UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549  

 

FORM 10-Q

 

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

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 201929, 2020

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 0-25150

 

STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Wisconsin

 

39-1804239

(State of Incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3333 West Good Hope Road, Milwaukee, WI 53209

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(414) 247-3333

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of exchange on which registered

Common stock, $.01 par value

STRT

The Nasdaq Global Stock Market

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  YesNo  NO  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files).     YES  YesNo  NO  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a 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.

 

Large Accelerated filer

 

  

Accelerated filer

 

Non-accelerated filer

 

  

Smaller Reporting Company

 

Emerging growth company

 

  

 

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) 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  YesNo  NO  

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock as of the latest practicable date.

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share: 3,755,0223,818,520 shares outstanding as of April 1, 2019March 30, 2020 (which number includes all restricted shares previously awarded that have not vested as of such date).

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading symbol

Name of exchange on which registered

Common stock, $.01 par value

STRT

The Nasdaq Global Stock Market

 

 

 

 

 


STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

March 31, 201929, 2020

INDEX

 

 

 

Page

Part I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1

Financial Statements

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive (Loss) Income

3

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

4

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

5

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

6-196-21

Item 2

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

20-3122-31

Item 3

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

32

Item 4

Controls and Procedures

32

 

 

 

Part II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1

Legal Proceedings

33

Item 1A  

Risk Factors

33

Item 2

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

33

Item 3

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

33

Item 4

Mine Safety Disclosures

33

Item 5

Other Information

33

Item 6

Exhibits

3334

PROSPECTIVE INFORMATION

A number of the matters and subject areas discussed in this Form 10-Q contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “would,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “planned,” “potential,” “should,” “will,” and “could,” or the negative of these terms or words of similar meaning. These statements include statements regarding expected future financial results, product offerings, global expansion, liquidity needs, financing ability, planned capital expenditures, management’s or the Company’s expectations and beliefs, and similar matters discussed in this Form 10-Q. The discussion of such matters and subject areas contained herein is qualified by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations generally, and also may materially differ from the Company’s actual future experience.

The Company’s business, operations and financial performance are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could result in material differences in actual results from the Company’s current expectations. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions, in particular relating to the automotive industry, consumer demand for the Company’s and its customers’ products, competitive and technological developments, customer purchasing actions, changes in warranty provisions and customers’ product recall policies,  work stoppages at the Company or at the location of its key customers as a result of labor disputes, foreign currency fluctuations, uncertainties stemming from U.S. trade policies, tariffs and reactions to same from foreign countries, changes in the costs of operations, changes in the volume and scope of product returns and warranty claims, adverse business and operational issues resulting from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and other matters described in the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Form 10-K report filed on September 6, 20185, 2019 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended July 1, 2018.June 30, 2019 and in Part II Item IA in this Form 10-Q.

Shareholders, potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements made herein are only made as of the date of this Form 10-Q and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances occurring after the date of this Form 10-Q.

 

 

 

 


 

Item 1 Financial Statements

STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive (Loss) Income

(In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Net sales

$

128,230

 

 

$

116,823

 

 

$

358,302

 

 

$

322,465

 

 

$

116,938

 

 

$

128,230

 

 

$

343,183

 

 

$

358,302

 

Cost of goods sold

 

112,548

 

 

 

101,626

 

 

 

314,701

 

 

 

281,159

 

 

 

99,928

 

 

 

112,548

 

 

 

299,954

 

 

 

314,701

 

Gross profit

 

15,682

 

 

 

15,197

 

 

 

43,601

 

 

 

41,306

 

 

 

17,010

 

 

 

15,682

 

 

 

43,229

 

 

 

43,601

 

Engineering, selling and administrative expenses

 

11,721

 

 

 

10,839

 

 

 

33,222

 

 

 

31,033

 

 

 

10,727

 

 

 

11,721

 

 

 

35,775

 

 

 

33,222

 

Income from operations

 

3,961

 

 

 

4,358

 

 

 

10,379

 

 

 

10,273

 

 

 

6,283

 

 

 

3,961

 

 

 

7,454

 

 

 

10,379

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

Equity earnings of joint ventures

 

66

 

 

 

619

 

 

 

2,451

 

 

 

3,118

 

Equity (loss) earnings of joint ventures

 

 

(921

)

 

 

66

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

2,451

 

Interest expense

 

(413

)

 

 

(305

)

 

 

(1,224

)

 

 

(761

)

 

 

(204

)

 

 

(413

)

 

 

(792

)

 

 

(1,224

)

Pension Termination Settlement Charge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(32,434

)

 

 

 

Pension termination settlement charge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(32,434

)

Other income (expense), net

 

209

 

 

 

158

 

 

 

(298

)

 

 

354

 

 

 

1,049

 

 

 

209

 

 

 

975

 

 

 

(298

)

Income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes and

non-controlling interest

 

3,823

 

 

 

4,831

 

 

 

(21,126

)

 

 

12,992

 

Income (loss) before provision for income

taxes and non-controlling interest

 

 

6,207

 

 

 

3,823

 

 

 

7,692

 

 

 

(21,126

)

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

 

786

 

 

 

899

 

 

 

(6,994

)

 

 

1,956

 

 

 

1,294

 

 

 

786

 

 

 

1,194

 

 

 

(6,994

)

Net income (loss)

 

3,037

 

 

 

3,932

 

 

 

(14,132

)

 

 

11,036

 

 

 

4,913

 

 

 

3,037

 

 

 

6,498

 

 

 

(14,132

)

Net income attributable to non-controlling

Interest

 

1,307

 

 

 

963

 

 

 

2,835

 

 

 

2,729

 

 

 

1,919

 

 

 

1,307

 

 

 

3,601

 

 

 

2,835

 

Net income (loss) attributable to STRATTEC SECURITY

CORPORATION

$

1,730

 

 

$

2,969

 

 

$

(16,967

)

 

$

8,307

 

 

$

2,994

 

 

$

1,730

 

 

$

2,897

 

 

$

(16,967

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive Income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive (loss) income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

$

3,037

 

 

$

3,932

 

 

$

(14,132

)

 

$

11,036

 

 

$

4,913

 

 

$

3,037

 

 

$

6,498

 

 

$

(14,132

)

Pension and postretirement plans, net of tax

 

(1

)

 

 

338

 

 

 

19,992

 

 

 

893

 

 

 

74

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

220

 

 

 

19,992

 

Currency translation adjustments

 

1,037

 

 

 

3,487

 

 

 

39

 

 

 

1,193

 

 

 

(6,245

)

 

 

1,037

 

 

 

(6,059

)

 

 

39

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

 

1,036

 

 

 

3,825

 

 

 

20,031

 

 

 

2,086

 

Comprehensive income

 

4,073

 

 

 

7,757

 

 

 

5,899

 

 

 

13,122

 

Comprehensive income attributable to non-

controlling interest

 

1,432

 

 

 

1,894

 

 

 

3,117

 

 

 

2,709

 

Comprehensive income attributable to STRATTEC

SECURITY CORPORATION

$

2,641

 

 

$

5,863

 

 

$

2,782

 

 

$

10,413

 

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax

 

 

(6,171

)

 

 

1,036

 

 

 

(5,839

)

 

 

20,031

 

Comprehensive (loss) income

 

 

(1,258

)

 

 

4,073

 

 

 

659

 

 

 

5,899

 

Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to

non-controlling interest

 

 

(468

)

 

 

1,432

 

 

 

1,464

 

 

 

3,117

 

Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to

STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION

 

$

(790

)

 

$

2,641

 

 

$

(805

)

 

$

2,782

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share attributable to STRATTEC

SECURITY CORPORATION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

$

0.47

 

 

$

0.82

 

 

$

(4.62

)

 

$

2.29

 

 

$

0.80

 

 

$

0.47

 

 

$

0.78

 

 

$

(4.62

)

Diluted

$

0.46

 

 

$

0.80

 

 

$

(4.62

)

 

$

2.24

 

 

$

0.79

 

 

$

0.46

 

 

$

0.77

 

 

$

(4.62

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

3,684

 

 

 

3,634

 

 

 

3,670

 

 

 

3,625

 

 

 

3,748

 

 

 

3,684

 

 

 

3,733

 

 

 

3,670

 

Diluted

 

3,728

 

 

 

3,708

 

 

 

3,670

 

 

 

3,702

 

 

 

3,768

 

 

 

3,728

 

 

 

3,752

 

 

 

3,670

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash dividends declared per share

$

0.14

 

 

$

0.14

 

 

$

0.42

 

 

$

0.42

 

 

$

0.14

 

 

$

0.14

 

 

$

0.42

 

 

$

0.42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive (Loss) Income.


STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In Thousands, Except Share Amounts)

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

July 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

June 30,

2019

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

9,202

 

 

$

8,090

 

 

$

10,173

 

 

$

7,809

 

Receivables, net

 

 

87,847

 

 

 

73,832

 

 

 

72,805

 

 

 

84,230

 

Inventories:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finished products

 

 

12,544

 

 

 

13,410

 

 

 

18,531

 

 

 

11,582

 

Work in process

 

 

11,485

 

 

 

10,059

 

 

 

11,775

 

 

 

10,529

 

Purchased materials

 

 

26,948

 

 

 

27,185

 

 

 

32,357

 

 

 

29,376

 

Excess and obsolete reserve

 

 

(4,155

)

 

 

(4,000

)

 

 

(4,315

)

 

 

(4,225

)

Inventories, net

 

 

46,822

 

 

 

46,654

 

 

 

58,348

 

 

 

47,262

 

Other current assets

 

 

15,609

 

 

 

22,527

 

 

 

15,216

 

 

 

17,331

 

Total current assets

 

 

159,480

 

 

 

151,103

 

 

 

156,542

 

 

 

156,632

 

Investment in joint ventures

 

 

23,876

 

 

 

22,192

 

 

 

23,190

 

 

 

23,528

 

Deferred Income Taxes

 

 

1,210

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,952

 

 

 

2,933

 

Other long-term assets

 

 

10,877

 

 

 

17,338

 

 

 

6,411

 

 

 

11,523

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

 

282,660

 

 

 

269,716

 

 

 

287,071

 

 

 

287,421

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

 

(164,819

)

 

 

(153,174

)

 

 

(179,655

)

 

 

(169,301

)

Net property, plant and equipment

 

 

117,841

 

 

 

116,542

 

 

 

107,416

 

 

 

118,120

 

 

$

313,284

 

 

$

307,175

 

 

$

297,511

 

 

$

312,736

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

46,207

 

 

$

38,439

 

 

$

43,104

 

 

$

41,889

 

Accrued Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payroll and benefits

 

 

12,761

 

 

 

13,393

 

 

 

13,549

 

 

 

17,339

 

Environmental

 

 

1,279

 

 

 

1,291

 

 

 

1,263

 

 

 

1,278

 

Warranty

 

 

7,995

 

 

 

7,800

 

 

 

7,850

 

 

 

7,900

 

Other

 

 

10,563

 

 

 

7,870

 

 

 

10,306

 

 

 

10,857

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

78,805

 

 

 

68,793

 

 

 

76,072

 

 

 

79,263

 

Borrowings under credit facilities

 

 

44,000

 

 

 

51,000

 

 

 

27,000

 

 

 

42,000

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

961

 

Accrued pension obligations

 

 

1,645

 

 

 

1,553

 

 

 

1,754

 

 

 

1,663

 

Accrued postretirement obligations

 

 

677

 

 

 

826

 

 

 

649

 

 

 

762

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

831

 

 

 

796

 

 

 

4,781

 

 

 

1,232

 

Shareholders’ Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, authorized 12,000,000 shares, $.01 par value, 7,304,994

issued shares at March 31, 2019 and 7,251,937 issued shares at

July 1, 2018

 

 

73

 

 

 

73

 

Common stock, authorized 12,000,000 shares, $.01 par value, 7,358,812

issued shares at March 29, 2020 and 7,304,994 issued shares at

June 30, 2019

 

 

74

 

 

 

73

 

Capital in excess of par value

 

 

96,215

 

 

 

95,140

 

 

 

97,773

 

 

 

96,491

 

Retained earnings

 

 

221,696

 

 

 

236,162

 

 

 

222,442

 

 

 

221,117

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(17,737

)

 

 

(33,439

)

 

 

(22,270

)

 

 

(18,568

)

Less: treasury stock, at cost (3,614,479 shares at March 31, 2019 and

3,616,734 shares at July 1,2018)

 

 

(135,742

)

 

 

(135,778

)

Less: treasury stock, at cost (3,610,411 shares at March 29, 2020 and

3,613,439 shares at June 30, 2019)

 

 

(135,676

)

 

 

(135,725

)

Total STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION shareholders’ equity

 

 

164,505

 

 

 

162,158

 

 

 

162,343

 

 

 

163,388

 

Non-controlling interest

 

 

22,821

 

 

 

21,088

 

 

 

24,912

 

 

 

24,428

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

187,326

 

 

 

183,246

 

 

 

187,255

 

 

 

187,816

 

 

$

313,284

 

 

$

307,175

 

 

$

297,511

 

 

$

312,736

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.



STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In Thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

 

$

(14,132

)

 

$

11,036

 

Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

12,543

 

 

 

10,551

 

Foreign currency transaction loss

 

 

261

 

 

 

173

 

Unrealized (gain) loss on peso forward contracts

 

 

(116

)

 

 

687

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

6,498

 

 

$

(14,132

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

14,349

 

 

 

12,543

 

Foreign currency transaction (gain) loss

 

 

(2,067

)

 

 

261

 

Unrealized loss (gain) on peso forward contracts

 

 

1,048

 

 

 

(116

)

Stock based compensation expense

 

 

867

 

 

 

871

 

 

 

789

 

 

 

867

��

Equity earnings of joint ventures

 

 

(2,451

)

 

 

(3,118

)

Pension Termination Settlement Charge

 

 

32,434

 

 

 

 

Equity loss (earnings) of joint ventures

 

 

(55

)

 

 

(2,451

)

Pension termination settlement charge

 

 

 

 

 

32,434

 

Non-cash compensation expense

 

 

4,473

 

 

 

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

(8,131

)

 

 

(1,710

)

 

 

(1,032

)

 

 

(8,131

)

Change in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables

 

 

(14,411

)

 

 

(5,206

)

 

 

11,014

 

 

 

(14,411

)

Inventories

 

 

(168

)

 

 

(7,505

)

 

 

(11,086

)

 

 

(168

)

Other assets

 

 

7,553

 

 

 

(8,277

)

 

 

1,798

 

 

 

7,553

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

10,753

 

 

 

6,244

 

 

 

3,683

 

 

 

10,753

 

Other, net

 

 

(281

)

 

 

(44

)

 

 

522

 

 

 

(281

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

24,721

 

 

 

3,702

 

 

 

29,934

 

 

 

24,721

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in joint ventures

 

 

(200

)

 

 

(125

)

 

 

 

 

 

(200

)

Repayment from loan to joint ventures

 

 

 

 

 

300

 

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

 

 

(13,550

)

 

 

(19,382

)

 

 

(10,307

)

 

 

(13,550

)

Proceeds received on sale of property, plant, and equipment

 

 

12

 

 

 

12

 

Proceeds received on sale of property, plant and equipment

 

 

29

 

 

 

12

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(13,738

)

 

 

(19,195

)

 

 

(10,278

)

 

 

(13,738

)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Borrowings under credit facility

 

 

2,000

 

 

 

21,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,000

 

Repayment of borrowings under credit facility

 

 

(9,000

)

 

 

(3,000

)

 

 

(15,000

)

 

 

(9,000

)

Dividends paid to non-controlling interests of subsidiaries

 

 

(1,384

)

 

 

(2,217

)

 

 

(980

)

 

 

(1,384

)

Dividends paid

 

 

(1,546

)

 

 

(1,525

)

 

 

(1,572

)

 

 

(1,546

)

Exercise of stock options and employee stock purchases

 

 

244

 

 

 

217

 

 

 

543

 

 

 

244

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

 

(9,686

)

 

 

14,475

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(17,009

)

 

 

(9,686

)

Foreign currency impact on cash

 

 

(185

)

 

 

(306

)

 

 

(283

)

 

 

(185

)

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

 

1,112

 

 

 

(1,324

)

NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

 

2,364

 

 

 

1,112

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of period

 

 

8,090

 

 

 

8,361

 

 

 

7,809

 

 

 

8,090

 

End of period

 

$

9,202

 

 

$

7,037

 

 

$

10,173

 

 

$

9,202

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid during the period for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income taxes

 

$

230

 

 

$

2,356

 

 

$

768

 

 

$

230

 

Interest

 

$

1,229

 

 

$

716

 

 

$

838

 

 

$

1,229

 

Non-cash investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in capital expenditures in accounts payable

 

$

(405

)

 

$

(1,825

)

 

$

(1,318

)

 

$

(405

)

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.



STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Basis of Financial Statements

STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION designs, develops, manufactures and markets automotive access control products including mechanical locks and keys, electronically enhanced locks and keys, steering column and instrument panel ignition lock housings, latches, power sliding door systems, power lift gate systems, power deck lid systems, door handles and related products for primarily North American automotive customers. We also supply global automotive manufacturers through a unique strategic relationship with WITTE Automotive (“WITTE”) of Velbert, Germany, and ADAC Automotive (“ADAC”) of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Under this relationship, STRATTEC, WITTE and ADAC market the products of each company to global customers under the “VAST Automotive Group” brand name (as more fully described herein). STRATTEC products are shipped to customer locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, Korea, China and India, and we provide full service and aftermarket support for each VAST Automotive Group partner’s products. We also maintain a 51 percent interest in a joint venture, STRATTEC Advanced Logic, LLC (“SAL LLC”), which exists to introduce a new generation of biometric security products based on the designs of Actuator Systems, our partner and the owner of the remaining ownership interest. The business of SAL LLC has been wound down to sell only commercial biometric locks.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect the consolidated results of STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION, its wholly owned Mexican subsidiary, STRATTEC de Mexico, and its majority owned subsidiaries, ADAC-STRATTEC, LLC and STRATTEC POWER ACCESS LLC. STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. STRATTEC de Mexico is located in Juarez, Mexico. ADAC-STRATTEC, LLC and STRATTEC POWER ACCESS LLC have operations in El Paso, Texas and Juarez and Leon, Mexico. Equity investments in Vehicle Access Systems Technology LLC (“VAST LLC”) and SAL LLC, for which we exercise significant influence but do not control and are not the primary beneficiary, are accounted for using the equity method. VAST LLC consists primarily of four4 wholly owned subsidiaries in China, one1 wholly owned subsidiary in Brazil and one1 joint venture entity in India. The results of the VAST LLC foreign subsidiaries and joint venture are reported on a one-month lag basis. SAL LLC is located in El Paso, Texas. We have only one1 reporting segment.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31,29, 2020 and June 30, 2019, and July 1, 2018, which have been derived from our audited financial statements, and the related unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements included herein contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring items, necessary for their fair presentation in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and in accordance with Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

Interim financial results are not necessarily indicative of operating results for an entire year. The information included in this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION 2018 Annual Report,2019 Form 10-K, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 5, 2019.

