Source document: te-connectivity-ltd_2019

Question: How is industry end market information presented?
Facts: consistently with our internal management reporting and may be revised periodically as management deems necessary.
Answer: consistently with our internal management reporting and may be revised periodically as management deems necessary.

Question: In which years was for the net sales by segment and industry end market calculated?
Facts: 2017; 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018; 2017

Question: What are the types of Solutions segments in the table?
Facts: Communications Solutions; Industrial Solutions; Transportation Solutions
Answer: Transportation Solutions; Industrial Solutions; Communications Solutions

Question: In which year was the amount for Sensors the largest?
Facts: 2018
Derivation: 918>914>814
Answer: 2018

Question: What was the change in the amount for Appliances in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 680; 774
Derivation: 680-774
Answer: -94 million

Question: What was the percentage change in the amount for Appliances in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 680; 774
Derivation: (680-774)/774
Answer: -12.14 percent

Question: What results in deferred income taxes?
Facts: temporary differences between the amount of assets and liabilities recognized for financial reporting and tax purposes
Answer: temporary differences between the amount of assets and liabilities recognized for financial reporting and tax purposes

Question: What is the amount of net deferred tax assets in 2019?
Facts: $ 2,620
Answer: $ 2,620 million

Question: What are the components under deferred tax liabilities in the table?
Facts: Intangible assets; Other; Property, plant, and equipment
Answer: Intangible assets; Property, plant, and equipment; Other

Question: In which year were Inventories larger?
Facts: 2018
Derivation: 58>43
Answer: 2018

Question: What was the change in deferred revenue in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 4; 5
Derivation: 4-5
Answer: -1 million

Question: What was the percentage change in deferred revenue in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 4; 5
Derivation: (4-5)/5
Answer: -20 percent

Question: How much did operating income in the transportation solutions segment change by in 2019?
Facts: decreased $352 million
Answer: decreased $352 million

Question: Why did operating income decrease in fiscal 2019?
Facts: primarily as a result of lower volume, unfavorable product mix, and price erosion, partially offset by lower material costs.
Answer: primarily as a result of lower volume, unfavorable product mix, and price erosion, partially offset by lower material costs.

Question: In which years was the Transportation Solutions segment’s operating income calculated for?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: In which year was the amount of acquisition and integration costs larger?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: 17>8
Answer: 2019

Question: What was the change in Acquisition and integration costs in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 17; 8
Derivation: 17-8
Answer: 9 million

Question: What was the percentage change in Acquisition and integration costs in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 17; 8
Derivation: (17-8)/8
Answer: 112.5 percent

Question: What was the amount of depreciation expense in 2019?
Facts: $510 million
Answer: $510 million

Question: In which years was the  Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net calculated for?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: What were the components under Property, plant, and equipment, gross?
Facts: Buildings and improvements; Construction in process; Land and improvements; Machinery and equipment
Answer: Land and improvements; Buildings and improvements; Machinery and equipment; Construction in process

Question: In which year was the amount of Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net larger?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: 3,574>3,497
Answer: 2019

Question: What was the change in Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 3,497; 3,574
Derivation: 3,574-3,497
Answer: 77 million

Question: What was the percentage change in Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 3,497; 3,574
Derivation: (3,574-3,497)/3,497
Answer: 2.2 percent

Question: What do Other items in the table represent?
Facts: the write-off of certain spare parts
Answer: the write-off of certain spare parts

Question: Where can the discussion of operating income be found?
Facts: below under “Segment Results.”
Answer: below under “Segment Results.”

Question: In which years was operating income calculated for?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: In which year were Acquisition and integration costs larger?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: 27>14
Answer: 2019

Question: What was the change in Total operating income in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 148; 302
Derivation: 302-148
Answer: 154 million

Question: What was the percentage change in Total operating income in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 148; 302
Derivation: (302-148)/148
Answer: 104.05 percent

Question: What is the Total assets for 2019?
Facts: $ 19,694
Answer: $ 19,694 million

Question: What are Total segment assets composed of?
Facts: accounts receivable, inventories, and net property, plant, and equipment.
Answer: accounts receivable, inventories, and net property, plant, and equipment.

