Magna International Value Stock - Dividend - Research Selection

Description of the company

We are a leading global automotive supplier with 317 manufacturing operations and 102 product development, engineering and sales centres in 29 countries, as at December 31, 2016. We have over 155,000 employees that are focused on delivering superior value to our customers through innovative products and processes, and World Class Manufacturing. Our product and service capabilities include:

• Seating Systems

• Vision Systems

• Roof Systems

• Closure Systems

• Exterior Systems

• Active Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)

• Body and Chassis Systems

• Powertrain Systems

• Complete Vehicle Engineering & Contract Manufacturing

We also have electronic and software capabilities across many of these product capabilities.

Our Corporate Culture

The foundation of our operating structure is a decentralized, entrepreneurial corporate culture, the key elements of which are as follows:

Decentralization

We follow a corporate policy of functional and operational decentralization, which we believe increases flexibility, customer responsiveness and productivity. Our manufacturing and assembly operations are conducted through Divisions, each of which is an autonomous business unit operating within pre-determined guidelines. Each Division is a separate profit center under the authority of a general manager who has the discretion to determine rates of pay, hours of work and sources of supply, within the framework of our Employee’s Charter, our Operational Principles and our corporate policies. Our Executive Management team allocates capital, coordinates our mergers and acquisitions and strategic alliances strategy, ensures customer and employee satisfaction and manages succession planning. Executive Management also interfaces with the investment community and is responsible for our long-term strategic planning and future growth, as well as monitoring the performance of the management of our product areas.

Employee’s Charter & Employee Equity and Profit Participation

We are committed to operating our business in a way that is based on fairness and concern for our employees. Our Employee’s Charter and our Operational Principles set out key principles outlining this commitment.

One bedrock principle in our Employee’s Charter is participation by our employees in our financial success, as reflected in our long-standing practice of sharing 10% of our pre-tax profits with eligible employees. See “Section 3. Description of the Business – Human Resources” for a description of our human resource principles (including our Employee’s Charter) and our employee equity and profit sharing program.

Incentive-Based Management Compensation

We maintain an incentive-based compensation system for Management which directly links executive compensation and corporate performance, as measured by profitability. Our approach to executive compensation, including a new executive compensation framework approved by our Board, is described in further detail in the sections of our Circular titled “Compensation and Performance Report” and “Compensation Discussion & Analysis”.

Responsible Corporate Citizenship

We are committed to being a responsible corporate citizen that conducts business in a legal and ethical manner. We have demonstrated this commitment in a number of ways, including our support of social and charitable causes, our actions to reduce the environmental impact of our operations, our activities to promote a safe and healthful work environment for our employees and our comprehensive ethics and legal compliance program. See “Section 3. Description of the Business – Environmental Matters”, “Corporate Social Responsibility” and “Ethics & Legal Compliance”.

Reporting Segments

Our success is directly dependent upon the levels of North American and European (and currently, to a lesser extent, Asian and Rest of World) car and light truck production by our customers. Given the differences between the regions in which we operate, our operations are segmented on a geographic basis. Our segments consist of North America, Europe, Asia and Rest of World. Consistent with the above, our internal financial reporting separately segments key internal operating performance measures between North America, Europe, Asia and Rest of World for our Chief Executive Officer to assist in the assessment of operating performance, the allocation of resources and our long-term strategic direction and future global growth.

Our external sales by reporting segment for 2016 and 2015 are set out in our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Position” in our Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2016 (“MD&A”). The MD&A has been filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).