40-F

United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM

40-F

☐	REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

☒	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(a) or 15(d) of THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023		Commission File Number 001-11444

Magna International Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Not Applicable

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English (if applicable)

Province of Ontario, Canada

(Province of other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

3714

(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code number (if applicable)

Not Applicable

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number (if applicable)

337 Magna Drive, Aurora,

Ontario

, Canada L4G 7K1

(905) 726-2462

(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

Corporation Service Company, 19 West 44th Street, Suite 200, New York,

10036

Telephone

212-299-5600

(Name, address (including zip code) and telephone number (including area code)

of agent for service in the United States)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.


Title of each class		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares		New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act. None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act. None

For annual reports, indicate by check mark the information filed with this Form:


☒ Annual Information Form		☒ Audited Annual Financial Statements

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.

286,554,574

Common Shares

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Y

☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation

S-T

(§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes

☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule

12b-2

of the Exchange Act.

Emerging Growth C

ompan

☐

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

†	The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒

securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial stateme

☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of the incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to

§240.10D-1(b). ☐


Auditor Name: Deloitte LLP		Auditor Location: Toronto, Canada		Auditor Firm ID: 1208

1.	ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM

The Registrant’s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2023 is attached as Exhibit 1 (the “Annual Information Form”) to this annual report on Form 40-F and is incorporated by reference herein.

2.	AUDITED ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Registrant’s consolidated audited financial statements as at and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, including the reports of independent registered public accounting firm, prepared by Deloitte LLP (“Deloitte”) with respect thereto, are included in Exhibit 2 attached to this annual report on Form 40-F and are incorporated by reference herein.

3.	MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

The Registrant’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Operations and Financial Position for the year ended December 31, 2023 is included in Exhibit 3 attached to this annual report on Form 40-F and is incorporated by reference herein.

4.	WEBSITE INFORMATION

Notwithstanding any reference to the Registrant’s website on the World Wide Web in the Annual Information Form or in the documents attached or incorporated as exhibits hereto, the information contained in the Registrant’s website, or any other site on the World Wide Web referred to in the Registrant’s website, is not a part of this annual report on Form 40-F and, therefore, is not filed with the Commission.

5.	FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The Registrant has made in the documents filed as part of this annual report on Form 40-F, and from time to time may otherwise make “forward-looking statements”, within the meaning of Section 21E under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, and related assumptions concerning its operations, economic performance and financial matters. Actual results or events could differ materially from those set forth in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements and the related assumptions due to a variety of factors. Reference is made to the section titled “Forward-Looking Statements” on page 2 of the Annual Information Form for a discussion of such factors.

6.	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer and its Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer are responsible for establishing and maintaining the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) and internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act).

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The disclosure provided under the heading Controls and Procedures – Disclosure Controls and Procedures included in Exhibit 3: Management’s Discussion and Analysis is incorporated by reference herein.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The disclosure provided under the heading Controls and Procedures – Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting included in Exhibit 3: Management’s Discussion and Analysis is incorporated by reference herein.

Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting

The disclosure provided under the heading Controls and Procedures – Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting included in Exhibit 3: Management’s Discussion and Analysis is incorporated by reference herein.

7.	AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

The Registrant has a separately designated standing audit committee of its Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”), which is currently comprised of the following members of the Registrant’s Board of Directors: Peter G. Bowie (Chair), Jan R. Hauser, Jay K. Kunkel and Mary Lou Maher.

The Registrant’s Board of Directors has determined that each of Mr. Bowie, Ms. Hauser, Mr. Kunkel and Ms. Maher, is an “audit committee financial expert” and that each member of the Audit Committee is “independent” and “financially literate”, as such terms are defined in the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange and Exchange Act Rule 10A-3.

8.	CODE OF ETHICS

The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to all of its employees, including its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer, its Controller and other persons performing similar functions. The full text of such code of ethics is available on the Registrant’s website at www.magna.com under the Leadership & Governance section.

9.	CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

As a “foreign private issuer” listed on The New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), the Registrant is required to disclose the significant ways in which its corporate governance practices differ from those to be followed by U.S. domestic issuers under the NYSE listing standards. There is only one significant difference between the Registrant’s corporate governance practices and those required of U.S. domestic companies under NYSE listing standards. NYSE listing standards require shareholder approval of all “equity compensation plans” and material revisions to these types of plans (with limited exceptions). The rules of the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) require shareholder approval of “security-based compensation arrangements,” which are plans that involve newly issued shares, or specified amendments to such plans. The Registrant follows the TSX rules and has previously obtained shareholder approval for the following security-based compensation arrangements:

•

Treasury PSU Plan approved by shareholders on May 3, 2022; and

•

Amended and Restated 2009 Stock Option Plan approved by shareholders on May 6, 2010.

