ACCOUNTING POLICIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements include the accounts of Titan International, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Titan or the Company) and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAP) for interim financial information and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by US GAAP for complete financial statements. These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements reflect all normal, and recurring adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's financial position as of March 31, 2018, and the results of operations and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on February 23, 2018. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements include estimates and assumptions of management that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Fair value of financial instruments

The Company records all financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, notes receivable, accounts payable, other accruals, and notes payable at cost, which approximates fair value due to their short term or stated rates. Investments in marketable equity securities are recorded at fair value. The 6.5% senior secured notes due 2023 (senior secured notes) were carried at cost of $394.5 million at March 31, 2018. The fair value of the senior secured notes at March 31, 2018, as obtained through an independent pricing source, was approximately $412.0 million.

Cash dividends

The Company declared cash dividends of $0.005 per share of common stock for each of the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017. The first quarter 2018 cash dividend of $0.005 per share of common stock was paid on April 16, 2018, to shareholders of record on March 29, 2018.

New accounting standards:

Adoption of new accounting standards

The Company adopted FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 606, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" (the New Revenue Standard), effective January 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective approach. ASC 606 prescribes that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance provides a five-step process to achieve that core principle:


•	Identify the contract(s) with a customer


•	Identify the performance obligations


•	Determine the transaction price


•	Allocate the transaction price


•	Recognize revenue when the performance obligations are met

The Company compared its current revenue recognition policies to the requirements of the New Revenue Standard. Titan recognizes revenue when the performance obligations specified in the Company's contracts have been satisfied. Titan's contracts typically contain a single performance obligation that is fulfilled on the date of delivery based on shipping terms stipulated in the contract. As of March 31, 2018, none of the Company's contracts contained a financing option and Titan did not have any contract assets or liabilities. The table below presents the cumulative effect of the adoption of the New Revenue Standard on select accounts of Titan's condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2018 (amounts in thousands):



	Balance at December 31, 2017			New Revenue Standard Adjustments			Balance at January 1, 2018
Assets
Inventories	$	339,836		$	(390	)	$	339,446
Liabilities
Other current liabilities	133,774			(513		)	133,261
Equity
Retained (deficit) earnings	(44,022		)	88			(43,934		)
Noncontrolling interests	(10,845		)	35			(10,810		)

Disaggregated Revenues

The following table presents revenues disaggregated by the major markets Titan serves (amounts in thousands):



	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2018		2017
Net sales
Agricultural	$	194,166	$	180,516
Earthmoving/construction	188,733		135,619
Consumer	42,483		41,366
	$	425,382	$	357,501

The Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2017-07, “Compensation - Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost" on January 1, 2018, using the retrospective transition method. This standard changed the presentation of net periodic pension and postretirement benefit cost (net benefit cost) within the Statement of Operations. Under the previous guidance, net benefit cost was reported as an employee cost within operating income. The amendment requires the bifurcation of net benefit cost, with the service cost component to be presented with other employee compensation costs in operating income while the other components will be reported separately outside of income from operations. The adoption of this accounting standard resulted in a change in certain previously reported amounts, whereby the Company reclassed $0.5 million of non-service cost from Cost of Sales to Other Income on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017. See Note 5 - Employee Benefit Plans in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for further discussion.

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-09, "Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting." This update provides guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting. Disclosure requirements under Topic 718 remain unchanged. The Company adopted ASU 2017-09, effective as of January 1, 2018. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements; no changes were made to the terms or conditions of share-based payments.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments." This update addresses eight specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice. The Company adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2018, with no resulting changes to the Company's consolidated financial statements.

Accounting standards issued but not yet adopted

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)." This update was issued to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. The primary effect of adopting the new standard will be to record assets and obligations for the Company's operating leases. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2016-02.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02, "Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income." The amendments in this update allow a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Consequently, the amendments eliminate the stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and will improve the usefulness of information reported to financial statement users. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2018-02.