. Sales to Ford Motor Company decreased in the current year period as compared to the prior year period due to a combination of discontinued models and lower production volumes on the vehicles for which we supply components. Sales to Tier 1 Customers increased in the current year period as compared to the prior year period due to higher production volumes of our door handle and component products. Sales to Commercial and Other OEM Customers during the current year period increased in comparison to the prior year period due to new door handle customer programs at Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc. and Volkswagen. These Commercial and Other OEM Customers, along with our Tier 1 Customers, represent purchasers of vehicle access control products, such as latches, fobs, driver controls and door handles that we have developed in recent years to complement our historic core business of locks and keys. The increase in sales to Hyundai / Kia in the current year period as compared to the prior year period was due to higher levels of production of the Kia Sedona minivan for which we supply primarily power sliding door components.
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|||||
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2018 |
|
||
Cost of Goods Sold (in millions) |
|
$ |
314.7 |
|
|
$ |
281.2 |
|
Direct material costs are the most significant component of our cost of goods sold and comprised $207.7 million or 66.0 percent of our cost of goods sold in the current year period compared to $179.9 million or 64.0 percent of our cost of goods sold in the prior year period. The increase in our direct material costs between these periods of $27.8 million or 15.5 percent was due to increased sales volumes in the current year period as compared to the prior year period. The increase in our direct material costs as a percentage of our cost of goods sold in the current year period as compared to the prior year period was due to increased nonconforming costs resulting from internal manufacturing process quality issues incurred in the current year period as compared to the prior year period and an increase in sales of products for certain electrical and latch programs in the current year period over the prior year period, for which the direct material content represents a more significant portion of the total cost of the product. This trend is expected to continue for the remainder of our fiscal year 2019.
The remaining components of our cost of goods sold consist of labor and overhead costs which increased $5.7 million or 5.6 percent to $107.0 million in the current year period from $101.3 million in the prior year period as the variable portion of these costs increased due to the increase in sales volumes between the nine month periods. Additionally, an increase in the Mexican minimum wage for our Mexican workforce effective January 1, 2019, higher expediting costs associated with new product launches occurring during the current year period to meet certain customer schedules, in particular in connection with our door handle paint and assembly facility in Leon, Mexico, and higher than expected production costs at our door handle paint and assembly facility in Leon, Mexico, increased costs in the current year period as compared to the prior year period. These cost increases were partially offset by a favorable product sales mix, which included increased sales of our door handle and exterior trim and power access products, and the impact of a favorable Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate affecting our operations in Mexico. The U.S. dollar value of our Mexican operations was favorably impacted by approximately $2.1 million in the current year period as compared to the prior year period due to a favorable Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate between these year to date periods. The average U.S. dollar / Mexican peso exchange rate increased to approximately 19.36 pesos to the dollar in the current year period from approximately 18.54 pesos to the dollar in the prior year period.
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|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|||||
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2018 |
|
||
Gross Profit (in millions) |
|
$ |
43.6 |
|
|
$ |
41.3 |
|
Gross Profit as a percentage of net sales |
|
|
12.2 |
% |
|
|
12.8 |
% |
The increase in gross profit dollars in the current year period as compared to the prior year period was attributed to the increase in sales, partially offset by the increase in cost of goods sold as discussed above. Gross profit as a percentage of net sales decreased between periods. The current year period gross profit as a percentage of net sales was negatively impacted by customer price reductions, an increase in the Mexican minimum wage, higher expediting costs associated with new product launches, and higher than expected production costs at our door handle paint and assembly facility in Leon, Mexico, as well as lower gross profit margins on products associated with certain new electrical, latch and lockset programs, which were implemented during the twelve month period ending March 31, 2019. The lower gross margins associated with these programs is the result of competitive pricing. These unfavorable impacts were partially offset by the impact of a favorable product sales mix and a favorable Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate impacting the U.S. dollar value of our Mexican operations, as discussed above.
