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Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the InVent Q2 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star 1 on your telephone. Please be advised that today's conference call is being recorded. If you require any further assistance, press star zero. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, J.C. Weigelt. Thank you. Please go ahead.

Thank you, Stephanie, and welcome everyone to INVENT's second quarter 2021 earnings call. I'm J.C. Weigelt, Vice President of Investor Relations, and on the call are Beth Wozniak, our Chief Executive Officer, and Sarah Zawieski, our Chief Financial Officer. Today, we will provide details on our second quarter performance and provide an outlook for the third quarter, as well as an update to our full year 2021 outlook. Before we begin, let me remind you that any statements made about the company's anticipated financial results are forward-looking statements subject to future risks and uncertainties, such as the risks outlined in today's press release and in-depth filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements are made as of today, and the company undertakes no obligation to update publicly such statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from anticipated results. Today's webcast is accompanied by a presentation, which can be found in the Investors section of Inven's website. References to non-GAAP financials are reconciled in the appendix of the presentation. We will have time for questions after our prepared remarks, and now I will turn the call over to Beth.

Thank you, JC, and good morning, everyone. It's great to be with you today to share our strong second quarter performance. I first want to thank our Invent team. Our people remain key to our success, focused on driving performance for our customers. Our teams are working tirelessly to meet strong global demand. I'm especially proud of our execution. We've done a tremendous job responding to increasing customer demand by ensuring strong product availability. This has allowed us to acquire new customers and grow our sales. Turning to slide three, titled Executive Summary. First, the safety and well-being of our employees remains our top priority and we continue to learn, adapt, and respond to this changing environment. We're executing well and seeing broad-based global growth driving our sales and earnings well ahead of guidance. We completed two acquisitions during the quarter, executing on our capital allocation strategy to invest in growth. The first was Venky A, which expands our enclosures portfolio more broadly into infrastructure. The second, CIS Global, strengthens our global position in data centers and networking solutions with advanced capabilities and technologies and power management. These acquisitions are aligned with the megatrend of the electrification of everything, are expected to be accretive this year, and generate attractive returns. We are again using full-year guidance, given our strong second quarter results, the positive impact from acquisitions, and an improved outlook supported by strong order growth. Orders grew 38% in the second quarter, outpacing sales, and we exited the quarter with record backlog. Our new adjusted EPS guidance represents a 9% increase from the midpoint of our previous guidance, which is a 16 cent improvement. I am confident in our ability to execute on this improved outlook. On slide four, sales during the quarter was $601 million, up 34% year over year, and about $60 million ahead of the second quarter in 2019. Return on sales was 18.3%, up 300 basis points, with incrementals of 27%, reflecting our strong execution. We generated $85 million in free cash flow, and our adjusted EPS of 50 cents was up 72% from the prior period. Both sales and adjusted EPS were well ahead of the guidance we provided in April. Our growth initiatives are delivering results with a focus on high growth verticals, new products, and digital, all supported by the electrification of everything. In addition, our ability to manage our supply chain has resulted in high product availability, which has allowed us to respond to strong customer demand. Overall, growth was broad-based across key verticals and geographies. Industrial growth accelerated, up approximately 35%. Commercial and residential had strong growth across all three segments. Infrastructure also grew double digits, and we expect this to accelerate in the back half driven by strong orders as well as our acquisitions. Energy continues to recover and saw nice growth this quarter. Geographically, we saw broad-based global growth with strong double-digit growth in Europe and North America. We are pleased with the progress we are making to grow our European distribution network, building upon the success we have had in North America. Our strategic distribution accounts grew more than 35% globally as we continue to position Invent as a strong strategic partner. On new products, we launched 14 this quarter, spanning all segments, and we remain on track to launch more than 50 new products this year. New product introductions contributed over a point of growth in the quarter. The most significant launch was our new Invent Raychem HTV heating cable. This cable offers superior levels of high power retention during a design life of more than three decades and meets stringent demands for maximum process integrity while protecting people, processes, and infrastructure. Our execution is playing a critical role with customer conversions as we continue to have better product availability. We believe better than many in the industry. I have been impressed by what a great job our teams are doing to keep up with demand for our high-runner standard products with minimal impact to our stated