Quarterly Report • Jul 21, 2022
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Ad hoc Announcement pursuant to Art. 53 Listing Rules of SIX Swiss Exchange
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, JULY 21, 2022
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| CHANGE | CHANGE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Q2 2022 | Q2 2021 | US\$ Comparable1 | H1 2022 | H1 2021 | US\$ Comparable1 | ||
| Orders | 8,807 | 7,989 | 10% | 20% | 18,180 | 15,745 | 15% | 24% |
| Revenues | 7,251 | 7,449 | -3% | 6% | 14,216 | 14,350 | -1% | 7% |
| Gross Profit | 2,290 | 2,508 | -9% | 4,571 | 4,776 | -4% | ||
| as % of revenues | 31.6% | 33.7% | -2.1 pts | 32.2% | 33.3% | -1.1 pts | ||
| Income from operations | 587 | 1,094 | -46% | 1,444 | 1,891 | -24% | ||
| Operational EBITA1 | 1,136 | 1,113 | 2% | 9%3 | 2,133 | 2,072 | 3% | 9%3 |
| as % of operational revenues1 | 15.5% | 15.0% | +0.5 pts | 14.9% | 14.4% | +0.5 pts | ||
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 406 | 789 | -49% | 1,049 | 1,340 | -22% | ||
| Net income attributable to ABB | 379 | 752 | -50% | 983 | 1,254 | -22% | ||
| Basic earnings per share (\$) | 0.20 | 0.37 | -47%2 | 0.51 | 0.62 | -18%2 | ||
| Cash flow from operating activities4 | 382 | 663 | -42% | (191) | 1,206 | n.a. | ||
| Cash flow from operating activities in | ||||||||
| continuing operations | 385 | 663 | -42% | (179) | 1,186 | -115% |
1 For a reconciliation of non-GAAP measures, see "supplemental reconciliations and definitions" in the attached Q2 2022 Financial Information.
2 EPS growth rates are computed using unrounded amounts.
3 Constant currency (not adjusted for portfolio changes).
4 Amount represents total for both continuing and discontinued operations.
"I am pleased with our performance and that we have taken yet another step toward our long-term margin target. I am also delighted that we are moving ahead with the spin-off of Accelleron and its planned listing in Switzerland."
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Björn Rosengren, CEO

Overall, I am pleased with how the teams delivered strong order growth as well as a margin in line with our long-term target. This was achieved despite the pressure from a tight supply chain, Covid-enforced lockdowns in China and the inflationary environment. Cash flow came in higher than in the first quarter, and I expect a good momentum in the second half of the year.
We achieved a strong order growth of 10% (20% comparable) and we saw a positive development in all major customer segments. While changes in exchange rates weighed on the total, comparable orders increased at a double-digit rate in all regions. With all business areas in double-digit growth, order intake amounted to \$8,807 million and a record-high order backlog of \$19.5 billion.
In total, revenues declined by 3% (up 6% comparable), yearon-year. Negative impact from changes in exchange rates and portfolio changes outweighed the positives of strong price execution and increased volumes, with the latter somewhat held back by the strained supply chain. Comparable revenues increased in all business areas except for Robotics & Discrete Automation which together with the Distribution Solutions division in Electrification, are where customer deliveries were materially slowed by component shortages. Overall, the supply chain constraints slightly eased compared with the previous quarter, however we saw temporary pressure on customer deliveries in China where lockdowns slowed down logistics somewhat more than expected. We anticipate further easing of component supply in the coming quarters.
I am pleased that we managed to improve the Operational EBITA margin to 15.5%. Notably, our teams successfully offset inflationary effects such as input costs and freight through strong pricing execution and higher volumes. Process Automation noted a sharp 180 basis point improvement to its margin, year-on-year. I am also pleased with the performance levels in Electrification and Motion, although margins declined from last year's high levels. Robotics & Discrete Automation is the area with operational underperformance, triggered by customer deliveries materially hampered by lockdowns in China and semiconductor shortages. Additionally, results were supported by lower than anticipated costs in Corporate and Other including a positive margin impact of approximately 60 basis points related to the exit of a legacy project and a real estate sale which came through sooner than expected.
Looking at Income from operations, it included items impacting comparability of approximately \$250 million.
In the third quarter of 2022, we anticipate double-digit comparable revenue growth and the Operational EBITA margin to sequentially improve, excluding the 60 basis points positive impact from special items in the second quarter.
These include the earlier mentioned charge of \$195 million triggered by us exiting the largest legacy project exposure in non-core operations, namely the full-train retrofit business. It also includes the financial impact of our decision to exit the Russian market, triggered by the ongoing war in Ukraine and impact of related international sanctions. We have started the process of winding down the remaining activities in Russia. This triggered a charge of \$57 million, of which \$23 million will impact cash flow in the third quarter.
The balance sheet is robust, although year-on-year the cash flow from operating activities in continuing operations declined to \$385 million, mainly on a higher build-up of net working capital. That said, we have continued to execute on our share buyback program, and just after the close of the second quarter we successfully delivered on our promise to return to shareholders the remaining \$1.2 billion - out of the total of \$7.8 billion - from the Power Grids proceeds. We will now continue with the execution of our ongoing buyback program of up to \$3 billion.
On the back of the volatile financial markets, we decided to postpone the planned IPO of our E-mobility business. We will monitor the market conditions and are fully committed to proceed with a listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange as and when market conditions are constructive. Meanwhile, building on the earlier seed stage investment three years ago, the Emobility team has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in Numocity, a leading digital platform for EV charging in India. This deal allows E-mobility to leverage on the regional opportunity from increasing demand for charging solutions for two and three-wheelers, cars and light commercial vehicles. After the close of the second quarter, we decided to spin off the Accelleron business (Turbocharging) with a planned listing on SIX Swiss Exchange on October 3, subject to approval by the Extraordinary General Meeting. I am pleased about this as it allows for shareholders to realize the full value of Accelleron while allowing ABB to focus on its core areas of electrification and automation.

Björn Rosengren CEO
In full-year 2022, we expect a steady margin improvement towards the 2023 target of at least 15%, supported by increased efficiency as we fully incorporate the decentralized operating model and performance culture in all our divisions. Furthermore, we expect support from a positive market momentum and our strong order backlog.
Demand was strong across all customer segments and all business areas reported double-digit order growth in the second quarter, supported by virtually all divisions. Demand remained strong throughout the period. Service-related orders increased by 4% (12% comparable). In total, high demand more than offset the adverse impact from changes in exchange rates and order intake improved by 10% (20% comparable) to \$8,807 million.
The positive development was very strong in the segments of machine building, food & beverage and in general industries as well as in the automotive segment due to accelerating investments in the EV segment.
In transport and infrastructure, the order development was strong in the renewables and e-mobility businesses. In the buildings segment there was a positive development in both the non-residential and residential areas, although some softness in residential building in China was noted. In the marine segment a positive development was noted for cruising as well as general marine & port demand.
The process-related business improved across the customer segments.
Customer activity was strong across the regions but changes in exchange rates weighed on reported order
| Change year-on-year | Q2 Orders |
Q2 Revenues |
|---|---|---|
| Comparable | 20% | 6% |
| FX | -7% | -7% |
| Portfolio changes | -3% | -2% |
| Total | 10% | -3% |
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise |
CHANGE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicated) | Q2 2022 | Q2 2021 | US\$ Comparable | ||
| Europe | 2,958 | 2,954 | 0% | 15% | |
| The Americas | 3,050 | 2,473 | 23% | 33% | |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa |
2,799 | 2,562 | 9% | 15% | |
| ABB Group | 8,807 | 7,989 | 10% | 20% |
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise |
CHANGE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicated) | Q2 2022 | Q2 2021 | US\$ Comparable | |
| Europe | 2,508 | 2,697 | -7% | 7% |
| The Americas | 2,397 | 2,284 | 5% | 14% |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa |
2,346 | 2,468 | -5% | 0% |
| ABB Group | 7,251 | 7,449 | -3% | 6% |
intake. Europe was stable at 0% (15% comparable). The Americas improved by 23% (33% comparable), supported by a stellar 21% (32% comparable) in the United States. In Asia, Middle East and Africa orders increased by 9% (15% comparable), including an increase in China of 7% (10% comparable).
Revenues were adversely impacted by changes in exchange rates which more than offset benefits from a strong price development and slightly higher volumes. While component constraints eased somewhat, mainly semiconductors, they still impacted customer deliveries, above all noticeable in Robotics & Discrete Automation and in the Distribution Solutions division in Electrification. An added challenge to customer deliveries stemmed from the Covid-related lockdowns in China which in addition to forcing Robotics to close its Shanghai production for five weeks followed by a gradual re-opening, also triggered a general slow-down of local logistics for part of the quarter. In total, the revenue decline in Robotics & Discrete Automation was however more than offset by strong comparable improvements in the other business areas. In total, ABB Group revenues declined by -3% (up 6% comparable) and amounted to \$7,251 million.


Revenues

Gross profit decreased by 9% to \$2,290 million, primarily due to changes in exchange rates. Gross margin was 31.6%, a decline of 210 basis points from last year's very high level driven primarily by mark to market losses on commodity derivatives as well as under-absorption of fixed costs in Robotics & Discrete Automation.
Income from operations amounted to \$587 million, declining by \$507 million, or 46%. The decline was primarily related to charges totaling approximately \$250 million triggered by the exit of a legacy project in non-core operations and the decision to exit Russian operations. Additional adverse impact related to changes in exchange rates, commodity timing differences and significantly less support from fair value adjustments of equity investments.
Operational EBITA of \$1,136 million was 2% higher (9% constant currency) year-on-year, as contribution from operational performance offset the adverse impact from mainly changes in exchange rates and portfolio changes.
The Operational EBITA margin increased by 50 basis points to 15.5% despite year-on-year headwind from less support from raw material hedges, mainly in Electrification. A positive contribution stemmed from operations successfully offsetting inflationary effects such as input costs and freight with impacts from strong pricing execution and slightly higher
volumes. Additional support was due to the lower than anticipated costs in Corporate and Other which was up by \$79 million to -\$13 million including a positive margin impact of approximately 60 basis points related to the exit of a legacy project and a real estate sale. Operational EBITA margin for the second quarter last year was 15.0%, including 20 basis points from the now divested Mechanical Power Transmission business.
Net finance expenses remained stable at \$20 million compared with \$21 million a year ago, primarily reflecting lower interest charges on borrowings and lower interest on tax risks offset by certain fair value adjustments on investments.
Income tax expense was \$193 million with an effective tax rate of 32.2%, including a 7.2% adverse tax impact from the nondeductibility of certain non-operational charges.
Net income attributable to ABB was \$379 million and decreased by 50% from last year, with the decline primarily related to the lower Income from operations.
Basic earnings per share was \$0.20, and declined from \$0.37, year-on-year, adversely impacted by charges mainly related to the exit of the legacy full-train retrofit project and the decision to wind-down operations in Russia, but also by commodity timing differences.

Gross profit Gross margin (%)
Basic EPS


Net working capital amounted to \$3,663 million, increasing both year-on-year from \$3,251 million and sequentially from \$3,461 million. The sequential increase was driven primarily by inventories to support future deliveries to help meet the strong market demand, as well as receivables. Net working capital as a percentage of revenues1 was 12.8%.
Purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets amounted to \$151 million.
Net debt1 amounted to \$4,235 million at the end of the quarter, and increased from \$2,259 million, year-on-year. Sequentially, it increased from \$2,772 million, mainly due to paid dividend and share buybacks.
Cash flow from operating activities in continuing operations was \$385 million and declined year-on-year from \$663 million. The year-on-year decline was driven by a higher build-up of trade net working capital, mainly related to inventories to support future deliveries and payables. ABB expects a solid cash flow delivery in 2022.
ABB launched a new share buyback program of up to \$3 billion on April 1. As part of this program, ABB completed just after the close of the second quarter, the return to its shareholders of the remaining \$1.2 billion out of the \$7.8 billion of cash proceeds from the Power Grids divestment. During the second quarter, 33,852,000 shares were repurchased on the second trading line for the amount of approximately \$1,016 million. The total number of ABB Ltd's issued shares is 1,964,745,075, after the cancellation of 88,403,189 shares in June, as approved at ABB's 2022 AGM.
| (\$ millions, unless otherwise indicated) |
Jun. 30 2022 |
Jun. 30 2021 |
Dec. 31 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short term debt and current maturities of long-term debt |
2,830 | 2,117 | 1,384 |
| Long-term debt | 5,086 | 4,375 | 4,177 |
| Total debt | 7,916 | 6,492 | 5,561 |
| Cash & equivalents | 2,412 | 2,860 | 4,159 |
| Restricted cash - current | 23 | 71 | 30 |
| Marketable securities and short-term investments |
945 | 1,002 | 1,170 |
| Restricted cash - non-current | 301 | 300 | 300 |
| Cash and marketable securities | 3,681 | 4,233 | 5,659 |
| Net debt (cash)* | 4,235 | 2,259 | (98) |
| Net debt (cash)* to EBITDA ratio | 0.7 | 0.7 | (0.01) |
| Net debt (cash)* to Equity ratio | 0.34 | 0.16 | (0.01) |
* At Jun. 30, 2022, Jun. 30, 2021 and Dec. 31, 2021, net debt(cash) excludes net pension (assets)/liabilities of \$(72) million, \$633 million and \$45 million, respectively.

Cash flow from operating activities
Net Cash (Net Debt) position

Free cash flow conversion to net income¹, R12M

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Order intake was strong with a stable trend throughout the quarter except for some temporary weakness in China which recovered towards the end of the second quarter. Order intake amounted to \$4,037 million, improving by 9% (16% comparable), year-on-year. The order backlog extended to a record level of \$6.7 billion.
| Q2 | Q2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Change year-on-year | Orders | Revenues |
| Comparable | 16% | 10% |
| FX | -7% | -6% |
| Portfolio changes | 0% | 0% |
| Total | 9% | 4% |
• Revenues improved by 4% (10% comparable) to \$3,531 million with strong pricing execution as the main driver of comparable revenue growth. Double-digit growth in comparable revenues was reported in the Americas and Europe, while Asia, Middle East and Africa increased at a mid-single digit rate. In contrast to the other divisions, volume growth was negative in Distribution Solutions which was held back by supply constraints mainly related to semiconductors. Additional challenges stemmed from the lockdowns in China which slowed down local logistics, although it gradually improved as the quarter progressed.
Operational EBITA was \$599 million, remaining stable as a reported headline number but improving by 9% in constant currency. Operational EBITA margin declined by 50 basis points to 16.9%.
• Under-absorption of fixed costs in the large Distribution Solutions division triggered by component shortages that hampered customer deliveries was the primary driver for the business area's margin decline.
| CHANGE CHANGE |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Q2 2022 | Q2 2021 | US\$ | Comparable | H1 2022 | H1 2021 | US\$ | Comparable |
| Orders | 4,037 | 3,693 | 9% | 16% | 8,434 | 7,224 | 17% | 22% |
| Order backlog | 6,706 | 5,029 | 33% | 42% | 6,706 | 5,029 | 33% | 42% |
| Revenues | 3,531 | 3,406 | 4% | 10% | 6,858 | 6,546 | 5% | 10% |
| Operational EBITA | 599 | 592 | 1% | 1,109 | 1,103 | 1% | ||
| as % of operational revenues | 16.9% | 17.4% | -0.5 pts | 16.1% | 16.8% | -0.7 pts | ||
| Cash flow from operating activities | 393 | 511 | -23% | 432 | 830 | -48% | ||
| No. of employees (FTE equiv.) | 51,600 | 51,700 | 0% |


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Orders and revenues
The second quarter was another +\$2 billion quarter with orders up by 7% (26% comparable) to \$2,079 million, despite the adverse impacts from portfolio changes and changes in exchange rates. Both base orders and large orders increased year-on-year.
| Q2 | Q2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Change year-on-year | Orders | Revenues |
| Comparable | 26% | 3% |
| FX | -7% | -6% |
| Portfolio changes | -12% | -9% |
| Total | 7% | -12% |
decreased by 12% (up 3% comparable). Strong price execution drove comparable growth, but volumes were hampered by the lockdowns in China which slowed down local logistics. That said, a gradual easing was noted as the quarter progressed. The order backlog expanded to record-high \$4.6 billion.
Operational EBITA amounted to \$266 million and declined from last year due to adverse impacts from low volumes, portfolio changes and changes in exchange rates. Operational EBITA margin was 16.4%, with about half of the 130 basis points year-on-year decline relating to the divestment of the Dodge business.
| CHANGE | CHANGE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Q2 2022 | Q2 2021 | US\$ | Comparable | H1 2022 | H1 2021 | US\$ | Comparable |
| Orders | 2,079 | 1,947 | 7% | 26% | 4,281 | 3,864 | 11% | 29% |
| Order backlog | 4,568 | 3,558 | 28% | 43% | 4,568 | 3,558 | 28% | 43% |
| Revenues | 1,626 | 1,850 | -12% | 3% | 3,198 | 3,517 | -9% | 6% |
| Operational EBITA | 266 | 325 | -18% | 540 | 614 | -12% | ||
| as % of operational revenues | 16.4% | 17.7% | -1.3 pts | 16.9% | 17.4% | -0.5 pts | ||
| Cash flow from operating activities | 241 | 223 | 8% | 239 | 547 | -56% | ||
| No. of employees (FTE equiv.) | 20,800 | 21,500 | -3% |


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Orders and revenues
Customer demand was strong across the segments which resulted in an order growth of 17% (25% comparable), although the headline number was weighed down by changes in exchange rates. Strong demand was noted for the product, systems and service businesses.
| Q2 | Q2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Change year-on-year | Orders | Revenues |
| Comparable | 25% | 7% |
| FX | -8% | -8% |
| Portfolio changes | 0% | 0% |
| Total | 17% | -1% |
(55% comparable). Asia, Middle East and Africa was up by 4% (11% comparable).
• Revenues declined by 1% (up 7% comparable) adversely impacted by changes in exchange rates which more than offset the positive impact of increased volumes and positive pricing. All divisions contributed to comparable revenue growth.
Most divisions reported double-digit Operational EBITA margin with both profit and profitability improvements, year-on-year. Operational EBITA increased by 17% (28% constant currency), to \$224 million, and the Operational EBITA margin improved by 180 basis points to 14.3%.
• Performance improvements were driven by higher volumes and efficiency measures, which more than offset cost inflation mainly in electrical components, and freight as well as a slight negative divisional mix.
| CHANGE | CHANGE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Q2 2022 | Q2 2021 | US\$ | Comparable | H1 2022 | H1 2021 | US\$ | Comparable |
| Orders | 1,819 | 1,555 | 17% | 25% | 3,511 | 3,211 | 9% | 15% |
| Order backlog | 6,170 | 5,980 | 3% | 12% | 6,170 | 5,980 | 3% | 12% |
| Revenues | 1,529 | 1,540 | -1% | 7% | 3,035 | 2,947 | 3% | 9% |
| Operational EBITA | 224 | 192 | 17% | 420 | 347 | 21% | ||
| as % of operational revenues | 14.3% | 12.5% | +1.8 pts | 13.7% | 11.8% | +1.9 pts | ||
| Cash flow from operating activities | 193 | 228 | -15% | 253 | 461 | -45% | ||
| No. of employees (FTE equiv.) | 22,200 | 21,900 | 2% |



