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UNITED STATES
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): February 7, 2024

ADIENT PLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ireland001-3775798-1328821
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)(Commission File Number)(IRS Employer Identification Number)
 3 Dublin Landings, North Wall Quay
Dublin 1, Ireland D01 H104
(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 734-254-5000

Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of classTrading symbol(s)Name of exchange on which registered
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.001ADNTNew York Stock Exchange


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrants under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐




Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 7, 2024, Adient plc (the “Company”) issued a news release announcing its financial results for the first quarter ended December 31, 2023. The news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information contained in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.Exhibit Description
99.1
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (the Cover Page Interactive Data File is embedded within the Inline XBRL document).


SIGNATURE

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

ADIENT PLC
Date: February 7, 2024By:/s/ Heather M. Tiltmann
Name:Heather M. Tiltmann
Title:
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Human Resources Officer, and Corporate Secretary


Exhibit 99.1
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Adient plc
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions, except per share data)20232022
Net sales$3,660 $3,699 
Cost of sales3,414 3,468 
Gross profit246 231 
Selling, general and administrative expenses147 138 
Restructuring and impairment costs11 7 
Equity income23 28 
Earnings before interest and income taxes111 114 
Net financing charges44 41 
Other pension expense2 9 
Income before income taxes65 64 
Income tax provision (benefit)20 31 
Net income45 33 
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests25 21 
Net income attributable to Adient$20 $12 
Diluted earnings per share$0.21 $0.13 
Shares outstanding at period end91.2 95.4 
Diluted weighted average shares93.6 95.9 


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Adient plc
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
(Unaudited)

December 31,September 30,
(in millions)20232023
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents$990 $1,110 
Accounts receivable - net
1,661 1,874 
Inventories833 841 
Other current assets590 491 
Current assets4,074 4,316 
Property, plant and equipment - net1,401 1,382 
Goodwill2,138 2,094 
Other intangible assets - net401 408 
Investments in partially-owned affiliates322 303 
Assets held for sale7 7 
Other noncurrent assets954 914 
Total assets$9,297 $9,424 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Short-term debt$144 $134 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses2,751 2,926 
Other current liabilities653 678 
Current liabilities3,548 3,738 
Long-term debt2,403 2,401 
Other noncurrent liabilities673 682 
Redeemable noncontrolling interests57 57 
Shareholders' equity attributable to Adient2,285 2,228 
Noncontrolling interests331 318 
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity$9,297 $9,424 



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Adient plc
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions)20232022
Operating Activities
Net income attributable to Adient$20 $12 
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests25 21 
Net income 45 33 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided (used) by operating activities:
Depreciation72 69 
Amortization of intangibles11 12 
Pension and postretirement benefit expense (benefit)3 9 
Pension and postretirement contributions, net(10)(3)
Equity in earnings of partially-owned affiliates, net of dividends received(6)(16)
Deferred income taxes(6)(1)
Equity-based compensation13 8 
Other— (3)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Receivables234 167 
Inventories29 22 
Other assets(81)(47)
Restructuring reserves(9)(27)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities(256)(191)
Accrued income taxes2 12 
Cash provided (used) by operating activities41 44 
Investing Activities
Capital expenditures(55)(61)
Sale of property, plant and equipment14 15 
Business acquisitions— (6)
Proceeds from business divestitures, net(3)3 
Other— (1)
Cash provided (used) by investing activities(44)(50)
Financing Activities
Increase (decrease) in short-term debt5 — 
Increase (decrease) in long-term debt— 2 
Repayment of long-term debt— (2)
Debt financing costs— (7)
Share repurchases(100)— 
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests(48)(50)
Share based compensation and other(12)(12)
Cash provided (used) by financing activities(155)(69)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents38 29 
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents$(120)$(46)

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Footnotes
1. Segment Results

Adient manages its business on a geographic basis and operates in the following three reportable segments for financial reporting purposes: 1) Americas, which is inclusive of North America and South America; 2) Europe, the Middle East and Africa ("EMEA") and 3) Asia Pacific/China ("Asia").

