MODINE MANUFACTURING CO (MOD)
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SEC company page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=67347. Latest filing source: 0001104659-26-066795.
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Business
Read MOD's verbatim Item 1 Business section from its latest 10-K: Business.
Risk Factors
Read MOD's verbatim Item 1A Risk Factors from its latest 10-K: Risk Factors.
Selected Fundamentals
| Metric | Value | Unit | FY | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3,181,100,000 | USD | 2026 | 2026-05-27 |
| Net income | 121,500,000 | USD | 2026 | 2026-05-27 |
| Assets | 2,674,600,000 | USD | 2026 | 2026-05-27 |
Financials
Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-05-27. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0000067347.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.
| Metric | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1,503,000,000 | 2,103,100,000 | 2,212,700,000 | 1,975,500,000 | 1,808,400,000 | 2,050,100,000 | 2,297,900,000 | 2,407,800,000 | 2,583,500,000 | 3,181,100,000 |
| Net income | 14,200,000 | 22,200,000 | 84,800,000 | -2,200,000 | -210,700,000 | 85,200,000 | 153,100,000 | 161,500,000 | 184,000,000 | 121,500,000 |
| Operating income | 42,300,000 | 92,200,000 | 109,700,000 | 37,900,000 | -97,700,000 | 119,200,000 | 150,400,000 | 240,700,000 | 283,500,000 | 342,400,000 |
| Gross profit | 254,400,000 | 356,500,000 | 365,500,000 | 307,500,000 | 293,400,000 | 309,300,000 | 389,400,000 | 525,600,000 | 643,800,000 | 731,100,000 |
| Diluted EPS | 0.29 | 0.43 | 1.65 | -0.04 | -4.11 | 1.62 | 2.90 | 3.03 | 3.42 | 2.26 |
| Operating cash flow | 41,700,000 | 124,200,000 | 103,300,000 | 57,900,000 | 149,800,000 | 11,500,000 | 107,500,000 | 214,600,000 | 213,300,000 | 248,700,000 |
| Capital expenditures | 64,400,000 | 71,000,000 | 73,900,000 | 71,300,000 | 32,700,000 | 40,300,000 | 50,700,000 | 87,700,000 | 84,000,000 | 143,300,000 |
| Share buybacks | 0.00 | 0.00 | 600,000 | 2,400,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9,000,000 | 17,700,000 | 30,900,000 | 7,000,000 |
| Assets | 1,449,500,000 | 1,573,400,000 | 1,538,000,000 | 1,536,100,000 | 1,276,700,000 | 1,427,000,000 | 1,565,900,000 | 1,851,500,000 | 1,917,600,000 | 2,674,600,000 |
| Liabilities | 1,028,300,000 | 1,074,900,000 | 996,900,000 | 1,042,500,000 | 920,600,000 | 968,900,000 | 966,300,000 | 1,096,000,000 | 999,400,000 | 1,471,800,000 |
| Stockholders' equity | 414,000,000 | 490,100,000 | 533,900,000 | 487,900,000 | 348,700,000 | 450,700,000 | 592,800,000 | 747,600,000 | 910,200,000 | 1,194,500,000 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 34,200,000 | 39,300,000 | 41,700,000 | 70,900,000 | 37,800,000 | 45,200,000 | 67,100,000 | 60,100,000 | 71,600,000 | 73,500,000 |
| Free cash flow | -22,700,000 | 53,200,000 | 29,400,000 | -13,400,000 | 117,100,000 | -28,800,000 | 56,800,000 | 126,900,000 | 129,300,000 | 105,400,000 |
Ratios
| Metric | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 0.94% | 1.06% | 3.83% | -0.11% | -11.65% | 4.16% | 6.66% | 6.71% | 7.12% | 3.82% |
| Operating margin | 2.81% | 4.38% | 4.96% | 1.92% | -5.40% | 5.81% | 6.55% | 10.00% | 10.97% | 10.76% |
| Return on equity | 3.43% | 4.53% | 15.88% | -0.45% | -60.42% | 18.90% | 25.83% | 21.60% | 20.22% | 10.17% |
| Return on assets | 0.98% | 1.41% | 5.51% | -0.14% | -16.50% | 5.97% | 9.78% | 8.72% | 9.60% | 4.54% |
| Liabilities / equity | 2.48 | 2.19 | 1.87 | 2.14 | 2.64 | 2.15 | 1.63 | 1.47 | 1.10 | 1.23 |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 1.25 | 1.38 | 1.70 | 1.37 | 1.53 | 1.67 | 1.64 | 1.78 | 1.94 |
Industry Peer Context
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Financial Bridges
Income statement bridge from reported figures
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts FY 2026. Revenue: accession 0001104659-26-066795; concept RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; source concepts us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | Gross profit: accession 0001104659-26-066795; concept GrossProfit; source concepts us-gaap:GrossProfit | Operating income: accession 0001104659-26-066795; concept OperatingIncomeLoss; source concepts us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | Net income: accession 0001104659-26-066795; concept NetIncomeLoss; source concepts us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital expenditures
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts FY 2026. Operating cash flow: accession 0001104659-26-066795; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | Capital expenditures: accession 0001104659-26-066795; concept PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; source concepts us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | Free cash flow: accession 0001104659-26-066795; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Financial Charts
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001104659-26-066795; filed 2026-05-27. Concept: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax. Source concepts: us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001104659-26-066795; filed 2026-05-27. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001104659-26-066795; filed 2026-05-27. Concept: OperatingIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001104659-26-066795; filed 2026-05-27. Concept: GrossProfit. Source concepts: us-gaap:GrossProfit.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001104659-26-066795; filed 2026-05-27. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001104659-26-066795; filed 2026-05-27. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001104659-26-066795; filed 2026-05-27. Concept: PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001104659-26-066795; filed 2026-05-27. Concept: PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001104659-26-066795; filed 2026-05-27. Concept: Assets. Source concepts: us-gaap:Assets.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001104659-26-066795; filed 2026-05-27. Concept: Liabilities. Source concepts: us-gaap:Liabilities.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001104659-26-066795; filed 2026-05-27. Concept: StockholdersEquity. Source concepts: us-gaap:StockholdersEquity.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001104659-26-066795; filed 2026-05-27. Concept: CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue. Source concepts: us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001104659-26-066795; filed 2026-05-27. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.
Quarterly
Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-07-30. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0000067347.json.
| Quarter | End Date | Revenue | Net Income | Diluted EPS | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q2 | 2022-09-30 | 0.46 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q3 | 2022-12-31 | 0.46 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2024-Q1 | 2023-06-30 | 0.85 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2024-Q2 | 2023-09-30 | 620,500,000 | 46,500,000 | 0.87 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q3 | 2023-12-31 | 561,400,000 | 44,400,000 | 0.83 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q4 | 2024-03-31 | 603,500,000 | 25,800,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2025-Q1 | 2024-06-30 | 661,500,000 | 47,300,000 | 0.88 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q2 | 2024-09-30 | 658,000,000 | 46,100,000 | 0.86 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q3 | 2024-12-31 | 616,800,000 | 41,000,000 | 0.76 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q4 | 2025-03-31 | 647,200,000 | 49,600,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2026-Q1 | 2025-06-30 | 682,800,000 | 51,200,000 | 0.95 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2026-Q2 | 2025-09-30 | 738,900,000 | 44,400,000 | 0.83 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2026-Q3 | 2025-12-31 | 805,000,000 | -47,400,000 | -0.90 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2026-Q4 | 2026-03-31 | 954,400,000 | 73,300,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2027-Q1 | 2026-06-30 | 874,100,000 | 73,900,000 | 1.37 | reported discrete quarter |
Quarterly Charts
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2027 ended 2026-06-30; accession 0001104659-26-088569; filed 2026-07-30. Concept: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax. Source concepts: us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2027 ended 2026-06-30; accession 0001104659-26-088569; filed 2026-07-30. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2027 ended 2026-06-30; accession 0001104659-26-088569; filed 2026-07-30. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.
Macro Cross-References
- CPIAUCSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average
- UNRATE - Unemployment Rate
- FEDFUNDS - Federal Funds Effective Rate
- CES0500000003 - Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private
- DFEDTARU - Federal Funds Target Range - Upper Limit
- DFEDTARL - Federal Funds Target Range - Lower Limit
- DGS3MO - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 3-Month Constant Maturity
- DGS2 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 2-Year Constant Maturity
- DGS10 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity
- DGS30 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 30-Year Constant Maturity
- T10Y2Y - 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 2-Year Treasury Constant Maturity
- CPILFESL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items Less Food and Energy
- CPIUFDSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food
- CPIENGSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Energy
- CUSR0000SAH1 - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Shelter
- PCEPI - Personal Consumption Expenditures: Chain-type Price Index
- PCEPILFE - Personal Consumption Expenditures Excluding Food and Energy: Chain-type Price Index
- PPIACO - Producer Price Index by Commodity: All Commodities
- T10YIE - 10-Year Breakeven Inflation Rate
- U6RATE - Total Unemployed, Plus All Marginally Attached Workers Plus Total Employed Part Time for Economic Reasons
- PAYEMS - All Employees, Total Nonfarm
- CIVPART - Labor Force Participation Rate
- EMRATIO - Employment-Population Ratio
- UNEMPLOY - Unemployed
- CE16OV - Employment Level
- ICSA - Initial Claims
- JTSJOL - Job Openings: Total Nonfarm
- JTSQUR - Quits: Total Nonfarm
- GDPC1 - Real Gross Domestic Product
- A191RL1Q225SBEA - Real Gross Domestic Product: Percent Change from Preceding Period
- INDPRO - Industrial Production: Total Index
- TCU - Capacity Utilization: Total Index
- HOUST - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units
- PERMIT - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places: Total Units
- RSAFS - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade
- PCE - Personal Consumption Expenditures
- DSPIC96 - Real Disposable Personal Income
- PSAVERT - Personal Saving Rate
- M2SL - M2
- BOPGSTB - U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Balance
- MSPUS - Median Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States
- HSN1F - New One Family Houses Sold: United States
- RHORUSQ156N - Homeownership Rate in the United States
- TTLCONS - Total Construction Spending: Total Construction in the United States
- RRVRUSQ156N - Rental Vacancy Rate in the United States
- TOTALSL - Total Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized
- REVOLSL - Revolving Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized
- DRCCLACBS - Delinquency Rate on Credit Card Loans, All Commercial Banks
- GDP - Gross Domestic Product
- GPDI - Gross Private Domestic Investment
- GCE - Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment
- PCEC - Personal Consumption Expenditures
- NETEXP - Net Exports of Goods and Services
- GFDEBTN - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt
- GFDEGDQ188S - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product
- FYFSD - Federal Surplus or Deficit
- FGRECPT - Federal Government Current Receipts
- FGEXPND - Federal Government: Current Expenditures
- MANEMP - All Employees, Manufacturing
- USCONS - All Employees, Construction
- USTRADE - All Employees, Retail Trade
- USFIRE - All Employees, Financial Activities
- USGOVT - All Employees, Government
- AWHAETP - Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, Total Private
- DGORDER - Manufacturers' New Orders: Durable Goods
- NEWORDER - Manufacturers' New Orders: Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft
- BUSINV - Total Business Inventories
- EXPGS - Exports of Goods and Services
- IMPGS - Imports of Goods and Services
- IR - Import Price Index (End Use): All Commodities
- PPIFIS - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Final Demand
Latest quarter (10-Q)
Latest 10-Q source: 0001104659-26-088569.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
When we use the terms “Modine,” “we,” “us,” the “Company,” or “our” in this report, we are referring to Modine Manufacturing Company. Our fiscal year ends on March 31 and, accordingly, all references to quarters refer to our fiscal quarters. The quarter ended June 30, 2026 was the first quarter of fiscal 2027.
Pending Reverse Morris Trust Transaction
We have entered into definitive agreements with Gentherm Incorporated (“Gentherm”), whereby we will spin-off and simultaneously combine our Performance Technologies segment businesses with Gentherm in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction. We anticipate this transaction will close by the end of calendar 2026, subject to approval by Gentherm’s shareholders and other customary closing conditions. The transaction is intended to establish Gentherm as a scaled leader in thermal management. We will retain our Data Centers and Commercial HVAC segment businesses, creating a pure-play climate solutions company.
Under the terms of the agreements, at the time of the spin-off of our Performance Technologies segment businesses, our shareholders will receive newly-issued Gentherm stock, representing ownership of approximately 40 percent of the combined company. In addition, immediately prior to transaction closing, we will receive cash proceeds of $210.0 million, subject to adjustment, which we will use to pay down our long-term debt obligations. Based upon the Gentherm stock price, the transaction was valued at approximately $1.0 billion when we entered into the agreements in January 2026. The Reverse Morris Trust transaction is structured to be generally tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes for the Company and our shareholders. To facilitate this transaction, we have incurred expenses to separate the Performance Technologies business, including fees for transaction advisory, legal, accounting, tax, and other professional services. Through June 30, 2026, we have incurred disposition-related costs totaling $22.1 million. We estimate that we will incur $25.0 million to $35.0 million of additional costs directly related to the transaction during the remainder of fiscal 2027.
Fiscal 2026 acquisitions
During fiscal 2026, we acquired three businesses, each supporting our growth strategy by expanding our product portfolio and broadening our customer base. On April 1, 2025 we acquired substantially all of the net operating assets of AbsolutAire, Inc. (“AbsolutAire”) for $11.3 million. On May 31, 2025, we acquired LBW Holding Corp. (“L.B. White”) for $110.5 million. On July 1, 2025, we acquired Climate by Design International (“Climate by Design”) for $64.4 million. We report the financial results of these businesses within the Commercial HVAC segment.
First quarter highlights
Net sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 increased $191.3 million, or 28 percent, from the first quarter of fiscal 2026, primarily due to higher sales in our Data Centers segment. Cost of sales increased $174.7 million, or 34 percent. Gross profit increased $16.6 million. Gross margin declined 340 basis points to 20.8 percent, primarily due to lower gross margin in the Data Centers segment, largely driven by higher material costs and operating inefficiencies associated with our rapid expansion of manufacturing capacity for data center cooling solutions and supplier capacity constraints. Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses increased $18.4 million, primarily due to higher compensation-related expenses and disposition-related costs. Operating income of $74.8 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2027 decreased $0.9 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher SG&A expenses, partially offset by higher gross profit.
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CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table presents our consolidated financial results on a comparative basis for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | Three months ended June 30, | | ||||||||
| | | 2026 | | 2025 | | ||||||
| (in millions) | | $’s | | % of sales | | $’s | | % of sales | | ||
| Net sales | | $ | 874.1 | 100.0 | % | $ | 682.8 | 100.0 | % | ||
| Cost of sales | | 692.1 | 79.2 | % | 517.4 | 75.8 | % | ||||
| Gross profit | | 182.0 | 20.8 | % | 165.4 | 24.2 | % | ||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | | 103.3 | 11.8 | % | 84.9 | 12.4 | % | ||||
| Restructuring expenses | | 3.9 | 0.4 | % | 4.8 | 0.7 | % | ||||
| Operating income | | 74.8 | 8.6 | % | 75.7 | 11.1 | % | ||||
| Interest expense | | (6.4) | (0.7) | % | (5.8) | (0.8) | % | ||||
| Other income (expense) – net | | 0.2 | — | | (4.2) | (0.6) | % | ||||
| Earnings before income taxes | | 68.6 | 7.9 | % | 65.7 | 9.6 | % | ||||
| Benefit (provision) for income taxes | | 5.7 | 0.6 | % | (14.0) | (2.1) | % | ||||
| Net earnings | | $ | 74.3 | 8.5 | % | $ | 51.7 | 7.6 | % |
Comparison of the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025
First quarter net sales of $874.1 million were $191.3 million, or 28 percent, higher than the first quarter of the prior year, primarily due to $164.9 million of higher sales in our Data Centers segment, primarily driven by sales growth to hyperscale data center customers in North America. In addition, sales in our Commercial HVAC segment increased $47.4 million, driven by higher sales volume, including $19.7 million of incremental sales from the acquired L.B. White and Climate by Design businesses. The higher sales in the Data Centers and Commercial HVAC segments were partially offset by lower sales in our Performance Technologies segment, which decreased $7.7 million. Foreign currency exchange rates favorably impacted sales by $6.1 million.
First quarter cost of sales increased $174.7 million, or 34 percent, primarily due to higher sales volume, approximately $21.0 million of higher material costs, including higher component and raw material costs and tariffs. In addition, cost of sales was negatively impacted by operating inefficiencies and a $4.8 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. The operating inefficiencies were primarily in our Data Centers segment, where we incurred higher costs related to the rapid expansion of manufacturing capacity for data center cooling solutions and supplier capacity constraints that temporarily disrupted our production schedules. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales increased 340 basis points to 79.2 percent, primarily due to the higher material costs and the operating inefficiencies.
As a result of higher sales and higher cost of sales as a percentage of sales, first quarter gross profit increased $16.6 million, or 10 percent, and gross margin declined 340 basis points to 20.8 percent.
First quarter SG&A expenses increased $18.4 million, or 22 percent. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses decreased 60 basis points. The increase in SG&A expenses was driven by higher compensation-related expenses, which increased approximately $10.0 million, and $7.1 million of costs incurred related to the pending Reverse Morris Trust transaction with Gentherm. The higher compensation-related expenses include increases in the Data Centers segment, supporting the segment’s growth, incremental expenses from acquired businesses in the Commercial HVAC segment, and higher incentive compensation expenses. These increases were partially offset by lower compensation-related expenses in the Performance Technologies segment, which included the benefits of previous restructuring actions. In addition, costs associated with acquisition activities decreased $1.7 million.
Restructuring expenses decreased $0.9 million compared with the first quarter of fiscal 2026, primarily due to lower severance expenses in the Performance Technologies segment. This decrease was partially offset by higher costs related to transferring production for certain product lines.
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Operating income of $74.8 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 decreased $0.9 million, or 1 percent, compared with the first quarter of fiscal 2026, primarily due to higher SG&A expenses, partially offset by higher gross profit.
Interest expense during the first quarter of fiscal 2027 increased $0.6 million compared with the first quarter of fiscal 2026, primarily due to higher average outstanding borrowings on our revolving credit facility, partially offset by favorable changes in interest rates.
Other income of $0.2 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2027 represents a $4.4 million change compared with other expense of $4.2 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2026. Compared with the prior-year period, foreign currency transaction losses decreased $3.2 million and pension benefit costs decreased $1.3 million, as we completed the termination of our primary U.S. pension plan during the third quarter of fiscal 2026.
The benefit for income taxes was $5.7 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2027, compared with a provision for income taxes of $14.0 million in the same period in the prior year. The $19.7 million change was primarily due to $26.5 million of tax benefits related to stock-based compensation awards, partially offset by a $3.8 million income tax detriment related to nondeductible compensation in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 and changes in the mix and amount of foreign and U.S. earnings, as compared with the same period in the prior year. The tax benefits related to stock-based compensation awards were primarily driven by performance-based stock awards granted in fiscal 2024, for which shares were issued during the first quarter of fiscal 2027. We expect the benefit from the $26.5 million of tax benefits recorded in the first quarter will be largely offset by tax detriments related to nondeductible compensation during the remainder of fiscal 2027. As a result, we do not expect that our full-year fiscal 2027 effective tax rate will be impacted significantly.
SEGMENT RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Effective April 1, 2026, we reorganized our Climate Solutions segment and split it into two separate operating segments: 1) Data Centers and 2) Commercial HVAC. We believe managing these businesses independently allows us to better deploy our 80/20 strategy focused on capitalizing on growth opportunities, particularly in the Data Centers business, and optimizing profit margins and cash flow. Segment financial information for fiscal 2026 has been recast to conform to the current presentation. The segment realignment had no impact on the financial results of the Performance Technologies segment.
The following is a discussion of our segment results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:
Data Centers
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Latest 10-K MD&A
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
Overview
At Modine, we are Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World ™. Our mission is to use our thermal management expertise to help our customers improve indoor air quality, reduce energy and water consumption, lower harmful emissions, enable cleaner running vehicles, and use more environmentally friendly refrigerants. We operate in four continents, in numerous countries, and employ approximately 13,200 persons worldwide.
We sell customer-centric thermal management solutions in a wide array of commercial, industrial, and building HVAC&R markets. In addition, we are a leading provider of engineered heat transfer systems and high-quality heat transfer components for use in on- and off-highway OEM vehicular applications. Our primary product groups include i) Data Centers; ii) Heat Transfer Solutions; iii) HVAC Technologies; iv) Heavy-Duty Equipment; and v) On-Highway Applications.
Company Strategy
Our purpose of Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World™ guides our strategic direction. We are committed to evolving our product portfolio in pursuit of highly engineered, mission-critical thermal solutions. We are strategically investing in end markets where we see the highest growth prospects. These markets continue to shift to low-carbon energy solutions, driving demand for cleaner, more efficient thermal management.
We first announced our vision for a “new” Modine in late fiscal 2021. Over the last five fiscal years, we have simplified and re-segmented our organization and have aligned resources around specific strategies and market-based verticals. Our leadership and teams have embraced 80/20 principles and have created a high-performance culture that focuses resources on products and markets with the highest sustainable growth opportunities and best return profiles, while simplifying and improving our processes. Through initiatives based upon 80/20 principles, we have achieved significant improvements in our profit margins since we started our transformational journey.
In fiscal 2026, we continued our strategic transformation. Following our 80/20 discipline, we significantly expanded our Data Centers business and production capacity to meet increasing customer demand. We see great opportunity in growing our Data Centers business in light of trends in high-performance computing, with significant data center growth fueled by increased AI usage. In addition, we acquired three businesses during fiscal 2026, AbsolutAire, L.B. White, and Climate by Design, which contributed to growth in our HVAC Technologies business. In January 2026, we entered into definitive agreements with Gentherm, whereby we will spin-off and simultaneously combine our Performance Technologies segment businesses with Gentherm in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction. Gentherm, a Michigan-based corporation, is a global leader of innovative thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies. This transaction, which we expect will close by the end of calendar 2026, will transform our company into a pure-play climate solutions company focused on the data center and commercial HVAC&R markets.
Entering fiscal 2027, we are committed to executing our strategic priorities, including further expanding our Data Centers business and completing the transaction with Gentherm. We will continue to apply our strategic pillars across our businesses to drive value creation. We aim to capitalize on our expertise in thermal management to provide differentiated solutions and sustain market leadership. We are focused on leveraging our product portfolio to accelerate growth, with particular focus on long-term growth drivers tied to secular mega-trends. We will continue to elevate our 80/20 discipline throughout our businesses and use 80/20 to guide our daily decision making. Finally, we will continue to evolve our portfolio to increase shareholder value.
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Development of New Products and Technology
Every day, we leverage our technical expertise, building on more than 100 years of excellence in thermal management, to advance our purpose. We are dedicated to utilizing technology and solutions with sustainable impacts. Our ability to provide customizable solutions to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers is one of our greatest competitive strengths.
We partner with our customers and use a systems-based approach to ensure our solutions work seamlessly with their other components. Our thermal solutions enable our customers to stay ahead of new and emerging regulations, particularly those involving increasingly stringent energy efficiency, emissions, and fuel economy standards.
We maintain numerous state-of-the-art technology centers, dedicated to the development and testing of products and technologies. The technology centers are located in Racine, Wisconsin; Grenada, Mississippi; Allen, Texas; Leeds, United Kingdom; Pocenia, Italy; Söderköping, Sweden; Mezökövesd, Hungary; and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Customers know our reputation for innovation and rely on Modine to provide high quality products and technologies.
Strategic Planning and Corporate Development
We employ both short-term (one-to-three year) and longer-term (five-to-seven year) strategic planning processes, which enable us to continually assess our opportunities, competitive threats, and economic market challenges.
We devote significant resources to global strategic planning and development activities to strengthen our competitive position. During fiscal 2026, we significantly expanded production capacity in our Data Centers business and integrated three acquired businesses, AbsolutAire, L.B. White, and Climate by Design, into our Climate Solutions segment. We will continue to pursue growth opportunities, particularly to grow our global, market leading positions in the data center and commercial HVAC markets. We have provided our businesses with the tools that they need to be successful, including dedicated resources to create an entrepreneurial environment and to challenge the status quo.
Operational and Financial Discipline
We are using 80/20 principles to guide our path forward toward commercial excellence. Through closely analyzing our customer and product data, we are focusing our commercial and operational actions in areas that drive increased profitability and also in areas requiring improvement. Our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments have embraced the tenets of 80/20 and are driving transformative change.
Our fiscal 2026 annual cash incentive plan for our management team was based upon two performance metrics: growth in net earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and certain other adjustments (“Adjusted EBITDA”) and Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales. The incentive plan’s performance goals were established for each operating segment as well for the consolidated Company. In addition, we provide a long-term incentive compensation plan for officers and certain key leaders throughout our organization to attract, retain, and motivate these employees who are responsible for driving the long-term success of our company. The fiscal 2026 plan is comprised of performance-based share awards and restricted stock awards. The performance-based awards for the fiscal 2026 through 2028 performance period are based upon a target three-year average growth in Adjusted EBITDA and a target three-year average cash flow return on invested capital.
Segment Information – Strategy, Market Conditions and Trends
Each of our operating segments has separate strategic and financial plans. Segment financial results are reviewed by our CODM. These plans and results are used by our CODM to evaluate the performance of each segment and to make decisions on the allocation of resources.
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Effective April 1, 2026, we reorganized our Climate Solutions segment and split it into two separate operating segments: 1) Data Centers and 2) Commercial HVAC. We believe that managing these businesses independently will allow us to better deploy our 80/20 strategy focused on capitalizing on growth opportunities, particularly in our Data Centers business, and optimizing profit margins and cash flow.
Climate Solutions (65 percent of fiscal 2026 net sales)
Our Climate Solutions segment provides energy-efficient, climate-controlled solutions and components for a wide range of applications, including data centers, schools, greenhouses, healthcare systems, warehouses, residential garages, manufacturing and construction sites, poultry and swine facilities, and other commercial and industrial applications. The Climate Solutions segment sells data center, heat transfer solutions, and HVAC technologies products to customers in North America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. Data center products include chillers, dry coolers, precision air handling units, CRAC and CRAH units, fan walls, rear-door heat exchangers, CDUs, and immersion solutions. In addition, the Data Centers business sells modular data center solutions, replacement parts, maintenance service and control solutions for existing equipment and new building management controls and systems. Heat transfer solutions include heat exchanger coils, anti-corrosion coating products, commercial and industrial refrigeration products, and power generation and transmission cooling solutions. HVAC technologies products include heating products, including unit heaters, roof-mounted direct- and indirect-fired makeup air units, duct furnaces, infrared units, and perimeter heating products. HVAC technologies products also include indoor air quality products, including single packaged unit ventilators, ceiling cassettes, modular chillers, air handling units, condensing units, and desiccant dehumidifiers. We sell our products and solutions both directly to commercial and industrial OEM and end user customers and through wholesalers, distributors, consulting engineers, contractors and data center management customers.
During fiscal 2026, Climate Solutions segment sales increased $621 million, or 43 percent, compared with the prior year, primarily driven by higher sales of data center and HVAC technologies products, which increased $468 million and $102 million, respectively. We have rapidly expanded our Data Centers business, investing to expand our manufacturing capacity, particularly in the U.S. and Canada, to support the significant sales growth to both hyperscale and colocation customers during fiscal 2026. The higher HVAC technologies product sales include $119 million of incremental sales from three businesses — AbsolutAire, L.B. White, and Climate by Design — that we acquired during fiscal 2026. These acquisitions expanded our heating and indoor air quality product portfolios and broadened our customer base. We are seeing the benefits of our strategic growth initiatives.
Effective April 1, 2026, we reorganized our Climate Solutions segment and split it into two separate segments: 1) Data Centers and 2) Commercial HVAC. We believe that managing these businesses independently will allow our teams to better deploy our 80/20 strategy to capitalize on growth opportunities and optimize profit margins and cash flow. We are especially excited about opportunities to grow our Data Centers segment and are prioritizing the expansion of this business and our manufacturing footprint to meet increasing customer demand. We expect strong growth in the data center cooling markets in fiscal 2027, supported by sustained global reliance on digital technologies and anticipated significant investments in data center infrastructure, particularly in the U.S. In light of this strong growth, however, market demand is currently outpacing supplier capacity for certain components that we purchase to manufacture our data center products. We began experiencing supply shortages in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026. These component shortages are negatively impacting our production schedules for the first quarter of fiscal 2027. We are actively working with our supply chain, including qualifying new vendors, to mitigate the supply constraints. As we work to grow our businesses, we will continue to apply our strategic pillars to drive value creation. We will leverage our deep expertise in thermal management to bring highly-engineered, mission-critical thermal solutions to our customers and to capitalize on growth opportunities supported by mega-trends in the areas of digitalization, climate change, and urbanization, which are increasing the needs for energy-efficient cooling solutions and HVAC technologies products. We are also focused on applying 80/20 principles within our manufacturing facilities and expect to achieve production efficiency improvements as a result.
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Performance Technologies (35 percent of fiscal 2026 net sales)
The Performance Technologies segment provides products and solutions that enhance the performance of customer applications and develops solutions that provide mission-critical energy for a variety of end market applications. The segment also provides solutions that increase fuel economy, reduce harmful emissions and maximize range in zero emission applications. The segment’s Heavy-Duty Equipment business provides heat exchangers and cooling modules for off-highway markets, including agricultural and construction. In addition, the Heavy-Duty Equipment business sells cooling module generator sets that provide mission-critical stationary power. Heavy-Duty Equipment products primarily include powertrain cooling products, such as radiators, condensers, charge air coolers, oil coolers, and engine cooling modules; and Gensets. The segment’s On-Highway Applications business provides heat exchangers and cooling systems for commercial vehicle, automotive, bus and specialty vehicle customers. Its products and solutions include products for traditional powertrains, including aluminum and stainless steel engine oil coolers, EGR coolers, charge air coolers, transmission and retarder oil coolers, chillers, condensers, fan shrouds, and surge tanks. In addition, the On-Highway Applications business provides products and solutions for zero-emission and hybrid passenger car, commercial vehicle, bus and specialty vehicles, including complete battery thermal management systems, electronics cooling packages, battery chillers, battery cooling plates, coolers and casings for electronics cooling, and coolers for e-axles.
During fiscal 2026, Performance Technologies segment sales decreased $31 million, or 3 percent, compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower sales volume in North America, largely due to general market weakness and the strategic exit of lower-margin business. In light of the lower sales volume, we focused on cost containment measures during fiscal 2026 and significantly lowered our selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses, which benefitted from recent restructuring actions.
In January 2026, we entered into definitive agreements to spin-off and simultaneously combine our Performance Technologies segment business with Gentherm in a Reverse Morris Trust Transaction. We expect the transaction will close by the end of calendar 2026 and are focused on executing the steps necessary to facilitate a smooth and timely transaction. Gentherm, a Michigan-based corporation, is a global leader of innovative thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies. We believe this transaction will provide a renewed focus on investment and growth opportunities for the Performance Technologies business, while positioning us to further focus on the data center and commercial HVAC&R markets. Until the transaction closes, we are continuing to manage this business as our Performance Technologies segment, using our strategic pillars rooted in 80/20 principles as our guide.
Consolidated Results of Operations
Pending Reverse Morris Trust Transaction
As discussed earlier in this report, we have entered into definitive agreements with Gentherm, whereby we will spin-off and simultaneously combine our Performance Technologies segment businesses with Gentherm in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction. We anticipate this transaction will close by the end of calendar 2026, subject to approval by Gentherm’s shareholders and other closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. The transaction is intended to establish Gentherm as a scaled leader in thermal management. We will retain our Climate Solutions segment businesses, creating a pure-play climate solutions company focused on the data center and commercial HVAC&R markets.
Under the terms of the agreement, at the time of the spin-off of our Performance Technologies segment businesses, our shareholders will receive newly-issued Gentherm stock, representing ownership of approximately 40 percent of the combined company. In addition, immediately prior to transaction closing, we will receive cash proceeds of $210 million, subject to adjustment, which will be used to pay down our long-term debt obligations. Based upon the Gentherm stock price, the transaction was valued at approximately $1 billion when we entered into the agreement. Under the Reverse Morris Trust structure, the transaction is intended to be generally tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes for the Company and our shareholders. To facilitate this transaction, we expect to incur significant fees for transaction advisory, legal, accounting, tax and other professional services. We currently estimate that these fees and other costs directly related to the transaction will total approximately $45 million to $55 million.
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Fiscal 2026 acquisitions
During fiscal 2026, we acquired three businesses within our Climate Solutions segment, each supporting our growth strategy by expanding our product portfolio and broadening our customer base.
On April 1, 2025, we acquired substantially all of the net operating assets of AbsolutAire for $11 million. AbsolutAire is a Michigan-based manufacturer of direct-fired heating, ventilation, and make-up air systems.
On May 31, 2025, we acquired L.B. White for $111 million. Headquartered in Wisconsin, with additional manufacturing and distribution operations in Georgia, L.B. White is a leading provider of specialty heating solutions, including direct-fired forced air, radiant, indirect-fired, and electric heating solutions, for the agriculture, construction, and special event industries.
On July 1, 2025, we acquired Climate by Design for $64 million. Based in Minnesota, Climate by Design specializes in desiccant dehumidification technology and critical process air handlers.
Fiscal 2024 acquisitions and dispositions
During fiscal 2024, we acquired two businesses within our Climate Solutions segment. On March 1, 2024, we acquired Scott Springfield Manufacturing, a Canadian-based manufacturer of air handling units, for consideration totaling $184 million. On July 1, 2023, we acquired Napps Technology Corporation (“Napps”), a Texas-based manufacturer of air- and water-cooled chillers, condensing units and heat pumps, for consideration totaling $6 million.
In October 2023, we sold three automotive businesses based in Germany. Sales from these three businesses totaled $54 million in fiscal 2024.
See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding acquisitions and dispositions.
Fiscal 2026 highlights
Fiscal 2026 net sales increased $598 million, or 23 percent, from the prior year, primarily due to higher sales in our Climate Solutions segment, driven by higher sales of data center products and $119 million of incremental sales from the three businesses that we acquired during fiscal 2026. Cost of sales increased $510 million, or 26 percent, primarily due to the higher sales volume. Gross profit increased $87 million. Gross margin declined 190 basis points to 23.0 percent and was negatively impacted by temporary operating inefficiencies associated with the rapid expansion of our Data Centers business and higher material costs in both of our operating segments. SG&A expenses increased $28 million and included higher costs associated with our strategic acquisition and disposition activities. Operating income of $342 million during fiscal 2026 increased $59 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit and lower restructuring expenses, partially offset by higher SG&A expenses. During fiscal 2026, we recorded a $116 million non-cash pension termination charge in connection with the termination of our primary U.S. pension plan.