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On high customer demand, order intake improved by 15% (23% comparable) to \$1,109 million. However, revenues were significantly hampered by both general supply chain constraints as well as Covid-related lockdowns in China. Consequently, the order backlog reached a record-high level of \$2.7 billion. Semiconductor constraints are expected to ease in the third quarter.
| Q2 | Q2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Change year-on-year | Orders | Revenues |
| Comparable | 23% | -5% |
| FX | -9% | -7% |
| Portfolio changes | 1% | 0% |
| Total | 15% | -12% |
• Revenues declined by 12% (5% comparable) adversely impacted by changes in exchange rates. While price increases supported comparable growth, volumes declined in both divisions. This was triggered by customer deliveries being adversely impacted by the shortages in the supply of semiconductors and the production halt in the Robotics division's Shanghai factory due to enforced Covid-related lockdowns. As an additional challenge, the lockdowns triggered a general slowdown in local logistics in the beginning of the second quarter. After approximately five week's shutdown, production in the Shanghai plant gradually increased and ran at close to full capacity at the end of the quarter.
Both profit and profitability declined year-on-year due to low volumes and cost inflation linked to the tight supply chain. Operational EBITA declined by 38% with a margin deterioration of 330 basis points.
• In total, the decline in volumes triggered underabsorption of fixed costs, which combined with cost inflation related to freight and input costs more than offset the contribution from cost measures and positive price execution, year-on-year.
| CHANGE | CHANGE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Q2 2022 | Q2 2021 | US\$ | Comparable | H1 2022 | H1 2021 | US\$ | Comparable |
| Orders | 1,109 | 968 | 15% | 23% | 2,417 | 1,809 | 34% | 40% |
| Order backlog | 2,728 | 1,501 | 82% | 97% | 2,728 | 1,501 | 82% | 97% |
| Revenues | 732 | 832 | -12% | -5% | 1,462 | 1,685 | -13% | -9% |
| Operational EBITA | 60 | 96 | -38% | 109 | 201 | -46% | ||
| as % of operational revenues | 8.2% | 11.5% | -3.3 pts | 7.4% | 11.9% | -4.5 pts | ||
| Cash flow from operating activities | 56 | 78 | -28% | 27 | 189 | -86% | ||
| No. of employees (FTE equiv.) | 10,800 | 10,300 | 5% |


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ABB has launched a product label called EcoSolutions™ targeting its customers with full transparency on the circularity value and environmental impact of ABB products across all business areas. By scanning the QR code on the EcoSolutions label or by visiting the product page, customers can easily have this information at hand. For customers, the ABB EcoSolutions label is an assurance that, where relevant, the product they are buying is designed to last and has been manufactured with the maximum amount of sustainably sourced raw materials; made with processes that are designed to avoid waste and maximize the use of sustainable packaging materials; designed to increase resource and process efficiency while in use, be upgradable and optimize the lifetime of equipment and facilities; supported by takeback services leading to refurbishment, re-use or recycling of products and components, and is accompanied by instructions for responsible end-of-life treatment.
| Q2 2022 | Q2 2021 | CHANGE | 12M ROLLING | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO2e own operations emissions, | ||||
| kt scope 1 and 21 | 89 | 114 | -22% | 376 |
| Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR), | ||||
| frequency / 200,000 working hours | 0.17 | 0.14 | 21% | 0.16 |
| Share of females in senior management | ||||
| positions, % | 16.8 | 13.9 | +2.9 pts | 16.3 |
1 CO₂ equivalent emissions from site, energy use and fleet, previous quarter

Ktons of CO2 equivalent emissions (Scope 1&2) Ktons of CO2 equivalent emissions (Scope 1&2), R12M

After Q2 2022
In the first six months of 2022, demand for ABB's products increased strongly year-on-year, supported by most customer segments. Orders amounted to \$18,180 million and improved by 15% (24% comparable) and revenues amounted to \$14,216 million down by -1% (up 7% comparable), implying a book-to-bill of 1.28. In the period demand increased in both the product and the service business. Changes in exchange rates had a negative impact on order intake and revenues.
Income from operations amounted to \$1,444 million down from \$1,891 million in the year-earlier period. Results included restructuring activities progressing according to plan with restructuring and restructuringrelated expenses of \$280 million. This included a project charge amounting to \$195 million triggered by the exit of the largest legacy project exposure in non-core operations.
Operational EBITA improved by 3% year on year to \$2,133 million and the Operational EBITA margin increased by 50 basis points to 14.9%. Performance was driven by the impacts from strong pricing execution and higher volumes offsetting inflationary impacts in for example input costs and freight, but not offsetting the
adverse year-on-year impact related to the commodity hedges which supported last year's period.
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses decreased -1% in line with revenues. The ratio in relation to revenues therefore remained stable at 18.0%. Corporate and Other Operational EBITA improved by \$148 million to -\$45 million. The net finance expenses amounted to \$29 million.
Income tax expense was \$434 million with a tax rate of 29.3%.
Net income attributable to ABB was \$983 million and decreased by -22%. Basic earnings per share was \$0.51 and decreased by -18%.
| Acquisitions | Company/unit | Closing date | Revenues, \$ million1 | No. of employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ||||
| Electrification | InCharge Energy, Inc (majority stake) | 26-Jan | 16 | 40 |
| 2021 | ||||
| Electrification | Enervalis (majority stake) | 26-Apr | 1 | 22 |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | ASTI Mobile Robotics Group | 2-Aug | 36 | 300 |
| Divestments | Company/unit | Closing date | Revenues, \$ million1 | No. of employees |
| 2021 | ||||
| Motion | Mechanical Power Transmission | 1-Nov | 645 | 1,500 |
Note: comparable growth calculation includes acquisitions and divestments with revenues of greater than \$50 million.
1 Represents the estimated annual revenues for the period prior to the announcement of the respective acquisition/divestment.
| ABB Group | Q1 2021 | Q2 2021 | Q3 2021 | Q4 2021 | FY 2021 | Q1 2022 | Q2 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBITDA, \$ in million | 1,024 | 1,324 | 1,072 | 3,191 | 6,611 | 1,067 | 794 |
| Return on Capital Employed, % | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 14.90 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Net debt/Equity | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.13 | (0.01) | (0.01) | 0.20 | 0.34 |
| Net debt/ EBITDA 12M rolling | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | (0.01) | (0.01) | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Net working capital, % of 12M rolling revenues | 10.8% | 11.6% | 10.2% | 8.1% | 8.1% | 12.1% | 12.8% |
| Earnings per share, basic, \$ | 0.25 | 0.37 | 0.33 | 1.34 | 2.27 | 0.31 | 0.20 |
| Earnings per share, diluted, \$ | 0.25 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 1.33 | 2.25 | 0.31 | 0.20 |
| Dividend per share, CHF | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 0.82 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Share price at the end of period, CHF | 28.56 | 31.39 | 31.39 | 34.90 | 34.90 | 30.17 | 25.46 |
| Share price at the end of period, \$ | 30.47 | 33.99 | 33.36 | 38.17 | 38.17 | 32.34 | 26.73 |
| Number of employees (FTE equivalents) | 105,330 | 106,370 | 106,080 | 104,420 | 104,420 | 104,720 | 106,380 |
| No. of shares outstanding at end of period (in millions) | 2,024 | 2,006 | 1,993 | 1,958 | 1,958 | 1,929 | 1,892 |
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise stated) | FY 20221 | Q3 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| ~(200) | ~(80) | |
| Corporate and Other Operational costs | from ~(300) | |
| Non-operating items | ||
| ~(230) | ~(55) | |
| Acquisition-related amortization | unchanged | |
| Restructuring and restructuring related ~(100)+(252)2 | ~(35)2 | |
| from ~(130) | ||
| ~(180) | ~(50) | |
| Separation costs3 | unchanged | |
| ~(150) | ~(40) | |
| ABB Way transformation | unchanged | |
| Certain other income and expenses | ~(25) | - |
| related to PG divestment4 | unchanged |
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise stated) | FY 2022 | Q3 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| ~(100) | ~(30) | |
| Net finance expenses | unchanged | |
| Non-operational pension | ~120 | ~30 |
| (cost) / credit | from ~(140) | |
| ~25%5 | ~25%5 | |
| Effective tax rate | unchanged | |
| ~(750) | ~(200) | |
| Capital Expenditures | unchanged |
1 Excludes one project estimated to a total of ~\$100 million, that is ongoing in the non-core business. Exact exit timing is difficult to assess due to legal proceedings etc.
2 Includes restructuring-related expenses of \$195 million from the exit of the full train retrofit business as well as \$57 million respectively from the exit of the Russian market in Q2 2022.
3 Costs relating to the announced exits and the potential E-mobility listing.
4 Excluding share of net income from JV.
5 Excluding impact of acquisitions or divestments or any significant non-operational items.
This press release includes forward-looking information and statements as well as other statements concerning the outlook for our business, including those in the sections of this release titled "CEO summary," "Outlook," "Balance sheet & cash flow", and "Robotics and Discrete Automation". These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the factors that may affect our future performance, including global economic conditions, the economic conditions of the regions and industries that are major markets for ABB. These expectations, estimates and projections are generally identifiable by statements containing words such as "intends," "anticipates," "expects," "estimates," "plans," "targets" or similar expressions. However, there are many risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information and statements made in this press release and which could
affect our ability to achieve any or all of our stated targets. Some important factors that could cause such differences include, among others, business risks associated with the volatile global economic environment and political conditions, costs associated with compliance activities, market acceptance of new products and services, changes in governmental regulations and currency exchange rates and such other factors as may be discussed from time to time in ABB Ltd's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Reports on Form 20-F. Although ABB Ltd believes that its expectations reflected in any such forward looking statement are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that those expectations will be achieved.
The Q2 2022 results press release and presentation slides are available on the ABB News Center at www.abb.com/news and on the Investor Relations homepage at www.abb.com/investorrelations.
A conference call and webcast for analysts and investors is scheduled to begin today at 10:00 a.m. CET.
To pre-register for the conference call or to join the webcast, please refer to the ABB website: www.abb.com/investorrelations.
The recorded session will be available after the event on ABB's website.
| Accelleron Capital Markets Day |
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| Planned ABB Extraordinary General Meeting |
| Planned listing of Accelleron on SIX Swiss Exchange |
| Q3 2022 results |
| Q4 2022 results |
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July 21, 2022
1 Q2 2022 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Key Figures | |||
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Consolidated Financial Information (unaudited) |
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Supplemental Reconciliations and Definitions |
2 Q2 2022 FINANCIAL INFORMATION

| CHANGE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Q2 2022 | Q2 2021 | US\$ | Comparable(1) |
| Orders | 8,807 | 7,989 | 10% | 20% |
| Order backlog (end June) | 19,477 | 15,424 | 26% | 37% |
| Revenues | 7,251 | 7,449 | -3% | 6% |
| Gross Profit | 2,290 | 2,508 | -9% | |
| as % of revenues | 31.6% | 33.7% | -2.1 pts | |
| Income from operations | 587 | 1,094 | -46% | |
| Operational EBITA(1) | 1,136 | 1,113 | 2% | 9%(2) |
| as % of operational revenues(1) | 15.5% | 15.0% | +0.5 pts | |
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 406 | 789 | -49% | |
| Net income attributable to ABB | 379 | 752 | -50% | |
| Basic earnings per share (\$) | 0.20 | 0.37 | -47%(3) | |
| Cash flow from operating activities(4) | 382 | 663 | -42% | |
| Cash flow from operating activities in continuing operations | 385 | 663 | -42% |
| CHANGE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | H1 2022 | H1 2021 | US\$ | Comparable(1) |
| Orders | 18,180 | 15,745 | 15% | 24% |
| Revenues | 14,216 | 14,350 | -1% | 7% |
| Gross Profit | 4,571 | 4,776 | -4% | |
| as % of revenues | 32.2% | 33.3% | -1.1 pts | |
| Income from operations | 1,444 | 1,891 | -24% | |
| Operational EBITA(1) | 2,133 | 2,072 | 3% | 9%(2) |
| as % of operational revenues(1) | 14.9% | 14.4% | +0.5 pts | |
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 1,049 | 1,340 | -22% | |
| Net income attributable to ABB | 983 | 1,254 | -22% | |
| Basic earnings per share (\$) | 0.51 | 0.62 | -18%(3) | |
| Cash flow from operating activities(4) | (191) | 1,206 | n.a. | |
| Cash flow from operating activities in continuing operations | (179) | 1,186 | n.a. |
(1) For a reconciliation of non-GAAP measures see "Supplemental Reconciliations and Definitions" on page 35.
(2) Constant currency (not adjusted for portfolio changes).
(3) EPS growth rates are computed using unrounded amounts.
(4) Cash flow from operating activities includes both continuing and discontinued operations.
| CHANGE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Q2 2022 | Q2 2021 | US\$ | Local | Comparable | |
| Orders | ABB Group | 8,807 | 7,989 | 10% | 17% | 20% |
| Electrification | 4,037 | 3,693 | 9% | 16% | 16% | |
| Motion | 2,079 | 1,947 | 7% | 14% | 26% | |
| Process Automation | 1,819 | 1,555 | 17% | 25% | 25% | |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 1,109 | 968 | 15% | 24% | 23% | |
| Corporate and Other | ||||||
| (incl. intersegment eliminations) | (237) | (174) | ||||
| Order backlog (end June) | ABB Group | 19,477 | 15,424 | 26% | 36% | 37% |
| Electrification | 6,706 | 5,029 | 33% | 42% | 42% | |
| Motion | 4,568 | 3,558 | 28% | 40% | 43% | |
| Process Automation | 6,170 | 5,980 | 3% | 12% | 12% | |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 2,728 | 1,501 | 82% | 98% | 97% | |
| Corporate and Other | ||||||
| (incl. intersegment eliminations) | (695) | (644) | ||||
| Revenues | ABB Group | 7,251 | 7,449 | -3% | 4% | 6% |
| Electrification | 3,531 | 3,406 | 4% | 10% | 10% | |
| Motion | 1,626 | 1,850 | -12% | -6% | 3% | |
| Process Automation | 1,529 | 1,540 | -1% | 7% | 7% | |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 732 | 832 | -12% | -5% | -5% | |
| Corporate and Other | ||||||
| (incl. intersegment eliminations) | (167) | (179) | ||||
| Income from operations | ABB Group | 587 | 1,094 | |||
| Electrification | 465 | 549 | ||||
| Motion | 231 | 303 | ||||
| Process Automation | 175 | 190 | ||||
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 43 | 74 | ||||
| Corporate and Other | ||||||
| (incl. intersegment eliminations) | (327) | (22) | ||||
| Income from operations % | ABB Group | 8.1% | 14.7% | |||
| Electrification | 13.2% | 16.1% | ||||
| Motion | 14.2% | 16.4% | ||||
| Process Automation | 11.4% | 12.3% | ||||
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 5.9% | 8.9% | ||||
| Operational EBITA | ABB Group | 1,136 | 1,113 | 2% | 9% | |
| Electrification | 599 | 592 | 1% | 9% | ||
| Motion | 266 | 325 | -18% | -13% | ||
| Process Automation | 224 | 192 | 17% | 28% | ||
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 60 | 96 | -38% | -29% | ||
| Corporate and Other | ||||||
| (incl. intersegment eliminations) | (13) | (92) | ||||
| Operational EBITA % | ABB Group | 15.5% | 15.0% | |||
| Electrification | 16.9% | 17.4% | ||||
| Motion | 16.4% | 17.7% | ||||
| Process Automation | 14.3% | 12.5% | ||||
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 8.2% | 11.5% | ||||
| Cash flow from operating activities | ABB Group | 382 | 663 | |||
| Electrification | 393 | 511 | ||||
| Motion | 241 | 223 | ||||
| Process Automation | 193 | 228 | ||||
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 56 | 78 | ||||
| Corporate and Other | ||||||
| (incl. intersegment eliminations) | (498) | (377) | ||||
| Discontinued operations | (3) | – |
| CHANGE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | H1 2022 | H1 2021 | US\$ | Local | Comparable | |
| Orders | ABB Group | 18,180 | 15,745 | 15% | 21% | 24% |
| Electrification | 8,434 | 7,224 | 17% | 22% | 22% | |
| Motion | 4,281 | 3,864 | 11% | 17% | 29% | |
| Process Automation | 3,511 | 3,211 | 9% | 15% | 15% | |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 2,417 | 1,809 | 34% | 42% | 40% | |
| Corporate and Other | ||||||
| (incl. intersegment eliminations) | (463) | (363) | ||||
| Order backlog (end June) | ABB Group | 19,477 | 15,424 | 26% | 36% | 37% |
| Electrification | 6,706 | 5,029 | 33% | 42% | 42% | |
| Motion | 4,568 | 3,558 | 28% | 40% | 43% | |
| Process Automation | 6,170 | 5,980 | 3% | 12% | 12% | |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 2,728 | 1,501 | 82% | 98% | 97% | |
| Corporate and Other | ||||||
| (incl. intersegment eliminations) | (695) | (644) | ||||
| Revenues | ABB Group | 14,216 | 14,350 | -1% | 5% | 7% |
| Electrification | 6,858 | 6,546 | 5% | 10% | 10% | |
| Motion | 3,198 | 3,517 | -9% | -4% | 6% | |
| Process Automation | 3,035 | 2,947 | 3% | 9% | 9% | |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 1,462 | 1,685 | -13% | -8% | -9% | |
| Corporate and Other | ||||||
| (incl. intersegment eliminations) | (337) | (345) | ||||
| Income from operations | ABB Group | 1,444 | 1,891 | |||
| Electrification | 971 | 989 | ||||
| Motion | 485 | 568 | ||||
| Process Automation | 326 | 337 | ||||
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 65 | 156 | ||||
| Corporate and Other | ||||||
| (incl. intersegment eliminations) | (403) | (159) | ||||
| Income from operations % | ABB Group | 10.2% | 13.2% | |||
| Electrification | 14.2% | 15.1% | ||||
| Motion | 15.2% | 16.2% | ||||
| Process Automation | 10.7% | 11.4% | ||||
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 4.4% | 9.3% | ||||
| Operational EBITA | ABB Group | 2,133 | 2,072 | 3% | 9% | |
| Electrification | 1,109 | 1,103 | 1% | 7% | ||
| Motion | 540 | 614 | -12% | -8% | ||
| Process Automation | 420 | 347 | 21% | 29% | ||
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 109 | 201 | -46% | -40% | ||
| Corporate and Other | ||||||
| (incl. intersegment eliminations) | (45) | (193) | ||||
| Operational EBITA % | ABB Group | 14.9% | 14.4% | |||
| Electrification | 16.1% | 16.8% | ||||
| Motion | 16.9% | 17.4% | ||||
| Process Automation | 13.7% | 11.8% | ||||
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 7.4% | 11.9% | ||||
| Cash flow from operating activities | ABB Group | (191) | 1,206 | |||
| Electrification | 432 | 830 | ||||
| Motion | 239 | 547 | ||||
| Process Automation | 253 | 461 | ||||
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 27 | 189 | ||||
| Corporate and Other | ||||||
| (incl. intersegment eliminations) | (1,130) | (841) | ||||
| Discontinued operations | (12) | 20 | ||||
| Process | Robotics & Discrete | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABB | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | ||||||
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Q2 22 | Q2 21 | Q2 22 | Q2 21 | Q2 22 | Q2 21 | Q2 22 | Q2 21 | Q2 22 | Q2 21 |
| Revenues | 7,251 | 7,449 | 3,531 | 3,406 | 1,626 | 1,850 | 1,529 | 1,540 | 732 | 832 |
| Foreign exchange/commodity timing | ||||||||||
| differences in total revenues | 70 | (13) | 22 | 2 | (4) | (11) | 32 | (4) | 1 | 2 |
| Operational revenues | 7,321 | 7,436 | 3,553 | 3,408 | 1,622 | 1,839 | 1,561 | 1,536 | 733 | 834 |
| Income from operations | 587 | 1,094 | 465 | 549 | 231 | 303 | 175 | 190 | 43 | 74 |
| Acquisition-related amortization | 59 | 64 | 30 | 29 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 21 |
| Restructuring, related and | ||||||||||
| implementation costs(1) | 264 | 18 | 8 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 10 | 2 | – |
| Changes in obligations related to | ||||||||||
| divested businesses | (3) | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Changes in pre-acquisition estimates | (2) | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | (2) | – |
| Gains and losses from sale of businesses | 4 | (12) | – | 1 | 4 | (1) | – | (13) | – | – |
| Acquisition- and divestment-related | ||||||||||
| expenses and integration costs | 50 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 3 | 2 | – |
| Other income/expense relating to the | ||||||||||
| Power Grids joint venture | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Certain other non-operational items | 65 | (86) | 22 | (9) | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – |
| Foreign exchange/commodity timing | ||||||||||
| differences in income from operations | 110 | 7 | 64 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 12 | (1) | (5) | 1 |
| Operational EBITA | 1,136 | 1,113 | 599 | 592 | 266 | 325 | 224 | 192 | 60 | 96 |
| Operational EBITA margin (%) | 15.5% | 15.0% | 16.9% | 17.4% | 16.4% | 17.7% | 14.3% | 12.5% | 8.2% | 11.5% |
| Process | Robotics & Discrete | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABB | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | ||||||
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | H1 22 | H1 21 | H1 22 | H1 21 | H1 22 | H1 21 | H1 22 | H1 21 | H1 22 | H1 21 |
| Revenues | 14,216 | 14,350 | 6,858 | 6,546 | 3,198 | 3,517 | 3,035 | 2,947 | 1,462 | 1,685 |
| Foreign exchange/commodity timing | ||||||||||
| differences in total revenues | 67 | 20 | 12 | 12 | (1) | 8 | 31 | 1 | 6 | (1) |
| Operational revenues | 14,283 | 14,370 | 6,870 | 6,558 | 3,197 | 3,525 | 3,066 | 2,948 | 1,468 | 1,684 |
| Income from operations | 1,444 | 1,891 | 971 | 989 | 485 | 568 | 326 | 337 | 65 | 156 |
| Acquisition-related amortization | 119 | 129 | 61 | 58 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 41 |
| Restructuring, related and | ||||||||||
| implementation costs(1) | 280 | 53 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 5 |
| Changes in obligations related to | ||||||||||
| divested businesses | (17) | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Changes in pre-acquisition estimates | (1) | 8 | 1 | 8 | – | – | – | – | (2) | – |
| Gains and losses from sale of businesses | 4 | (9) | – | 4 | 4 | (1) | – | (13) | – | – |
| Acquisition- and divestment-related | ||||||||||
| expenses and integration costs | 109 | 30 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 69 | 4 | 3 | – |
| Other income/expense relating to the | ||||||||||
| Power Grids joint venture | 37 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Certain other non-operational items | 63 | (74) | (8) | (15) | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – |
| Foreign exchange/commodity timing | ||||||||||
| differences in income from operations | 95 | 19 | 45 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 2 | (1) | (1) |
| Operational EBITA | 2,133 | 2,072 | 1,109 | 1,103 | 540 | 614 | 420 | 347 | 109 | 201 |
| Operational EBITA margin (%) | 14.9% | 14.4% | 16.1% | 16.8% | 16.9% | 17.4% | 13.7% | 11.8% | 7.4% | 11.9% |
(1) Includes impairment of certain assets.
| Process | Robotics & Discrete | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABB | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | |||||||
| (\$ in millions) | Q2 22 | Q2 21 | Q2 22 | Q2 21 | Q2 22 | Q2 21 | Q2 22 | Q2 21 | Q2 22 | Q2 21 | |
| Depreciation | 136 | 148 | 67 | 68 | 26 | 32 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 15 | |
| Amortization | 71 | 82 | 35 | 39 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 21 | |
| including total acquisition-related amortization of: | 59 | 64 | 30 | 29 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 21 |
| Process | Robotics & Discrete | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABB | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | |||||||
| (\$ in millions) | H1 22 | H1 21 | H1 22 | H1 21 | H1 22 | H1 21 | H1 22 | H1 21 | H1 22 | H1 21 | |
| Depreciation | 272 | 292 | 134 | 132 | 53 | 64 | 34 | 38 | 30 | 28 | |
| Amortization | 145 | 165 | 72 | 76 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 42 | |
| including total acquisition-related amortization of: | 119 | 129 | 61 | 58 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 41 |
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Orders received | CHANGE | Revenues | CHANGE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Com- | Com | |||||||||
| Q2 22 | Q2 21 | US\$ | Local | parable | Q2 22 | Q2 21 | US\$ | Local | parable | |
| Europe | 2,958 | 2,954 | 0% | 15% | 15% | 2,508 | 2,697 | -7% | 7% | 7% |
| The Americas | 3,050 | 2,473 | 23% | 24% | 33% | 2,397 | 2,284 | 5% | 6% | 14% |
| of which United States | 2,234 | 1,846 | 21% | 21% | 32% | 1,746 | 1,676 | 4% | 4% | 14% |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 2,799 | 2,562 | 9% | 15% | 15% | 2,346 | 2,468 | -5% | 0% | 0% |
| of which China | 1,409 | 1,322 | 7% | 9% | 10% | 1,163 | 1,313 | -11% | -9% | -9% |
| ABB Group | 8,807 | 7,989 | 10% | 17% | 20% | 7,251 | 7,449 | -3% | 4% | 6% |
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Orders received | CHANGE | Revenues | CHANGE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Com- | Com | |||||||||
| H1 22 | H1 21 | US\$ | Local | parable | H1 22 | H1 21 | US\$ | Local | parable | |
| Europe | 6,492 | 6,056 | 7% | 19% | 19% | 5,026 | 5,248 | -4% | 7% | 7% |
| The Americas | 5,947 | 4,720 | 26% | 26% | 36% | 4,566 | 4,327 | 6% | 7% | 15% |
| of which United States | 4,459 | 3,525 | 26% | 27% | 39% | 3,328 | 3,208 | 4% | 4% | 14% |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 5,741 | 4,969 | 16% | 19% | 19% | 4,624 | 4,775 | -3% | 0% | 0% |
| of which China | 2,946 | 2,521 | 17% | 17% | 18% | 2,263 | 2,489 | -9% | -9% | -8% |
| ABB Group | 18,180 | 15,745 | 15% | 21% | 24% | 14,216 | 14,350 | -1% | 5% | 7% |