Risks and Uncertainties

In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) was reported in Wuhan, China. The coronavirus has since spread, and infections have been found in multiple countries around the world, including the United States. In March 2020, the World Health Organization recognized the COVID-19 outbreak as an exhibita pandemic based on the global spread of the disease, the severity of illnesses it causes and its effects on society. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the governments of many countries, states, cities and other geographic regions have taken preventative or protective actions, such as imposing restrictions on travel and business operations and advising or requiring individuals to limit or forego their time outside of their homes. Accordingly, the COVID-19 outbreak has severely restricted the level of economic activity in many countries, and continues to adversely impact global economic activity.

STRATTEC’s operating performance is subject to global economic conditions and levels of consumer spending specifically within the automotive industry. During the three months ended March 29, 2020, the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on our operating results has not been significant. However, the extent of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on our future operating results will depend on certain developments, including the duration, intensity and continued spread of the outbreak, regulatory and private sector responses, which may be precautionary, and the impact to our Form 10-Kcustomers, workforce and suppliers, all of which are uncertain and cannot be predicted. These changing conditions may also affect the estimates and assumptions made by management. Such estimates and assumptions affect, among other things, our long-lived asset valuations, equity investment valuation, assessment of our annual effective tax rate, valuation of deferred income taxes, assessment of excess and obsolete inventory reserves, and assessment of collectability of trade receivables. Events and changes in circumstances arising after March 29, 2020, including those resulting from the impacts of COVID-19, will be reflected in management’s estimates for future periods.


During April 2020, the majority of our OEM customer assembly plant operations were completely closed including the majority of the supply chain. Additionally, during April 2020, STRATTEC’s Mexico facilities were closed as a result of the Mexico government’s shutdown of non-essential businesses. Initial re-opening of our OEM customer facilities for operations is scheduled to begin in May 2020, but there is no certainty this will occur on September 6, 2018.that timeline. Timing of the reopening of our Mexico facilities and the potential for designation of our Mexico facilities as essential is also uncertain. Based on information available, our current estimates indicate our net sales for the upcoming fourth fiscal quarter could be down 50 percent or more compared to our quarter ended March 29, 2020 depending on how long the COVID-19 virus will require the industry to remain idle. Fourth fiscal quarter sales could be more severely impacted if the initial re-opening of our customer facilities is delayed past May 2020. We anticipate our fourth fiscal quarter of 2020 will be the worst or trough quarter and that thereafter the automotive industry can restart and ramp back up production again during our fiscal 2021. The impact on our overall cash liquidity will most likely occur at the beginning of our fiscal year 2021 with a reduction in payments from customers resulting from lower fourth quarter fiscal 2020 net sales as previously discussed. The lower cash liquidity will cause us to utilize our credit facilities to fund our increased working capital requirements.

Subsequent Event

As a result of the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak, during our fiscal 2020 fourth quarter, we are adjusting the cost structure of our business with temporary and permanent layoffs at our U.S. and Mexico locations, reductions in pay for our officers, reductions in working hours for most salaried associates, and a reduction in our U.S. salaried workforce. We expect the cost structure changes for U.S. salaried associates will save approximately $4.0 million in salary and benefit costs on an annualized pre-tax basis. However, these savings will be partially offset during our  fourth fiscal 2020 quarter with a pre-tax charge to earnings of approximately $250,000 for severance and outplacement costs.

 

 

New Accounting Standards

In May 2014, the FASB issued an update to the accounting guidance for the recognition of revenue arising from contracts with customers. The update supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance and outlines a single comprehensive model for revenue recognition based on the principle that an entity should recognize revenue in an amount that reflects the expected consideration to be received in the exchange of goods and services. The guidance update also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts. We implemented the new standard effective July 2, 2018, the first day of our 2019 fiscal year, using the modified retrospective approach to transition to the new standard. We assessed our revenue stream based upon the provisions of our customer contracts in effect on the July 2, 2018 effective date to determine the cumulative effect of initially applying the guidance. Based on our assessment, the adoption date financial statement impact was limited to a balance sheet reclassification required to establish the contract liability concept provided for in the guidance. As such, comparative financial information for reporting periods prior to July 2, 2018 has not been restated and continues to be reported in accordance with our revenue recognition policies prior to the adoption of the new guidance. Additionally, there was no cumulative effect adjustment required to be recorded to our retained earnings. The effect of the reclassification changes made to our July 2, 2018 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet increased Receivables, net by $1.2 million, with a corresponding increase to Accrued Liabilities: Other. Refer to the discussion of Revenue from Contracts with Customers included in these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


In February 2016, the FASB issued an update to the accounting guidance for leases. The update increases the transparency and comparability among organizations by requiring lessees to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and to disclose key information about leasing arrangements. We implemented the new guidance effective July 1, 2019, the first day of our 2020 fiscal year, by applying the modified retrospective method without restatement of comparative periods’ financial information, as permitted by the transition guidance. The adoption of the new guidance had an impact on our balance sheet, but did not have an impact on either our consolidated operating results or our cash flows. Adoption of the new guidance resulted in the recognition of a right-of-use asset of $4.1 million and related lease obligation of $4.1 million for an operating lease as of July 1, 2019. We had 0 finance leases as of July 1, 2019. As noted above, the adoption of the new guidance did not have a significant impact on our operating results or cash flows. See “Leases” below for additional information.

In August 2017, the FASB issued an update to the accounting for hedging activities. The new guidance eliminates the requirement to separately measure and report hedge ineffectiveness, due to a difference between economic terms of the hedge instrument and the underlying transaction, and generally requires, for qualifying hedges, the entire change in the fair value of a hedging instrument to be presented in the same line as the hedged item in the consolidated statement of income. The standard also modifies the accounting for components excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness and simplifies the application of hedge accounting in certain situations. Our July 1, 2019 adoption of the new guidance had no impact to our financial statements.

In June 2018, the FASB issued an update to the accounting for nonemployee share-based payment accounting. The update aligns measurement and classification guidance for share-based payments to nonemployees with the guidance applicable to employees. Under the new guidance, the measurement of equity-classified nonemployee awards is fixed at the date of grant. Our July 1, 2019 adoption of the new guidance had no impact to our financial statements.

In December 2019, the FASB issued an update to accounting for income taxes. The update enhances and simplifies various aspects of income tax accounting including hybrid tax regimes, tax basis step-up in goodwill obtained in a transaction that is not a business combination, separate financial statements of entities not subject to tax, the intraperiod tax allocation exception to the incremental approach, investment ownership changes from a subsidiary to an equity method investment and vice versa, interim-period accounting for enacted changes in tax law, and the year-to-date loss limitation in interim-period tax accounting. This accounting update is effective for fiscal yearsannual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those years.2020, with early adoption permitted. We do not expect that the adoption of this pronouncement will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In August 2016, the FASB issued an update to the accounting guidance on the classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments. The update aims to eliminate diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within those years. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In February 2018, the FASB issued guidance on the reclassification of certain tax effects from accumulated other comprehensive income. The guidance permits entities to reclassify tax effects stranded in accumulated other comprehensive income as a result of U.S. tax reform to retained earnings. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. We elected early adoption beginning effective December 30, 2018. The adoption of the guidance resulted in the reclassification of $4.0 million from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings during the quarter ended December 30, 2018.

 

 



Derivative Instruments

We own and operate manufacturing operations in Mexico. As a result, a portion of our manufacturing costs are incurred in Mexican pesos, which causes our earnings and cash flows to fluctuate due to changes in the U.S. dollar/Mexican peso exchange rate. During the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018, we hadWe have contracts with Bank of Montreal that providedprovide for monthly Mexican peso currency forward contracts for a portion of our estimated peso denominated operating costs. Our objective in entering into these currency forward contracts is to minimize our earnings volatility resulting from changes in exchange rates affecting the U.S. dollar cost of our Mexican operations. The Mexican peso forward contracts are not used for speculative purposes and are not designated as hedges. As a result, all currency forward contracts are recognized in our accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements at fair value and changes in the fair value are reported in current earnings as part of Other Income (Expense), net.

The following table quantifies the outstanding Mexican peso forward contracts as of March 31, 201929, 2020 (thousands of dollars, except with respect to the average forward contractual exchange rates)rate):

 

 

Effective Dates

 

Notional Amount

 

 

Average Forward Contractual Exchange Rate

 

 

Fair Value

 

Buy MXP/Sell USD

 

April 15, 2019 - June 13, 2019

 

$

2,250

 

 

 

20.22

 

 

$

77

 

 

 

Effective Dates

 

Notional Amount

 

 

Average Forward Contractual Exchange Rate

 

 

Fair Value

 

Buy MXP/Sell USD

 

April 15, 2020 - June 17, 2020

 

$

4,500

 

 

 

21.30

 

 

$

(414

)

Buy MXP/Sell USD

 

July 15, 2020 - December 16, 2020

 

$

6,000

 

 

 

21.40

 

 

$

(634

)

The fair market value of all outstanding Mexican peso forward contracts in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of the dates specified was as follows (thousands of dollars):

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

July 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

June 30,

2019

 

Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Current Assets (Liabilities):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexican Peso Forward Contracts

 

$

77

 

 

$

(39

)

 

$

1,048

 

 

$

 

 

The pre-tax effects of the Mexican peso forward contracts are included in Other Income (Expense), net on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive (Loss) Income and consisted of the following for the periods indicated below (thousands of dollars):

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized Gain

 

$

122

 

 

$

322

 

 

$

344

 

 

$

981

 

 

$

 

 

$

122

 

 

$

 

 

$

344

 

Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

$

23

 

 

$

392

 

 

$

116

 

 

$

(687

)

Unrealized (Loss) Gain

 

$

(1,048

)

 

$

23

 

 

$

(1,048

)

 

$

116

 

 

 

 


Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of our cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and borrowings under our credit facilityfacilities approximated book value as of March 31, 201929, 2020 and July 1, 2018.June 30, 2019. Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid for a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.


The following table summarizes our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 201929, 2020 (in thousands):  

 

Fair Value Inputs

 

 

Fair Value Inputs

 

 

Level 1 Assets:

Quoted Prices

In Active Markets

 

 

Level 2 Assets:

Observable

Inputs Other

Than Market

Prices

 

 

Level 3 Assets:

Unobservable

Inputs

 

 

Level 1 Assets:

Quoted Prices

In Active Markets

 

 

Level 2 Assets:

Observable

Inputs Other

Than Market

Prices

 

 

Level 3 Assets:

Unobservable

Inputs

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rabbi Trust Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock Index Funds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small Cap

 

$

268

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

204

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Mid Cap

 

 

281

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

234

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Large Cap

 

 

565

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

517

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International

 

 

841

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

694

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Income Funds

 

 

889

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

920

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

Total Assets at Fair Value

 

$

2,569

 

 

$

4

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexican Peso Forward Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

77

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

(1,048

)

 

$

 

Total Assets at Fair Value

 

$

2,844

 

 

$

81

 

 

$

 

 

The Rabbi Trust assets fund our amended and restated supplemental executive retirement plan and are included in Other Long-term Assets in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Refer to discussion of Mexican peso forward contracts under Derivative Instruments above. The fair value of the Mexican peso forward contracts considers the remaining term, current exchange rate, and interest rate differentials between the Mexican peso and the U.S. dollar and Mexican peso. There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 assets during the nine month period ended March 31, 2019.dollar.

 

 

Equity (Loss) Earnings of Joint Ventures

We hold a one-third interest in a joint venture company, VAST LLC, with WITTE and ADAC.LLC. VAST LLC exists to seek opportunities to manufacture and sell all three companies’ products in areas of the world outside of North America and Europe. Our investment in VAST LLC, for which we exercise significant influence but do not control and are not the primary beneficiary, is accounted for using the equity method. We assess the impairment of equity investments whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that a decrease in value of the investment has occurred that is other than temporary.

The following are summarized statements of operations for VAST LLC (in thousands):  

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

Net Sales

$

35,771

 

 

$

44,133

 

 

$

123,546

 

 

$

127,976

 

Cost of Goods Sold

 

29,303

 

 

 

34,063

 

 

 

98,173

 

 

 

98,339

 

Gross Profit

 

6,468

 

 

 

10,070

 

 

 

25,373

 

 

 

29,637

 

Engineering, Selling and Administrative Expenses

 

7,377

 

 

 

7,429

 

 

 

20,246

 

 

 

19,775

 

(Loss) income From Operations

 

(909

)

 

 

2,641

 

 

 

5,127

 

 

 

9,862

 

Other Income, net

 

882

 

 

 

163

 

 

 

3,186

 

 

 

949

 

(Loss) Income before (Benefit) Provision for Income  

    Taxes

 

(27

)

 

 

2,804

 

 

 

8,313

 

 

 

10,811

 

(Benefit) Provision for Income Taxes

 

(64

)

 

 

683

 

 

 

1,061

 

 

 

1,367

 

Net Income

$

37

 

 

$

2,121

 

 

$

7,252

 

 

$

9,444

 

STRATTEC’s Share of VAST LLC Net Income

$

12

 

 

$

707

 

 

$

2,417

 

 

$

3,148

 

Intercompany Profit Elimination

 

13

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

10

 

 

 

(6

)

STRATTEC’s Equity Earnings of VAST LLC

$

25

 

 

$

703

 

 

$

2,427

 

 

$

3,142

 


 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Net Sales

 

$

30,490

 

 

$

35,771

 

 

$

117,537

 

 

$

123,546

 

Cost of Goods Sold

 

 

25,679

 

 

 

29,303

 

 

 

96,131

 

 

 

98,173

 

Gross Profit

 

 

4,811

 

 

 

6,468

 

 

 

21,406

 

 

 

25,373

 

Engineering, Selling and Administrative Expenses

 

 

7,524

 

 

 

7,377

 

 

 

21,528

 

 

 

20,246

 

(Loss) Income From Operations

 

 

(2,713

)

 

 

(909

)

 

 

(122

)

 

 

5,127

 

Other (Expense) Income, net

 

 

(424

)

 

 

882

 

 

 

1,079

 

 

 

3,186

 

(Loss) Income before Provision for Income Taxes

 

 

(3,137

)

 

 

(27

)

 

 

957

 

 

 

8,313

 

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

 

 

(294

)

 

 

(64

)

 

 

851

 

 

 

1,061

 

Net (Loss) Income

 

$

(2,843

)

 

$

37

 

 

$

106

 

 

$

7,252

 

STRATTEC’s Share of VAST LLC Net (Loss) Income

 

$

(947

)

 

$

12

 

 

$

36

 

 

$

2,417

 

Intercompany Profit Elimination

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

STRATTEC’s Equity (Loss) Earnings of VAST LLC

 

$

(947

)

 

$

25

 

 

$

36

 

 

$

2,427

 

We hold a 51% ownership interest in aThe business of our joint venture company, SAL LLC, which was formedhas been wound down to introduce a new generation ofsell only commercial biometric security products based upon the designs of Actuator Systems LLC, our partner. SAL LLC is considered a variable interest entity based on loans from STRATTEC as discussed below. STRATTEC is not the primary beneficiary and does not control the entity. Accordingly, our investment in SAL LLC is accounted for using thelocks. STRATTEC’s equity method.

Loans were made from STRATTEC to SAL LLC in support of operating expenses and working capital needs. The outstanding loan amounts totaled $2.6 million as of March 31, 2019 and July 1, 2018. As of each balance sheet date, the outstanding loan amount was eliminated against STRATTEC’s Investment in SAL LLC in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements.

Even though we maintain a 51 percent ownership interest in SAL LLC, effective with our fiscal 2015 fourth quarter and thereafter, 100 percent of the funding for SAL LLC was being made by loans from STRATTEC to SAL LLC. Therefore, STRATTEC recognized 100 percent of the lossesincome of SAL LLC up to our committed financial support through Equity Earnings of Joint Ventures intotaled $26,000 and $19,000 for the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss)three and Comprehensive Income for allnine month periods presented in this report.ended March 29, 2020, respectively. STRATTEC’s equity earnings of SAL LLC totaled $41,000 and $24,000 for the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2019, respectively. STRATTEC’s equity loss of SAL LLC totaled $84,000 and $24,000 for the three and nine month periods ended April 1, 2018, respectively.

 


The business of SAL LLC has been wound down to sell only commercial biometric locks.

We have sales of component parts to VAST LLC and SAL LLC, purchases of component parts from VAST LLC, expenses charged to VAST LLC for engineering and accounting services and expenses charged to us from VAST LLC for general headquarters expenses.  The following table summarizes these related party transactions with VAST LLC and SAL LLC for the periods indicated below (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

Sales to VAST LLC

 

$

878

 

 

$

507

 

 

$

2,751

 

 

$

2,090

 

 

 

$

483

 

 

$

878

 

 

$

3,035

 

 

$

2,751

 

 

Sales to SAL LLC

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

182

 

 

Purchases from VAST LLC

 

$

36

 

 

$

29

 

 

$

164

 

 

$

158

 

 

 

$

172

 

 

$

36

 

 

$

351

 

 

$

164

 

 

Expenses Charged to VAST LLC

 

$

317

 

 

$

232

 

 

$

1,096

 

 

$

615

 

 

 

$

686

 

 

$

317

 

 

$

2,036

 

 

$

1,096

 

 

Expenses Charged from VAST LLC

 

$

192

 

 

$

176

 

 

$

628

 

 

$

706

 

 

 

$

192

 

 

$

192

 

 

$

636

 

 

$

628

 

 

Leases

We have an operating lease for our El Paso, Texas finished goods and service parts distribution warehouse that has a current lease term through October 2023. This lease includes renewal terms that can extend the lease term for five additional years. For purposes of calculating operating lease obligations, we included the option to extend the lease as it is reasonably certain that we will exercise such option. The lease does not contain material residual value guarantees or restrictive covenants. Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

As the lease does not provide an implicit rate, we used our incremental borrowing rate at lease commencement to determine the present value of our lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate is an entity-specific rate which represents the rate of interest we would pay to borrow over a similar term with similar payments.

