Operator
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the First Quarter 2016 Results Conference Call. During the presentation, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Afterwards, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded Thursday, May 5, 2016. And I would now like to turn the conference over to Don Walker, Chief Executive Officer. Please go ahead. Donald J. Walker - Chief Executive Officer & Director: Thank you. Welcome to our first quarter 2016 conference call. Joining me today is Vince Galifi, our Chief Financial Officer, and Louis Tonelli, Vice President-Investor Relations. Yesterday, our board of directors met and approved our financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016 and we issued a press release this morning for the quarter. You will find the press release, today's conference call webcast, our updated quarterly financial review, and the slide presentation to go along with the call, all in our Investor Relations section of our website at www.magna.com. Before we get started, just a reminder the discussion today may contain forward-looking information or forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. Such statements involve certain risks, assumptions and uncertainties, which may cause the company's actual or future results and performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied in these statements. Please refer to today's press release for a complete description of our Safe Harbor disclaimer. I'm very happy with our first quarter results. We achieved first quarter record operating results, including record sales, EBIT and earnings per share. Organic sales growth in the first quarter excluding currency was 10%. Each of our reporting segments performed well in the quarter. We also bought back $300 million of our shares in the quarter and expect to repurchase more shares, while continuing to invest in the business. And we paid out an additional $95 million in dividends to shareholders. Overall, a very good start to the year. We held our Annual Shareholders Meeting this morning in Toronto. For those who did not listen, and the meeting was webcast and an archive can be accessed on our website. We also held an Investor Day in March of this year. There were a few key messages from the Investor Day that I would like to highlight. We have a portfolio of businesses that have grown significantly faster than the market over a long period, have strong market positions and are highly relevant to the future of the industry. We understand the megatrends driving the Car of the Future, and we have aligned our innovations along the pillars; smarter, cleaner, safer, lighter in connection with these megatrends. And we showed how our product areas are tied to the trends and we believe that will drive continued above market growth. We have a competitive advantage to our integrated electronics, cross-group module and complete capabilities. As a result of these capabilities, we have a holistic view of the vehicle. In this way, we stand alone from most of our automotive peers. We have an aligned view with OEMs of the Car of the Future, and are working with OEMs to meet their future challenges providing holistic solutions. And there are a lot of changes coming, increased hybridization and electrification, more autonomous driving features, sharing economy models and new industry players potentially entering the space. We have a view on the pace and development of these trends and we believe Magna will benefit from the changes. One of the technologies that we highlighted at our Investor Day, the SmartLatch, was an Automotive News PACE Award winner last month. SmartLatch represents a new paradigm for side-door latches by operating 100% electronically, with no cables, rods or moving handles in the door. The industry first application of the latch was on the BMW i8, with the system launching soon on a new luxury sedan. Over the next few model years, SmartLatch will launch on a number of additional programs with other customers. In January of this year, we closed on the acquisition of Getrag. Getrag is a leader in the market for dual-clutch transmissions, a segment which is well-positioned to meet OEM needs for improved fuel efficiency and is expected to experience high growth over the next decade. Integration of Getrag to Magna Powertrain kicked off immediately on closing of the transaction. I'm pleased with our progress to-date. We recently announced that Getrag's joint venture with Dongfeng recently began serial production of the DCTs in Wuhan, China. Getrag's low-torque DCTs can provide an efficient and affordable automatic transmission for lower-priced vehicles and can achieve significant fuel consumption advantages. We also recently signed a purchase agreement to acquire Telemotive AG, a leading engineering service provider in the field of automotive electronics. Telemotive, which adds approximately 550 systems including 450 engineers in Europe will be integrated in new Magna's Tiremthe addition of Telemotive Magna's Tire engineering and service product portfolio in vehicle connectivity, human machine interface and infotainment. As the car evolves from primarily mechanical to more electronic systems, we are in a unique position with deep systems knowledge and full vehicle electronics expertise to continue to deliver innovative solution to the market. With that, I'll pass the call over to Vince. Vincent J. Galifi - Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President: Thank you, Don, and good afternoon, everyone. I'd like to review our financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016. Please note, all figures discussed today will be in U.S. dollars. Operating results for our interiors operations that were sold in 2015 are presented as discontinued operations and this review of results will address continuing operations only. In the first quarter, our consolidated sales increased 15% or $1.1 billion relative to the first quarter of 2015 to a first quarter record of $8.9 billion. Excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, our total sales increased 19% in the first quarter of 2016, compared to the first quarter of 2015. Excluding currency as well as acquisitions, our total sales improved 10%. Reported North American production sales increased 13% in the first quarter to $4.8 billion. Excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, North American production sales increased 16%, while North American vehicle production increased 10% to 4.5 million units. The North American production sales increase is a result of the launch of new programs and higher production volumes in certain programs, as well as the acquisition of Getrag, partially offset by lower volumes on the Chevy Cruze as a result of the changeover for the