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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark one)

 

☒QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended

March 31, 2017

 

or

 

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from        to       

 

Commission file number 1-9576

 

 

OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (567) 336-5000

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒  No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒  No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐  No ☒

 

The number of shares of common stock, par value $.01, of Owens-Illinois, Inc. outstanding as of March 31, 2017 was 162,698,113.

 

 

 

 

Part I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1.  Financial Statements.

 

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Owens-Illinois, Inc. (the “Company”) presented herein are unaudited but, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments necessary to present fairly such information for the periods and at the dates indicated.  All adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. Because the following unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation S-X, they do not contain all information and footnotes normally contained in annual consolidated financial statements; accordingly, they should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto appearing in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.

OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

 

See accompanying notes.

OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

See accompanying notes.

OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

See accompanying notes.

OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Tabular data dollars in millions, except per share amounts

 

1.  Segment Information

 

The Company has four reportable segments based on its geographic locations:  Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.  These four segments are aligned with the Company’s internal approach to managing, reporting, and evaluating performance of its global glass operations.  Certain assets and activities not directly related to one of the regions or to glass manufacturing are reported with Retained corporate costs and other.  These include licensing, equipment manufacturing, global engineering, and certain equity investments.  Retained corporate costs and other also includes certain headquarters administrative and facilities costs and certain incentive compensation and other benefit plan costs that are global in nature and are not allocable to the reportable segments.

 

The Company’s measure of profit for its reportable segments is segment operating profit, which consists of consolidated earnings from continuing operations before interest income, interest expense, and provision for income taxes and excludes amounts related to certain items that management considers not representative of ongoing operations as well as certain retained corporate costs.  The Company’s management uses segment operating profit, in combination with selected cash flow information, to evaluate performance and to allocate resources.  Segment operating profit for reportable segments includes an allocation of some corporate expenses based on both a percentage of sales and direct billings based on the costs of specific services provided.

 

Intercompany sales in Latin America totaled $33 million and $50 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

Financial information for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 regarding the Company’s reportable segments is as follows:

 

 

 

Financial information regarding the Company’s total assets is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

2.  Inventories

Major classes of inventory at March 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016 are as follows:

 

 

 

3.  Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets at March 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016 are as follows:

 

 

 

 

4.  Derivative Instruments

The Company has certain derivative assets and liabilities which consist of natural gas forwards and foreign exchange option and forward contracts. The Company uses an income approach to value these contracts.  Natural gas forward rates and foreign exchange rates are the significant inputs into the valuation models.  These inputs are observable in active markets over the terms of the instruments the Company holds, and accordingly, the Company classifies its derivative assets and liabilities as Level 2 in the hierarchy.  The Company also evaluates counterparty risk in determining fair values.

Commodity Forward Contracts Designated as Cash Flow Hedges

In several regions, the Company enters into commodity forward contracts related to forecasted natural gas requirements, the objectives of which are to limit the effects of fluctuations in the future market price paid for natural gas and the related volatility in cash flows.  In North America, the majority of its customer contracts contain provisions that pass the price of natural gas to its customers.  In certain of these contracts, the customer has the option of fixing the natural gas price component for a specified period of time.  To limit the effects of fluctuations in cash flows resulting from these customer contracts, the Company enters into commodity forward contracts related to forecasted natural gas requirements.  In Asia Pacific, the Company implemented a hedging program in the first quarter of 2016, which included

the execution of commodity forward contracts for certain contracted natural gas requirements.  At March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had entered into commodity forward contracts covering approximately 11,200,000 MM BTUs and 12,600,000 MM BTUs, respectively.

The Company accounts for the above forward contracts as cash flow hedges at March 31, 2017 and recognizes them on the balance sheet at fair value.  The effective portion of changes in the fair value of a derivative that is designated as, and meets the required criteria for, a cash flow hedge is recorded in the Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income component of share owners’ equity (“OCI”) and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the underlying hedged item affects earnings.  An unrecognized gain of $1 million at March 31, 2017, an unrecognized gain of $6 million at December 31, 2016 and an unrecognized loss of $4 million at March 31, 2016 related to the commodity forward contracts was included in Accumulated OCI, and will be reclassified into earnings in the period when the commodity forward contracts expire.  Any material portion of the change in the fair value of a derivative designated as a cash flow hedge that is deemed to be ineffective is recognized in current earnings.  The ineffectiveness related to these natural gas hedges for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 was not material.

The effect of the commodity forward contracts on the results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

 

 

Foreign Exchange Derivative Contracts and not Designated as Hedging Instruments

The Company may enter into short-term forward exchange or option agreements to purchase foreign currencies at set rates in the future. These agreements are used to limit exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates for significant planned purchases of fixed assets or commodities that are denominated in currencies other than the subsidiaries’ functional currency. The Company may also use foreign exchange agreements to offset the foreign currency risk for receivables and payables, including intercompany receivables, payables, and loans, not denominated in, or indexed to, their functional currencies. The Company records these short-term foreign exchange agreements on the balance sheet at fair value and changes in the fair value are recognized in current earnings.

At March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had outstanding foreign exchange and option agreements denominated in various currencies covering the equivalent of approximately $340 million and $660 million, respectively, related primarily to intercompany transactions and loans.

