"Our investment in commercial resources over the last two years proved to be the difference-maker, as we delivered the top line growth needed to drive our strong overall results," said
The company also noted that acquisitions added 2% to sales growth while unfavorable foreign exchange negatively impacted sales by 1%.
Mr. Patterson continued, "Performance Products and Solutions led the way with 11% sales growth for the quarter building upon strong prior year momentum. We also achieved sales gains in Distribution, Color and Engineered Materials despite weaker foreign currencies."
"From an adjusted EPS perspective, we achieved record first quarter results despite the expected loss in our Designed Structures and Solutions segment and near unprecedented spikes in raw material costs which impacted margins. Recent supply constraints and other dynamics caused certain inputs such as butadiene to triple in cost over the last few months," Mr. Patterson said. "Our first priority at times like this is to ensure that our customers get uninterrupted exemplary service from us, and I'm pleased we were able to do so during the first quarter. This will continue as we work with all of our stakeholders to address raw material volatility and increased costs."
During the quarter, the company noted it completed a number of capital structure improvements including upsizing its credit facility from
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Adding further comments on the company's performance, Mr. Patterson said, "I'm pleased with our strong start to the year and our global team who delivered these results. I am also encouraged to see DSS improve slightly versus the fourth quarter of last year, but we clearly have a lot of work still to do to return it to profitability."
Mr. Patterson continued, "Our prior investments in commercial resources are paying off, and we are also seeing gains from our recent acquisitions. I am particularly excited about the expansion of our composite and specialty colorant portfolio which are integrating seamlessly into
"Further fueling growth are the unique service offerings we provide, such as IQ Design, LSS Customer First, and web-based customer interfacing," added Mr. Patterson. "These recent innovations are helping customers accelerate their speed to market and improve operational efficiencies. As a specialty company, innovation is at the heart of our four pillar strategy which we are relentlessly focused on in pursuit of our 2020 Platinum Vision."
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In this press release, statements that are not reported financial results or other historical information are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements give current expectations or forecasts of future events and are not guarantees of future performance. They are based on management's expectations that involve a number of business risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. They use words such as "will," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "plan," "believe," and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial condition, performance and/or sales. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: our ability to realize anticipated savings and operational benefits from the realignment of assets, including the closure of manufacturing facilities; the timing of closings and shifts of production to new facilities related to asset realignments and any unforeseen loss of customers and/or disruptions of service or quality caused by such closings and/or production shifts; separation and severance amounts that differ from original estimates; amounts for non-cash charges related to asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation realignments of property, plant and equipment, that differ from original estimates; our ability to identify and evaluate acquisition targets and consummate acquisitions; the ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses into our operations, such as Comptek, SilCoTec, Gordon Composites and Polystrand, including whether such businesses will be accretive, retain the management teams of acquired businesses, and retain relationships with customers of acquired businesses; disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that could adversely impact the availability of credit already arranged and the availability and cost of credit in the future; the financial condition of our customers, including the ability of customers (especially those that may be highly leveraged and those with inadequate liquidity) to maintain their credit availability; the speed and extent of an economic recovery, including the recovery of the housing market; our ability to achieve new business gains; the effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks; changes in polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions where we conduct business; changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online; fluctuations in raw material prices, quality and supply and in energy prices and supply; production outages or material costs associated with scheduled or unscheduled maintenance programs; unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation and environmental matters; an inability to achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to working capital reductions, cost reductions and employee productivity goals; an inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services; an inability to maintain appropriate relations with unions and employees; our ability to continue to pay cash dividends; the amount and timing of repurchases of our common shares, if any; and other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including, without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates and changes in the rate of inflation. The above list of factors is not exhaustive.
