UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN
 
PRIVATE
 
ISSUER PURSUANT
 
TO RULE 13a
 
-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of October 2023
Commission File Number 001-16429
ABB Ltd
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Affolternstrasse 44, CH-8050, Zurich,
 
Switzerland
(Address of principal executive
 
office)
Indicate by check mark
 
whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
 
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-
F.
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issuer must furnish and make
 
public under the laws of the
 
jurisdiction in
which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled
 
or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”),
 
or under the rules of the
home country exchange on which
 
the registrant’s securities are traded, as
 
long as the report or other document is not
 
a press
release, is not required to be and
 
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and, if discussing a material event,
has already been the subject
 
of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing
 
on EDGAR.
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in this Form is also thereby furnishing
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to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange
 
Act of 1934.
 
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12g3-2(b): 82-
 
This Form 6-K consists of the following:
1.
Press release issued by ABB Ltd dated October
 
18, 2023 titled “Q3
 
2023 results”.
2.
Q3 2023 Financial Information.
The information provided by Item
 
2 above is hereby incorporated
 
by reference into the Registration
 
Statements on Form F-3 of
ABB Ltd and ABB Finance (USA) Inc.
 
(File Nos. 333-223907 and 333-223907-01)
 
and registration statements on
 
Form S-8
(File Nos. 333-190180, 333-181583, 333-179472,
 
333-171971 and 333-129271) each
 
of which was previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, OCTOBER
 
18,
 
2023
Q3 2023 results
Positive book-to-bill,
 
high margin and strong
 
cash flow
delivery
 
Orders $8,052 million,
 
-2%; comparable
1
 
+2%
 
 
Revenues $7,968 million,
 
+8%; comparable
1
 
+11%
 
 
Income from operations
 
$1,259 million;
 
margin 15.8%
 
 
Operational EBITA
1
 
$1,392 million;
 
margin
1
 
17.4%
 
Basic EPS $0.48;
 
+149%
2
 
Cash flow from operating
 
activities
4
 
$1,351 million; +71%
Ad hoc Announcement pursuant to Art. 53
 
Listing Rules of SIX Swiss Exchange
Q3 2023
First nine months
Press Release
“Q3 2023 was a strong
 
quarter for ABB including
 
a positive book-to-bill
 
ratio, Operational EBITA
margin again above
 
17% and a strong cash flow
 
delivery putting
 
us in a good position to
achieve an annual free cash
 
flow of about $3
 
billion.”
Björn Rosengren
, CEO
KEY FIGURES
CHANGE
CHANGE
($ millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Q3 2023
Q3 2022
US$
Comparable
1
9M 2023
9M 2022
US$
Comparable
1
Orders
8,052
8,188
-2%
2%
26,169
26,368
-1%
4%
Revenues
7,968
7,406
8%
11%
23,990
21,622
11%
16%
Gross Profit
2,762
2,481
11%
8,366
7,052
19%
as % of revenues
34.7%
33.5%
+1.2 pts
34.9%
32.6%
+2.3 pts
Income from operations
1,259
708
78%
3,755
2,152
74%
Operational EBITA
1
1,392
1,231
13%
11%
 
3
4,094
3,364
22%
22%
 
3
as % of operational
 
revenues
1
17.4%
16.6%
+0.8 pts
17.0%
15.5%
+1.5 pts
Income from continuing
 
operations, net of
 
tax
905
420
115%
2,902
1,469
98%
Net income attributable
 
to ABB
882
360
145%
2,824
1,343
110%
Basic earnings
 
per share ($)
 
0.48
0.19
149%
2
1.52
0.70
116%
2
Cash flow from
 
operating activities
4
1,351
791
71%
2,393
600
299%
1
For a reconciliation of non-GAAP measures, see “supplemental reconciliations and
 
definitions” in the attached Q3 2023 Financial
 
Information.
2
EPS growth rates are computed using unrounded amounts.
3
Constant currency (not adjusted for portfolio changes).
4
Amount represents total for both continuing and discontinued
 
operations.
 
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ABB INTERIM
 
REPORT
I
Q3
 
2023
 
2
The third quarter developed
 
largely as planned,
 
and I am
pleased about the comparable
 
order growth of 2%
 
supporting a
book-to-bill ratio of 1.01.
 
This means we delivered
 
on our
quarterly expectation of
 
book-to-bill in positive
 
territory, despite
a double-digit comparable
 
increase in revenues.
 
We had yet
another quarter with
 
strong operational
 
performance across
 
the
business areas, and
 
this time coupled with
 
a very strong cash
flow generation,
 
setting
 
us up to achieve
 
free cash flow of about
$3 billion in 2023.
 
In total, Operational
 
EBITA increased by 13% and we
 
achieved
an Operational EBITA margin of
 
17.4%, an improvement
 
of 80
basis points from the
 
corresponding period
 
last year.
 
This was
supported by a strong
 
price contribution
 
which outweighed
 
the
impacts from inflation in labor
 
costs, with additional
 
support
from efficient execution
 
of higher volumes
 
in production. It was
good to see that our
 
focus on cash conversion
 
yielded results
with Cash flow from operating
 
activities at $1.4
 
billion, an
increase of $560 million
 
from last year supported
 
mainly by
higher earnings
 
and better Net working
 
capital management.
As in recent quarters,
 
the order development
 
was strong in
 
the
project-
 
and systems-related
 
businesses that is often
 
linked to
our various medium voltage
 
offerings. This more
 
than offset the
impact from a decline in
 
parts of the short-cycle
 
businesses.
 
In
total, most customer segments
 
remained overall
 
stable or
improved, with declines
 
mainly noted in
 
the discrete automation
and construction segments.
 
Order growth was
 
strongest in
business area Process
 
Automation,
 
supported by a
 
strong
underlying market and
 
the added contribution
 
from a large order
amounting to approximately
 
$285 million.
 
In contrast, order
intake in Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation was hampered
 
by
customers normalizing
 
order patterns in a period
 
of shortening
delivery lead times, with
 
added pressure
 
from inventory
adjustments among
 
robotics-related distribution
 
channels in
China.
From a geographical
 
perspective, the Americas
 
region was the
growth engine for orders,
 
driven by double-digit
 
comparable
growth in the United
 
States and supported
 
by the timing of
 
large
orders booked. Also,
 
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa improved
 
on
a comparable basis where
 
India noted yet another
 
quarter with
strong year-on-year development.
 
In contrast, orders in China
declined at a low single-digit
 
comparable growth rate
particularly hampered
 
by weakness in robotics
 
and construction
demand.
 
Outside of these segments
 
and towards the
 
end of the
quarter we noted some
 
indications of the
 
underlying Chinese
market stabilizing,
 
although uncertainty
 
is admittedly
 
high.
Europe declined
 
to the tune of a low double-digit
 
rate, and while
the underlying market
 
softened,
 
the rate of decline
 
was
accentuated by a high
 
comparable last year
 
due to timing of
larger orders booked.
Sustainability is embedded
 
in everything we do,
 
and I was
pleased to see this
 
being recognized
 
by MSCI and the upgrade
of ABB to the highest
 
ESG rating of AAA,
 
meaning we score
 
in
the top 10%
 
of the peer universe.
During the quarter, Process Automation
 
expanded its
partnership with Northvolt,
 
providing electrification
 
and
automation technologies
 
to power the world’s largest
 
battery
recycling facility, Revolt Ett.
 
The recycling site will
 
process
125,000 tons of end-of-life
 
batteries and battery
 
production
waste each year – making
 
it the largest plant
 
of its kind in
 
the
world.
We recently took additional
 
steps to support our
 
customers on
their journey towards
 
more sustainable
 
and flexible production
with Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation expanding
 
its robot family
with four models in 22
 
variants and energy
 
savings of up
 
to 20
percent. We have also
 
announced our plans
 
to invest $280
million in our Robotics
 
business in Sweden.
 
The site will serve
as a European hub, and
 
further strengthen
 
our capabilities in
serving our customers in
 
Europe with locally manufactured
products in a growing
 
market. This is to
 
replace the existing
 
old
robotics facilities at the
 
site, and the new
 
Campus is planned
 
to
open in late 2026.
To
 
mark the completion
 
of all divisional
 
portfolio divestments
announced at the end of
 
2020, we successfully
 
closed the
divestment of the Power
 
Conversion division.
 
Going forward we
will continuously
 
review the product groups
 
within all divisions
to optimize the portfolio
 
as part of the ABB
 
Way operating
model.
Björn Rosengren
CEO
In the
fourth quarter of 2023
, we anticipate low-
 
to mid single
digit comparable revenue
 
growth.
 
Additionally, we expect the
historical pattern to repeat
 
with
 
the Operational EBITA
 
margin in
Q4 to be sequentially
 
lower from Q3, and
 
to be around 16%.
In full-year 2023
, we anticipate comparable
 
revenue growth
 
to
be in the low teens
 
range and we expect
 
Operational EBITA
margin to be in the range
 
of 16.5%
 
- 17.0%.
Outlook
CEO summary
 
 
 
 
 
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ABB INTERIM
 
REPORT
I
Q3
 
2023
 
3
Strong demand for the
 
project-
 
and systems-related
businesses,
 
often linked to the
 
medium voltage
 
offerings,
more than offset a decline
 
in parts of the short-cycle
businesses hampered
 
by inventory adjustments
 
among
channel partners and
 
normalizing order
 
patterns. In total,
orders
 
declined by 2% (up comparable
 
2%) year-on-year to
8,052 million. Comparable
 
order growth was driven
 
by the
higher contribution
 
from large orders, including
 
the one in the
Process Automation business
 
area for $285
 
million, which
will be executed over
 
a multi-year period.
 
Timing of booking significant
 
orders supported
 
the Americas
growth of 9% (comparable
 
13%).
 
Orders in Asia, Middle
 
East
and Africa declined by 5%
 
(up comparable 4%) as
 
the
decline in China
 
of 10% (comparable 3%) was
 
more than
offset by strength elsewhere
 
in the region, including
 
strong
growth in India. The sharp
 
order decline
 
of 11% (comparable
13%) in Europe was
 
the result of softer markets
 
including the
impact from customers
 
normalizing inventory
 
levels, but also
impacted by last year’s
 
high comparable
 
supported by timing
of customers placing large
 
orders.
 
Demand in the automotive
 
segment improved,
 
supported
by EV-related investments, while
 
the general industry
 
and
consumer-related robotics
 
segments declined.
 
In transport
& infrastructure, there were
 
positive developments
 
in
marine,
 
ports and renewables.
The machine builder
 
segment declined as
 
customers
normalized order patterns
 
in the face of
 
shortening delivery
lead times.
In buildings,
 
there was weakness
 
in all three regions
 
in
residential-related
 
demand. In the commercial
 
construction
segment the United States
 
stood out with a
 
continued
robust momentum and
 
outperformed a
 
broadly stable
Europe and declining
 
China.
 
Demand in the process-related
 
businesses was
 
strong
across the board, with particular
 
strength in the oil
 
& gas
segment, and it held up
 
well also for refining,
petrochemicals and the energy-related
 
low carbon
segments.
Revenues increased
 
by 8% (11% comparable) to
$7,968 million and
 
benefitted primarily from
 
increased
volumes through execution
 
of the order backlog,
 
combined
with a strong price contribution.
 
These benefits
 
more than
offset a slight adverse impact
 
from portfolio changes.
Revenues increased
 
in all business areas,
 
supported by
comparable growth in
 
most divisions as
 
the order backlog
was executed.
Revenues by region
($ in millions,
unless otherwise
indicated)
CHANGE
Q3 2023
Q3 2022
US$
Comparable
Europe
2,810
2,494
13%
10%
The Americas
2,775
2,452
13%
16%
Asia, Middle East
and Africa
2,383
2,460
-3%
6%
ABB Group
7,968
7,406
8%
11%
Orders by region
($ in millions,
unless otherwise
indicated)
CHANGE
Q3 2023
Q3 2022
US$
Comparable
Europe
2,391
2,682
-11%
-13%
The Americas
3,258
2,980
9%
13%
Asia, Middle East
and Africa
2,403
2,526
-5%
4%
ABB Group
8,052
8,188
-2%
2%
Growth
Q3
Q3
Change year-on-year
Orders
Revenues
Comparable
2%
11%
FX
0%
1%
Portfolio changes
-4%
-4%
Total
-2%
8%
Orders and revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ABB INTERIM
 
REPORT
I
Q3
 
2023
 
4
Gross profit
Gross profit increased
 
strongly by 11% (9% constant
 
currency) to
$2,762 million, reflecting
 
a strong gross margin
 
improvement of
120 basis points to 34.7%.
 
Gross margin improved
 
in three out of
four business areas,
 
with only Process
 
Automation declining
 
mainly
due to the absence
 
of the exited high
 
margin Turbocharging
division (Accelleron).
 
Income from operations
Income from operations
 
amounted to
 
$1,259 million and
 
increased
by 78% year-on-year.
 
The improvement
 
was driven by operational
performance and contribution
 
from gains of $71
 
million from selling
businesses, including
 
the divestment of the
 
Power Conversion
division,
 
but also by last year’s
 
period being burdened
 
by the
recording of a provision
 
of $325 million
 
relating to the legacy
 
Kusile
project.
 
Margin on Income
 
from operations reached
 
15.8%, up by
620 basis points year-on-year.
Operational EBITA
 
Operational EBITA improved by 13%
 
year-on-year to $1,392
 
million
and the margin was up
 
by 80 basis points
 
to 17.4%. Key drivers
 
to
the higher earnings
 
were the impacts
 
from robust price activities
and operational
 
leverage on higher
 
volumes, which more
 
than
offset adverse impacts
 
from inflation in labor
 
costs and from
divestments. Selling, general
 
and administrative expenses
 
declined
in relation to revenues
 
to 16.7%, from 17.2%
 
last year, mostly due
to the absence of
 
costs related to the spin-off
 
of the Accelleron
business in last year’s
 
period.
 
Operational EBITA in Corporate
 
and
Other amounted to -$109
 
million, of which
 
-$39 million related
 
to
the E-mobility business
 
where operational
 
performance was
hampered by the ongoing
 
reorganization to ensure
 
a more focused
portfolio, and some
 
inventory-related provisions.
Net finance expenses
Net finance expense was
 
$36 million and
 
increased slightly from
last year’s $28
 
million.
Income tax
Income tax expense was
 
$326 million with
 
an effective tax rate of
26.5%.
Net income and earnings
 
per share
Net income attributable
 
to ABB was $882
 
million
 
and more than
doubled from last year
 
driven by improved
 
operational performance
and lower non-operational
 
items.
 
This resulted in basic
 
earnings per
share of $0.48, up
 
from $0.19 last year.
Operational EBITA
($ millions)
Q3 2023
Q3 2022
Corporate and Other
E-mobility
(39)
(4)
Corporate costs, intersegment
eliminations and other
1
(70)
(52)
Total
(109)
(56)
1
Majority of which relates to underlying corporate
Earnings
 
 
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ABB INTERIM
 
REPORT
I
Q3
 
2023
 
5
Net working capital
Net working capital amounted
 
to $4,041 million,
 
increasing
year-on-year from $3,407
 
million driven mainly
 
by the
increase in inventories
 
and receivables. Net
 
working capital
decreased sequentially
 
from $4,585 million
 
driven mainly by
strong trade net working
 
capital management
 
and an
increase in accrued
 
expenses
 
related to the timing
 
of
payments of accruals.
 
Net working capital
 
as a percentage
of revenues
1
 
was 12.8%, down sequentially
 
from 14.7%.
Capital expenditures
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
 
and intangible
assets amounted to $175
 
million.
 
Net debt
Net debt
1
 
amounted to $2,872
 
million at the end
 
of the quarter
and decreased from $4,117 million
 
year-on-year,
 
and
declined sequentially
 
from $4,165 million.
 
The sequential
 
net
decrease was driven by
 
the strong operational
 
cash flow in
the quarter, and further supported
 
by the proceeds
 
from the
sale of the Power Conversion
 
business.
Cash flows
Cash flow from operating
 
activities was $1,351
 
million,
representing a steep year-on-year
 
increase from $791
 
million.
This was driven by strong
 
improvements in all
 
business areas
on the back of higher
 
earnings and a reduction
 
of net working
capital this quarter versus
 
a build-up of net
 
working capital in
the prior year mainly
 
related to inventories.
Share buyback program
A share buyback program
 
of up to $1 billion
 
was launched on
April 3, 2023. During
 
the third quarter, 5,244,809
 
shares were
repurchased on the second
 
trading line for approximately
 
$200
million. ABB’s total number
 
of issued shares,
 
including shares
held in treasury, amounts to 1,882,002,575.
($ millions,
 
unless otherwise
 
indicated)
Sep. 30
2023
Sep. 30
2022
Dec. 31
2022
Short term debt and
 
current
maturities of long
 
-term debt
2,951
 
3,068
 
2,535
 
Long-term debt
4,899
 
4,530
 
5,143
 
Total debt
7,850
 
7,598
 
7,678
 
Cash & equivalents
3,869
 
2,365
 
4,156
 
Restricted cash
 
- current
18
 
323
 
18
 
Marketable securities
 
and
 
short-term investments
1,091
 
793
 
725
 
Restricted cash
 
- non-current
Cash and marketable
 
securities
4,978
 
3,481
 
4,899
 
Net debt (cash)*
2,872
 
4,117
 
2,779
 
Net debt (cash)*
 
to EBITDA ratio
0.5
 
0.7
 
0.7
 
Net debt (cash)*
 
to Equity ratio
0.21
 
0.34
 
0.21
 
*
At Sep. 30, 2023, Sep. 30, 2022 and Dec. 31, 2022,
 
net debt(cash) excludes net pension
(assets)/liabilities of $(414) million $(114) million and $(276) million,
 
respectively.
Balance sheet & Cash flow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ABB INTERIM
 
REPORT
I
Q3
 
2023
 
6
Orders and revenues
Demand linked to the
 
medium-voltage offerings
 
noted
strong year-on-year development
 
and more than offset
market softness in parts
 
of the short-cycle
 
business which
was hampered by distributors
 
normalizing inventory
 
levels in
the face of shortening
 
delivery lead times.
 
Total orders
amounted to $3,693
 
million and declined
 
2% (up
comparable 1%) impacted
 
by the divestment
 
of the Power
Conversion division
 
early in the quarter.
 
Demand was particularly
 
strong in the datacenters
 
and
chemical, oil & gas segments
 
with a solid development
noted in rail and green
 
energy-linked areas
 
like solar.
However, weakness was noted
 
in construction with
 
the
residential segment down
 
in all three regions
 
while in
commercial construction
 
the United States
 
stood out with
a continued robust
 
momentum and outperformed
 
a
broadly stable Europe
 
and declining
 
China.
 
In Asia, Middle East and
 
Africa orders decreased
 
by 5%
(up comparable 2%)
 
including a slight
 
comparable
improvement in China,
 
where signs of
 
sequential
stabilization emerged
 
towards the latter part
 
of the quarter
outside of the construction
 
segment.
 
The Americas
declined by 2% (up comparable
 
4%) with United States
down by 2% (up comparable
 
6%). Europe was stable
(down comparable
 
3%), including a 6% decline
 
in
Germany where weakness
 
in the residential
 
construction
market weighed on the
 
Smart Buildings
 
division.
Revenues amounted
 
to $3,561 million
 
and weakness in
the buildings segment
 
weighed on growth
 
in Smart
Buildings and Installation
 
Products, while the remaining
divisions contributed
 
to revenue growth
 
of 3%
(comparable 6%) with a
 
strong contribution
 
from price as
the key driver.
 
Profit
Operational EBITA increased by 15%
 
year-on-year and
amounted to $748 million,
 
supported by strong
 
operational
performance which more
 
than offset the absent
 
earnings
from portfolio changes.
 
The Operational EBITA margin
remained sequentially
 
strong at 20.8%, representing
 
an
improvement of 210 basis
 
points year-on-year.
Benefits
 
from a strong price execution
 
was the main
driver to the earnings
 
improvement, with
 
some additional
support from operational
 
leverage on slightly
 
higher
volumes.
 
The positive impact
 
from lower commodity
 
costs year-on-
year, was virtually offset by inflation
 
linked to labor.
 
CHANGE
CHANGE
($ millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Q3 2023
Q3 2022
US$
Comparable
9M 2023
9M 2022
US$
Comparable
Orders
3,693
3,772
-2%
1%
11,794
11,797
0%
3%
Order backlog
6,994
6,317
11%
16%
6,994
6,317
11%
16%
Revenues
3,561
3,471
3%
6%
10,886
10,121
8%
11%
Operational EBITA
748
651
15%
2,212
1,768
25%
as % of operational
 
revenues
20.8%
18.7%
+2.1 pts
20.3%
17.4%
+2.9 pts
Cash flow from
 
operating activities
1,051
715
47%
2,143
1,258
70%
No. of employees (FTE equiv.)
50,500
50,500
0%
Growth
Q3
Q3
Change year-on
 
-year
Orders
Revenues
Comparable
1%
6%
FX
0%
1%
Portfolio changes
-3%
-4%
Total
-2%
3%
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REPORT
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Q3
 
2023
 
7
Orders and revenues
Total orders declined due to a high level
 
of larger bookings
 
in
last year’s period. Looking
 
beyond this impact,
 
it was a more
stable development
 
with a strong order
 
momentum reported
 
for
the long-cycle businesses,
 
while weakness was
 
noted in parts
of the short-cycle businesses.
 
Order intake amounted
 
to
$1,886 million, representing
 
a decrease of 4% (7%
comparable).
Demand improved in
 
the process-related
 
segments of
chemicals, oil & gas, pulp
 
& paper and mining,
 
however
declined in the more
 
short-cycle segments including
 
HVAC
linked to weakness in construction,
 
food & beverage and
electronics.
 
Order intake increased
 
by 10% (comparable
 
15%) in Asia,
Middle East and Africa,
 
supported by a double-digit
comparable growth in
 
China. Europe declined
 
sharply by
22%
 
(comparable 28%) mainly
 
due to the Traction-related
high order level last
 
year. The Americas increased
 
by 3%
(down comparable
 
3%) as the acquired
 
contribution was
more than offset by softness
 
in demand for the
 
low voltage
motors.
Execution of the order backlog
 
resulted in high revenues
 
of
$1,947
 
million, representing
 
an increase of 14%
 
(comparable
11%) year-on-year. Higher volumes
 
and earlier implemented
pricing activities both
 
contributed strongly
 
to comparable
growth.
 
Profit
 
All divisions contributed
 
to the strong 28%
 
year-on-year
improvement in Operational
 
EBITA to $390
 
million, driving the
Operational EBITA margin up by
 
200 basis points
 
to 19.8%.
 
Results were mainly supported
 
by the benefits from
 
a strong
price execution which
 
more than offset cost
 
inflation related
 
to
labor and raw materials.
Higher volume output
 
supported the
 
fixed cost absorption
 
in
production.
Strongest profitability improvements
 
were reported in
 
the motor
divisions, with Large Motors
 
& Generators as
 
the outperformer.
 
Divisional mix was slightly
 
positive due to strong
 
deliveries from
the drives and service-related
 
businesses.
Growth
Q3
Q3
Change year-on-year
Orders
Revenues
Comparable
-7%
11%
FX
1%
1%
Portfolio changes
2%
2%
Total
-4%
14%
Motion
CHANGE
CHANGE
($ millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Q3 2023
Q3 2022
US$
Comparable
9M 2023
9M 2022
US$
Comparable
Orders
1,886
1,966
-4%
-7%
6,285
6,247
1%
1%
Order backlog
5,108
4,613
11%
5%
5,108
4,613
11%
5%
Revenues
1,947
1,702
14%
11%
5,868
4,900
20%
20%
Operational EBITA
390
305
28%
1,157
845
37%
as % of operational
 
revenues
19.8%
17.8%
+2 pts
19.7%
17.2%
+2.5 pts
Cash flow from
 
operating activities
466
268
74%
935
507
84%
No. of employees (FTE equiv.)
22,100
20,700
7%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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REPORT
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Q3
 
2023
 
8
Orders and revenues
On a broad robust underlying
 
activity across the
 
customer
segments,
 
with the added
 
contribution of large
 
orders, order
intake reached $1,883 million
 
and increased
 
by 20%
(comparable 38%) year-on-year.
Order intake included
 
the booking of an order
 
at a value
of $285 million with fulfillment
 
due over a
 
multi-year
period.
The Energy Industries division
 
benefited from
 
strong
demand in the traditional
 
oil & gas segment,
 
but also
seeing high activity levels
 
in low carbon-related
 
areas
such as hydrogen,
 
LNG and carbon capture.
 
