Lisa Headrick - Head of Investor Relations and Corporate FP&A Rob Mionis - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director Darren Myers - Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President.

Robert Young - Canaccord Genuity Jim Suva - Citi Matt Sheerin - Stifel Amit Daryanani - RBC Capital Markets Daniel Chan - TD Securities Thanos Moschopoulos - BMO Capital Markets Gus Papageorgiou - Macquarie Todd Coupland - CIBC.

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Celestica earnings call for the first quarter of 2017. At this time, all lines are in a listen-only mode. I would now like to turn the meeting over to one of your hosts for today's call, Lisa Headrick, Senior Director, Investor Relations. Please go ahead..

Thank you Kara. Good morning and thank you for joining us on Celestica's first quarter of 2017 earnings conference call. On the call today are Rob Mionis, President and Chief Executive Officer and Darren Myers, Chief Financial Officer. This conference call will last approximately 45 minutes.

Rob and Darren will provide some comments on the quarter and then we will open the call for questions. During the Q&A session, please limit yourself to one question and a brief follow-up. We will be available later this morning following our annual and general meeting for additional follow-ups.

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Unless otherwise specified, all references to dollars on this call are to U.S. dollars. I will now turn the call over to Rob Mionis..

Thank you Lisa and good morning everyone and thank you for joining today's call. Celestica delivered a solid first quarter with strong revenue and adjusted net earnings.

For the quarter, we delivered 9% year-to-year revenue growth and grew adjusted operating earnings by 22%, representing our sixth straight quarter of year-over-year growth in revenue and adjusted operating earnings. We began the year with our strongest first quarter of adjusted operating margin performance since 2001.

I am pleased to report that we are changing the names of our end markets starting with this quarter to better reflect Celestica's position in the marketplace and the value we bring to customers as an innovative supply chain partner.

Going forward, our diversified markets and consumer markets together will be called advanced technology solutions or ATS. Our communications and enterprise markets together will be known as connectivity and cloud solutions or CCS. This new naming represents a shift in the way we visualize, understand, innovate and drive value to our customers.

I am also proud to report the opening of our customer experience center in Silicon Valley. I was pleased to attend our grand opening event at the end of March along with many of our customers located in the Bay Area.

Our new state-of-the-art space in Silicon Valley provides our customers with the place where they can collaborate directly with our experts both locally and globally. Overall, I am proud of our continued performance and the progress we are making on our journey to drive sustainable profitable growth.

With that, I will pass the call over to Darren who will review our financial results for the first quarter of 2017. I will conclude the call with comments on our progress towards our key priorities of 2017. Then Darren and I will open the call for questions..

Thank you Rob and good morning everyone. Celestica delivered a strong first quarter. First quarter revenue of $1.47 billion was above our guidance midpoint, led by increased program demand in our enterprise market. Let me begin with a few highlights for the first quarter.

We delivered 9% year-over-year revenue growth with 20% growth in the communications end market and 6% growth in the enterprise market. Revenue from the advanced technology solutions market represented 34% of total revenue compared to 29% in the fourth quarter of 2016.

IFRS net earnings were $23 million, an increase of $2 million relative to the fourth quarter of 2016 and down $3 million year-to-year. Adjusted operating margin was 3.6%, 10 basis points above the midpoint of our guidance and up 30 basis points year-to-year. Adjusted operating earnings were up 22% year-over-year.

Adjusted earnings of $0.29 per share were towards the high end of our guidance range and we achieved return on invested capital of 20%, a 2% increase year-to-year. Moving to our revenue from an end market perspective.

Advanced technology solutions represented 34% of revenue, was in-line with our expectations and increased 4% sequentially driven by strong demand in the semiconductor market and new programs in our smart energy business.

Year-over-year, revenue was relatively flat as growth from our semiconductor market and new programs offset reductions from the exit from our solar panel manufacturing. Excluding the impact of solar panels, our ATS revenue was up 14% year-over-year.

Our communications end market performed in line with expectations, representing 42% of total revenue and was down 13% sequentially due to seasonal demand reductions. Compared with the first quarter 2016, communications revenue was up 20% as a result of new programs, program specific strength and continued demand strength in optical.