Adient evaluates the performance of its reportable segments using an adjusted EBITDA metric defined as income before income taxes and noncontrolling interests, excluding net financing charges, qualified restructuring and impairment costs, restructuring related-costs, net mark-to-market adjustments on pension and postretirement plans, transaction gains/losses, purchase accounting amortization, depreciation, stock-based compensation and other non-recurring items. Also, certain corporate-related costs are not allocated to the segments. The reportable segments are consistent with how management views the markets served by Adient and reflect the financial information that is reviewed by its chief operating decision maker.

Financial information relating to Adient's reportable segments is as follows:

Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions)20232022
Net Sales
Americas$1,647 $1,724 
EMEA1,268 1,182 
Asia770 821 
Eliminations(25)(28)
Total net sales$3,660 $3,699 


Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions)20232022
Adjusted EBITDA
Americas$80 $69 
EMEA45 28 
Asia114 138 
Corporate-related costs (1)
(23)(23)
Restructuring and impairment costs (2)
(11)(7)
Purchase accounting amortization (3)
(11)(12)
Restructuring related activities (4)
9 (3)
Stock based compensation (12)
(13)(8)
Depreciation(72)(69)
Other items (5)
(7)1 
Earnings before interest and income taxes$111 $114 
Net financing charges(44)(41)
Other pension income (expense)(2)(9)
Income before income taxes$65 $64 

Refer to the Footnote Addendum for footnote explanations.


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2. Earnings Per Share

The following table reconciles the numerators and denominators used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share:

Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions, except per share data)20232022
Income available to shareholders
Net income attributable to Adient$20 $12 
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic weighted average shares outstanding92.9 95.1 
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options, unvested restricted stock and unvested performance share awards0.7 0.8 
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding93.6 95.9 




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3. Non-GAAP Measures

Adjusted EBIT, Adjusted EBIT margin, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Adjusted net income attributable to Adient, Adjusted effective tax rate, Adjusted earnings per share, Adjusted equity income, Adjusted interest expense, Free cash flow, Net debt, and Net leverage ratio as well as other measures presented on an adjusted basis are not recognized terms under U.S. GAAP and do not purport to be alternatives to the most comparable U.S. GAAP amounts. Since all companies do not use identical calculations, our definition and presentation of these measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Management uses the identified non-GAAP measures to evaluate the operating performance of the Company and its business segments and to forecast future periods. Management believes these non-GAAP measures assist investors and other interested parties in evaluating Adient's on-going operations and provide important supplemental information to management and investors regarding financial and business trends relating to Adient's financial condition and results of operations. Investors should not consider these non-GAAP measures as alternatives to the related GAAP measures. Reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to their closest U.S. GAAP equivalent are presented below. Reconciliations of non-GAAP measures related to guidance for any future period have not been provided due to the unreasonable efforts it would take to provide such reconciliations.

•Adjusted EBIT is defined as income before income taxes and noncontrolling interests excluding net financing charges, restructuring, impairment and related costs, purchase accounting amortization, transaction gains/losses, other significant non-recurring items, and net mark-to-market adjustments on pension and postretirement plans. Adjusted EBIT margin is adjusted EBIT as a percentage of net sales.
•Adjusted EBITDA is defined as adjusted EBIT excluding depreciation and stock based compensation. Certain corporate-related costs are not allocated to the business segments in determining Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA margin is adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales. Adjusted EBITDA excluding adjusted equity income, each as defined herein, is also presented.
•Adjusted net income attributable to Adient is defined as net income attributable to Adient excluding restructuring, impairment and related costs, purchase accounting amortization, transaction gains/losses, expenses associated with becoming an independent company, other significant non-recurring items, net mark-to-market adjustments on pension and postretirement plans, the tax impact of these items and other discrete tax charges/benefits.
•Adjusted effective tax rate is defined as adjusted income tax provision as a percentage of adjusted income before income taxes.
•Adjusted earnings per share is defined as Adjusted net income attributable to Adient divided by diluted weighted average shares.
•Adjusted equity income is defined as equity income excluding amortization of Adient's intangible assets related to its non-consolidated joint ventures and other unusual or one-time items impacting equity income.
•Adjusted interest expense is defined as net financing charges excluding unusual or one-time items impacting interest expense.
•Free cash flow is defined as cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures.
•Net debt is calculated as gross debt (short-term and long-term) less cash and cash equivalents.
•Net leverage ratio is calculated as net debt divided by LTM Adjusted EBITDA



