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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 2)
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 2, 2006
VISTEON CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   1-15827   38-3519512
         
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
One Village Center Drive, Van Buren Township, Michigan   48111
     
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (800)-VISTEON
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:
o   Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Item 2.05. Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
Press Release, dated May 2, 2006


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EXPLANATORY NOTE
     This Amendment No. 2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Visteon Corporation (the “Company”) on January 11, 2006, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on February 10, 2006 (the “Original Forms 8-K”) to provide updated disclosures regarding the Company’s three-year restructuring and improvement plan as described in the Original Forms 8-K. This Amendment No. 2 also furnishes information regarding the Company’s financial results for the first quarter of 2006.
SECTION 2 – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
     On May 2, 2006, the Company issued a press release regarding its financial results for the first quarter of 2006. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 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 2.05. Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.
     As discussed in the Original Forms 8-K, the Company previously announced the commencement of a three-year improvement plan that involves the restructuring of up to 23 underperforming and/or non-strategic plants.
     During the first quarter of 2006 the Company recorded $9 million of severance and other restructuring costs related to this three-year improvement plan, which will be settled in cash. The Company is expecting to be reimbursed for these costs from the restructuring escrow account funded by Ford Motor Company on October 1, 2005.
SECTION 7 – REGULATION FD
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
     See “Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition” above.
SECTION 9 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     
Exhibit No.   Description
99.1
  Press release dated May 2, 2006.


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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.
         
  VISTEON CORPORATION
 
 
Date: May 2, 2006  By:        /s/ William G. Quigley III    
              William G. Quigley III   
              Vice President, Corporate Controller
          and Chief Accounting Officer 
 
 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit No.   Description   Page
99.1
  Press release dated May 2, 2006.    

 

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Exhibit 99.1
NEWS RELEASE — For Immediate Release
(VISTEON LOGO)
Visteon announces first quarter 2006 results and raises full year guidance
Highlights
    First quarter 2006 net income of $3 million – up $166 million versus 2005
 
    Strong momentum implementing three-year plan
 
    Full-year 2006 EBIT-R guidance raised
 
    Product sales of $2.8 billion
 
    Significant business wins strengthen customer diversification
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., May 2, 2006 — Visteon Corporation (NYSE:VC) today announced improved first quarter results for 2006 showing strong progress toward implementing its three-year plan. For the first quarter 2006, Visteon reported net income of $3 million or $0.02 per share, a significant improvement over first quarter 2005 results of a net loss of $163 million, or $1.30 per share.
“We are pleased with the improvement in our performance in the first quarter and the momentum we are gaining on implementing our three-year plan,” said Michael F. Johnston, chairman and chief executive officer. “Our operating results were better than both the first and fourth quarters of 2005, and we have made solid progress restructuring our organization, improving our base operations and growing our global business.”
“Our improved performance is driven by the significant actions we are taking across all of our operations,” Johnston added. “We know there is still much work to be done. We have clear plans in place to achieve our objectives, and we are looking for every opportunity to accelerate our three-year plan.”
First Quarter 2006 Results
For the first quarter 2006, product sales were $2.8 billion and services sales totaled $145 million. Sales for the same period a year ago totaled $5.0 billion. Product sales were lower primarily due to the October 1, 2005, transaction with Ford that transferred 23 Visteon facilities to Automotive Components Holdings, LLC, a Ford-managed business entity.
“Our balanced portfolio positions us for future growth,” Johnston noted. “We have a solid new business backlog and have started the year with some impressive wins that further diversify our customer base.”
For the first quarter 2006, Visteon recorded net income of $3 million, or $0.02 per share compared to a net loss of $163 million, or $1.30 per share, in the first quarter of 2005.
                 
 
  Contact(s):   Media Inquiries   Analyst Inquiries   Visteon Corporation
 
      Kimberley Goode   Derek Fiebig   One Village Center Drive
 
      734-710-5000   734-710-5800   Van Buren Twp., Mich., 48111
 
      kgoode@visteon.com   dfiebig@visteon.com    

 


 

