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MAUMEE, Ohio, Oct. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Highlights

• Sales of $1.8 billion; 32 percent year-over-year growth; 21 percent organic growth
  
• Net income attributable to Dana of $69 million; diluted EPS of $0.46
  
• Adjusted EBITDA of $216 million, providing a margin of 11.8 percent
  
• Diluted adjusted EPS of $0.59; 20 percent growth compared with last year
  
• Operating cash flow of $181 million; free cash flow of $99 million
  
• Full-year 2017 guidance raised:
  


• Sales guidance increased by $200 million
  
• Adjusted EBITDA guidance increased by $30 million
  
• Margin guidance increased by 10 basis points
  
• Diluted adjusted EPS guidance increased by 10 cents per share
  
• Free cash flow guidance increased by $50 million

Dana Incorporated (NYSE: DAN) today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2017.

"The third quarter was further evidence that our dedicated team members are committed to successfully executing our enterprise strategy.  We continue to generate strong organic growth, remaining focused on new business launches while successfully integrating our recent acquisitions," said James Kamsickas, Dana president and chief executive officer. "The combination of strong market demand, new business, and cost discipline has enabled all four of our business units to deliver improved margins over the first nine months of this year.  We continue to deliver industry-leading products and services for our customers, returns for our investors, and value for all our stakeholders."

Third-Quarter Financial Results
Sales for the third quarter of 2017 totaled $1.83 billion, compared with $1.38 billion in the same period of 2016, an increase of 32 percent for the quarter and 23 percent year-to-date.  The quarterly increase was driven in part by recent acquisitions that contributed $133 million.  Currency provided a tailwind to sales of $28 million.  Excluding acquisitions and currency effects, stronger market demand and new business generated 21 percent organic sales growth.

Net income attributable to Dana for the third quarter of 2017 was $69 million, compared with $57 million in the same period last year.  Net income benefited from increased adjusted EBITDA of $48 million and reduced restructuring expense of $15 million.  Partially offsetting these benefits were increased depreciation and amortization expense, largely attributable to our recent acquisitions and a higher level of capital investment, increased income tax expense, and costs of $13 million associated with debt refinancing actions undertaken this past quarter.  Reported diluted earnings per share were $0.46 in the third quarter of 2017, compared with $0.39 in the same period last year.

Adjusted EBITDA of $216 million provided an 11.8 percent margin in the third quarter of 2017, compared with $168 million or 12.1 percent margin in the third quarter in 2016.  Last year's third quarter benefited from $7 million of gains in the Dana Companies subsidiary that we divested last December.  Excluding these gains, this year's third quarter margin performance was 20 basis points better than last year's adjusted margin of 11.6 percent.  Stronger end-market demand and conversion of new business backlog added $37 million in adjusted EBITDA this quarter, while the Brevini and USM acquisitions added an additional $15 million. 

Changes in foreign currency rates improved earnings by $3 million.  Year-to-date, organic EBITDA growth of $125 million provided a 20 percent incremental margin.

Diluted adjusted earnings per share in the third quarter of 2017 were $0.59, compared with $0.49 in the same period last year, primarily driven by the year-over-year earnings improvement.

Operating cash flow in this year's third quarter was $181 million, compared with $42 million in the same period of 2016.   Inclusive of capital spending of $82 million in the third quarter of 2017, free cash flow was $99 million, $125 million better than the same period last year.  Higher earnings and improved working capital efficiency were the primary drivers.  Lower cash taxes and net interest were offset by increased transaction costs driven by recent acquisitions and higher capital spending to support new business launches.

"We are pleased to report strong financial results again this quarter, as our operational performance and improved end-market demand have allowed us to raise our 2017 financial guidance," said Jonathan Collins, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Dana. "Our efforts this year, along with continued momentum into next year, have Dana on pace to achieve the financial targets, which we set at our investor day about this time last year, earlier than originally expected."

Updated 2017 Full-Year Financial Targets⁽¹⁾ 
Dana has raised key financial guidance across all business units.   

• Sales of $7.0 to $7.2 billion;
  
• Adjusted EBITDA of $820 to $850 million;
  
• Adjusted EBITDA as a percent of sales of 11.7 to 11.9 percent;
  
• Diluted adjusted EPS of $2.30 to $2.50;
  
• Cash flow from operations of $530 to $570 million;
  
• Capital spending of $380 to $420 million; and
  
• Free cash flow of $130 to $170 million.

¹Net income and diluted EPS guidance are not provided, as discussed below in Non-GAAP Financial Information.

Dana Named PACE Award Finalist for the Seventh Consecutive Year
Dana announced this month that its new constant-velocity joint for heavy-duty pickup trucks has been named a finalist for the 2018 Automotive News PACE Awards.  This technology was recently launched in the Ford Super Duty pickup truck and is receiving outstanding feedback.

The 6,000 Nm Rzeppa-style constant-velocity joint provides a durable solution for use in heavy-duty pickup trucks.  The technology is the first use of a CV joint in pickup trucks and is able to improve strength, maximize efficiency, and reduce weight over previous technologies. 

Dana has earned five PACE Awards since the program's inception, most recently in 2017 for its Victor Reinz^® multi-layer steel transmission pump gasket.  The company's adaptive air/oil separation system and Spicer^® OpTiMa™ tire pressure management system also were named finalists in 2017.

Dana Continues Growth Through Expansion
To further support growth in China, Dana will be repurposing a former Brevini facility in Yancheng, China, to manufacture the company's line of direct-insulation thermal-acoustic protective shielding to meet various thermal and acoustical management needs within exhaust or powertrain systems. 

