Earnings Release • Oct 22, 2013
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Zurich, Switzerland, October 24, 2013 – ABB reported higher revenues, earnings and cash flows in the third quarter of 2013, on improved performance across all divisions.
Orders in early-cycle businesses, driven mainly by customer investments in improved productivity and efficiency, grew compared to the same quarter in 2012, while further delays in large project awards – mainly the result of ongoing economic uncertainties - and the strategic repositioning of the Power Systems division resulted in lower large orders.
"It was a solid quarter where we executed well to grow revenues, earnings, cash and net income despite the continued mixed business climate," said Ulrich Spiesshofer, ABB's CEO. "We drove good order growth in a number of key markets, including China and Germany, and our base orders returned to year-over-year growth. Project tendering activity in sectors like power transmission and oil and gas continues to increase but the award of large orders remained slow.
"At the same time, we can do more to improve our performance and deliver greater value to all of our stakeholders," he said. "For example, we have significant opportunities to drive profitable growth through increased market penetration—delivering more to our existing customer segments—and by accelerating the development and marketing of innovative products and packaged solutions. We will also continue to expand into attractive markets, both by growing organically, as well as continuing to fill gaps in the portfolio through bolt-on acquisitions.
"The second focus area will be to improve our collaboration across the businesses to create more customer value by selling and delivering ABB's combined automation and power portfolio. Enhanced collaboration in operations will allow us to drive productivity to the next level.
"Relentless execution will be the third focus area. We will drive sustainable cost savings momentum, cash flow as well as capital efficiency even harder. In addition, we are stepping up the focus on the successful integration of our acquisitions to maximize the return on our investments. The announcement earlier this week that Greg Scheu will lead our global acquisition integration efforts from the senior executive team reflects our commitment to realizing the value of our acquisitions.
"Looking ahead, the long-term growth drivers are fully intact but several forward-looking indicators are mixed and we still face some near-term market uncertainty," Spiesshofer said. "But even in a volatile environment, our strong market positions, leading technologies and broad business portfolio will allow us to capture profitable growth opportunities. Therefore, we will continue to drive the top line in a very targeted way while executing on cost, business-led collaboration and improved capital efficiency."
| Key figures | Q3 13 | Q3 12 | Change | 9M 13 | 9M 124 | Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| \$ millions unless otherwise indicated | US\$ | Local | US\$ | Local | ||||
| Orders | 9,089 | 9,295 | -2% | -2% | 28,893 | 29,715 | -3% | -3% |
| Order backlog (end Sept) | 27,454 | 29,175 | -6% | -4% | ||||
| Revenues | 10,535 | 9,745 | +8% | +9% | 30,475 | 28,315 | +8% | +8% |
| Income from operations | 1,324 | 1,146 | +16% | 3,564 | 3,195 | +12% | ||
| as % of revenues | 12.6% | 11.8% | 11.7% | 11.3% | ||||
| Operational EBITDA | 1,638 | 1,483 | +10% | 4,657 | 4,182 | +11% | ||
| as % of operational revenues | 15.7% | 15.3% | 15.3% | 14.8% | ||||
| Net income attributable to ABB | 835 | 759 | +10% | 2,262 | 2,100 | +8% | ||
| Basic net income per share (\$) | 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.99 | 0.92 | ||||
| Cash from operating activities | 1,241 | 768 | +62% | 1,561 | 1,341 | +16% |
The global business environment remained mixed in the third quarter. Demand in early-cycle businesses grew in line with macroeconomic developments. Growth was led by demand from both industrial and utility customers for products and solutions that help them increase the productivity and reliability of existing assets.
ABB's ability to tap these early-cycle growth opportunities is reflected in the 5-percent increase in base orders, driven in part by ABB's improved geographic balance, especially in the US through its successful integrations of the Thomas & Betts and Baldor Electric acquisitions. Sustained investments in sales and research and development through the cycle have also supported base order growth. Base orders were up in all divisions except Power Systems, where greater selectivity—part of the division's repositioning towards higher value-added projects—impacted base orders in businesses such as substations.
Late-cycle capital investments by customers in markets such as power utilities and mining continued to be delayed, partly due to overcapacity in some markets as well as economic uncertainties. As a result of this and the timing of project awards, large orders (above \$15 million) declined 43 percent. However, tendering activity in these markets is increasing as the underlying need for industrial productivity, infrastructure upgrades as well as grid reliability improvements remained intact across all regions. Large orders represented 9 percent of total orders, compared to 15 percent in the year-earlier period.
Service orders increased by 2 percent in the quarter and represented 17 percent of total orders, up from 16 percent in the same quarter in 2012.
Revenues rose 9 percent and were higher in all divisions, primarily on the combination of stronger growth in early-cycle businesses as well as execution of the order backlog. Service revenues increased by 5 percent in the quarter compared with a year ago and represented 15 percent of total revenues.
| \$ millions | Orders received | Change | Revenues | Change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 13 | Q3 12 | US\$ | Local | Q3 13 | Q3 12 | US\$ | Local | |
| Europe | 3,001 | 2,871 | +5% | +2% | 3,684 | 3,428 | +7% | +4% |
| The Americas | 2,807 | 3,072 | -9% | -7% | 3,016 | 2,749 | +10% | +12% |
| Asia | 2,499 | 2,331 | +7% | +9% | 2,836 | 2,712 | +5% | +6% |
| Middle East and Africa | 782 | 1,021 | -23% | -22% | 999 | 856 | +17% | +21% |
| Group total | 9,089 | 9,295 | -2% | -2% | 10,535 | 9,745 | +8% | +9% |
Orders grew in Europe as double-digit increases in markets like Norway, Sweden, Germany and Switzerland more than compensated for continued weakness in southern Europe—mainly Italy—and a decline in the UK. In the Americas, US orders were unchanged versus the same period a year earlier, as lower large orders were compensated by solid growth in base orders. Order growth in China, India and South Korea contributed to higher Asia orders in the quarter, while orders in the Middle East and Africa declined due to the delay in large project awards.
| Orders received Revenues |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| \$ millions unless otherwise indicated |
Q3 2013 | Q3 2012 | Change in US\$ |
Change in local currency |
Q3 2013 | Q3 2012 | Change in US\$ |
Change in local currency |
|||
| Discrete Automation and Motion |
2,410 | 2,266 | +6% | +6% | 2,539 | 2,306 | +10% | +10% | |||
| Low Voltage Products |
1,938 | 1,861 | +4% | +3% | 2,001 | 1,880 | +6% | +6% | |||
| Process Automation |
1,688 | 1,706 | -1% | 0% | 2,128 | 1,904 | +12% | +13% | |||
| Power Products | 2,450 | 2,401 | +2% | +3% | 2,692 | 2,526 | +7% | +7% | |||
| Power Systems | 1,216 | 1,765 | -31% | -30% | 2,062 | 1,901 | +8% | +10% | |||
| Corporate and other (incl. inter-division eliminations) |
(613) | (704) | (887) | (772) | |||||||
| ABB Group | 9,089 | 9,295 | -2% | -2% | 10,535 | 9,745 | +8% | +9% |
Discrete Automation and Motion: Orders were driven mainly by continued investments in robotics equipment from automotive and general industry as well as demand for products to improve industrial productivity. Revenues improved on execution of the order backlog and increased sales of products such as variable-speed drives. Service orders and revenues grew at a double-digit pace. The Power-One acquisition, completed in July, also contributed to the growth in orders and revenues.
Low Voltage Products: Orders and revenues increased in all product businesses and were higher in all regions, in line with economic developments. Revenue growth was led by Europe and Asia including a double-digit increase in China—and was modestly higher in the Americas. Service orders and revenues grew significantly faster than total orders and revenues for the division.
Process Automation: Base orders grew across most businesses in the quarter—led by North America and China—but were offset by continuing delays in the award of large projects, especially in the mining and oil and gas sectors. Strong revenue growth was driven by the execution of the order backlog. Service revenues remained stable versus the same quarter a year ago.
Power Products: Industrial and power distribution demand remained steady in the quarter and utilities continued to make selective investments in power transmission. Higher revenues reflect delivery from the order backlog while service volumes grew faster than total revenues.
Power Systems: Orders declined on a combination of the postponement of large order awards and increased project selectivity that is part of the division's strategic repositioning. Revenues were higher across most businesses in the quarter on execution of the order backlog. Service revenues also grew.
Operational EBITDA in the third quarter of 2013 amounted to \$1.6 billion, an increase of 10 percent versus the same period a year earlier.
The Group's operational EBITDA margin increased to 15.7% from 15.3%, mainly reflecting the positive impact of higher volumes. Cost savings and productivity improvements more than compensated price pressure.
Income from operations amounted to approximately \$1.3 billion, 16 percent higher compared to the same quarter in 2012.
Net income for the quarter increased 10 percent to \$835 million, in line with operational EBITDA. Basic earnings per share in the third quarter amounted to \$0.36 versus \$0.33 a year earlier. Year to date, basic EPS increased 8 percent and operational EPS5 increased 7 percent.
| 2013 Q3 | earnings and cash flows by division | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operational EBITDA | Change in US\$ |
Operational EBITDA margin |
Cash flows from operating activities |
Change in US\$ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| \$ millions unless otherwise indicated |
Q3 2013 | Q3 2012 | Q3 2013 | Q3 2012 | Q3 2013 | Q3 2012 | ||
| Discrete Automation and Motion |
476 | 437 | +9% | 18.8% | 18.9% | 526 | 393 | +34% |
| Low Voltage Products |
395 | 366 | +8% | 19.7% | 19.5% | 435 | 334 | +30% |
| Process Automation |
289 | 233 | +24% | 13.6% | 12.3% | 271 | 230 | +18% |
| Power Products | 389 | 374 | +4% | 14.6% | 14.8% | 207 | 258 | -20% |
| Power Systems | 141 | 109 | +29% | 7.0% | 5.9% | (118) | (294) | n/a |
| Corporate and other (incl. inter division eliminations) |
(52) | (36) | n/a | n/a | (80) | (153) | n/a | |
| ABB Group | 1,638 | 1,483 | +10% | 15.7% | 15.3% | 1,241 | 768 | +62% |
Discrete Automation and Motion: Operational EBITDA increased on higher revenues, while margins remained steady.
Low Voltage Products: The operational EBITDA margin increased through a combination of successful cost management and growth in a number of higher-margin product businesses.
Process Automation: The growth in operational EBITDA and margins primarily reflects the strong revenue increase as well as improved project execution compared to the same quarter in 2012.
Power Products: Operational EBITDA increased on higher revenues while the operational EBITDA margin reflects a different revenue mix compared to the same period a year ago.
Power Systems: The increase in operational EBITDA margin reflects the combination of higher revenues, better project execution and improved cost management compared to the same period in 2012.
ABB reported cash from operations of \$1,241 million compared to \$768 million in the third quarter of 2012. Net working capital as a percentage of revenues5 amounted to 18 percent, an increase of 1 percentage point versus the end of the same quarter a year earlier.
ABB's net debt5 at the end of the quarter was \$3.4 billion, as at the end of June, and includes the impact from the net payment in July of approximately \$750 million for the acquisition of Power-One.
ABB announced earlier this week a realignment of responsibilities in the Group Executive Committee (EC) to put a strong focus on acquisition integration and the significantly expanded North American business portfolio. Under these changes, Greg Scheu, who is currently responsible for Marketing and Customer Solutions (MC) on the EC, will lead the Group's global acquisition integration efforts and take over responsibility for North America, ABB's largest geographical market. Scheu will retain responsibility for ABB's service business, while the remaining activities of MC will be taken up by other members of the EC. All changes will be effective November 1, 2013.
Earlier in the third quarter, ABB announced the appointment of Jean-Christophe Deslarzes to its Executive Committee as Head of Human Resources (HR), effective November 15, 2013. He brings a proven track record as a successful leader of HR in global companies to the role and has significant operational and integration experience. He succeeds Gary Steel, who is retiring.
In an orderly internal succession, Pekka Tiitinen was appointed to ABB's Executive Committee as head of the Discrete Automation and Motion division as of September 15, 2013. He previously led ABB's global Drives and Controls business through a period of significant organic growth and profitability improvement. He succeeded Ulrich Spiesshofer, who took over as ABB CEO.
Ulrich Spiesshofer, who assumed the role of CEO on September 15, 2013, said the executive team intends to focus on three key areas in the coming quarters: driving profitable organic and inorganic growth; stronger collaboration across the organization to improve ABB's offering to its customers and lift productivity; and "relentless execution" across the business operations.
"We have made good progress against our 2011 to 2015 goals and will continue to execute on that plan," Spiesshofer said. "At the same time, there are significant opportunities for us to step up our performance and deliver even greater value to our customers—together."
Profitable growth will be driven by increasing the market penetration of existing customer segments by combining offerings across different businesses more effectively and continuously enhancing customer intimacy and service. This will include both new products and innovative packages and solutions of existing offerings and services.