Free cash flow was a use of $117 million for the quarter and improved by $26 million from the fourth quarter 2005, despite normal seasonality. Free cash flow was lower than the first quarter 2005 in which Visteon first received the benefit of accelerated payment terms from Ford as part of a financial agreement announced March 10, 2005.
As of March 31, 2006, Visteon had $881 million of cash, a $16 million increase over the balance at Dec. 31, 2005. Total debt for the company as of March 31, 2006, was $2.08 billion, up marginally from year-end 2005. As of March 31, 2006, Visteon was well within the limits of its financial covenants in its existing credit facilities and expects to remain in compliance throughout the year.
“Cash flow improved from the prior quarter because of the heightened focus and tighter controls on spending we have implemented across the company,” said James F. Palmer, executive vice president and chief financial officer. “We have made progress while continuing to invest in the business at appropriate levels, and we remain committed to taking additional steps to strengthen our cash flow position.”
Outlook
Visteon is raising its estimate for 2006 full-year for EBIT-R to a range of $120 million to $150 million. Additionally, the company still expects to generate about $50 million of free cash flow for 2006.
“We have confidence in our continued improvement,” Johnston added. “We are increasing our outlook for EBIT-R, reaffirming our outlook for positive free cash flow and reiterating our expectation for continued improvement in 2007 and beyond.”
Visteon Corporation is a leading global automotive supplier that designs, engineers and manufactures innovative climate, interior, electronic and lighting products for vehicle manufacturers, and also provides a range of products and services to aftermarket customers. With corporate offices in Van Buren Township, Mich. (U.S.); Shanghai, China; and Kerpen, Germany; the company has more than 170 facilities in 24 countries and employs approximately 50,000 people.
Forward-looking Information
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and conditions but rather are subject to various factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, including general economic conditions, including changes in interest rates and fuel prices; the automotive vehicle production volumes and schedules of our customers, and in particular Ford’s vehicle production volumes; our ability to satisfy our future capital and liquidity requirements and comply with the terms of our existing credit agreements and indentures; the financial distress of our suppliers, or other significant suppliers to our customers, and possible disruptions in the supply of commodities to us or our customers; our ability to implement, and realize the anticipated benefits of, restructuring and other cost-reduction initiatives and our successful execution of internal performance plans and other productivity efforts; the timing and expenses related to restructurings, employee reductions, acquisitions or dispositions; increases in raw material and energy costs and our ability to offset or recover these costs;

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the effect of pension and other post-employment benefit obligations; increases in our warranty, product liability and recall costs; the outcome of legal or regulatory proceedings to which we are or may become a party; as well as those factors identified in our filings with the SEC (including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2005). We assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
This press release contains information about Visteon’s financial results which is not presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). Such non-GAAP financial measures are reconciled to their closest GAAP financial measures at the end of this press release. The provision of these comparable GAAP financial measures for full-year 2006 is not intended to indicate that Visteon is explicitly or implicitly providing projections on those GAAP financial measures, and actual results for such measures are likely to vary from those presented. The reconciliations include all information reasonably available to the company at the date of this press release and the adjustments that management can reasonably predict.
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Visteon news releases, photographs and product specification details
are available at www.visteon.com

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VISTEON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Dollars in Millions, Except Per Share Data)
(Unaudited)
                 
    Three-Months Ended  
    March 31  
    2006     2005  
Net sales
               
Product
  $ 2,816     $ 4,987  
Services
    145        
 
           
 
               
 
    2,961       4,987  
Cost of sales
               
Product
    2,573       4,840  
Services
    144        
 
           
 
               
 
    2,717       4,840  
 
           
Gross margin
    244       147  
 
               
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    168       250  
 
               
Restructuring expenses
    9       7  
 
               
Reimbursement from Escrow Account
    9        
 
           
 
               
Operating income (loss)
    76       (110 )
 
               
Interest expense, net
    39       29  
 
               
Equity in net income of non-consolidated affiliates
    7       6  
 
           
 
               
Income (loss) before income taxes and minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries and cumulative effect of change in accounting
    44       (133 )
 
               
Provision for income taxes
    30       22  
 
               
Minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries
    7       8  
 
           
 
               
Net income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in accounting
    7       (163 )
 
               
Cumulative effect of change in accounting, net of tax
    (4 )      
 
           
 
               
Net income (loss)
  $ 3     $ (163 )
 
           
 
               
Per share data:
               
 
               
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share before cumulative effect of change in accounting
  $ 0.05     $ (1.30 )
 
               
Cumulative effect of change in accounting, net of tax
    (0.03 )      
 
           
 
               
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share
  $ 0.02     $ (1.30 )
 
           
 
               
Average shares outstanding (millions)
               
Basic
    127.1       125.6  
Diluted
    127.2       125.6  

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VISTEON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollars in Millions)
                 
    (Unaudited)        
    March 31     December 31  
    2006     2005  
ASSETS
Cash and equivalents
  $ 881     $ 865  
Accounts receivable, net
               
Ford Motor Company
    584       618  
Non-Ford Motor Company
    1,180       1,120  
Inventories, net
    544       537  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    229       205  
 
           
 
               
Total current assets
    3,418       3,345  
 
               
Equity in net assets of non-consolidated affiliates
    234       226  
Property and equipment, net
    2,994       2,973  
Other assets
    172       192  
 
           
 
               
Total assets
  $ 6,818     $ 6,736  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
 
               
Short-term debt, including current portion of long-term debt
  $ 234     $ 485  
Accounts payable
    1,764       1,803  
Employee benefits, including pensions
    245       233  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
    394       438  
 
