SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 


 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  January 28, 2016

 

Oshkosh Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Wisconsin

 

1-31371

 

39-0520270

(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File
Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

P.O. Box 2566, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54903

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(920) 235-9151

(Registrant’s telephone number)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 2.02.                                        Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On January 28, 2016, Oshkosh Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing its earnings for its first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015. A copy of such press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

On January 28, 2016, the Company is holding a conference call in connection with the Company’s announcement of its earnings for its first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015. An audio replay of such conference call and the related question and answer session along with a slide presentation utilized during the call will be available for at least twelve months on the Company’s website at www.oshkoshcorporation.com.

 

The information, including, without limitation, all forward-looking statements, contained in the Press Release and related slide presentation on the Company’s website (the “Slide Presentation”) or provided in the conference call and related question and answer session speaks only as of January 28, 2016. The Company assumes no obligation, and disclaims any obligation, to update information contained in the Press Release and the Slide Presentation or provided in the conference call and related question and answer session. Investors should be aware that the Company may not update such information until the Company’s next quarterly earnings conference call, if at all.

 

The Press Release and the Slide Presentation contain, and representatives of the Company may make during the conference call and the related question and answer session, statements that the Company believes to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in the Press Release and the Slide Presentation or made during the conference call and related question and answer session, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company’s future financial position, business strategy, targets, projected sales, costs, earnings, capital expenditures, debt levels and cash flows, plans and objectives of management for future operations, and compliance with credit agreement covenants are forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “should,” “project” or “plan,” or the negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology. The Company cannot provide any assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations include, without limitation, those set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” below. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

 

In this Current Report on Form 8-K, “we,” “us” or “our” refers to Oshkosh Corporation.

 

RISK FACTORS

 

Certain of our markets are highly cyclical. Declines in these markets could have a material adverse effect on our operating performance.

 

The high levels of sales in our defense segment between fiscal 2002 and 2013 were due in significant part to demand for defense tactical wheeled vehicles, replacement parts and services (including armoring) and vehicle remanufacturing arising from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Events such as these are unplanned, as is the demand for our products that arises out of such events. Virtually all U.S. troops were withdrawn from Iraq during 2011 and from Afghanistan during 2014. These troop redeployments resulted in significant reductions in the level of defense funding allocated to support U.S. military involvement in those conflicts. In addition, current economic and political conditions continue to put significant pressure on the U.S. federal budget, including the defense budget. Current and projected U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) budgets have significantly lower funding for our vehicles than we experienced during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. The DoD could also seek to reprogram certain funds originally planned for the purchase of vehicles manufactured by us under the current defense budget allocations. In addition, the Budget Control Act of 2011 contained an automatic sequestration feature that may require additional cuts to defense spending through fiscal 2023 if the budget caps within the agreement are exceeded. The two-year U.S. federal budget agreement signed by the President in December 2015 removed the threat of sequestration in fiscal 2016 and 2017, but absent future budget agreements, the full effect of sequestration

 

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could return in the U.S. federal government’s fiscal 2018 budget.  The magnitude of the adverse impact that federal budget pressures will have on funding for Oshkosh defense programs is unknown. Furthermore, our defense business may fluctuate significantly from time to time as a result of the start and completion of existing and new domestic and international contract awards that we may receive.

 

The access equipment market is highly cyclical and impacted (i) by the strength of economies in general, (ii) by residential and non-residential construction spending, (iii) by the ability of rental companies to obtain third-party financing to purchase revenue generating assets, (iv) by capital expenditures of rental companies in general, including the rate at which they replace aged rental equipment, which is impacted in part by historical purchase levels, including lower levels of purchasing during the Great Recession, which the Company believes is contributing to a slowdown in access equipment sales, (v) by the timing of engine emission standards changes, and (vi) by other factors, including oil and gas related activity.  The ready-mix concrete market that we serve is highly cyclical and impacted by the strength of the economy generally, by the number of housing starts and by other factors that may have an effect on the level of concrete placement activity, either regionally or nationally, including the impact of federal legislation, such as the recently-enacted $325 billion, six-year Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015, which is also known as the 2015 Federal Highway Bill. Refuse collection vehicle markets are also cyclical and impacted by the strength of economies in general, by municipal tax receipts and by the size and timing of capital expenditures by large waste haulers. Fire & emergency markets are cyclical later in an economic downturn and are impacted by the economy generally and by municipal tax receipts and capital expenditures.

 

The global economic recovery has progressed at a slow pace, which has negatively impacted sales volumes for our access equipment, commercial and fire & emergency products as compared to historical levels. Lower U.S. and European housing starts and non-residential construction spending compared to historical levels is limiting potential sales volume increases in the access equipment and commercial segments. In addition, lower U.S. housing starts versus historical levels since fiscal 2008 have also adversely impacted municipal tax revenue, which continues to negatively impact demand for refuse collection vehicles and fire apparatus and delayed the recovery in these markets. While demand in our access equipment markets has rebounded from historical lows that we experienced during the Great Recession, such demand is dependent on global economies and may not be sustainable. During the second half of fiscal 2015 and the first quarter of fiscal 2016, we experienced a slowdown in access equipment and concrete mixer orders and purchases due to severe weather and rains during our second and third quarters of fiscal 2015 and the impact of lower oil and gas prices on access equipment rental utilization.  We believe this slowdown will continue for the remainder of fiscal 2016.  A lack of sustained improvement in residential and non-residential construction spending generally may result in our inability to achieve our sales expectations or cause future weakness in demand for our products. We currently believe construction-driven demand will not be adequate to fully offset anticipated reduced access equipment replacement demand resulting from very low industry purchases in 2009 and 2010 leading to an expected 13% to 18% sales decline in our access equipment segment in fiscal 2016.  Despite U.S. construction  growth over the past year and an aged installed base, access equipment and concrete mixer customers have adopted a cautious approach to fleet replacement/expansion, generally wanting to confirm that the construction market in the U.S. gets off to a good start in 2016 before fully committing to their desired equipment purchasing plans.  All of these factors, whether taken together or individually, could result in lower demand for our products. We cannot provide any assurance that the slow economic recovery will not progress even more slowly than what we or the market expect. If the global economic recovery progresses more slowly than what we or the market expect, then there could be a material adverse effect on our net sales, financial condition, profitability and/or cash flows.

 

Concrete mixer and access equipment sales also are seasonal with the majority of such sales occurring in the spring and summer months, which constitute the traditional construction season in the Northern hemisphere. The timing of orders for the traditional construction season in the Northern hemisphere can be impacted by weather conditions.

 

We may not be able to execute on our MOVE strategy.