Greater collaboration across businesses will deliver significantly greater value to customers by offering a more integrated set of solutions. It will also lift productivity in areas like sales, product development and order fulfillment. "It's clear that we can do more to make our customers more competitive, to improve our own productivity and to accelerate profitable growth," Spiesshofer said.
Management focus on execution will include not only consistent delivery of cost savings equivalent to 3-5 percent of cost of goods sold every year, but also stricter management of net working capital to lift cash flow as well as driving excellence in the integration of newly acquired businesses.
Our long-term demand drivers—such as the need for greater industrial productivity, more reliable and efficient power delivery and the development of renewable energies—remain in place. Early-cycle macroeconomic developments remain positive but several forward-looking indicators contain mixed signals and we still face some near-term market uncertainty.
In this environment, we will continue to execute on our 2011-15 plan. Growth will be supported by delivering from our large order backlog as well as increasing the focus on market penetration, innovation and expansion. We will continue to drive cost savings and productivity improvements
equivalent to 3-5 percent of cost of sales every year through improved supply management, better quality and higher returns on investments in sales and R&D.
We remain committed to delivering higher cash to shareholders and improving the cash return on our invested capital.
The 2013 Q3 results press release is available from October 24, 2013, on the ABB News Center at www.abb.com/news and on the Investor Relations homepage at www.abb.com/investorcenter, where a presentation for investors will also be published.
A video from Chief Executive Officer Ulrich Spiesshofer on ABB's third-quarter 2013 results will be available at 06:30 a.m. Central European Time (CET) today at www.youtube.com/abb.
ABB will host a media conference call starting at 10:00 a.m. CET. Callers from the US and Canada should dial +1 631 570 5613 (Toll-Free). U.K. callers should dial +44 203 059 58 62. From Sweden +46 85 051 00 31, and from the rest of Europe, +41 58 310 50 00. Lines will be open 15 minutes before the conference starts. Playback of the call will start 1 hour after the call ends and will be available for 24 hours: Playback numbers: +44 207 108 62 33 (U.K.), +41 91 612 43 30 (rest of Europe) or +1 866 416 25 58 (U.S./Canada). The code is 15906, followed by the # key. The recorded session will also be available as a podcast 1 hour after the end of the call and can be downloaded from www.abb.com/news.
A conference call for analysts and investors is scheduled to begin today at 3:00 p.m. CET (2:00 p.m. in the UK, 9:00 a.m. EDT). Callers should dial +1 866 291 41 66 from the US/Canada (toll-free), +44 203 059 58 62 from the U.K., +46 8 5051 00 31 (Sweden) or +41 58 310 50 00 from the rest of the world. Callers are requested to phone in 15 minutes before the start of the call. The recorded session will be available as a podcast one hour after the end of the conference call and can be downloaded from our website. You will find the link to access the podcast at www.abb.com/investorcenter.
| Fourth-quarter 2013 results | February 13, 2014 |
|---|---|
| First-quarter 2014 results | April 29, 2014 |
| Annual General Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland | April 30, 2014 |
| Second-quarter 2014 results | July 24, 2014 |
| Third-quarter 2014 results | October 22, 2014 |
ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 150,000 people.
Ulrich Spiesshofer, CEO
This press release includes forward-looking information and statements as well as other statements concerning the outlook for our business. 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 Ltd. These expectations, estimates and projections are generally identifiable by statements containing words such as "expects," "believes," "estimates," "targets," "plans" 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 forwardlooking information and statements made in this press release and which could affect our ability to achieve any or all of our stated targets. The 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, raw materials availability and prices, 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.
This press release also contains non-GAAP measures of performance. Definitions of these measures and reconciliations between these measures and their GAAP counterparts can be found in "Supplemental financial information" attached to this press release.
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| \$ millions | Q3 13 | Q3 12 | Change | 9M 13 | 9M 12 | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US\$ | Local | US\$ | Local | ||||||
| Orders | ABB Group | 9'089 | 9'295 | -2% | -2% | 28'893 | 29'715 | -3% | -3% |
| Discrete Automation | |||||||||
| and Motion | 2'410 | 2'266 | 6 % |
6 % |
7'287 | 7'372 | -1% | -1% | |
| Low Voltage Products | 1'938 | 1'861 | 4 % |
3 % |
5'852 | 4'853 | 21% | 20% | |
| Process Automation | 1'688 | 1'706 | -1% | 0 % |
5'976 | 6'493 | -8% | -8% | |
| Power Products | 2'450 | 2'401 | 2 % |
3 % |
7'905 | 8'309 | -5% | -5% | |
| Power Systems | 1'216 | 1'765 | -31% | -30% | 4'160 | 5'613 | -26% | -25% | |
| Corporate and other | |||||||||
| (incl. inter-division eliminations) |
(613) | (704) | (2'287) | (2'925) | |||||
| Revenues | ABB Group | 10'535 | 9'745 | 8 % |
9 % |
30'475 | 28'315 | 8 % |
8 % |
| Discrete Automation | |||||||||
| and Motion | 2'539 | 2'306 | 10% | 10% | 7'228 | 6'916 | 5 % |
4 % |
|
| Low Voltage Products | 2'001 | 1'880 | 6 % |
6 % |
5'707 | 4'668 | 22% | 22% | |
| Process Automation | 2'128 | 1'904 | 12% | 13% | 6'236 | 5'926 | 5 % |
6 % |
|
| Power Products | 2'692 | 2'526 | 7 % |
7 % |
7'962 | 7'649 | 4 % |
4 % |
|
| Power Systems | 2'062 | 1'901 | 8 % |
10% | 6'075 | 5'580 | 9 % |
10% | |
| Corporate and other | |||||||||
| (incl. inter-division | |||||||||
| eliminations) | (887) | (772) | (2'733) | (2'424) | |||||
| Income from operations |
ABB Group | 1'324 | 1'146 | 16% | 3'564 | 3'195 | 12% | ||
| Discrete Automation | |||||||||
| and Motion | 403 | 362 | 11% | 1'101 | 1'098 | 0 % |
|||
| Low Voltage Products | 315 | 278 | 13% | 809 | 597 | 36% | |||
| Process Automation | 270 | 224 | 21% | 727 | 690 | 5 % |
|||
| Power Products | 346 | 324 | 7 % |
975 | 949 | 3 % |
|||
| Power Systems | 127 | 72 | 76% | 340 | 197 | 73% | |||
| Corporate and other | |||||||||
| (incl. inter-division | |||||||||
| eliminations) | (137) | (114) | (388) | (336) | |||||
| Income from | |||||||||
| operations % ABB Group | 12.6% | 11.8% | 11.7% | 11.3% | |||||
| Discrete Automation and Motion |
15.9% | 15.7% | 15.2% | 15.9% | |||||
| Low Voltage Products | 15.7% | 14.8% | 14.2% | 12.8% | |||||
| Process Automation | 12.7% | 11.8% | 11.7% | 11.6% | |||||
| Power Products | 12.9% | 12.8% | 12.2% | 12.4% | |||||
| Power Systems | 6.2% | 3.8% | 5.6% | 3.5% | |||||
| Operational | |||||||||
| EBITDA | ABB Group | 1'638 | 1'483 | 10% | 4'657 | 4'182 | 11% | ||
| Discrete Automation | |||||||||
| and Motion | 476 | 437 | 9 % |
1'320 | 1'300 | 2 % |
|||
| Low Voltage Products | 395 | 366 | 8 % |
1'082 | 849 | 27% | |||
| Process Automation | 289 | 233 | 24% | 800 | 744 | 8 % |
|||
| Power Products | 389 | 374 | 4 % |
1'170 | 1'124 | 4 % |
|||
| Power Systems | 141 | 109 | 29% | 469 | 345 | 36% | |||
| Corporate and other | |||||||||
| (incl. inter-division | |||||||||
| eliminations) | (52) | (36) | (184) | (180) | |||||
| Operational EBITDA % |
ABB Group | 15.7% | 15.3% | 15.3% | 14.8% | ||||
| Discrete Automation | |||||||||
| and Motion | 18.8% | 18.9% | 18.3% | 18.8% | |||||
| Low Voltage Products | 19.7% | 19.5% | 19.0% | 18.2% | |||||
| Process Automation | 13.6% | 12.3% | 12.8% | 12.6% | |||||
| Power Products | 14.6% | 14.8% | 14.7% | 14.7% | |||||
| Power Systems | 7.0% | 5.9% | 7.7% | 6.2% | |||||
| Orders received and revenues by region | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| \$ millions | Orders received | Change | Revenues | Change | |||||||
| 9M 13 | 9M 12 | US\$ | Local | 9M 13 | 9M 12 | US\$ | Local | ||||
| Europe | 10'034 | 9'979 | 1 % |
-1% | 10'482 | 10'255 | 2 % |
1 % |
|||
| The Americas | 8'341 | 8'701 | -4% | -3% | 8'892 | 7'652 | 16% | 18% | |||
| Asia | 7'808 | 7'856 | -1% | 0 % |
8'163 | 7'743 | 5 % |
6 % |
|||
| Middle East and Africa | 2'710 | 3'179 | -15% | -12% | 2'938 | 2'665 | 10% | 13% | |||
| Group total | 28'893 | 29'715 | -3% | -3% | 30'475 | 28'315 | 8 % |
8 % |
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| \$ in millions | ABB | Discrete Automation and Motion |
Low Voltage Products |
Process Automation Power Products | Power Systems | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 13 | Q3 12 | Q3 13 | Q3 12 | Q3 13 | Q3 12 | Q3 13 | Q3 12 | Q3 13 | Q3 12 | Q3 13 | Q3 12 | |
| Revenues | 10'535 | 9'745 | 2'539 | 2'306 | 2'001 | 1'880 | 2'128 | 1'904 | 2'692 | 2'526 | 2'062 | 1'901 |
| FX/commodity timing differences on Revenues | (90) | (70) | (13) | 2 | - | (4) | (7) | (15) | (22) | (1) | (49) | (54) |
| Operational revenues | 10'445 | 9'675 | 2'526 | 2'308 | 2'001 | 1'876 | 2'121 | 1'889 | 2'670 | 2'525 | 2'013 | 1'847 |
| Income from operations | 1'324 | 1'146 | 403 | 362 | 315 | 278 | 270 | 224 | 346 | 324 | 127 | 72 |
| Depreciation | 206 | 183 | 38 | 35 | 48 | 40 | 18 | 16 | 46 | 42 | 20 | 19 |
| Amortization | 121 | 124 | 36 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 26 |
| including total acquisition-related amortization of | 100 | 104 | 34 | 30 | 30 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 24 |
| Restructuring and restructuring-related expenses |
40 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | (1) | 11 | 8 | 11 | (1) |
| Acquisition-related expenses and certain non-operational items |
60 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | - | - |
| FX/commodity timing differences in income from operations |
(113) | (40) | (16) | (2) | (15) | (15) | (7) | (11) | (31) | (10) | (42) | (7) |
| Operational EBITDA | 1'638 | 1'483 | 476 | 437 | 395 | 366 | 289 | 233 | 389 | 374 | 141 | 109 |
| Operational EBITDA margin (%) | 15.7% | 15.3% | 18.8% | 18.9% | 19.7% | 19.5% | 13.6% | 12.3% | 14.6% | 14.8% | 7.0% | 5.9% |
1 Management discussion of orders and revenues focuses on local currency changes. U.S. dollar changes are reported in results tables 2 See Reconciliation of operational EBITDA to Income from continuing operations before taxes in Note 14 to the Interim Consolidated Financial Information (unaudited)
3 Base orders are orders of less than \$15 million
4 9-month 2012 figures include the results of Thomas & Betts for the period mid-May to September 2012.