Question: Which years are the total assets calculated for?
Facts: 2017; 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018; 2017

Question: In which year was the amount for Communications Solutions the largest?
Facts: 2018
Derivation: 959>951>849
Answer: 2018

Question: What was the change in Transportation Solutions in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 4,707; 4,781
Derivation: 4,781-4,707
Answer: 74 million

Question: What was the percentage change in Transportation Solutions in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 4,707; 4,781
Derivation: (4,781-4,707)/4,707
Answer: 1.57 percent

Question: What program was initiated during fiscal 2019?
Facts: a restructuring program associated with footprint consolidation and structural improvements impacting all segments
Answer: a restructuring program associated with footprint consolidation and structural improvements impacting all segments

Question: What charges does the table summarize for the fiscal 2019 program?
Facts: expected, incurred, and remaining charges for the fiscal 2019 program by segment
Answer: expected, incurred, and remaining charges for the fiscal 2019 program by segment

Question: What are the segments for which the expected, incurred, and remaining charges for the fiscal 2019 program are recorded?
Facts: Communications Solutions; Industrial Solutions; Transportation Solutions
Answer: Transportation Solutions; Industrial Solutions; Communications Solutions

Question: In which segment was the Remaining Expected Charges the largest?
Facts: Transportation Solutions
Derivation: 16>14>5
Answer: Transportation Solutions

Question: What was the difference in total expected charges between Transportation Solutions and Industrial Solutions?
Facts: 160; 80
Derivation: 160-80
Answer: 80 million

Question: What was the average amount of total expected charges per segment?
Facts: 160; 49; 80
Derivation: (160+80+49)/3
Answer: 96.33 million

Question: What was the change in operating income in the Communications Solutions segment in 2019?
Facts: decreased $79 million
Answer: decreased $79 million

Question: Why did operating income decrease in fiscal 2019?
Facts: due primarily to lower volume.
Answer: due primarily to lower volume.

Question: What are the items under the operating income in the Communications Solutions segment?
Facts: Other items; Restructuring and other charges, net
Answer: Restructuring and other charges, net; Other items

Question: In which year was Restructuring and other charges, net larger?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: 48>13
Answer: 2019

Question: What was the change in Total operating income in the Communications Solutions segment in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 13; 49
Derivation: 49-13
Answer: 36 million

Question: What was the percentage change in Total operating income in the Communications Solutions segment in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 13; 49
Derivation: (49-13)/13
Answer: 276.92 percent

Question: What was the amount of Inventories in 2019?
Facts: $ 1,836
Answer: $ 1,836 million

Question: In which years was the amount of Inventories calculated for?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: What were the components considered when calculating Inventories?
Facts: Finished goods; Raw materials; Work in progress
Answer: Raw materials; Work in progress; Finished goods

Question: In which year was Raw materials larger?
Facts: 2018
Derivation: 276>260
Answer: 2018

Question: What was the change in Work in progress in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 656; 739
Derivation: 739-656
Answer: 83 million

Question: What was the percentage change in Work in progress in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 656; 739
Derivation: (739-656)/656
Answer: 12.65 percent

Question: What was authorized by the board of directors in 2018 and 2019?
Facts: increases of $1.5 billion in our share repurchase program
Answer: increases of $1.5 billion in our share repurchase program

Question: What was the availability remaining under the share repurchase authorization in 2019?
Facts: $1.5 billion
Answer: $1.5 billion

Question: Which years was the Repurchase value calculated in?
Facts: 2017; 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018; 2017

Question: Which year was the Number of common shares repurchased the largest?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: 12>10>8
Answer: 2019

Question: What was the change in the Number of common shares repurchased in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 10; 12
Derivation: 12-10
Answer: 2 million

Question: What was the percentage change in the Number of common shares repurchased in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 10; 12
Derivation: (12-10)/10
Answer: 20 percent

Question: What was the total net sales in 2019?
Facts: $ 13,448
Answer: $ 13,448 million

Question: What was the total Transportation Solutions sales in 2018?
Facts: $ 8,290
Answer: $ 8,290 million

Question: What are the segments for which the net sales are presented in the table?
Facts: Communications Solutions; Industrial Solutions; Transportation Solutions
Answer: Transportation Solutions; Industrial Solutions; Communications Solutions

Question: In which year was Industrial Solutions larger?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: 3,954>3,856
Answer: 2019

Question: What was the change in Industrial Solutions in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 3,856; 3,954
Derivation: 3,954-3,856
Answer: 98 million

Question: What was the percentage change in Industrial Solutions in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 3,856; 3,954
Derivation: (3,954-3,856)/3,856
Answer: 2.54 percent