| Six months ended | Three months ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, except per share data in \$) | Jun. 30, 2022 | Jun. 30, 2021 | Jun. 30, 2022 | Jun. 30, 2021 | |
| Sales of products | 11,762 | 11,874 | 6,013 | 6,167 | |
| Sales of services and other | 2,454 | 2,476 | 1,238 | 1,282 | |
| Total revenues | 14,216 | 14,350 | 7,251 | 7,449 | |
| Cost of sales of products | (8,222) | (8,108) | (4,254) | (4,184) | |
| Cost of services and other | (1,423) | (1,466) | (707) | (757) | |
| Total cost of sales | (9,645) | (9,574) | (4,961) | (4,941) | |
| Gross profit | 4,571 | 4,776 | 2,290 | 2,508 | |
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | (2,556) | (2,577) | (1,317) | (1,314) | |
| Non-order related research and development expenses | (572) | (601) | (295) | (308) | |
| Other income (expense), net | 1 | 293 | (91) | 208 | |
| Income from operations | 1,444 | 1,891 | 587 | 1,094 | |
| Interest and dividend income | 33 | 26 | 20 | 15 | |
| Interest and other finance expense | (62) | (91) | (40) | (36) | |
| Non-operational pension (cost) credit | 68 | 88 | 32 | 38 | |
| Income from continuing operations before taxes | 1,483 | 1,914 | 599 | 1,111 | |
| Income tax expense | (434) | (574) | (193) | (322) | |
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 1,049 | 1,340 | 406 | 789 | |
| Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | (20) | (36) | (9) | (8) | |
| Net income | 1,029 | 1,304 | 397 | 781 | |
| Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (46) | (50) | (18) | (29) | |
| Net income attributable to ABB | 983 | 1,254 | 379 | 752 | |
| Amounts attributable to ABB shareholders: | |||||
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 1,003 | 1,290 | 388 | 760 | |
| Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | (20) | (36) | (9) | (8) | |
| Net income | 983 | 1,254 | 379 | 752 | |
| Basic earnings per share attributable to ABB shareholders: | |||||
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 0.52 | 0.64 | 0.20 | 0.38 | |
| Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | (0.01) | (0.02) | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Net income | 0.51 | 0.62 | 0.20 | 0.37 | |
| Diluted earnings per share attributable to ABB shareholders: | |||||
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 0.52 | 0.63 | 0.20 | 0.37 | |
| Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | (0.01) | (0.02) | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Net income | 0.51 | 0.62 | 0.20 | 0.37 | |
| Weighted-average number of shares outstanding (in millions) used to compute: | |||||
| Basic earnings per share attributable to ABB shareholders | 1,922 | 2,015 | 1,909 | 2,016 | |
| Diluted earnings per share attributable to ABB shareholders | 1,935 | 2,033 | 1,918 | 2,031 | |
| Due to rounding, numbers presented may not add to the totals provided. |
| Six months ended | Three months ended | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Jun. 30, 2022 | Jun. 30, 2021 | Jun. 30, 2022 | Jun. 30, 2021 |
| Total comprehensive income, net of tax | 708 | 1,206 | 131 | 881 |
| Total comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax | (26) | (55) | (3) | (31) |
| Total comprehensive income attributable to ABB shareholders, net of tax | 682 | 1,151 | 128 | 850 |
| Due to rounding, numbers presented may not add to the totals provided. |
| (\$ in millions) | Jun. 30, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | 2,412 | 4,159 |
| Restricted cash | 23 | 30 |
| Marketable securities and short-term investments | 945 | 1,170 |
| Receivables, net | 6,960 | 6,551 |
| Contract assets | 965 | 990 |
| Inventories, net | 5,595 | 4,880 |
| Prepaid expenses | 262 | 206 |
| Other current assets | 474 | 573 |
| Current assets held for sale and in discontinued operations | 122 | 136 |
| Total current assets | 17,758 | 18,695 |
| Restricted cash, non-current | 301 | 300 |
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 3,885 | 4,045 |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 783 | 895 |
| Investments in equity-accounted companies | 1,617 | 1,670 |
| Prepaid pension and other employee benefits | 908 | 892 |
| Intangible assets, net | 1,474 | 1,561 |
| Goodwill | 10,452 | 10,482 |
| Deferred taxes | 1,272 | 1,177 |
| Other non-current assets | 448 | 543 |
| Total assets | 38,898 | 40,260 |
| Accounts payable, trade | 4,805 | 4,921 |
| Contract liabilities | 2,141 | 1,894 |
| Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term debt | 2,830 | 1,384 |
| Current operating leases | 222 | 230 |
| Provisions for warranties | 972 | 1,005 |
| Other provisions | 1,144 | 1,386 |
| Other current liabilities | 4,277 | 4,367 |
| Current liabilities held for sale and in discontinued operations | 306 | 381 |
| Total current liabilities | 16,697 | 15,568 |
| Long-term debt | 5,086 | 4,177 |
| Non-current operating leases | 586 | 689 |
| Pension and other employee benefits | 925 | 1,025 |
| Deferred taxes | 696 | 685 |
| Other non-current liabilities | 2,214 | 2,116 |
| Non-current liabilities held for sale and in discontinued operations | 28 | 43 |
| Total liabilities | 26,232 | 24,303 |
| Commitments and contingencies | ||
| Redeemable noncontrolling interest | 80 | – |
| Stockholders' equity: | ||
| Common stock, CHF 0.12 par value | ||
| (1,965 million and 2,053 million shares issued at June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively) | 171 | 178 |
| Additional paid-in capital | 12 | 22 |
| Retained earnings | 18,767 | 22,477 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (4,389) | (4,088) |
| Treasury stock, at cost | ||
| (72 million and 95 million shares at June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively) | (2,290) | (3,010) |
| Total ABB stockholders' equity | 12,271 | 15,579 |
| Noncontrolling interests | 315 | 378 |
| Total stockholders' equity | 12,586 | 15,957 |
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | 38,898 | 40,260 |
Due to rounding, numbers presented may not add to the totals provided.
| Six months ended | Three months ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Jun. 30, 2022 | Jun. 30, 2021 | Jun. 30, 2022 | Jun. 30, 2021 | |
| Operating activities: | |||||
| Net income | 1,029 | 1,304 | 397 | 781 | |
| Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | 20 | 36 | 9 | 8 | |
| Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to | |||||
| net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 417 | 457 | 207 | 230 | |
| Changes in fair values of investments | (15) | (113) | 9 | (103) | |
| Pension and other employee benefits | (83) | (94) | (37) | (44) | |
| Deferred taxes | (148) | 109 | (32) | 50 | |
| Loss from equity-accounted companies | 62 | 57 | 14 | 22 | |
| Net loss (gain) from derivatives and foreign exchange | 77 | 44 | 105 | 24 | |
| Net loss (gain) from sale of property, plant and equipment | (55) | (15) | (23) | (4) | |
| Other | 67 | 29 | 31 | 9 | |
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||||
| Trade receivables, net | (621) | (414) | (304) | (412) | |
| Contract assets and liabilities | 252 | (147) | 145 | (57) | |
| Inventories, net | (1,083) | (293) | (541) | (125) | |
| Accounts payable, trade | 80 | 309 | 73 | 267 | |
| Accrued liabilities | (255) | 53 | 135 | 129 | |
| Provisions, net | 126 | (60) | 179 | (61) | |
| Income taxes payable and receivable | (52) | (56) | (66) | (6) | |
| Other assets and liabilities, net | 3 | (20) | 84 | (45) | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities – continuing operations | (179) | 1,186 | 385 | 663 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities – discontinued operations | (12) | 20 | (3) | – | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | (191) | 1,206 | 382 | 663 | |
| Investing activities: | |||||
| Purchases of investments | (256) | (347) | (128) | (38) | |
| Purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets | (338) | (293) | (151) | (151) | |
| Acquisition of businesses (net of cash acquired) | |||||
| and increases in cost- and equity-accounted companies | (179) | (28) | (34) | (24) | |
| Proceeds from sales of investments Proceeds from maturity of investments |
506 – |
1,321 80 |
201 – |
930 – |
|
| Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment | 66 | 23 | 31 | 3 | |
| Proceeds from sales of businesses (net of transaction costs | |||||
| and cash disposed) and cost- and equity-accounted companies | (13) | 47 | (13) | 49 | |
| Net cash from settlement of foreign currency derivatives | 56 | (72) | (10) | (11) | |
| Other investing activities | (8) | (14) | (18) | (6) | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities – continuing operations | (166) | 717 | (122) | 752 | |
| Net cash used in investing activities – discontinued operations | (91) | (70) | (70) | (26) | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (257) | 647 | (192) | 726 | |
| Financing activities: | |||||
| Net changes in debt with original maturities of 90 days or less | 1,191 | 274 | (114) | 187 | |
| Increase in debt | 3,181 | 1,004 | 639 | 13 | |
| Repayment of debt | (1,483) | (750) | (1,442) | (703) | |
| Delivery of shares | 370 | 766 | – | 6 | |
| Purchase of treasury stock | (2,661) | (1,971) | (1,100) | (585) | |
| Dividends paid | (1,698) | (1,726) | (809) | (882) | |
| Dividends paid to noncontrolling shareholders | (76) | (92) | (75) | (91) | |
| Other financing activities | (53) | 6 | (19) | 42 | |
| Net cash used in financing activities – continuing operations | (1,229) | (2,489) | (2,920) | (2,013) | |
| Net cash provided by financing activities – discontinued operations | – | – | – | – | |
| Net cash used in financing activities | (1,229) | (2,489) | (2,920) | (2,013) | |
| Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and equivalents and restricted cash | (76) | (34) | (80) | 17 | |
| Net change in cash and equivalents and restricted cash | (1,753) | (670) | (2,810) | (607) | |
| Cash and equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period | 4,489 | 3,901 | 5,546 | 3,838 | |
| Cash and equivalents and restricted cash, end of period | 2,736 | 3,231 | 2,736 | 3,231 | |
| Supplementary disclosure of cash flow information: | |||||
| Interest paid | 36 | 58 | 27 | 46 | |
| Income taxes paid | 638 | 543 | 298 | 287 |
Due to rounding, numbers presented may not add to the totals provided.
| Additional | Accumulated other |
Total ABB | Non | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | paid-in | Retained | comprehensive | Treasury | stockholders' | controlling | stockholders' | |
| (\$ in millions) | stock | capital | earnings | loss | stock | equity | interests | equity |
| Balance at January 1, 2021 | 188 | 83 | 22,946 | (4,002) | (3,530) | 15,685 | 314 | 15,999 |
| Comprehensive income: | ||||||||
| Net income | 1,254 | 1,254 | 50 | 1,304 | ||||
| Foreign currency translation | ||||||||
| adjustments, net of tax of \$2 | (166) | (166) | 5 | (161) | ||||
| Effect of change in fair value of | ||||||||
| available-for-sale securities, | ||||||||
| net of tax of \$(3) | (8) | (8) | (8) | |||||
| Unrecognized income (expense) | ||||||||
| related to pensions and other | ||||||||
| postretirement plans, | ||||||||
| net of tax of \$(3) | 71 | 71 | 71 | |||||
| Change in derivative instruments | ||||||||
| and hedges, net of tax of \$0 | – | – | – | |||||
| Total comprehensive income | 1,151 | 55 | 1,206 | |||||
| Changes in noncontrolling interests | (37) | (20) | (57) | 57 | – | |||
| Dividends to | ||||||||
| noncontrolling shareholders | – | (92) | (92) | |||||
| Dividends to shareholders | (1,730) | (1,730) | (1,730) | |||||
| Cancellation of treasury shares | (10) | (17) | (3,130) | 3,157 | – | – | ||
| Share-based payment arrangements | 37 | 37 | 37 | |||||
| Purchase of treasury stock | (1,924) | (1,924) | (1,924) | |||||
| Delivery of shares | (58) | (136) | 960 | 766 | 766 | |||
| Other | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Balance at June 30, 2021 | 178 | 10 | 19,185 | (4,104) | (1,337) | 13,932 | 334 | 14,266 |
| Balance at January 1, 2022 | 178 | 22 | 22,477 | (4,088) | (3,010) | 15,579 | 378 | 15,957 |
| Comprehensive income: | ||||||||
| Net income | 983 | 983 | 48 | 1,031 | ||||
| Foreign currency translation | ||||||||
| adjustments, net of tax of \$1 | (392) | (392) | (22) | (414) | ||||
| Effect of change in fair value of | ||||||||
| available-for-sale securities, | ||||||||
| net of tax of \$(4) | (17) | (17) | (17) | |||||
| Unrecognized income (expense) | ||||||||
| related to pensions and other | ||||||||
| postretirement plans, | ||||||||
| net of tax of \$37 | 106 | 106 | 106 | |||||
| Change in derivative instruments | ||||||||
| and hedges, net of tax of \$2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Total comprehensive income | 682 | 26 | 708 | |||||
| Changes in noncontrolling interests | (2) | (2) | (13) | (15) | ||||
| Dividends to | ||||||||
| noncontrolling shareholders | – | (74) | (74) | |||||
| Dividends to shareholders | (1,700) | (1,700) | (1,700) | |||||
| Cancellation of treasury shares | (8) | (4) | (2,864) | 2,876 | – | – | ||
| Share-based payment arrangements | 28 | 28 | 28 | |||||
| Purchase of treasury stock | (2,693) | (2,693) | (2,693) | |||||
| Delivery of shares | (38) | (130) | 538 | 370 | 370 | |||
| Other | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Balance at June 30, 2022 | 171 | 12 | 18,767 | (4,389) | (2,290) | 12,271 | 315 | 12,586 |
Due to rounding, numbers presented may not add to the totals provided.
See Notes to the Consolidated Financial Information
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ABB Ltd and its subsidiaries (collectively, the Company) together form a leading global technology company, connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio to drive performance to new levels.
The Company's Consolidated Financial Information is prepared in accordance with United States of America generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) for interim financial reporting. As such, the Consolidated Financial Information does not include all the information and notes required under U.S. GAAP for annual consolidated financial statements. Therefore, such financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements in the Company's Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2021.
The preparation of financial information in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make assumptions and estimates that directly affect the amounts reported in the Consolidated Financial Information. These accounting assumptions and estimates include:
The actual results and outcomes may differ from the Company's estimates and assumptions.
A portion of the Company's activities (primarily long-term construction activities) has an operating cycle that exceeds one year. For classification of current assets and liabilities related to such activities, the Company elected to use the duration of the individual contracts as its operating cycle. Accordingly, there are accounts receivable, contract assets, inventories and provisions related to these contracts which will not be realized within one year that have been classified as current.
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In the opinion of management, the unaudited Consolidated Financial Information contains all necessary adjustments to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the reported periods. Management considers all such adjustments to be of a normal recurring nature. The Consolidated Financial Information is presented in United States dollars (\$) unless otherwise stated. Due to rounding, numbers presented in the Consolidated Financial Information may not add to the totals provided.
Business Combinations — Accounting for contract assets and contract liabilities from contracts with customers
In January 2022, the Company early adopted a new accounting standard update, which provides guidance on the accounting for revenue contracts acquired in a business combination. The update requires contract assets and liabilities acquired in a business combination to be recognized and measured at the date of acquisition in accordance with the principles for recognizing revenues from contracts with customers. The Company has applied this accounting standard update prospectively starting with acquisitions closing after January 1, 2022.
In January 2022, the Company adopted a new accounting standard update, which requires entities to disclose certain types of government assistance. Under the update, the Company is required to annually disclose (i) the type of the assistance received, including any significant terms and conditions, (ii) its related accounting policy, and (iii) the effect such transactions have on its financial statements. The Company has applied this accounting standard update prospectively. This update does not have a significant impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
In March 2020, an accounting standard update was issued which provides temporary optional expedients and exceptions to the current guidance on contract modifications and hedge accounting to ease the financial reporting burdens related to the expected market transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates. This update, along with clarifications outlined in a subsequent update issued in January 2021, can be adopted and applied no later than December 31, 2022, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect this update to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.
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On July 1, 2020, the Company completed the sale of 80.1 percent of its Power Grids business to Hitachi Ltd (Hitachi). The transaction was executed through the sale of 80.1 percent of the shares of Hitachi Energy Ltd, formerly Hitachi ABB Power Grids Ltd ("Hitachi Energy"). Cash consideration received at the closing date was \$9,241 million net of cash disposed. Further, for accounting purposes, the 19.9 percent ownership interest retained by the Company is deemed to have been both divested and reacquired at its fair value on July 1, 2020 (see Note 4).
At the date of the divestment, the Company recorded liabilities in discontinued operations for estimated future costs and other cash payments of \$487 million for various contractual items relating to the sale of the business including required future cost reimbursements payable to Hitachi Energy, costs to be incurred by the Company for the direct benefit of Hitachi Energy, and an amount due to Hitachi Ltd in connection with the expected purchase price finalization of the closing debt and working capital balances. From the date of the disposal through June 30, 2022, \$438 million of these liabilities had been paid and are reported as reductions in the cash consideration received, of which \$74 million and \$53 million was paid during the six and three months ended June 30, 2022, respectively. In the six and three months ended June 30, 2021, total cash payments made in connection with these liabilities amounted to \$70 million and \$26 million, respectively. At June 30, 2022, the remaining amount recorded was \$64 million.
During the second quarter of 2022, the Company completed the legal title transfer of the remaining entities of Power Grids business to Hitachi Energy, resulting in the release of \$12 million held in escrow and included in Current Restricted Cash at December 31, 2021.
Upon closing of the sale, the Company entered into various transition services agreements (TSAs). Pursuant to these TSAs, the Company and Hitachi Energy provide to each other, on an interim, transitional basis, various services. The services provided by the Company primarily include finance, information technology, human resources and certain other administrative services. Under the current terms, the TSAs will continue for up to 3 years, and can only be extended on an exceptional basis for business-critical services for an additional period which is reasonably necessary to avoid a material adverse impact on the business. In the six and three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company has recognized within its continuing operations, general and administrative expenses incurred to perform the TSA, offset by \$76 million and \$38 million, respectively, in TSA-related income for such services that is reported in Other income (expense). In the six and three months ended June 30, 2021, Other income (expense) included \$88 million and \$41 million, respectively, of TSA-related income for such services.
As a result of the sale of the Power Grids business, substantially all assets and liabilities related to Power Grids have been sold. As this divestment represented a strategic shift that would have a major effect on the Company's operations and financial results, the results of this business were presented as discontinued operations and the assets and liabilities were presented as held for sale and in discontinued operations. After the date of sale, certain business contracts in the Power Grids business continue to be executed by subsidiaries of the Company for the benefit/risk of Hitachi Energy. Assets and liabilities relating to, as well as the net financial results of, these contracts will continue to be included in discontinued operations until they have been completed or otherwise transferred to Hitachi Energy.
Amounts recorded in discontinued operations were as follows:
| Six months ended | Three months ended | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Jun. 30, 2022 | Jun. 30, 2021 | Jun. 30, 2022 | Jun. 30, 2021 |
| Total revenues | – | – | – | – |