5 For reconciliations of non-GAAP measures, see the "Supplemental financial information" attachment to this press release
| Nine months ended | Three months ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, except per share data in \$) | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | |
| Sales of products | 25 733 | 23 728 | 8 948 | 8 227 | |
| Sales of services | 4 742 | 4 587 | 1 587 | 1 518 | |
| Total revenues | 30 475 | 28 315 | 10 535 | 9 745 | |
| Cost of products | (18 441) | (16 890) | (6 369) | (5 835) | |
| Cost of services | (2 984) | (2 970) | (992) | (987) | |
| Total cost of sales | (21 425) 9 050 |
(19 860) 8 455 |
(7 361) 3 174 |
(6 822) 2 923 |
|
| Gross profit Selling, general and administrative expenses |
(4 424) | (4 180) | (1 476) | (1 393) | |
| Non-order related research and development expenses | (1 055) | (1 074) | (351) | (358) | |
| Other income (expense), net | (7) | (6) | (23) | (26) | |
| Income from operations | 3 564 | 3 195 | 1 324 | 1 146 | |
| Interest and dividend income | 50 | 55 | 15 | 17 | |
| Interest and other finance expense | (299) | (238) | (122) | (94) | |
| Income from continuing operations before taxes | 3 315 | 3 012 | 1 217 | 1 069 | |
| Provision for taxes | (944) | (828) | (336) | (274) | |
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 2 371 | 2 184 | 881 | 795 | |
| Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax | (15) | 4 | (3) | (1) | |
| Net income | 2 356 | 2 188 | 878 | 794 | |
| Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (94) | (88) | (43) | (35) | |
| Net income attributable to ABB | 2 262 | 2 100 | 835 | 759 | |
| Amounts attributable to ABB shareholders: | 2 277 | 2 096 | 838 | 760 | |
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 2 262 | 2 100 | 835 | 759 | |
| Net income | |||||
| Basic earnings per share attributable to ABB shareholders: | |||||
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 0,99 0,99 |
0,91 0,92 |
0,36 0,36 |
0,33 0,33 |
|
| Net income | |||||
| Diluted earnings per share attributable to ABB shareholders: | |||||
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 0,99 | 0,91 | 0,36 | 0,33 | |
| Net income | 0,98 | 0,92 | 0,36 | 0,33 | |
| Weighted-average number of shares outstanding (in millions) used to compute: | |||||
| Basic earnings per share attributable to ABB shareholders | 2 296 | 2 293 | 2 297 | 2 293 | |
| Diluted earnings per share attributable to ABB shareholders | 2 303 | 2 295 | 2 305 | 2 295 |
| Nine months ended | Three months ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | |
| Total comprehensive income, net of tax | 2 376 | 2 441 | 1 315 | 1 209 | |
| Total comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax | (84) | (88) | (40) | (45) | |
| Total comprehensive income attributable to ABB shareholders, net of tax | 2 292 | 2 353 | 1 275 | 1 164 |
| (\$ in millions, except share data) | Sep. 30, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | 4 296 | 6 875 |
| Marketable securities and short-term investments | 380 | 1 606 |
| Receivables, net | 12 632 | 11 575 |
| Inventories, net | 6 634 | 6 182 |
| Prepaid expenses | 330 | 311 |
| Deferred taxes | 914 | 869 |
| Other current assets | 734 | 584 |
| Total current assets | 25 920 | 28 002 |
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 6 050 | 5 947 |
| Goodwill | 10 646 | 10 226 |
| Other intangible assets, net | 3 432 | 3 501 |
| Prepaid pension and other employee benefits | 71 | 71 |
| Investments in equity-accounted companies | 201 | 213 |
| Deferred taxes | 330 | 334 |
| Other non-current assets | 776 | 776 |
| Total assets | 47 426 | 49 070 |
| Accounts payable, trade | 5 103 | 4 992 |
| Billings in excess of sales | 1 746 | 2 035 |
| Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term debt | 567 | 2 537 |
| Advances from customers | 1 770 | 1 937 |
| Deferred taxes | 307 | 270 |
| Provisions for warranties | 1 346 | 1 291 |
| Other provisions | 1 548 | 1 575 |
| Other current liabilities | 4 346 | 4 337 |
| Total current liabilities | 16 733 | 18 974 |
| Long-term debt | 7 553 | 7 534 |
| Pension and other employee benefits | 2 119 | 2 290 |
| Deferred taxes | 1 274 | 1 260 |
| Other non-current liabilities | 1 663 | 1 566 |
| Total liabilities | 29 342 | 31 624 |
Capital stock and additional paid-in capital (2,314,743,264 issued shares at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012) 1 734 1 691 Retained earnings 18 661 18 066 Accumulated other comprehensive loss (2 493) (2 523) Treasury stock, at cost (17,954,291 and 18,793,989 shares at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively) (313) (328) Total ABB stockholders' equity 17 589 16 906 Noncontrolling interests 495 540 Total stockholders' equity 18 084 17 446 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity 47 426 49 070
| ABB Ltd Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) | |
|---|---|
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | -- |
| Nine months ended | Three months ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | |
| Operating activities: | |||||
| Net income | 2 356 | 2 188 | 878 | 794 | |
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization |
|||||
| Pension and other employee benefits | 966 | 841 | 327 | 307 | |
| Deferred taxes | (11) (11) |
(56) 23 |
11 36 |
(7) 12 |
|
| Net gain from sale of property, plant and equipment | (20) | (12) | (5) | (4) | |
| Loss (income) from equity-accounted companies, net | - | 1 | (7) | (4) | |
| Other | 60 | 104 | 53 | 56 | |
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||||
| Trade receivables, net | (1 046) | (388) | (83) | (131) | |
| Inventories, net | (309) | (466) | 43 | (90) | |
| Trade payables | (14) | (326) | 36 | (163) | |
| Billings in excess of sales | (122) | 57 | (89) | (19) | |
| Provisions, net | (49) | (291) | (9) | (36) | |
| Advances from customers | (107) | 32 | (156) | (9) | |
| Other assets and liabilities, net | (132) | (366) | 206 | 62 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 1 561 | 1 341 | 1 241 | 768 | |
| Investing activities: | |||||
| Purchases of marketable securities (available-for-sale) | (424) | (1 429) | (41) | (502) | |
| Purchases of short-term investments | (9) | (30) | (3) | (3) | |
| Purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets | (692) | (838) | (240) | (302) | |
| Acquisition of businesses (net of cash acquired) and changes in cost and equity | |||||
| investments | (883) | (3 686) | (858) | (70) | |
| Proceeds from sales of marketable securities (available-for-sale) | 1 362 | 1 655 | 20 | 159 | |
| Proceeds from maturity of marketable securities (available-for-sale) | 114 | - | 61 | - | |
| Proceeds from short-term investments | 41 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| Other investing activities | 119 | 34 | 88 | 37 | |
| Net cash used in investing activities | (372) | (4 267) | (972) | (681) | |
| Financing activities: | |||||
| Net changes in debt with original maturities of 90 days or less | (557) | 103 | (154) | (488) | |
| Increase in debt | 442 | 5 279 | 90 | 429 | |
| Repayment of debt | (1 823) | (903) | (81) | (176) | |
| Delivery of shares | 3 | 47 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dividends paid | (1 667) | (1 626) | - | - | |
| Acquisition of noncontrolling interests | (5) | (3) | (1) | (3) | |
| Dividends paid to noncontrolling shareholders | (133) | (121) | (37) | (30) | |
| Other financing activities | (36) | (16) | 3 | 2 | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | (3 776) | 2 760 | (179) | (265) | |
| Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and equivalents | 8 | 30 | 58 | 88 | |
| Net change in cash and equivalents - continuing operations | (2 579) | (136) | 148 | (90) | |
| Cash and equivalents, beginning of period | 6 875 | 4 819 | 4 148 | 4 773 | |
| Cash and equivalents, end of period | 4 296 | 4 683 | 4 296 | 4 683 | |
| Supplementary disclosure of cash flow information: | |||||
| Interest paid | 179 | 91 | 16 | 21 | |
| Taxes paid | 884 | 915 | 243 | 216 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | additional paid-in capital Capital stock and |
Retained earnings |
translation adjustments Foreign currency |
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities |
postretirement plan Pension and other adjustments |
Unrealized gains (losses) of cash flow hedge derivatives |
other comprehensive Total accumulated loss |
Treasury stock | stockholders' equity Total ABB |
Noncontrolling interests | Total stockholders' equity |
| Balance at January 1, 2012 | 1 621 | 16 988 | (968) | 20 | (1 472) | 12 | (2 408) | (424) | 15 777 | 559 | 16 336 |
| Comprehensive income: | |||||||||||
| Net income | 2 100 | 2 100 | 88 | 2 188 | |||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustments (net of tax of \$(9)) | 212 | 212 | 212 | 212 | |||||||
| Effect of change in fair value of available-for-sale securities (net of tax of \$(1)) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Unrecognized income (expense) related to pensions and other postretirement plans (net of tax of \$(7)) |
- | - | - | - | |||||||
| Change in derivatives qualifying as cash flow hedges (net of tax of \$(12)) |
39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | |||||||
| Total comprehensive income | 2 353 | 88 | 2 441 | ||||||||
| Changes in noncontrolling interests | - | - | |||||||||
| Dividends paid to noncontrolling shareholders | - | (122) | (122) | ||||||||
| Dividends paid | (1 626) | (1 626) | (1 626) | ||||||||
| Share-based payment arrangements | 43 | 43 | 43 | ||||||||
| Delivery of shares | (7) | 54 | 47 | 47 | |||||||
| Call options | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
| Replacement options issued in connection with acquisition | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| Other | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Balance at September 30, 2012 | 1 673 | 17 462 | (756) | 22 | (1 472) | 51 | (2 155) | (370) | 16 610 | 525 | 17 135 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | additional paid-in capital Capital stock and |
Retained earnings |
translation adjustments Foreign currency |
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities |
postretirement plan Pension and other adjustments |
Unrealized gains (losses) of cash flow hedge derivatives |
other comprehensive Total accumulated loss |
Treasury stock | stockholders' equity Total ABB |
Noncontrolling interests | Total stockholders' equity |
| Balance at January 1, 2013 | 1 691 | 18 066 | (580) | 24 | (2 004) | 37 | (2 523) | (328) | 16 906 | 540 | 17 446 |
| Comprehensive income: | |||||||||||
| Net income | 2 262 | 2 262 | 94 | 2 356 | |||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustments (net of tax of \$(1)) | (12) | (12) | (12) | (11) | (23) | ||||||
| Effect of change in fair value of available-for-sale securities (net of tax of \$1) |
(15) | (15) | (15) | (15) | |||||||
| Unrecognized income (expense) related to pensions and other postretirement plans (net of tax of \$(26)) |
65 | 65 | 65 | 1 | 66 | ||||||
| Change in derivatives qualifying as cash flow hedges (net of tax of \$2) |
(8) | (8) | (8) | (8) | |||||||
| Total comprehensive income | 2 292 | 84 | 2 376 | ||||||||
| Changes in noncontrolling interests | (9) | (9) | 4 | (5) | |||||||
| Dividends paid to noncontrolling shareholders | - | (133) | (133) | ||||||||
| Dividends paid | (1 667) | (1 667) | (1 667) | ||||||||
| Share-based payment arrangements | 50 | 50 | 50 | ||||||||
| Delivery of shares | (12) | 15 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Call options | 13 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||
| Replacement options issued in connection with acquisition | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Other | (1) | (1) | (1) | ||||||||
| Balance at September 30, 2013 | 1 734 | 18 661 | (592) | 9 | (1 939) | 29 | (2 493) | (313) | 17 589 | 495 | 18 084 |
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ABB presents the following financial measures to supplement its Interim Consolidated Financial Information (unaudited) which is prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP). These supplemental 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 Interim Consolidated Financial Information (unaudited) prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP as of and for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2013.
Operational EBITDA represents income from operations excluding depreciation and amortization, restructuring and restructuring-related expenses, and acquisition-related expenses and certain nonoperational items, as well as foreign exchange/commodity timing differences in income from operations consisting of: (i) unrealized gains and losses on derivatives (foreign exchange, commodities, embedded 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/payables (and related assets/liabilities).
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 EBITDA margin is Operational EBITDA as a percentage of Operational revenues.
