Selected

financial data

The following selected financial data should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Item 8 on our Form 10-K. The Statement of Operations, Statement of Financial Position and other data have been derived from our audited financial statements. The company operates on a 52/53-week fiscal year ending on the Friday closest to September 30. Each of 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009 were 52-week fiscal years.

  Years Ended September 30
($ in millions, except per share amounts)   2013(a)     2012(b)     2011(c)     2010(d)     2009(e)  
Statement of operations data:                              
Sales $ 4,610   $ 4,726   $ 4,806   $ 4,631   $ 4,428  
Cost of sales   3,224     3,324     3,427     3,353     3,118  
Selling, general and administrative expenses   506     543     533     476     457  
Income from continuing operations   632     609     615     557     589  
Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes           19     4     5  
Net income   632     609     634     561     594  
Net income as a percent of sales   13.7 %   12.9 %   13.2 %   12.1 %   13.4 %
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations   4.58     4.15     3.94     3.50     3.70  
Statement of financial position data:                              
Working capital(f) $ 1,113   $ 1,347   $ 1,394   $ 1,237   $ 1,003  
Property   773     773     754     707     719  
Goodwill and intangible assets   1,067     1,071     1,088     1,072     964  
Total assets   5,400     5,314     5,389     5,064     4,645  
Short-term debt   436             24      
Long-term debt, net   563     779     528     525     532  
Shareowners’ equity   1,618     1,259     1,523     1,482     1,292  
Other data:                              
Capital expenditures $ 120   $ 138   $ 152   $ 109   $ 153  
Depreciation and amortization   180     174     159     167     151  
Dividends per share   1.20     1.08     0.96     0.96     0.96  
Stock price:                              
High $ 75.25   $ 61.46   $ 67.29   $ 68.04   $ 51.37  
Low   52.24     46.37     43.82     47.19     27.67  
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(a) Net income includes a $19 million income tax benefit related to the retroactive reinstatement of the previously expired Federal Research and Development Tax Credit. Short-term debt includes commercial paper borrowings incurred to fund a portion of our share repurchase program and also includes $200 million related to debt maturing in December 2013.

(b) Net income includes $38 million of net restructuring and asset impairment charges ($58 million before income taxes), primarily related to employee severance costs and certain customer bankruptcy charges. Approximately $38 million of the pre-tax charge was recorded in cost of sales, $25 million was included within selling, general and administrative expenses, and $5 million was classified as a gain within Other income. Net income also includes a $19 million income tax benefit related to the favorable resolution of certain tax matters in 2012.

(c) Income from discontinued operations includes a $17 million gain ($27 million before income taxes) resulting from the sale of the Rollmet business. In addition, income from continuing operations includes $17 million of restructuring and asset impairment charges ($27 million before income taxes) primarily related to real estate lease and contract termination charges, asset impairment charges and employee severance costs. $26 million of the pre-tax restructuring and asset impairment charge was recorded in cost of sales, and the remaining $1 million was included in selling, general and administrative expenses. Net income also includes a $16 million income tax benefit related to the retroactive reinstatement of the previously expired Federal Research and Development Tax Credit.

(d) Net income includes a $20 million income tax benefit related to the favorable resolution of certain tax matters in 2010.

(e) Net income includes $14 million of restructuring and asset impairment charges primarily related to reductions in workforce and decisions to implement certain facility rationalization actions ($21 million before income taxes). Approximately $19 million of the pre-tax charge was recorded in cost of sales, and the remaining $2 million was included in selling, general and administrative expenses.

(f) Working capital consists of all current assets and liabilities, including cash and short-term debt.

Sales

Earnings per share

Cash provided by
operating activities

Return on invested capital

Shareholder
return performance(b)

(including dividend
reinvestment)
Fiscal year ended
September 30

Cumulative
total returns

    2009     2010     2011     2012     2013  
Rockwell Collins, Inc.   13.63 %   40.47 %   28.81 %   33.63 %   74.17 %
Peer Group   -1.76 %   14.96 %   17.57 %   44.68 %   73.70 %
S&P 500   -4.23 %   8.74 %   11.09 %   43.29 %   110.02 %
Closing market price
of Rockwell Collins stock at fiscal year-end
$ 48.15   $ 58.51   $ 52.76   $ 53.64   $ 68.59  
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(a) The company calculates return on invested capital (ROIC) as net income from continuing operations excluding after-tax interest expense, divided by the average of invested capital at the beginning and end of the fiscal year. Invested capital is calculated as the sum of total shareowners' equity (excluding defined benefit pension accounting adjustments impacting accumulated other comprehensive loss) and total debt, less cash and cash equivalents.

(b) The cumulative total return table and adjacent line graph compare the cumulative total shareowner return on the company's Common Stock against the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 — Aerospace and Defense Index (Peer Group) and the S&P 500 — Composite Stock Index (S&P 500) for the five-year period ended September 27, 2013, in each case a fixed investment of $100 at the respective closing prices on October 3, 2008, and reinvestment of all cash dividends.

Safe harbor statement

This Annual Report contains statements, including certain projections and business trends, that are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed herein, in our Form 10-K and from time to time in our other Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof.