Operator
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to Jabil's second quarter fiscal 2015 earnings conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. Thank you. I would now like to turn today's conference over to Beth Walters, Senior Vice President of Communications and Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Beth A. Walters - Senior VP-Communications & Investor Relations: Thank you. Welcome to our second quarter of 2015 earnings call. Joining me today are our CEO, Mark Mondello; and our Chief Financial Officer, Forbes Alexander. This call is being recorded and will be posted for audio playback on the Jabil website, jabil.com, in the Investors section. Our third quarter press release – excuse me, our second quarter press release, slides, and corresponding webcast links are also available on the website. In these materials, you'll find the financial information that we will cover during this conference call. We ask that you follow our presentation with the slides in the website, beginning with slide two, our forward-looking statement. During this conference call, we will be making forward-looking statements including those regarding the anticipated outlook for our business, our currently expected third quarter of fiscal 2015 net revenue and earnings results, the financial performance for the company, and our long-term outlook for the company. These statements are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumption involving risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. An extensive list of these risks and uncertainties are identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2014, and on subsequent reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, and our other securities filings. Jabil disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Today's call will begin with opening remarks from Mark. We will then move on to second quarter fiscal results and updated guidance for fiscal 2015 from Forbes Alexander. We will then open it up to questions from call attendees. So I would now like to turn the call over to Mark. Mark T. Mondello - Chief Executive Officer & Director: Thanks, Beth. Good afternoon. I appreciate everyone taking time to join the call today. Before I begin, I'd like to take a minute and recognize all of our people here at Jabil. Thank you. Thanks for all you do and thank you for your dedication. As for Jabil's second quarter, I am really pleased with the results. The revenue for the quarter was $4.3 billion, which was in line with our guidance. From a profit perspective, we exceeded our target, resulting in core operating income of $166 million for the quarter, which is 11% above the midpoint of our guidance. If we step back and look at the first half of the year, cash flow from operations was $525 million. I highlight this because strong cash flows are crucial, as they fuel our ability to grow. Overall, our team delivered a solid quarter. Let me talk a bit about capital expenditures. CapEx for the year looks to remain in the range of $650 million to $750 million. As we sit today, we most likely will be at the high end of this range, which I view as a positive. This is driven by additional investment opportunities, which remain strong. In fact, if things go our way, we may actually increase CapEx during the fourth quarter as we prepare for fiscal year 2016 and beyond. For the full fiscal year, I remain confident in our core earnings per share guidance of $1.85 to $2.15. Let's look at the market. As we look ahead, we're very well positioned in the markets we serve. Most all of them have attractive underlying catalyst mandates that align perfectly with our solutions and broad-based capabilities. We continue to observe dramatic parabolic change across most markets. This is driven by technology and a new generation of consumers; consumers that display an insatiable appetite for instantaneous access to everything and infinite customization. These demands combined with the need for immediate gratification drive massive disruption. Said another way, these expectations spawn additional expectations. When I think about change, change is always present. In fact, change itself is a constant. But today, the rate of change in the markets that we serve is truly unprecedented. These dynamics continue to drive great opportunities for Jabil. As we look internally, we're carrying excellent momentum into the second half of the year as we stay focused on our top priorities, priorities being: exceptional customer care; thoughtful growth of earnings year on year; expansion of our capabilities; and taking exceptional care of our people. I'd now like to look at our business segments. Let's start with our Diversified Manufacturing Services, or DMS, segment. Our DMS business delivered second quarter revenue largely as planned while exceeding margin expectations. The DMS team delivered core operating margins of 6.6%, a 40 basis point increase sequentially quarter on quarter. It was a stellar performance. Looking to the back half of the fiscal year, we anticipate core operating income for our DMS segment to be in the range of $130 million to $160 million. We plan to deliver this core operating income while at the same time incurring roughly $60 million of operating expenses. These operating expenses will support bringing additional manufacturing square footage online, executing various program ramps, and working on a wide range of development activities. The majority of this expense will occur in our fourth fiscal quarter. This reflects what we planned for and communicated at the beginning of our fiscal year. In other words, nothing has changed specific to these expenses. Our plan continues to unfold, as expected. Within our DMS segment, our Nypro brand is delivering on their admirable goal of improving the way in which people live. The team is doing so through their outstanding performance in healthcare and packaging by making our customers' products more accessible, more affordable, and more sustainable. Also within our DMS segment, our Green Point team continues to display terrific engineering aptitude and operational excellence. They continue to lead in areas of material sciences and integrated plastics and metals. When one combines this with their ability to execute high-volume manufacturing, you have a winning team in the areas of mobility, consumer lifestyles, and wearable technology. Let's move and take a look at our Electronic Manufacturing Services, or EMS, segment. Our EMS team delivered second quarter revenue above guidance, although core operating margins were down 30 basis points sequentially. This was largely due to seasonality within our high-velocity sector as well as additional costs incurred as we prepare for a strong second half of the year. Our EMS team is successfully enhancing and reinventing their value proposition while taking advantage of secular trends. These newer secular trends include connected automobiles, digital home connectivity, consumption-based IT solutions, additional bandwidth driven by the Internet of Everything, machine-to-machine interactions, lower-cost sensor technologies, and the ubiquitous use of predictive analytics. In wrapping up my prepared remarks, I want to reiterate that we are certainly on track to deliver a strong quarter – excuse me, a strong year; a year that exceeds the plan we laid out for you back in September. Our business is resilient and very well-positioned for the coming years ahead. We remain thoughtful on our investments. I believe this will keep us front and center in terms of remaining relevant. Said another way, the lack of investment in capabilities and critical assets would have the potential to render Jabil irrelevant over time, especially when one considers the rate of change that's so prevalent in the world today. Jabil's healthier than ever. We have a great team, outstanding customers, and incredible reach, massive scale, and innovative solutions. We'll continue to expand our universe, both vertically and horizontally. This provides a multiplier effect as we deliver more and more products across more and more end markets, while serving the greatest brands in the world. Opportunities remain plentiful. Thank you. I'll now turn the call over to Forbes.