Overview, Basis of Presentation and Recently Issued Authoritative Accounting Guidance (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements are unaudited, and certain related information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been omitted in accordance with Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. They were prepared following the same policies and procedures used in the preparation of our annual financial statements except as disclosed below and reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair statement of results for the periods presented. The Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2019 was derived from the audited financial statements included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for the fiscal year. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019 included within our annual report on Form 10-K.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amount of assets and liabilities and the disclosures regarding contingent assets and liabilities at period end and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. The recent outbreak of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, which has been declared by the World Health Organization to be a "pandemic," has caused us to evaluate our accounting estimates that require the consideration of forecasted financial information, including, but not limited to, our allowance for credit losses and the carrying value of our goodwill, intangible assets, and other long-lived assets.

In the second quarter of 2020 we moved the oil and gas component of our Garlock Pipeline Technologies ("GPT") business from the Sealing Products segment to the Engineered Products segment. This move allowed us to group our two oil and gas businesses, GPT and Compressor Products International, together so that they can be managed as one business unit. This change is reflected in all periods presented in Note 13, "Business Segment Information ". The change also involved the transfer of $5.8 million of goodwill from the Sealing Products Segment to the Engineered Products segment which is reflected in all periods presented in Note 8, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets". As a result of the move of the oil and gas component of the GPT business, an interim goodwill impairment test was performed in the second quarter of 2020 for all reporting units and we determined that the carrying amount of our goodwill was not impaired either before or after the move.

This interim goodwill impairment assessment, performed in the second quarter, was conducted in the context of information that was reasonably available to us, as well as our consideration of the future potential impacts of COVID-19 on our business. The fair value of our Technetics Group reporting unit within the Sealing Products segment, which was allocated $243.7 million of goodwill as of June 30, 2020, exceeded its carrying value by an estimated 5% as of the interim testing date. The fair values of all of our other reporting units exceeded their carrying values by at least 20%. However, because of uncertainties at this time with respect to the severity and duration of the COVID-19 outbreak, the duration and terms of related governmental orders restricting activities, and the timing and pace of any economic recovery as COVID-19 impacts ultimately abate, we cannot predict with specificity the extent and duration of any future impact on our business and financial results from COVID-19. In addition, although most of our operations have been treated as “essential” operations under applicable government orders restricting business activities that have been issued to date, and accordingly have been permitted to continue to operate, it is possible that they may not continue to be so treated under future government orders, or, even if so treated, site-specific health and safety concerns might otherwise require certain of our operations to be halted for some period of time. Accordingly, if the impact is more severe or longer in duration than we have projected, such impact could potentially result in impairments of assets in future periods. We will conduct our next annual goodwill impairment assessment as of October 1, 2020.

All intercompany accounts and transactions between our consolidated operations have been eliminated.

Our acquisition of all of the equity securities of LeanTeq Co, Ltd. and its affiliate LeanTeq LLC (collectively "LeanTeq") in 2019 resulted in rollover equity from two of the LeanTeq sellers (the “Sellers”) who were executives of the acquired entity. This rollover equity gives the Sellers approximately a 10% ownership share (the "Rollover Equity") of Lunar Investment LLC, our subsidiary that purchased LeanTeq. We have the right to buy, and the non-controlling interest holders have the right to sell, the Rollover Equity within 90 days following the third anniversary of the closing of the acquisition of LeanTeq. We have accounted for this transaction as a redeemable non-controlling interest which is recorded in the mezzanine section on our accompanying consolidated balance sheets, located between liabilities and equity. Earnings associated with the redeemable non-controlling interest are reflected as income attributable to redeemable non-controlling interest, net of tax in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Recently Issued Authoritative Accounting Guidance

In January 2020, we adopted a new accounting standard that changes how we measure credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments that are not measured at fair value through net income, including trade receivables. The standard requires us to estimate our lifetime “expected credit loss” for such assets at inception, and record an allowance that, when deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial asset, presents the net amount expected to be collected on the financial asset.

We applied a current expected credit loss model ("CECL") to our trade receivables. Given the nature of our trade receivables, a complex system to develop forward-looking models was not deemed necessary. Since our receivables are short-term, reasonable and supportable forecasted information was not readily available and our application of CECL relied on historical information and existing economic conditions. We will continue to monitor the collectability of our receivables as well as apply any supportable forecast information as it becomes available to make adjustments to our estimated reserve.

We applied our CECL model to our trade receivables at January 1, 2020 using a modified retrospective transition approach. Upon adoption, we recorded a $0.1 million increase to our allowance for credit losses with a corresponding decrease to retained earnings.

Changes in our allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 were as follows:



(in millions)
Balance at December 31, 2019	$	3.7
Adoption of new accounting standard	0.1
Charge to expense	1.2
Write-off of receivables	(1.0)
Other	(0.2)
Balance at September 30, 2020	$	3.8

Additionally, in January 2020, we adopted a standard to simplify annual and interim goodwill impairment testing. Under the standard, we will perform our annual or interim goodwill impairment tests by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount and recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value; however, the loss recognized should not exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. We still have the option to perform the qualitative assessment for a reporting unit to determine if the quantitative impairment test is necessary. Upon adoption, there was no impairment of goodwill recorded and this standard is applied following adoption on a prospective basis for all annual and interim goodwill impairment assessments.

Recently Issued Authoritative Accounting Guidance

In December 2019, a standard was issued that will simplify the accounting for income taxes in nine unrelated areas. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020 with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the new guidance and do not expect its impact to be material to our consolidated financial statements.