Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 28, 2014

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

Note 1.  Basis of Presentation

Our Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Textron Inc. (Textron) and its majority-owned subsidiaries.  On March 14, 2014, we completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding equity interests in Beech Holdings, LLC, which included Beechcraft Corporation and other subsidiaries, (collectively “Beechcraft”). The results of Beechcraft have been included in our consolidated financial statements only for the period subsequent to the completion of the acquisition. As a result, the consolidated financial results for the six months ended June 28, 2014 do not reflect a full six months of Beechcraft operations.

We have prepared these unaudited consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. for interim financial information.  Accordingly, these interim financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. for complete financial statements.  The consolidated interim financial statements included in this quarterly report should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 2013.  In the opinion of management, the interim financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) that are necessary for the fair presentation of our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented.  The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

Our financings are conducted through two separate borrowing groups.  The Manufacturing group consists of Textron consolidated with its majority-owned subsidiaries that operate in the Bell, Textron Systems and Industrial segments, and the recently formed Textron Aviation segment, which includes the legacy Cessna segment and the acquired Beechcraft business. The Finance group, which also is the Finance segment, consists of Textron Financial Corporation (TFC) and its consolidated subsidiaries. We designed this framework to enhance our borrowing power by separating the Finance group. Our Manufacturing group operations include the development, production and delivery of tangible goods and services, while our Finance group provides financial services. Due to the fundamental differences between each borrowing group’s activities, investors, rating agencies and analysts use different measures to evaluate each group’s performance.  To support those evaluations, we present balance sheet and cash flow information for each borrowing group within the Consolidated Financial Statements.  All significant intercompany transactions are eliminated from the Consolidated Financial Statements, including retail and wholesale financing activities for inventory sold by our Manufacturing group and financed by our Finance group.

Use of Estimates

We prepare our financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, which require us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.  Our estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically, and the effects of changes, if any, are reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in the period that they are determined.

During 2014 and 2013, we changed our estimates of revenues and costs on certain long-term contracts that are accounted for under the percentage-of-completion method of accounting.  These changes in estimates increased income from continuing operations before income taxes in the second quarter of 2014 and 2013 by $38 million and $2 million, respectively, ($24 million and $1 million after tax, or $0.09 and $0.00 per diluted share, respectively). For the second quarter of 2014 and 2013, the gross favorable program profit adjustments totaled $41 million and $9 million, respectively, and the gross unfavorable program profit adjustments totaled $3 million and $7 million, respectively.  Gross favorable program profit adjustments for the second quarter of 2014 included $16 million related to the settlement of the System Development and Demonstration phase of the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) program, which was terminated in October 2008.

The changes in estimates increased income from continuing operations before income taxes in the first half of 2014 and 2013 by $59 million and $9 million, ($37 million and $6 million after tax, or $0.13 and $0.02 per diluted share, respectively).  For the first half of 2014 and 2013, the gross favorable program profit adjustments totaled $65 million and $18 million, respectively, and the gross unfavorable program profit adjustments totaled $6 million and $9 million, respectively.  Gross favorable program profit adjustments for the first half of 2014 included $16 million related to the ARH program as described above.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” that outlines a comprehensive five-step revenue recognition model based on the principle that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services.  Entities have the option of using either a full retrospective or a modified retrospective approach for the adoption. This ASU is effective for our company at the beginning of fiscal 2017; early adoption is not permitted. We are currently evaluating the new guidance to determine the impact it is expected to have on our consolidated financial statements, along with the transition method we expect to utilize.