在2020年9月,巴西稅務機關對Garrett Motion Industria Automotiva Brasil Ltda發出了違法通知,質疑公司在2017年1月至2020年2月間使用某些稅收抵免(「Befiex Credits」)。該違法通知導致一個損失或有可能不由公司最終承擔的或有險情。截止到2024年9月30日,預計該險情的總金額爲$24 百萬,包括罰款和利息。公司基於管理層的評估和外部法律顧問的建議,相信對該違法通知有合理的辯護理由,當前對該違法通知產生的任何責任並不可能。因此,目前不需要進行計提。
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, cost of goods sold decreased by $266 million, primarily driven by lower sales volumes of $220 million, $60 million of commodity, transportation, and energy deflation, $67 million of productivity, net of labor inflation and repositioning costs, and $4 million from foreign currency impacts. These decreases were partially offset by $75 million unfavorable product mix and $10 million of higher R&D costs, reflecting Garrett's continued investment in new technologies.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, gross profit decreased by $44 million, primarily driven by $92 million of lower sales volumes, $51 million from commodity deflation impact on pricing net of inflation pass-through, $21 million favorable foreign currency impact, and $10 million of higher R&D costs. These decreases were partially offset by $60 million of commodity, transportation, and energy deflation and $69 million of higher productivity, net of labor inflation and repositioning costs and $1 million of favorable product mix.
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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2024
2023
2024
2023
(Dollars in millions)
Selling, general and administrative expense
$
53
$
59
$
178
$
178
% of sales
6.4
%
6.1
%
6.8
%
6.1
%
Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2024 decreased by $6 million compared with the prior year, mainly driven by $5 million of lower professional service and legal fees, $2 million of lower bad debt expense and $2 million of lower IT-related costs. These decreases were partially offset by $2 million of higher repositioning costs and $1 million of unfavorable foreign exchange impact.
SG&A expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 were consistent with the prior year. Year over year variances are primarily related to $5 million of higher stock-based compensation expense and $2 million of higher repositioning costs. These increases were offset by $6 million of lower professional service and legal fees and $2 million of lower IT-related costs. SG&A expenses also increased due to $1 million of unfavorable exchange impact.
Interest Expense
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2024
2023
2024
2023
(Dollars in millions)
Interest expense
$
37
$
48
$
130
$
104
For the three months ended September 30, 2024, interest expense decreased by $11 million compared to the prior year, primarily driven by $10 million lower of debt issuance cost amortization and $9 million of lower interest expense due to a different notional amount of debt outstanding during the period. In addition, we recorded $4 million of gains on our interest derivatives in the current year, in comparison to $7 million of gains in the prior year. We also recognized $9 million of marked-to-market remeasurement losses during the three months ended September 30, 2024 on our undesignated interest rate swap contracts, in comparison to $5 million of marked-to-market remeasurement losses in the prior year.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, interest expense increased by $26 million compared to the prior year, primarily driven by $17 million of higher accelerated debt issuance cost amortization, and $10 million of higher interest expense related to our 2032 Senior Notes partially offset by lower interest expense related to our 2023 Dollar Term Facility. In addition, we recorded $23 million of gains, net of settlements of $18 million, on our interest derivatives in the current year, in comparison to $18 million of gains in the prior year. We also recognized $33 million of marked-to-market remeasurement losses during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 on our undesignated interest rate swap contracts, in comparison to $12 million of marked-to-market remeasurement losses in the prior year.
Non-operating (income) expense
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2024
2023
2024
2023
(Dollars in millions)
Non-operating (income) expense
$
(1)
$
(2)
$
(7)
$
3
For the three months ended September 30, 2024, we had non-operating income of $1 million versus $2 million in the prior year, primarily driven by lower equity income due to the sale of an equity interest in an unconsolidated joint venture.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we had non-operating income of $7 million versus an expense of $3 million in the prior year, primarily driven by foreign exchange transactional gains, partially offset by $2 million of lower equity income due to the sale of an equity interest in an unconsolidated joint venture.