Fiscal 2025 highlights
Fiscal 2025 net sales increased $175 million, or 7 percent, from the prior year, primarily due to higher sales in our Climate Solutions segment, partially offset with lower sales in our Performance Technologies segment. Cost of sales increased $58 million, or 3 percent. Gross profit increased $118 million and gross margin improved 310 basis points to 24.9 percent. SG&A expenses increased $58 and included higher compensation-related expenses and higher expenses from Scott Springfield Manufacturing, including amortization expense for acquired intangible assets. Operating income of $283 million during fiscal 2025 increased $42 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A and restructuring expenses and the absence of a $4 million gain on the sale of three automotive businesses in Germany in fiscal 2024.
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The following table presents our consolidated financial results on a comparative basis for fiscal years 2026, 2025 and 2024.
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| Net sales | | | $ | 3,181 | 100.0 | % | $ | 2,583 | 100.0 | % | $ | 2,408 | 100.0 | % | |||
| Cost of sales | | | 2,450 | 77.0 | % | 1,940 | 75.1 | % | 1,882 | 78.2 | % | ||||||
| Gross profit | | | 731 | | 23.0 | % | 644 | 24.9 | % | 526 | 21.8 | % | |||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | | | 360 | 11.3 | % | 332 | 12.9 | % | 274 | 11.4 | % | ||||||
| Restructuring expenses | | | 21 | 0.6 | % | 28 | 1.1 | % | 15 | 0.6 | % | ||||||
| Impairment charge | | | 4 | 0.1 | % | — | — | | — | — | | ||||||
| Loss (gain) on sale of assets | | | 4 | 0.1 | % | — | — | | (4) | (0.2) | % | ||||||
| Operating income | | | 342 | 10.8 | % | 283 | 11.0 | % | 241 | 10.0 | % | ||||||
| Interest expense | | | (32) | (1.0) | % | (26) | (1.0) | % | (24) | (1.0) | % | ||||||
| Pension termination charge | | | | (116) | | (3.6) | % | | — | | — | | | — | | — | |
| Other expense – net | | | (8) | (0.3) | % | (3) | (0.1) | % | (2) | (0.1) | % | ||||||
| Earnings before income taxes | | | 186 | 5.9 | % | 254 | 9.8 | % | 215 | 8.9 | % | ||||||
| Provision for income taxes | | | (63) | (2.0) | % | (69) | (2.7) | % | (51) | (2.1) | % | ||||||
| Net earnings | | | $ | 123 | 3.9 | % | $ | 186 | 7.2 | % | $ | 163 | 6.8 | % |
Year ended March 31, 2026 compared with year ended March 31, 2025
Fiscal 2026 net sales of $3,181 million were $598 million, or 23 percent, higher than the prior year, primarily due to $621 million of higher sales in our Climate Solutions segment, including organic sales growth to hyperscale and colocation data center customers in North America and Europe and $119 million of incremental sales from the acquired L.B. White, Climate by Design, and AbsolutAire businesses. The higher sales in the Climate Solutions segment were partially offset by $31 million of lower sales in our Performance Technologies segment, largely due to market weakness. Foreign currency exchange rates favorably impacted sales by $63 million.
Fiscal 2026 cost of sales of $2,450 million increased $510 million, or 26 percent, primarily due to higher sales volume in the Climate Solution segment and a $50 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. In addition, cost of sales was unfavorably impacted by temporary operating inefficiencies in the Climate Solutions segment, largely due to the rapid expansion of manufacturing capacity for data center products, and higher raw material costs, which increased $28 million and included the impact of tariffs. These drivers, which increased cost of sales, were partially offset by lower sales volume in the Performance Technologies segment. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales increased 190 basis points to 77.0 percent, primarily due to temporary operating inefficiencies, higher material costs, and the absence of commercial pricing settlements and sales tax credits, which favorably impacted the prior year.
As a result of higher sales and higher cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $87 million and gross margin declined 190 basis points to 23.0 percent.
Fiscal 2026 SG&A expenses increased $28 million, or 8 percent. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses decreased 160 basis points. The increase in SG&A expenses includes higher compensation-related expenses in the Climate Solutions segment, supporting the segment’s growth and including incremental expenses from the acquired businesses. Other costs directly associated with acquisition and disposition activities increased $18 million. These drivers, which increased SG&A expenses, were partially offset by lower compensation-related expenses in the Performance Technologies segment, which included the benefits of previous restructuring actions, and lower incentive compensation expense.
Restructuring expenses during 2026 decreased $7 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower severance expenses in the Performance Technologies segment and at Corporate, partially offset by higher severance expenses in the Climate Solutions segment and higher costs related to transferring production for certain product lines.
During fiscal 2026, we recorded a $4 million non-cash impairment charge in the Performance Technologies segment related to a technical service center and administrative support facility in Germany, the sale of which is pending.
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During fiscal 2026, we recorded a $4 million loss at Corporate resulting from the settlement of a loan facility that we had provided to the buyer of our Austrian automotive business in fiscal 2022.
Operating income of $342 million in fiscal 2026 increased $59 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit and lower restructuring expenses, partially offset by higher SG&A expenses and the impairment charge and loss on sale of assets in fiscal 2026.
Interest expense in fiscal 2026 increased $6 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher average outstanding borrowings, partially offset by favorable changes in interest rates.
During fiscal 2026 and in connection with the termination of our primary U.S. pension plan, we recorded a $116 million non-cash pension termination charge to recognize actuarial losses that were included within accumulated other comprehensive loss on our consolidated balance sheet.
Other net expense during fiscal 2026 increased $5 million compared with the same period last year, primarily due to net foreign currency transaction losses, which increased $6 million compared with fiscal 2025.
The provision for income taxes of $63 million decreased $6 million from fiscal 2025. Higher operating earnings and the impact of provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) increased the income tax provision in fiscal 2026. These increases were more than offset by a $13 million net income tax benefit related to the U.S. pension plan termination and the impact of changes in the mix and amount of foreign and U.S. earnings. The $13 million net income tax benefit related to the pension termination charge included a $17 million income tax detriment resulting from disproportionate income tax effects in accumulated other comprehensive loss. The impacts associated with provisions of the OBBBA on state deferred taxes and the utilization of foreign tax credits increased the income tax provision during fiscal 2026 by $6 million. The Company is continuing to assess provisions of the OBBBA that are expected to impact future periods.
Year ended March 31, 2025 compared with year ended March 31, 2024
Fiscal 2025 net sales of $2,583 million were $175 million, or 7 percent, higher than the prior year, primarily due to $333 million of higher sales in our Climate Solution segment, partially offset by $158 million of lower sales in our Performance Technologies segment. The Climate Solutions sales increase included $240 million of higher sales from the Scott Springfield Manufacturing and Napps businesses, which we acquired in fiscal 2024, and organic sales growth to hyperscale and colocation data center customers. The lower sales in our Performance Technologies segment included a $54 million impact from the disposition of three automotive businesses in Germany during the third quarter of fiscal 2024. Fiscal 2025 sales were negatively impacted by $18 million from foreign currency exchange rates.
Fiscal 2025 cost of sales of $1,940 million increased $58 million, or 3 percent, primarily due higher sales volume and, to a lesser extent, higher labor and inflationary costs. These increases were partially offset by improved operating efficiencies and a $13 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 310 basis points to 75.1 percent, primarily due to the favorable sales mix, higher average selling prices, and improved operating efficiencies.
As a result of higher sales and higher cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $118 million and gross margin improved 310 basis points to 24.9 percent.
Fiscal 2025 SG&A expenses increased $58 million, or 21 percent. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses increased by 150 basis points. The increase in SG&A expenses included higher compensation-related expenses, which increased $45 million and included higher expenses from the acquired businesses and increased incentive compensation resulting from improved financial results. In addition, SG&A expenses included $17 million of higher amortization expense for acquired intangible assets. These increases were partially offset by lower environmental charges related to a previously-closed manufacturing facility in the U.S. and lower costs directly associated with the acquisition and integration of Scott Springfield Manufacturing. The environmental charges and acquisition-related costs were recorded at Corporate and both decreased $2 million compared with the prior year.
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Restructuring expenses during 2025 increased $13 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher severance expenses and product line transfer costs in the Performance Technologies and Climate Solutions segments.
We recorded a $4 million gain on sale at Corporate during fiscal 2024 as a result of the sale of three automotive businesses based in Germany.
Operating income of $283 million in fiscal 2025 increased $42 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A and restructuring expenses and the absence of the $4 million gain on the sale of the automotive businesses in Germany.
Interest expense in fiscal 2025 increased $2 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher borrowings on our revolving credit facility, which we used to fund a portion of the purchase price for the acquisition of Scott Springfield Manufacturing.
The provision for income taxes was $69 million and $51 million in fiscal 2025 and 2024, respectively. The $18 million increase was primarily due to higher earnings and the absence of a $3 million income tax benefit recorded in fiscal 2024 related to the sale of three automotive businesses in Germany. These drivers, which increased the provision for income taxes, were partially offset by changes in the mix and amount of foreign and U.S. earnings in the current year compared to the prior year.
Segment Results of Operations
Effective April 1, 2026, we reorganized our Climate Solutions segment and split it into two separate operating segments: 1) Data Centers and 2) Commercial HVAC. We believe that managing these businesses independently will allow us to better deploy our 80/20 strategy focused on capitalizing on growth opportunities, particularly in our Data Centers business, and optimizing profit margins and cash flow. Beginning for fiscal 2027, we will report three operating segments: 1) Data Centers; 2) Commercial HVAC and 3) Performance Technologies.
Climate Solutions
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| Net sales | | $ | 2,062 | | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,441 | | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,108 | | 100.0 | % |
| Cost of sales | | 1,538 | | 74.6 | % | 1,025 | | 71.1 | % | 811 | | 73.2 | % | |||
| Gross profit | | 524 | | 25.4 | % | 416 | | 28.9 | % | 297 | | 26.8 | % | |||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | | 194 | | 9.4 | % | 162 | | 11.2 | % | 115 | | 10.4 | % | |||
| Restructuring expenses | | 8 | | 0.4 | % | 6 | | 0.4 | % | 3 | | 0.3 | % | |||
| Operating income | | $ | 321 | | 15.6 | % | $ | 248 | | 17.2 | % | $ | 179 | | 16.1 | % |
Year ended March 31, 2026 compared with year ended March 31, 2025
Climate Solutions net sales increased $621 million, or 43 percent, in fiscal 2026 compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume. In addition, foreign currency exchange rates favorably impacted sales by $38 million. Compared with the prior year, sales of data center, HVAC technologies, and heat transfer solutions products increased $468 million, $102 million, and $45 million, respectively. The higher data center product sales include sales growth to hyperscale and colocation customers in North America and Europe. The higher HVAC technologies product sales are primarily driven by $119 million of incremental sales from the acquired L.B. White, Climate by Design, and AbsolutAire businesses, partially offset by lower sales of other indoor air quality products. The increase in sales of heat transfer products, driven by higher sales of heat transfer coils for commercial and residential applications, was partially offset by the absence of commercial pricing settlements with heat pump customers in Europe, which had a favorable impact during the prior year.
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Climate Solutions cost of sales increased $513 million, or 50 percent, in fiscal 2026, primarily due to higher sales volume and, to a lesser extent, temporary operating inefficiencies, largely due to the rapid expansion of manufacturing capacity in the U.S. for data center products, and higher raw material costs, which increased $18 million and included the impact of tariffs. In addition, cost of sales was negatively impacted by $29 million from foreign currency exchange rates. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales increased 350 basis points to 74.6 percent, primarily due to the temporary operating inefficiencies, higher material costs, and the absence of the commercial pricing settlements in the prior year. Due to the increasing market demand for data center cooling products, demand for certain key components is currently outpacing supplier capacity. We began experiencing supply shortages in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026. These component shortages are negatively impacting our production schedules for the first quarter of fiscal 2027.
As a result of the higher sales and higher cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $108 million and gross margin declined 350 basis points to 25.4 percent.
Climate Solutions SG&A expenses increased $32 million, or 20 percent, compared with the prior year. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses decreased 180 basis points. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily driven by higher compensation-related expenses and increases across other general and administrative expenses. The higher compensation-related expenses, which increased $29 million, included expenses from the acquired businesses. This increase was partially offset by lower amortization expense, which decreased $7 million.
Restructuring expenses increased $2 million in fiscal 2026, primarily due to higher severance expenses.
Operating income of $321 million during fiscal 2026 increased $73 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A expenses.
Year ended March 31, 2025 compared with year ended March 31, 2024
Climate Solutions net sales increased $333 million, or 30 percent, in fiscal 2025 compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume, including $240 million of higher sales from the Scott Springfield Manufacturing and Napps businesses, which we acquired in fiscal 2024. Compared with the prior year, sales of data center and HVAC technologies products increased $350 million and $50 million, respectively. The increase in sales of data center products includes sales from the acquired Scott Springfield Manufacturing business and organic sales growth to hyperscale and colocation customers. Sales of heat transfer solutions products decreased $67 million, largely due to lower sales of heat transfer coils for heat pumps and other commercial and residential applications, partially offset by commercial pricing settlements with heat pump customers in Europe.
Climate Solutions cost of sales increased $214 million, or 26 percent, in fiscal 2025, primarily due to higher sales volume, higher raw material costs, which increased $9 million, and, to a lesser extent, higher labor and inflationary costs. These increases were partially offset by lower warranty expense, which decreased $4 million, and improved operating efficiencies. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 210 basis points to 71.1 percent, primarily due to favorable sales mix and the favorable impact of commercial pricing settlements.
As a result of the higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $119 million and gross margin improved 210 basis points to 28.9 percent.
Climate Solutions SG&A expenses increased $47 million compared with the prior year. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses increased 80 basis points. The increase in SG&A expenses includes higher compensation-related expenses, which increased $24 million, and $17 million of higher amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets.
Restructuring expenses increased $3 million in fiscal 2025, primarily due to higher severance expenses and costs related to transferring production and warehousing for certain product lines.
Operating income of $248 million during fiscal 2025 increased $69 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A expenses.
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| | | 2026 | | 2025 | | 2024 | ||||||||||
| (in millions) | | $’s | | % of sales | | $’s | | % of sales | | $’s | | % of sales | ||||
| Net sales | | $ | 1,132 | | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,163 | | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,321 | | 100.0 | % |
| Cost of sales | | 927 | | 81.9 | % | 933 | | 80.2 | % | 1,092 | | 82.6 | % | |||
| Gross profit | | 205 | | 18.1 | % | 230 | | 19.8 | % | 230 | | 17.4 | % | |||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | | 79 | | 7.0 | % | 102 | | 8.8 | % | 106 | | 8.0 | % | |||
| Restructuring expenses | | 12 | | 1.0 | % | 20 | | 1.8 | % | 12 | | 0.9 | % | |||
| Impairment charge | | 4 | | 0.4 | % | — | | — | | — | | — | | |||
| Operating income | | $ | 110 | | 9.7 | % | $ | 108 | | 9.3 | % | $ | 112 | | 8.5 | % |
Year ended March 31, 2026 compared with year ended March 31, 2025
Performance Technologies net sales decreased $31 million, or 3 percent, in fiscal 2026 compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower sales volume in North America, largely due to market weakness and our strategic exit from lower-margin business, and, to a lesser extent, the absence of sales tax credits recognized in Brazil during the prior year. These decreases were partially offset by a $25 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchanges rates and higher average selling prices. Compared with the same period in the prior year, sales of heavy-duty equipment and on-highway applications products decreased $13 million and $4 million, respectively.
Performance Technologies cost of sales decreased $6 million, or 1 percent, in fiscal 2026, primarily due to lower sales volume and, to a lesser extent, improved operating efficiencies. These drivers, which decreased cost of sales, were partially offset by higher raw material costs, which increased $10 million and included the impact of tariffs, and a $21 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales increased 170 basis points to 81.9 percent, primarily due to the higher raw material and tariff costs, partially offset by improved operating efficiencies and higher average selling prices.
As a result of the lower sales and higher cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit decreased $25 million and margin declined 170 basis points to 18.1 percent.
Performance Technologies SG&A expenses decreased $23 million, or 23 percent, compared with the prior year. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses decreased 180 basis points. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to lower compensation-related expenses, which decreased approximately $26 million and included the benefits of previous restructuring actions.
Restructuring expenses during fiscal 2026 totaled $12 million, a decrease of $8 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower severance expenses, partially offset by higher costs related to transferring production for certain product lines.
During fiscal 2026, we recorded a $4 million non-cash impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of a technical service center and administrative support facility in Germany to estimated fair value, less costs to sell.
Operating income in fiscal 2026 increased $2 million to $110 million, primarily due to lower SG&A and restructuring expenses, partially offset by lower gross profit and the impairment charge recorded in the current year.
Year ended March 31, 2025 compared with year ended March 31, 2024
Performance Technologies net sales decreased $158 million, or 12 percent, in fiscal 2025 compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower sales volume, including a $54 million impact from the disposition of three automotive businesses in Germany during the third quarter of fiscal 2024, and a $17 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. These decreases were partially offset by higher average selling prices and, to a lesser extent, the recognition of sales tax credits in Brazil. Compared with the prior year, sales of on-highway applications and heavy-duty equipment products decreased $116 million and $41 million, respectively.
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Performance Technologies cost of sales decreased $159 million, or 15 percent, in fiscal 2025, primarily due to lower sales volume and a $13 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes. In addition, cost of sales was favorably impacted, to a lesser extent, by improved operating efficiencies and lower raw material costs, which decreased $9 million. These drivers, which decreased cost of sales, were partially offset by higher labor and inflationary costs. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 240 basis points to 80.2 percent, primarily due to higher average selling prices, improved operating efficiencies, lower material costs, and the favorable impact of sales tax credits recognized in Brazil, partially offset by higher labor and inflationary costs.
As a result of the lower sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross margin improved 240 basis points to 19.8 percent. Gross profit of $230 million was consistent compared with the prior year.
Performance Technologies SG&A expenses decreased $4 million, or 4 percent, compared with the prior year. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses increased 80 basis points. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to lower compensation-related expenses, which decreased $1 million, a $1 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates, and decreases across other general and administrative expenses.
Restructuring expenses during fiscal 2025 totaled $20 million, an increase of $8 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher severance expenses in North America and product line transfer costs.
Operating income in fiscal 2025 decreased $4 million to $108 million, primarily due to higher restructuring expenses, partially offset by lower SG&A expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flow from operating activities, our cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2026 of $74 million, and available borrowing capacity of $391 million under our revolving credit facility. Given our extensive international operations, approximately $59 million of our cash and cash equivalents are held by our non-U.S. subsidiaries. Amounts held by non-U.S. subsidiaries are available for general corporate use; however, these funds may be subject to foreign withholding taxes if repatriated. We believe our sources of liquidity will provide sufficient cash flow to adequately cover our funding needs on both a short-term and long-term basis.
Our primary contractual obligations include debt and related interest payments, lease obligations, obligations for capital expenditures, and pension obligations. During fiscal 2026, we contributed $15 million to fully fund our primary U.S. pension plan and settled all future obligations under the pension plan through a combination of lump-sum payments to participants and the purchase of irrevocable annuity contracts. As a result, we recorded a non-cash pension termination charge of $116 million during fiscal 2026. As of March 31, 2026, our global pension liabilities totaled $12 million.
Operating activities
Net cash provided by operating activities in fiscal 2026 was $249 million, an increase of $36 million from $213 million in the prior year. This increase in operating cash flow was primarily due to higher operating earnings and the favorable impact of customer deposits received during fiscal 2026, partially offset by an increase in working capital, which decreased operating cash flow, as compared with the prior year. The Climate Solutions segment’s Data Centers business is growing rapidly. We recently entered into a long-term capacity agreement with one of our data center customers, who made a $165 million up-front deposit intended to support our investments necessary to meet the planned sales volume. In addition, we have increased inventory levels to support the growing customer demand and higher sales have resulted in increased accounts receivable. The increases in inventory and accounts receivable were partially offset by increases in accounts payable, largely resulting from the higher inventory levels.
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Net cash provided by operating activities in fiscal 2025 was $213 million, a decrease of $2 million from $215 million in the prior year. This decrease in operating cash flow was primarily due to unfavorable net changes in working capital, as compared with the same period in the prior year, partially offset by the favorable impact of higher operating earnings. The unfavorable changes in working capital include a decrease in customer deposits associated with sales contracts with long inventory lead times and higher payments for incentive compensation, as compared with the same period in the prior year. These unfavorable changes in working capital were partially offset by the favorable impact of lower inventory levels.
Investing activities
Capital expenditures
Capital expenditures of $143 million during fiscal 2026 increased $59 million compared with fiscal 2025, primarily due to higher capital spending in the Climate Solutions segment. Our capital spending in fiscal 2026 in the Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments totaled $113 million and $28 million, respectively. Capital spending in the Climate Solutions segment primarily includes investments to support expanding production capacity for data center products. Capital expenditures in the Performance Technologies segment include tooling and equipment purchases in conjunction with new and renewal programs with customers.
Acquisitions
During fiscal 2026, we made cash payments totaling $182 million to acquire L.B. White, Climate by Design, and AbsolutAire. During fiscal 2024, we made cash payments totaling $186 million to acquire Scott Springfield Manufacturing and Napps. In addition, we paid $12 million during fiscal 2024 to purchase intellectual property and related assets from TMGcore, Inc. These investments support our growth strategy by expanding our product portfolio and broadening our customer base in our Climate Solutions segment. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding acquisitions.
Financing activities
Debt
During fiscal 2026, borrowings on our credit facilities, net of repayments, totaled $79 million. We borrowed on our credit facilities to support our strategic growth initiatives, including our acquisitions of L.B. White and Climate by Design and the rapid expansion of our Data Centers business.
In July 2025, we executed an amended and restated credit agreement with a syndicate of banks that provides for a multi-currency $400 million revolving credit facility and a $200 million term loan facility maturing in July 2030. This credit agreement modified our then-existing revolving credit and term loan facilities, which would have matured in October 2027. We also amended the agreement governing our Senior Notes, to conform the applicable terms to those of the aforementioned amended and restated credit agreement. In December 2025, we further amended the credit agreement primarily to increase the borrowing capacity under the revolving credit facility by $150 million to $550 million.
Our credit agreements require us to maintain compliance with various covenants, including a leverage ratio covenant and an interest expense coverage ratio covenant, which are discussed further below. Indebtedness under our credit agreements is secured by liens on substantially all domestic assets, excluding real estate. These agreements further require compliance with various covenants that may limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness; grant liens; make investments, loans, or guarantees; engage in certain transactions with affiliates; or make restricted payments, including dividends. Also, the credit agreements may require prepayments in the event of certain asset sales. In connection with the pending transaction with Gentherm, we expect to receive $210 million immediately prior to transaction closing. Proceeds from this transaction are required to be applied towards the principal outstanding under our credit agreements.
The leverage ratio covenant within our primary credit agreements requires us to limit our consolidated indebtedness, less a portion of our cash balance, both as defined by the credit agreements, to no more than three and one-half times consolidated net earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and certain other adjustments (“Adjusted EBITDA”). We are also subject to an interest expense coverage ratio covenant, which requires us to maintain Adjusted EBITDA of at least three times consolidated interest expense.
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As of March 31, 2026, we were in compliance with our debt covenants. We expect to remain in compliance with our debt covenants during fiscal 2027 and beyond.
Share repurchase program
During fiscal 2026, we did not purchase any shares under our share repurchase program. During fiscal 2025, we repurchased $18 million of our common stock under the program. As of March 31, 2026, we had $82 million of share repurchase authorization remaining under the repurchase program, which does not expire. Our decision whether and to what extent to repurchase additional shares depends on a number of factors, including business conditions, other cash priorities, and stock price.
Critical Accounting Policies
The following critical accounting policies reflect the more significant judgments and estimates used in preparing our consolidated financial statements. Application of these policies results in accounting estimates that have the greatest potential for a significant impact on our financial statements. The following discussion of these judgments and estimates is intended to supplement the significant accounting policies presented in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. In addition, recently issued accounting pronouncements that either have or could materially impact our financial statements are disclosed in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Revenue recognition
We recognize revenue based upon consideration specified in a contract and as we satisfy performance obligations by transferring control over our products to our customers, which may be at a point in time or over time. The majority of our revenue is recognized at a point in time, based upon shipment terms. A limited number of our customer contracts for highly-specified products provide an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date. For these contracts, we recognize revenue over time based upon our estimated progress toward the satisfaction of the contract’s performance obligations. We record an allowance for credit losses and we accrue for estimated warranty costs at the time of sale. We base these estimates upon historical experience, current business trends and economic conditions, and risks specific to the underlying accounts receivable or warranty claims.
Impairment of long-lived assets
We perform impairment evaluations of long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, whenever business conditions or events indicate that those assets may be impaired. We consider factors such as operating losses, declining financial outlooks and market conditions when evaluating the necessity for an impairment analysis. In the event the net asset values exceed undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the assets, we write down the assets to fair value and record an impairment charge. We estimate fair value in various ways depending on the nature of the underlying assets. Fair value is generally based upon appraised value, estimated salvage value, or selling prices under negotiation, as applicable.
The most significant long-lived assets we evaluated for impairment indicators were property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, which totaled $521 million and $197 million, respectively, at March 31, 2026. Within property, plant and equipment, the most significant assets evaluated are buildings and improvements and machinery and equipment. Our most significant intangible assets evaluated are customer relationships, trade names, and acquired technology, all of which are related to our Climate Solutions segment. We evaluate impairment at the lowest level of separately identifiable cash flows, which is generally at the manufacturing plant level. We monitor manufacturing plant financial performance to determine whether indicators exist that would require an impairment evaluation for the facility. This includes significant adverse changes in plant profitability metrics; substantial changes in the mix of customer products manufactured in the plant; changes in manufacturing strategy; and the shifting of programs to other facilities under a manufacturing realignment strategy. When such indicators are present, we perform an impairment evaluation.
During fiscal 2026, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $4 million related to technical service center and administrative support facility in Germany, which we expect to sell during fiscal 2027. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
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Impairment of goodwill
We perform goodwill impairment tests annually, as of the end of February, unless business events or other conditions exist that require a more frequent evaluation. We consider factors such as operating losses, declining financial and market outlooks, and market capitalization when evaluating the necessity for an interim impairment analysis. We test goodwill for impairment at a reporting unit level. Goodwill resulting from recent acquisitions generally represents the highest risk of impairment, which typically decreases as the businesses are integrated into the Company and positioned for future operating and financial performance. We test goodwill for impairment by comparing the fair value of each reporting unit with its carrying value. We determine the fair value of a reporting unit based upon the present value of estimated future cash flows. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds the carrying value of the reporting unit’s net assets, goodwill is not impaired. However, if the carrying value of the reporting unit’s net assets exceeds its fair value, we would conclude goodwill is impaired and would record an impairment charge equal to the amount that the reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value.
Determining the fair value of a reporting unit involves judgment and the use of estimates and assumptions, which include assumptions regarding the revenue growth rates and operating profit margins used to calculate estimated future cash flows and risk-adjusted discount rates. We determine the expected future revenue growth rates and operating profit margins after consideration of our historical revenue growth rates and earnings levels, our assessment of future market potential and our expectations of future business performance. The discount rates used in determining discounted cash flows are rates corresponding to our cost of capital, adjusted for country- and business-specific risks where appropriate. While we believe the assumptions used in our goodwill impairment tests are appropriate and result in a reasonable estimate of the fair value of each reporting unit, future events or circumstances could have a potential negative effect on the estimated fair value of our reporting units. These events or circumstances include lower than forecasted revenues, market trends that fall below our current expectations, actions of key customers, increases in discount rates, and continued inflationary market conditions. We cannot predict the occurrence of certain events or changes in circumstances that might adversely affect the carrying value of goodwill.
At March 31, 2026, our goodwill totaled $292 million, all of which is related to our Climate Solutions segment. We conducted goodwill impairment tests as of February 28, 2026, by applying a fair value-based test and determined the fair value for each of our reporting units exceeded the respective book value. A 10 percent decrease in the estimated fair value of each reporting unit would not have resulted in a different conclusion.
Acquisitions
From time to time, we make strategic acquisitions that have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations or financial position. We allocate the purchase price of acquired businesses to the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction based upon their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. We determine the estimated fair values using information available to us and engage third-party valuation specialists when necessary. The estimates we use to determine the fair value of long-lived assets, such as intangible assets, can be complex and require significant judgments. While we use our best estimates and assumptions, our estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, we record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to our consolidated statement of operations. We also estimate the useful lives of intangible assets to determine the amount of amortization expense to record in future periods. We periodically review the estimated useful lives assigned to our intangible assets to determine whether such estimated useful lives continue to be appropriate. During fiscal 2026, we acquired L.B. White, Climate by Design, and AbsolutAire. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding these acquisitions.
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Pension obligations
During fiscal 2026, we completed the termination of our primary U.S. pension plan. We contributed $15 million to fully fund the plan and settled all future obligations under the pension plan through a combination of lump-sum payments to participants and the purchase of irrevocable annuity contracts. As a result, we recorded a non-cash pension termination charge of $116 million during fiscal 2026.
At March 31, 2026, our global pension liabilities totaled $12 million. The majority of the pension liabilities relate to non-U.S. plans maintained in Germany and Italy. These plans are closed to new participants and are substantially unfunded. Our calculation of the expense and liabilities for our remaining pension plans is dependent upon various assumptions. The most significant assumptions include the discount rate, expected return on plan assets, and mortality rates. We base our selection of these assumptions on historical trends and economic and market conditions at the time of valuation. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, actual results that differ from these assumptions are accumulated and amortized over future periods. These differences impact future pension expense.
See Note 18 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Income taxes
We operate in numerous taxing jurisdictions; therefore, we are subject to regular examinations by federal, state and non-U.S. taxing authorities. Due to the application of complex and sometimes ambiguous tax laws and rulings in the jurisdictions in which we do business, there is an inherent level of uncertainty within our worldwide tax provisions. Despite our belief that our tax return positions are consistent with applicable tax laws, it is possible that taxing authorities could challenge certain positions.
Our deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect temporary differences between the amount of assets and liabilities for financial and tax reporting purposes. We adjust these amounts to reflect changes in tax rates expected to be in effect when the temporary differences reverse. We record a valuation allowance if we determine it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets in a particular jurisdiction will not be realized. This determination, which is made on a legal entity-by-legal entity basis, involves judgment and the use of estimates and assumptions, including expectations of future taxable income and tax planning strategies. We believe the assumptions that we used are appropriate and result in a reasonable determination regarding the future realizability of deferred tax assets. However, future events or circumstances, such as lower-than-expected taxable income or unfavorable changes in the financial outlook of our operations in certain jurisdictions, could cause us to record additional valuation allowances.
See Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding income taxes.
Loss reserves
We maintain liabilities and reserves for a number of loss exposures, including environmental remediation costs, product warranties, self-insurance costs, estimated credit losses associated with trade receivables, regulatory compliance matters, and litigation. Establishing loss reserves for these exposures requires the use of estimates and judgment to determine the risk exposure and ultimate potential liability. We estimate these reserve requirements by using consistent and suitable methodologies for the particular type of loss reserve being calculated. See Notes 15 and 20 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding product warranties and contingencies and litigation, respectively.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This report, including, but not limited to, the discussion under Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contains statements, including information about future financial performance, accompanied by phrases such as “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” and other similar “forward-looking” statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Modine’s actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements, because of certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A. in Part I. of this report and identified in our other public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Other risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:
Market risks
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| ● | The impact of potential adverse developments or disruptions in the global economy and financial markets, including impacts related to geopolitical tensions and military conflicts, including the conflict between the U.S. and Iran, inflation, energy costs, government incentive or funding programs, supply chain challenges, logistical disruptions, including those related to sea, land or air freight, tariffs, sanctions and other trade issues or cross-border trade restrictions; |
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| ● | The impact of other economic, social and political conditions, changes, challenges and unrest, particularly in the geographic, product and financial markets where we and our customers operate and compete, including foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; changes in interest rates; recession and recovery therefrom; and the general uncertainties about the impact of statutory, regulatory and/or policy changes, including those related to tax and trade that have been or may be implemented in the U.S. or abroad; |
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| ● | The impact of potential price increases associated with raw materials, including aluminum, copper, steel and stainless steel (nickel), and other purchased component inventory including, but not limited to, increases in the underlying material cost based upon the London Metal Exchange and related premiums or fabrication costs. These prices may be impacted by a variety of factors, including changes in trade laws and tariffs, the behavior of our suppliers and significant fluctuations in demand. This risk includes our ability to successfully manage our exposure and our ability to adjust product pricing in response to price increases, including through our quotation process or through contract provisions for prospective price adjustments, as well as the inherent lag in timing of such contract provisions; |
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| ● | Our ability to be at the forefront of technological advances to differentiate ourselves from our competitors and provide innovative products and services to our customers, the impacts of any changes in or the adoption rate of technologies that we expect to drive sales growth, including those related to data center cooling, and the impacts of threats or changes to the market growth prospects for our customers; |
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| ● | Our ability to mitigate increases in labor costs and labor shortages; |
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| ● | The impact of public health threats on the national and global economy, our business, suppliers (and the supply chain), customers, and employees; and |
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| ● | The impact of legislation, regulations, and government incentive programs, including those addressing climate change, on demand for our products and the markets we serve, including our ability to take advantage of opportunities to supply alternative new technologies to meet environmental and/or energy standards and objectives. |
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Operational risks
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| ● | The impact of problems, including logistic and transportation challenges, associated with suppliers meeting our quantity, quality, price and timing demands, and the overall health of our suppliers, including their ability and willingness to supply our volume demands if their production capacity becomes constrained; |
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| ● | The overall health of and pricing pressure from our customers in light of economic and market-specific factors and the potential impact on us from any deterioration in the stability or performance of any of our major customers; |
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| ● | Our ability to maintain current customer relationships and compete effectively for new business, including our ability to achieve profit margins acceptable to us by offsetting or otherwise addressing any cost increases associated with supply chain challenges and inflationary market conditions; |
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| ● | The impact of product or manufacturing difficulties or operating inefficiencies, including any product or program launches, product transfer challenges and product warranty and liability claims; |
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| ● | The impact of delays or modifications initiated by major customers with respect to product or program launches, product applications or requirements, or timing of construction or development projects that incorporate our products and services; |
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| ● | Our ability to consistently structure our operations in order to develop and maintain a competitive cost base with appropriately skilled and stable labor, while also positioning ourselves geographically, so that we can continue to support our customers with the technical expertise and market-leading products they demand and expect from Modine; |
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| ● | Our ability to effectively and efficiently manage our operations in response to sales volume changes, including maintaining adequate production capacity to meet demand in our growing businesses, particularly in our Data Centers business, while also completing restructuring activities and realizing the anticipated benefits thereof; |
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| ● | Costs and other effects of the investigation and remediation of environmental contamination; including when related to the actions or inactions of others and/or facilities over which we have no control; |
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| ● | Our ability to recruit and maintain talent, including personnel in managerial, leadership, operational and administrative functions; |
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| ● | Our ability to protect our proprietary information and intellectual property from theft or attack by internal or external sources; |
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| ● | The impact of a substantial disruption, including any prolonged service outage, or material breach of our information technology systems, and any related delays, problems or costs; |
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| ● | Increasingly complex and restrictive laws and regulations and the costs associated with compliance therewith, including state and federal labor regulations, laws and regulations associated with being a U.S. public company, and other laws and regulations present in various jurisdictions in which we operate; |
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| ● | Increasing emphasis by global regulatory bodies, customers, investors, and employees on environmental, social and corporate governance matters may impose additional costs on us, adversely affect our reputation, or expose us to new risks; |
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| ● | Work stoppages or interference at our facilities or those of our major customers and/or suppliers; and |
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| ● | The constant and increasing pressures associated with healthcare and associated insurance costs. |
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Strategic risks related to the pending Reverse Morris Trust transaction with Gentherm
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| ● | Our ability to complete the pending transaction on the terms or in the time frame expected by the parties, or at all; |
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| ● | The occurrence of any event that could give rise to the termination of the pending transaction; |
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| ● | Potential shareholder litigation in connection with the pending transaction or other litigation, settlements or investigations may affect the timing or occurrence of the pending transaction or result in significant costs of defense, indemnification and liability; |
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| ● | Our ability to obtain the anticipated tax treatment of the pending transaction; |
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| ● | Greater than expected difficulty in separating the businesses subject to the pending disposition from our other businesses; and |
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| ● | Disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the pending transaction, or other effects of the pending transaction on our relationship with our employees, customers, suppliers, or other counterparties. |
Strategic risks related to business growth and optimization
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| ● | Our ability to realize the sales growth and return on investments anticipated in our Data Centers business; |
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| ● | Our ability to identify and execute on other organic growth opportunities and acquisitions, and to efficiently and successfully integrate acquired businesses; |
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| ● | Our ability to successfully realize anticipated benefits, including improved profit margins and cash flow, from strategic initiatives and our continued application of 80/20 principles across our businesses; and |
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| ● | Our ability to successfully exit portions of our business that do not align with our strategic plans. Business dispositions involve risks, including transaction-related and other costs, damage to or the loss of customer relationships, the diversion of management’s attention from our other business concerns, and other effects of litigation, claims, or other obligations, including those that may be asserted against us in connection with disposed businesses. |
Financial risks
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| ● | Our ability to fund our global liquidity requirements efficiently for our current operations and meet our long-term commitments in the event of disruption in or tightening of the credit markets or extended recessionary conditions in the global economy; |
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| ● | The impact of increases in interest rates in relation to our variable-rate debt obligations; |
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| ● | The impact of changes in federal, state or local tax regulations that could have the effect of increasing our income tax expense; |
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| ● | Our ability to comply with the financial covenants in our credit agreements, including our leverage ratio (net debt divided by Adjusted EBITDA, as defined in our credit agreements) and our interest coverage ratio (Adjusted EBITDA divided by interest expense, as defined in our credit agreements); |
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| ● | The potential unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on our financial results; and |
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| ● | Our ability to effectively realize the benefits of deferred tax assets in various jurisdictions in which we operate. |
Forward-looking statements are as of the date of this report; we do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
MD&A history
Prior-year 10-K MD&A spans are extracted from SEC filings with the same bounded parser used for the latest filing. The latest 10-K appears above; prior years are below.
