- Net earnings of $192 million
- Adjusted segment operating profit down 17 percent on difficult operating environment
Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today reported financial
results for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.
“Our third quarter results were below our expectations, as the operating
environment in our Ag Services and Oilseeds businesses was more
challenging than anticipated,” said ADM Chairman and CEO Juan Luciano.
“Through the quarter, we took several actions to be even more
competitive in the future, including: restructuring our global
workforce; reconfiguring the Peoria ethanol complex; working to complete
several operational start-ups; driving additional asset monetizations;
and further reducing costs through our Project Readiness initiative.
“As we move through the fourth quarter, we are starting to transition
from a period of costs and investments in acquisitions, new innovation
centers and new facilities, to a period of lower capital spending and
increasing benefits from these investments.”
Third Quarter 2017 Highlights
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
|
(Amounts in millions except per share data)
|
Earnings per share (as reported)
|
|
$
|
0.34
|
|
|
$
|
0.58
|
Adjusted earnings per share
1
|
|
$
|
0.45
|
|
|
$
|
0.59
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment operating profit
|
|
$
|
485
|
|
|
$
|
645
|
Adjusted segment operating profit
1
|
|
$
|
541
|
|
|
$
|
650
|
Agricultural Services
|
|
87
|
|
|
195
|
Corn Processing
|
|
253
|
|
|
214
|
Oilseeds Processing
|
|
119
|
|
|
145
|
WFSI
|
|
61
|
|
|
73
|
Other
|
|
21
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
EPS as reported of $0.34 includes a $0.12 per share charge related to
asset impairments and restructuring activities; a $0.02 per share net
gain on the sale of assets and businesses; and a $0.01 per share loss
on debt extinguishment. Adjusted EPS, which excludes these items, was
$0.45.1
-
Trailing four-quarter-average adjusted ROIC was 6.4 percent,1
40 basis points above annual WACC of 6.0 percent.
-
During the first nine months of 2017, the company returned $1.2
billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.
1 Non-GAAP financial measures; see pages 4, 9 and 10 for
explanations and reconciliations, including after-tax amounts.
Results of Operations
Ag Services results were down compared with a strong prior-year period.
In Merchandising and Handling, results decreased in both North America
Grain and Global Trade, largely due to the lack of competitiveness of
U.S. corn and soybeans in global markets.
Transportation results decreased from the prior-year period, due to low
U.S. exports of grain and a slower start to the North American harvest.
Milling and Other earnings were down due to decreased volumes, mainly in
the U.S, while product margins remained steady.
Corn Processing was up year-over-year, delivering another strong
quarter. North America Sweeteners and Starches experienced good margins.
Bioproducts results increased, with better ethanol margins over the
prior-year period.
Oilseeds Processing results were down compared to the third quarter of
last year. Crushing and Origination results were impacted by compressed
global crush margins and weak South America origination margins.
Refining, Packaging, Biodiesel and Other experienced lower earnings
versus the third quarter of 2016, due primarily to weaker biodiesel
results caused by lower margins and negative mark-to-market impacts.
Asia was up over the prior-year period on Wilmar results that were lower
than anticipated, but still higher than last year’s.
WFSI results were down versus the prior-year quarter. WILD Flavors
delivered double-digit operating profit growth with strong sales in Asia
and EMEA. Specialty Ingredients was down for the quarter, due in part to
higher costs caused by operational start-ups in certain businesses.
Other Items of Note
As additional information to help clarify underlying business
performance, the tables on page 9 include reported EPS as well as
adjusted EPS, and adjusted EPS excluding timing effects.
Segment operating profit of $485 million for the quarter includes
charges of $63 million ($0.07 per share) related to asset impairment and
restructuring charges, primarily related to the Peoria ethanol complex
reconfiguration, and a net gain of $12 million ($0.02 per share) on the
sale of assets and businesses.
In Corporate results, Minority Interest and Other charges include
restructuring charges of $44 million ($0.05 per share) related to the
reduction of certain positions within the company’s global workforce and
a debt extinguishment charge of $11 million ($0.01 per share).