The operating lease asset and obligation related to our El Paso warehouse lease included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet are presented below (in thousands):

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

Right-of Use Asset Under Operating Lease:

 

 

 

 

Other Long-Term Assets

 

$

3,838

 

Lease Obligation Under Operating Lease:

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities: Accrued Liabilities: Other

 

$

343

 

Other Long-Term Liabilities

 

 

3,495

 

 

 

$

3,838

 

Future minimum lease payments, by our fiscal year, including options to extend that are reasonably certain to be exercised, under the non-cancelable lease are as follows as of March 29, 2020 (in thousands):

2020 (for the remaining three months)

 

$

116

 

2021

 

 

473

 

2022

 

 

484

 

2023

 

 

497

 

2024

 

 

509

 

Thereafter

 

 

2,356

 

Total Future Minimum Lease Payments

 

 

4,435

 

Less: Imputed Interest

 

 

(597

)

Total Lease Obligations

 

$

3,838

 


Future minimum lease payments, by our fiscal year, excluding options to extend that are reasonably certain to be exercised, prior to the adoption of the new accounting guidance on leases were as follows as of June 30, 2019 (in thousands):

2020

 

$

539

 

2021

 

 

504

 

2022

 

 

495

 

2023

 

 

498

 

2024

 

 

168

 

Thereafter

 

 

 

Total Future Minimum Lease Payments

 

$

2,204

 

Cash flow information related to the operating lease is shown below (in thousands):

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

Operating Cash Flows:

 

 

 

 

Cash Paid Related to Operating Lease Obligation

 

$

345

 

Non-Cash Activity:

 

 

 

 

Right-of-Use Asset Obtained in Exchange for Operating Lease Obligation

 

$

 

The weighted average lease term and discount rate for the El Paso, Texas operating lease are shown below:

March 29,

2020

Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term (in years)

8.6

Weighted Average Discount Rate

3.3

%

Operating lease expense for the three and nine month periods ended March 29, 2020 totaled $116,000 and $345,000, respectively.

 

 

Credit Facilities

STRATTEC has a $40 million secured revolving credit facility (the “STRATTEC Credit Facility”) with BMO Harris Bank. ADAC-STRATTEC LLC has a $30$25 million secured revolving credit facility (the “ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility”) with BMO Harris Bank N.A., which is guaranteed by STRATTEC. The credit facilities both expire August 1, 2021. The ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility borrowing limit decreases to $25 million effective July 1, 2019.2022. Borrowings under either credit facility are secured by our U.S. cash balances, accounts receivable, inventory, and fixed assets. Interest on borrowings under the STRATTEC Credit Facility and interest on borrowings under the ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility prior to December 31, 2018 were at varying rates based, at our option, on the London Interbank Offering Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 1.0 percent or the bank’s prime rate. Effective December 31, 2018, and thereafter, interest on borrowings under the ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility is at varying rates based, at our option, on LIBOR plus 1.25 percent or the bank’s prime rate. Both credit facilities contain a restrictive financial covenant that requires the applicable borrower to maintain a minimum net worth level. The ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility includes an additional restrictive financial covenant that requires the maintenance of a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio. As of March 31, 2019,29, 2020, we were in compliance with all financial covenants required by these credit facilities.

Outstanding borrowings under the credit facilities were as follows (in thousands): 

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

July 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

June 30,

2019

 

STRATTEC Credit Facility

 

$

19,000

 

 

$

23,000

 

 

$

12,000

 

 

$

18,000

 

ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

28,000

 

 

 

15,000

 

 

 

24,000

 

 

$

44,000

 

 

$

51,000

 

 

$

27,000

 

 

$

42,000

 

 


Average outstanding borrowings and the weighted average interest rate under each credit facility referenced above were as follows for each period presented (in thousands):

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Average Outstanding Borrowings

 

 

Weighted Average Interest Rate

 

 

Average Outstanding Borrowings

 

 

Weighted Average Interest Rate

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

STRATTEC Credit Facility

 

$

22,212

 

 

$

21,223

 

 

 

3.3

%

 

 

2.4

%

 

$

13,799

 

 

$

22,212

 

 

 

2.9

%

 

 

3.3

%

ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility

 

$

26,286

 

 

$

23,989

 

 

 

3.4

%

 

 

2.5

%

 

$

20,062

 

 

$

26,286

 

 

 

3.2

%

 

 

3.4

%

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies

We are from time to time subject to various legal actions and claims incidental to our business, including those arising out of alleged defects, alleged breaches of contracts, product warranties, intellectual property matters and employment related matters. It is our opinion that the outcome of such matters will not have a material adverse impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. With respect to warranty matters, although we cannot ensure that future costs of warranty claims by customers will not be material, we believe our established reserves are adequate to cover potential warranty settlements.

In 1995, we recorded a provision of $3 million for estimated costs to remediate an environmental contamination site at our Milwaukee facility. The facility was contaminated by a solvent spill, which occurred in 1985, from a former above ground solvent storage tank located on the east side of the facility. The reserve was originally established based on third party estimates to adequately cover the cost for active remediation of the contamination. Due to changing technology and related costs associated with active remediation of the contamination, in fiscal 2010, the reserve was adjusted based on updated third party estimates to adequately cover the cost for active remediation of the contamination. Additionally, in fiscal 2016, we obtained updated third party estimates for adequately covering the cost for active remediation of this contamination. Based upon the updated estimates, no further adjustment to the reserve was required. From 1995 through March 31, 2019,29, 2020, costs of approximately $596,000$612,000 have been incurred related to the installation of monitoring wells on the property and ongoing monitoring costs. We monitor and evaluate the site with the use of these groundwater monitoring wells. An environmental consultant samples these wells one or two times a year to determine the status of the contamination and the potential for remediation of the contamination by natural attenuation, the dissipation of the contamination over time to concentrations below applicable standards. If such sampling evidences a sufficient degree of and trend toward natural attenuation of the contamination at the site, we may be able to obtain a closure letter from the regulatory authorities resolving the issue without the need for active remediation. If a sufficient degree and trend toward natural attenuation is not evidenced by sampling, a more active form of remediation beyond natural attenuation may be required. The sampling has not yet satisfied all of the requirements for closure by natural attenuation. As a result, sampling continues and the reserve remains at an amount to reflect our estimated cost of active remediation. The reserve is not measured on a discounted basis. We believe, based on findings-to-date and known environmental regulations, that the remaining environmental reserve of $1.3 million at March 31, 201929, 2020 is adequate.



Shareholders’ Equity

A summary of activity impacting shareholders’ equity for the three and nine month periods ended March 29, 2020 and March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018 were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

 

Three Months Ended March 29, 2020

 

 

Total

Shareholders’

Equity

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Capital in Excess of Par Value

 

 

Retained Earnings

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

 

Treasury Stock

 

 

Non-Controlling Interest

 

 

Total

Shareholders’

Equity

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Capital in Excess of Par Value

 

 

Retained Earnings

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

 

Treasury Stock

 

 

Non-Controlling Interest

 

Balance, December 30, 2018

 

$

183,757

 

 

$

73

 

 

$

95,818

 

 

$

220,483

 

 

$

(18,648

)

 

$

(135,758

)

 

$

21,789

 

Balance, December 29, 2019

 

$

188,849

 

 

$

74

 

 

$

97,601

 

 

$

219,973

 

 

$

(18,486

)

 

$

(135,693

)

 

$

25,380

 

Net Income

 

 

3,037

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,730

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,307

 

 

 

4,913

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,994

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,919

 

Dividend Declared

 

 

(517

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(517

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(525

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(525

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Declared – Non-

controlling Interests of

Subsidiaries

 

 

(400

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(400

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Translation adjustments

 

 

1,037

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

912

 

 

 

 

 

 

125

 

Translation Adjustments

 

 

(6,245

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,858

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,387

)

Stock Based Compensation

 

 

241

 

 

 

 

 

 

241

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

165

 

 

 

 

 

 

165

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension and Postretirement

Adjustment, Net of

Tax

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

74

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

74

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock Option Exercises

 

 

140

 

 

 

 

 

 

140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee Stock Purchases

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

Balance, March 31, 2019

 

$

187,326

 

 

$

73

 

 

$

96,215

 

 

$

221,696

 

 

$

(17,737

)

 

$

(135,742

)

 

$

22,821

 

Balance, March 29, 2020

 

$

187,255

 

 

$

74

 

 

$

97,773

 

 

$

222,442

 

 

$

(22,270

)

 

$

(135,676

)

 

$

24,912

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended April 1, 2018

 

 

 

Total

Shareholders’

Equity

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Capital in Excess of Par Value

 

 

Retained Earnings

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

 

Treasury Stock

 

 

Non-Controlling Interest

 

Balance, December 31, 2017

 

$

175,856

 

 

$

72

 

 

$

94,603

 

 

$

230,234

 

 

$

(33,676

)

 

$

(135,801

)

 

$

20,424

 

Net Income

 

 

3,932

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

963

 

Dividend Declared

 

 

(508

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(508

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Declared – Non-

   controlling Interests of

   Subsidiaries

 

 

(200

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(200

)

Translation adjustments

 

 

3,487

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,556

 

 

 

 

 

 

931

 

Stock Based Compensation

 

 

250

 

 

 

 

 

 

250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension and Postretirement

    Adjustment, Net of

   Tax

 

 

338

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

338

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee Stock Purchases

 

 

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

Balance, April 1, 2018

 

$

183,182

 

 

$

72

 

 

$

94,869

 

 

$

232,695

 

 

$

(30,782

)

 

$

(135,790

)

 

$

22,118

 


 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

 

 

Total

Shareholders’

Equity

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Capital in Excess of Par Value

 

 

Retained Earnings

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

 

Treasury Stock

 

 

Non-Controlling Interest

 

Balance, December 30, 2018

 

$

183,757

 

 

$

73

 

 

$

95,818

 

 

$

220,483

 

 

$

(18,648

)

 

$

(135,758

)

 

$

21,789

 

Net Loss

 

 

3,037

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,730

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,307

 

Dividend Declared

 

 

(517

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(517

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Declared – Non-

   controlling Interests of

   Subsidiaries

 

 

(400

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(400

)

Translation Adjustments

 

 

1,037

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

912

 

 

 

 

 

 

125

 

Stock Based Compensation

 

 

241

 

 

 

 

 

 

241

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension and Postretirement

    Adjustment, Net of

    Tax

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock Option Exercises

 

 

140

 

 

 

 

 

 

140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee Stock Purchases

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

Balance, March 31, 2019

 

$

187,326

 

 

$

73

 

 

$

96,215

 

 

$

221,696

 

 

$

(17,737

)

 

$

(135,742

)

 

$

22,821

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

 

Nine Months Ended March 29, 2020

 

 

Total

Shareholders’

Equity

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Capital in Excess of Par Value

 

 

Retained Earnings

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

 

Treasury Stock

 

 

Non-Controlling Interest

 

 

Total

Shareholders’

Equity

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Capital in Excess of Par Value

 

 

Retained Earnings

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

 

Treasury Stock

 

 

Non-Controlling Interest

 

Balance, July 1, 2018

 

$

183,246

 

 

$

73

 

 

$

95,140

 

 

$

236,162

 

 

$

(33,439

)

 

$

(135,778

)

 

$

21,088

 

Net (Loss) Income

 

 

(14,132

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(16,967

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,835

 

Balance, June 30, 2019

 

$

187,816

 

 

$

73

 

 

$

96,491

 

 

$

221,117

 

 

$

(18,568

)

 

$

(135,725

)

 

$

24,428

 

Net Income

 

 

6,498

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,897

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,601

 

Dividend Declared

 

 

(1,546

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,546

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,572

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,572

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Declared – Non-

controlling Interests of

Subsidiaries

 

 

(1,384

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,384

)

 

 

(980

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(980

)

Translation adjustments

 

 

39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(243

)

 

 

 

 

 

282

 

Translation Adjustments

 

 

(6,059

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,922

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,137

)

Stock Based Compensation

 

 

867

 

 

 

 

 

 

867

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

789

 

 

 

 

 

 

789

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension and Postretirement

Adjustment, Net of

Tax

 

 

19,992

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,992

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

220

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

220

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassification of Stranded

Tax Effects

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,047

 

 

 

(4,047

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock Option Exercises

 

 

172

 

 

 

 

 

 

172

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

478

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

477

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee Stock Purchases

 

 

72

 

 

 

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

Balance, March 31, 2019

 

$

187,326

 

 

$

73

 

 

$

96,215

 

 

$

221,696

 

 

$

(17,737

)

 

$

(135,742

)

 

$

22,821

 

Balance, March 29, 2020

 

$

187,255

 

 

$

74

 

 

$

97,773

 

 

$

222,442

 

 

$

(22,270

)

 

$

(135,676

)

 

$

24,912

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended April 1, 2018

 

 

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

 

Total

Shareholders’

Equity

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Capital in Excess of Par Value

 

 

Retained Earnings

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

 

Treasury Stock

 

 

Non-Controlling Interest

 

 

Total

Shareholders’

Equity

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Capital in Excess of Par Value

 

 

Retained Earnings

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

 

Treasury Stock

 

 

Non-Controlling Interest

 

Balance, July 2, 2017

 

$

172,714

 

 

$

72

 

 

$

93,813

 

 

$

225,913

 

 

$

(32,888

)

 

$

(135,822

)

 

$

21,626

 

Net Income

 

 

11,036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,307

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,729

 

Balance, July 1, 2018

 

$

183,246

 

 

$

73

 

 

$

95,140

 

 

$

236,162

 

 

$

(33,439

)

 

$

(135,778

)

 

$

21,088

 

Net Loss

 

 

(14,132

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(16,967

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,835

 

Dividend Declared

 

 

(1,525

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,525

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,546

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,546

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Declared – Non-

controlling Interests of

Subsidiaries

 

 

(2,217

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,217

)

 

 

(1,384

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,384

)

Translation adjustments

 

 

1,193

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,213

 

 

 

 

 

 

(20

)

Translation Adjustments

 

 

39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(243

)

 

 

 

 

 

282

 

Stock Based Compensation

 

 

871

 

 

 

 

 

 

871

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

867

 

 

 

 

 

 

867

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension and Postretirement

Adjustment, Net of

Tax

 

 

893

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

893

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,992

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,992

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassification of

Stranded Tax Effects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,047

 

 

 

(4,047

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock Option Exercises

 

 

139

 

 

 

 

 

 

139

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

172

 

 

 

 

 

 

172

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee Stock Purchases

 

 

78

 

 

 

 

 

 

46

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

72

 

 

 

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

Balance, April 1, 2018

 

$

183,182

 

 

$

72

 

 

$

94,869

 

 

$

232,695

 

 

$

(30,782

)

 

$

(135,790

)

 

$

22,118

 

Balance, March 31, 2019

 

$

187,326

 

 

$

73

 

 

$

96,215

 

 

$

221,696

 

 

$

(17,737

)

 

$

(135,742

)

 

$

22,821

 

 

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

We generate revenue from the production of parts sold to automotive and light-truck Original Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”), or Tier 1 suppliers at the direction of the OEM, under long-term supply agreements supporting new vehicle production. Such agreements also require related production of service parts subsequent to the initial vehicle production periods. Additionally, we generate revenue from the production of parts sold in aftermarket service channels and to non-automotive commercial customers.

Revenue Recognition:

Our contracts with customers under long-term supply agreements do not commit the customer to a specified quantity of parts. However, we are generally required to fulfill our customers’ purchasing requirements for the production life of the vehicle. Contracts do not become a performance obligation until we receive either a purchase order and/or customer release for a specific number of parts at a specified price. While long-term supply agreements may range from four to six years for new vehicle production and ten to fifteen subsequent years for service parts production, contracts may be terminated by customers at any time. Historically, terminations have been minimal. Contracts may also provide for annual price reductions over the production life of the vehicle, and prices are adjusted on an ongoing basis to reflect changes in product content/cost and other commercial factors.


Revenue is recognized at a point in time when control of the parts produced are transferred to the customer according to the terms of the contract, which is usually when the parts are shipped or delivered to the customer’s premises. Customers are generally invoiced upon shipment or delivery and payment generally occurs within 45 to 90 days after the shipment date. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration that we expect to be entitled to receive in exchange for those products based on purchase orders, annual price reductions and ongoing price adjustments, some of which is accounted for as variable consideration. We use the most likely amount method, the single most likely outcome of the contract, to estimate the amount to which we expect to be entitled. There were no significant changes to our estimates of variable consideration during the reporting period and significant changes to our estimates of variable consideration are not expected in future periods.

We do not have an enforceable right to payment at any time prior to when the parts are shipped or delivered to the customer. Therefore, we recognize revenue at the point in time we satisfy a performance obligation by transferring control of a part to a customer. Amounts billed to customers related to shipping and handling costs are included in Net Sales in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income. Shipping and handling costs are accounted for as fulfillment costs and are included in Cost of Goods Sold in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income.

Tooling and Pre-Production Engineering Costs Related to Long-Term Supply Arrangements:

We incur pre-production engineering and tooling costs related to the products produced for our customers under long-term supply agreements. Customer reimbursements for tooling and pre-production engineering activities that are part of a long-term supply arrangement are accounted for as a reduction of cost in accordance with ASC 340, Other Assets and Deferred Costs. Pre-production costs related to long-term supply agreements with a contractual guarantee for reimbursement are included in Other Current Assets in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. We expense all pre-production engineering costs for which reimbursement is not contractually guaranteed by the customer. All pre-production tooling costs related to customer-owned tools for which reimbursement is not contractually guaranteed by the customer or for which we do not have a non-cancelable right to use the tooling is also expensed when incurred.

Receivables, net:

Receivables, net include amounts billed and currently due from customers. We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts to provide for estimated amounts of receivables not expected to be collected. We continually assess our receivables for collectability and any allowance is recorded based upon age of the outstanding receivables, historical payment experience, customer creditworthiness and general economic conditions.

