Headquartered in Braintree, Massachusetts, Altra Industrial Motion Corp. (the “Company”) is a leading global designer, producer and marketer of a wide range of electro-mechanical power transmission motion control (“PTMC”) products. The Company brings together strong brands with production facilities in seventeen countries. Altra’s leading brands include Ameridrives Couplings, Bauer Gear Motor, Bibby Turboflex, Boston Gear, Delroyd Worm Gear, Formsprag Clutch, Guardian Couplings, Huco, Industrial Clutch, Inertia Dynamics, Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Kilian Manufacturing, Kollmorgen, Lamiflex Couplings, Marland Clutch, Matrix, Nuttall Gear, Stieber Clutch, Stromag, Svendborg Brakes, Portescap, TB Wood’s, Thomson, Twiflex, Warner Electric, Warner Linear, and Wichita Clutch.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Basic earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding and diluted earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding and all potentially dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding. Common stock equivalent shares are included in the per share calculations when the effect of their inclusion is dilutive.

	Years Ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Shares used in net income per common share - basic		37,868		28,949		25,719
Dilutive effect of the equity premium on Convertible Notes at the average price of common stock		—		—		132
Incremental shares of unvested restricted common stock		512		115		21
Shares used in net income per common share - diluted		38,380		29,064		25,872

Fair value is determined based upon the exit price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants, as determined by either the principal market or the most advantageous market. Inputs used in the valuation techniques to derive fair values are classified based on a three-level hierarchy, as follows:

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with a remaining maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents and are classified as Level 1.

The Company determines the fair value of financial instruments using quoted market prices whenever available. When quoted market prices are not available for various types of financial instruments (such as forwards, options and swaps), the Company uses standard models with market-based inputs, which take into account the present value of estimated future cash flows and the ability of the Company or the financial counterparty to perform. For interest rate and cross currency swaps, the significant inputs to these models are interest rate curves for discounting future cash flows and are adjusted for credit risk. For forward foreign currency contracts, the significant inputs are interest rate curves for discounting future cash flows and exchange rate curves of the foreign currency for translating future cash flows. See additional discussion of the Company’s use of financial instruments including cross-currency swaps and interest rate swaps included in Note 14.

The carrying values of financial instruments, including accounts receivable, cash equivalents, accounts payable, and other accrued liabilities are carried at cost, which approximates fair value. Debt under the Altra Credit Agreement of $1,320.0 million approximates the fair value due to the variable rate and the fact that the agreement was negotiated in October 2018 there have been no significant changes in our credit rating or pricing of similar debt. The carrying amount of the notes was $400 million and the estimated fair value of the Notes was $397.0 million, respectively, at December 31, 2018.

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the company recorded an impairment of $0.9 million with respect to its former facility in Changzhou, China. The Company estimated the fair value of the buildings based on appraisals and sales prices of like properties (level 2).

During the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company recognized an impairment of the TB Woods trademark, part of the Power Transmission Technologies segment, totaling $6.6 million. The fair value of the trademark was measured using an income approach (Level 3 inputs) that required management to estimate future cash flows underlying the trademark and discounting those projections to arrive at the present value of those projected cash flows. The significant inputs include projected cash flows, an assumed royalty rate and the discount rate.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Assets and liabilities of subsidiaries operating outside of the United States with a functional currency other than the U.S. Dollar are translated into U.S. Dollars using exchange rates at the end of the respective period. Revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates effective during the respective period.

Foreign currency translation adjustments are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Net foreign currency transaction gains and losses are included in the results of operations in the period incurred and included in other non-operating expense (income), net in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

An allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded for estimated collection losses that will be incurred in the collection of receivables. Estimated losses are based on historical collection experience, as well as a review by management of the status of all receivables. Collection losses have been within the Company’s expectations.

Inventories are generally stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value using the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method.

The carrying value of inventories acquired by the Company in its acquisitions reflects fair value at the date of acquisition as determined by the Company based on the replacement cost of raw materials, the sales price of the finished goods less an appropriate amount representing the expected profitability from selling efforts, and for work-in-process the sales price of the finished goods less an appropriate amount representing the expected profitability from selling efforts and costs to complete.

The Company periodically reviews its quantities of inventories on hand and compares these amounts to the expected usage of each particular product or product line. The Company records a charge to cost of sales for any amounts required to reduce the carrying value of inventories to its estimated net realizable value.

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation.

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment, including capital leases is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the asset, as follows:

Intangible assets represent product technology, patents, tradenames, trademarks, customer relationships, and in-process research and development (“IPR&D”). Product technology, patents and customer relationships are amortized on a straight-line basis over 7 to 29 years, which approximates the period of economic benefit. The tradenames, trademarks, and IPR&D are considered indefinite-lived assets and are not being amortized. Amortization of the IPR&D asset will commence when the asset is placed into service. Intangibles are stated at fair value on the date of acquisition. Intangibles are stated net of accumulated amortization.

