Mr. Vince Galifi reports
MAGNA ANNOUNCES OUTLOOK
Magna International Inc. has released its financial outlook for 2015. All amounts are in U.S. dollars.
2015 OUTLOOK
Light vehicle production (units)
North America 17.3 million
Europe 20.3 million
Production sales
North America $17.6-billion -- $18.2-billion
Europe $9.0-billion -- $9.4-billion
Asia $2.0-billion -- $2.2-billion
Rest of world $0.6-billion -- $0.7-billion
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Total production sales $29.2-billion -- $30.5-billion
Complete vehicle assembly
sales $2.4-billion -- $2.7-billion
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Total sales $34.4-billion -- $36.1-billion
Operating margin* Low 7% range
Tax rate* 25% -- 26%
Capital spending $1.5-billion -- $1.7-billion
* Excluding other expense (income), net
In addition to Magna's 2015 sales and light vehicle production outlook, the company expects 2017 total production sales to be approximately $5-billion higher than 2015, based on assumed full-year 2017 light vehicle production volumes of approximately 18.2 million units in North America and approximately 21.9 million units in Europe. Magna expects the increase in total production sales to be split approximately as follows by segment: 45 per cent in North America, 35 per cent in Europe and 20 per cent in Asia. In this outlook Magna has assumed no material acquisitions or divestitures. In addition, Magna has assumed that foreign exchange rates for the most common currencies in which it conducts business relative to its U.S. dollar reporting currency will approximate year-end 2014 rates.
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