We undertake no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You are advised to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our reports on Form 10-Q, 8-K and 10-K that we provide to the
Attachment 1 |
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PolyOne Corporation Summary of Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (In millions, except per share data) |
|||||||
Three Months Ended March 31, |
|||||||
2017 |
2016 |
||||||
Sales |
$ |
898.8 |
$ |
847.0 |
|||
Operating income |
81.4 |
71.3 |
|||||
Net income attributable to PolyOne shareholders |
46.9 |
39.1 |
|||||
Basic earnings per share attributable to PolyOne shareholders |
$ |
0.57 |
$ |
0.46 |
|||
Diluted earnings per share attributable to PolyOne shareholders |
$ |
0.57 |
$ |
0.46 |
Senior management uses comparisons of adjusted net income attributable to
Three Months Ended |
Three Months Ended |
||||||||||||||
Reconciliation to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income |
$ |
EPS |
$ |
EPS |
|||||||||||
Net income attributable to PolyOne shareholders |
$ |
46.9 |
$ |
0.57 |
$ |
39.1 |
$ |
0.46 |
|||||||
Special items, after tax (Attachment 3) |
1.9 |
0.02 |
9.1 |
0.10 |
|||||||||||
Adjusted net income / EPS - excluding special items |
$ |
48.8 |
$ |
0.59 |
$ |
48.2 |
$ |
0.56 |
Attachment 2 |
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PolyOne Corporation Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (In millions, except per share data) |
|||||||
Three Months Ended March 31, |
|||||||
2017 |
2016 |
||||||
Sales |
$ |
898.8 |
$ |
847.0 |
|||
Cost of sales |
711.4 |
661.5 |
|||||
Gross margin |
187.4 |
185.5 |
|||||
Selling and administrative expense |
106.0 |
114.2 |
|||||
Operating income |
81.4 |
71.3 |
|||||
Interest expense, net |
(14.6) |
(14.6) |
|||||
Debt extinguishment costs |
(0.3) |
— |
|||||
Other (expense) income, net |
(0.8) |
0.3 |
|||||
Income before income taxes |
65.7 |
57.0 |
|||||
Income tax expense |
(18.8) |
(18.0) |
|||||
Net income |
46.9 |
39.0 |
|||||
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests |
— |
0.1 |
|||||
Net income attributable to PolyOne common shareholders |
$ |
46.9 |
$ |
39.1 |
|||
Earnings per common share attributable to PolyOne common shareholders - Basic: |
$ |
0.57 |
$ |
0.46 |
|||
Earnings per common share attributable to PolyOne common shareholders - Diluted: |
$ |
0.57 |
$ |
0.46 |
|||
Cash dividends declared per share of common stock |
$ |
0.135 |
$ |
0.120 |
|||
Weighted-average shares used to compute earnings per common share: |
|||||||
Basic |
82.1 |
84.7 |
|||||
Diluted |
82.7 |
85.5 |
Attachment 3 |
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PolyOne Corporation Summary of Special Items (Unaudited) (In millions, except per share data) |
|||||||
Special items (1) |
Three Months Ended March 31, |
||||||
2017 |
2016 |
||||||
Cost of sales: |
|||||||
Restructuring costs |
$ |
(0.4) |
$ |
(2.7) |
|||
Environmental remediation costs |
(2.2) |
(1.7) |
|||||
Acquisition related costs |
(0.2) |
(2.5) |
|||||
Impact on cost of sales |
(2.8) |
(6.9) |
|||||
Selling and administrative expense: |
|||||||
Restructuring, legal and other |
0.4 |
(6.6) |
|||||
Acquisition related costs |
(0.7) |
(0.3) |
|||||
Impact on selling and administrative expense |
(0.3) |
(6.9) |
|||||
Impact on operating income |
(3.1) |
(13.8) |
|||||
Debt extinguishment costs |
(0.3) |
— |
|||||
Other income, net |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|||||
Impact on income before income taxes |
(3.3) |
(13.6) |
|||||
Income tax benefit on above special items |
1.3 |
4.9 |
|||||
Tax adjustments(2) |
0.1 |
(0.4) |
|||||
Impact of special items on net income attributable to PolyOne Shareholders |