One
example of how Energy
 
Industries builds
 
further on its
value creation offer enabling
 
the clean energy transition,
is that it was contracted
 
to support the Danish
 
company
H2 Energy Esbjerg
 
ApS with electrical engineering
 
at its
hydrogen production
 
and distribution hub.
 
The plant will
convert renewable
 
electricity from offshore
 
wind into
about 90,000 tons of green
 
hydrogen per
 
year – the
equivalent of 1.9
 
million barrels of oil, supporting
 
the
decarbonization
 
of heavy industry and
 
road
transportation.
All divisions contributed
 
with a double-digit
 
growth in
revenues, which amounted
 
to $1,554 million, up
 
by 7%
(comparable 23%) year-on-year,
 
supported mainly by
volumes but also by a
 
positive price development.
 
Total
revenue growth was hampered
 
mainly by the absence
 
of
the Accelleron business
 
which
 
was spun-off in early
October 2022, meaning
 
this is the last quarter
 
of structural
impact.
Profit
The Operational EBITA was largely
 
stable year-on-year
 
at
$226
 
million, the result of a
 
strong revenue execution
 
which
offset the absence of earnings
 
related to the exited
Accelleron business.
 
The Operational EBITA margin
amounted to 14.6%,
 
representing a
 
decline of 70 basis
points as operational
 
improvements did
 
not quite offset the
adverse impact of 190
 
basis points due
 
to the portfolio
change.
Operational EBITA margin remained
 
stable or increased
in all divisions except
 
for a decline in Marine
 
& Ports,
which was somewhat impacted
 
by an adverse
 
mix due to
lower share of revenues
 
stemming from the arctic
 
marine
propulsion business.
CHANGE
CHANGE
($ millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Q3 2023
Q3 2022
US$
Comparable
9M 2023
9M 2022
US$
Comparable
Orders
1,883
1,568
20%
38%
5,665
5,079
12%
31%
Order backlog
7,135
6,006
19%
20%
7,135
6,006
19%
20%
Revenues
1,554
1,458
7%
23%
4,543
4,493
1%
19%
Operational EBITA
226
225
0%
670
645
4%
as % of operational
 
revenues
14.6%
15.3%
-0.7 pts
14.7%
14.2%
+0.5 pts
Cash flow from
 
operating activities
258
217
19%
558
470
19%
No. of employees (FTE equiv.)
20,900
22,400
-6%
Growth
Q3
Q3
Change year-on
 
-year
Orders
Revenues
Comparable
38%
23%
FX
2%
1%
Portfolio changes
-20%
-17%
Total
20%
7%
Process Automation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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REPORT
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Q3
 
2023
 
9
Orders and revenues
With both divisions in
 
negative growth, total
 
orders declined
by 26% (comparable
 
27%), weighed
 
down by normalizing
order patterns and weakening
 
of the Chinese robotics
 
market.
Although it is difficult
 
to exactly assess, we
 
expect these
pressures to persist also
 
in the next couple
 
of quarters.
In Machine Automation
 
order intake was impacted
 
by
customers normalizing
 
order patterns to align
 
with
shortening delivery
 
lead times,
 
and awaiting deliveries
 
from
the Machine Automation
 
order backlog which
 
extends into
the second half of 2024.
In the Robotics division, orders
 
declined at a mid-single
digit rate.
 
This was driven by
 
a sequential softening
 
of the
underlying Chinese
 
market, with some additional
 
pressure
from local inventory reductions
 
among channel
 
partners
outside of the automotive
 
segment. Outside of
 
China
demand was more resilient
 
with growth in
 
the United States
and the decline in
 
Europe limited to a mid-single
 
digit rate.
From a geographical
 
perspective, orders in
 
the Americas
declined by 10%
 
(12%
 
comparable). The decline
 
in Europe
was 35% (comparable
 
38%) triggered
 
by machine
automation-related customers
 
normalizing order
 
patterns. In
Asia, Middle East and
 
Africa orders
 
declined by 20%
(comparable 17%), hampered
 
by China being
 
down by 32%
(comparable 28%) weighed
 
down mainly by robotics-related
channel partners adjusting
 
inventories.
Revenues increased
 
in both divisions as
 
the order backlog
was executed and amounted
 
to $929 million,
 
an
improvement of 12% (comparable
 
9%), supported
 
by
positive impacts from
 
both price and volumes.
 
Profit
Steep improvement of 29%
 
in Operational
 
EBITA to
$137 million was supported
 
by both divisions, and
 
Operational
EBITA margin was up by 190 basis
 
points and reached
 
14.7%.
Higher gross margin was
 
the key contributor
 
to the strong
earnings improvement,
 
mainly supported by positive
 
impacts
from earlier implemented
 
price increases
 
and improved
operational execution,
 
which more than offset
 
the impacts
from higher labor costs as
 
well as increased spend
 
in
Research & Development.
 
CHANGE
CHANGE
($ millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Q3 2023
Q3 2022
US$
Comparable
9M 2023
9M 2022
US$
Comparable
Orders
665
901
-26%
-27%
2,516
3,318
-24%
-22%
Order backlog
2,363
2,659
-11%
-14%
2,363
2,659
-11%
-14%
Revenues
929
828
12%
9%
2,788
2,290
22%
23%
Operational EBITA
137
106
29%
418
215
94%
as % of operational
 
revenues
14.7%
12.8%
+1.9 pts
15.0%
9.4%
+5.6 pts
Cash flow from
 
operating activities
92
82
12%
266
109
144%
No. of employees (FTE equiv.)
11,000
10,700
3%
Growth
Q3
Q3
Change year-on
 
-year
Orders
Revenues
Comparable
-27%
9%
FX
1%
3%
Portfolio changes
0%
0%
Total
-26%
12%
Robotics & Discrete Automation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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REPORT
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Q3
 
2023
10
Quarterly highlights
ABB was upgraded
 
from AA to AAA in
 
the MSCI ESG
rating. ESG ratings from
 
MSCI ESG Research
 
are
designed to measure
 
a company’s resilience
 
to financially
material environmental,
 
societal and governance
 
(ESG)
risks.
 
Achieving the highest
 
possible rating
 
of AAA, ABB
ranks in the top ten
 
percent of industry
 
peers.
As part of its commitment
 
to increase the circularity
 
of its
low-voltage solutions,
 
ABB expanded
 
its portfolio of
electrification products
 
that are made of sustainable
plastics in the Nordics,
 
Germany and Spain.
 
ABB’s Smart
Buildings division
 
is progressively substituting
 
about
1,000 tonnes per year
 
of conventional
 
fossil-based
plastics with sustainable
 
alternatives including
mechanically recycled
 
or bio-based plastics.
ABB’s Motion business area
 
and WindESCo have
 
signed
a strategic partnership,
 
where ABB has
 
acquired a
minority stake in the
 
company. US-based WindESCo
 
is
the leading analytics
 
software provider for
 
improving the
performance and reliability
 
of wind turbines. Leveraging
WindESCo’ solutions,
 
the investment will strengthen
ABB’s position as a key
 
enabler of a low
 
carbon society
and its position in the
 
renewable power
 
generation sector.
 
ABB will deliver complete
 
power, propulsion
 
and
automation systems
 
for two newbuild
 
short-sea container
ships of global logistics
 
company Samskip
 
Group. The
vessels will be among
 
the world’s first of their
 
kind to use
hydrogen as a fuel.
 
Both vessels will be
 
operating between
Oslo Fjord and Rotterdam,
 
a distance of approximately
 
700
nautical miles.
ABB has expanded
 
its large robot range
 
with four new
models and 22 variants
 
offering more choice,
 
increased
coverage and greater
 
performance.
 
The next generation
models offer customers superior
 
performance and
 
up to
20% energy savings thanks
 
to their lighter robot
 
design and
use of regenerative braking.
In August and September
 
2023, ABB organized
 
a range of
courses and trainings
 
for its employees
 
to better
understand the differences
 
between generations,
 
how to
challenge biases,
 
and benefit from intergenerational
collaboration. The events
 
were part of the company’s
commitment to the generations
 
dimension of its
 
D&I
strategy that is focused
 
on ensuring that
 
all generations are
welcomed and skills
 
and strengths are utilized
 
and bridged
across.
Q3 outcome
34% reduction year-on-year of CO
e emissions in own
operations mainly driven by shifting
 
to green electricity in
our operations.
9% increase year-on-year in LTIFR
 
due to a slight
increase in incidents in absolute numbers
 
.
3%-points increase year-on-year in share
 
of women in
senior management,
 
demonstrating steady progress
towards our target.
Sustainability
Q3 2023
Q3 2022
CHANGE
12M ROLLING
CO
e own operations
 
emissions,
 
Ktons scope 1 and 2
1
36
55
-34%
182
Lost Time Injury
 
Frequency
 
Rate (LTIFR),
 
frequency / 200,000
 
working hours
2
0.15
0.14
9%
0.13
Share of females
 
in senior management
positions, %
20.4
17.4
+3 pts
19.4
1
CO
 
equivalent emissions from site, energy use,
 
SF
 
and fleet, previous quarter
2
Current quarter Includes all incidents reported until October
 
5, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
ABB INTERIM
 
REPORT
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Q3
 
2023
11
During Q3 2023
On July 3, ABB announced
 
the closing of
 
the divestment
of the Power Conversion
 
division at around $530
 
million.
As a result, ABB recorded
 
a non-operational
 
book gain of
$53 million in Income
 
from operations in
 
the third quarter
of 2023. Net cash impact
 
was approximately
 
$500
million. With this transaction,
 
ABB has completed all
divisional portfolio
 
divestments announced
 
at the end of
2020.
The demand for ABB’s offering
 
was robust in the
 
first nine
months of 2023.
 
Weakness in the short-cycle
 
businesses
from last year's high level
 
was offset by strong
 
momentum in
the project-
 
and systems businesses.
 
Orders remained stable
or increased in three out
 
of four business
 
areas, with a
decline noted only
 
in Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation, for a
combined total decrease
 
of 1% (up 4% comparable)
 
at
$26,169 million.
 
Revenues were supported
 
by strong
execution of the order backlog
 
and amounted
 
to
$23,990 million, up by 11% (16% comparable),
 
overall
implying a book-to-bill
 
of 1.09.
Income from operations
 
amounted to
 
$3,755 million, up from
$2,152 million year-on-year.
 
This increase can be
 
attributed
mostly to an improved
 
operational performance.
 
In addition,
the result in the first
 
three quarters last
 
year was hampered
 
by
charges of approximately
 
$195 million due
 
to the exit of a
legacy project in non-core
 
business as well
 
as a provision of
$325 million related
 
to the legacy Kusile
 
project.
Operational EBITA increased by 22%
 
year-on-year to
$4,094 million,
 
up from $3,364 million
 
in last year’s period
and the Operational
 
EBITA margin improved by 150 basis
points to 17.0%. The increase
 
was driven by higher
 
margins
across all business areas.
 
Main drivers of
 
the margin
expansion were operating
 
leverage on higher
 
volumes from
backlog execution
 
as well as the impacts
 
from earlier
implemented price increases,
 
which more
 
than offset
inflation in labor and
 
input cost. Corporate and
 
Other
Operational EBITA amounted to
 
-$363 million.
 
Thereof, an
amount of -$134 million
 
can be attributed to
 
the E-mobility
business, which was negatively
 
affected by the ongoing
reorganization to ensure
 
a more focused
 
portfolio, and
some inventory-related
 
provisions.
Net finance expenses increased
 
by $25 million
 
to
$82 million, whereas
 
non-operational
 
pension credits
decreased by $79 million
 
to $23 million in comparison
 
to
last year’s period,
 
reflecting the impact
 
of higher interest
rates. Income tax expense
 
was $794 million
 
reflecting a tax
rate of 21.5%. This includes
 
a net benefit realized
 
on a
favorable resolution
 
of a prior year tax matter
 
relating to the
Power Grids business
 
in the current year, as well
 
as the
impact of non-deductible
 
regulatory penalties
 
related to the
Kusile project in the prior
 
year.
Net income attributable
 
to ABB was $2,824
 
million, up from
$1,343
 
million year-on-year. Basic earnings
 
per share was
$1.52, representing an
 
increase of 116% compared
 
with the
first nine months last year.
Significant events
First nine months 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ABB INTERIM
 
REPORT
I
Q3
 
2023
12
Divestments
Company/unit
Closing date
Revenues, $ million
1
No. of employees
2023
Electrification
Power Conversion
 
division
3-Jul
~440
1,500
Electrification
Industrial Plugs
 
& Sockets business
3-Jul
~12
2
Process Automation
UK technical engineering
 
consultancy
 
business
1-May
~20
160
2022
Hitachi Energy JV (Power
 
Grids, 19.9%
 
stake)
28-Dec
Acquisitions
Company/unit
Closing date
Revenues, $ million
1
No. of employees
2023
Electrification
Eve Systems
1-Jun
~20
50
Motion
Siemens low voltage
 
NEMA Motors
2-May
~60
600
2022
Motion
PowerTech
 
Converter business
1-Dec
~60
300
Note: comparable growth calculation includes acquisitions and
 
divestments with revenues of greater than $50 million.
1
Represents the estimated revenues for the last
 
fiscal year prior to the announcement of the
 
respective acquisition/divestment unless otherwise stated.
ABB Group
Q1 2022
Q2 2022
Q3 2022
Q4 2022
FY 2022
Q1 2023
Q2 2023
Q3 2023
EBITDA, $ in million
1,067
794
906
1,384
4,151
1,389
1,494
1,453
Return on Capital
 
Employed, %
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
16.50
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Net debt/Equity
0.20
0.34
0.34
0.21
0.21
0.30
0.31
0.21
Net debt/ EBITDA 12M
 
rolling
0.4
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.9
0.8
0.5
Net working capital,
 
% of 12M rolling
 
revenues
12.1%
12.8%
11.7%
11.1%
11.1%
13.9%
14.7%
12.8%
Earnings per share,
 
basic, $
0.31
0.20
0.19
0.61
1.30
0.56
0.49
0.48
Earnings per share,
 
diluted, $
0.31
0.20
0.19
0.60
1.30
0.55
0.48
0.47
Dividend per share,
 
CHF
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
0.84
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Share price at the end
 
of period, CHF
1
29.12
24.57
24.90
28.06
28.06
31.37
35.18
32.80
Share price at the
 
end of period, $
1
30.76
25.43
24.41
30.46
30.46
34.30
39.32
35.86
Number of employees
 
(FTE equivalents)
104,720
106,380
106,830
105,130
105,130
106,170
108,320
107,430
No. of shares outstanding
 
at end of period (in
millions)
1,929
1,892
1,875
1,865
1,865
1,862
1,860
1,849
1
Data prior to October 3, 2022, has been adjusted
 
for the Accelleron spin-off (Source: FactSet).
Additional figures
Additional 2023 guidance
($ in millions,
 
unless otherwise
 
stated)
FY 2023
Net finance expenses
~(100)
from ~(130)
Effective tax
 
rate
~21%
 
4
unchanged
Capital Expenditures
~(800)
unchanged
($ in millions, unless
 
otherwise stated)
FY 2023
1
Q4 2023
Corporate and Other
 
Operational EBITA
2
~(300)
~(75)
unchanged
Non-operating items
Acquisition-related amortization
~(220)
~(55)
unchanged
Restructuring and related
3
~(180)
~(40)
from ~(150)
ABB Way transformation
~(180)
~(55)
unchanged
1
Excludes one project estimated to a total of ~$100 million,
 
that is ongoing in the non-core business. Exact exit timing
 
is difficult to assess due to legal proceedings etc.
2
Excludes Operational EBITA from E-mobility business.
3
Includes restructuring and restructuring-related as well as separation
 
and integration costs.
4
Includes net positive tax impact of $206 million linked
 
to a favorable resolution of certain prior year tax
 
matters in Q1 2023 but excludes the impact
 
of acquisitions or divestments or any
significant non-operational items.
Acquisitions and divestments, last twelve months
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ABB INTERIM
 
REPORT
I
Q3
 
2023
13
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Financial calendar
2023
 
November 30
 
Capital Markets Day in
 
Frosinone, Italy
 
2024
February 1
Q4 and FY 2023 results
March 21
Annual General Meeting,
 
Zurich
April 18
 
Q1 2024 results
July 18
 
Q2 2024 results
October 17
 
Q3 2024 results
This press release includes
 
forward-looking information
 
and
statements as well as
 
other statements
 
concerning the
outlook for our business,
 
including those
 
in the sections
 
of
this release titled “CEO
 
summary,” “Outlook,” and
“Sustainability”. These
 
statements are based
 
on current
expectations, estimates
 
and projections about
 
the factors
that may affect our future
 
performance, including
 
global
economic conditions,
 
the economic conditions
 
of the
regions and industries
 
that are major markets
 
for ABB.
These expectations, estimates
 
and projections are
 
generally
identifiable by statements
 
containing words
 
such as
“anticipates,” “expects,”
 
“estimates,” “plans,”
 
“targets,”
“guidance,”
 
“likely” or similar
 
expressions. However,
 
there
are many risks and uncertainties,
 
many of which
 
are beyond
our control, that could
 
cause our actual results
 
to differ
materially from the
 
forward-looking information
 
and
statements
made in this press release
 
and which could
 
affect our ability
to achieve any or all
 
of our stated targets.
 
Some important
factors that could cause
 
such differences
 
include, among
others, business risks associated
 
with the volatile global
economic environment
 
and political conditions,
 
costs
associated with compliance
 
activities, market
 
acceptance of
new products and services,
 
changes in governmental
regulations and
 
currency exchange rates
 
and such other
factors as may be discussed
 
from time to time in
 
ABB Ltd’s
filings with the U.S. Securities
 
and Exchange
 
Commission,
including its Annual
 
Reports on Form 20-F. Although ABB
Ltd believes that its expectations
 
reflected in any
 
such
forward looking statement
 
are based upon
 
reasonable
assumptions, it can give
 
no assurance that
 
those
expectations will be
 
achieved.
The Q3 2023
 
results press release
 
and presentation
 
slides
are available on
 
the ABB News Center
 
at
www.abb.com/news and on
 
the Investor Relations
homepage at www.abb.com/investorrelations.
 
A conference call and
 
webcast for analysts
 
and investors is
scheduled to begin
 
at 10:00 a.m. CET.
To
 
pre-register for the conference
 
call or to join the
webcast, please refer
 
to the ABB website:
www.abb.com/investorrelations.
 
The recorded session will
 
be available after
 
the event on
ABB’s website.
Important notice about forward-looking information
Q3 results presentation on October 18, 2023
ABB
 
(ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex)
 
is a technology leader
 
in electrification
 
and automation,
 
enabling a more
 
sustainable and
 
resource-
efficient future. The company’s
 
solutions connect
 
engineering
 
know-how and software
 
to optimize how
things are manufactured,
 
moved, powered and
 
operated. Building
 
on more than 130
 
years of excellence,
ABB’s ~105,000 employees
 
are committed to driving
 
innovations
 
that accelerate industrial
 
transformation.
 
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Q3 2023
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Information
Contents
03
─ 07
 
Key Figures
08 ─
33
 
Consolidated
 
Financial
 
Information
 
(unaudited)
 
34 ─
46
 
Supplemental Reconciliations
 
and Definitions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Key Figures
CHANGE
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Q3 2023
Q3 2022
US$
Comparable
(1)
Orders
8,052
8,188
-2%
2%
Order backlog (end
 
September)
21,445
19,393
11%
11%
Revenues
7,968
7,406
8%
11%
Gross Profit
2,762
2,481
11%
as % of revenues
34.7%
33.5%
+1.2 pts
Income from operations
1,259
708
78%
Operational EBITA
(1)
1,392
1,231
13%
11%
(2)
as % of operational
 
revenues
(1)
17.4%
16.6%
+0.8 pts
Income from continuing
 
operations, net of
 
tax
905
420
115%
Net income attributable
 
to ABB
882
360
145%
Basic earnings
 
per share ($)
0.48
0.19
149%
(3)
Cash flow from
 
operating activities
(4)
1,351
791
71%
Cash flow from
 
operating activities
 
in continuing operations
1,361
793
72%
CHANGE
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
9M 2023
9M 2022
US$
Comparable
(1)
Orders
26,169
26,368
-1%
4%
Revenues
23,990
21,622
11%
16%
Gross Profit
8,366
7,052
19%
as % of revenues
34.9%
32.6%
+2.3 pts
Income from operations
3,755
2,152
74%
Operational EBITA
(1)
4,094
3,364
22%
22%
(2)
as % of operational
 
revenues
(1)
17.0%
15.5%
+1.5 pts
Income from continuing
 
operations, net of
 
tax
2,902
1,469
98%
Net income attributable
 
to ABB
2,824
1,343
110%
Basic earnings
 
per share ($)
1.52
0.70
116%
(3)
Cash flow from
 
operating activities
(4)
2,393
600
299%
Cash flow from
 
operating activities
 
in continuing operations
2,404
614
n.a.
(1)
 
For a reconciliation of non-GAAP
 
measures see “
” on page 34.
(2)
 
Constant currency (not adjusted
 
for portfolio changes).
(3)
 
EPS growth rates are computed
 
using unrounded amounts.
(4)
 
Cash flow from operating activit
 
ies includes both continuing
 
and discontinued operations.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
CHANGE
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Q3 2023
Q3 2022
US$
Local
Comparable
Orders
 
ABB Group
8,052
8,188
-2%
-2%
2%
Electrification
3,693
3,772
-2%
-2%
1%
Motion
1,886
1,966
-4%
-5%
-7%
Process Automation
1,883
1,568
20%
18%
38%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
665
901
-26%
-27%
-27%
Corporate and Other
 
135
147
Intersegment eliminations
(210)
(166)
Order backlog
 
(end September)
ABB Group
21,445
19,393
11%
8%
11%
Electrification
6,994
6,317
11%
9%
16%
Motion
5,108
4,613
11%
6%
5%
Process Automation
7,135
6,006
19%
16%
20%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
2,363
2,659
-11%
-14%
-14%
Corporate and Other
 
(incl. intersegment eliminations)
(155)
(202)
Revenues
 
ABB Group
7,968
7,406
8%
7%
11%
Electrification
3,561
3,471
3%
2%
6%
Motion
1,947
1,702
14%
13%
11%
Process Automation
1,554
1,458
7%
6%
23%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
929
828
12%
9%
9%
Corporate and Other
 
194
141
Intersegment eliminations
(217)
(194)
Income from operations
ABB Group
1,259
708
Electrification
762
616
Motion
365
291
Process Automation
218
154
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
113
81
Corporate and Other
(incl. intersegment eliminations)
(199)
(434)
Income from operations
 
%
ABB Group
15.8%
9.6%
Electrification
21.4%
17.7%
Motion
18.7%
17.1%
Process Automation
14.0%
10.6%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
12.2%
9.8%
Operational EBITA
ABB Group
1,392
1,231
13%
11%
Electrification
748
651
15%
14%
Motion
390
305
28%
25%
Process Automation
226
225
0%
0%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
137
106
29%
27%
Corporate and Other
(1)
(incl. intersegment eliminations)
(109)
(56)
Operational EBITA
 
%
 
ABB Group
17.4%
16.6%
Electrification
20.8%
18.7%
Motion
19.8%
17.8%
Process Automation
14.6%
15.3%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
14.7%
12.8%
Cash flow from operating
 
activities
ABB Group
1,351
791
Electrification
1,051
715
Motion
466
268
Process Automation
258
217
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
92
82
Corporate and Other
 
(incl. intersegment eliminations)
(506)
(489)
Discontinued
 
operations
(10)
(2)
(1)
Corporate and Other at Q3
 
2023 and Q3
 
2022 includes losses of $39
 
million and $4 million,
 
respectively, relating to E-mobility.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5
Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
CHANGE
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
9M 2023
9M 2022
US$
Local
Comparable
Orders
 
ABB Group
26,169
26,368
-1%
1%
4%
Electrification
11,794
11,797
0%
2%
3%
Motion
6,285
6,247
1%
2%
1%
Process Automation
5,665
5,079
12%
14%
31%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
2,516
3,318
-24%
-22%
-22%
Corporate and Other
595
530
Intersegment eliminations
(686)
(603)
Order backlog
 