           
 
               
Total current liabilities
    2,637       2,959  
 
               
Long-term debt
    1,849       1,509  
Postretirement benefits other than pensions
    727       724  
Postretirement benefits payable to Ford Motor Company
    130       154  
Employee benefits, including pensions
    646       647  
Deferred income taxes
    191       175  
Other liabilities
    416       382  
Minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries
    237       234  
 
               
Shareholders’ deficit
               
Preferred stock (par value $1.00, 50 million shares authorized, none outstanding)
           
Common stock (par value $1.00, 500 million shares authorized, 131 million shares issued, 128 million and 129 million shares outstanding, respectively)
    131       131  
Stock warrants
    127       127  
Additional paid-in capital
    3,397       3,396  
Accumulated deficit
    (3,437 )     (3,440 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (202 )     (234 )
Other
    (31 )     (28 )
 
           
 
               
Total shareholders’ deficit
    (15 )     (48 )
 
           
 
               
Total liabilities and shareholders’ deficit
  $ 6,818     $ 6,736  
 
           

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VISTEON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Dollars in Millions)
(Unaudited)
                 
    Three-Months Ended  
    March 31  
    2006     2005  
Cash provided from (used by) operating activities
               
 
               
Net income (loss)
  $ 3     $ (163 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided from operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    102       176  
Equity in net income of non-consolidated affiliates, net of dividends remitted
    7       3  
Other non-cash items
    (23 )     22  
Changes in assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    2       (23 )
Inventories
    1       (58 )
Accounts payable
    (99 )     140  
Other assets and liabilities
    (25 )     81  
 
           
 
               
Net cash (used by) provided from operating activities
    (32 )     178  
 
               
Cash provided from (used by) investing activities
               
 
               
Capital expenditures
    (85 )     (127 )
Acquisitions and investments in joint ventures, net
          (9 )
Proceeds from asset disposals
    7       19  
 
           
 
               
Net cash used by investing activities
    (78 )     (117 )
 
               
Cash provided from (used by) financing activities
               
 
               
Other short-term debt, net
    (270 )     21  
Proceeds from issuance of other debt, net of issuance costs
    371       12  
Principal payments on other debt
    (7 )     (13 )
Other, including book overdrafts
    21       (17 )
 
           
 
               
Net cash provided from financing activities
    115       3  
 
               
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
    11       (7 )
 
           
 
               
Net increase in cash and equivalents
    16       57  
 
               
Cash and equivalents at beginning of year
    865       752  
 
           
 
               
Cash and equivalents at end of period
  $ 881     $ 809  
 
           

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VISTEON CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(Dollars in Millions)
(Unaudited)
In this press release the Company has provided information regarding certain non-GAAP financial measures including “EBIT-R” and “free cash flow.” Such non-GAAP financial measures are reconciled to their closest US GAAP financial measure in the schedules below.
EBIT-R: EBIT-R represents net income (loss) before net interest expense and provision for income taxes and excludes impairment and net unreimbursed restructuring charges. Management believes EBIT-R is useful to investors because the excluded items may vary significantly in timing or amounts and/or may obscure trends useful in evaluating and comparing the Company’s continuing operating activities.
                         
    Three-Months Ended     2006  
    March 31     Estimate  
    2006     2005          
Net income (loss)
  $ 3     $ (163 )   $ (150) - $(120 )
 
                       
Interest expense, net
    39       29       160  
Provision for income taxes
    30       22       110  
Net unreimbursed restructuring expense
          7        
 
                 
 
                       
EBIT-R
  $ 72     $ (105 )   $ 120 - $150  
 
                 
EBIT-R is not a recognized term under GAAP and does not purport to be an alternative to net income (loss) as an indicator of operating performance or to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. Because not all companies use identical calculations, this presentation of EBIT-R may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. Additionally, EBIT-R is not intended to be a measure of free cash flow for management’s discretionary use, as it does not consider certain cash requirements such as interest payments, tax payments and debt service requirements.
Free Cash Flow: Free cash flow represents cash flow from operating activities less capital expenditures. Management believes that free cash flow is useful in analyzing the Company’s ability to service and repay its debt and it uses the measure for planning and forecasting future periods, as well as in compensation decisions.
                                 
    Three-Months Ended   2006  
    March 31     December 31     Estimate  
    2006     2005     2005          
Cash provided from operating activities
  $ (32 )   $ 178     $ 42     $ 500  
 
                               
Capital expenditures
    (85 )     (127 )     (185 )     (450 )
 
                       
 
                               
Free cash flow
  $ (117 )   $ 51     $ (143 )   $ 50  
 
                       
Free cash flow is not a recognized term under GAAP and does not reflect cash used to service debt and does not reflect funds available for investment or other discretionary uses.

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