The 13 percent effective tax rate reflects a decrease from our
forecasted annual tax rate range of 27 to 29 percent, due primarily to
the effect of certain favorable discrete items, including return to
provision and a favorable outcome of a prior-year tax position related
to an acquisition, partially offset by changes in the forecasted
geographic mix of pre-tax earnings. These discrete items are included in
both reported and adjusted earnings per share.
Conference Call Information
ADM will host a webcast on October 31, 2017, at 8 a.m. Central Time to
discuss financial results and provide a company update. A financial
summary slide presentation will be available to download approximately
60 minutes prior to the call. To listen to the webcast or to download
the slide presentation, go to
www.adm.com/webcast
.
A replay of the webcast will also be available for an extended period of
time at
www.adm.com/webcast
.
Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the above statements constitute forward-looking statements.
These statements are based on many assumptions and factors that are
subject to risk and uncertainties. ADM has provided additional
information in its reports on file with the SEC concerning assumptions
and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those in this presentation, and you should carefully review the
assumptions and factors in our SEC reports. To the extent permitted
under applicable law, ADM assumes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements.
About ADM
For more than a century, the people of Archer Daniels Midland Company
(NYSE: ADM) have transformed crops into products that serve the vital
needs of a growing world. Today, we’re one of the world’s largest
agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, with
approximately 32,000 employees serving customers in more than 160
countries. With a global value chain that includes approximately 500
crop procurement locations, 250 ingredient manufacturing facilities, 38
innovation centers and the world’s premier crop transportation network,
we connect the harvest to the home, making products for food, animal
feed, industrial and energy uses. Learn more at www.adm.com.
Financial Tables Follow
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment Operating Profit, Adjusted Segment Operating Profit (a
non-GAAP measure) and Corporate Results
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter ended
|
|
|
|
Nine months ended
|
|
|
|
|
September 30
|
|
|
|
September 30
|
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
Change
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment Operating Profit
|
|
$
|
485
|
|
|
$
|
645
|
|
|
$
|
(160
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,803
|
|
|
$
|
1,898
|
|
|
$
|
(95
|
)
|
Less specified items:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Gains) losses on sales of assets and businesses
|
|
(12
|
)
|
|
4
|
|
|
(16
|
)
|
|
(20
|
)
|
|
(114
|
)
|
|
94
|
|
Impairment, restructuring, and settlement charges
|
|
63
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
59
|
|
|
98
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
82
|
|
Hedge timing effects
|
|
5
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
8
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
Adjusted Segment Operating Profit
|
|
$
|
541
|
|
|
$
|
650
|
|
|
$
|
(109
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,877
|
|
|
$
|
1,796
|
|
|
$
|
81
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Agricultural Services
|
|
$
|
87
|
|
|
$
|
195
|
|
|
$
|
(108
|
)
|
|
$
|
284
|
|
|
$
|
328
|
|
|
$