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| Nine months ended September 30, 2013 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discrete | Corporate and Other and |
|||||||
| (\$ in millions, except Operational EBITDA margin in %) |
Automation and Motion |
Low Voltage Products |
Process Automation |
Power Products |
Power Systems |
Intersegment elimination |
Consolidated | |
| Total revenues Foreign exchange/commodity timing differences in total revenues |
7,228 | 5,707 | 6,236 | 7,962 | 6,075 | (2,733) | 30,475 | |
| Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives Realized gains and losses on derivatives where the underlying hedged |
(9) | 4 | 6 | 3 | (7) | - | (3) | |
| transaction has not yet been realized Unrealized foreign exchange |
- | - | 9 | 5 | (4) | - | 10 | |
| movements on receivables (and related assets) |
1 | (2) | (4) | (16) | 6 | - | (15) | |
| Operational revenues | 7,220 | 5,709 | 6,247 | 7,954 | 6,070 | (2,733) | 30,467 | |
| Income from operations | 1,101 | 809 | 727 | 975 | 340 | (388) | 3,564 | |
| Depreciation and amortization Restructuring and restructuring |
204 | 241 | 65 | 163 | 135 | 158 | 966 | |
| related expenses Acquisition-related expenses and certain non |
7 | 17 | 14 | 38 | 16 | 2 | 94 | |
| operational items Foreign exchange/commodity timing differences in income from operations |
19 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 51 | 92 | |
| Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives (foreign exchange, commodities, embedded derivatives) Realized gains and losses on |
(15) | 7 | (12) | (12) | (28) | (7) | (67) | |
| derivatives where the underlying hedged transaction has not yet been realized Unrealized foreign exchange movements on |
1 | - | 4 | 4 | (3) | - | 6 | |
| receivables/payables (and related assets/liabilities) |
3 | (1) | - | (8) | 8 | - | 2 | |
| Operational EBITDA | 1,320 | 1,082 | 800 | 1,170 | 469 | (184) | 4,657 | |
| Operational EBITDA margin (%) |
18.3% | 19.0% | 12.8% | 14.7% | 7.7% | - | 15.3% |
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| Nine months ended September 30, 2012 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, except Operational EBITDA margin in %) |
Discrete Automation and Motion |
Low Voltage Products |
Process Automation |
Power Products |
Power Systems |
Corporate and Other and Intersegment elimination |
Consolidated | |||
| Total revenues Foreign exchange/commodity timing differences in total revenues |
6,916 | 4,668 | 5,926 | 7,649 | 5,580 | (2,424) | 28,315 | |||
| Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives Realized gains and losses on derivatives where the underlying hedged |
5 | (13) | (22) | (22) | (91) | (1) | (144) | |||
| transaction has not yet been realized Unrealized foreign exchange |
(1) | - | (3) | 2 | 40 | 1 | 39 | |||
| movements on receivables (and related assets) |
(3) | 6 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 33 | |||
| Operational revenues | 6,917 | 4,661 | 5,902 | 7,650 | 5,536 | (2,423) | 28,243 | |||
| Income from operations | 1,098 | 597 | 690 | 949 | 197 | (336) | 3,195 | |||
| Depreciation and amortization Restructuring and |
192 | 159 | 60 | 155 | 129 | 146 | 841 | |||
| restructuring related expenses Acquisition-related expenses and certain non |
5 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 55 | |||
| operational items Foreign exchange/commodity timing differences in income from operations Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives (foreign |
7 | 104 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 120 | |||
| exchange, commodities, embedded derivatives) Realized gains and losses on derivatives where the underlying hedged |
(2) | (28) | (22) | (37) | (37) | 1 | (125) | |||
| transaction has not yet been realized Unrealized foreign exchange movements on |
(1) | - | 3 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 50 | |||
| receivables/payables (and related assets/liabilities) |
1 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 46 | |||
| Operational EBITDA | 1,300 | 849 | 744 | 1,124 | 345 | (180) | 4,182 | |||
| Operational EBITDA margin (%) |
18.8% | 18.2% | 12.6% | 14.7% | 6.2% | - | 14.8% |
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| Three months ended September 30, 2013 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, except Operational EBITDA margin in %) |
Discrete Automation and Motion |
Low Voltage Products |
Process Automation |
Power Products |
Power Systems |
Corporate and Other and Intersegment elimination |
Consolidated | |||
| Total revenues Foreign exchange/commodity timing differences in total revenues |
2,539 | 2,001 | 2,128 | 2,692 | 2,062 | (887) | 10,535 | |||
| Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives Realized gains and losses on derivatives where the underlying hedged |
(20) | (4) | (13) | (19) | (71) | - | (127) | |||
| transaction has not yet been realized Unrealized foreign exchange |
(1) | - | 5 | - | (6) | - | (2) | |||
| movements on receivables (and related assets) |
8 | 4 | 1 | (3) | 28 | 1 | 39 | |||
| Operational revenues | 2,526 | 2,001 | 2,121 | 2,670 | 2,013 | (886) | 10,445 | |||
| Income from operations | 403 | 315 | 270 | 346 | 127 | (137) | 1,324 | |||
| Depreciation and amortization Restructuring and restructuring |
74 | 80 | 23 | 53 | 45 | 52 | 327 | |||
| related expenses Acquisition-related expenses and certain non |
3 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 40 | |||
| operational items Foreign exchange/commodity timing differences in income from operations Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives (foreign |
12 | 4 | 1 | 10 | - | 33 | 60 | |||
| exchange, commodities, embedded derivatives) Realized gains and losses on derivatives where the underlying hedged |
(21) | (18) | (11) | (30) | (61) | (3) | (144) | |||
| transaction has not yet been realized Unrealized foreign exchange movements on |
(1) | - | 3 | (1) | (6) | - | (5) | |||
| receivables/payables (and related assets/liabilities) |
6 | 3 | 1 | - | 25 | 1 | 36 | |||
| Operational EBITDA | 476 | 395 | 289 | 389 | 141 | (52) | 1,638 | |||
| Operational EBITDA margin (%) |
18.8% | 19.7% | 13.6% | 14.6% | 7.0% | - | 15.7% |
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| Three months ended September 30, 2012 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, except Operational EBITDA margin in %) |
Discrete Automation and Motion |
Low Voltage Products |
Process Automation |
Power Products |
Power Systems |
Corporate and Other and Intersegment elimination |
Consolidated | ||
| Total revenues Foreign exchange/commodity timing differences in total revenues |
2,306 | 1,880 | 1,904 | 2,526 | 1,901 | (772) | 9,745 | ||
| Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives Realized gains and losses on derivatives where the underlying hedged |
2 | (8) | (12) | (19) | (90) | 1 | (126) | ||
| transaction has not yet been realized Unrealized foreign exchange |
(1) | - | (6) | 2 | 19 | 1 | 15 | ||
| movements on receivables (and related assets) |
1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | - | 41 | ||
| Operational revenues | 2,308 | 1,876 | 1,889 | 2,525 | 1,847 | (770) | 9,675 | ||
| Income from operations | 362 | 278 | 224 | 324 | 72 | (114) | 1,146 | ||
| Depreciation and amortization Restructuring and restructuring |
66 | 78 | 20 | 51 | 45 | 47 | 307 | ||
| related expenses Acquisition-related expenses |
9 | 5 | (1) | 8 | (1) | 1 | 21 | ||
| and certain non operational items Foreign exchange/commodity timing differences in income from operations Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives (foreign |
2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | - | 25 | 49 | ||
| exchange, commodities, embedded derivatives) Realized gains and losses on derivatives where the underlying hedged |
(3) | (17) | (14) | (28) | (49) | 2 | (109) | ||
| transaction has not yet been realized Unrealized foreign exchange movements on |
- | (1) | (1) | 3 | 20 | 3 | 24 | ||
| receivables/payables (and related assets/liabilities) |
1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 22 | - | 45 | ||
| Operational EBITDA | 437 | 366 | 233 | 374 | 109 | (36) | 1,483 | ||
| Operational EBITDA margin (%) |
18.9% | 19.5% | 12.3% | 14.8% | 5.9% | - | 15.3% |
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Operational net income is calculated as Net income attributable to ABB adjusted for the net-of-tax impact (using the Group's effective tax rate) of:
Amortization expense on intangibles arising upon acquisitions.
Operational EPS is calculated as Operational net income divided by the weighted-average number of shares used in determining Basic EPS.
| Nine months ended | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2013 | September 30, 2012 | ||||
| (\$ in millions, except per share data in \$) | EPS(1) | EPS(1) | |||
| Net income (attributable to ABB) | 2,262 | 0.99 | 2,100 | 0.92 | |
| Restructuring and restructuring-related expenses(2) | 67 | 0.03 | 40 | 0.02 | |
| Acquisition-related expenses and certain non-operational items(2) | 66 | 0.03 | 87 | 0.04 | |
| FX/commodity timing differences in Income from operations(2) | (42) | (0.02) | (21) | (0.01) | |
| Amortization related to acquisitions(2) | 205 | 0.09 | 183 | 0.08 | |
| Operational net income | 2,558 | 1.11 | 2,389 | 1.04 |
Three months ended
| September 30, 2013 | September 30, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, except per share data in \$) | EPS(1) | EPS(1) | |||
| Net income (attributable to ABB) | 835 | 0.36 | 759 | 0.33 | |
| Restructuring and restructuring-related expenses(2) | 29 | 0.01 | 16 | 0.01 | |
| Acquisition-related expenses and certain non-operational items(2) | 43 | 0.02 | 36 | 0.02 | |
| FX/commodity timing differences in Income from operations(2) | (82) | (0.04) | (30) | (0.01) | |
| Amortization related to acquisitions(2) | 72 | 0.03 | 77 | 0.03 | |
| Operational net income | 897 | 0.39 | 858 | 0.37 |
(1) EPS amounts are computed separately, therefore the sum of the per share amounts shown may not equal to the total. (2) Net of tax at Group effective tax rate.
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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 and Marketable securities and shortterm investments.
| (\$ in millions) | September 30, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term debt | 567 | 2,537 | ||
| Long-term debt | 7,553 | 7,534 | ||
| Total debt | 8,120 | 10,071 | ||
| Cash and equivalents | 4,296 | 6,875 | ||
| Marketable securities and short-term investments | 380 | 1,606 | ||
| Cash and marketable securities | 4,676 | 8,481 | ||
| Net debt | 3,444 | 1,590 |
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Net debt to EBITDA is calculated as Net debt divided by Income from operations adjusted to exclude depreciation and amortization for the trailing twelve months.
| (\$ in millions) | September 30, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net debt (as defined above) | 3,444 | 1,590 | |
| EBITDA | |||
| Income from operations for the three months ended: | |||
| September 30, 2013 | 1,324 | - | |
| June 30, 2013 | 1,188 | - | |
| March 31, 2013 | 1,052 | - | |
| December 31, 2012 | 863 | 863 | |
| September 30, 2012 | - | 1,146 | |
| June 30, 2012 | - | 1,001 | |
| March 31, 2012 | - | 1,048 | |
| Depreciation and amortization for the three months ended: | |||
| September 30, 2013 | 327 | - | |
| June 30, 2013 | 318 | - | |
| March 31, 2013 | 321 | - | |
| December 31, 2012 | 341 | 341 | |
| September 30, 2012 | - | 307 | |
| June 30, 2012 | - | 281 | |
| March 31, 2012 | - | 253 | |
| Total EBITDA for the trailing twelve months | 5,734 | 5,240 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.6 | 0.3 |
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Net working capital is the sum of i) receivables, net, ii) inventories, net, and iii) prepaid expenses; less iv) accounts payable, trade, v) billings in excess of sales, vi) advances from customers, vii) non-trade payables, and viii) accrued expenses and deferred income.
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 estimate the impact of annualizing revenues of certain acquisitions which were completed in the same trailing twelve month period.
Net working capital as a percentage of revenues is calculated as Net working capital divided by Adjusted revenues for the trailing twelve months.
| September 30, | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | 2013 | 2012 | |||
| Net working capital: | |||||
| Receivables, net | 12,632 | 11,626 | |||
| Inventories, net | 6,634 | 6,659 | |||
| Prepaid expenses | 330 | 322 | |||
| Accounts payable, trade | (5,103) | (4,697) | |||
| Billings in excess of sales | (1,746) | (1,924) | |||
| Advances from customers | (1,770) | (1,795) | |||
| Non-trade payables(1) | (1,371) | (1,390) | |||
| Accrued expenses and deferred income(1) | (2,228) | (2,098) | |||
| Net working capital | 7,378 | 6,703 | |||
| Total revenues for the three months ended: | |||||
| September 30, 2013 / 2012 | 10,535 | 9,745 | |||
| June 30, 2013 / 2012 | 10,225 | 9,663 |
March 31, 2013 / 2012 9,715 8,907 December 31, 2012 / 2011 11,021 10,571 Adjustment to annualize revenues of certain acquisitions(2) Adjusted revenues for the trailing twelve months 41,496 40,405
(1) Amount is included within Other current liabilities at September 30, 2013. (2) Thomas & Betts, acquired in May 2012.
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Finance net is calculated as Interest and dividend income less Interest and other finance expense.
| (\$ in millions) | Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2012 | ||||
| Interest and dividend income | 50 | 55 | |||
| Interest and other finance expense | (299) | (238) | |||
| Finance net | (249) | (183) | |||
| (\$ in millions) | Three months ended September 30, | ||||
| 2013 | 2012 | ||||
| Interest and dividend income Interest and other finance expense |
15 (122) |
17 (94) |
Book-to-bill ratio is calculated as Orders received divided by Total revenues.
| (\$ in millions) | Nine months ended September 30, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Orders received | 28,893 |
| Total revenues | 30,475 |
| Book-to-bill ratio | 0.95 |
ABB Ltd and its subsidiaries (collectively, the Company) together form a leading global company in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The Company works with customers to engineer and install networks, facilities and plants with particular emphasis on enhancing efficiency, reliability and productivity for customers who generate, convert, transmit, distribute and consume energy.
The Company's Interim 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 Interim 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, 2012.
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 Interim Consolidated Financial Information. The most significant, difficult and subjective of such 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, inventories and provisions related to these contracts which will not be realized within one year that have been classified as current.
In the opinion of management, the unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Information contains all necessary adjustments to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the reported interim periods. Management considers all such adjustments to be of a normal recurring nature.
The Interim Consolidated Financial Information is presented in United States dollars (\$) unless otherwise stated. Certain amounts reported for prior periods in the Interim Consolidated Financial Information have been reclassified to conform to the current period's presentation. These changes primarily relate to current liabilities, where amounts previously reported in "Employee and other payables" and "Accrued expenses" have been reclassified to "Other provisions" and "Other current liabilities".
