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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2023
OR
☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 1-4482
ARROW ELECTRONICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York
11-1806155
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
9201 East Dry Creek Road
80112
Centennial CO
(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
(303) 824-4000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
No Changes
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of the exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1 par value
ARW
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
Large accelerated filer
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes ☐ No ☒
There were 54,159,399 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 26, 2023.
Part I.
Financial Information
Item 1.
Financial Statements
Consolidated Statements of Operations
3
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
4
Consolidated Balance Sheets
5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
6
Consolidated Statements of Equity
7
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
8
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
23
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
33
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
34
Part II.
Other Information
Legal Proceedings
35
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Item 5.
Item 6.
Exhibits
36
Signature
37
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Quarter Ended
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
October 1,
2023
2022
Sales
$
8,007,019
9,266,432
25,257,963
27,801,399
Cost of sales
7,027,422
8,079,520
22,098,495
24,170,769
Gross profit
979,597
1,186,912
3,159,468
3,630,630
Operating expenses:
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
563,150
634,353
1,822,783
1,931,918
Depreciation and amortization
45,005
46,230
137,948
141,787
Restructuring, integration, and other charges (Note K)
31,359
3,635
44,252
11,027
639,514
684,218
2,004,983
2,084,732
Operating income
340,083
502,694
1,154,485
1,545,898
Equity in earnings of affiliated companies
1,392
1,718
4,373
4,726
(Loss) gain on investments, net
(6,159)
(3,480)
4,649
(11,213)
Employee benefit plan expense, net
(854)
(890)
(2,510)
(2,614)
Interest and other financing expense, net
(82,180)
(50,936)
(246,672)
(123,427)
Income before income taxes
252,282
449,106
914,325
1,413,370
Provision for income taxes
52,241
105,500
201,168
332,273
Consolidated net income
200,041
343,606
713,157
1,081,097
Noncontrolling interests
1,382
1,207
4,189
3,615
Net income attributable to shareholders
198,659
342,399
708,968
1,077,482
Net income per share:
Basic
3.57
5.33
12.43
16.31
Diluted
3.53
5.27
12.28
16.12
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
55,597
64,228
57,021
66,055
56,298
64,979
57,715
66,845
See accompanying notes.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In thousands)
Other comprehensive loss:
Foreign currency translation adjustment and other, net of taxes
(108,846)
(202,716)
(98,904)
(473,826)
Unrealized gain on foreign exchange contracts designated as net investment hedges, net of taxes
4,077
11,347
(399)
25,023
Unrealized gain on interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges, net of taxes
519
7,303
2,257
27,187
Employee benefit plan items, net of taxes
(261)
117
(831)
305
Other comprehensive loss
(104,511)
(183,949)
(97,877)
(421,311)
Comprehensive income
95,530
159,657
615,280
659,786
Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
85
(878)
3,360
(1,475)
Comprehensive income attributable to shareholders
95,445
160,535
611,920
661,261
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands except par value)
December 31,
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
333,294
176,915
Accounts receivable, net
10,663,164
12,322,717
Inventories
5,805,520
5,319,369
Other current assets
503,982
521,339
Total current assets
17,305,960
18,340,340
Property, plant, and equipment, at cost:
Land
5,691
Buildings and improvements
185,790
184,211
Machinery and equipment
1,616,937
1,583,661
1,808,418
1,773,563
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization
(1,272,214)
(1,177,107)
Property, plant, and equipment, net
536,204
596,456
Investments in affiliated companies
63,049
65,112
Intangible assets, net
134,811
159,137
Goodwill
2,021,987
2,027,626
Other assets
576,349
574,511
Total assets
20,638,360
21,763,182
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
9,090,554
10,460,419
Accrued expenses
1,256,815
1,339,302
Short-term borrowings, including current portion of long-term debt
1,588,662
589,883
Total current liabilities
11,936,031
12,389,604
Long-term debt
2,615,001
3,182,964
Other liabilities
533,853
579,261
Commitments and contingencies (Note K)
Equity:
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, par value $1:
Authorized - 160,000 shares in both 2023 and 2022
Issued - 125,424 shares in both 2023 and 2022
125,424
Capital in excess of par value
1,205,788
1,208,708
Treasury stock (71,269 and 66,175 shares in 2023 and 2022, respectively), at cost
(5,307,441)
(4,637,345)
Retained earnings
9,923,800
9,214,832
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(462,310)
(365,262)
Total shareholders’ equity
5,485,261
5,546,357
68,214
64,996
Total equity
5,553,475
5,611,353
Total liabilities and equity
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Cash flows from operating activities:
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash provided by (used for) operations:
Amortization of stock-based compensation
34,868
35,009
(4,373)
(4,726)
Deferred income taxes
(53,038)
1,468
(Gain) loss on investments, net
(4,649)
11,213
Other
4,078
2,673
Change in assets and liabilities:
1,585,521
(628,974)
(525,020)
(1,011,763)
(1,355,777)
166,602
(88,348)
192,759
Other assets and liabilities
(25,660)
(128,909)
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities
418,707
(141,764)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisition of property, plant, and equipment
(57,775)
(54,780)
Proceeds from collections of notes receivable
237
20,805
Proceeds from settlement of net investment hedge
10,725
—
Net cash used for investing activities
(46,813)
(33,975)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Change in short-term and other borrowings
802,032
276,516
(Repayments of) proceeds from long-term bank borrowings, net
(566,734)
1,238,268
Net proceeds from note offering
496,268
Redemption of notes
(300,000)
(350,000)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
16,824
16,434
Repurchases of common stock
(719,708)
(725,254)
Settlement of forward-starting interest rate swap
56,711
(142)
(137)
Net cash (used for) provided by financing activities
(214,749)
455,827
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
(766)
(168,297)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
156,379
111,791
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
222,194
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
333,985
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
Accumulated
Common
Capital in
Stock at Par
Excess of Par
Treasury
Retained
Comprehensive
Noncontrolling
Value
Stock
Earnings
Loss
Interests
Total
Balance at December 31, 2022
273,750
1,575
275,325
Other comprehensive income
3,794
3,077
6,871
19,497
Shares issued for stock-based compensation awards
(25,071)
31,005
5,934
(318,800)
Balance at April 1, 2023
1,203,134
(4,925,140)
9,488,582
(361,468)
69,648
5,600,180
236,559
1,232
237,791
Other comprehensive income (loss)
2,372
(2,609)
(237)
8,852
(8,922)
19,369
10,447
(202,417)
Distributions
Balance at July 1, 2023
1,203,064
(5,108,188)
9,725,141
(359,096)
68,129
5,654,474
(103,214)
(1,297)
6,519
(3,795)
4,238
443
(203,491)
Balance at September 30, 2023
Balance at December 31, 2021
1,189,845
(3,629,265)
7,787,948
(191,657)
58,551
5,340,846
364,749
1,247
365,996
(41,312)
(869)
(42,181)
17,351
(20,601)
31,903
11,302
(264,431)
Balance at April 2, 2022
1,186,595
(3,861,793)
8,152,697
(232,969)
58,929
5,428,883
370,334
1,161
371,495
(193,045)
(2,136)
(195,181)
13,885
(1,950)
6,320
4,370
(225,032)
Balance at July 2, 2022
1,198,530
(4,080,505)
8,523,031
(426,014)
57,817
5,398,283
(181,864)
(2,085)
3,773
(1,118)
1,880
762
(259,789)
Balance at October 1, 2022
1,201,185
(4,338,414)
8,865,430
(607,878)
56,939
5,302,686
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note A – Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the “company”) were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial position and results of operations at, and for the periods presented. The consolidated results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year.
These consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information or notes necessary for a complete presentation and, accordingly, should be read in conjunction with the company’s audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes for the year ended December 31, 2022, as filed in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Quarter End
The company operates on a quarterly calendar that closes on the Saturday closest to the end of the calendar quarter, except for the fourth quarter, which closes on December 31, 2023.
Note B – Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In September 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2022-04, Liabilities—Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50) Disclosure of Supplier Finance Program Obligations (“ASU No. 2022-04”). ASU No. 2022-04 requires that a buyer in a supplier finance program disclose sufficient information about the program to allow a user of financial statements to understand the program’s nature, activity during the period, and potential magnitude. Effective January 1, 2023, the company adopted the provisions of ASU No. 2022-04 on a retrospective basis. As a result, the company disclosed key terms and amounts outstanding under its supplier finance programs (refer to Note F).
Note C – Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquisition over the fair value of the net assets acquired. The company tests goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment annually as of the first day of the fourth quarter, or more frequently if indicators of potential impairment exist.
Goodwill of companies acquired, allocated to the company’s business segments, is as follows:
Global
(thousands)
Components
Global ECS
Balance as of December 31, 2022 (a)
873,003
1,154,623
Foreign currency translation adjustment
(3,875)
(1,764)
(5,639)
Balance as of September 30, 2023 (a)
869,128
1,152,859
Intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following as of September 30, 2023:
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Amortization
Net
Customer relationships
263,968
(157,138)
106,830
Amortizable trade name
74,006
(46,025)
27,981
337,974
(203,163)
Intangible assets, net, are comprised of the following as of December 31, 2022:
268,180
(144,655)
123,525
74,011
(38,399)
35,612
342,191
(183,054)
During the third quarter of 2023 and 2022, the company recorded amortization expense related to identifiable intangible assets of $7.9 million and $8.7 million, respectively. During the first nine months of 2023 and 2022, amortization expense related to identifiable intangible assets was $23.8 million and $26.5 million, respectively.
Note D – Investments in Affiliated Companies
The company owns a 50% interest in two joint ventures with Marubun Corporation (collectively “Marubun/Arrow”) and a 50% interest in one other joint venture. These investments are accounted for using the equity method.
The following table presents the company’s investment in affiliated companies:
Marubun/Arrow
51,790
54,292
11,259
10,820
The equity in earnings (losses) of affiliated companies consists of the following:
978
1,374
2,946
3,914
414
344
1,427
812
Under the terms of various joint venture agreements, the company is required to pay its pro-rata share of the third-party debt of the joint ventures in the event that the joint ventures are unable to meet their obligations. There were no outstanding borrowings under the third-party debt agreements of the joint ventures as of September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022.
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Note E – Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable, net, consists of the following:
Accounts receivable
10,807,108
12,416,114
Allowances for doubtful accounts
(143,944)
(93,397)
Changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts consists of the following:
Balance at beginning of period
93,397
75,901
Charged to income
64,701
26,869
Translation adjustments
(575)
(3,660)
Writeoffs
(13,579)
(9,885)
Balance at end of period
143,944
89,225
The company monitors the current credit condition of its customers and other available information about expected credit losses in estimating its allowance for credit losses. During the first nine months of 2023, increases to the allowance for credit losses charged to income were $37.8 million higher than the prior year period, primarily due to the aging of receivables of certain customers, and the corresponding increase to the allowance in accordance with the company’s policies. With the exception of these few customers, as of September 30, 2023, the company has not experienced significant changes in customers’ payment trends or significant deterioration in customers’ credit risk.
The company has an EMEA asset securitization program under which it continuously sells its interest in designated pools of trade accounts receivable of certain of its subsidiaries in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (“EMEA”) region, at a discount, to a special purpose entity, which in turn sells certain of the receivables to unaffiliated financial institutions and conduits administered by such unaffiliated financial institutions (“unaffiliated financial institutions”) on a monthly basis. The company may sell up to €600.0 million under the EMEA asset securitization program, which matures in December 2025, subject to extension in accordance with its terms. In July 2023, the company amended a provision in the EMEA asset securitization program to update certain financial ratios. The program is conducted through Arrow EMEA Funding Corp B.V., an entity structured to be bankruptcy remote. The company is deemed the primary beneficiary of Arrow EMEA Funding Corp B.V. as the company has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive the benefits that could potentially be significant to the entity from the transfer of the trade accounts receivable into the special purpose entity. Accordingly, Arrow EMEA Funding Corp B.V. is included in the company’s consolidated financial statements.
Sales of accounts receivable to unaffiliated financial institutions under the EMEA asset securitization program:
EMEA asset securitization, sales of accounts receivable
815,812
834,456
2,486,022
1,943,723
Receivables sold to unaffiliated financial institutions under the program are excluded from “Accounts receivable, net” on the company’s consolidated balance sheets, and cash receipts are reflected as cash provided by operating activities on the consolidated statements of cash flows. The purchase price is paid in cash when the receivables are sold. Certain unsold
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receivables held by Arrow EMEA Funding Corp B.V. are pledged as collateral to unaffiliated financial institutions. These unsold receivables are included in “Accounts receivable, net” on the company’s consolidated balance sheets.
The company continues servicing the receivables which were sold and in exchange receives a servicing fee under the program. The company does not record a servicing asset or liability on the company’s consolidated balance sheets as the company estimates that the fee it receives to service these receivables approximates the fair market compensation to provide the servicing activities.
Other amounts related to the EMEA asset securitization program:
Receivables sold to unaffiliated financial institutions that were uncollected
612,321
628,930
Collateralized accounts receivable held by Arrow EMEA funding Corp B.V.
933,752
932,243
Any accounts receivable held by Arrow EMEA Funding Corp B.V. would likely not be available to other creditors of the company in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings if there are outstanding balances under the EMEA asset securitization program. The assets of the special purpose entity cannot be used by the company for general corporate purposes. Additionally, the financial obligations of Arrow EMEA Funding Corp B.V. to the unaffiliated financial institutions under the program are limited to the assets it owns and there is no recourse to Arrow Electronics, Inc. for receivables that are uncollectible as a result of the insolvency or the inability to pay of the account debtors.
The EMEA asset securitization program includes terms and conditions that limit the incurrence of additional borrowings and require that certain financial ratios be maintained at designated levels. As of September 30, 2023, the company was in compliance with all such financial covenants.
Note F – Supplier Finance Programs
At the request of certain of the company’s suppliers, the company has entered into agreements (“supplier finance programs”) with third-party finance providers, which facilitate the participating suppliers’ ability to sell their receivables from the company to the third-party financial institutions, at the sole discretion of the suppliers. For agreeing to participate in these programs, the company seeks to secure improved standard payment terms with its suppliers. The company is not involved in negotiating terms of the arrangements between its suppliers and the financial institutions and has no economic interest in a supplier’s decision to enter into these agreements, or sell receivables from the company. The company’s rights and obligations to its suppliers, including amounts due, are not impacted by suppliers’ decisions to sell amounts under the arrangements. However, the company agrees to make all payments to the third-party financial institutions, and the company’s right to offset balances due from suppliers against payment obligations is restricted by the agreements for those payment obligations that have been sold by suppliers. As of September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the company had $944.2 million and $1.5 billion, respectively, in obligations outstanding under these programs included in “Accounts payable” on the company’s consolidated balance sheets and all activity related to the obligations is presented within operating activities on the consolidated statements of cash flows.