FY 2025 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001558370-25-008058.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
Overview
At Modine, we are Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World ™. Our mission is to use our thermal management expertise to help our customers improve indoor air quality, reduce energy and water consumption, lower harmful emissions, enable cleaner running vehicles, and use more environmentally friendly refrigerants. We operate in four continents, in 16 countries, and employ approximately 11,300 persons worldwide.
We sell customer-centric thermal management solutions in a wide array of commercial, industrial, and building HVAC&R markets. In addition, we are a leading provider of engineered heat transfer systems and high-quality heat transfer components for use in on- and off-highway OEM vehicular applications. Our primary product groups include i) data center cooling; ii) heat transfer; iii) HVAC&R; iv) air-cooled; v) liquid-cooled; and vi) advanced solutions.
Company Strategy
Our purpose of Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World™ guides our strategic direction. Our mission is to use our thermal management expertise to help our customers improve indoor air quality, reduce energy and water consumption, lower harmful emissions, enable cleaner running vehicles, and use more environmentally friendly refrigerants. We are committed to evolving our product portfolio in pursuit of highly engineered, mission-critical thermal solutions. We are strategically investing in end markets where we see the highest growth prospects. These markets continue to shift to low-carbon energy solutions, driving demand for cleaner, more efficient thermal management.
In fiscal 2025, we continued our strategic transformation. We first announced our vision for a “new” Modine in late fiscal 2021. Over the last four fiscal years, we have simplified and re-segmented our organization and have aligned resources around specific strategies and market-based verticals. Our leadership and teams have embraced 80/20 principles and have created a high-performance culture that focuses resources on products and markets with the highest sustainable growth opportunities and best return profiles, while simplifying and improving our processes. We have strategically expanded our Data Center Cooling and Indoor Air Quality businesses. Through initiatives based upon 80/20 principles, we have achieved significant improvements in our profit margins since we started our transformational journey.
Entering fiscal 2026, we are committed to our strategic pillars to drive value creation. We aim to capitalize on our expertise in thermal management to provide differentiated solutions and sustain market leadership. We are focused on leveraging our product portfolio to accelerate growth, with particular focus on long-term growth drivers tied to secular mega-trends. We will continue to elevate our 80/20 discipline throughout our businesses and use 80/20 to guide our daily decision making. Finally, we will continue to evolve our portfolio to compound shareholder value. As we continue on our strategic transformation, we expect to change our mix of business. We are growing our data center cooling, heating and indoor air quality businesses, for example, while strategically deemphasizing others. Most notably, we are working towards exiting our automotive business since it does not align with our transformation goals. We expect these changes will fuel improvements in both profit margins and cash flows, all while supporting our customers with innovative and environmentally responsible thermal management solutions to succeed in the ever-changing global marketplace.
Development of New Products and Technology
Every day, we leverage our technical expertise, building on more than 100 years of excellence in thermal management, to advance our purpose. We are dedicated to utilizing technology and solutions with sustainable impacts. Our ability to provide customizable solutions to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers is one of our greatest competitive strengths.
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We partner with our customers and use a systems-based approach to ensure our solutions work seamlessly with their other components. Our thermal solutions enable our customers to stay ahead of new and emerging regulations, particularly those involving increasingly stringent energy efficiency, emissions, and fuel economy standards.
We maintain numerous state-of-the-art technology centers, dedicated to the development and testing of products and technologies. The technology centers are located in Racine, Wisconsin; Grenada, Mississippi; Allen, Texas; Leeds, United Kingdom; Pocenia, Italy; Söderköping, Sweden; Mezökövesd, Hungary; and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Customers know our reputation for innovation and rely on Modine to provide high quality products and technologies.
Strategic Planning and Corporate Development
We employ both short-term (one-to-three year) and longer-term (five-to-seven year) strategic planning processes, which enable us to continually assess our opportunities, competitive threats, and economic market challenges.
We devote significant resources to global strategic planning and development activities to strengthen our competitive position. During fiscal 2025, we integrated Scott Springfield Manufacturing, a leading manufacturer of air handling units serving customers in the U.S. and Canada, into our Modine businesses. We will continue to pursue growth opportunities, particularly to grow our global, market leading positions in the data center cooling and HVAC&R markets. We have provided our general managers with the tools that they need to be successful, including dedicated resources to create an entrepreneurial environment and to challenge the status quo.
Operational and Financial Discipline
We are using 80/20 principles to guide our path forward toward commercial excellence. Through closely analyzing our customer and product data, we are focusing our commercial and operational actions in areas that drive increased profitability and also in areas requiring improvement. Our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments have embraced the tenets of 80/20 and are driving transformative change.
Our fiscal 2025 annual cash incentive plan for our management team was based upon two performance metrics: growth in net earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and certain other adjustments (“Adjusted EBITDA”) and Adjusted EBITDA margin as a percentage of net sales. The incentive plan’s performance goals were established for each operating segment as well for the consolidated Company. In addition, we provide a long-term incentive compensation plan for officers and certain key leaders throughout our organization to attract, retain, and motivate these employees who are responsible for driving the long-term success of our Company. The fiscal 2025 plan is comprised of performance-based share awards and restricted stock awards. The performance-based awards for the fiscal 2025 through 2027 performance period are based upon a target three-year average growth in Adjusted EBITDA and a target three-year average cash flow return on invested capital.
Segment Information – Strategy, Market Conditions and Trends
Each of our operating segments has separate strategic and financial plans. Segment financial results are reviewed by our CODM. These plans and results are used by our CODM to evaluate the performance of each segment and to make decisions on the allocation of resources.
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Climate Solutions (55 percent of fiscal 2025 net sales)
Our Climate Solutions segment provides energy-efficient, safe, climate-controlled solutions and components for a wide range of critical applications. The Climate Solutions segment sells data center cooling solutions, heat transfer products, and HVAC&R products to customers in North America, EMEA, and Asia. Data center cooling solutions, which are integrated with system controls, include air- and liquid-cooled chillers, CRAC and CRAH units, fan walls, and CDUs. Heat transfer products include heat exchanger coils used in commercial, industrial, and residential HVAC&R applications and coating products and application services that extend the life of equipment and components by protecting against corrosion. HVAC&R products include commercial and residential unit heaters, vertical and horizontal unit ventilators, air conditioning chillers, low global warming potential unit coolers, air-cooled condensers, and dry coolers. We sell our products and solutions both directly to commercial and industrial OEM and end user customers and through wholesalers, distributors, consulting engineers, contractors and data center operators for applications such as data centers, schools, greenhouses, healthcare systems, warehouses, residential garages, manufacturing facilities, and other commercial and industrial applications.
During fiscal 2025, Climate Solutions segment sales increased $333 million, or 30 percent, compared with the prior year, primarily driven by higher sales of data center cooling and HVAC&R products, partially offset by lower sales of heat transfer products. We are seeing the benefits of our strategic growth initiatives, particularly within our Data Center Cooling business. The increase in sales of data center cooling products included incremental sales from our Scott Springfield Manufacturing business, which we acquired during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, and significant organic sales growth to hyperscale and colocation customers.
In fiscal 2026, we will elevate our 80/20 discipline across our Climate Solutions businesses. We will leverage our deep expertise in thermal management to bring highly-engineered, mission critical thermal solutions to our customers and to capitalize on growth opportunities supported by mega-trends in the areas of high-performance computing, low global warming refrigerant regulations, and indoor air quality. We are particularly excited about growth opportunities in the global data center markets. We expect continued strong growth in the data center markets during fiscal 2026, as the need for digital infrastructure continues to expand. Through our acquisition of Scott Springfield Manufacturing and investment in liquid cooling technologies, we have expanded our product portfolio and will continue to invest in product innovations and next-generation technology to meet the data center cooling needs of new and existing customers in the future. We are continuing to increase our production capacity and global footprint, including a new production facility in India, to support our customers with data center cooling solutions and best-in-class support.
We also expect the North American commercial HVAC and school markets, to which we sell our indoor air quality products, will experience modest growth during fiscal 2026, driven by private and local institutional funding for ventilation improvements for commercial applications and schools. We are strategically expanding our HVAC technology portfolio to better serve our customers with tailored solutions. In April 2025, we acquired AbsolutAire Inc., a Michigan-based manufacturer of direct-fired heating, ventilation, and make-up air systems that complements our existing Heating and Indoor Air Quality businesses. In addition, in response to F-gas regulations, we are working closely with customers to design heat exchangers and systems that leverage now-required low global warming potential refrigerants effectively. Further, we are focused on growing our refrigeration sales and believe we can become a market leader in more environmentally friendly carbon dioxide gas coolers and adiabatic solutions in North America and Europe. Finally, we are focused on applying 80/20 principles within our manufacturing facilities and expect to achieve further production efficiency improvements as a result.
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Performance Technologies (45 percent of fiscal 2025 net sales)
The Performance Technologies segment provides products and solutions that enhance the performance of customer applications and develops solutions that provide mission critical energy for a variety of end market applications. The segment also provides solutions that increase fuel economy, reduce harmful emissions and maximize range in zero emission applications. The Performance Technologies segment designs and manufactures products and solutions using air-cooled and liquid-cooled technology for vehicular, stationary power, and industrial applications. Air-cooled products consist primarily of powertrain cooling products, such as radiators, condensers, engine cooling modules, charge air coolers, fan shrouds, and surge tanks; and Gensets. Liquid-cooled products include engine oil coolers, EGR coolers, liquid charge air coolers, transmission and retarder oil coolers, chillers, and condensers. In addition, the Performance Technologies segment provides advanced thermal solutions designed to improve battery range and vehicle life to zero-emission and hybrid commercial vehicle and off-highway customers. These solutions include battery thermal management systems, electronics cooling packages, and battery chillers.
During fiscal 2025, Performance Technologies segment sales decreased $158 million, or 12 percent, compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower sales volume, including $54 million of lower sales from three automotive businesses in Germany that we sold during the third quarter of fiscal 2024. In fiscal 2025, we focused on applying 80/20 principles and were able to achieve gross margin improvement despite the lower sales volume. We closed a technical service center in Germany to optimize the utilization of our global technical service center capacity and have taken restructuring actions, including targeted headcount reductions and product line transfers, to reduce selling, general, and administrative (“SG&A”) and operational expenses and to optimize the efficiency of our supply chain and manufacturing processes. In fiscal 2025, we signed a definitive agreement to sell the technical service center in Germany and expect the sale transaction will close during the first half of fiscal 2026.
Looking ahead, we are closely monitoring uncertainties in the markets we serve, including the potential impacts of tariffs on our businesses, our customers, and the economy as a whole. In anticipation of continued weakness in vehicular markets, we are actively reducing our cost structure in the Performance Technologies segment and have approved additional headcount reductions during the first quarter of fiscal 2026. We will continue to apply 80/20 principles and are focused on exiting the portions of our business that do not align with our strategic plan. We will also continue to evaluate our manufacturing footprint to optimize our production.
Consolidated Results of Operations
Acquisitions and dispositions
On March 1, 2024, we acquired Scott Springfield Manufacturing, a Canadian-based manufacturer of air handling units, for consideration totaling $184 million. On July 1, 2023, we acquired Napps Technology Corporation (“Napps”), a Texas-based manufacturer of air- and water-cooled chillers, condensing units and heat pumps, for consideration totaling $6 million. These acquisitions expanded our data center and indoor air quality product portfolios and support our growth strategy and mission of improving indoor air quality. We have reported the financial results of these businesses within the Climate Solutions segment since the acquisition dates.
In October 2023, we sold three automotive businesses based in Germany. The sale of these Performance Technologies businesses, which produce air- and liquid-cooled products for internal combustion diesel and gasoline engines for the European automotive market, supports our strategic prioritization of resources towards higher-margin technologies.
In September 2023, we sold two coatings facilities, located in California and Florida. Sales from these two businesses, which provided aftermarket application services, totaled $6 million in fiscal 2023.
In December 2024, we signed a definitive agreement to sell our technical service center and administrative support facility in Germany to a real estate investment firm for €12 million ($12 million). Earlier this fiscal year, we closed the technical service center and reduced headcount in light of the sale of the three automotive businesses in Germany. We expect the sale transaction will close during the first half of fiscal 2026, subject to remaining closing conditions. We expect to record a gain on sale, net of costs to sell, of approximately $3 million when the transaction is completed.
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In April 2025, we acquired AbsolutAire, Inc., a Michigan-based manufacturer of direct-fired heating, ventilation, and make-up air systems. We paid $11 million upon transaction closing. This acquisition supports our growth strategy by expanding our heating and indoor air quality product portfolios and also broadens our customer base in the commercial, industrial, food service, and warehousing sectors. We will report the financial results of this business within the Climate Solutions segment beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2026.
See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding acquisitions and dispositions.
Fiscal 2025 highlights
Fiscal 2025 net sales increased $175 million, or 7 percent, from the prior year, primarily due to higher sales in our Climate Solutions segment, partially offset with lower sales in our Performance Technologies segment. Cost of sales increased $58 million, or 3 percent. Gross profit increased $118 million and gross margin improved 310 basis points to 24.9 percent. SG&A expenses increased $58 million and included higher compensation-related expenses and higher expenses from Scott Springfield Manufacturing, including amortization expense for acquired intangible assets. Operating income of $283 million during fiscal 2025 increased $42 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A and restructuring expenses and the absence of a $4 million gain on sale of three automotive businesses in Germany in fiscal 2024.
Fiscal 2024 highlights
Fiscal 2024 net sales increased $110 million, or 5 percent, from the prior year, primarily due to higher sales in our Performance Technologies and Climate Solutions segments. Cost of sales decreased $27 million, or 1 percent, primarily due to lower material costs and improved operating efficiencies. Gross profit increased $137 million and gross margin improved 490 basis points to 21.8 percent. SG&A expenses increased $40 million, primarily due to higher compensation-related expenses. Operating income of $241 million during fiscal 2024 increased $91 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A and restructuring expenses.
The following table presents our consolidated financial results on a comparative basis for fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023.
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| Net sales | | $ | 2,583 | 100.0 | % | $ | 2,408 | 100.0 | % | $ | 2,298 | 100.0 | % | |||
| Cost of sales | | 1,940 | 75.1 | % | 1,882 | 78.2 | % | 1,909 | 83.1 | % | ||||||
| Gross profit | | 644 | 24.9 | % | 526 | 21.8 | % | 389 | 16.9 | % | ||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | | 332 | 12.9 | % | 274 | 11.4 | % | 234 | 10.2 | % | ||||||
| Restructuring expenses | | 28 | 1.1 | % | 15 | 0.6 | % | 5 | 0.2 | % | ||||||
| Gain on sale of assets | | — | — | | (4) | (0.2) | % | — | — | | ||||||
| Operating income | | 283 | 11.0 | % | 241 | 10.0 | % | 150 | 6.5 | % | ||||||
| Interest expense | | (26) | (1.0) | % | (24) | (1.0) | % | (21) | (0.9) | % | ||||||
| Other expense – net | | (3) | (0.1) | % | (2) | (0.1) | % | (4) | (0.2) | % | ||||||
| Earnings before income taxes | | 254 | 9.8 | % | 215 | 8.9 | % | 125 | 5.5 | % | ||||||
| (Provision) benefit for income taxes | | (69) | (2.7) | % | (51) | (2.1) | % | 28 | 1.2 | % | ||||||
| Net earnings | | $ | 186 | 7.2 | % | $ | 163 | 6.8 | % | $ | 154 | 6.7 | % |
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Year ended March 31, 2025 compared with year ended March 31, 2024
Fiscal 2025 net sales of $2,583 million were $175 million, or 7 percent, higher than the prior year, primarily due to $333 million of higher sales in our Climate Solution segment, partially offset by $158 million of lower sales in our Performance Technologies segment. The Climate Solutions sales increase includes $240 million of higher sales from the Scott Springfield Manufacturing and Napps businesses, which we acquired in fiscal 2024, and organic sales growth to hyperscale and colocation data center customers. The lower sales in our Performance Technologies segment includes a $54 million impact from the disposition of three automotive businesses in Germany during the third quarter of fiscal 2024. Fiscal 2025 sales were negatively impacted by $18 million from foreign currency exchange rates.
Fiscal 2025 cost of sales of $1,940 million increased $58 million, or 3 percent, primarily due to higher sales volume and, to a lesser extent, higher labor and inflationary costs. These increases were partially offset by improved operating efficiencies and a $13 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 310 basis points to 75.1 percent, primarily due to the favorable sales mix, higher average selling prices, and improved operating efficiencies.
As a result of higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $118 million and gross margin improved 310 basis points to 24.9 percent.
Fiscal 2025 SG&A expenses increased $58 million, or 21 percent. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses increased by 150 basis points. The increase in SG&A expenses includes higher compensation-related expenses, which increased $45 million and included higher expenses from the acquired businesses and increased incentive compensation resulting from improved financial results. In addition, SG&A expenses included $17 million of higher amortization expense for acquired intangible assets. These increases were partially offset by lower environmental charges related to a previously-closed manufacturing facility in the U.S. and lower costs directly associated with the acquisition and integration of Scott Springfield Manufacturing. The environmental charges and acquisition-related costs were recorded at Corporate and both decreased $2 million compared with the prior year.
Restructuring expenses during 2025 increased $13 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher severance expenses and product line transfer costs in the Performance Technologies and Climate Solutions segments.
We recorded a $4 million gain on sale at Corporate during fiscal 2024 as a result of the sale of three automotive businesses based in Germany.
Operating income of $283 million in fiscal 2025 increased $42 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A and restructuring expenses and the absence of the $4 million gain on the sale of the automotive businesses in Germany.
Interest expense in fiscal 2025 increased $2 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher borrowings on our revolving credit facility, which we used to fund a portion of the purchase price for the acquisition of Scott Springfield Manufacturing.
The provision for income taxes was $69 million and $51 million in fiscal 2025 and 2024, respectively. The $18 million increase was primarily due to higher earnings and the absence of a $3 million income tax benefit recorded in fiscal 2024 related to the sale of three automotive businesses in Germany. These drivers, which increased the provision for income taxes, were partially offset by changes in the mix and amount of foreign and U.S. earnings in the current year compared to the prior year.
Year ended March 31, 2024 compared with year ended March 31, 2023
Fiscal 2024 net sales of $2,408 million were $110 million, or 5 percent, higher than the prior year, primarily due to higher average selling prices and a $28 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. Sales in the Performance Technologies and Climate Solutions segments increased $53 million and $51 million, respectively.
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Fiscal 2024 cost of sales of $1,882 million decreased $27 million, or 1 percent, primarily due to lower raw material prices, which decreased $50 million, and, to a lesser extent, improved operating efficiencies. These decreases were partially offset by a $22 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates and higher labor and inflationary costs. In addition, cost of sales in fiscal 2024 was negatively impacted by an inventory purchase accounting adjustment of $2 million recorded at Corporate related to the acquisition of Scott Springfield Manufacturing. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 490 basis points to 78.2 percent, primarily due to the favorable impact of higher sales, lower material costs, and improved operating efficiencies, partially offset by higher labor and inflationary costs.
As a result of higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $137 million and gross margin improved 490 basis points to 21.8 percent.
Fiscal 2024 SG&A expenses increased $40 million, or 17 percent. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses increased by 120 basis points. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily driven by higher compensation-related expenses, which increased approximately $22 million, and increases across other general and administrative expenses, such as higher product development costs, professional service fees, and employee travel expenses. The compensation-related expenses included higher incentive compensation expenses driven by improved financial results, as compared with the prior year. In addition, we recorded $2 million of costs related to the acquisition and integration of Scott Springfield Manufacturing in fiscal 2024.
Restructuring expenses during 2024 increased $10 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher severance expenses in the Performance Technologies segment.
We sold three automotive businesses based in Germany on October 31, 2023. As a result of the sale, we recorded a $4 million gain on sale at Corporate during fiscal 2024.
Operating income of $241 million in fiscal 2024 increased $91 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to a $137 million increase in gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A and restructuring expenses.
Interest expense in fiscal 2024 increased $3 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to unfavorable changes in interest rates and borrowings on our revolving credit facility that we used to fund a portion of the purchase price for the acquisition of Scott Springfield Manufacturing, partially offset by the absence of $1 million of costs recorded in the prior year related to a credit agreement amendment.
The provision for income taxes was $51 million in fiscal 2024, compared with a benefit for income taxes of $28 million in fiscal 2023. The $79 million change was primarily due to the absence of a $57 million income tax benefit recorded in the prior year related to the reversal of the valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets in the U.S. and higher earnings in the current year, as compared with the prior year. These drivers, which increased the provision for income taxes, were partially offset by a $3 million income tax benefit recorded in fiscal 2024 related to the sale of three automotive businesses in Germany.
Segment Results of Operations
Effective April 1, 2024, we moved our Coatings business, which was previously managed by and reported within the Performance Technologies segment, under the leadership of the Climate Solutions segment. Under this refined organizational structure, the Coatings business is better aligned with the Climate Solution’s Heat Transfer Products business, which serves similar heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration markets and customers. We believe that unifying these complementary businesses allows us to better focus resources on targeted growth opportunities and more efficiently apply 80/20 principles to optimize profit margins and cash flow. The segment realignment had no impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. We have recast the segment financial information for fiscal 2024 and 2023 to conform to the fiscal 2025 presentation.
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Climate Solutions
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| Net sales | | $ | 1,441 | | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,108 | | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,057 | 100.0 | % | |
| Cost of sales | | 1,025 | | 71.1 | % | 811 | | 73.2 | % | 816 | 77.2 | % | ||||
| Gross profit | | 416 | | 28.9 | % | 297 | | 26.8 | % | 241 | 22.8 | % | ||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | | 162 | | 11.2 | % | 115 | | 10.4 | % | 106 | 10.1 | % | ||||
| Restructuring expenses | | 6 | | 0.4 | % | 3 | | 0.3 | % | 2 | 0.2 | % | ||||
| Operating income | | $ | 248 | | 17.2 | % | $ | 179 | | 16.1 | % | $ | 132 | 12.5 | % |
Year ended March 31, 2025 compared with year ended March 31, 2024
Climate Solutions net sales increased $333 million, or 30 percent, in fiscal 2025 compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume, including $240 million of higher sales from the Scott Springfield Manufacturing and Napps businesses, which we acquired in fiscal 2024. Compared with the prior year, sales of data center cooling and HVAC&R products increased $350 million and $53 million, respectively. The increase in sales of data center cooling products includes sales from the acquired Scott Springfield Manufacturing business and organic sales growth to hyperscale and colocation customers. Sales of heat transfer products decreased $71 million, largely due to lower sales of heat transfer coils for heat pumps and other commercial and residential applications, partially offset by commercial pricing settlements with heat pump customers in Europe.
Climate Solutions cost of sales increased $214 million, or 26 percent, in fiscal 2025, primarily due to higher sales volume, higher raw material costs, which increased $9 million, and, to a lesser extent, higher labor and inflationary costs. These increases were partially offset by lower warranty expense, which decreased $4 million, and improved operating efficiencies. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 210 basis points to 71.1 percent, primarily due to favorable sales mix and the favorable impact of commercial pricing settlements.
As a result of the higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $119 million and gross margin improved 210 basis points to 28.9 percent.
Climate Solutions SG&A expenses increased $47 million compared with the prior year. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses increased by 80 basis points. The increase in SG&A expenses includes higher compensation-related expenses, which increased $24 million, and $17 million of higher amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets.
Restructuring expenses increased $3 million in fiscal 2025, primarily due to higher severance expenses and costs related to transferring production and warehousing for certain product lines.
Operating income of $248 million during fiscal 2025 increased $69 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A expenses.
Year ended March 31, 2024 compared with year ended March 31, 2023
Climate Solutions net sales increased $51 million, or 5 percent, in fiscal 2024 compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume and a $14 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. The higher sales volume includes $8 million of incremental sales from Scott Springfield Manufacturing, which we acquired on March 1, 2024. Compared with the prior year, sales of data center cooling products increased $120 million, primarily due to higher sales to both hyperscale and colocation customers. Sales of heat transfer and HVAC&R products decreased $68 million and $1 million, respectively. The decrease in sales of heat transfer products was largely due to market weakness and lower customer demand compared with the prior year and the strategic exit from lower-margin business in connection with 80/20 product rationalization initiatives.
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Climate Solutions cost of sales decreased $5 million, or 1 percent, in fiscal 2024, primarily due to lower raw material prices, which decreased $19 million, and improved operating efficiencies. These decreases were partially offset by increases resulting from higher sales volume, a $10 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchanges rates, and higher labor and inflationary costs and warranty expenses. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 400 basis points to 73.2 percent, primarily due to the favorable impact of higher sales and improved operating efficiencies.
As a result of the higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $56 million and gross margin improved 400 basis points to 26.8 percent.
Climate Solutions SG&A expenses increased $9 million compared with the prior year. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses increased by 30 basis points. The increase in SG&A expenses includes higher compensation-related expenses and increases across other general and administrative expenses. In addition, SG&A expenses included $1 million of incremental amortization expense related to intangible assets recorded for the acquisition of Scott Springfield Manufacturing.
Restructuring expenses increased $1 million in fiscal 2024, primarily due to higher equipment transfer costs for product line transfers to improve production efficiencies in connection with our 80/20 initiatives.
Operating income of $179 million during fiscal 2024 increased $47 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A expenses.
Performance Technologies
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| Net sales | | $ | 1,163 | | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,321 | | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,268 | | 100.0 | % |
| Cost of sales | | 933 | | 80.2 | % | 1,092 | | 82.6 | % | 1,118 | | 88.2 | % | |||
| Gross profit | | 230 | | 19.8 | % | 230 | | 17.4 | % | 149 | | 11.8 | % | |||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | | 102 | | 8.8 | % | 106 | | 8.0 | % | 89 | | 7.0 | % | |||
| Restructuring expenses | | 20 | | 1.8 | % | 12 | | 0.9 | % | 3 | | 0.2 | % | |||
| Operating income | | $ | 108 | | 9.3 | % | $ | 112 | | 8.5 | % | $ | 58 | | 4.5 | % |
Year ended March 31, 2025 compared with year ended March 31, 2024
Performance Technologies net sales decreased $158 million, or 12 percent, in fiscal 2025 compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower sales volume, including a $54 million impact from the disposition of three automotive businesses in Germany during the third quarter of fiscal 2024, and a $17 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. These decreases were partially offset by higher average selling prices and, to a lesser extent, the recognition of sales tax credits in Brazil. Compared with last year, sales of liquid-cooled and air-cooled products decreased $87 million and $72 million, respectively. Sales of advanced solutions products increased $3 million.
Performance Technologies cost of sales decreased $159 million, or 15 percent, in fiscal 2025, primarily due to lower sales volume and a $13 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes. In addition, cost of sales was favorably impacted, to a lesser extent, by improved operating efficiencies and lower raw material costs, which decreased $9 million. These drivers, which decreased cost of sales, were partially offset by higher labor and inflationary costs. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 240 basis points to 80.2 percent, primarily due to higher average selling prices, improved operating efficiencies, lower material costs, and the favorable impact of sales tax credits recognized in Brazil, partially offset by higher labor and inflationary costs.
As a result of the lower sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross margin improved 240 basis points to 19.8 percent. Gross profit of $230 million was consistent compared with the prior year.
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Performance Technologies SG&A expenses decreased $4 million, or 4 percent, compared with the prior year. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses increased by 80 basis points. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to lower compensation-related expenses, which decreased $1 million, a $1 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates, and decreases across other general and administrative expenses.
Restructuring expenses during fiscal 2025 totaled $20 million, an increase of $8 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher severance expenses in North America and product line transfer costs.
Operating income in fiscal 2025 decreased $4 million to $108 million, primarily due to higher restructuring expenses, partially offset by lower SG&A expenses.
Year ended March 31, 2024 compared with year ended March 31, 2023
Performance Technologies net sales increased $53 million, or 4 percent, in fiscal 2024 compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher average selling prices and a $14 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. These increases were partially offset by lower sales volume, including $25 million of lower sales from the three Germany automotive businesses that we sold on October 31, 2023. Sales of advanced solutions, air-cooled and liquid-cooled products increased $28 million, $23 million, and $8 million, respectively.
Performance Technologies cost of sales decreased $26 million, or 2 percent, in fiscal 2024, primarily due to lower raw material prices, which decreased $31 million, and lower sales volume. These decreases were partially offset by higher labor and inflationary costs and a $12 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 560 basis points to 82.6 percent, primarily due to the favorable impact of higher sales and lower material costs, partially offset by higher labor and inflationary costs.
As a result of the higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $81 million and gross margin improved 560 basis points to 17.4 percent.
Performance Technologies SG&A expenses increased $17 million, or 19 percent, compared with the prior year. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses increased by 100 basis points. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to higher compensation-related expenses, which increased $10 million, and increases across other general and administrative expenses.
Restructuring expenses during fiscal 2024 totaled $12 million, an increase of $9 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher severance-related expenses associated with the closure of a technical service center in Europe.
Operating income in fiscal 2024 increased $54 million to $112 million, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A and restructuring expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flow from operating activities, our cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2025 of $72 million, and an available borrowing capacity of $239 million under our revolving credit facility. Given our extensive international operations, approximately $59 million of our cash and cash equivalents are held by our non-U.S. subsidiaries. Amounts held by non-U.S. subsidiaries are available for general corporate use; however, these funds may be subject to foreign withholding taxes if repatriated. We believe our sources of liquidity will provide sufficient cash flow to adequately cover our funding needs on both a short-term and long-term basis.
Our primary contractual obligations include debt and related interest payments, lease obligations, pension obligations, and obligations for capital expenditures. Our global pension liabilities totaled $30 million as of March 31, 2025. In June 2024, we approved the termination of our primary U.S. pension plan. In connection with the pending termination, we expect to make cash contributions in the range of $15 million to $20 million during fiscal 2026 to fully fund the plan on a plan termination basis. See Note 18 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
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Operating activities
Net cash provided by operating activities in fiscal 2025 was $213 million, a decrease of $2 million from $215 million in the prior year. This decrease in operating cash flow was primarily due to unfavorable net changes in working capital, as compared with the same period in the prior year, partially offset by the favorable impact of higher operating earnings. The unfavorable changes in working capital include a decrease in customer deposits associated with sales contracts with long inventory lead times and higher payments for incentive compensation, as compared with the same period in the prior year. These unfavorable changes in working capital were partially offset by the favorable impact of lower inventory levels.
Net cash provided by operating activities in fiscal 2024 was $215 million, an increase of $107 million from $108 million in the prior year. This increase in operating cash flow was primarily due to the favorable impact of higher earnings and, to a lesser extent, favorable net changes in working capital as compared with the prior year. The favorable changes in working capital include an increase in customer deposits received in connection with sales contracts with long inventory lead times.
Investing activities
Capital expenditures
Capital expenditures of $84 million during fiscal 2025 decreased $4 million compared with fiscal 2024. Our capital spending in fiscal 2025 in the Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments totaled $53 million and $30 million, respectively. Capital spending in the Climate Solutions segment includes investments supporting our strategic growth initiatives, including expanding production capacity for data center cooling products. Capital expenditures in the Performance Technologies segment include tooling and equipment purchases in conjunction with new and renewal programs with customers.
Business and asset acquisitions
During fiscal 2024, we made cash payments totaling $186 million to acquire Scott Springfield Manufacturing and Napps. We made additional cash payments totaling $3 million during fiscal 2025 for these acquisitions, primarily related to a purchase price working capital adjustment. In addition, we paid $12 million during fiscal 2024 to purchase intellectual property and other specific assets from TMGcore, Inc. These investments support our strategy to grow our data center cooling and indoor air quality product offerings in our Climate Solutions segment. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding acquisitions.