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price paid by the Company over the fair value of the net assets acquired in each of the Company’s acquisitions.

The Company conducts an annual impairment review of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets in December of each year, unless events occur which trigger the need for an interim impairment review.

In connection with the Company’s annual impairment review, goodwill is assessed for impairment by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit to the carrying value. The Company estimates future cash flows based upon historical results and current market projections, discounted at a market comparable rate. An impairment loss would be recognized to the extent that a reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeded its deemed fair value. The Company did not identify any impairment of goodwill during the periods presented.

For our indefinite-lived intangible assets, mainly trademarks, we estimated the fair value first by estimating the total revenue attributable to the trademarks. Second, we estimated an appropriate royalty rate using the return on assets method by estimating the required financial return on our assets, excluding trademarks, less the overall return generated by our total asset base. The return as a percentage of revenue provides an indication of our royalty rate (between 1.0% and 2.0%). We compared the estimated fair value of our trademarks with the carrying value of the trademarks. For 2018 and 2017 there were no impairments related to any of our trademarks or other intangibles.

Preparation of forecasts of revenue and profitability growth for use in the long-range plan and the discount rate require significant use of judgment. Changes to the discount rate and the forecasted cash flows could affect the estimated fair value of one or more of the Company’s reporting units and intangible assets and could result in an impairment charge in a future period.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Other Than Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

Long-lived assets, including definite-lived intangible assets are reviewed for impairment when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a long lived asset may not be recovered. Long-lived assets are considered to be impaired if the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset over its remaining useful life. If an asset is considered to be impaired, the impairment is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its fair value, and is charged to results of operations at that time.

Determining fair values based on discounted cash flows requires management to make significant estimates and assumptions, including forecasting of revenue and profitability growth for use in the long-range plan and estimating appropriate discount rates. Changes to the discount rate and the forecasted profitability could affect the estimated fair value of one or more of the Company’s indefinite-lived intangible assets and could result in an impairment charge in a future period.

The Company recognizes revenue under the core principle of depicting the transfer of control to the Company’s customers in an amount reflecting the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled. In order to achieve that core principle, the Company applies the following five step approach: (1) identify the contract with a customer, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (5) recognize revenue when a performance obligation is satisfied.

Our sales revenue for product sales is recognized based on a point in time model, at the point control transfers to our customers, which is generally when products are shipped from our manufacturing facilities or when delivered to the customer’s named location. Certain large distribution customers receive annual volume discounts, which are estimated at the time the sale is recorded based on the estimated annual sales, subject to a constraint. When the Company performs shipping and handling activities after the transfer of control to the customer (e.g., when control transfers prior to delivery), they are considered as fulfillment activities and, accordingly, the costs are accrued for when the related revenue is recognized. Taxes collected from customers relating to product sales and remitted to governmental authorities are excluded from revenues. See Note 2 (Revenue Recognition) to the consolidated financial statements for further disclosures and detail regarding revenue.

Prior to the adoption of ASC 606, product revenues were recognized, net of sales tax collected, at the time title and risk of loss pass to the customer, which generally occurred upon shipment to the customer. Product return reserves are accrued at the time of sale based on the historical relationship between shipments and returns, and are recorded as a reduction of net sales.

Shipping and handling costs associated with sales are classified as a component of cost of sales. Amounts collected from our customers for shipping and handling are recognized as revenue.

Estimated expenses related to product warranties are accrued at the time products are sold to customers. Estimates are established using historical information as to the nature, frequency, and average costs of warranty claims.

Certain exposures are self-insured up to pre-determined amounts, above which third-party insurance applies, including exposures for medical claims, workers’ compensation, vehicle insurance, product liability costs and general liability exposure. The accompanying balance sheets include reserves for the estimated costs associated with these self-insured risks, based on historic experience factors and management’s estimates for known and anticipated claims. A portion of medical insurance costs are offset by charging employees a premium equivalent to group insurance rates. The costs of retained loss for the self-insurance programs, at each balance sheet date, have not been material in any period.

Advertising costs are charged to selling, general and administrative expenses as incurred and amounted to approximately $4.3 million, $3.4 million and $2.8 million, for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

The Company records income taxes using the asset and liability method. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective income tax bases, and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. The Company evaluates the realizability of its net deferred tax assets and assesses the need for a valuation allowance on a quarterly basis. The future benefit to be derived from its deferred tax assets is dependent upon the Company’s ability to generate sufficient future taxable income to realize the assets. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce its net deferred tax assets to the amount that may be more likely than not to be realized.

To the extent the Company establishes a valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets generated from operations, an expense will be recorded within the provision for income taxes. In periods subsequent to establishing a valuation allowance on net deferred assets from operations, if the Company were to determine that it would be able to realize its net deferred tax assets in excess of their net recorded amount, an adjustment to the valuation allowance would be recorded as a reduction to income tax expense in the period such determination was made.