As of January 2013, the Company adopted two accounting standard updates regarding disclosures about amounts of certain financial and derivative instruments recognized in the statement of financial position that are either (i) offset or (ii) subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement, irrespective of whether they are offset. The scope of these updates covers derivatives (including bifurcated embedded derivatives), repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending arrangements. These updates are applicable retrospectively and did not have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.
As of January 2013, the Company adopted an accounting standard update regarding the presentation of amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income. Under the update, the Company is required to present, either in a single note or parenthetically on the face of the financial statements, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by the respective income statement line item (if the amount reclassified is required under U.S. GAAP to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the reporting period). If a component is not required to be reclassified to net income in its entirety, the Company would instead cross-reference to other U.S. GAAP required disclosures that provide additional information about the amounts. This update is applicable prospectively and resulted in the Company presenting, in a single note, significant reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (see Note 13).
In March 2013, an accounting standard update was issued regarding the release of cumulative translation adjustments of a parent when it ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that is a business within a foreign entity (for the Company, a foreign entity is an entity having a functional currency other than U.S. dollars). Under the update, the Company would recognize cumulative translation adjustments in net income when it ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets within a consolidated foreign entity and if the sale or transfer results in the complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or group of assets had resided. For foreign equity-accounted companies, a pro rata portion of the cumulative translation adjustment would be recognized in net income upon a partial sale of the equity-accounted company. This update is effective for the Company for annual and interim periods beginning January 1, 2014, and is applicable prospectively. The impact of this update on the consolidated financial statements is dependent on future transactions resulting in derecognition of foreign assets, subsidiaries or foreign equity-accounted companies completed on or after adoption.
In July 2013, an accounting standard update was issued regarding the presentation of unrecognized tax benefits when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. Under the update, the Company would present an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward, except in certain defined circumstances. This update is effective for the Company for annual and interim periods beginning January 1, 2014, and is applicable prospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this update on its consolidated financial statements.
Acquisitions were as follows:
| (\$ in millions, except number of acquired businesses)(1) | Nine months ended September 30, |
Three months ended September 30, |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | ||
| Acquisitions (net of cash acquired)(2) Aggregate excess of purchase price over fair value of net assets |
873 | 3,635 | 859 | 57 | |
| acquired(3) | 472 | 3,273 | 532 | 30 | |
| Number of acquired businesses | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
(1) Amounts for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2013, relate primarily to the acquisition of Power-One. Amounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, relate primarily to the acquisition of Thomas & Betts. For all periods presented, amounts include adjustments arising during the measurement period of acquisitions. In the nine months ended September 30, 2013, adjustments included in "Aggregate excess of purchase price over fair value of net assets acquired" amounted to \$63 million, primarily in respect of a reduction in certain deferred tax liabilities related to Thomas & Betts.
(2) Excluding changes in cost and equity investments but including \$2 million (in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2013) and \$5 million (in the nine months ended September 30, 2012) representing the fair value of replacement vested stock options issued to Power-One and Thomas & Betts employees, respectively, at the corresponding acquisition dates.
(3) Recorded as goodwill.
Acquisitions of controlling interests have been accounted for under the acquisition method and have been included in the Company's Interim Consolidated Financial Information 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 July 25, 2013, the Company acquired all outstanding shares of Power-One, Inc. (Power-One) for \$6.35 per share in cash. The resulting cash outflows for the Company amounted to \$737 million, representing \$705 million for the purchase of the shares (net of cash acquired) and \$32 million related to the cash settlement of Power-One stock options held at the acquisition date. Power-One is a provider of renewable energy and energy-efficient power conversion and power management solutions, as well as a designer and manufacturer of photovoltaic inverters.
The aggregate preliminary allocation of the purchase consideration for business acquisitions in the nine months ended September 30, 2013, is as follows:
| (\$ in millions) | Allocated amounts | Weighted-average useful life |
|---|---|---|
| Intangible assets | 245 | 9 years |
| Fixed assets | 130 | |
| Deferred tax liabilities | (168) | |
| Other assets and liabilities, net | 131 | |
| Goodwill(1) | 535 | |
| Total consideration (net of cash acquired) | 873 |
(1) The Company does not expect the majority of goodwill recognized to be deductible for income tax purposes.
On May 16, 2012, the Company acquired all outstanding shares of Thomas & Betts Corporation (Thomas & Betts) for \$72 per share in cash. The resulting cash outflows for the Company amounted to \$3,700 million, representing \$3,282 million for the purchase of the shares (net of cash acquired of \$521 million), \$94 million related to cash settlement of Thomas & Betts stock options held at acquisition date and \$324 million for the repayment of debt assumed upon acquisition. Thomas & Betts designs, manufactures and markets components used to manage the connection, distribution, transmission and reliability of electrical power in industrial, construction and utility applications. The acquisition of Thomas & Betts supports the Company's strategy of expanding its Low Voltage Products operating segment into new geographies, sectors and products, and consequently the goodwill acquired represents the future benefits associated with the expansion of market access and product scope.
The final allocation of the purchase consideration for Thomas & Betts is as follows:
| (\$ in millions) | Allocated amounts | Weighted-average useful life |
|---|---|---|
| Customer relationships | 1,169 | 18 years |
| Technology | 179 | 5 years |
| Trade names | 155 | 10 years |
| Order backlog | 12 | 7.5 months |
| Intangible assets | 1,515 | 15 years |
| Fixed assets | 458 | |
| Debt acquired | (619) | |
| Deferred tax liabilities | (971) | |
| Inventories | 300 | |
| Other assets and liabilities, net(1) | 49 | |
| Goodwill(2) | 2,649 | |
| Total consideration (net of cash acquired)(3) | 3,381 |
(1) Gross receivables from the acquisition totaled \$387 million; the fair value of which was \$344 million after rebates and allowance for estimated uncollectable receivables.
(2) Goodwill recognized is not deductible for income tax purposes.
(3) Cash acquired in the acquisition totaled \$521 million. Additional consideration included \$94 million related to the cash settlement of stock options held by Thomas & Betts employees at the acquisition date and \$5 million representing the fair value of replacement vested stock options issued to Thomas & Betts employees at the acquisition date. The fair value of these stock options was estimated using a Black-Scholes model.
The Company's Consolidated Income Statements for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012, include total revenues of \$938 million and \$625 million, respectively, related to Thomas & Betts since the date of acquisition. After acquisition-related charges, the Company's Consolidated Income Statements include a net loss of \$8 million and a net income of \$30 million, for the nine and three months ended September 2012, respectively, related to Thomas & Betts since the date of acquisition.
The unaudited pro forma financial information in the table below summarizes the combined pro forma results of the Company and Thomas & Betts for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012, as if Thomas & Betts had been acquired on January 1, 2011.
| (\$ in millions) | Nine months ended September 30, 2012 |
Three months ended September 30, 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Total revenues | 29,230 | 9,745 |
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 2,298 | 813 |
The unaudited pro forma results above include certain adjustments related to the Thomas & Betts acquisition. The table below summarizes the adjustments necessary to present the pro forma financial information of the Company and Thomas & Betts combined, as if Thomas & Betts had been acquired on January 1, 2011.
| Adjustments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Nine months ended September 30, 2012 |
Three months ended September 30, 2012 |
||
| Impact on cost of sales from additional amortization of intangible assets (excluding order backlog capitalized upon acquisition) Impact on cost of sales from amortization of order backlog capitalized |
(26) | - | ||
| upon acquisition | 8 | 6 | ||
| Impact on cost of sales from fair valuing acquired inventory | 31 | 16 | ||
| Impact on cost of sales from additional depreciation of fixed assets | (12) | - | ||
| Interest expense on Thomas & Betts debt Impact on selling, general and administrative expenses from Thomas |
5 | - | ||
| & Betts stock-option plans adjustments Impact on selling, general and administrative expenses from |
16 | - | ||
| acquisition-related costs | 56 | 2 | ||
| Impact on interest and other finance expense from bridging facility costs |
13 | - | ||
| Other | (5) | - | ||
| Income taxes | (6) | (6) | ||
| Total pro forma adjustments | 80 | 18 |
The pro forma results are for information purposes only and do not include any anticipated cost synergies or other effects of the planned integration of Thomas & Betts. Accordingly, such pro forma amounts are not necessarily indicative of the results that would have occurred had the acquisition been completed on the date indicated, nor are they indicative of the future operating results of the combined company.
Changes in total goodwill were as follows:
| (\$ in millions) | Total goodwill |
|---|---|
| Balance at January 1, 2012 | 7,269 |
| Additions during the period(1) | 2,873 |
| Measurement period adjustments related to prior year acquisitions | 22 |
| Exchange rate differences | 62 |
| Balance at December 31, 2012 | 10,226 |
| Additions during the period(2) | 535 |
| Measurement period adjustments related to prior year acquisitions | (63) |
| Exchange rate differences | (52) |
| Balance at September 30, 2013 | 10,646 |
(1) Includes primarily goodwill of \$2,723 million in respect of Thomas & Betts, acquired in May 2012, which has been allocated to the Low Voltage Products operating segment and goodwill in respect of Newave, acquired in February 2012, which has been allocated to the Discrete Automation and Motion operating segment.
(2) Includes primarily goodwill in respect of Power-One, acquired in July 2013, which has mainly been allocated to the Discrete Automation and Motion operating segment.
Cash and equivalents, marketable securities and short-term investments consisted of the following:
| September 30, 2013 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Cost basis | Gross unrealized gains |
Gross unrealized losses |
Fair value | Cash and equivalents |
Marketable securities and short-term investments |
| Cash | 2,224 | 2,224 | 2,224 | - | ||
| Time deposits | 2,073 | 2,073 | 2,072 | 1 | ||
| Other short-term investments | 12 | 12 | - | 12 | ||
| Debt securities available-for-sale: | ||||||
| – U.S. government obligations | 102 | 3 | (1) | 104 | - | 104 |
| – European government obligations | 23 | 1 | - | 24 | - | 24 |
| – Other government obligations | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| – Corporate | 74 | 4 | - | 78 | - | 78 |
| Equity securities available-for-sale | 153 | 10 | (4) | 159 | - | 159 |
| Total | 4,663 | 18 | (5) | 4,676 | 4,296 | 380 |
| December 31, 2012 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Cost basis | Gross unrealized gains |
Gross unrealized losses |
Fair value | Cash and equivalents |
Marketable securities and short-term investments |
| Cash | 2,784 | 2,784 | 2,784 | - | ||
| Time deposits | 3,993 | 3,993 | 3,963 | 30 | ||
| Other short-term investments | 15 | 15 | - | 15 | ||
| Debt securities available-for-sale: | ||||||
| – U.S. government obligations | 152 | 8 | (1) | 159 | - | 159 |
| – Other government obligations | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| – Corporate | 236 | 9 | - | 245 | 128 | 117 |
| Equity securities available-for-sale | 1,271 | 12 | (1) | 1,282 | - | 1,282 |
| Total | 8,454 | 29 | (2) | 8,481 | 6,875 | 1,606 |
Included in "Other non-current assets" are certain held-to-maturity marketable securities pledged in respect of a certain non-current deposit liability. At September 30, 2013, the amortized cost, gross unrecognized gain and fair value (based on quoted market prices) of these securities were \$103 million, \$18 million and \$121 million, respectively. At December 31, 2012, the amortized cost, gross unrecognized gain and fair value (based on quoted market prices) of these securities were \$97 million, \$27 million and \$124 million, respectively. The maturity dates of these securities range from 2014 to 2021.
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.
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 the 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 other than electricity, the Company's policies require that the 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). In certain locations where the price of electricity is hedged, up to a maximum of 90 percent of the forecasted electricity needs, depending on the length of the forecasted exposures, are hedged. Swap and futures contracts are used to manage the associated price risks of commodities.
The Company has issued bonds at fixed rates. Interest rate swaps are used to manage the interest rate risk associated with certain debt and generally 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 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | September 30, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | September 30, 2012 | ||
| Foreign exchange contracts | 19,070 | 19,724 | 19,008 | ||
| Embedded foreign exchange derivatives | 3,425 | 3,572 | 3,555 | ||
| Interest rate contracts | 3,575 | 3,983 | 3,092 |
The following table shows the notional amounts of outstanding commodity derivatives (whether designated as hedges or not), on a net basis, to reflect the Company's requirements in the various commodities:
| Type of derivative | Unit | Total notional amounts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | September 30, 2012 | ||||
| Copper swaps | metric tonnes | 44,155 | 45,222 | 38,046 | ||
| Aluminum swaps | metric tonnes | 4,750 | 5,495 | 6,308 | ||
| Nickel swaps | metric tonnes | 24 | 21 | 24 | ||
| Lead swaps | metric tonnes | 7,900 | 13,025 | 11,900 | ||
| Zinc swaps | metric tonnes | 350 | 225 | 100 | ||
| Silver swaps | ounces | 2,194,738 | 1,415,322 | 1,357,380 | ||
| Electricity futures | megawatt hours | 403,532 | 334,445 | 459,782 | ||
| Crude oil swaps | barrels | 111,918 | 135,471 | 147,820 |
At September 30, 2013, December 31, 2012, and September 30, 2012, the Company held 72 million, 67 million and 68 million cash-settled call options on ABB Ltd shares with a total fair value of \$44 million, \$26 million and \$23 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. Where such instruments are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, 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. Any ineffectiveness in the hedge relationship, or hedge component excluded from the assessment of effectiveness, is recognized in earnings during the current period.