Our enterprise end market delivered above our expectations and represented 24% of total revenue for the first quarter and decreased 19% on a sequential basis primarily due to seasonal demand reductions. Compared to the first quarter of 2016, revenue from our enterprise business was up 6% largely due to new program revenue.

Our top 10 customers represented 70% of revenue for the first quarter, down 2% from the fourth quarter of 2016 and up 5% relative to the same period last year. For the first quarter, we had two customers individually contributing greater than 10% of total revenue. Moving to some of the other financial highlights for the quarter.

From an IFRS perspective, net earnings for the quarter were $22.8 million or $0.16 per share compared to $25.6 million or $0.18 per share in the first quarter of 2016 as higher gross profit was more than offset by higher income taxes and higher restructuring cost related to organizational initiatives.

Moving on to some of our non-IFRS financial measures. Adjusted gross margin of 7.3% was up 10 basis points, both sequentially and year-over-year. Sequentially, adjusted gross margin increased as a result of improved performance within ATS which more than offset the impact of the overall sequential revenue decline.

Our adjusted SG&A was $48 million dollars, within our expected range of $46 million to $48 million for the quarter and up from $47 million for the same period last year.

Adjusted operating earnings were $54 million or 3.6% of revenue which was above the midpoint of our expectations, down 20 basis points sequentially and up 30 basis points relative to the same period last year.

On a year-over-year basis, the improved adjusted operating margin was driven by higher revenue and improvements across our ATS submarkets including the successful turnaround and strong performance in our semiconductor business. These improvements, offset lower overall margins in our CCS market, driven by the overall mix and pricing pressure.

Our adjusted effective tax rate was 17% and was within our expected annual range of 17% to 19%. Adjusted net earnings for the first quarter of $42 million and adjusted earnings per share of $0.29 increased over 10% relative to the prior year. Adjusted ROIC was 19.8%, up from 17.4% for the same period last year. Moving on to working capital.

Our inventory increased $66 million from December 31, 2016 to $956 million at March 31. Inventory turns for the quarter were 5.9, a decline from 6.1 turns in the first quarter of 2016 as we experienced demand churn late in the quarter and were also impacted by some part constraints.

Capital expenditures were approximately $26 million or 1.7% of revenue for the first quarter and slightly above our targeted annual range of 1% to 1.5% of revenue. Our cash provided by operations for the quarter was $36 million while free cash flow was $14 million compared to free cash flow of negative $35 million for the same period last year.

Moving on to our balance sheet. Our balance sheet remains strong. Our cash balance of $558 million is largely unchanged from the fourth quarter of 2016. During the quarter, we repaid $21 million of our outstanding debt. Our net cash position at March 31 was $352 million, reflecting amounts outstanding on our term loan of $206 million.

With respect to the Toronto real estate deal, we have received notification from the purchaser that pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement, they wish to extend the closing by 12 months. This expansion is due to a longer than anticipated approval process with the City of Toronto. We now expect the sale to close towards the middle of 2018.

Within the quarter, no shares were purchased for cancellation. At the end of the first quarter, we had approximately 143 million subordinate and multiple voting shares outstanding. Let me now provide a brief update on the closure of our solar panel manufacturing operation that we announced in the fourth quarter of 2016.

In the first quarter, we completed production of the final panels. We are actively engaged in the disposition of the equipment and will remain in solar panel inventory. Moving on to our guidance for the second quarter of 2017. For the second quarter, we are projecting revenue to be in the range of $1.5 billion to $1.6 billion.

At the midpoint, revenue is projected to increase 4% year-over-year and would represent our seventh straight quarter of year-over-year revenue growth. Sequentially, revenue is anticipated to be up 5% largely due to seasonality. At the midpoint of our expectations, we anticipate adjusted operating margin to be approximately 3.7%.

Second quarter non-IFRS adjusted net earnings are expected to range from $0.29 to $0.35 per share. Adjusted SG&A expense for the second quarter is projected to be in the range of $46 million to $48 million and we estimate an annual adjusted effective tax rate range of 17% to 19%.