 

We previously announced a roadmap, our MOVE strategy, to deliver long-term growth and earnings for our shareholders. We expect to continue pursuing our MOVE strategy in fiscal 2016 and beyond.  The long-term growth and earnings that we expect to achieve as a result of our MOVE strategy are based on certain assumptions we have

 

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made, which assumptions may prove to be incorrect. We cannot provide any assurance we will be able to successfully execute our MOVE strategy, which is subject to a variety of risks, including the following:

 

·                         A lower or slower than expected recovery in housing starts and non-residential construction spending in the U.S., including a scenario where lower oil and gas industry activity as a result of lower oil and gas prices leads to a broader slowdown in residential and non-residential construction activity;

 

·                         A slower or less significant recovery in any of our global markets than we expect, especially in the access equipment markets in Europe, Australia and Latin America and the concrete mixer and refuse collection vehicle markets in North America where the recovery has been slower than expected;

 

·                         Greater than expected declines in DoD tactical wheeled vehicle spending;

 

·                         The potential that the lawsuit filed by a competitor against the government on the U.S. Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (“JLTV”) contract, which was awarded to us in August 2015, will be successful, which could result in the DoD revoking part or all of the JLTV contract, or that a decision regarding the lawsuit will be delayed, potentially resulting in funding for the JLTV program being reduced or moved out to subsequent years;

 

·                         Adverse impacts of a continued strong U.S. dollar compared to other currencies globally on the competitiveness of our U.S. exports to global markets and on the translation of foreign operating results into U.S. dollars;

 

·                         Our inability to design new products that meet our customers’ requirements and bring them to market;

 

·                         Our inability to adjust our cost structure in response to lower access equipment and concrete mixer sales;

 

·                         Higher costs than anticipated to launch new products or delays in new product launches;

 

·                         Greater than expected pressure on municipal budgets;

 

·                         Our inability to raise prices to offset cost increases or increase margins;

 

·                         The possibility that commodity cost escalations could erode profits;

 

·                         Low cost competitors aggressively entering one or more of our markets with significantly lower pricing;

 

·                         Primary competitors vying for share gains through aggressive price competition;

 

·                         Our inability to obtain and retain adequate resources to support production ramp-ups, including management personnel;

 

·                         The inability of our supply base to keep pace with the economic recovery;

 

·                         Our failure to realize product, process and overhead cost reduction targets;

 

·                         Slow adoption of our products in emerging markets and/or our inability to successfully execute our emerging market growth strategy; and

 

·                         Not being awarded key large international defense tactical wheeled vehicle contracts, including the contract for a significant quantity of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected-All Terrain Vehicles (“M-ATVs”), that we have been pursuing for some time.  Further, we have made commitments to purchase materials and components based on the expectation that we would receive that contract.  If we do not receive the contract, then we will record charges for excess or obsolete inventory to the extent we are unable to find alternate uses for the materials and components and cannot otherwise realize value for them.

 

Our dependency on contracts with U.S. and foreign government agencies subjects us to a variety of risks that could materially reduce our revenues or profits.

 

We are dependent on U.S. and foreign government contracts for a substantial portion of our business. Approximately 15% of our sales in fiscal 2015 were to the DoD. That business is subject to the following risks, among others, that could have a material adverse effect on our operating performance:

 

·                         Our business is susceptible to changes in the U.S. defense budget, which changes may reduce revenues that we expect from our defense business, especially in light of federal budget pressures in part caused by U.S.

 

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economic weakness, the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, sequestration and the level of defense funding that will be allocated to the DoD’s tactical wheeled vehicle strategy generally.

 

·                         The U.S. government may not budget for or appropriate funding that we expect for our U.S. government contracts, which may prevent us from realizing revenues under current contracts or receiving additional orders that we anticipate we will receive. Current and projected DoD budgets include significantly lower funding for our vehicles than we experienced during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.

 

·                         The funding of U.S. government programs is subject to an annual congressional budget authorization and appropriation process. In years when the U.S. government has not completed its budget process before the end of its fiscal year, government operations are typically funded pursuant to a “continuing resolution,” which allows federal government agencies to operate at spending levels approved in the previous budget cycle, but does not authorize new spending initiatives.  When the U.S. government operates under a continuing resolution, delays can occur in the procurement of the products, services and solutions that we provide and may result in new initiatives being delayed or cancelled, or funds could be reprogrammed away from our programs to pay for higher priority operational needs. In years when the U.S. government fails to complete its budget process or to provide for a continuing resolution, a federal government shutdown may result, similar to that which occurred in October 2013.  This could in turn result in the delay or cancellation of key programs, which could have a negative effect on our cash flows and adversely affect our future results. In addition, payments to contractors for services performed during a federal government shutdown may be delayed, which would have a negative effect on our cash flows.

 

·                         Competitions for the award of defense tactical wheeled vehicle contracts are intense, and we cannot provide any assurance that we will be successful in the defense tactical wheeled vehicle procurement competitions in which we participate.

 

·                         Certain of our government contracts for the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps could be delayed  or terminated, and all such contracts expire in the future and may not be replaced, which could reduce revenues that we expect under the contracts and negatively affect margins in our defense segment.

 

·                         The Competition in Contracting Act requires competition for U.S. defense programs in most circumstances. Competition for DoD programs that we currently have could result in the U.S. government awarding future contracts to another manufacturer or the U.S. government awarding the contracts to us at lower prices and operating margins than we experience under the current contracts. In particular, the DoD has begun a process to solicit interest from potential suppliers to manufacture the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (“FMTV”) once the Company’s current contract for the production of FMTVs expires.  In addition, the U.S. government has become more aggressive in seeking to acquire the intellectual property and design rights to our current and potential future programs to facilitate competition for manufacturing our vehicles. Sale of intellectual property and design rights to the DoD was an evaluation factor in the JLTV contract competition and may be an evaluation factor in other future U.S. government contract competitions.

 

·                         Defense tactical wheeled vehicles contract awards that we receive may be subject to protests or lawsuits by competing bidders, which protests or lawsuits, if successful, could result in the DoD revoking part or all of any defense tactical wheeled vehicles contract it awards to us and our inability to recover amounts we have expended in anticipation of initiating production under any such contract.  In particular, one of the competitors protested and subsequently filed a lawsuit against the government in the Court of Federal Claims (which is ongoing) related to the recent award of the JLTV contract to us.

 

·                         Most of our government contracts, including the JLTV contract, are fixed-price contracts with price escalation factors included for those contracts that extend beyond one year. Our actual costs on any of these contracts may exceed our projected costs, which could result in profits lower than historically realized or than we anticipate or net losses under these contracts.  Under the JLTV contract, we bear the risk of material, labor and overhead cost escalation for the full eight years of the contract, which is three to five years longer than has been the case under our other defense contracts.

 

·                         We must spend significant sums on product development and testing, bid and proposal activities and pre-contract engineering, tooling and design activities in competitions to have the opportunity to be awarded these contracts.

 

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·                         Our defense products undergo rigorous testing by the customer and are subject to highly technical requirements. Our products are inspected extensively by the DoD prior to acceptance to determine adherence to contractual technical and quality requirements. Any failure to pass these tests or to comply with these requirements could result in unanticipated retrofit and rework costs, vehicle design changes, delayed acceptance of vehicles, late or no payments under such contracts or cancellation of the contract to provide vehicles to the U.S. government.