At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" included net unrealized gains of \$29 million and \$37 million, respectively, net of tax, on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges. Of the amount at September 30, 2013, net gains of \$22 million are expected to be reclassified to earnings in the following 12 months. At September 30, 2013, the longest maturity of a derivative classified as a cash flow hedge was 69 months.
The amounts of gains or losses, net of tax, reclassified into earnings due to the discontinuance of cash flow hedge accounting and recognized in earnings due to ineffectiveness in cash flow hedge relationships were not significant in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
The pre-tax effects of derivative instruments, designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges, on "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" (OCI) and the Consolidated Income Statements were as follows:
| Nine months ended September 30, 2013 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of derivative designated as a cash flow hedge |
Gains (losses) recognized in OCI on derivatives (effective portion) |
Gains (losses) reclassified from OCI into income (effective portion) |
Gains (losses) recognized in income (ineffective portion and amount excluded from effectiveness testing) |
|||
| (\$ in millions) | Location | (\$ in millions) | Location | (\$ in millions) | ||
| Foreign exchange contracts | 25 | Total revenues | 40 | Total revenues | - | |
| Total cost of sales | (6) | Total cost of sales | - | |||
| Commodity contracts | (6) | Total cost of sales | (3) | Total cost of sales | - | |
| Cash-settled call options | 5 | SG&A expenses(1) | 3 | SG&A expenses(1) | - | |
| Total | 24 | 34 | - | |||
| Nine months ended September 30, 2012 | ||||||
| Type of derivative designated as a cash flow hedge |
Gains (losses) recognized in OCI on derivatives (effective portion) |
Gains (losses) reclassified from OCI into income (effective portion) |
Gains (losses) recognized in income (ineffective portion and amount excluded from effectiveness testing) |
|||
| (\$ in millions) | Location | (\$ in millions) | Location | (\$ in millions) | ||
| Foreign exchange contracts | 75 | Total revenues | 47 | Total revenues | - | |
| Total cost of sales | (8) | Total cost of sales | - | |||
| Commodity contracts | 9 | Total cost of sales | (2) | Total cost of sales | - | |
| Cash-settled call options | (7) | SG&A expenses(1) | (11) | SG&A expenses(1) | - | |
| Total | 77 | 26 | - | |||
| Three months ended September 30, 2013 | ||||||
| Type of derivative designated as a cash flow hedge |
Gains (losses) recognized in OCI on derivatives (effective portion) |
Gains (losses) reclassified from OCI into income (effective portion) |
Gains (losses) recognized in income (ineffective portion and amount excluded from effectiveness testing) |
|||
| (\$ in millions) | Location | (\$ in millions) | Location | (\$ in millions) | ||
| Foreign exchange contracts | 25 | Total revenues | 16 | Total revenues | - | |
| Total cost of sales | - | Total cost of sales | - | |||
| Commodity contracts | 7 | Total cost of sales | (2) | Total cost of sales | - | |
| Cash-settled call options | (2) | SG&A expenses(1) | 1 | SG&A expenses(1) | - | |
| Total | 30 | 15 | - | |||
| Three months ended September 30, 2012 | ||||||
| Type of derivative designated as a cash flow hedge |
Gains (losses) recognized in OCI on derivatives (effective portion) |
Gains (losses) reclassified from OCI into income (effective portion) |
Gains (losses) recognized in income (ineffective portion and amount excluded from effectiveness testing) |
|||
| (\$ in millions) | Location | (\$ in millions) | Location | (\$ in millions) | ||
| Foreign exchange contracts | 55 | Total revenues | 20 | Total revenues | - | |
| Total cost of sales | (6) | Total cost of sales | - |
(1) SG&A expenses represent "Selling, general and administrative expenses".
Derivative gains of \$28 million and \$16 million, both net of tax, were reclassified from "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" to earnings during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, derivative gains of \$12 million and \$10 million, both net of tax, were reclassified from "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" to earnings respectively.
Commodity contracts 7 Total cost of sales - Total cost of sales - Cash-settled call options 6 SG&A expenses(1) - SG&A expenses(1) - Total 68 14 -
To reduce its interest rate exposure arising primarily from its debt issuance activities, the Company uses 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 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". Hedge ineffectiveness of instruments designated as fair value hedges for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, was not significant.
The effect of derivative instruments, designated and qualifying as fair value hedges, on the Consolidated Income Statements was as follows:
| Nine months ended September 30, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of derivative designated as a fair value hedge |
Gains (losses) recognized in income on derivatives designated as fair value hedges |
Gains (losses) recognized in income on hedged item |
||
| Location | (\$ in millions) | Location | (\$ in millions) | |
| Interest rate contracts | Interest and other finance expense |
(16) | Interest and other finance expense |
16 |
| Nine months ended September 30, 2012 | ||||
| Type of derivative designated as a fair value hedge |
Gains (losses) recognized in income on derivatives designated as fair value hedges |
Gains (losses) recognized in income on hedged item |
||
| Location | (\$ in millions) | Location | (\$ in millions) | |
| Interest rate contracts | Interest and other finance expense |
12 | Interest and other finance expense |
(12) |
| Three months ended September 30, 2013 | ||||
| Type of derivative designated as a fair value hedge |
Gains (losses) recognized in income on derivatives designated as fair value hedges |
Gains (losses) recognized in income on hedged item |
||
| Location | (\$ in millions) | Location | (\$ in millions) | |
| Interest rate contracts | Interest and other finance expense |
24 | Interest and other finance expense |
(24) |
| Three months ended September 30, 2012 | ||||
| Type of derivative designated as a fair value hedge |
Gains (losses) recognized in income on derivatives designated as fair value hedges |
Gains (losses) recognized in income on hedged item |
||
| Location | (\$ in millions) | Location | (\$ in millions) | |
| Interest rate contracts | Interest and other finance expense |
2 | Interest and other finance expense |
(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:
| (\$ in millions) | Gains (losses) recognized in income | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of derivative | Nine months ended September 30, |
Three months ended September 30, |
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| not designated as a hedge | Location | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | |
| Foreign exchange contracts | Total revenues | (61) | 286 | 145 | 234 | |
| Total cost of sales | 50 | (198) | (20) | (113) | ||
| SG&A expenses(1) | (1) | (3) | 1 | (2) | ||
| Interest and other finance expense | 112 | (17) | 149 | 36 | ||
| Embedded foreign exchange contracts | Total revenues | 76 | (147) | 3 | (84) | |
| Total cost of sales | (1) | 29 | 8 | 19 | ||
| Commodity contracts | Total cost of sales | (46) | 24 | 21 | 27 | |
| Interest and other finance expense | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | ||
| Interest rate contracts | Interest and other finance expense | (3) | 2 | (3) | 1 | |
| Total | 127 | (23) | 304 | 120 |
(1) SG&A expenses represent "Selling, general and administrative expenses".
The fair values of derivatives included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows:
| September 30, 2013 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derivative assets | Derivative liabilities | ||||
| (\$ in millions) | Current in "Other current assets" |
Non-current in "Other non-current assets" |
Current in "Other current liabilities" |
Non-current in "Other non-current liabilities" |
|
| Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: | |||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | |
| Commodity contracts | 1 | - | 2 | - | |
| Interest rate contracts | - | 28 | - | 3 | |
| Cash-settled call options | 11 | 31 | - | - | |
| Total | 38 | 71 | 7 | 7 | |
| Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: | |||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | 299 | 48 | 110 | 26 | |
| Commodity contracts | 6 | - | 20 | 1 | |
| Cash-settled call options | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Embedded foreign exchange derivatives | 59 | 26 | 53 | 20 | |
| Total | 364 | 76 | 183 | 47 | |
| Total fair value | 402 | 147 | 190 | 54 | |
| Thereof, subject to close-out netting agreements | 311 | 87 | 117 | 27 |
| December 31, 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derivative assets | Derivative liabilities | ||||
| (\$ in millions) | Current in "Other current assets" |
Non-current in "Other non-current assets" |
Current in "Other current liabilities" |
Non-current in "Other non-current liabilities" |
|
| Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: | |||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | 34 | 20 | 14 | 6 | |
| Commodity contracts | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Interest rate contracts | 15 | 31 | - | 2 | |
| Cash-settled call options | 9 | 16 | - | - | |
| Total | 59 | 67 | 15 | 8 | |
| Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: | |||||
| Foreign exchange contracts | 204 | 62 | 84 | 20 | |
| Commodity contracts | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
| Cash-settled call options | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Embedded foreign exchange derivatives | 26 | 13 | 86 | 40 | |
| Total | 237 | 77 | 181 | 61 | |
| Total fair value | 296 | 144 | 196 | 69 | |
| Thereof, subject to close-out netting agreements | 245 | 113 | 93 | 28 |
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 September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, have been presented on a gross basis.
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 nonrecurring 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 nonrecurring 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 reliability of those inputs. The Company has categorized its financial assets and liabilities and nonfinancial 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 1: Valuation inputs consist of quoted prices in an active market for identical assets or liabilities (observable quoted prices). Assets and liabilities valued using Level 1 inputs include exchange-traded equity securities, listed derivatives which are actively traded such as commodity futures and interest rate futures, and certain actively-traded debt securities.
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:
| September 30, 2013 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total fair value |
|
| Assets | |||||
| Available-for-sale securities in "Cash and equivalents" | |||||
| Debt securities—Corporate | - | - | - | - | |
| Available-for-sale securities in "Marketable securities and short-term investments" | |||||
| Equity securities | - | 159 | - | 159 | |
| Debt securities—U.S. government obligations | 104 | - | - | 104 | |
| Debt securities—European government obligations | 24 | - | - | 24 | |
| Debt securities—Other government obligations | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Debt securities—Corporate | - | 78 | - | 78 | |
| Available-for-sale securities in "Other non-current assets" | |||||
| Equity securities | - | - | - | - | |
| Derivative assets—current in "Other current assets" | - | 402 | - | 402 | |
| Derivative assets—non-current in "Other non-current assets" | - | 147 | - | 147 | |
| Liabilities | |||||
| Derivative liabilities—current in "Other current liabilities" | 2 | 188 | - | 190 | |
| Derivative liabilities—non-current in "Other non-current liabilities" | - | 54 | - | 54 |
| December 31, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total fair value |
| Assets | ||||
| Available-for-sale securities in "Cash and equivalents" | ||||
| Debt securities—Corporate | - | 128 | - | 128 |
| Available-for-sale securities in "Marketable securities and short-term investments" | ||||
| Equity securities | 3 | 1,279 | - | 1,282 |
| Debt securities—U.S. government obligations | 159 | - | - | 159 |
| Debt securities—European government obligations | - | - | - | - |
| Debt securities—Other government obligations | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Debt securities—Corporate | - | 117 | - | 117 |
| Available-for-sale securities in "Other non-current assets" | ||||
| Equity securities | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Derivative assets—current in "Other current assets" | - | 296 | - | 296 |
| Derivative assets—non-current in "Other non-current assets" | - | 144 | - | 144 |
| Liabilities | ||||
| Derivative liabilities—current in "Other current liabilities" | 4 | 192 | - | 196 |
| Derivative liabilities—non-current in "Other non-current liabilities" | - | 69 | - | 69 |
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:
There were no significant non-recurring fair value measurements during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
The fair values of financial instruments carried on a cost basis were as follows:
| September 30, 2013 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrying | Total fair | ||||
| (\$ in millions) | value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | value |
| Assets | |||||
| Cash and equivalents (excluding available-for-sale securities with original maturities up to 3 months) |
|||||
| Cash | 2,224 | 2,224 | - | - | 2,224 |
| Time deposits | 2,072 | - | 2,072 | - | 2,072 |
| Marketable securities and short-term investments (excluding available for-sale securities) |
|||||
| Time deposits | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Other short-term investments | 12 | 12 | - | - | 12 |
| Short-term loans in "Receivables, net" | 7 | - | 7 | - | 7 |
| Other non-current assets | |||||
| Loans granted | 57 | - | 59 | - | 59 |
| Held-to-maturity securities | 103 | - | 121 | - | 121 |
| Restricted cash and cash deposits | 252 | 71 | 219 | - | 290 |
| Liabilities | |||||
| Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term debt, excluding finance lease liabilities |
541 | 166 | 375 | - | 541 |
| Long-term debt, excluding finance lease liabilities | 7,453 | 7,592 | 36 | - | 7,628 |
| Non-current deposit liabilities in "Other non-current liabilities" | 279 | - | 338 | - | 338 |
| December 31, 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrying | Total fair | ||||
| (\$ in millions) | value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | value |
| Assets | |||||
| Cash and equivalents (excluding available-for-sale securities with original maturities up to 3 months) |
|||||
| Cash | 2,784 | 2,784 | - | - | 2,784 |
| Time deposits | 3,963 | - | 3,963 | - | 3,963 |
| Marketable securities and short-term investments (excluding available for-sale securities) |
|||||
| Time deposits | 30 | - | 30 | - | 30 |
| Other short-term investments | 15 | 15 | - | - | 15 |
| Short-term loans in "Receivables, net" | 7 | - | 7 | - | 7 |
| Other non-current assets | |||||
| Loans granted | 58 | - | 59 | - | 59 |
| Held-to-maturity securities | 97 | - | 124 | - | 124 |
| Restricted cash and cash deposits | 271 | 80 | 242 | - | 322 |
| Liabilities | |||||
| Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term debt, excluding finance lease liabilities |
2,512 | 1,328 | 1,184 | - | 2,512 |
| Long-term debt, excluding finance lease liabilities | 7,449 | 7,870 | 39 | - | 7,909 |
| Non-current deposit liabilities in "Other non-current liabilities" | 283 | - | 359 | - | 359 |
The Company uses the following methods and assumptions in estimating fair values of financial instruments carried on a cost basis:
Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount. The allowance for doubtful accounts is the Company's best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in existing accounts receivable. The Company determines the allowance based on historical write-off experience and customer specific data. If an amount has not been settled within its contractual payment term then it is considered past due. The Company reviews the allowance for doubtful accounts regularly and past due balances are reviewed for collectability. Accounts receivable balances are charged off against the related allowance when the Company believes that the amount will not be recovered.