$ |
(1.9) |
$ |
(9.1) |
|||
Diluted earnings per common share impact |
$ |
(0.02) |
$ |
(0.10) |
|||
Weighted average shares used to compute adjusted earnings per share: |
|||||||
Diluted |
82.7 |
85.5 |
(1) |
Special items include charges related to specific strategic initiatives or financial restructuring such as: consolidation of operations; debt extinguishment costs; costs incurred directly in relation to acquisitions or divestitures; employee separation costs resulting from personnel reduction programs, plant realignment costs, executive separation agreements; asset impairments; mark-to-market adjustments associated with actuarial gains and losses on pension and other post-retirement benefit plans; environmental remediation costs, fines, penalties and related insurance recoveries related to facilities no longer owned or closed in prior years; gains and losses on the divestiture of operating businesses, joint ventures and equity investments; gains and losses on facility or property sales or disposals; results of litigation, fines or penalties, where such litigation (or action relating to the fines or penalties) arose prior to the commencement of the performance period; one-time, non-recurring items; and the effect of changes in accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results. |
(2) |
Tax adjustments include the net tax expense/benefit from one-time income tax items, the set-up or reversal of uncertain tax position reserves and deferred income tax valuation allowance adjustments. |
Attachment 4 |
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PolyOne Corporation Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (In millions) |
|||||||
(Unaudited) |
December 31, |
||||||
Assets |
|||||||
Current assets: |
|||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
157.7 |
$ |
226.7 |
|||
Accounts receivable, net |
453.5 |
363.7 |
|||||
Inventories, net |
337.2 |
312.4 |
|||||
Other current assets |
36.6 |
46.7 |
|||||
Total current assets |
985.0 |
949.5 |
|||||
Property, net |
605.6 |
607.7 |
|||||
Goodwill |
686.7 |
677.4 |
|||||
Intangible assets, net |
367.0 |
363.5 |
|||||
Other non-current assets |
132.4 |
125.2 |
|||||
Total assets |
$ |
2,776.7 |
$ |
2,723.3 |
|||
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity |
|||||||
Current liabilities: |
|||||||
Short-term and current portion of long-term debt |
$ |
17.9 |
$ |
18.5 |
|||
Accounts payable |
402.1 |
361.5 |
|||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
97.6 |
129.6 |
|||||
Total current liabilities |
517.6 |
509.6 |
|||||
Non-current liabilities: |
|||||||
Long-term debt |
1,279.2 |
1,239.8 |
|||||
Pension and other post-retirement benefits |
63.1 |
63.1 |
|||||
Deferred income taxes |
43.8 |
43.1 |
|||||
Other non-current liabilities |
138.6 |
142.2 |
|||||
Total non-current liabilities |
1,524.7 |
1,488.2 |
|||||
Shareholders' equity: |
|||||||
PolyOne shareholders' equity |
733.6 |
724.7 |
|||||
Noncontrolling interests |
0.8 |
0.8 |
|||||
Total equity |
734.4 |
725.5 |
|||||
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity |
$ |
2,776.7 |
$ |
2,723.3 |
Attachment 5 |
|||||||
PolyOne Corporation Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (In millions) |
|||||||
Three Months Ended March 31, |
|||||||
2017 |
2016 |
||||||
Operating Activities |
|||||||
Net income |
$ |
46.9 |
$ |
39.0 |
|||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used by operating activities: |
|||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
26.1 |
24.3 |
|||||
Accelerated depreciation and fixed asset charges associated with restructuring activities |
0.4 |
2.8 |
|||||
Debt extinguishment costs |