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Tax Expense
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2024
2023
2024
2023
(Dollars in millions)
Tax expense
$
24
$
13
$
62
$
70
Effective tax rate
31.6
%
18.6
%
25.4
%
25.1
%
The effective tax rates for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were 31.6% and 18.6%, respectively.The effective tax rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were 25.4% and 25.1%, respectively.
The change in the effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the prior period is primarily related to global mix of earnings, partially offset by adjustments to tax reserves due to expiration of statute of limitations.
The change in the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the prior period is primarily related to global mix of earnings and tax expense related to the sale of an equity interest in an unconsolidated joint venture, partially offset by reversal of tax reserves and lower non-deductible transaction costs.
In January 2019, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) announced further work in continuation of its Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project, focusing on two “pillars.” Pillar One provides a framework for the reallocation of certain residual profits of multinational enterprises to market jurisdictions where goods or services are used or consumed. Pillar Two consists of two interrelated rules referred to as Global Anti-Base Erosion (“GloBE”) Rules, which operate to impose a minimum tax rate of 15% calculated on a jurisdictional basis. On December 20, 2021, the OECD published GloBE model rules and released multiple rounds of commentary on those rules over the subsequent months. More than 135 OECD member countries have agreed to the key parameters of the model rules, which allow those OECD member countries to begin implementing the GloBE rules in a manner consistent with the agreement reached. The rules were adopted by a number of countries, with an effective date for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2023.
We do not expect that Pillar One will have an impact on our operations or effective tax rate. Based on currently enacted legislation, we do not expect Pillar Two to have a material impact to our 2024 effective tax rate.However, further enactment of legislation by countries in which we do business could have an impact on our 2024 effective tax rate.
The effective tax rate can vary from quarter to quarter due to changes in the Company’s global mix of earnings, the resolution of income tax audits, changes in tax laws (including updated guidance on U.S. tax reform), deductions related to employee share-based payments, internal restructurings, and pension mark-to-market adjustments.
Net Income
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2024
2023
2024
2023
(Dollars in millions)
Net income
$
52
$
57
$
182
$
209
Net income margin
6.3
%
5.9
%
6.9
%
7.1
%
Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2024 decreased by $5 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to $10 million of decreased gross profit and $11 million of higher tax expense. These decreases were partially offset by $11 million of lower interest expense and $6 million of lower SG&A expense.
Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 decreased by $27 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to $44 million of decreased gross profit and $26 million of higher interest expense. These decreases were partially offset by a $27 million gain on the sale of an equity interest in an unconsolidated joint venture, $10 million of higher non-operating income, and $8 million of lower tax expense.
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Non-GAAP Measures
It is management’s intent to provide non-GAAP financial information to supplement the understanding of our business operations and performance, and it should be considered by the reader in addition to, but not instead of, the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Each non-GAAP financial measure is presented along with the most directly comparable GAAP measure so as not to imply that more emphasis should be placed on the non-GAAP measure. The non-GAAP financial information presented may be determined or calculated differently by other companies and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures used by other companies. Additionally, the non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, an analysis of the Company’s operating results as reported under GAAP.
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
We evaluate performance on the basis of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. We define “EBITDA” as our net income calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP, plus the sum of interest expense net of interest income, tax expense and depreciation. We define “Adjusted EBITDA” as EBITDA, plus the sum of stock compensation expense, repositioning costs, foreign exchange (gain) loss on debt net of related hedging gains, discounting costs on factoring, gain on sale of equity investment, acquisition and divestiture expenses, other non-operating income, capital structure transformation expenses, debt refinancing and redemption costs, net reorganization items and loss on extinguishment of debt (if any). Adjusted EBITDA now also adjusts for acquisition and divestiture expenses, and debt refinancing and redemption costs, but no adjustments were made to the prior period as there were no similar adjustments in the prior periods. We believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are important indicators of operating performance and provide useful information for investors because:
•EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA exclude the effects of income taxes, as well as the effects of financing and investing activities by eliminating the effects of interest and depreciation expenses and therefore more closely measure our operational performance; and
•certain adjustment items, while periodically affecting our results, may vary significantly from period to period and have disproportionate effect in a given period, which affects the comparability of our results.