The Company has a group-wide policy on the management of credit risk. The policy includes a credit assessment methodology to assess the creditworthiness of customers and assign to those customers a risk category on a scale from "A" (lowest likelihood of loss) to "E" (highest likelihood of loss), as shown in the following table:
| Risk category: | Equivalent Standard & Poor's rating |
|---|---|
| A | AAA to AA |
| B | A+ to BBB |
| C | BB+ to BB |
| D | B+ to CCC |
| E | CC+ to D |
Third-party agencies' ratings are considered, if available. For customers where agency ratings are not available, the customer's most recent financial statements, payment history and other relevant information are considered in the assignment to a risk category. Customers are assessed at least
annually or more frequently when information on significant changes in the customer's financial position becomes known. In addition to the assignment to a risk category, a credit limit per customer is set.
Information on the credit quality of trade receivables (excluding those with a contractual maturity of one year or less) is presented below.
The gross amounts of trade receivables (excluding those with a contractual maturity of one year or less) and the related allowance for doubtful accounts, recorded in receivables, net, were as follows:
| Trade receivables (excluding those with a contractual maturity of one year or less) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | September 30, 2013 December 31, 2012 |
|||
| Recorded gross amount: | ||||
| - Individually evaluated for impairment | 408 | 335 | ||
| - Collectively evaluated for impairment | 272 | 326 | ||
| Total | 680 | 661 | ||
| Allowance for doubtful accounts: | ||||
| - From individual impairment evaluation | (40) | (42) | ||
| - From collective impairment evaluation | (11) | (11) | ||
| Total | (51) | (53) | ||
| Recorded net amount | 629 | 608 |
Changes in the trade receivables' allowance for doubtful accounts (excluding those with a contractual maturity of one year or less) were as follows:
| Nine months ended September 30, | ||
|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | 2013 | 2012 |
| Balance at January 1, | 53 | 50 |
| Reversal of allowance | (6) | (6) |
| Additions to allowance | 9 | 6 |
| Amounts written off | - | (1) |
| Exchange rate differences | (5) | (4) |
| Balance at September 30, | 51 | 45 |
| Three months ended September 30, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | 2013 | 2012 | |
| Balance at July 1, | 50 | 42 | |
| Reversal of allowance | (1) | - | |
| Additions to allowance | 4 | 2 | |
| Amounts written off | - | (1) | |
| Exchange rate differences | (2) | 2 | |
| Balance at September 30, | 51 | 45 | |
The following table shows the credit risk profile, on a gross basis, of trade receivables (excluding those with a contractual maturity of one year or less) based on the internal credit risk categories which are used as a credit quality indicator:
| Trade receivables (excluding those with a contractual maturity of one year or less) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | September 30, 2013 December 31, 2012 |
|||
| Risk category: | ||||
| A | 171 | 279 | ||
| B | 266 | 238 | ||
| C | 160 | 90 | ||
| D | 69 | 48 | ||
| E | 14 | 6 | ||
| Total gross amount | 680 | 661 |
The following table shows an aging analysis, on a gross basis, of trade receivables (excluding those with a contractual maturity of one year or less):
| September 30, 2013 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past due | |||||||
| (\$ in millions) | 0 – 30 days |
30 – 60 days |
60 – 90 days |
> 90 days and not accruing interest |
> 90 days and accruing interest |
Not due at September 30, 2013(1) |
Total |
| Trade receivables (excluding those with a contractual maturity of one year or less) |
31 | 11 | 5 | 71 | 8 | 554 | 680 |
| December 31, 2012 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past due | |||||||
| (\$ in millions) | 0 – 30 days |
30 – 60 days |
60 – 90 days |
> 90 days and not accruing interest |
> 90 days and accruing interest |
Not due at December 31, 2012(1) |
Total |
| Trade receivables (excluding those with a contractual maturity of one year or less) |
83 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 14 | 519 | 661 |
(1) Trade receivables (excluding those with a contractual maturity of one year or less) principally represent contractual retention amounts that will become due subsequent to the completion of the long-term contract.
At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, other financing receivables were not significant.
At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, the net recorded amounts of loans granted were \$57 million and \$58 million, respectively, and were included in other non-current assets (see Note 6). The related allowance for doubtful accounts was not significant at both dates. The changes in such allowance were not significant during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
The Company's total debt at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, amounted to \$8,120 million and \$10,071 million, respectively.
The Company's "Short-term debt and current maturities of long-term debt" consisted of the following:
| (\$ in millions) | September 30, 2013 | December 31, 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Short-term debt | 540 | 1,531 |
| Current maturities of long-term debt | 27 | 1,006 |
| Total | 567 | 2,537 |
Short-term debt primarily represents short-term loans from various banks and issued commercial paper.
In June 2013, the Company repaid at maturity the EUR 700 million 4.625% bonds.
The Company's long-term debt at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, amounted to \$7,553 million and \$7,534 million, respectively.
The Company is engaged in environmental clean-up activities at certain sites arising under various United States and other environmental protection laws and under certain agreements with third parties. In some cases, these environmental remediation actions are subject to legal proceedings, investigations or claims, and it is uncertain to what extent the Company is actually obligated to perform. Provisions for these unresolved matters have been set up if it is probable that the Company has incurred a liability and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. If a provision has been recognized for any of these matters the Company records an asset when it is probable that it will recover a portion of the costs expected to be incurred to settle them. Management is of the opinion, based upon information presently available, that the resolution of any such obligation and non-collection of recoverable costs would not have a further material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
The Company is involved in the remediation of environmental contamination at present or former facilities, primarily in the United States. The clean-up of these sites involves primarily soil and groundwater contamination. A significant portion of the provisions in respect of these contingencies reflects the provisions of acquired companies. A portion of one of the acquired entities' remediation liability is indemnified by a prior owner. Accordingly, an asset equal to that portion of the remediation liability is included in "Other non-current assets".
The total effect of the above environmental obligations on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets was as follows:
| (\$ in millions) | September 30, 2013 | December 31, 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental provisions included in: | ||
| Other provisions | 39 | 33 |
| Other non-current liabilities | 83 | 73 |
| 122 | 106 |
Provisions for the above estimated losses have not been discounted as the timing of payments cannot be reasonably estimated.
In January 2007, the European Commission granted the Company full immunity from fines under its leniency program for the Company's involvement in anti-competitive practices in the Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) business. The Company's GIS business remains under investigation for alleged anticompetitive practices in certain other jurisdictions, including Brazil. An informed judgment about the outcome of these investigations or the amount of potential loss or range of loss for the Company, if any, relating to these investigations cannot be made at this stage.
In October 2009, the European Commission fined the Company euro 33.75 million (equivalent to \$49 million on date of payment) for its involvement in anti-competitive practices in the power transformers business. In September 2012, the German Antitrust Authority (Bundeskartellamt) fined one of the Company's German subsidiaries euro 8.7 million (equivalent to approximately \$11 million on date of payment) for its involvement in anti-competitive practices in the German power transformers business. The Company did not appeal either decision and it paid both fines in full.
The Company's cables business is under investigation for alleged anti-competitive practices in a number of jurisdictions, including the European Union and Brazil. The Company has received the European Commission's Statement of Objections concerning its investigation into the cables business and in June 2012 participated in the related Oral Hearing before the European Commission. The Company has also received an initial summary of the Brazilian Antitrust Authority's (CADE) allegations regarding its investigation into the cables business. An informed judgment about the outcome of these investigations or the amount of potential loss or range of loss for the Company, if any, relating to these investigations cannot be made at this stage, except, with respect to the Brazilian investigation, where the Company expects an unfavorable outcome.
In May 2012, the Brazilian Antitrust Authority opened an investigation into certain power businesses of the Company, including its FACTS and power transformers business. An informed judgment about the outcome of this investigation or the amount of potential loss or range of loss for the Company, if any, relating to this investigation cannot be made at this stage.
With respect to the foregoing matters which are still ongoing, management is cooperating fully with the antitrust authorities.
In April 2005, the Company voluntarily disclosed to the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) certain suspect payments in its network management unit in the United States. Subsequently, the Company made additional voluntary disclosures to the DoJ and the SEC regarding suspect payments made by other Company subsidiaries in a number of countries in the Middle East, Asia, South America and Europe (including to an employee of an Italian power generation company) as well as by its former Lummus business. These payments were discovered by the Company as a result of the Company's internal audit program and compliance reviews.
In September 2010, the Company reached settlements with the DoJ and the SEC regarding their investigations into these matters and into suspect payments involving certain of the Company's subsidiaries in the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program. In connection with these settlements, the Company agreed to make payments to the DoJ and SEC totaling \$58 million, which were settled in the fourth quarter of 2010. One subsidiary of the Company pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and one count of violating those provisions. The Company entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and settled civil charges brought by the SEC. These settlements resolved the foregoing investigations. In lieu of an external compliance monitor, the DoJ and SEC have agreed to allow the Company to report on its continuing compliance efforts and the results of the review of its internal processes through September 2013. Further to the Fraud Section of the DoJ determining that the Company has fully complied with all its obligations under the deferred prosecution agreement, on October 1, 2013, the competent court in the U.S. agreed to dismiss all criminal charges against the Company in relation to these matters.
In addition, 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 various legal proceedings, investigations,
and claims that have not yet been resolved. With respect to the above-mentioned regulatory matters and commercial litigation contingencies, the Company will bear the costs of the continuing investigations and any related legal proceedings.
At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, the Company had aggregate liabilities of \$210 million and \$211 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 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 material adverse outcomes beyond the amounts accrued.
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 results. 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.
| Maximum potential payments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | September 30, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | ||
| Performance guarantees | 148 | 149 | ||
| Financial guarantees | 78 | 83 | ||
| Indemnification guarantees | 50 | 190 | ||
| Total | 276 | 422 |
In respect of the above guarantees, the carrying amounts of liabilities at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, were not significant.
Performance guarantees represent obligations where the Company guarantees the performance of a third party's product or service according to the terms of a contract. 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. Performance guarantees include surety bonds, advance payment guarantees and standby letters of credit. The significant performance guarantees are described below.
The Company retained obligations for guarantees related to the Power Generation business contributed in mid-1999 to the former ABB Alstom Power NV joint venture (Alstom Power NV). The guarantees primarily consist of performance guarantees and other miscellaneous guarantees under certain contracts such as indemnification for personal injuries and property damages, taxes and compliance with labor laws, environmental laws and patents. The guarantees are related to projects which are expected to be completed by 2013 but in some cases have no definite expiration date. In May 2000, the Company sold its interest in Alstom Power NV to Alstom SA (Alstom). As a result, Alstom and its subsidiaries have primary responsibility for performing the obligations that are the subject of the guarantees. Further, Alstom, the parent company and Alstom Power NV, have undertaken jointly and severally to fully indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any claims arising under such guarantees. Management's best estimate of the total maximum potential amount payable of quantifiable guarantees issued by the Company on behalf of its former Power Generation business was \$65 million and \$78 million at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively, and is subject to foreign exchange fluctuations. The Company has not experienced any losses related to guarantees issued on behalf of the former Power Generation business.