Engineering, selling and administrative expenses in the current year period and prior year period were as follows:
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|||||
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2018 |
|
||
Expenses (in millions) |
|
$ |
33.2 |
|
|
$ |
31.0 |
|
Expenses as a percentage of net sales |
|
|
9.3 |
% |
|
|
9.6 |
% |
Engineering, selling and administrative expenses increased during the current year period as compared to the prior year period. The current year period as compared to the prior year period included an increase in outside expenditures on new product development costs associated with utilizing third party vendors for a portion of our development work and an increase in engineering costs related to our ADAC-STRATTEC LLC door handle and exterior trim products. The expenses decreased as a percentage of net sales due to the increase in sales between quarters as previously discussed.
Income from operations was $10.4 million in the current year period compared to $10.3 million as the period over period increase in the gross profit margin was offset by an increase in engineering, selling and administrative expenses in the current year period as compared to the prior year period, all as discussed above.
The equity earnings (loss) of joint ventures was comprised of the following in the current year period and prior year period (in thousands):
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|||||
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2018 |
|
||
Vehicle Access Systems Technology LLC |
|
$ |
2,427 |
|
|
$ |
3,142 |
|
STRATTEC Advanced Logic, LLC |
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
|
$ |
2,451 |
|
|
$ |
3,118 |
|
Our VAST LLC joint ventures in China and India continue to report profitable operating results while our joint venture in Brazil continues to report losses due to our limited amount of business in that region. STRATTEC is not the primary beneficiary and does not control SAL LLC. Accordingly, our investment in SAL LLC is accounted for using the equity method. During all periods presented in this report, 100 percent of the funding for SAL LLC was being made through loans from STRATTEC to SAL LLC. Therefore, during all periods presented in this report, even though STRATTEC maintains a 51 percent ownership interest in SAL LLC, STRATTEC recognized 100 percent of the losses of SAL LLC up to our committed financial support. The business of SAL LLC has been wound down to sell only commercial biometric locks.
During the quarter ended December 30, 2018, we completed a substantial portion of terminating our qualified pension plan that was frozen on December 31, 2009. As a result of the termination, a non-cash pre-tax pension settlement charge of $32.4 million was recorded during the current year period. A remaining non-cash compensation expense charge of approximately $8 million is expected to be recorded in future periods when the Qualified Pension Plan is fully terminated and the excess Plan assets are transferred to a STRATTEC defined contribution plan and subsequently paid out.
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Included in Other Income (Expense), net in the current year period and prior year period were the following items (in thousands):
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
|||||
|
|
March 31, 2019 |
|
|
April 1, 2017 |
|
||
Foreign Currency Transaction Loss |
|
$ |
(261 |
) |
|
$ |
(173 |
) |
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Peso Forward Contracts |
|
|
116 |
|
|
|
(687 |
) |
Realized Gain on Peso Forward Contracts |
|
|
344 |
|
|
|
981 |
|
Pension and Postretirement Plans (Cost) Credit |
|
|
(662 |
) |
|
|
335 |
|
Rabbi Trust Gain |
|
|
57 |
|
|
|
178 |
|
Other |
|
|
108 |
|
|
|
(280 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(298 |
) |
|
$ |
354 |
|
Foreign currency transaction losses during the current year period and prior year period resulted from activity associated with foreign denominated assets held by our Mexican subsidiaries. We entered into the Mexican peso currency forward contracts to minimize earnings volatility resulting from changes in exchange rates affecting the U.S. dollar cost of our Mexican operations. Unrealized gains and losses on the peso forward contracts recognized as a result of mark-to-market adjustments as of March 31, 2019 may or may not be realized in future periods, depending on the actual Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rates experienced during the balance of the contract period. Pension and postretirement plan impacts include the components of net periodic benefit cost other than the service cost component. Our Rabbi Trust assets fund our amended and restated supplemental executive retirement plan. The investments held in the Trust are considered trading securities.
Income Taxes
Our income tax provision for the nine month periods ended April 1, 2018 was impacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“the Act”), which was signed into law on December 22, 2017 with an effective date of January 1, 2018. The Act made broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code that affected our tax provision beginning January 1, 2018, including but not limited to (1) a reduction in the U.S. statutory tax rate to 21 percent following its effective date and a change in the measurement of our deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities resulting from the reduction in the statutory rate, (2) requiring a one-time transition tax on certain deemed repatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries that is payable over eight years, and (3) bonus depreciation that will allow for full expensing of qualified property. Section 15 of the Internal Revenue Code stipulates that for our fiscal year ended July 1, 2018, a blended statutory corporate tax rate of 28% was applicable, which was based on the applicable statutory rates before and after the effective date of the Act and the number of days in our fiscal year.