 

·                         As a U.S. government contractor, our U.S. government contracts and systems are subject to audit and review by the Defense Contract Audit Agency and the Defense Contract Management Agency. These agencies review our performance under our U.S. government contracts, our cost structure and our compliance with laws and regulations applicable to U.S. government contractors. Systems that are subject to review include, but are not limited to, our accounting systems, estimating systems, material management systems, earned value management systems, purchasing systems and government property systems. If improper or illegal activities, errors or system inadequacies come to the attention of the U.S. government, as a result of an audit or otherwise, then we may be subject to civil and criminal penalties, contract adjustments and/or agreements to upgrade existing systems as well as administrative sanctions that may include the termination of our U.S. government contracts, forfeiture of profits, suspension of payments, fines and, under certain circumstances, suspension or debarment from future U.S. government contracts for a period of time. Whether or not illegal activities are alleged and regardless of materiality, the U.S. government also has the ability to decrease or withhold certain payments when it deems systems subject to its review to be inadequate. These laws and regulations affect how we do business with our customers and, in many instances, impose added costs on our business.

 

·                         Our defense tactical wheeled vehicle contracts are large in size and require significant personnel and production resources, and when our defense tactical wheeled vehicle customers allow such contracts to expire or significantly reduce their vehicle requirements under such contracts, we must make adjustments to personnel and production resources. The start and completion of existing and new contract awards that we may receive can cause our defense business to fluctuate significantly. During the past two years, we have completed significant reductions to our production and office workforce within our defense segment. If we are unable to effectively ramp up our workforce, our future earnings and cash flows would be adversely affected.

 

·                         In the event of component availability constraints, the U.S. government has the ability to unilaterally divert the supply of components used on multiple government programs to those programs rated most urgent (DX-rated programs). This could result in the U.S. government diverting the supply of component parts necessary for the production of vehicles under our U.S. defense contracts to other contractors.

 

·                         We periodically experience difficulties with sourcing sufficient vehicle carcasses from the U.S. military to maintain our defense tactical wheeled vehicles remanufacturing schedule, which can create uncertainty and inefficiencies for this area of our business.

 

An impairment in the carrying value of goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets could negatively affect our operating results.

 

We have a substantial amount of goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets on our balance sheet as a result of acquisitions we have completed. At December 31, 2015, approximately 90% of these intangibles were concentrated in the access equipment segment. The carrying value of goodwill represents the fair value of an acquired business in excess of identifiable assets and liabilities as of the acquisition date. The carrying value of indefinite-lived intangible assets represents the fair value of trademarks and trade names as of the acquisition date. We do not amortize goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets that we expect will contribute indefinitely to our cash flows, but instead we evaluate these assets for impairment at least annually, or more frequently if potential interim indicators exist that could result in impairment. In testing for impairment, if the carrying value of a reporting unit exceeds its current fair value as determined based on the discounted future cash flows of the reporting unit and market comparable sales and earnings multiples, the goodwill or intangible asset is considered impaired and is reduced to fair value via a non-cash charge to earnings. Events and conditions that could result in impairment include a prolonged period of global economic weakness, a further decline in economic conditions or a slow, weak economic recovery, as well as sustained declines in the price of our common stock, adverse changes in the regulatory environment, adverse changes in the market share of our products, adverse changes in interest rates, or

 

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other factors leading to reductions in the long-term sales or profitability that we expect. Determination of the fair value of a reporting unit includes developing estimates which are highly subjective and incorporate calculations that are sensitive to minor changes in underlying assumptions. Management’s assumptions change as more information becomes available. Changes in these assumptions could result in an impairment charge in the future, which could have a significant adverse impact on our reported earnings.

 

Financing costs and restrictive covenants in our current debt facilities could limit our flexibility in managing our business and increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions.

 

Our credit agreement contains financial and restrictive covenants which, among other things, require us to satisfy quarter-end financial ratios, including a leverage ratio, a senior secured leverage ratio and an interest coverage ratio. Our ability to meet the financial ratios in such covenants may be affected by a number of risks or events, including the risks described in this Current Report on Form 8-K and events beyond our control. The indentures governing our senior notes also contain restrictive covenants. Any failure by us to comply with these restrictive covenants or the financial and restrictive covenants in our credit agreement could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and debt service capability.

 

Our access to debt financing at competitive risk-based interest rates is partly a function of our credit ratings. Our current long-term credit ratings are BB+ with “stable” outlook from Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and Ba2 with “stable” outlook from Moody’s Investors Service. A downgrade to our credit ratings could increase our interest rates, could limit our access to public debt markets, could limit the institutions willing to provide us credit facilities, and could make any future credit facilities or credit facility amendments more costly and/or difficult to obtain.

 

We had $985 million of debt outstanding as of December 31, 2015, which consisted primarily of a $370 million term loan under our credit agreement maturing in March 2019, $112 million outstanding under a revolving credit facility and $500 million of senior notes, $250 million of which mature in March 2022 and $250 million of which mature in March 2025. Our ability to make required payments of principal and interest on our debt will depend on our future performance, which, to a certain extent, is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, political and other factors, some of which are beyond our control. As we discussed above, our dependency on contracts with U.S. and foreign government agencies subjects us to a variety of risks that, if realized, could materially reduce our revenues, profits and cash flows. In addition, among other risks that we face that could affect our revenues, profits and cash flows, it could take us longer than we expect to reduce inventory levels in our access equipment segment to better match our current sales outlook for that segment and the current economic uncertainty could become more severe or prolonged. Accordingly, conditions could arise that could limit our ability to generate sufficient cash flows or access borrowings to enable us to fund our liquidity needs, further limit our financial flexibility or impair our ability to obtain alternative financing sufficient to repay our debt at maturity.

 

The covenants in our credit agreement and the indentures governing our senior notes, our credit rating, our current debt levels and the current credit market conditions could have important consequences for our operations, including:

 

·                         Render us more vulnerable to general adverse economic and industry conditions in our highly cyclical markets or economies generally;

 

·                         Require us to dedicate a portion of our cash flow from operations to interest costs or required payments on debt, thereby reducing the availability of such cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, research and development, share repurchases, dividends and other general corporate activities;

 

·                         Limit our ability to obtain additional financing in the future to fund growth working capital, capital expenditures, new product development expenses and other general corporate requirements;

 

·                         Limit our ability to enter into additional foreign currency and interest rate derivative contracts;

 

·                         Make us vulnerable to increases in interest rates as our debt under our credit agreement is at variable rates;

 

·                         Limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the markets we serve;

 

·                         Place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to less leveraged competitors; and

 

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·                         Limit our ability to pursue strategic acquisitions that may become available in our markets or otherwise capitalize on business opportunities if we had additional borrowing capacity.

 

Raw material price fluctuations may adversely affect our results.

 

We purchase, directly and indirectly through component purchases, significant amounts of steel, aluminum, petroleum-based products and other raw materials annually. Steel, aluminum, fuel and other commodity prices have historically been highly volatile. It is foreseeable that costs for these items may increase in the future due to one or more of the following: a sustained economic recovery, political unrest in certain countries or a weakening U.S. dollar. Increases in commodity costs negatively impact the profitability of orders in backlog as prices on those orders are usually fixed. If we are not able to recover commodity cost increases through price increases to our customers on new orders, then such increases will have an adverse effect on our results of operations. Additionally, if commodity costs decrease and we are unable to negotiate timely component cost decreases commensurate with any decrease in commodity costs, then our higher component prices could put us at a material disadvantage as compared to our competition.