The Company is engaged in executing a number of projects as a member of consortia that include third parties. In certain of these cases, the Company guarantees not only its own performance but also the work of third parties. The original maturity dates of these guarantees range from one to six years. At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, the maximum potential amount payable under these guarantees as a result of third-party non-performance was \$69 million and \$57 million, respectively.
Financial guarantees represent irrevocable assurances that the Company will make payment to a beneficiary in the event that a third party fails to fulfill its financial obligations and the beneficiary under the guarantee incurs a loss due to that failure.
At September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, the Company had a maximum potential amount payable of \$78 million and \$83 million, respectively, under financial guarantees outstanding. Of these amounts, \$15 million and \$19 million, respectively, was in respect of guarantees issued on behalf of companies in which the Company formerly had or has an equity interest. The guarantees outstanding have various maturity dates up to 2020.
The Company has indemnified certain purchasers of divested businesses for potential claims arising from the operations of the divested businesses. To the extent the maximum potential loss related to such indemnifications could not be calculated, no amounts have been included under maximum potential payments in the table above. Indemnifications for which maximum potential losses could not be calculated include indemnifications for legal claims. The significant indemnification guarantees for which maximum potential losses could be calculated are described below.
The Company issued, to the purchasers of Lummus Global, guarantees related to assets and liabilities divested in 2007. The maximum potential amount payable relating to this business, pursuant to the sales agreement, at each of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, was \$50 million.
The Company issued, to the purchasers of its interest in Jorf Lasfar Energy Company S.C.A., guarantees related to assets and liabilities divested in 2007. The maximum potential amount payable under such guarantees was \$140 million at December 31, 2012. During the second quarter of 2013, a settlement agreement was reached and the Company has no further obligations with respect to these guarantees at September 30, 2013.
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) | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Balance at January 1, | 1,291 | 1,324 |
| Warranties assumed through acquisitions | 104 | 4 |
| Claims paid in cash or in kind | (182) | (158) |
| Net increase in provision for changes in estimates, warranties issued and warranties expired | 134 | 72 |
| Exchange rate differences | (1) | 20 |
| Balance at September 30, | 1,346 | 1,262 |
The Company operates defined benefit and 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 employeerelated 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. The Company also has several pension plans that are not required to be funded by 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:
| Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | |
| (\$ in millions) | Defined pension benefits |
Other postretirement benefits |
||
| Service cost | 188 | 171 | 1 | 1 |
| Interest cost | 281 | 294 | 7 | 9 |
| Expected return on plan assets | (361) | (369) | - | - |
| Amortization of prior service cost | 26 | 31 | (7) | (7) |
| Amortization of net actuarial loss | 93 | 62 | 3 | 3 |
| Net periodic benefit cost | 227 | 189 | 4 | 6 |
| Three months ended September 30, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | |
| (\$ in millions) | Defined pension benefits |
Other postretirement benefits |
||
| Service cost | 64 | 62 | - | - |
| Interest cost | 97 | 107 | 3 | 4 |
| Expected return on plan assets | (124) | (134) | - | - |
| Amortization of prior service cost | 10 | 11 | (3) | (3) |
| Amortization of net actuarial loss | 30 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| Net periodic benefit cost | 77 | 67 | 1 | 2 |
Employer contributions were as follows:
| Nine months ended September 30, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | |
| (\$ in millions) | Defined pension benefits |
Other postretirement benefits |
||
| Total contributions to defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans |
316 | 249 | 11 | 13 |
| Of which, discretionary contributions to defined benefit pension plans |
139 | 58 | - | - |
| Three months ended September 30, | ||||
| 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | |
| (\$ in millions) | Defined pension benefits |
Other postretirement benefits |
||
| Total contributions to defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans |
193 | 78 | 4 | 4 |
| Of which, discretionary contributions to defined benefit pension plans |
139 | 19 | - | - |
During the nine and three months ended September 30, 2013, the Company contributed available-forsale debt securities having a fair value at the contribution date of \$135 million to one of the Company's pension plans in Germany.
The Company expects to make contributions totaling approximately \$456 million and \$20 million to its defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans, respectively, for the full year 2013.
At the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in April 2013, shareholders approved the payment of a dividend of 0.68 Swiss francs per share. The dividend was paid in May 2013 and amounted to \$1,667 million.
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.
| Nine months ended September 30, |
Three months ended September 30, |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, except per share data in \$) | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 |
| Amounts attributable to ABB shareholders: | ||||
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 2,277 | 2,096 | 838 | 760 |
| Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax | (15) | 4 | (3) | (1) |
| Net income | 2,262 | 2,100 | 835 | 759 |
| Weighted-average number of shares outstanding (in millions) | 2,296 | 2,293 | 2,297 | 2,293 |
| Basic earnings per share attributable to ABB shareholders: | ||||
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 0.99 | 0.91 | 0.36 | 0.33 |
| Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax | - | 0.01 | - | - |
| Net income | 0.99 | 0.92 | 0.36 | 0.33 |
| Nine months ended September 30, |
Three months ended September 30, |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions, except per share data in \$) | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 |
| Amounts attributable to ABB shareholders: | ||||
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 2,277 | 2,096 | 838 | 760 |
| Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax | (15) | 4 | (3) | (1) |
| Net income | 2,262 | 2,100 | 835 | 759 |
| Weighted-average number of shares outstanding (in millions) Effect of dilutive securities: |
2,296 | 2,293 | 2,297 | 2,293 |
| Call options and shares | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Dilutive weighted-average number of shares outstanding | 2,303 | 2,295 | 2,305 | 2,295 |
| Diluted earnings per share attributable to ABB shareholders: | ||||
| Income from continuing operations, net of tax | 0.99 | 0.91 | 0.36 | 0.33 |
| Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax | (0.01) | 0.01 | - | - |
| Net income | 0.98 | 0.92 | 0.36 | 0.33 |
The following table shows changes in "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" (OCI) attributable to ABB, by component, net of tax:
| (\$ in millions) | Foreign currency translation adjustments |
Unrealized gains (losses) on available for-sale securities |
Pension and other postretirement plan adjustments |
Unrealized gains (losses) of cash flow hedge derivatives |
Total OCI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance at January 1, 2013 | (580) | 24 | (2,004) | 37 | (2,523) |
| Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications Amounts reclassified from OCI |
(23) - |
(3) (12) |
(16) 82 |
20 (28) |
(22) 42 |
| Total other comprehensive (loss) income | (23) | (15) | 66 | (8) | 20 |
| Less: Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests |
(11) | - | 1 | - | (10) |
| Balance at September 30, 2013 | (592) | 9 | (1,939) | 29 | (2,493) |
The following table shows details of amounts reclassified out of OCI in respect of Pension and other postretirement plan adjustments:
| (\$ in millions) Details about OCI components |
Location of (gains) losses reclassified from OCI |
Nine months ended September 30, 2013 |
Three months ended September 30, 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pension and other postretirement plan adjustments: | |||
| Amortization of prior service costs | Net periodic benefit cost(1) | 19 | 7 |
| Amortization of net actuarial losses | Net periodic benefit cost(1) | 96 | 31 |
| Total before tax | 115 | 38 | |
| Tax | Provision for taxes | (33) | (10) |
| Amounts reclassified from OCI | 82 | 28 |
(1) These components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost (see Note 10).
The amounts in respect of Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and Unrealized gains (losses) of cash flow hedge derivatives are not significant for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2013.
The Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM) is the Company's Executive Committee. The CODM allocates resources to and assesses the performance of each operating segment using the information outlined below. The Company's operating segments consist of Discrete Automation and Motion, Low Voltage Products, Process Automation, Power Products and Power Systems. 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:
The Company evaluates the profitability of its segments based on Operational EBITDA, which represents income from operations excluding depreciation and amortization, restructuring and restructuring-related expenses, and acquisition-related expenses and certain non-operational items, as well as foreign exchange/commodity timing differences in income from operations consisting of: (i) unrealized gains and losses on derivatives (foreign exchange, commodities, embedded 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/payables (and related assets/liabilities).
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 EBITDA. 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 segment revenues, Operational EBITDA, and the reconciliations of consolidated Operational EBITDA to income from continuing operations before taxes for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, as well as total assets at September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012.
| Nine months ended September 30, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Third-party revenues |
Intersegment revenues |
Total revenues |
|
| Discrete Automation and Motion | 6,493 | 735 | 7,228 | |
| Low Voltage Products | 5,428 | 279 | 5,707 | |
| Process Automation | 6,080 | 156 | 6,236 | |
| Power Products | 6,550 | 1,412 | 7,962 | |
| Power Systems | 5,809 | 266 | 6,075 | |
| Corporate and Other | 115 | 1,170 | 1,285 | |
| Intersegment elimination | - | (4,018) | (4,018) | |
| Consolidated | 30,475 | - | 30,475 |
| Nine months ended September 30, 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Third-party revenues |
Intersegment revenues |
Total revenues |
||
| Discrete Automation and Motion | 6,274 | 642 | 6,916 | ||
| Low Voltage Products | 4,409 | 259 | 4,668 | ||
| Process Automation | 5,773 | 153 | 5,926 | ||
| Power Products | 6,426 | 1,223 | 7,649 | ||
| Power Systems | 5,387 | 193 | 5,580 | ||
| Corporate and Other | 46 | 1,108 | 1,154 | ||
| Intersegment elimination | - | (3,578) | (3,578) | ||
| Consolidated | 28,315 | - | 28,315 |
| Three months ended September 30, 2013 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Third-party revenues |
Intersegment revenues |
Total revenues |
||
| Discrete Automation and Motion | 2,286 | 253 | 2,539 | ||
| Low Voltage Products | 1,910 | 91 | 2,001 | ||
| Process Automation | 2,082 | 46 | 2,128 | ||
| Power Products | 2,229 | 463 | 2,692 | ||
| Power Systems | 1,972 | 90 | 2,062 | ||
| Corporate and Other | 56 | 388 | 444 | ||
| Intersegment elimination | - | (1,331) | (1,331) | ||
| Consolidated | 10,535 | - | 10,535 |
| Three months ended September 30, 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | Third-party revenues |
Intersegment revenues |
Total revenues |
||
| Discrete Automation and Motion | 2,097 | 209 | 2,306 | ||
| Low Voltage Products | 1,796 | 84 | 1,880 | ||
| Process Automation | 1,856 | 48 | 1,904 | ||
| Power Products | 2,142 | 384 | 2,526 | ||
| Power Systems | 1,831 | 70 | 1,901 | ||
| Corporate and Other | 23 | 360 | 383 | ||
| Intersegment elimination | - | (1,155) | (1,155) | ||
| Consolidated | 9,745 | - | 9,745 |
| Nine months ended September 30, |
Three months ended September 30, |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | 2012 |
| Operational EBITDA: | ||||
| Discrete Automation and Motion | 1,320 | 1,300 | 476 | 437 |
| Low Voltage Products | 1,082 | 849 | 395 | 366 |
| Process Automation | 800 | 744 | 289 | 233 |
| Power Products | 1,170 | 1,124 | 389 | 374 |
| Power Systems | 469 | 345 | 141 | 109 |
| Corporate and Other and Intersegment elimination | (184) | (180) | (52) | (36) |
| Consolidated Operational EBITDA | 4,657 | 4,182 | 1,638 | 1,483 |
| Depreciation and amortization | (966) | (841) | (327) | (307) |
| Restructuring and restructuring-related expenses | (94) | (55) | (40) | (21) |
| Acquisition-related expenses and certain non-operational items Foreign exchange/commodity timing differences in income from operations: |
(92) | (120) | (60) | (49) |
| Unrealized gains and losses on derivatives (foreign exchange, commodities, embedded derivatives) Realized gains and losses on derivatives where the underlying |
67 | 125 | 144 | 109 |
| hedged transaction has not yet been realized Unrealized foreign exchange movements on receivables/payables |
(6) | (50) | 5 | (24) |
| (and related assets/liabilities) | (2) | (46) | (36) | (45) |
| Income from operations | 3,564 | 3,195 | 1,324 | 1,146 |
| Interest and dividend income | 50 | 55 | 15 | 17 |
| Interest and other finance expense | (299) | (238) | (122) | (94) |
| Income from continuing operations before taxes | 3,315 | 3,012 | 1,217 | 1,069 |
| Total assets(1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ in millions) | September 30, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | |
| Discrete Automation and Motion | 10,970 | 9,416 | |
| Low Voltage Products | 9,570 | 9,534 | |
| Process Automation | 4,496 | 4,847 | |
| Power Products | 7,897 | 7,701 | |
| Power Systems | 8,091 | 8,083 | |
| Corporate and Other | 6,402 | 9,489 | |
| Consolidated | 47,426 | 49,070 |
(1) Total assets are after intersegment eliminations and therefore refer to third-party assets only.
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