Operator
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Hello and welcome to the Carlisle Company, Inc. Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call. I will now turn the call over to Mr. David Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Carlisle Company. David A. Roberts - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer: Thank you very much. Good morning and welcome to Carlisle's third quarter 2015 conference call. On the phone with me is our Chief Operating Officer, Chris Koch; our Chief Financial Officer, Steven Ford; our Chief Accounting Officer, Kevin Zdimal; and our Treasurer, Julia Chandler. As we have done the last two quarters, I'll end up reviewing company's overall performance, Chris will review our segment performance, and Steve will review our balance sheet and cash flow statements. As I begin reviewing the third quarter performance, I ask that you turn to Slide 2, titled Forward Looking Statements and the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures. This slide details the risk associated with investing in Carlisle. I strongly urge anyone who is considering an investment in our company to read these statements in detail, along with reviewing the financial reports we filed with the SEC before you decide to purchase shares of Carlisle's stock. Turning to Slide 3, you'll find the highlights of the third quarter. Sales grew 7.6% in the quarter, with: LHi contributing 2.9%; and Finishing Brands, which became Fluid Technologies, is contributing 7.5% to our growth. Organically, sales were lower 1%, and FX negatively impacted sales by nearly 2%. At first glance, our organic sales growth would suggest that we've seen a slowing in our key markets, but that isn't the entire case. Other than Brake & Friction, which slowed again in the third quarter, sales activity in our businesses was generally good, and this will become clear once we look at the data for each segment. Continuing with sales, volume was flat at CCM, while sales dollars were down 3% as we defended our pricing position in the marketplace. The 3% decline at CCM included 2% FX impact and reflects how strenuously we defended pricing with our TPO and insulation products. We think the market grew in the low single digits in the quarter, so we possibly lost a small amount of market share as we stood fast on membrane insulation pricing. Despite possibly losing a bit of market share, which will not have an impact on the business long-term, we generated operating margins of 20.3%. These record margins generated EBIT operational earnings of $115.5 million, an all-time high for CCM in any quarter ever. CIT and CFT generated strong growth in the quarter. CIT grew 23%, while volume at CFT grew organically 10%, but factoring in the impact of FX at CFT, our reported growth was 3%. Rounding out the growth was FoodService, which grew 1% in the third quarter. At revenue challenged CBF, which is the one business that didn't grow this quarter, we saw organic revenue decline 16% and after the impact of FX, our CBF revenue was down 21%. The highlight of the quarter was EBIT before interest and taxes, as we grew EBIT 21% and earned $162 million, an all-time record for Carlisle, far surpassing the $148 million record we set at the end of the second quarter this year. EBIT margins are also a record 16.6%. We are seeing the real earnings potential of this business, despite the continued slowing of growth at CBF and our fight to maintain margins at CCM. As this trend continues, we will have to consider resetting our margin goal upwards, perhaps as early as next year. In addition to strong earnings growth, we ended the quarter with $354 million of cash on hand. That's after returning $111 million of capital through dividends and share repurchases to our shareholders so far in 2015. Over the past year, we've been asked by various analysts and PMs to state our margins prior to amortization of intangibles. We feel strongly that stating our margins as EBIT reflects the true cost of making an acquisition, but to allow you make the margin calculation without amortization of acquired intangibles, you can subtract $15 million of expense in the third quarter, which will get you to 18.2% margins compared to 15.9% in the third quarter of 2014. Slide 4 is our third quarter sales bridge. As you review the bridge, you see that price had a negative 160 basis impact on sales. This is the result of some price reduction at CCM, CIT and FoodService. The small amount of reduction to CCM were mainly within our roofing products. At CIT, it was the result of AOC. And at CFS, it wasn't a price reduction, but rather volume rebates. Volume as shown on the bridge was positive 60 basis points. The acquisitions of CFT and LHi contributed 10.4% to growth in the quarter. The acquisitions of LHi anniversaried on October 1, so going forward, we'll have an apples-to-apples comparison at CIT. FX had 180 point negative impact on sales. Dollar-wise, the business most impacted by FX was CCM. Slide 5 is our margin bridge. Price of raw material were positive 220 basis points, with the vast majority of that positive impact at