Our second quarter guidance assumes this annual rate and does not account for any impacts from taxable foreign exchange. Now let me provide some further color on our second quarter 2017 outlook in our overall end markets.

In our EPS business, we are anticipating revenue to increase in the low single digits year-over-year as anticipated new program revenue and increased demands in our semiconductor business is expected to more than offset lower revenue resulting from our exit from the solar panel manufacturing.

In the communications end market, we expect revenue to increase in the low double digits year-over-year as we expect to continue to benefit from new program revenue, demand strength in our optical programs in addition to progress in our JDM programs.

Our enterprise end market is anticipated to decline in the low single digits relative to the same period last year as new program revenue in our storage business partly offset lower anticipated market demand.

In summary, I am very pleased that we continue to expect to drive year-over-year growth in revenue and adjusted operating earnings in the second quarter. Now I would like to turn over the call to Rob for an update on our imperatives..

Thank you Darren. I am pleased that in the second quarter, we expect the momentum to continue as we are expecting our seventh straight quarter of year-over-year revenue growth.

Overall, our CCS businesses continue to perform well in an increasingly challenging market as we continue to focus on delivering superior value and performance to our customers. We continue to see demand strength in programs within our communications market as we benefit from data center upgrades and the expansion to 100G.

The new programs that we ramp in the second half of 2016 in storage and communications also continue to do well. And our ATS markets, they continue to be an area where we see significant long-term growth opportunities, resulting from the proliferation of technology and the opportunity of increased outsourcing.

This year we are working on ramping a number of new programs across this market. We are also experiencing positive demand trends within our semiconductor capital equipment business. Now I would like to talk about the progress we are making on our 2017 priorities.

Continuing to evolve and diversify our customer and product portfolios to better drive long-term consistency in revenue growth and adjusted operating margins is a top priority. We remain focused on driving long-term organic growth within our ATS markets while augmenting with acquisitions to buildout our capabilities, proof points and relationships.

We have established a strong corporate development team that is focused on delivering profitable growth opportunities to accelerate our diversification strategy. It is still early in the process but I am pleased with the increased activity and focus.

Our next priority is to achieve continued margin enhancement in ATS while balancing investments needed to drive continued growth. Our progress in this area was a key contributor to the 30 basis point year-to-year improvement in our year-over-year adjusted operating margin.

Continuing to generate strong free cash flow and adjusted ROIC is also our priority. We plan to continue to use a disciplined approach with our strong balance sheet through the use of cash to invest in our business, drive growth and to return capital to our shareholders over the long-term.

And lastly, we continue to drive for flawless execution while driving increased productivity and simplification throughout our organization. Overall, Celestica team is focused on maintaining the momentum we have generated as we continue our multiyear journey to position us for a sustainable long-term profitable growth.

We continue to work diligently to ramp new programs and grow our ATS business as well as maintain our strong position in our CCS end markets. I would like to thank the Celestica team for their ongoing commitment to our transformation and the relentless drive to deliver innovative solutions to our customers' toughest challenges.

This concludes our prepared remarks and look forward to sharing our progress with you next quarter. With that, I would like to open the call to questions..

[Operator Instructions]. And your first question today comes from Robert Young from Canaccord Genuity. Please go ahead..

Hi. Good morning. The strength you are seeing in the comms business is continuing to keep highlighting the optical trends as a big support there.

Can you talk about that piece of business? And whether you see any stability there through the remainder of 2017, like beyond the guidance you have here in Q2? Any you color that you can provide would be helpful..

Hi Robert. Yes, we are very pleased with the growth that we are seeing in optical and also some of the new programs. The growth that we experienced in the back half of 2016 is also giving us momentum in the first half of 2017. In the first half of 2017, we would actually be up 15% year-over-year in our comms business.

Long-term, we are not providing any guidance but the comps will get a little bit more difficult on a year-over-year basis as we get into the back half of the year. But overall, I think we are pleased with the performance of our portfolio and what we are doing with our customers..

Okay. And then my second question would be around the adjusted SG&A. Just it looks as though that's been very stable between $46 million and $50 million and just wondering how sustainable do you think that range will be going forward? Do you expect any kind of an increase in that area of spend? And then I will pass the line..