 

Furthermore, in the defense segment, we largely do business under multi-year firm, fixed-price contracts with the DoD, which typically contain annual price increases. Under the JLTV contract, we bear the risk of material, labor and overhead cost escalation for the full eight years of the contract, which is 3 to 5 years longer than has been the case under our other defense contracts.  We attempt to limit the risk related to raw material price fluctuations in the defense segment by obtaining firm pricing from suppliers at the time a contract is awarded. However, if these suppliers do not honor their contracts, then we could face margin pressure in our defense business.

 

We expect to incur costs and charges as a result of measures such as facilities and operations consolidations and workforce reductions that we expect will reduce on-going costs, and those measures also may be disruptive to our business and may not result in anticipated cost savings.

 

We have been consolidating facilities and operations in an effort to make our business more efficient and expect to continue to review our overall manufacturing footprint. We have incurred, and expect to incur in the future, additional costs and restructuring charges in connection with such consolidations, workforce reductions and other cost reduction measures that have adversely affected, and to the extent incurred in the future would adversely affect, our future earnings and cash flows. Furthermore, such actions may be disruptive to our business. This may result in production inefficiencies, product quality issues, late product deliveries or lost orders as we begin production at consolidated facilities, which would adversely impact our sales levels, operating results and operating margins. In addition, we may not realize the cost savings that we expect to realize as a result of such actions.

 

During the past two years, we have completed significant reductions to our production and office workforce in our defense segment and in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 and first and second quarters of fiscal 2016, we have executed plans for workforce reductions at our access equipment segment and corporate operations. Additional workforce reductions may be required, particularly in light of our projected sales decline in our access equipment segment. We may incur costs and restructuring charges in connection with such workforce reductions that could adversely affect our future earnings and cash flows. Furthermore, such actions may be disruptive to our business.

 

Our objective is to expand international operations and sales, the conduct of which subjects us to risks that may have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Expanding international operations and sales is a significant part of our growth strategy.  International operations and sales are subject to various risks, including political, religious and economic instability, local labor market conditions, the imposition of foreign tariffs and other trade barriers, the impact of foreign government regulations and the effects of income and withholding taxes, sporadic order patterns, governmental expropriation, uncertainties or delays in collection of accounts receivable and differences in business practices. We may incur increased costs and experience delays or disruptions in product deliveries and payments in connection with international manufacturing and sales that could cause loss of revenues and earnings. Among other things, there are additional logistical requirements associated with international sales, which increase the amount of time between the completion of vehicle production and our ability to recognize related revenue. In addition, expansion into foreign markets requires the establishment of distribution networks and may require modification of products to meet local

 

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requirements or preferences. Establishment of distribution networks or modification to the design of our products to meet local requirements and preferences may take longer or be more costly than we anticipate and could have a material adverse effect on our ability to achieve international sales growth. Some of these international sales require financing to enable potential customers to make purchases. Availability of financing to non-U.S. customers depends in part on the U.S. Export-Import Bank. If U.S. Export-Import Bank authorization financing is not secured for certain transactions, we may not be able to effectively compete for international sales against foreign competitors who are able to benefit from direct or indirect financial support from governments where they have operations.  In addition, our entry into certain markets that we wish to enter may require us to establish a joint venture. Identifying an appropriate joint venture partner and creating a joint venture could be more time consuming, more costly and more difficult than we anticipate.

 

As a result of our international operations and sales, we are subject to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and other laws that prohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign governments and their officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. Our international activities create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments in violation of the FCPA by one of our employees, consultants, sales agents or distributors, because these parties are not always subject to our control. Any violations of the FCPA could result in significant fines, criminal sanctions against us or our employees, and prohibitions on the conduct of our business, including our business with the U.S. government. We are also increasingly subject to export control regulations, including, without limitation, the United States Export Administration Regulations and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Unfavorable changes in the political, regulatory or business climate could have a material adverse effect on our net sales, financial condition, profitability and/or cash flows.

 

We may experience losses in excess of our recorded reserves for doubtful accounts, finance receivables, notes receivable and guarantees of indebtedness of others.

 

As of December 31, 2015, we had consolidated gross receivables of $827.8 million. In addition, we were a party to agreements whereby we estimate our maximum exposure to be $117.3 million under guarantees of customer indebtedness to third parties aggregating approximately $564.4 million. We evaluate the collectability of open accounts, finance receivables, notes receivable and our guarantees of indebtedness of others based on a combination of factors and establish reserves based on our estimates of potential losses. In circumstances where we believe it is probable that a specific customer will have difficulty meeting its financial obligations, a specific reserve is recorded to reduce the net recognized receivable to the amount we expect to collect, and/or we recognize a liability for a guarantee we expect to pay, taking into account any amounts that we would anticipate realizing if we are forced to repossess the equipment that supports the customer’s financial obligations to us. We also establish additional reserves based upon our perception of the quality of the current receivables, the current financial position of our customers and past collections experience. Prolonged or more severe economic weakness may result in additional requirements for specific reserves. During periods of economic weakness, the collateral underlying our guarantees of indebtedness of customers or receivables can decline sharply, thereby increasing our exposure to losses. We also face a concentration of credit risk as the access equipment segment’s ten largest debtors at December 31, 2015 represented approximately 19% of our consolidated gross receivables. Some of these customers are highly leveraged. We may incur losses in excess of our recorded reserves if the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate or the full amount of any anticipated proceeds from the sale of the collateral supporting our customers’ financial obligations is not realized. Our cash flows and overall liquidity may be materially adversely affected if any of the financial institutions that finance our customer receivables become unable or unwilling, due to unfavorable economic conditions, a weakening of our or their financial position or otherwise, to continue providing such credit.

 

A disruption or termination of the supply of parts, materials, components and final assemblies from third-party suppliers could delay sales of our vehicles and vehicle bodies.

 

We have experienced, and may in the future experience, significant disruption or termination of the supply of some of our parts, materials, components and final assemblies that we obtain from sole source suppliers or subcontractors. We may also incur a significant increase in the cost of these parts, materials, components or final assemblies. These risks are increased in a weak economic environment and when demand increases coming out of an economic downturn. Such disruptions, terminations or cost increases have resulted and could further result in manufacturing inefficiencies due to us having to wait for parts to arrive on the production line, could delay sales and could result in a material adverse effect on our net sales, financial condition, profitability and/or cash flows.

 

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Our results could be adversely affected by severe weather, natural disasters, and other events in the locations in which we or our customers or suppliers operate.

 

We have manufacturing and other operations in locations prone to severe weather and natural disasters, including earthquakes, hurricanes or tsunamis that could disrupt our operations. Our suppliers and customers also have operations in such locations. Severe weather or a natural disaster that results in a prolonged disruption to our operations, or the operations of our customers or suppliers, such as that which occurred during the second and third quarters of fiscal 2015 in the United States, could delay delivery of parts, materials or components to us or sales to our customers and could have a material adverse effect on our net sales, financial condition, profitability and/or cash flows.

