BorgWarner on Track to Achieve Milestone of $4 Billion of Electric Vehicle Revenue by 2025

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) today reported third quarter results.

• Based on new business awards and actions announced to date, BorgWarner believes it is already on track to achieve approximately $4 billion of electric vehicle revenue by 2025. The Company continues to expect its 2022 electric vehicle revenue to grow to approximately $850 million, which is more than double what it was in 2021.
• BorgWarner has agreed to acquire the charging business of Hubei Surpass Sun Electric (SSE). The acquisition complements BorgWarner's existing European and North American charging footprints by adding a China presence. The Company now expects DC fast charging related revenue in the range of $225 million to $275 million by 2025. 
• BorgWarner has been granted a production increase to supply its 800V silicon carbide (SiC) inverters to a premium European OEM. The initial order has now been significantly increased, with production for this program set to begin in 2024.
• BorgWarner will supply electric motors for E-Axles of a European commercial vehicle OEM.  This e-axle is designed to equip new electric light commercial trucks ranging up to 7.5 tons. Production is expected to begin in early 2023.

• U.S. GAAP net sales of $4,060 million, an increase of 19% compared with third quarter 2021.
• Excluding the impact of foreign currencies, the 2022 acquisitions of Santroll's light vehicle eMotor business and, Rhombus Energy Solutions, and the 2021 divestiture of the Water Valley, Mississippi business, organic sales were up 29% compared with the third quarter 2021.
• U.S. GAAP net earnings of $1.16 per diluted share.
• Excluding $(0.08) per diluted share related to non-comparable items (detailed in the table below), adjusted net earnings were $1.24 per diluted share.
• U.S. GAAP operating income of $389 million, or 9.6% of net sales.
• Excluding $49 million of pretax expenses related to non-comparable items, adjusted operating income was $438 million, or 10.8% of net sales.
• Net cash provided by operating activities of $347 million.
• Free cash flow was $167 million.

The Company believes the following table is useful in highlighting non-comparable items that impacted its U.S. GAAP net earnings per diluted share. The Company defines adjusted earnings per diluted share as earnings per diluted share adjusted to eliminate the impact of restructuring expense, merger, acquisition and divestiture expense, other net expenses, discontinued operations, other gains and losses not reflective of the Company's ongoing operations, and related tax effects.

Net sales were $4,060 million for the third quarter 2022, an increase of 19% compared with $3,416 million for the third quarter 2021. Net earnings for the third quarter 2022 were $273 million, or $1.16 per diluted share, compared with net earnings of $96 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, for the third quarter 2021. Adjusted net earnings per diluted share for the third quarter 2022 were $1.24, up from adjusted net earnings per diluted share of $0.80 for the third quarter 2021. Adjusted net earnings for the third quarter 2022 excluded net non-comparable items of $(0.08) per diluted share. Adjusted net earnings for the third quarter 2021 excluded net non-comparable items of $(0.40) per diluted share. These items are listed in the table above, which is provided by the Company for comparison with other results and the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measures. The increase in adjusted net earnings was primarily due to the benefit of customer pricing actions and the impact of higher revenue, partially offset by inflationary impacts on cost and higher R&D investment in the Company's electrification portfolio.

Full Year 2022 Guidance: The Company has updated full year sales, margin and EPS guidance. Net sales are expected to be in the range of $15.4 billion to $15.7 billion, compared with 2021 sales of $14.8 billion. This implies a year-over-year increase in organic sales of 12% to 14%. The Company expects its weighted light and commercial vehicle markets to increase in the range of approximately 3% to 4.5% in 2022. Foreign currencies are expected to result in a year-over-year decrease in sales of approximately $1 billion primarily due to the weakening of the Euro, the Korean Won and Chinese Renminbi against the U.S. dollar. The acquisitions of Santroll's light vehicle eMotor business and Rhombus Energy Solutions are expected to increase year-over-year sales by an aggregate of approximately $45 million to $55 million. The divestiture of the Water Valley, Mississippi business will decrease year-over-year sales by approximately $177 million.

Operating margin for the full year is expected to be in the range of 8.6% to 8.9%. Excluding the impact of non-comparable items, adjusted operating margin is expected to be in the range of 10.0% to 10.2%. Net earnings are expected to be within a range of $3.71 to $3.91 per diluted share. Excluding the impact of non-comparable items, adjusted net earnings are expected to be within a range of $4.25 to $4.45 per diluted share. Full-year operating cash flow is expected to be in the range of $1,450 million to $1,500 million, while free cash flow is expected to be in the range of $650 million to $750 million.

At 9:30 a.m. ET today, a brief conference call concerning third quarter 2022 results and guidance will be webcast at: https://www.borgwarner.com/investors. Additionally, an earnings call presentation will be available at https://www.borgwarner.com/investors.

For more than 130 years, BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) has been a transformative global product leader bringing successful mobility innovation to market. Today, we're accelerating the world's transition to eMobility -- to help build a cleaner, healthier, safer future for all.