CCM. COS contributed 80 basis points to our EBIT, while acquisitions were a negative 30 basis points. The Other category was 90 basis points negative. That concludes my overall review of the quarter. Chris will now review the performance in the individual business segments. D. Christian Koch - President & Chief Operating Officer: Thanks, David. Good morning, everyone. Please turn to Slide 6 to begin our review of third quarter 2015 segment performance. We'll begin with Construction Materials. CCM achieved record performance for EBIT and EBIT margin in the third quarter, despite lower sales. CCM's sales decreased 3%, comprised of a 2% negative impact from currency fluctuations and 1% lower organic sales. Selling price declined only 1% in the third quarter, as CCM remained price disciplined despite increased competitive pressure. Sales volume was relatively flat in the third quarter, likely reflecting some ceding of market share to preserve margin, coupled with some moderation in growth in new construction. Labor shortages in the commercial construction market were also a factor in slowing demand. Trends in energy efficiency continued in the quarter, positively impacting insulation sales. CCM's EBIT increased 19% in the third quarter to a record $116 million. CCM's EBIT margin of 20.3% also set a new record. CCM's margin increased 380 basis points from the prior year due to lower raw material cost, price discipline, savings from the Carlisle Operating System and the non-recurrence of plant start-up costs from the prior year. We expect CCM to continue its strong year-over-year margin improvement in the fourth quarter. Sales growth in the quarter is expected to continue to reflect CCM's efforts to maintain selling price. Slide 7 details CIT's performance for the quarter. CIT continued its record pace in 2015 with sales growth of 23% in the third quarter. The acquisition of LHi contributed sales growth of 16%, while CIT achieved strong organic sales growth of 7%. CIT sales into the aerospace market were up 8% on strong demand for in-flight entertainment and connectivity applications, as well as new aircraft programs, an impressive gain considering the reported growth was net of contractual selling price reductions. CIT sales into the military market were up 10%, driven by stronger spending on select programs. Sales for Test & Measurement segment were flat in the third quarter, due to the timing of orders from a large customer. And sales into the industrial market declined 20%; however, industrial sales represent less than 5% of CIT sales. Contribution from the LHi acquisition improved considerably in the third quarter, demonstrating the success of the integration activities and the implementation of the Carlisle Operating System. LHi contributed EBIT of $3.4 million on sales of $25.9 million in the third quarter, an EBIT margin contribution of 13.1%. LHi's EBIT margin of 13.1% includes 650 basis points of acquisition-related amortization expense. LHi's third quarter margin performance was a 480 basis point improvement from the second quarter. CIT achieved an EBIT margin of 20.4% in the quarter, a 22% growth year-over-year, excellent performance considering the effect of lower contractual selling prices in Aerospace and the dilutive impact of the LHi acquisition. Leverage from sales volume growth and efficiencies from the Carlisle Operating System contributed significantly to the 20%-plus margin performance in the quarter. CIT has made significant investments to expand its capabilities and its platform of high technology interconnect products to meet expected market demands. Last year, CIT made a significant expansion into the medical markets through our acquisition of LHi. In quarter one of 2015, we opened a newly-constructed 216,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Nogales, Mexico to meet expected growth in our Aerospace business. We are pleased to announce today that we are continuing to invest in our global manufacturing footprint through the expansion of our existing operations in Dongguan, China. This investment will allow us to capitalize on demand in both the aerospace and medical technology applications and pursue further operating efficiencies. Starting in the fourth quarter of this year, we will proceed with a $13 million investment to expand our manufacturing operations in Dongguan. Of this $13 million, approximately $10 million is capital and $3 million is start-up expense that will be incurred starting in the fourth quarter of 2015 and will be completed in 2016. We remain very optimistic about the opportunities we see in CIT's end markets. On Slide 8, we review the performance of our newest acquisition, Carlisle Fluid Technologies. CFT had sales of $67.9 million and an EBIT margin of 14.9% in the third quarter. CFT's 14.9% EBIT margin includes approximately 630 basis points of intangible amortization expense attributable to the acquisition. On a pro forma basis, which provides a comparison as if Carlisle had owned CFT in both the prior year and current period, CFT sales in the third quarter grew 3% over prior year. CFT sales growth reflects a strong