 

We are subject to fluctuations in exchange rates associated with our non-U.S. operations that could adversely affect our results of operations and may significantly affect the comparability of our results between financial periods.

 

Approximately 21% of our net sales in fiscal 2015 were attributable to products sold outside of the United States, of which approximately 70% involved export sales from the United States. The majority of export sales are denominated in U.S. dollars. Sales outside the United States are typically made in the local currencies of those countries. Fluctuations in foreign currency can have an adverse impact on our sales and profits as amounts that are measured in foreign currency are translated back to U.S. dollars. We have sales of inventory denominated in U.S. dollars to certain of our subsidiaries that have functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The exchange rates between many of these currencies and the U.S. dollar have fluctuated significantly in recent years and may fluctuate significantly in the future. Such fluctuations, in particular those with respect to the Euro, the Chinese renminbi, the Canadian dollar, the Mexican peso, the Brazilian real and the Australian dollar, may have a material effect on our net sales, financial condition, profitability and/or cash flows and may significantly affect the comparability of our results between financial periods. Any appreciation in the value of the U.S. dollar in relation to the value of the local currency, as we experienced during fiscal 2015 and the first three months of fiscal 2016, will adversely affect our revenues from our foreign operations when translated into U.S. dollars. Likewise, any appreciation in the value of the U.S. dollar in relation to the value of the local currency of those countries where our products are sold will increase our costs of goods in our foreign operations, to the extent such costs are payable in U.S. dollars, and impact the competitiveness of our product offerings in international markets.

 

Disruptions or cost overruns in connection with the implementation of our global enterprise resource planning system could negatively affect our operations.

 

We are in the process of implementing a multi-year project to replace many of our existing operating and financial systems with a global enterprise resource planning system. The implementation of this system is a major undertaking, both financially and from a management and personnel perspective. Should the system not be implemented successfully and within budget, or if the system does not perform in a satisfactory manner, it could disrupt or otherwise adversely affect our operations and financial results, including our ability, among other things, to timely manufacture products for sale to our customers and to report accurate and timely financial results.

 

Changes in regulations could adversely affect our business.

 

Both our products and the operation of our manufacturing facilities are subject to statutory and regulatory requirements. These include environmental requirements applicable to manufacturing and vehicle emissions, government contracting regulations and domestic and international trade regulations. A significant change to these regulatory requirements could substantially increase manufacturing costs or impact the size or timing of demand for our products, all of which could make our business results more variable.

 

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In particular, climate change is receiving increasing attention worldwide. Many scientists, legislators and others attribute climate change to increased levels of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, which has led to significant legislative and regulatory efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Congress has previously considered and may in the future implement restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade system under which emitters would be required to buy allowances to offset emissions of greenhouse gas. In addition, several states, including states where we have manufacturing plants, are considering various greenhouse gas registration and reduction programs. Our manufacturing plants use energy, including electricity and natural gas, and certain of our plants emit amounts of greenhouse gas that may be affected by these legislative and regulatory efforts. Greenhouse gas regulation could increase the price of the electricity we purchase, increase costs for our use of natural gas, potentially restrict access to or the use of natural gas, require us to purchase allowances to offset our own emissions or result in an overall increase in our costs of raw materials, any one of which could increase our costs, reduce our competitiveness in a global economy or otherwise negatively affect our business, operations or financial results.

 

SEC disclosure requirements impose inquiry, diligence and disclosure obligations with respect to “conflict minerals,” defined as tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold, that are necessary to the functionality of a product manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, by an SEC reporting company. Certain of these minerals are used extensively in components manufactured by our suppliers (or in components incorporated by our suppliers into components supplied to us) for use in our vehicles or other products. Under the rules, an SEC reporting company must conduct a country of origin inquiry that is reasonably designed to determine whether any of the “conflict minerals” that are necessary to the functionality of a product manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, by the company originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. If any such “conflict minerals” originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo or an adjoining country, the rules require the issuer to exercise due diligence on the source of such “conflict minerals” and their chain of custody with the ultimate objective of determining whether the “conflict minerals” directly or indirectly financed or benefited armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. The issuer must then prepare and file with the SEC a report regarding its diligence efforts. Our supply chain is very complex and multifaceted. While we have no intention to use minerals sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo or adjoining countries that finance or benefit armed groups, we have incurred and expect to incur significant costs to conduct our country of origin inquiry and, if necessary, to exercise such due diligence. As mandated by DoD regulations, a significant number of our suppliers are small businesses, and those small businesses have limited or no resources to track their sources of minerals. As a result, we expect significant difficulty in determining the country of origin or the source and chain of custody for all “conflict minerals” used in our products and disclosing that our products are “conflict free” (meaning that they do not contain “conflict minerals” that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country). We may face reputational challenges if we are unable to verify the country of origin or the source and chain of custody for all “conflict minerals” used in our products or if we are unable to disclose that our products are “conflict free.” Implementation of these rules may also affect the sourcing and availability of some minerals necessary to the manufacture of our products and may affect the availability and price of “conflict minerals” capable of certification as “conflict free.” Accordingly, we may incur significant costs as a consequence of these rules, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.  Other laws or regulations impacting our supply chain, such as the UK Modern Slavery Act, may have similar consequences.

 

Disruptions within our dealer network could adversely affect our business.

 

Although we sell the majority of our products directly to the end user, we market, sell and service products through a network of independent dealers in the fire & emergency segment and in a limited number of markets for the access equipment and commercial segments. As a result, our business with respect to these products is influenced by our ability to establish and manage new and existing relationships with dealers. While we have relatively low turnover of dealers, from time to time, we or a dealer may choose to terminate the relationship as a result of difficulties that our independent dealers experience in operating their businesses due to economic conditions or other factors, or as a result of an alleged failure by us or an independent dealer to comply with the terms of our dealer agreement. We do not believe our business is dependent on any single dealer, the loss of which would have a sustained material adverse effect upon our business. However, disruption of dealer coverage within a specific state or other geographic market could cause difficulties in marketing, selling or servicing our products and have an adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition.

 

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In addition, our ability to terminate our relationship with a dealer is limited due to state dealer laws, which generally provide that a manufacturer may not terminate or refuse to renew a dealer agreement unless it has first provided the dealer with required notices. Under many state laws, dealers may protest termination notices or petition for relief from termination actions. Responding to these protests and petitions may cause us to incur costs and, in some instances, could lead to litigation resulting in lost opportunities with other dealers or lost sales opportunities, which may have an adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition.

 

Security breaches and other disruptions could compromise our information and expose us to liability, which could cause our business and reputation to suffer.

 

We use our information systems to collect and store confidential and sensitive data, including information about our business, our customers and our employees. As technology continues to evolve, we anticipate that we will collect and store even more data in the future and that our systems will increasingly use remote communication features that are sensitive to both willful and unintentional security breaches. Much of our value relative to our competitors is derived from our confidential business information, including vehicle designs, proprietary technology and trade secrets, and to the extent the confidentiality of such information is compromised, we may lose our competitive advantage and our vehicle sales may suffer.