Yes. Good morning, Rob. We have seen, certainly we have making investments in the front-end and sales and corporate development. In fact, we have done a very effective job, I would say, of also driving cost productivity through initiatives such as our global business services. So that's really our plan.

So for the time being, comfortable with the range and we certainly can leverage that SG&A with growth in company. So we are excited by that opportunity..

Okay. Thanks a lot..

Thanks Rob..

Your next question comes from Jim Suva from Citi. Please go ahead..

Thank you very much and it's great to see the sales growth at Celestica. When we think about the June quarter guide and the growth of continuing sales growth year-over-year, can you address, there are two parts on that. First, it looks like it's a bit of a deceleration from the March quarter results as far as the growth.

And the second question is, is if I do my math right or I might be wrong, it looks like operating margins year-over-year are relatively flattish, based upon your EPS guide for the June quarter. But I would have thought with solar now no longer being a drag on margins for the June 2017, that we would see some margin leverage.

So if you could help us out with some details on that, that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you..

Yes. An early good morning to you, Jim. Thanks for dialing in so early. In terms of the top line, certainly 9% growth is a very strong growth rate that we achieved in the first quarter.

So when we look at the second quarter guide of 4% growth rate and that includes the low single digit growth in our ATS business, which still had the solar headwind, I am quite pleased with 4% growth.

I think that's a healthy growth rate overall for the company and Q1 was particularly strong and as the back half happens, although we are not giving guidance, we would expect our ATS business to start to grow more on a year-over-year basis from the ramp in programs we have. So less of an impact from solar.

With respect to the margins, first off, you just look at Q1, it was a 30 basis point year-over-year improvement. There was 22% growth in operating earnings. So very strong there. As you may or may not recall, last year we achieved a very strong second quarter, stronger than expected.

And on that call, we outlined it really was due to a lot of good things going our way. So the comp is tougher, but I would say that overall we are seeing good improvements year-over-year within the business. Very pleased with the improvements we have made in ATS that is sustaining into the second quarter and beyond.

But on the other side of things, the CCS side of our business, the traditional communications enterprise side, I would say we have more favorable mix and pricing that's impacted our numbers from a year-over-year basis..

Great. Thank you so much for the details. Greatly appreciated..

Thanks Jim..

Your next question comes from Matt Sheerin from Stifel. Please go ahead..

Yes. Thanks and good morning everyone. Just a couple of questions for me. Just regarding the commentary about, it sounds like margins were somewhat under pressure in your CCS business. You talked about some pricing pressure and then you also talked about some component constraints. I know there is obviously memory and SSD shortages out there.

Could you talk about that? Whether you are building inventory there? Or whether that's actually hurting sales or margins?.

Yes. On the constraints part, it probably impacted us to the tune of $10 million, in that range. So it is a more constrained environment out there and we are working through that with our suppliers and customers. And just on the CCS margins, really it's both a mix of the programs that we are doing, just ongoing pricing.

I wouldn't say it's people are being irrational on a pricing basis. It's just the ongoing price competition that you expect and we have got to keep up with more continuous improvements as well as penetrating more of our JDM within that market..

Okay.

And then on the component situation, is that primarily in the memory and drive area? Or are there other pockets of tightening?.

Yes. Matt, we are seeing tightening, frankly broadly throughout the supply chain from an allocation perspective. It's mainly on the memory side. But we are also seeing extended lead times on a lot of electronic components as well. So it's getting fairly constrained out there on the on the electronics side..

Okay. And then regarding your ATS, the diversified markets, you are highlighting some nice growth and acceleration in the semi cap equipment market, but I know you have also made investments, Rob, in other industrial areas, particularly mechanical capabilities and that sort of thing.

Where do you see that calling in terms of product ramp and customer pipeline for those kinds of businesses?.

Yes. For 2016, the margins were up across all of our ATS businesses. So we were quite pleased with the performance of ATS. As Darren mentioned earlier, if you take out some of the solar headwinds, ATS was actually up 14% in Q1 which is pretty good.