|
(44
|
)
|
Merchandising and handling
|
|
20
|
|
|
92
|
|
|
(72
|
)
|
|
79
|
|
|
102
|
|
|
(23
|
)
|
Milling and other
|
|
53
|
|
|
60
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
156
|
|
|
164
|
|
|
(8
|
)
|
Transportation
|
|
14
|
|
|
43
|
|
|
(29
|
)
|
|
49
|
|
|
62
|
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corn Processing
|
|
$
|
253
|
|
|
$
|
214
|
|
|
$
|
39
|
|
|
$
|
648
|
|
|
$
|
506
|
|
|
$
|
142
|
|
Sweeteners and starches
|
|
202
|
|
|
176
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
561
|
|
|
499
|
|
|
62
|
|
Bioproducts
|
|
51
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
87
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
80
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oilseeds Processing
|
|
$
|
119
|
|
|
$
|
145
|
|
|
$
|
(26
|
)
|
|
$
|
639
|
|
|
$
|
641
|
|
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
Crushing and origination
|
|
39
|
|
|
76
|
|
|
(37
|
)
|
|
197
|
|
|
331
|
|
|
(134
|
)
|
Refining, packaging, biodiesel, and other
|
|
66
|
|
|
119
|
|
|
(53
|
)
|
|
208
|
|
|
251
|
|
|
(43
|
)
|
Asia
|
|
14
|
|
|
(50
|
)
|
|
64
|
|
|
234
|
|
|
59
|
|
|
175
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wild Flavors & Specialty Ingredients (WFSI)
|
|
$
|
61
|
|
|
$
|
73
|
|
|
$
|
(12
|
)
|
|
$
|
228
|
|
|
$
|
237
|
|
|
$
|
(9
|
)
|
WFSI
|
|
61
|
|
|
73
|
|
|
(12
|
)
|
|
228
|
|
|
237
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
$
|
21
|
|
|
$
|
23
|
|
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
|
$
|
78
|
|
|
$
|
84
|
|
|
$
|
(6
|
)
|
Financial
|
|
21
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
78
|
|
|
84
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment Operating Profit
|
|
$
|
485
|
|
|
$
|
645
|
|
|
$
|
(160
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,803
|
|
|
$
|
1,898
|
|
|
$
|
(95
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate Results
|
|
$
|
(260
|
)
|
|
$
|
(165
|
)
|
|
$
|
(95
|
)
|
|
$
|
(737
|
)
|
|
$
|
(705
|
)
|
|
$
|
(32
|
)
|
LIFO credit (charge)
|
|
—
|
|
|
85
|
|
|
(85
|
)
|
|
4
|
|
|
(17
|
)
|
|
21
|
|
Interest expense - net
|
|
(72
|
)
|
|
(74
|
)
|
|
2
|
|
|
(232
|
)
|
|
(205
|
)
|
|
(27
|
)
|
Unallocated corporate costs
|
|
(109
|
)
|
|
(106
|
)
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
(376
|
)
|
|
(325
|
)
|
|
(51
|
)
|
Minority interest and other charges
|
|
(79
|
)
|
|
(70
|
)
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
(133
|
)
|
|
(158
|
)
|
|
25
|
|
Earnings Before Income Taxes
|
|
$
|
225
|
|
|
$
|
480
|
|
|
$
|
(255
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,066
|
|
|
$
|
1,193
|
|
|
$
|
(127
|
)
|
Segment operating profit is ADM’s consolidated income from operations
before income tax excluding corporate items. Adjusted segment operating
profit, a non-GAAP measure, is segment operating profit excluding
specified items and timing effects. Timing effects relate to hedge
ineffectiveness and mark-to-market hedge timing effects. Management
believes that segment operating profit and adjusted segment operating
profit are useful measures of ADM’s performance because they provide
investors information about ADM’s business unit performance excluding
corporate overhead costs as well as specified items and significant
timing effects. Segment operating profit and adjusted segment operating
profit are not measures of consolidated operating results under U.S.
GAAP and should not be considered alternatives to income before income
taxes, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, or any other
measure of consolidated operating results under U.S. GAAP.
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Earnings
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter ended
|
|
Nine months ended
|
|
September 30
|
|
September 30
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
(in millions, except per share amounts)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
$
|
14,827
|
|
|
$
|
15,832
|
|
|
$
|
44,758
|
|
|
$
|
45,845
|
|
Cost of products sold
|
14,015
|
|
|
14,742
|
|
|
42,191
|
|
|
43,237
|
|
Gross profit
|
812
|
|
|
1,090
|
|
|
2,567
|
|
|
2,608
|
|
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
|
478
|
|
|
546
|
|
|
1,530
|
|
|
1,525
|
|
Asset impairment, exit, and restructuring costs
|
107
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
36
|
|
Equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated affiliates
|
(46
|
)
|
|
2
|
|
|
(327
|
)
|
|
(153
|
)
|
Interest income
|
(27
|
)
|
|
(23
|
)
|
|
(75
|
)
|
|
(68
|
)
|
Interest expense
|
79
|
|
|
78
|
|
|
246
|
|
|
213
|
|
Other (income) expense - net
|
(4
|
)
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
(138
|
)
|
Earnings before income taxes
|
225
|
|
|
480
|
|
|
1,066
|
|
|
1,193
|
|
Income taxes
|
(30
|
)
|
|
(136
|
)
|
|
(256
|
)
|
|
(331
|
)
|
Net earnings including noncontrolling interests
|
195
|
|
|
344
|
|
|
810
|
|
|
862
|
|
Less: Net earnings (losses) attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
7
|
|
Net earnings attributable to ADM
|
$
|
192
|
|
|
$
|
341
|
|
|
$
|
807
|
|
|
$
|
855
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted earnings per common share
|
$
|
0.34
|
|
|
$
|
0.58
|
|
|
$
|
1.41
|
|
|
$
|
1.44
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average number of shares outstanding
|
569
|
|
|
589
|
|
|
574
|
|
|
593
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other (income) expense - net consists of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Gains) losses on sales of assets (a)
|
$
|
(15
|
)
|
|
$
|
7
|
|
|
$
|
(66
|
)
|
|
$
|
(117
|
)
|
Loss on debt extinguishment (b)
|
11
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
—
|
|
Other - net (c)
|
—
|
|
|
(11
|
)
|
|
42
|
|
|
(21
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
|
$
|
(13
|
)
|
|
$
|
(138
|
)
|
(a) Current period gains include gains related to the sale of the crop
risk services business in Other and other individually insignificant
disposals in Ag Services, Other, and Corporate partially offset by an
adjustment of the proceeds of the 2015 sale of the cocoa business in
Oilseeds. Prior period (gains) losses include gains related to realized
contingent consideration from the sale of the Company’s equity
investment in Gruma S.A.B de C.V. partially offset by loss on sale of
assets in Ag Services, finalization of the gain on sale of the Company’s
Brazilian sugar ethanol facilities in Corn, revaluation of the remaining
interest to settlement value in conjunction with the acquisition of the
remaining interest in Amazon Flavors in WFSI, a loss on sale of an
equity investment in Corporate, and other individually insignificant
disposals in Oilseeds and Other.
(b) Current period charge related to the early redemption of the $559
million notes due on March 15, 2018.
(c) Other - net in the current period includes provisions for contingent
losses related to certain settlement items in Oilseeds and WFSI and
foreign exchange losses. Other - net in the prior period includes
foreign exchange gains and other income.
|
|
|
|
|
Summary of Financial Condition
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
Net Investment In
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents (b)
|
|
$
|
518
|
|
|
$
|
701
|
Short-term marketable securities (b)
|
|
261
|
|
|
256
|
Operating working capital (a)
|
|
7,229
|
|
|
7,328
|
Property, plant, and equipment
|
|
9,956
|
|
|
9,853
|
Investments in and advances to affiliates
|
|
4,972
|
|
|
4,497
|
Long-term marketable securities
|
|
207
|
|
|
462
|
Goodwill and other intangibles
|
|
3,939
|
|
|
3,852
|
Other non-current assets
|
|
755
|
|
|
646
|
|
|
$
|
27,837
|
|
|
$
|
27,595
|
Financed By
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term debt (b)
|
|
$
|
728
|
|
|
$
|
207
|
Long-term debt, including current maturities (b)
|
|
6,608
|
|
|
6,866
|
Deferred liabilities
|
|
2,871
|
|
|
2,926
|
Temporary equity
|
|
53
|
|
|
40
|
Shareholders’ equity
|
|
17,577
|
|
|
17,556
|
|
|
$
|
27,837
|
|
|
$
|
27,595
|
(a)
|
|
Current assets (excluding cash and cash equivalents and short-term
marketable securities) less current liabilities (excluding
short-term debt and current maturities of long-term debt).