(end September)
ABB Group
21,445
19,393
11%
8%
11%
Electrification
6,994
6,317
11%
9%
16%
Motion
5,108
4,613
11%
6%
5%
Process Automation
7,135
6,006
19%
16%
20%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
2,363
2,659
-11%
-14%
-14%
Corporate and Other
(incl. intersegment eliminations)
(155)
(202)
Revenues
 
ABB Group
23,990
21,622
11%
13%
16%
Electrification
10,886
10,121
8%
10%
11%
Motion
5,868
4,900
20%
22%
20%
Process Automation
4,543
4,493
1%
3%
19%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
2,788
2,290
22%
23%
23%
Corporate and Other
540
395
Intersegment eliminations
(635)
(577)
Income from operations
ABB Group
3,755
2,152
Electrification
2,130
1,571
Motion
1,098
776
Process Automation
688
480
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
347
146
Corporate and Other
(incl. intersegment eliminations)
(508)
(821)
Income from operations
 
%
ABB Group
15.7%
10.0%
Electrification
19.6%
15.5%
Motion
18.7%
15.8%
Process Automation
15.1%
10.7%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
12.4%
6.4%
Operational EBITA
ABB Group
4,094
3,364
22%
22%
Electrification
2,212
1,768
25%
27%
Motion
1,157
845
37%
38%
Process Automation
670
645
4%
6%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
418
215
94%
98%
Corporate and Other
(1)
(incl. intersegment eliminations)
(363)
(109)
Operational EBITA
 
%
 
ABB Group
17.0%
15.5%
Electrification
20.3%
17.4%
Motion
19.7%
17.2%
Process Automation
14.7%
14.2%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
15.0%
9.4%
Cash flow from operating
 
activities
ABB Group
2,393
600
Electrification
2,143
1,258
Motion
935
507
Process Automation
558
470
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
266
109
Corporate and Other
(incl. intersegment eliminations)
(1,498)
(1,730)
Discontinued
 
operations
(11)
(14)
(1)
Corporate and Other at 9M
 
2023 and 9M
 
2022 includes losses of $134
 
million and $12
 
million, respectively, relating to E-mobility.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Operational EBITA
Process
Robotics & Discrete
ABB
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
($ in millions, unless
 
otherwise indicated)
Q3 23
Q3 22
Q3 23
Q3 22
Q3 23
Q3 22
Q3 23
Q3 22
Q3 23
Q3 22
Revenues
7,968
7,406
3,561
3,471
1,947
1,702
1,554
1,458
929
828
Foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing
differences
 
in total revenues
51
23
32
3
23
9
(7)
14
2
(1)
Operational revenues
8,019
7,429
3,593
3,474
1,970
1,711
1,547
1,472
931
827
Income from operations
1,259
708
762
616
365
291
218
154
113
81
Acquisition-related amortization
55
55
22
24
9
8
1
1
20
19
Restructuring, related
 
and
 
implementation costs
(1)
51
20
14
8
3
3
3
1
6
Changes in obligations
 
related to
 
divested businesses
Gains and losses
 
from sale of businesses
(71)
(71)
(1)
1
Acquisition-
 
and divestment
 
-related
 
expenses and
 
integration costs
10
62
4
3
3
4
(4)
53
3
1
Certain other non-operational
 
items
49
381
2
7
1
1
1
Foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing
differences
 
in income from operations
39
5
15
(6)
9
(2)
8
16
(2)
Operational EBITA
1,392
1,231
748
651
390
305
226
225
137
106
Operational EBITA
 
margin (%)
17.4%
16.6%
20.8%
18.7%
19.8%
17.8%
14.6%
15.3%
14.7%
12.8%
Process
Robotics & Discrete
ABB
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
($ in millions, unless
 
otherwise indicated)
9M 23
9M 22
9M 23
9M 22
9M 23
9M 22
9M 23
9M 22
9M 23
9M 22
Revenues
23,990
21,622
10,886
10,121
5,868
4,900
4,543
4,493
2,788
2,290
Foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing
differences
 
in total revenues
25
90
12
11
12
8
3
45
2
5
Operational revenues
24,015
21,712
10,898
10,132
5,880
4,908
4,546
4,538
2,790
2,295
Income from operations
3,755
2,152
2,130
1,571
1,098
776
688
480
347
146
Acquisition-related amortization
164
174
66
80
26
23
4
3
59
59
Restructuring, related
 
and
implementation costs
(1)
92
300
26
18
5
11
7
6
9
Changes in obligations
 
related to
 
divested businesses
(5)
(17)
1
Gains and losses
 
from sale of businesses
(97)
4
(71)
(1)
5
(26)
Acquisition-
 
and divestment
 
-related
 
expenses and
 
integration costs
55
171
23
31
15
12
(3)
122
7
4
Certain other non-operational
 
items
89
480
11
30
4
4
Foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing
differences
 
in income from operations
41
100
26
39
9
18
34
1
(3)
Operational EBITA
4,094
3,364
2,212
1,768
1,157
845
670
645
418
215
Operational EBITA
 
margin (%)
17.0%
15.5%
20.3%
17.4%
19.7%
17.2%
14.7%
14.2%
15.0%
9.4%
(1)
 
Includes impairment of certain
 
assets.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Depreciation and Amortization
Process
Robotics & Discrete
ABB
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
($ in millions)
Q3 23
Q3 22
Q3 23
Q3 22
Q3 23
Q3 22
Q3 23
Q3 22
Q3 23
Q3 22
Depreciation
130
129
64
62
27
25
12
17
14
16
Amortization
64
69
27
30
11
8
2
2
21
19
including total acquisition-related
 
amortization of:
55
55
22
24
9
8
1
1
20
19
Process
Robotics & Discrete
 
ABB
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
($ in millions)
9M 23
9M 22
9M 23
9M 22
9M 23
9M 22
9M 23
9M 22
9M 23
9M 22
Depreciation
384
401
190
191
80
78
35
51
43
46
Amortization
197
214
81
98
31
26
7
8
61
60
including total acquisition-related
 
amortization of:
164
174
66
80
26
23
4
3
59
59
Orders received and
 
revenues by
 
region
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Orders received
CHANGE
Revenues
CHANGE
Com-
Com-
Q3 23
Q3 22
US$
Local
parable
Q3 23
Q3 22
US$
Local
parable
Europe
2,391
2,682
-11%
-16%
-13%
2,810
2,494
13%
6%
10%
The Americas
3,258
2,980
9%
8%
13%
2,775
2,452
13%
12%
16%
of which United
 
States
2,479
2,294
8%
7%
13%
2,067
1,796
15%
15%
19%
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
2,403
2,526
-5%
0%
4%
2,383
2,460
-3%
2%
6%
of which China
1,044
1,166
-10%
-5%
-3%
1,075
1,300
-17%
-13%
-10%
ABB Group
8,052
8,188
-2%
-2%
2%
7,968
7,406
8%
7%
11%
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Orders received
CHANGE
Revenues
CHANGE
Com-
Com-
9M 23
9M 22
US$
Local
parable
9M 23
9M 22
US$
Local
parable
Europe
8,904
9,174
-3%
-3%
0%
8,617
7,520
15%
14%
17%
The Americas
9,452
8,927
6%
5%
8%
8,243
7,018
17%
17%
20%
of which United
 
States
6,928
6,753
3%
2%
5%
6,143
5,124
20%
20%
23%
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
7,813
8,267
-5%
1%
5%
7,130
7,084
1%
7%
12%
of which China
3,593
4,114
-13%
-7%
-5%
3,404
3,563
-4%
1%
4%
ABB Group
26,169
26,368
-1%
1%
4%
23,990
21,622
11%
13%
16%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Consolidated Financial Information
ABB Ltd Consolidated
 
Income Statements
 
(unaudited)
Nine months ended
Three months ended
($ in millions, except per share data in $)
Sep. 30, 2023
Sep. 30, 2022
Sep. 30, 2023
Sep. 30, 2022
Sales of products
20,210
17,946
6,680
6,184
Sales of services
 
and other
3,780
3,676
1,288
1,222
Total revenues
23,990
21,622
7,968
7,406
Cost of sales
 
of products
(13,393)
(12,439)
(4,447)
(4,217)
Cost of services
 
and other
(2,231)
(2,131)
(759)
(708)
Total cost of
 
sales
(15,624)
(14,570)
(5,206)
(4,925)
Gross profit
8,366
7,052
2,762
2,481
Selling, general and administrative
 
expenses
(4,058)
(3,833)
(1,331)
(1,277)
Non-order related research
 
and development
 
expenses
(951)
(844)
(314)
(272)
Other income (expense),
 
net
398
(223)
142
(224)
Income from operations
3,755
2,152
1,259
708
Interest and dividend
 
income
115
50
37
17
Interest and other
 
finance expense
(197)
(107)
(73)
(45)
Non-operational pension
 
(cost) credit
23
102
8
34
Income from continuing
 
operations before
 
taxes
3,696
2,197
1,231
714
Income tax expense
(794)
(728)
(326)
(294)
Income from continuing
 
operations, net
 
of tax
2,902
1,469
905
420
Loss from discontinued
 
operations, net of
 
tax
(16)
(36)
(7)
(16)
Net income
2,886
1,433
898
404
Net income attributable
 
to noncontrolling
 
interests and
 
redeemable noncontrolling
 
interests
(62)
(90)
(16)
(44)
Net income attributable
 
to ABB
2,824
1,343
882
360
Amounts attributable
 
to ABB shareholders:
Income from continuing
 
operations, net of
 
tax
2,840
1,379
889
376
Loss from discontinued
 
operations, net of
 
tax
(16)
(36)
(7)
(16)
Net income
2,824
1,343
882
360
Basic earnings per share
 
attributable to
 
ABB shareholders:
Income from continuing
 
operations, net of
 
tax
1.53
0.72
0.48
0.20
Loss from discontinued
 
operations, net of
 
tax
(0.01)
(0.02)
0.00
(0.01)
Net income
1.52
0.70
0.48
0.19
Diluted earnings
 
per share attributable
 
to ABB shareholders:
Income from continuing
 
operations, net of
 
tax
1.52
0.72
0.48
0.20
Loss from discontinued
 
operations, net of
 
tax
(0.01)
(0.02)
0.00
(0.01)
Net income
1.51
0.70
0.47
0.19
Weighted-average
 
number of shares
 
outstanding
 
(in millions)
 
used to compute:
Basic earnings
 
per share attributable
 
to ABB shareholders
1,859
1,909
1,854
1,882
Diluted earnings per share
 
attributable to
 
ABB shareholders
1,871
1,920
1,865
1,889
Due to rounding, numbers
 
presented may not add
 
to the totals provided.
See Notes to the Consolidated
 
Financial Information
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9
Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ABB Ltd Condensed Consolidated
 
Statements of Comprehensive
Income (unaudited)
Nine months ended
Three months ended
($ in millions)
Sep. 30, 2023
Sep. 30, 2022
Sep. 30, 2023
Sep. 30, 2022
Total comprehensive
 
income, net of
 
tax
2,729
775
815
67
Total comprehensive
 
income attributable
 
to noncontrolling
 
interests and
 
redeemable noncontrolling
 
interests, net of
 
tax
(54)
(58)
(11)
(32)
Total comprehensive
 
income attributable
 
to ABB shareholders,
 
net of tax
2,675
717
804
35
Due to rounding, numbers
 
presented may not add
 
to the totals provided.
See Notes to the Consolidated
 
Financial Information
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10
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ABB Ltd Consolidated
 
Balance Sheets (unaudited)
($ in millions)
Sep. 30, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Cash and equivalents
3,869
4,156
Restricted cash
18
18
Marketable securities
 
and short-term investments
1,091
725
Receivables,
 
net
7,586
6,858
Contract assets
1,073
954
Inventories, net
6,332
6,028
Prepaid expenses
280
230
Other current assets
527
505
Current assets held
 
for sale and in
 
discontinued
 
operations
60
96
Total current
 
assets
20,836
19,570
Property, plant
 
and equipment, net
3,891
3,911
Operating lease right
 
-of-use assets
850
841
Investments in equity
 
-accounted companies
186
130
Prepaid pension
 
and other employee
 
benefits
969
916
Intangible assets,
 
net
1,181
1,406
Goodwill
10,356
10,511
Deferred taxes
1,366
1,396
Other non-current assets
464
467
Total assets
40,099
39,148
Accounts payable,
 
trade
4,777
4,904
Contract liabilities
2,610
2,216
Short-term debt and
 
current maturities
 
of long-term debt
2,951
2,535
Current operating
 
leases
234
220
Provisions for warranties
1,108
1,028
Other provisions
1,114
1,171
Other current liabilities
4,597
4,323
Current liabilities held
 
for sale and
 
in discontinued
 
operations
79
132
Total current
 
liabilities
17,470
16,529
Long-term debt
4,899
5,143
Non-current operating
 
leases
643
651
Pension and
 
other employee
 
benefits
642
719
Deferred taxes
675
729
Other non-current liabilities
1,908
2,085
Non-current liabilities
 
held for sale and
 
in discontinued
 
operations
19
20
Total liabilities
26,256
25,876
Commitments and contingencies
Redeemable
 
noncontrolling interest
89
85
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, CHF
 
0.12 par value
(1,882 million and 1,965
 
million shares issued
 
at September
 
30, 2023, and December
 
31, 2022, respectively)
163
171
Additional paid-in capital
19
141
Retained earnings
18,840
20,082
Accumulated
 
other comprehensive
 
loss
(4,705)
(4,556)
Treasury stock, at
 
cost
(33 million and 100
 
million shares at
 
September 30, 2023,
 
and December
 
31, 2022, respectively)
(1,111)
(3,061)
Total ABB stockholders’ equity
13,206
12,777
Noncontrolling interests
548
410
Total stockholders’
 
equity
13,754
13,187
Total liabilities
 
and stockholders’
 
equity
40,099
39,148
Due to rounding, numbers
 
presented may not add
 
to the totals provided.
See Notes to the Consolidated
 
Financial Information
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ABB Ltd Consolidated
 
Statements of Cash
 
Flows (unaudited)
Nine months ended
Three months ended
($ in millions)
Sep. 30, 2023
Sep. 30, 2022
Sep. 30, 2023
Sep. 30, 2022
Operating activities:
Net income
2,886
1,433
898
404
Loss from discontinued
 
operations, net of
 
tax
16
36
7
16
Adjustments to reconcile
 
net income (loss)
 
to
 
net cash provided
 
by operating activities:
Depreciation and
 
amortization
581
615
194
198
Changes in fair
 
values of investments
(28)
(39)
(4)
(24)
Pension and
 
other employee benefits
(67)
(107)
(55)
(24)
Deferred taxes
(42)
(183)
(79)
(35)
Loss from equity
 
-accounted companies
11
100
4
38
Net loss (gain) from
 
derivatives
 
and foreign exchange
(44)
44
10
(33)
Net gain from sale of
 
property,
 
plant and equipment
(39)
(64)
(6)
(9)
Net loss (gain) from
 
sale of businesses
(97)
4
(71)
Other
115
61
23
(2)
Changes in operating
 
assets and
 
liabilities:
Trade receivables,
 
net
(819)
(657)
(152)
(36)
Contract assets and
 
liabilities
243
353
164
101
Inventories, net
(438)
(1,667)
12
(584)
Accounts payable,
 
trade
(37)
390
(35)
177
Accrued liabilities
140
52
342
307
Provisions, net
106
312
50
186
Income taxes payable
 
and receivable
(9)
19
77
71
Other assets and
 
liabilities, net
(74)
(88)
(18)
42
Net cash provided
 
by operating activities
 
– continuing
 
operations
2,404
614
1,361
793
Net cash used
 
in operating activities
 
– discontinued
 
operations
(11)
(14)
(10)
(2)
Net cash provided
 
by operating activities
2,393
600
1,351
791
Investing activities:
Purchases
 
of investments
(1,103)
(271)
(343)
(15)
Purchases
 
of property, plant
 
and equipment
 
and intangible assets
(506)
(503)
(175)
(165)
Acquisition of businesses
 
(net of cash acquired)
and increases
 
in cost- and equity-accounted
 
companies
(160)
(226)
(25)
(47)
Proceeds from
 
sales of investments
598
654
422
148
Proceeds from
 
maturity of investments
138
Proceeds from
 
sales of property,
 
plant and equipment
67
85
10
19
Proceeds from
 
sales of businesses
 
(net of transaction costs
and cash disposed)
 
and cost- and
 
equity-accounted
 
companies
552
(8)
509
5
Net cash from settlement
 
of foreign currency
 
derivatives
(76)
(154)
(58)
(210)
Changes in loans
 
receivable, net
8
11
7
2
Other investing activities
9
(10)
7
Net cash provided
 
by (used in)
 
investing activities
 
– continuing
 
operations
(473)
(422)
347
(256)
Net cash provided
 
by (used in)
 
investing activities
 
– discontinued
 
operations
(22)
(91)
(1)
Net cash provided
 
by (used in)
 
investing activities
(495)
(513)
346
(256)
Financing activities:
Net changes
 
in debt with original
 
maturities of 90
 
days or less
(997)
1,475
(962)
284
Increase in debt
2,584
3,554
936
373
Repayment of
 
debt
(1,437)
(2,025)
(309)
(542)
Delivery of shares
118
389
22
19
Purchase of
 
treasury stock
(909)
(3,251)
(433)
(590)
Dividends paid
(1,713)
(1,698)
Dividends paid
 
to noncontrolling shareholders
(89)
(83)
(6)
(7)
Proceeds from
 
issuance of subsidiary
 
shares
328
Other financing
 
activities
4
(58)
4
(5)
Net cash used
 
in financing activities
 
– continuing
 
operations
(2,111)
(1,697)
(748)
(468)
Net cash provided
 
by financing
 
activities –
 
discontinued operations
Net cash used
 
in financing activities
(2,111)
(1,697)
(748)
(468)
Effects of
 
exchange rate changes
 
on cash and equivalents
 
and restricted cash
(74)
(191)
(32)
(115)
Adjustment for the net
 
change in cash
 
and equivalents
 
and restricted cash
in Assets held for
 
sale
28
Net change in cash
 
and equivalents
 
and restricted
 
cash
(287)
(1,801)
945
(48)
Cash and equivalents
 
and restricted cash,
 
beginning of
 
period
4,174
4,489
2,942
2,736
Cash and equivalents
 
and restricted
 
cash, end of
 
period
3,887
2,688
3,887
2,688
Supplementary disclosure
 
of cash flow
 
information:
Interest paid
151
47
43
11
Income taxes paid
865
907
338
269
Due to rounding, numbers
 
presented may not add
 
to the totals provided.
See Notes to the Consolidated
 
Financial Information
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ABB Ltd Consolidated
 
Statements of Changes
 
in Stockholders’
 
Equity (unaudited)
($ in millions)
Common
stock
Additional
paid-in
capital
Retained
earnings
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
loss
Treasury
stock
Total ABB
 
stockholders’
equity
Non-
controlling
interests
Total
stockholders’
equity
Balance at January
 
1, 2022
178
22
22,477
(4,088)
(3,010)
15,579
378
15,957
Net income
(1)
1,343
1,343
93
1,436
Foreign currency
 
translation
adjustments, net of
 
tax of $1
(774)
(774)
(32)
(806)
Effect of change
 
in fair value of
available-for-sale securities,
net of tax of $(6)
(24)
(24)
(24)
Unrecognized income
 
(expense)
related to pensions
 
and other
postretirement plans,
net of tax of $57
172
172
172
Change in derivative
 
instruments
and hedges, net of tax of $3
Changes in noncontrolling
 
interests
(3)
(3)
(22)
(25)
Dividends to
noncontrolling shareholders
(81)
(81)
Dividends to shareholders
(1,700)
(1,700)
(1,700)
Cancellation of
 
treasury shares
(8)
(4)
(2,864)
2,876
Share-based payment
 
arrangements
33
33
33
Purchase of
 
treasury stock
(3,201)
(3,201)
(3,201)
Delivery of shares
(46)
(130)
565
389
389
Other
7
7
7
Balance at September
 
30, 2022
171
9
19,127
(4,715)
(2,770)
11,822
336
12,158
Balance at January
 
1, 2023
171
141
20,082
(4,556)
(3,061)
12,777
410
13,187
Net income
(1)
2,824
2,824
65
2,889
Foreign currency
 
translation
adjustments, net of
 
tax of $0
(177)
(177)
(8)
(185)
Effect of change
 
in fair value of
available-for-sale securities,
net of tax of $1
6
6
6
Unrecognized income
 
(expense)
related to pensions
 
and other
postretirement plans,
net of tax of $8
19
19
19
Change in derivative
 
instruments
and hedges, net of tax of $0
3
3
3
Issuance of subsidiary
 
shares
170
170
168
338
Other changes
 
in
noncontrolling interests
(7)
(7)
5
(2)
Dividends to
noncontrolling shareholders
(93)
(93)
Dividends to shareholders
(1,706)
(1,706)
(1,706)
Cancellation of
 
treasury shares
(7)
(201)
(2,359)
2,567
Share-based payment
 
arrangements
82
82
1
83
Purchase of
 
treasury stock
(898)
(898)
(898)
Delivery of shares
(163)
281
118
118
Other
(4)
(4)
(4)
Balance at September
 
30, 2023
163
19
18,840
(4,705)
(1,111)
13,206
548
13,754
(1)
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling
 
interests for the nine months
 
ended September
 
30, 2023 and 2022,
 
exclude net losses of $3 million
 
and $3 million, respectively, related to
redeemable noncontrolling
 
interests, which
 
are reported in the mezzanine
 
equity section on the Consolidated
 
Balance Sheets. See
 
Note 4 for details.
Due to rounding, numbers
 
presented may not add
 
to the totals provided.
See Notes to the Consolidated
 
Financial Information
13
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Notes to the Consolidated
 
Financial Information (unaudited)
Note 1
The Company and basis
 
of presentation
ABB Ltd and its subsidiaries
 
(collectively,
 
the Company)
 
together form a
 
technology
 
leader in electrification
 
and automation,
 
enabling a more
 
sustainable and
resource-efficient
 
future. The Company’s
 
solutions connect
 
engineering know
 
-how and software
 
to optimize how
 
things are manufactured,
 
moved, powered
 
and
operated.
The Company’s
 
Consolidated
 
Financial Information
 
is prepared in accordance
 
with United States
 
of America generally
 
accepted accounting
 
principles (U.S.
GAAP) for interim
 
financial reporting.
 
As such, the Consolidated
 
Financial Information
 
does not include
 
all the information
 
and notes
 
required under U.S.
 
GAAP for
annual consolidated
 
financial statements. Therefore,
 
such financial
 
information should
 
be read in conjunction
 
with the audited
 
consolidated
 
financial statements
 
in
the Company’s
 
Annual Report for
 
the year ended
 
December 31, 2022.
The preparation of
 
financial information
 
in conformity with
 
U.S. GAAP requires
 
management
 
to make assumptions
 
and estimates that
 
directly affect
 
the amounts
reported in the Consolidated
 
Financial Information.
 
These accounting
 
assumptions
 
and estimates include:
estimates to determine
 
valuation allowances
 
for deferred tax
 
assets and
 
amounts recorded
 
for unrecognized
 
tax benefits,
estimates related
 
to credit losses
 
expected to occur
 
over the remaining
 
life of financial
 
assets such
 
as trade and other rece
 
ivables, loans and
 
other
instruments,
estimates used
 
to record expected
 
costs for employee
 
severance
 
in connection with restructuring
 
programs,
estimates of loss
 
contingencies
 
associated with litigation
 
or threatened litigation
 
and other claims
 
and inquiries, environmental
 
damages, product
warranties, self-insurance
 
reserves, regulatory
 
and other proceedings,
assumptions
 
and projections, principally
 
related to future material,
 
labor and project-related
 
overhead costs,
 
used in determining
 
the percentage
 
-of-
completion on projects
 
where revenue
 
is recognized over
 
time,
 
as well as the amount
 
of variable consideration
 
the Company expects
 
to be entitled to,
assumptions
 
used in the calculation
 
of pension
 
and postretirement benefits
 
and the fair value
 
of pension
 
plan assets,
assumptions
 
used in determining
 
inventory obsolescence
 
and net realizable value,
growth rates, discount
 
rates and other
 
assumptions
 
used to determine
 
impairment of long
 
-lived assets and
 
in testing goodwill for
 
impairment,
estimates and assumptions
 
used in determining the fair
 
values of assets
 
and liabilities assumed
 
in business combinations,
 
and
estimates and ass
 
umptions used
 
in determining the initial
 
fair value of
 
retained noncontrolling
 
interests
 
and certain obligations
 
in connection with
divestments.
The actual results and
 
outcomes may
 
differ from the
 
Company’s
 
estimates and assumptions.
A portion of the Company’s
 
activities (primarily
 
long-term construction
 
activities) has an
 
operating cycle
 
that exceeds
 
one year. For classification
 
of current assets
and liabilities related
 
to such activities,
 
the Company elected
 
to use the duration
 
of the individual contracts
 
as its operating
 
cycle. Accordingly,
 
there are accounts
receivable, contract
 
assets, inventories
 
and provisions
 
related to these
 
contracts which
 
will not be realized
 
within one year
 
that have been
 
classified as
 
current.
Basis of presentation
In the opinion of management,
 
the unaudited Consolidated
 
Financial Information
 
contains all necessary
 
adjustments to present
 
fairly the financial
 
position, results
of operations
 
and cash flows
 
for the reported periods.
 