 

We also collect, retain and use personal information, including data we gather from customers for product development and marketing purposes, and data we obtain from employees. In the event of a breach in security that allows third parties access to this personal information, we are subject to a variety of ever-changing laws on a global basis that require us to provide notification to the data owners, and that subject us to lawsuits, fines and other means of regulatory enforcement. Depending on the function involved, a breach in security may lead to customers purchasing vehicles from our competitors, subject us to lawsuits, fines and other means of regulatory enforcement or harm employee morale.

 

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Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

 

 

(a)

Not applicable.

 

 

 

 

(b)

Not applicable.

 

 

 

 

(c)

Not applicable.

 

 

 

 

(d)

Exhibits. The following exhibit is being furnished herewith:

 

 

 

 

(99.1)

Oshkosh Corporation Press Release dated January 28, 2016.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

OSHKOSH CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date: January 28, 2016

By:

/s/ David M. Sagehorn

 

 

David M. Sagehorn

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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OSHKOSH CORPORATION

 

Exhibit Index to Current Report on Form 8-K

Dated January 28, 2016

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

 

 

 

 

(99.1)

 

Oshkosh Corporation Press Release dated January 28, 2016.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

For more information, contact:

 

Financial:

Patrick Davidson

 

Vice President, Investor Relations

 

920.966.5939

 

 

Media:

John Daggett

 

Vice President, Communications

 

920.233.9247

 

OSHKOSH CORPORATION REPORTS 2016
FIRST QUARTER RESULTS

 

Restarts Work on JLTV Program

 

Lowers Fiscal 2016 EPS Estimate Range

 

Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.19 Per Share

 

OSHKOSH, WI — (January 28, 2016) — Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) today reported fiscal 2016 first quarter net income of $14.6 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, compared to $34.7 million, or $0.43 per diluted share, in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. Results for the first quarter of fiscal 2015 included a $2.1 million after-tax other postretirement benefit curtailment gain in the defense segment. Excluding this item, fiscal 2015 first quarter adjusted1 net income was $32.6 million, or $0.41 per diluted share. Comparisons are to the corresponding period of the prior year, unless otherwise noted.

 

Consolidated net sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2016 were $1.25 billion, a decrease of 7.5 percent compared to the prior year first quarter. Higher sales in the defense and fire & emergency segments were not sufficient to offset a decline in sales in the access equipment segment, and to a lesser extent, the commercial segment. On a constant currency basis, sales decreased 6.4 percent compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2015.

 

Consolidated operating income in the first quarter of fiscal 2016 was $30.3 million, or 2.4 percent of sales, compared to $65.7 million, or 4.9 percent of sales, in the prior year first quarter. Excluding the curtailment benefit described above, adjusted1 consolidated operating income in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 was $62.3 million, or 4.6 percent of sales. The decline

 


1  This press release refers to GAAP (U.S. generally accepted accounting principles) and non-GAAP financial measures. Oshkosh Corporation believes that the non-GAAP measures provide investors a useful comparison of the Company’s performance to prior period results. These non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures disclosed by other companies. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP measures can be found under the caption “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” in this press release.

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in adjusted operating income was driven by lower access equipment segment sales, offset in part by improved performance in the defense and fire & emergency segments.

 

“Our first quarter results were largely in line with our expectations,” stated Wilson R. Jones, Oshkosh Corporation president and chief executive officer. “Despite lower earnings in the first quarter compared to the prior year driven by lower access equipment segment results, we made progress on a number of fronts.

 

“The fire & emergency segment reported another quarter of improved results compared to the prior year quarter. Additionally, the fire & emergency segment reported another quarter of strong orders. Defense segment results were also up compared to the prior year quarter as this segment rebounds from the trough experienced in fiscal 2015.

 

“In mid-December, our defense segment was directed to begin work again on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (“JLTV”) program,” added Jones. “The JLTV is a next-generation, light vehicle for our nation’s armed forces. We were awarded the JLTV production contract for this program last August, but the award was protested by one of the competitors. Despite the ongoing challenge of our award by the competitor, we are confident that the U.S. Army made the right choice and expect to retain the eight-year JLTV production contract.

 

“The timing of the award of an international contract for more than 1,000 M-ATVs that we expect to receive has been slowed. We now assume that we will not receive the contract in time to recognize any sales in fiscal 2016. In addition, we are lowering our access equipment segment outlook for fiscal 2016 to reflect what we believe will be a more cautious approach to capital expenditures by rental companies than previously anticipated and a more competitive market environment, due in part to the continued strong U.S. dollar. As a result of these items, we are reducing our full-year fiscal 2016 earnings per share expectations to a range of $2.20 to $2.60.”

 

Factors affecting first quarter results for the Company’s business segments included:

 

Access Equipment — Access equipment segment sales declined 26.1 percent to $529.8 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2016. The decline in sales was primarily due to the slowdown in North American replacement demand that began last summer and lower shipments of telehandlers in North America. In the first quarter of fiscal 2015, the access equipment segment experienced a large increase in telehandler sales ahead of price increases related to Tier 4 engine emissions standards changes. A stronger U.S. dollar also negatively impacted access equipment segment sales in the current quarter by $12.6 million. On a constant currency basis, access equipment segment sales decreased 24.3 percent.

 

Access equipment segment operating income decreased 73.5 percent to $20.4 million, or 3.9 percent of sales, for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 compared to $77.2 million, or 10.8 percent of sales, in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. The decrease in operating income was primarily the result of the lower sales volume and adverse manufacturing absorption as the business significantly reduced production rates compared to the prior year quarter. Access equipment segment first quarter fiscal 2016 results also included $1.2 million of restructuring costs related to workforce reductions.

 

Defense — Defense segment sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 increased 18.1 percent to $318.0 million. The increase in sales was primarily due to the sale of international M-ATVs along with higher M-ATV reset sales to the U.S. Government, offset in part by lower sales of legacy heavy and medium tactical wheeled vehicles to the U.S. Government. Production of heavy tactical wheeled vehicles continued to ramp back up after the break in production experienced in fiscal 2015.

 

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The defense segment recorded operating income of $23.2 million, or 7.3 percent of sales, for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 compared to $9.8 million, or 3.6 percent of sales, in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. Defense segment results for the first quarter of fiscal 2015 included a $3.4 million other postretirement curtailment benefit. Excluding this item, adjusted1 operating income was $6.4 million, or 2.4 percent of sales, in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. The increase in operating income in the current quarter compared to adjusted operating income in the prior year quarter was largely due to favorable product mix and higher sales volume.

 

Fire & Emergency — Fire & emergency segment sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 increased 24.2 percent to $207.5 million. Sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2016 benefited from higher domestic fire apparatus deliveries as a result of increased production rates to meet higher demand and the delivery of a multi-unit international order. Improved operational efficiencies have allowed the fire & emergency segment to increase production rates.

 

Fire & emergency segment operating income increased 556.8 percent to $10.1 million, or 4.9 percent of sales, for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 compared to $1.5 million, or 0.9 percent of sales, in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. Higher sales volume was the largest contributor to the increase in operating income.

 

Commercial — Commercial segment sales decreased 4.7 percent to $200.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2016. The decrease in sales was primarily attributable to lower concrete mixer sales, offset in part by higher refuse collection vehicle unit volume.