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You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond our control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed, projected or implied in or by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties, among others, include: supply disruptions impacting us or our customers, such as the current shortage of semiconductor chips that has impacted original equipment manufacturer ("OEM") customers and their suppliers, including us; commodities availability and pricing, and an inability to achieve expected levels of success in additional commercial negotiations with customers concerning recovery of these costs; competitive challenges from existing and new competitors including OEM customers; the challenges associated with rapidly changing technologies, particularly as relates to electric vehicles, and our ability to innovate in response; uncertainties regarding the extent and duration of impacts of matters associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, including additional production disruptions; the difficulty in forecasting demand for electric vehicles and our electric vehicles revenue growth; potential disruptions in the global economy caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine; the ability to identify targets and consummate acquisitions on acceptable terms; failure to realize the expected benefits of acquisitions on a timely basis including our recent acquisitions of AKASOL AG, Santroll's light vehicle eMotor business, Rhombus Energy Solutions, the charging business of Hubei Surpass Sun Electric and our 2020 acquisition of Delphi Technologies PLC; the ability to identify appropriate combustion portfolio businesses for disposition and consummate planned dispositions on acceptable terms; the failure to promptly and effectively integrate acquired businesses; the potential for unknown or inestimable liabilities relating to the acquired businesses; our dependence on automotive and truck production, both of which are highly cyclical and subject to disruptions; our reliance on major OEM customers; fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates; our dependence on information systems; the uncertainty of the global economic environment and potential for recessionary conditions in regional economies; the outcome of existing or any future legal proceedings, including litigation with respect to various claims; future changes in laws and regulations, including, by way of example, taxes and tariffs, in the countries in which we operate; impacts from any potential future acquisition or disposition transactions; and the other risks noted in reports that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Item 1A, "Risk Factors" in our most recently-filed Form 10-K and/or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We do not undertake any obligation to update or announce publicly any updates to or revisions to any of the forward-looking statements in this press release to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions, circumstances, or assumptions underlying the statements.

This press release contains information about BorgWarner's financial results that is not presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). Such non-GAAP financial measures are reconciled to their closest GAAP financial measures below and in the Financial Results table above. The provision of these comparable GAAP financial measures for 2022 is not intended to indicate that BorgWarner is explicitly or implicitly providing projections on those GAAP financial measures, and actual results for such measures are likely to vary from those presented. The reconciliations include all information reasonably available to the Company at the date of this press release and the adjustments that management can reasonably predict.

Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to management, investors, and banking institutions in their analysis of the Company's business and operating performance. Management also uses this information for operational planning and decision-making purposes.

Non-GAAP financial measures are not and should not be considered a substitute for any GAAP measure. Additionally, because not all companies use identical calculations, the non-GAAP financial measures as presented by BorgWarner may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

In 2021 and prior, the Company defined adjusted operating income as operating income adjusted to exclude the impact of restructuring expense, merger, acquisition and divestiture expense, other net expenses, discontinued operations, and other gains and losses not reflective of the Company's ongoing operations. Beginning in the first quarter of 2022, the Company updated its definition of adjusted operating income and adjusted operating margin to add back intangible asset amortization expense. For comparability, the 2021 reconciliation below adds back intangible asset amortization expense. The updated definition of adjusted operating income is operating income adjusted to exclude the impact of restructuring expense, merger, acquisition and divestiture expense, intangible asset amortization expense, other net expenses, discontinued operations, and other gains and losses not reflective of the Company's ongoing operations. Adjusted operating margin is defined as adjusted operating income divided by net sales.

The Company defines adjusted net earnings as net earnings attributable to BorgWarner Inc. adjusted to eliminate the impact of restructuring expense, merger, acquisition and divestiture expense, other net expenses, discontinued operations, and other gains and losses not reflective of the Company's ongoing operations, and related tax effects. The impact of intangible asset amortization expense will continue to be included in adjusted net earnings.

The Company defines adjusted earnings per diluted share as earnings per diluted share adjusted to eliminate the impact of restructuring expense, merger, acquisition and divestiture expense, other net expenses, discontinued operations, other gains and losses not reflective of the Company's ongoing operations, and related tax effects. The impact of intangible asset amortization expense continues to be included in adjusted earnings per share.

The Company defines free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities minus capital expenditures and is useful to both management and investors in evaluating the Company's ability to service and repay its debt.

The Company defines organic net sales changes as net sales change year over year excluding the estimated impact of foreign exchange (FX), the 2022 acquisitions of Santroll's light vehicle eMotor business and Rhombus Energy Solutions, as well as the 2021 divestiture of the Water Valley, Mississippi business.

In the first quarter of 2022, the Company announced that the starter and alternator business, previously reported in its e-Propulsion & Drivetrain segment, would transition to the Aftermarket segment. The Company also announced that the canisters and fuel delivery modules business, previously reported in its Air Management segment, would transition to the Fuel Systems segment. Both of these transitions were completed during the second quarter of 2022. The reporting segment disclosures have been updated accordingly which included recasting prior period information for the new reporting structure. For informational purposes only, in the following tables, the Company has recast the quarterly segment information for fiscal 2021 and 2022 to align with this presentation.

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