Financing activities
Debt
Our total debt outstanding decreased $81 million to $351 million at March 31, 2025 compared with the prior year, primarily due to repayments during fiscal 2025.
Our credit agreements require us to maintain compliance with various covenants, including a leverage ratio covenant and an interest expense coverage ratio covenant, which are discussed further below. Indebtedness under our credit agreements is secured by liens on substantially all domestic assets. These agreements further require compliance with various covenants that may limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness; grant liens; make investments, loans, or guarantees; engage in certain transactions with affiliates; or make restricted payments, including dividends. Also, the credit agreements may require prepayments in the event of certain asset sales.
The leverage ratio covenant within our primary credit agreements requires us to limit our consolidated indebtedness, less a portion of our cash balance, both as defined by the credit agreements, to no more than three and one-quarter times consolidated net earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and certain other adjustments (“Adjusted EBITDA”). We are also subject to an interest expense coverage ratio covenant, which requires us to maintain Adjusted EBITDA of at least three times consolidated interest expense. As of March 31, 2025, we were in compliance with our debt covenants. We expect to remain in compliance with our debt covenants during fiscal 2026 and beyond.
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See Note 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding our credit agreements.
Share repurchase programs
Effective March 7, 2025, our Board of Directors authorized us to repurchase up to $100 million of Modine common stock at such times and prices that we deem to be appropriate. This authorization does not expire and replaced the previous repurchase program, which expired in November 2024. During fiscal 2025 and 2024, we repurchased $18 million and $13 million, respectively, of our common stock under the repurchase programs. Our decision whether and to what extent to repurchase additional shares depends on a number of factors, including business conditions, other cash priorities, and stock price.
Critical Accounting Policies
The following critical accounting policies reflect the more significant judgments and estimates used in preparing our consolidated financial statements. Application of these policies results in accounting estimates that have the greatest potential for a significant impact on our financial statements. The following discussion of these judgments and estimates is intended to supplement the significant accounting policies presented in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. In addition, recently issued accounting pronouncements that either have or could materially impact our financial statements are disclosed in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Revenue recognition
We recognize revenue based upon consideration specified in a contract and as we satisfy performance obligations by transferring control over our products to our customers, which may be at a point in time or over time. The majority of our revenue is recognized at a point in time, based upon shipment terms. A limited number of our customer contracts provide an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date. For these contracts, we recognize revenue over time based upon our estimated progress toward the satisfaction of the contract’s performance obligations. We record an allowance for credit losses and we accrue for estimated warranty costs at the time of sale. We base these estimates upon historical experience, current business trends and economic conditions, and risks specific to the underlying accounts receivable or warranty claims.
Impairment of long-lived assets
We perform impairment evaluations of long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, whenever business conditions or events indicate that those assets may be impaired. We consider factors such as operating losses, declining financial outlooks and market conditions when evaluating the necessity for an impairment analysis. In the event the net asset values exceed undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the assets, we write down the assets to fair value and record an impairment charge. We estimate fair value in various ways depending on the nature of the underlying assets. Fair value is generally based upon appraised value, estimated salvage value, or selling prices under negotiation, as applicable.
The most significant long-lived assets we evaluated for impairment indicators were property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, which totaled $391 million and $147 million, respectively, at March 31, 2025. Within property, plant and equipment, the most significant assets evaluated are buildings and improvements and machinery and equipment. Our most significant intangible assets evaluated are customer relationships, trade names, and acquired technology, all of which are related to our Climate Solutions segment. We evaluate impairment at the lowest level of separately identifiable cash flows, which is generally at the manufacturing plant level. We monitor manufacturing plant financial performance to determine whether indicators exist that would require an impairment evaluation for the facility. This includes significant adverse changes in plant profitability metrics; substantial changes in the mix of customer products manufactured in the plant; changes in manufacturing strategy; and the shifting of programs to other facilities under a manufacturing realignment strategy. When such indicators are present, we perform an impairment evaluation.
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Impairment of goodwill
We perform goodwill impairment tests annually, as of the end of February, unless business events or other conditions exist that require a more frequent evaluation. We consider factors such as operating losses, declining financial and market outlooks, and market capitalization when evaluating the necessity for an interim impairment analysis. We test goodwill for impairment at a reporting unit level. Goodwill resulting from recent acquisitions generally represents the highest risk of impairment, which typically decreases as the businesses are integrated into the Company and positioned for future operating and financial performance. We test goodwill for impairment by comparing the fair value of each reporting unit with its carrying value. We determine the fair value of a reporting unit based upon the present value of estimated future cash flows. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds the carrying value of the reporting unit’s net assets, goodwill is not impaired. However, if the carrying value of the reporting unit’s net assets exceeds its fair value, we would conclude goodwill is impaired and would record an impairment charge equal to the amount that the reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value.
Determining the fair value of a reporting unit involves judgment and the use of estimates and assumptions, which include assumptions regarding the revenue growth rates and operating profit margins used to calculate estimated future cash flows and risk-adjusted discount rates. We determine the expected future revenue growth rates and operating profit margins after consideration of our historical revenue growth rates and earnings levels, our assessment of future market potential and our expectations of future business performance. The discount rates used in determining discounted cash flows are rates corresponding to our cost of capital, adjusted for country- and business-specific risks where appropriate. While we believe the assumptions used in our goodwill impairment tests are appropriate and result in a reasonable estimate of the fair value of each reporting unit, future events or circumstances could have a potential negative effect on the estimated fair value of our reporting units. These events or circumstances include lower than forecasted revenues, market trends that fall below our current expectations, actions of key customers, increases in discount rates, and continued inflationary market conditions. We cannot predict the occurrence of certain events or changes in circumstances that might adversely affect the carrying value of goodwill.
At March 31, 2025, our goodwill totaled $234 million. We conducted goodwill impairment tests as of February 28, 2025 by applying a fair value-based test and determined the fair value for each of our reporting units exceeded the respective book value. A 10 percent decrease in the estimated fair value of each reporting unit would not have resulted in a different conclusion.
Acquisitions
From time to time, we make strategic acquisitions that have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations or financial position. We allocate the purchase price of acquired businesses to the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction based upon their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. We determine the estimated fair values using information available to us and engage third-party valuation specialists when necessary. The estimates we use to determine the fair value of long-lived assets, such as intangible assets, can be complex and require significant judgments. While we use our best estimates and assumptions, our estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, we record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to our consolidated statement of operations. We also estimate the useful lives of intangible assets to determine the amount of amortization expense to record in future periods. We periodically review the estimated useful lives assigned to our intangible assets to determine whether such estimated useful lives continue to be appropriate.
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Pension obligations
Our calculation of the expense and liabilities of our pension plans is dependent upon various assumptions. At March 31, 2025, our global pension liabilities totaled $30 million. The most significant assumptions include the discount rate, expected return on plan assets, and mortality rates. We base our selection of these assumptions on historical trends and economic and market conditions at the time of valuation. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, actual results that differ from these assumptions are accumulated and amortized over future periods. These differences impact future pension expense. Our domestic pension plans are closed to new participants; therefore, participants in these plans are not accruing benefits based upon their current service as the plans do not include increases in annual earnings or for future service in calculating the average annual earnings and years of credited service under the pension plan formula. The primary non-U.S. plans are maintained in Germany and Italy and are also closed to new participants and are substantially unfunded.
In June 2024, we approved the termination of our primary U.S. pension plan, which we expect to complete during fiscal 2026. In connection with the plan termination, we have measured the benefit obligation for our primary U.S. pension plan on a settlement liability basis and have incorporated assumptions regarding the plan termination, including the estimated percentage of participants who will elect a lump sum payment and estimates of annuity pricing. See Note 18 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
For the following discussion regarding sensitivity of assumptions, all amounts presented are in reference to our domestic pension plans, since our domestic plans comprise all of our pension plan assets and the majority of our pension plan expense.
To determine the expected rate of return on pension plan assets, we consider such factors as (i) the actual return earned on plan assets, (ii) historical rates of return on the asset classes in the plan portfolio, (iii) projections of returns on those asset classes, (iv) capital market conditions and economic forecasts, and (v) administrative expenses paid with the plan assets. The rate of return on plan assets utilized in fiscal 2025 and 2024 was 5.5 percent and 6.5 percent, respectively. For fiscal 2026, we have assumed a rate of return of 5.5 percent. A change of 25 basis points in the expected rate of return on plan assets would impact our fiscal 2026 pension expense by less than $1 million.
The discount rate reflects rates available on high-quality fixed-income corporate bonds on the measurement date of March 31. For fiscal 2025 and 2024, for purposes of determining pension expense, we used a discount rate of 5.4 percent and 5.2 percent, respectively. We determined these rates based upon a yield curve that was created following an analysis of the projected cash flows for our plans. See Note 18 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. A change in the assumed discount rate of 25 basis points would impact our fiscal 2026 pension expense and projected benefit obligation by less than $1 million and approximately $4 million, respectively.
Income taxes
We operate in numerous taxing jurisdictions; therefore, we are subject to regular examinations by federal, state and non-U.S. taxing authorities. Due to the application of complex and sometimes ambiguous tax laws and rulings in the jurisdictions in which we do business, there is an inherent level of uncertainty within our worldwide tax provisions. Despite our belief that our tax return positions are consistent with applicable tax laws, it is possible that taxing authorities could challenge certain positions.
Our deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect temporary differences between the amount of assets and liabilities for financial and tax reporting purposes. We adjust these amounts to reflect changes in tax rates expected to be in effect when the temporary differences reverse. We record a valuation allowance if we determine it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets in a particular jurisdiction will not be realized. This determination, which is made on a legal entity-by-legal entity basis, involves judgment and the use of estimates and assumptions, including expectations of future taxable income and tax planning strategies. We believe the assumptions that we used are appropriate and result in a reasonable determination regarding the future realizability of deferred tax assets. However, future events or circumstances, such as lower-than-expected taxable income or unfavorable changes in the financial outlook of our operations in certain jurisdictions, could cause us to record additional valuation allowances.
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See Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding income taxes.
Loss reserves
We maintain liabilities and reserves for a number of loss exposures, including environmental remediation costs, product warranties, self-insurance costs, estimated credit losses associated with trade receivables, regulatory compliance matters, and litigation. Establishing loss reserves for these exposures requires the use of estimates and judgment to determine the risk exposure and ultimate potential liability. We estimate these reserve requirements by using consistent and suitable methodologies for the particular type of loss reserve being calculated. See Notes 15 and 20 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding product warranties and contingencies and litigation, respectively.
Forward-Looking Statements
This report, including, but not limited to, the discussion under Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contains statements, including information about future financial performance, accompanied by phrases such as “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” and other similar “forward-looking” statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Modine’s actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements, because of certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A. in Part I. of this report and identified in our other public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Other risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:
Market Risks
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| ● | The impact of potential adverse developments or disruptions in the global economy and financial markets, including impacts related to inflation, energy costs, government incentive or funding programs, supply chain challenges, logistical disruptions, including those related to sea, land or air freight, tariffs, sanctions and other trade issues or cross-border trade restrictions, and military conflicts, including the conflicts in Ukraine and in the Middle East and tension in the Red Sea; |
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| ● | The impact of other economic, social and political conditions, changes, challenges and unrest, particularly in the geographic, product and financial markets where we and our customers operate and compete, including foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; changes in interest rates; recession and recovery therefrom; and the general uncertainties about the impact of statutory, regulatory and/or policy changes, including those related to tax and trade that have been or may be implemented in the U.S. or abroad; |
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| ● | The impact of potential price increases associated with raw materials, including aluminum, copper, steel and stainless steel (nickel), and other purchased component inventory including, but not limited to, increases in the underlying material cost based upon the London Metal Exchange and related premiums or fabrication costs. These prices may be impacted by a variety of factors, including changes in trade laws and tariffs, the behavior of our suppliers and significant fluctuations in demand. This risk includes our ability to successfully manage our exposure and our ability to adjust product pricing in response to price increases, including through our quotation process or through contract provisions for prospective price adjustments, as well as the inherent lag in timing of such contract provisions; |
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| ● | Our ability to be at the forefront of technological advances to differentiate ourselves from our competitors and provide innovative products and services to our customers, the impacts of any changes in or the adoption rate of technologies that we expect to drive sales growth, including those related to data center cooling and electric vehicles, and the impacts of threats or changes to the market growth prospects for our customers; |
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| ● | Our ability to mitigate increases in labor costs and labor shortages; |
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| ● | The impact of public health threats on the national and global economy, our business, suppliers (and the supply chain), customers, and employees; and |
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| ● | The impact of legislation, regulations, and government incentive programs, including those addressing climate change, on demand for our products and the markets we serve, including our ability to take advantage of opportunities to supply alternative new technologies to meet environmental and/or energy standards and objectives. |
Operational Risks
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| ● | The impact of problems, including logistic and transportation challenges, associated with suppliers meeting our quantity, quality, price and timing demands, and the overall health of our suppliers, including their ability and willingness to supply our volume demands if their production capacity becomes constrained; |
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| ● | The overall health of and pricing pressure from our customers in light of economic and market-specific factors and the potential impact on us from any deterioration in the stability or performance of any of our major customers; |
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| ● | Our ability to maintain current customer relationships and compete effectively for new business, including our ability to achieve profit margins acceptable to us by offsetting or otherwise addressing any cost increases associated with supply chain challenges and inflationary market conditions; |
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| ● | The impact of product or manufacturing difficulties or operating inefficiencies, including any product or program launches, product transfer challenges and warranty claims; |
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| ● | The impact of delays or modifications initiated by major customers with respect to product or program launches, product applications or requirements, or timing of construction or development projects that incorporate our products and services; |
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| ● | Our ability to consistently structure our operations in order to develop and maintain a competitive cost base with appropriately skilled and stable labor, while also positioning ourselves geographically, so that we can continue to support our customers with the technical expertise and market-leading products they demand and expect from Modine; |
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| ● | Our ability to effectively and efficiently manage our operations in response to sales volume changes, including maintaining adequate production capacity to meet demand in our growing businesses while also completing restructuring activities and realizing the anticipated benefits thereof; |
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| ● | Costs and other effects of the investigation and remediation of environmental contamination; including when related to the actions or inactions of others and/or facilities over which we have no control; |
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| ● | Our ability to recruit and maintain talent, including personnel in managerial, leadership, operational and administrative functions; |
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| ● | Our ability to protect our proprietary information and intellectual property from theft or attack by internal or external sources; |
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| ● | The impact of a substantial disruption, including any prolonged service outage, or material breach of our IT systems, and any related delays, problems or costs; |
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| ● | Increasingly complex and restrictive laws and regulations and the costs associated with compliance therewith, including state and federal labor regulations, laws and regulations associated with being a U.S. public company, and other laws and regulations present in various jurisdictions in which we operate; |
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| ● | Increasing emphasis by global regulatory bodies, customers, investors, and employees on environmental, social and corporate governance matters may impose additional costs on us, adversely affect our reputation, or expose us to new risks; |
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| ● | Work stoppages or interference at our facilities or those of our major customers and/or suppliers; and |
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| ● | The constant and increasing pressures associated with healthcare and associated insurance costs. |
Strategic Risks
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| ● | Our ability to successfully realize anticipated benefits, including improved profit margins and cash flow, from strategic initiatives and our continued application of 80/20 principles across our businesses; |
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| ● | Our ability to accelerate growth by identifying and executing on organic growth opportunities and acquisitions, and to efficiently and successfully integrate acquired businesses; and |
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| ● | Our ability to successfully exit portions of our business that do not align with our strategic plans. Business dispositions involve risks, including transaction-related and other costs, damage to or the loss of customer relationships, the diversion of management’s attention from other business concerns, and other effects of litigation, claims, or other obligations, including those that may be asserted against us in connection with disposed businesses. |
Financial Risks
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| ● | Our ability to fund our global liquidity requirements efficiently for our current operations and meet our long-term commitments in the event of disruption in or tightening of the credit markets or extended recessionary conditions in the global economy; |
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| ● | The impact of increases in interest rates in relation to our variable-rate debt obligations; |
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| ● | The impact of changes in federal, state or local tax regulations that could have the effect of increasing our income tax expense; |
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| ● | Our ability to comply with the financial covenants in our credit agreements, including our leverage ratio (net debt divided by Adjusted EBITDA, as defined in our credit agreements) and our interest coverage ratio (Adjusted EBITDA divided by interest expense, as defined in our credit agreements); |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
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| ● | The potential unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on our financial results; and |
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| ● | Our ability to effectively realize the benefits of deferred tax assets in various jurisdictions in which we operate. |
Forward-looking statements are as of the date of this report; we do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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FY 2024 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001140361-24-027133.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
Overview
At Modine, we are Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World ™. We provide trusted products and technologies that help improve our world. Our broad portfolio of systems and solutions support
our mission of improving indoor air quality, conserving natural resources, lowering harmful emissions, enabling cleaner running vehicles, and using environmentally friendly refrigerants. We operate in four
continents, in 16 countries, and employ approximately 11,400 persons worldwide.
We sell innovative and environmentally responsible thermal management products and solutions to diversified customers in a wide array of commercial,
industrial, and building HVAC&R markets. In addition, we are a leading provider of engineered heat transfer systems and high-quality heat transfer components for use in on- and off-highway OEM vehicular applications. Our primary product groups
include i) heat transfer; ii) HVAC&R; iii) data center cooling; iv) air-cooled; v) liquid-cooled; and vi) advanced solutions.
Company Strategy
Our purpose is to engineer a cleaner, healthier world by providing products and services that improve indoor air quality, reduce water and energy consumption, lower harmful emissions, enable cleaner running vehicles, and use environmentally friendly
refrigerants.
In fiscal 2024, we continued our strategic transformation. We first announced our vision for a “new” Modine in late fiscal 2021. In fiscal 2022, we
onboarded seasoned leaders with the requisite experience to drive transformative change, including new segment presidents for our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments. Since that time, we have simplified and segmented our
organization, aligning teams, led by general managers, around specific strategies and market-based verticals within our company. Our leadership teams have created a high-performance culture and are prioritizing resources on products and markets with
the highest growth opportunities and best return profiles. We have been focused on growth opportunities in the Data Center Cooling and Indoor Air Quality businesses and have strategically expanded our product offerings in these businesses. In the
second quarter of fiscal 2024, we acquired substantially all of the assets of
Napps, a Texas-based manufacturer of air- and water-cooled chillers, condensing units and heat pumps, which expanded our indoor air quality product portfolio. Additionally, during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, we completed the acquisition of
Scott Springfield Mfg. Inc (“Scott Springfield Manufacturing”), a leading manufacturer of air handling units serving the data center cooling and indoor air quality markets in the U.S. and Canada, and also purchased liquid immersion cooling technology
from TMGcore, Inc. We also recently purchased a new manufacturing site in the U.K., with plans to expand our production capacity to support our data center customers. Simultaneously,
we are rapidly growing our Advanced Solutions business, which provides systems and solutions for zero-emission and hybrid vehicles in the commercial vehicle and off-highway machine markets. Through our initiatives based upon 80/20 principles, we
have achieved significant improvements in our profit margins since we started our transformational journey.
Entering fiscal 2025, we are focused on organic and inorganic growth opportunities in the key markets we serve and the incremental value we believe we can unlock in Modine by applying 80/20 principles across our
businesses. We are strengthening key customer relationships and pursuing strategic growth opportunities, particularly in the data center cooling, commercial HVAC&R, and specialty electric vehicle markets where we see the best
opportunities for profitable growth. In addition, we will continue to utilize an 80/20 mindset within our manufacturing facilities and expect to achieve production efficiency improvements as a result.
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Our ultimate objective for our transformational strategy is to accelerate profitable growth. We expect to change our mix of business, as we grow certain areas and strategically deemphasize others. We expect these changes will fuel improvements in
both earnings and cash flow, all while supporting our customers with innovative and environmentally responsible thermal management solutions to succeed in the ever-changing global marketplace.
Development of New Products and Technology
Every day, we leverage our technical expertise, building on more than 100 years of excellence in thermal management, to advance our purpose. We are dedicated to utilizing technology and solutions with sustainable impacts.
Our ability to provide customizable solutions to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers is one of our greatest competitive strengths.
We partner with our customers and use a systems-based approach to ensure our solutions work seamlessly with their other components. Our thermal solutions enable our customers to stay ahead of new and emerging
regulations, particularly those involving increasingly stringent energy efficiency, emissions, and fuel economy standards.
We maintain numerous state-of-the-art technology centers, dedicated to the development and testing of products and technologies. The centers are located in Racine, Wisconsin; Grenada, Mississippi; Allen, Texas; Leeds,
United Kingdom; Pocenia, Italy; Söderköping, Sweden; Mezökövesd, Hungary; and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Customers know our reputation for innovation and rely on Modine to provide high quality products and technologies.
Strategic Planning and Corporate Development
We employ both short-term (one-to-three year) and longer-term (five-to-seven year) strategic planning processes, which enable us to continually assess our opportunities, competitive threats, and economic market challenges.
We devote significant resources to global strategic planning and development activities to strengthen our competitive position. During fiscal 2024, we acquired Scott Springfield Manufacturing, a leading manufacturer of air
handling units serving customers in the U.S. and Canada, and purchased liquid immersion cooling technology from TMGcore, Inc. Earlier in the fiscal year, we acquired Napps, a Texas-based manufacturer of air- and water-cooled chillers, condensing
units, and heat pumps. These investments have expanded our data center cooling and indoor air quality product portfolios and are accelerating our strategic growth. We are actively engaged in integration activities and expect to realize cost and
revenue synergies.
We will continue to pursue organic- and external-growth opportunities, particularly to grow our global, market leading positions in the HVAC&R and data center cooling markets. In addition, we have a dedicated team focused on products and
solutions for electric vehicles, supporting demands for climate-friendly alternative powertrains. We have provided our general managers with the tools that they need to be successful, including dedicated resources to create an entrepreneurial
environment and to challenge the status quo.
Operational and Financial Discipline
We are using 80/20 principles to guide our path forward toward commercial excellence. Through closely analyzing our customer and product data with our 80/20 mindset, we focus our commercial and operational actions in areas
that drive our profitability and also in areas requiring improvement. Our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments have strategically aligned their teams around their primary market-based verticals and are driving transformative
change. The general manager for each vertical is working toward strategic objectives specifically tailored to his or her business and we expect these strategies will continue to generate earnings and cash flow improvements.
Our fiscal 2024 annual cash incentive plan for our management team was based upon two performance metrics: growth in net earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and certain other adjustments
(“Adjusted EBITDA”) and Adjusted EBITDA margin as a percentage of net sales. The incentive plan’s performance goals were established for each operating segment as well for the consolidated company. In addition, we
provide a long-term incentive compensation plan for officers and certain key leaders throughout our organization to attract, retain, and motivate these employees who are responsible for driving the long-term success of our company. The fiscal 2024
plan is comprised of restricted stock awards and performance-based share awards. The performance-based awards for the fiscal 2024 through 2026 performance period are based upon a target three-year average growth
in Adjusted EBITDA and a target three-year average cash flow return on invested capital.
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Segment Information – Strategy, Market Conditions and Trends
Each of our operating segments is managed by a segment president and has separate strategic and financial plans and financial results which are reviewed by our chief operating decision maker. These plans and results are used by management to
evaluate the performance of each segment and to make decisions on the allocation of resources.
Effective April 1, 2024, we moved our Coatings business, which was previously managed by and reported within the Performance Technologies segment, under the
leadership of the Climate Solutions segment. Under this refined organizational structure, the Coatings business is better aligned with the Climate Solution’s Heat Transfer Products business, which serves similar HVAC&R markets and customers. We
expect that unifying these complementary businesses will allow us to better focus
resources on targeted growth and allow for a more efficient application of 80/20 principles to optimize profit margins and cash flow.
Climate Solutions (43 percent of fiscal 2024 net sales)
Our Climate Solutions segment provides energy-efficient, climate-controlled solutions and components for a wide array of applications. The Climate Solutions
segment sells heat transfer, HVAC&R, and data center cooling solutions to customers in North America, EMEA, and Asia. Heat transfer products include heat
transfer coils used in commercial and residential HVAC&R applications. HVAC&R
products include commercial and residential unit heaters, vertical and horizontal unit ventilators, air conditioning chillers, low global warming potential unit coolers, air-cooled condensers, and dry coolers. Data center cooling solutions, which
are integrated with system controls, include air- and liquid-cooled chillers, CRAC and CRAH units, and fan walls. We sell our products and solutions both directly to commercial and industrial OEM and end user customers and through wholesalers,
distributors, consulting engineers, contractors and data center operators for applications such as data centers, schools, greenhouses, healthcare systems, warehouses, residential garages, manufacturing facilities, and other commercial and industrial
applications.
During fiscal 2024, Climate Solutions segment sales increased compared with the prior year, primarily driven by higher sales of data center cooling products, partially offset by lower sales of heat transfer products, largely due to market weakness
and our strategic exit from lower margin business in connection with 80/20 product rationalization initiatives. We executed on strategic growth opportunities in areas where we see the best return profiles, including for our Data Center Cooling and
Indoor Air Quality businesses. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, we completed the acquisition of Scott Springfield Manufacturing, a leading manufacturer of air handling units serving customers in the U.S. and Canada, and purchased liquid
immersion cooling technology from TMGcore, Inc. Earlier in the fiscal year, we acquired Napps, a Texas-based manufacturer of air- and water-cooled chillers, condensing units, and heat pumps. These investments have expanded our data center cooling and
indoor air quality product portfolios and are accelerating our strategic growth.
Looking ahead, we are excited about the growth opportunities in key markets served by the Climate Solutions segment. We expect particularly strong growth in the data center markets during fiscal 2025, as the need for digital infrastructure
continues to expand. Through our recent acquisition and investment in liquid immersion cooling technology, we are expanding our product portfolio to support our customers with data center cooling solutions as they manage the demands of high
performance computing. In addition, we are working to expand our production capacity for data center cooling products and have purchased a new manufacturing site in the U.K. We also expect the North American
school and commercial HVAC markets, to which we sell our indoor air quality products, will experience strong growth during fiscal 2025, driven by federal and local funding for ventilation improvements for schools. In addition, after European
regulatory changes and delays this past year, we expect stronger growth in the residential heat pump market in the second half of fiscal 2025 and our manufacturing facilities are poised to support higher production levels.
In fiscal 2025, we will continue to utilize an 80/20 mindset across our Climate Solutions businesses. We are focused on engaging with key customers and are pursuing strategic growth opportunities to gain market share, particularly within the North
American data center, school and commercial HVAC markets. We are also focused on growing our refrigeration sales and believe we can become a market leader in more environmentally friendly carbon dioxide gas coolers and adiabatic solutions in North
America and Europe. Finally, we are focused on applying the 80/20 principles within our manufacturing facilities and expect to achieve further production efficiency improvements as a result.
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Performance Technologies (57 percent of fiscal 2024 net sales)
The Performance Technologies segment provides products and solutions that enhance the performance of customer applications and develops solutions that provide
mission critical power (Gensets), increase fuel economy and lower emissions in light of increasingly stringent government regulations. The Performance Technologies segment designs and manufactures air- and liquid-cooled heat exchangers for vehicular,
stationary power, and industrial applications. Air-cooled products consist primarily of powertrain cooling products, such as radiators, condensers, engine cooling modules, charge air coolers, fan shrouds, and surge tanks; and Gensets. Liquid-cooled
products include engine oil coolers, EGR coolers, liquid charge air coolers, transmission and retarder oil coolers, chillers, and condensers. In addition, the Performance Technologies segment provides advanced solutions, designed to improve battery
range and vehicle life, to zero-emission and hybrid commercial vehicle, off-highway machine and automotive customers. These solutions include battery thermal management systems, electronics cooling packages, and battery chillers. The advanced
solutions provided by the segment also include coating products and application services that extend the life of equipment and components by protecting against corrosion.
During fiscal 2024, Performance Technologies segment sales increased compared with the prior year, primarily driven by higher average selling prices and the favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. Compared with the prior
year, sales of air-cooled, liquid-cooled, and advanced solutions products each increased. In fiscal 2024, we focused on applying 80/20 principles to our businesses. The Performance Technologies team sharpened their commercial acumen and made strong
progress in simplifying their businesses, and achieved improvements in the segment’s profit margins as a result. We also completed the sale of three automotive businesses based in Germany to support our strategic prioritization of resources towards higher-margin technologies, and also sold two coatings spray application facilities in the U.S. In addition, we are working towards closing a technical service center
in Germany to optimize the utilization of our global technical service center capacity.
Looking ahead, we are excited about the growth opportunities in key markets served by the Performance Technologies segment and the
benefits expected to be achieved as management continues to apply 80/20 principles across the segment’s businesses. Our Advanced Solutions business is dedicated to increasing the performance, durability, and longevity of zero-emission vehicles. The Advanced Solutions business is focused on market penetration and recently announced an important partnership with Bosch Rexroth, a recognized leader in drive and
control technologies, to bring our EVantage™ thermal management systems to their portfolio of products to provide solutions for electrified off-highway machinery. We
believe government policies in the U.S. and Europe will drive customer investments in electric and alternative powertrains and will support market growth in this area. In addition, our Air-Cooled Applications business is focused on growing the sales
of Gensets and are offering both aluminum and copper-brass heat exchanger modules. We believe our aluminum Gensets have both a cost and performance advantage and are prioritizing resources to capitalize on sales growth opportunities related to new
data center construction and demand for Gensets for hospitals and airports. We will continue applying an 80/20 mindset to achieve further manufacturing efficiencies and to further simplify our business. We are focusing our resources on higher margin
products and actively working on product line simplification initiatives and expect to achieve incremental improvements to the Performance Technologies segment’s profit margins as a result.
Consolidated Results of Operations
Fiscal 2024 acquisitions
On July 1, 2023, we acquired substantially all of the net operating assets of Napps for consideration totaling $6 million. Napps is a Texas-based manufacturer of air- and water-cooled chillers, condensing units and heat pumps. This acquisition
expands our indoor air quality product portfolio and supports our growth strategy and mission of improving indoor air quality. Napps has historical annual sales of approximately $5 million. Since the date of the acquisition, we have reported the
financial results of the Napps business within the Climate Solutions segment.
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On March 1, 2024, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Scott Springfield Manufacturing for consideration totaling $184 million. Scott Springfield Manufacturing is a Canadian-based manufacturer of air- handling
units. This acquisition expands our data center and indoor air quality product portfolios and manufacturing footprint and supports our growth strategy. Prior to being acquired by us, Scott Springfield Manufacturing reported $110 million of net sales
during the year ended December 31, 2023. Since the date of the acquisition, we have reported the financial results of the Scott Springfield Manufacturing within the Climate Solutions segment.
Fiscal 2024 dispositions
On September 19, 2023, we sold two coatings facilities, located in California and Florida, to Protecall, LLC. These facilities provide aftermarket application services, in which HVAC units are sprayed with an anti-corrosion protective coating. Our
other coatings businesses continue to own and license spray-applied coatings used in aftermarket applications and are strategically pursuing growth through product licensing arrangements. Prior to the disposition, we reported the financial results of
these businesses within the Performance Technologies segment. In fiscal 2023, net sales of these two businesses totaled $6 million. As a result of this transaction, we recorded a gain on sale of less than $1 million during the second quarter of
fiscal 2024.
On October 31, 2023, we sold three automotive businesses based in Germany to affiliates of Regent, L.P. The sale of these businesses, which produce air- and liquid-cooled products for internal combustion diesel and gasoline engines for the European
automotive market, supports our strategic prioritization of resources towards higher-margin technologies. Prior to the disposition, we reported the financial results of these businesses within the Performance Technologies segment. During fiscal 2024
and 2023, net sales of these three businesses totaled $54 million and $79 million, respectively. As a result of the sale, we recorded a $4 million gain on sale during the third quarter of fiscal 2024.
See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding acquisitions and dispositions.
Fiscal 2024 highlights
Fiscal 2024 net sales increased $110 million, or 5 percent, from the prior year, primarily due to higher sales in our Performance Technologies and Climate Solutions segments. Cost of sales decreased $27 million, or 1 percent, primarily due to lower
material costs and improved operating efficiencies. Gross profit increased $137 million and gross margin improved 490 basis points to 21.8 percent. SG&A expenses increased $40 million, primarily due to higher compensation-related expenses.
Operating income of $241 million during fiscal 2024 increased $91 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher earnings in our operating segments, partially offset by higher SG&A and restructuring expenses.
Fiscal 2023 highlights
Fiscal 2023 net sales increased $248 million, or 12 percent, from the prior year, primarily due to higher sales in our Performance Technologies and Climate Solutions segments. Cost of sales increased $168 million, or 10 percent, primarily due to
higher sales volume and higher raw material costs. Gross profit increased $80 million and gross margin improved 180 basis points to 16.9 percent. SG&A expenses increased $19 million, primarily due to higher compensation-related expenses.
Operating income of $150 million during fiscal 2023 increased $31 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by the absence of a $56 million net impairment reversal recorded in the prior year related to the
liquid-cooled automotive business.
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The following table presents our consolidated financial results on a comparative basis for fiscal years 2024, 2023 and 2022.
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| (in millions) | $’s | % of sales | $’s | % of sales | $’s | % of sales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 2,408 | 100.0 | % | $ | 2,298 | 100.0 | % | $ | 2,050 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | 1,882 | 78.2 | % | 1,909 | 83.1 | % | 1,741 | 84.9 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 526 | 21.8 | % | 389 | 16.9 | % | 309 | 15.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 274 | 11.4 | % | 234 | 10.2 | % | 215 | 10.5 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Restructuring expenses | 15 | 0.6 | % | 5 | 0.2 | % | 24 | 1.2 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Impairment charges (reversals) - net | - | - | - | - | (56 | ) | -2.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| (Gain) loss on sale of assets | (4 | ) | -0.2 | % | - | - | 7 | 0.3 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Operating income | 241 | 10.0 | % | 150 | 6.5 | % | 119 | 5.8 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (24 | ) | -1.0 | % | (21 | ) | -0.9 | % | (16 | ) | -0.8 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other expense – net | (2 | ) | -0.1 | % | (4 | ) | -0.2 | % | (2 | ) | -0.1 | % | ||||||||||||
| Earnings before income taxes | 215 | 8.9 | % | 125 | 5.5 | % | 101 | 5.0 | % | |||||||||||||||
| (Provision) benefit for income taxes | (51 | ) | -2.1 | % | 28 | 1.2 | % | (15 | ) | -0.7 | % | |||||||||||||
| Net earnings | $ | 163 | 6.8 | % | $ | 154 | 6.7 | % | $ | 86 | 4.2 | % |
Year ended March 31, 2024 compared with year ended March 31, 2023
Fiscal 2024 net sales of $2,408 million were $110 million, or 5 percent, higher than the prior year, primarily due to higher average selling prices and a $28 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. Sales in the Performance
Technologies and Climate Solutions segments increased $62 million and $43 million, respectively.