 

Commercial segment operating income decreased 28.3 percent to $8.9 million, or 4.4 percent of sales, for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 compared to $12.4 million, or 5.9 percent of sales, in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. The decrease in operating income was primarily a result of the lower sales volume and unfavorable warranty experience.

 

Corporate — Corporate operating expenses decreased $3.0 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2016 to $32.3 million. The decrease in corporate operating expenses in the first quarter of fiscal 2016 was primarily due to lower incentive compensation than in the first quarter of fiscal 2015.

 

Interest Expense Net of Interest Income — Interest expense net of interest income increased $0.5 million to $14.1 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2016. The benefit of lower interest rates on the Company’s senior notes refinanced in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 was offset by increased borrowings to support increased working capital.

 

Provision for Income Taxes — The Company recorded income tax expense of $1.7 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2016, or 10.6 percent of pre-tax income, compared to $16.2 million, or 31.9 percent of pre-tax income, in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. The Company recorded $3.7 million of discrete tax benefits in the first quarter of fiscal 2016 largely related to the retroactive reinstatement of the research and development tax credit in the United States.

 

Share Repurchases — Earnings per share in the first quarter of fiscal 2016 improved $0.01 compared to the prior year first quarter as a result of share repurchases completed during the previous twelve months. The Company deployed cash of $100.1 million to repurchase 2.5 million shares in the first quarter of fiscal 2016 and $200.4 million to repurchase 4.9 million shares during fiscal 2015.

 

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Fiscal 2016 Expectations

 

As a result of a delay in the timing of receipt of an international contract in the defense segment that the Company expects to receive for more than 1,000 M-ATVs as well as an expected more cautious approach to capital expenditures in 2016 by rental companies and a more competitive market environment in the access equipment segment, the Company reduced its fiscal 2016 earnings per share estimate range from $3.00 to $3.40 to a range of $2.20 to $2.60. Likewise, the Company’s estimate of fiscal 2016 net sales has been reduced from a range of $6.2 billion to $6.5 billion to a range of $5.7 billion to $6.0 billion. The Company expects second quarter earnings per share to be meaningfully lower than the comparable prior year quarter as a result of expected lower access equipment segment sales, driven in part by strong telehandler sales in the prior year quarter related to Tier 4 engine emissions standards changes and expected continued lower year-over-year production levels in the access equipment segment.

 

Dividend Announcement

 

The Company’s Board of Directors today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per share of Common Stock. The dividend will be payable on March 1, 2016, to shareholders of record as of February 16, 2016.

 

Conference Call

 

The Company will comment on its fiscal 2016 first quarter earnings and its full-year fiscal 2016 outlook during a conference call at 9:00 a.m. EST this morning. Slides for the call will be available on the Company’s website beginning at 7:00 a.m. EST this morning. The call will be webcast simultaneously over the Internet. To access the webcast, listeners can go to www.oshkoshcorporation.com at least 15 minutes prior to the event and follow instructions for listening to the webcast. An audio replay of the call and related question and answer session will be available for 12 months at this website.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release contains statements that the Company believes to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company’s future financial position, business strategy, targets, projected sales, costs, earnings, capital expenditures, debt levels and cash flows, and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “should,” “project” or “plan” or the negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, some of which are beyond the Company’s control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include the cyclical nature of the Company’s access equipment, commercial and fire & emergency markets, which are particularly impacted by the strength of U.S. and European economies and construction seasons; the Company’s estimates of access equipment demand which, among other factors, is influenced by customer historical buying patterns and rental company fleet replacement strategies; the strength of the U.S. dollar and its impact on

 

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Company exports, translation of foreign sales and purchased materials; the expected level and timing of U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) and international defense customer procurement of products and services and funding thereof; the Company’s ability to utilize material and components which it has committed to purchase from suppliers; risks related to reductions in government expenditures in light of U.S. defense budget pressures, sequestration and an uncertain DoD tactical wheeled vehicle strategy; risks related to the Company’s future defense segment results depending upon the outcome of a competitor’s lawsuit regarding the JLTV production contract award to the Company; the Company’s ability to increase prices to raise margins or offset higher input costs; increasing commodity and other raw material costs, particularly in a sustained economic recovery; risks related to facilities expansion, consolidation and alignment, including the amounts of related costs and charges and that anticipated cost savings may not be achieved; global economic uncertainty, which could lead to additional impairment charges related to many of the Company’s intangible assets and/or a slower recovery in the Company’s cyclical businesses than Company or equity market expectations; projected adoption rates of work at height machinery in emerging markets; the impact of severe weather or natural disasters that may affect the Company, its suppliers or its customers; risks related to the collectability of receivables, particularly for those businesses with exposure to construction markets; the cost of any warranty campaigns related to the Company’s products; risks related to production or shipment delays arising from quality or production issues; risks associated with international operations and sales, including compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; the Company’s ability to comply with complex laws and regulations applicable to U.S. government contractors; cybersecurity risks and costs of defending against, mitigating and responding to a data security breach; and risks related to the Company’s ability to successfully execute on its strategic road map and meet its long-term financial goals. Additional information concerning these and other factors is contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Form 8-K filed today. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company assumes no obligation, and disclaims any obligation, to update information contained in this press release. Investors should be aware that the Company may not update such information until the Company’s next quarterly earnings conference call, if at all.

 

About Oshkosh Corporation

 

Oshkosh Corporation is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of access equipment, commercial, fire & emergency, military and specialty vehicles and vehicle bodies. Oshkosh Corporation manufactures, distributes and services products under the brands of Oshkosh®, JLG®, Pierce®, McNeilus®, Jerr-Dan®, Frontline, CON-E-CO®, London® and IMT®. Oshkosh products are valued worldwide by rental companies, concrete placement and refuse collection businesses, fire & emergency departments, municipal and airport services and defense forces, where high quality, superior performance, rugged reliability and long-term value are paramount. For more information, log on to www.oshkoshcorporation.com.

 

®, TM All brand names referred to in this news release are trademarks of Oshkosh Corporation or its subsidiary companies.