next generation of the program and net customer price concession. Excluding currency translations in the Getrag acquisition, North American production sales grew faster than the market. Reported European production sales increased 20% from the comparable quarter. Again, excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, European production sales increased 23%, while European vehicle production increased 7% to 5.6 million units. This increase was primarily the result of net acquisitions and the launch of new programs. These were partially offset by programs at end of production and net customer price concessions. Asian production sales increased 26% or $104 million to $507 million from the comparable quarter. This was primarily as a result of acquisitions and the launch of new programs, particularly in China. These were partially offset by the weakening of the Chinese RMB against the U.S. dollar, and net customer price concessions. Excluding currency translation and acquisitions, our Asian production sales outgrew the Asian market. Rest of world production sales declined 39% or $51 million to $80 million for the first quarter, primarily as a result of the weakening of the Brazilian real and Argentine peso against the U.S. dollar. This was partially offset by higher production volumes on certain existing programs, the launch of new programs, and net customer price increases subsequent to the first quarter of 2015. Complete vehicle assembly volumes declined 15% from the comparable quarter, while assembly sales only declined 1% to $596 million. Excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, complete vehicle assembly sales increased 1% with higher volumes in the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, more than offsetting the decline in assembly volumes on the MINI programs and end of production of the Peugeot RCZ during the third quarter of 2015. In summary, consolidated sales excluding tooling, engineering and other sales increased approximately 13% or $959 million in the first quarter and increased 17% if you exclude approximately $296 million associated with the impact of foreign currency translation. Tooling, engineering and other sales increased 33% or $169 million from the comparable quarter to $687 million. EBIT margin in the quarter declined to 7.8% from 8.1% in the first quarter of 2015. The EBIT margin was negatively impacted by the acquisition of Getrag in the amount of approximately 0.2%. Higher launch, new facility and warranty costs, operational inefficiencies at certain facilities, in particular certain Cosma facilities, lower recoveries associated with scrap steel, and a higher proportion of tooling to total sales. These factors were partially offset by margins earned on higher sales, productivity and efficiency improvements at certain facilities, a lower proportion of complete vehicle assembly sales and lower commodity costs. Interest expense increased $13 million to $23 million in the first quarter of 2016, largely related to the increase in debt assumed to purchase Getrag. In the first quarter of 2016, our effective tax rate was 25.5%, which is in line with our full year expectations. Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations was $1.22, a first quarter record, compared to $1.10 in the first quarter of 2015. The increase in diluted earnings per share was a result of higher net income and a lower weighted average number of diluted shares outstanding for the quarter, primarily due to the repurchase and cancellation of common shares pursuant to our normal course issuer bid. I will now review our cash flow and investment activities. During the first quarter of 2016, we generated $767 million in cash from operations prior to changes in operating assets and liabilities, and we invested $469 million in operating assets and liabilities. This investment is consistent with the typical build-up of working capital in the first half of the year. We expect to recover a substantial amount of that investment by Q4 of this year. For the quarter, investment activities amounted to $2.2 billion, including $1.78 billion for acquisitions, $346 million in fixed assets and a $54 million increase in investments in other assets. We also repurchased 7.3 million common shares for $300 million, pursuant to our normal course issuer bid and paid $95 million of dividends in the quarter. Our balance sheet remains strong with $625 million in cash as of March 31, 2016, and additional $1.93 billion in unused credits available to us. As a result of our continued growth, we recently increased our global credit facility to $2.75 billion from $2.25 billion, and extended the term one additional year. This provides flexibility to allow us to capitalize on future opportunities. Next, I'll cover our outlook. Our light vehicle production assumptions are unchanged in North America and have increased about 300,000 units in Europe for 2016, partially reflecting higher Q1 volumes than previously anticipated. Our North American production sales range is up from our previous outlook largely due to a stronger expected Canadian dollar than previously forecasted. Our European production sales range is also up from our previous outlook, largely due to higher production assumptions and a higher expected euro than previously forecasted. Our Rest of World production sales range has declined slightly, reflecting both lower volumes and weaker expected currencies in South America. Our Asia production sales range is unchanged from our previous outlook. Our complete vehicle assembly range has increased, mainly reflecting higher sales for the Mercedes-Benz G-Class and a higher expected euro. Implicit in our total sales is an increase in expected tooling sales for 2016, largely reflecting timing shifts in recognition of tooling and increased effect of Canadian dollar and euro compared to our previous outlook. As a result of all of these changes, total sales are now expected to be in the range of $35.5 billion to $37.2 billion for 2016. This represents a $900 million increase in sales at the top and bottom of the range. Our EBIT margin percent, tax rate, and capital spending ranges are all unchanged from our previous outlook. We've increased our interest expense range to approximately $90 million compared to approximately $80 million previously. Lastly, we made one change to our expected segment EBIT expectations, moving Asia up to 7% to 8% range from 6% to 7%. This reflects expected 2016 operating performance that is better than previously anticipated. Keep in mind, however, that the numbers are smaller in Asia and, therefore, margin percentage experience more variability in this region. This concludes our formal remarks. Thanks for your attention. Donald and I will be pleased to answer any questions you may have.