Fiscal 2024 cost of sales of $1,882 million decreased $27 million, or 1 percent, primarily due to lower raw material prices, which decreased $50 million, and, to a lesser extent, improved operating efficiencies. These decreases were partially
offset by a $22 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates and higher labor and inflationary costs. In addition, cost of sales was negatively impacted by an inventory purchase accounting adjustment of $2 million recorded at
Corporate related to the acquisition of Scott Springfield Manufacturing. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 490 basis points to 78.2 percent, primarily due to the favorable impact of higher sales, lower material costs, and improved
operating efficiencies, partially offset by higher labor and inflationary costs.
As a result of higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $137 million and gross margin improved 490 basis points to 21.8 percent.
Fiscal 2024 SG&A expenses increased $40 million, or 17 percent. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses increased by 120 basis points. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily driven by higher compensation-related expenses, which
increased approximately $22 million, and increases across other general and administrative expenses, such as higher product development costs, professional service fees, and employee travel expenses. The compensation-related expenses included higher
incentive compensation expenses driven by improved financial results, as compared with the prior year. In addition, we recorded $2 million of costs related to the acquisition and integration of Scott Springfield Manufacturing in fiscal 2024.
Restructuring expenses during 2024 increased $10 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher severance expenses in the Performance Technologies segment.
We sold three automotive businesses based in Germany on October 31, 2023. As a result of the sale, we recorded a $4 million gain on sale at Corporate during
fiscal 2024.
Operating income of $241 million in fiscal 2024 increased $91 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to a $137 million increase in gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A and restructuring expenses.
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Interest expense in fiscal 2024 increased $3 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to unfavorable changes in interest rates and borrowings on our revolving credit facility that we used to fund a portion of the purchase price for the
acquisition of Scott Springfield Manufacturing, partially offset by the absence of $1 million of costs recorded in the prior year related to a credit agreement amendment.
The provision for income taxes was $51 million in fiscal 2024, compared with a benefit for income taxes of $28 million in fiscal 2023. The $79 million change was primarily due to the absence of a $57 million income tax benefit recorded in the prior
year related to the reversal of the valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets in the U.S. and higher earnings in the current year, as compared with the prior year. These drivers, which increased the provision for income taxes, were partially
offset by a $3 million income tax benefit recorded in fiscal 2024 related to the sale of three automotive businesses in Germany.
Year ended March 31, 2023 compared with year ended March 31, 2022
Fiscal 2023 net sales of $2,298 million were $248 million, or 12 percent, higher than the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume in both of our segments and higher average selling prices, including adjustments in response to raw material
price increases. These increases were partially offset by a $111 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. Sales in the Performance Technologies and Climate Solutions segments increased $144 million and $101 million,
respectively.
Fiscal 2023 cost of sales of $1,909 million increased $168 million, or 10 percent, primarily due to higher sales volume and higher raw material prices, which increased $34 million. These increases were partially offset by a $95 million favorable
impact of foreign currency exchange rates. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 180 basis points to 83.1 percent, primarily due to the favorable impact of higher sales, partially offset by higher material, labor and other inflationary
costs.
As a result of higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, fiscal 2023 gross profit increased $80 million and gross margin improved 180 basis points to 16.9 percent.
Fiscal 2023 SG&A expenses increased $19 million, yet decreased 30 basis points as a percentage of sales. The higher SG&A expenses were primarily driven by higher compensation-related expenses, which increased $20 million and included higher
incentive compensation and commission-related expenses, and, to a lesser extent, increases in other general and administrative expenses that have been impacted by inflationary market conditions. These increases were partially offset by an $8 million
favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. In addition, strategic reorganization costs, costs associated with our review of strategic alternatives for our automotive businesses, and environmental charges related to a previously-closed
manufacturing facility in the U.S., which are each recorded at Corporate, decreased $3 million, $2 million, and $2 million, respectively, during fiscal 2023 compared with the prior year.
Restructuring expenses of $5 million in fiscal 2023 decreased $19 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower severance-related expenses in the Performance Technologies segment.
The net impairment reversal of $56 million during fiscal 2022 primarily related to the liquid-cooled automotive business within the Performance Technologies segment. In connection with the termination of an agreement to sell this business, we
reversed a significant amount of previously-recorded impairment charges during fiscal 2022.
We sold our Austrian air-cooled automotive business on April 30, 2021. As a result of the sale, we recorded a $7 million loss on sale at Corporate during fiscal 2022.
Operating income of $150 million during fiscal 2023 increased $31 million from the prior year, primarily due to an $80 million increase in gross profit, a $19 million decrease in restructuring expenses, and the absence of the $7 million loss on the
sale of the Austrian air-cooled automotive business in the prior year. These drivers, which favorably impacted operating income in fiscal 2023, were partially offset by the absence of the $56 million net impairment reversal recorded in the prior year
and higher SG&A expenses.
Interest expense in fiscal 2023 increased $5 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to unfavorable changes in interest rates. In addition, we amended and extended our U.S. credit agreement that provides for a multi-currency revolving
credit facility and U.S. dollar- and euro- denominated term loans maturing in October 2027, along with shorter-duration swingline loans. In connection with this credit agreement modification, we recorded $1 million of costs as interest expense during
fiscal 2023.
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The benefit for income taxes was $28 million in fiscal 2023, compared with a provision for income taxes of $15 million in fiscal 2022. The $43 million change was primarily due to a $57 million income tax benefit recorded in fiscal 2023 related to
the reversal of the valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets in the U.S., partially offset by the absence of a net $11 million income tax benefit related to valuation allowances on deferred tax assets in foreign jurisdictions in the prior
year.
Segment Results of Operations
Effective April 1, 2024, we moved our Coatings business, which was previously managed by and reported within the Performance Technologies segment, under the
leadership of the Climate Solutions segment. Under this refined organizational structure, the Coatings business is better aligned with the Climate Solution’s Heat Transfer Products business, which serves similar HVAC&R markets and customers. We
expect that unifying these complementary businesses will allow us to better focus resources on targeted growth and allow for a more efficient application of 80/20
principles to optimize profit margins and cash flow. Beginning for fiscal 2025, we will report financial results under the new segment structure.
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| (in millions) | $’s | % of sales | $’s | % of sales | $’s | % of sales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 1,055 | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,012 | 100.0 | % | $ | 911 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | 779 | 73.9 | % | 788 | 77.9 | % | 744 | 81.7 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 275 | 26.1 | % | 224 | 22.1 | % | 166 | 18.3 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 106 | 10.0 | % | 97 | 9.6 | % | 90 | 9.9 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Restructuring expenses | 3 | 0.3 | % | 2 | 0.2 | % | 2 | 0.2 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Operating income | $ | 167 | 15.8 | % | $ | 124 | 12.3 | % | $ | 73 | 8.1 | % |
Year ended March 31, 2024 compared with year ended March 31, 2023
Climate Solutions net sales increased $43 million, or 4 percent, in fiscal 2024 compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume and a $14
million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. The higher sales volume includes $8 million of incremental sales from Scott Springfield Manufacturing, which we acquired on March 1, 2024. Compared with the prior year, sales of data
center cooling products increased $120 million, primarily due to higher sales to both hyperscale and colocation customers. Sales of heat transfer and HVAC&R
products decreased $77 million and $1 million, respectively. The decrease in sales of heat transfer products was largely due to market weakness and lower customer demand compared with the prior year and the strategic exit from lower-margin business
in connection with 80/20 product rationalization initiatives.
Climate Solutions cost of sales decreased $9 million, or 1 percent, in fiscal 2024, primarily due to lower raw material prices, which decreased $19 million, and improved operating efficiencies. These decreases were partially offset by increases
resulting from higher sales volume, a $10 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchanges rates, and higher labor and inflationary costs and warranty expenses. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 400 basis points to 73.9
percent, primarily due to the favorable impact of higher sales and improved operating efficiencies.
As a result of the higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $51 million and gross margin improved 400 basis points to 26.1 percent.
Climate Solutions SG&A expenses increased $9 million compared with the prior year. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses increased by 40 basis points. The increase in SG&A expenses includes higher compensation-related expenses and
increases across other general and administrative expenses. In addition, SG&A expenses included $1 million of incremental amortization expense related to intangible assets recorded for the acquisition of Scott Springfield Manufacturing.
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Restructuring expenses increased $1 million in fiscal 2024, primarily due to higher equipment transfer costs for product line transfers intended to achieve production efficiency improvements in connection with our 80/20 initiatives.
Operating income of $167 million during fiscal 2024 increased $43 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A expenses.
Year ended March 31, 2023 compared with year ended March 31, 2022
Climate Solutions net sales increased $101 million, or 11 percent, in fiscal 2023 compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume and
higher average selling prices. These increases were partially offset by a $52 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. Compared with the prior year, sales of data center cooling, heat transfer, and HVAC&R products increased $36 million, $36 million, and $30 million, respectively.
Climate Solutions cost of sales increased $44 million, or 6 percent, in fiscal 2023, primarily due to higher sales volume, partially offset by a $44 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. As a percentage of sales, cost of
sales decreased 380 basis points to 77.9 percent, primarily due to the favorable impact of higher sales and improved operating efficiencies, partially offset by higher labor and inflationary costs.
As a result of higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $58 million and gross margin improved 380 basis points to 22.1 percent.
Climate Solutions SG&A expenses increased $7 million compared with the prior year, yet decreased 30 basis points as a percentage of sales. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to a $5 million increase in compensation-related
expenses, including commission expenses, and increases in other general and administrative expenses that have been impacted by inflationary market conditions. These increases were partially offset by a $4 million favorable impact of foreign currency
exchange rate changes.
Restructuring expenses totaling $2 million during fiscal 2023 were consistent with the prior year and primarily consisted of severance-related expenses.
Operating income in fiscal 2023 increased $51 million to $124 million, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A expenses.
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| (in millions) | $’s | % of sales | $’s | % of sales | $’s | % of sales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 1,378 | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,316 | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,172 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | 1,127 | 81.8 | % | 1,150 | 87.4 | % | 1,030 | 87.9 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 251 | 18.2 | % | 166 | 12.6 | % | 142 | 12.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 116 | 8.4 | % | 98 | 7.4 | % | 99 | 8.4 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Restructuring expenses | 12 | 0.9 | % | 3 | 0.2 | % | 22 | 1.9 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Impairment charges (reversals) - net | - | - | - | - | (56 | ) | -4.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Operating income | $ | 123 | 9.0 | % | $ | 66 | 5.0 | % | $ | 77 | 6.6 | % |
Year ended March 31, 2024 compared with year ended March 31, 2023
Performance Technologies net sales increased $62 million, or 5 percent, in fiscal 2024 compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher average selling prices and a $14 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. These
increases were partially offset by lower sales volume, including $25 million of lower sales from the three Germany automotive businesses that we sold on October 31, 2023. Sales of advanced solutions, air-cooled and liquid-cooled products increased $37
million, $23 million, and $8 million, respectively.
Performance Technologies cost of sales decreased $23 million, or 2 percent, in fiscal 2024, primarily due to lower raw material prices, which decreased $31 million, and lower sales volume. These decreases were partially offset by higher labor and
inflationary costs and a $12 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 560 basis points to 81.8 percent, primarily due to the favorable impact of higher sales and lower material
costs, partially offset by higher labor and inflationary costs.
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As a result of the higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $85 million and gross margin improved 560 basis points to 18.2 percent.
Performance Technologies SG&A expenses increased $18 million, or 18 percent, compared with the prior year. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses increased by 100 basis points. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to higher
compensation-related expenses, which increased $10 million, and increases across other general and administrative expenses.
Restructuring expenses during fiscal 2024 totaled $12 million, an increase of $9 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher severance-related expenses associated with the pending closure of a technical service center in Europe.
Operating income in fiscal 2024 increased $57 million to $123 million, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A and restructuring expenses.
Year ended March 31, 2023 compared with year ended March 31, 2022
Performance Technologies net sales increased $144 million, or 12 percent, in fiscal 2023 compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume and higher average selling prices, including adjustments in response to raw material price
increases. These increases were partially offset by a $59 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates and, to a lesser extent, the absence of sales from the Austrian air-cooled automotive business, which we sold on April 30, 2021.
Sales of air-cooled, liquid-cooled, and advanced solutions products increased $86 million, $36 million, and $25 million, respectively.
Performance Technologies cost of sales increased $120 million, or 12 percent, primarily due to higher sales volume and higher raw material prices, which increased $29 million. In addition, to a lesser extent, higher labor costs and higher
depreciation expenses negatively impacted cost of sales. During fiscal 2022, we did not depreciate the held for sale property, plant and equipment assets within the liquid-cooled automotive business until they reverted back to held and used
classification during the third quarter of fiscal 2022. These increases were partially offset by a $52 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 50 basis points to 87.4 percent, primarily due to the favorable impact of higher sales volume and higher average selling prices, partially offset by higher material, labor and inflationary costs.
As a result of higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $24 million and gross margin improved 50 basis points to 12.6 percent.
Performance Technologies SG&A expenses decreased $1 million compared with the prior year. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses decreased by 100 basis points. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to a $4 million favorable
impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes and, to a lesser extent, lower compensation-related expenses, partially offset by higher general and administrative expenses that have been impacted by inflationary market conditions.
Restructuring expenses during fiscal 2023 totaled $3 million, a decrease of $19 million compared with the prior year. This decrease was primarily driven by lower severance expenses in Europe for targeted headcount reductions.
The net impairment reversal of $56 million in fiscal 2022 primarily related to assets in our liquid-cooled automotive business. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
Operating income in fiscal 2023 decreased $11 million to $66 million, primarily due to the absence of the significant net impairment reversal recorded in the prior year, partially offset by higher gross profit and lower restructuring expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flow from operating activities, our cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2024 of $60 million, and an available borrowing capacity of $177 million under our revolving credit facility. Given our
extensive international operations, approximately $53 million of our cash and cash equivalents are held by our non-U.S. subsidiaries. Amounts held by non-U.S. subsidiaries are available for general corporate use; however, these funds may be subject to
foreign withholding taxes if repatriated. We believe our sources of liquidity will provide sufficient cash flow to adequately cover our funding needs on both a short-term and long-term basis.
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Our primary contractual obligations include debt and related interest payments, lease obligations, pension obligations, and obligations for capital expenditures. Our global pension liabilities totaled $29 million as of March 31, 2024. We expect to
contribute approximately $9 million to our global pension plans during fiscal 2025.
Operating activities
Net cash provided by operating activities in fiscal 2024 was $215 million, an increase of $107 million from $108 million in the prior year. This increase in operating cash flow was primarily due to the favorable impact of higher earnings and, to a
lesser extent, favorable net changes in working capital as compared with the prior year. The favorable changes in working capital include an increase in customer deposits received in connection with sales contracts with long inventory lead times.
Net cash provided by operating activities in fiscal 2023 was $108 million, an increase of $96 million from $12 million in the prior year. This increase in operating cash flow was primarily due to the favorable impact of higher earnings and
favorable net changes in working capital, as compared with the prior year.
Investing activities
Capital expenditures
Capital expenditures of $88 million during fiscal 2024 increased $37 million compared with fiscal 2023. Our capital spending in fiscal 2024 in the Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments totaled $51 million and $36 million,
respectively. Capital spending in the Climate Solutions segment includes investments supporting our strategic growth initiatives. We are growing our data center business and recently purchased a new manufacturing site in the U.K., where we plan to
expand production capacity for data center cooling products. In addition, we opened a second facility in Serbia and are manufacturing coils for commercial and residential heat pump applications. Capital expenditures in the Performance Technologies
segment include tooling and equipment purchases in conjunction with new and renewal programs with customers.
Business and asset acquisitions
During fiscal 2024, we made cash payments totaling $186 million to acquire Scott Springfield Manufacturing and Napps. In addition, we paid $12 million to purchase intellectual property and other specific assets from TMGcore, Inc. These investments
support our strategy to grow our data center cooling and indoor air quality product offerings in our Climate Solutions segment. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding acquisitions.
Financing activities
Debt
Our total debt outstanding increased $79 million to $432 million at March 31, 2024 compared with the prior year, primarily due to incremental borrowings on our revolving credit facility, which we used to fund a portion of the purchase price of Scott
Springfield Manufacturing.
Our credit agreements require us to maintain compliance with various covenants, including a leverage ratio covenant and an interest expense coverage ratio covenant, which are discussed further below. Indebtedness under our credit agreements is
secured by liens on substantially all domestic assets. These agreements further require compliance with various covenants that may limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness; grant liens; make investments, loans, or guarantees; engage in
certain transactions with affiliates; or make restricted payments, including dividends. Also, the credit agreements may require prepayments in the event of certain asset sales.
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The leverage ratio covenant within our primary credit agreements requires us to limit our consolidated indebtedness, less a portion of our cash balance, both as defined by the credit agreements, to no more than three and one-quarter times
consolidated net earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and certain other adjustments (“Adjusted EBITDA”). We are also subject to an interest expense coverage ratio covenant, which requires us to maintain Adjusted EBITDA of at
least three times consolidated interest expense. As of March 31, 2024, we were in compliance with our debt covenants. We expect to remain in compliance with our debt covenants during fiscal 2025 and beyond.
See Note 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding our credit agreements.
Share repurchase program
We repurchased $13 million and $7 million of our common stock during fiscal 2024 and 2023, respectively. As of March 31, 2024, we had $32 million of authorized share repurchases remaining under our current repurchase program, which expires in
November 2024. Our decision whether and to what extent to repurchase additional shares depends on a number of factors, including business conditions, other cash priorities, and stock price.
Critical Accounting Policies
The following critical accounting policies reflect the more significant judgments and estimates used in preparing our consolidated financial statements. Application of these policies results in accounting estimates that have the greatest potential
for a significant impact on our financial statements. The following discussion of these judgments and estimates is intended to supplement the significant accounting policies presented in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. In
addition, recently issued accounting pronouncements that either have or could materially impact our financial statements are disclosed in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Revenue recognition
We recognize revenue based upon consideration specified in a contract and as we satisfy performance obligations by transferring control over our products to our customers, which may be at a point in time or over time. The majority of our revenue is
recognized at a point in time, based upon shipment terms. A limited number of our customer contracts provide an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date. For these contracts, we recognize revenue over time based upon our
estimated progress toward the satisfaction of the contract’s performance obligations. We record an allowance for credit losses and we accrue for estimated warranty costs at the time of sale. We base these estimates upon historical experience, current
business trends and economic conditions, and risks specific to the underlying accounts receivable or warranty claims.
Impairment of long-lived assets
We perform impairment evaluations of long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, whenever business conditions or events indicate that those assets may be impaired. We consider factors such as operating losses,
declining financial outlooks and market conditions when evaluating the necessity for an impairment analysis. In the event the net asset values exceed undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the assets, we write down the assets to fair
value and record an impairment charge. We estimate fair value in various ways depending on the nature of the underlying assets. Fair value is generally based upon appraised value, estimated salvage value, or selling prices under negotiation, as
applicable.
The most significant long-lived assets we evaluated for impairment indicators were property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, which totaled $366 million and $188 million, respectively, at March 31, 2024. Within property, plant and
equipment, the most significant assets evaluated are buildings and improvements and machinery and equipment. Our most significant intangible assets evaluated are customer relationships, trade names, and acquired technology. The majority of our
intangibles assets are related to our Climate Solutions segment and include $102 million of intangibles recently recorded from our acquisition of Scott Springfield Manufacturing. We evaluate impairment at the lowest level of separately identifiable
cash flows, which is generally at the manufacturing plant level. We monitor manufacturing plant financial performance to determine whether indicators exist that would require an impairment evaluation for the facility. This includes significant
adverse changes in plant profitability metrics; substantial changes in the mix of customer products manufactured in the plant; changes in manufacturing strategy; and the shifting of programs to other facilities under a manufacturing realignment
strategy. When such indicators are present, we perform an impairment evaluation.
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During fiscal 2022, we recorded a net impairment reversal of $56 million, primarily related to assets that were held for sale in the Performance Technologies segment. In fiscal 2022, we adjusted the long-lived assets in the liquid-cooled automotive
business to the lower of carrying or fair value when they no longer met the held for sale classification criteria. See Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Impairment of goodwill
We perform goodwill impairment tests annually, as of March 31, unless business events or other conditions exist that require a more frequent evaluation. We consider factors such as operating losses, declining financial and market outlooks, and
market capitalization when evaluating the necessity for an interim impairment analysis. We test goodwill for impairment at a reporting unit level. Goodwill resulting from recent acquisitions generally represents the highest risk of impairment, which
typically decreases as the businesses are integrated into the Company and positioned for future operating and financial performance. We test goodwill for impairment by comparing the fair value of each reporting unit with its carrying value. We
determine the fair value of a reporting unit based upon the present value of estimated future cash flows. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds the carrying value of the reporting unit’s net assets, goodwill is not impaired. However, if the
carrying value of the reporting unit’s net assets exceeds its fair value, we would conclude goodwill is impaired and would record an impairment charge equal to the amount that the reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value.
Determining the fair value of a reporting unit involves judgment and the use of estimates and assumptions, which include assumptions regarding the revenue growth rates and operating profit margins used to calculate estimated future cash flows and
risk-adjusted discount rates. We determine the expected future revenue growth rates and operating profit margins after consideration of our historical revenue growth rates and earnings levels, our assessment of future market potential and our
expectations of future business performance. The discount rates used in determining discounted cash flows are rates corresponding to our cost of capital, adjusted for country- and business-specific risks where appropriate. While we believe the
assumptions used in our goodwill impairment tests are appropriate and result in a reasonable estimate of the fair value of each reporting unit, future events or circumstances could have a potential negative effect on the estimated fair value of our
reporting units. These events or circumstances include lower than forecasted revenues, market trends that fall below our current expectations, actions of key customers, increases in discount rates, and continued inflationary market conditions. We
cannot predict the occurrence of certain events or changes in circumstances that might adversely affect the carrying value of goodwill.
At March 31, 2024, our goodwill totaled $231 million. We conducted goodwill impairment tests as of March 31, 2024 by applying a fair value-based test and determined the fair value of the reporting units in each of our operating segments exceeded
their respective book value. A 10 percent decrease in the estimated fair value of each reporting unit would not have resulted in a different conclusion.
Acquisitions
From time to time, we make strategic acquisitions that have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations or financial position. We allocate the purchase price of acquired businesses to the identifiable tangible and intangible assets
acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction based upon their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. We determine the estimated fair values using information available to us and engage third-party valuation specialists when
necessary. The estimates we use to determine the fair value of long-lived assets, such as intangible assets, can be complex and require significant judgments. While we use our best estimates and assumptions, our estimates are inherently uncertain and
subject to refinement. As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, we record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon conclusion
of the measurement period or final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to our consolidated statement of operations. We also estimate the useful lives of
intangible assets to determine the amount of amortization expense to record in future periods. We periodically review the estimated useful lives assigned to our intangible assets to determine whether such estimated useful lives continue to be
appropriate. During fiscal 2024, we acquired Scott Springfield Manufacturing and Napps. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding these acquisitions.
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Pension obligations
Our calculation of the expense and liabilities of our pension plans is dependent upon various assumptions. At March 31, 2024, our global pension liabilities totaled $29 million. The most significant assumptions include the discount rate, expected
return on plan assets, and mortality rates. We base our selection of assumptions on historical trends and economic and market conditions at the time of valuation. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, actual results that differ from these assumptions are
accumulated and amortized over future periods. These differences impact future pension expense. Our domestic pension plans are closed to new participants; therefore, participants in these plans are not accruing benefits based upon their current
service as the plans do not include increases in annual earnings or for future service in calculating the average annual earnings and years of credited service under the pension plan formula. The primary non-U.S. plans are maintained in Germany and
Italy and are also closed to new participants and are substantially unfunded.
For the following discussion regarding sensitivity of assumptions, all amounts presented are in reference to our domestic pension plans, since our domestic plans comprise all of our pension plan assets and the majority of our pension plan expense.
To determine the expected rate of return on pension plan assets, we consider such factors as (i) the actual return earned on plan assets, (ii) historical rates of return on the various asset classes in the plan portfolio, (iii) projections of returns on those asset classes, (iv) the amount of active
management of the assets, (v) capital market conditions and economic forecasts, and (vi)
administrative expenses paid with the plan assets. The rate of return on plan assets utilized in fiscal 2024 and 2023 was 6.5 percent and 7.0 percent, respectively. For fiscal 2025, we have assumed a rate of 5.5 percent. A change of 25 basis
points in the expected rate of return on plan assets would impact our fiscal 2025 pension expense by less than $1 million.
The discount rate reflects rates available on high-quality fixed-income corporate bonds on the measurement date of March 31. For fiscal 2024 and 2023, for purposes of determining pension expense, we used a discount rate of 5.2 percent and 3.9
percent, respectively. We determined these rates based upon a yield curve that was created following an analysis of the projected cash flows for our plans. See Note 18 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. A
change in the assumed discount rate of 25 basis points would impact our fiscal 2025 pension expense and projected benefit obligation by less than $1 million and approximately $4 million, respectively.
Income taxes
We operate in numerous taxing jurisdictions; therefore, we are subject to regular examinations by federal, state and non-U.S. taxing authorities. Due to the application of complex and sometimes ambiguous tax laws and rulings in the jurisdictions in
which we do business, there is an inherent level of uncertainty within our worldwide tax provisions. Despite our belief that our tax return positions are consistent with applicable tax laws, it is possible that taxing authorities could challenge
certain positions.
Our deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect temporary differences between the amount of assets and liabilities for financial and tax reporting purposes. We adjust these amounts to reflect changes in tax rates expected to be in effect when the
temporary differences reverse. We record a valuation allowance if we determine it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets in a particular jurisdiction will not be realized. This determination, which is made on a legal entity-by-legal
entity basis, involves judgment and the use of significant estimates and assumptions, including expectations of future taxable income and tax planning strategies. We believe the assumptions that we used are appropriate and result in a reasonable
determination regarding the future realizability of deferred tax assets. However, future events or circumstances, such as lower-than-expected taxable income or unfavorable changes in the financial outlook of our operations in certain jurisdictions,
could cause us to record additional valuation allowances.
See Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding income taxes.
Loss reserves
We maintain liabilities and reserves for a number of loss exposures, including environmental remediation costs, product warranties, self-insurance costs, estimated credit losses associated with trade receivables, regulatory compliance matters, and
litigation. Establishing loss reserves for these exposures requires the use of estimates and judgment to determine the risk exposure and ultimate potential liability. We estimate these reserve requirements by using consistent and suitable
methodologies for the particular type of loss reserve being calculated. See Notes 15 and 20 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding product warranties and contingencies and litigation, respectively.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This report, including, but not limited to, the discussion under Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contains statements, including information about future financial performance,
accompanied by phrases such as “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” and other similar “forward-looking” statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Modine’s actual results,
performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements, because of certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A. in Part I. of this report
and identified in our other public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Other risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:
Market Risks
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| • | The impact of potential adverse developments or disruptions in the global economy and financial markets, including impacts related to inflation, energy costs, supply chain challenges, tariffs, sanctions and other trade issues or cross-border trade restrictions (and any potential resulting trade war), and military conflicts, including the current conflicts in Ukraine and in the Middle East and heightened tension in the Red Sea; |
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| • | The impact of other economic, social and political conditions, changes, challenges and unrest, particularly in the geographic, product and financial markets where we and our customers operate and compete, including foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; increases in interest rates; recession and recovery therefrom; and the general uncertainties about the impact of regulatory and/or policy changes, including those related to tax and trade that have been or may be implemented in the U.S. or abroad; |
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| • | The impact of potential price increases associated with raw materials, including aluminum, copper, steel and stainless steel (nickel), and other purchased component inventory including, but not limited to, increases in the underlying material cost based upon the London Metal Exchange and related premiums or fabrication costs. These prices may be impacted by a variety of factors, including changes in trade laws and tariffs, the behavior of our suppliers and significant fluctuations in demand. This risk includes our ability to successfully manage our exposure and our ability to adjust product pricing in response to price increases, including through our quotation process or through contract provisions for prospective price adjustments, as well as the inherent lag in timing of such contract provisions; |
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| • | Our ability to be at the forefront of technological advances in order to differentiate ourselves from our competitors and provide innovative products and services to our customers, and the impacts of any changes in or the adoption rate of technologies that we expect to drive sales growth, including those related to data center cooling and electric vehicles; |
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| • | Our ability to mitigate increases in labor costs and labor shortages; |
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| • | The impact of public health threats, such as COVID-19, on the national and global economy, our business, suppliers (and the supply chain), customers, and employees; and |
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| • | The impact of legislation, regulations, and government incentive programs, including those addressing climate change, on demand for our products and the markets we serve, including our ability to take advantage of opportunities to supply alternative new technologies to meet environmental and/or energy standards and objectives. |
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Operational Risks
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| • | The impact of problems, including logistic and transportation challenges, associated with suppliers meeting our quantity, quality, price and timing demands, and the overall health of our suppliers, including their ability and willingness to supply our volume demands if their production capacity becomes constrained; |
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| • | The overall health of and pricing pressure from our customers in light of economic and market-specific factors and the potential impact on us from any deterioration in the stability or performance of any of our major customers; |
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| • | Our ability to maintain current customer relationships and compete effectively for new business, including our ability to achieve profit margins acceptable to us by offsetting or otherwise addressing any cost increases associated with supply chain challenges and inflationary market conditions; |
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| • | The impact of product or manufacturing difficulties or operating inefficiencies, including any product or program launches, product transfer challenges and warranty claims; |
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| • | The impact of delays or modifications initiated by major customers with respect to product or program launches, product applications or requirements; |
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| • | Our ability to consistently structure our operations in order to develop and maintain a competitive cost base with appropriately skilled and stable labor, while also positioning ourselves geographically, so that we can continue to support our customers with the technical expertise and market-leading products they demand and expect from Modine; |
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| • | Our ability to effectively and efficiently manage our operations in response to sales volume changes, including maintaining adequate production capacity to meet demand in our growing businesses while also completing restructuring activities and realizing the anticipated benefits thereof; |
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| • | Costs and other effects of the investigation and remediation of environmental contamination; including when related to the actions or inactions of others and/or facilities over which we have no control; |
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| • | Our ability to recruit and maintain talent, including personnel in managerial, leadership, operational and administrative functions; |
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| • | Our ability to protect our proprietary information and intellectual property from theft or attack by internal or external sources; |
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| • | The impact of a substantial disruption or material breach of our information technology systems, and any related delays, problems or costs; |
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| • | The impact of the material weakness identified in our internal control over financial reporting related to IT system access in Europe on our financial reporting process; |
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| • | Increasingly complex and restrictive laws and regulations and the costs associated with compliance therewith, including state and federal labor regulations, laws and regulations associated with being a U.S. public company, and other laws and regulations present in various jurisdictions in which we operate; |
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| • | Increasing emphasis by customers, investors, and employees on environmental, social and corporate governance matters may impose additional costs on us, adversely affect our reputation or expose us to new risks; |
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| • | Work stoppages or interference at our facilities or those of our major customers and/or suppliers; |
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| • | The constant and increasing pressures associated with healthcare and associated insurance costs; and |
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| • | Costs and other effects of litigation, claims, or other obligations, including those that may be asserted against us in connection with divested businesses. |
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Strategic Risks
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| • | Our ability to successfully realize anticipated benefits, including improved profit margins and cash flow, from strategic initiatives and our continued application of 80/20 principles across our businesses; and |
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| • | Our ability to accelerate growth by identifying and executing on organic growth opportunities and acquisitions, and to efficiently and successfully integrate acquired businesses. |
Financial Risks
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| • | Our ability to fund our global liquidity requirements efficiently for our current operations and meet our long-term commitments in the event of disruption in or tightening of the credit markets or extended recessionary conditions in the global economy; |
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| • | The impact of increases in interest rates in relation to our variable-rate debt obligations; |
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| • | The impact of changes in federal, state or local taxes that could have the effect of increasing our income tax expense; |
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| • | Costs arising from the integration of Scott Springfield Manufacturing and the timing and impact of potential purchase accounting adjustments; |
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| • | Our ability to comply with the financial covenants in our credit agreements, including our leverage ratio (net debt divided by Adjusted EBITDA, as defined in our credit agreements) and our interest coverage ratio (Adjusted EBITDA divided by interest expense, as defined in our credit agreements); |
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| • | The potential unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on our financial results; and |
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| • | Our ability to effectively realize the benefits of deferred tax assets in various jurisdictions in which we operate. |
Forward-looking statements are as of the date of this report; we do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
FY 2023 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001140361-23-026536.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
Overview
At Modine, we are Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World ™. We provide trusted products and technologies that help improve our world. Our broad portfolio of systems and solutions
support our mission of improving indoor air quality, conserving natural resources, lowering harmful emissions, enabling cleaner running vehicles, and using environmentally friendly refrigerants. We operate in
four continents, in 15 countries, and employ approximately 11,300 persons worldwide.
We sell innovative and environmentally responsible thermal management products and solutions to diversified customers in a wide array of commercial, industrial, and building HVAC&R markets. In addition, we are a leading provider of
engineered heat transfer systems and high-quality heat transfer components for use in on- and off-highway OEM vehicular applications. Our primary product groups include i) heat transfer; ii) HVAC & refrigeration; iii) data center cooling; iv)
air-cooled; v) liquid-cooled; and vi) advanced solutions.
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Company Strategy
Our purpose is to engineer a cleaner, healthier world by providing products and services that improve indoor air quality, reduce water and energy consumption, lower harmful emissions, enable cleaner running vehicles, and use environmentally
friendly refrigerants.
In fiscal 2023, we made significant progress toward transforming Modine. We originally announced our vision for a “new” Modine in late fiscal 2021. In fiscal 2022, we onboarded seasoned leaders to drive transformative change, including new
segment presidents for our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments. Since that time, we have simplified and segmented our organization, aligning teams, led by general managers, around specific strategies and market-based verticals
within our company. Our new leadership teams have created a high-performance culture and are prioritizing resources on products and markets with the highest growth opportunities and best return profiles. We have been focused on growth
opportunities in the data center market and have strategically expanded our product offerings in this business. We are now manufacturing and selling more data center cooling products in North America. We have also improved our commercial acumen
and have strengthened our business relationships with our best customers. In addition, by applying 80/20 principles and improving our commercial pricing methodologies, we have improved our profit margins in fiscal 2023, in spite of significant
supply chain challenges and inflationary market conditions.
Entering fiscal 2024, while a level of uncertainty and the possibility of recessionary conditions exist in the global marketplace, we are focused on organic and inorganic growth opportunities in the key markets we
serve and the incremental value we believe we can unlock in Modine by applying 80/20 principles across our businesses. We are strengthening key customer relationships and pursing strategic growth opportunities, particularly in the data
center, electric vehicles, and HVAC&R markets where we see the best opportunities for profitable growth. In addition, we are utilizing an 80/20 mindset within our manufacturing facilities and expect to achieve
production efficiency improvements as a result.