Contract Balances:

We have no material contract assets as of March 31, 2019.29, 2020. Contract liability balances primarily include discounts recognized as a reduction in sales at the point of revenue recognition, but which will be applied by the customer agreement after the end of the reporting period. The activity related to contract liability balances during the nine month period ended March 31, 201929, 2020 was as follows (thousands of dollars):

 

Balance, July 2, 2018

 

$

1,195

 

Balance, June 30, 2019

 

$

932

 

Discounts Recorded as a Reduction in Sales

 

 

1,368

 

 

 

985

 

Payments of Discounts to Customers

 

 

(1,654

)

 

 

(915

)

Other

 

 

(279

)

 

 

29

 

Balance, March 31, 2019

 

$

630

 

Balance, March 29, 2020

 

$

1,031

 

 

Revenue by Product Group and Customer:  

Revenue by product group was as follows (thousands of dollars):

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

Keys & Locksets

 

$

34,677

 

 

$

32,228

 

 

$

101,722

 

 

$

84,866

 

 

Power Access

 

 

25,398

 

 

 

22,278

 

 

 

68,193

 

 

 

64,028

 

 

Door Handles & Exterior Trim

 

 

32,212

 

 

 

24,032

 

 

 

83,973

 

 

 

63,602

 

 

Driver Controls

 

 

10,532

 

 

 

14,514

 

 

 

31,370

 

 

 

39,463

 

 

Aftermarket & OE Service

 

 

10,839

 

 

 

10,648

 

 

 

32,599

 

 

 

32,471

 

 

Latches

 

 

12,602

 

 

 

11,617

 

 

 

35,366

 

 

 

31,698

 

 

Other

 

 

1,970

 

 

 

1,506

 

 

 

5,079

 

 

 

6,337

 

 

 

 

$

128,230

 

 

$

116,823

 

 

$

358,302

 

 

$

322,465

 

 


Revenue by customer or customer groupfor the periods presented was as follows (thousands of dollars):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

 

$

29,917

 

 

$

31,283

 

 

$

85,824

 

 

$

77,387

 

 

General Motors Company

 

 

30,969

 

 

 

22,417

 

 

 

80,111

 

 

 

64,151

 

 

Ford Motor Company

 

 

15,942

 

 

 

18,062

 

 

 

47,579

 

 

 

49,494

 

 

Tier 1 Customers

 

 

20,078

 

 

 

19,027

 

 

 

56,357

 

 

 

51,284

 

 

Commercial and Other OEM Customers

 

 

22,794

 

 

 

21,713

 

 

 

65,190

 

 

 

59,341

 

 

Hyundai / Kia

 

 

8,530

 

 

 

4,321

 

 

 

23,241

 

 

 

20,808

 

 

 

 

$

128,230

 

 

$

116,823

 

 

$

358,302

 

 

$

322,465

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

Keys & Locksets

 

$

30,186

 

 

$

34,677

 

 

$

91,832

 

 

$

101,722

 

 

Door Handles & Exterior Trim

 

 

31,296

 

 

 

32,212

 

 

 

88,818

 

 

 

83,973

 

 

Power Access

 

 

21,259

 

 

 

25,398

 

 

 

56,979

 

 

 

68,193

 

 

Latches

 

 

13,685

 

 

 

12,602

 

 

 

40,656

 

 

 

35,366

 

 

Aftermarket & OE Service

 

 

11,141

 

 

 

10,839

 

 

 

34,189

 

 

 

32,599

 

 

Driver Controls

 

 

7,549

 

 

 

10,532

 

 

 

25,310

 

 

 

31,370

 

 

Other

 

 

1,822

 

 

 

1,970

 

 

 

5,399

 

 

 

5,079

 

 

 

 

$

116,938

 

 

$

128,230

 

 

$

343,183

 

 

$

358,302

 

 

Revenue by customer or customer group for the periods presented was as follows (thousands of dollars):

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

 

$

26,050

 

 

$

29,917

 

 

$

78,686

 

 

$

85,824

 

 

General Motors Company

 

 

31,656

 

 

 

30,969

 

 

 

90,899

 

 

 

80,111

 

 

Ford Motor Company

 

 

15,462

 

 

 

15,942

 

 

 

46,527

 

 

 

47,579

 

 

Tier 1 Customers

 

 

17,495

 

 

 

20,078

 

 

 

50,026

 

 

 

56,357

 

 

Commercial and Other OEM

    Customers

 

 

20,184

 

 

 

22,794

 

 

 

62,950

 

 

 

65,190

 

 

Hyundai / Kia

 

 

6,091

 

 

 

8,530

 

 

 

14,095

 

 

 

23,241

 

 

 

 

$

116,938

 

 

$

128,230

 

 

$

343,183

 

 

$

358,302

 

 

 

Other Income (Expense), net

Net other income (expense) included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive (Loss) Income primarily included foreign currency transaction gains and losses, realized and unrealized losses on our Mexican peso currency forward contracts, net periodic pension and postretirement benefit (costs) credits,costs, other than the service cost component, related to our pension and postretirement plans and Rabbi Trust gains and losses. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses resulted from activity associated with foreign denominated assets held by our Mexican subsidiaries. We entered into the Mexican Peso currency forward contracts described above to minimize earnings volatility resulting from changes in exchange rates affecting the U.S. dollar cost of our Mexican operations. Unrealized gains and losses on the peso forward contracts recognized as a result of mark-to-market adjustments as of March 29, 2020 may or may not be realized in future periods, depending on the actual Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rates experienced during the balance of the contract period. The Rabbi Trust assets fund our amended and restated supplemental executive retirement plan. The investments held in this Trust are considered trading securities.


The impact of these items for each of the periods presented was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

Foreign Currency Transaction Loss

 

$

(192

)

 

$

(592

)

 

$

(261

)

 

$

(173

)

 

Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Peso Forward Contracts

 

 

23

 

 

 

392

 

 

 

116

 

 

 

(687

)

 

Realized Gain on Peso Forward Contracts

 

 

122

 

 

 

322

 

 

 

344

 

 

 

981

 

 

Pension and Postretirement Plans (Cost) Credit

 

 

(27

)

 

 

111

 

 

 

(662

)

 

 

335

 

 

Rabbi Trust Gain (Loss)

 

 

257

 

 

 

(14

)

 

 

57

 

 

 

178

 

 

Other

 

 

26

 

 

 

(61

)

 

 

108

 

 

 

(280

)

 

 

 

$

209

 

 

$

158

 

 

$

(298

)

 

$

354

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss)

 

$

2,515

 

 

$

(192

)

 

$

2,067

 

 

$

(261

)

 

Unrealized (Loss) Gain on Peso Forward

   Contracts

 

 

(1,048

)

 

 

23

 

 

 

(1,048

)

 

 

116

 

 

Realized Gain on Peso Forward Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

122

 

 

 

 

 

 

344

 

 

Pension and Postretirement Plans Cost

 

 

(118

)

 

 

(27

)

 

 

(352

)

 

 

(662

)

 

Rabbi Trust (Loss) Gain

 

 

(550

)

 

 

257

 

 

 

(365

)

 

 

57

 

 

Other

 

 

250

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

673

 

 

 

108

 

 

 

 

$

1,049

 

 

$

209

 

 

$

975

 

 

$

(298

)

 

 

Income Taxes

Our incomeeffective tax provisionrate was 20.8% and 20.6% for the three months ended March 29, 2020 and nine month periods ended April 1, 2018 were impacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“the Act”), which was signed into law on December 22, 2017 with anMarch 31, 2019, respectively. Our effective date of January 1, 2018. The Act made broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code that affected our tax provision beginning January 1, 2018, including but not limited to (1) a reduction in the U.S. statutory tax rate to 21 percent following its effective datewas 15.5% and a change in the measurement of our deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities resulting from the reduction in the statutory rate, (2) requiring a one-time transition tax on certain deemed repatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries that is payable over eight years, and (3) bonus depreciation that will allow for full expensing of qualified property. Section 15 of the Internal Revenue Code stipulates that for our fiscal year ended July 1, 2018, a blended statutory corporate tax rate of 28% was applicable, which was based on the applicable statutory rates before and after the effective date of the Act and the number of days in our fiscal year.          

The SEC staff issued SAB 118, which provides guidance on accounting for the tax effects of the Act. SAB 118 provides a measurement period that should not extend beyond one year from the Act’s enactment date for companies to complete the accounting under ASC 740. In accordance with SAB 118, a company must reflect the income tax effects of those aspects of the Act for which the accounting under ASC 740 is complete. To the extent that a company’s accounting for certain income tax effects of the Act is incomplete but the company is able to determine a reasonable estimate, it must record a provisional estimate in the financial statements. If a company cannot determine a provisional estimate to be included in the financial statements, it should continue to apply ASC 740 on the basis of the provision of the tax laws that were in effect immediately before the enactment of the Act.  



In connection with our analysis of the impact of the Act, we recorded a discrete net tax benefit of $309,000 and $854,000 for the three and nine month periods ended April 1, 2018. This net tax benefit primarily consisted of (1) the impact of the change in measurement of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, (2) the one-time transition tax on non-previously taxed post 1986 accumulated foreign earnings, and (3) the impact of changing our annualized effective tax rate. For various reasons that are discussed more fully below, we did not complete our accounting for the income tax effects for certain elements of the Act as of December 31, 2017. However, we were able to make reasonable estimates of certain effects and, therefore, recorded provisional adjustments of these elements during the three month period ended December 31, 2017. We identified these items as provisional since our analysis of the items was not complete.

The Act reduced the corporate tax rate to 21 percent, effective January 1, 2018. For certain of our net deferred tax assets, we recorded a provisional adjustment to reflect the reduction in the corporate tax rate. While we are able to make a reasonable estimate of the impact of the reduction in the corporate rate, it may be affected by other analyses related to the Act, including, but not limited to, the impact of our calculation of deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income and the impact of full expensing for certain assets.

The Deemed Repatriation Transition Tax (“Transition Tax”) is a tax on previously untaxed accumulated and current earnings and profits (E&P) of certain of our foreign subsidiaries. To determine the amount of the Transition Tax, in addition to other factors, the amount of post-1986 E&P of the relevant subsidiaries must be determined, as well as the amount of non-U.S. income taxes paid on such earnings. We were able to make a reasonable estimate of the Transition Tax and recorded a provisional Transition Tax obligation in the accompanying condensed financial statements33.1% for the nine months ended April 1, 2018. However, as of April 1, 2018, additional information needed to be gathered to more precisely computeMarch 29, 2020 and March 31, 2019, respectively. During the amountnine month period ended March 29, 2020, our effective tax rate was impacted by the discrete impact of the Transition Tax.

We were required to assess whether our valuation allowance analyses was affected by various aspects of the Act (e.g., deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income, Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) inclusions, and new categories of Foreign Tax Credits). Since,non-cash compensation expense, as discussed herein, we recorded provisional amounts related to certain portions of the Act, any corresponding determination of the need for, or change in, a valuation allowance was also provisional.

As of December 30, 2018, we had completed our accounting for all income tax elements of the Act. Measurement period adjustments related to the Act recorded inunder Pension and Postretirement Benefits below. During the nine month period ended March 31, 2019, totaled $372,000.

Our incomeour effective tax provision for the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2019 wererate was impacted by a $7.9 million tax benefit resulting from the discrete impact of the pension termination of our qualified, noncontributory defined benefit pension plansettlement charge, as discussed under Pension and Postretirement Benefits below, and a reduction in the expected effective tax rate as compared to the prior year period. Our income tax provision for the nine month period ended March 31, 2019 was also impacted by a discrete tax benefit of $372,000, which represents measurement period adjustments to the one-time transition tax on non-previously taxed post 1986 accumulated foreign earnings. The expected annualearnings occurring as a result of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Our effective tax rate between our fiscal 2019 and 2018 years decreasedprior to discrete impacts increased from approximately 20.6 percent as April 1, 2018 to approximately 10.7 percent as of March 31, 2019 due to the reduction in the U.S. statutory rate between years and changes in the U.S. taxation of non-U.S. earnings.

  Additionally, our income tax provisions for the three and nine monthsmonth period ended March 31, 2019 to 18.3 percent for the nine month period ended March 29, 2020 due to a larger tax benefit in the nine month period ended March 31, 2020 resulting from the carry-back of forecasted losses for our fiscal 2020, which are the result of forecasted losses in our fiscal 2020 fourth quarter resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak, to tax years with a higher statutory rate. Our effective tax rate differs from the statutory tax rate due to the GILTI provisions, our available R&D tax credit, the forecasted carry-back of losses to tax years with a higher statutory rate and April 1, 2018 were affected by the non-controlling interest portion of our pre-tax income. The non-controlling interest impacts the effective tax rate as ADAC-STRATTEC LLC and STRATTEC POWER ACCESS LLC entities are taxed as partnerships for U.S. tax purposes.

 

STRATTEC is currently subject to state income tax examinations in our Wisconsin jurisdiction for fiscal years 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. The audit is currently in process and preliminary results are not yet available.

 

Earnings (Loss) Per Share (EPS)

Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the applicable period. Diluted earnings per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of shares of common stock plus the potential dilutive common shares outstanding during the applicable period using the treasury stock method. Potential dilutive common shares include outstanding stock options and unvested restricted stock awards.


A reconciliation of the components of the basic and diluted per-share computations follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):  

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

Net income

 

 

Shares

 

 

Per-Share Amount

 

 

Net income

 

 

Shares

 

 

Per-Share Amount

 

 

 

Net Income

 

 

Shares

 

 

Per-Share Amount

 

 

Net Income

 

 

Shares

 

 

Per-Share Amount

 

 

Basic Earnings Per Share

$

1,730

 

 

 

3,684

 

 

$

0.47

 

 

$

2,969

 

 

 

3,634

 

 

$

0.82

 

 

 

$

2,994

 

 

 

3,748

 

 

$

0.80

 

 

$

1,730

 

 

 

3,684

 

 

$

0.47

 

 

Stock Option and Restricted

Stock Awards

 

 

 

 

44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

74

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

44

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted Earnings Per Share

$

1,730

 

 

 

3,728

 

 

$

0.46

 

 

$

2,969

 

 

 

3,708

 

 

$

0.80

 

 

 

$

2,994

 

 

 

3,768

 

 

$

0.79

 

 

$

1,730

 

 

 

3,728

 

 

$

0.46

 

 


 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

Net income

 

 

Shares

 

 

Per-Share Amount

 

 

Net income

 

 

Shares

 

 

Per-Share Amount

 

Basic (Loss) Earnings Per Share

$

(16,967

)

 

 

3,670

 

 

$

(4.62

)

 

$

8,307

 

 

 

3,625

 

 

$

2.29

 

Stock Option and Restricted

   Stock Awards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

77

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted (Loss) Earnings Per Share

$

(16,967

)

 

 

3,670

 

 

$

(4.62

)

 

$

8,307

 

 

 

3,702

 

 

$

2.24

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

Net Loss

 

 

Shares

 

 

Per-Share Amount

 

 

Net Loss

 

 

Shares

 

 

Per-Share Amount

 

Basic Earnings (Loss) Per Share

$

2,897

 

 

 

3,733

 

 

$

0.78

 

 

$

(16,967

)

 

 

3,670

 

 

$

(4.62

)

Stock Option and Restricted

   Stock Awards

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share

$

2,897

 

 

 

3,752

 

 

$

0.77

 

 

$

(16,967

)

 

 

3,670

 

 

$

(4.62

)

 

The calculation of earningsloss per share excluded 111,060 and 41,200 share-based payment awards for the quarters ended March 29, 2020 and March 31, 2019, and April 1, 2018respectively, because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. The calculation of earnings (loss) per share excluded 111,060 and 181,867 and 41,200 shares-basedshare-based payment awards for the nine month periods ended March 29, 2020 and March 31, 2019, and April 1, 2018, respectively, because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

 

 

Stock-based Compensation

We maintain an omnibus stock incentive plan. This plan provides for the granting of stock options, shares of restricted stock and stock appreciation rights. As of March 31, 2019,29, 2020, the Board of Directors had designated 1,850,000 shares of common stock available for the grant of awards under the plan. Remaining shares available to be granted under the plan as of March 31, 201929, 2020 were 148,239.115,609. Awards that expire or are canceled without delivery of shares become available for re-issuance under the plan. We issue new shares of common stock to satisfy stock option exercises.

Nonqualified and incentive stock options and shares of restricted stock have been granted to our officers, outside directors and specified associates under our stock incentive plan. Stock options granted under the plan may not be issued with an exercise price less than the fair market value of the common stock on the date the option is granted. Stock options become exercisable as determined at the date of grant by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The options expire 10 years after the grant date unless an earlier expiration date is set at the time of grant. The options vest 1 to 4 years after the date of grant as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Shares of restricted stock granted under the plan are subject to vesting criteria determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors at the time the shares are granted and have a minimum vesting period of one year from the date of grant. Unvested restricted shares granted have voting rights, regardless of whether the shares are vested or unvested, but only have the right to receive cash dividends after such shares become vested. Restricted stock grants vest 1 to 5 years after the date of grant as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

The fair value of each stock option grant was estimated as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes pricing model. The fair value of each restricted stock grant was based on the market price of the underlying common stock as of the date of grant. The resulting compensation cost for fixed awards with graded vesting schedules is amortized on a straight line basis over the vesting period for the entire award.


A summary of stock option activity under our stock incentive plan for the nine months ended March 31, 201929, 2020 was as follows:

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise Price

 

 

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Term (years)

 

 

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

(in thousands)

 

Outstanding, July 1, 2018

 

 

133,074

 

 

$

29.37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(15,714

)

 

$

10.92

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, March 31, 2019

 

 

117,360

 

 

$

31.80

 

 

 

3.0

 

 

$

467

 

Exercisable, March 31, 2019

 

 

117,360

 

 

$

31.85

 

 

 

3.0

 

 

$

467

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise Price

 

 

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Term (years)

 

 

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

(in thousands)

 

Outstanding, June 30, 2019

 

 

117,360

 

 

$

31.85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(26,500

)

 

$

18.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, March 29, 2020

 

 

90,860

 

 

$

35.88

 

 

 

2.7

 

 

$

 

Exercisable, March 29, 2020

 

 

90,860

 

 

$

35.88

 

 

 

2.7

 

 

$

 

 



The intrinsic value of stock options exercised and the fair value of stock options that vested during the three and nine month periods presented below were as follows (in thousands):

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

Intrinsic Value of Options Exercised

$

269

 

 

$

 

 

$

324

 

 

$

110

 

 

$

 

 

$

269

 

 

$

120

 

 

$

324

 

 

Fair Value of Stock Options Vesting

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

315

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

NoNaN options were granted during the nine month periods ended March 29, 2020 or March 31, 2019 or April 1, 2018.2019.  

 

A summary of restricted stock activity under our omnibus stock incentive plan for the nine months ended March 31, 201929, 2020 was as follows:

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted

Average

Grant Date

Fair Value

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted

Average

Grant Date

Fair Value

 

Nonvested Balance, July 1, 2018

 

 

69,125

 

 

$

49.02

 

Nonvested Balance, June 30, 2019

 

 

63,757

 

 

$

39.47

 

Granted

 

 

34,050

 

 

$

37.25

 

 

 

39,150

 

 

$

21.80

 

Vested

 

 

(37,343

)

 

$

54.93

 

 

 

(27,318

)

 

$

37.86

 

Forfeited

 

 

(1,325

)

 

$

47.17

 

 

 

(5,470

)

 

$

35.13

 

Nonvested Balance, March 31, 2019

 

 

64,507

 

 

$

39.44

 

Nonvested Balance, March 29, 2020

 

 

70,119

 

 

$

30.57

 

 

As of March 31, 2019,29, 2020, all compensation cost related to outstanding stock options granted under our omnibus stock incentive plan has been recognized. As of March 31, 2019,29, 2020, there was approximately $1.4$1.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock grants outstanding under the plan. This cost is expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted average period of one year.0.9 years. Total unrecognized compensation cost will be adjusted for any future changes in estimated and actual forfeitures of awards granted under our omnibus stock incentive plan.