Management
 
considers
 
all such adjustments
 
to be of a normal
 
recurring nature. The
 
Consolidated
 
Financial
Information is presented
 
in United States
 
dollars ($) unless
 
otherwise stated.
 
Due to rounding,
 
numbers presented
 
in the Consolidated
 
Financial Information
 
may
not add to the totals
 
provided.
Certain amounts
 
reported in the Consolidated
 
Financial Information
 
for prior periods have
 
been reclassified
 
to conform to the
 
current year’s presentation.
 
These
changes
 
relate primarily to the reorganization
 
of the Company’s
 
operating segments
 
(see Note 17 for
 
details).
14
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Note 2
Recent accounting pronouncements
Applicable for current
 
periods
Disclosure about supplier
 
finance program
 
obligations
In January 202
 
3, the Company adopted
 
an accounting
 
standard update
 
which requires entities to
 
disclose information
 
related to supplier finance
 
programs. Under
the update, the Company
 
is required to
 
disclose annually
 
(i) the key terms of
 
the program, (ii) the
 
amount of
 
the supplier finance
 
obligations outstanding
 
and where
those obligations
 
are presented in
 
the balance sheet
 
at the reporting date,
 
and (iii) a
 
rollforward of the supplier
 
finance obligation
 
program within
 
the reporting
period. The Company
 
adopted this update
 
retrospectively
 
for all in-scope
 
transactions, with
 
the exception of
 
the rollforward disclosures,
 
which will be adopted
prospectively
 
for annual periods
 
beginning January
 
1, 2024. Apart from the additional
 
disclosure requirements,
 
this update does
 
not have a significant
 
impact on
the Company’s
 
consolidated
 
financial statements.
The total outstanding
 
supplier finance
 
obligation included
 
in “Accounts payable,
 
trade” in the Consolidated
 
Balance Sheets
 
at September 30,
 
2023 and
December 31, 2022,
 
amounted to $448
 
million and $477
 
million,
 
respectively.
 
The Company’s
 
payment terms
 
related to suppliers’
 
finance programs
 
are not
impacted by the suppliers’
 
decisions to sell
 
amounts under
 
the arrangements
 
and are typically
 
consistent with
 
local market practices.
Facilitation of the effects
 
of reference
 
rate reform on
 
financial reporting
In January 202
 
3, the Company adopted
 
an accounting
 
standard update
 
which provides
 
temporary optional expedients
 
and exceptions
 
to the current guidance
 
on
contract modifications
 
and hedge
 
accounting to ease
 
the financial reporting
 
burdens related
 
to the expected
 
market transition
 
from the London
 
Interbank Offered
Rate (LIBOR) and other
 
interbank offered
 
rates to alternative
 
reference rates.
 
The Company
 
is applying this standard
 
update as
 
relevant contract and
 
hedge
accounting
 
relationship modifications
 
are made during
 
the course of
 
the transition period
 
ending December
 
31, 2024. This
 
update does
 
not have a significant
impact on the Company’s
 
consolidated
 
financial statements.
Note 3
Discontinued operations
 
and assets held for
 
sale
Divestment of the
 
Power Grids business
In 2020, the Company
 
completed the divestment
 
of its Power Grids
 
business to Hitachi
 
Ltd (Hitachi)
 
.
 
Upon closing
 
of the sale, the Company
 
entered into various
transition services agreements
 
(TSAs),
 
some of which
 
continue to have
 
services performed
 
.
 
Pursuant to these
 
TSAs, the
 
Company and
 
Hitachi Energy provide
 
to
each other, on
 
a transitional basis,
 
various services.
 
The services
 
provided by the
 
Company primarily
 
include finance,
 
information technology,
 
human resources
and certain other administrative
 
services. The
 
TSAs were
 
to be performed for
 
up to 3 years
 
with the possibility
 
to agree on extensions
 
on an exceptional
 
basis for
business-critical services
 
which are reasonably
 
necessary
 
to avoid a material adverse
 
impact on the business.
 
The TSA for
 
information technology
 
services was
extended until mid-2025.
 
In the nine and
 
three months ended
 
September 30,
 
2023, the Company
 
has recognized
 
within its continuing
 
operations, general
 
and
administrative expenses
 
incurred to perform
 
the TSAs, offset
 
by $114
 
million and $38 million
 
in TSA-related
 
income for such
 
services that is reported
 
in Other
income (expense),
 
net.
 
In the nine and
 
three months ended
 
September 30, 2022,
 
the Company has
 
recognized within
 
its continuing
 
operations, general
 
and
administrative expenses
 
incurred to perform
 
the TSAs, offset
 
by $115
 
million and $39 million
 
in TSA-related
 
income for such
 
services that is reported
 
in Other
income (expense),
 
net.
Discontinued op
 
erations
As a result of the sale
 
of the Power
 
Grids business,
 
substantially all
 
Power Grids-related
 
assets and
 
liabilities have been
 
sold. As this divestment
 
represented a
strategic shift that
 
would have
 
a major effect
 
on the Company’s
 
operations and
 
financial results, the
 
results of operations
 
for this business
 
are presented as
discontinued
 
operations and
 
the assets and
 
liabilities are presented
 
as held for sale
 
and in discontinued
 
operations.
 
Certain of the business
 
contracts in the
 
Power
Grids business
 
continue to be executed
 
by subsidiaries
 
of the Company
 
for the benefit/risk of Hitachi
 
Energy.
 
Assets and
 
liabilities relating to,
 
as well as the net
financial results
 
of,
 
these contracts
 
will continue to
 
be included in discontinued
 
operations until
 
they have been
 
completed or otherwise
 
transferred to Hitachi
Energy.
 
The remaining busin
 
ess activities of
 
the Power Grids
 
business being
 
executed by the Company
 
are not significant.
In addition, the Company
 
also has retained
 
obligations
 
(primarily for environmental
 
and taxes)
 
related to other
 
businesses disposed
 
or otherwise exited that
qualified as discontinued
 
operations at the time
 
of their disposal
 
.
 
Changes to these
 
retained obligations
 
are also included
 
in Loss from discontinued
 
operations, net
of tax.
At September 30,
 
2023, the balances
 
reported as held for
 
sale and
 
in discontinued
 
operations pertaining
 
to the activities
 
of the Power Grids
 
business
 
and other
obligations will remain
 
with the Company
 
until such time as
 
the obligations
 
are settled or
 
the activities are
 
fully wound down
 
.
 
These balanc
 
es amounted
 
to
$60 million of current
 
assets, $79 million
 
of current liabilities
 
and $19 million
 
of non-current
 
liabilities.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Note 4
Acquisitions and equity
 
-accounted companies
Acquisition of controlling
 
interests
Acquisitions of
 
controlling interests
 
were as follows:
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
Three months ended September 30,
($ in millions, except
 
number of acquired
 
businesses)
2023
2022
2023
2022
Purchase price
 
for acquisitions
 
(net of cash acquired)
(1)
115
150
1
12
Aggregate excess
 
of purchase price
 
over
fair value of net
 
assets acquired
(2)
55
205
1
14
Number of acquired
 
businesses
 
3
3
1
2
(1)
 
Excluding changes in cost-
 
and equity-accounted companies.
(2)
 
Recorded as goodwill.
In the table above,
 
the “Purchase
 
price for acquisitions”
 
and “Aggregate excess
 
of purchase
 
price over fair value
 
of net assets
 
acquired” amounts
 
in the nine
months ended
 
September 30, 2022
 
,
 
relate primarily
 
to the acquisition
 
of InCharge Energy,
 
Inc. (In-Charge).
Acquisitions of
 
controlling interests
 
have been
 
accounted for under
 
the acquisition method
 
and have been
 
included in the
 
Company’s consolidated
 
financial
statements since
 
the date of acquisi
 
tion.
 
On January 26,
 
2022, the Company
 
increased its ownership
 
in In-Charge to a 60
 
percent controlling
 
interest through a
 
stock purchase
 
agreement. In-Charge is
headquartered
 
in Santa Monica, USA,
 
and is a provider
 
of turn-key commercial
 
electric vehicle
 
charging hardware
 
and software
 
solutions. The resulting
 
cash
outflows for the
 
Company amounted
 
to $134
 
million (net of cash
 
acquired of $4
 
million). The acquisition
 
expands
 
the market presence
 
of the E-mobility operating
segment, particularly
 
in the North American
 
market. In connection
 
with the acquisition,
 
the Company’s
 
pre-existing 13.2
 
percent ownership
 
of In-Charge was
revalued to fair value
 
and a gain of
 
$32 million was
 
recorded in “Other
 
income (expense)
 
,
 
net” in the nine
 
months ended
 
September 30, 2022.
 
The Company
entered into an agreement
 
with the remaining
 
noncontrolling shareholders
 
allowing either
 
party to put or call
 
the remaining 40
 
percent of the shares
 
until 2027. The
amount for which
 
either party can exercise
 
their option is dependent
 
on a formula based
 
on revenues
 
and thus, the amount
 
is subject to change.
 
As a result of
 
this
agreement, the noncontrolling
 
interest is classified
 
as Redeemable
 
noncontrolling interest
 
(i.e. mezzanine
 
equity) in the
 
Consolidated
 
Balance Sheets
 
and was
initially recognized at
 
fair value.
While the Company
 
uses its best
 
estimates and assumptions
 
as part of the purchase
 
price allocation
 
process to value
 
assets acquired
 
and liabilities assumed
 
at
the acquisition date,
 
the purchase
 
price allocation for acquisitions
 
is preliminary for up
 
to 12 months after
 
the acquisition
 
date and is subject
 
to refinement
 
as more
detailed analyses
 
are completed and
 
additional information
 
about the fair
 
values of the
 
assets and
 
liabilities becomes
 
available.
 
Business divestments
In the nine and three
 
months ended
 
September 30, 2023,
 
the Company received
 
proceeds (net of
 
transaction costs
 
and cash disposed)
 
of $552 million and
$509 million,
 
respectively,
 
relating to divestments
 
of consolidated
 
businesses and
 
recorded gains
 
of $97 million and
 
$71 million, respectively,
 
in “Other income
(expense), net” on
 
the sale of such
 
businesses. These
 
are primarily due the
 
divestment of the
 
Company’s
 
Power Conversion
 
Division to AcBel
 
Polytech Inc.,
 
which
prior to its sale was
 
part of the Company’s
 
Electrification operating
 
segment. Certain
 
amounts
 
included in the net gain
 
for the sale of
 
Power Conversion
 
Division
are estimated or otherwise
 
subject to change
 
in value and, as a
 
result, the Company
 
may record additional
 
adjustments
 
to the gain in future
 
periods which are
 
not
expected to have
 
a material impact on the
 
consolidated
 
financial statements.
 
Investments in equity
 
-accounted companies
In connection with the
 
divestment
 
of its Power Grids
 
business to Hitachi
 
in 2020 (see Note 3),
 
the Company
 
initially retained
 
a 19.9 percent interest
 
in the business
until December 2022,
 
when the retained
 
investment
 
was sold to Hitachi.
 
During the
 
Company’s
 
period of ownership
 
of the retained 19.9
 
percent interest,
 
based on
its continuing involvement
 
with the Power
 
Grids business,
 
including the membership
 
in its governing
 
board of directors,
 
the Company concluded
 
that it had
significant influence
 
over Hitachi Energy.
 
As a result, the
 
investment was
 
accounted
 
for using the equity
 
method through
 
to the date of its sale.
In the nine and three
 
months ended
 
September 30, 2023
 
and 2022, the
 
Company recorded
 
its share of
 
the earnings of
 
investees accounted
 
for under the equity
method of accounting
 
in Other income (expense),
 
net, as follows:
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
Three months ended September 30,
($ in millions)
2023
2022
2023
2022
Loss from equity
 
-accounted companies,
 
net of taxes
(11)
(34)
(4)
(24)
Basis difference
 
amortization (net of
 
deferred income
 
tax benefit)
(66)
(14)
Loss from equity
 
-accounted companies
(11)
(100)
(4)
(38)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Note 5
Cash and equivalents
 
,
 
marketable securities
 
and short-term investments
Cash and equivalents,
 
marketable securities
 
and short-term
 
investments consisted
 
of the following:
September 30, 2023
Cash and
Marketable
Gross
Gross
equivalents
securities
unrealized
unrealized
and restricted
and short-term
($ in millions)
Cost basis
gains
losses
Fair value
cash
investments
Changes in fair
 
value
 
recorded in net income
Cash
1,425
1,425
1,425
Time deposits
2,709
2,709
2,462
247
Equity securities
620
24
644
644
4,754
24
4,778
3,887
891
Changes in fair
 
value recorded
in other comprehensive
 
income
Debt securities available
 
-for-sale:
U.S. government obligations
200
1
(13)
188
188
European government
 
obligations
12
12
12
212
1
(13)
200
200
Total
4,966
25
(13)
4,978
3,887
1,091
Of which:
 
Restricted cash, current
18
December 31, 2022
Cash and
Marketable
Gross
Gross
equivalents
securities
unrealized
unrealized
and restricted
and short-term
($ in millions)
Cost basis
gains
losses
Fair value
cash
investments
Changes in fair
 
value
recorded in net income
Cash
1,715
1,715
1,715
Time deposits
2,459
2,459
2,459
Equity securities
345
10
355
355
4,519
10
4,529
4,174
355
Changes in fair
 
value recorded
in other comprehensive
 
income
Debt securities available
 
-for-sale:
U.S. government obligations
269
1
(15)
255
255
Other government obligations
58
58
58
Corporate
64
(7)
57
57
391
1
(22)
370
370
Total
4,910
11
(22)
4,899
4,174
725
Of which:
Restricted cash, current
18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17
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Note 6
Derivative financial instruments
The Company
 
is exposed to certain currency,
 
commodity,
 
interest rate and equity
 
risks arising from
 
its global operating,
 
financing
 
and investing activities.
 
The
Company uses
 
derivative instruments
 
to reduce and
 
manage the economic
 
impact of these
 
exposures.
Currency risk
 
Due to the global nature
 
of the Company’s
 
operations, many
 
of its subsidiaries
 
are exposed
 
to currency risk
 
in their operating
 
activities from entering
 
into
transactions in currencies
 
other than their
 
functional currency.
 
To manage
 
such currency
 
risks, the Company’s
 
policies require
 
its subsidiaries
 
to hedge their
foreign currency
 
exposures from
 
binding sales
 
and purchase
 
contracts denominated
 
in foreign currencies.
 
For forecasted
 
foreign currency
 
denominated
 
sales of
standard products
 
and the related foreign
 
currency denominated
 
purchases,
 
the Company’s
 
policy is to hedge
 
up to a maximum
 
of 100 percent
 
of the forecasted
foreign currency
 
denominated
 
exposures, depending
 
on the length of the
 
forecasted
 
exposures. Forecasted
 
exposures greater than
 
12 months are not
 
hedged.
Forward foreign exchange
 
contracts are the main
 
instrument used
 
to protect the
 
Company against
 
the volatility of future
 
cash flows
 
(caused by changes
 
in
exchange rates) of
 
contracted and
 
forecasted
 
sales and purchases
 
denominated
 
in foreign currencies.
 
In addition, within
 
its treasury operations,
 
the Company
primarily uses foreign
 
exchange swaps
 
and forward foreign
 
exchange
 
contracts to manage the
 
currency and
 
timing mismatches
 
arising in its liquidity
 
management
activities.
Commodity risk
Various commodity
 
products are used
 
in the Company’s
 
manufacturing
 
activities. Consequently
 
it is exposed
 
to volatility in future
 
cash flows
 
arising from changes
in commodity prices.
 
To manage
 
the price risk of
 
commodities,
 
the Company’s
 
policies require
 
that its subsidiaries
 
hedge the commodity
 
price risk exposures
 
from
binding contracts,
 
as well as at least
 
50 percent (up
 
to a maximum of
 
100 percent) of
 
the forecasted
 
commodity exposure
 
over the next 12
 
months or longer
 
(up to
a maximum of 18
 
months). Primarily
 
swap contracts
 
are used to manage
 
the associated
 
price risks of
 
commodities.
Interest rate risk
 
The Company
 
has issued bonds
 
at fixed rates. Interest
 
rate swaps and
 
cross-currency interest
 
rate swaps
 
are used to manage
 
the interest rate and
 
foreign
currency risk associated
 
with certain debt and
 
generally such
 
swaps are designated
 
as fair value hedges.
 
In addition, from time
 
to time, the Company
 
uses
instruments such
 
as interest rate swaps,
 
interest rate futures,
 
bond futures
 
or forward rate agreements
 
to manage
 
interest rate risk arising
 
from the Company’s
balance sheet
 
structure but does not
 
designate such
 
instruments as hedges.
Equity risk
The Company
 
is exposed to fluctuations
 
in the fair value
 
of its warrant appreciation
 
rights (WARs)
 
issued under
 
its managemen
 
t
 
incentive plan. A WAR
 
gives its
holder the right to
 
receive cash
 
equal to the market
 
price of an
 
equivalent listed warrant
 
on the date of
 
exercise. To
 
eliminate such
 
risk, the Company
 
has
purchased
 
cash-settled call options,
 
indexed to the shares
 
of the Company,
 
which entitle
 
the Company to receive
 
amounts
 
equivalent to its obligations
 
under the
outstanding WARs.
Volume of derivative
 
activity
In general, while the Company’s
 
primary objective
 
in its use of
 
derivatives is to
 
minimize exposures
 
arising from its business,
 
certain derivatives are
 
designated
and qualify
 
for hedge accounting
 
treatment while others
 
either are not designated
 
or do not qualify
 
for hedge accounting.
Foreign exchange
 
and interest rate derivatives
The gross notional
 
amounts of outstanding
 
foreign exchange
 
and interest rate derivatives
 
(whether designated
 
as hedges or not)
 
were as follows:
Type of derivative
Total notional amounts at
($ in millions)
September 30, 2023
December 31, 2022
September 30, 2022
Foreign exchange
 
contracts
13,090
13,509
15,501
Embedded
 
foreign exchange
 
derivatives
1,291
933
864
Cross-currency interest
 
rate swaps
849
855
781
Interest rate contracts
1,751
2,830
2,598
Derivative commodity
 
contracts
The Company
 
uses derivatives
 
to hedge its direct or indirect
 
exposure to the
 
movement in the prices
 
of commodities
 
which are
 
primarily copper,
 
silver, steel and
aluminum.
 
The following table
 
shows the notional
 
amounts of outstanding
 
derivatives (whether
 
designated as
 
hedges or not), on a net
 
basis, to reflect
 
the
Company’s
 
requirements for these
 
commodities:
Type of derivat
 
ive
Unit
Total notional amounts at
September 30, 2023
December 31, 2022
September 30, 2022
Copper swaps
metric tonnes
32,223
29,281
36,264
Silver swaps
ounces
1,702,359
2,012,213
2,787,909
Steel swaps
metric tonnes
11,476
Aluminum swaps
metric tonnes
5,800
6,825
6,925
Equity derivatives
At September 30,
 
2023, December
 
31, 2022, and September
 
30, 2022, the
 
Company held
 
3 million, 8 million
 
and 8 million
 
cash-settled call options
 
indexed to ABB
Ltd shares (conversion
 
ratio 5:1) with a
 
total fair value of
 
$9 million, $15 million
 
and $11
 
million, respectively.
 
Cash flow hedges
 
As noted above,
 
the Company mainly
 
uses forward
 
foreign exchange
 
contracts to manage
 
the foreign exchange
 
risk of its operations,
 
commodity swaps
 
to
manage its commodity
 
risks and cash
 
-settled call options
 
to hedge its WAR
 
liabilities. The
 
Company applies
 
cash flow hedge
 
accounting in only limited
 
cases. In
these cases,
 
the effective portion
 
of the changes
 
in their fair value is
 
recorded in “Accumulated
 
other comprehensive
 
loss” and subsequently
 
reclassified into
earnings in the same
 
line item and
 
in the same period
 
as the underlying
 
hedged transaction
 
affects
 
earnings. For the nine
 
and three months
 
ended September
 
30,
2023 and 2022,
 
there were no significant
 
amounts recorded
 
for cash flow
 
hedge accounting
 
activities.
Fair value hedges
To reduce
 
its interest rate exposure
 
arising primarily from
 
its debt issuance
 
activities, the Company
 
uses interest
 
rate swaps
 
and cross-currency
 
interest rate
swaps. Where such
 
instruments are designated
 
as fair value hedges,
 
the changes
 
in the fair value of these
 
instruments, as
 
well as the changes
 
in the fair value of
the risk component
 
of the underlying
 
debt being hedged,
 
are recorded
 
as offsetting gains
 
and losses
 
in “Interest and other
 
finance expense”.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The effect of
 
derivative instruments, designated
 
and qualifying
 
as fair value hedges,
 
on the Consolidated
 
Income Statements
 
was as follows:
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
Three months ended September 30,
($ in millions)
2023
2022
2023
2022
Gains (losses)
 
recognized in Interest
 
and other finance
 
expense:
 
Interest rate contracts
Designated as
 
fair value hedges
30
(83)
12
(28)
Hedged item
(31)
85
(13)
29
Cross-currency interest
 
rate swaps
Designated as
 
fair value hedges
(13)
(125)
(3)
(31)
Hedged item
2
119
2
29
Derivatives not designated
 
in hedge relationships
Derivative instruments
 
that are not designated
 
as hedges
 
or do not qualify as
 
either cash
 
flow or fair value hedges
 
are economic
 
hedges used
 
for risk management
purposes. Gains
 
and losses
 
from changes in the
 
fair values of
 
such derivatives
 
are recognized in
 
the same line in the
 
income statement
 
as the economically
hedged transaction.
Furthermore, under
 
certain circumstances,
 
the Company is
 
required to split and
 
account separately
 
for foreign currency
 
derivatives that are
 
embedded
 
within
certain binding sales
 
or purchase contracts
 
denominated
 
in a currency
 
other than the functional
 
currency of the
 
subsidiary
 
and the counterparty.
The gains (losses)
 
recognized in the
 
Consolidated
 
Income Statements
 
on derivatives
 
not designated
 
in hedging relationships
 
were as follows:
Type of derivative
 
not
Gains (losses)
 
recognized in income
designated as
 
a hedge
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
Three months ended September 30,
($ in millions)
Location
2023
2022
2023
2022
Foreign exchange
 
contracts
Total revenues
(13)
(201)
(18)
(82)
Total cost
 
of sales
(20)
57
(8)
23
SG&A expenses
(1)
24
35
10
12
Non-order related research
 
(4)
and development
2
(3)
1
Interest and other
 
finance expense
(16)
(139)
46
(85)
Embedded
 
foreign exchange
Total revenues
39
12
(6)
7
contracts
Total cost
 
of sales
(12)
1
(10)
Commodity contracts
Total cost
 
of sales
(7)
(72)
8
(21)
Other
Interest and other
 
finance expense
1
4
1
Total
4
(314)
30
(154)
(1)
 
SG&A expenses represent “Selling, general and administrative expenses”.
The fair values
 
of derivatives
 
included in the Consolidated
 
Balance Sheets
 
were as follows:
September 30, 2023
Derivative assets
Derivative liabilities
Current in
Non-current in
Current in
Non-current in
“Other current
“Other non-current
“Other current
“Other non-current
($ in millions)
assets”
assets”
liabilities”
liabilities”
Derivatives designated
 
as hedging
 
instruments:
Foreign exchange
 
contracts
4
1
Interest rate contracts
32
Cross-currency interest
 
rate swaps
304
Cash-settled call options
9
Total
9
36
305
Derivatives not designated
 
as hedging instruments:
Foreign exchange
 
contracts
179
17
91
16
Commodity contracts
3
8
Interest rate contracts
1
4
Other equity contracts
9
Embedded
 
foreign exchange
 
derivatives
26
10
22
4
Total
218
27
125
20
Total fair
 
value
227
27
161
325
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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December 31, 2022
Derivative assets
Derivative liabilities
Current in
Non-current in
Current in
Non-current in
“Other current
“Other non-current
“Other current
“Other non-current
($ in millions)
assets”
assets”
liabilities”
liabilities”
Derivatives designated
 
as hedging
 
instruments:
Foreign exchange
 
contracts
4
4
Interest rate contracts
5
57
Cross-currency interest
 
rate swaps
288
Cash-settled call options
15
Total
15
9
349
Derivatives not designated
 
as hedging instruments:
Foreign exchange
 
contracts
140
21
80
5
Commodity contracts
13
12
Interest rate contracts
5
3
Embedded
 
foreign exchange
 
derivatives
11
6
17
13
Total
169
27
112
18
Total fair
 
value
184
27
121
367
Close-out netting agreements
 
provide for
 
the termination, valuation
 
and net settlement
 
of some or all
 
outstanding transactions
 
between two counterparties
 
on the
occurrence of
 
one or more pre-defined
 
trigger events.
Although the Company
 
is party to close-out netting
 
agreements with
 
most derivative
 
counterparties,
 
the fair values in the
 
tables above
 
and in the Consolidated
Balance Sheets at September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, have
 
been presented on a gross basis.
The Company’s
 
netting agreements
 
and other similar
 
arrangements allow
 
net settlements
 
under certain conditions.
 