lead times. We believe this is a contributor to our strong orders growth. Overall, I'm pleased with our performance as we are building momentum and emerging stronger. I will now turn the call over to Sarah for some detail on our second quarter results and our updated outlook for 2021. Sarah, please go ahead. Thank you, Beth. I'm pleased to share with you another quarter of great performance with sales and adjusted EPS exceeding our expectations and strong free cash flows. Let's turn to slide five to review second quarter performance. Sales of $601 million were up 34% relative to last year, or 29% organically. Volume was a big contributor to this growth, adding 23 points, while price added almost six points. price played a significant role in offsetting inflation during the quarter given our strong volume and price realization we were able to expand margins 300 basis points year over year to 18.3 adjusted eps of 50 cents increased 72 percent and was above our guidance range of 36 to 40 cents Free cash flow of $85 million was 11% above prior year, even with working capital investments that come with growth. Turning to our segment performance on slide six, I am pleased to report that all segments were above 2019 sales levels and expanded margins in the quarter. Enclosures had sales of $300 million, an increase of 31% organically. This growth was broad-based with a significant acceleration in the industrial vertical. Eldon continues to be a standout, helping drive global growth with our expanded IEC portfolio. Borders were particularly strong in this segment. Enclosure's segment income increased 90%, with return on sales expanding 500 basis points to 17.9%. price and productivity more than offset inflation during the quarter, with strong contribution from higher sales volume. Within electrical and fastening, sales of $169 million increased 24% organically, demonstrating the continued strength and resiliency of this portfolio. Its largest vertical, commercial, was up approximately 30% in the quarter, Both power utilities and data centers and networking solutions contributed strong double-digit growth. Global sales continued to perform well across all regions, especially Europe. Electrical and fasting segment income was up 41% and return on sales of 28.9% was up 260 basis points relative to last year. Price added seven points to growth and helped offset higher year-over-year inflation. Thermal management grew 30% organically with sales of $132 million, driven mainly by commercial and residential and industrial projects. Notably, industrial MRO returned to growth in the quarter and continues to trend positively. Thermal management segment income was up 73%, and return on sales expanded 390 basis points, driven by higher sales volume, and we are starting to see a positive mixed impact with return of industrial MRO. On slide seven, you'll see we ended the quarter with a cash balance of $102 million. On our revolver, we drew $200 million to fund the CIS global acquisition, leaving $400 million available. continue to be pleased with the progress we are making on our working capital goals. Slide 8 gives an update on our capital allocation. We ended the second quarter with a net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio at 2.3 times, in line with our target range of 2 to 2.5 times. We continue to execute on our capital allocation strategy and prioritizing growth We believe that two acquisitions completed in the quarter can generate solid returns, as have Eldon and WBT, both of which are trending well above in-vent growth rates this year and tracking nicely above 10% returns in year two. Over the past eight quarters, we have added over 200 million of annualized revenue via acquisitions centered around the electrification of everything. And we are excited about scaling these businesses and generating strong returns. We believe our strong balance sheet and cash generation puts us in a good position to continue to invest in growth and execute on our M&A strategy. You'll see our 2021 outlook on slide nine. We are raising full year guidance for the following reasons. First is our terrific second quarter performance. Second, our order book and backlog give us confidence in our continued growth. Orders outpaced sales in the quarter up 38%. Third, we believe our strong operational performance and ability to serve increased demand is a competitive advantage in this environment. And last, this updated guidance reflects the added benefit of acquisitions, which is approximately two points in sales for the full year. Our updated guidance also includes higher inflation, along with increasing costs and investments related to the surge in demand and stronger recovery. As a reminder, we took a number of temporary cost actions last year, totaling roughly $30 million. And we expect these to feather back in at a higher rate in the second half of 2021 versus first half. Additionally, our guidance takes into account some of the supply chain inefficiencies that come with rapid growth. And lastly, we are making additional investments to our workforce, digital, and supply chain capacity, all of which we believe will help future growth. Let me take a moment to discuss inflation, and specifically how we are managing price costs. We are expecting another meaningful uptick in inflation in the back half, including raw materials, labor, and logistics. Specifically, we are modeling approximately $40 million of inflation in both the third and fourth quarters, which compares to roughly $30 million in the second quarter. We expect pricing to largely offset inflation with an updated outlook of over five points of price this year. We managed through these headwinds in the second quarter and believe our pricing actions, strong volume, and operational execution can help deliver