The SEC staff issued SAB 118, which provides guidance on accounting for the tax effects of the Act. SAB 118 provides a measurement period that should not extend beyond one year from the Act’s enactment date for companies to complete the accounting under ASC 740. In accordance with SAB 118, a company must reflect the income tax effects of those aspects of the Act for which the accounting under ASC 740 is complete. To the extent that a company’s accounting for certain income tax effects of the Act is incomplete but the company is able to determine a reasonable estimate, it must record a provisional estimate in the financial statements. If a company cannot determine a provisional estimate to be included in the financial statements, it should continue to apply ASC 740 on the basis of the provision of the tax laws that were in effect immediately before the enactment of the Act.
In connection with our analysis of the impact of the Act, we recorded a discrete net tax benefit of $854,000 for the nine month period ended April 1, 2018. This net tax benefit primarily consisted of (1) the impact of the change in measurement of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, (2) the one-time transition tax on non-previously taxed post 1986 accumulated foreign earnings, and (3) the impact of changing our annualized effective tax rate. For various reasons that are discussed more fully below, we did not complete our accounting for the income tax effects for certain elements of the Act as of April 1, 2018. However, we were able to make reasonable estimates of certain effects and, therefore, recorded provisional adjustments of these elements during the nine month period ended April 1, 2018. We identified these items as provisional since our analysis of the items was not complete.
The Act reduced the corporate tax rate to 21 percent, effective January 1, 2018. For certain of our net deferred tax assets, we recorded a provisional adjustment to reflect the reduction in the corporate tax rate. While we are able to make a reasonable estimate of the impact of the reduction in the corporate rate, it may be affected by other analyses related to the Act, including, but not limited to, the impact of our calculation of deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income and the impact of full expensing for certain assets.
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The Deemed Repatriation Transition Tax (“Transition Tax”) is a tax on previously untaxed accumulated and current earnings and profits (E&P) of certain of our foreign subsidiaries. To determine the amount of the Transition Tax, in addition to other factors, the amount of post-1986 E&P of the relevant subsidiaries must be determined, as well as the amount of non-U.S. income taxes paid on such earnings. We were able to make a reasonable estimate of the Transition Tax and recorded a provisional Transition Tax obligation in the accompanying condensed financial statements for the nine months ended April 1, 2018. However, as of April 1, 2018, additional information needed to be gathered to more precisely compute the amount of the Transition Tax.
We were required to assess whether our valuation allowance analyses was affected by various aspects of the Act (e.g., deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income, Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) inclusions, and new categories of Foreign Tax Credits). Since, as discussed herein, we recorded provisional amounts related to certain portions of the Act, any corresponding determination of the need for, or change in, a valuation allowance was also provisional.
As of December 30, 2018, we had completed our accounting for all income tax elements of the Act. Measurement period adjustments related to the Act recorded in the nine month period ended March 31, 2019 totaled $372,000.
Our income tax provision for the nine month period ended March 31, 2019 was impacted by a $7.9 million tax benefit resulting from the termination of our qualified, noncontributory defined benefit pension plan as discussed under Pension and Postretirement Benefits below and a reduction in the expected effective tax rate as compared to the prior year period. Our income tax provision for the nine month period ended March 31, 2019 was also impacted by a discrete benefit of $372,000, which represents measurement period adjustments to the one-time transition tax on non-previously taxed post 1986 accumulated foreign earnings. The expected annual effective tax rate between our fiscal 2019 and 2018 years decreased to approximately 10.7 percent as of March 2019 from approximately 20.6 percent as March 2018 due to the reduction in the U.S. statutory rate between years and changes in the U.S. taxation of non-U.S. earnings.