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Note G – Debt
Short-term borrowings, including current portion of long-term debt, consist of the following:
4.50% notes, due March 2023
299,895
3.25% notes, due September 2024
498,944
Uncommitted lines of credit
50,000
78,000
Commercial paper
903,223
173,407
Other short-term borrowings
136,495
38,581
The company has $500.0 million in uncommitted lines of credit. In May 2023, the company increased the borrowing capacity on its uncommitted lines from $200.0 million to $500.0 million. There were $50.0 million and $78.0 million in outstanding borrowings under the uncommitted lines of credit at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. These borrowings were provided on a short-term basis and the maturity is agreed upon between the company and the lender. The uncommitted lines of credit had an effective interest rate of 6.42% and 5.22% at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
The company has a commercial paper program, and the maximum aggregate balance of commercial paper outstanding may not exceed the borrowing capacity of $1.2 billion. Amounts outstanding under the commercial paper program are backstopped by available commitments under the company’s revolving credit facility. The company had $903.2 million in outstanding borrowings under this program at September 30, 2023 and $173.4 million in outstanding borrowings at December 31, 2022. The commercial paper program had an effective interest rate of 5.95% and 5.15% at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
Long-term debt consists of the following:
Revolving Credit Facility
54,000
North American asset securitization program
605,000
1,235,000
3.25% notes, due 2024
498,122
4.00% notes, due 2025
348,879
348,344
6.125% notes, due 2026
496,304
7.50% senior debentures, due 2027
110,164
110,103
3.875% notes, due 2028
496,933
496,448
2.95% notes, due 2032
494,908
494,522
Other obligations with various interest rates and due dates
8,813
425
The 7.50% senior debentures are not redeemable prior to their maturity. The 6.125% notes have a call option which allows for redemption at par, without penalty, on or after March 1, 2024. All other notes may be called at the option of the company subject to “make whole” clauses.
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The estimated fair market value of long-term debt, using quoted market prices, is as follows:
481,500
339,000
338,000
498,000
114,000
116,500
457,000
456,000
390,500
395,500
The carrying amount of the company’s other short-term borrowings, uncommitted lines of credit, revolving credit facility, 3.25% notes due in 2024, North American asset securitization program, commercial paper, and other obligations approximate their fair value.
The company has a $2.0 billion revolving credit facility maturing in September 2026. The facility may be used by the company for general corporate purposes including working capital in the ordinary course of business, letters of credit, repayment, prepayment or purchase of long-term indebtedness, acquisitions, and as support for the company’s commercial paper program, as applicable. Interest on borrowings under the revolving credit facility is calculated using a base rate or a secured overnight financing rate (“SOFR”), plus a spread (1.08% at September 30, 2023), which is based on the company’s credit ratings, plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.10% or an effective interest rate of 6.42% at September 30, 2023. The facility fee, which is based on the company’s credit ratings, was 0.175% of the total borrowing capacity at September 30, 2023. The company had $54.0 million in outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility at September 30, 2023 and no outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility at December 31, 2022.
The company has a North American asset securitization program collateralized by accounts receivable of certain of its subsidiaries. The company may borrow up to $1.5 billion under the program which matures in September 2025. The program is conducted through Arrow Electronics Funding Corporation (“AFC”), a wholly-owned, bankruptcy remote subsidiary. The North American asset securitization program does not qualify for sale treatment. Accordingly, the accounts receivable and related debt obligation remain on the company’s consolidated balance sheets. Interest on borrowings is calculated using a base rate plus a spread (0.40% at September 30, 2023) plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.10% or an effective interest rate of 5.82% at September 30, 2023. The facility fee is 0.40% of the total borrowing capacity.
The company had $605.0 million and $1.2 billion in outstanding borrowings under the North American asset securitization program at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, which was included in “Long-term debt” on the company’s consolidated balance sheets. Total collateralized accounts receivable of approximately $2.4 billion and $3.1 billion were held by AFC and were included in “Accounts receivable, net” on the company’s consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Any accounts receivable held by AFC would likely not be available to other creditors of the company in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings of the company before repayment of any outstanding borrowings under the North American asset securitization program.
Both the revolving credit facility and North American asset securitization program include terms and conditions that limit the incurrence of additional borrowings and require that certain financial ratios be maintained at designated levels. As of September 30, 2023, the company was in compliance with all such financial covenants.
During the first quarter of 2023, the company completed the sale of $500.0 million principal amount of 6.125% notes due in March 2026. The notes have a call option which allows for redemption at par, without penalty, on or after March 1, 2024. The net proceeds of the offering of $496.3 million were used to repay the $300.0 million principal amount of its 4.50% notes due March 2023 and for general corporate purposes. On the issuance date, the company entered into an interest rate swap, which effectively converts the 6.125% notes to a floating rate based on daily compounding SOFR + 0.508%. Refer to Note H for additional information.
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During February 2022, the company repaid $350.0 million principal amount of its 3.50% notes due April 2022.
In the normal course of business, certain of the company’s subsidiaries have agreements to sell, without recourse, selected trade receivables to financial institutions. The company does not retain financial or legal interests in these receivables, and, accordingly they are accounted for as sales of the related receivables, and the receivables are removed from the company’s consolidated balance sheets.
Interest and dividend income of $16.9 million and $47.6 million for the third quarter and first nine months of 2023, respectively, and $8.3 million and $18.8 million for the third quarter and first nine months of 2022, respectively were recorded in “Interest and other financing expense, net” within the company’s consolidated statements of operations.
Note H – Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value
Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The company utilizes a fair value hierarchy, which maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The fair value hierarchy has three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
Level 1
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.
Level 2
Quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
Level 3
Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.
The following table presents assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2023:
Balance Sheet Location
Cash equivalents (a)
9,954
Equity investments (b)
47,482
Interest rate swap designated as fair value hedge
(2,043)
Foreign exchange contracts designated as net investment hedges
Other assets/other current assets
55,369
57,436
53,326
110,762
The following table presents assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2022:
Cash and cash equivalents/other assets
6,596
50,614
Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges
55,942
60,962
57,210
116,904
174,114
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Assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis relate primarily to goodwill and identifiable intangible assets (refer to Note C). The company tests these assets for impairment if indicators of potential impairment exist or at least annually if indefinite-lived.
Derivative Instruments
The company uses various financial instruments, including derivative instruments, for purposes other than trading. Certain derivative instruments are designated at inception as hedges and measured for effectiveness both at inception and on an ongoing basis. Derivative instruments not designated as hedges are carried at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets with changes in fair value recognized in earnings.
Interest Rate Swaps
The company manages the risk of variability in interest rates of future expected debt issuances by entering into various forward-starting interest rate swaps, designated as cash flow hedges. Changes in fair value of interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges are recorded in the shareholders’ equity section on the company’s consolidated balance sheets in “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” and will be reclassified into income over the life of the anticipated debt issuance or in the period the hedged forecasted cash flows are deemed no longer probable to occur. Reclassified gains and losses are recorded within the line item “Interest and other financing expense, net” in the consolidated statements of operations. The fair value of interest rate swaps is estimated using a discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative based on observable inputs, including interest rate curves and credit spreads.
In June 2023, the company terminated its outstanding forward-starting interest rate swaps and received a cash payment of $56.7 million, which is reported in the “Cash flows from financing activities” section of the consolidated statements of cash flows. The forecasted transactions related to the swaps continue to be probable to occur by December 31, 2025 and the $56.7 million gain on the termination of the interest rate swaps will remain in “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” on the company’s consolidated balance sheets.