| Total cost of sales | – | – | – | – |
| Gross profit | – | – | – | – |
| Expenses | (11) | (9) | (5) | (5) |
| Change to net gain recognized on sale of the Power Grids business | (9) | (27) | (4) | (3) |
| Loss from operations | (20) | (36) | (9) | (8) |
| Net interest income (expense) and other finance expense | – | – | – | – |
| Non-operational pension (cost) credit | – | – | – | – |
| Loss from discontinued operations before taxes | (20) | (36) | (9) | (8) |
| Income tax | – | – | – | – |
| Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | (20) | (36) | (9) | (8) |
In addition, the Company also has retained obligations (primarily for environmental and taxes) related to other businesses disposed or otherwise exited that qualified as discontinued operations. Changes to these retained obligations are also included in Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax, above.
The major components of assets and liabilities held for sale and in discontinued operations in the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets are summarized as follows:
| (\$ in millions) | Jun. 30, 2022(1) | Dec. 31, 2021(1) |
|---|---|---|
| Receivables, net | 110 | 131 |
| Other current assets | 12 | 5 |
| Current assets held for sale and in discontinued operations | 122 | 136 |
| Accounts payable, trade | 52 | 71 |
| Other liabilities | 254 | 310 |
| Current liabilities held for sale and in discontinued operations | 306 | 381 |
| Other non-current liabilities | 28 | 43 |
| Non-current liabilities held for sale and in discontinued operations | 28 | 43 |
(1) At June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the balances reported as held for sale and in discontinued operations pertain to Power Grids activities and other obligations which will remain with the Company until such time as the obligation is settled or the activities are fully wound down.
Acquisitions of controlling interests were as follows:
| Six months ended June 30, | Three months ended June 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, except number of acquired businesses) | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Purchase price for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)(1) | 138 | 26 | – | 26 |
| Aggregate excess of purchase price | ||||
| over fair value of net assets acquired(2) | 191 | 11 | – | 11 |
| Number of acquired businesses | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
(1) Excluding changes in cost- and equity-accounted companies.
(2) Recorded as goodwill.
In the table above, the "Purchase price for acquisitions" and "Aggregate excess of purchase price over fair value of net assets acquired" amounts for the six months ended June 30, 2022, relate primarily to the acquisition of InCharge Energy, Inc. (In-Charge).
Acquisitions of controlling interests have been accounted for under the acquisition method and have been included in the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements since the date of acquisition.
While the Company uses its best estimates and assumptions as part of the purchase price allocation process to value assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date, the purchase price allocation for acquisitions is preliminary for up to 12 months after the acquisition date and is subject to refinement as more detailed analyses are completed and additional information about the fair values of the assets and liabilities becomes available.
On January 26, 2022, the Company increased its ownership in In-Charge to a 60 percent controlling interest through a stock purchase agreement. The resulting cash outflows for the Company amounted to \$135 million (net of cash acquired of \$4 million). The acquisition expands the market presence of the E-mobility Division, particularly in the North American market. In connection with the acquisition, the Company's pre-existing 13.2 percent ownership of In-Charge was revalued to fair value and a gain of \$32 million was recorded in Other income (expense) in the six months ended June 30, 2022. The Company entered into an agreement with the remaining noncontrolling shareholders allowing either party to put or call the remaining 40 percent of the shares until 2027. The amount for which either party can exercise their option is dependent on a formula based on revenues and thus, the amount is subject to change. As a result of this agreement, the noncontrolling interest is classified as Redeemable noncontrolling interest (i.e. mezzanine equity) in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and was initially recognized at fair value.
There were no significant business acquisitions for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
In connection with the divestment of its Power Grids business to Hitachi (see Note 3), the Company retained a 19.9 percent interest in the business and obtained an option, exercisable with three-months' notice commencing April 2023, granting it the right to require Hitachi to purchase this investment at fair value, subject to a minimum floor price equivalent to a 10 percent discount compared to the price paid for the initial 80.1 percent. The Company has concluded that based on its continuing involvement with the Power Grids business, including membership in its governing board of directors, it has significant influence over Hitachi Energy. As a result, the investment (including the value of the option) is accounted for using the equity method.
At the date of the divestment of the Power Grids business, the fair value of Hitachi Energy exceeded the book value of the underlying net assets. At June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the reported value of the investment in Hitachi Energy includes \$1,428 million and \$1,474 million, respectively, for the Company's 19.9 percent share of this basis difference. The Company amortizes its share of these differences over the estimated remaining useful lives of the underlying assets that gave rise to this difference, recording the amortization, net of related deferred tax benefit, as a reduction of income from equity-accounted companies. As of June 30, 2022, the Company determined that no impairment of its equity-accounted investments existed.
The carrying value of the Company's investments in equity-accounted companies and respective percentage of ownership is as follows:
| Ownership as of | Carrying value at | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, except ownership share in %) | June 30, 2022 | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | |
| Hitachi Energy Ltd | 19.9% | 1,551 | 1,609 | |
| Others | 66 | 61 | ||
| Total | 1,617 | 1,670 |
In the six and three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded its share of the earnings of investees accounted for under the equity method of accounting in Other income (expense), net, as follows:
| Six months ended June 30, | Three months ended June 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Income (loss) from equity-accounted companies, net of taxes | (10) | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Basis difference amortization (net of deferred income tax benefit) | (52) | (61) | (15) | (30) |
| Loss from equity-accounted companies | (62) | (57) | (14) | (22) |
Cash and equivalents, marketable securities and short-term investments consisted of the following:
| June 30, 2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and | Marketable | |||||
| Gross | Gross | equivalents | securities | |||
| unrealized | unrealized | and restricted | and short-term | |||
| (\$ in millions) | Cost basis | gains | losses | Fair value | cash | investments |
| Changes in fair value | ||||||
| recorded in net income | ||||||
| Cash | 1,752 | – | – | 1,752 | 1,752 | – |
| Time deposits | 1,074 | – | – | 1,074 | 984 | 90 |
| Equity securities | 411 | 5 | – | 416 | – | 416 |
| 3,237 | 5 | – | 3,242 | 2,736 | 506 | |
| Changes in fair value recorded | ||||||
| in other comprehensive income | ||||||
| Debt securities available-for-sale: | ||||||
| U.S. government obligations | 270 | 2 | (12) | 260 | – | 260 |
| Other government obligations | 122 | – | – | 122 | – | 122 |
| Corporate | 63 | – | (6) | 57 | – | 57 |
| 455 | 2 | (18) | 439 | – | 439 | |
| Total | 3,692 | 7 | (18) | 3,681 | 2,736 | 945 |
| Of which: | ||||||
| Restricted cash, current | 23 | |||||
| Restricted cash, non-current | 301 |
| December 31, 2021 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and | Marketable | |||||
| Gross | Gross | equivalents | securities | |||
| unrealized | unrealized | and restricted | and short-term | |||
| (\$ in millions) | Cost basis | gains | losses | Fair value | cash | investments |
| Changes in fair value | ||||||
| recorded in net income | ||||||
| Cash | 2,752 | 2,752 | 2,752 | |||
| Time deposits | 2,037 | 2,037 | 1,737 | 300 | ||
| Equity securities | 569 | 18 | 587 | 587 | ||
| 5,358 | 18 | – | 5,376 | 4,489 | 887 | |
| Changes in fair value recorded | ||||||
| in other comprehensive income | ||||||
| Debt securities available-for-sale: | ||||||
| U.S. government obligations | 203 | 7 | (1) | 209 | 209 | |
| Corporate | 74 | 1 | (1) | 74 | 74 | |
| 277 | 8 | (2) | 283 | – | 283 | |
| Total | 5,635 | 26 | (2) | 5,659 | 4,489 | 1,170 |
| Of which: | ||||||
| Restricted cash, current | 30 | |||||
| Restricted cash, non-current | 300 |
The Company is exposed to certain currency, commodity, interest rate and equity risks arising from its global operating, financing and investing activities. The Company uses derivative instruments to reduce and manage the economic impact of these exposures.
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Due to the global nature of the Company's operations, many of its subsidiaries are exposed to currency risk in their operating activities from entering into transactions in currencies other than their functional currency. To manage such currency risks, the Company's policies require its subsidiaries to hedge their foreign currency exposures from binding sales and purchase contracts denominated in foreign currencies. For forecasted foreign currency denominated sales of standard products and the related foreign currency denominated purchases, the Company's policy is to hedge up to a maximum of 100 percent of the forecasted foreign currency denominated exposures, depending on the length of the forecasted exposures. Forecasted exposures greater than 12 months are not hedged. Forward foreign exchange contracts are the main instrument used to protect the Company against the volatility of future cash flows (caused by changes in exchange rates) of contracted and forecasted sales and purchases denominated in foreign currencies. In addition, within its treasury operations, the Company primarily uses foreign exchange swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts to manage the currency and timing mismatches arising in its liquidity management activities.
Various commodity products are used in the Company's manufacturing activities. Consequently it is exposed to volatility in future cash flows arising from changes in commodity prices. To manage the price risk of commodities, the Company's policies require that its subsidiaries hedge the commodity price risk exposures from binding contracts, as well as at least 50 percent (up to a maximum of 100 percent) of the forecasted commodity exposure over the next 12 months or longer (up to a maximum of 18 months). Primarily swap contracts are used to manage the associated price risks of commodities.
The Company has issued bonds at fixed rates. Interest rate swaps and cross-currency interest rate swaps are used to manage the interest rate and foreign currency risk associated with certain debt and generally such swaps are designated as fair value hedges. In addition, from time to time, the Company uses instruments such as interest rate swaps, interest rate futures, bond futures or forward rate agreements to manage interest rate risk arising from the Company's balance sheet structure but does not designate such instruments as hedges.
The Company is exposed to fluctuations in the fair value of its warrant appreciation rights (WARs) issued under its management incentive plan. A WAR gives its holder the right to receive cash equal to the market price of an equivalent listed warrant on the date of exercise. To eliminate such risk, the Company has purchased cash-settled call options, indexed to the shares of the Company, which entitle the Company to receive amounts equivalent to its obligations under the outstanding WARs.
In general, while the Company's primary objective in its use of derivatives is to minimize exposures arising from its business, certain derivatives are designated and qualify for hedge accounting treatment while others either are not designated or do not qualify for hedge accounting.
The gross notional amounts of outstanding foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives (whether designated as hedges or not) were as follows:
| Type of derivative | Total notional amounts at | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | June 30, 2021 | |
| Foreign exchange contracts | 14,470 | 11,276 | 9,309 | |
| Embedded foreign exchange derivatives | 850 | 815 | 893 | |
| Cross-currency interest rate swaps | 833 | 906 | 951 | |
| Interest rate contracts | 3,049 | 3,541 | 3,553 |
The Company uses derivatives to hedge its direct or indirect exposure to the movement in the prices of commodities which are primarily copper, silver and aluminum. The following table shows the notional amounts of outstanding derivatives (whether designated as hedges or not), on a net basis, to reflect the Company's requirements for these commodities:
| Type of derivative | Unit | Total notional amounts at | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | June 30, 2021 | ||||
| Copper swaps | metric tonnes | 42,961 | 36,017 | 37,340 | ||
| Silver swaps | ounces | 2,844,285 | 2,842,533 | 2,306,804 | ||
| Aluminum swaps | metric tonnes | 7,350 | 7,125 | 7,325 |
At June 30, 2022, December 31, 2021, and June 30, 2021, the Company held 9 million, 9 million and 15 million cash-settled call options indexed to ABB Ltd shares (conversion ratio 5:1) with a total fair value of \$12 million, \$29 million and \$34 million, respectively.
As noted above, the Company mainly uses forward foreign exchange contracts to manage the foreign exchange risk of its operations, commodity swaps to manage its commodity risks and cash-settled call options to hedge its WAR liabilities. The Company applies cash flow hedge accounting in only limited cases. In these cases, the effective portion of the changes in their fair value is recorded in "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" and subsequently reclassified into earnings in the same line item and in the same period as the underlying hedged transaction affects earnings. For the six and three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, there were no significant amounts recorded for cash flow hedge accounting activities.
To reduce its interest rate exposure arising primarily from its debt issuance activities, the Company uses interest rate swaps and cross-currency interest rate swaps. Where such instruments are designated as fair value hedges, the changes in the fair value of these instruments, as well as the changes in the fair value of the risk component of the underlying debt being hedged, are recorded as offsetting gains and losses in "Interest and other finance expense".
The effect of derivative instruments, designated and qualifying as fair value hedges, on the Consolidated Income Statements was as follows:
| Six months ended June 30, | Three months ended June 30, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Gains (losses) recognized in Interest and other finance expense: | |||||
| Interest rate contracts | Designated as fair value hedges | (55) | (27) | (26) | (13) |
| Hedged item | 56 | 28 | 27 | 13 | |
| Cross-currency interest rate swaps | Designated as fair value hedges | (94) | (25) | (49) | (2) |
| Hedged item | 90 | 24 | 46 | 2 |
Derivative instruments that are not designated as hedges or do not qualify as either cash flow or fair value hedges are economic hedges used for risk management purposes. Gains and losses from changes in the fair values of such derivatives are recognized in the same line in the income statement as the economically hedged transaction.
Furthermore, under certain circumstances, the Company is required to split and account separately for foreign currency derivatives that are embedded within certain binding sales or purchase contracts denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the subsidiary and the counterparty.
The gains (losses) recognized in the Consolidated Income Statements on derivatives not designated in hedging relationships were as follows:
| Type of derivative not | Gains (losses) recognized in income | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| designated as a hedge | Six months ended June 30, | Three months ended June 30, | |||
| (\$ in millions) | Location | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Foreign exchange contracts | Total revenues | (119) | (10) | (123) | 50 |
| Total cost of sales | 34 | (24) | 40 | (20) | |
| SG&A expenses(1) | 23 | (1) | 15 | (8) | |
| Non-order related research | |||||
| and development | 1 | (1) | – | – | |
| Interest and other finance expense | (54) | (119) | (76) | (13) | |
| Embedded foreign exchange | Total revenues | 5 | (13) | 7 | 1 |
| contracts | Total cost of sales | (2) | (2) | (3) | (1) |
| Commodity contracts | Total cost of sales | (51) | 63 | (86) | 27 |
| Other | Interest and other finance expense | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | (160) | (106) | (224) | 37 |
(1) SG&A expenses represent "Selling, general and administrative expenses".
The fair values of derivatives included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows:
| June 30, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derivative assets | Derivative liabilities | |||
| Current in | Non-current in | Non-current in | ||
| "Other current | "Other non-current | "Other current | "Other non-current | |
| (\$ in millions) | assets" | assets" | liabilities" | liabilities" |
| Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: | ||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | – | – | 4 | 5 |
| Interest rate contracts | 2 | – | 4 | 24 |
| Cross-currency interest rate swaps | – | – | – | 268 |
| Cash-settled call options | 12 | – | – | – |
| Total | 14 | – | 8 | 297 |
| Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: | ||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | 82 | 21 | 251 | 12 |
| Commodity contracts | 3 | – | 56 | – |
| Interest rate contracts | 4 | – | 5 | – |
| Embedded foreign exchange derivatives | 19 | 3 | 14 | 9 |
| Total | 108 | 24 | 326 | 21 |
| Total fair value | 122 | 24 | 334 | 318 |
| December 31, 2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derivative assets | Derivative liabilities | ||||
| Current in | Non-current in | Current in | Non-current in | ||
| "Other current | "Other non-current | "Other current | "Other non-current | ||
| (\$ in millions) | assets" | assets" | liabilities" | liabilities" | |
| Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: | |||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | – | – | 3 | 5 | |
| Interest rate contracts | 9 | 20 | – | – | |
| Cross currency swaps | – | – | – | 109 | |
| Cash-settled call options | 29 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 38 | 20 | 3 | 114 | |
| Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: | |||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | 108 | 14 | 107 | 7 | |
| Commodity contracts | 19 | – | 5 | – | |
| Interest rate contracts | 1 | – | 2 | – | |
| Embedded foreign exchange derivatives | 10 | 7 | 16 | 10 | |
| Total | 138 | 21 | 130 | 17 | |
| Total fair value | 176 | 41 | 133 | 131 |
Close-out netting agreements provide for the termination, valuation and net settlement of some or all outstanding transactions between two counterparties on the occurrence of one or more pre-defined trigger events.
Although the Company is party to close-out netting agreements with most derivative counterparties, the fair values in the tables above and in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, have been presented on a gross basis.
The Company's netting agreements and other similar arrangements allow net settlements under certain conditions. At June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, information related to these offsetting arrangements was as follows:
| (\$ in millions) | June 30, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross amount | Derivative liabilities | ||||
| Type of agreement or | of recognized | eligible for set-off | collateral | collateral | Net asset |
| similar arrangement | assets | in case of default | received | received | exposure |
| Derivatives | 124 | (90) | – | – | 34 |
| Total | 124 | (90) | – | – | 34 |
| (\$ in millions) | June 30, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross amount | Derivative liabilities | Cash | Non-cash | ||
| Type of agreement or | of recognized | eligible for set-off | collateral | collateral | Net liability |
| similar arrangement | liabilities | in case of default | pledged | pledged | exposure |
| Derivatives | 629 | (90) | – | – | 539 |
| Total | 629 | (90) | – | – | 539 |
| (\$ in millions) | December 31, 2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross amount | Derivative liabilities | Cash | Non-cash | |||