 

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OSHKOSH CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited; in millions, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net sales

 

$

1,252.0

 

$

1,353.3

 

Cost of sales

 

1,069.2

 

1,123.6

 

Gross income

 

182.8

 

229.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

139.3

 

150.5

 

Amortization of purchased intangibles

 

13.2

 

13.5

 

Total operating expenses

 

152.5

 

164.0

 

Operating income

 

30.3

 

65.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

(14.6

)

(14.4

)

Interest income

 

0.5

 

0.8

 

Miscellaneous, net

 

 

(1.3

)

Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

 

16.2

 

50.8

 

Provision for income taxes

 

1.7

 

16.2

 

Income before equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

 

14.5

 

34.6

 

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

Net income

 

$

14.6

 

$

34.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts available to common shareholders, net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

14.6

 

$

34.7

 

Allocated to participating securities

 

 

(0.1

)

Net income available to common shareholders

 

$

14.6

 

$

34.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share attributable to common shareholders:

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

0.20

 

$

0.44

 

Diluted

 

0.19

 

0.43

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic weighted-average shares outstanding

 

74,063,418

 

78,849,340

 

Dilutive stock options and other equity-based compensation awards

 

789,798

 

1,105,166

 

Participating restricted stock

 

 

(109,310

)

Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding

 

74,853,216

 

79,845,196

 

 

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OSHKOSH CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited; in millions)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2015

 

2015

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

33.7

 

$

42.9

 

Receivables, net

 

788.7

 

964.6

 

Inventories, net

 

1,295.4

 

1,301.7

 

Deferred income taxes, net

 

53.3

 

52.2

 

Other current assets

 

77.5

 

67.9

 

Total current assets

 

2,248.6

 

2,429.3

 

Investment in unconsolidated affiliates

 

15.4

 

16.2

 

Property, plant and equipment:

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

1,105.6

 

1,093.7

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

(629.5

)

(617.9

)

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

476.1

 

475.8

 

Goodwill

 

996.9

 

1,001.1

 

Purchased intangible assets, net

 

593.1

 

606.7

 

Other long-term assets

 

79.8

 

83.9

 

Total assets

 

$

4,409.9

 

$

4,613.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Revolving credit facilities and current maturities of long-term debt

 

$

135.2

 

$

83.5

 

Accounts payable

 

433.3

 

552.8

 

Customer advances

 

485.1

 

440.2

 

Payroll-related obligations

 

89.8

 

116.6

 

Other current liabilities

 

221.5

 

265.0

 

Total current liabilities

 

1,364.9

 

1,458.1

 

Long-term debt, less current maturities

 

850.0

 

855.0

 

Deferred income taxes, net

 

92.3

 

91.7

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

296.3

 

297.1

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity

 

1,806.4

 

1,911.1

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

4,409.9

 

$

4,613.0

 

 

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Oshkosh Corporation Reports Results for Fiscal 2016 First Quarter

January 28, 2016

Page 8

 

OSHKOSH CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited; in millions)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

14.6

 

$

34.7

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

31.0

 

30.5

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

5.3

 

5.0

 

Deferred income taxes

 

(1.6

)

(0.2

)

Foreign currency transaction (gains) losses

 

(4.1

)

2.4

 

Gain on sale of assets

 

(5.7

)

(0.8

)

Other non-cash adjustments

 

0.9

 

2.7

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

 

31.4

 

(126.6

)

Net cash provided (used) by operating activities

 

71.8

 

(52.3

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to property, plant and equipment

 

(21.3

)

(39.0

)

Additions to equipment held for rental

 

(15.0

)

(13.2

)

Proceeds from sale of equipment held for rental

 

18.7

 

2.6

 

Other investing activities

 

(0.6

)

(0.6

)

Net cash used by investing activities

 

(18.2

)

(50.2

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase in short-term debt

 

28.2

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of debt

 

 

 

 

 

(original maturities greater than three months)

 

153.6

 

 

Payments on debt (original maturities greater than three months)

 

(135.0

)

(5.0

)

Repurchases of common stock

 

(100.1

)

(88.1

)

Dividends paid

 

(14.1

)

(13.4

)

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

 

1.4

 

2.2

 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

 

0.8

 

4.0

 

Net cash used by financing activities

 

(65.2

)

(100.3

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

2.4

 

 

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

(9.2

)

(202.8

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

42.9

 

313.8

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

33.7

 

$

111.0

 

 

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Oshkosh Corporation Reports Results for Fiscal 2016 First Quarter

January 28, 2016

Page 9

 

OSHKOSH CORPORATION

SEGMENT INFORMATION

(Unaudited; in millions)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

December 31, 2014

 

 

 

External

 

Inter-

 

Net

 

External

 

Inter-

 

Net

 

 

 

Customers

 

segment

 

Sales

 

Customers

 

segment

 

Sales

 

Access equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerial work platforms

 

$

242.0

 

$

 

$

242.0

 

$

277.3

 

$

 

$

277.3

 

Telehandlers

 

111.8

 

 

111.8

 

290.4

 

 

290.4

 

Other

 

176.0

 

 

176.0

 

149.0

 

 

149.0

 

Total access equipment

 

529.8

 

 

529.8

 

716.7

 

 

716.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defense

 

316.9

 

1.1

 

318.0

 

269.2

 

0.1

 

269.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fire & emergency

 

205.4

 

2.1

 

207.5

 

159.5

 

7.5

 

167.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Concrete placement

 

72.3

 

 

72.3

 

86.1

 

 

86.1

 

Refuse collection

 

99.0

 

 

99.0

 

89.6

 

 

89.6

 

Other

 

28.6

 

0.4

 

29.0

 

32.2

 

2.3

 

34.5

 

Total commercial

 

199.9

 

0.4

 

200.3

 

207.9

 

2.3

 

210.2

 

Intersegment eliminations

 

 

(3.6

)

(3.6

)

 

(9.9

)

(9.9

)

Consolidated net sales

 

$

1,252.0

 

$

 

$

1,252.0

 

$

1,353.3

 

$

 

$

1,353.3

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

Operating income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

Access equipment

 

$

20.4

 

$

77.2

 

Defense

 

23.2

 

9.8

 

Fire & emergency

 

10.1

 

1.5

 

Commercial

 

8.9

 

12.4

 

Corporate

 

(32.3

)

(35.3

)

Intersegment eliminations

 

 

0.1

 

Consolidated

 

$

30.3

 

$

65.7

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

Period-end backlog:

 

 

 

 

 

Access equipment

 

$

724.5

 

$

793.3

 

Defense

 

1,239.2

 

669.8

 

Fire & emergency

 

898.4

 

699.9

 

Commercial

 

269.8

 

237.7

 

Consolidated

 

$

3,131.9

 

$

2,400.7

 

 

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Oshkosh Corporation Reports Results for Fiscal 2016 First Quarter

January 28, 2016

Page 10

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

The Company reports its financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP). The Company is presenting various operating results both on a reported basis and on a basis excluding items that affect comparability of results. When the Company uses operating results excluding certain items as described below, they are considered non-GAAP financial measures. The Company believes excluding the impact of these items is useful to investors in comparing the Company’s performance to prior period results. Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as an alternative for, the Company’s results prepared in accordance with GAAP. The table below presents a reconciliation of the Company’s presented non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures for the three months ended December 31, 2014 (in millions, except per share amounts):

 

Adjusted defense segment operating income (non-GAAP)

 

$

6.4

 

OPEB curtailment/settlement

 

3.4

 

Defense segment operating income (GAAP)

 

$

9.8

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted operating income (non-GAAP)

 

$

62.3

 

OPEB curtailment/settlement

 

3.4

 

Operating income (GAAP)

 

$

65.7

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted net income (non-GAAP)

 

$

32.6

 

OPEB curtailment/settlement, net of tax

 

2.1

 

Net income (GAAP)

 

$

34.7

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted earnings per share-diluted (non-GAAP)

 

$

0.41

 

OPEB curtailment/settlement, net of tax

 

0.02

 

Earnings per share-diluted (GAAP)

 

$

0.43

 

 

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