|
(b)
|
|
Net debt is calculated as short-term debt plus long-term debt,
including current maturities less cash and cash equivalents and
short-term marketable securities.
|
|
|
|
Summary of Cash Flows
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nine months ended
|
|
|
September 30
|
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
Operating Activities
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings
|
|
$
|
810
|
|
|
$
|
862
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
684
|
|
|
678
|
|
Asset impairment charges
|
|
81
|
|
|
28
|
|
Gains on sales of assets
|
|
(66
|
)
|
|
(117
|
)
|
Other - net
|
|
91
|
|
|
110
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
|
|
555
|
|
|
(265
|
)
|
Total Operating Activities
|
|
2,155
|
|
|
1,296
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investing Activities
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
|
|
(696
|
)
|
|
(621
|
)
|
Net assets of businesses acquired
|
|
(187
|
)
|
|
(136
|
)
|
Proceeds from sale of business/assets
|
|
172
|
|
|
104
|
|
Marketable securities - net
|
|
73
|
|
|
35
|
|
Other investing activities
|
|
(295
|
)
|
|
(613
|
)
|
Total Investing Activities
|
|
(933
|
)
|
|
(1,231
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financing Activities
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt borrowings
|
|
509
|
|
|
1,036
|
|
Long-term debt payments
|
|
(840
|
)
|
|
(9
|
)
|
Net borrowings (payments) under lines of credit
|
|
558
|
|
|
107
|
|
Share repurchases
|
|
(676
|
)
|
|
(754
|
)
|
Cash dividends
|
|
(544
|
)
|
|
(528
|
)
|
Other
|
|
4
|
|
|
14
|
|
Total Financing Activities
|
|
(989
|
)
|
|
(134
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash,
and restricted cash equivalents
|
|
233
|
|
|
(69
|
)
|
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash
equivalents - beginning of period
|
|
1,561
|
|
|
1,796
|
|
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash
equivalents - end of period
|
|
$
|
1,794
|
|
|
$
|
1,727
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segment Operating Analysis
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter ended
|
|
Nine months ended
|
|
|
September 30
|
|
September 30
|
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
|
(in ‘000s metric tons)
|
Processed volumes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oilseeds Processing
|
|
8,265
|
|
|
8,388
|
|
|
25,602
|
|
|
25,137
|
Corn Processing
|
|
5,621
|
|
|
5,794
|
|
|
16,851
|
|
|
16,623
|
Total processed volumes
|
|
13,886
|
|
|
14,182
|
|
|
42,453
|
|
|
41,760
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter ended
|
|
Nine months ended
|
|
|
September 30
|
|
September 30
|
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
|
(in millions)
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Agricultural Services
|
|
$
|
6,075
|
|
|
$
|
6,960
|
|
|
$
|
18,729
|
|
|
$
|
19,827
|
Corn Processing
|
|
2,325
|
|
|
2,391
|
|
|
6,843
|
|
|
6,950
|
Oilseeds Processing
|
|
5,752
|
|
|
5,775
|
|
|
17,106
|
|
|
16,871
|
Wild Flavors and Specialty Ingredients
|
|
577
|
|
|
611
|
|
|
1,787
|
|
|
1,883
|
Other
|
|
98
|
|
|
95
|
|
|
293
|
|
|
314
|
Total revenues
|
|
$
|
14,827
|
|
|
$
|
15,832
|
|
|
$
|
44,758
|
|
|
$
|
45,845
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted Earnings Per Share
|
A non-GAAP financial measure
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter ended
|
|
Nine months ended
|
|
|
September 30
|
|
September 30
|
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
|
2017
|
|
2016
|
EPS (fully diluted) as reported
|
|
$
|
0.34
|
|
|
$
|
0.58
|
|
|
$
|
1.41
|
|
|
$
|
1.44
|
|
Adjustments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIFO charge (credit) (a)
|
|
—
|
|
|
(0.09
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
(Gains) losses on sales of assets and businesses (b)
|
|
(0.02
|
)
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
(0.15
|
)
|
Asset impairment, restructuring, and settlement charges (c)
|
|
0.12
|
|
|
0.08
|
|
|
0.17
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
Loss on debt extinguishment (d)
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
—
|
|
Certain discrete tax adjustments (e)
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
—
|
|
Sub-total adjustments
|
|
0.11
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
0.21
|
|
|
(0.03
|
)
|
Adjusted earnings per share
|
|
$
|
0.45
|
|
|
$
|
0.59
|
|
|
$
|
1.62
|
|
|
$
|
1.41
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Memo: Hedge timing effects (gain) loss (f)
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Adjusted EPS excluding timing effects
|
|
$
|
0.46
|
|
|
$
|
0.59
|
|
|
$
|
1.62
|
|
|
$
|
1.41
|
|
(a)
|
|
Current YTD changes in the Company’s LIFO reserves of $4 million
pretax ($2 million after tax), respectively, tax effected using the
Company’s U.S. income tax rate. Prior quarter and YTD changes in the
Company’s LIFO reserves of $85 million pretax ($53 million after
tax), and $17 million pretax, ($11 million after tax), respectively,
tax effected using the Company’s U.S. income tax rate.