Our ultimate objective for our transformational strategy is to accelerate profitable growth. We expect to change our mix of business, as we grow certain areas and strategically deemphasize others. We expect these changes will fuel improvements
in both earnings and cash flow, all while supporting our customers with innovative and environmentally responsible thermal management solutions to succeed in the ever-changing global marketplace.
Development of New Products and Technology
Every day, we leverage our technical expertise, building on more than 100 years of excellence in thermal management, to advance our purpose. We are dedicated to utilizing technology and solutions with sustainable
impacts. Our ability to provide customizable solutions to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers is one of our greatest competitive strengths.
We partner with our customers and use a systems-based approach to ensure our solutions work seamlessly with their other components. Our thermal solutions enable our customers to stay ahead of new and emerging
regulations, particularly those involving increasingly stringent emissions, fuel economy, and energy efficiency standards.
We maintain numerous state-of-the-art technology centers, dedicated to the development and testing of products and technologies. The centers are located in Racine, Wisconsin; Leeds, United Kingdom; Grenada, Mississippi;
Pocenia, Italy; and Bonlanden, Germany. Customers know our reputation for innovation and rely on Modine to provide high quality products and technologies.
Strategic Planning and Corporate Development
We employ both short-term (one-to-three year) and longer-term (five-to-seven year) strategic planning processes, which enable us to continually assess our opportunities, competitive threats, and economic market
challenges.
We devote significant resources to global strategic planning and development activities to strengthen our competitive position. We will continue to pursue organic- and external-growth opportunities,
particularly to grow our global, market leading positions in the HVAC&R and data center markets. In addition, we have a dedicated team focused on products and solutions for electric vehicles, supporting demands for climate-friendly alternative
powertrains. We have provided our general managers with the tools that they need to be successful, including dedicated resources to create an entrepreneurial environment and to challenge the status quo.
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Operational and Financial Discipline
We are using 80/20 principles to guide our path forward toward commercial excellence. Through closely analyzing our customer and product data with our 80/20 mindset, we
focus our commercial and operational actions in areas that drive our profitability and also in areas requiring improvement. Our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments have strategically aligned their teams around their
primary market-based verticals and are driving transformative change. The general manager for each vertical is working toward strategic objectives specifically tailored to his or her business and we expect these strategies will continue to
generate earnings and cash flow improvements.
While executing on our strategic initiatives, we have faced obstacles including supply chain disruptions and inflationary market conditions. We have and will continue to address these challenges head-on through
commercial actions and close engagement with our suppliers.
Our fiscal 2023 annual cash incentive plan for our management team was based upon two performance metrics: growth in net earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and certain other
adjustments (“Adjusted EBITDA”) and Adjusted EBITDA margin as a percentage of net sales. The incentive plan’s performance goals were established for each operating segment as well for the consolidated company. In
addition, we provide a long-term incentive compensation plan for officers and certain key leaders throughout our organization to attract, retain, and motivate these employees who are responsible for driving the long-term success of our company.
The plan is comprised of stock awards, stock options, and performance-based awards. The performance-based awards for the fiscal 2023 through 2025 performance period are based upon a target three-year average
growth in Adjusted EBITDA and a target three-year average cash flow return on invested capital.
Segment Information – Strategy, Market Conditions and Trends
Each of our operating segments is managed by a segment president and has separate strategic and financial plans and financial results which are reviewed by our chief operating decision maker. These plans and results are used by management to
evaluate the performance of each segment and to make decisions on the allocation of resources.
Effective April 1, 2022, we began managing the Company under two operating segments, Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies. Our segment structure aligns businesses serving similar or complimentary end markets, products and technologies
under common segment management. This simplified segment structure allows us to better focus resources on targeted growth opportunities and better enables an efficient application of 80/20 principles across all product lines to optimize profit
margins and cash flow.
The Climate Solutions segment includes the previously-reported BHVAC and CIS segments, with the exception of CIS Coatings. The Performance Technologies segment includes the previously-reported Heavy Duty Equipment and Automotive segments and
the CIS Coatings business.
Climate Solutions (43 percent of fiscal 2023 net sales)
Our Climate Solutions segment provides energy-efficient, climate-controlled solutions and components for a wide array of applications. The Climate Solutions segment sells heat transfer, HVAC & refrigeration, and data
center cooling solutions to customers in North America, EMEA, and Asia. Heat transfer products include heat transfer coils used in commercial and residential HVAC and refrigeration applications. HVAC & refrigeration products include
commercial and residential unit heaters, vertical and horizontal unit ventilators, air conditioning chillers, low global warming potential unit coolers, air-cooled condensers, and dry coolers. Data center cooling solutions, which are integrated
with system controls, include air- and liquid-cooled chillers, CRAC and CRAH units, and fan walls. We sell our products and solutions both directly to commercial and industrial OEM and end user customers and through wholesalers, distributors,
consulting engineers, contractors and data center operators for applications such as data centers, schools, greenhouses, healthcare systems, warehouses, residential garages, manufacturing facilities, and other commercial and industrial
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During fiscal 2023, Climate Solutions segment sales increased compared with the prior year, primarily driven by increased sales of data center cooling, heat transfer, and HVAC & refrigeration products. We applied
80/20 principles to each of our businesses within the Climate Solutions segment during fiscal 2023. For example, we simplified our heat transfer products business by reducing SKUs and have refined our pricing discipline. Through these efforts, we
achieved improvements in the Climate Solutions segment’s profit margins. In addition, as part of our strategic growth initiatives, we have expanded our data center business and are manufacturing and selling more data center cooling products in
North America.
Looking ahead, while a level of uncertainty and the possibility of recessionary conditions exist in the global marketplace, we expect growth across the HVAC&R and data center markets we serve during fiscal 2024.
These markets are heavily impacted by construction activity, building regulations, owner/occupant comfort requirements, and the increasing reliance on digital technologies. We expect particularly strong growth in the data center markets as the
need for digital infrastructure expands. We also expect the North American school and commercial HVAC markets, to which we sell our indoor air quality products, will experience strong growth during fiscal 2024, driven by federal and local funding
for ventilation improvements for schools. In addition, we expect the rapid adoption of heat pump technology in Europe to be a market growth driver and are increasing our manufacturing capacity in response.
In fiscal 2024, we will continue to utilize an 80/20 mindset across our Climate Solutions businesses. We are focused on engaging with key customers to further develop our relationships with them and are pursuing
strategic growth opportunities, particularly for our data center, heating, and indoor air quality products. We are also focused on growing our refrigeration sales and believe we can become a market leader in more environmentally friendly carbon
dioxide gas coolers and adiabatic solutions in North America and Europe. In addition to these organic growth opportunities, we plan to pursue acquisitions to further accelerate growth and complement our existing product portfolio. Finally, we are
also focused on applying the 80/20 principles within our manufacturing facilities and expect to achieve production efficiency improvements as a result.
Performance Technologies (57 percent of fiscal 2023 net sales)
The Performance Technologies segment provides products and solutions that enhance the performance of customer applications and develops solutions that increase fuel economy and lower emissions in light of increasingly stringent government
regulations. The Performance Technologies segment designs and manufactures air- and liquid-cooled technology for vehicular, stationary power, and industrial applications. Air-cooled products consist primarily of powertrain cooling products, such
as radiators, condensers, engine cooling modules, charge air coolers, fan shrouds, and surge tanks. Liquid-cooled products include engine oil coolers, EGR coolers, liquid charge air coolers, transmission and retarder oil coolers, fuel coolers, and
condensers. In addition, the Performance Technologies segment provides advanced solutions, designed to improve battery range and vehicle life, to zero-emission and hybrid commercial vehicle and automotive customers. These solutions include
battery thermal management systems, electronics cooling packages, and battery chillers. The advanced solutions provided by the segment also include coating products and application services that extend the life of equipment and components by
protecting against corrosion.
During fiscal 2023, Performance Technologies segment sales increased compared with the prior year, primarily driven by higher sales volume and favorable commercial pricing, including adjustments in response to material price increases. Compared
with the prior year, sales of air-cooled, liquid-cooled, and advanced solutions products each increased. In fiscal 2023, we focused on training our employees on 80/20 principles and began applying them to our businesses.
Looking ahead, while a level of uncertainty and the possibility of recessionary conditions exist in the global marketplace, we are excited about the growth potential in our key markets and the benefits we
expect to achieve as we roll out 80/20 principles across all of our businesses. Our Advanced Solutions team is focused on growing sales of its thermal management systems and components for electric vehicles and is engaged with numerous
current and prospective customers. We believe government policies in the U.S. and Europe will drive customer investments in electric and alternative powertrains and will support market growth in this area. In addition, we expect the global
automotive markets to experience moderate growth, as customers look to replenish inventory levels in light of the semiconductor chip shortage and other supply chain challenges. We are also working to apply our 80/20 mindset to achieve
manufacturing efficiencies and to improve our business mix, focusing on higher profit margin products, applying quoting filters for new customer programs and reducing complexity across our businesses.
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Consolidated Results of Operations
Supply Chain Disruptions and Inflationary Market Conditions
Market and economic dynamics, including the impacts of the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic, have contributed to global supply chain challenges and inflationary market conditions. We are focused on
mitigating the negative impacts of labor shortages, supply chain challenges and inflationary market conditions, including changes in raw material, energy, logistic, and interest costs, as well as delays and shortages in certain purchased
commodities and components. We have implemented selling price increases for many of our products in response to raw material and other cost increases and are engaged with suppliers to ensure availability of key raw materials. We cannot reasonably
estimate the full impact that economic and market dynamics will have on our business, results of operations, or cash flows in the future.
Fiscal 2023 Highlights
Fiscal 2023 net sales increased $248 million, or 12 percent, from the prior year, primarily due to higher sales in our Performance Technologies and Climate Solutions segments. Cost of sales increased $168 million, or 10 percent, primarily due
to higher sales volume and higher raw material costs, including underlying metal prices and related premiums, fabrication, freight, and packaging costs. Gross profit increased $80 million and gross margin improved 180 basis points to 16.9
percent. SG&A expenses increased $19 million, primarily due to higher compensation-related expenses. Operating income of $150 million during fiscal 2023 increased $31 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit,
partially offset by the absence of a $56 million net impairment reversal recorded in the prior year that primarily related to the liquid-cooled automotive business. Upon the termination of a sale agreement with the prospective buyer during the
third quarter of fiscal 2022, the liquid-cooled automotive business reverted back to held and used classification. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding the liquid-cooled automotive
business, which was classified as held for sale during the first seven months of fiscal 2022.
Fiscal 2022 Highlights
Fiscal 2022 net sales increased $242 million, or 13 percent, from the prior year, primarily due to higher sales in our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments. Cost of sales increased $226 million, or 15 percent, from the prior
year primarily due to higher raw material prices and higher sales volume. Gross profit increased $16 million and gross margin declined 110 basis points to 15.1 percent. SG&A expenses increased $4 million, primarily due to higher
compensation-related expenses, as the prior-year benefitted from cost-saving actions implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Operating income of $119 million during fiscal 2022 represents a $217 million improvement from the prior-year
operating loss of $98 million. The operating income and operating loss during fiscal 2022 and 2021 include a $56 million net impairment reversal and $167 million of impairment charges, respectively, primarily related to the automotive businesses
that were held for sale.
The following table presents our consolidated financial results on a comparative basis for fiscal years 2023, 2022 and 2021.
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| Net sales | $ | 2,298 | 100.0 | % | $ | 2,050 | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,808 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | 1,909 | 83.1 | % | 1,741 | 84.9 | % | 1,515 | 83.8 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 389 | 16.9 | % | 309 | 15.1 | % | 293 | 16.2 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 234 | 10.2 | % | 215 | 10.5 | % | 211 | 11.7 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Restructuring expenses | 5 | 0.2 | % | 24 | 1.2 | % | 13 | 0.7 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Impairment charges (reversals) - net | - | - | (56 | ) | -2.7 | % | 167 | 9.2 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Loss on sale of assets | - | - | 7 | 0.3 | % | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | 150 | 6.5 | % | 119 | 5.8 | % | (98 | ) | -5.4 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (21 | ) | -0.9 | % | (16 | ) | -0.8 | % | (19 | ) | -1.1 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other expense – net | (4 | ) | -0.2 | % | (2 | ) | -0.1 | % | (2 | ) | -0.1 | % | ||||||||||||
| Earnings (loss) before income taxes | 125 | 5.5 | % | 101 | 5.0 | % | (119 | ) | -6.6 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Benefit (provision) for income taxes | 28 | 1.2 | % | (15 | ) | -0.7 | % | (90 | ) | -5.0 | % | |||||||||||||
| Net earnings (loss) | $ | 154 | 6.7 | % | $ | 86 | 4.2 | % | $ | (209 | ) | -11.6 | % |
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Year Ended March 31, 2023 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2022
Fiscal 2023 net sales of $2,298 million were $248 million, or 12 percent, higher than the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume in both of our segments and favorable commercial pricing, including adjustments in response to raw
material price increases. These increases were partially offset by a $111 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. Sales in the Performance Technologies and Climate Solutions segments increased $144 million and $101 million,
respectively.
Fiscal 2023 cost of sales of $1,909 million increased $168 million, or 10 percent, primarily due to higher sales volume and higher raw material prices, which increased $34 million. These increases were partially offset by a $95 million
favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 180 basis points to 83.1 percent, primarily due to the favorable impact of higher sales volume and favorable commercial pricing, partially
offset by higher material, labor and other inflationary costs.
As a result of higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, fiscal 2023 gross profit increased $80 million and gross margin improved 180 basis points to 16.9 percent.
Fiscal 2023 SG&A expenses increased $19 million, yet decreased 30 basis points as a percentage of sales. The higher SG&A expenses were primarily driven by higher compensation-related expenses, which increased $20 million and included
higher incentive compensation and commission-related expenses, and, to a lesser extent, increases in other general and administrative expenses that have been impacted by inflationary market conditions. These increases were partially offset by an
$8 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. In addition, strategic reorganization costs, costs associated with our review of strategic alternatives for our automotive businesses, and environmental charges related to a
previously-closed manufacturing facility in the U.S., which are each recorded at Corporate, decreased $3 million, $2 million, and $2 million, respectively, during fiscal 2023 compared with the prior year.
Restructuring expenses of $5 million in fiscal 2023 decreased $19 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower severance-related expenses in the Performance Technologies segment.
The net impairment reversal of $56 million during fiscal 2022 primarily related to the liquid-cooled automotive business. In connection with the termination of the agreement to sell this business in the third quarter of fiscal 2022, we
reversed a significant amount of previously-recorded impairment charges within the Performance Technologies segment.
We sold our Austrian air-cooled automotive business on April 30, 2021. As a result of the sale, we recorded a $7 million loss on sale at Corporate during fiscal 2022.
Operating income of $150 million during fiscal 2023 increased $31 million from the prior year, primarily due to an $80 million increase in gross profit, a $19 million decrease in restructuring expenses, and the absence of the $7 million loss on
the sale of the Austrian air-cooled automotive business in the prior year. These drivers, which favorably impacted operating income in fiscal 2023, were partially offset by the absence of the $56 million net impairment reversal recorded in the
prior year and higher SG&A expenses.
Interest expense in fiscal 2023 increased $5 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to unfavorable changes in interest rates. In addition, we amended and extended our U.S. credit agreement that provides for a multi-currency
revolving credit facility and U.S. dollar- and euro- denominated term loans maturing in October 2027, along with shorter-duration swingline loans. In connection with this credit agreement modification, we recorded $1 million of costs as interest
expense during fiscal 2023.
The benefit for income taxes was $28 million in fiscal 2023, compared with a provision for income taxes of $15 million in fiscal 2022. The $43 million change was primarily due to a $57 million income tax benefit recorded in the current year
related to the reversal of the valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets in the U.S., partially offset by the absence of a net $11 million income tax benefit related to valuation allowances on deferred tax assets in foreign jurisdictions
in the prior year.
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Year Ended March 31, 2022 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2021
Fiscal 2022 net sales of $2,050 million were $242 million, or 13 percent, higher than the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume in each of our segments, and favorable commercial pricing, including adjustments in response to raw
material price increases. Sales in the Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments increased $180 million and $63 million, respectively.
Fiscal 2022 cost of sales of $1,741 million increased $226 million, or 15 percent, primarily due to higher raw material prices, which increased $148 million, and higher sales volume. In addition, cost of sales in fiscal 2021 was favorably
impacted by cost-saving actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These factors, which caused an increase in cost of sales compared with the prior year, were partially offset by lower depreciation expense in the Performance Technologies
segment and improved operating efficiencies. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales increased 110 basis points to 84.9 percent.
As a result of higher sales and higher cost of sales as a percentage of sales, fiscal 2022 gross profit increased $16 million and gross margin declined 110 basis points to 15.1 percent.
Fiscal 2022 SG&A expenses increased $4 million. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to higher compensation-related expenses, as the prior year was favorably impacted by cost-saving actions implemented to mitigate the
negative impacts of COVID-19. In addition, environmental charges related to a previously-owned manufacturing facility in the U.S. increased $3 million. These increases were partially offset by lower costs related to our review of strategic
alternatives for the automotive businesses and lower strategic reorganization costs, which decreased $4 million and $3 million, respectively. The lower strategic reorganization costs primarily resulted from lower severance expenses for executive
management positions.
Restructuring expenses of $24 million in fiscal 2022 increased $11 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher severance-related expenses in the Performance Technologies segment, partially offset by lower severance-related
expenses in the Climate Solutions segment.
In fiscal 2021, we recorded $167 million of impairment charges to write down the long-lived assets in the liquid-cooled and Austrian air-cooled automotive businesses when they were classified as held for sale. In fiscal 2022, we adjusted the
long-lived assets in the liquid-cooled automotive business to the lower of carrying or fair value once they no longer met the held for sale classification criteria and, as a result, recorded a net impairment reversal of $56 million.
We sold our Austrian air-cooled automotive business on April 30, 2021. As a result of the sale, we recorded a $7 million loss on sale at Corporate during fiscal 2022.
Operating income of $119 million during fiscal 2022 represents an improvement of $217 million from the prior-year operating loss of $98 million. The operating income and operating loss during fiscal 2022 and 2021 included the significant
impairment reversal and impairment charges within the Performance Technologies segment. In addition, as compared with the prior year, the fiscal 2022 operating income was favorably impacted by higher gross profit. Operating income was negatively
impacted by higher restructuring expenses, the loss on sale of the Austrian air-cooled automotive business, and higher SG&A expenses.
The provision for income taxes was $15 million and $90 million in fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively. The $75 million decrease was primarily due to the absence of $117 million of income tax charges recorded in fiscal 2021 to increase the
valuation allowances on deferred tax assets in the U.S. and in certain foreign jurisdictions and a net $11 million income tax benefit recorded in fiscal 2022 related to valuation allowances on deferred tax assets in foreign jurisdictions. These
drivers, which decreased the provision for income taxes, were partially offset by the absence of income tax benefits totaling $47 million recorded in the prior year, including $38 million related to the impairment charges recorded for the held for
sale automotive businesses and $9 million resulting from the allocation of the income tax provision between net earnings and other comprehensive income.
Segment Results of Operations
Effective April 1, 2022, we began managing the Company under two operating segments, Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies. Our new segment structure aligns businesses serving similar or complimentary end markets, products and
technologies under common segment management. This simplified segment structure allows us to better focus resources on targeted growth opportunities and better enables an efficient application of 80/20 principles across all product lines to
optimize profit margins and cash flow.
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The Climate Solutions segment includes the previously-reported BHVAC and CIS segments, with the exception of CIS Coatings. The Performance Technologies segment includes the previously-reported Heavy Duty Equipment and Automotive segments and
the CIS Coatings business.
The segment realignment had no impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. We have recast the segment financial information for fiscal 2022 and 2021 to conform to the fiscal 2023 presentation.
Climate Solutions
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| Net sales | $ | 1,012 | 100.0 | % | $ | 911 | 100.0 | % | $ | 731 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | 788 | 77.9 | % | 744 | 81.7 | % | 595 | 81.3 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 224 | 22.1 | % | 166 | 18.3 | % | 137 | 18.7 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 97 | 9.6 | % | 90 | 9.9 | % | 82 | 11.2 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Restructuring expenses | 2 | 0.2 | % | 2 | 0.2 | % | 5 | 0.7 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Operating income | $ | 124 | 12.3 | % | $ | 73 | 8.1 | % | $ | 50 | 6.8 | % |
Year Ended March 31, 2023 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2022
Climate Solutions net sales increased $101 million, or 11 percent, in fiscal 2023 compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume and favorable commercial pricing. These increases were partially offset by a $52 million
unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. Compared with the prior year, sales of data center cooling, heat transfer, and HVAC & refrigeration products increased $58 million, $33 million, and $11 million, respectively.
Climate Solutions cost of sales increased $44 million, or 6 percent, in fiscal 2023, primarily due to higher sales volume, partially offset by a $44 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. As a percentage of sales, cost of
sales decreased 380 basis points to 77.9 percent, primarily due to the favorable impact of higher sales volume, favorable commercial pricing, and improved operating efficiencies, partially offset by higher labor and inflationary costs.
As a result of higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $58 million and gross margin improved 380 basis points to 22.1 percent.
Climate Solutions SG&A expenses increased $7 million compared with the prior year, yet decreased 30 basis points as a percentage of sales. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to a $5 million increase in compensation-related
expenses, including commission expenses, and increases in other general and administrative expenses that have been impacted by inflationary market conditions. These increases were partially offset by a $4 million favorable impact of foreign
currency exchange rate changes.
Restructuring expenses totaling $2 million during fiscal 2023 were consistent with the prior year and primarily consisted of severance-related expenses.
Operating income in fiscal 2023 increased $51 million to $124 million, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A expenses.
Year Ended March 31, 2022 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2021
Climate Solutions net sales increased $180 million, or 25 percent, in fiscal 2022 compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume and, to a lesser extent, favorable commercial pricing, including adjustments in response to raw
material price increases. Sales of heat transfer, HVAC & refrigeration, and data center cooling products increased $101 million, $46 million, and $32 million, respectively.
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Climate Solutions cost of sales increased $149 million, or 25 percent, in fiscal 2022, primarily due to higher sales volume and higher raw material prices, which increased $67 million. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales increased 40 basis
points to 81.7 percent, primarily due to higher material costs, partially offset by favorable impacts of higher sales volume and improved operating efficiencies.
As a result of higher sales and higher cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $29 million and gross margin declined 40 basis points to 18.3 percent.
Climate Solutions SG&A expenses increased $8 million compared with the prior year, yet decreased 130 basis points as a percentage of sales. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to higher compensation-related expenses, which
increased $6 million and included higher commission expenses.
Restructuring expenses during fiscal 2022 decreased $3 million, primarily due to lower severance expenses. The fiscal 2022 severance expenses primarily related to targeted headcount reductions in Europe and China. The fiscal 2021 severance
expenses primarily related to plant consolidation activities in China and targeted headcount reductions in North America.
Operating income in fiscal 2022 of $73 million increased $23 million, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A expenses.
Performance Technologies
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| Net sales | $ | 1,316 | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,172 | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,109 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | 1,150 | 87.4 | % | 1,030 | 87.9 | % | 952 | 85.8 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 166 | 12.6 | % | 142 | 12.1 | % | 157 | 14.2 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 98 | 7.4 | % | 99 | 8.4 | % | 93 | 8.4 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Restructuring expenses | 3 | 0.2 | % | 22 | 1.9 | % | 7 | 0.6 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Impairment charges (reversals) - net | - | - | (56 | ) | -4.8 | % | 167 | 15.0 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | $ | 66 | 5.0 | % | $ | 77 | 6.6 | % | $ | (109 | ) | -9.8 | % |
Year Ended March 31, 2023 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2022
Performance Technologies net sales increased $144 million, or 12 percent, in fiscal 2023 compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume and favorable commercial pricing, including adjustments in response to raw material price
increases. These increases were partially offset by a $59 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates and, to a lesser extent, the absence of sales from the Austrian air-cooled automotive business, which we sold on April 30,
2021. Sales of air-cooled, liquid-cooled, and advanced solutions products increased $86 million, $36 million, and $25 million, respectively.
Performance Technologies cost of sales increased $120 million, or 12 percent, primarily due to higher sales volume and higher raw material prices, which increased $29 million. In addition, to a lesser extent, higher labor costs and higher
depreciation expenses negatively impacted cost of sales. During fiscal 2022, we did not depreciate the held for sale property, plant and equipment assets within the liquid-cooled automotive business until they reverted back to held and used
classification during the third quarter of fiscal 2022. These increases were partially offset by a $52 million favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rates. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 50 basis points to 87.4 percent,
primarily due to the favorable impact of higher sales volume and commercial pricing, partially offset by higher material, labor and inflationary costs.
As a result of higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $24 million and gross margin improved 50 basis points to 12.6 percent.
Performance Technologies SG&A expenses decreased $1 million compared with the prior year. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses decreased by 100 basis points. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to a $4 million
favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes and, to a lesser extent, lower compensation-related expenses, partially offset by higher general and administrative expenses that have been impacted by inflationary market conditions.
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Restructuring expenses during fiscal 2023 totaled $3 million, a decrease of $19 million compared with the prior year. This decrease was primarily driven by lower severance expenses in Europe for targeted headcount reductions.
The net impairment reversal of $56 million in fiscal 2022 primarily related to assets in our liquid-cooled automotive business. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
Operating income in fiscal 2023 decreased $11 million to $66 million, primarily due to the absence of the significant net impairment reversal recorded in the prior year, partially offset by higher gross profit and lower restructuring expenses.
Year Ended March 31, 2022 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2021
Performance Technologies net sales increased $63 million, or 6 percent, in fiscal 2022 compared with the prior year, primarily due to favorable commercial pricing, including adjustments in response to raw material price increases, and to a
lesser extent, higher sales volume. In regard to the higher sales volume, sales in the prior year were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in fiscal 2021. Sales increased in fiscal 2022 to off-highway and commercial vehicle customers, as
those underlying markets recovered. Sales to automotive customers, however, decreased in fiscal 2022, primarily due to $58 million of lower sales from our Austrian air-cooled automotive business, which we sold in the first quarter of fiscal 2022,
and the negative impacts of the semiconductor chip shortage on the global automotive market. Compared with the prior year, sales of air-cooled and advanced solutions products increased $52 million and $21 million, respectively. Sales of
liquid-cooled products decreased $11 million.
Performance Technologies cost of sales increased $78 million, or 8 percent, primarily due to higher raw material prices, which increased $81 million, and to a lesser extent, higher sales volume. These drivers, which increased cost of sales, were
partially offset by lower depreciation expenses in the segment’s automotive businesses, which decreased $9 million. We ceased depreciating the property, plant and equipment assets within the liquid-cooled and Austrian air-cooled automotive
businesses when they were classified as held for sale during the second half of fiscal 2021. Upon reverting back to held and used classification during the third quarter of fiscal 2022, we resumed depreciating the property, plant and equipment
assets in the liquid-cooled automotive business. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales increased 210 basis points to 87.9 percent, primarily due to the higher material prices.
As a result of higher sales and higher cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit decreased $15 million and gross margin declined 210 basis points to 12.1 percent.
Performance Technologies SG&A expenses increased $6 million compared with the prior year. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to higher compensation-related expenses, which increased approximately $7 million, partially
offset by lower development and other administrative costs.
Restructuring expenses during fiscal 2022 totaled $22 million, an increase of $15 million compared with the prior year. The increase was primarily driven by higher severance expenses in Europe related to targeted headcount reductions.
The fiscal 2022 net impairment reversal of $56 million primarily related to assets in our liquid-cooled automotive business. We remeasured the previously impaired long-lived assets within the liquid-cooled automotive business to the lower of
their carrying or fair value once they were no longer held for sale. The fiscal 2021 impairment charges totaling $167 million related to assets in the liquid-cooled and Austrian air-cooled automotive businesses, which were first classified as held
for sale in fiscal 2021. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
Operating income of $77 million during fiscal 2022 represents a $186 million improvement from the prior-year operating loss of $109 million. The operating income and operating loss during fiscal 2022 and 2021 were largely driven by the
significant net impairment reversal and impairment charges, respectively. In addition, as compared with the prior year, operating income was unfavorably impacted by lower gross profit and higher restructuring expenses.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flow from operating activities, our cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2023 of $67 million, and an available borrowing capacity of $270 million under our revolving credit facility. Given our
extensive international operations, approximately $63 million of our cash and cash equivalents are held by our non-U.S. subsidiaries. Amounts held by non-U.S. subsidiaries are available for general corporate use; however, these funds may be
subject to foreign withholding taxes if repatriated. We believe our sources of liquidity will provide sufficient cash flow to adequately cover our funding needs on both a short-term and long-term basis.
Our primary contractual obligations include pension obligations, debt and related interest payments, lease obligations, and obligations for capital expenditures. Our pension liabilities totaled $42 million as of March 31, 2023. As a result of
funding relief provisions within the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, we do not expect to make cash contributions to our U.S. pension plans during fiscal 2024.
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities in fiscal 2023 was $108 million, an increase of $96 million from $12 million in the prior year. This increase in operating cash flow was primarily due to the favorable impact of higher earnings and
favorable net changes in working capital, as compared with the prior year. While inventories have increased $44 million from the prior year, the increase has been less significant than the increase in the prior year. In fiscal 2023, the Company
increased its inventory levels, particularly in the Climate Solutions segment, to meet planned production increases. In fiscal 2022, the higher inventory levels largely resulted from increased raw material prices and impacts from global supply
constraints and challenges, which continued to impact our businesses in fiscal 2023. In addition, the favorable changes in working capital include lower payments for incentive compensation and lower pension plan contributions in fiscal 2023, as
compared with the prior year.
Net cash provided by operating activities in fiscal 2022 was $12 million, a decrease of $138 million from $150 million in the prior year. This decrease in operating cash flow was primarily due to unfavorable net changes in working capital,
including higher inventory and accounts receivable levels and higher payments for incentive compensation and employee benefits as compared with the prior year. Inventory increased $61 million from March 31, 2021 to March 31, 2022.
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures of $51 million during fiscal 2023 increased $11 million compared with fiscal 2022. Our capital spending in fiscal 2023 in the Performance Technologies and Climate Solutions segments totaled $25 million and $24 million,
respectively. Capital expenditures in the Performance Technologies segment include tooling and equipment purchases in conjunction with new and renewal programs with customers. Capital spending in the Climate Solutions segment include investments
supporting our strategic growth initiatives, including expanding our data center business.
Debt
In October 2022, we executed an amended and restated credit agreement with a syndicate of banks that provides for a multi-currency $275 million revolving credit facility and term loan facilities maturing in October 2027. This credit agreement
modified our then existing $250 million revolver and term loan facilities, which would have matured in June 2024.
Our total debt outstanding decreased $25 million to $353 million at March 31, 2023 compared with the prior year, primarily due to repayments during fiscal 2023.
Our credit agreements require us to maintain compliance with various covenants, including a leverage ratio covenant and an interest expense coverage ratio covenant, which are discussed further below. Indebtedness under our credit agreements is
secured by liens on substantially all domestic assets. These agreements further require compliance with various covenants that may limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness; grant liens; make investments, loans, or guarantees; engage in
certain transactions with affiliates; or make restricted payments including dividends. Also, the credit agreements may require prepayments in the event of certain asset sales.
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The leverage ratio covenant within our primary credit agreements requires us to limit our consolidated indebtedness, less a portion of our cash balance, both as defined by the credit agreements, to no more than three and one-quarter times
consolidated net earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and certain other adjustments (“Adjusted EBITDA”). We are also subject to an interest expense coverage ratio covenant, which requires us to maintain Adjusted EBITDA of
at least three times consolidated interest expense. As of March 31, 2023, we were in compliance with our debt covenants. We expect to remain in compliance with our debt covenants during fiscal 2024 and beyond.
See Note 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding our credit agreements.
Share Repurchase Program
During fiscal 2023, we repurchased $7 million of our common stock. As of March 31, 2023, we had $45 million of authorized share repurchases remaining under our current repurchase program, which expires in November 2024. Our decision whether
and to what extent to repurchase additional shares depends on a number of factors, including business conditions, other cash priorities, and stock price.
Critical Accounting Policies
The following critical accounting policies reflect the more significant judgments and estimates used in preparing our consolidated financial statements. Application of these policies results in accounting estimates that have the greatest
potential for a significant impact on our financial statements. The following discussion of these judgments and estimates is intended to supplement the significant accounting policies presented in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements. In addition, recently issued accounting pronouncements that either have or could materially impact our financial statements are disclosed in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue based upon consideration specified in a contract and as we satisfy performance obligations by transferring control over our products to our customers, which may be at a point in time or over time. The majority of our
revenue is recognized at a point in time, based upon shipment terms. A limited number of our customer contracts provide an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date. For these contracts, we recognize revenue over time based
upon our estimated progress toward the satisfaction of the contract’s performance obligations. We record an allowance for credit losses and we accrue for estimated warranty costs at the time of sale. We base these estimates upon historical
experience, current business trends and economic conditions, and risks specific to the underlying accounts receivable or warranty claims.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
We perform impairment evaluations of long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, whenever business conditions or events indicate that those assets may be impaired. We consider factors such as operating
losses, declining financial outlooks and market conditions when evaluating the necessity for an impairment analysis. In the event the net asset values exceed undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the assets, we write down the assets
to fair value and record an impairment charge. We estimate fair value in various ways depending on the nature of the underlying assets. Fair value is generally based upon appraised value, estimated salvage value, or selling prices under
negotiation, as applicable.
The most significant long-lived assets we evaluated for impairment indicators were property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, which totaled $315 million and $81 million, respectively, at March 31, 2023. Within property, plant and
equipment, the most significant assets evaluated are buildings and improvements and machinery and equipment. Our most significant intangible assets evaluated are customer relationships, trade names, and acquired technology, the majority of which
are related to our Climate Solutions segment. We evaluate impairment at the lowest level of separately identifiable cash flows, which is generally at the manufacturing plant level. We monitor manufacturing plant financial performance to determine
whether indicators exist that would require an impairment evaluation for the facility. This includes significant adverse changes in plant profitability metrics; substantial changes in the mix of customer products manufactured in the plant; changes
in manufacturing strategy; and the shifting of programs to other facilities under a manufacturing realignment strategy. When such indicators are present, we perform an impairment evaluation.