Additionally, our income tax provisions for the nine month periods ended March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018 were affected by the non-controlling interest portion of our pre-tax income. The non-controlling interest impacts the effective tax rate as ADAC-STRATTEC LLC and STRATTEC POWER ACCESS LLC entities are taxed as partnerships for U.S. tax purposes.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Outstanding Receivable Balances from Major Customers
Our primary source of cash flow is from our major customers, which include Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, General Motors Company and Ford Motor Company. As of the date of filing this Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission, all of our major customers are making payments on their outstanding accounts receivable in accordance with the payment terms included on their purchase orders. A summary of our outstanding receivable balances from our major customers as of March 31, 2019 was as follows (in millions):
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27.7 |
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We earn a portion of our operating income in Mexico. As of March 31, 2019, $2.8 million of our $9.2 million cash and cash equivalents balance was held in Mexico. These funds are available for repatriation as deemed necessary.
Cash Flow Analysis
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The change in operating cash flow between periods was impacted by improvement in our overall financial results and a reduction in working capital requirements in the current year period as compared to an increase in working capital requirements in the prior year period. The period over period decrease in net working capital requirements totaled $16.4 million. The pension settlement impact during the period was a noncash charge, which had no impact on cash flow during the period. The decrease in our working capital requirements between periods was made up of the following working capital changes between periods (in millions):
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The period over period change in the accounts receivable balances reflected an increase in our accounts receivable balances during both the current year period and the prior year period. The increase in accounts receivable balances during both periods reflected increased sales levels toward the end of each of our March period ends as compared to the end of the previous June periods. The period over period change in inventory reflected an increase in inventory balances during the prior year period, which was the result of ramping up for new customer program launches. The period over period change in other assets reflected a reduction in our other assets balances in the current year period and an increase in the other assets balances during the prior year period. The current year period reduction was the result of a reduction in customer tooling balances while the prior year increase was the result of increases in customer tooling balances. Customer tooling balances consisted of costs incurred for the development of tooling that will be directly reimbursed by our customer whose parts are produced from the tool. Changes in customer tooling balances during each period was the result of the timing of tooling development spending required to meet customer production requirements and related customer billing for cost reimbursement. The period over period change in accounts payable and accrued liability balances reflected a reduction in working capital requirements during each period. The reductions in working capital requirements were the result of increases in accounts payable balances each period, which resulted from the timing of purchases and payments with our vendors based on normal payment terms.
Net cash used by investing activities of $13.7 million during the current year period and $19.2 million during the prior year period were the result of capital expenditures made in support of requirements for new product programs and the upgrade and replacement of existing equipment. Prior year period capital expenditures also included $1.4 million related to the completion of the construction of a new ADAC-STRATTEC facility and the purchase of related equipment, all in Leon, Mexico. Refer to discussion under ADAC-STRATTEC LLC Cash Requirements included herein.
Net cash used in financing activities during the current year period of $9.7 million included repayments of borrowings under credit facilities of $9.0 million, $1.5 million of regular quarterly dividend payments to shareholders and $1.4 million of dividend payments to non-controlling interests in our subsidiaries, partially offset by $2 million in additional borrowings under credit facilities. Net cash provided by financing activities of $14.5 million during the prior year period included $21.0 million of additional borrowings under credit facilities, which was partially offset by repayments of borrowings under credit facilities of $3.0 million, $1.5 million of regular quarterly dividend payments to shareholders and $2.2 million of dividend payments to non-controlling interests in our subsidiaries.
VAST LLC Cash Requirements
We currently anticipate that both VAST China and Minda-VAST Access Systems have adequate debt facilities in place over the next fiscal year to cover the future operating and capital requirements of each business. During the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018, VAST LLC made capital contributions to Sistema de Acesso Veicular Ltda in Brazil totaling $975,000 and $871,000, respectively. During the nine months ended March 31, 2019, capital contributions totaling $600,000 were made to VAST LLC collectively by all VAST LLC partners. STRATTEC’s portion of these capital contributions totaled $200,000. During the nine months ended April 1, 2018, capital contributions totaling $375,000 were made to VAST LLC collectively by all VAST LLC partners. STRATTEC’s portion of these capital contributions totaled $125,000. The capital contributions to VAST LLC in both the current and prior year to date periods were made for the purpose of funding operations in Brazil. We anticipate the Brazilian entity will require capital contributions of approximately $450,000 collectively by all VAST partners to fund operations through calendar 2019. STRATTEC’s portion of the capital contributions is anticipated to be $150,000.