|
(b)
|
|
Current quarter gains of $12 million pretax ($10 million after tax)
relate to an adjustment of the proceeds of the 2015 sale of the
cocoa business and a gain on sale of asset, tax effected using the
applicable tax rates. Current period YTD gain of $20 million pretax
($12 million loss after tax) related to the sale of the crop risk
services business partially offset by an adjustment of the proceeds
of the 2015 sale of the cocoa business, tax effected using the
applicable tax rates. Prior quarter loss of $9 million pretax ($9
million after tax), related to a true-up adjustment of the Q2’16
gain on the sale of the Company’s Brazilian sugar ethanol facilities
and loss on sale of an equity investment. Prior period YTD gain of
$109 million pretax ($92 million after tax), primarily related to
recovery of loss provisions and gain related to the sale of the
Company’s Brazilian sugar ethanol facilities, realized contingent
consideration on the sale of the Company’s equity investment in
Gruma S.A. de C.V. in December 2012, and revaluation of the
remaining interest to settlement value in conjunction with the
acquisition of the remaining interest in Amazon Flavors, partially
offset by a loss on sale of assets and a loss on sale of an equity
investment, tax effected using the applicable tax rates.
|
(c)
|
|
Current quarter charges of $107 million pretax ($69 million after
tax) primarily consisted of asset impairments related to the
reconfiguration of the Company’s Peoria, Illinois ethanol complex
and restructuring charges related to the reduction of certain
positions within the Company’s global workforce, tax effected using
the applicable tax rates. Current period YTD charges of $145 million
pretax ($98 million after tax) primarily consisted of asset
impairments related to the reconfiguration of the Company’s Peoria,
Illinois ethanol complex, restructuring charges related to the
reduction of certain positions within the Company’s global
workforce, and several individually insignificant asset impairments,
restructuring charges, and a settlement charge, tax effected using
the applicable tax rates. Prior quarter and YTD charges of $73
million pretax ($48 million after tax) and $98 million pretax ($64
million after tax), respectively, primarily related to legal fees
and settlement, impairment of certain long-lived assets and
investments, and restructuring charges, tax effected using the
applicable tax rates
|
(d)
|
|
Debt extinguishment charge of $11 million pretax ($7 million after
tax) related to the early redemption of the Company’s $559 million
notes due on March 15, 2018.
|
(e)
|
|
Certain discrete tax adjustments unrelated to current period
earnings related to valuation allowances totaling $4 million.
|
(f)
|
|
Current quarter timing effect losses of $5 million pretax ($3
million after tax), respectively, tax effected using the Company's
U.S. income tax rate.