0.3 |
— |
|||||
Share-based compensation expense |
2.4 |
2.2 |
|||||
Change in assets and liabilities, net of the effect of acquisitions: |
|||||||
Increase in accounts receivable |
(86.7) |
(79.5) |
|||||
Increase in inventories |
(22.4) |
(13.3) |
|||||
Increase in accounts payable |
38.5 |
29.9 |
|||||
Decrease in pension and other post-retirement benefits |
(3.3) |
(23.7) |
|||||
Decrease in accrued expenses and other assets and liabilities - net |
(25.9) |
(5.2) |
|||||
Net cash used by operating activities |
(23.7) |
(23.5) |
|||||
Investing Activities |
|||||||
Capital expenditures |
(15.5) |
(19.6) |
|||||
Business acquisitions |
(20.9) |
(72.8) |
|||||
Sale of and proceeds from other assets |
0.9 |
— |
|||||
Net cash used by investing activities |
(35.5) |
(92.4) |
|||||
Financing Activities |
|||||||
Borrowings under credit facilities |
288.8 |
221.9 |
|||||
Repayments under credit facilities |
(248.4) |
(174.6) |
|||||
Purchase of common shares for treasury |
(34.3) |
(39.6) |
|||||
Cash dividends paid |
(11.3) |
(10.4) |
|||||
Repayment of long-term debt |
(1.6) |
(1.4) |
|||||
Payments of withholding tax on share awards |
(2.3) |
(5.1) |
|||||
Debt financing costs |
(1.9) |
— |
|||||
Net cash used by financing activities |
(11.0) |
(9.2) |
|||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash |
1.2 |
0.7 |
|||||
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
(69.0) |
(124.4) |
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
226.7 |
279.8 |
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
$ |
157.7 |
$ |
155.4 |
Attachment 6 |
PolyOne Corporation |
Business Segment and Platform Operations (Unaudited) |
(In millions) |
Operating income at the segment level does not include: special items as defined in Attachment 3; corporate general and administration costs that are not allocated to segments; intersegment sales and profit eliminations; share-based compensation costs; and certain other items that are not included in the measure of segment profit and loss that is reported to and reviewed by the chief operating decision maker. These costs are included in Corporate and eliminations. |
Three Months Ended March 31, |
|||||||
2017 |
2016 |
||||||
Sales: |
|||||||
Color, Additives and Inks |
$ |
211.8 |
$ |
204.9 |
|||
Specialty Engineered Materials |
159.1 |
141.0 |
|||||
Designed Structures and Solutions |
102.1 |
108.5 |
|||||
Specialty Platform |
473.0 |
454.4 |
|||||
Performance Products and Solutions |
183.7 |
166.2 |
|||||
PolyOne Distribution |
286.1 |
268.8 |
|||||
Corporate and eliminations |
(44.0) |
(42.4) |
|||||
Sales |
$ |
898.8 |
$ |
847.0 |
|||
Gross margin: |
|||||||
Color, Additives and Inks |
$ |
75.2 |
$ |
75.3 |
|||
Specialty Engineered Materials |
46.1 |
44.2 |
|||||
Designed Structures and Solutions |
5.8 |
10.7 |
|||||
Specialty Platform |
127.1 |
130.2 |
|||||
Performance Products and Solutions |
33.9 |
32.4 |
|||||
PolyOne Distribution |
31.4 |
30.7 |
|||||
Corporate and eliminations |
(5.0) |
(7.8) |
|||||
Gross margin |
$ |
187.4 |
$ |
185.5 |
|||
Selling and administrative expense: |
|||||||
Color, Additives and Inks |
$ |
40.1 |
$ |
40.4 |
|||
Specialty Engineered Materials |
22.5 |
20.8 |
|||||
Designed Structures and Solutions |
9.1 |
10.3 |
|||||
Specialty Platform |
71.7 |
71.5 |
|||||
Performance Products and Solutions |
11.8 |
12.7 |
|||||
PolyOne Distribution |
12.8 |
13.2 |
|||||
Corporate and eliminations |
9.7 |
16.8 |
|||||
Selling and administrative expense |
$ |
106.0 |
$ |
114.2 |
|||
Operating income: |
|||||||
Color, Additives and Inks |
$ |
35.1 |
$ |
34.9 |
|||
Specialty Engineered Materials |
23.6 |
23.4 |
|||||
Designed Structures and Solutions |
(3.3) |
0.4 |