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Summarized Income Statement Information
(Refer to the Footnote Addendum for footnote explanations and details
of reconciling items between GAAP results and Adjusted results)

Three Months Ended December 31,
20232022
(in millions, except per share data)GAAP ResultsAdj.Adjusted ResultsGAAP ResultsAdj.Adjusted Results
Net sales$3,660 $— $3,660 $3,699 $— $3,699 
Cost of sales (6)
3,414 (1)3,413 3,468 (1)3,467 
Gross profit246 1 247 231 1 232 
Selling, general and administrative expenses (7)
147 (6)141 138 (14)124 
Restructuring and impairment costs (2)
11 (11)— 7 (7)— 
Equity income (8)
23 2 25 28 (1)27 
Earnings before interest and income taxes (EBIT)111 20 131 114 21 135 
Memo accounts:
Depreciation72 69 
Equity based compensation13 8 
Adjusted EBITDA$216 $212 
Net financing charges44 — 44 41 — 41 
Other pension expense (income)2 — 2 9 (8)1 
Income before income taxes65 20 85 64 29 93 
Income tax provision (benefit) (9)
20 9 29 31 6 37 
Net income attributable to Adient20 9 29 12 21 33 
Diluted earnings per share0.21 0.10 0.31 0.13 0.21 0.34 
Diluted weighted average shares93.6 — 93.6 95.9 — 95.9 


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Segment Performance:
Three months ended December 31, 2023
AmericasEMEAAsiaCorporate/EliminationsConsolidated
Net sales$1,647 $1,268 $770 $(25)$3,660 
Adjusted EBITDA$80 $45 $114 $(23)$216 
Adjusted EBITDA margin4.9 %3.5 %14.8 %N/A5.9 %
Three months ended December 31, 2022
AmericasEMEAAsiaCorporate/EliminationsConsolidated
Net sales$1,724 $1,182 $821 $(28)$3,699 
Adjusted EBITDA$69 $28 $138 $(23)$212 
Adjusted EBITDA margin4.0 %2.4 %16.8 %N/A5.7 %

The following table presents adjusted EBITDA excluding adjusted equity income:

Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions)20232022
Adjusted EBITDA$216 $212 
Less: Adjusted Equity Income25 27 
Adjusted EBITDA Excluding Adjusted Equity Income$191 $185 
% of Sales5.2 %5.0 %

The following table reconciles income before income taxes to adjusted income before income taxes and presents the related effective tax rate and adjusted effective tax rate:

Three months ended December 31,
20232022
(in millions, except effective tax rate)Income before income taxesTax impactEffective tax rateIncome before income taxesTax impactEffective tax rate
As reported$65 $20 30.8%$64 $31 48.4%
Adjustments (9)
20 9 45.0%29 6 20.7%
As adjusted$85 $29 34.1%$93 $37 39.8%


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The following table reconciles net income attributable to Adient to adjusted net income attributable to Adient:

Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions)20232022
Net income attributable to Adient$20 $12 
Restructuring and impairment costs (2)
11 7 
Purchase accounting amortization (3)
11 12 
Restructuring related activities (4)
(9)3 
Pension mark-to-market and curtailment/settlement (gain)/loss (11)
— 8 
Other items (5)
7 (1)
Impact of adjustments on noncontrolling interests (10)
(2)(2)
Tax impact of above adjustments and other tax items (9)
(9)(6)
Adjusted net income attributable to Adient$29 $33 

Refer to the Footnote Addendum for footnote explanations

The following table reconciles diluted earnings per share as reported to adjusted diluted earnings per share.

