Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2019

The Company and its subsidiaries design, manufacture and sell components and modules for circuit protection, power control and sensing throughout the world. The Company reports its operations by the following segments: Electronics, Automotive, and Industrial. An operating segment is defined as a component of an enterprise that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, and about which separate financial information is regularly evaluated by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources. The CODM is the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). The CODM allocates resources to and assesses the performance of each operating segment using information about its revenue and operating income (loss) before interest and taxes, but does not evaluate the operating segments using discrete balance sheet information.

Sales, marketing, and research and development expenses are charged directly into each operating segment. Manufacturing, purchasing, logistics, customer service, finance, information technology, and human resources are shared functions that are allocated back to the three operating segments. The Company does not report inter-segment revenue because the operating segments do not record it. Certain expenses, determined by the CODM to be strategic in nature and not directly related to segments current results, are not allocated but identified as “Other”. Additionally, the Company does not allocate interest and other income, interest expense, or taxes to operating segments. These costs are not allocated to the segments, as management excludes such costs when assessing the performance of the segments. Although the CODM uses operating income (loss) to evaluate the segments, operating costs included in one segment may benefit other segments. Except as discussed above, the accounting policies for segment reporting are the same as for the Company as a whole.

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Electronics Segment: Consists of one of the broadest product offerings in the industry, including fuses and fuse accessories, positive temperature coefficient (“PTC”) resettable fuses, polymer electrostatic discharge (“ESD”) suppressors, varistors, reed switch based magnetic sensing, gas discharge tubes; semiconductor and power semiconductor products such as discrete transient voltage suppressor (“TVS”) diodes, TVS diode arrays, protection and switching thyristors, silicon carbide, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (“MOSFETs”) and silicon carbide diodes; and insulated gate bipolar transistors (“IGBT”) technologies. The segment covers a broad range of end markets, including industrial and automotive electronics, electric vehicle infrastructure, data and telecommunications, medical devices, LED lighting, consumer electronics and appliances

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Automotive Segment: Consists of a wide range of circuit protection, power control and sensing technologies for global original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”), Tier-I suppliers and parts distributors in passenger car, heavy duty truck, off-road vehicles, material handling, agricultural, construction and other commercial vehicle industries. Passenger car fuse products include fuses and fuse accessories for internal combustion engine vehicles and hybrid and electric vehicles including blade fuses, battery cable protectors, resettable fuses, high-current fuses, and high-voltage fuses. Commercial vehicle products include fuses, switches, relays, and power distribution modules for the commercial vehicle industry. Automotive sensor products include a wide range of automotive and commercial vehicle products designed to monitor the passenger compartment occupants, safety and environment as well as the vehicle’s powertrain, emissions, speed and suspension.


•	Industrial Segment: Consists of power fuses, protection relays and controls and other circuit protection products for use in various industrial applications such as oil, gas, mining, alternative energy - solar and wind, electric vehicle infrastructure, construction, HVAC systems, elevator and other industrial equipment.

Segment information is summarized as follows:



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
(in thousands)	September 28, 2019			September 29, 2018			September 28, 2019			September 29, 2018
Net sales
Electronics	$	227,252		$	296,472		$	752,199		$	860,240
Automotive	104,681			114,416			326,814			367,718
Industrial	30,038			28,303			86,337			88,229
Total net sales	$	361,971		$	439,191		$	1,165,350		$	1,316,187

Depreciation and amortization
Electronics	$	14,960		$	15,898		$	45,031		45,227
Automotive	7,067			5,891			20,848			17,830
Industrial	1,061			1,364			3,177			4,291
Other	—			3,105			—			8,712
Total depreciation and amortization	$	23,088		$	26,258		$	69,056		$	76,060

Operating income (loss)
Electronics	$	34,567		$	72,464		$	127,233		$	193,739
Automotive	11,437			10,863			34,987			44,965
Industrial	6,822			4,134			16,158			14,123
Other(a)	(5,659		)	(11,233		)	(17,904		)	(79,406		)
Total operating income	47,167			76,228			160,474			173,421
Interest expense	5,559			5,775			16,834			16,980
Foreign exchange loss (gain)	4,968			982			5,636			(6,372		)
Other (income) expense, net	(4,764		)	1,259			(3,406		)	(2,362		)
Income before income taxes	$	41,404		$	68,212		$	141,410		$	165,175

(a) Included in “Other” Operating income (loss) for the 2019 third quarter is $3.2 million ($6.9 million year-to-date) of acquisition related and integration charges primarily related to the IXYS acquisition. In addition, there were $2.5 million ($11.0 million year-to-date) of restructuring charges primarily related to employee termination costs. See Note 8, Restructuring, Impairment and Other Charges, for further discussion.

Included in "Other" Operating income (loss) for the third quarter of 2018 is includes approximately $10.1 million ($75.6 million year-to-date) of charges related to the IXYS acquisition, which include $36.9 million year-to-date of purchase accounting inventory step-up charges previously recorded during the first and second quarters of 2018, $2.4 million ($16.1 million year-to-date) in acquisition-related and integration costs primarily related to legal, accounting and other expenses, $3.1 million ($8.7 million year-to-date) in backlog amortization costs, $4.6 million ($7.3 million year-to-date) of employee termination costs and other restructuring charges, and $4.5 million year-to-date stock compensation expense recognized immediately upon close for converted IXYS options related to prior service periods and $2.1 million year-to-date change in control expense related to IXYS. In addition, there were $0.4 million ($1.6 million year-to-date) of employee termination costs, other restructuring, impairment charges of $1.1 million associated with the exit of the Custom business in the second quarter, and $0.7 million ($1.1 million year-to-date) of acquisition-related expenses for other contemplated acquisitions.

The Company’s net sales by country were as follows:



	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
(in thousands)	September 28, 2019		September 29, 2018		September 28, 2019		September 29, 2018
Net sales
United States	$	105,292	$	125,867	$	340,811	$	386,980
China	101,960		117,813		316,553		352,097
Other countries(a)	154,719		195,511		507,986		577,110
Total net sales	$	361,971	$	439,191	$	1,165,350	$	1,316,187

The Company’s long-lived assets by country were as follows:



(in thousands)	September 28, 2019		December 29, 2018
Long-lived assets
United States	$	56,790	$	58,691
China	88,386		95,806
Mexico	73,350		70,495
Germany	35,817		36,548
Philippines	37,775		32,459
Other countries(a)	37,674		45,895
Total long-lived assets	$	329,792	$	339,894

The Company’s additions to long-lived assets by country were as follows:



	Nine Months Ended
(in thousands)	September 28, 2019		September 29, 2018
Additions to long-lived assets
United States	$	4,972	$	5,636
China	12,418		19,043
Mexico	12,650		14,089
Germany	4,335		5,917
Philippines	9,546		6,133
Other countries(a)	3,454		5,128
Total additions to long-lived assets	$	47,375	$	55,946

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Each country included in other countries are less than 10% of net sales.