|||||
Specialty Platform |
55.4 |
58.7 |
|||||
Performance Products and Solutions |
22.1 |
19.7 |
|||||
PolyOne Distribution |
18.6 |
17.5 |
|||||
Corporate and eliminations |
(14.7) |
(24.6) |
|||||
Operating income |
$ |
81.4 |
$ |
71.3 |
The Specialty Platform consists of our three specialty segments: Color, Additives and Inks; Specialty Engineered Materials; and Designed Structures and Solutions. We present Specialty Platform sales, gross margin, selling and administrative expense, and operating income because management believes that this is useful information to investors by highlighting our collective progress in advancing our specialization strategy. |
Attachment 7 |
PolyOne Corporation |
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Unaudited) |
(In millions, except per share data) |
Senior management uses gross margin before special items and operating income before special items to assess performance and allocate resources because senior management believes that these measures are useful in understanding current profitability levels and how it may serve as a basis for future performance. In addition, operating income before the effect of special items is a component of PolyOne annual and long-term employee incentive plans and is used in debt covenant computations. Senior management believes these measures are useful to investors because they allow for comparison to PolyOne's performance in prior periods without the effect of items that, by their nature, tend to obscure PolyOne's operating results due to the potential variability across periods based on timing, frequency and magnitude. Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation from, or solely as alternatives to, financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Below is a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. See Attachment 3 for a definition and summary of special items. |
Three Months Ended March 31, |
|||||||
Reconciliation to Consolidated Statements of Income |
2017 |
2016 |
|||||
Sales |
$ |
898.8 |
$ |
847.0 |
|||
Gross margin - GAAP |
187.4 |
185.5 |
|||||
Special items in gross margin (Attachment 3) |
2.8 |
6.9 |
|||||
Gross margin adjusted |
$ |
190.2 |
$ |
192.4 |
|||
Gross margin adjusted as a percent of sales |
21.2 |
% |
22.7 |
% |
|||
Operating income - GAAP |
81.4 |
71.3 |
|||||
Special items in operating income (Attachment 3) |
3.1 |
13.8 |
|||||
Operating income adjusted |
$ |
84.5 |
$ |
85.1 |
|||
Operating income adjusted as a percent of sales |
9.4 |
% |
10.0 |
% |
The table below reconciles pre-special income tax expense and the pre-special effective tax rate to their most comparable US GAAP figures.
Three Months Ended |
Three Months Ended |
||||||||||||||||||||||
GAAP |
Special |
Adjusted |
GAAP |
Special |
Adjusted |
||||||||||||||||||
Income before income taxes |
$ |
65.7 |
$ |
3.3 |
$ |
69.0 |
$ |
57.0 |
$ |
13.6 |
$ |
70.6 |
|||||||||||
Income tax expense - GAAP |
(18.8) |
— |
(18.8) |
(18.0) |
— |
(18.0) |
|||||||||||||||||
Income tax impact of special items |
— |
(1.3) |
(1.3) |
— |
(4.9) |
(4.9) |
|||||||||||||||||
Tax adjustments (Attachment 3) |
— |
(0.1) |
(0.1) |
— |
0.4 |
0.4 |
|||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense |
$ |
(18.8) |
$ |
(1.4) |
$ |
(20.2) |
$ |
(18.0) |
$ |
(4.5) |
$ |
(22.5) |
|||||||||||
Effective Tax Rate |
28.6% |
29.3% |
31.6% |
31.9% |
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Investor Relations Contact - Eric R. Swanson, Director, Investor Relations, PolyOne Corporation, +1 440-930-1018, eric.swanson@avient.com; Media Contact - Kyle G. Rose, Vice President, Corporate Communications, PolyOne Corporation, +1 440-930-3162, kyle.rose@avient.com