At December 31, 2022, the company had the following outstanding interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges:
Notional Amount
Weighted-Average
Date Range of
Trade Date
Maturity Date
Interest Rate
Forecasted Transaction
April 2020
December 2024
300,000
0.97%
Jan 2023 - Dec 2025
The company occasionally enters into interest rate swap transactions, designated as fair value hedges, that convert certain fixed-rate debt to variable-rate debt in order to manage its targeted mix of fixed- and floating-rate debt. For qualifying interest rate fair value hedges, gains or losses on derivatives are included in “Interest and other financing expense, net” in the consolidated statements of operations. The change in fair value of the hedged item attributable to the risk being hedged is reported as an adjustment to its carrying value and is also included in “Interest and other financing expense, net”. When a derivative is no longer designated as a hedge, any remaining difference between the carrying value and par value of the hedged item is amortized in “Interest and other financing expense, net” over the remaining life of the hedged item using the effective interest method.
As of September 30, 2023, the company had one outstanding interest rate swap designated as a fair value hedge, the terms of which are as follows:
Interest Rate due
Interest Rate due to
from Counterparty
Counterparty
February 2023
March 2026
500,000
6.125%
SOFR+0.508%
The counterparty to the interest rate swap has the option to cancel the swaps after one year, without penalty.
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Foreign Exchange Contracts
The company’s foreign currency exposure relates primarily to international transactions where the currency collected from customers can be different from the currency used to purchase the product. The company’s primary exposures to such transactions are denominated in the following currencies: Euro, Indian Rupee, and Chinese Renminbi. The company enters into foreign exchange forward, option, or swap contracts (collectively, the “foreign exchange contracts”) to facilitate the hedging of foreign currency exposures resulting from inventory purchases and sales and mitigate the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates related to these transactions. Foreign exchange contracts generally have terms of no more than six months. The company does not enter into foreign exchange contracts for trading purposes. The risk of loss on a foreign exchange contract is the risk of nonperformance by the counterparties, which the company minimizes by limiting its counterparties to major financial institutions. The fair value of the foreign exchange contracts is estimated using foreign currency spot rates and forward rates quotes by third-party financial institutions. The notional amount of the foreign exchange contracts inclusive of foreign exchange contracts designated as a net investment hedge at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 was $1.1 billion and $1.3 billion, respectively.
Gains and losses related to non-designated foreign currency exchange contracts are recorded in “Cost of sales” on the company’s consolidated statements of operations. Gains and losses related to foreign currency exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges are recorded in “Cost of sales,” “Selling, general, and administrative expenses,” and “Interest and other financing expense, net” based upon the nature of the underlying hedged transaction, on the company’s consolidated statements of operations. Gains or losses on these contracts are deferred and recognized when the underlying future purchase or sale is recognized or when the corresponding asset or liability is revalued, and were not material to the financial statements for the periods presented.
The following foreign exchange contracts were designated as net investment hedges, hedging a portion of the company’s net investments in subsidiaries with Euro-denominated net assets:
Notional Amount (thousands)
September 30, 2023
December 31, 2022
March 2023
EUR
September 2024
April 2025
100,000
January 2028
250,000
The change in the fair value of derivatives designated as net investment hedges are recorded in “foreign currency translation adjustment” (“CTA”) within “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” on the company’s consolidated balance sheets. Amounts excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness are included in “Interest and other financing expense, net” on the company’s consolidated statements of operations.
During the first quarter of 2023, a foreign exchange contract designated as a net investment hedge matured and the company received $10.7 million, which is reported in the “Cash flows from investing activities” section of the consolidated statements of cash flows.
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The effects of derivative instruments on the company’s consolidated statements of operations and other comprehensive income are as follows:
Income Statement Line
Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income
Foreign exchange contracts, net investment hedge (a)
Interest Expense
1,804
2,202
5,656
6,604
Interest rate swaps, cash flow hedge
(683)
(906)
(2,199)
(2,671)
Interest rate swap, fair value hedge (b)
(247)
874
1,296
1,414
3,933
Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) before reclassifications, net of tax
Foreign exchange contracts, net investment hedge (c)
5,448
13,016
3,902
30,031
6,616
585
25,161
19,632
4,487
55,192
The carrying amount of “cash and cash equivalents”, “accounts receivable, net”, and “accounts payable” approximate their fair value due to the short maturities of these financial instruments.
Note I – Net Income per Share
Basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net income per share reflects the potential dilution that would occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock. The dilutive effect of equity awards is calculated using the treasury stock method.
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The following table presents the computation of net income per share on a basic and diluted basis:
(thousands except per share data)
Weighted-average shares outstanding - basic
Net effect of various dilutive stock-based compensation awards
701
751
694
790
Weighted-average shares outstanding - diluted
Diluted (a)
(a) Equity awards excluded from diluted net income per share as their effect would have been anti-dilutive
-
203
43
53
Note J – Shareholders’ Equity
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The following table presents the changes in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), excluding noncontrolling interests:
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment and Other:
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications (a)
(107,891)
(200,163)
(98,801)
(467,465)
Amounts reclassified into income
342
(468)
726
(1,271)
Unrealized Gain on Foreign Exchange Contracts Designated as Net Investment Hedges, Net:
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications (b)
(1,371)
(1,669)
(4,301)
(5,008)
Unrealized Gain on Interest Rate Swaps Designated as Cash Flow Hedges, Net:
687
1,672
2,026
Employee Benefit Plan Items, Net:
Net change in Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(97,048)
(416,221)
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Common Stock Outstanding Activity
The following table sets forth the activity in the number of shares outstanding:
Issued
Outstanding
Common stock outstanding at December 31, 2022
66,175
59,249
(313)
313
2,564
(2,564)
Common stock outstanding at April 1, 2023
68,426
56,998
(264)
264
1,600
(1,600)
Common stock outstanding at July 1, 2023
69,762
55,662
(45)
45
1,552
(1,552)
Common stock outstanding at September 30, 2023
71,269
54,155
Common stock outstanding at December 31, 2021
57,358
68,066
(385)
385
2,015
(2,015)
Common stock outstanding at April 2, 2022
58,988
66,436
(96)
96
1,929
(1,929)
Common stock outstanding at July 2, 2022
60,821
64,603
(25)
25
2,528
(2,528)
Common stock outstanding at October 1, 2022
63,324
62,100
Share-Repurchase Program
The following table shows the company’s share-repurchase program as of September 30, 2023:
Approximate
Dollar Value of
Dollar Value
Shares that May
Approved for
Shares
Yet be Purchased
Share-Repurchase Details by Month of Board Approval (thousands)
Repurchase
Repurchased
Under the Program
July 2021
600,000
December 2021
September 2022
January 2023
1,000,000
378,414
621,586
Total (a)
2,800,000
2,178,414
The company repurchased 1.6 million shares and 5.7 million shares of common stock for $200.0 million and $700.9 million, in the third quarter and first nine months of 2023, respectively, under the share-repurchase program, excluding excise taxes. On January 31, 2023, the company’s Board of Directors approved a $1.0 billion increase to the company’s share-repurchase program. As of September 30, 2023, approximately $621.6 million remained available for repurchase under the share-repurchase program. The company’s share-repurchase program does not have an expiration date.
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Note K – Contingencies
Environmental Matters
In connection with the purchase of Wyle Electronics (“Wyle”) in August 2000, the company entered into a settlement agreement under which, the company accepted responsibility for any potential subsequent costs incurred for environmental clean-up associated with any then-existing contamination or violation of environmental regulations. The company is aware of two facilities (in Huntsville, Alabama (the “Huntsville Site”) and Norco, California (the “Norco Site”)) at which contaminated soil and groundwater was identified and required environmental remediation.