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ADAC-STRATTEC LLC Cash Requirements
ADAC-STRATTEC de Mexico (ASdM), a wholly owned subsidiary of ADAC-STRATTEC LLC, which is a joint venture between STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION and ADAC Automotive, began the construction of a new manufacturing facility in Leon, Mexico during our fiscal 2017 and completed the construction during our fiscal 2018. Accordingly, during our fiscal 2018 the paint system and assembly equipment located at the new facility became fully operational. Total capital expenditures required for the land, facility, paint system, and assembly equipment totaled approximately $22.5 million. In connection with this facility construction, the ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility was amended effective as of March 27, 2018 to increase the borrowing limit to $30 million until June 30, 2019, at which time the borrowing limit will return to $25 million. This facility is being used primarily to paint and assemble door handle products. As of fiscal 2018, the ADAC-STRATTEC LLC joint venture had annual net sales of approximately $89 million. With newly awarded customer business, we anticipate annual net sales will increase to approximately $115 million during our fiscal 2019.
STRATTEC Advanced Logic, LLC Cash Requirements
During all periods presented in this report, STRATTEC provided 100 percent of the financial support to fund the start-up operating losses of SAL LLC through loans due to our joint venture partner’s inability to contribute capital to this joint venture. The business of SAL LLC has been wound down to sell only commercial biometric locks. We anticipate STRATTEC will provide minimal to no funding for SAL LLC in fiscal year 2019.
Future Capital Expenditures
We anticipate capital expenditures will be approximately $17.0 million in fiscal 2019 in support of requirements for new product programs and the upgrade and replacement of existing equipment.
Stock Repurchase Program
Our Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program to buy back outstanding shares of our common stock. Shares authorized for buy back under the program totaled 3,839,395 at March 31, 2019. A total of 3,655,322 shares have been repurchased over the life of the program through March 31, 2019, at a cost of approximately $136.4 million. No shares were repurchased during the nine month periods ended March 31, 2019 or April 1, 2018. Additional repurchases may occur from time to time and are expected to continue to be funded by cash flow from operations and current cash balances. Based on the current economic environment and our preference to conserve cash for other uses, we anticipate modest or no stock repurchase activity for the remainder of fiscal year 2019.
Credit Facilities
STRATTEC has a $40 million secured revolving credit facility (the “STRATTEC Credit Facility”) with BMO Harris Bank N.A. ADAC-STRATTEC LLC has a $30 million secured revolving credit facility (the “ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility”) with BMO Harris Bank N.A., which is guaranteed by STRATTEC. The credit facilities both expire August 1, 2021. The ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility borrowing limit decreases to $25 million effective July 1, 2019. Borrowings under either credit facility are secured by our U.S. cash balances, accounts receivable, inventory, and fixed assets located in the U.S. Interest on borrowings under the STRATTEC Credit Facility and interest on borrowings under the ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility prior to December 31, 2018 were at varying rates based, at our option, on the London Interbank Offering Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 1.0 percent or the bank’s prime rate. Effective December 31, 2018 and thereafter, interest on borrowings under the ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility is at varying rates based, at our option, on LIBOR plus 1.25 percent or the bank’s prime rate. Both credit facilities contain a restrictive financial covenant that requires the applicable borrower to maintain a minimum net worth level. The ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility includes an additional restrictive financial covenant that requires the maintenance of a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio. Outstanding borrowings under the STRATTEC Credit Facility totaled $19 million at March 31, 2019 and $23 million at July 1, 2018. The average outstanding borrowings and weighted average interest rate on the STRATTEC Credit Facility loans were approximately $22.2 million and 3.3 percent, respectively, during the nine months ended March 31, 2019. Outstanding borrowings under the ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility totaled $25 million at March 31, 2019 and $28.0 million at July 2, 2017. The average outstanding borrowings and weighted average interest rate on the ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility loans were approximately $26.3 million and 3.4 percent, respectively, during the nine months ended March 31, 2019.
