Acquisitions (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition [Table Text Block]

The following presents the preliminary allocation of acquisition cost to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair values:

	Belanger
Current assets, net of cash acquired	$	9,392
Property, plant and equipment	597
Goodwill	97,817
Intangible assets	77,000
Other assets and deferred charges	20
Current liabilities	(9,743)
Net assets acquired	$	175,083

Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Table Text Block]

The amounts assigned to goodwill and major intangible asset classifications are as follows:

	Amount allocated		Useful life (in years)
Goodwill - Tax deductible	97,817		na
Customer intangibles	54,500		9
Patents	16,000		9
Trademarks	6,500		15
	$	174,817

The goodwill recorded as a result of this acquisition reflects the benefits expected to be derived from product line expansions and operational synergies.

Pro forma results of operations

The following unaudited pro forma information illustrates the impact of 2019 and 2018 acquisitions on the Company’s revenue and earnings from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The unaudited pro forma information assumes that the 2019 and 2018 acquisitions had taken place at the beginning of the prior year, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Unaudited pro forma earnings are adjusted to reflect the comparable impact of additional depreciation and amortization expense, net of tax, resulting from the fair value measurement of intangible and tangible assets relating to the year of acquisition.

The unaudited pro forma effects for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2019		2018
Revenue:
As reported	$	1,724,757	$	1,637,671
Pro forma	1,728,525		1,651,530
Earnings from continuing operations:
As reported	$	105,705	$	109,410
Pro forma	107,204		111,953
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations:
As reported	$	0.73	$	0.71
Pro forma	0.74		0.72
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations:
As reported	$	0.72	$	0.70
Pro forma	0.73		0.71