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Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Adient is a global leader in the automotive seating supplier industry and maintains relationships with the largest global automotive original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs. Adient's proprietary technologies extend into virtually every area of automotive seating solutions, including complete seating systems, frames, mechanisms, foam, head restraints, armrests and trim covers. Adient is an independent seat supplier with global scale and the capability to design, develop, engineer, manufacture, and deliver complete seat systems and components in every major automotive producing region in the world.

Basis of Presentation
The unaudited consolidated financial statements of Adient have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP"). These interim consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) that management believes are necessary for a fair statement of the results of operations, financial position and cash flows of Adient for the interim periods presented. Certain figures for comparative periods were regrouped to conform to current period presentation.

Principles of Consolidation
Adient consolidates its wholly-owned subsidiaries and those entities in which it has a controlling interest. Investments in partially-owned affiliates are accounted for by the equity method when Adient does not have a controlling interest but is assessed to have significant influence on their operations.
Consolidated VIEs
Based upon the criteria set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 810, "Consolidation," Adient has determined that it was the primary beneficiary in two variable interest entities ("VIEs") for the reporting periods ended June 30, 2026, and September 30, 2025, as Adient absorbs significant economics of the entities and has the power to direct the activities that are considered most significant to the entities.
The two VIEs manufacture seating products in North America for the automotive industry. Adient funds the entities' short-term liquidity needs through revolving credit facilities and has the power to direct the activities that are considered most significant to the entities through its key customer supply relationships.
The carrying amounts and classification of assets (none of which are restricted) and liabilities included in Adient's consolidated statements of financial position for the consolidated VIEs are as follows:

(in millions)June 30, 2026September 30, 2025
Current assets$348 $304 
Noncurrent assets92 94 
Total assets$440 $398 
Current liabilities$267 $257 
Noncurrent liabilities10 10 
Total liabilities$277 $267 
Earnings Per Share
The following table shows the computations of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share:
Three Months Ended
June 30,
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
(in millions, except per share data)2026202520262025
Income available to shareholders
Net income (loss) attributable to Adient$25 $36 $30 $(299)
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic weighted average shares outstanding78.1 83.5 78.4 83.9 
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options, unvested restricted stock and unvested performance share awards1.1 0.2 0.9 — 
Diluted weight average shares outstanding79.2 83.7 79.3 83.9 
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic$0.32 $0.43 $0.38 $(3.56)
Diluted$0.32 $0.43 $0.38 $(3.56)
The effect of common stock equivalents which would have been anti-dilutive was excluded, and immaterial, from the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2026 and for the three months ended June 30, 2025. Potentially dilutive securities whose effect would have been anti-dilutive are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share for the nine months ended June 30, 2025 as a result of being in a loss position.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Standards to be Adopted During Fiscal 2026

Adient adopted Accounting Standards Codification ("ASU") 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures in fiscal 2026, which requires additional annual disclosures about the reporting entity's reconciliation of the effective tax rate to the statutory rate for federal, state, and foreign income taxes. The ASU also requires further disaggregation of income tax amounts paid by federal, state and foreign, as well as by material jurisdiction.

Standards Effective After Fiscal 2026

Adient has considered the new standards that are summarized below, each to be effective after fiscal 2026 and each of which is not expected to significantly impact the consolidated financial statements:

Standard to be AdoptedDescriptionDate Effective
ASU 2025-05 Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts
Receivable and Contract Assets (Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326))
The ASU provides a practical expedient and an accounting policy election under which conditions at the period-end date can be assumed to remain unchanged for an asset’s remaining life when estimating credit losses on current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from transactions under ASC 606 Revenue from contracts with customers. The update is expected to simplify the credit loss assessment when applying Topic 326.October 1, 2026
ASU 2024-03 Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive
Income - Expense: Disaggregation Disclosures
(Subtopic 220-40)
The ASU requires disclosures of specified information about certain costs and expenses in the notes to financial statements at each interim and annual reporting period, including: the amounts of purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, intangible asset amortization, and a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively. It also requires disclosures of the total amount of selling expenses and, in annual reporting periods, an entity’s definition of selling expenses.October 1, 2027
ASU 2025-06 Intangibles - Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use SoftwareThe ASU amends the timing for capitalizing eligible internal use software costs. Under the new guidance, an entity is required to start capitalizing software costs when both of the following occur: 1) Management has authorized and committed to funding the software project; and 2) it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used to perform the function intended (referred to as the “probable-to-complete recognition threshold”). The ASU does not change the types of costs eligible for capitalization or the associated amortization and impairment guidance.October 1, 2028
ASU 2026-02 Environmental Credits and Environmental Credit Obligations (Topic 818)The ASU establishes a new Topic 818, which sets out guidance over environmental credits and environmental credit obligations. Under the ASU, an environmental credit (EC) is recognized as an asset if it is probable that it will be used to settle an environmental credit obligation (ECO), be transferred in an exchange transaction or used in a nonreciprocal transfer. An ECO liability is recognized as incurred through earnings or as part of the carrying value of another asset (e.g., inventory). EC assets and ECO liabilities are to be presented on a gross basis on the balance sheet. October 1, 2028
ASU 2025-10 Government Grants (Topic 832): Accounting for Government Grants Received by Business EntitiesThe ASU provides guidance over recognition, measurement and presentation of government grants received by public business entities. Under the ASU, a government grant is recognized when: 1) it is probable all conditions attached to the grant will be complied and the grant will be received; and 2) specific recognition guidance for the grant related to an asset or income is met. The benefit of the grant is in general recognized in earnings in a systematic and rational manner over the period in which the relevant expenses are recognized. October 1, 2029