In addition, our management may use Adjusted EBITDA in setting performance incentive targets to align performance measurement with operational performance.
The following table reconciles Net income under GAAP to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2024
2023
2024
2023
(Dollars in millions)
Net income
$
52
$
57
$
182
$
209
Interest expense, net of interest income (1)
37
47
127
98
Tax expense
24
13
62
70
Depreciation
23
23
67
66
EBITDA
136
140
438
443
Stock compensation expense (2)
4
4
17
12
Repositioning costs (3)
4
6
16
14
Foreign exchange gain on debt, net of related hedging loss
—
—
(1)
—
Discounting costs on factoring
1
1
3
3
Gain on sale of equity investment
—
—
(27)
—
Other non-operating income (4)
(1)
(1)
(4)
(4)
Acquisition and divestiture expenses (5)
—
—
1
—
Capital structure transformation expenses (6)
—
2
—
22
Debt refinancing and redemption costs (7)
—
—
2
—
Adjusted EBITDA
$
144
$
152
$
445
$
490
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(1)Reflects interest income of $0 million and $1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $3 million and $6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
(2)Stock compensation expense includes only non-cash expenses.
(3)Repositioning costs includes severance costs related to restructuring projects to improve future productivity.
(4)Reflects the non-service component of net periodic pension income.
(5)Reflects the incremental third-party costs incurred for the sale of an equity interest in an unconsolidated joint venture.
(6)Reflects the third-party incremental costs that were directly attributable to the transformation of the Company's capital structure through the partial repurchase and subsequent conversion of the remaining outstanding Series A Preferred Stock into a single class of common stock in June 2023.
(7)Reflects the third-party costs directly attributable to the repricing of our 2021 Dollar Term Facility.
Adjusted EBITDA for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024
For the three months ended September 30, 2024, net income decreased by $5 million versus the prior year as discussed above within Results of Operations for Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024.
Adjusted EBITDA decreased by $8 million compared to the prior year, mainly due to lower volumes, as discussed above, commodity deflation impact on pricing net of inflation pass-through as well as unfavorable foreign exchange impacts. These decreases were partially offset by strong operational performance through productivity, net of labor inflation, as well as commodity, transportation, and energy deflation, and a favorable product mix.
During the three months ended September 30, 2024, we saw soft demand for gasoline and diesel, driven by regional industry and customer mix headwinds, partially offset by favorable demand in aftermarket for replacement parts. Net sales also decreased due to pricing, net of inflation pass-through, driven by commodity deflation.
The increased productivity from our ability to flex our variable cost structure, while driving sustained fixed cost productivity, was partially offset by year-over-year labor inflation and lower equity income following prior quarter's sale of an equity interest in an unconsolidated joint venture.
R&D expenses increased $6 million, reflecting our continued investment in new technologies and increased hiring to accelerate growth in the zero emission technologies.
Losses in foreign currency from translational, transactional, and hedging effects in the three months ended September 30, 2024, primarily driven by lower Euro-to-US dollar, Chinese Yuan-to-US dollar and Japanese Yen-to-US dollar exchange rates versus the prior year period, accounted for a $4 million decrease in Adjusted EBITDA.
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Adjusted EBITDA for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, net income decreased by $27 million versus the prior year as discussed above within Results of Operations for Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024.
Adjusted EBITDA decreased by $45 millioncompared to the prior year, mainly due to soft demand across all product lines except aftermarket, pricing net of inflation pass-through, and unfavorable foreign exchange impacts. These decreases were partially offset by strong operational performance through productivity, net of labor inflation, as well as commodity, transportation, and energy deflation.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we saw demand softness for gasoline, diesel, and commercial vehicle applications, driven by challenging regional dynamics and customer mix headwinds, partially offset by favorable demand in aftermarket for replacement parts. Net sales also decreased due to pricing decreases, net of inflation pass-through, driven by commodity price decreases.