 

 

Pension and Postretirement Benefits

We have a qualified, noncontributory defined benefit pension plan (“Qualified Pension Plan”) covering substantially all U.S. associates employed by us prior to January 1, 2010. Effective December 31, 2009, the Board of Directors amended the Qualified Pension Plan to freeze benefit accruals and future eligibility. The Board of Directors has subsequently approved to proceed with the termination of the Qualified Pension Plan. During the quarter ended December 30, 2018, we completed a substantial portion of terminating the Qualified Pension Plan. In connection with the termination of the Qualified Pension Plan, distributions from the Qualified Pension Plan trust were made during the three month period ended December 30, 2018 to participants who elected lump-sum distributions. Additionally, during the three months ended December 30, 2018, we entered into an agreement with an insurance company to purchase from us, through a series of annuity contracts, our remaining obligations under the Qualified Pension Plan and, as a result, we settled the remaining obligations under the plan for the remaining participants utilizing funds available in the Qualified Pension Plan trust. NoNaN additional cash contributions to the trust were required to settle the pension obligations. As a result of these actions, a non-cash pre-tax settlement charge of $32.4$31.9 million was recorded during the quarter ended December 30, 2018.fiscal 2019. A remaining non-cash compensation expense charge of approximately $8$4.2 million is expectedwas also recorded during fiscal 2019 related to be recordedthe future transfer of the excess assets in future periods when the Qualified Pension Plan is fully terminated and the excess Plan assets are transferred to a STRATTEC defined contribution plan for subsequent pay-out to eligible STRATTEC employees based on a plan approved by the Board of Directors in June 2019. An additional $4.5 million non-cash compensation expense charge related to the final transfer and subsequently paid out.pay-out of the excess Qualified Pension Plan assets was recorded during the six month period ended December 29, 2019. As of December 29, 2019, the excess Qualified Pension Plan assets were transferred to our defined contribution plan and distributed to eligible STRATTEC employees, which completed the full termination of the Qualified Pension Plan.


We have historically had in place a noncontributory supplemental executive retirement plan (“SERP”), which prior to January 1, 2014 was a nonqualified defined benefit plan that essentially mirrored the Qualified Pension Plan, but provided benefits in excess of certain limits placed on our Qualified Pension Plan by the Internal Revenue Code. As noted above, we froze our Qualified Pension Plan effective as of December 31, 2009 and the SERP provided benefits to participants as if the Qualified Pension Plan had not been frozen. Because the Qualified Pension Plan was frozen and because new employees were not eligible to participate in the Qualified Pension Plan, our Board of Directors adopted amendments to the SERP on October 8, 2013 that were effective as of December 31, 2013 to simplify the SERP calculation. The SERP is funded through a Rabbi Trust with BMO Harris Bank N.A.TMI Trust Company. Under the amended SERP, participants received an accrued lump-sum benefit as of December 31, 2013, which was credited to each participant’s account. Subsequent to December 31, 2013, each eligible participant received, and currently receives, a supplemental retirement benefit equal to the foregoing lump sum benefit, plus an annual benefit accrual equal to 8 percent of the participant’s base salary and cash bonus, plus annual credited interest on the participant’s account balance. All then current participants as of December 31, 2013 are fully vested in their account balances with any new individuals participating in the SERP effective on or after January 1, 2014 being subject to a five year vesting period. The SERP, which is considered a nonqualified defined benefit plan under applicable rules and regulations of the Internal Revenue Code, will continue to be funded through use of a Rabbi Trust to hold investment assets to be used in part to fund any future required lump sum benefit payments to participants. The Rabbi Trust assets had a value of $2.8$2.6 million at March 31,29, 2020 and $2.9 million at June 30, 2019 and at July 1, 2018 and are included in Other Long-Term Assets in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

We also sponsor a postretirement health care plan for all U.S. associates hired prior to June 1, 2001. The expected cost of retiree health care benefits is recognized during the years the associates who are covered under the plan render service. Effective January 1, 2010, an amendment to the postretirement health care plan limited the benefit for future eligible retirees to $4,000 per plan year and the benefit is further subject to a maximum five year coverage period based on the associate’s retirement date and age. The postretirement health care plan is unfunded.

The service cost component of the net periodic benefit costs under these plans is allocated between Cost of Goods Sold and Engineering, Selling and Administrative Expenses while the remaining components of the net periodic benefit costs are included in Other Income (Expense), net in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive (Loss) Income.

The following table summarizes the net periodic benefit cost recognized for each of the periods indicated under these plans (in thousands):

 

 

 

Pension Benefits

 

 

Postretirement Benefits

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

Service cost

 

$

15

 

 

$

17

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

3

 

Interest cost

 

 

19

 

 

 

965

 

 

8

 

 

 

11

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

 

 

 

(1,528

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

(109

)

 

 

(191

)

Amortization of unrecognized net loss

 

 

 

 

 

509

 

 

109

 

 

 

119

 

Net periodic benefit cost (credit)

 

$

34

 

 

$

(34

)

 

$

10

 

 

$

(58

)

 

 

Pension Benefits

 

 

Postretirement Benefits

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Service Cost

 

$

19

 

 

$

15

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

2

 

Interest Cost

 

 

16

 

 

 

19

 

 

6

 

 

 

8

 

Amortization of Prior Service Credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

(109

)

Amortization of Unrecognized Net Loss

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

99

 

 

 

109

 

Net Periodic Benefit Cost

 

$

39

 

 

$

34

 

 

$

101

 

 

$

10

 

 

 

Pension Benefits

 

 

Postretirement Benefits

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Service Cost

 

$

56

 

 

$

46

 

 

$

9

 

 

$

8

 

Interest Cost

 

 

46

 

 

 

2,083

 

 

19

 

 

 

30

 

Expected Return on Plan Assets

 

 

 

 

 

(2,276

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plan Settlements

 

 

 

 

 

32,434

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of Prior Service Credit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(22

)

 

 

(329

)

Amortization of Unrecognized Net Loss

 

11

 

 

 

832

 

 

298

 

 

 

323

 

Net Periodic Benefit Cost

 

$

113

 

 

$

33,119

 

 

$

304

 

 

$

32

 

 

Within the tables above, we have revised the plan settlement charge and net periodic benefit cost for the nine months ended March 31, 2019 that was previously disclosed in our March 31, 2019 financial statements. This revision is not material to the financial statements.

 

 

Pension Benefits

 

 

Postretirement Benefits

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

Service cost

 

$

46

 

 

$

50

 

 

$

8

 

 

$

10

 

Interest cost

 

 

2,083

 

 

 

2,893

 

 

30

 

 

 

33

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

(2,276

)

 

 

(4,583

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plan Settlements

 

 

(32,434

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

(329

)

 

 

(573

)

Amortization of unrecognized net loss

 

832

 

 

 

1,526

 

 

323

 

 

 

359

 

Net periodic benefit (credit) cost

 

$

(31,749

)

 

$

(105

)

 

$

32

 

 

$

(171

)

 

NoNaN voluntary contributions were made to the Qualified Pension Plan during the three or nine month periods ended March 29, 2020 and March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018. No2019. NaN additional future contributions will be made in conjunction with the termination ofto the Qualified Pension Plan.

 


Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following tables summarize the changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss (“AOCL”) for each period presented (in thousands):

 

 

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

 

 

Foreign

Currency

Translation

Adjustments

 

 

Retirement

and

Postretirement

Benefit Plans

 

 

Total

 

Balance, July 1, 2018

 

$

15,291

 

 

$

18,148

 

 

$

33,439

 

Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications

 

 

146

 

 

 

 

 

 

146

 

Income tax

 

 

(185

)

 

 

 

 

 

(185

)

Net other comprehensive loss before

      Reclassifications

 

 

(39

)

 

 

 

 

 

(39

)

Reclassifications:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension Termination Settlement (A)

 

 

 

 

 

(25,668

)

 

 

(25,668

)

Prior service credits (A)

 

 

 

 

 

329

 

 

 

329

 

Actuarial gains (A)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,155

)

 

 

(1,155

)

Total reclassifications before tax

 

 

 

 

 

(26,494

)

 

 

(26,494

)

Income tax

 

 

 

 

 

6,502

 

 

 

6,502

 

Net reclassifications

 

 

 

 

 

(19,992

)

 

 

(19,992

)

Other comprehensive income

 

 

(39

)

 

 

(19,992

)

 

 

(20,031

)

Other comprehensive income attributable to non-

   controlling interest

 

 

(282

)

 

 

 

 

 

(282

)

Reclassification of stranded tax effects

 

 

83

 

 

 

3,964

 

 

 

4,047

 

Balance, March 31, 2019

 

$

15,617

 

 

$

2,120

 

 

$

17,737

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 29, 2020

 

 

 

Foreign

Currency

Translation

Adjustments

 

 

Retirement

and

Postretirement

Benefit Plans

 

 

Total

 

Balance, December 29, 2019

 

$

16,381

 

 

$

2,105

 

 

$

18,486

 

Other Comprehensive Income Before Reclassifications

 

 

6,245

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,245

 

Income Tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Other Comprehensive Income Before

      Reclassifications

 

 

6,245

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,245

 

Reclassifications:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior Service Credits (A)

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

7

 

Unrecognized Net Loss (A)

 

 

 

 

 

(103

)

 

 

(103

)

Total Reclassifications Before Tax

 

 

 

 

 

(96

)

 

 

(96

)

Income Tax

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

22

 

Net Reclassifications

 

 

 

 

 

(74

)

 

 

(74

)

Other Comprehensive Income

 

 

6,245

 

 

 

(74

)

 

 

6,171

 

Other Comprehensive Income Attributable to Non-

   Controlling Interest

 

 

2,387

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,387

 

Balance, March 29, 2020

 

$

20,239

 

 

$

2,031

 

 

$

22,270

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended April 1, 2018

 

 

 

Foreign

Currency

Translation

Adjustments

 

 

Retirement

and

Postretirement

Benefit Plans

 

 

Total

 

Balance, July 2, 2017

 

$

14,138

 

 

$

18,750

 

 

$

32,888

 

Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications

 

 

(1,193

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,193

)

Income tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net other comprehensive loss before

      Reclassifications

 

 

(1,193

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,193

)

Reclassifications:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior service credits (A)

 

 

 

 

 

564

 

 

 

564

 

Unrecognized net loss (A)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,885

)

 

 

(1,885

)

Total reclassifications before tax

 

 

 

 

 

(1,321

)

 

 

(1,321

)

Income tax

 

 

 

 

 

428

 

 

 

428

 

Net reclassifications

 

 

 

 

 

(893

)

 

 

(893

)

Other comprehensive income

 

 

(1,193

)

 

 

(893

)

 

 

(2,086

)

Other comprehensive loss attributable to non-

   controlling interest

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

Balance, April 1, 2018

 

$

12,925

 

 

$

17,857

 

 

$

30,782

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

 

 

Foreign

Currency

Translation

Adjustments

 

 

Retirement

and

Postretirement

Benefit Plans

 

 

Total

 

Balance, December 30, 2018

 

$

16,529

 

 

$

2,119

 

 

$

18,648

 

Other Comprehensive Loss Before Reclassifications

 

 

(1,037

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,037

)

Net Other Comprehensive Loss Before

      Reclassifications

 

 

(1,037

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,037

)

Reclassifications:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior Service Credits (A)

 

 

 

 

 

109

 

 

 

109

 

Unrecognized Net Loss (A)

 

 

 

 

 

(109

)

 

 

(109

)

Total Reclassifications Before Tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income Tax

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

Net Reclassifications

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

Other Comprehensive Loss (Income)

 

 

(1,037

)

 

 

1

 

 

 

(1,036

)

Other Comprehensive Income Attributable to Non-

   Controlling Interest

 

 

(125

)

 

 

 

 

 

(125

)

Balance, March 31, 2019

 

$

15,617

 

 

$

2,120

 

 

$

17,737

 


 

 

Nine Months Ended March 29, 2020

 

 

 

Foreign

Currency

Translation

Adjustments

 

 

Retirement

and

Postretirement

Benefit Plans

 

 

Total

 

Balance, June 30, 2019

 

$

16,317

 

 

$

2,251

 

 

$

18,568

 

Other Comprehensive Income Before Reclassifications

 

 

6,059

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,059

 

Income Tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Other Comprehensive Income Before

      Reclassifications

 

 

6,059

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,059

 

Reclassifications:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior Service Credits (A)

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

22

 

Unrecognized Net Loss (A)

 

 

 

 

 

(309

)

 

 

(309

)

Total Reclassifications Before Tax

 

 

 

 

 

(287

)

 

 

(287

)

Income Tax

 

 

 

 

 

67

 

 

 

67

 

Net Reclassifications

 

 

 

 

 

(220

)

 

 

(220

)

Other Comprehensive Income

 

 

6,059

 

 

 

(220

)

 

 

5,839

 

Other Comprehensive Income Attributable to Non-

   Controlling Interest

 

 

2,137

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,137

 

Balance, March 29, 2020

 

$

20,239

 

 

$

2,031

 

 

$

22,270

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

 

 

Foreign

Currency

Translation

Adjustments

 

 

Retirement

and

Postretirement

Benefit Plans

 

 

Total

 

Balance, July 1, 2018

 

$

15,291

 

 

$

18,148

 

 

$

33,439

 

Other Comprehensive Loss Before Reclassifications

 

 

146

 

 

 

 

 

 

146

 

Income Tax

 

 

(185

)

 

 

 

 

 

(185

)

Net Other Comprehensive Loss Before

      Reclassifications

 

 

(39

)

 

 

 

 

 

(39

)

Reclassifications:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension Termination Settlement (A)

 

 

 

 

 

(25,668

)

 

 

(25,668

)

Prior Service Credits (A)

 

 

 

 

 

329

 

 

 

329

 

Unrecognized Net Loss (A)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,155

)

 

 

(1,155

)

Total Reclassifications Before Tax

 

 

 

 

 

(26,494

)

 

 

(26,494

)

Income Tax

 

 

 

 

 

6,502

 

 

 

6,502

 

Net Reclassifications

 

 

 

 

 

(19,992

)

 

 

(19,992

)

Other Comprehensive Loss (Income)

 

 

(39

)

 

 

(19,992

)

 

 

(20,031

)

Other Comprehensive Income Attributable to Non-

   Controlling Interest

 

 

(282

)

 

 

 

 

 

(282

)

Reclassification of stranded tax effects

 

 

83

 

 

 

3,964

 

 

 

4,047

 

Balance, March 31, 2019

 

$

15,617

 

 

$

2,120

 

 

$

17,737

 

 

(A)

Amounts reclassified are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost, and the pension termination settlement charge, which is included in Other Income (Expense), net in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. See Pension and Postretirement Benefits note to these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements above.

 

 

 


Item 2

STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis should be read in conjunction with STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION’s accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto and its 2018 Annual Report2019 Form 10-K, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to its Form 10-K on September 6, 2018.5, 2019. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to quarters and years refer to fiscal quarters and fiscal years.

Outlook

Refer to discussion of Risks and Uncertainties included in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements beginning on page 6 of this Form 10-Q.

The outlook over our next fiscal quarter ending June 28, 2020 will be severely impacted by OEM customer plant shutdowns within their North American operations due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. During April 2020, the majority of our OEM customer assembly plant operations were completely closed including the majority of the supply chain. Additionally, during April 2020, STRATTEC’s Mexico facilities were closed as a result of the Mexico government’s shutdown of non-essential businesses. Initial re-opening of our OEM customer facilities for operations is scheduled to begin in May 2020, but there is no certainty this will occur on that timeline. Based on information available, our current estimates indicate our net sales for the upcoming fourth fiscal yearsquarter could be down 50 percent or more compared to our quarter ended July 1, 2018March 29, 2020 depending on how long the COVID-19 virus will require the industry to remain idle. Fourth fiscal quarter sales could be more severely impacted if the initial re-opening of our customer facilities is delayed past May 2020. We are currently adjusting the cost structure of our business with temporary and July 2, 2017, we experienced stronger sales demandpermanent layoffs at our U.S. and Mexico locations,  reductions in pay for our components fromofficers, reductions in working hours for all associates, a reduction in our major North American automotive customers, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, General Motors CompanyU.S. salaried workforce, and Ford Motor Company, as it relatesreductions in capital spending to light trucks and both sport and car based utility vehiclesreflect the anticipated changes in comparison to passenger cars, which was likely influenced by both lower gas prices and consumer preferences. If gas prices continue to remain flat or slightly higher over the next few years, we anticipate this consumer buying trend will continue. As we look out in calendar 2019, the current sales projections from our third party forecasting service indicate that North American lightcustomer vehicle production and operating cash flow going forward. We anticipate our fourth fiscal quarter of 2020 will remain flatbe the worst or slightlytrough quarter and that thereafter the automotive industry can restart and ramp back up production again during our fiscal 2021. The impact on our overall cash liquidity will most likely occur at the beginning of our fiscal year 2021 with a reduction in payments from customers resulting from lower thanfourth quarter fiscal 2020 net sales as previously discussed. The lower cash liquidity will cause us to utilize our credit facilities to fund our increased working capital requirements.

As described in “Pension and Postretirement Benefits” in the levels experiencedNotes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-Q, our Board of Directors approved the termination of the STRATTEC qualified, noncontributory defined benefit pension plan. During our fiscal 2019, we completed a substantial portion of the termination by (1) making distributions from the qualified pension plan trust to participants electing lump sum distributions and (2) entering into an agreement with an insurance company whereby we sold, through a series of annuity contracts, our remaining obligations under the qualified pension plan and, therefore, settled the remaining obligations under this plan with use of funds remaining in the plan. No additional cash contributions to the pension trust were required from STRATTEC to settle these pension obligations. In connection with those actions, we incurred a pre-tax settlement charge of $31.9 million during calendar year 2018.fiscal 2019. We also incurred a $4.2 million noncash compensation charge during fiscal 2019 related to the future transfer of the remaining excess pension plan assets to a STRATTEC defined contribution plan for subsequent pay-out to eligible participating STRATTEC employees based on a plan approved by the Board of Directors in June 2019. An additional $4.5 million non-cash compensation expense charge related to the final transfer and pay-out of the excess Qualified Pension Plan assets was recorded during the six month period ended December 29, 2019. With these final actions, we completed the full termination of the qualified pension plan as of December 29, 2019.