| Type of agreement or | of recognized | eligible for set-off | collateral | collateral | Net asset | |
| similar arrangement | assets | in case of default | received | received | exposure | |
| Derivatives | 200 | (104) | – | – | 96 | |
| Total | 200 | (104) | – | – | 96 | |
| Total | 238 | (104) | – | – | 134 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derivatives | 238 | (104) | – | – | 134 |
| similar arrangement | liabilities | in case of default | pledged | pledged | exposure |
| Type of agreement or | of recognized | eligible for set-off | collateral | collateral | Net liability |
| Gross amount | Derivative liabilities | Cash | Non-cash | ||
| (\$ in millions) | December 31, 2021 |
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The Company uses fair value measurement principles to record certain financial assets and liabilities on a recurring basis and, when necessary, to record certain non-financial assets at fair value on a non-recurring basis, as well as to determine fair value disclosures for certain financial instruments carried at amortized cost in the financial statements. Financial assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis include foreign currency, commodity and interest rate derivatives, as well as cash-settled call options and available-for-sale securities. Non-financial assets recorded at fair value on a non-recurring basis include long-lived assets that are reduced to their estimated fair value due to impairments.
Fair value is the price that would be received when selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In determining fair value, the Company uses various valuation techniques including the market approach (using observable market data for identical or similar assets and liabilities), the income approach (discounted cash flow models) and the cost approach (using costs a market participant would incur to develop a comparable asset). Inputs used to determine the fair value of assets and liabilities are defined by a three-level hierarchy, depending on the nature of those inputs. The Company has categorized its financial assets and liabilities and non-financial assets measured at fair value within this hierarchy based on whether the inputs to the valuation technique are observable or unobservable. An observable input is based on market data obtained from independent sources, while an unobservable input reflects the Company's assumptions about market data.
The levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
Level 3: Valuation inputs are based on the Company's assumptions of relevant market data (unobservable input).
Whenever quoted prices involve bid-ask spreads, the Company ordinarily determines fair values based on mid-market quotes. However, for the purpose of determining the fair value of cash-settled call options serving as hedges of the Company's management incentive plan, bid prices are used.
When determining fair values based on quoted prices in an active market, the Company considers if the level of transaction activity for the financial instrument has significantly decreased or would not be considered orderly. In such cases, the resulting changes in valuation techniques would be disclosed. If the market is considered disorderly or if quoted prices are not available, the Company is required to use another valuation technique, such as an income approach.
The fair values of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows:
| June 30, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 Total fair value |
|
| Assets | ||||
| Securities in "Marketable securities and short-term investments": | ||||
| Equity securities | 416 | 416 | ||
| Debt securities—U.S. government obligations | 260 | 260 | ||
| Debt securities—Other government obligations | 122 | 122 | ||
| Debt securities—Corporate | 57 | 57 | ||
| Derivative assets—current in "Other current assets" | 122 | 122 | ||
| Derivative assets—non-current in "Other non-current assets" | 24 | 24 | ||
| Total | 260 | 741 | – 1,001 |
|
| Liabilities | ||||
| Derivative liabilities—current in "Other current liabilities" | 334 | 334 | ||
| Derivative liabilities—non-current in "Other non-current liabilities" | 318 | 318 | ||
| Total | – | 652 | – 652 |
| December 31, 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 Total fair value |
| Assets | |||
| Securities in "Marketable securities and short-term investments": | |||
| Equity securities | 587 | 587 | |
| Debt securities—U.S. government obligations | 209 | 209 | |
| Debt securities—Corporate | 74 | 74 | |
| Derivative assets—current in "Other current assets" | 176 | 176 | |
| Derivative assets—non-current in "Other non-current assets" | 41 | 41 | |
| Total | 209 | 878 | – 1,087 |
| Liabilities | |||
| Derivative liabilities—current in "Other current liabilities" | 133 | 133 | |
| Derivative liabilities—non-current in "Other non-current liabilities" | 131 | 131 | |
| Total | – | 264 | – 264 |
The Company uses the following methods and assumptions in estimating fair values of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
The Company elects to record private equity investments without readily determinable fair values at cost, less impairment, adjusted by observable price changes. The Company reassesses at each reporting period whether these investments continue to qualify for this treatment. During the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized, in Other income (expense), net fair value gains of \$30 million and \$109 million, respectively, related to certain of its private equity investments based on observable market price changes for an identical or similar investment of the same issuer of which net gains of \$1 million and \$99 million were recognized in the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The fair values were determined using level 2 inputs. The carrying values of investments, carried at fair value on a non-recurring basis, at June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, totaled \$40 million and \$146 million, respectively.
Apart from the transactions above, there were no additional significant non-recurring fair value measurements during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
The fair values of financial instruments carried on a cost basis were as follows:
| (\$ in millions) | Carrying value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||||
| Cash and equivalents (excluding securities with original | |||||
| maturities up to 3 months): | |||||
| Cash | 1,428 | 1,428 | 1,428 | ||
| Time deposits | 984 | 984 | 984 | ||
| Restricted cash | 23 | 23 | 23 | ||
| Marketable securities and short-term investments | |||||
| (excluding securities): | |||||
| Time deposits | 90 | 90 | 90 | ||
| Restricted cash, non-current | 301 | 301 | 301 | ||
| Liabilities | |||||
| Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term debt | |||||
| (excluding finance lease obligations) | 2,798 | 769 | 2,029 | 2,798 | |
| Long-term debt (excluding finance lease obligations) | 4,913 | 4,797 | 39 | 4,836 |
| (\$ in millions) | Carrying value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||||
| Cash and equivalents (excluding securities with original | |||||
| maturities up to 3 months): | |||||
| Cash | 2,422 | 2,422 | 2,422 | ||
| Time deposits | 1,737 | 1,737 | 1,737 | ||
| Restricted cash | 30 | 30 | 30 | ||
| Marketable securities and short-term investments | |||||
| (excluding securities): | |||||
| Time deposits | 300 | 300 | 300 | ||
| Restricted cash, non-current | 300 | 300 | 300 | ||
| Liabilities | |||||
| Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term debt | |||||
| (excluding finance lease obligations) | 1,357 | 1,288 | 69 | 1,357 | |
| Long-term debt (excluding finance lease obligations) | 4,043 | 4,234 | 58 | 4,292 |
The Company uses the following methods and assumptions in estimating fair values of financial instruments carried on a cost basis:
The following table provides information about Contract assets and Contract liabilities:
| (\$ in millions) | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | June 30, 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract assets | 965 | 990 | 1,087 |
| Contract liabilities | 2,141 | 1,894 | 1,846 |
Contract assets primarily relate to the Company's right to receive consideration for work completed but for which no invoice has been issued at the reporting date. Contract assets are transferred to receivables when rights to receive payment become unconditional.
Contract liabilities primarily relate to up-front advances received on orders from customers as well as amounts invoiced to customers in excess of revenues recognized, primarily for long-term projects. Contract liabilities are reduced as work is performed and as revenues are recognized.
The significant changes in the Contract assets and Contract liabilities balances were as follows:
| Six months ended June 30, | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||
| Contract | Contract | Contract | Contract | ||
| (\$ in millions) | assets | liabilities | assets | liabilities | |
| Revenue recognized, which was included in the Contract liabilities balance at Jan 1, 2022/2021 | (763) | (818) | |||
| Additions to Contract liabilities - excluding amounts recognized as revenue during the period | 1,102 | 785 | |||
| Receivables recognized that were included in the Contract asset balance at Jan 1, 2022/2021 | (423) | (411) |
At June 30, 2022, the Company had unsatisfied performance obligations totaling \$19,477 million and, of this amount, the Company expects to fulfill approximately 56 percent of the obligations in 2022, approximately 33 percent of the obligations in 2023 and the balance thereafter.
The Company's total debt at June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, amounted to \$7,916 million and \$5,561 million, respectively.
The Company's "Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term debt" consisted of the following:
| (\$ in millions) | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Short-term debt | 2,058 | 78 |
| Current maturities of long-term debt | 772 | 1,306 |
| Total | 2,830 | 1,384 |
Short-term debt primarily represented issued commercial paper and short-term bank borrowings from various banks. At June 30, 2022, \$1,755 million was outstanding under the \$2 billion Euro-commercial paper program and \$210 million was outstanding under the \$2 billion commercial paper program in the United States. At December 31, 2021, no amount was outstanding under either of these programs.
On May 9, 2022, the Company repaid on maturity its USD 1,250 million 2.875% Notes.
The Company's long-term debt at June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, amounted to \$5,086 million and \$4,177 million, respectively.
Outstanding bonds (including maturities within the next 12 months) were as follows:
| June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in millions) | Nominal outstanding | Carrying value(1) | Nominal outstanding | Carrying value(1) | ||||
| Bonds: | ||||||||
| 2.875% USD Notes, due 2022 | USD | 1,250 | \$ | 1,258 | ||||
| 0.625% EUR Instruments, due 2023 | EUR | 700 | \$ | 726 | EUR | 700 | \$ | 800 |
| 0% CHF Bonds, due 2023 | CHF | 275 | \$ | 286 | ||||
| 0.625% EUR Instruments, due 2024 | EUR | 700 | \$ | 717 | ||||
| 0% EUR Instruments, due 2024 | EUR | 500 | \$ | 524 | ||||
| 0.75% EUR Instruments, due 2024 | EUR | 750 | \$ | 765 | EUR | 750 | \$ | 860 |
| 0.3% CHF Bonds, due 2024 | CHF | 280 | \$ | 292 | CHF | 280 | \$ | 306 |
| 0.75% CHF Bonds, due 2027 | CHF | 425 | \$ | 443 | ||||
| 3.8% USD Notes, due 2028(2) | USD | 383 | \$ | 381 | USD | 383 | \$ | 381 |
| 1.0% CHF Bonds, due 2029 | CHF | 170 | \$ | 177 | CHF | 170 | \$ | 186 |
| 0% EUR Notes, due 2030 | EUR | 800 | \$ | 700 | EUR | 800 | \$ | 862 |
| 4.375% USD Notes, due 2042(2) | USD | 609 | \$ | 590 | USD | 609 | \$ | 589 |
| Total | \$ | 5,601 | \$ | 5,242 |
(1) USD carrying values include unamortized debt issuance costs, bond discounts or premiums, as well as adjustments for fair value hedge accounting, where appropriate. (2) Prior to completing a cash tender offer in November 2020, the original principal amount outstanding, on each of the 3.8% USD Notes, due 2028, and the 4.375% USD Notes, due 2042, was USD 750 million.
In March 2022, the Company issued the following CHF bonds: (i) CHF 275 million of zero interest bonds, due 2023, and (ii) CHF 425 million of 0.75 percent bonds, due 2027 with interest payable annually in arrears. The aggregate net proceeds of these CHF bond issues, after discount and fees, amounted to CHF 699 million (equivalent to approximately \$751 million on date of issuance).
Also in March 2022, the Company issued the following EUR notes, both due in 2024, (i) EUR 700 million, paying interest annually in arrears at a fixed rate of 0.625 percent per annum, and (ii) EUR 500 million floating rate notes, paying interest quarterly in arrears at a variable rate of 70 basis points above the 3-month EURIBOR. In relation to these EUR Notes, the Company recorded net proceeds (after the respective discount and premium, as well as fees) of EUR 1,203 million (equivalent to \$1,335 million on the date of issuance).
In line with the Company's policy of reducing its currency and interest rate exposures, interest rate swaps have been used to modify the characteristics of the CHF 425 million Bonds, due 2027, and the EUR 700 million Notes, due 2024. After considering the impact of these interest rate swaps, the CHF 425 million Bonds and EUR 700 million Notes, effectively become floating rate obligations.
As a result of an internal investigation, the Company self-reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DoJ) in the United States as well as to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in the United Kingdom concerning certain of its past dealings with Unaoil and its subsidiaries, including alleged improper payments made by these entities to third parties. In May 2020, the SFO closed its investigation, which it originally announced in February 2017, as the case did not meet the relevant test for prosecution. The Company continues to cooperate with the U.S. authorities as requested. At this time, it is not possible for the Company to make an informed judgment about the outcome of this matter.
Based on findings during an internal investigation, the Company self-reported to the SEC and the DoJ, in the United States, to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in South Africa as well as to various authorities in other countries potential suspect payments and other compliance concerns in connection with some of the Company's dealings with Eskom and related persons. Many of those parties have expressed an interest in, or commenced an investigation into, these matters and the Company is cooperating fully with them. The Company paid \$104 million to Eskom in December 2020 as part of a full and final settlement with Eskom and the Special Investigating Unit relating to improper payments and other compliance issues associated with the Controls and Instrumentation Contract, and its Variation Orders for Units 1 and 2 at Kusile. The Company continues to cooperate fully with the authorities in their review of the Kusile project and is in discussions with them regarding a coordinated resolution. Although the Company believes that there could be an unfavorable outcome in one or more of these ongoing reviews, at this time it is not possible for the Company to make an informed judgment about the possible financial impact.
The Company is aware of proceedings, or the threat of proceedings, against it and others in respect of private claims by customers and other third parties with regard to certain actual or alleged anticompetitive practices. Also, the Company is subject to other claims and legal proceedings, as well as investigations carried out by various law enforcement authorities. With respect to the above-mentioned claims, regulatory matters, and any related proceedings, the Company will bear the related costs, including costs necessary to resolve them.
At June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the Company had aggregate liabilities of \$82 million and \$104 million, respectively, included in "Other provisions" and "Other non‑current liabilities", for the above regulatory, compliance and legal contingencies, and none of the individual liabilities recognized was significant. As it is not possible to make an informed judgment on, or reasonably predict, the outcome of certain matters and as it is not possible, based on information currently available to management, to estimate the maximum potential liability on other matters, there could be adverse outcomes beyond the amounts accrued.
General
The following table provides quantitative data regarding the Company's third-party guarantees. The maximum potential payments represent a "worst-case scenario", and do not reflect management's expected outcomes.
| Maximum potential payments (\$ in millions) | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Performance guarantees | 4,036 | 4,540 |
| Financial guarantees | 55 | 52 |
| Indemnification guarantees(1) | 130 | 136 |
| Total(2) | 4,221 | 4,728 |
(1) Certain indemnifications provided to Hitachi in connection with the divestment of Power Grids are without limit.
(2) Maximum potential payments include amounts in both continuing and discontinued operations.
The carrying amount of liabilities recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets reflects the Company's best estimate of future payments, which it may incur as part of fulfilling its guarantee obligations. In respect of the above guarantees, the carrying amounts of liabilities at June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, amounted to \$142 million and \$156 million, respectively, the majority of which is included in discontinued operations.
The Company is party to various guarantees providing financial or performance assurances to certain third parties. These guarantees, which have various maturities up to 2035, mainly consist of performance guarantees whereby (i) the Company guarantees the performance of a third party's product or service according to the terms of a contract and (ii) as member of a consortium/joint-venture that includes third parties, the Company guarantees not only its own performance but also the work of third parties. Such guarantees may include guarantees that a project will be completed within a specified time. If the third party does not fulfill the obligation, the Company will compensate the guaranteed party in cash or in kind. The original maturity dates for the majority of these performance guarantees range from one to ten years.
In conjunction with the divestment of the high-voltage cable and cables accessories businesses in 2017, the Company has entered into various performance guarantees with other parties with respect to certain liabilities of the divested business. At June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the maximum potential payable under these guarantees amounts to \$828 million and \$911 million, respectively, and these guarantees have various original maturities ranging from five to ten years.
The Company retained obligations for financial, performance and indemnification guarantees related to the Power Grids business sold on July 1, 2020 (see Note 3 for details). The performance and financial guarantees have been indemnified by Hitachi, at the same proportion of its ownership in Hitachi Energy Ltd (80.1 percent). These guarantees, which have various maturities up to 2035, primarily consist of bank guarantees, standby letters of credit, business performance guarantees and other trade-related guarantees, the majority of which have original maturity dates ranging from one to ten years. The maximum amount payable under the guarantees at June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, is approximately \$2.8 billion and \$3.2 billion, respectively, and the carrying amounts of liabilities (recorded in discontinued operations) at June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, amounted to \$130 million and \$136 million, respectively.
In addition, in the normal course of bidding for and executing certain projects, the Company has entered into standby letters of credit, bid/performance bonds and surety bonds (collectively "performance bonds") with various financial institutions. Customers can draw on such performance bonds in the event that the Company does not fulfill its contractual obligations. The Company would then have an obligation to reimburse the financial institution for amounts paid under the performance bonds. At both June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the total outstanding performance bonds aggregated to \$3.1 billion, of each of these amounts, \$0.1 billion relates to discontinued operations. There have been no significant amounts reimbursed to financial institutions under these types of arrangements in the six and three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
The Company calculates its provision for product warranties based on historical claims experience and specific review of certain contracts. The reconciliation of the "Provisions for warranties", including guarantees of product performance, was as follows:
| (\$ in millions) | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Balance at January 1, | 1,005 | 1,035 |
| Net change in warranties due to acquisitions, divestments and liabilities held for sale | – | 1 |
| Claims paid in cash or in kind | (82) | (127) |