The increased productivity from our ability to flex our variable cost structure while driving sustained fixed cost productivity was partially offset by year-over-year labor inflation.
R&D expenses increased $10 million, reflecting our continued investment in new technologies and increased hiring to accelerate growth in the zero emission technologies.
Losses in foreign currency from translational, transactional, and hedging effects in the nine months ended September 30, 2024, primarily driven by lower Chinese Yuan-to-US dollar and Japanese Yen-to-US dollar exchange rates and partially offset by higher Euro-to-US dollar exchange rates versus the prior year period, accounted for a $18 million decrease in Adjusted EBITDA.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Overview
September 30, 2024
December 31, 2023
(Dollars in millions)
Cash and cash equivalents
$
96
$
259
Restricted cash
1
1
Revolving Facility - available borrowing capacity
600
570
Revolving Facility - borrowings or letters of credit outstanding
—
—
Term Loan Facilities - principal outstanding
693
1,696
Senior Notes - principal outstanding
800
—
Bilateral letter of credit facility - available capacity
3
3
Bilateral letter of credit facility - utilized capacity
12
12
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On May 21, 2024, our wholly owned subsidiaries, Garrett Motion Holdings Inc. and Garrett LX I S.a.r.l., completed an offering of $800 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2032 Senior Notes. The 2032 Senior Notes mature on May 31, 2032 and bear interest at a rate of 7.75% per annum. We incurred $12 million of debt issuance costs, which have been capitalized and will be amortized on a straight-line basis.
On May 21, 2024, we also entered into the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Credit Agreement, which (i) removed the credit spread adjustment with respect to certain US dollar denominated term loan borrowings that are Term Benchmark Loans, (ii) reduced the Applicable Rate on certain US dollar denominated term loans to 2.75% for Term Benchmark Loans and 1.75% for ABR Loans, and (iii) increased the maximum borrowings available under the Revolving Facility by $30 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we repaid $500 million on our 2023 Dollar Term Facility, $485 million (€450 million) on our Euro Term Facility and $6 million on our 2021 Dollar Term Facility.
We employ several means to manage our liquidity, and our sources of financing include cash flows from operations, cash and cash equivalents, the 2032 Senior Notes, our Term Loan Facilities, and our Revolving Facility. We expect to continue investing in our facilities as we expand our manufacturing capacity for new product launches and invest in new technologies and strategic growth opportunities, in particular in the electrification of drivetrains. We believe the combination of expected cash flows, the term loan borrowings, the 2032 Senior Notes, and the Revolving Facility being committed until 2028, will provide us with adequate liquidity to support the Company's operations.
Share Repurchase Program
On February 13, 2024, the Board of Directors authorized a $350 million share repurchase program valid until December 31, 2024. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company repurchased $226 million of Common Stock, with $124 million remaining under the share repurchase program as of that date. The Company may repurchase shares from time to time under the program through various methods, including in open market transactions, block trades, privately negotiated transactions, and otherwise. The timing, as well as the number and value of shares repurchased under the program, will depend on a variety of factors. The Company is not obligated to purchase any shares under the repurchase program, and the program may be suspended, modified, or discontinued at any time without prior notice. For more information, see Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
Cash Flow Summary for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2024
2023
(Dollars in millions)
Cash provided by (used for):
Operating activities
$
277
$
330
Investing activities
1
(48)
Financing activities
(439)
(366)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and restricted cash
(2)
(1)
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
$
(163)
$
(85)
Cash provided by operating activities decreased by $53 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 versus the prior year. The decrease was primarily driven by a decrease of $37 million in net income, excluding the effects of non-cash items, as well as $11 million of unfavorable impacts from changes in other assets and liabilities and $5 million of unfavorable impacts from working capital changes.