Analysis of Results of Operations

Three months ended March 31, 201929, 2020 compared to the three months ended April 1, 2018March 31, 2019

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

Net Sales (in millions)

 

$

128.2

 

 

$

116.8

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Net Sales (in millions)

 

$

116.9

 

 

$

128.2

 

 



Net sales to each of our customers or customer groups in the current year quarter and prior year quarter were as follows (in millions): 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

 

$

29.9

 

 

$

31.3

 

 

$

26.0

 

 

$

29.9

 

General Motors Company

 

 

31.0

 

 

 

22.4

 

 

 

31.7

 

 

 

31.0

 

Ford Motor Company

 

 

15.9

 

 

 

18.1

 

 

 

15.4

 

 

 

15.9

 

Tier 1 Customers

 

 

20.1

 

 

 

19.0

 

 

 

17.5

 

 

 

20.1

 

Commercial and Other OEM Customers

 

 

22.8

 

 

 

21.7

 

 

 

20.2

 

 

 

22.8

 

Hyundai / Kia

 

 

8.5

 

 

 

4.3

 

 

 

6.1

 

 

 

8.5

 

 

$

128.2

 

 

$

116.8

 

 

$

116.9

 

 

$

128.2

 

 

During the latter part of March 2020, our OEM customers started reducing production schedules and closed their assembly plants due to the COVID-19 outbreak.  The impact of these reductions reduced our net sales in the current year quarter by approximately $6.7 million dollars. Sales to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles decreased in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter due to lower vehicle production volumes on the FCA vehicles for which we supply.supply components. The increase in sales to General Motors Company in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter was attributed to higher sales content on models for which we supply components, in particular power access products and latches. Sales to Ford Motor Company decreased in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter due to a combination of discontinued models and lower production volumes on the vehicles for which we supply components. SalesThe decrease in sales to Tier 1 Customers increasedcustomers in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter was due to higherlower sales of our door handle and componentdriver control steering column lock products. Sales to Commercial and Other OEM Customers during the current year quarter increaseddecreased in comparison to the prior year quarter mainly due to increasesdecreases in sales related to paintedkey fobs sold to Harley Davidson and related to reductions in sales of door handle programs for Volkswagen.and power access products to Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.  These Commercial and Other OEM Customers, along with ourthe Tier 1 Customers, primarily represent purchasers of vehicle access control products, such as latches, key fobs, driver controls, steering column locks and door handles that we have developed in recent years to complement our historic core business of locks and keys. The increase indecreased sales to Hyundai / Kia in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter iswere due to higherlower levels of production of the Kia Sedona minivan for which we primarily supply primarily power sliding door components.


 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

Cost of Goods Sold (in millions)

 

$

112.5

 

 

$

101.6

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Cost of Goods Sold (in millions)

 

$

99.9

 

 

$

112.5

 

 

Direct material costs are the most significant component of our cost of goods sold and comprised $74.5$65.6 million or 66.265.7 percent of our cost of goods sold in the current year quarter compared to $65.6$74.5 million or 64.566.2 percent of our cost of goods sold in the prior year quarter. The increasedecrease in our direct material costs between these quarters of $8.9 million or 13.611.9 percent was due to increaseddecreased sales volumes in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter.quarter and reduced scrap costs resulting from efforts to reduce nonconforming costs resulting from internal manufacturing process quality issues. The increasereduction in our direct material costs as a percentage of our cost of goods sold in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter was due to increased nonconforming costs resulting from internal manufacturing process quality issues in the current quarterdecreased sales of power access products between periods, which products have a higher purchased content percentage as compared to the prior year quarter and an increase in sales of products for certain electrical and latch programs in the current year quarter over the prior year quarter, for which the direct material content represents a more significant portion of the total cost of the product. This trend is expected to continue for the remainder of our fiscal year 2019.other products.

The remaining components of our cost of goods sold consist of labor and overhead costs which increased $2.0decreased $3.7 million or 5.69.7 percent to $38.0$34.3 million in the current year quarter from $36.0$38.0 million in the prior year quarter as the variable portion of these costs increaseddecreased due to the increasedecrease in sales volumes between the three month periods. Additionally, an increase incurrent year quarter costs reflect the Mexican minimum wage for our Mexican workforce effective January 1, 2019 and higher than expected production costsimpact of improved manufacturing efficiencies both at our door handle paintMilwaukee and assembly facility in Leon, Mexico increased costsproduction facilities in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter. These cost increases were partially offset by a favorable product sales mix, which included increased sales of our door handle and exterior trim and power access products,quarter and the impact of a favorable Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate affecting our operations in Mexico. The U.S. dollar value of our Mexican operations was favorably impacted by approximately $472,000$360,000 in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter due to a favorable Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate between these quarterly periods. The average U.S. dollar / Mexican peso exchange rate increased to approximately 19.2819.78 pesos to the dollar in the current year quarter from approximately 18.7519.28 pesos to the dollar in the prior year quarter.

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Gross Profit (in millions)

 

$

15.7

 

 

$

15.2

 

 

$

17.0

 

 

$

15.7

 

Gross Profit as a percentage of net sales

 

 

12.2

%

 

 

13.0

%

 

 

14.5

%

 

 

12.2

%


Gross profit dollars increased in the current year quarter as compared to the prior year quarter as a result of an increase in sales partially offset by an increasea decrease in cost of goods sold partially offset by a decrease in sales, as discussed above. Gross profit as a percentage of net sales decreasedincreased between periods. The current quarter gross profit as a percentage of net salesincrease was negatively impacted by an increasedue to improved manufacturing efficiencies both at our Milwaukee and Mexico production facilities in the Mexican minimum wage and higher than expected production costs at our door handle paint and assembly facility in Leon, Mexico,current year quarter as well as lower gross profit margins on products associated with certain new electrical, latch and lockset programs, which were implemented duringcompared to the twelve month period ending March 31, 2019. The lower gross margins associated with these programs is the result of competitive pricing. These unfavorable impacts were partially offset by the impact of a favorable product sales mixprior year quarter and a favorable Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate impacting the U.S. dollar value ofaffecting our Mexican operations in Mexico as discussed above.

Engineering, selling and administrative expenses in the current year quarter and prior year quarter were as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Expenses (in millions)

 

$

11.7

 

 

$

10.8

 

 

$

10.7

 

 

$

11.7

 

Expenses as a percentage of net sales

 

 

9.1

%

 

 

9.3

%

 

 

9.2

%

 

 

9.1

%

 

Engineering, selling and administrative expenses in the current year quarter increaseddecreased in comparison to the prior year quarter as a result of higher outsidelower expenditures on new product development costs, associated with utilizingfor which we utilize third party vendors for a portion of our development work. The expenses decreased as a percentage of net sales due to the increase in sales between quarters as previously discussed.

Income from operations was $4.0$6.3 million in the current year quarter compared to $4.4income from operations of $4.0 million in the prior year quarter asdue to an increase in gross profit margin dollars and a decrease in engineering, selling and administrative expenses was partially offset by an increase in gross margin dollars,between quarters, all as discussed above.


The equity (loss) earnings (loss) of joint ventures was comprised of the following in the current year quarter and prior year quarter (in thousands):

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Vehicle Access Systems Technology LLC

 

$

25

 

 

$

703

 

 

$

(947

)

 

$

25

 

STRATTEC Advanced Logic, LLC

 

 

41

 

 

 

(84

)

 

 

26

 

 

 

41

 

 

$

66

 

 

$

619

 

 

$

(921

)

 

$

66

 

Lower profitability offrom our Vehicle Access Systems Technology LLC (“VAST LLC”) joint ventures is due to lower net salesprofitability in our VAST China operation related to extended OEM customer plant shutdowns associated with the COVID-19 outbreak and higher development costs for new programs at our VAST China operation and start-upstartup costs for ourassociated with a new plant operation in Jingzhou, China.China, which we believe will give VAST added capacity, efficiencies, and a broader geographic footprint in the China market going forward. Our VAST LLC joint ventureventures in India and Brazil continuescontinue to report losses due to our limited amount of business in that region. STRATTEC is not the primary beneficiary and does not control STRATTEC Advanced Logic, LLC (“SAL LLC”). Accordingly, our investment in SAL LLC is accounted for using the equity method. During all periods presented in this report, 100 percent of the funding for SAL LLC was being made through loans from STRATTEC to SAL LLC. Therefore, during all periods presented in this report, even though STRATTEC maintains a 51 percent ownership interest in SAL LLC, STRATTEC recognized 100 percent of the losses of SAL LLC up to our committed financial support.both regions. The business of SAL LLC has been wound down to sell only commercial biometric locks.

Included in Other Income (Expense), net in the current year quarter and prior year quarter were the following items (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

Foreign Currency Transaction Loss

 

$

(192

)

 

$

(592

)

Unrealized Gain on Peso Forward Contracts

 

 

23

 

 

 

392

 

Realized Gain on Peso Forward Contracts

 

 

122

 

 

 

322

 

Pension and Postretirement Plans (Cost) Credit

 

 

(27

)

 

 

111

 

Rabbi Trust Gain (Loss)

 

 

257

 

 

 

(14

)

Other

 

 

26

 

 

 

(61

)

 

 

$

209

 

 

$

158

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss)

 

$

2,515

 

 

$

(192

)

Unrealized (Loss) Gain on Peso Forward Contracts

 

 

(1,048

)

 

 

23

 

Realized Gain on Peso Forward Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

122

 

Pension and Postretirement Plans Cost

 

 

(118

)

 

 

(27

)

Rabbi Trust (Loss) Gain

 

 

(550

)

 

 

257

 

Other

 

 

250

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

$

1,049

 

 

$

209

 

 

Foreign currency transaction gains and losses during the current year quarter and prior year quarter resulted from activity associated with foreign denominated assets held by our Mexican subsidiaries. We entered into the Mexican peso currency forward contracts to minimize earnings volatility resulting from changes in exchange rates affecting the U.S. dollar cost of our Mexican operations. Unrealized gains and losses on the peso forward contracts recognized as a result of mark-to-market adjustments as of March 31, 201929, 2020 may or may not be realized in future periods, depending on theat actual Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rates experienced during the balance of the contract period. Pension and postretirement plan impacts include the components of net periodic benefit cost other than the service cost component. Our Rabbi Trust assets fund our amended and restated supplemental executive retirement plan. The investments held in the Trust are considered trading securities.  


Income Taxes

Our income tax provision for the three month period ended April 1, 2018 was impacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“the Act”), which was signed into law on December 22, 2017 with an effective date of January 1, 2018. The Act made broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code that affected our tax provision beginning January 1, 2018, including but not limited to (1) a reduction in the U.S. statutory tax rate to 21 percent following its effective datewas 20.8% and a change in the measurement of our deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities resulting from the reduction in the statutory rate, (2) requiring a one-time transition tax on certain deemed repatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries that is payable over eight years, and (3) bonus depreciation that will allow for full expensing of qualified property. Section 15 of the Internal Revenue Code stipulates that for our fiscal year ended July 1, 2018, a blended statutory corporate tax rate of 28% was applicable, which was based on the applicable statutory rates before and after the effective date of the Act and the number of days in our fiscal year.    



The SEC staff issued SAB 118, which provides guidance on accounting for the tax effects of the Act. SAB 118 provides a measurement period that should not extend beyond one year from the Act’s enactment date for companies to complete the accounting under ASC 740. In accordance with SAB 118, a company must reflect the income tax effects of those aspects of the Act for which the accounting under ASC 740 is complete. To the extent that a company’s accounting for certain income tax effects of the Act is incomplete but the company is able to determine a reasonable estimate, it must record a provisional estimate in the financial statements. If a company cannot determine a provisional estimate to be included in the financial statements, it should continue to apply ASC 740 on the basis of the provision of the tax laws that were in effect immediately before the enactment of the Act.  

In connection with our analysis of the impact of the Act, we recorded a discrete net tax benefit of $309,000 for the three month period ended April 1, 2018. This net tax benefit primarily consisted of (1) the impact of the change in measurement of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, (2) the one-time transition tax on non-previously taxed post 1986 accumulated foreign earnings, and (3) the impact of changing our annualized effective tax rate. For various reasons that are discussed more fully below, we did not complete our accounting for the income tax effects for certain elements of the Act as of December 31, 2017. However, we were able to make reasonable estimates of certain effects and, therefore, recorded provisional adjustments of these elements during the three month period ended December 31, 2017. We identified these items as provisional since our analysis of the items was not complete.

The Act reduced the corporate tax rate to 21 percent, effective January 1, 2018. For certain of our net deferred tax assets, we recorded a provisional adjustment to reflect the reduction in the corporate tax rate. While we are able to make a reasonable estimate of the impact of the reduction in the corporate rate, it may be affected by other analyses related to the Act, including, but not limited to, the impact of our calculation of deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income and the impact of full expensing for certain assets.

The Deemed Repatriation Transition Tax (“Transition Tax”) is a tax on previously untaxed accumulated and current earnings and profits (E&P) of certain of our foreign subsidiaries. To determine the amount of the Transition Tax, in addition to other factors, the amount of post-1986 E&P of the relevant subsidiaries must be determined, as well as the amount of non-U.S. income taxes paid on such earnings. We were able to make a reasonable estimate of the Transition Tax and recorded a provisional Transition Tax obligation in the accompanying condensed financial statements20.6% for the three months ended December 31, 2017. However, as of December 31, 2017, additional information needed to be gathered to more precisely compute the amount of the Transition Tax.

We were required to assess whether our valuation allowance analyses was affected by various aspects of the Act (e.g., deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income, Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) inclusions,March 29, 2020 and new categories of Foreign Tax Credits). Since, as discussed herein, we recorded provisional amounts related to certain portions of the Act, any corresponding determination of the need for, or change in, a valuation allowance was also provisional.

As of December 30, 2018, we had completed our accounting for all income tax elements of the Act. No measurement period adjustments related to the Act were recorded in the three month period ended March 31, 2019.

Our income tax provision for the three month periods ended March 31, 2019, was impacted by a reduction in the expectedrespectively. Our effective tax rate as compared todiffers from the prior year period. The expected annual effectivestatutory tax rate between our fiscal 2019 and 2018 years decreased to approximately 10.7 percent as of March 2019 from approximately 20.6 percent as of March 2018 due to the reduction in the U.S. statutory rate between yearsimpact of global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) provisions, our available R&D tax credit and changes in the U.S. taxation of non-U.S. earnings.

Additionally, our income tax provisions for the three month periods ended March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018 were affected by the non-controlling interest portion of our pre-tax income. The non-controlling interest impacts the effective tax rate as ADAC-STRATTEC LLC and STRATTEC POWER ACCESS LLC entities are taxed as partnerships for U.S. tax purposes.

 

Nine months ended March 31, 201929, 2020 compared to the nine months ended April 1, 2018March 31, 2019

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

Net Sales (in millions)

 

$

358.3

 

 

$

322.5

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Net Sales (in millions)

 

$

343.2

 

 

$

358.3

 

 



Net sales to each of our customers or customer groups in the current year period and prior year period were as follows (in millions): 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

 

$

85.8

 

 

$

77.4

 

 

$

78.7

 

 

$

85.8

 

General Motors Company

 

 

80.1

 

 

 

64.2

 

 

 

90.9

 

 

 

80.1

 

Ford Motor Company

 

 

47.6

 

 

 

49.5

 

 

 

46.5

 

 

 

47.6

 

Tier 1 Customers

 

 

56.4

 

 

 

51.3

 

 

 

50.0

 

 

 

56.4

 

Commercial and Other OEM Customers

 

 

65.2

 

 

 

59.3

 

 

 

63.0

 

 

 

65.2

 

Hyundai / Kia

 

 

23.2

 

 

 

20.8

 

 

 

14.1

 

 

 

23.2

 

 

$

358.3

 

 

$

322.5

 

 

$

343.2

 

 

$

358.3

 

 

During the latter part of March 2020, our OEM customers started reducing production schedules and closed their assembly plants due to COVID-19.  The impact of these reductions reduced our net sales in the current year period by approximately $6.7 million dollars. Sales to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles increaseddecreased in the current year period as compared to the prior year period due to higher product contentlower vehicle production volumes on the componentsFCA vehicles for which we supply on certain vehicles, in particular the Ram pickup truck.components. The increase in sales to General Motors Company in the current year period as compared to the prior year period was attributed to higher vehicle production volumes and higher content on models for whichproducts we supply components,to their business, in particular power access products and latches. SalesAs discussed in our prior filings, we were impacted in fiscal 2020 by the General Motors UAW strike, which reduced our net sales by approximately $10 million in the current year period. Sale to Ford Motor Company decreased in the current year period as compared to the prior year period due to a combination of discontinued models and lower production volumes on the vehicles for which we supply components. SalesThe decrease in sales to Tier 1 Customers increasedcustomers in the current year period as compared to the prior year period was due to higher production volumeslower sales of our door handle and componentdriver control steering column lock products. Sales to Commercial and Other OEM Customers during the current year period increaseddecreased in comparison to the prior year period mainly due to newdecreases in sales related to key fobs sold to Harley Davidson and related to reductions in sales of door handle customer programs atand power access products to Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc. and Volkswagen.  These Commercial and Other OEM Customers, along with ourthe Tier 1 Customers, primarily represent purchasers of vehicle access control products, such as latches, key fobs, driver controls, steering column locks and door handles that we have developed in recent years to complement our historic core business of locks and keys. The increase indecreased sales to Hyundai / Kia in the current year period as compared to the prior year period waswere due to higherlower levels of production of the Kia Sedona minivan for which we primarily supply primarily power sliding door components.