At September
 
30, 2023, and December
 
31,
2022, information
 
related to these offsett
 
ing arrangements
 
was as follows:
($ in millions)
September 30, 2023
Gross amount
Derivative liabilities
Cash
Non-cash
Type of agreement
 
or
of recognized
eligible for set-off
collateral
collateral
Net asset
similar arrangement
assets
in case of default
received
received
exposure
Derivatives
218
(70)
148
Total
218
(70)
148
($ in millions)
September 30, 2023
Gross amount
Derivative liabilities
Cash
Non-cash
Type of agreement
 
or
 
 
of recognized
eligible for set-off
collateral
collateral
Net liability
similar arrangement
liabilities
in case of default
pledged
pledged
exposure
Derivatives
460
(70)
390
Total
460
(70)
390
($ in millions)
December 31, 2022
Gross amount
Derivative liabilities
Cash
Non-cash
Type of agreement
 
or
 
 
of recognized
eligible for set-off
collateral
collateral
Net asset
similar arrangement
 
assets
in case of default
received
received
exposure
Derivatives
194
(96)
98
Total
194
(96)
98
 
($ in millions)
December 31, 2022
Gross amount
Derivative liabilities
Cash
Non-cash
Type of agreement
 
or
 
of recognized
eligible for set-off
collateral
 
collateral
Net liability
similar arrangement
liabilities
 
in case of default
pledged
pledged
exposure
Derivatives
458
(96)
362
Total
458
(96)
362
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Note 7
Fair values
The Company
 
uses fair value measurement
 
principles to record
 
certain financial
 
assets and
 
liabilities on a recurring
 
basis and,
 
when necessary,
 
to record certain
non-financial assets
 
at fair value on a non
 
-recurring basis, as
 
well as to determine
 
fair value disclosures
 
for certain financial
 
instruments carried
 
at amortized cost
in the financial statements.
 
Financial assets
 
and liabilities
 
recorded at fair value
 
on a recurring basis
 
include foreign
 
currency,
 
commodity and
 
interest rate
derivatives, as well
 
as cash-settled call options
 
and available-for-sale
 
securities.
 
Non-financial
 
assets recorded
 
at fair value on
 
a non-recurring basis
 
include
long-lived assets that
 
are reduced
 
to their estimated
 
fair value due to
 
impairments.
Fair value is the price
 
that would be received
 
when selling an asset
 
or paid to transfer
 
a liability in an orderly
 
transaction
 
between market participants
 
at the
measurement date.
 
In determining
 
fair value, the Company
 
uses various
 
valuation techniques
 
including the market approach
 
(using observable
 
market data for
identical or similar assets
 
and liabilities),
 
the income approach
 
(discounted cash
 
flow models) and
 
the cost approach
 
(using costs
 
a market participant
 
would incur
to develop a comparable
 
asset). Inputs used
 
to determine
 
the fair value of
 
assets and
 
liabilities are defined
 
by a three-level
 
hierarchy, depending
 
on the nature of
those inputs. The
 
Company has
 
categorized its finan
 
cial assets and
 
liabilities and non
 
-financial assets
 
measured at fair value
 
within this hierarchy
 
based on
whether the inputs
 
to the valuation
 
technique are observable
 
or unobservable.
 
An observable
 
input is based on
 
market data obtained
 
from independent
 
sources,
while an unobservable
 
input reflects the Company’s
 
assumptions
 
about market data.
The levels of
 
the fair value hierarchy
 
are as follows:
Level 1:
 
Valuation
 
inputs consist of
 
quoted prices in an
 
active market for
 
identical assets
 
or liabilities (observable
 
quoted prices). Assets
 
and liabilities
 
valued
using Level 1 inputs
 
include exchange
traded equity securities,
 
listed derivatives
 
which are actively
 
traded such
 
as commodity futures,
 
interest rate
futures and certain
 
actively
 
traded debt securities
 
.
Level 2:
 
Valuation
 
inputs consist of
 
observable inputs
 
(other than Level
 
1 inputs) such
 
as actively quoted
 
prices for similar assets,
 
quoted prices in inactive
markets and inputs
 
other than quoted
 
prices such as
 
interest rate yield
 
curves, credit spreads,
 
or inputs derived
 
from other observable
 
data by
interpolation, correlation,
 
regression or other
 
means. The adjustments
 
applied to quoted
 
prices or the inputs
 
used in valuati
 
on models may
 
be both
observable and
 
unobservable. In these
 
cases, the fair value
 
measurement is classified
 
as Level 2 unless
 
the unobservable
 
portion of the adjustment
 
or
the unobservable
 
input to the valuation
 
model is significant,
 
in which case the
 
fair value measurement
 
would be classified
 
as Level 3. Assets
 
and
liabilities valued or disclosed
 
using Level 2 inputs
 
include investments
 
in certain funds,
 
certain debt securities
 
that are not actively
 
traded, interest
 
rate
swaps, cross-currency
 
interest rate swaps,
 
commodity swaps,
 
cash-settled call
 
options, forward
 
foreign exchange
 
contracts, foreign exchange
 
swaps and
forward rate agreements,
 
time deposits, as
 
well as financing
 
receivables and
 
debt.
Level 3:
 
Valuation
 
inputs are based
 
on the Company’s
 
assumptions
 
of relevant market
 
data (unobservable
 
input).
 
Whenever quoted
 
prices involve bid-ask
 
spreads, the
 
Company ordinarily
 
determines fair
 
values based
 
on mid-market
 
quotes. However,
 
for the purpose
 
of
determining the fair
 
value of cash
 
-settled call options serving
 
as hedges
 
of the Company’s
 
management
 
incentive plan, bid prices
 
are used.
When determining fair
 
values based
 
on quoted prices
 
in an active market,
 
the Company considers
 
if the level of transaction
 
activity for the financial
 
instrument has
significantly decreased
 
or would not be considered
 
orderly. In such
 
cases, the resulting
 
changes
 
in valuation techniques
 
would
 
be disclosed.
 
If the market is
considered disorderly
 
or if quoted prices are
 
not available, the
 
Company is
 
required to use another
 
valuation technique,
 
such as
 
an income approach.
Recurring fair
 
value measures
The fair values
 
of financial assets
 
and liabilities measured
 
at fair value on a
 
recurring basis
 
were as follows:
September 30, 2023
($ in millions)
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total fair
 
value
Assets
Securities in “Marketable
 
securities and
 
short-term investments”:
Equity securities
644
644
Debt securities—U.S. government
 
obligations
188
188
Debt securities—European
 
government obligations
12
12
Derivative assets
 
—current in “Other current
 
assets”
227
227
Derivative assets
 
—non-current in “Other
 
non-current assets”
27
27
Total
200
898
1,098
Liabilities
Derivative liabilities
 
—current in “Other
 
current liabilities”
161
161
Derivative liabilities
 
—non-current in
 
“Other non-current
 
liabilities”
325
325
Total
486
486
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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December 31, 2022
($ in millions)
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total fair
 
value
Assets
Securities in “Marketable
 
securities and
 
short-term investments”:
Equity securities
355
355
Debt securities—U.S. government
 
obligations
255
255
Debt securities—European
 
government obligations
58
58
Debt securities—Corporate
57
57
Derivative assets
 
—current in “Other current
 
assets”
184
184
Derivative assets
 
—non-current in “Other
 
non-current assets”
27
27
Total
255
681
936
Liabilities
Derivative liabilities
 
—current in “Other
 
current liabilities”
121
121
Derivative liabilities
 
—non-current in
 
“Other non-current
 
liabilities”
367
367
Total
488
488
The Company
 
uses the following
 
methods and
 
assumptions in estimating
 
fair values
 
of financial
 
assets and
 
liabilities measured
 
at fair value on a recurring
 
basis:
 
Securities in “Marketable
 
securities and
 
short-term investments”:
If quoted market
 
prices in active
 
markets for identical
 
assets are available,
 
these are
considered Level
 
1 inputs; however,
 
when markets are not
 
active, these
 
inputs are considered
 
Level 2. If
 
such quoted
 
market prices are
 
not available,
fair value is determined
 
using market prices
 
for similar assets
 
or present value
 
techniques, applying
 
an appropriate
 
risk-free interest
 
rate adjusted for
non-performance
 
risk. The inputs used
 
in present value techniques
 
are observable
 
and fall into the
 
Level 2 category.
 
 
Derivatives
: The fair values of
 
derivative instruments
 
are determined
 
using quoted
 
prices of identical
 
instruments from
 
an active market,
 
if available
(Level 1 inputs). If quoted
 
prices are not available,
 
price quotes for similar
 
instruments, appropriately
 
adjusted, or present
 
value techniques,
 
based on
available market data,
 
or option pricing
 
models are used.
 
Cash-settled call
 
options hedging
 
the Company’s
 
WAR liability
 
are valued based
 
on bid prices
of the equivalent
 
listed warrant. The fair
 
values obtained
 
using price quotes
 
for similar instruments
 
or valuation techniques
 
represent a Level
 
2 input
unless significant
 
unobservable inputs
 
are used.
 
Non-recurring fair
 
value measures
 
There were no significant
 
non-recurring fair value
 
measurements
 
during the nine
 
and three months
 
ended September
 
30, 2023 and
 
2022.
Disclosure about
 
financial instruments
 
carried on a
 
cost basis
The fair values
 
of financial instruments
 
carried on a cost
 
basis were
 
as follows:
September 30, 2023
($ in millions)
Carrying value
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total fair
 
value
Assets
Cash and equivalents
 
(excluding securities with
 
original
 
maturities up to 3
 
months):
Cash
1,407
1,407
1,407
Time deposits
2,462
2,462
2,462
Restricted cash
18
18
18
Marketable securities
 
and short-term investments
(excluding securities):
Time deposits
247
247
247
Liabilities
Short-term debt and
 
current maturities
 
of long-term debt
(excluding finance
 
lease obligations)
2,923
2,380
543
2,923
Long-term debt
 
(excluding finance
 
lease obligations)
4,768
4,618
13
4,631
December 31, 2022
($ in millions)
Carrying value
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total fair
 
value
Assets
Cash and equivalents
 
(excluding securities with
 
original
 
maturities up to 3
 
months):
Cash
1,697
1,697
1,697
Time deposits
2,459
2,459
2,459
Restricted cash
18
18
18
Liabilities
Short-term debt and
 
current maturities
 
of long-term debt
(excluding finance
 
lease obligations)
2,500
1,068
1,432
2,500
Long-term debt
 
(excluding finance
 
lease obligations)
4,976
4,813
30
4,843
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Company
 
uses the following
 
methods and
 
assumptions in estimating
 
fair values
 
of financial
 
instruments carried on
 
a cost basis:
 
Cash and equivalents
 
(excluding securities with
 
original maturities
 
up to 3 months),
 
Restricted cash, and
 
Marketable securities
 
and short-term
investments (excluding
 
securities):
The carrying amounts
 
approximate
 
the fair values as
 
the items are short
 
-term in nature
 
or, for cash
 
held in banks,
are equal to the deposit
 
amount.
 
Short-term debt and
 
current maturities
 
of long-term debt
 
(excluding finance
 
lease obligations):
Short-term debt
 
includes commercial
 
paper,
 
bank
borrowings and
 
overdrafts. The
 
carrying amounts
 
of short-term
 
debt and current
 
maturities of long
 
-term debt, excluding
 
finance lease
 
obligations,
approximate their
 
fair values.
 
Long-term debt
 
(excluding finance
 
lease obligations):
Fair values of bonds
 
are determined using
 
quoted market
 
prices (Level
 
1 inputs), if available.
 
For
bonds without available
 
quoted market prices
 
and other long-term
 
debt, the fair values
 
are determined
 
using a discounted
 
cash flow methodology
based upon
 
borrowing rates of similar
 
debt instruments
 
and reflecting appropriate
 
adjustments for
 
non-performance
 
risk (Level 2 inputs).
Note 8
Contract assets and liabilities
The following table
 
provides information
 
about Contract
 
assets and
 
Contract liabilities:
($ in millions)
September 30, 2023
December 31, 2022
September 30, 2022
Contract assets
1,073
954
955
Contract liabilities
2,610
2,216
2,115
Contract assets primarily
 
relate to the Company’s
 
right to receive consideration
 
for work completed
 
but for which no
 
invoice has been
 
issued at the reporting date.
Contract assets are
 
transferred
 
to receivables when
 
rights to receive
 
payment become
 
unconditional. Management
 
expects that the majority
 
of the amounts
 
will be
collected within one
 
year of the
 
respective balance
 
sheet date.
Contract liabilities
 
primarily relate
 
to up-front advances
 
received on orders
 
from customers
 
as well as amounts
 
invoiced to customers
 
in excess
 
of revenues
recognized predominantly
 
on long-term projects.
 
Contract
 
liabilities are reduced
 
as work is performed
 
and as revenues
 
are recognized.
The significant
 
changes in the Contract
 
assets and
 
Contract liabilities
 
balances were
 
as follows:
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
2023
2022
Contract
Contract
Contract
Contract
($ in millions)
assets
liabilities
assets
liabilities
Revenue recognized,
 
which was included
 
in the Contract liabilities
 
balance at Jan
 
1, 2023/2022
(1,230)
(923)
Additions to Contract
 
liabilities - excluding
 
amounts recognized
 
as revenue during
 
the period
1,602
1,320
Receivables
 
recognized that were
 
included in the Contract
 
assets balance
 
at Jan 1, 2023/2022
(553)
(501)
The Company
 
considers its order backlog
 
to represent its unsatisfied
 
performance
 
obligations. At
 
September 30, 2023,
 
the Company had
 
unsatisfied
 
performance
obligations totaling $21,445
 
million and, of
 
this amount, the Company
 
expects to fulfill
 
approximately
 
30% percent of
 
the obligations
 
in 2023, approximately
 
49%
percent of the obligations
 
in 2024
 
and the balance
 
thereafter.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Note 9
Debt
The Company’s
 
total debt at September
 
30, 2023, and
 
December 31, 2022,
 
amounted to $7,850
 
million and
 
$7,678 million,
 
respectively.
Short-term debt and
 
current maturities
 
of long-term debt
 
The Company’s
 
“Short-term debt and cu
 
rrent maturities
 
of long-term debt”
 
consisted of
 
the following:
($ in millions)
September 30, 2023
December 31, 2022
Short-term debt
568
1,448
Current maturities of
 
long-term debt
2,383
1,087
Total
2,951
2,535
Short-term debt primarily
 
represented issued
 
commercial paper and
 
short-term bank borrowings
 
from various banks.
 
At September 30,
 
2023,
 
and December
 
31,
2022, $486 million and
 
$1,383 million,
 
respectively,
 
was outstanding
 
under the $2
 
billion Euro-commercial
 
paper program.
 
No amount was outstanding
 
under the
$2 billion commercial
 
paper program
 
in the United States
 
at September
 
30, 2023, or at
 
December 31, 2022
 
.
In September 2023,
 
the Company repaid
 
at maturity its
 
CHF 275 million 0%
 
Bonds, equivalent
 
to $302 million
 
on date of
 
repayment.
 
In May 2023, the
 
Company
repaid at maturity
 
its EUR 700 million
 
0.625% Instruments,
 
equivalent to
 
$772 million on
 
date of repayment.
Long-term debt
The Company’s
 
long-term debt at September
 
30, 2023, and
 
December 31, 2022,
 
amounted
 
to $4,899 million and
 
$5,143 million,
 
respectively.
 
Outstanding bonds
 
(including maturities within
 
the next 12 months)
 
were as follows:
 
September 30, 2023
December 31, 2022
(in millions)
Nominal outstanding
 
Carrying value
(1)
Nominal outstanding
 
Carrying value
(1)
Bonds:
0.625% EUR Instruments,
 
due 2023
EUR
700
$
742
0% CHF Bonds, due 2023
CHF
275
$
298
0.625% EUR Instruments,
 
due 2024
EUR
700
$
729
EUR
700
$
720
Floating Rate EUR
 
Instruments, due
 
2024
EUR
500
$
531
EUR
500
$
536
0.75% EUR Instruments,
 
due 2024
EUR
750
$
777
EUR
750
$
769
0.3% CHF Bonds, due
 
2024
CHF
280
$
307
CHF
280
$
303
2.1% CHF Bonds, due
 
2025
CHF
150
$
164
CHF
150
$
162
1.965% CHF Bonds, due 2026
CHF
325
$
356
3.25% EUR Instruments,
 
due 2027
EUR
500
$
527
0.75% CHF Bonds,
 
due 2027
CHF
425
$
466
CHF
425
$
460
3.8% USD Notes, due 2028
(2)
USD
383
$
382
USD
383
$
381
1.9775% CHF Bonds, due 2028
CHF
150
$
165
1.0% CHF Bonds, due
 
2029
CHF
170
$
186
CHF
170
$
184
0% EUR Instruments,
 
due 2030
EUR
800
$
670
EUR
800
$
677
2.375% CHF Bonds, due 2030
CHF
150
$
164
CHF
150
$
162
3.375% EUR Instruments,
 
due 2031
EUR
750
$
783
2.1125% CHF Bonds, due 2033
CHF
275
$
301
4.375% USD Notes, due
 
2042
(2)
USD
609
$
590
USD
609
$
590
Total
$
7,098
$
5,984
(1)
 
USD carrying values include
 
unamortized debt
 
issuance costs, bond
 
discounts or premiums,
 
as well as adjustments
 
for fair value hedge accounting,
 
where appropriate.
(2)
 
Prior to completing a cash
 
tender offer in November
 
2020,
 
the original principal
 
amount outstanding,
 
on each of the 3.8%
 
USD Notes,
 
due 2028,
 
and the 4.375% USD
 
Notes,
 
due
2042, was USD 750
 
million.
In January 2023,
 
the Company issued
 
the following EUR Instruments:
 
(i) EUR 500 million
 
of 3.25 percent
 
Instruments,
 
due 2027, and
 
(ii) EUR 750 million
 
of
3.375 percent Instruments
 
,
 
due 2031, both
 
paying interest
 
annually in arrears.
 
The aggregate
 
net proceeds
 
of these EUR Instruments,
 
after discount and
 
fees,
amounted to EUR
 
1,235 million
 
(equivalent to approximately
 
$1,338 million on
 
date of issuance).
In September 2023,
 
the Company issued
 
the following CHF
 
Bonds: (i) CHF
 
325 million of
 
1.965 percent Bond
 
s, due 2026, (ii) CHF
 
150 million of
 
1.9775 percent
Bonds, due 2028
 
,
 
and (iii) CHF 275 million
 
of 2.1125
 
percent Bonds, due
 
2033,
 
all paying interest
 
annually in arrears.
 
The aggregate
 
net proceeds
 
of these CHF
Bonds, after fees,
 
amounted to CHF
 
748 million (equivalent
 
to approximately
 
$825 million on
 
date of issuance).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Note 10
Commitments and
 
contingencies
Contingencies—Regulatory,
 
Compliance
 
and Legal
Regulatory
Based on findings
 
during an internal investigation,
 
the Company self
 
-reported to the SEC and
 
the DoJ, in the United
 
States, to the Special
 
Investigating Unit
 
(SIU)
and the National Prosecuting
 
Authority (NPA)
 
in South Africa as
 
well as to various
 
authorities in other
 
countries potential
 
suspect payments
 
and other compliance
concerns in connection
 
with some of the Company’s
 
dealings with Eskom and
 
related persons. Many
 
of those parties
 
have expressed
 
an interest in, or
commenced
 
an investigation into, these
 
matters and the Company
 
is cooperating fully
 
with them. The
 
Company paid
 
$104
 
million to Eskom in December
 
2020 as
part of a full and final
 
settlement with
 
Eskom and the
 
Special Investigating
 
Unit relating to
 
improper payments
 
and other compliance
 
issues associated
 
with the
Controls and Instrumentation
 
Contract, and its
 
Variation
 
Orders for Units
 
1 and 2 at Kusile.
 
The Company
 
made a provision
 
of approximately
 
$325 million which
was recorded in Other
 
income (expense),
 
net, during
 
the third quarter of
 
2022. In December
 
2022, the Company
 
settled with the
 
SEC and DOJ as
 
well as the
authorities in South
 
Africa and Switzerland.
 
The matter
 
is still pending with
 
the authorities
 
in Germany,
 
but the Company
 
does
 
not believe that it will need
 
to record
any additional provisions
 
for this matter.
General
The Company
 
is aware of proceedings,
 
or the threat of proceedings,
 
against it and others
 
in respect of
 
private claims by
 
customers and
 
other third parties
 
with
regard to certain actual
 
or alleged anticompetitive
 
practices. Also,
 
the Company is subject
 
to other claims
 
and legal proceedings,
 
as well as investigations
 
carried
out by various law enforcement
 
authorities. With
 
respect to the above
 
-mentioned claims,
 
regulatory matters,
 
and any
 
related proceedings,
 
the Company will
 
bear
the related costs,
 
including costs
 
necessary
 
to resolve them.
Liabilities recognized
At September 30,
 
2023, and December
 
31, 2022, the
 
Company had
 
aggregate liabilities
 
of $94 million
 
and $86 million,
 
respectively,
 
included in “Other provisions”
and “Other non
current liabilities”,
 
for the above
 
regulatory,
 
compliance and
 
legal contingencies,
 
and none of
 
the individual liabilities
 
recognized was significant.
 
As
it is not possible to
 
make an informed
 
judgment on, or reasonably
 
predict, the outcome
 
of certain matters
 
and as it
 
is not possible,
 
based on information
 
currently
available to manage
 
ment, to estimate
 
the maximum potential
 
liability on other matters,
 
there could be adverse
 
outcomes beyond
 
the amounts accrue
 
d.
Guarantees
 
General
The following table
 
provides quantitative
 
data regarding
 
the Company’s
 
third-party guarantees
 
.
 