Three Months Ended
December 31,
20232022
Diluted earnings per share as reported$0.21 $0.13 
Restructuring and impairment costs (2)
0.12 0.07 
Purchase accounting amortization (3)
0.12 0.12 
Restructuring related activities (4)
(0.10)0.03 
Pension mark-to-market and curtailment/settlement (gain)/loss (11)
— 0.08 
Other items (5)
0.07 (0.01)
Impact of adjustments on noncontrolling interests (10)
(0.02)(0.02)
Tax impact of above adjustments and other tax items (9)
(0.09)(0.06)
Adjusted diluted earnings per share$0.31 $0.34 



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The following table presents calculations of net debt and net leverage ratio:

December 31,September 30,
(in millions)20232023
Cash$990 $1,110 
Total debt2,547 2,535 
Net debt1,557 1,425 
LTM Adjusted EBITDA$942 $938 
Net leverage ratio1.651.52

The following table reconciles cash from operating activities to free cash flow:

Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions)20232022
Operating cash flow$41 $44 
Capital expenditures(55)(61)
Free cash flow$(14)$(17)

The following table reconciles adjusted EBITDA excluding adjusted equity income to free cash flow:

Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions)20232022
Adjusted EBITDA excluding adjusted equity income$191 $185 
Dividend16 12 
Restructuring (cash)(10)(30)
Net customer tooling(17)(14)
Trade working capital (Net AR/AP + Inventory)111 46 
Accrued compensation(64)(28)
Interest paid(60)(24)
Tax refund/taxes paid(24)(20)
Non-income related taxes (VAT)(28)(19)
Commercial settlements16 (17)
Capitalized engineering(17)(25)
Prepaids(19)(24)
Other(54)2 
Operating cash flow41 44 
Capital expenditures(55)(61)
Free cash flow$(14)$(17)


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Footnote Addendum

(1) Corporate-related costs not allocated to the segments include executive office, communications, corporate development, legal and corporate finance.

(2) Reflects qualified restructuring charges for costs that are directly attributable to restructuring activities and meet the definition of restructuring under ASC 420 and one-time asset impairments, as follows:

Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions)20232022
Restructuring charges$(11)$(7)
$(11)$(7)

(3) Reflects amortization of intangible assets including those related to partially owned affiliates recorded within equity income.

(4) Reflects non-qualified restructuring charges for costs that are directly attributable to restructuring activities, but do not meet the definition of restructuring under ASC 420 along with a gain on sale of a restructured facility in the America's segment for three months ended December 31, 2023, as follows:

Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions)20232022
Restructuring related charges$(1)$(3)
Gain on sale of restructured facility10 — 
$9 $(3)

(5) Other items include:

Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions)20232022
Non-recurring contract related settlement$3 $— 
One-time divestiture related tax impact at an affiliate(2)— 
Loss on business divestiture (8)— 
Transaction costs— (1)
Adjustment to nonconsolidated partially-owned affiliates— 1 
Brazil indirect tax recoveries— 1 
$(7)$1 

(6) The adjustments to cost of sales include:

Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions)20232022
Restructuring related activities$(1)$(2)
Brazil indirect tax recoveries— 1 
$(1)$(1)

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(7) The adjustments to selling, general and administrative costs include:

Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions)20232022
Purchase accounting amortization$(11)$(12)
Loss on business divestiture (8)— 
Gain on sale of restructured facility10 — 
Non-recurring contract related settlement3 — 
Transaction costs— (1)
Restructuring related activities— (1)
$(6)$(14)

(8) The adjustments to equity income include:

Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions)20232022
One-time divestiture related tax impact at an affiliate$2 $— 
Adjustment to nonconsolidated partially-owned affiliates— (1)
$2 $(1)

(9) The adjustments to income tax provision (benefit) include:

Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in millions)20232022
Tax audit closures and statute expirations$(7)$(3)
Amortization
(2)(2)
Pension curtailment loss— (2)
Other reconciling items— 1 
$(9)$(6)

(10) Reflects the impact of adjustments, primarily purchase accounting amortization on noncontrolling interests. In addition, during the first quarter of fiscal 2024, a $5 million adjustment was recorded to increase income attributable to noncontrolling interest related to the three months ended September 30, 2023.

(11) During the three months ended December 31, 2022, Adient recorded an $8 million curtailment loss associated with employee termination benefit plans in the Americas segment.

(12) During the three months ended December 31, 2023, a $5 million adjustment was recorded to increase equity-based compensation expense related to a retired executive's equity awards which should have been recognized in prior periods.

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