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

Cost of Goods Sold (in millions)

 

$

314.7

 

 

$

281.2

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Cost of Goods Sold (in millions)

 

$

300.0

 

 

$

314.7

 


Direct material costs are the most significant component of our cost of goods sold and comprised $207.7$193.7 million or 66.064.6 percent of our cost of goods sold in the current year period compared to $179.9$207.7 million or 64.066.0 percent of our cost of goods sold in the prior year period. The increasedecrease in our direct material costs between these periodsquarters of $27.8$14.0 million or 15.56.7 percent was due to increaseddecreased sales volumes in the current year period as compared to the prior year period.period and reduced scrap costs resulting from efforts to reduce nonconforming costs resulting from internal manufacturing process quality issues. The increasereduction in our direct material costs as a percentage of our cost of goods sold in the current year period as compared to the prior year period was, in part, due to increased nonconforming costs resultinga $2.7 million increase in our cost of goods sold from internal manufacturing process quality issuesa non-cash compensation expense charge incurred in the current year period and as a result of decreased sales of power access products in the current year period as compared to the prior year period and an increase in sales of products for certain electrical and latch programsperiod. The non-cash compensation expense charge in the current year period overrelated to the prior year period,December 2019 transfer of excess Qualified Pension Plan assets, resulting from the termination of the Qualified Pension Plan, to a STRATTEC defined contribution plan for whichpay-out to eligible STRATTEC employees. Without this non-cash compensation expense charge, the direct material content representscosts as a more significant portionpercentage of the totalour cost of goods sold in the product. This trend is expectedcurrent year period would have been 65.2 percent. Power access products have a higher purchased content percentage as compared to continue for the remainderour other products. The decreased sales of power access products between periods further reduced our direct material costs as a percentage of our fiscal year 2019.cost of goods sold.

The remaining components of our cost of goods sold consist of labor and overhead costs which increased $5.7 milliondecreased $700,000 or 5.60.7 percent to $107.0$106.3 million in the current year period from $101.3$107.0 million in the prior year period. Current year period as the variable portion of these costs increased dueincluded a $2.7 million non-cash compensation expense charge related to the increase in sales volumes between the nine month periods. Additionally,December 2019 transfer of excess Qualified Pension Plan assets, as described above, and an increase in the Mexican minimum wage for our Mexican workforce, which was effective January 1, 2019 and resulted in higher expediting costs associated with new product launches occurring during the currentsix month period ended December 2019 as compared to the prior year period to meet certain customer schedules, in particular in connection with our door handle paintperiod. These increased expenses were offset by decreased labor and assembly facility in Leon, Mexico, and higher than expected production costs at our door handle paint and assembly facility in Leon, Mexico, increasedoverhead costs in the current year period as compared to the prior year period. These cost increases were partially offset byperiod due to a favorable productdecrease in the variable portion of these costs resulting from the decrease in sales mix, which included increased sales ofbetween the nine-month periods, improvements in our door handleoperations for the nine month period at our paint and exterior trimassembly facility in Leon, Mexico, improved manufacturing efficiencies both at our Milwaukee and power access products,Mexico production facilities during our fiscal 2020 third quarter as compared to our fiscal 2019 third quarter and the impact of a favorable Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate affecting our operations in Mexico. The U.S. dollar value of our Mexican operations was favorably impacted by approximately $2.1 million$469,000 in the current year period as compared to the prior year period due to a favorable Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate between these year to datenine-month periods. The average U.S. dollar / Mexican peso exchange rate increased to approximately 19.3619.57 pesos to the dollar in the current year period from approximately 18.5419.36 pesos to the dollar in the prior year period.


 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Gross Profit (in millions)

 

$

43.6

 

 

$

41.3

 

 

$

43.2

 

 

$

43.6

 

Gross Profit as a percentage of net sales

 

 

12.2

%

 

 

12.8

%

 

 

12.6

%

 

 

12.2

%

 

The increase in grossGross profit dollars decreased in the current year period as compared to the prior year period was attributed to the increaseas a result of a decrease in sales partiallymostly offset by the increasea decrease in cost of goods sold, as discussed above. Gross profit as a percentage of net sales decreasedincreased between periods. The current yearincrease was due to improvements in our operations for the nine month period gross profit as a percentage of net sales was negatively impacted by customer price reductions, an increase in the Mexican minimum wage, higher expediting costs associated with new product launches, and higher than expected production costs at our door handle paint and assembly facility in Leon, Mexico, improved manufacturing efficiencies both at our Milwaukee and Mexico production facilities during our fiscal 2020 third quarter as well as lower gross profit margins on products associated with certain new electrical, latchcompared to our fiscal 2019 third quarter and lockset programs, which were implemented during the twelve month period ending March 31, 2019. The lower gross margins associated with these programs is the result of competitive pricing. These unfavorable impacts were partially offset by the impact of a favorable product sales mix and a favorable Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate impactingaffecting our operations in Mexico. These favorable impacts were partially offset by a $2.7 million non-cash compensation expense charge related to the U.S. dollar valueDecember 2019 transfer of excess Qualified Pension Plan assets and an increase in the Mexican minimum wage for our Mexican operations,workforce effective January 1, 2019, all as discussed above.

Engineering, selling and administrative expenses in the current year period and prior year period were as follows:

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Expenses (in millions)

 

$

33.2

 

 

$

31.0

 

 

$

35.8

 

 

$

33.2

 

Expenses as a percentage of net sales

 

 

9.3

%

 

 

9.6

%

 

 

10.4

%

 

 

9.3

%

 

Engineering, selling and administrative expenses increased duringin the current year period as compared to the prior year period. The current year period as comparedincreased in comparison to the prior year period included an increase inas a result of a $1.7 million non-cash compensation expense charge related to the transfer of excess Qualified Pension Plan assets, as discussed above, and higher outside expenditures on new product development costs associated with utilizing third party vendors for a portion of our development work and an increase in engineering costs related to our ADAC-STRATTEC LLC door handle and exterior trim products. The expenses decreased as a percentage of net sales due to the increase in sales between quarters as previously discussed.work.

Income from operations was $10.4$7.5 million in the current year period compared to $10.3$10.4 million asin the prior year period over period increasedue to a reduction in the gross profit margin was offset bydollars and an increase in engineering, selling and administrative expenses, in the current year period as compared to the prior year period, all as discussed above.


The equity (loss) earnings (loss) of joint ventures was comprised of the following in the current year period and prior year period (in thousands):

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Vehicle Access Systems Technology LLC

 

$

2,427

 

 

$

3,142

 

 

$

36

 

 

$

2,427

 

STRATTEC Advanced Logic, LLC

 

 

24

 

 

 

(24

)

 

 

19

 

 

 

24

 

 

$

2,451

 

 

$

3,118

 

 

$

55

 

 

$

2,451

 

Lower profitability from our Vehicle Access Systems Technology LLC (“VAST LLC”) joint ventures is due to lower profitability in our VAST China operation related to extended OEM customer plant shutdowns associated with the COVID-19 outbreak and higher development costs for new programs and startup costs associated with a new plant in Jingzhou, China, which we believe will give VAST added capacity, efficiencies, and a broader geographic footprint in the China market going forward. Our VAST LLC joint ventures in ChinaIndia and IndiaBrazil continue to report profitable operating results while our joint venture in Brazil continues to report losses due to our limited amount of business in that region. STRATTEC is not the primary beneficiary and does not control SAL LLC. Accordingly, our investment in SAL LLC is accounted for using the equity method. During all periods presented in this report, 100 percent of the funding for SAL LLC was being made through loans from STRATTEC to SAL LLC. Therefore, during all periods presented in this report, even though STRATTEC maintains a 51 percent ownership interest in SAL LLC, STRATTEC recognized 100 percent of the losses of SAL LLC up to our committed financial support.both regions. The business of SAL LLC has been wound down to sell only commercial biometric locks.

During the quarter ended December 30, 2018, we completed a substantial portion of terminating our qualified pension plan that was frozen on December 31, 2009. As a result of the termination, a non-cash pre-tax pension settlement charge of $32.4 million was recorded during the current year period. A remaining non-cash compensation expense charge of approximately $8 million is expected to be recorded in future periods when the Qualified Pension Plan is fully terminated and the excess Plan assets are transferred to a STRATTEC defined contribution plan and subsequently paid out.


Included in Other Income (Expense), net in the current year period and prior year period were the following items (in thousands):

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2017

 

Foreign Currency Transaction Loss

 

$

(261

)

 

$

(173

)

Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Peso Forward Contracts

 

 

116

 

 

 

(687

)

Realized Gain on Peso Forward Contracts

 

 

344

 

 

 

981

 

Pension and Postretirement Plans (Cost) Credit

 

 

(662

)

 

 

335

 

Rabbi Trust Gain

 

 

57

 

 

 

178

 

Other

 

 

108

 

 

 

(280

)

 

 

$

(298

)

 

$

354

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss)

 

$

2,067

 

 

$

(261

)

Unrealized (Loss) Gain on Peso Forward Contracts

 

 

(1,048

)

 

 

116

 

Realized Gain on Peso Forward Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

344

 

Pension and Postretirement Plans Cost

 

 

(352

)

 

 

(662

)

Rabbi Trust (Loss) Gain

 

 

(365

)

 

 

57

 

Other

 

 

673

 

 

 

108

 

 

 

$

975

 

 

$

(298

)

 

Foreign currency transaction gains and losses during the current year period and prior year period resulted from activity associated with foreign denominated assets held by our Mexican subsidiaries. We entered into the Mexican peso currency forward contracts to minimize earnings volatility resulting from changes in exchange rates affecting the U.S. dollar cost of our Mexican operations. Unrealized gains and losses on the peso forward contracts recognized as a result of mark-to-market adjustments as of March 31, 201929, 2020 may or may not be realized in future periods, depending on the actual Mexican peso to U.S. dollar exchange rates experienced during the balance of the contract period. Pension and postretirement plan impacts include the components of net periodic benefit cost other than the service cost component. Our Rabbi Trust assets fund our amended and restated supplemental executive retirement plan. The investments held in the Trust are considered trading securities.  

Income Taxes

Our income tax provision for the nine month periods ended April 1, 2018 was impacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“the Act”), which was signed into law on December 22, 2017 with an effective date of January 1, 2018. The Act made broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code that affected our tax provision beginning January 1, 2018, including but not limited to (1) a reduction in the U.S. statutory tax rate to 21 percent following its effective datewas 15.5% and a change in the measurement of our deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities resulting from the reduction in the statutory rate, (2) requiring a one-time transition tax on certain deemed repatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries that is payable over eight years, and (3) bonus depreciation that will allow for full expensing of qualified property. Section 15 of the Internal Revenue Code stipulates that for our fiscal year ended July 1, 2018, a blended statutory corporate tax rate of 28% was applicable, which was based on the applicable statutory rates before and after the effective date of the Act and the number of days in our fiscal year.    

The SEC staff issued SAB 118, which provides guidance on accounting for the tax effects of the Act. SAB 118 provides a measurement period that should not extend beyond one year from the Act’s enactment date for companies to complete the accounting under ASC 740. In accordance with SAB 118, a company must reflect the income tax effects of those aspects of the Act for which the accounting under ASC 740 is complete. To the extent that a company’s accounting for certain income tax effects of the Act is incomplete but the company is able to determine a reasonable estimate, it must record a provisional estimate in the financial statements. If a company cannot determine a provisional estimate to be included in the financial statements, it should continue to apply ASC 740 on the basis of the provision of the tax laws that were in effect immediately before the enactment of the Act.  

In connection with our analysis of the impact of the Act, we recorded a discrete net tax benefit of $854,000 for the nine month period ended April 1, 2018. This net tax benefit primarily consisted of (1) the impact of the change in measurement of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, (2) the one-time transition tax on non-previously taxed post 1986 accumulated foreign earnings, and (3) the impact of changing our annualized effective tax rate. For various reasons that are discussed more fully below, we did not complete our accounting for the income tax effects for certain elements of the Act as of April 1, 2018. However, we were able to make reasonable estimates of certain effects and, therefore, recorded provisional adjustments of these elements during the nine month period ended April 1, 2018. We identified these items as provisional since our analysis of the items was not complete.

The Act reduced the corporate tax rate to 21 percent, effective January 1, 2018. For certain of our net deferred tax assets, we recorded a provisional adjustment to reflect the reduction in the corporate tax rate. While we are able to make a reasonable estimate of the impact of the reduction in the corporate rate, it may be affected by other analyses related to the Act, including, but not limited to, the impact of our calculation of deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income and the impact of full expensing for certain assets.



The Deemed Repatriation Transition Tax (“Transition Tax”) is a tax on previously untaxed accumulated and current earnings and profits (E&P) of certain of our foreign subsidiaries. To determine the amount of the Transition Tax, in addition to other factors, the amount of post-1986 E&P of the relevant subsidiaries must be determined, as well as the amount of non-U.S. income taxes paid on such earnings. We were able to make a reasonable estimate of the Transition Tax and recorded a provisional Transition Tax obligation in the accompanying condensed financial statements33.1% for the nine months ended April 1, 2018. However, as of April 1, 2018, additional information needed to be gathered to more precisely compute the amount of the Transition Tax.

We were required to assess whether our valuation allowance analyses was affected by various aspects of the Act (e.g., deemed repatriation of deferred foreign income, Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) inclusions,March 29, 2020 and new categories of Foreign Tax Credits). Since, as discussed herein, we recorded provisional amounts related to certain portions of the Act, any corresponding determination of the need for, or change in, a valuation allowance was also provisional.

As of December 30, 2018, we had completed our accounting for all income tax elements of the Act. Measurement period adjustments related to the Act recorded inMarch 31, 2019, respectively. During the nine month period ended March 31, 2019 totaled $372,000.

Our income29, 2020, our effective tax provision for the nine month period ended March 31, 2019rate was impacted by a $7.9 million tax benefit resulting from the terminationdiscrete impact of our qualified, noncontributory defined benefit pension planthe non-cash compensation expense, as discussed under Pension and Postretirement Benefits below and a reduction inabove. During the expected effective tax rate as compared to the prior year period. Our income tax provision for the nine month period ended March 31, 2019, our effective tax rate was also impacted by the discrete impact of the pension termination settlement charge, as discussed under Pension and Postretirement Benefits above, and by a discrete tax benefit of $372,000, which represents measurement period adjustments to the one-time transition tax on non-previously taxed post 1986 accumulated foreign earnings. The expected annualearnings occurring as a result of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Our effective tax rate between our fiscal 2019 and 2018 years decreasedprior to approximatelydiscrete impacts increased from 10.7 percent as of March 2019 from approximately 20.6 percent as March 2018 due to the reduction in the U.S. statutory rate between years and changes in the U.S. taxation of non-U.S. earnings.

Additionally, our income tax provisions for the nine month periodsperiod ended March 31, 2019 to 18.3 percent for the nine month period ended March 29, 2020 due to a larger tax benefit in the nine month period ended March 31, 2020 resulting from the carry-back of forecasted losses for our fiscal 2020, which are the result of forecasted losses in our fiscal 2020 fourth quarter resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak, to tax years with a higher statutory rate. Our effective tax rate differs from the statutory tax rate due to the GILTI provisions, our available R&D tax credit, the forecasted carry-back of losses to tax years with a higher statutory rate and April 1, 2018 were affected by the non-controlling interest portion of our pre-tax income. The non-controlling interest impacts the effective tax rate as ADAC-STRATTEC LLC and STRATTEC POWER ACCESS LLC entities are taxed as partnerships for U.S. tax purposes.


Liquidity and Capital Resources

Working Capital (in millions)

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

June 30,

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets

 

$

156.5

 

 

$

156.6

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

76.1

 

 

 

79.3

 

Working Capital

 

$

80.4

 

 

$

77.3

 

Outstanding Receivable Balances from Major Customers

Our primary source of cash flow is from our major customers, which include Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, General Motors Company and Ford Motor Company. As of the date of filing this Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission, all of our major customers are making payments on their outstanding accounts receivable in accordance with the payment terms included on their purchase orders. A summary of our outstanding receivable balances from our major customers as of March 31, 201929, 2020 was as follows (in millions):

 

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

 

$

18.3

 

 

$

16.9

 

General Motors Company

 

$

27.7

 

 

$

19.9

 

Ford Motor Company

 

$

9.8

 

 

$

7.3

 

 

Cash Balances in Mexico

We earn a portion of our operating income in Mexico. As of March 31, 2019, $2.829, 2020, $2.6 million of our $9.2$10.2 million cash and cash equivalents balance was held in Mexico. These funds are available for repatriation as deemed necessary.

Cash Flow Analysis (in millions)

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

Cash Flows from (in millions):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Activities

 

$

24.7

 

 

$

3.7

 

 

$

29.9

 

 

$

24.7

 

Investing Activities

 

$

(13.7

)

 

$

(19.2

)

 

$

(10.3

)

 

$

(13.7

)

Financing Activities

 

$

(9.7

)

 

$

14.5

 

 

$

(17.0

)

 

$

(9.7

)

 


The changeincrease in cash provided by operating cash flowactivities between periods was impacted byis due to the improvement in our overall financial results between periods prior to non-cash items such as depreciation, foreign currency transaction gains and a reduction in working capital requirements in the current year period as compared to an increase in working capital requirements in the prior year period. The period over period decrease in net working capital requirements totaled $16.4 million. Thelosses, equity earnings and losses of joint ventures, unrealized gains and losses on peso forward contracts, pension settlement impact during the period wascharges, and non-cash compensation expense. Cash provided by operating activities reflected a noncash charge, which had no impact on cash flow during the period. Thenet decrease in our working capital requirements between periods wasof approximately $1.6 million, with the net decrease in our working capital requirements being made up of the following working capital changes between periods (in millions):

 

Increase (Decrease) in Working Capital Requirements

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Working Capital Requirements

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

April 1, 2018

 

 

Change

 

 

March 29,

2020

 

 

March 31,

2019

 

 

Change

 

Accounts Receivable

$

14.4

 

 

$

5.2

 

 

$

9.2

 

 

$

(11.0

)

 

$

14.4

 

 

$

(25.4

)

Inventory

$

0.2

 

 

$

7.5

 

 

$

(7.3

)

 

$

11.1

 

 

$

0.2

 

 

$

10.9

 

Other Assets

$

(5.5

)

 

$

8.3

 

 

$

(13.8

)

 

$

(1.8

)

 

$

(7.6

)

 

$

5.8

 

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

$

(10.8

)

 

$

(6.2

)

 

$

(4.6

)

 

$

(3.7

)

 

$

(10.8

)

 

$

7.1

 

 

 


The period over period change in the accounts receivable balances reflected an increaseis the result of the amount and timing of sales during each period. The reduction in our accounts receivable balances during both the current yearyear-to-date period reflected reduced sales levels toward the end of our March 2020 period as compared to the end of our June 2019 period, which reduction was primarily due to our OEM customers reducing production schedules and closing their assembly plants due to the prior year period.COVID-19 outbreak. The increase in accounts receivable balances during both periodsthe prior year-to-date period reflected increased sales levels toward the end of each of our March 2019 period ends as compared to the end of the previousour June periods.2018 period. The period over period change in inventory reflected an increase in inventory balances during the prior yearcurrent year-to-date period which was the result of ramping up for new customer program launches.due to an inventory build-up resulting from our OEM customers reducing production schedules and closing their assembly plants due to COVID-19. The period over period change in other assets reflected a reduction in our other assets balances in the current year period and an increase in the other assets balances during the prior year period. The current year period reduction was primarily the result of a reduction in customer tooling balances whileduring the prior year increase was the result of increases in customer tooling balances.year-to-date period. Customer tooling balances consisted of costs incurred for the development of tooling that will be directly reimbursed by our customer whose parts are produced from the tool. ChangesThe prior year-to-date change in customer tooling balances during each period was the result of the timing of tooling development spending required to meet customer production requirements and related customer billing for tooling cost reimbursement. The period over period change in accounts payable and accrued liability balances reflected a reduction in working capital requirements during each period. The reductions in working capital requirements werewas primarily the result of increases inan increase accounts payable balances eachduring the prior year-to-date period, which resulted from the timing of purchases and payments with our vendors based on normal payment terms.