Cash flow from investing activities increased by $49 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 versus the prior year, mainly due to $46 million of proceeds from the sale of equity interest in an unconsolidated joint venture and a $15 million increase in proceeds on our cross currency swap contracts which have been designated as net investment hedges of our Euro-denominated operations. This was partially offset by $12 million of increased expenditures for property, plant and equipment.
Cash used for financing activities was $439 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared with $366 million in the prior year. During 2024, we made an aggregate of $991 million in debt repayments on our term loan facilities. We also made payments of $226 million for Common Stock repurchases, $7 million for debt issuance costs and $9 million for other financing activities. These payments were partially offset by proceeds of $794 million, net of deferred financing costs, from the issuance of our 2032 Senior Notes.
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In comparison, cash used for financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was primarily driven by payments of $605 million in aggregate to holders of the Series A Preferred Stock related to the Transaction, including conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, and $42 million for dividends declared on our Series A Preferred Stock. We also made payments of $178 million for the repurchase of Common Stock under our share repurchase program and debt repayments of $205 million including a $200 million early debt repayment on the 2023 Dollar Term Facility and quarterly payments for our 2021 Dollar Term Facility. These uses of cash were partially offset by proceeds of $667 million from the 2023 Dollar Term Facility net of debt financing costs.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not engage in any off-balance sheet financial arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a material current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of our Consolidated Interim Financial Statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles is based on the selection and application of accounting policies that require us to make significant estimates and assumptions about the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain. Actual results could differ from our estimates and assumptions, and any such differences could be material to our financial statements.Our critical accounting policies are summarized in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of our 2023 Form 10-K.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of the Notes to the Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for further discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including without limitation statements regarding the following, are forward-looking statements: statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, expectations regarding the growth of the turbocharger and electric vehicle markets and other industry trends, the sufficiency of our liquidity and capital resources, anticipated impacts of changes in legislation and government policy relating to taxation or otherwise, anticipated sources and uses of cash, anticipated investments in our business, our business strategy, pending litigation, anticipated interest expense, and the plans and objectives of management for future operations and capital expenditures are forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are only predictions. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and are subject to a number of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including:
•increases in the costs and availability of raw materials, components, energy and transportation and our ability to offset inflation;
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•sales to major customers as well as a network of independent dealers to manage the distribution of our products, and we could be adversely impacted by the loss of any of our such major customers or dealers, changes in their requirements for our products or changes in their financial condition.
•the negotiating positions of our customers and our ability to negotiate favorable pricing terms;
•risks associated with changes in the automotive industry and our inability, or a perception that we are unable, to respond appropriately to such changes, our financial condition and results of operations could be adversely impacted;
•risks associated with any program launch difficulties and inaccuracies in estimates of volumes of awarded business;
•changes in the automotive industry and economic or competitive conditions;
•risks related to economic, political, regulatory and foreign exchange;
•geopolitical conditions, catastrophic events and pandemics;
•risks related to international operations and our investment in foreign markets;
•risks of increased scrutiny from customers, investors, regulators and others regarding sustainability/ESG practices, as well as the climate-related risks we may face, each of which could expose us to liabilities, including reputational harm, impact demand for our products, lead to increased costs and have other adverse effects on our business, supply chain and results of operations;
•risks associated with joint venture partnerships and joint development projects;
•any failure to protect our intellectual property or allegations that we have infringed the intellectual property of others, and our ability to license necessary intellectual property from third parties;
•work stoppages, other disruptions or the need to relocate any of our facilities;
•inability to recruit and retain qualified personnel;
•any failure to increase productivity or successfully execute repositioning projects or manage our workforce;
•potential material losses and costs as a result of any warranty claims and product liability actions brought against us;
•the commencement of any lawsuits, investigations and disputes arising out of our current and historical businesses, and the consequences thereof;
•potential material environmental liabilities and hazards;
•risks of changes in the effective tax rates;
•the effects of any deterioration on industry, economic or financial conditions on our ability to access the capital markets on favorable terms;
•quality control and creditworthiness of the suppliers on which we rely;
•risks for system or service failures, including cyber or other security incidents, each of which could disrupt business operations, result in loss of critical and confidential information and adversely impact our reputation and results of operations; and
•the other factors described under the caption “Risk Factors” in our 2023 Form 10-K, as updated in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our other filings with the SEC.
