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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended June 27, 2004

Commission file number 1-15983

ArvinMeritor, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Indiana 38-3354643


(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
   
2135 West Maple Road, Troy, Michigan 48084-7186


(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
   
(248) 435-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes  [X]    No  [   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes  [X]    No  [   ]

69,380,624 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, of ARVINMERITOR, INC. were outstanding on June 30, 2004.





ARVINMERITOR, INC.

INDEX

 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Item 1. Financial Statements:

Page
No.
                 Statement of Consolidated Income — Three Months and Nine Months Ended
                 June 30, 2004 and 2003


  2
                 Consolidated Balance Sheet — June 30, 2004 and September 30, 2003

  3
                 Condensed Statement of Consolidated Cash Flows — Nine Months Ended
                 June 30, 2004 and 2003


  4
                 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

  5
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and
             Financial Condition


22
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

28
Item 4. Controls and Procedures

28
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION:

 
Item 5. Other Information

29
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

29
Signatures 31

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. Financial Statements

ARVINMERITOR, INC.

STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME
(in millions, except per share amounts)

Three Months Ended
June 30,

Nine Months Ended
June 30,

2004
2003
2004
2003
(Unaudited)
Sales     $ 2,388   $ 2,109   $ 6,822   $ 5,811  
Cost of sales    (2,159 )  (1,896 )  (6,210 )  (5,238 )




GROSS MARGIN    229    213    612    573  
   Selling, general and administrative    (123 )  (111 )  (363 )  (326 )
   Gain on divestitures            20    2  
   Restructuring costs    (4 )  (5 )  (13 )  (16 )
   Environmental remediation costs            (8 )    
   Costs for withdrawn tender offer            (16 )    




OPERATING INCOME    102    97    232    233  
   Equity in earnings of affiliates    5    4    12    6  
   Gain on sale of marketable securities            7      
   Interest expense, net and other    (26 )  (26 )  (77 )  (78 )




INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES    81    75    174    161  
   Provision for income taxes    (24 )  (24 )  (51 )  (52 )
   Minority interests    (4 )  (4 )  (10 )  (6 )




NET INCOME   $ 53   $ 47   $ 113   $ 103  




BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE   $ 0.78   $ 0.70   $ 1.68   $ 1.54  




DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE   $ 0.77   $ 0.69   $ 1.65   $ 1.52  




Basic average common shares outstanding    67.6    66.9    67.3    66.9  




Diluted average common shares outstanding    68.8    67.8    68.6    67.6  




Cash dividends per common share   $ 0.10   $ 0.10   $ 0.30   $ 0.30  







See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ARVINMERITOR, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(in millions)

June 30,
2004

September 30,
2003

  (Unaudited)
ASSETS                
CURRENT ASSETS:            
     Cash and cash equivalents   $ 122   $ 103  
     Receivables (less allowance for doubtful accounts:  
         June 30, 2004, $27 and September 30, 2003, $24)    1,751    1,327  
     Inventories    579    543  
     Other current assets    239    253  


         TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS    2,691    2,226  


NET PROPERTY    1,248    1,332  
GOODWILL    985    951  
OTHER ASSETS    705    731  


         TOTAL ASSETS   $ 5,629   $ 5,240  


LIABILITIES AND SHAREOWNERS' EQUITY                
CURRENT LIABILITIES:  
     Short-term debt   $ 5   $ 20  
     Accounts payable    1,460    1,311  
     Compensation and benefits    303    238  
     Income taxes    32    31  
     Other current liabilities    309    265  


         TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES    2,109    1,865  


LONG-TERM DEBT    1,585    1,541  
RETIREMENT BENEFITS    610    683  
OTHER LIABILITIES    161    188  
MINORITY INTERESTS    64    64  
SHAREOWNERS' EQUITY:               
      Common stock (June 30, 2004, 71.0 shares issued and  
           69.4 outstanding; September 30, 2003, 71.0 shares issued          
          and 68.5 outstanding)    71    71  
     Additional paid-in capital    571    561  
     Retained earnings    731    639  
     Treasury stock (June 30, 2004, 1.6 shares;                
          September 30, 2003, 2.5 shares)    (25 )  (37 )
     Unearned compensation    (17 )  (12 )
     Accumulated other comprehensive loss    (231 )  (323 )


         TOTAL SHAREOWNERS' EQUITY    1,100    899  


         TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREOWNERS' EQUITY   $ 5,629   $ 5,240  


See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ARVINMERITOR, INC.

CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS
(in millions)

Nine Months Ended
June 30,

2004
2003
(Unaudited)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES                
Net income   $ 113   $ 103  
Adjustments to net income to arrive at cash provided by operating activities:                
     Depreciation and amortization    164    161  
     Gain on divestitures    (20 )  (2 )
     Gain on sale of marketable securities    (7 )    
     Restructuring costs, net of expenditures    1    2  
     Pension and retiree medical expense    99    73  
     Pension and retiree medical contributions    (185 )  (141 )
Changes in receivable securitization and factoring    (115 )  148  
Changes in assets and liabilities, excluding effects of                
     acquisitions, divestitures and foreign currency adjustments    (65 )  (138 )


CASH (USED FOR) PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES    (15 )  206  