As successor-in-interest to Wyle, the company is the beneficiary of various Wyle insurance policies that covered liabilities arising out of operations at Norco and Huntsville. To date, the company has recovered approximately $47.2 million from certain insurance carriers relating to environmental clean-up matters at the Norco and Huntsville sites, and continues to pursue additional recoveries from one insurer related solely to the Huntsville site. The company has not recorded a receivable for any potential future insurance recoveries related to the Norco and Huntsville environmental matters, as the realization of the claims for recovery are not deemed probable at this time.
Costs are recorded for environmental matters when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be reasonably estimated. Environmental liabilities are included in “Accrued expenses” and “Other liabilities” on the company’s consolidated balance sheets. The company has determined that there is no amount within the environmental liability ranges discussed below that is a better estimate than any other amount, and therefore has recorded the accruals at the minimum amount of the ranges. The liabilities were estimated based on current costs and are not discounted. The costs related to these environmental matters (referred to as “environmental costs”) include remediation, project management, regulatory oversight, and investigative and feasibility study activities.
The company expects the liabilities associated with such ongoing remediation to be resolved over an extended period of time and the accruals for environmental liabilities are adjusted periodically as facts and circumstances change, assessment and remediation efforts progress, or as additional technical or legal information becomes available. Environmental liabilities are difficult to assess and estimate due to various unknown factors such as the timing and extent of remediation, improvements in remediation technologies, orders by administrative agencies, and the extent to which environmental laws and regulations may change in the future. Accordingly, the company cannot presently estimate the ultimate potential costs related to the Huntsville and Norco sites.
During the third quarter and first nine months of 2023, the company recorded charges of $20.9 million and $23.3 million, respectively, related to increases in the environmental liabilities for the Norco and Huntsville sites. The company recorded charges of $1.9 million and $2.2 million, for the third quarter and first nine months of 2022. These costs are included in “Restructuring, integration, and other charges” on the company’s consolidated statements of operations.
Environmental Matters - Huntsville
In February 2015, the company and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) finalized and executed a consent decree in connection with the Huntsville Site. Characterization of the extent of contaminated soil and groundwater is complete and has been approved by ADEM. Health-risk evaluations and a Corrective Action Development Plan were approved by ADEM in 2018, opening the way for pilot testing of on-site remediation in late 2019. Due to the effectiveness of the pilot testing, the pilot testing process has been expanded and remains underway with annual application of bioremediation reagents, semi-annual groundwater monitoring, as well as data collection to direct future bioremediation injections. Approximately $8.6 million has been spent to date. The subsequent environmental costs at the site are estimated to be between $5.8 million and $17.5 million.
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Environmental Matters - Norco
In October 2003, the company entered into a consent decree with Wyle Laboratories and the California Department of Toxic Substance Control (“DTSC”) in connection with the Norco Site. In September 2013, the DTSC approved the final Remedial Action Plan (“RAP”) for actions in five on-site areas and one off-site area. As of 2018, the remediation measures described in the RAP had been implemented. Routine progress monitoring of groundwater and soil gas continue on-site and off-site. Approximately $82.2 million has been spent to date. The subsequent environmental costs at the site are estimated to be between $23.0 million and $39.3 million.
It is reasonably possible that the company will need to adjust the liabilities noted above for the Norco and Huntsville sites to reflect the effects of new or additional information, to the extent that such information impacts the costs, timing or duration of the required actions. Future changes in estimates of the costs, timing or duration of the required actions could have a material adverse effect on the company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
During the third quarter of 2023, the company received $62.2 million in settlement funds in connection with claims filed against certain manufacturers of aluminum, tantalum, and film capacitors who allegedly colluded to fix the price of capacitors from 2001 through 2014. These amounts were recorded as a reduction to “Selling, general, and administrative expenses” in the company’s consolidated statements of operations.
From time to time, in the normal course of business, the company may become liable with respect to other pending and threatened litigation, environmental, regulatory, labor, product, and tax matters. While such matters are subject to inherent uncertainties, it is not currently anticipated that any such matters will materially impact the company’s consolidated financial position, liquidity, or results of operations.
Note L – Segment and Geographic Information
The company is a global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. The company has one of the world’s broadest portfolios of product offerings available from leading electronic components and enterprise computing solutions suppliers, coupled with a range of services, solutions and tools that enables its suppliers to distribute their technologies and help its industrial and commercial customers to source, build upon, and leverage these technologies to grow their businesses, reduce their time to market, and enhance their overall competitiveness. The company is a trusted partner in a complex value chain and is uniquely positioned through its electronics components and IT content portfolios to increase value for stakeholders.
The company has two business segments, the global components business segment and the global enterprise computing solutions (“ECS”) business segment. The company’s global components business segment, enabled by a comprehensive range of value-added capabilities and services, markets and distributes electronic components to original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) and contract manufacturers (“CMs”). The company’s global ECS business segment is a leading value-added provider of comprehensive computing solutions and services. The global ECS portfolio of computing solutions includes datacenter, cloud, security, and analytics solutions. Global ECS brings broad market access, extensive supplier relationships, scale, and resources to help its value-added resellers (“VARs”) and managed service providers (“MSPs”) meet the needs of their end-users.
As a result of the company’s philosophy of maximizing operating efficiencies through the centralization of certain functions, operating income for the segments excludes unallocated corporate overhead costs, depreciation on corporate fixed assets, and restructuring, integration and other costs, as they are not attributable to the individual operating segments and are included in the corporate line item.
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Sales, by segment by geographic area, are as follows:
Sales:
Components:
Americas
1,869,934
2,445,647
6,169,949
7,265,552
EMEA
1,987,423
1,935,827
6,387,047
5,671,234
Asia/Pacific
2,387,835
2,918,873
7,226,871
9,024,188
Global components
6,245,192
7,300,347
19,783,867
21,960,974
ECS:
1,015,924
1,234,158
3,014,544
3,442,803
745,903
731,927
2,459,552
2,397,622
1,761,827
1,966,085
5,474,096
5,840,425
Consolidated
Operating income (loss), by segment, are as follows:
Operating income (loss):
Global components (a)
379,053
494,587
1,177,906
1,518,423
Global ECS (b)
54,624
83,976
221,951
253,744
Corporate (c)
(93,594)
(75,869)
(245,372)
(226,269)
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Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Information Relating to Forward-Looking Statements
This report includes “forward-looking statements,” as the term is defined under the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are those statements which are not statements of historical fact. These forward-looking statements can be identified by forward-looking words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties, which could cause actual results or facts to differ materially from such statements for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to: unfavorable economic conditions; disruptions or inefficiencies in the supply chain; political instability; impacts of military conflict and sanctions, industry conditions; changes in product supply, pricing and customer demand; competition; other vagaries in the global components and the global enterprise computing solutions (“ECS”) markets; deteriorating economic conditions, including economic recession, inflation, tax rates, foreign currency exchange rates, or the availability of capital; the effects of natural or man-made catastrophic events; changes in relationships with key suppliers; increased profit margin pressure; changes in legal and regulatory matters; non-compliance with certain regulations, such as export, antitrust, and anti-corruption laws; foreign tax and other loss contingencies; outbreaks, epidemics, pandemics, or public health crises; and the company’s ability to generate positive cash flow. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause the company’s future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as in other filings the company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Shareholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. The company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any of the forward-looking statements.
Certain Non-GAAP Financial Information
In addition to disclosing financial results that are determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”), the company also discloses certain non-GAAP financial information in the sections below captioned “Sales”, “Gross Profit”, “Operating Expenses”, “Operating Income”, “Income Tax”, and “Net Income Attributable to Shareholders”. Refer to these sections below for reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable reported GAAP financial measures. Non-GAAP financial information includes the following:
Management believes that providing this additional information is useful to the reader to better assess and understand the company’s operating performance and future prospects in the same manner as management, especially when comparing results with previous periods. Management typically monitors the business as adjusted for these items, in addition to GAAP results, to understand and compare operating results across accounting periods, for internal budgeting purposes, for short-term and long-term operating plans, and to evaluate the company’s financial performance. However, analysis of results on a non-GAAP basis should be used as a complement to, and in conjunction with, data presented in accordance with GAAP. For a discussion of what is included within “Restructuring, integration, and other charges” and “(Loss) gain on investments, net” refer to the similarly captioned sections of this item below.