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Inflation and Other Changes in Prices
Inflation Related Items: Over the past several years, we have been impacted by rising health care costs, which have increased our cost of associate medical coverage. A portion of these increases have been offset by plan design changes and associate wellness initiatives. We have also been impacted by increases in the market price of zinc and brass and inflation in Mexico, which impacts the U. S. dollar costs of our Mexican operations. We have negotiated raw material price adjustment clauses with certain, but not all, of our customers to offset some of the market price fluctuations in the cost of zinc. We have contracts with Bank of Montreal that provide for bi-weekly and monthly Mexican peso currency forward contracts for a portion of our estimated peso denominated operating costs. Refer to discussion under Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements: Derivative Instruments included herein.
Joint Ventures and Majority Owned Subsidiaries
We participate in certain Alliance Agreements with WITTE Automotive (“WITTE”) and ADAC Automotive (“ADAC”). WITTE, of Velbert, Germany, is a privately held automotive supplier. WITTE designs, manufactures and markets automotive components, including locks and keys, hood latches, rear compartment latches, seat back latches, door handles and specialty fasteners. WITTE’s primary market for these products has been Europe. ADAC, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a privately held automotive supplier and manufactures engineered products, including door handles and other automotive trim parts, utilizing plastic injection molding, automated painting and various assembly processes.
The Alliance Agreements include a set of cross-licensing agreements for the manufacture, distribution and sale of WITTE products by STRATTEC and ADAC in North America, and the manufacture, distribution and sale of STRATTEC and ADAC products by WITTE in Europe. Additionally, a joint venture company, Vehicle Access Systems Technology LLC (“VAST LLC”), in which WITTE, STRATTEC and ADAC each hold a one-third interest, exists to seek opportunities to manufacture and sell each company’s products in areas of the world outside of North America and Europe.
VAST LLC has investments in Sistema de Acesso Veicular Ltda, VAST Fuzhou, VAST Great Shanghai, VAST Shanghai Co., VAST Jingzhou Co. Ltd., and Minda-VAST Access Systems. Sistema de Acesso Veicular Ltda is located in Brazil and services customers in South America. VAST Fuzhou, VAST Great Shanghai, VAST Shanghai Co., and VAST Jingzhou Co. Ltd. (collectively known as VAST China), provide a base of operations to service our automotive customers in the Asian market. Minda-VAST Access Systems is based in Pune, India and is a 50:50 joint venture with Minda Management Services Limited, an affiliate of both Minda Corporation Limited and Spark Minda, Ashok Minda Group of New Delhi, India (collectively “Minda”). Minda and its affiliates cater to the needs of all major car, motorcycle, commercial vehicle, tractor and off-road vehicle manufacturers in India. They are a leading manufacturer in the Indian marketplace of security & access products, handles, automotive safety, restraint systems, driver information and telematics systems for both OEMs and the aftermarket. VAST LLC also maintains branch offices in South Korea and Japan in support of customer sales and engineering requirements.
The VAST LLC investments are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. The activities related to the VAST LLC joint ventures resulted in equity earnings of joint ventures to STRATTEC of $2.4 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and $3.1 million during the nine months ended April 1, 2018. During the nine months ended March 31, 2019, capital contributions totaling $600,000 were made to VAST LLC collectively by all VAST LLC partners. STRATTEC’s portion of these capital contributions totaled $200,000. During the nine months ended April 1, 2018, capital contributions totaling $375,000 were made to VAST LLC collectively by all VAST LLC partners. STRATTEC’s portion of these capital contributions totaled $125,000. The capital contributions to VAST LLC were made for the purpose of funding operations in Brazil.
ADAC-STRATTEC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, was formed in fiscal year 2007 to support injection molding and door handle assembly operations in Mexico. ADAC-STRATTEC LLC was 51 percent owned by STRATTEC and 49 percent owned by ADAC for all periods presented in this report. An additional Mexican entity, ADAC-STRATTEC de Mexico, is wholly owned by ADAC-STRATTEC LLC. ADAC-STRATTEC LLC’s financial results are consolidated with the financial results of STRATTEC and resulted in increased net income to STRATTEC of approximately $1.7 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and approximately $1.6 million during the nine months ended April 1, 2018.