Broadly speaking, we see particularly strength in industrial and in semi cap and the markets or have ebbs and flows based on programs around some other dynamics..

Okay. All right. Thanks very much..

Thanks Matt..

Your next question comes from Amit Daryanani from RBC Capital Markets. Please go ahead..

Thanks a lot. Good morning guys. Couple of questions for me as well. Just maybe to start with inventory, dollars was up more than I have thought in terms of down.

Can you just tell us what were the factors that drove that? And importantly, do you think that those kind of headwinds sustain into the June quarter? Or should we see that normalize and free cash flow kind of uptick higher in June?.

An early good morning to you as well, Amit. Inventory, I would say, has been impacted by some late customer demand churn that we saw. So we are seeing higher variations in the order patterns from our customers and that was more pronounced in this last quarter and as well from some of the part constraints and the inability to scrap some of the sets.

So that certainly has impacted us. We would expect to see some improvement in the second quarter but I think it's going to take a little bit more time to work through the cycle. So I do think that will have, that extra inventory will have an impact on our cash flow, free cash flow performance for the second quarter.

Now the other thing I would note is, we have at the midpoint of our guidance, our revenue was up $80 million. So some of that inventory, of course, is to support the additional revenue that we are driving through the organizations as well..

That's really helpful. And I guess if I could just follow up. The guide for ATS in June, I think, it's up 4% sequentially, flattish year-over-year.

What kind of headwind do you have from solar panel in the June quarter? And is it fair to assume that in June quarter, the revenue stream from solar would be zero?.

The revenue would be relatively insignificant, other than selling some inventory that we still have. I would say it's about 4% headwind year-over-year for solar panels for the second quarter..

Got it.

And any margin headwind in June as well from this?.

No. We have now exited that business. So no real headwind from that perspective. We did have a little bit of a pickup in the first quarter from solar from a margin point of view, but the second quarter is clean at this point..

Perfect. Thank you..

Your next question comes from Daniel Chan from TD Securities. Please go ahead..

Hi guys.

Darren, can you remind us, does the extension of the closing of the real estate deal, does that change when the cash comes in?.

Yes. That would push everything up by a year..

Okay.

And then on the corp debt team, how is that shaping up? And on a related note, how is the M&A pipeline looking?.

Hi Daniel. Yes, you know the corp debt team is shaping up nicely. We are about to fill our last position on the team with increased focus on staffing. We are pleased with the progress that we are making, the conversations we are entering into. Certainly, I am spending a lot more time in that area myself.

That being said, it's still relatively early in our process. And as always, we are going to be very, very disciplined in what we look at and the processes we use to make sure we create shareholder value through anything that we do..

Okay. And then a last one from me. You obviously saw some strength in the enterprise segment.

What drove that? And is it sustainable?.

Yes. Enterprise in Q1, we are pleased with some share gains, some new program ramps. Also, we are pleased that with some of our constraints on one side that we saw it actually increase some HDD's on the other side. So that drove some of our upside, if you will, in positive trends in the first quarter..

I think when you overall look in addition to that, some of the fundamentals are still negative in that space, but it's more that the share gains that we have been getting in new programs, as Rob just mentioned..

And are those new programs, are those mostly related to JDM?.

That's a little bit of everything..

Okay. Great. Thanks..

Your next question comes from Thanos Moschopoulos from BMO Capital Markets. Please go ahead..

Good morning.

In terms of the semi business, can you give us some color on how margins have been trending? Are those margins now at what you consider to be normalized levels? Or is there still room for improvement on that area as demand continues to improve?.

Yes. Thanos, thanks for the question. I would say that they are at target levels right now. In the first quarter, we have been making lots of investments, as you know, through the years and we are pleased with the progress that we have made. We are also benefiting from some increased volumes which we are obviously pushing the margins higher.

As we move forward, we think depending on volumes and other continuous improvement activities, we keep on setting the bar higher but generally speaking we are pleased where the margins are right now and they are kind of stabilizing at target levels..

Great.

And Rob, can you give us an update on aerospace and defense and how the pipeline has been developing there and how the program wins have been trending?.