Overview
The company is a global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. The company has one of the world’s broadest portfolios of product offerings available from leading electronic components and enterprise computing solutions suppliers, coupled with a range of services, solutions and tools that enables its suppliers to distribute their technologies and help its industrial and commercial customers to source, build upon, and leverage these technologies to grow their businesses, reduce their time to market, and enhance their overall competitiveness. The company is a trusted partner in a complex value chain and is uniquely positioned through its electronics components and IT content portfolios to increase value for stakeholders. The company has two business segments, the global components business segment and the global ECS business segment. The company’s global components business segment, enabled by a comprehensive range of value-added capabilities and services, markets and distributes electronic components to original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) and contract manufacturers (“CMs”). The company’s global ECS business segment is a leading value-added provider of comprehensive computing solutions and services. The global ECS portfolio of computing solutions includes datacenter, cloud, security, and analytics solutions. Global ECS brings broad market access, extensive supplier relationships, scale, and resources to help its value-added resellers (“VARs”) and managed service providers (“MSPs”) meet the needs of their end-users. For the third quarter of 2023, approximately 78% and 22% of the company’s sales were from the global components business and the global ECS business, respectively.
The company’s strategic initiatives include the following:
The company’s financial objectives are to grow sales faster than the market, increase the markets served, grow profits faster than sales, generate earnings per share growth in excess of competitors’ earnings per share growth and market expectations, grow earnings per share at a rate that provides the capital necessary to support the company’s business strategy, allocate and deploy capital effectively so that return on invested capital exceeds the company’s cost of capital, and increase return on invested capital. To achieve its objectives, the company seeks to capture significant opportunities to grow across products, markets, and geographies. To supplement its organic growth strategy, the company continually evaluates strategic acquisitions to broaden its product and value-added service offerings, increase its market penetration, and expand its geographic reach.
Executive Summary
Consolidated sales for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2023 decreased by 13.6% and 9.1%, respectively, compared with the year-earlier periods. The decrease for the third quarter of 2023 was driven by a 14.5% decrease in the global components business segment sales and a 10.4% decrease in the global ECS business segment sales compared with the year-earlier period. The decrease for the first nine months of 2023 was driven by a 9.9% decrease in the global components business segment sales and a 6.3% decrease in global ECS business segment sales, compared with the year-earlier periods. Consolidated sales on a constant currency basis decreased 14.9% and 8.9% for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2023, respectively, compared with the year-earlier periods.
The company reported net income attributable to shareholders of $198.7 million and $709.0 million in the third quarter and the first nine months of 2023, respectively, compared with $342.4 million and $1.1 billion in the year-earlier periods. Non-GAAP net income attributable to shareholders for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2023 was
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$233.1 million and $757.4 million, respectively, compared with $354.1 million and $1.1 billion in the year-earlier periods. Non-GAAP net income attributable to shareholders is adjusted for the following items:
Third quarters of 2023 and 2022:
First nine months of 2023 and 2022:
Other activity impacting both GAAP and non-GAAP net income attributable to shareholders included:
During the third quarter of 2023, changes in foreign currencies increased sales by approximately $145.7 million, operating income by $7.9 million and earnings per share on a diluted basis by $0.07, compared to the year-earlier periods. During the first nine months of 2023, changes in foreign currencies reduced sales by approximately $74.6 million, operating income by $6.5 million, and earnings per share on a diluted basis by $0.09, compared to the year-earlier periods.
Substantially all of the company’s sales are made on an order-by-order basis, rather than through long-term sales contracts. As such, the nature of the company’s business does not provide for the visibility of material forward-looking information from its customers and suppliers beyond a few months. Following is an analysis of consolidated net sales, and net sales for the company’s two business segments:
%
(millions)
Change
Consolidated sales, as reported
8,007
9,266
(13.6)
25,258
27,801
(9.1)
Impact of changes in foreign currencies
146
x
(75)
Consolidated sales, constant currency
9,412
(14.9)
27,727
(8.9)
Global components sales, as reported
6,245
7,300
(14.5)
19,784
21,961
(9.9)
(68)
Global components sales, constant currency
7,397
(15.6)
21,893
(9.6)
Global ECS sales, as reported
1,762
1,966
(10.4)
5,474
5,840
(6.3)
49
(6)
Global ECS sales, constant currency
(12.6)
5,834
(6.2)
The sum of the components for sales, as reported, and sales on a constant currency basis may not agree to totals, as presented, due to rounding.
During the third quarter and first nine months of 2023, global components sales decreased compared to the year-earlier period primarily due to the following impacts:
Sales from the global ECS business decreased 10.4% and 6.3% in the third quarter and the first nine months of 2023, respectively, relative to the year-earlier periods, primarily due to a shift in product mix away from hardware to more software and cloud solutions, resulting in a higher proportion of revenue recognized where the company assumes an agency relationship and revenue is recognized in the amount of the net fee. In the Americas regions, sales declined 17.7% and 12.4%, respectively, primarily due to a decrease in demand, particularly for storage and compute. In the EMEA region, sales increased 1.9% and 2.6%, respectively, primarily due to strong demand, offset partially by a shift in product mix. Demand was strong in EMEA for cyber-security solutions and other software, and cloud-based solutions enabled by the company’s ArrowSphere platform.
Gross Profit
Following is an analysis of the company’s consolidated gross profit:
Gross profit, as reported
980
1,187
(17.5)
3,159
3,631
(13.0)
(10)
Gross profit, constant currency
1,206
(18.8)
3,621
(12.8)
Gross profit as a percentage of sales, as reported
12.2
12.8
(60)
bps
12.5
13.1
Gross profit as a percentage of sales, constant currency
The sum of the components for gross profit on a constant currency basis may not agree to totals, as presented, due to rounding.
The decrease in gross profit for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2023 related to declines in the global components business, partially offset by slight increases in gross profit from the global ECS business.
The decrease in gross profit margins during the third quarter and the first nine months of 2023, compared with the year-earlier periods, related primarily to declines in shortage market activity in the Americas region of the global components business and softer demand and product mix shifting toward lower margin products in the Asia/Pacific region of the global components business. The decrease was partially offset by higher margins in the Americas and EMEA regions of the global ECS businesses due to product mix shifting towards a higher proportion of revenue recognized where the company assumes an agency relationship and revenue is recognized in the amount of the net fee. Global components supply chain services offerings continued to have a positive impact on gross margins.
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Operating Expenses
Following is an analysis of the company’s consolidated operating expenses:
Operating expenses, as reported
640
684
(6.5)
2,005
2,085
(3.8)
Identifiable intangible asset amortization
(8)
(9)
(24)
(27)
Restructuring, integration, and other charges
(31)
(4)
(44)
(11)
(3)
Non-GAAP operating expenses
600
(12.2)
1,937
2,044
(5.2)
Operating expenses as a percentage of sales
8.0
7.4
60
7.9
7.5
40
Non-GAAP operating expenses as a percentage of sales, constant currency
7.3
7.7
30
The sum of the components for non-GAAP operating expenses may not agree to totals, as presented, due to rounding.