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You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the documents that we reference herein completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. Except as required by applicable law, we do not plan to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
As of September 30, 2024, the net fair value of all financial instruments with exposure to currency risk was a $8 million liability. The potential loss or gain in fair value for such financial instruments from a hypothetical 10% adverse or favorable change in quoted currency exchange rates would be $213 million and $(187) million, respectively, at September 30, 2024 exchange rates. The model assumes a parallel shift in currency exchange rates; however, currency exchange rates rarely move in the same direction. The assumption that currency exchange rates change in a parallel fashion may overstate the impact of changing currency exchange rates on assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.
There have been no other material changes to the Company’s quantitative and qualitative disclosures about interest rate or commodity price risks as disclosed in Part II, Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks, in our 2023 Form 10-K.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act. Based on management’s evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level as of September 30, 2024.
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We are involved in various lawsuits, claims and proceedings incident to the operation of our businesses, including those pertaining to product liability, product safety, environmental, safety and health, intellectual property, employment, commercial and contractual matters and various other matters. Although the outcome of any such lawsuit, claim or proceeding cannot be predicted with certainty and some may be disposed of unfavorably to us, we do not currently believe that such lawsuits, claims or proceedings will have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. We accrue for potential liabilities in a manner consistent with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Accordingly, we accrue for a liability when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the liability is reasonably estimable.
For additional information regarding our legal proceedings, see the discussion under Note 19, Commitments and Contingenciesof the Notes to the Consolidated Interim Financial Statements, which is incorporated by reference into this Part II, Item 1.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes to the risks described under "Risk Factors” in our 2023 Form 10-K. In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the factors discussed under “Risk Factors” in our 2023 Form 10-K. These factors could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations, and could cause our actual results to differ materially from our historical results or the results contemplated by any forward-looking statements contained in this report.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
On February 15, 2024, the Company announced that the Board of Directors had authorized a $350 million share repurchase program valid from February 13, 2024 until December 31, 2024. The Company may repurchase shares from time to time under the program through various methods, including in open market transactions, block trades, privately negotiated transactions, and otherwise. The timing, as well as the number and value of shares repurchased under the program, will depend on a variety of factors. The Company is not obligated to purchase any shares under the repurchase program, and the program may be suspended, modified, or discontinued at any time without prior notice. The following table summarizes our share repurchase activity for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and additional information regarding our share repurchase program:
Period
Total Number of Common Shares Purchased (1)
Average Price Paid per Share
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plan or Program
Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plan or Program
July 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
2,946,890
9.03
2,946,890
$
149,003,868
August 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
1,495,122
8.18
1,495,122
136,767,452
September 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024
1,544,534
8.02
1,544,534
124,377,974
Total
5,986,546
$
8.56
5,986,546
$
124,377,974
(1) Excludes shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with equity award vestings.
Other than the repurchases reflected in the table above,there were no purchases of equity securities by the issuer or affiliated purchasers during the quarter ended September 30, 2024.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not applicable.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
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Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
Trading Agreements
During the three months ended September 30, 2024, no director or Section 16 officer of the Company adopted or terminated a "Rule 10b5-1 trading agreement" or "non-Rule 10b5-1 trading agreement," as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.
The following financial information from the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL) includes: (i) the Consolidated Interim Statements of Operations, (ii) the Consolidated Interim Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iii) the Consolidated Interim Balance Sheets, (iv) the Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flows, (v) the Consolidated Interim Statements of Equity (Deficit) and (vi) Notes to the Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
*
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
*
*
Filed herewith.
**
Furnished herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.