| Net increase in provision for changes in estimates, warranties issued and warranties expired | 103 | 122 |
| Exchange rate differences | (54) | (19) |
| Balance at June 30, | 972 | 1,012 |
The Company operates defined benefit pension plans, defined contribution pension plans, and termination indemnity plans, in accordance with local regulations and practices. These plans cover a large portion of the Company's employees and provide benefits to employees in the event of death, disability, retirement, or termination of employment. Certain of these plans are multi-employer plans. The Company also operates other postretirement benefit plans including postretirement health care benefits, and other employee-related benefits for active employees including long-service award plans. The measurement date used for the Company's employee benefit plans is December 31. The funding policies of the Company's plans are consistent with the local government and tax requirements.
Net periodic benefit cost of the Company's defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans consisted of the following:
| (\$ in millions) | Defined pension benefits | Other postretirement | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | International | benefits | |||||
| Six months ended June 30, | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Operational pension cost: | |||||||
| Service cost | 27 | 30 | 17 | 22 | – | – | |
| Operational pension cost | 27 | 30 | 17 | 22 | – | – | |
| Non-operational pension cost (credit): | |||||||
| Interest cost | 1 | (2) | 43 | 37 | 1 | 1 | |
| Expected return on plan assets | (58) | (58) | (77) | (91) | – | – | |
| Amortization of prior service cost (credit) | (4) | (5) | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | |
| Amortization of net actuarial loss | – | – | 30 | 35 | (2) | (1) | |
| Curtailments, settlements and special termination benefits | – | – | – | (2) | – | – | |
| Non-operational pension cost (credit) | (61) | (65) | (5) | (22) | (2) | (1) | |
| Net periodic benefit cost (credit) | (34) | (35) | 12 | – | (2) | (1) |
| (\$ in millions) | Defined pension benefits | Other postretirement | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three months ended June 30, | Switzerland | International | benefits | ||||
| 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | ||
| Operational pension cost: | |||||||
| Service cost | 13 | 15 | 8 | 12 | – | – | |
| Operational pension cost | 13 | 15 | 8 | 12 | – | – | |
| Non-operational pension cost (credit): | |||||||
| Interest cost | – | (1) | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | |
| Expected return on plan assets | (28) | (29) | (36) | (44) | – | – | |
| Amortization of prior service cost (credit) | (2) | (3) | (1) | (1) | – | (1) | |
| Amortization of net actuarial loss | – | – | 15 | 18 | (2) | (1) | |
| Curtailments, settlements and special termination benefits | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | |
| Non-operational pension cost (credit) | (30) | (33) | (1) | (4) | (1) | (1) | |
| Net periodic benefit cost (credit) | (17) | (18) | 7 | 8 | (1) | (1) |
The components of net periodic benefit cost other than the service cost component are included in the line "Non-operational pension (cost) credit" in the income statement.
Employer contributions were as follows:
| (\$ in millions) | Defined pension benefits | Other postretirement | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | International | benefits | ||||
| Six months ended June 30, | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Total contributions to defined benefit pension and | ||||||
| other postretirement benefit plans | 31 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| Of which, discretionary contributions to defined benefit | ||||||
| pension plans | – | – | – | (9) | – | – |
| (\$ in millions) | Defined pension benefits | Other postretirement | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | International | benefits | |||||
| Three months ended June 30, | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Total contributions to defined benefit pension and | |||||||
| other postretirement benefit plans | 15 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 2 | |
| Of which, discretionary contributions to defined benefit | |||||||
| pension plans | – | – | – | – | – | – |
The Company expects to make contributions totaling approximately \$77 million and \$6 million to its defined pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans, respectively, for the full year 2022.
At the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) on March 24, 2022, shareholders approved the proposal of the Board of Directors to distribute 0.82 Swiss francs per share to shareholders. The declared dividend amounted to \$1,700 million, with the Company disbursing a portion in March and the remaining amounts in April.
In March 2022, the Company completed the share buyback program that was launched in April 2021. This program was executed on a second trading line on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Through this program, the Company purchased a total of 90 million shares for approximately \$3.1 billion, of which 31 million shares were purchased in the first quarter of 2022 (resulting in an increase in Treasury stock of \$1,089 million). At the 2022 AGM, shareholders approved the cancellation of 88 million shares which had been purchased under the share buyback programs launched in July 2020 and April 2021. The cancellation was completed in the second quarter of 2022, resulting in a decrease in Treasury stock of \$2,876 million and a corresponding total decrease in Capital stock, Additional paid-in capital and Retained Earnings.
Also in March 2022, the Company announced a new share buyback program of up to \$3 billion. This program, which was launched in April 2022, is being executed on a second trading line on the SIX Swiss Exchange and is planned to run until the Company's 2023 AGM. Through this program, the Company purchased, in the second quarter of 2022, approximately 34 million shares, resulting in an increase in Treasury stock of \$1,016 million. At the 2023 AGM, the Company intends to request shareholder approval to cancel the shares purchased through this new program as well as those shares purchased under the program launched in April 2021 that were not proposed for cancellation at the 2022 AGM.
In addition to the share buyback programs, the Company purchased 17 million of its own shares on the open market in the first half of 2022, mainly for use in connection with its employee share plans, resulting in an increase in Treasury stock of \$588 million.
During the first six months of 2022, the Company delivered, out of treasury stock, 16 million shares in connection with its Management Incentive Plan.
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Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing income by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing income by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the period, assuming that all potentially dilutive securities were exercised, if dilutive. Potentially dilutive securities comprise outstanding written call options, and outstanding options and shares granted subject to certain conditions under the Company's share-based payment arrangements.
| Six months ended June 30, | Three months ended June 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, except per share data in \$) | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Amounts attributable to ABB shareholders: | ||||
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 1,003 | 1,290 | 388 | 760 |
| Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | (20) | (36) | (9) | (8) |
| Net income | 983 | 1,254 | 379 | 752 |
| Weighted-average number of shares outstanding (in millions) | 1,922 | 2,015 | 1,909 | 2,016 |
| Basic earnings per share attributable to ABB shareholders: | ||||
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 0.52 | 0.64 | 0.20 | 0.38 |
| Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | (0.01) | (0.02) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Net income | 0.51 | 0.62 | 0.20 | 0.37 |
| Six months ended June 30, | Three months ended June 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, except per share data in \$) | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Amounts attributable to ABB shareholders: | ||||
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 1,003 | 1,290 | 388 | 760 |
| Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | (20) | (36) | (9) | (8) |
| Net income | 983 | 1,254 | 379 | 752 |
| Weighted-average number of shares outstanding (in millions) | 1,922 | 2,015 | 1,909 | 2,016 |
| Effect of dilutive securities: | ||||
| Call options and shares | 13 | 18 | 9 | 15 |
| Adjusted weighted-average number of shares outstanding (in millions) | 1,935 | 2,033 | 1,918 | 2,031 |
| Diluted earnings per share attributable to ABB shareholders: | ||||
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 0.52 | 0.63 | 0.20 | 0.37 |
| Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | (0.01) | (0.02) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Net income | 0.51 | 0.62 | 0.20 | 0.37 |
The following table shows changes in "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" (OCI) attributable to ABB, by component, net of tax:
| Unrealized gains | Pension and | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign currency | (losses) on | other | Derivative | ||
| translation | available-for-sale | postretirement | instruments | ||
| (\$ in millions) | adjustments | securities | plan adjustments | and hedges | Total OCI |
| Balance at January 1, 2021 | (2,460) | 17 | (1,556) | (3) | (4,002) |
| Other comprehensive (loss) income: | |||||
| Other comprehensive (loss) income | |||||
| before reclassifications | (161) | (7) | 34 | 14 | (120) |
| Amounts reclassified from OCI | – | (1) | 37 | (14) | 22 |
| Total other comprehensive (loss) income | (161) | (8) | 71 | – | (98) |
| Less: | |||||
| Amounts attributable to | |||||
| noncontrolling interests | 5 | – | – | – | 5 |
| Balance at June 30, 2021(1) | (2,625) | 9 | (1,485) | (3) | (4,104) |
| Unrealized gains | Pension and | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign currency | (losses) on | other | Derivative | ||
| translation | available-for-sale | postretirement | instruments | ||
| (\$ in millions) | adjustments | securities | plan adjustments | and hedges | Total OCI |
| Balance at January 1, 2022 | (2,993) | 2 | (1,089) | (8) | (4,088) |
| Other comprehensive (loss) income: | |||||
| Other comprehensive (loss) income | |||||
| before reclassifications | (419) | (17) | 91 | (12) | (357) |
| Amounts reclassified from OCI | 5 | – | 15 | 14 | 34 |
| Total other comprehensive (loss) income | (414) | (17) | 106 | 2 | (323) |
| Less: | |||||
| Amounts attributable to | |||||
| noncontrolling interests | (22) | – | – | – | (22) |
| Balance at June 30, 2022 | (3,385) | (15) | (983) | (6) | (4,389) |
(1) Due to rounding, numbers presented may not add to the totals provided.
The following table reflects amounts reclassified out of OCI in respect of Pension and other postretirement plan adjustments:
| Six months ended June 30, 2022 2021 |
Three months ended June 30, |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Location of (gains) losses | ||||
| Details about OCI components | reclassified from OCI | 2022 | 2021 | ||
| Foreign currency translation adjustments: | |||||
| Net loss on complete or substantially complete | |||||
| liquidations of foreign subsidiaries | Other income (expense), net | 5 | – | – | – |
| Pension and other postretirement plan adjustments: | |||||
| Amortization of prior service cost (credit) | Non-operational pension (cost) credit(1) | (6) | (7) | (3) | (5) |
| Amortization of net actuarial loss | Non-operational pension (cost) credit(1) | 28 | 34 | 13 | 23 |
| Net gain (loss) from settlements and curtailments | Non-operational pension (cost) credit(1) | – | (2) | – | (2) |
| Total before tax | 22 | 25 | 10 | 16 | |
| Tax | Income tax expense | (7) | 12 | (3) | (4) |
| Amounts reclassified from OCI | 15 | 37 | 7 | 12 |
The amounts in respect of Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and Derivative instruments and hedges were not significant for the six and three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
In the six and three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company executed various other restructuring-related activities and incurred the following expenses:
| Six months ended June 30, | Three months ended June 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Employee severance costs | 43 | 33 | 35 | 13 |
| Estimated contract settlement, loss order and other costs | 202 | 12 | 195 | 3 |
| Inventory and long-lived asset impairments | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 250 | 47 | 231 | 18 |
Expenses associated with these activities are recorded in the following line items in the Consolidated Income Statements:
| Six months ended June 30, | Three months ended June 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Total cost of sales | 8 | 24 | 4 | 10 |
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 28 | 5 | 24 | 3 |
| Non-order related research and development expenses | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| Other income (expense), net | 212 | 18 | 201 | 5 |
| Total | 250 | 47 | 231 | 18 |
During the second quarter of 2022, the Company completed a plan to fully exit its full train retrofit business by transferring the remaining contracts to a third party. The Company recorded \$195 million of restructuring expenses in connection with this business exit primarily for contract settlement costs. Prior to exiting this business, the business was reported as part of the Company's non-core business activities within Corporate and Other.
At June 30, 2022, \$332 million was recorded for other restructuring-related liabilities primarily in Other provisions and Other current liabilities, while at December 31, 2021, \$212 million was recorded primarily in Other provisions.
The Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM) is the Chief Executive Officer. The CODM allocates resources to and assesses the performance of each operating segment using the information outlined below. The Company is organized into the following segments, based on products and services: Electrification, Motion, Process Automation, and Robotics & Discrete Automation. The remaining operations of the Company are included in Corporate and Other.
A description of the types of products and services provided by each reportable segment is as follows:
Corporate and Other: includes headquarter costs, the Company's corporate real estate activities, Corporate Treasury Operations, historical operating activities of certain divested businesses and other non-core operating activities.
The primary measure of profitability on which the operating segments are evaluated is Operational EBITA, which represents income from operations excluding:
Certain other non-operational items generally includes certain regulatory, compliance and legal costs, certain asset write downs/impairments and certain other fair value changes, as well as other items which are determined by management on a case-by-case basis.
The CODM primarily reviews the results of each segment on a basis that is before the elimination of profits made on inventory sales between segments. Segment results below are presented before these eliminations, with a total deduction for intersegment profits to arrive at the Company's consolidated Operational EBITA. Intersegment sales and transfers are accounted for as if the sales and transfers were to third parties, at current market prices.
The following tables present disaggregated segment revenues from contracts with customers, Operational EBITA, and the reconciliations of consolidated Operational EBITA to Income from continuing operations before taxes for the six and three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, as well as total assets at June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021.
| Six months ended June 30, 2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robotics & | ||||||
| Process | Discrete | Corporate | ||||
| (\$ in millions) | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | and Other | Total |
| Geographical markets | ||||||
| Europe | 2,228 | 953 | 1,131 | 712 | 2 | 5,026 |
| The Americas | 2,531 | 1,029 | 767 | 238 | 1 | 4,566 |
| of which: United States | 1,849 | 853 | 460 | 166 | – | 3,328 |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 1,993 | 995 | 1,119 | 509 | 8 | 4,624 |
| of which: China | 1,007 | 565 | 309 | 382 | 1 | 2,263 |
| 6,752 | 2,977 | 3,017 | 1,459 | 11 | 14,216 | |
| Product type | ||||||
| Products | 5,920 | 2,552 | 681 | 858 | 6 | 10,017 |
| Systems | 407 | – | 961 | 372 | 5 | 1,745 |
| Services and other | 425 | 425 | 1,375 | 229 | – | 2,454 |
| 6,752 | 2,977 | 3,017 | 1,459 | 11 | 14,216 | |
| Third-party revenues | 6,752 | 2,977 | 3,017 | 1,459 | 11 | 14,216 |
| Intersegment revenues | 106 | 221 | 18 | 3 | (348) | – |
| Total revenues(2) | 6,858 | 3,198 | 3,035 | 1,462 | (337) | 14,216 |
| Six months ended June 30, 2021 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robotics & | ||||||
| Process | Discrete | Corporate | ||||
| (\$ in millions) | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | and Other | Total |
| Geographical markets | ||||||
| Europe | 2,266 | 1,020 | 1,142 | 814 | 6 | 5,248 |
| The Americas | 2,221 | 1,223 | 658 | 224 | 1 | 4,327 |
| of which: United States | 1,655 | 1,029 | 363 | 161 | – | 3,208 |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 1,950 | 1,047 | 1,125 | 642 | 11 | 4,775 |
| of which: China | 1,053 | 577 | 376 | 483 | – | 2,489 |
| 6,437 | 3,290 | 2,925 | 1,680 | 18 | 14,350 | |
| Product type | ||||||
| Products | 5,557 | 2,845 | 749 | 1,058 | 10 | 10,219 |
| Systems | 450 | – | 811 | 386 | 8 | 1,655 |
| Services and other | 430 | 445 | 1,365 | 236 | – | 2,476 |
| 6,437 | 3,290 | 2,925 | 1,680 | 18 | 14,350 | |
| Third-party revenues | 6,437 | 3,290 | 2,925 | 1,680 | 18 | 14,350 |
| Intersegment revenues(1) | 109 | 227 | 22 | 5 | (363) | – |
| Total revenues(2) | 6,546 | 3,517 | 2,947 | 1,685 | (345) | 14,350 |
| Three months ended June 30, 2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robotics & | ||||||
| Process | Discrete | Corporate | ||||
| (\$ in millions) | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | and Other | Total |
| Geographical markets | ||||||
| Europe | 1,116 | 487 | 546 | 358 | 1 | 2,508 |
| The Americas | 1,330 | 537 | 399 | 130 | 1 | 2,397 |
| of which: United States | 967 | 446 | 239 | 94 | – | 1,746 |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 1,029 | 496 | 573 | 242 | 6 | 2,346 |
| of which: China | 542 | 278 | 159 | 185 | – | 1,163 |
| 3,475 | 1,520 | 1,518 | 730 | 8 | 7,251 | |
| Product type | ||||||
| Products | 3,093 | 1,304 | 335 | 418 | 2 | 5,152 |
| Systems | 161 | – | 494 | 200 | 6 | 861 |
| Services and other | 221 | 216 | 689 | 112 | – | 1,238 |
| 3,475 | 1,520 | 1,518 | 730 | 8 | 7,251 | |
| Third-party revenues | 3,475 | 1,520 | 1,518 | 730 | 8 | 7,251 |
| Intersegment revenues | 56 | 106 | 11 | 2 | (175) | – |
| Total revenues | 3,531 | 1,626 | 1,529 | 732 | (167) | 7,251 |
| Three months ended June 30, 2021 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robotics & | ||||||
| Process | Discrete | Corporate | ||||
| (\$ in millions) | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | and Other | Total |
| Geographical markets | ||||||
| Europe | 1,166 | 551 | 579 | 396 | 5 | 2,697 |
| The Americas | 1,163 | 635 | 368 | 118 | – | 2,284 |
| of which: United States | 855 | 535 | 200 | 86 | – | 1,676 |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 1,021 | 544 | 583 | 316 | 4 | 2,468 |
| of which: China | 565 | 313 | 201 | 234 | – | 1,313 |
| 3,350 | 1,730 | 1,530 | 830 | 9 | 7,449 | |
| Product type | ||||||
| Products | 2,937 | 1,496 | 428 | 532 | 3 | 5,396 |
| Systems | 181 | – | 402 | 182 | 6 | 771 |
| Services and other | 232 | 234 | 700 | 116 | – | 1,282 |
| 3,350 | 1,730 | 1,530 | 830 | 9 | 7,449 | |
| Third-party revenues | 3,350 | 1,730 | 1,530 | 830 | 9 | 7,449 |
| Intersegment revenues | 56 | 120 | 10 | 2 | (188) | – |
| Total revenues | 3,406 | 1,850 | 1,540 | 832 | (179) | 7,449 |
(1) Due to rounding, numbers presented may not add to the totals provided.
| Six months ended | Three months ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, | June 30, | ||||
| (\$ in millions) | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Operational EBITA: | |||||
| Electrification | 1,109 | 1,103 | 599 | 592 | |
| Motion | 540 | 614 | 266 | 325 | |
| Process Automation | 420 | 347 | 224 | 192 | |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 109 | 201 | 60 | 96 | |
| Corporate and Other | |||||
| ‒ Non-core and divested businesses | 18 | (29) | 12 | (7) | |
| ‒ Corporate costs and Other Intersegment elimination | (63) | (164) | (25) | (85) | |
| Total | 2,133 | 2,072 | 1,136 | 1,113 | |
| Acquisition-related amortization | (119) | (129) | (59) | (64) | |
| Restructuring, related and implementation costs(1) | (280) | (53) | (264) | (18) | |
| Changes in obligations related to divested businesses | 17 | (6) | 3 | (4) | |
| Changes in pre-acquisition estimates | 1 | (8) | 2 | (2) | |
| Gains and losses from sale of businesses | (4) | 9 | (4) | 12 | |
| Acquisition- and divestment-related expenses and integration costs | (109) | (30) | (50) | (20) | |