The maximum
 
potential payments
 
represent a “worst
 
-case
scenario”, and do
 
not reflect management’s
 
expected outcomes.
Maximum potential
 
payments
($ in millions)
September 30, 2023
December 31, 2022
Performance
 
guarantees
3,358
4,300
Financial guarantees
92
96
Total
(1)
3,450
4,396
(1)
 
Maximum potential payments
 
include amounts in both
 
continuing and discontinued
 
operations.
The carrying amount
 
of liabilities
 
recorded in the Consolidated
 
Balance Sheets
 
reflects the Company’s
 
best estimate of
 
future payments,
 
which it may incur
 
as part
of fulfilling its guarantee
 
obligations. In
 
respect of the above
 
guarantees, the carrying
 
amounts of liabilities
 
at September
 
30, 2023, and December
 
31, 2022, were
not significant
 
.
The Company
 
is party to various
 
guarantees providing
 
financial or performance
 
assurances
 
to certain third parties. These
 
guarantees,
 
which have various
maturities up to 2032,
 
mainly consist of
 
performance
 
guarantees whereby
 
(i) the Company
 
guarantees the
 
performance
 
of a third party’s product
 
or service
according to the terms
 
of a contract and
 
(ii) as member
 
of a consortium/joint
 
-venture that includes
 
third parties,
 
the Company
 
guarantees not
 
only its own
performance
 
but also the work of
 
third parties. Such
 
guarantees may
 
include guarantees
 
that a project will be
 
completed
 
within a specified
 
time. If the third party
does not fulfill the
 
obligation, the Company
 
will compensate
 
the guaranteed
 
party in cash
 
or in kind. The
 
original maturity
 
dates for the majority
 
of these
performance
 
guarantees range
 
from one to ten years
 
.
In conjunction with
 
the divestment of
 
the high-voltage
 
cable and cables
 
accessories businesses,
 
the Company has
 
entered into various
 
performance
 
guarantees
with other parties
 
with respect to certain
 
liabilities of
 
the divested business.
 
At September 30,
 
2023, and December
 
31, 2022, the
 
maximum potential
 
payable under
these guarantees
 
amounts to $830
 
million and $843 million,
 
respectively,
 
and these guarantees
 
have various
 
original maturities
 
ranging from five
 
to ten years.
The Company
 
retained obligations
 
for financial, performance
 
and indemnification
 
guarantees related
 
to the sale of
 
the Power Grids business
 
(see Note 3 for
details). The performance
 
and financial
 
guarantees have
 
been indemnified
 
by Hitachi Ltd. These
 
guarantees, which
 
have various
 
maturities up to 2032, primarily
consist of bank
 
guarantees, standby
 
letters of credit,
 
business performance
 
guarantees and
 
other trade-related guarantees,
 
the majority of which
 
have original
maturity dates ranging
 
from one to
 
ten years. The maximum
 
amount payable
 
under these guarantees
 
at September 30,
 
2023, and December
 
31, 2022, is
approximately $2.2
 
billion and $3.0
 
billion, respectively
 
.
 
Commercial commitments
In addition, in the normal
 
course of bidding
 
for and executing
 
certain projects, the
 
Company has
 
entered into
 
standby letters of
 
credit, bid/performance
 
bonds and
surety bonds
 
(collectively “performance
 
bonds”) with various
 
financial institutions.
 
Customers
 
can draw on such
 
performance
 
bonds in the
 
event that the Company
does not fulfill its contractual
 
obligations. The
 
Company would
 
then have an
 
obligation to
 
reimburse the financial
 
institution for
 
amounts paid under
 
the performance
bonds. At September
 
30, 2023, and
 
December 31, 2022,
 
respectively,
 
the total outstandin
 
g
 
performance
 
bonds aggregated
 
to $3.0 billion and
 
$2.9 billion.
 
There
have been
 
no significant amounts
 
reimbursed to financial
 
institutions
 
under these types
 
of arrangements
 
in the nine and
 
three months ended
 
September 30, 2023
and 2022.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25
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Product and order
 
-related contingencies
The Company
 
calculates its provision
 
for product warranties
 
based on historical
 
claims experience
 
and specific
 
review of certain contracts.
 
The reconciliation
 
of the
“Provisions for warranties
 
”, including guarantees
 
of product performance,
 
was as follows:
($ in millions)
2023
2022
Balance at January
 
1,
1,028
1,005
Claims paid in cash
 
or in kind
(132)
(122)
Net increase in provision
 
for changes
 
in estimates, warranties
 
issued and
 
warranties expired
228
173
Exchange rate differences
(16)
(94)
Balance at September
 
30,
1,108
962
Note 11
Income taxes
In calculating income
 
tax expense,
 
the Company uses
 
an estimate of the annual
 
effective
 
tax rate based upon
 
the facts and circumstances
 
known at each interim
period. On a quarterly
 
basis, the actual
 
effective
 
tax rate is adjusted,
 
as appropriate,
 
based upon
 
changed
 
facts and circumstances,
 
if any, as
 
compared to those
forecasted
 
at the beginning of
 
the year and each
 
interim period thereafter.
The effective
 
tax rate of 21.5 percent
 
in the
 
nine months ended
 
September
 
30, 2023, was
 
lower than the effective
 
tax rate of 33.1
 
percent in the nine
 
months
ended September
 
30, 2022, primarily due
 
to a net benefit
 
realized on a favorable
 
resolution of an
 
uncertain tax position
 
in the nine months
 
ended September
 
30,
2023, as well as the
 
impact of non-deductible
 
regulatory penalties
 
in connection with
 
the Kusile project
 
in the nine months
 
ended September
 
30, 2022.
 
In February 2023,
 
on completion of
 
a tax audit, the
 
Company obtained
 
resolution of the uncertain
 
tax position for which
 
an amount was
 
recorded within
 
Other non-
current liabilities as
 
of December
 
31, 2022. In the nine
 
months ended
 
September 30,
 
2023, the Company
 
released the
 
provision of $206
 
million, due to the
resolution of this matter
 
,
 
which resulted
 
in an increase of
 
$0.11 in earnings
 
per share (basic
 
and diluted) for
 
the nine months
 
ended September
 
30, 2023.
Note 12
Employee benefits
The Company
 
operates defined
 
benefit pension
 
plans, defined
 
contribution pension
 
plans, and termination
 
indemnity plans,
 
in accordance
 
with local regulations
and practices. At September
 
30, 2023, the Company’s
 
most significant
 
defined benefit
 
pension plans
 
are in Switzerland
 
as well as in Germany,
 
the United
Kingdom, and the
 
United States. These
 
plans cover a large
 
portion of the
 
Company’s
 
employees
 
and provide benefits
 
to employees in the
 
event of death,
disability,
 
retirement, or termination
 
of employment.
 
Certain of these
 
plans are multi-employer
 
plans. The Company
 
also operates
 
other postretirement
 
benefit
plans including
 
postretirement health
 
care benefits
 
and other employee
 
-related benefits
 
for active employees
 
including long-service
 
award plans. The
measurement date
 
used for the Company’s
 
employee benefit
 
plans is December
 
31. The funding
 
policies of the Company’s
 
plans are consistent
 
with the local
government and
 
tax requirements.
Net periodic benefit
 
cost of the Company’s
 
defined benefit
 
pension and
 
other postretirement benefit
 
plans consisted
 
of the following:
($ in millions)
Defined pension
 
benefits
Other postretirement
Switzerland
International
benefits
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
2023
2022
2023
2022
2023
2022
Operational pension
 
cost:
Service cost
29
40
21
26
Operational pension
 
cost
29
40
21
26
Non-operational pension
 
cost (credit):
Interest cost
35
2
122
61
1
1
Expected return on
 
plan assets
(94)
(87)
(116)
(113)
Amortization of prior service
 
cost (credit)
(6)
(5)
(2)
(2)
(1)
(1)
Amortization of net actuarial
 
loss
39
44
(3)
(2)
Curtailments, settlements
 
and special termination
 
benefits
18
(16)
Non-operational pension
 
cost (credit)
(65)
(90)
61
 
(10)
(19)
(2)
Net periodic benefit
 
cost (credit)
(36)
(50)
82
16
(19)
(2)
($ in millions)
Defined pension
 
benefits
Other postretirement
Switzerland
International
benefits
Three months ended September 30,
2023
2022
2023
2022
2023
2022
Operational pension
 
cost:
Service cost
10
13
7
9
Operational pension
 
cost
10
13
7
9
Non-operational pension
 
cost (credit):
Interest cost
11
1
40
18
Expected return on
 
plan assets
(31)
(29)
(42)
(36)
Amortization of prior service
 
cost (credit)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(1)
Amortization of net actuarial
 
loss
16
14
(1)
Curtailments, settlements
 
and special termination
 
benefits
18
(16)
Non-operational pension
 
cost (credit)
(22)
(29)
31
 
(5)
(17)
Net periodic benefit
 
cost (credit)
(12)
(16)
38
4
(17)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The components
 
of net periodic benefit
 
cost other than
 
the service cost component
 
are included in
 
the line “Non-operational
 
pension cost
 
(credit)” in the income
statement.
Employer contributions
 
were as follows:
($ in millions)
Defined pension
 
benefits
Other postretirement
Switzerland
International
benefits
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
2023
2022
2023
2022
2023
2022
Total con
 
tributions to defined
 
benefit pension
 
and
other postretirement benefit
 
plans
8
33
85
24
29
5
Of which, discretionary
 
contributions
 
to defined benefit
 
pension plans
56
25
($ in millions)
Defined pension
 
benefits
Other postretirement
Switzerland
International
benefits
Three months ended September 30,
2023
2022
2023
2022
2023
2022
Total con
 
tributions to defined
 
benefit pension
 
and
 
other postretirement benefit
 
plans
3
2
64
5
25
1
Of which, discretionary
 
contributions
 
to defined benefit
pension plans
56
25
The Company
 
expects to make contributions
 
totaling approximately
 
$91 million and
 
$31 million
 
to its defined
 
pension plans and
 
other postretirement
 
benefit plans,
respectively,
 
for the full year 2023.
Note 13
Stockholder's equity
At the Annual General
 
Meeting of Shareholders
 
(AGM) on March
 
23, 2023, shareholders
 
approved the
 
proposal of the
 
Board of Directors to
 
distribute 0.84 Swiss
francs per share
 
to shareholders. The
 
declared dividend
 
amounted to $1,706
 
million,
 
with the Company
 
disbursing a portion
 
in March and
 
the remaining amounts
in April.
In March 2023, the
 
Company completed
 
the share buyback
 
program that was
 
launched in April
 
2022. This program
 
was executed
 
on a second trading
 
line on the
SIX Swiss Exchange.
 
Through this program,
 
the Company purchased
 
a total of 67 million
 
shares for approximately
 
$2.0 billion, of
 
which 8 million shares
 
were
purchased
 
in the first quarter of
 
2023
 
(resulting in an increase
 
in Treasury
 
stock of $253
 
million).
Also in March 2023,
 
the Company announced
 
a new share buyback
 
program of up to $1
 
billion. This program,
 
which was
 
launched in April 202
 
3, is being executed
on a second
 
trading line on the SIX Swiss
 
Exchange
 
and is planned
 
to run until the Company’s
 
2024 AGM. Through
 
this program,
 
the Company purchased,
 
from
the program’s
 
launch in April 2023
 
to September 30,
 
2023, 11
 
million shares,
 
resulting in an increase
 
in Treasury
 
stock of $411
 
million.
In the second quarter
 
of 2023, the Company
 
cancelled 83
 
million shares which
 
had
 
been purchased
 
under its share buyback
 
program. This resulted
 
in a decrease
in Treasury stock of
 
$2,567
 
million and a corresponding
 
total decrease in Capital
 
stock, Additional
 
paid-in capital and
 
Retained earnings
 
.
In addition to the share
 
buyback programs,
 
the Company purchased
 
6 million of its own shares
 
on the open
 
market in the
 
nine months
 
ended September
 
30, 2023,
mainly for use in connection
 
with its employee
 
share plans,
 
resulting in an increase
 
in Treasury stock
 
of $234
 
million.
In the nine months ended
 
September 30,
 
2023, the Company
 
delivered, out of
 
treasury stock, approximately
 
6 million shares
 
in connection with its
 
Management
Incentive Plan.
In February 2023,
 
the Company obtained
 
funding through
 
a private placement
 
of shares in its ABB
 
E-Mobility subsidiary,
 
ABB E-mobility
 
Holding Ltd
(ABB E-Mobility),
 
receiving gross
 
proceeds of
 
325 million Swiss francs
 
(approximately $351
 
million) and
 
reducing the Company’s
 
ownership in ABB
 
E-Mobility from
92 percent to 81 percent.
 
This
 
resulted in an increase
 
in Additional paid
 
-in capital of $17
 
0
 
million.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Note 14
Earnings per share
Basic earnings
 
per share is calculated
 
by dividing income
 
by the weighted
 
-average number
 
of shares outstanding
 
during the period.
 
Diluted earnings
 
per share is
calculated by
 
dividing income by
 
the weighted-average
 
number of shares
 
outstanding during
 
the period, assuming
 
that all potentially
 
dilutive securities
 
were
exercised, if dilutive. Potentially
 
dilutive securities
 
comprise outstanding
 
written call options,
 
and outstanding
 
options and shares
 
granted subject
 
to certain
conditions under
 
the Company’s
 
share-based payment
 
arrangements.
Basic earnings per share
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
Three months ended September 30,
($ in millions, except per share data in $)
2023
2022
2023
2022
Amounts attributable
 
to ABB shareholders:
Income from continuing
 
operations, net of
 
tax
2,840
1,379
889
376
Loss from discontinued
 
operations, net of
 
tax
(16)
(36)
(7)
(16)
Net income
2,824
1,343
882
360
Weighted-average
 
number of shares
 
outstanding
 
(in millions)
1,859
1,909
1,854
1,882
Basic earnings
 
per share attributable
 
to ABB shareholders:
Income from continuing
 
operations, net of
 
tax
1.53
0.72
0.48
0.20
Loss from discontinued
 
operations, net of
 
tax
(0.01)
(0.02)
0.00
(0.01)
Net income
1.52
0.70
0.48
0.19
Diluted earnings
 
per share
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
Three months ended September 30,
($ in millions, except per share data in $)
2023
2022
2023
2022
Amounts attributable
 
to ABB shareholders:
Income from continuing
 
operations, net of
 
tax
2,840
1,379
889
376
Loss from discontinued
 
operations, net of
 
tax
(16)
(36)
(7)
(16)
Net income
2,824
1,343
882
360
Weighted-average
 
number of shares
 
outstanding (in millions)
1,859
1,909
1,854
1,882
Effect of dilutive
 
securities:
Call options and shares
12
11
11
7
Adjusted weighted-average
 
number of
 
shares outstanding
 
(in millions)
1,871
1,920
1,865
1,889
Diluted earnings per share
 
attributable to
 
ABB shareholders:
Income from continuing
 
operations, net of
 
tax
1.52
0.72
0.48
0.20
Loss from discontinued
 
operations, net of
 
tax
(0.01)
(0.02)
0.00
(0.01)
Net income
1.51
0.70
0.47
0.19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Note 15
Reclassifications out of
 
accumulated other comprehensive
 
loss
The following table
 
shows changes
 
in “Accumulated other
 
comprehensive
 
loss” (OCI) attributable
 
to ABB, by component,
 
net of tax:
Unrealized gains
Pension and
Foreign currency
(losses) on
other
Derivative
translation
available-for-sale
postretirement
instruments
($ in millions)
adjustments
securities
plan adjustments
and hedges
Total OCI
Balance at January
 
1, 2022
(2,993)
2
(1,089)
(8)
(4,088)
Other comprehensive
 
(loss) income:
Other comprehensive
 
(loss) income
before reclassifications
(811)
(25)
148
(15)
(703)
Amounts reclassified
 
from OCI
5
1
24
15
45
Total other
 
comprehensive
 
(loss) income
(806)
(24)
172
(658)
Less:
Amounts attributable
 
to
noncontrolling interests
 
and
redeemable noncontrolling
 
interests
(32)
(32)
Balance at September
 
30, 2022
(1)
(3,767)
(22)
(917)
(8)
(4,715)
Unrealized gains
Pension and
Foreign currency
(losses) on
other
Derivative
translation
available-for-sale
postretirement
instruments
($ in millions)
adjustments
securities
plan adjustments
and hedges
Total OCI
Balance at January
 
1, 2023
(3,691)
(19)
(838)
(8)
(4,556)
Other comprehensive
 
(loss) income:
Other comprehensive
 
(loss) income
before reclassifications
(194)
(9)
(5)
(208)
Amounts reclassified
 
from OCI
9
6
28
8
51
Total other
 
comprehensive
 
(loss) income
(185)
6
19
3
(157)
Less:
Amounts attributable
 
to
noncontrolling interests
 
and
redeemable noncontrolling
 
interests
(8)
(8)
Balance at September
 
30, 2023
(3,868)
(13)
(819)
(5)
(4,705)
(1)
 
Due to rounding, numbers
 
presented may not add
 
to the totals provided.
The following table
 
reflects amounts
 
reclassified out
 
of OCI in respect
 
of Foreign currency
 
translation adjustments
 
and Pension
 
and other postretirement
 
plan
adjustments:
Nine months ended
Three months ended
($ in millions)
Location of (gains)
 
losses
September 30,
September 30,
Details about OCI components
reclassified from OCI
2023
2022
2023
2022
Foreign currency
 
translation adjustments:
Changes attributable
 
to divestments
Other income (expense),
 
net
9
9
Net loss on complete
 
or substantially
 
complete
liquidations of foreign
 
subsidiaries
Other income (expense),
 
net
5
Amounts reclassified
 
from OCI
9
5
9
Pension and
 
other postretirement plan
 
adjustments:
Amortization of prior service
 
cost (credit)
Non-operational pension
 
(cost) credit
(9)
(8)
(3)
(2)
Amortization of net actuarial
 
loss
Non-operational pension
 
(cost) credit
36
42
15
14
Net gain (loss) from
 
settlements and
 
curtailments
Non-operational pension
 
(cost) credit
2
2
Total before
 
tax
29
34
14
12
Tax
Income tax expense
(1)
(10)
6
(3)
Amounts reclassified
 
from OCI
28
24
20
9
The amounts
 
in respect of Unrealized
 
gains (losses)
 
on available-for-sale
 
securities and
 
Derivative instruments
 
and hedges
 
were not significant
 
for the nine and
three months ended
 
September 30, 2023
 
and 2022.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Note 16
Restructuring and related
 
expenses
Other restructuring-related
 
activities
In the nine and three
 
months ended
 
September 30, 2023
 
and 2022, the Company
 
executed various
 
other restructuring-related
 
activities and
 
incurred the following
expenses:
 
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
Three months ended September 30,
($ in millions)
2023
2022
2023
2022
Employee severance
 
costs
38
64
12
21
Estimated contract settlement,
 
loss order and
 
other costs
4
205
2
3
Inventory and long
 
-lived asset impairments
18
5
18
Total
60
274
32
24
Expenses associated
 
with these activities are
 
recorded in the
 
following line
 
items in the Consolidated
 
Income Statements:
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
Three months ended September 30,
($ in millions)
2023
2022
2023
2022
Total cost
 
of sales
19
13
9
5
Selling, general and administrative
 
expenses
14
39
1
11
Non-order related research
 
and development
 
expenses
2
Other income (expense),
 
net
27
220
22
8
Total
60
274
32
24
During the second
 
quarter of 2022, the
 
Company completed
 
a plan to fully
 
exit its full train
 
retrofit business
 
by transferring
 
the remaining contracts
 
to a third party.
The Company
 
recorded $195
 
million of restructuring
 
expenses
 
in connection with this
 
business exit
 
primarily for contract
 
settlement costs.
 
Prior to exiting
 
this
business, the business
 
was reported as part of
 
the Company’s
 
non-core business
 
activities within Corporate
 
and Other.
At September 30,
 
2023, and December
 
31, 2022, $179
 
million and $198
 
million, respectively,
 
was recorded
 
for other restructuring
 
-related liabilities
 
and is included
primarily in Other provisions.
Note 17
Operating segment data
The Chief Operating
 
Decision Maker
 
(CODM) is the Chief
 
Executive Officer.
 
The CODM allocates
 
resources to and
 
assesses
 
the performance of
 
each operating
segment using
 
the information outlined
 
below. The
 
Company is organized
 
into the following
 
segments, based
 
on products and
 
services: Electrification,
 
Motion,
Process Automation
 
and Robotics
 
& Discrete Automation.
 
The remaining
 
operations
 
of the Company
 
are included in Corporate
 
and
 
Other.
Effective January
 
1, 2023, the E-mobility Division
 
is no longer managed
 
within the Electrification
 
segment and
 
has become
 
a separate operating
 
segment. This
new segment
 
does not currently meet
 
any of the size
 
thresholds to be considered
 
a reportable segment
 
and as such
 
is presented within Corporate
 
and Other.
 
The
segment information
 
for the nine and
 
three months
 
ended September
 
30, 2023 and
 
2022, and at December
 
31, 2022,
 
has been recast
 
to reflect this change.
A description of the
 
types of products
 
and services
 
provided by each
 
reportable segment
 
is as follows:
 
Electrification:
manufactures
 
and sells electrical products
 
and solutions which
 
are designed to provide
 
safe, smart and
 
sustainable electrical
 
flow from
the substation to the socket.
 
The portfolio of
 
increasingly digital
 
and connected
 
solutions includes
 
renewable power
 
solutions, modular substation
packages, distribution
 
automation products,
 
switchboard
 
and panelboards,
 
switchgear, UPS
 
solutions, circuit
 
breakers, measuring
 
and sensing
 
devices,
control products, wiring
 
accessories,
 
enclosures
 
and cabling systems
 
and intelligent home and
 
building solutions,
 
designed to integrate
 
and automate
lighting, heating, ventilation,
 
security and
 
data communication
 
networks.
 
The products
 
and services
 
are delivered through
 
six operating Divisions:
Distribution Solutions,
 
Smart Power,
 
Smart Buildings,
 
Installation Products
 
and Service, as
 
well as, prior
 
to its sale in July
 
2023, the Power Conversion
Division.
 
Motion:
 
designs, manufactures,
 
and sells drives,
 
motors, generators
 
and traction converters
 
that are driving
 
the low-carbon
 
future for industries,
 
cities,
infrastructure and
 
transportation. These
 
products, digital
 
technology
 
and related services
 
enable industrial customers
 
to increase
 
energy efficiency,
improve safety
 
and reliability,
 
and achieve
 
precise control of
 
their processes.
 
Building on over 130
 
years of cumulative
 
experience
 
in electric
powertrains, Motion
 
combines domain
 
expertise and technology
 
to deliver the optimum
 
solution for
 
a wide range
 
of applications in all
 
industrial
segments. In addition,
 
Motion,
 
along with its
 
partners, has
 
a leading global service
 
presence. These
 
products and
 
services are delivered
 
through seven
operating Divisions:
 
Large Motors
 
and Generators,
 
IEC LV
 
Motors, NEMA
 
Motors, Drive Products,
 
System Drives,
 
Service
 
and Traction.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Process Automation:
 
offers a broad
 
range of industry
 
-specific, integrated
 
automation, electrification
 
and digital solutions,
 
as well as lifecycle
 
services for
the process,
 
hybrid and marine
 
industries. The product
 
portfolio includes
 
control technologies,
 
industrial software,
 
advanced
 
analytics, sensing
 
and
measurement technology,
 
and marine propulsion
 
systems. In addition
 
,
 
Process
 
Automation offers
 
a comprehensive
 
range of services,
 
from repair to
advanced digital capabilities
 
such as remote
 
monitoring, preventive
 
maintenance, asset
 
performance
 
management, emission
 
monitoring and
cybersecurity.
 
The products, systems
 
and services
 
are currently delivered
 
through four operating
 
Divisions: Energy
 
Industries, Process
 
Industries,
Marine & Ports and
 
Measurement &
 
Analytics as
 
well as, prior to
 
its spin-off
 
in October 2022, the Turbocharging
 
Division (Accelleron).
 
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation:
 
delivers its products
 
,
 
solutions and
 
services through
 
two operating
 
Divisions: Robotics
 
and Machine
 
Automation.
Robotics includes
 
industrial robots, autonomous
 
mobile robotics,
 
software, robotic
 
solutions, field services,
 
spare parts, and
 
digital services.
 
Machine
Automation specializes
 
in solutions based
 
on its programmable
 
logic controllers
 
(PLC), industrial PCs
 
(IPC), servo motion,
 
transport systems
 
and
machine vision
 
.
 
