Capital Expenditure and Working Capital: The Company’s capital expenditure plans are reviewed with the ambition to reduce spend in 2020, which is heavily dependent on our customers’ launch schedules and activities. Working capital is being optimized through strict inventory control, close monitoring of receivables, and close collaboration with our suppliers. Since the beginning of the year, Autoliv has had in place a supply chain financing program. This program facilitates the Company’s relationship with its key suppliers and provides for potential working capital benefits.
Management Actions: The situation for each customer, plant and country in which Autoliv operates is closely monitored and updated on a daily basis. Information collection, flexibility and agility are keys to designing optimal measures to adapt to a rapidly changing situation. The Company’s actions to mitigate the effects of lower business activity include, as previously communicated, expanding our existing structural efficiency program, balancing our labor force and the sourcing of direct materials, and suspending all discretionary spending that is not critical to our daily operations. All divisions and functions are planning and implementing cost reduction actions and our cash position is monitored on a daily basis. Autoliv has and intends to continue to adhere to our commitments to our customers and suppliers.
Executive and Board Pay Reductions: Acknowledging the difficult times for our employees, our executive officers andnon-employee Board members have voluntarily reduced their pay. The Executive officers have reduced their base salaries by 20% for Q2 2020. Thenon-employee Board members have reduced their annual base retainer by 20% for Q2 2020. These cost savings will contribute to the other actions being taken to manage the business over several months of reduced customer demand.
Autoliv adjusts its production
Autoliv continues to adjust its production in response the current situation, including temporarily closing some of its own plants in compliance with local government requirements and recommendations and to align with the shutdowns of customer production facilities.
In China, our operations have gradually recovered to around 90% compared to this time last year. The production recovery has been in balance with customer demand recovery sincemid-February. In South Korea, Indonesia and Japan, the majority of the Company’s plants are currently operating relatively close to planned output.
In Europe, the Americas, India, Malaysia and the Philippines, almost all of the Company’s plants are currently closed. This is in line with our customers plant closures. Most customer plant closures are currently planned to be between two weeks and one month, though we expect some plant closures to be extended.
Autoliv is working on securing the supply chain as well as continuing the appropriate health measures required to ensure the safety of its employees so it is prepared to resume operations of its plants when customer plants arere-opened.
Inquiries:
Investors & Analysts: Anders Trapp, Investor Relations, Tel +46 (0)8 587 206 71
Investors & Analysts: Henrik Kaar, Investor Relations, Tel +46 (0)8 587 206 14
Corporate Communications: Marja Huotari, Tel +46 (0)709 578 135
This information is information that Autoliv, Inc. is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the contact person set out above, at 1X.00 CET on April 2, 2020.
Autoliv Inc.
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111 64 Stockholm, Sweden
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