This plant is strategically positioned in close proximity to Dana's regional Asia headquarters and technology center in Shanghai, China, and will enable the company to deliver technologies to its China customers more quickly and cost effectively.

Dana has served the rapidly growing Chinese automobile market for more than 25 years, and this expansion helps to support growth in this important market, lower costs by leveraging Dana's current assets and capabilities, and support vehicle manufacturers with technologies that deliver superior performance and promote sustainability.

The company announced earlier this year it will be building a new facility in Chongqing, China, that will produce advanced driveline products for the Chinese market.  It is scheduled to open in late 2018. 

In addition to expansion in China, Dana celebrated the grand opening of its new high-tech axle manufacturing facility in Toledo, Ohio, United States, on Oct. 25, along with a new Australian manufacturing facility that opened earlier this year.

A new manufacturing facility in Győr, Hungary, is scheduled to open in 2018. 

Dana to Host Conference Call at 11 a.m. Today
Dana will discuss its third-quarter results in a conference call at 11 a.m. EDT today.  Participants may listen to the conference call via audio streaming online or telephone.  Slide viewing is available via Dana's investor website: www.dana.com/investors.  U.S. and Canadian locations should dial 1-888-311-4590 and international locations should dial 1-706-758-0054.  Please enter conference I.D. 98697429 and ask for the "Dana Incorporated's Financial Webcast and Conference Call."  Phone registration will be available starting at 10:30 a.m. 

An audio recording of the webcast will be available after 5 p.m. today by dialing 1-855-859-2056 (U.S. or Canada) or 1-404-537-3406 (international) and entering conference I.D. 98697429.  A webcast replay will be available after 5 p.m. today and may be accessed via Dana's investor website.

Non-GAAP Financial Information
This release refers to adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure which we have defined as net income before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, equity grant expense, restructuring expense, and other adjustments not related to our core operations (gain/loss on debt extinguishment, pension settlements, divestitures, impairment, etc.).  Adjusted EBITDA is a measure of our ability to maintain and continue to invest in our operations and provide shareholder returns.  We use adjusted EBITDA in assessing the effectiveness of our business strategies, evaluating and pricing potential acquisitions, and as a factor in making incentive compensation decisions.  In addition to its use by management, we also believe adjusted EBITDA is a measure widely used by securities analysts, investors, and others to evaluate financial performance of our company relative to other Tier 1 automotive suppliers.  Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered a substitute for income before income taxes, net income or other results reported in accordance with GAAP.  Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

Diluted adjusted EPS is a non-GAAP financial measure, which we have defined as adjusted net income divided by adjusted diluted shares.  We define adjusted net income as net income (loss) attributable to the parent company, excluding any nonrecurring income tax items, restructuring and impairment expense, amortization expense, and other adjustments not related to our core operations (as used in adjusted EBITDA), net of any associated income tax effects.  We define adjusted diluted shares as diluted shares as determined in accordance with GAAP based on adjusted net income.  This measure is considered useful for purposes of providing investors, analysts, and other interested parties with an indicator of ongoing financial performance that provides enhanced comparability to EPS reported by other companies.  Diluted adjusted EPS is neither intended to represent nor be an alternative measure to diluted EPS reported under GAAP.

Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure, which we have defined as cash provided by (used in) operating activities, less purchases of property, plant, and equipment.  We believe this measure is useful to investors in evaluating the operational cash flow of the company inclusive of the spending required to maintain the operations.  Free cash flow is neither intended to represent nor be an alternative to the measure of net cash provided by (used in) operating activities reported under GAAP.  Free cash flow may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

The accompanying financial information provides reconciliations of adjusted EBITDA, diluted adjusted EPS, and free cash flow to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.  We have not provided a reconciliation of our adjusted EBITDA and diluted adjusted EPS outlook to the most comparable GAAP measures of net income and diluted EPS.  Providing net income and diluted EPS guidance is potentially misleading and not practical given the difficulty of projecting event driven transactional and other non-core operating items that are included in net income and diluted EPS, including restructuring actions, asset impairments and income tax valuation adjustments.  The accompanying reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures with the most comparable GAAP measures for the historical periods presented are indicative of the reconciliations that will be prepared upon completion of the periods covered by the non-GAAP guidance.

Please reference the "Non-GAAP financial information" accompanying our quarterly earnings conference call presentations on our website at www.dana.com/investors for our GAAP results and the reconciliations of these measures, where used, to the comparable GAAP measures.

Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements and projections contained in this news release are, by their nature, forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry and business, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us, all of which are subject to change.  Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," "would," "could," "potential," "continue," "ongoing," similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words.  These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. 

Dana's Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings discuss important risk factors that could affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.  The forward-looking statements in this news release speak only as of this date. Dana does not undertake any obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason.

About Dana Incorporated
Dana is a world leader in highly engineered solutions for improving the efficiency, performance, and sustainability of powered vehicles and machinery.  Dana supports the passenger vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, and industrial markets as well as industrial and stationary equipment applications.  Founded in 1904, Dana employs nearly 29,000 people in 33 countries on six continents who are committed to delivering long-term value to customers.  The company reported sales of more than $5.8 billion in 2016.  Based in Maumee, Ohio, the company's headquarters operations were selected as a "Top Workplace" by The (Toledo) Blade in 2017.  For more information, please visit dana.com.