Question: In which years was the basic earnings per share calculated for?
Facts: 2017; 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018; 2017

Question: What was used in the computations of basic and diluted earnings per share?
Facts: The weighted-average number of shares outstanding
Answer: The weighted-average number of shares outstanding

Question: What are the types of earnings per share analyzed in the table?
Facts: Basic; Diluted
Answer: Basic; Diluted

Question: Which year was the basic earnings per share the largest?
Facts: 2017
Derivation: 355>350>338
Answer: 2017

Question: What was the change in Dilutive impact of share-based compensation arrangements in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 2; 3
Derivation: 2-3
Answer: -1 million

Question: What was the percentage change in Dilutive impact of share-based compensation arrangements in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 2; 3
Derivation: (2-3)/3
Answer: -33.33 percent

Question: How are Gains and losses excluded from the hedging relationship recognized?
Facts: recognized prospectively in selling, general, and administrative expenses and are offset by losses and gains generated as a result of re-measuring certain intercompany loans to the U.S. dollar
Answer: recognized prospectively in selling, general, and administrative expenses and are offset by losses and gains generated as a result of re-measuring certain intercompany loans to the U.S. dollar

Question: What was the liability position of the cross-currency swap contracts? 
Facts: $100 million
Answer: $100 million

Question: What are the components of the impacts of cross-currency swap contracts in the table?
Facts: Gains (losses) excluded from the hedging relationship; Gains (losses) recorded in other comprehensive income (loss)
Answer: Gains (losses) recorded in other comprehensive income (loss); Gains (losses) excluded from the hedging relationship

Question: In which year was the Gains excluded from the hedging relationship the largest?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: 66>21>-58
Answer: 2019

Question: What was the change in Gains excluded from the hedging relationship in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 21; 66
Derivation: 66-21
Answer: 45 million

Question: What was the percentage change in Gains excluded from the hedging relationship in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 21; 66
Derivation: (66-21)/21
Answer: 214.29 percent

Question: What was the amount of Accrued and other current liabilities in 2019?
Facts: $ 1,613
Answer: $ 1,613 million

Question: In which years was Accrued and Other Current Liabilities calculated for?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: What are the components which comprise of Accrued and Other Current Liabilities?
Facts: Accrued payroll and employee benefits; Deferred revenue; Dividends payable to shareholders; Income taxes payable; Interest payable; Other; Restructuring reserves; Share repurchase program payable
Answer: Accrued payroll and employee benefits; Dividends payable to shareholders; Restructuring reserves; Income taxes payable; Deferred revenue; Interest payable; Share repurchase program payable; Other

Question: In which year was the amount of Deferred revenue larger?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: 36>27
Answer: 2019

Question: What was the change in deferred revenue in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 27; 36
Derivation: 36-27
Answer: 9 million

Question: What was the percentage change in deferred revenue in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 27; 36
Derivation: (36-27)/27
Answer: 33.33 percent

Question: What are the net sales by segment presented as a percentage of?
Facts: percentage of our total net sales
Answer: percentage of our total net sales

Question: How much does the company believe the Transportation, Industrial and Communications Solutions segments serve a combined market of?
Facts: approximately $190 billion
Answer: approximately $190 billion

Question: What are the three main segments that the company operates in?
Facts: Communications Solutions; Industrial Solutions; Transportation Solutions
Answer: Transportation Solutions; Industrial Solutions; Communications Solutions

Question: In which year was the percentage of industrial solutions the lowest in?
Facts: 2018
Derivation: 28%<29%<30%
Answer: 2018

Question: What was the percentage change in Industrial Solutions in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 28; 30
Derivation: 30-28
Answer: 2 percent

Question: What was the percentage change in Transportation Solutions in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 58; 59
Derivation: 58-59
Answer: -1 percent

Question: What was the weighted-average grant-date fair value of restricted share awards granted during fiscal 2019?
Facts: $77.77
Answer: $77.77

Question: What was the total fair value of restricted share awards that vested during fiscal 2019?
Facts: $48 million
Answer: $48 million

Question: What were the components of restricted share award activity under Nonvested at fiscal year end 2018 in the table?
Facts: Forfeited; Granted; Vested
Answer: Granted; Vested; Forfeited

Question: In which year was the weighted-average grant-date fair value of restricted share awards granted the largest?
Facts: 2018
Derivation: $93.45>$77.77>$67.72
Answer: 2018