INVESTING ACTIVITIES                
     Capital expenditures    (108 )  (119 )
     Proceeds from disposition of property and businesses    85    42  
     Acquisitions of businesses and investments, net of cash acquired        (104 )
     Proceeds from sale of marketable securities    18      
     Other investing activities    (1 )    


CASH USED FOR INVESTING ACTIVITIES    (6 )  (181 )


FINANCING ACTIVITIES  
         Net change in revolving debt    45    44  
         Net change in other debt    5    (22 )


     Net change in debt    50    22  
     Proceeds from exercise of stock options    5      
     Cash dividends    (21 )  (20 )


CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES    34    2  


EFFECT OF CHANGES IN FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE  
     RATES ON CASH    6    20  


CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS    19    47  
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD    103    56  


CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD   $ 122   $ 103  


See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ARVINMERITOR, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

1. Basis of Presentation

  ArvinMeritor, Inc. (the company or ArvinMeritor) is a leading global supplier of a broad range of integrated systems, module and components serving light vehicle, commercial truck, trailer and specialty original equipment manufacturers and certain aftermarkets. The company also provides coil coating applications to the transportation, appliance, construction and furniture industries. The consolidated financial statements are those of the company and its consolidated subsidiaries.

  In the opinion of the company, the unaudited financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting solely of adjustments of a normal, recurring nature, necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. These statements should be read in conjunction with the company’s financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2004, are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year.

  The company’s fiscal year ends on the Sunday nearest September 30. The company’s fiscal quarters end on the Sundays nearest December 31, March 31, and June 30. The third quarter of fiscal 2004 and 2003 ended on June 27, 2004 and June 29, 2003, respectively. All year and quarter references relate to the company’s fiscal year and fiscal quarters unless otherwise stated.

  For each interim reporting period the company makes an estimate of the effective tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year. The rate so determined is used in providing for income taxes on a year-to-date basis. As a result of ongoing legal entity restructuring to more closely align the company’s organizational structure with the underlying operations of the businesses and the favorable tax treatment of the gain on the sale of AP Amortiguadores, S.A. (see Note 5) recorded by the company in the second quarter of fiscal 2004, the company expects the fiscal 2004 effective tax rate to be approximately 30 percent.

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.

2. Earnings per Share

  Basic earnings per share are based upon the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per share assumes the exercise of common stock options and the impact of restricted stock when dilutive.

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ARVINMERITOR, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

  A reconciliation of basic average common shares outstanding to diluted average common shares outstanding is as follows (in millions):

Three Months Ended
June 30,

Nine Months Ended
June 30,

2004
2003
2004
2003
Basic average common shares outstanding       67 .6   66 .9   67 .3   66 .9
Impact of restricted stock    0 .9  0 .7  0 .9  0 .6
Impact of stock options    0 .3  0 .2  0 .4  0 .1




Diluted average common shares outstanding     68 .8   67 .8   68 .6   67 .6




3. New Accounting Standards

  On December 8, 2003, President Bush signed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (the Act) into law. The Act introduces a prescription drug benefit under Medicare as well as a federal subsidy to sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans that provide a benefit that is at least actuarially equivalent to the benefit established by the law. In May 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. FAS 106-2, “Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003.” The FSP provides guidance on how to account for the federal subsidy. In the third quarter of fiscal 2004, the company amended its retiree medical plans (see Note 16). As a result of the amendment, the adoption of FSP 106-2 did not have a material impact on the company’s results of operations or financial position.

  In December 2003, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 132 (revised 2003), “Employers’ Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, and 106.” This Statement revises employers’ disclosures about pension and other postretirement benefit plans. It does not change the measurement or recognition of those plans required by FASB Statements No. 87, No. 88 and No. 106. It requires additional disclosures to those in the original FASB Statement No. 132 about the assets, obligations, cash flows, and net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit pension plans and other defined benefit postretirement plans. Certain of these disclosures are required for financial statements with interim periods ending after December 15, 2003. The company has included the additional disclosure requirements in Note 16.

4. Dana Corporation Tender Offers

  On July 9, 2003, the company commenced a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Dana Corporation (Dana) for $15.00 per share in cash. On July 22, 2003, Dana’s Board of Directors recommended that its shareowners reject the company’s initial cash tender offer. On November 17, 2003, the company increased its tender offer to $18.00 per share in cash and indicated it would withdraw its offer on December 2, 2003 unless the Dana Board of Directors agreed to begin negotiating a definitive merger agreement. On November 24, 2003, following Dana’s announcement that its Board of Directors recommended that its shareowners reject the company’s increased offer, the company announced that it had withdrawn its $18.00 per share all cash tender offer. As a result of the company’s decision to withdraw its tender offer, the company recorded a net charge of $9 million ($6 million after-tax, or $0.09 per diluted share) in the first quarter of fiscal 2004. The pre-tax charge includes $16 million in direct incremental acquisition costs and a gain on the sale of Dana stock owned by the company of $7 million.

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ARVINMERITOR, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

5. Acquisitions and Divestitures

  As part of the company’s continuing strategy to divest non-core businesses, in the third quarter of fiscal 2004 the company completed the sale of its Commercial Vehicle Systems Kenton, OH trailer beam fabrication facility. The divestiture of this facility is in line with the company’s strategy to be less vertically integrated and more focused on its core process