Yes. So we are continuing to have very good conversations with our customers. These tend to be longer cycle sales. So I would say, the pipelines are fairly robust but it takes a while to work through these business development type of activities and types of sales. So the growth for this year, I would say, is moderate, if you will, based on that.

But long term trends, we are still very bullish on the market..

Great. Thanks. I will pass the line..

Okay..

Your next question comes from Gus Papageorgiou from Macquarie. Please go ahead..

Thanks. Most of my questions have been answered. But just on the component shortage, you had said that it would cost you about $10 million in revenue this quarter.

Do you think you will have a toughly similar impact this coming quarter? And when do you expect that to dissipate? And then just on the real estate sale, Darren can you just give us, just remind us again the timing of the payments? I believe there is $125 million. You have got $15 million upfront.

When does the rest of the proceeds come in?.

Yes. Gus, on the component side, based on our supply chain team's view of the world, we don't see this issue being a short term issue. It's more of a mid-term issue. So we think we are in a constrained environment early stage of the game, at least through this year. In terms of the impact for Q2, we think we have built that into our guidance.

That being said, there could be surprises. But we are not anticipating any at this stage of the game..

Yes and good morning Gus. The overall deal, just to remind everyone, it was CAD137 million, of which received the CAD15 million deposit already. On closing, which will now be a year later, we will get CAD53.5 million. And then two years thereafter, we will get CAD68.5 million, again all Canadian amounts..

So it's CAD53.5 million is 2018.

What month?.

When the deal closes. So right now we are expecting mid-2018, June, July time frame..

Okay.

And then June, July 2020, you will get the CAD68.5 million?.

That's correct..

Okay. Thank you..

Okay. Thanks Gus..

And your next question comes from Todd Coupland from CIBC. Please go ahead..

Yes. Good morning everyone.

With the margins moving to multiyear records, are you rethinking your 3.5% to 4% target range? And if so, what should we be thinking about as a possibility a year or two down the road?.

Yes. Good morning Todd. I would say, as we have said in our previous discussions and certainly that we have had with investors, for the mix of business we have today, we are quite comfortable in that 3.5% to 4%. Of course, we continue to look to push that higher.

But really to fundamentally shift that beyond the 4%, it really requires a higher mix of ATS business and a higher mix of JDM business. And that's really what all our efforts are going towards right now.

So when we look at the business, I would say, for the short-term, 3.5% to 4% is still the right goal as we can layer on successful acquisitions and organic growth in ATS and further penetration of JDM, we will give updates on those targets.

But right now, just as you can imagine, the permutations that could exist with all that, I am not comfortable setting out any of the longer-term goals at this point in time..

And the types of M&A that you are seeing in your funnel, are you putting an emphasis on trying to move that mix above 4%? Is that opportunity there for the kinds of things you are looking at?.

Yes. Todd, that's correct. Most of the opportunity, but frankly not all the opportunity that we are looking at are margin accretive. They will buildout our capabilities, buildout our proof points. Those products and end markets will have longer life cycles particularly with customers.

So really the goal of our diversification and acquisition strategy is to diversify and be margin accretive to the whole..

Okay.

And when you think about semi and optical strength and the durability of those cycles, do you view one more favorably than the other at this point in time in terms of what you are seeing?.

When I think about the semi market and people are pretty bullish right now. People are predicting a strong first half and so are we, based on our guidance. I think the second half, they still think it's going to be relatively strong, maybe not as strong as first half, but second half. And this is what I am talking about the end markets.

So overall, based on foundry spends and the technology pull, if you will, we are pretty bullish on the semi cap business. With respect to the optical market, a third of our communications business is in optical.

We have a great portfolio, a great franchise, great capabilities and based on data center demand and update to 100G, we are pleased with our 15% year-over-year performance of the first half of this year. As it gets into the second half, as I mentioned earlier, the comps do get difficult for us..

Okay. Great. Thanks for that update. I appreciate it..

Thanks Todd..

We have no further questions in queue at this time. I will turn the call back over for closing remarks..

I would like to thank you all for joining us today and thank you for your continued support and we look forward to updating you next quarter..

This concludes today's conference. You may now disconnect..