Both Divisions offer
 
engineering and
 
simulation software
 
as well as a comprehensive
 
range of digital solutions.
Corporate and Other:
 
includes headquarter
 
costs,
 
the Company’s
 
corporate real estate
 
activities, Corporate
 
Treasury
 
Operations, the E-mobility
 
operating
segment, historical operating
 
activities of certain
 
divested businesses
 
,
 
and other non-core operati
 
ng activities.
The primary measure
 
of profitability
 
on which the
 
operating segments
 
are evaluated
 
is Operational EBITA,
 
which represents
 
income from operations
 
excluding:
 
amortization expense
 
on intangibles arising
 
upon acquisition
 
(acquisition-related
 
amortization),
 
 
restructuring, related
 
and implementation
 
costs,
 
changes
 
in the amount recorded
 
for obligations related
 
to divested businesses
 
occurring after the divestment
 
date (changes
 
in obligations related
 
to
divested businesses),
 
gains and losses
 
from sale of businesses
 
(including fair value
 
adjustment on assets
 
and liabilities
 
held for sale,
 
if any),
 
 
acquisition-
 
and divestment
 
-related expenses
 
and integration costs,
 
certain other non-operational
 
items, as well as
 
 
foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing differences
 
in income from operations
 
consisting of:
 
(a) unrealized gains
 
and losses
 
on derivatives (foreign
exchange, commodities,
 
embedded
 
derivatives), (b)
 
realized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
 
where the underlying
 
hedged transaction
 
has not yet been
realized, and (c) unrealized
 
foreign exchange
 
movements on
 
receivables/payables
 
(and related assets/liabilities).
Certain other non-operational
 
items generally
 
includes certain regulatory,
 
compliance and
 
legal costs, other
 
income/expense
 
relating to the Power Grids
 
joint
venture, certain asset
 
write downs/impairments
 
and certain other
 
fair value changes,
 
changes
 
in estimates relating to opening
 
balance sheets
 
of acquired
businesses (changes
 
in pre-acquisition estimates),
 
as well as other
 
items which are determined
 
by management
 
on a case-by-case
 
basis.
The CODM primarily
 
reviews the results
 
of each segment
 
on a basis that is before
 
the elimination
 
of profits made
 
on inventory
 
sales between
 
segments. Segment
results below are presented
 
before these
 
eliminations, with a
 
total deduction
 
for intersegment profits
 
to arrive at the Company’s
 
consolidated
 
Operational EBITA.
Intersegment sales
 
and transfers
 
are accounted
 
for as if the sales
 
and transfers
 
were to third parties,
 
at current market
 
prices.
The following tables
 
present disaggregated
 
segment revenues
 
from contracts with customers
 
,
 
Operational EBITA,
 
and the reconciliations
 
of consolidated
Operational EBITA
 
to Income from
 
continuing operations
 
before taxes
 
for the nine and three
 
months ended
 
September 30, 2023
 
and 2022, as
 
well as total assets
at September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022.
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
 
2023
Robotics &
Process
Discrete
Corporate
($ in millions)
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
and Other
Total
Geographical markets
 
Europe
 
3,411
1,858
1,663
1,456
229
8,617
The Americas
 
4,393
1,924
1,279
431
216
8,243
of which: United States
3,292
1,602
798
269
182
6,143
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
 
2,912
1,699
1,580
886
53
7,130
of which: China
1,356
866
502
657
23
3,404
10,716
5,481
4,522
2,773
498
23,990
Product type
 
Products
10,050
4,695
2,667
2,353
445
20,210
Services and
 
other
666
786
1,855
420
53
3,780
10,716
5,481
4,522
2,773
498
23,990
Third-party revenues
10,716
5,481
4,522
2,773
498
23,990
Intersegment revenues
170
387
21
15
(593)
Total revenues
(1)
10,886
5,868
4,543
2,788
(95)
23,990
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Nine months ended
 
September 30,
 
2022
Robotics &
Process
Discrete
Corporate
($ in millions)
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
and Other
Total
Geographical markets
 
Europe
 
3,125
1,430
1,726
1,070
169
7,520
The Americas
 
3,799
1,574
1,135
377
133
7,018
of which: United States
2,777
1,307
681
267
92
5,124
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
 
3,020
1,564
1,607
838
55
7,084
of which: China
1,506
888
498
646
25
3,563
9,944
4,568
4,468
2,285
357
21,622
Product type
 
Products
9,328
3,931
2,420
1,935
332
17,946
Services and
 
other
616
637
2,048
350
25
3,676
9,944
4,568
4,468
2,285
357
21,622
Third-party revenues
9,944
4,568
4,468
2,285
357
21,622
Intersegment revenues
177
332
25
5
(539)
Total revenues
(1)
10,121
4,900
4,493
2,290
(182)
21,622
Three months ended September 30, 2023
Robotics &
Process
Discrete
Corporate
($ in millions)
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
and Other
Total
Geographical markets
 
Europe
 
1,083
569
582
500
76
2,810
The Americas
 
1,461
657
411
159
87
2,775
of which: United States
1,113
541
248
94
71
2,067
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
 
964
582
553
263
21
2,383
of which: China
439
285
163
182
6
1,075
3,508
1,808
1,546
922
184
7,968
Product type
 
Products
3,288
1,526
924
777
165
6,680
Services and
 
other
220
282
622
145
19
1,288
3,508
1,808
1,546
922
184
7,968
Third-party revenues
3,508
1,808
1,546
922
184
7,968
Intersegment revenues
53
139
8
7
(207)
Total revenues
(1)
3,561
1,947
1,554
929
(23)
7,968
Three months ended September 30, 2022
Robotics &
Process
Discrete
Corporate
($ in millions)
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
and Other
Total
Geographical markets
 
Europe
 
1,005
477
595
358
59
2,494
The Americas
 
1,354
545
368
139
46
2,452
of which: United States
988
454
221
101
32
1,796
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
 
1,053
569
488
329
21
2,460
of which: China
514
323
189
264
10
1,300
3,412
1,591
1,451
826
126
7,406
Product type
 
Products
3,204
1,379
778
705
118
6,184
Services and
 
other
208
212
673
121
8
1,222
3,412
1,591
1,451
826
126
7,406
Third-party revenues
3,412
1,591
1,451
826
126
7,406
Intersegment revenues
59
111
7
2
(179)
Total revenues
(1)
3,471
1,702
1,458
828
(53)
7,406
(1)
 
Due to rounding, numbers presented
 
may not add to the totals
 
provided.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Nine months ended
 
Three months ended
September 30,
September 30,
($ in millions)
2023
2022
2023
2022
Operational EBITA:
Electrification
2,212
1,768
748
651
Motion
1,157
845
390
305
Process Automation
670
645
226
225
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
418
215
137
106
Corporate and Other
E-mobility
(134)
(12)
(39)
(4)
‒ Corporate costs,
 
Intersegment elimination
 
and other
 
(229)
(97)
(70)
(52)
Total
4,094
3,364
1,392
1,231
Acquisition-related amortization
(164)
(174)
(55)
(55)
Restructuring, related
 
and implementation
 
costs
(1)
(92)
(300)
(51)
(20)
Changes in obligations
 
related to divested
 
businesses
5
17
Gains and losses
 
from sale of businesses
97
(4)
71
Acquisition-
 
and divestment
 
-related expenses
 
and integration costs
(55)
(171)
(10)
(62)
Foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing differences
 
in income from operations:
Unrealized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
 
(foreign exchange,
 
commodities, embedded
 
derivatives)
(58)
(107)
(48)
(7)
Realized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
 
where the underlying
 
hedged
 
transaction has
 
not yet been realized
(8)
(48)
(2)
(13)
Unrealized foreign exchange
 
movements on
 
receivables/payables
 
(and
related assets/liabilities)
25
55
11
15
Certain other non-operational
 
items:
Other income/expense
 
relating to the Power
 
Grids joint venture
27
(67)
7
(30)
Regulatory,
 
compliance and
 
legal costs
(333)
(329)
Business transformation
 
costs
(2)
(139)
(114)
(57)
(48)
Changes in pre-acquisition
 
estimates
(4)
(1)
Certain other fair value
 
changes, including
 
asset impairments
3
58
(3)
24
Other non-operational
 
items
24
(24)
4
3
Income from operations
3,755
2,152
1,259
708
Interest and dividend
 
income
115
50
37
17
Interest and other
 
finance expense
(197)
(107)
(73)
(45)
Non-operational pension
 
(cost) credit
23
102
8
34
Income from continuing
 
operations before
 
taxes
3,696
2,197
1,231
714
(1)
 
Includes impairment of certain
 
assets.
(2)
 
Amount includes ABB Way process
 
transformation costs of $122
 
million and $98 million
 
for nine months ended
 
September 30, 2023 and
 
2022, respectively,
 
and $51 million
and $34 million for the three
 
months ended September
 
30, 2023 and 2022,
 
respectively.
Total assets
(1)
($ in millions)
September 30, 2023
December 31, 2022
Electrification
12,699
12,500
Motion
7,013
6,565
Process Automation
4,900
4,598
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
4,893
4,901
Corporate and Other
(2)
10,594
10,584
Consolidated
40,099
39,148
(1)
 
Total assets
 
are after intersegment
 
eliminations and therefore reflect
 
third-party assets
 
only.
(2)
 
At September 30, 2023, and December
 
31, 2022,
 
respectively,
 
Corporate and Other includes $60
 
million and $96 million
 
of assets in the Power
 
Grids business which is
reported as discontinued
 
operations (see Note 3).
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Supplemental Reconciliations and Definitions
The following
 
reconciliations
 
and
 
definitions
 
include
 
measures
 
which
 
ABB uses
 
to supplement
 
its Consolidated
 
Financial
 
Information
 
(unaudited)
 
which
 
is
prepared
 
in accordance
 
with
 
United
 
States
 
generally
 
accepted
 
accounting
 
principles
 
(U.S.
 
GAAP).
 
Certain
 
of these
 
financial
 
measures
 
are,
 
or may
 
be,
considered
 
non-GAAP
 
financial
 
measures
 
as defined
 
in the
 
rules
 
of
 
the U.S.
 
Securities
 
and
 
Exchange
 
Commission
 
(SEC).
While
 
ABB’s
 
management
 
believes
 
that
 
the non
 
-GAAP financial
 
measures
 
herein
 
are
 
useful
 
in evaluating
 
ABB’s
 
operating
 
results,
 
this
 
information
 
should
be considered
 
as supplemental
 
in nature
 
and
 
not as
 
a substitute
 
for
 
the related
 
financial
 
information
 
prepared
 
in accordance
 
with
 
U.S.
 
GAAP.
 
Therefore
these
 
measures
 
should
 
not be
 
viewed
 
in isolation
 
but considered
 
together
 
with
 
the Consolidated
 
Financial
 
Information
 
(unaudited)
 
prepared
 
in accordance
with
 
U.S.
 
GAAP
 
as of
 
and for
 
the nine
 
and
 
three
 
months
 
ended
 
September
 
30, 2023.
Comparable growth rates
 
Growth rates for certain
 
key figures may be
 
presented and
 
discussed
 
on a “comparable” basis.
 
The comparable
 
growth rate measures
 
growth on a constant
currency basis.
 
Since we are a global
 
company,
 
the comparability of
 
our operating
 
results reported in U.S.
 
dollars is affected
 
by foreign currency
 
exchange rate
fluctuations. We
 
calculate the
 
impacts from
 
foreign currency
 
fluctuations by
 
translating the current
 
-year periods’ reported
 
key figures into U.S.
 
dollar amounts
 
using
the exchange
 
rates in effect for the
 
comparable periods
 
in the previous
 
year.
Comparable growth
 
rates are also adjusted
 
for changes
 
in our business
 
portfolio. Adjustments
 
to our business
 
portfolio occur
 
due to acquisitions,
 
divestments,
 
or
by exiting specific
 
business activities or
 
customer markets.
 
The adjustment
 
for portfolio changes
 
is calculated as
 
follows: where the
 
results of any business
acquired or divested
 
have not been
 
consolidated
 
and reported for the
 
entire duration
 
of both the current
 
and comparable
 
periods, the
 
reported key figures
 
of such
business are adjusted
 
to exclude the relevant
 
key figures of any
 
corresponding
 
quarters which are not
 
comparable when
 
computing the
 
comparable growth
 
rate.
Certain portfolio changes
 
which do not qualify
 
as divestments
 
under U.S. GAAP
 
have been
 
treated in a similar
 
manner to divestments.
 
Changes in our
 
portfolio
where we have
 
exited certain business
 
activities or customer
 
markets are adjusted
 
as if the relevant
 
business was
 
divested in the
 
period when
 
the decision to
cease business
 
activities was taken. We
 
do not adjust
 
for portfolio changes
 
where the relevant business
 
has annualized
 
revenues of
 
less than $50 million.
The following tables
 
provide reconciliations
 
of reported growth
 
rates of certain
 
key figures to their
 
respective comparable
 
growth rate.
Comparable growth
 
rate reconciliation
 
by Business
 
Area
Q3 2023 compared
 
to Q3 2022
Order growth rate
Revenue growth
 
rate
US$
Foreign
US$
Foreign
(as
exchange
Portfolio
(as
exchange
Portfolio
Business Area
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
Electrification
 
-2%
0%
3%
1%
3%
-1%
4%
6%
Motion
-4%
-1%
-2%
-7%
14%
-1%
-2%
11%
Process
 
Automation
20%
-2%
20%
38%
7%
-1%
17%
23%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
-26%
-1%
0%
-27%
12%
-3%
0%
9%
ABB Group
-2%
0%
4%
2%
8%
-1%
4%
11%
9M 2023 compared to 9M 2022
Order growth rate
Revenue growth
 
rate
US$
Foreign
US$
Foreign
(as
exchange
Portfolio
(as
exchange
Portfolio
Business Area
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
Electrification
 
0%
2%
1%
3%
8%
2%
1%
11%
Motion
1%
1%
-1%
1%
20%
2%
-2%
20%
Process
 
Automation
12%
2%
17%
31%
1%
2%
16%
19%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
-24%
2%
0%
-22%
22%
1%
0%
23%
ABB Group
-1%
2%
3%
4%
11%
2%
3%
16%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Regional comparable
 
growth rate
 
reconciliation
Regional comparable
 
growth rate
 
reconciliation
 
for ABB Group -
 
Quarter
Q3 2023 compared
 
to Q3 2022
Order growth rate
Revenue growth
 
rate
US$
Foreign
US$
Foreign
(as
exchange
Portfolio
(as
exchange
Portfolio
Region
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
Europe
-11%
-5%
3%
-13%
13%
-7%
4%
10%
The Americas
9%
-1%
5%
13%
13%
-1%
4%
16%
of which: United States
8%
-1%
6%
13%
15%
0%
4%
19%
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
-5%
5%
4%
4%
-3%
5%
4%
6%
of which: China
-10%
5%
2%
-3%
-17%
4%
3%
-10%
ABB Group
-2%
0%
4%
2%
8%
-1%
4%
11%
Regional comparable
 
growth rate
 
reconciliation by
 
Business Area
 
- Quarter
Q3 2023 compared to Q3 2022
Order growth rate
Revenue growth
 
rate
US$
Foreign
US$
Foreign
(as
exchange
Portfolio
(as
exchange
Portfolio
Region
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
Europe
0%
-6%
3%
-3%
7%
-7%
2%
2%
The Americas
-2%
0%
6%
4%
8%
-1%
6%
13%
of which: United States
-2%
0%
8%
6%
13%
0%
6%
19%
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
-5%
6%
1%
2%
-8%
5%
3%
0%
of which: China
-6%
6%
1%
1%
-15%
5%
3%
-7%
Electrification
-2%
0%
3%
1%
3%
-1%
4%
6%
 
Q3 2023 compared
 
to Q3 2022
Order growth rate
Revenue growth
 
rate
US$
Foreign
US$
Foreign
(as
exchange
Portfolio
(as
exchange
Portfolio
Region
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
Europe
-22%
-5%
-1%
-28%
21%
-9%
-1%
11%
The Americas
3%
-2%
-4%
-3%
21%
-1%
-5%
15%
of which: United States
-3%
0%
-4%
-7%
19%
0%
-5%
14%
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
10%
5%
0%
15%
3%
5%
0%
8%
of which: China
5%
6%
0%
11%
-12%
5%
0%
-7%
Motion
-4%
-1%
-2%
-7%
14%
-1%
-2%
11%
 
Q3 2023 compared
 
to Q3 2022
Order growth rate
Revenue growth
 
rate
US$
Foreign
US$
Foreign
(as
exchange
Portfolio
(as
exchange
Portfolio
Region
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
Europe
18%
-3%
22%
37%
-2%
-3%
13%
8%
The Americas
63%
-5%
22%
80%
12%
-2%
15%
25%
of which: United States
75%
-6%
27%
96%
13%
-1%
19%
31%
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
-11%
2%
14%
5%
13%
4%
22%
39%
of which: China
-22%
4%
17%
-1%
-14%
5%
15%
6%
Process Automation
20%
-2%
20%
38%
7%
-1%
17%
23%
 
Q3 2023 compared
 
to Q3 2022
Order growth rate
Revenue growth
 
rate
US$
Foreign
US$
Foreign
(as
exchange
Portfolio
(as
exchange
Portfolio
Region
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
Europe
-35%
-3%
0%
-38%
40%
-9%
0%
31%
The Americas
-10%
-2%
0%
-12%
14%
-3%
0%
11%
of which: United States
-9%
0%
0%
-9%
-6%
0%
0%
-6%
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
-20%
3%
0%
-17%
-19%
3%
0%
-16%
of which: China
-32%
4%
0%
-28%
-31%
4%
0%
-27%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
-26%
-1%
0%
-27%
12%
-3%
0%
9%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
36
Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Regional comparable
 
growth rate
 
reconciliation
 
for ABB Group –
 
Year to date
9M 2023 compared to 9M 2022
Order growth rate
Revenue growth
 
rate
US$
Foreign
US$
Foreign
(as
exchange
Portfolio
(as
exchange
Portfolio
Region
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
Europe
-3%
0%
3%
0%
15%
-1%
3%
17%
The Americas
6%
-1%
3%
8%
17%
0%
3%
20%
of which: United States
3%
-1%
3%
5%
20%
0%
3%
23%
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
-5%
6%
4%
5%
1%
6%
5%
12%
of which: China
-13%
6%
2%
-5%
-4%
5%
3%
4%
ABB Group
-1%
2%
3%
4%
11%
2%
3%
16%
Regional comparable
 
growth rate
 
reconciliation by
 
Business Area
 
– Year to date
9M 2023 compared to 9M 2022
Order growth rate
Revenue growth
 
rate
US$
Foreign
US$
Foreign
(as
exchange
Portfolio
(as
exchange
Portfolio
Region
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
Europe
-1%
-1%
1%
-1%
8%
-1%
1%
8%
The Americas
2%
0%
2%
4%
16%
0%
2%
18%
of which: United States
-1%
0%
3%
2%
19%
0%
2%
21%
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
-1%
8%
0%
7%
-3%
7%
1%
5%
of which: China
-9%
6%
0%
-3%
-10%
5%
1%
-4%
Electrification
0%
2%
1%
3%
8%
2%
1%
11%
 
9M 2023 compared to 9M 2022
Order growth rate
Revenue growth
 
rate
US$
Foreign
US$
Foreign
(as
exchange
Portfolio
(as
exchange
Portfolio
Region
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
Europe
-3%
-1%
-1%
-5%
28%
-2%
-1%
25%
The Americas
2%
0%
-2%
0%
23%
0%
-3%
20%
of which: United States
0%
-1%
-2%
-3%
23%
0%
-3%
20%
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
3%
6%
0%
9%
9%
7%
0%
16%
of which: China
-3%
6%
0%
3%
-1%
6%
0%
5%
Motion
1%
1%
-1%
1%
20%
2%
-2%
20%
 
9M 2023 compared to 9M 2022
Order growth rate
Revenue growth
 
rate
US$
Foreign
US$
Foreign
(as
exchange
Portfolio
(as
exchange
Portfolio
Region
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
Europe
18%
4%
21%
43%
-4%
1%
15%
12%
The Americas
26%
-1%
14%
39%
13%
0%
13%
26%
of which: United States
24%
-3%
17%
38%
17%
0%
18%
35%
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
-5%
4%
17%
16%
-2%
5%
17%
20%
of which: China
-2%
5%
20%
23%
1%
5%
19%
25%
Process Automation
12%
2%
17%
31%
1%
2%
16%
19%
 
9M 2023 compared to 9M 2022
Order growth rate
Revenue growth
 
rate
US$
Foreign
US$
Foreign
(as
exchange
Portfolio
(as
exchange
Portfolio
Region
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
Europe
-26%
0%
0%
-26%
36%
-1%
0%
35%
The Americas
-8%
-2%
0%
-10%
15%
-1%
0%
14%
of which: United States
-17%
0%
0%
-17%
1%
0%
0%
1%
Asia, Middle East
 
and Africa
-28%
4%
0%
-24%
6%
6%
0%
12%
of which: China
-34%
4%
0%
-30%
2%
5%
0%
7%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
-24%
2%
0%
-22%
22%
1%
0%
23%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
37
Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Order backlog growth
 
rate reconciliation
September 30, 2023
 
compared
 
to September 30,
 
2022
US$
Foreign
(as
exchange
Portfolio
Business Area
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
Electrification
 
11%
-2%
7%
16%
Motion
11%
-5%
-1%
5%
Process Automation
19%
-3%
4%
20%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
-11%
-3%
0%
-14%
ABB Group
11%
-3%
3%
11%
Other growth rate
 
reconciliations
Q3 2023 compared
 
to Q3 2022
Service orders growth
 
rate
Services revenues
 
growth rate
US$
Foreign
US$
Foreign
(as
exchange
Portfolio
(as
exchange
Portfolio
Business Area
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
Electrification
 
12%
0%
0%
12%
6%
-2%
0%
4%
Motion
6%
-2%
0%
4%
33%
-1%
0%
32%
Process
 
Automation
30%
-3%
37%
64%
-8%
-1%
25%
16%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
10%
-3%
0%
7%
19%
-4%
0%
15%
ABB Group
22%
-3%
17%
36%
5%
-1%
14%
18%
9M 2023 compared to 9M 2022
Service orders growth
 
rate
Services revenues
 
growth rate
US$
Foreign
US$
Foreign
(as
exchange
Portfolio
(as
exchange
Portfolio
Business Area
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
reported)
impact
changes
Comparable
Electrification
 
6%
2%
0%
8%
8%
2%
0%
10%
Motion
7%
3%
0%
10%
23%
3%
0%
26%
Process
 
Automation
-2%
1%
26%
25%
-9%
1%
25%
17%
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
9%
2%
0%
11%
20%
0%
0%
20%
ABB Group
2%
2%
14%
18%
3%
2%
14%
19%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
38
Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Operational EBITA
 
as % of operational
 
revenues (Operational
 
EBITA
 
margin)
Definition
Operational EBITA
 
margin
Operational EBITA margin is Operational EBITA as a percentage of operational revenues.
Operational EBITA
Operational earnings
 
before interest,
 
taxes and acquisition
 
-related amortization
 
(Operational EBITA)
 
represents Income
 
from operations excluding:
 
acquisition-related amortization
 
(as defined below),
 
 
restructuring, related
 
and implementation
 
costs,
 
changes
 
in the amount recorded
 
for obligations related
 
to divested businesses
 
occurring after the divestment
 
date (changes
 
in obligations related
 
to
divested businesses),
 
 
gains and losses
 
from sale of businesses
 
(including fair value
 
adjustment on assets
 
and liabilities
 
held for sale,
 
if any),
 
 
acquisition-
 
and divestment
 
-related expenses
 
and integration costs,
 
certain other non-operational
 
items, as well as
 
 
foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing differences
 
in income from operations
 
consisting of:
 
(a) unrealized
 
gains and losses
 
on derivatives (foreign
exchange, commodities,
 
embedded
 
derivatives), (b)
 
realized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
 
where the underlying
 
hedged transaction
 
has not yet been
realized, and (c) unrealized
 
foreign exchange
 
movements on
 
receivables/payables
 
(and related assets/liabilities).
 