solid margins in the second half of the year. All in, our margins in the second half are expected to be slightly less than the first half margins of roughly 18%. To summarize, our full year outlook, we now expect sales growth of 15% to 18%. Organically, this translates into sales growth of 10% to 13% versus our prior guidance of 5% to 8%. We are raising and tightening our adjusted EPS guidance, which is now expected to be in the range of $1.84 to $1.90 versus our prior guide of $1.67 to $1.75. This new guidance reflects 25% earnings growth versus 2020 at the midpoint. From a segment perspective, we expect a stronger recovery in the industrial vertical to benefit our enclosure segment the most. Strength in industrial and infrastructure are expected to drive sales in our electrical and fastening segments with continued growth in commercial. For thermal management, industrial MRO continues to improve and should be a bigger contributor in the back half of the year, along with continued strength in commercial and residential. On free cash flow, we are at $126 million for the first half of the year, which is $50 million ahead of last year. We anticipate another year of strong cash flow with cash conversion of adjustment net income at or above 100%. This translates to roughly $315 million in free cash flow, a 9% increase versus our previous outlook. And lastly, we expect corporate costs to increase relative to our previous guidance by approximately $5 million, mainly due to higher compensation accruals related to our strong results. This updated guidance reflects double-digit sales, earnings, and cash flow growth, and all of them 2019 levels. Looking at our third quarter outlook on slide 10, we expect reported sales to increase 16% to 20% and organic sales to be up 10% to 13%. This represents a continuation of the broad-based growth we saw in the second quarter, as well as strong orders and backlog. We expect acquisitions to add approximately four points to sales growth, and we expect adjusted EPS in the third quarter to be between 45 and 48 cents. Wrapping up, I am pleased with our performance at the halfway point, and we are well positioned for a strong year. We are executing at a high level, demonstrating the strength of our team and our portfolio, and deploying capital to growth with great returns. It is certainly an exciting time at Invent. Now, I will turn the call back over to Beth. Thank you, Sarah. Turning to slide 11, I would like to cover two topics before turning to Q&A. First is our recent acquisition of CIS Global, which helps us accelerate our strategy in data centers and networking solutions, now totaling more than $200 million across our portfolio. CIS Global extends our protection capabilities, where we can now offer smart power management along with our high-performance cooling solutions, enclosures, and cable management. CIS Global is a leading provider of mission-critical power distribution units and server rack slides that have been growing double digits with attractive margins. Their 2020 sales were approximately $80 million, and this year we are expecting double-digit growth. With CIS Global, we can now provide our customers a greater breadth of solutions with an extended global reach. This is a highly scalable business and opens up a new $2 billion opportunity for us. The second topic is social responsibility. Slide 12 shows highlights from our recently published 2020 Social Responsibility Report. Our social responsibility efforts are centered on three areas, people, products, and planet. And for the first time, this report details our goals around these pillars. I'm very proud of the progress that we have made to date. Let me spend a moment on people. Last year, during the pandemic, our employee engagement scores improved across Invent, indicating we are listening and acting upon our employee feedback. Employee resource groups, or ERGs, are a key focus area at Invent and continue to expand. These ERGs are critical in connecting employees globally and helping to support our efforts on sustainability, recruitment, and inclusion and diversity. On that topic, I'm very proud that 60% of our board of directors are diverse, along with half of our executive team. Our focus on people and our culture are differentiators and are helping us to attract and retain talent. At InVent, our commitment to social responsibility and continuous improvement guides us towards a more sustainable future. I am proud of our accomplishments and the steps we've taken to strengthen this commitment. And I'm excited about the future we're creating and our role in social responsibility. Wrapping up on slide 13, we continue to see broad-based growth across verticals and geographies. As we look at our portfolio, we are excited by the tremendous growth opportunities around the electrification of everything. With our mission to connect and protect and the need for resiliency and electrical infrastructure, our solutions are critical and are in high demand. We are executing well on our strategy. New products are adding about a point of growth as we focus on higher performance solutions, labor efficiency, and global capabilities. Our digital efforts are improving the customer experience as well as making us more productive. Our M&A strategy is adding high-quality assets and strengthening our long-term growth profile. In summary, our future is bright. Our outlook for the year has improved, and we are executing at a high level, driving growth and strong results. With that, I will now turn the call over to the operator to start Q&A. At this time, if you would like to ask a question, please press star, then the number one on your telephone keypad. Again, that's star, then the number one to ask a question. Your first question comes from the line of Julian Mitchell.