The effect of the foreign exchange derivative contracts on the results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

 

Balance Sheet Classification

The Company records the fair values of derivative financial instruments on the balance sheet as follows: (a) receivables if the instrument has a positive fair value and maturity within one year, (b) deposits, receivables, and other assets if the instrument has a positive fair value and maturity after one year, and (c) other accrued liabilities or other liabilities (current) if the instrument has a negative fair value and maturity within one year.

The following table shows the amount and classification (as noted above) of the Company’s derivatives at March 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016:

 

 

 

 

5.  Restructuring Accruals

Selected information related to the restructuring accruals for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

 

 

 

The Company’s decisions to curtail selected production capacity have resulted in write downs of certain long-lived assets to the extent their carrying amounts exceeded fair value or fair value less cost to sell.  The Company classified the significant assumptions used to determine the fair value of the impaired assets, which was not material, as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy as set forth in the general accounting principles for fair value measurements.

When a decision is made to take these actions, the Company manages and accounts for them separately from the on-going operations of the business. Information related to major programs (as in the case of the Asia Pacific Restructuring program above) are presented separately. Minor initiatives and discrete restructuring actions are presented on a combined basis as Other Restructuring Actions. When charges related to major programs are completed, remaining accrual balances are classified within Other Restructuring Actions.

Asia Pacific Restructuring

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company recorded charges of $1 million.  These charges primarily represented other exit costs as part of the Company’s Asia Pacific Restructuring program. The Company recorded total cumulative charges of $224 million and does not expect to execute any further actions under this program. The Company expects that the majority of the remaining cash expenditures related to the above charges will be paid out by the end of 2017.

Other Restructuring Actions

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded restructuring, asset impairment and other charges of $38 million. These charges primarily consist of employee costs, write-down of assets, and other exit costs in the following regions: Latin America ($23 million), Europe ($13 million) and North America ($2 million). Except for the charges recorded in Europe, the discrete restructuring charges recorded in the first quarter of 2017 are expected to approximate the total cumulative costs for those actions as no significant additional costs are expected to be incurred. Since 2016, the Company has recorded total cumulative charges of $54 million related to a plant closure in Europe and does not expect to execute any further significant actions related to this facility.  The restructuring charges recorded in the first quarter of 2017 in the Latin American and European regions primarily relate to capacity curtailments. The Company plans to reallocate the products produced at these facilities to others in their respective regions. The Company expects that the majority of the remaining cash expenditures related to the above charges will be paid out by the end of 2018.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company recorded charges of $18 million.  These charges primarily represented employee costs, write-down of assets, and other exit costs of $14 million for a plant closure in the first quarter of 2016 in Latin America, $3 million related to a previous plant closure in North America and $1 million related to other restructuring actions. The discrete restructuring charges recorded in the first quarter of 2016 are expected to approximate the total cumulative costs for those actions as no significant additional costs are expected to be incurred. The restructuring charges recorded in the first quarter of 2016 in the Latin American region primarily relate to a capacity curtailment. The Company reallocated the products produced at this facility to others in the region. The Company expects that the majority of the remaining cash expenditures related to the above charges will be paid out by the end of 2017. 

6.  Pension Benefit Plans

The components of the net periodic pension cost for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

In March 2016, the Company remeasured the liability related to its hourly plan in the U.S. to reflect certain changes in future benefits. The remeasurement resulted in an increase to its pension liability of approximately $60 million and has been reflected in other comprehensive income.

7.  Income Taxes

The Company performs a quarterly review of the annual effective tax rate and makes changes if necessary based on new information or events. The estimated annual effective tax rate is forecasted quarterly using actual historical information and forward-looking estimates. The estimated annual effective tax rate may fluctuate due to changes in forecasted annual operating income; changes in the forecasted mix of earnings by country; changes to the valuation

allowance for deferred tax assets (such changes would be recorded discretely in the quarter in which they occur); changes to actual or forecasted permanent book to tax differences (non-deductible expenses); impacts from future tax settlements with state, federal or foreign tax authorities (such changes would be recorded discretely in the quarter in which they occur); or impacts from tax law changes. To the extent such changes impact deferred tax assets/liabilities, these changes would generally be recorded discretely in the quarter in which they occur.  Additionally, the annual effective tax rate differs from the statutory U.S. Federal tax rate of 35% primarily because of valuation allowances in some jurisdictions and varying non-U.S. tax rates.

The Company is currently under examination in various tax jurisdictions in which it operates, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Canada, Colombia, Czech, Ecuador, France, Germany, Indonesia, and Italy. The years under examination range from 2006 through 2015. The Company has received income tax assessments in excess of established reserves. The Company believes that adequate provisions for all income tax uncertainties have been made. However, if income tax assessments are settled against the Company at amounts in excess of established reserves, it could have a material impact to the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

 

8.  Debt

The following table summarizes the long-term debt of the Company:

 

On April 22, 2015, the Company entered into a Senior Secured Credit Facility, which subsequently has been amended several times with the most recent amendment being entered into on February 3, 2016 (the “Amended Agreement”).

At March 31, 2017, the Amended Agreement includes a $300 million revolving credit facility, a $600 million multicurrency revolving credit facility, a $1,575 million term loan A facility ($1,370 million net of debt issuance costs), and a €279 million term loan A facility ($284 million net of debt issuance costs), each of which has a final maturity date of April 22, 2020.  At March 31, 2017, the Company had unused credit of $599 million available under the Amended