Visteon to Comment on 2006 Financial Outlook
26 September 2006 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a
presentation today to securities analysts at the JPMorgan Paris
Auto Show Investor Conference in Paris, France, Michael F.
Johnston, chairman and chief executive officer, and Donald J.
Stebbins, president and chief operating officer, are expected to
provide an overview of Visteon's business and to comment on the
company's 2006 financial outlook in light of recent announcements
of lower North America vehicle production by its customers. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO ) Johnston
and Stebbins are expected to indicate that reductions to second-
half customer production levels, changing vehicle mix, and other
cost factors will challenge the company's financial results for the
remainder of 2006. As a result, the company does not expect to meet
the financial guidance targets announced on Aug. 1, 2006. The
company currently expects second half product sales to be about 10
percent lower than first half product sales of $5.7 billion.
Visteon will discuss actions to respond to lower customer volumes,
its three-year improvement plan and an update to its outlook for
2006 when it releases third-quarter financial results in late
October. Visteon Corporation is a leading global automotive
supplier that designs, engineers and manufactures innovative
climate control, interior, electronic and lighting products for
vehicle manufacturers, and also provides a range of products and
services to aftermarket customers. With corporate offices in Van
Buren Township, Mich. (U.S.); Shanghai, China; and Kerpen, Germany;
the company has more than 170 facilities in 24 countries and
employs approximately 49,000 people. Forward-looking Information
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward- looking statements are not guarantees of future results
and conditions but rather are subject to various factors, risks and
uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ
materially from those expressed in these forward-looking
statements, including general economic conditions, including
changes in interest rates and fuel prices; the automotive vehicle
production volumes and schedules of our customers, and in
particular Ford's vehicle production volumes; our ability to
satisfy our future capital and liquidity requirements and comply
with the terms of our existing credit agreements and indentures;
the financial distress of our suppliers, or other significant
suppliers to our customers, and possible disruptions in the supply
of commodities to us or our customers; our ability to implement,
and realize the anticipated benefits of, restructuring and other
cost-reduction initiatives and our successful execution of internal
performance plans and other productivity efforts; the timing and
expenses related to restructurings, employee reductions,
acquisitions or dispositions; increases in raw material and energy
costs and our ability to offset or recover these costs; the effect
of pension and other post-employment benefit obligations; increases
in our warranty, product liability and recall costs; the outcome of
legal or regulatory proceedings to which we are or may become a
party; as well as those factors identified in our filings with the
SEC (including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended Dec. 31, 2005). We assume no obligation to update these
forward-looking statements.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO DATASOURCE:
Visteon Corporation CONTACT: Media Inquiries: Kimberley Goode,
+1-734-710-5000, , or Analyst Inquiries: Derek Fiebig,
+1-734-710-5800, , both of Visteon Corporation
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