Question: What was the change in the Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value for nonvested shares in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 75.39; 78.36
Derivation: $78.36-$75.39
Answer: 2.97

Question: What was the percentage change in the Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value for nonvested shares in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 75.39; 78.36
Derivation: ($78.36-$75.39)/$75.39
Answer: 3.94 percent

Question: What are sales in the automotive market dependent upon?
Facts: dependent upon global automotive production, and seasonal declines in European production may negatively impact net sales in the fourth fiscal quarter
Answer: dependent upon global automotive production, and seasonal declines in European production may negatively impact net sales in the fourth fiscal quarter

Question: When do sales in the energy market typically increase?
Facts: in the third and fourth fiscal quarters as customer activity increases
Answer: in the third and fourth fiscal quarters as customer activity increases

Question: What were the segments for which backlog was calculated in the table?
Facts: Communications Solutions; Industrial Solutions; Transportation Solutions
Answer: Transportation Solutions; Industrial Solutions; Communications Solutions

Question: In which year was Communications Solutions larger?
Facts: 2018
Derivation: 441>361
Answer: 2018

Question: What was the change in total backlog in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 3,315; 3,465
Derivation: 3,315-3,465
Answer: -150 million

Question: What was the percentage change in total backlog in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 3,315; 3,465
Derivation: (3,315-3,465)/3,465
Answer: -4.33 percent

Question: What was the change in Operating income in the Industrial Solutions segment in 2019?
Facts: increased $78 million
Answer: increased $78 million

Question: Why did operating income increase in fiscal 2019?
Facts: primarily as a result of higher volume and improved manufacturing productivity.
Answer: primarily as a result of higher volume and improved manufacturing productivity.

Question: For which years was the operating income in the Industrial Solutions segment calculated?
Facts: 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018

Question: In which year was Acquisition and integration costs larger?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: 10>6
Answer: 2019

Question: What was the change in Acquisition and integration costs in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 10; 6
Derivation: 10-6
Answer: 4 million

Question: What was the percentage change in Acquisition and integration costs in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 10; 6
Derivation: (10-6)/6
Answer: 66.67 percent

Question: In which years was the Income Tax Expense (Benefit) calculated for?
Facts: 2017; 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018; 2017

Question: What are the components under U.S. in the table?
Facts: Federal; State
Answer: Federal; State

Question: What are the types of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) in the table?
Facts: Current; Deferred
Answer: Current; Deferred

Question: Which year was the current income tax expense (benefit) for Non-U.S. the largest?
Facts: 2018
Derivation: 406>322>229
Answer: 2018

Question: What was the change in Current income tax expense (benefit) in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 203; 447
Derivation: 203-447
Answer: -244 million

Question: What was the percentage change in Current income tax expense (benefit) in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 203; 447
Derivation: (203-447)/447
Answer: -54.59 percent

Question: What is the company's funding policy?
Facts: to make contributions in accordance with the laws and customs of the various countries in which we operate as well as to make discretionary voluntary contributions from time to time
Answer: to make contributions in accordance with the laws and customs of the various countries in which we operate as well as to make discretionary voluntary contributions from time to time

Question: How much minimum required contributions is expected to be made to the non-U.S. pension plan?
Facts: $42 million
Answer: $42 million

Question: Which are the periods for which benefit payments are expected to be paid?
Facts: Fiscal 2020; Fiscal 2021; Fiscal 2022; Fiscal 2023; Fiscal 2024; Fiscal 2025-2029
Answer: Fiscal 2020; Fiscal 2021; Fiscal 2022; Fiscal 2023; Fiscal 2024; Fiscal 2025-2029

Question: In which Fiscal year from 2020 to 2024 would the benefit payments under the U.S Plans be the largest?
Facts: Fiscal 2020
Derivation: 77>74
Answer: Fiscal 2020

Question: What is the change in Non-U.S. benefit payments expected to be paid in Fiscal 2023 from Fiscal 2022?
Facts: 81; 85
Derivation: 85-81
Answer: 4 million

Question: What is the percentage change in Non-U.S. benefit payments expected to be paid in Fiscal 2023 from Fiscal 2022?
Facts: 81; 85
Derivation: (85-81)/81
Answer: 4.94 percent

Question: What was the statutory rate used in fiscal 2019 when calculating the Notional U.S. federal income tax expense?
Facts: 21%
Answer: 21%

Question: What do the Non-U.S. net earnings exclude?
Facts: items which are separately presented.
Answer: items which are separately presented.