STRATTEC POWER ACCESS LLC (“SPA”) was formed in fiscal year 2009 to supply the North American portion of the power sliding door, lift gate and deck lid system access control products which were acquired from Delphi Corporation. SPA was 80 percent owned by STRATTEC and 20 percent owned by WITTE for all periods presented in this report. The financial results of SPA are consolidated with the financial results of STRATTEC and resulted in increased net income to STRATTEC of approximately $2.8 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and approximately $1.9 million during the nine months ended April 1, 2018.
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SAL LLC was formed in fiscal 2013 to introduce a new generation of biometric security products based upon the designs of Actuator Systems LLC, our partner and the owner of the remaining ownership interest. SAL LLC was 51 percent owned by STRATTEC for all periods presented in this report. Our investment in SAL LLC, for which we exercise significant influence but do not control and are not the primary beneficiary, is accounted for using the equity method. The activities related to SAL LLC resulted in equity earnings of joint ventures to STRATTEC of approximately $24,000 during the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and equity loss of joint ventures of approximately $24,000 during the nine months ended April 1, 2018. During all periods presented in this report, 100 percent of the funding for SAL LLC was being made through loans from STRATTEC to SAL LLC. Therefore, for all periods presented in this report, even though STRATTEC maintains a 51 percent ownership interest in SAL LLC, STRATTEC recognized 100 percent of the losses of SAL LLC up to our committed financial support through Equity Earnings (Loss) of Joint Ventures in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income. The business of SAL LLC has been wound down to sell only commercial biometric locks. See further discussion under Equity Earnings of Joint Ventures included in Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements herein.
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Item 3 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Not applicable.
Item 4 Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act, are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act are accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of such period, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at reaching a level of reasonable assurance. It should be noted that in designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. We have designed our disclosure controls and procedures to reach a level of reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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Part II
Other Information
Item 1 Legal Proceedings
In the normal course of business, we may be involved in various legal proceedings from time to time. We do not believe we are currently involved in any claim or action the ultimate disposition of which would have a material adverse effect on our financial statements.
Item 1A—Risk Factors
There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2018.
Item 2 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds—
Our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program on October 16, 1996, and the program was publicly announced on October 17, 1996. The Board of Directors has periodically increased the number of shares authorized for repurchase under the program, most recently in August 2008. The program currently authorizes the repurchase of up to 3,839,395 shares of our common stock from time to time, directly or through brokers or agents, and has no expiration date. Over the life of the repurchase program through March 31, 2019, a total of 3,655,322 shares have been repurchased at a cost of approximately $136.4 million. No shares were repurchased during the nine month period ended March 31, 2019.
Item 3 Defaults Upon Senior Securities—None
Item 4 Mine Safety Disclosures—None
Item 5 Other Information—None
Item 6 Exhibits
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Rule 13a-14(a) Certification for Frank J. Krejci, President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Rule 13a-14(a) Certification for Patrick J. Hansen, Chief Financial Officer |
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The following materials from STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2019 formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) and furnished electronically herewith: (i) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income; (ii) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets; (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and (iv) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. XBRL Instance Document – the XBRL Instance Document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. |
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This certification is not "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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SIGNATURE
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.
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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Frank J. Krejci, certify that:
1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION;
2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a)designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
5.The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Date: May 7, 2019
/s/ Frank J. Krejci
Frank J. Krejci,
Chief Executive Officer
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Patrick J. Hansen, certify that:
1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION;
2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a)designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
5.The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Date: May 7, 2019
/s/ Patrick J. Hansen
Patrick J. Hansen,
Chief Financial Officer
Exhibit 32
Certification of Periodic Financial Report
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, each of the undersigned officers of STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION (the "Company") certifies that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and information contained in that Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Dated: May 7, 2019 |
/s/ Frank J. Krejci |
Frank J. Krejci,
Chief Executive Officer
Dated: May 7, 2019 |
/s/ Patrick J. Hansen |
Patrick J. Hansen,
Chief Financial Officer
This certification is made solely for purpose of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, subject to the knowledge standard contained therein, and not for any other purpose.