Hi, good morning. Good morning. Morning. Just wanted to follow up on the second half guidance. So it looks like the fourth quarter may be a slightly lower sort of sales and earnings, perhaps sequentially than Q3, but not very different. Just wondered if you could talk through any major moving parts between third quarter and fourth quarter as you see it today, whether it's in terms of price versus cost or the temporary costs coming back. or on a segment level, you know, anything that you'd sort of highlight as moving around very differently between the third and fourth quarters?

Yeah, I mean, let me maybe start by framing it just in terms of the second half. So from a second half perspective, you know, we do expect, you know, to see those Q2, you know, strength and sales continue in the back half. You know, more from an earnings and from a cost perspective, we do expect... a couple different things you know to be impacting those margins one those temporary costs are feathering back in and so as we would have expected q3 is actually one of our most difficult just from a year-over-year ross perspective as well as incrementals and we would expect those temporary costs to continue to accelerate really into Q4, and that's where we expect to be at the most robust levels, those folding back in around T&E, around some of those discretionary costs and professional fees, et cetera. So that would be one thing I would point out. From an inflation price perspective, we did talk about this a little bit in our prepared remarks. We are expecting an uptick from an inflationary perspective, just shy of $40 million there in Q3, and we expect that to be just above that $40 million there in Q4. So we are seeing some compression from an overall Roth perspective. But from a sales perspective, I would say we continue to expect that strength in Q2 for us to see that in Q3 and Q4. We do have some seasonality that comes into play. Thermal, it tends to be our strongest overall. And then EFS tends to step down from a Q3 to Q4 perspective as well as enclosures. So some of that is going to be just a bit more seasonality.

Thanks very much. And then as you look sort of into early next year, as things stand today in terms of your pricing actions and where input and labor and logistics costs are sitting, is there a major sort of net headwind as you see it today in early next year? Or do you think a lot of these headwinds sort of balance out entering 2022?

Well, I would start by saying we've done a good job of managing that price-cost equation. You saw that in the first half. And even as we talked about that inflation essentially ticking up here in the back half across commodities, wages, and freight, You know, we are expecting that pricing to largely offset that. As we roll into next year, we would expect that inflation to essentially carry over in large part, you know, into Q1 and Q2 of a year ago. But to be sure, our teams are continuing to look at, you know, that price-cost equation, not just as we kind of end the year, but as we go into next year as well.

Great. Thank you.

Your next question is from Jeff Hammond.

Hey, good morning.

Good morning.

So maybe, Sarah, you could give us the temp costs that came back in 2Q and then what it steps up to in 3Q and 4Q.

Yeah, so we talked about those temporary costs being roughly $30 million. A lot of that, from a comparison perspective, you know, showed up in Q2 and Q3 of a year ago. Just, you know, that's where kind of the height of the impact of the pandemic, you know, was. And we began to see that really feather in as early as Q4 of a year ago with some of those furloughs and salary reductions being, you know, essentially halted, if you will. When you think about those temporary cost actions, roughly a third of it is related to T&E, a third of it is more discretionary, professional fees, et cetera, sort of investing in the growth and as those sales recovered, and a third of those are those furloughs and salary reductions. So when you think about it, we saw a little bit of that in the context of Q2, but most of the temporary costs in terms of feathering back in are really going to be in Q3 and accelerating into Q4.

Okay. Yeah, I guess I'm not terribly surprised by the cyclical recovery in enclosures and thermal. I know EFS was much more resilient last year. Maybe just speak to what's driving the strength there and maybe speak specifically to commercial vertical in terms of the momentum that you're seeing on a commercial construction recovery.

You're right in saying that EFS was our strongest performing segment in 2019. We've continued to see that strength. Remember, it's not just a portfolio based on commercial. The electrical solutions side of that business is really focused on infrastructure, power, utilities, etc. We've seen that be very strong, the infrastructure segment. But commercial, especially as we've started to see some of the restocking and distribution, and then we've just seen commercial projects. And that can be everything from warehouse and institutional and et cetera. And with our product availability, I wanted to make a comment on that. We've done a really good job making sure that for our core products that our lead times have been minimally impacted. So I think as we go forward, we expect to see that continued strength in commercial across our entire portfolio, but also that electrical infrastructure driving some of the other growth that we're seeing in EFS. One more point there. As we talked a lot about new products, I would say that we continue to do a good job innovating with new products in the EFS segment, which always allow us to drive contractor conversions.