The declines in operating expenses for the third quarter and first nine months of 2023, relative to the year-earlier periods, were primarily related to lower variable costs, in line with the decrease in sales discussed above, and due to $62.2 million in settlement funds received in connection with certain legal matters, which were recorded as a reduction of operating expenses. The decreases for the third quarter and first nine months of 2023 were partially offset by increases in charges taken for the allowance for credit losses of $36.8 million and $37.8 million, respectively, primarily due to an increase in the reserves associated with a limited number of customers, and an increase in restructuring, integration, and other charges of $27.7 million and $33.2 million, respectively (see discussion below). Refer to Note K, “Contingencies” of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, for discussion of the legal settlement funds received.
Restructuring, Integration, and Other Charges
Restructuring initiatives and integration costs are due to the company’s continued efforts to lower costs, drive operational efficiency, integrate acquired businesses, and consolidate certain operations, as necessary.
The company recorded restructuring, integration, and other charges as follows:
Restructuring and integration charges
1.5
2.2
9.9
Other charges
29.9
1.4
34.4
3.5
31.4
3.6
44.3
11.0
For the third quarter and first nine months of 2023, other charges include $20.9 million and $23.3 million, respectively, related to an increase in environmental liabilities. Refer to Note K, “Contingencies” of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
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Operating Income
Following is an analysis of the company’s consolidated operating income, and operating income for the company’s two business segments:
Consolidated operating income, as reported
340
503
(32.3)
1,154
1,546
(25.3)
31
44
Non-GAAP consolidated operating income
379
515
(26.3)
1,222
1,583
(22.8)
Consolidated operating income as a percentage of sales
4.2
5.4
(120)
4.6
5.6
(100)
Non-GAAP consolidated operating income as a percentage of sales
4.7
(90)
4.8
5.7
Global components operating income, as reported
495
(23.4)
1,178
1,518
(22.4)
Non-GAAP global components operating income
386
501
(23.1)
1,198
1,539
(22.1)
Global components operating income as a percentage of sales
6.1
6.8
(70)
6.0
6.9
Non-GAAP global components operating income as a percentage of sales
6.2
7.0
Global ECS operating income, as reported
55
84
(35.0)
222
254
(12.5)
1
Non-GAAP global ECS operating income
56
86
226
260
(13.2)
Global ECS operating income as a percentage of sales
3.1
4.3
4.1
(20)
Non-GAAP global ECS operating income as a percentage of sales
3.2
4.4
4.5
(40)
The sum of the components of consolidated operating income do not agree to totals, as presented, because operating income for the corporate segment is not included in the table above. Refer to Note L “Segment and Geographic Information” of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
The decrease in consolidated operating income as a percentage of sales for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2023 relates primarily to the changes in gross profit margins and operating expenses discussed above. During the third quarter of 2023, changes in foreign currencies increased operating income by $7.9 million when compared to the year-earlier period. During the first nine months of 2023, changes in foreign currencies reduced operating income by $6.5 million when compared to the year-earlier periods.
The decrease in global components operating income for the third quarter and first nine months of 2023 relates primarily to the declines in sales and gross margins discussed above and increases in charges taken for the allowance for credit losses of $16.8 million and $11.0 million, respectively. The decreases were offset partially by $62.2 million in legal settlements recorded as a decrease to operating expense. The decrease in global ECS operating income for the third quarter and first
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nine months of 2023 relates primarily to increases in charges taken for the allowance for credit losses of $20.0 million and $26.8 million, respectively, offset partially by the increases in gross profit discussed above.
(Loss) Gain on Investments, Net
The company recorded gains and losses on investments as follows:
(3.5)
(11.2)
Gains and losses on investments are primarily related to the changes in fair value of assets related to the Arrow SERP pension plan, which consist primarily of life insurance policies and mutual fund assets, as well as changes in the fair value of the company’s investment in Marubun Corporation, refer to Note H “Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value”.
Interest and Other Financing Expense, Net
The company recorded net interest and other financing expense as follows:
(82.2)
(50.9)
(246.7)
(123.4)
The increase for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2023 primarily relates to higher interest rates on outstanding borrowings and floating rate credit facilities, and higher average daily borrowings. Refer to the section below titled “Liquidity and Capital Resources” for more information on changes in borrowings.
Income Tax
Income taxes for the interim periods presented have been included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements on the basis of an estimated annual effective tax rate. The determination of the consolidated provision for income taxes requires management to make certain judgments and estimates. Changes in the estimated level of annual pre-tax earnings, tax laws, and changes resulting from tax audits can affect the overall effective income tax rate, which impacts the level of income tax expense and net income. Judgments and estimates related to the company’s projections and assumptions are inherently uncertain, therefore, actual results could differ from projections.
Following is an analysis of the company’s consolidated effective income tax rate:
Effective income tax rate
20.7
23.5
22.0
0.1
0.3
Impact of tax legislation changes
(0.1)
Non-GAAP effective income tax rate
21.2
22.1
The sum of the components for non-GAAP effective income tax rate may not agree to totals, as presented, due to rounding.
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The company’s effective tax rate deviates from the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate mainly due to the mix of foreign taxing jurisdictions in which the company operates and where its foreign subsidiaries generate taxable income, among other things. The change in the effective tax rate for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2023, compared to the year-earlier periods, is primarily due to the changes in the mix of tax jurisdictions where taxable income is generated and discrete items, such as utilization of tax credits in certain jurisdictions, changes in valuation allowances, and liabilities for uncertain tax positions.
Net Income Attributable to Shareholders
Following is an analysis of the company’s consolidated net income attributable to shareholders:
Net income attributable to shareholders, as reported
199
709
1,077
Identifiable intangible asset amortization*
Loss (gain) on investments, net
(5)
Tax effect of adjustments above
(15)
(12)
Non-GAAP net income attributable to shareholders
233
354
757
1,114
* Identifiable intangible asset amortization also excludes amortization related to the noncontrolling interest.
The sum of the components for non-GAAP net income attributable to shareholders may not agree to totals, as presented, due to rounding.
The decrease in net income attributable to shareholders in the third quarter and the first nine months of 2023 compared to the year-earlier periods, relates primarily to decreased sales, gross margins, operating expenses, and higher interest expense, as discussed above. In the third quarter of 2023, changes in foreign currencies increased net income by approximately $4.8 million, when compared to the year-earlier period. In the first nine months of 2023, changes in foreign currencies reduced net income by approximately $5.7 million, respectively, when compared to the year-earlier period.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Management believes that the company’s current cash availability, its current borrowing capacity under its revolving credit facility and asset securitization programs, and its expected ability to generate future operating cash flows are sufficient to meet its projected cash flow needs for the next 12 months and the foreseeable future. The company’s current committed and undrawn liquidity stands at over $1.9 billion in addition to $333.3 million of cash on hand at September 30, 2023. The company also may issue debt or equity securities in the future and management believes the company will have adequate access to the capital markets, if needed. The company continually evaluates its liquidity requirements and would seek to amend its existing borrowing capacity or access the financial markets as deemed necessary.
The company’s principal sources of liquidity are existing cash and cash equivalents, cash generated from operations and cash provided by its revolving credit facilities and debt. The company’s principal uses of liquidity include cash used in operations, investments to grow working capital, scheduled interest and principal payments on its borrowings, and the return of cash to shareholders through share repurchases.
The following table presents selected financial information related to liquidity:
Working capital
7,378
7,182
196
333
177
156
Short-term debt
1,589
590
999
2,615
3,183
(568)
Working Capital
The company maintains a significant investment in working capital which the company defines as accounts receivable, net, plus inventories less accounts payable. The change in working capital during the first nine months of 2023, was primarily attributable to decreases in accounts payable and increases in inventory, offset by lower accounts receivable.