We assess our income tax positions and record tax benefits for all years subject to examination, based upon our evaluation of the facts, circumstances and information available at the reporting date. For those tax positions for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will be sustained, we record the amount that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon settlement with the taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information. Interest and penalties are related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense in the consolidated statement of income and included in accruals and other long-term liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, where applicable. If we do not believe that it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will be sustained, no tax benefit is recognized.

The following is a reconciliation of changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss for the periods presented:

	Gains and Losses on Cash Flow Hedges			Defined Benefit Pension Plans			Cumulative Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Total
Accumulated other comprehensive loss by component, January 1, 2016	$	(140	)	$	(5,807	)	$	(57,885	)	$	(63,832	)
Net current-period other comprehensive income loss, net of tax		(506	)		139			(11,887	)		(12,254	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss by component, December 31, 2016		(646	)		(5,668	)		(69,772	)		(76,086	)
Net current-period other comprehensive income, net of tax		194			924			24,038			25,156
Reclassification adjustments		—			1,066			—			1,066
Accumulated other comprehensive loss by component, December 31, 2017		(452	)		(3,678	)		(45,734	)		(49,864	)
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		(12,490	)		(810	)		(12,720	)		(26,020	)
Reclassification adjustments		—			4,291			—			4,291
Accumulated other comprehensive loss by component, December 31, 2018	$	(12,942	)	$	(197	)	$	(58,454	)	$	(71,593	)

In August 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ASU 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) (“ASU 2017-12”): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities. This ASU provides new guidance about income statement classification and eliminates the requirement to separately measure and report hedge ineffectiveness. The entire change in fair value for qualifying hedge instruments included in the effectiveness will be recorded in other comprehensive income (OCI) and amounts deferred in OCI will be reclassified to earnings in the same income statement line item in which the earnings effect of the hedged item is reported. The guidance will be effective for interim and annual periods for the Company on January 1, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company early adopted this ASU on October 1, 2018. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-07, Compensation-Retirement Benefits (Topic 715) (“ASU 2017-07”): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost. This ASU changes the income statement presentation of defined benefit and post-retirement benefit plan expense by requiring separation between operating expense (service cost component of net periodic benefit expense) and non-operating expense (all other components of net periodic benefit expense, including interest cost, amortization of prior service cost, curtailments and settlements, etc.). The operating expense component is reported with similar compensation costs while the non-operating components are reported outside of operating income. The guidance was adopted on January 1, 2018 and resulted in retrospective reclassification of our financial statements to reflect the new classification. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASU 2016-02”), which will require, among other items, lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and lease liability for most leases. The standard also requires lessees and lessors to disclose the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. ASU 2016-02 is effective for periods beginning after January 1, 2019 (with early adoption permitted), and it also provides for certain practical expedients that we plan to elect. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842), Targeted Improvements, which provides an additional transition method that allows the initial application of the lease standard at the adoption date using a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. The Company will adopt this standard as of January 1, 2019 utilizing the new transition method. The Company expects to elect most of the available practical expedients, including the package of practical expedients, which permits entities not to reassess under the new standard their prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. We are finalizing our assessment of the impact of the standard and designing related internal control procedures. Based on our efforts to date, we expect to recognize a material lease right-of-use asset and obligation upon adoption. See Note 15 for additional information regarding our commitments under various lease obligations.

In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards update ASU 2017-04, Goodwill and Other (Topic 350) (“ASU 2017-04”): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. The amended guidance simplifies the accounting for goodwill impairment for all entities by eliminating the requirement to perform a hypothetical purchase price allocation. A goodwill impairment charge will now be recognized for the amount by which the carrying value of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2018 and the adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.

On January 1, 2018 The Company adopted ASU 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”) (“ASU 2014-09”) and all the related amendments using the modified retrospective approach. The comparative information has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in affect for those periods.

Our sales revenue for product sales is recognized based on a point in time model, at the point control transfers to our customers, which is generally when products are shipped from our manufacturing facilities or when delivered to the customer’s named location. When the Company performs shipping and handling activities after the transfer of control to the Customer (e.g., when control transfers prior to delivery), they are considered as fulfillment activities and, accordingly, the costs are accrued for when the related revenue is recognized. Taxes collected from Customers relating to product sales and remitted to governmental authorities are excluded from revenues. See Note 2 (Revenue Recognition) to the consolidated financial statements for further disclosures and detail regarding revenue.

The adoption of Topic 606 was not material to the Company and, as such, there was no cumulative effect upon the January 1, 2018 adoption date. As the impact of the new revenue standard is not material to the Company, there is no impact disclosure presented as of and for the quarter ended December 31, 2018.