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During fiscal 2022, we recorded a net impairment reversal of $56 million, primarily related to assets that were held for sale in the Performance Technologies segment. In fiscal 2021, we recorded $167 million of impairment charges to write down
the long-lived assets in the liquid- and air-cooled automotive businesses when they were classified as held for sale. In fiscal 2022, we adjusted the long-lived assets in the liquid-cooled automotive business to the lower of carrying or fair value
when they no longer met the held for sale classification criteria. See Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Impairment of Goodwill
We perform goodwill impairment tests annually, as of March 31, unless business events or other conditions exist that require a more frequent evaluation. We consider factors such as operating losses, declining financial and market outlooks, and
market capitalization when evaluating the necessity for an interim impairment analysis. We test goodwill for impairment at a reporting unit level. Goodwill resulting from recent acquisitions generally represents the highest risk of impairment,
which typically decreases as the businesses are integrated into the Company and positioned for future operating and financial performance. We test goodwill for impairment by comparing the fair value of each reporting unit with its carrying value.
We determine the fair value of a reporting unit based upon the present value of estimated future cash flows. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds the carrying value of the reporting unit’s net assets, goodwill is not impaired. However,
if the carrying value of the reporting unit’s net assets exceeds its fair value, we would conclude goodwill is impaired and would record an impairment charge equal to the amount that the reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value.
Determining the fair value of a reporting unit involves judgment and the use of estimates and assumptions, which include assumptions regarding the revenue growth rates and operating profit margins used to calculate estimated future cash flows
and risk-adjusted discount rates. We determine the expected future revenue growth rates and operating profit margins after consideration of our historical revenue growth rates and earnings levels, our assessment of future market potential and our
expectations of future business performance. The discount rates used in determining discounted cash flows are rates corresponding to our cost of capital, adjusted for country- and business-specific risks where appropriate. While we believe the
assumptions used in our goodwill impairment tests are appropriate and result in a reasonable estimate of the fair value of each reporting unit, future events or circumstances could have a potential negative effect on the estimated fair value of our
reporting units. These events or circumstances include lower than forecasted revenues, market trends that fall below our current expectations, actions of key customers, increases in discount rates, and continued inflationary market conditions,
including the impacts associated with the military conflict in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic. We cannot predict the occurrence of certain events or changes in circumstances that might adversely affect the carrying value of goodwill.
At March 31, 2023, our goodwill totaled $166 million related to our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments. We conducted goodwill impairment tests as of March 31, 2023 by applying a fair value-based test and determined the fair
value of the reporting units in each of our operating segments exceeded their respective book value. A 10 percent decrease in the estimated fair value of each reporting unit would not have resulted in a different conclusion.
Acquisitions
From time to time, we make strategic acquisitions that have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations or financial position. We allocate the purchase price of acquired businesses to the identifiable tangible and intangible
assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction based upon their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. We determine the estimated fair values using information available to us and engage third-party valuation specialists
when necessary. The estimates we use to determine the fair value of long-lived assets, such as intangible assets, can be complex and require significant judgments. While we use our best estimates and assumptions, our estimates are inherently
uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, we record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to
goodwill. Upon conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to our consolidated statement of operations. We
also estimate the useful lives of intangible assets to determine the amount of amortization expense to record in future periods. We periodically review the estimated useful lives assigned to our intangible assets to determine whether such
estimated useful lives continue to be appropriate.
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Pension Obligations
Our calculation of the expense and liabilities of our pension plans is dependent upon various assumptions. At March 31, 2023, our pension liabilities totaled $42 million. The most significant assumptions include the discount rate, long-term
expected return on plan assets, and mortality rates. We base our selection of assumptions on historical trends and economic and market conditions at the time of valuation. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, actual results that differ from these
assumptions are accumulated and amortized over future periods. These differences impact future benefit cost. Our domestic pension plans are closed to new participants; therefore, participants in these plans are not accruing benefits based upon
their current service as the plans do not include increases in annual earnings or for future service in calculating the average annual earnings and years of credited service under the pension plan formula.
For the following discussion regarding sensitivity of assumptions, all amounts presented are in reference to our domestic pension plans, since our domestic plans comprise all of our pension plan assets and the majority of our pension plan
expense.
To determine the expected rate of return on pension plan assets, we consider such factors as (a) the actual return earned on plan assets, (b) historical rates of return on the various asset classes in the plan portfolio, (c) projections of
returns on those asset classes, (d) the amount of active management of the assets, (e) capital market conditions and economic forecasts, and (f) administrative expenses paid with the plan assets. The long-term rate of return utilized in fiscal
2023 and 2022 was 7.0 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively. For fiscal 2024, we have assumed a rate of 6.5 percent. A change of 25 basis points in the expected rate of return on assets would impact our fiscal 2024 pension expense by less than $1
million.
The discount rate reflects rates available on long-term, high-quality fixed-income corporate bonds on the measurement date of March 31. For fiscal 2023 and 2022, for purposes of determining pension expense, we used a discount rate of 3.9 and
3.2 percent, respectively. We determined these rates based upon a yield curve that was created following an analysis of the projected cash flows for our plans. See Note 18 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional
information. A change in the assumed discount rate of 25 basis points would impact our fiscal 2024 pension expense and projected benefit obligation by less than $1 million and approximately $4 million, respectively.
Income Taxes
We operate in numerous taxing jurisdictions; therefore, we are subject to regular examinations by federal, state and non-U.S. taxing authorities. Due to the application of complex and sometimes ambiguous tax laws and rulings in the
jurisdictions in which we do business, there is an inherent level of uncertainty within our worldwide tax provisions. Despite our belief that our tax return positions are consistent with applicable tax laws, it is possible that taxing authorities
could challenge certain positions.
Our deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect temporary differences between the amount of assets and liabilities for financial and tax reporting purposes. We adjust these amounts to reflect changes in tax rates expected to be in effect when
the temporary differences reverse. We record a valuation allowance if we determine it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets in a particular jurisdiction will not be realized. This determination, which is made on a legal
entity-by-legal entity basis, involves judgment and the use of significant estimates and assumptions, including expectations of future taxable income and tax planning strategies. We believe the assumptions that we used are appropriate and result
in a reasonable determination regarding the future realizability of deferred tax assets. However, future events or circumstances, such as lower-than-expected taxable income or unfavorable changes in the financial outlook of our operations in
certain jurisdictions, could cause us to record additional valuation allowances.
See Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding income taxes.
Loss Reserves
We maintain liabilities and reserves for a number of loss exposures, including environmental remediation costs, product warranties, self-insurance costs, estimated credit losses associated with trade receivables, regulatory compliance matters,
and litigation. Establishing loss reserves for these exposures requires the use of estimates and judgment to determine the risk exposure and ultimate potential liability. We estimate these reserve requirements by using consistent and suitable
methodologies for the particular type of loss reserve being calculated. See Notes 15 and 20 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding product warranties and contingencies and litigation, respectively.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This report, including, but not limited to, the discussion under Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contains statements, including information about future financial performance,
accompanied by phrases such as “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” and other similar “forward-looking” statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Modine’s actual results,
performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements, because of certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A. in Part I. of this
report and identified in our other public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Other risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:
Market Risks:
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| • | The impact of potential adverse developments or disruptions in the global economy and financial markets, including impacts related to inflation, including rising energy costs, along with supply chain challenges, tariffs, sanctions and other trade issues or cross-border trade restrictions (and any potential resulting trade war), and including impacts associated with the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine; |
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| • | The impact of other economic, social and political conditions, changes, challenges and unrest, particularly in the geographic, product and financial markets where we and our customers operate and compete, including foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; increases in interest rates; recession and recovery therefrom; and the general uncertainties about the impact of regulatory and/or policy changes, including those related to tax and trade that have been or may be implemented in the U.S. or abroad; |
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| • | The impact of potential further price increases associated with raw materials, including aluminum, copper, steel and stainless steel (nickel), and other purchased component inventory including, but not limited to, increases in the underlying material cost based upon the London Metal Exchange and related premiums or fabrication costs. These prices may be impacted by a variety of factors, including changes in trade laws and tariffs, the behavior of our suppliers and significant fluctuations in demand. This risk includes our ability to successfully manage our exposure and our ability to adjust product pricing in response to price increases, including through our quotation process or through contract provisions for prospective price adjustments, as well as the inherent lag in timing of such contract provisions; |
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| • | Our ability to mitigate increased labor costs and labor shortages; |
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| • | The impact of public health threats, such as COVID-19, on the national and global economy, our business, suppliers (and the supply chain), customers, and employees; and |
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| • | The impact of current and future environmental laws and regulations on our business and the businesses of our customers, including our ability to take advantage of opportunities to supply alternative new technologies to meet environmental and/or energy standards and objectives. |
Operational Risks:
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| • | The impact of problems, including logistic and transportation challenges, associated with suppliers meeting our quantity, quality, price and timing demands, and the overall health of our suppliers, including their ability and willingness to supply our volume demands if their production capacity becomes constrained; |
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| • | The overall health of and price-reduction pressure from our vehicular customers in light of economic and market-specific factors, the potential lower overall win rate for sales programs with contractual price reductions as a result of pricing strategies to ensure satisfactory profit margins for the duration of the programs, and the potential impact on us from any deterioration in the stability or performance of any of our major customers; |
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| • | Our ability to maintain current customer relationships and compete effectively for new business, including our ability to achieve profit margins acceptable to us by offsetting or otherwise addressing any cost increases associated with supply chain challenges and inflationary market conditions; |
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| • | The impact of product or manufacturing difficulties or operating inefficiencies, including any program launch and product transfer challenges and warranty claims; |
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| • | The impact of delays or modifications initiated by major customers with respect to program launches, product applications or requirements; |
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| • | Our ability to consistently structure our operations in order to develop and maintain a competitive cost base with appropriately skilled and stable labor, while also positioning ourselves geographically, so that we can continue to support our customers with the technical expertise and market-leading products they demand and expect from Modine; |
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| • | Our ability to effectively and efficiently manage our cost structure in response to sales volume increases or decreases and to complete restructuring activities and realize the anticipated benefits of those activities; |
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| • | Costs and other effects of the investigation and remediation of environmental contamination; including when related to the actions or inactions of others and/or facilities over which we have no control; |
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| • | Our ability to recruit and maintain talent, including personnel in managerial, leadership, operational and administrative functions, in light of tight global labor markets; |
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| • | Our ability to protect our proprietary information and intellectual property from theft or attack by internal or external sources; |
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| • | The impact of a substantial disruption or material breach of our information technology systems, and any related delays, problems or costs; |
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| • | Increasingly complex and restrictive laws and regulations, including those associated with being a U.S. public company and others present in various jurisdictions in which we operate, and the costs associated with compliance therewith; |
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| • | Work stoppages or interference at our facilities or those of our major customers and/or suppliers; |
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| • | The constant and increasing pressures associated with healthcare and associated insurance costs; and |
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| • | Costs and other effects of litigation, claims, or other obligations. |
Strategic Risks:
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| • | Our ability to successfully realize anticipated benefits from strategic initiatives and our continued application of 80/20 principles to our business, through which we are focused on reducing complexity and growing businesses with strong market drivers; |
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| • | Our ability to identify and execute on organic growth opportunities and acquisitions, and to efficiently and successfully integrate acquired businesses; |
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| • | Our ability to successfully execute strategies to reduce costs and improve operating margins; and |
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| • | The potential impacts from actions by activist shareholders, including disruption of our business and related costs. |
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Financial Risks:
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| • | Our ability to fund our global liquidity requirements efficiently for our current operations and meet our long-term commitments in the event of disruption in or tightening of the credit markets or extended recessionary conditions in the global economy; |
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| • | The impact of increases in interest rates in relation to our variable-rate debt obligations; |
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| • | The impact of changes in federal, state or local taxes that could have the effect of increasing our income tax expense; |
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| • | Our ability to comply with the financial covenants in our credit agreements, including our leverage ratio (net debt divided by Adjusted EBITDA, as defined in our credit agreements) and our interest coverage ratio (Adjusted EBITDA divided by interest expense, as defined in our credit agreements); |
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| • | The potential unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on our financial results; and |
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| • | Our ability to effectively realize the benefits of deferred tax assets in various jurisdictions in which we operate. |
Forward-looking statements are as of the date of this report; we do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
FY 2022 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001140361-22-020696.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
Overview
Founded in 1916, Modine Manufacturing Company is a global leader in thermal management systems and components, bringing heating and
cooling technology and solutions to diversified global markets. Our product systems and solutions support our purpose of engineering a cleaner, healthier world. We operate in four continents, in 15 countries, and
employ approximately 11,100 persons worldwide.
Our primary product groups include i) heating, ventilation and air conditioning; ii) coils, coolers, and coatings; and iii) powertrain cooling and engine cooling. We provide our thermal management technology and solutions to a wide array of
commercial, industrial, and building heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration, and data center markets. In addition, our products are used in on- and off-highway original-equipment vehicular
applications.
Company Strategy
Fiscal 2022 was a year of significant change for Modine — a year of significant progress. We onboarded seasoned leaders with the requisite experience to drive transformative change, including two new segment presidents as well as general
managers focused on market-based verticals within our business. Effective April 1, 2022, we began managing our company under two operating segments, Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies. The Climate Solutions segment includes the
BHVAC and CIS segment businesses with the exception of CIS Coatings. The Performance Technologies segment includes the HDE and Automotive segment businesses and the CIS Coatings business. Our new structure aligns businesses serving similar or
complimentary end markets, products and technologies under common segment management.
Our new leadership teams are driving change by applying 80/20 principles to our business. We are analyzing our business to better focus resources on
products and markets with the highest growth opportunities and best return profiles. The results of our data analytics are changing how we serve our customers and are allowing us to significantly reduce the complexity of our business, including
reducing the number of SKUs, eliminating unprofitable product lines, and changing how we operate on the factory floor. The data has also highlighted opportunities for us to improve our pricing practices and develop strategies to target new
customers.
With our teams in place, we are focused on growing the areas of our business with the strongest market drivers and best returns, including HVAC&R,
data centers, and electric vehicles. We are also focused on addressing and simplifying the underperforming areas of our business. We are utilizing an 80/20 mindset to reduce complexity in our product offerings, improve our pricing discipline,
and increase our operational efficiency in both our manufacturing processes and in our supply chain. In addition, we are executing restructuring actions that were approved in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, which we expect to reduce
administrative and overhead costs, primarily in the Performance Technologies segment.
Our ultimate objective is to accelerate growth, allowing us to complete our transformation. We expect to change our mix of
business, as we grow certain areas and strategically deemphasize others. We expect these changes will fuel improvements in both earnings and cash flow, all while supporting our customers with innovative and environmentally responsible thermal
management solutions to succeed in the ever-changing global marketplace.
Development of New Products and Technology
Our ability to develop new products and technologies based upon our building block methodology for new and emerging markets is one of our competitive strengths. Under this methodology, we focus on creating core
technologies that form the basis for multiple products and product lines. Each of our business segments has a strong heritage of new product development and our technology team benefits from mutual strengths. We own four global,
state-of-the-art technology centers, dedicated to the development and testing of products and technologies. The centers are located in Racine, Wisconsin, Grenada, Mississippi, Pocenia, Italy and Bonlanden, Germany. Our reputation for providing
high quality products and technologies has been a strength valued by our customers.
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We continue to benefit from relationships with customers that recognize the value of having us participate directly in product design, development and validation processes. This has resulted, and we expect it to
continue to result, in strong, long-term customer relationships with companies that value partnerships with their suppliers.
Strategic Planning and Corporate Development
We employ both short-term (one-to-three year) and longer-term (five-to-seven year) strategic planning processes, which enable us to continually assess our opportunities, competitive threats, and economic market
challenges.
We devote significant resources to global strategic planning and development activities to strengthen our competitive position. We will continue to pursue organic- and external-growth opportunities, particularly to grow our global, market leading positions in the HVAC&R and data center markets. In addition, we have a
dedicated team focused on products and solutions for electric vehicles, supporting demands for climate-friendly alternative powertrains. We have provided our general managers with the tools that they need to be successful, including dedicated
resources to create an entrepreneurial environment and to challenge the status quo.
Operational and Financial Discipline
We are using 80/20 principles to guide our path forward towards commercial excellence. Through closely analyzing our customer and product data with our 80/20 mindset, we have gained a valuable
understanding of what drives our profitability and have also identified areas requiring improvement. Beginning in fiscal 2023, we began managing our company under two operating segments, Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies.
These segment teams, led by segment presidents and general managers focused on the underlying market verticals, are driving transformative change with our 80/20 mindset. Each general manager has developed a strategic plan designed to meet the
objective of his or her market- based vertical - venture, grow, or improve. We expect these strategies to fuel earnings and cash flow improvements.
While executing on our strategic initiatives, we have faced obstacles including supply chain challenges associated with the COVID-19
pandemic and other market and economic dynamics and cost inflation. We have and will continue to address these challenges head-on. We’ve implemented selling price
increases for our products in response to raw material and other price increases and are engaged with suppliers to ensure availability of purchased commodities and components.
Our executive management incentive compensation (annual cash incentive) plan for fiscal 2022 was based upon two performance goals:
growth in consolidated net earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and certain other adjustments (“Adjusted EBITDA”); and a cash flow
margin metric. These performance goals drive alignment of management and shareholders’ interests in both our earnings growth and cash flow targets. In addition, we provide a long-term incentive compensation plan for officers and certain key
leaders throughout our organization to attract, retain, and motivate these employees who are responsible for driving the long-term success of our company. The plan is comprised of stock awards, stock options, and performance-based
stock or cash awards. The performance-based awards for the fiscal 2022 through 2024 performance period are based upon a target three-year average growth in Adjusted EBITDA and a target three-year average
consolidated cash flow return on invested capital.
Segment Information – Strategy, Market Conditions and Trends
Each of our operating segments is managed by a vice president and has separate strategic and financial plans, and financial results, all of which are reviewed by our chief operating decision maker. These plans and results are used by
management to evaluate the performance of each segment and to make decisions on the allocation of resources.
Effective July 1, 2021, we aligned the data center businesses previously managed by and reported within the CIS segment under the BHVAC segment. The BHVAC segment assumed management of our business in Guadalajara, Spain and a portion of our
business in Grenada, Mississippi. Through this segment change, we aligned our data center businesses under the BHVAC leadership team in order to accelerate commercial excellence, operational improvements, and organizational efficiencies.
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Effective April 1, 2022, we began managing our company under two operating segments, Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies. The Climate
Solutions segment includes the BHVAC and CIS segment businesses with the exception of CIS Coatings. The Performance Technologies segment includes the HDE and Automotive segment businesses and the CIS Coatings business. Our new structure
aligns businesses serving similar or complimentary end markets, products and technologies under common segment management. We expect this simplified segment structure will allow us to better focus our resources on targeted growth opportunities
and more efficiently apply the 80/20 principles across all product lines to optimize profit margins and cash flow.
Building HVAC Systems (16
percent of fiscal 2022 net sales)
Our BHVAC segment manufactures and sells a variety of heating, ventilating, and
air conditioning products, primarily for commercial buildings and data centers in North America and Europe, as well as in the Middle East. We sell and distribute our heating, ventilation and cooling products
through wholesalers, distributors, consulting engineers, contractors and data center operators for applications such as data centers, schools, greenhouses, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, warehouses, residential garages, and manufacturing
facilities. Our heating products include gas (natural and propane), electric, oil and hydronic unit heaters, low- and high-intensity infrared and duct furnace units. Our indoor air quality products include roof-mounted direct- and
indirect-fired makeup air units, single-packaged vertical units and unit ventilators used in school room applications, and ceiling cassettes. Our data center products include IT cooling solutions including precision air conditioning units,
CRAC and CRAH units, fan walls, chillers, and condensers and condensing units. We also provide other cooling products including precision air conditioning units and air- and water-cooled chillers used in a variety of commercial building
applications. In addition, we provide control solutions for existing plant equipment and new building management controls and systems.
Economic conditions, such as demand for new commercial construction, building renovations, including HVAC replacement, growth in data centers and school renovations, and higher efficiency requirements, are growth
drivers for our HVAC products. During fiscal 2022, our sales increased in both North America and Europe, primarily driven by increased sales of heating, ventilation, and data center products.
We expect growth in each of the HVAC and data center markets we serve during fiscal 2023. These markets are heavily impacted by construction activity, building regulations, owner/occupant comfort requirements, and
the ever-increasing reliance on digital technologies. Growth rates in these markets have shown increasing strength as the need for digital infrastructure expands and manufacturing, housing, and business investments increase. In addition, we
expect sales growth in the indoor air quality markets in North America during fiscal 2023 to be driven by available federal and local funding for ventilation improvements by school and healthcare systems in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commercial and Industrial Solutions (30 percent of fiscal 2022 net sales)
Our CIS segment provides a broad offering of thermal management products to the HVAC&R markets in North America, EMEA, and China, including solutions tailored to indoor, outdoor, and mobile climates, food storage and
transport-refrigeration, and industrial processes. Our primary product groups in the CIS segment include coils, coolers, and coatings. Our coils products include microchannel, heat recovery, and round tube plate fin coils for a variety of
commercial and industrial applications. Our coolers include commercial refrigeration units, which are used across the food supply chain, carbon dioxide and ammonia unit coolers, remote condensers, transformer oil coolers, and brine coolers. In
addition, we offer proprietary coating solutions for corrosion protection, prolonging the life of heat-transfer equipment.
During fiscal 2022, CIS segment sales increased driven by both increased sales volume, as the primary HVAC&R and industrial cooling markets were negatively impacted in the prior year from the COVID-19 pandemic, and favorable product
pricing adjustments in response to raw material price increases. In addition, we also implemented targeted headcount reductions to reduce operational and SG&A cost structures.
Looking ahead, we anticipate continued market growth in the HVAC&R markets. We are utilizing an 80/20 mindset to simplify our product offerings for
coils and improve our pricing discipline to ensure our pricing is reflective of the service and support that we proudly offer with our products. We are also focused on growing our cooler sales and believe we can become a market leader in more
environmentally friendly carbon dioxide gas coolers and adiabatic solutions in North America and Europe. In addition, we are targeting sales growth for coatings, both in coatings applied by us and expanding our market share in aftermarket
coating solutions, which allow customers to apply protective coating solutions themselves.
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Heavy Duty Equipment (39 percent of fiscal 2022 net sales)
Our HDE segment provides powertrain and engine cooling products, including, but not limited to, radiators, charge air coolers, condensers, oil coolers, EGR coolers, fuel coolers, electronics cooling packages, and battery thermal management
systems to OEMs in the commercial vehicle, off-highway, and automotive and light vehicle markets in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. In addition, our HDE segment serves Brazil’s commercial vehicle and automotive aftermarkets.
Sales in the HDE segment increased during fiscal 2022, primarily due to higher sales volume to commercial vehicle and off-highway customers and favorable product pricing adjustments in response to raw material price increases. The key markets
served by our HDE segment, particularly in the Americas and in Europe, were negatively impacted in the prior year by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In fiscal 2023, we expect to benefit from anticipated market growth in the commercial vehicle and off-highway markets, particularly in the Americas and in Europe, partially offset by market weakness expected in China. In addition, we recently
announced availability of our suite of EVantage™ Thermal Management Systems for commercial electric vehicle chassis. These complete battery thermal management systems regulate battery, traction motor, and power electronics temperatures. We are
producing these systems for several customers, with additional programs launching in fiscal 2023. We are also engaged in development with prospective customers for solutions related to electric trucks and buses. Finally, we are applying our
80/20 mindset across our business portfolio to reduce complexity, improve our pricing discipline, and improve the HDE segment’s profitability and cash flow generation.
Automotive (15 percent of fiscal 2022 net sales)
Our Automotive segment provides powertrain and engine cooling products, including, but not limited to, radiators, charge air coolers, condensers, oil coolers, and EGR coolers, to OEMs primarily in the automotive and light vehicle markets in
North America, Europe, and Asia.
We completed the sale of our air-cooled automotive business in Austria during the first quarter of fiscal 2022. Sales in fiscal 2022 decreased, primarily due to lower sales from the air-cooled automotive business and lower sales volume. Our
fiscal 2022 sales were negatively impacted by the global semiconductor chip shortage and its impact on the global automotive market. During fiscal 2022, we recorded $20 million of restructuring expenses within the Automotive segment, primarily
related to targeted headcount reductions in Europe to reduce administrative and overhead costs.
We expect that the semiconductor chip shortages will begin to ease in fiscal 2023, which we anticipate will drive sales volume growth particularly in North America and in China. We are monitoring the automotive and light vehicle markets in
Europe in light of potential impacts from the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which may further aggravate supply chain challenges and increase energy and fuel prices. We expect such impacts could negatively impact automotive
production levels in Europe. We are focused on targeted growth opportunities with electric vehicle customers, as the demand and investment in electric vehicles continues to grow in light of increasingly stringent global emissions and energy
efficiency requirements.
Consolidated Results of Operations
COVID-19 Pandemic and Supply Chain Disruptions
During fiscal 2022, the effects on our company from the COVID-19 pandemic lessened, particularly compared with the significant impacts during the first half of fiscal 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic and other market and economic dynamics have contributed to global supply chain challenges and inflationary market conditions. Since the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine and
the related sanctions imposed by governments in the U.S. and abroad have further aggravated these market conditions, particularly driving higher oil and gas prices. We, like many companies, have experienced labor shortages and negative impacts
from supply chain challenges, including rising prices for raw materials and logistics, as well as delays and shortages in certain commodities and components we purchase from suppliers. We are focused on mitigating the negative impacts of these
supply chain challenges. We have implemented selling price increases for our products in response to raw material and other price increases and are engaged with suppliers to ensure availability of key raw materials. In addition, our Automotive
segment has been impacted by lower order volume associated with semiconductor shortages, which have caused lower global automotive production.
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Since February 2022, COVID-19 cases have increased in many areas in China. As a result of government-required lock-downs, we suspended production at manufacturing facilities in China for portions of March and April 2022. While these plants
have since reopened, they are currently manufacturing at reduced levels and customer demand has been negatively impacted by the lock-downs and supply chain challenges, including component shortages. We are actively working to address the supply
chain challenges and expect to increase production levels at our plants in China in the second quarter of fiscal 2023. All of our other manufacturing locations are open and operating, although production has been negatively affected at times by
employee absences due to COVID-19.
We expect temporary disruptions due to illness-related employee absences and the pressures associated with supply chain challenges will continue, at least in the near term. We cannot reasonably estimate the full impact that the COVID-19
pandemic or the ongoing supply chain challenges will have on our business, results of operations, or cash flows in the future.
Liquid-cooled Automotive Business
On October 25, 2021, we announced that we agreed with Dana Incorporated (“Dana”) to terminate an agreement for the sale of our liquid-cooled automotive business. In connection with the termination of the sale agreement, we determined that the
liquid-cooled automotive business no longer met the requirements to be classified as held for sale during the third quarter of fiscal 2022. While held for sale, we had fully impaired the long-lived assets within the liquid-cooled automotive
business, which primarily consisted of property, plant and equipment assets. Upon reverting back to held and used classification, we adjusted the long-lived assets to the lower of their (i) carrying value, as if held for sale classification had
not been met; or (ii) fair value. As a result, we reversed $57 million of previous impairment charges during the third quarter of fiscal 2022 within the Automotive segment. In addition, we resumed depreciating the property, plant and equipment
assets based upon the remeasured asset values.
In total, we recorded $56 million of net impairment reversals during fiscal 2022 within the Automotive segment related to assets that are no longer held for sale, primarily driven by the $57 million impairment reversal in the third quarter
discussed above. See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Air-cooled Automotive Business
On April 30, 2021, we sold our air-cooled automotive business to Schmid Metall GmbH. As a result of this transaction, we recorded a loss of $7 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2022.
Fiscal 2022 Highlights
Fiscal 2022 net sales increased $242 million, or 13 percent, from the prior year, primarily due to higher sales in our HDE, CIS, and BHVAC segments, partially offset by lower sales in our Automotive segment. Cost of sales increased $226
million, or 15 percent, from the prior year primarily due to higher raw material prices and higher sales volume. Gross profit increased $16 million and gross margin declined 110 basis points to 15.1 percent. SG&A expenses increased $4
million, primarily due to higher compensation-related expenses, as the prior-year benefitted from cost-saving actions implemented in response to COVID-19. We withdrew most of these cost-savings actions in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 as
production returned to more normal levels. Operating income of $119 million during fiscal 2022 represents a $217 million improvement from the prior-year operating loss of $98 million. The operating income and operating loss during fiscal 2022
and 2021 include $56 million of impairment reversals and $167 million of impairment charges, respectively, primarily related to the automotive businesses that were held for sale.
Fiscal 2021 Highlights
Fiscal 2021 net sales decreased $167 million, or 8 percent, from the prior year, primarily due to lower sales across our business segments, largely driven by the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Foreign currency exchange rate
changes favorably impacted sales in fiscal 2021 by $28 million. Cost of sales decreased $153 million, or 9 percent, from the prior year, primarily due to lower sales volume. Gross profit decreased $14 million and gross margin improved 60 basis
points to 16.2 percent. SG&A expenses decreased $39 million, primarily due to lower costs associated with our review of strategic alternatives for our Automotive segment businesses. In addition, SG&A expenses decreased due to
cost-reduction initiatives implemented early in the fiscal year in response to the negative impacts of COVID-19. The operating loss of $98 million during fiscal 2021 represents a $136 million decline from the prior-year operating income of $38
million and was primarily due to the $167 million of impairment charges recorded, partially offset by lower SG&A expenses.
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The following table presents our consolidated financial results on a comparative basis for fiscal years 2022, 2021 and 2020.
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| (in millions) | $’s | % of sales | $’s | % of sales | $’s | % of sales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | 2,050 | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,808 | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,976 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | 1,741 | 84.9 | % | 1,515 | 83.8 | % | 1,668 | 84.4 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 309 | 15.1 | % | 293 | 16.2 | % | 308 | 15.6 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 215 | 10.5 | % | 211 | 11.7 | % | 250 | 12.6 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Restructuring expenses | 24 | 1.2 | % | 13 | 0.7 | % | 12 | 0.6 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Impairment charges (reversals) - net | (56 | ) | -2.7 | % | 167 | 9.2 | % | 9 | 0.4 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Loss (gain) on sale of assets | 7 | 0.3 | % | - | - | (1 | ) | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | 119 | 5.8 | % | (98 | ) | -5.4 | % | 38 | 1.9 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (16 | ) | -0.8 | % | (19 | ) | -1.1 | % | (23 | ) | -1.1 | % | ||||||||||||
| Other expense – net | (2 | ) | -0.1 | % | (2 | ) | -0.1 | % | (5 | ) | -0.2 | % | ||||||||||||
| Earnings (loss) before income taxes | 101 | 5.0 | % | (119 | ) | -6.6 | % | 10 | 0.5 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | (15 | ) | -0.7 | % | (90 | ) | -5.0 | % | (12 | ) | -0.6 | % | ||||||||||||
| Net earnings (loss) | $ | 86 | 4.2 | % | $ | (209 | ) | -11.6 | % | $ | (2 | ) | -0.1 | % |
Year Ended March 31, 2022 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2021
Fiscal 2022 net sales of $2,050 million were $242 million, or 13 percent, higher than the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume and favorable pricing adjustments in response to raw material price increases in our HDE, CIS, and BHVAC
segments. Sales in these segments increased $142 million, $115 million, and $74 million, respectively. Automotive segment sales decreased $85 million.
Fiscal 2022 cost of sales of $1,741 million increased $226 million, or 15 percent, primarily due to higher raw material prices, which increased $148 million, and higher sales volume. In addition, cost of sales in fiscal 2021 was favorably
impacted by cost-saving actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These factors, which caused an increase in cost of sales compared with the prior year, were partially offset by lower depreciation expense in the Automotive segment and
improved operating efficiencies. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales increased 110 basis points to 84.9 percent.
As a result of higher sales and higher cost of sales as a percentage of sales, fiscal 2022 gross profit increased $16 million and gross margin declined 110 basis points to 15.1 percent.
Fiscal 2022 SG&A expenses increased $4 million. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to higher compensation-related expenses, as the prior year was favorably impacted by cost-saving actions implemented to mitigate the
negative impacts of COVID-19. In addition, environmental charges related to a previously-owned manufacturing facility in the U.S. increased $3 million. These increases were partially offset by lower costs related to our review of strategic
alternatives for the Automotive segment businesses and lower strategic reorganization costs, which decreased $4 million and $3 million, respectively. The lower strategic reorganization costs primarily resulted from lower severance expenses for
executive management positions.
Restructuring expenses of $24 million in fiscal 2022 increased $11 million compared with last year, primarily due to higher severance-related expenses in the Automotive segment, partially offset by lower severance-related expenses in the CIS
and HDE segments. We are targeting approximately $20 million of annual cost savings on a consolidated basis from the restructuring actions approved in fiscal 2022.
The net impairment reversals of $56 million during fiscal 2022 primarily related to assets that were held for sale in the Automotive segment. In fiscal 2021, we recorded $167 million of impairment charges to write down the long-lived assets
in the liquid- and air-cooled automotive businesses when they were classified as held for sale. In fiscal 2022, we adjusted the long-lived assets in the liquid-cooled automotive business to the lower of carrying or fair value when they no longer
met the held for sale classification criteria.
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We sold our air-cooled automotive business on April 30, 2021. As a result of the sale, we recorded a $7 million loss on sale at Corporate during fiscal 2022.
Operating income of $119 million during fiscal 2022 represents an improvement of $217 million from the prior-year operating loss of $98 million. The operating income and operating loss during fiscal 2022 and 2021 included the significant
impairment reversal and impairment charges within the Automotive segment. In addition, as compared with the prior year, the fiscal 2022 operating income was favorably impacted by higher gross profit. Operating income was negatively impacted by
higher restructuring expenses, the loss on sale of the air-cooled automotive business, and higher SG&A expenses.
The provision for income taxes was $15 million and $90 million in fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively. The $75 million decrease was primarily due to the absence of $117 million of income tax charges recorded in fiscal 2021 to increase the
valuation allowances on deferred tax assets in the U.S. and in certain foreign jurisdictions and a net $11 million income tax benefit recorded in fiscal 2022 related to valuation allowances on deferred tax assets in foreign jurisdictions. These
drivers, which decreased the provision for income taxes, were partially offset by the absence of income tax benefits totaling $47 million recorded in the prior year, including $38 million related to the Automotive segment impairment charges and
$9 million resulting from the allocation of the income tax provision between net earnings and other comprehensive income. See Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Year Ended March 31, 2021 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2020
Fiscal 2021 net sales of $1,808 million were $167 million, or 8 percent, lower than the prior year, primarily due to lower sales volume across our business segments, partially offset by a $28 million favorable impact of foreign currency
exchange rate changes. Sales in the HDE, Automotive, BHVAC, and CIS segments decreased $64 million, $47 million, $44 million, and $29 million, respectively. Fiscal 2021 sales were significantly impacted by market-driven volume declines and
temporary plant closures early in fiscal 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fiscal 2021 cost of sales of $1,515 million decreased $153 million, or 9 percent, primarily due to lower sales volume. Fiscal 2021 cost of sales was negatively impacted by $24 million from foreign currency exchange rate changes. As a
percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 60 basis points to 83.8 percent. The unfavorable impacts of lower sales volume and, to a lesser extent, higher material costs, which negatively impacted cost of sales as a percentage of sales by
approximately 50 basis points, were more than offset by benefits from procurement and other cost-reduction initiatives and an $8 million decrease in depreciation expense in the Automotive segment. We ceased depreciating the long-lived assets
within the liquid- and air-cooled automotive businesses once they were classified as held for sale during fiscal 2021. In addition, program and equipment transfer costs to prepare the liquid-cooled automotive business for sale decreased $3
million compared with the prior year.