Question: In which years was the income tax expense (benefit) calculated for?
Facts: 2017; 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018; 2017

Question: In which year was the Notional U.S. federal income tax expense at the statutory rate the largest?
Facts: 2017
Derivation: 602>551>406
Answer: 2017

Question: What was the change in Notional U.S. federal income tax expense at the statutory rate in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 406; 551
Derivation: 406-551
Answer: -145 million

Question: What was the percentage change in Notional U.S. federal income tax expense at the statutory rate in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 406; 551
Derivation: (406-551)/551
Answer: -26.32 percent

Question: What was the amount of Restructuring and Other Charges, Net in 2019?
Facts: $ 255
Answer: $ 255 million

Question: For which years was the amount of Restructuring and Other Charges, Net calculated in?
Facts: 2017; 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018; 2017

Question: What are the components considered under Restructuring and Other Charges, Net?
Facts: Gain on divestiture; Other charges (credits), net; Restructuring charges, net
Answer: Restructuring charges, net; Gain on divestiture; Other charges (credits), net

Question: In which year was Restructuring charges, net the lowest?
Facts: 2018
Derivation: 140<146<255
Answer: 2018

Question: What was the change in Restructuring charges, net in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 140; 255
Derivation: 255-140
Answer: 115 million

Question: What was the percentage change in Restructuring charges, net in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 140; 255
Derivation: (255-140)/140
Answer: 82.14 percent

Question: What was the total unrecognized income tax benefits at the end of 2019?
Facts: $542 million
Answer: $542 million

Question: Where does the non-U.S. subsidiaries file income tax returns in?
Facts: in the countries in which they have operations
Answer: in the countries in which they have operations

Question: In which years are the total unrecognized income tax benefits calculated for?
Facts: 2017; 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018; 2017

Question: Which year were the Additions related to prior years tax positions the largest?
Facts: 2017
Derivation: 40>14>13
Answer: 2017

Question: What was the change in the Additions related to prior years tax positions in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 13; 14
Derivation: 13-14
Answer: -1 million

Question: What was the percentage change in the Additions related to prior years tax positions in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 13; 14
Derivation: (13-14)/14
Answer: -7.14 percent

Question: What did the amount of Restructuring and other charges (credits), net in 2018 include?
Facts: $19 million impairment charge recorded in connection with the sale of our SubCom business
Answer: $19 million impairment charge recorded in connection with the sale of our SubCom business

Question: What did the amount of Non-operating income, net in 2017 include?
Facts: $19 million credit related to the SubCom business’ curtailment of a postretirement benefit plan.
Answer: $19 million credit related to the SubCom business’ curtailment of a postretirement benefit plan.

Question: For which years were the components of income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes, for the SubCom business and prior divestitures provided?
Facts: 2017; 2018; 2019
Answer: 2019; 2018; 2017

Question: In which year was the amount of Cost of sales largest?
Facts: 2017
Derivation: 653>602>50
Answer: 2017

Question: What was the change in Selling, general, and administrative expenses in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 11; 48
Derivation: 11-48
Answer: -37 million

Question: What was the percentage change in Selling, general, and administrative expenses in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 11; 48
Derivation: (11-48)/48
Answer: -77.08 percent

Question: What are the net sales by geographic region to external customers attributed to?
Facts: individual countries based on the legal entity that records the sale
Answer: individual countries based on the legal entity that records the sale

Question: What are the net sales by geographic region in the table presented as a percentage of?
Facts: total net sales
Answer: total net sales

Question: Which are the geographic regions in which the company operates in?
Facts: Americas; Asia–Pacific; Europe/Middle East/Africa (“EMEA”)
Answer: Europe/Middle East/Africa (“EMEA”); Asia–Pacific; Americas

Question: In which year was the percentage in Americas the largest?
Facts: 2019
Derivation: 31%>29%>28%
Answer: 2019

Question: What was the change in percentage in Americas in 2019 from 2018?
Facts: 28; 31
Derivation: 31-28
Answer: 3 percent

Question: What was the average net sales in Asia-Pacific as a percentage of total net sales across 2017, 2018 and 2019?
Facts: 33; 34; 35
Derivation: (33+34+35)/3
Answer: 34 percent