The Registrant also has two equity compensation arrangements which involve the purchase of its common shares in the secondary trading market at market prices:

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Performance Stock Unit Plan approved by the Registrant’s Board of Directors on August 7, 2018; and

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Restricted Stock Unit arrangements.

The rules of the TSX do not require shareholder approval for these equity compensation arrangements and accordingly the Registrant has not sought shareholder approval of either.

10.	PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The table below shows the fees for professional services rendered by our principal accountant, Deloitte, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.


	Fiscal 2023				Fiscal 2022
Type of Services	Fees		% of Total		Fees		% of Total
Audit Fees		10,199,000		52%		9,773,000		57%
Audit-Related Fees		8,198,000		42%		6,589,000		39%
Tax Fees		1,069,000		6%		685,000		4%
All Other Fees		7,000		<1%		48,000		<1%

Total		19,473,000		100.00%		17,095,000		100.00%

The services comprising the “Audit Fees” category for each of the last two fiscal years were performed by Deloitte to comply with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), including integrated audit of the consolidated financial statements and quarterly reviews. In some cases, fees in this category may include an appropriate allocation of fees for tax services or accounting consultations, to the extent such services were necessary to comply with the standards of the PCAOB. This category includes fees incurred in connection with the audit of our internal control over financial reporting for purposes of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

The services comprising the “Audit-Related Fees” category consists of fees paid in respect of assurance and related services, including such things as due diligence relating to mergers and acquisitions, accounting consultations and audits in connection with acquisitions, services related to statutory audits of certain foreign subsidiaries, attest services that are not required by statute or regulation and consultation concerning financial accounting and reporting standards. Audit-related services actually provided by Deloitte in each of fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022 consisted of: services related to statutory audits of certain foreign subsidiaries, assurance services and procedures related to attest engagements not required by statute or regulation, due diligence relating to mergers and acquisitions and other assurance services.

The services comprising the “Tax Fees” category consists of all fees paid in respect of tax compliance, planning and advisory services performed by Deloitte’s tax professionals, except those services required in order to comply with the standards of the PCAOB which are included under “Audit Services”. The tax services actually provided by Deloitte in each of fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022 consisted of: domestic and international tax advisory, compliance and research services, as well as transfer pricing advisory services.

The category “All Other Fees” captures fees in respect of all permitted services not falling under any of the previous categories.

In order to protect Deloitte’s independence, the Audit Committee has a process for pre-approving all services provided by, and related fees to be paid to, Deloitte. This process includes reviewing, on a quarterly basis, the details and associated costs of the services expected to be provided by Deloitte. Audit Committee approval is required for any services that have not previously been approved by the Audit Committee. In assessing the impact of any proposed services on auditor independence, the Audit Committee considers whether:

•

the services are consistent with applicable auditor independence rules;

•

the independent auditor is best positioned to provide the most effective and efficient service, for reasons such as its familiarity with the Registrant’s business, people, culture, accounting systems and risk profile; and

•

the services enhance the Registrant’s ability to manage or control risks and improve audit quality.

None of the services provided by Deloitte in 2023 were treated as exempt from pre-approval pursuant to the de minimis provision of paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

11.	TABULAR DISCLOSURE OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

The tabular disclosure regarding the Registrant’s known contractual obligations provided under the heading Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources – Contractual Obligations included in Exhibit 3: Management’s Discussion and Analysis is incorporated by reference herein.

12.	RECOVERY OF ERRONEOUSLY AWARDED COMPENSATION

The Registrant has adopted a policy on recovery of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation, which is consistent with the NYSE Listing Standards implementing Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

UNDERTAKING AND CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS

A.	Undertaking

Registrant undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives to respond to inquiries made by the Commission staff, and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the Commission staff, information relating to: the securities registered pursuant to Form 40-F; the securities in relation to which the obligation to file an annual report on Form 40-F arises; or transactions in said securities.

B.	Consent to Service of Process

A Form F-X signed by the Registrant and its agent for service of process was previously filed with the Commission.


Registrant:		MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.

By (Signature and Title):		/s/ “Bassem Shakeel”
		Bassem A. Shakeel,
		Vice-President, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Date:		March 28, 2024.


Exhibit 1		Annual Information Form of the Registrant dated March 27, 2024.

Exhibit 2		Registrant’s audited financial statements as at and for the two-year period ended December 31, 2023.

Exhibit 3		Registrant’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Position for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Exhibit 4		Consent of Deloitte LLP.

Exhibit 97		Registrant’s Policy on Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Incentive-Based Compensation

Exhibit 99.1		Certificate of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (S. Kotagiri).

Exhibit 99.2		Certificate of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (P. McCann).

Exhibit 99.3		Certificate of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (S. Kotagiri).

Exhibit 99.4		Certificate of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (P. McCann).

Exhibit 101		Interactive Data File.

Exhibit 104		Cover Page Interactive Data File – the cover page interactive data file does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.