As a result of lower sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, fiscal 2021 gross profit decreased $14 million and gross margin improved 60 basis points to 16.2 percent.
Fiscal 2021 SG&A expenses decreased $39 million. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to lower costs recorded at Corporate associated with our review of strategic alternatives for the Automotive segment businesses, which
decreased $30 million, and lower compensation-related expenses, which decreased $13 million, largely resulting from cost-saving actions taken in response to COVID-19. These favorable drivers were partially offset by $7 million of CEO transition
costs recorded at Corporate and a $3 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes.
Restructuring expenses totaled $13 million during fiscal 2021 and increased $1 million compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher severance expenses. The fiscal 2021 restructuring expenses primarily consisted of severance expenses
related to headcount reductions within the CIS, Automotive and HDE segments.
During fiscal 2021, we recorded impairment charges totaling $167 million within the Automotive segment, an increase of $158 million compared with the prior year. The impairment charges during fiscal 2021 primarily related to writing down the
long-lived assets in the liquid- and air-cooled automotive businesses when they were classified as held for sale. The $9 million of impairment charges recorded in fiscal 2020 primarily related to two manufacturing facilities in the Automotive
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The operating loss of $98 million during fiscal 2021 represents a $136 million decline from the prior-year operating income of $38 million. The decline was primarily due to higher impairment charges, which increased $158 million, and lower
earnings in our BHVAC segment, which decreased $13 million. These negative drivers were partially offset by lower costs associated with our review of strategic alternatives for the Automotive segment businesses, which decreased $33 million.
The provision for income taxes was $90 million and $12 million in fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectively. The $78 million increase was primarily due to an increase in income tax charges related to valuation allowances, partially offset by income
tax benefits totaling $38 million related to the impairment charges recorded during fiscal 2021. In fiscal 2021, we recorded income tax charges totaling $117 million to increase the valuation allowances on deferred tax assets in the U.S. and in
certain foreign jurisdictions, compared with $7 million of income tax charges for valuation allowances in fiscal 2020.
Segment Results of Operations
Effective July 1, 2021, we aligned the data center businesses previously managed by and reported within the CIS segment under the BHVAC segment. The BHVAC segment assumed management of our business in Guadalajara, Spain and a portion of our
business in Grenada, Mississippi. Through this segment change, we aligned our data center businesses under the same leadership team to accelerate commercial excellence, operational improvements, and organizational efficiencies. As a result, we
revised our reporting segments and are reporting the financial results of the transferred businesses within the BHVAC segment. The segment realignment had no impact on the HDE and Automotive segments or on our consolidated financial position,
results of operations, and cash flows. We have recast the segment financial information for fiscal 2021 and 2020 to conform to the fiscal 2022 presentation.
Effective April 1, 2022, we began managing our company under two operating segments, Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies. The Climate Solutions segment includes the BHVAC and CIS segment businesses with the exception of CIS
Coatings. The Performance Technologies segment includes the HDE and Automotive segment businesses and the CIS Coatings business. Beginning for fiscal 2023, we will report the financial results under the new segment structure.
BHVAC
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| Net sales | $ | 337 | 100.0 | % | $ | 263 | 100.0 | % | $ | 307 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | 243 | 72.2 | % | 178 | 67.6 | % | 206 | 67.3 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 94 | 27.8 | % | 85 | 32.4 | % | 100 | 32.7 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 48 | 14.1 | % | 40 | 15.2 | % | 42 | 13.7 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Operating income | $ | 46 | 13.6 | % | $ | 45 | 17.2 | % | $ | 58 | 19.0 | % |
Year Ended March 31, 2022 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2021
BHVAC net sales increased $74 million, or 28 percent, in fiscal 2022 compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume and, to a lesser extent, favorable pricing adjustments in response to raw material price increases. Sales
to commercial HVAC customers increased $41 million, primarily due to higher sales of heating and ventilation products in North America. In addition, sales to data center customers increased $32 million.
BHVAC cost of sales increased $65 million, or 37 percent, in fiscal 2022, primarily due to higher sales volume and higher raw material prices, which increased by $16 million. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales increased 460 basis points
to 72.2 percent, primarily due to the higher material costs.
As a result of higher sales and higher cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $9 million and gross margin declined 460 basis points to 27.8 percent.
BHVAC SG&A expenses increased $8 million compared with the prior year, yet decreased 110 basis points as a percentage of sales. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to higher compensation-related expenses, which increased
$6 million and included higher commission expenses.
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Operating income in fiscal 2022 of $46 million increased $1 million, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A expenses.
Year Ended March 31, 2021 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2020
BHVAC net sales decreased $44 million, or 14 percent, in fiscal 2021 compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower sales to a significant data center customer. Sales to data center customers decreased $42 million compared with the
prior year. Sales to commercial HVAC customers were consistent with the prior year, as higher sales of ventilation and heating products in the U.S. were largely offset by lower sales in Europe.
BHVAC cost of sales decreased $28 million, or 14 percent, in fiscal 2021, primarily due to lower sales volume. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales increased 30 basis points to 67.6 percent and was negatively impacted by unfavorable sales
mix.
As a result of the lower sales and higher cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit decreased $15 million and gross margin declined 30 basis points to 32.4 percent.
BHVAC SG&A expenses decreased $2 million from the prior year. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to lower compensation-related expenses.
Operating income in fiscal 2021 of $45 million decreased $13 million, primarily due to lower gross profit.
CIS
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| Net sales | $ | 627 | 100.0 | % | $ | 512 | 100.0 | % | $ | 541 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | 539 | 85.9 | % | 448 | 87.5 | % | 477 | 88.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 88 | 14.1 | % | 64 | 12.5 | % | 64 | 11.9 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 51 | 8.1 | % | 49 | 9.5 | % | 51 | 9.3 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Restructuring expenses | 2 | 0.4 | % | 5 | 1.0 | % | 2 | 0.4 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Impairment charge | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.1 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating income | $ | 35 | 5.6 | % | $ | 10 | 2.0 | % | $ | 11 | 2.1 | % |
Year Ended March 31, 2022 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2021
CIS net sales increased $115 million, or 22 percent, in fiscal 2022 compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume and favorable product pricing adjustments in response to raw material price increases. CIS sales in fiscal
2021 were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily in the first half of the fiscal year. Sales to commercial HVAC&R customers increased $117 million.
CIS cost of sales increased $91 million, or 20 percent, primarily due to higher sales volume and higher raw material prices, which increased by $51 million. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 160 basis points to 85.9 percent,
primarily due to the favorable impacts of the higher sales volume and improved operating efficiencies, partially offset by higher material costs.
As a result of the higher sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $24 million and gross margin improved 160 basis points to 14.1 percent.
CIS SG&A expenses increased $2 million compared with the prior year, yet decreased 140 basis points as a percentage of sales. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to higher compensation-related expenses.
Restructuring expenses during fiscal 2022 decreased $3 million, primarily due to lower severance expenses. The fiscal 2022 severance expenses primarily related to targeted headcount reductions in Europe and China. The fiscal 2021 severance
expenses primarily related to plant consolidation activities in China and targeted headcount reductions in North America.
Operating income in fiscal 2022 increased $25 million to $35 million, primarily due to higher gross profit.
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Year Ended March 31, 2021 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2020
CIS net sales decreased $29 million, or 5 percent, in fiscal 2021 compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower sales volume resulting from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, partially offset by a $12 million favorable impact of
foreign currency exchange rate changes. Sales to commercial HVAC&R customers decreased $33 million and were partially offset by higher industrial cooling sales, which increased $5 million.
CIS cost of sales decreased $29 million, or 6 percent, primarily due to lower sales volume, partially offset by an $11 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales decreased 60
basis points to 87.5 percent, as the favorable impact of cost-reduction and procurement initiatives more than offset the impact of the lower sales volume.
As a result of both the lower sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit remained consistent at $64 million and gross margin improved 60 basis points to 12.5 percent.
CIS SG&A expenses decreased $2 million compared with the prior year. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to lower compensation-related expenses.
Restructuring expenses during fiscal 2021 increased $3 million, primarily due to higher severance expenses. The fiscal 2021 restructuring expenses primarily consisted of severance expenses and equipment transfer costs related to plant
consolidation activities in China and targeted headcount reductions in North America.
Operating income in fiscal 2021 decreased $1 million to $10 million, primarily due to higher restructuring expenses, partially offset by lower SG&A expenses.
HDE
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| Net sales | $ | 824 | 100.0 | % | $ | 682 | 100.0 | % | $ | 746 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | 737 | 89.4 | % | 594 | 87.0 | % | 649 | 87.0 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 87 | 10.6 | % | 88 | 13.0 | % | 97 | 13.0 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 51 | 6.2 | % | 49 | 7.1 | % | 56 | 7.4 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Restructuring expenses | 1 | 0.2 | % | 3 | 0.4 | % | 3 | 0.4 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Operating income | $ | 35 | 4.2 | % | $ | 37 | 5.4 | % | $ | 38 | 5.1 | % |
Year Ended March 31, 2022 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2021
HDE net sales increased $142 million, or 21 percent, in fiscal 2022 compared with the prior year, primarily due to higher sales volume and, to a lesser extent, favorable product pricing adjustments in response to raw material price increases.
HDE sales in fiscal 2021 were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sales to off-highway and commercial vehicle customers increased $71 million and $69 million, respectively.
HDE cost of sales increased $143 million, or 24 percent, primarily due to higher sales volume and higher raw material prices, which increased approximately $67 million. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales increased 240 basis points to
89.4 percent, primarily due to the higher material prices.
As a result of higher sales and higher cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit decreased $1 million and gross margin declined 240 basis points to 10.6 percent.
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HDE SG&A expenses increased $2 million compared with the prior year, yet decreased 90 basis points as a percentage of sales. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily related to higher compensation-related expenses, which increased
$6 million, partially offset by lower development and other administrative costs.
Restructuring expenses during fiscal 2022 decreased $2 million, primarily due to lower severance expenses.
Operating income in fiscal 2022 decreased $2 million to $35 million, primarily due to lower gross profit and higher SG&A expenses, partially offset by lower restructuring expenses.
Year Ended March 31, 2021 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2020
HDE net sales decreased $64 million, or 9 percent, in fiscal 2021 compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower sales volume resulting from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which were most severe in the Americas and Europe during
the first half of the fiscal year. Sales to off-highway customers increased $20 million and were offset by lower sales to commercial vehicle and automotive and light vehicle customers, which decreased $52 million and $11 million, respectively.
HDE cost of sales decreased $55 million, or 8 percent, primarily due to lower sales volume. As a percentage of sales, cost of sales was consistent at 87.0 percent. Beyond the unfavorable impacts of the lower sales volume, higher material
costs impacted cost of sales as a percentage of sales by approximately 100 basis points. The unfavorable materials costs primarily resulted from higher commodity pricing and tariffs on imported materials. These negative impacts were largely
offset by favorable impacts from improved operating efficiencies and cost savings from procurement and other cost-reduction initiatives.
As a result of the lower sales, gross profit decreased $9 million. Gross margin of 13.0 percent was consistent with the prior year.
HDE SG&A expenses decreased $7 million compared with the prior year. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to lower compensation-related expenses, which decreased $6 million, and cost-reduction initiatives, including lower
travel expenses.
Restructuring expenses during fiscal 2021 totaled $3 million, consistent with the prior year. Fiscal 2021 restructuring expenses primarily consisted of severance expenses resulting from targeted headcount reductions in North America.
Operating income in fiscal 2021 decreased $1 million to $37 million, primarily due to lower gross profit, partially offset by lower SG&A expenses.
AUTOMOTIVE
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| Net sales | $ | 313 | 100.0 | % | $ | 398 | 100.0 | % | $ | 445 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | 274 | 87.5 | % | 342 | 85.9 | % | 396 | 89.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 39 | 12.5 | % | 56 | 14.1 | % | 48 | 10.9 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 40 | 12.6 | % | 36 | 9.1 | % | 45 | 10.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Restructuring expenses | 20 | 6.5 | % | 4 | 1.0 | % | 6 | 1.5 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Impairment charges (reversals) - net | (56 | ) | -17.9 | % | 167 | 41.9 | % | 8 | 1.8 | % | ||||||||||||||
| Gain on sale of assets | - | - | - | - | (1 | ) | -0.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | $ | 35 | 11.3 | % | $ | (151 | ) | -37.9 | % | $ | (10 | ) | -2.3 | % |
Year Ended March 31, 2022 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2021
Automotive net sales decreased $85 million, or 21 percent, in fiscal 2022 compared with the prior year, primarily due to $58 million of lower sales from the air-cooled automotive business, which we sold in the first quarter of fiscal 2022, and
lower sales volume, largely associated with the negative impacts of the global semiconductor chip shortage on the global automotive market. These drivers, which decreased sales, were partially offset by favorable product pricing adjustments in
response to raw material price increases. Sales in Europe, North America, and Asia decreased $62 million, $13 million, and $11 million, respectively.
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Automotive cost of sales decreased $68 million, or 20 percent, compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower sales volume and lower depreciation expenses, which decreased $9 million. We ceased depreciating the property, plant and
equipment assets within the liquid- and air-cooled automotive businesses when they were classified as held for sale during the second half of fiscal 2021. Upon reverting back to held and used classification during the third quarter of fiscal
2022, we resumed depreciating the property, plant and equipment assets in the liquid-cooled automotive business. These decreases were partially offset by higher raw material prices, which increased $14 million. As a percentage of sales, cost of
sales increased 160 basis points to 87.5 percent.
As a result of the lower sales and higher cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit decreased $17 million and gross margin declined 160 basis points to 12.5 percent.
Automotive SG&A expenses increased $4 million compared with the prior year. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily related to higher compensation-related expenses and, to a lesser extent, higher development and administrative
expenses.
Restructuring expenses during fiscal 2022 totaled $20 million, an increase of $16 million compared with the prior year. The increase was primarily driven by higher severance expenses in Europe related to targeted headcount reductions.
The fiscal 2022 net impairment reversal of $56 million primarily related to assets in our liquid-cooled automotive business. We remeasured the previously impaired long-lived assets within the liquid-cooled automotive business to the lower of
their carrying or fair value once they were no longer held for sale. The fiscal 2021 impairment charges totaling $167 million related to assets in the liquid- and air-cooled automotive businesses, which were first classified as held for sale in
fiscal 2021.
Operating income of $35 million during fiscal 2022 represents a $186 million improvement from the prior-year operating loss of $151 million. The operating income and operating loss during fiscal 2022 and 2021 were driven by the significant
net impairment reversal and impairment charges, respectively. In addition, as compared with the prior year, operating income was unfavorably impacted by lower gross profit and higher restructuring expenses.
Year Ended March 31, 2021 Compared with Year Ended March 31, 2020
Automotive net sales decreased $47 million, or 11 percent, in fiscal 2021 compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower sales volume largely resulting from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, partially offset by an $18 million
favorable impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes. Sales in Europe and North America decreased $39 million and $19 million, respectively. Sales in Asia increased $12 million.
Automotive cost of sales decreased $54 million, or 14 percent, compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower sales volume, partially offset by a $15 million unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes. As a percentage
of sales, cost of sales decreased 320 basis points to 85.9 percent and was favorably impacted by lower depreciation expenses of $8 million, cost savings from procurement initiatives and improved operating efficiencies, partially offset by the
unfavorable impact of lower sales volume. We ceased depreciating the long-lived assets within the liquid- and air-cooled automotive businesses when they were classified as held for sale in November 2020 and February 2021, respectively.
As a result of the lower sales and lower cost of sales as a percentage of sales, gross profit increased $8 million and gross margin improved 320 basis points to 14.1 percent.
Automotive SG&A expenses decreased $9 million compared with the prior year. The decrease in SG&A expenses was primarily due to lower compensation-related expenses, which decreased $8 million.
Restructuring expenses during fiscal 2021 totaled $4 million, a decrease of $2 million compared with the prior year. The decrease was primarily driven by lower severance expenses in Europe resulting from fewer targeted headcount reductions.
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Impairment charges during fiscal 2021 totaled $167 million and primarily related to assets in the liquid- and air-cooled automotive businesses. Upon classifying these businesses as held for sale, we recorded impairment charges to write down
the long-lived assets of these businesses based upon the selling prices in the agreements. During fiscal 2020, we recorded asset impairment charges totaling $8 million, primarily related to manufacturing facilities in Austria and Germany.
The Automotive operating loss in fiscal 2021 of $151 million, as compared with an operating loss of $10 million in the prior year, was significantly impacted by the large impairment charges, which were partially offset by higher gross profit
and lower SG&A and restructuring expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flow from operating activities, our cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2022 of $45 million, and an available borrowing capacity of $173 million under our revolving credit facility. Given our
extensive international operations, approximately $42 million of our cash and cash equivalents are held by our non-U.S. subsidiaries. Amounts held by non-U.S. subsidiaries are available for general corporate use; however, these funds may be
subject to foreign withholding taxes if repatriated. We believe our sources of liquidity will provide sufficient cash flow to adequately cover our funding needs on both a short-term and long-term basis.
Our primary contractual obligations include pension obligations, debt and related interest payments, lease obligations, and obligations for capital expenditures. Our pension liabilities totaled $49 million as of March 31, 2022. As a result
of funding relief provisions within the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, we do not expect to make cash contributions to our U.S. plans during fiscal 2023.
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities in fiscal 2022 was $12 million, a decrease of $138 million from $150 million in the prior year. This decrease in operating cash flow was primarily due to unfavorable net changes in working capital,
including higher inventory and accounts receivable levels and higher payments for incentive compensation and employee benefits as compared with the same period in the prior year. Inventory, including amounts that were held for sale, increased
$61 million from March 31, 2021 to March 31, 2022. The higher inventory levels in fiscal 2022 have largely resulted from both increased raw material prices and strategic safety stock builds in connection with global supply chain constraints and
challenges.
Net cash provided by operating activities in fiscal 2021 was $150 million, an increase of $92 million from $58 million in the prior year. This increase in operating cash flow was primarily due to favorable net changes in working capital,
including impacts from the timing of payments to vendors and receipts from customers, as compared with the prior year. The favorable changes in working capital also included lower payments for incentive compensation, employee benefits, and
payroll taxes. During fiscal 2021, we deferred payments of U.S. payroll taxes totaling $7 million, as permitted by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. We resumed payment of these payroll taxes during the fourth quarter of
fiscal 2021. We paid half of the deferred amount in fiscal 2022 and expect to pay the other half in fiscal 2023. Also during fiscal 2021, payments for separation and project costs associated with our review of strategic alternatives for the
Automotive segment businesses and restructuring activities decreased $31 million and $5 million, respectively, compared with fiscal 2020.
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures of $40 million during fiscal 2022 increased $8 million compared with fiscal 2021. Our capital spending in fiscal 2022 primarily occurred in the HDE and Automotive segments, which totaled $15 million and $13 million,
respectively, and included tooling and equipment purchases in conjunction with new and renewal programs with customers. In fiscal 2021, we delayed certain projects and the purchase of certain program-related equipment and tooling to preserve our
available liquidity during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Debt
Our total debt outstanding increased $38 million to $378 million at March 31, 2022 compared with the prior year, primarily due to borrowings during fiscal 2022. As of March 31, 2021, $5 million of debt was classified within liabilities held
for sale on our consolidated balance sheet.
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Our credit agreements require us to maintain compliance with various covenants, including a leverage ratio covenant and an interest expense coverage ratio covenant discussed further below. Also, as specified in the credit agreement, the term
loans require prepayments in the event of certain asset sales. In addition, at the time of each incremental borrowing under the revolving credit facility, we must represent to the lenders that there has been no material adverse effect, as
defined in the credit agreement, on our business, property, or results of operations.
The leverage ratio covenant within our primary credit agreements requires us to limit our consolidated indebtedness, less a portion of our cash balance, both as defined by the credit agreements, to no more than three and one-quarter times
consolidated net earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and certain other adjustments (“Adjusted EBITDA”). We are also subject to an interest expense coverage ratio covenant, which requires us to maintain Adjusted EBITDA of
at least three times consolidated interest expense. As of March 31, 2022, our leverage ratio and interest coverage ratio were 2.3 and 11.4, respectively. We expect to remain in compliance with our debt covenants during fiscal 2023 and beyond.
See Note 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding our credit agreements.
Critical Accounting Policies
The following critical accounting policies reflect the more significant judgments and estimates used in preparing our consolidated financial statements. Application of these policies results in accounting estimates that have the greatest
potential for a significant impact on our financial statements. The following discussion of these judgments and estimates is intended to supplement the significant accounting policies presented in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements. In addition, recently issued accounting pronouncements that either have or could materially impact our financial statement are disclosed in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue based upon consideration specified in a contract and as we satisfy performance obligations by transferring control over our products to our customers, which may be at a point in time or over time. The majority of our
revenue is recognized at a point in time, based upon shipment terms. A limited number of our customer contracts provide an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date. For these contracts, we recognize revenue over time based
upon our estimated progress towards the satisfaction of the contract’s performance obligations. We record an allowance for credit losses and we accrue for estimated warranty costs at the time of sale. We base these estimates upon historical
experience, current business trends and economic conditions, and risks specific to the underlying accounts receivable or warranty claims.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
We perform impairment evaluations of long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, whenever business conditions or events indicate that those assets may be impaired. We consider factors such as operating
losses, declining financial outlooks and market conditions when evaluating the necessity for an impairment analysis. In the event the net asset values exceed undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the assets, we write down the
assets to fair value and record an impairment charge. We estimate fair value in various ways depending on the nature of the underlying assets. Fair value is generally based upon appraised value, estimated salvage value, or selling prices under
negotiation, as applicable.
The most significant long-lived assets we evaluated for impairment indicators were property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, which totaled $315 million and $90 million, respectively, at March 31, 2022. Within property, plant and
equipment, the most significant assets evaluated are buildings and improvements and machinery and equipment. Our most significant intangible assets evaluated are customer relationships, trade names, and acquired technology, the majority of which
are related to our CIS and BHVAC segments. We evaluate impairment at the lowest level of separately identifiable cash flows, which is generally at the manufacturing plant level. We monitor manufacturing plant financial performance to determine
whether indicators exist that would require an impairment evaluation for the facility. This includes significant adverse changes in plant profitability metrics; substantial changes in the mix of customer products manufactured in the plant;
changes in manufacturing strategy; and the shifting of programs to other facilities under a manufacturing realignment strategy. When such indicators are present, we perform an impairment evaluation.
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During fiscal 2022, we recorded net impairment reversals of $56 million, primarily related to assets that were held for sale in the Automotive segment. In fiscal 2021, we recorded $167 million of impairment charges to write down the
long-lived assets in the liquid- and air-cooled automotive businesses when they were classified as held for sale. In fiscal 2022, we adjusted the long-lived assets in the liquid-cooled automotive business to the lower of carrying or fair value
when they no longer met the held for sale classification criteria. See Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Impairment of Goodwill
We perform goodwill impairment tests annually, as of March 31, unless business events or other conditions exist that require a more frequent evaluation. We consider factors such as operating losses, declining financial and market outlooks,
and market capitalization when evaluating the necessity for an interim impairment analysis. We test goodwill for impairment at a reporting unit level. Goodwill resulting from recent acquisitions generally represents the highest risk of
impairment, which typically decreases as the businesses are integrated into the Company and positioned for future operating and financial performance. We test goodwill for impairment by comparing the fair value of each reporting unit with its
carrying value. We determine the fair value of a reporting unit based upon the present value of estimated future cash flows. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds the carrying value of the reporting unit’s net assets, goodwill is not
impaired. However, if the carrying value of the reporting unit’s net assets exceeds its fair value, we would conclude goodwill is impaired and would record an impairment charge equal to the amount that the reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds
its fair value.
Determining the fair value of a reporting unit involves judgment and the use of significant estimates and assumptions, which include assumptions regarding the revenue growth rates and operating profit margins used to calculate estimated future
cash flows and risk-adjusted discount rates. We determine the expected future revenue growth rates and operating profit margins after consideration of our historical revenue growth rates and earnings levels, our assessment of future market
potential and our expectations of future business performance. The discount rates used in determining discounted cash flows are rates corresponding to our cost of capital, adjusted for country- and business-specific risks where appropriate.
While we believe the assumptions used in our goodwill impairment tests are appropriate and result in a reasonable estimate of the fair value of each reporting unit, future events or circumstances could have a potential negative effect on the
estimated fair value of our reporting units. These events or circumstances include lower than forecasted revenues, market trends that fall below our current expectations, actions of key customers, increases in discount rates, and the continued
general economic uncertainties and impacts associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and the military conflict in Ukraine. We cannot predict the occurrence of certain events or changes in circumstances that might adversely affect the carrying value
of goodwill.
At March 31, 2022, our goodwill totaled $168 million related to our CIS and BHVAC segments. Each of these segments is comprised of two reporting units. We conducted annual goodwill impairment tests as of March 31, 2022 by applying a fair
value-based test and determined the fair value of each of our reporting units exceeded the respective book value. A 10 percent decrease in the estimated fair value of our reporting units would not have resulted in a different conclusion.
Acquisitions
From time to time, we make strategic acquisitions that have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations or financial position. We allocate the purchase price of acquired businesses to the identifiable tangible and intangible
assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction based upon their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. We determine the estimated fair values using information available to us and engage third-party valuation specialists
when necessary. The estimates we use to determine the fair value of long-lived assets, such as intangible assets, can be complex and require significant judgments. While we use our best estimates and assumptions, our estimates are inherently
uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, we record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to
goodwill. Upon conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to our consolidated statement of operations. We
also estimate the useful lives of intangible assets to determine the amount of amortization expense to record in future periods. We periodically review the estimated useful lives assigned to our intangible assets to determine whether such
estimated useful lives continue to be appropriate.
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Pension Obligations
Our calculation of the expense and liabilities of our pension plans is dependent upon various assumptions. At March 31, 2022, our pension liabilities totaled $49 million. The most significant assumptions include the discount rate, long-term
expected return on plan assets, and mortality rates. We base our selection of assumptions on historical trends and economic and market conditions at the time of valuation. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, actual results that differ from these
assumptions are accumulated and amortized over future periods. These differences impact future benefit cost. Our domestic pension plans are closed to new participants; therefore, participants in these plans are not accruing benefits based upon
their current service as the plans do not include increases in annual earnings or for future service in calculating the average annual earnings and years of credited service under the pension plan formula.
For the following discussion regarding sensitivity of assumptions, all amounts presented are in reference to our domestic pension plans, since our domestic plans comprise all of our pension plan assets and the large majority of our pension
plan expense.
To determine the expected rate of return on pension plan assets, we consider such factors as (a) the actual return earned on plan assets, (b) historical rates of return on the various asset classes in the plan portfolio, (c) projections of
returns on those asset classes, (d) the amount of active management of the assets, (e) capital market conditions and economic forecasts, and (f) administrative expenses paid with the plan assets. The long-term rate of return utilized in both
fiscal 2022 and 2021 was 7.5 percent. For fiscal 2023, we have assumed a rate of 7.0 percent. A change of 25 basis points in the expected rate of return on assets would impact our fiscal 2023 pension expense by less than $1 million.
The discount rate reflects rates available on long-term, high-quality fixed-income corporate bonds on the measurement date of March 31. For fiscal 2022 and 2021, for purposes of determining pension expense, we used a discount rate of 3.2 and
3.4 percent, respectively. We determined these rates based upon a yield curve that was created following an analysis of the projected cash flows from our plans. See Note 18 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional
information. A change in the assumed discount rate of 25 basis points would impact our fiscal 2023 pension expense by less than $1 million.
Income Taxes
We operate in numerous taxing jurisdictions; therefore, we are subject to regular examinations by federal, state and non-U.S. taxing authorities. Due to the application of complex and sometimes ambiguous tax laws and rulings in the
jurisdictions in which we do business, there is an inherent level of uncertainty within our worldwide tax provisions. Despite our belief that our tax return positions are consistent with applicable tax laws, it is possible that taxing
authorities could challenge certain positions.
Our deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect temporary differences between the amount of assets and liabilities for financial and tax reporting purposes. We adjust these amounts to reflect changes in tax rates expected to be in effect when
the temporary differences reverse. We record a valuation allowance if we determine it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets in a particular jurisdiction will not be realized. This determination, which is made on a
jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis, involves judgment and the use of significant estimates and assumptions, including expectations of future taxable income and tax planning strategies. We believe the assumptions that we used are appropriate and
result in a reasonable determination regarding the future realizability of deferred tax assets. However, future events or circumstances, such as lower-than-expected taxable income or unfavorable changes in the financial outlook of our operations
in certain jurisdictions, could cause us to record additional valuation allowances.
See Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding income taxes.
Loss Reserves
We maintain liabilities and reserves for a number of loss exposures, including environmental remediation costs, product warranties, self-insurance costs,
estimated credit losses associated with trade receivables, regulatory compliance matters, and litigation. Establishing loss reserves for these exposures requires the use of estimates and judgment to determine the risk exposure and ultimate
potential liability. We estimate these reserve requirements by using consistent and suitable methodologies for the particular type of loss reserve being calculated. See Notes 15 and 20 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for
additional information regarding product warranties and contingencies and litigation, respectively.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This report, including, but not limited to, the discussion under Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contains statements, including information about future financial performance,
accompanied by phrases such as “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “intends,” and other similar “forward-looking” statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Modine’s actual results,
performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements, because of certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A. in Part I. of this
report and identified in our other public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Other risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:
Market Risks:
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| • | The impact of potential adverse developments or disruptions in the global economy and financial markets, including impacts related to tariffs, sanctions and other trade issues or cross-border trade restrictions (and any potential resulting trade war), inflation and supply chain challenges, and including impacts associated with the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine; |
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| • | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the national and global economy, our business, suppliers, customers, and employees; |
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| • | The impact of other economic, social and political conditions, changes, challenges and unrest, particularly in the geographic, product and financial markets where we and our customers operate and compete, including foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; changes in interest rates; recession and recovery therefrom; and the general uncertainties about the impact of regulatory and/or policy changes, including those related to tax and trade that have been or may be implemented in the U.S. or abroad; |
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| • | The impact of potential price increases associated with raw materials, including aluminum, copper, steel and stainless steel (nickel), and other purchased component inventory including, but not limited to, increases in the underlying material cost based upon the London Metal Exchange and related premiums or fabrication costs. These prices may be impacted by a variety of factors, including changes in trade laws and tariffs, the behavior of our suppliers and significant fluctuations in demand. This risk includes our ability to successfully manage our exposure and our ability to adjust product pricing in response to price increases, including through our quotation process or through contract provisions for prospective price adjustments, as well as the inherent lag in timing of such contract provisions; |
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| • | Our ability to mitigate increased labor costs and labor shortages; and |
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| • | The impact of current and future environmental laws and regulations on our business and the businesses of our customers, including our ability to take advantage of opportunities to supply alternative new technologies to meet environmental and/or energy standards and objectives. |
Operational Risks:
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| • | The impact of problems, including logistic and transportation challenges, associated with suppliers meeting our quantity, quality, price and timing demands, and the overall health of our suppliers, including their ability and willingness to supply our volume demands if their production capacity becomes constrained; |
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| • | The overall health of and price-reduction pressure from our vehicular customers in light of economic and market-specific factors, and the potential impact on us from any deterioration in the stability or performance of any of our major customers; |
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| • | Our ability to maintain current customer relationships and compete effectively for new business, including our ability to achieve profit margins acceptable to us by offsetting or otherwise addressing any cost increases associated with supply chain challenges and inflationary market conditions; |
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| • | The impact of product or manufacturing difficulties or operating inefficiencies, including any program launch and product transfer challenges and warranty claims; |
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| • | The impact of delays or modifications initiated by major customers with respect to program launches, product applications or requirements; |
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| • | Our ability to consistently structure our operations in order to develop and maintain a competitive cost base with appropriately skilled and stable labor, while also positioning ourselves geographically, so that we can continue to support our customers with the technical expertise and market-leading products they demand and expect from Modine; |
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| • | Our ability to effectively and efficiently manage our cost structure in response to sales volume increases or decreases and to complete restructuring activities and realize the anticipated benefits of those activities; |
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| • | Costs and other effects of the investigation and remediation of environmental contamination; particularly when related to the actions or inactions of others and/or facilities over which we have no control; |
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| • | Our ability to recruit and maintain talent, including personnel in managerial, leadership, operational and administrative functions, in light of tight global labor markets; |
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| • | Our ability to protect our proprietary information and intellectual property from theft or attack by internal or external sources; |
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| • | The impact of a substantial disruption or material breach of our information technology systems, and any related delays, problems or costs; |
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| • | Increasingly complex and restrictive laws and regulations, including those associated with being a U.S. public company and others present in various jurisdictions in which we operate, and the costs associated with compliance therewith; |
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| • | Work stoppages or interference at our facilities or those of our major customers and/or suppliers; |
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| • | The constant and increasing pressures associated with healthcare and associated insurance costs; and |
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| • | Costs and other effects of litigation, claims, or other obligations. |
Strategic Risks:
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| • | Our ability to successfully realize anticipated benefits from strategic initiatives and our application of 80/20 principles to our business, through which we are focused on reducing complexity and growing businesses with strong market drivers; |
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| • | Our ability to successfully execute strategies to reduce costs and improve operating margins; and |
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| • | The potential impacts from actions by activist shareholders, including disruption of our business and related costs. |
Financial Risks:
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| • | Our ability to fund our global liquidity requirements efficiently for our current operations and meet our long-term commitments in the event of disruption in or tightening of the credit markets or extended recessionary conditions in the global economy; |
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| • | The impact of increases in interest rates in relation to our variable-rate debt obligations; |
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| • | The impact of changes in federal, state or local taxes that could have the effect of increasing our income tax expense; |
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| • | Our ability to comply with the financial covenants in our credit agreements, including our leverage ratio (net debt divided by Adjusted EBITDA, as defined in our credit agreements) and our interest coverage ratio (Adjusted EBITDA divided by interest expense, as defined in our credit agreements); |
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| • | The potential unfavorable impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on our financial results; and |
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| • | Our ability to effectively realize the benefits of deferred tax assets in various jurisdictions in which we operate. |
Forward-looking statements are as of the date of this report; we do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.