Net cash used by investing activities of $13.7$10.3 million during the current year period and $19.2$13.7 million during the prior year period were the result of capital expenditures made in support of requirements for new product programs and the upgrade and replacement of existing equipment. Prior year period capital expenditures also included $1.4 million related to the completion of the construction of a new ADAC-STRATTEC facility and the purchase of related equipment, all in Leon, Mexico. Refer to discussion under ADAC-STRATTEC LLC Cash Requirements included herein.

Net cash used in financing activities during the current year period of $17.0 million included repayments of borrowings under credit facilities of $15.0 million, $1.6 million of regular quarterly dividend payments to shareholders and $980,000 of dividend payments to non-controlling interests in our subsidiaries, partially offset by $543,000 received for the exercise of stock options under our stock incentive plan and purchases under our employee stock purchase plan. Net cash used in financing activities of $9.7 million during the prior year period included repayments of borrowings under credit facilities of $9.0 million, $1.5 million of regular quarterly dividend payments to shareholders and $1.4 million of dividend payments to non-controlling interests in our subsidiaries, partially offset by $2 million in additional borrowings under credit facilities. Net cash provided by financing activities of $14.5 million during the prior year period included $21.0 million of additional borrowings under credit facilities, which was partially offset by repayments of borrowings under credit facilities of $3.0 million, $1.5 million of regular quarterly dividend payments to shareholders and $2.2 million of dividend payments to non-controlling interests in our subsidiaries.

VAST LLC Cash Requirements

We currently anticipate that both VAST China and Minda-VAST Access Systems havehas adequate debt facilities in place over the next fiscal year to cover the future operating and capital requirements of eachits business. DuringNo capital contributions were made to VAST LLC during the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018, VAST LLC made capital contributions to Sistema de Acesso Veicular Ltda in Brazil totaling $975,000 and $871,000, respectively.29, 2020. During the nine months ended March 31, 2019, capital contributions totaling $600,000 were made to VAST LLC collectively by all VAST LLC partners. STRATTEC’s portion of these capital contributions totaled $200,000. During the nine months ended April 1, 2018,March 29, 2020 and March 31, 2019, VAST LLC made capital contributions to Sistema de Acesso Veicular Ltda totaling $375,000 were made$200,000 and $975,000, respectively. Due to VAST LLCeconomic conditions in Brazil, we anticipate Sistema de Acesso Veicular Ltda will require a capital contribution of approximately $300,000 collectively by all VAST LLC partners. STRATTEC’s portion of these capital contributions totaled $125,000. The capital contributions to VAST LLC in both the current and prior year to date periods were made for the purpose of funding operations in Brazil. We anticipate the Brazilian entity will require capital contributions of approximately $450,000 collectively by all VAST partners to fund operations throughduring the remainder of calendar 2019.year 2020. STRATTEC’s portion of the capital contributions is anticipated to be $150,000.


ADAC-STRATTEC$100,000. During the nine months ended March 29, 2020, VAST LLC Cash Requirements

ADAC-STRATTEC de Mexico (ASdM), a wholly owned subsidiary of ADAC-STRATTEC LLC, which is a joint venture between STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATIONmade no capital contributions to Minda-VAST Access Systems. Due to Minda-VAST Access System recently experiencing losses and ADAC Automotive, begancurrently being shut-down due to the construction of a new manufacturing facility in Leon, Mexico during our fiscal 2017 and completed the construction during our fiscal 2018. Accordingly, during our fiscal 2018 the paint system and assembly equipment located at the new facility became fully operational. TotalCOVID-19 outbreak, future capital expenditures required for the land, facility, paint system, and assembly equipment totaled approximately $22.5 million. In connection with this facility construction, the ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility was amended effective as of March 27, 2018 to increase the borrowing limit to $30 million until June 30, 2019, at which time the borrowing limit will return to $25 million. This facility is being used primarily to paint and assemble door handle products. As of fiscal 2018, the ADAC-STRATTEC LLC joint venture had annual net sales of approximately $89 million. With newly awarded customer business, we anticipate annual net sales will increase to approximately $115 million during our fiscal 2019.contributions may be required.

STRATTEC Advanced Logic, LLC Cash Requirements

During all periods presented in this report, STRATTEC provided 100 percent of the financial support to fund the start-up operating losses of SAL LLC through loans due to our joint venture partner’s inability to contribute capital to this joint venture. The business of SAL LLC has been wound down to sell only commercial biometric locks. We anticipate STRATTEC will provide minimal to no funding for SAL LLC infor the remainder of fiscal year 2019.2020.

Future Capital Expenditures

We anticipate capital expenditures will be approximately $17.0$14 million to $15 million in total in fiscal 20192020, of which $10.3 million has been made through March 29, 2020, in support of requirements for new product programs and the upgrade and replacement of existing equipment.


Stock Repurchase Program

Our Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program to buy back outstanding shares of our common stock. Shares authorized for buy back under the program totaled 3,839,395 at March 31, 2019.29, 2020. A total of 3,655,322 shares have been repurchased over the life of the program through March 31, 2019,29, 2020, at a cost of approximately $136.4 million. No shares were repurchased during the nine month periods ended March 29, 2020 or March 31, 2019 or April 1, 2018.2019. Additional repurchases may occur from time to time and are expected to continue to be funded by cash flow from operations and current cash balances. Based on the current economic environment and our preference to conserve cash for other uses, we anticipate modest or no stock repurchase activity for the remainder of fiscal year 2019.2020.

Credit Facilities

STRATTEC has a $40 million secured revolving credit facility (the “STRATTEC Credit Facility”) with BMO Harris Bank N.A. ADAC-STRATTEC LLC has a $30$25 million secured revolving credit facility (the “ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility”) with BMO Harris Bank N.A., which is guaranteed by STRATTEC. The credit facilities both expire August 1, 2021. The ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility borrowing limit decreases to $25 million effective July 1, 2019.2022. Borrowings under either credit facility are secured by our U.S. cash balances, accounts receivable, inventory, and fixed assets located in the U.S. Interest on borrowings under the STRATTEC Credit Facility and interest on borrowings under the ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility prior to December 31, 2018 were at varying rates based, at our option, on the London Interbank Offering Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 1.0 percent or the bank’s prime rate. Effective December 31, 2018 and thereafter, interest on borrowings under the ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility is at varying rates based, at our option, on LIBOR plus 1.25 percent or the bank’s prime rate. Both credit facilities contain a restrictive financial covenant that requires the applicable borrower to maintain a minimum net worth level. As of March 29, 2020, we were in compliance with all financial covenants required by these credit facilities. The ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility includes an additional restrictive financial covenant that requires the maintenance of a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio. Outstanding borrowings under the STRATTEC Credit Facility totaled $19$12 million at March 31, 201929, 2020 and $23$18 million at July 1, 2018.June 30, 2019. The average outstanding borrowings and weighted average interest rate on the STRATTEC Credit Facility loans were approximately $22.2$13.8 million and 3.32.9 percent, respectively, during the nine months ended March 31, 2019.29, 2020. Outstanding borrowings under the ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility totaled $25$15 million at March 31, 201929, 2020 and $28.0$24.0 million at July 2, 2017.June 30, 2019. The average outstanding borrowings and weighted average interest rate on the ADAC-STRATTEC Credit Facility loans were approximately $26.3$20.1 million and 3.43.2 percent, respectively, during the nine months ended March 31, 2019.29, 2020.


Inflation and Other Changes in Prices

Inflation Related Items:  Over the past several years, we have been impacted by rising health care costs, which have increased our cost of associate medical coverage. A portion of these increases have been offset by plan design changes and associate wellness initiatives. We have also been impacted by increases in the market price of zinc and brass and inflation in Mexico, which impacts the U. S. dollar costs of our Mexican operations. We have negotiated raw material price adjustment clauses with certain, but not all, of our customers to offset some of the market price fluctuations in the cost of zinc. We have from time to time entered into contracts with Bank of Montreal that provide for bi-weekly and monthly Mexican peso currency forward contracts for a portion of our estimated peso denominated operating costs.costs to minimize our earnings volatility resulting from changes in exchange rates affecting the U.S. dollar cost of our Mexican operations. Refer to discussion under Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements: Derivative Instruments included herein.

Joint Ventures and Majority Owned Subsidiaries

We participate in certain Alliance Agreements with WITTE Automotive (“WITTE”) and ADAC Automotive (“ADAC”). WITTE, of Velbert, Germany, is a privately held automotive supplier. WITTE designs, manufactures and markets automotive components, including locks and keys, hood latches, rear compartment latches, seat back latches, door handles and specialty fasteners. WITTE’s primary market for these products has been Europe. ADAC, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is a privately held automotive supplier and manufactures engineered products, including door handles and other automotive trim parts, utilizing plastic injection molding, automated painting and various assembly processes.  

The Alliance Agreements include a set of cross-licensing agreements for the manufacture, distribution and sale of WITTE products by STRATTEC and ADAC in North America, and the manufacture, distribution and sale of STRATTEC and ADAC products by WITTE in Europe. Additionally, a joint venture company, Vehicle Access Systems Technology LLC (“VAST LLC”), in which WITTE, STRATTEC and ADAC each hold a one-third interest, exists to seek opportunities to manufacture and sell each company’s products in areas of the world outside of North America and Europe.  


VAST LLC has investments in Sistema de Acesso Veicular Ltda, VAST Fuzhou, VAST Great Shanghai, VAST Shanghai Co., VAST Jingzhou Co. Ltd., and Minda-VAST Access Systems. Sistema de Acesso Veicular Ltda is located in Brazil and services customers in South America. VAST Fuzhou, VAST Great Shanghai, VAST Shanghai Co., and VAST Jingzhou Co. Ltd. (collectively known as VAST China), provide a base of operations to service our automotive customers in the Asian market. Minda-VAST Access Systems is based in Pune, India and is a 50:50 joint venture with Minda Management Services Limited, an affiliate of both Minda Corporation Limited and Spark Minda, Ashok Minda Group of New Delhi, India (collectively “Minda”). Minda and its affiliates cater to the needs of all major car, motorcycle, commercial vehicle, tractor and off-road vehicle manufacturers in India. They are a leading manufacturer in the Indian marketplace of security & access products, handles, automotive safety, restraint systems, driver information and telematics systems for both OEMs and the aftermarket. VAST LLC also maintains branch offices in South Korea and Japan in support of customer sales and engineering requirements.

The VAST LLC investments are accounted for using the equity method of accounting.accounting and the results of the VAST LLC foreign subsidiaries and joint venture are reported on a one-month lag basis. The activities related to the VAST LLC joint ventures resulted in equity earnings of joint ventures to STRATTEC of $36,000 during the nine months ended March 29, 2020 and $2.4 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and $3.1 million during2019. During the nine months ended April 1, 2018.March 29, 2020, no capital contributions were made to VAST LLC. During the nine months ended March 31, 2019, capital contributions totaling $600,000 were made to VAST LLC collectively by all VAST LLC partners. STRATTEC’s portion of these capital contributions totaled $200,000. During the nine months ended April 1, 2018, capital contributions totaling $375,000 were made to VAST LLC collectively by all VAST LLC partners. STRATTEC’s portion of these capital contributions totaled $125,000. The capital contributions to VAST LLC were made for the purpose of funding operations in Brazil.

ADAC-STRATTEC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, was formed in fiscal year 2007 to support injection molding and door handle assembly operations in Mexico. ADAC-STRATTEC LLC was 51 percent owned by STRATTEC and 49 percent owned by ADAC for all periods presented in this report. An additional Mexican entity, ADAC-STRATTEC de Mexico, is wholly owned by ADAC-STRATTEC LLC. ADAC-STRATTEC LLC’s financial results are consolidated with the financial results of STRATTEC and resulted in increased net income to STRATTEC of approximately $2.6 million during the nine months ended March 29, 2020 and approximately $1.7 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and approximately $1.6 million during the nine months ended April 1, 2018.2019.

STRATTEC POWER ACCESS LLC (“SPA”) was formed in fiscal year 2009 to supply the North American portion of the power sliding door, lift gate and deck lid system access control products which were acquired from Delphi Corporation. SPA was 80 percent owned by STRATTEC and 20 percent owned by WITTE for all periods presented in this report. The financial results of SPA are consolidated with the financial results of STRATTEC and resulted in decreased net income to STRATTEC of approximately $167,000 during the nine months ended March 29, 2020 and increased net income to STRATTEC of approximately $2.8 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and approximately $1.9 million during the nine months ended April 1, 2018.  2019.

 


SAL LLC was formed in fiscal 2013 to introduce a new generation of biometric security products based upon the designs of Actuator Systems LLC, our partner and the owner of the remaining ownership interest. SAL LLC was 51 percent owned by STRATTEC for all periods presented in this report. Our investment in SAL LLC, for which we exercise significant influence but do not control and are not the primary beneficiary, is accounted for using the equity method. The activities related to SAL LLC resulted in equity earningsincome of joint ventures to STRATTEC of approximately $19,000 during the nine months ended March 29, 2020 and approximately $24,000 during the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and equity loss of joint ventures of approximately $24,000 during the nine months ended April 1, 2018.2019. During all periods presented in this report, 100 percent of the funding for SAL LLC was being made through loans from STRATTEC to SAL LLC. Therefore, for all periods presented in this report, even though STRATTEC maintains a 51 percent ownership interest in SAL LLC, STRATTEC recognized 100 percent of the losses of SAL LLC up to our committed financial support through Equity (Loss) Earnings (Loss) of Joint Ventures in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. The business of SAL LLC has been wound down to sell only commercial biometric locks. See further discussion under Equity Earnings of Joint Ventures included in Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements herein.

 

 

 


Item 3 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4 Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act, are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act are accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of such period, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at reaching a level of reasonable assurance. It should be noted that in designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. We have designed our disclosure controls and procedures to reach a level of reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 


Part II

Other Information

 

In the normal course of business, we may be involved in various legal proceedings from time to time. We do not believe we are currently involved in any claim or action the ultimate disposition of which would have a material adverse effect on our financial statements.

 

Item 1A—Risk Factors

There have been no material changesThe following is an addition to the risk factors disclosed in our Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2018.5, 2019.

We have significant international operations and face the risk that the Coronavirus or other health epidemics could disrupt our operations or the operations of our suppliers.

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is adversely affecting, and is expected to continue to adversely affect, our operations and supply chains and we have experienced and expect to continue to experience reductions in demand for certain of our products and services. Because we manufacture our products in facilities around the world, including in Mexico and through our joint venture partners in Europe, China and India, we are and will continue to be vulnerable to an outbreak of COVID-19 or other contagious diseases in those regions as well as in the United States. The effects of COVID-19 and other contagious diseases have included and may continue to include disruptions or restrictions on our ability to travel, our ability to manufacture our affected products and our ability to ship these affected products to customers as well as disruptions that have and may continue to affect our suppliers, including those in these regions or other affected regions of the world, including in China and neighboring countries. Current and future disruption of our ability to manufacture or distribute our products or of the ability of our suppliers to deliver key raw materials on a timely basis has had and could continue to have a material adverse effect on our sales and operating results. In addition, the COVID-19 outbreak and future outbreaks of contagious diseases in the human population has resulted in and could continue to result in a widespread health crisis that adversely affects the economies and financial markets of many countries (including those where we operate or where our products are ultimately used), resulting in an economic downturn that has and could continue to affect demand for our products and impact our operating results.

We have been adhering to guidelines and mandates from governmental and health organizations in the territories that we have locations and production facilities, and have implemented various risk mitigation plans to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. To that end, we have encouraged working remotely where applicable, adopted social distancing where appropriate, implemented travel restrictions, and we are taking actions to ensure that locations and facilities are cleaned and sanitized regularly. All of these actions may impact our operations and profitability. Further, we have complied with and may be required to comply with additional foreign, national, state or local governmental authority recommendations, guidelines, and/or mandates, which have resulted in and may result in additional temporary reduction in or suspension in work at certain of our locations and production facilities. All of these additional actions have and will continue to adversely impact our operating results.

 

Item 2 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds—

Our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program on October 16, 1996, and the program was publicly announced on October 17, 1996. The Board of Directors has periodically increased the number of shares authorized for repurchase under the program, most recently in August 2008. The program currently authorizes the repurchase of up to 3,839,395 shares of our common stock from time to time, directly or through brokers or agents, and has no expiration date. Over the life of the repurchase program through March 31, 2019,29, 2020, a total of 3,655,322 shares have been repurchased at a cost of approximately $136.4 million. No shares were repurchased during the nine month period ended March 31, 2019.29, 2020.

 

Item 3 Defaults Upon Senior Securities—None

 

Item 4 Mine Safety Disclosures—None

 

Item 5 Other Information—None



Item 6 Exhibits

(a)

Exhibits

 

3.1

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 10-K filed on September 7, 2017.)

3.2

Amendment to Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 10-Q report filed on November 7, 2019.)

3.3

Amended By-laws of the Company (Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.3 to the Form 8-K filed on October 7, 2005.)

 

 

 

31.1

 

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification for Frank J. Krejci, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

31.2

 

Rule 13a-14(a) Certification for Patrick J. Hansen, Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

32 (1)

 

18 U.S.C. Section 1350 Certifications

 

 

 

101

 

The following materials from STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 201929, 2020 formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) and furnished electronically herewith: (i) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive (Loss) Income; (ii) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets; (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and (iv) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. XBRL Instance Document – the XBRL Instance Document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

104

The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 29, 2020, formatted in Inline XBRL (included in Exhibit 101).

 

 

(1)

This certification is not "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 


SIGNATURE

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.

 

 

STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION (Registrant)

 

 

 

Date: May 7, 20192020

By:

 

/s/ Patrick J. Hansen

 

 

 

Patrick J. Hansen

 

 

 

Senior Vice President,

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer,

 

 

 

Treasurer and Secretary

 

 

 

(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)

 

 

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