| Other income/expense relating to the Power Grids joint venture | (37) | (19) | (2) | (2) | |
| Foreign exchange/commodity timing differences in income from operations: | |||||
| Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives (foreign exchange, | |||||
| commodities, embedded derivatives) | (100) | (56) | (118) | (8) | |
| Realized gains and losses on derivatives where the underlying hedged | |||||
| transaction has not yet been realized | (35) | 9 | (33) | 7 | |
| Unrealized foreign exchange movements on receivables/payables (and | |||||
| related assets/liabilities) | 40 | 28 | 41 | (6) | |
| Certain other non-operational items: | |||||
| Regulatory, compliance and legal costs | (4) | (2) | (5) | – | |
| Business transformation costs(2) | (66) | (39) | (40) | (19) | |
| Certain other fair value changes, including asset impairments | 34 | 114 | – | 96 | |
| Other non-operational items | (27) | 1 | (20) | 9 | |
| Income from operations | 1,444 | 1,891 | 587 | 1,094 | |
| Interest and dividend income | 33 | 26 | 20 | 15 | |
| Interest and other finance expense | (62) | (91) | (40) | (36) | |
| Non-operational pension (cost) credit | 68 | 88 | 32 | 38 | |
| Income from continuing operations before taxes | 1,483 | 1,914 | 599 | 1,111 |
(1) Includes impairment of certain assets.
(2) Amount includes ABB Way process transformation costs of \$64 million and \$33 million for six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and \$39 million and \$18 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
| Total assets(1) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | |||
| Electrification | 13,684 | 12,831 | |||
| Motion | 6,247 | 5,936 | |||
| Process Automation | 4,929 | 5,009 | |||
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 4,732 | 4,860 | |||
| Corporate and Other(2) | 9,306 | 11,624 | |||
| Consolidated | 38,898 | 40,260 |
(1) Total assets are after intersegment eliminations and therefore reflect third-party assets only.
(2) At June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively, Corporate and Other includes \$122 million and \$136 million of assets in the Power Grids business which is reported as discontinued operations (see Note 3). In addition, at June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, Corporate and Other includes \$1,551 million and \$1,609 million, respectively, related to the equity investment in Hitachi Energy Ltd (see Note 4).
Q2 2022 FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following reconciliations and definitions include measures which ABB uses to supplement its Consolidated Financial Information (unaudited) which is prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP). Certain of these financial measures are, or may be, considered non-GAAP financial measures as defined in the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
While ABB's management believes that the non-GAAP financial measures herein are useful in evaluating ABB's operating results, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and not as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Therefore these measures should not be viewed in isolation but considered together with the Consolidated Financial Infor mation (unaudited) prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP as of and for the six and three months ended June 30, 2022.
Growth rates for certain key figures may be presented and discussed on a "comparable" basis. The comparable growth rate measures growth on a constant currency basis. Since we are a global company, the comparability of our operating results reported in U.S. dollars is affected by foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. We calculate the impacts from foreign currency fluctuations by translating the current-year periods' reported key figures into U.S. dollar amounts using the exchange rates in effect for the comparable periods in the previous year.
Comparable growth rates are also adjusted for changes in our business portfolio. Adjustments to our business portfolio occur due to acquisitions, divestments, or by exiting specific business activities or customer markets. The adjustment for portfolio changes is calculated as follows: where the results of any business acquired or divested have not been consolidated and reported for the entire duration of both the current and comparable periods, the reported key figures of such business are adjusted to exclude the relevant key figures of any corresponding quarters which are not comparable when computing the comparable growth rate. Certain portfolio changes which do not qualify as divestments under U.S. GAAP have been treated in a similar manner to divestments. Changes in our portfolio where we have exited certain business activities or customer markets are adjusted as if the relevant business was divested in the period when the decision to cease business activities was taken. We do not adjust for portfolio changes where the relevant business has annualized revenues of less than \$50 million.
The following tables provide reconciliations of reported growth rates of certain key figures to their respective comparable growth rate.
| Q2 2022 compared to Q2 2021 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order growth rate | Revenue growth rate | ||||||||
| US\$ | Foreign | US\$ | Foreign | ||||||
| (as | exchange | Portfolio | (as | exchange | Portfolio | ||||
| Business Area | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | |
| Electrification | 9% | 7% | 0% | 16% | 4% | 6% | 0% | 10% | |
| Motion | 7% | 7% | 12% | 26% | -12% | 6% | 9% | 3% | |
| Process Automation | 17% | 8% | 0% | 25% | -1% | 8% | 0% | 7% | |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 15% | 9% | -1% | 23% | -12% | 7% | 0% | -5% | |
| ABB Group | 10% | 7% | 3% | 20% | -3% | 7% | 2% | 6% |
| H1 2022 compared to H1 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order growth rate | Revenue growth rate | |||||||
| US\$ Foreign |
US\$ | Foreign | ||||||
| (as | exchange | Portfolio | (as | exchange | Portfolio | |||
| Business Area | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable |
| Electrification | 17% | 5% | 0% | 22% | 5% | 5% | 0% | 10% |
| Motion | 11% | 6% | 12% | 29% | -9% | 5% | 10% | 6% |
| Process Automation | 9% | 6% | 0% | 15% | 3% | 6% | 0% | 9% |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 34% | 8% | -2% | 40% | -13% | 5% | -1% | -9% |
| ABB Group | 15% | 6% | 3% | 24% | -1% | 6% | 2% | 7% |
Regional comparable growth rate reconciliation for ABB Group - Quarter
| Q2 2022 compared to Q2 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order growth rate | ||||||||
| US\$ | Foreign | US\$ | Foreign | |||||
| (as | exchange | Portfolio | (as | exchange | Portfolio | |||
| Region | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable |
| Europe | 0% | 15% | 0% | 15% | -7% | 14% | 0% | 7% |
| The Americas | 23% | 1% | 9% | 33% | 5% | 1% | 8% | 14% |
| of which: United States | 21% | 0% | 11% | 32% | 4% | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 9% | 6% | 0% | 15% | -5% | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| of which: China | 7% | 3% | 0% | 10% | -11% | 2% | 0% | -9% |
| ABB Group | 10% | 7% | 3% | 20% | -3% | 7% | 2% | 6% |
Regional comparable growth rate reconciliation by Business Area - Quarter
| Q2 2022 compared to Q2 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order growth rate | ||||||||
| US\$ | Foreign | US\$ | Foreign | |||||
| (as | exchange | Portfolio | (as | exchange | Portfolio | |||
| Region | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable |
| Europe | -4% | 14% | 0% | 10% | -4% | 14% | 0% | 10% |
| The Americas | 29% | 1% | 0% | 30% | 14% | 1% | 0% | 15% |
| of which: United States | 31% | 0% | 0% | 31% | 13% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 1% | 6% | 0% | 7% | 1% | 5% | 0% | 6% |
| of which: China | -7% | 2% | 0% | -5% | -4% | 3% | 0% | -1% |
| Electrification | 9% | 7% | 0% | 16% | 4% | 6% | 0% | 10% |
| Q2 2022 compared to Q2 2021 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order growth rate | Revenue growth rate | ||||||||
| US\$ | Foreign | US\$ | Foreign | ||||||
| (as | exchange | Portfolio | (as | exchange | Portfolio | ||||
| Region | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | |
| Europe | 1% | 16% | 0% | 17% | -12% | 14% | 0% | 2% | |
| The Americas | 3% | 2% | 34% | 39% | -15% | 1% | 28% | 14% | |
| of which: United States | 7% | 1% | 42% | 50% | -16% | 0% | 31% | 15% | |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 17% | 5% | 2% | 24% | -10% | 4% | 1% | -5% | |
| of which: China | 5% | 2% | 2% | 9% | -13% | 2% | 1% | -10% | |
| Motion | 7% | 7% | 12% | 26% | -12% | 6% | 9% | 3% |
| Q2 2022 compared to Q2 2021 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order growth rate | Revenue growth rate | ||||||||
| US\$ | Foreign | US\$ | Foreign | ||||||
| (as | exchange | Portfolio | (as | exchange | Portfolio | ||||
| Region | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | |
| Europe | 8% | 14% | 0% | 22% | -6% | 12% | 0% | 6% | |
| The Americas | 53% | 2% | 0% | 55% | 9% | 3% | 0% | 12% | |
| of which: United States | 26% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 20% | 1% | 0% | 21% | |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 4% | 7% | 0% | 11% | -2% | 7% | 0% | 5% | |
| of which: China | 21% | 3% | 0% | 24% | -21% | 3% | 0% | -18% | |
| Process Automation | 17% | 8% | 0% | 25% | -1% | 8% | 0% | 7% |
| Q2 2022 compared to Q2 2021 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order growth rate | Revenue growth rate | ||||||||
| US\$ | Foreign | US\$ | Foreign | ||||||
| (as | exchange | Portfolio | (as | exchange | Portfolio | ||||
| Region | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | |
| Europe | 9% | 15% | -2% | 22% | -10% | 13% | -1% | 2% | |
| The Americas | -3% | 0% | 0% | -3% | 9% | 1% | 0% | 10% | |
| of which: United States | -3% | 0% | 0% | -3% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 10% | |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 30% | 6% | 0% | 36% | -23% | 4% | 0% | -19% | |
| of which: China | 40% | 3% | 0% | 43% | -21% | 2% | 0% | -19% | |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 15% | 9% | -1% | 23% | -12% | 7% | 0% | -5% |
Regional comparable growth rate reconciliation for ABB Group – Year to date
| H1 2022 compared to H1 2021 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order growth rate | Revenue growth rate | ||||||||
| US\$ | Foreign | US\$ | Foreign | ||||||
| (as | exchange | Portfolio | (as | exchange | Portfolio | ||||
| Region | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | |
| Europe | 7% | 12% | 0% | 19% | -4% | 11% | 0% | 7% | |
| The Americas | 26% | 0% | 10% | 36% | 6% | 1% | 8% | 15% | |
| of which: United States | 26% | 1% | 12% | 39% | 4% | 0% | 10% | 14% | |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 16% | 3% | 0% | 19% | -3% | 3% | 0% | 0% | |
| of which: China | 17% | 1% | 0% | 18% | -9% | 1% | 0% | -8% | |
| ABB Group | 15% | 6% | 3% | 24% | -1% | 6% | 2% | 7% |
Regional comparable growth rate reconciliation by Business Area – Year to date
| H1 2022 compared to H1 2021 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order growth rate | Revenue growth rate | ||||||||
| US\$ | Foreign | US\$ | Foreign | ||||||
| (as | exchange | Portfolio | (as | exchange | Portfolio | ||||
| Region | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | |
| Europe | 10% | 13% | 0% | 23% | -2% | 12% | 0% | 10% | |
| The Americas | 35% | 1% | 0% | 36% | 14% | 0% | 0% | 14% | |
| of which: United States | 40% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 12% | 0% | 0% | 12% | |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 4% | 3% | 0% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 5% | |
| of which: China | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | -4% | 0% | 0% | -4% | |
| Electrification | 17% | 5% | 0% | 22% | 5% | 5% | 0% | 10% |
| H1 2022 compared to H1 2021 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth rate | |||||||||
| US\$ | Foreign | US\$ | Foreign | ||||||
| (as | exchange | Portfolio | (as | exchange | Portfolio | ||||
| Region | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | |
| Europe | 10% | 14% | 0% | 24% | -4% | 11% | 1% | 8% | |
| The Americas | 2% | 1% | 35% | 38% | -16% | 1% | 29% | 14% | |
| of which: United States | 3% | 0% | 40% | 43% | -17% | 1% | 31% | 15% | |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 22% | 3% | 1% | 26% | -6% | 2% | 1% | -3% | |
| of which: China | 13% | 1% | 1% | 15% | -5% | 0% | 1% | -4% | |
| Motion | 11% | 6% | 12% | 29% | -9% | 5% | 10% | 6% |
| H1 2022 compared to H1 2021 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order growth rate | Revenue growth rate | ||||||||
| US\$ | Foreign | US\$ | Foreign | ||||||
| (as | exchange | Portfolio | (as | exchange | Portfolio | ||||
| Region | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | |
| Europe | -11% | 9% | 0% | -2% | -1% | 10% | 0% | 9% | |
| The Americas | 38% | 1% | 0% | 39% | 16% | 2% | 0% | 18% | |
| of which: United States | 30% | 0% | 0% | 30% | 26% | 1% | 0% | 27% | |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 15% | 5% | 0% | 20% | -1% | 5% | 0% | 4% | |
| of which: China | 17% | 1% | 0% | 18% | -18% | 1% | 0% | -17% | |
| Process Automation | 9% | 6% | 0% | 15% | 3% | 6% | 0% | 9% |
| H1 2022 compared to H1 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order growth rate | ||||||||
| US\$ | Foreign | US\$ | Foreign | |||||
| (as | exchange | Portfolio | (as | exchange | Portfolio | |||
| Region | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable |
| Europe | 24% | 13% | -2% | 35% | -13% | 10% | -2% | -5% |
| The Americas | 35% | 0% | 0% | 35% | 6% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| of which: United States | 35% | 0% | 0% | 35% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Asia, Middle East and Africa | 48% | 2% | 0% | 50% | -21% | 2% | 0% | -19% |
| of which: China | 66% | 0% | 0% | 66% | -21% | 0% | 0% | -21% |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 34% | 8% | -2% | 40% | -13% | 5% | -1% | -9% |
| June 30, 2022 compared to June 30, 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US\$ | Foreign | ||||||
| (as | exchange | Portfolio | |||||
| Business Area | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | |||
| Electrification | 33% | 9% | 0% | 42% | |||
| Motion | 28% | 15% | 0% | 43% | |||
| Process Automation | 3% | 9% | 0% | 12% | |||
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 82% | 15% | 0% | 97% | |||
| ABB Group | 26% | 10% | 1% | 37% |
| Q2 2022 compared to Q2 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service orders growth rate | Services revenues growth rate | |||||||
| US\$ | Foreign | US\$ | Foreign | |||||
| (as | exchange | Portfolio | (as | exchange | Portfolio | |||
| Business Area | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable |
| Electrification | 5% | 7% | 0% | 12% | -5% | 7% | 0% | 2% |
| Motion | 6% | 8% | 0% | 14% | -7% | 8% | 0% | 1% |
| Process Automation | 4% | 8% | 0% | 12% | -2% | 8% | 0% | 6% |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 1% | 9% | 0% | 10% | -5% | 9% | 0% | 4% |
| ABB Group | 4% | 8% | 0% | 12% | -3% | 7% | 0% | 4% |
| H1 2022 compared to H1 2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service orders growth rate | Services revenues growth rate | |||||||
| US\$ Foreign |
US\$ Foreign |
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| (as | exchange | Portfolio | (as | exchange | Portfolio | |||
| Business Area | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable | reported) | impact | changes | Comparable |
| Electrification | 10% | 6% | 0% | 16% | -1% | 5% | 0% | 4% |
| Motion | 10% | 7% | 0% | 17% | -4% | 6% | 0% | 2% |
| Process Automation | 5% | 7% | 0% | 12% | 1% | 6% | 0% | 7% |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 6% | 8% | 0% | 14% | -3% | 7% | 0% | 4% |
| ABB Group | 7% | 7% | 0% | 14% | -1% | 6% | 0% | 5% |
Operational EBITA margin
Operational EBITA margin is Operational EBITA as a percentage of operational revenues.
Operational earnings before interest, taxes and acquisition-related amortization (Operational EBITA) represents Income from operations excluding:
Certain other non-operational items generally includes certain regulatory, compliance and legal costs, certain asset impairments and certain other fair value changes, as well as other items which are determined by management on a case-by-case basis.
Operational EBITA is our measure of segment profit but is also used by management to evaluate the profitability of the Company as a whole.
Amortization expense on intangibles arising upon acquisitions.
Restructuring, related and implementation costs consists of restructuring and other related expenses, as well as internal and external costs relating to the implementation of group-wide restructuring programs.
Other income/expense relating to the Power Grids joint venture consists of amounts recorded in Income from continuing operations before taxes relating to the divested Power Grids business including the income/loss under the equity method for the investment in Hitachi Energy Ltd. (Hitachi Energy), amortization of deferred brand income as well as changes in value of other obligations relating to the divestment.
The Company presents operational revenues solely for the purpose of allowing the computation of Operational EBITA margin. Operational revenues are Total revenues adjusted for foreign exchange/commodity timing differences in total revenues of: (i) unrealized gains and losses on derivatives, (ii) realized gains and losses on derivatives where the underlying hedged transaction has not yet been realized, and (iii) unrealized foreign exchange movements on receivables (and related assets). Operational revenues are not intended to be an alternative measure to Total revenues, which represent our revenues measured in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
The following tables provide reconciliations of consolidated Operational EBITA to Net Income and Operational EBITA Margin by business.
Reconciliation of consolidated Operational EBITA to Net Income
| Six months ended June 30, | Three months ended June 30, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Operational EBITA | 2,133 | 2,072 | 1,136 | 1,113 | |
| Acquisition-related amortization | (119) | (129) | (59) | (64) | |
| Restructuring, related and implementation costs(1) | (280) | (53) | (264) | (18) | |
| Changes in obligations related to divested businesses | 17 | (6) | 3 | (4) | |
| Changes in pre-acquisition estimates | 1 | (8) | 2 | (2) | |
| Gains and losses from sale of businesses | (4) | 9 | (4) | 12 | |
| Acquisition- and divestment-related expenses and integration costs | (109) | (30) | (50) | (20) | |
| Other income/expense relating to the Power Grids joint venture | (37) | (19) | (2) | (2) | |
| Certain other non-operational items | (63) | 74 | (65) | 86 | |
| Foreign exchange/commodity timing differences in income from operations | (95) | (19) | (110) | (7) | |
| Income from operations | 1,444 | 1,891 | 587 | 1,094 | |
| Interest and dividend income | 33 | 26 | 20 | 15 | |
| Interest and other finance expense | (62) | (91) | (40) | (36) | |
| Non-operational pension (cost) credit | 68 | 88 | 32 | 38 | |
| Income from continuing operations before taxes | 1,483 | 1,914 | 599 | 1,111 | |
| Income tax expense | (434) | (574) | (193) | (322) | |
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 1,049 | 1,340 | 406 | 789 | |
| Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | (20) | (36) | (9) | (8) | |
| Net income | 1,029 | 1,304 | 397 | 781 |
(1) Includes impairment of certain assets.
| Reconciliation of Operational EBITA margin by business | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Three months ended June 30, 2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate and | ||||||
| Robotics & | Other and | |||||
| Process | Discrete | Intersegment | ||||
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | elimination | Consolidated |
| Total revenues | 3,531 | 1,626 | 1,529 | 732 | (167) | 7,251 |
| Foreign exchange/commodity timing | ||||||
| differences in total revenues: | ||||||
| Unrealized gains and losses | ||||||
| on derivatives | 36 | (1) | 37 | 9 | 4 | 85 |
| Realized gains and losses on derivatives | ||||||
| where the underlying hedged | ||||||
| transaction has not yet been realized | 8 | 1 | 5 | – | 24 | 38 |
| Unrealized foreign exchange movements | ||||||
| on receivables (and related assets) | (22) | (4) | (10) | (8) | (9) | (53) |
| Operational revenues | 3,553 | 1,622 | 1,561 | 733 | (148) | 7,321 |
| Income (loss) from operations | 465 | 231 | 175 | 43 | (327) | 587 |
| Acquisition-related amortization | 30 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 59 |
| Restructuring, related and | ||||||
| implementation costs(1) | 8 | – | – | 2 | 254 | 264 |
| Changes in obligations related to | ||||||
| divested businesses | – | – | – | – | (3) | (3) |
| Changes in pre-acquisition estimates | – | – | – | (2) | – | (2) |
| Gains and losses from sale of businesses | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 |
| Acquisition- and divestment-related expenses | ||||||
| and integration costs | 10 | 3 | 36 | 2 | (1) | 50 |
| Other income/expense relating to the | ||||||
| Power Grids joint venture | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Certain other non-operational items | 22 | – | – | 1 | 42 | 65 |
| Foreign exchange/commodity timing | ||||||
| differences in income from operations: | ||||||
| Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives | ||||||
| (foreign exchange, commodities, | ||||||
| embedded derivatives) | 75 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 118 |
| Realized gains and losses on derivatives | ||||||
| where the underlying hedged | ||||||
| transaction has not yet been realized | 6 | 1 | 7 | (1) | 20 | 33 |
| Unrealized foreign exchange movements | ||||||
| on receivables/payables | ||||||
| (and related assets/liabilities) | (17) | (3) | (7) | (5) | (9) | (41) |
| Operational EBITA | 599 | 266 | 224 | 60 | (13) | 1,136 |
| Operational EBITA margin (%) | 16.9% | 16.4% | 14.3% | 8.2% | n.a. | 15.5% |
(1) Includes impairment of certain assets.
In the three months ended June 30, 2022, Certain other non-operational items in the table above includes the following:
| Three months ended June 30, 2022 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robotics & | |||||||
| Process | Discrete | Corporate | |||||
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | and Other | Consolidated | |
| Certain other non-operational items: | |||||||
| Regulatory, compliance and legal costs | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | |
| Business transformation costs(1) | 1 | – | – | – | 39 | 40 | |
| Other non-operational items | 21 | – | – | 1 | (2) | 20 | |
| Total | 22 | – | – | 1 | 42 | 65 |
(1) Amounts include ABB Way process transformation costs of \$39 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022.
| Three months ended June 30, 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate and | |||||||
| Robotics & | Other and | ||||||
| Process | Discrete | Intersegment | |||||
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | elimination | Consolidated | |
| Total revenues | 3,406 | 1,850 | 1,540 | 832 | (179) | 7,449 | |
| Foreign exchange/commodity timing | |||||||
| differences in total revenues: | |||||||
| Unrealized gains and losses | |||||||
| on derivatives | (7) | (14) | 2 | – | – | (19) | |
| Realized gains and losses on derivatives | |||||||
| where the underlying hedged | |||||||
| transaction has not yet been realized | (1) | – | (5) | – | (1) | (7) | |
| Unrealized foreign exchange movements | |||||||
| on receivables (and related assets) | 10 | 3 | (1) | 2 | (1) | 13 | |
| Operational revenues | 3,408 | 1,839 | 1,536 | 834 | (181) | 7,436 | |
| Income (loss) from operations | 549 | 303 | 190 | 74 | (22) | 1,094 | |
| Acquisition-related amortization | 29 | 13 | 1 | 21 | – | 64 | |
| Restructuring, related and | |||||||
| implementation costs | 4 | 4 | 10 | – | – | 18 | |
| Changes in obligations related to | |||||||
| divested businesses | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | |
| Changes in pre-acquisition estimates | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
| Gains and losses from sale of businesses | 1 | (1) | (13) | – | 1 | (12) | |
| Acquisition- and divestment-related expenses | |||||||
| and integration costs | 12 | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | 20 | |
| Other income/expense relating to the | |||||||
| Power Grids joint venture | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Certain other non-operational items | (9) | 1 | 2 | – | (80) | (86) | |
| Foreign exchange/commodity timing | |||||||
| differences in income from operations: | |||||||
| Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives | |||||||
| (foreign exchange, commodities, | |||||||
| embedded derivatives) | 4 | (2) | 2 | – | 4 | 8 | |
| Realized gains and losses on derivatives | |||||||
| where the underlying hedged | |||||||
| transaction has not yet been realized | (1) | 1 | (2) | (1) | (4) | (7) | |
| Unrealized foreign exchange movements | |||||||
| on receivables/payables | |||||||
| (and related assets/liabilities) | 1 | 2 | (1) | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Operational EBITA | 592 | 325 | 192 | 96 | (92) | 1,113 | |
| Operational EBITA margin (%) | 17.4% | 17.7% | 12.5% | 11.5% | n.a. | 15.0% |
In the three months ended June 30, 2021, Certain other non-operational items in the table above includes the following:
| Three months ended June 30, 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robotics & | |||||||
| Process | Discrete | Corporate | |||||
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | and Other | Consolidated | |
| Certain other non-operational items: | |||||||
| Certain other fair values changes, | |||||||
| including asset impairments | (10) | – | – | – | (86) | (96) | |
| Business transformation costs(1) | 1 | – | – | – | 18 | 19 | |
| Other non-operational items | – | 1 | 2 | – | (12) | (9) | |
| Total | (9) | 1 | 2 | – | (80) | (86) |
(1) Amounts include ABB Way process transformation costs of \$18 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021.
| Six months ended June 30, 2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate and | ||||||
| Robotics & | Other and | |||||
| Process | Discrete | Intersegment | ||||
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | elimination | Consolidated |
| Total revenues | 6,858 | 3,198 | 3,035 | 1,462 | (337) | 14,216 |
| Foreign exchange/commodity timing | ||||||
| differences in total revenues: | ||||||
| Unrealized gains and losses | ||||||
| on derivatives | 24 | 3 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 77 |
| Realized gains and losses on derivatives | ||||||
| where the underlying hedged | ||||||
| transaction has not yet been realized | 10 | 2 | 2 | – | 27 | 41 |
| Unrealized foreign exchange movements | ||||||
| on receivables (and related assets) | (22) | (6) | (7) | (5) | (11) | (51) |
| Operational revenues | 6,870 | 3,197 | 3,066 | 1,468 | (318) | 14,283 |
| Income (loss) from operations | 971 | 485 | 326 | 65 | (403) | 1,444 |
| Acquisition-related amortization | 61 | 15 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 119 |
| Restructuring, related and | ||||||
| implementation costs(1) | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 254 | 280 |
| Changes in obligations related to | ||||||
| divested businesses | – | – | – | – | (17) | (17) |
| Changes in pre-acquisition estimates | 1 | – | – | (2) | – | (1) |
| Gains and losses from sale of businesses | – | 4 | – | – | – | 4 |
| Acquisition- and divestment-related expenses | ||||||
| and integration costs | 29 | 8 | 69 | 3 | – | 109 |
| Other income/expense relating to the | ||||||
| Power Grids joint venture | – | – | – | – | 37 | 37 |
| Certain other non-operational items | (8) | – | – | 1 | 70 | 63 |
| Foreign exchange/commodity timing | ||||||
| differences in income from operations: | ||||||
| Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives | ||||||
| (foreign exchange, commodities, | ||||||
| embedded derivatives) | 54 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 100 |
| Realized gains and losses on derivatives | ||||||
| where the underlying hedged | ||||||
| transaction has not yet been realized | 8 | 1 | 4 | (1) | 23 | 35 |
| Unrealized foreign exchange movements | ||||||
| on receivables/payables | ||||||
| (and related assets/liabilities) | (17) | (3) | (4) | (4) | (12) | (40) |
| Operational EBITA | 1,109 | 540 | 420 | 109 | (45) | 2,133 |
| Operational EBITA margin (%) | 16.1% | 16.9% | 13.7% | 7.4% | n.a. | 14.9% |
(1) Includes impairment of certain assets.
In the six months ended June 30, 2022, Certain other non-operational items in the table above includes the following:
| Six months ended June 30, 2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robotics & | ||||||
| Process | Discrete | Corporate | ||||
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | and Other | Consolidated |
| Certain other non-operational items: | ||||||
| Regulatory, compliance and legal costs | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| Certain other fair values changes, | ||||||
| including asset impairments | (31) | – | – | – | (3) | (34) |
| Business transformation costs(1) | 2 | – | – | – | 64 | 66 |
| Other non-operational items | 21 | – | – | 1 | 5 | 27 |
| Total | (8) | – | – | 1 | 70 | 63 |
(1) Amounts include ABB Way process transformation costs of \$64 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
| Six months ended June 30, 2021 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate and | ||||||
| Robotics & | Other and | |||||
| Process | Discrete | Intersegment | ||||
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | elimination | Consolidated |
| Total revenues | 6,546 | 3,517 | 2,947 | 1,685 | (345) | 14,350 |
| Foreign exchange/commodity timing | ||||||
| differences in total revenues: | ||||||
| Unrealized gains and losses | ||||||
| on derivatives | 22 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 58 |
| Realized gains and losses on derivatives | ||||||
| where the underlying hedged | ||||||
| transaction has not yet been realized | (1) | – | (7) | (1) | (1) | (10) |
| Unrealized foreign exchange movements | ||||||
| on receivables (and related assets) | (9) | (5) | (6) | (5) | (3) | (28) |
| Operational revenues | 6,558 | 3,525 | 2,948 | 1,684 | (345) | 14,370 |
| Income (loss) from operations | 989 | 568 | 337 | 156 | (159) | 1,891 |
| Acquisition-related amortization | 58 | 26 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 129 |
| Restructuring, related and | ||||||
| implementation costs | 21 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 53 |
| Changes in obligations related to | ||||||
| divested businesses | – | – | – | – | 6 | 6 |
| Changes in pre-acquisition estimates | 8 | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| Gains and losses from sale of businesses | 4 | (1) | (13) | – | 1 | (9) |
| Acquisition- and divestment-related expenses | ||||||
| and integration costs | 18 | 7 | 4 | – | 1 | 30 |
| Other income/expense relating to the | ||||||
| Power Grids joint venture | – | – | – | – | 19 | 19 |
| Certain other non-operational items | (15) | 1 | 2 | – | (62) | (74) |
| Foreign exchange/commodity timing | ||||||
| differences in income from operations: | ||||||
| Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives | ||||||
| (foreign exchange, commodities, | ||||||
| embedded derivatives) | 29 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 56 |
| Realized gains and losses on derivatives | ||||||
| where the underlying hedged | ||||||
| transaction has not yet been realized | (1) | 1 | (3) | (1) | (5) | (9) |
| Unrealized foreign exchange movements | ||||||
| on receivables/payables | ||||||
| (and related assets/liabilities) | (8) | (5) | (7) | (1) | (7) | (28) |
| Operational EBITA | 1,103 | 614 | 347 | 201 | (193) | 2,072 |
| Operational EBITA margin (%) | 16.8% | 17.4% | 11.8% | 11.9% | n.a. | 14.4% |
In the six months ended June 30, 2021, Certain other non-operational items in the table above includes the following:
| Six months ended June 30, 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robotics & | |||||||
| Process | Discrete | Corporate | |||||
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | Electrification | Motion | Automation | Automation | and Other | Consolidated | |
| Certain other non-operational items: | |||||||
| Regulatory, compliance and legal costs | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
| Certain other fair values changes, | |||||||
| including asset impairments | (19) | – | – | – | (95) | (114) | |
| Business transformation costs | 4 | – | – | – | 35 | 39 | |
| Other non-operational items | – | 1 | 2 | – | (4) | (1) | |
| Total | (15) | 1 | 2 | – | (62) | (74) |
(1) Amounts include ABB Way process transformation costs of \$33 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
Net debt is defined as Total debt less Cash and marketable securities.
Total debt is the sum of Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term debt, and Long-term debt.
Cash and marketable securities is the sum of Cash and equivalents, Restricted cash (current and non-current) and Marketable securities and short-term investments.
| (\$ in millions) | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term debt | 2,830 | 1,384 |
| Long-term debt | 5,086 | 4,177 |
| Total debt (gross debt) | 7,916 | 5,561 |
| Cash and equivalents | 2,412 | 4,159 |
| Restricted cash - current | 23 | 30 |
| Marketable securities and short-term investments | 945 | 1,170 |
| Restricted cash - non-current | 301 | 300 |
| Cash and marketable securities | 3,681 | 5,659 |
| Net debt (cash) | 4,235 | (98) |
Net debt/Equity ratio
Net debt/Equity ratio is defined as Net debt divided by Equity.
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Total stockholders' equity | 12,586 | 15,957 |
| Net debt (cash) (as defined above) | 4,235 | (98) |
| Net debt (cash) / Equity ratio | 0.34 | -0.01 |
Net debt/EBITDA ratio Net debt/EBITDA ratio is defined as Net debt divided by EBITDA.
EBITDA
EBITDA is defined as Income from operations for the trailing twelve months preceding the balance sheet date before depreciation and amortization for the same trailing twelve-month period.
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | June 30, 2022 | June 30, 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Income from operations for the three months ended: | ||
| June 30, 2022 / 2021 | 587 | 1,094 |
| March 31, 2022 / 2021 | 857 | 797 |
| December 31, 2021 / 2020 | 2,975 | 578 |
| September 30, 2021 / 2020 | 852 | 71 |
| Depreciation and Amortization for the three months ended: | ||
| June 30, 2022 / 2021 | 207 | 230 |
| March 31, 2022 / 2021 | 210 | 227 |
| December 31, 2021 / 2020 | 216 | 229 |
| September 30, 2021 / 2020 | 220 | 231 |
| EBITDA | 6,124 | 3,457 |
| Net debt (as defined above) | 4,235 | 2,259 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Net working capital as a percentage of revenues is calculated as Net working capital divided by Adjusted revenues for the trailing twelve months.
Net working capital is the sum of (i) receivables, net, (ii) contract assets, (iii) inventories, net, and (iv) prepaid expenses; less (v) accounts payable, trade, (vi) contract liabilities, and (vii) other current liabilities (excluding primarily: (a) income taxes payable, (b) current derivative liabilities, (c) pension and other employee benefits, (d) payables under the share buyback program, (e) liabilities related to certain other restructuring-related activities and (f) liabilities related to the divestment of the Power Grids business); and including the amounts related to these accounts which have been presented as either assets or liabilities held for sale but excluding any amounts included in discontinued operations.
Adjusted revenues for the trailing twelve months includes total revenues recorded by ABB in the twelve months preceding the relevant balance sheet date adjusted to eliminate revenues of divested businesses and the estimated impact of annualizing revenues of certain acquisitions which were completed in the same trailing twelve-month period.
Reconciliation
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | June 30, 2022 | June 30, 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Net working capital: | ||
| Receivables, net(1) | 6,960 | 7,113 |
| Contract assets | 965 | 1,087 |
| Inventories, net | 5,595 | 4,700 |
| Prepaid expenses | 262 | 229 |
| Accounts payable, trade | (4,805) | (4,708) |
| Contract liabilities | (2,141) | (1,846) |
| Other current liabilities(2) | (3,173) | (3,324) |
| Net working capital | 3,663 | 3,251 |
| Total revenues for the three months ended: | ||
| June 30, 2022 / 2021 | 7,251 | 7,449 |
| March 31, 2022 / 2021 | 6,965 | 6,901 |
| December 31, 2021 / 2020 | 7,567 | 7,182 |
| September 30, 2021 / 2020 | 7,028 | 6,582 |
| Adjustment to annualize/eliminate revenues of certain acquisitions/divestments | (213) | – |
| Adjusted revenues for the trailing twelve months | 28,598 | 28,114 |
| Net working capital as a percentage of revenues (%) | 12.8% | 11.6% |
(1) Amount excludes receivables related to sales of investments outstanding at June 30, 2021.
(2) Amounts exclude \$1,104 million and \$705 million at June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, related primarily to (a) income taxes payable, (b) current derivative liabilities, (c) pension and other employee benefits, (d) payables under the share buyback program, (e) liabilities related to certain restructuring-related activities and (f) liabilities related to the divestment of the Power Grids business.
Free cash flow conversion to net income
Free cash flow conversion to net income is calculated as free cash flow divided by Adjusted net income attributable to ABB.
Adjusted net income attributable to ABB is calculated as net income attributable to ABB adjusted for: (i) impairment of goodwill, (ii) losses from extinguishment of debt, and (iii) gains arising on the sale of both the Mechanical Power Transmission Division (Dodge) and Power Grids business, the latter being included in discontinued operations.
Free cash flow is calculated as net cash provided by operating activities adjusted for: (i) purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, and (ii) proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment.
Free cash flow for the trailing twelve months includes free cash flow recorded by ABB in the twelve months preceding the relevant balance sheet date.
Net income for the trailing twelve months includes net income recorded by ABB (as adjusted) in the twelve months preceding the relevant balance sheet date.
| Twelve months to | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, unless otherwise indicated) | June 30, 2022 | December 31, 2021 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities – continuing operations | 1,973 | 3,338 | |
| Adjusted for the effects of continuing operations: | |||
| Purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets | (865) | (820) | |
| Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment | 136 | 93 | |
| Free cash flow from continuing operations | 1,244 | 2,611 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities – discontinued operations | (40) | (8) | |
| Free cash flow | 1,204 | 2,603 | |
| Adjusted net income attributable to ABB(1) | 2,132 | 2,416 | |
| Free cash flow conversion to net income | 56% | 108% |
(1) Adjusted net income attributable to ABB for the year ended December 31, 2021, is adjusted to exclude the gain on the sale of Dodge of \$2,195 million and reductions to the gain on the sale of Power Grids of \$65 million.
| Continuing operations | Discontinued operations | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Net cash provided by continuing operating activities |
Purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets |
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment |
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operating activities |
Purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets |
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment |
Adjusted net income attributable to ABB(1) |
| Q3 2021 | 1,119 | (166) | 13 | (15) | – | – | 657 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,033 | (361) | 57 | (13) | – | – | 478 |
| Q1 2022 | (564) | (187) | 35 | (9) | – | – | 609 |
| Q2 2022 | 385 | (151) | 31 | (3) | – | – | 388 |
| Total for the trailing | |||||||
| twelve months to | |||||||
| June 30, 2022 | 1,973 | (865) | 136 | (40) | – | – | 2,132 |
(1) Adjusted net income attributable to ABB for Q3 and Q4 of 2021 as well as Q1 and Q2 of 2022, is adjusted to exclude reductions to the gain on the sale of Power Grids of \$5 million, \$33 million, \$5 million and \$9 million, respectively. In addition, Q4 2021 is also adjusted to exclude the gain on the sale of Dodge of \$2,195 million.
Net finance expenses is calculated as Interest and dividend income less Interest and other finance expense.
| Six months ended June 30, | Three months ended June 30, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Interest and dividend income | 33 | 26 | 20 | 15 | |
| Interest and other finance expense | (62) | (91) | (40) | (36) | |
| Net finance expenses | (29) | (65) | (20) | (21) |
Definition
Book-to-bill ratio is calculated as Orders received divided by Total revenues.
| Reconciliation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Six months ended June 30, | |||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
| (\$ in millions, except Book-to-bill presented as a ratio) | Orders | Revenues | Book-to-bill | Orders | Revenues | Book-to-bill | |
| Electrification | 8,434 | 6,858 | 1.23 | 7,224 | 6,546 | 1.10 | |
| Motion | 4,281 | 3,198 | 1.34 | 3,864 | 3,517 | 1.10 | |
| Process Automation | 3,511 | 3,035 | 1.16 | 3,211 | 2,947 | 1.09 | |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 2,417 | 1,462 | 1.65 | 1,809 | 1,685 | 1.07 | |
| Corporate and Other (incl. intersegment eliminations) |
(463) | (337) | n.a. | (363) | (345) | n.a. | |
| ABB Group | 18,180 | 14,216 | 1.28 | 15,745 | 14,350 | 1.10 |
| Three months ended June 30, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||
| (\$ in millions, except Book-to-bill presented as a ratio) | Orders | Revenues | Book-to-bill | Orders | Revenues | Book-to-bill |
| Electrification | 4,037 | 3,531 | 1.14 | 3,693 | 3,406 | 1.08 |
| Motion | 2,079 | 1,626 | 1.28 | 1,947 | 1,850 | 1.05 |
| Process Automation | 1,819 | 1,529 | 1.19 | 1,555 | 1,540 | 1.01 |
| Robotics & Discrete Automation | 1,109 | 732 | 1.52 | 968 | 832 | 1.16 |
| Corporate and Other (incl. intersegment eliminations) |
(237) | (167) | n.a. | (174) | (179) | n.a. |
| ABB Group | 8,807 | 7,251 | 1.21 | 7,989 | 7,449 | 1.07 |

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