|
Adjusted EPS and adjusted EPS excluding timing effects reflect ADM’s
fully diluted EPS after removal of the effect on EPS as reported of
certain specified items and timing effects as more fully described
above. Management believes that these are useful measures of ADM’s
performance because they provide investors additional information about
ADM’s operations allowing better evaluation of underlying business
performance and better period-to-period comparability. These non-GAAP
financial measures are not intended to replace or be an alternative to
EPS as reported, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, or
any other measures of operating results under GAAP. Earnings amounts
described above have been divided by the company’s diluted shares
outstanding for each respective period in order to arrive at an adjusted
EPS amount for each specified item and timing effect.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted Return on Invested Capital
|
A non-GAAP financial measure
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted ROIC Earnings (in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Four Quarters
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
Ended
|
|
Dec. 31, 2016
|
|
Mar. 31, 2017
|
|
June 30, 2017
|
|
Sep. 30, 2017
|
|
Sep. 30, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings attributable to ADM
|
$
|
424
|
|
|
$
|
339
|
|
|
$
|
276
|
|
|
$
|
192
|
|
|
$
|
1,231
|
|
Adjustments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
80
|
|
|
81
|
|
|
86
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
326
|
|
LIFO
|
2
|
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
9
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
Other adjustments
|
(19
|
)
|
|
10
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
106
|
|
|
117
|
|
Total adjustments
|
63
|
|
|
78
|
|
|
115
|
|
|
185
|
|
|
441
|
|
Tax on adjustments
|
(2
|
)
|
|
(24
|
)
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
(70
|
)
|
|
(109
|
)
|
Net adjustments
|
61
|
|
|
54
|
|
|
102
|
|
|
115
|
|
|
332
|
|
Total Adjusted ROIC Earnings
|
$
|
485
|
|
|
$
|
393
|
|
|
$
|
378
|
|
|
$
|
307
|
|
|
$
|
1,563
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted Invested Capital (in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
Trailing Four
|
|
Dec. 31, 2016
|
|
Mar. 31, 2017
|
|
June 30, 2017
|
|
Sep. 30, 2017
|
|
Quarter Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity (1)
|
$
|
17,173
|
|
|
$
|
17,121
|
|
|
$
|
17,411
|
|
|
$
|
17,570
|
|
|
$
|
17,319
|
|
+ Interest-bearing liabilities (2)
|
6,931
|
|
|
7,207
|
|
|
6,980
|
|
|
7,336
|
|
|
7,114
|
|
+ LIFO adjustment (net of tax)
|
47
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
44
|
|
|
44
|
|
|
44
|
|
Other adjustments
|
10
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
43
|
|
|
66
|
|
|
33
|
|
Total Adjusted Invested Capital
|
$
|
24,161
|
|
|
$
|
24,379
|
|
|
$
|
24,478
|
|
|
$
|
25,016
|
|
|
$
|
24,510
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted Return on Invested Capital
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.4
|
%
|
(1)
|
|
Excludes noncontrolling interests
|
(2)
|
|
Includes short-term debt, current maturities of long-term debt,
capital lease obligations, and long-term debt
|
Adjusted ROIC is Adjusted ROIC earnings divided by adjusted invested
capital. Adjusted ROIC earnings is ADM’s net earnings adjusted
for the after tax effects of interest expense, changes in the LIFO
reserve and other specified items. Adjusted invested capital is
the sum of ADM’s equity (excluding noncontrolling interests) and
interest-bearing liabilities adjusted for the after tax effect of the
LIFO reserve, and other specified items. Management believes
Adjusted ROIC is a useful financial measure because it provides
investors information about ADM’s returns excluding the impacts of LIFO
inventory reserves and other specified items and increases
period-to-period comparability of underlying business performance. Management
uses Adjusted ROIC to measure ADM’s performance by comparing Adjusted
ROIC to its weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Adjusted
ROIC, Adjusted ROIC earnings and Adjusted invested capital are non-GAAP
financial measures and are not intended to replace or be alternatives to
GAAP financial measures.
Archer Daniels Midland Company
Media Relations
Colin McBean
312-634-8484
or
Investor Relations
Mark Schweitzer
217-451-8286