organic sales increase of 10%, offset by 7% negative impact from foreign currency fluctuations. Approximately 60% of CFT sales are to customers outside of the United States, with significant presence in Europe and Asia. CFT's strong organic sales growth of 10% was generated from higher automotive system sales into the Asia-Pacific region, as well as an increased sales in new products. We expect sales volume in the fourth quarter will continue the positive trends we have experienced as we've moved through the second and third quarters of 2015. CFT's EBIT margin of 14.9% in the third quarter increased 250 basis points from prior year pro forma EBIT on higher selling prices, higher sales volume and favorable mix. We are very pleased to report a 15% margin achievement for CFT this quarter, very much on track with our expectations of this business. We remain positive about the growth potential for the CFT segment, given our planned investment in new products, global expansion opportunities, new markets, improvements from the implementation of the Carlisle Operating System and ongoing integration activities. Please turn to Slide 9, as we review CBF's results for the quarter. Carlisle Brake & Friction sales declined 21% in the third quarter, reflecting a 5% decline due to currency fluctuations and a 16% sales volume decline. Demand for CBF off-highway products that serve the heavy equipment market were negatively impacted by the weakness in the global commodities market and slower growth in China. Sales into the agricultural market were down 16%, mining was down 24% and construction was down 29%. Consistent with the outlook of our major OEM customers, we are not anticipating recovery in these markets in the near-term. CBF's EBIT was significantly impacted by the double digit sales decline as well as the negative impact of foreign exchange. EBIT margin was just 0.007% in the quarter. Included in CBF's EBIT results was $1.1 million in severance expense. CBF continues to look for opportunities to add new business, as well as reduce operating costs throughout this downturn in its markets. Year-to-date, CBF has reduced its selling, general and administrative costs by approximately $7.5 million. Some of these reductions were generated by actions taken in the fourth quarter of last year. CBF has taken further cost reductions throughout the year and continues to evaluate additional actions. Turning to slide 10, Carlisle's FoodService segment sales increased 1% in the third quarter, as mid-single digit volume growth in the quarter was mostly offset by lower selling prices tied to rebates. Within CFS, sales of our traditional FoodService products increased 2%, reflecting healthy domestic sales growth, offset by lower selling price and lower international sales volume. CFS also grew sales in the janitorial/sanitation market by 5%, reflecting increased conversion at larger accounts. Healthcare sales were down 2%, reflecting competitive pricing pressures in this market segment. Overall, CFS third quarter results are an improvement from the first half of the year and we expect further sales growth in the upcoming quarter. CFS also achieved improvements to its EBIT margin in the third quarter. CFS EBIT margin increased 30 basis points to 12.4% from operating improvements and lower raw material costs. This concludes my review of our segment performance in the third quarter. Steve will now review our balance sheet, cash flow and working capital. Steve? Steven J. Ford - Vice President & Chief Financial Officer: Thanks, Chris. Good morning. Please turn to Slide 11 of the presentation. At the end of the quarter, we had $354 million of cash on hand, an increase of $125 million from the end of the second quarter, reflecting the current quarter's strong cash flow generation. We continue to have all $600 million of availability under our credit facility, leaving us ample liquidity to further pursue our long-term growth objectives and continue to return capital to our shareholders. As Dave noted, during the first nine months of 2015, we returned $111 million to our shareholders in a combination of dividends and share repurchases. Our balance sheet remains strong. At September 30, our net debt to capital ratio was 14%. Our net debt to EBITDA ratio was 0.7 times. And our EBITDA to interest ratio was 17.5 times. Turning to Slide 12, our free cash flow from operations for the three months ended September 30 was $189.2 million compared to $65.1 million for the third quarter 2014, a $124.1 million improvement. This significant improvement is attributable to higher earnings, as well as $14 million in lower capital expenditures. Turning to Slide 13, our average working capital as a percentage of annualized sales for the third quarter 2015 was 18.3%, a 60 basis point increase from the 17.7% reported for the third quarter 2014, in part reflecting higher inventory at CCM. And with those remarks, I will turn the call back over to Dave. David A. Roberts - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer: Thanks, Steve. Angie, that's the end of our prepared remarks. Would you open the floor for questions, please?