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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Jun. 29, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and reflect the consolidated results of Strattec. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company's fiscal year ends on the Sunday nearest June 30. The years ended June 29, 2025 and June 30, 2024 are each comprised of 52 weeks.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses for the periods presented. These estimates and assumptions could also affect the disclosure of contingencies. Actual results and outcomes may differ from management’s estimates and assumptions.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In fiscal 2025, we adopted the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 280-10 as updated by Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2023-07, Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which requires companies -- even for entities with a single reportable segment -- to disclose their significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM), details of the composition of other segment items, and the title and position of the CODM along with an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measures in assessing performance. Refer to Note 14, "Segment Information" for additional information.

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. This ASU is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures to provide information to better assess how an entity's operations and related tax risks and tax planning and operational opportunities affect its tax rate and prospects for future cash flows. For the Company, this ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 (fiscal 2026). The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of this standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This ASU requires more detailed information about specified categories of expenses (purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, intangible asset amortization and depletion) included in certain expense captions presented on the face of the income statement. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026 (fiscal 2028) and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027 (fiscal 2029). The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of this standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less due to the short-term nature of the instruments. Excess cash balances are invested in money market funds.

Receivables

Receivables are stated net of an allowance for credit losses. The collectability of receivables is evaluated on an ongoing basis. An allowance for credit losses is recorded for estimated amounts of receivables not expected to be collected based upon factors such as age of the outstanding receivables, historical payment experience, customer creditworthiness and general economic conditions.

Inventories

Inventories are comprised of material, direct labor and manufacturing overhead, and are stated at lower of cost or market, with market determined based on estimated net realizable value using the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) cost method.

Excess and obsolete inventory reserves are recorded based on historical and estimated future demand and market conditions. The reserve level is determined by comparing inventory levels of individual raw materials, components and finished goods to historical usage and assessing the age of the inventory and likelihood of future sales. Technical obsolescence and other known factors are also considered in evaluating the reserve level. The increase in the reserve in fiscal 2025 was driven by changes in the inventory profile and resulting revisions to estimates of excess and obsolete inventory. The excess and obsolete reserve balance was $11.2 million at June 29, 2025 compared with $7.8 million at June 30, 2024.

Pre-production Costs

The Company incurs costs related to tooling used in the manufacture of products sold to its customers and engineering development. In some cases, the Company enters into contracts with its customers whereby the Company incurs the costs to design, develop and purchase tooling and is then reimbursed by the customer under a reimbursement contract. In addition, certain customer contracts include reimbursement of engineering development costs. Tooling costs and engineering development costs that will be reimbursed by customers are included in other Pre-production Costs in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at lower of accumulated cost or the customer reimbursable amount. To the extent that costs incurred exceed the contractual reimbursement, amounts are recognized as expense in the accompanying consolidated income statement when incurred.

Value-Added Tax

The Company's Mexican subsidiaries are subject to value-added tax (“VAT”). VAT is paid on goods and services and collected on sales. A VAT certification generally allows for relief from VAT tax for temporarily imported goods. A temporary suspension of the Company's VAT tax certification during fiscal 2024 resulted in an increase in the value-added tax recoverable balance. During fiscal 2025, a portion of the value-added tax recoverable was collected. Remaining amounts are subject to an audit by the Mexican tax authority before VAT refunds will be received.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Plant and equipment are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Land improvements have an estimated useful life of 20 years, while buildings and improvements range from 15 to 35 years, and machinery and equipment range from 3 to 15 years.

Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If such indicators are present, the recoverability of assets is assessed by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If an asset is determined to not be recoverable, the impairment recognized is calculated as the excess of the carrying amount of the asset over the fair value of the asset.

Leases

The Company determines whether a contractual arrangement is or contains a lease at contract inception. A lease liability and corresponding right-of-use asset are measured and recognized based on the present value of lease payments. To determine the present value of lease payments, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate as of the lease commencement date, unless there is a rate implicit in the lease agreement. The incremental borrowing rate is based on the Company's credit rating, determined on a fully collateralized loan basis from information available at commencement date, and the duration of the lease term.

Operating lease assets are included in operating lease right-of-use assets and the related liabilities are included in current lease liabilities and non-current lease liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. For all classes of underlying assets, the Company accounts for leases that contain separate lease and non-lease components as containing a single lease component. The Company does not recognize lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities from leases with an original lease term of twelve months or less and, instead, recognizes rent payments on a straight-line basis over the lease term in the consolidated statements of income. Refer to Note 5, "Leases," for additional information.

Research and Development Costs

Expenditures relating to the development of new products and processes, including significant improvements and refinements to existing products, are expensed as incurred. Research and development expenditures were $21.7 million in 2025 and $14.8 million in 2024.

Derivative Instruments

Derivative financial instruments are recognized as either assets or liabilities at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of each derivative financial instrument depends on whether it has been designated and qualifies as an accounting hedge, as well as the type of hedging relationship identified. Cash flows for all derivative financial instruments are typically classified in cash flows from operating activities. Derivative instruments are not used for trading or speculative purposes.