On the supply chain friction and challenges, great job this quarter. Is there anything in particular that's getting particularly worse as you go into the second half or conversely starting to get better?

I wouldn't say there's anything that's getting particularly worse. I think we've done a really good job, and we started in Q4 last year just looking at, you know, how we were positioned with inventory. And I'd say over the last several years, you know, we've done a lot of work to regionalize our supply chains and our capacity. so i think we've done very well in terms of just ensuring that we've got raws available you know as we go forward i think um you know we're going to see continued challenges with labor but you know we've been managed managing that with a temporary workforce and overtime and i i think it's really much of the same but i i believe that we're managing that very well and again i just speak to how we've managed standard product lead times that have been you know, minimally impacted and our ability to service that demand. So I think, you know, it's much the same that we're going to see as we go in the back half of the year.

Okay. Thanks so much.

Thank you. Thank you. Your next question comes from the line of Joe Ritchie.

Thanks. Good morning, everyone.

Good morning. Good morning.

Hey, Beth, maybe just starting off on that point around product availability, that's something that came up a few times in your prepared remarks. And, you know, I remember when EFS struggled a few years ago with ensuring that you guys had enough product to meet demand. I guess can you just maybe talk a little bit about some of the steps that you're making and you're taking there, and then also, like, whether you think it's leading to market share gains at this point?

Yeah, I mean, here's what we've done. You know, one, it starts with just ensuring that you've got resiliency in your supply chain. And so for us, it was looking at how do we regionalize supply chains? How do we invest in capacity in our factories with equipment, with digital? How do we make sure we've got a good trained, skilled labor force? And we've done all of those things with this view of, as we're planning our supply chain for our core products, We want to meet these standard lead times and ensuring we've built a supply chain to do that. And I would say that's one of the key things that we've done in EFS, but it's also something that we've done in closures. And we've talked to you before about our digital efforts and looking at products with Kauffman On Demand and how we configure products from standard products. So we've been driving and managing demand that way. And I think that's paid off for us in the strength of the orders that we're seeing. And we do know as we talk to our channel partners and our big strategic distributors that they have said that relative to other suppliers, we really have done a good job in, you know, being within a day or so of meeting lead times where others have been impacted by weeks, if not been on allocation. So I absolutely think it is a driver for us in terms of our overall orders and, you know, enhanced sales growth and converting customers.

That's great to hear. And I guess maybe just my follow-on, you know, obviously you guys closed on those two acquisitions recently. We had a large acquisition announced across our coverage yesterday. And I'm just curious, as you're kind of thinking about, you know, M&A going forward, maybe just tell us a little bit about the pipeline right now. Are there some sizable things in the pipeline that you're looking at? Just any color around that would be helpful.

Yeah, you know, our M&A pipeline has been very robust, and, you know, we always characterize it that, you know, we're just over a $2 billion company in a $60 billion space, which is largely fragmented. And so we see that there are plenty of opportunities, and the two deals that we did this year I think are, you know, characterize that. And I would say this, you know, Sarah made a comment about how well Elvin and WBT have performed for us. And one of the things that I'm very proud of is our integration process. You know, we've developed a really robust playbook that allows us to not just focus on operational synergies, but really the growth component, because that's really the strategy behind why we're doing these deals to help us grow globally or to help us grow in a high growth vertical. And because of that integration success, you know, I think you know, we will look at larger size deals if they make sense for us and are strategic because we have the confidence in our ability to execute. So I would say that our portfolio does have some larger deals as well as, you know, in the size that we've also done recently.

Okay, great. Thank you.

Your next question comes from the line of Dean Dre.

Thank you. Good morning, everyone.

Good morning. Good morning.

Hey, maybe we can start with thermal. Just very encouraging to see the upside coming through there. And as you look across the businesses in thermal, is this a turning point? Because, you know, we've been waiting for this industrial MRO to start to kick in. That looks like it's coming through. Any comments on the energy side as well? Thanks.

Yeah, absolutely. I think it's a turning point for us. And we started the year with really good growth in, well, I'm going to say really great growth in commercial and residential. And that has continued. And then we started to see industrial MRO recover, which is the point that we made. So I believe that is a turning point for us. And, you know, we started to see margins expand as well. And that's a portion of that mix, you know, as we see industrial MRO come back because it's very strong from a margin standpoint. And I think, you know, just the other areas of our strategy that we've been working on with new products, with digital, all of those things are contributing. And so we have confidence as we go forward that that portfolio has turned the corner there and on a good path with growth and margin expansion.