Working capital as a percentage of sales, which is defined as working capital divided by annualized quarterly sales, increased to 23.0% for the third quarter of 2023, compared to 18.2% in the year-earlier period. The increase was primarily due to lower sales and higher inventory.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments, which are readily convertible into cash, with original maturities of three months or less. At September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the company had cash and cash equivalents of $333.3 million and $176.9 million, respectively, of which $163.3 million and $160.8 million, respectively, were held outside the United States.
The company has $4.1 billion of undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries which it deems indefinitely reinvested, and recognizes that it may be subject to additional foreign taxes and U.S. state income taxes, if it reverses its indefinite reinvestment assertion on these foreign earnings. The company has $2.0 billion of foreign earnings that are not deemed permanently reinvested and are available for distribution in future periods as of September 30, 2023.
Revolving Credit Facilities and Debt
The following tables summarize the company’s credit facilities by category:
Outstanding Borrowings
Borrowing
Capacity
1,500
605
1,235
Revolving credit facility
2,000
54
Commercial paper program (a)
1,200
903
173
500
50
78
Average Daily Balance Outstanding
Effective Interest Rate
5.82
3.54
190
6.42
3.23
Commercial paper program
717
451
5.95
3.85
144
3.44
The company also has an EMEA asset securitization program under which it continuously sells its interest in designated pools of trade accounts receivables of certain of its subsidiaries in the EMEA region. Receivables sold under the program are excluded from “Accounts receivable, net” and no corresponding liability is recorded on the company’s consolidated balance sheets. During the first nine months of 2023 and 2022, the average daily balance outstanding under the EMEA asset securitization program was $644.6 million and $430.5 million, respectively. Refer to Note E “Accounts Receivable” of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
The following table summarizes recent events impacting the company’s capital resources:
Activity
Date
Increase in Capacity
May 2023
300
Repaid
6.125% notes, due March 2026 (a)
3.50% notes, due April 2022
February 2022
350
250
EMEA asset securitization program
€
200
Refer to Note G, “Debt” of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of the company’s short-term and long-term debt and available financing.
Cash Flows
The following table summarizes the company’s cash flows by category for the periods presented:
419
561
(47)
(34)
(13)
(215)
456
(671)
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
The net amount of cash provided by the company’s operating activities during the first nine months of 2023 was $418.7 million and the net amount of cash used for the company’s operating activities during the first nine months of 2022 was $141.8 million. The change in cash provided by operating activities during 2023, compared to the year-earlier period, related primarily to the company’s historical counter-cyclical cash flow as the company generates cash flow in periods of decreased demand growth.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
The net amount of cash used for investing activities during the first nine months of 2023 and 2022 was $46.8 million and $34.0 million, respectively. The change in cash used for investing activities related primarily to settlement proceeds from derivative contracts in 2023.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
The net amount of cash used for financing activities was $214.7 million during the first nine months of 2023 compared to $455.8 million provided by financing activities in the year-earlier period. The change in cash used for financing activities related primarily to an increase in repayments of long-term bank borrowings offset by proceeds from notes issued in the first quarter of 2023, the settlement of interest rate swaps in the second quarter of 2023, and the increase in short-term borrowings in the third quarter of 2023.
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures for the first nine months of 2023 and 2022 were $57.8 million and $54.8 million, respectively. The company expects capital expenditures to be approximately $80.0 million for fiscal year 2023.
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The company repurchased 5.7 million shares of common stock for $700.9 million and 6.5 million shares of common stock for $734.4 million in the first nine months of 2023 and 2022, respectively, under the share-repurchase program, excluding excise taxes. During the first nine months of 2023, the company accrued $6.2 million of excise tax, which is recorded within “Treasury stock” on the company’s consolidated balance sheets and reduces the share-repurchase authorization. On January 31, 2023, the company’s Board of Directors approved a $1.0 billion increase to the company’s share-repurchase program. As of September 30, 2023, approximately $621.6 million remained available for repurchase. The share-repurchase authorization does not have an expiration date and the pace of the repurchase activity will depend on factors such as the company’s working capital needs, cash requirements for acquisitions, debt repayment obligations or repurchases of debt, share price, and economic and market conditions. The share-repurchase program may be accelerated, suspended, delayed, or discontinued at any time subject to the approval of the company’s Board of Directors.
Contractual Obligations
The company has contractual obligations for short-term and long-term debt, interest on short-term and long-term debt, purchase obligations, operating leases, and other sources and uses of capital that are summarized in the sections titled “Contractual Obligations” and “Additional Capital Requirements and Sources” in Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Refer to the section above titled “Revolving Credit Facilities and Debt” for updates to the company’s short-term and long-term debt obligations. Refer to Note H, “Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion on hedging activities. As of September 30, 2023, there were no other material changes to the contractual obligations of the company.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires the company to make significant estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. The company evaluates its estimates on an ongoing basis. The company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed reasonable under the circumstances; the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
There have been no significant changes to the company’s critical accounting estimates during the first nine months of 2023. Refer to the section titled “Critical Accounting Estimates” in Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards
See Note B, “Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Standards” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a full description of recent accounting pronouncements, including the anticipated dates of adoption and the effects on the company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.
Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
There were no material changes in market risk for changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates from the information provided in Part II, Item 7A – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Item 4.Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The company’s management, under the supervision and with the participation of the company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2023 (the “Evaluation”). Based upon the Evaluation, the company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) were effective as of September 30, 2023.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in the company’s internal control over financial reporting during the company’s most recent fiscal quarter that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.Legal Proceedings
The information set forth in Note K “Contingencies” in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 Part I of this Report, is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1A.Risk Factors
There have been no material changes to the company’s risk factors from those discussed in Part I, Item 1A - Risk Factors in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
The following table shows the share-repurchase activity for the quarter ended September 30, 2023:
Total Number of
Purchased as
Yet be
Number of
Average
Part of Publicly
Purchased
Price Paid
Announced
Under the
(thousands except share and per share data)
per Share (a)
Program
Programs (b)
July 2 through July 29, 2023
823,520
July 30 through August 26, 2023
660,594
128.67
738,520
August 27 through September 30, 2023
892,440
128.86
1,553,034
Item 5.Other Information
Trading Arrangements
During the quarter ended September 30, 2023, none of the company’s directors or officers adopted, amended, or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement”, as those terms are defined in Regulation S-K, Item 408.
Item 6.Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
10(a)*
Omnibus Deed of Amendment No. 3 dated July 21, 2023, by and among Arrow EMEA Funding Corp B.V., as the SPV; BNP Paribas, as administrative agent and a purchaser agent; ING Belgium S.A./N.V., as a purchaser agent; U.S. Bank Trustees Limited, as security trustee; Arrow Electronics (UK) Limited, as collection account trustee, and Elavon Financial Services DAC, as paying agent, and Arrow Electronics Inc. as the parent; together with the Annexes thereto.
10(b)*+
Form of Executive Change in Control Retention Agreement, as adopted September 13, 2023, and effective August 7, 2023, prospectively.
10(c)*+
Arrow Electronics, Inc. Executive Severance Policy, as adopted September 13, 2023, effective August 7, 2023, prospectively.
10(d)*+
Form of Separation and Release Agreement.
31(i)(A)*
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13A-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31(i)(B)*
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13A-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32(i)**
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32(ii)**
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101*
Inline XBRL Document Set for the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes in Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
104*
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
*
: Filed herewith.
**
: Furnished herewith.
+
: Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date:
November 2, 2023
By:
/s/ Rajesh K. Agrawal
Rajesh K. Agrawal
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Richard A. Seidlitz
Richard A. Seidlitz
Vice President, Corporate Controller, and Principal Accounting Officer