During both fiscal 2025 and 2024, the Company entered into currency forward contracts covering a portion of peso denominated operating costs. The objective in entering into these contracts was to minimize earnings volatility resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates, specifically the Mexican peso / U.S. dollar exchange rate. These currency forward contracts are not designated as hedges and changes in fair value are recognized in Other income, net on the consolidated income statement.

 

Fair Value

The Company assesses the inputs used to measure the fair value of financial assets and liabilities using a three-tier hierarchy:

Level 1 -- Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that we have the ability to access at the measurement date.
Level 2 -- Observable inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, for the asset or liability or prices for similar assets and liabilities.
Level 3 -- Unobservable inputs that include management’s own judgments about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

The fair value of the Company's cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, post-employment plan assets, accounts payable and variable rate borrowings under revolving credit agreements approximated the book value at June 29, 2025 and June 30 2024, due to their short-term nature and the fact that the interest rates, as applicable, approximated market rates. The fair value of all derivative instruments were based on quoted inactive market prices and therefore are classified as Level 2 within the valuation hierarchy.

Warranty Reserve

The Company generally offers its customers an assurance warranty on products sold, although warranty periods may vary by product type and application. The Company has a warranty reserve related to known and potential exposure to warranty claims in the event products fail to perform as expected and in the event the Company may be required to participate in the repair costs incurred by customers for such products. The estimation of the warranty reserve involves judgment and assumptions and is based on an analysis of historical warranty data as well as current trends and information. Changes in estimates related to pre-existing warranties are included in provision charged to expense in the table below. Changes in the warranty reserve were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Years Ended

 

 

 

June 29, 2025

 

 

June 30, 2024

 

Balance, beginning of period

 

$

10,695

 

 

$

9,725

 

Provision charged to expense

 

 

(376

)

 

 

2,608

 

Payments

 

 

(1,419

)

 

 

(1,638

)

Balance, end of period

 

$

8,900

 

 

$

10,695

 

 

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The Company enters into contracts with customers to provide production parts generally at the beginning of a vehicle's lifecycle. Typically, these contracts do not provide for a specified quantity of products, but once entered into, the Company is often expected to fulfill our customers' purchasing requirements for the production life of the vehicle. Many of these contracts may be terminated by our customers at any time. However, terminations of these contracts have been infrequent, historically.

Revenue is recognized at a point in time when control of the product is transferred to the customer under the terms of the contract, which is when parts are shipped or delivered. The amount of revenue recognized is based on the transaction price and the quantity of parts specified in the contract. Discrete price adjustments may occur during the vehicle production period in order for the Company to remain competitive with market prices or based on changes in product specifications. Some of these price adjustments require estimation. In the event the Company concludes that a portion of the revenue for a given part may vary from the purchase order, the Company records consideration at the most likely amount to which the Company expects to be entitled based on historical experience and input from customer negotiations. The Company's customers pay for products received in accordance with payment terms that are customary within the industry.

Income Taxes

The Company records income tax expense using the liability method which specifies that deferred tax assets and liabilities be measured each year based on the difference between the financial statement and tax base of assets and liabilities at the applicable enacted tax rates. A valuation allowance is provided for deferred tax assets when management considers it more likely than not that the asset will not be realized. At June 29, 2025 and June 30, 2024, a valuation allowance has been provided for certain deferred tax assets which the Company has concluded are more likely than not to not be realized. If future annual taxable income were to be significantly less than current and projected levels, there is a risk that certain of our deferred tax assets not already provided for by the valuation allowance would expire prior to utilization.

The Company recognizes the financial statement benefit of a tax position only after determining that the relevant tax authority would more likely than not sustain the position following an audit. For tax positions meeting the more-likely-than-not threshold, the amount recognized in the financial statements is the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the relevant tax authority. The Company recognizes the interest and penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense.

Foreign Currency Translation

The financial statements of the Company's foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rate at each balance sheet date for assets and liabilities and the average exchange rate for each applicable period for sales, costs and expenses. Foreign currency translation adjustments are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company recognizes the cost of equity-based compensation awards based on the fair value estimated in accordance with ASC 718, Stock Based Compensation. The Company records equity compensation expense for awards with only a service vesting condition based on the fair value of such awards at the grant date and recognizes compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. Equity compensation expense for awards with performance vesting conditions is recorded based on the probable outcome of those performance conditions over the requisite service period.

Earnings per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of the Company's common stock, ("Common Stock") outstanding during the respective period. The Company's diluted earnings per share gives effect to all potential shares of Common Stock outstanding during a period that do not have an anti-dilutive impact to the calculation. In computing the number of diluted shares outstanding, the treasury stock method is used in order to arrive at a net number of shares assumed issued upon the conversion of Common Stock equivalents.