That's really good to hear. And any comments on how July played out? You know, either in total or within comments on specific businesses?

Yeah, maybe I'll take that, Dean, and just talk a little bit about orders. I mean, it starts with just a great order growth, even in the context of Q2, up 38%, with enclosures really with standout performance, showing that strength in industrial. I'll also just get colored in a little bit by geography. From a geographic standpoint, we really saw broad-based growth across each one of the regions. Enclosure showed particular strength in Q2 in the context of North America. You know, we talked about with electrical and fastening showing particular strength in Europe. And thermal management, again, growth all around, but showing particular strength in APAC. So I would say broad-based growth across the segments as well as across the geographies. In July specifically, we continue to see double-digit order growth, you know, really giving us the confidence in our Q3 overall sales trend and really strength across, you know, each one of the segments with, again, that particular strength and enclosures continuing with the industrial side.

That's good to hear. Just last one, if I could. And can you expand on the labor situation? We had a company report this morning who said their issue is not on actual materials or components, but it's labor. And you said that you had, I'm not surprised about overtime, but the use of temporary workers. Just what's the labor situation? How does this play out over the next couple of quarters?

Yeah, labor has been a challenge without a doubt. Now, there's several things that we've done in terms of just looking at hourly increases, looking at some bonuses where that made sense, as well as looking at how we drive better programs for onboarding our hourly workforce or showing the career path for temporary workers to become a permanent employee, etc., So we've done a lot at looking at both availability, retention, and so, you know, as a result of those actions, we've seen some better progress in terms of attracting and retaining some of our talent. But I do think... This is a challenge that every company is facing. And so we've got several key programs we're working. I think we're managing right now in terms of our workforce, ensuring that we're keeping them safe, number one, and then really flexing our workforce in overtime to ensure that we're responding to the high level of demand.

That's great, Caller. Thank you.

Thank you. Again, if you would like to ask a question, please press star, then the number one on your telephone keypad, that's star one. Your next question comes from Nigel Cole.

Federico Merendi for Nigel. My first question is on the price and how does the 6% price compare to prior inflationary cycles? And do you see any pocket of lagging price? And where do you have a stronger pricing power? And for the second half, you mentioned that there will still be inflation. Where do you assume pricing to be in the second half?

Let me start first by saying we always target around a point of price every year, just kind of our focus. And in highly inflationary periods, and we had one not too long ago, we'll see that even greater than two points of price. So this is really, as we discussed even in the quarter, the price realization that we've had. I think it's just indicative of such a highly inflationary environment. And I'll let Sarah add some more color on just kind of how we think about inflation as we go forward. yeah um so a couple things there i mean one in i think the question was around just you know how does it compare in terms of prior inflationary environments i think i i do believe we're seeing unprecedented inflation as we sit here today so we have been in an you know inflationary environment where we've executed multiple price increases and and been above that you know one to two you know points of price increase that we would target per year just depending on where inflation sits But I think we're at unprecedented levels. Now, with that being said, I also think the team has done a tremendous job across all three of our segments, really managing that price-cost equation and executing on multiple price increases. And so as we look for the full year and really with an eye towards that inflationary pressure increasing here in the back half, We do expect, you know, full-year price to add roughly over five points for the full year. And I think that's largely indicative, too, of just the overall, you know, strength of our portfolio, the value proposition, and much of our products do go through channel as well. That also helps.

Thank you. And if I can ask a second one, I would ask... about the M&A and how do you see M&A contribution in the second half of the year from CIS and Vinicare?

Yeah. So earlier in our Q1 call, we had talked about Binqia adding roughly a point to sales and seeing that contributing more to EPS really in the context of next year. CIS Global, our more recent acquisition, we believe that to add roughly four points to our back half sales growth and seeing that adding roughly two to three cents of EPS. That was incorporated in our updated overall EPS guidance, which we raised $0.16 really at the midpoint.

Thank you very much.

all right and with that i want to thank you for joining us today we are emerging stronger and continue to execute on our strategy to make invent a top tier high performance electrical company we hope you remain safe and look forward to speaking to you again this concludes the call thank you thank you this concludes today's conference call you may now disconnect