Certain other non-operational
 
items generally
 
includes certain regulatory,
 
compliance and
 
legal costs, other
 
income/expense
 
relating to the Power
 
Grids joint
venture, certain asse
 
t
 
write downs/impairments
 
and certain other
 
fair value changes,
 
changes
 
in estimates relating to opening
 
balance sheets
 
of acquired
businesses (changes
 
in pre-acquisition estimates),
 
as well as other
 
items which are determined
 
by management
 
on a case-by-case
 
basis.
Operational EBITA
 
is our measure
 
of segment profit
 
but is also used
 
by management
 
to evaluate the profitability
 
of the Compan
 
y
 
as a whole.
Acquisition-related amortization
Amortization expense
 
on intangibles arising
 
upon acquisitions.
Restructuring,
 
related and implementation
 
costs
Restructuring, related
 
and implementation
 
costs consists
 
of restructuring
 
and other related
 
expenses,
 
as well as internal
 
and external costs
 
relating to the
implementation of group
 
-wide restructuring
 
programs.
Operational revenues
The Company
 
presents operational
 
revenues solely
 
for the purpose
 
of allowing the computation
 
of Operational EBITA
 
margin. Operational
 
revenues are
 
Total
revenues adjusted
 
for foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing differences
 
in total revenues of:
 
(i) unrealized gains
 
and losses
 
on derivatives, (ii)
 
realized gains and
losses on derivatives
 
where the underlying
 
hedged transaction
 
has not yet been
 
realized, and
 
(iii) unrealized foreign
 
exchange
 
movements on
 
receivables (and
related assets). Operational
 
revenues are
 
not intended to be an
 
alternative measure
 
to Total
 
revenues, which
 
represent our revenues
 
measured in accordance
with U.S. GAAP.
Reconciliation
The following tables
 
provide reconciliations
 
of consolidated
 
Operational EBITA
 
to Net Income and
 
Operational EBITA
 
Margin by business.
Reconciliation of consolidated
 
Operational
 
EBITA
 
to Net Income
Nine months ended September 30,
Three months ended September 30,
($ in millions)
2023
2022
2023
2022
Operational EBITA
4,094
3,364
1,392
1,231
Acquisition-related amortization
(164)
(174)
(55)
(55)
Restructuring, related
 
and implementation
 
costs
(1)
(92)
(300)
(51)
(20)
Changes in obligations
 
related to divested
 
businesses
5
17
Gains and losses
 
from sale of businesses
97
(4)
71
Acquisition-
 
and divestment
 
-related expenses
 
and integration costs
(55)
(171)
(10)
(62)
Certain other non-operational
 
items
(89)
(480)
(49)
(381)
Foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing differences
 
in income from operations
(41)
(100)
(39)
(5)
Income from operations
3,755
2,152
1,259
708
Interest and dividend
 
income
115
50
37
17
Interest and other
 
finance expense
(197)
(107)
(73)
(45)
Non-operational pension
 
(cost) credit
23
102
8
34
Income from continuing
 
operations before
 
taxes
3,696
2,197
1,231
714
Income tax expense
(794)
(728)
(326)
(294)
Income from continuing
 
operations, net
 
of tax
2,902
1,469
905
420
Loss from discontinued
 
operations, net of
 
tax
(16)
(36)
(7)
(16)
Net income
2,886
1,433
898
404
(1)
 
Includes impairment of certain
 
assets.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
39
Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Reconciliation of Operational
 
EBITA
 
margin by business
Three months ended
 
September 30,
 
2023
Corporate and
Robotics &
Other and
Process
Discrete
Intersegment
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
elimination
Consolidated
Total revenues
3,561
1,947
1,554
929
(23)
7,968
Foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing
differences
 
in total revenues:
Unrealized gains and
 
losses
on derivatives
45
20
(13)
(4)
2
50
Realized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
where the underlying
 
hedged
transaction has
 
not yet been realized
(1)
2
1
1
3
Unrealized foreign exchange
 
movements
on receivables
 
(and related assets)
(13)
4
4
5
(2)
(2)
Operational revenues
3,593
1,970
1,547
931
(22)
8,019
Income (loss) from
 
operations
762
365
218
113
(199)
1,259
Acquisition-related amortization
22
9
1
20
3
55
Restructuring, related
 
and
implementation costs
(1)
14
3
3
31
51
Changes in obligations
 
related to
divested businesses
Gains and losses
 
from sale of businesses
(71)
(71)
Acquisition-
 
and divestment
 
-related expenses
and integration costs
4
3
(4)
3
4
10
Certain other non-operational
 
items
2
1
1
45
49
Foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing
 
differences
 
in income from operations:
Unrealized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
(foreign exchange,
 
commodities,
 
embedded
 
derivatives)
26
10
9
(5)
8
48
Realized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
where the underlying
 
hedged
transaction has
 
not yet been realized
1
(1)
2
2
Unrealized foreign exchange
 
movements
 
on receivables/payables
(and related assets/liabilities)
(12)
(1)
3
(1)
(11)
Operational EBITA
748
390
226
137
(109)
1,392
Operational EBITA
 
margin (%)
20.8%
19.8%
14.6%
14.7%
n.a.
17.4%
(1)
 
Includes impairment of certain
 
assets.
In the three months
 
ended September
 
30, 2023, Certain
 
other non-operational
 
items in the table
 
above includes
 
the following:
Three months ended September 30, 2023
Robotics &
Process
Discrete
Corporate
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
and Other
Consolidated
Certain other non-operational
 
items:
Other income/expense
 
relating to the
 
Power Grids joint venture
(7)
(7)
Business transformation
 
costs
(1)
3
1
1
52
57
Changes in pre-acquisition
 
estimates
Certain other fair values
 
changes,
including asset
 
impairments
1
2
3
Other non-operational
 
items
(1)
(1)
(2)
(4)
Total
2
1
1
45
49
(1)
 
Amounts include ABB Way
 
process transformation costs
 
of $51 million for the three
 
months ended September
 
30, 2023.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
40
Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Three months ended September 30, 2022
Corporate and
Robotics &
Other and
Process
Discrete
Intersegment
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
elimination
Consolidated
Total revenues
3,471
1,702
1,458
828
(53)
7,406
Foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing
 
differences
 
in total revenues:
Unrealized gains and
 
losses
on derivatives
8
14
14
3
6
45
Realized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
where the underlying
 
hedged
transaction has
 
not yet been realized
4
9
(1)
12
Unrealized foreign exchange
 
movements
on receivables
 
(and related assets)
(9)
(5)
(9)
(4)
(7)
(34)
Operational revenues
3,474
1,711
1,472
827
(55)
7,429
Income (loss) from
 
operations
616
291
154
81
(434)
708
Acquisition-related amortization
24
8
1
19
3
55
Restructuring, related
 
and
implementation costs
(1)
8
3
1
6
2
20
Changes in obligations
 
related to
divested businesses
Gains and losses
 
from sale of businesses
(1)
1
Acquisition-
 
and divestment
 
-related expenses
and integration costs
3
4
53
1
1
62
Certain other non-operational
 
items
7
1
373
381
Foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing
 
differences
 
in income from operations:
Unrealized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
(foreign exchange,
 
commodities,
 
embedded
 
derivatives)
(3)
9
(1)
2
7
Realized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
where the underlying
 
hedged
transaction has
 
not yet been realized
3
7
1
2
13
Unrealized foreign exchange
 
movements
 
on receivables/payables
(and related assets/liabilities)
(6)
(2)
(2)
(5)
(15)
Operational EBITA
651
305
225
106
(56)
1,231
Operational EBITA
 
margin (%)
18.7%
17.8%
15.3%
12.8%
n.a.
16.6%
(1)
 
Includes impairment of certain
 
assets.
In the three months
 
ended September
 
30, 2022, Certain
 
other non-operational
 
items in the table
 
above includes
 
the following:
Three months ended September 30, 2022
Robotics &
Process
Discrete
Corporate
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
and Other
Consolidated
Certain other non-operational
 
items:
Other income/expense
 
relating to the
 
Power Grids joint venture
30
30
Regulatory,
 
compliance and
 
legal costs
329
329
Business transformation
 
costs
(1)
13
35
48
Changes in pre-acquisition
 
estimates
1
1
Certain other fair values
 
changes,
including asset
 
impairments
(3)
(21)
(24)
Other non-operational
 
items
(4)
1
(3)
Total
7
1
373
381
(1)
 
Amounts include ABB Way process
 
transformation costs of $34 million
 
for the three months
 
ended September 30,
 
2022.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
41
Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
 
2023
Corporate and
Robotics &
Other and
Process
Discrete
Intersegment
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
elimination
Consolidated
Total revenues
10,886
5,868
4,543
2,788
(95)
23,990
Foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing
differences
 
in total revenues:
Unrealized gains and
 
losses
on derivatives
37
15
3
4
6
65
Realized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
where the underlying
 
hedged
transaction has
 
not yet been realized
(5)
(1)
8
1
1
4
Unrealized foreign exchange
 
movements
on receivables
 
(and related assets)
(20)
(2)
(8)
(3)
(11)
(44)
Operational revenues
10,898
5,880
4,546
2,790
(99)
24,015
Income (loss) from operations
2,130
1,098
688
347
(508)
3,755
Acquisition-related amortization
66
26
4
59
9
164
Restructuring, related
 
and
implementation costs
(1)
26
5
7
54
92
Changes in obligations
 
related to
divested businesses
1
(6)
(5)
Gains and losses
 
from sale of businesses
(71)
(26)
(97)
Acquisition-
 
and divestment
 
-related expenses
 
and integration costs
23
15
(3)
7
13
55
Certain other non-operational
 
items
11
4
4
70
89
Foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing
 
differences
 
in income from operations:
Unrealized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
(foreign exchange,
 
commodities,
 
embedded
 
derivatives)
42
15
(1)
1
1
58
Realized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
where the underlying
 
hedged
transaction has
 
not yet been realized
(1)
(1)
7
2
1
8
Unrealized foreign exchange
 
movements
 
on receivables/payables
(and related assets/liabilities)
(15)
(5)
(6)
(2)
3
(25)
Operational EBITA
2,212
1,157
670
418
(363)
4,094
Operational EBITA
 
margin (%)
20.3%
19.7%
14.7%
15.0%
n.a.
17.0%
(1)
 
Includes impairment of certain
 
assets.
In the nine months ended
 
September 30,
 
2023, Certain other
 
non-operational
 
items in the table
 
above includes
 
the following:
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
 
2023
Robotics &
Process
Discrete
Corporate
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
and Other
Consolidated
Certain other non-operational
 
items:
Other income/expense
 
relating to the
Power Grids joint venture
(27)
(27)
Business transformation
 
costs
(1)
12
1
3
123
139
Changes in pre-acquisition
 
estimates
1
3
4
Certain other fair values
 
changes,
including asset
 
impairments
1
2
1
(7)
(3)
Other non-operational
 
items
(3)
1
(22)
(24)
Total
11
4
4
70
89
(1)
 
Amounts include ABB Way process
 
transformation costs of $122
 
million for the nine months
 
ended September 30,
 
2023.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Nine months ended
 
September 30,
 
2022
Corporate and
Robotics &
Other and
Process
Discrete
Intersegment
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
elimination
Consolidated
Total revenues
10,121
4,900
4,493
2,290
(182)
21,622
Foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing
 
differences
 
in total revenues:
Unrealized gains and
 
losses
on derivatives
27
17
50
14
14
122
Realized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
where the underlying
 
hedged
transaction has
 
not yet been realized
11
2
11
29
53
Unrealized foreign exchange
 
movements
on receivables
 
(and related assets)
(27)
(11)
(16)
(9)
(22)
(85)
Operational revenues
10,132
4,908
4,538
2,295
(161)
21,712
Income (loss) from operations
1,571
776
480
146
(821)
2,152
Acquisition-related amortization
80
23
3
59
9
174
Restructuring, related
 
and
implementation costs
(1)
18
11
6
9
256
300
Changes in obligations
 
related to
divested businesses
(17)
(17)
Gains and losses
 
from sale of businesses
(1)
5
4
Acquisition-
 
and divestment
 
-related expenses
and integration costs
31
12
122
4
2
171
Certain other non-operational
 
items
30
450
480
Foreign exchange/commodity
 
timing
 
differences
 
in income from operations:
Unrealized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
(foreign exchange,
 
commodities,
 
embedded
 
derivatives)
50
22
27
3
5
107
Realized gains and
 
losses on derivatives
where the underlying
 
hedged
transaction has
 
not yet been realized
9
1
11
27
48
Unrealized foreign exchange
 
movements
 
on receivables/payables
(and related assets/liabilities)
(20)
(5)
(4)
(6)
(20)
(55)
Operational EBITA
1,768
845
645
215
(109)
3,364
Operational EBITA
 
margin (%)
17.4%
17.2%
14.2%
9.4%
n.a.
15.5%
(1)
 
Includes impairment of certain
 
assets.
In the nine months ended
 
September 30,
 
2022, certain
 
other non-operational
 
items in the table
 
above includes
 
the following:
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
 
2022
Robotics &
Process
Discrete
Corporate
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
Electrification
Motion
Automation
Automation
and Other
Consolidated
Certain other non-operational
 
items:
Other income/expense
 
related to the
Power Grids joint venture
67
67
Regulatory,
 
compliance and
 
legal costs
333
333
Business transformation
 
costs
15
99
114
Changes in pre-acquisition
 
estimates
2
(2)
Certain other fair values
 
changes,
including asset
 
impairments
(3)
(55)
(58)
Other non-operational
 
items
16
2
6
24
Total
30
450
480
(1)
 
Amounts include ABB Way process
 
transformation costs of $98 million
 
for the nine months
 
ended September 30, 2022.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Net debt
Definition
 
Net debt
Net debt is defined
 
as Total
 
debt less Cash
 
and marketable securities.
Total debt
Total debt
 
is the sum of
 
Short-term debt
 
and current maturities
 
of long-term debt,
 
and Long-term debt.
Cash and marketable
 
securities
Cash and marketable
 
securities is
 
the
 
sum of Cash
 
and equivalents,
 
Restricted cash
 
(current and non
 
-current) and Marketable
 
securities and
 
short-term
investments.
Reconciliation
($ in millions)
September 30, 2023
December 31, 2022
Short-term debt and
 
current maturities
 
of long-term debt
2,951
2,535
Long-term debt
4,899
5,143
Total debt
7,850
7,678
Cash and equivalents
3,869
4,156
Restricted cash
 
- current
18
18
Marketable securities
 
and short-term investments
1,091
725
Cash and marketable
 
securities
4,978
4,899
Net debt
2,872
2,779
Net debt/Equity ratio
Definition
 
Net debt/Equity
 
ratio
Net debt/Equity
 
ratio is defined
 
as Net debt divided
 
by Equity.
Equity
Equity is defined
 
as Total
 
stockholders’ equity.
 
Reconciliation
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
September 30, 2023
December 31, 2022
Total stockholders'
 
equity
13,754
13,187
Net debt (as defined
 
above)
2,872
2,779
Net debt / Equity
 
ratio
0.21
0.21
Net debt/EBITDA ratio
Definition
 
Net debt/EBITDA ratio
Net debt/EBITDA
 
ratio is defined
 
as Net debt divided
 
by EBITDA.
EBITDA
EBITDA is defined
 
as Income from
 
operations for the
 
trailing twelve months
 
preceding the balance
 
sheet date before
 
depreciation and
 
amortization for
 
the same
trailing twelve-month
 
period.
 
Reconciliation
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
September 30, 2023
September 30, 2022
Income from operations
 
for the three
 
months ended:
December 31, 2022
 
/ 2021
1,185
2,975
March 31, 2023 / 2022
1,198
857
June 30, 2023 / 2022
1,298
587
September 30, 2023
 
/ 2022
1,259
708
Depreciation and Amortization
 
for the three months
 
ended:
December 31, 2022
 
/ 2021
199
216
March 31, 2023 / 2022
191
210
June 30, 2023 / 2022
196
207
September 30, 2023
 
/ 2022
194
198
EBITDA
 
5,720
5,958
Net debt (as defined
 
above)
2,872
4,117
Net debt / EBITDA
0.5
0.7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
44
Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Net working capital as
 
a percentage of revenues
Definition
 
Net working capital
 
as a percentage
 
of revenues
Net working capital
 
as a percentage
 
of revenues
 
is calculated as
 
Net working capital divided
 
by Adjusted revenues
 
for the trailing twelve
 
months.
Net working capital
Net working capital
 
is the sum of
 
(i) receivables, net,
 
(ii) contract assets,
 
(iii) inventories,
 
net, and (iv) prepaid
 
expenses; less
 
(v)
 
accounts payable,
 
trade, (vi)
contract liabilities and
 
(vii) other current
 
liabilities (excluding
 
primarily: (a) income
 
taxes payable,
 
(b) current derivative
 
liabilities, (c) pension
 
and other employee
benefits, (d) payables
 
under the share buyback
 
program,
 
(e) liabilities related
 
to certain other
 
restructuring-related
 
activities and
 
(f) liabilities related
 
to the
divestment of the
 
Power Grids business
 
); and including the amounts
 
related to these accounts
 
which have been
 
presented as either assets
 
or liabilities held
 
for
sale but excluding
 
any amounts
 
included in discontinued
 
operations.
Adjusted revenues
 
for the trailing
 
twelve months
Adjusted revenues
 
for the trailing twelve months
 
includes total
 
revenues recorded
 
by ABB in the twelve
 
months preceding
 
the relevant balance
 
sheet date adjusted
to eliminate revenues
 
of divested
 
businesses and
 
the estimated impact of
 
annualizing revenues
 
of certain acquisitions
 
which were completed
 
in the same trailing
twelve-month period.
Reconciliation
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
September 30, 2023
September 30, 2022
Net working capital:
Receivables,
 
net
7,586
6,695
Contract assets
1,073
955
Inventories, net
6,332
5,849
Prepaid expenses
280
261
Accounts payable,
 
trade
(4,777)
(4,769)
Contract liabilities
(2,610)
(2,178)
Other current liabilities
(1)
(3,843)
(3,406)
Net working capital
4,041
3,407
Total revenues
 
for the three
 
months ended:
December 31, 2022
 
/ 2021
7,824
7,567
March 31, 2023 / 2022
7,859
6,965
June 30, 2023 / 2022
8,163
7,251
September 30, 2023
 
/ 2022
7,968
7,406
Adjustment to annualize/eliminate
 
revenues of
 
certain acquisitions/divestments
(267)
(55)
Adjusted revenues
 
for the trailing
 
twelve months
31,547
29,134
Net working capital
 
as a percentage
 
of revenues
 
(%)
12.8%
11.7%
(1)
 
Amounts exclude $754 million
 
and $795 million at September
 
30, 2023 and 2022, respectively,
 
related primarily to (a)
 
income taxes payable, (b) current
 
derivative liabilities,
(c) pension and other employee
 
benefits, (d) payables
 
under the share buyback
 
program, (e) liabilities
 
related to certain restructuring
 
-related activities
 
and (f) liabilities
 
related
to the divestment of the Power
 
Grids business.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Free cash flow conversion
 
to net income
Definition
Free cash flow conversion
 
to net income
Free cash flow
 
conversion
 
to net income is calculated
 
as free cash
 
flow divided by
 
Adjusted net income
 
attributable to
 
ABB.
Adjusted net income
 
attributable to
 
ABB
Adjusted net income
 
attributable to ABB
 
is calculated
 
as net income attributable
 
to ABB adjusted for:
 
(i) impairment of
 
goodwill, (ii) losses
 
from extinguishment
 
of
debt, and (iii) gains
 
arising on the sale
 
of the Power Conversion
 
Division, the Hitachi
 
Energy Joint
 
Venture and
 
the Power Grids
 
business, the latter
 
being included
in discontinued
 
operations.
Free cash flow
Free cash flow
 
is calculated as
 
net cash provided
 
by operating activities
 
adjusted for:
 
(i) purchases
 
of property,
 
plant and equipment
 
and intangible assets,
 
and (ii)
proceeds from
 
sales of property,
 
plant and equipment
 
.
Free cash flow for
 
the trailing twelve
 
months
Free cash flow
 
for the trailing twelve
 
months includes
 
free cash
 
flow recorded by
 
ABB in the twelve
 
months preceding
 
the relevant balance
 
sheet date.
Net income for the
 
trailing twelve months
Net income for the
 
trailing twelve months
 
includes net income
 
recorded by ABB
 
(as adjusted) in
 
the twelve months
 
preceding
 
the relevant balance
 
sheet date.
Free cash flow conversion
 
to net income
Twelve months
 
to
($ in millions, unless otherwise indicated)
September 30, 2023
December 31, 2022
Net cash provided
 
by operating activities
 
– continuing
 
operations
3,123
1,334
Adjusted for the effects
 
of continuing operations:
Purchases
 
of property, plant
 
and equipment
 
and intangible assets
(765)
(762)
Proceeds from
 
sale of property,
 
plant and equipment
109
127
Free cash flow from
 
continuing operations
2,467
699
Net cash used
 
in operating activities
 
– discontinued
 
operations
(43)
(47)
Free cash flow
2,424
652
Adjusted net income
 
attributable to
 
ABB
(1)
3,859
2,442
Free cash flow conversion
 
to net income
63%
27%
(1)
 
Adjusted net income attributable
 
to ABB for the year ended
 
December 31, 2022, is
 
adjusted to exclude the gain
 
on the sale of Hitachi
 
Energy Joint Venture
 
of $43 million and
reductions to the gain on the sale
 
of Power Grids of
 
$10 million.
 
Reconciliation of the
 
trailing twelve
 
months to September
 
30, 2023
Continuing operations
Discontinued
operations
($ in millions)
Net cash provided
 
by
continuing operating
activities
Purchases of
property, plant and
equipment and
intangible assets
Proceeds
 
from sale of property,
plant and equipment
Net cash provided
by (used in)
discontinued
operating activities
Adjusted net income
attributable to ABB
(1)
Q4 2022
720
(259)
42
(33)
1,088
Q1 2023
283
(151)
31
(1)
1,036
Q2 2023
759
(180)
26
1
906
Q3 2023
1,361
(175)
10
(10)
829
Total for
 
the trailing twelve
months to September 30, 2023
3,123
(765)
109
(43)
3,859
(1)
 
Adjusted net income attributable
 
to ABB for Q3 2023, is
 
adjusted to exclude
 
the gain on sale of the
 
Power Conversion Division
 
of $53 million,
 
while Q4 2022,
 
is adjusted to
exclude reductions
 
to the gain on the
 
sale of Power Grids
 
of $(1) million.
 
In addition, Q4 2022
 
is also adjusted to
 
exclude the gain on the sale
 
of Hitachi Energy
 
Joint Venture of
$43 million.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Net finance expenses
 
Definition
 
Net finance expenses
 
is calculated as
 
Interest and dividend
 
income less Interest
 
and other finance
 
expense.
Reconciliation
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
Three months ended September 30,
($ in millions)
2023
2022
2023
2022
Interest and dividend
 
income
115
50
37
17
Interest and other
 
finance expense
(197)
(107)
(73)
(45)
Net finance expenses
(82)
(57)
(36)
(28)
Book-to-bill ratio
Definition
 
Book-to-bill ratio
 
is calculated as
 
Orders received
 
divided by Total
 
revenues.
Reconciliation
Nine months ended
 
September 30,
2023
2022
($ in millions, except Book-to-bill presented as a ratio)
Orders
Revenues
Book-to-bill
Orders
Revenues
Book-to-bill
Electrification
11,794
10,886
1.08
11,797
10,121
1.17
Motion
6,285
5,868
1.07
6,247
4,900
1.27
Process Automation
5,665
4,543
1.25
5,079
4,493
1.13
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
2,516
2,788
0.90
3,318
2,290
1.45
Corporate and Other
 
(incl. intersegment
 
eliminations)
(91)
(95)
n.a.
(73)
(182)
n.a.
ABB Group
26,169
23,990
1.09
26,368
21,622
1.22
Three months ended September 30,
2023
2022
($ in millions, except Book-to-bill presented as a ratio)
Orders
Revenues
Book-to-bill
Orders
Revenues
Book-to-bill
Electrification
3,693
3,561
1.04
3,772
3,471
1.09
Motion
1,886
1,947
0.97
1,966
1,702
1.16
Process Automation
1,883
1,554
1.21
1,568
1,458
1.08
Robotics & Discrete
 
Automation
665
929
0.72
901
828
1.09
Corporate and Other
 
(incl. intersegment
 
eliminations)
(75)
(23)
n.a.
(19)
(53)
n.a.
ABB Group
8,052
7,968
1.01
8,188
7,406
1.11
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Q3 2023 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ABB Ltd
Corporate Communications
P.O.
 
Box 8131
8050 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel:
 
+41 (0)43
 
317 71
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www.abb.com
 
 
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
 
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
 
has duly caused this report to be
 
signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
 
duly authorized.
ABB LTD
Date: October 18, 2023.
By:
/s/ Ann-Sofie Nordh
Name:
Ann-Sofie Nordh
Title:
Group Senior Vice President and
 
Head of Investor Relations
Date: October 18, 2023.
By:
/s/ Richard A. Brown
Name:
Richard A. Brown
Title:
Group Senior Vice President and
Chief Counsel Corporate & Finance

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