Use of Estimates and Assumptions (Policies)

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Mar. 28, 2025

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Use of Estimates and Assumptions

Please refer to Note 2- Significant Accounting Policies of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2024 Form 10-K for a discussion of other significant estimates and assumptions affecting our consolidated financial statements.

Fair Value and Fair Value Measurements

Certain amounts included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the date fair value is determined (the “measurement date”). When determining fair value, we consider the principal or most advantageous market in which we would transact, and we consider only those assumptions we believe a typical market participant would consider when pricing an asset or liability. In measuring fair value, we use the following inputs in the order of priority indicated:

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 - Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1, such as (i) quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; (ii) quoted prices in markets that have insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (e.g., less active markets); and (iii) model-driven valuations in which all significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated with, observable market data for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the fair value measurement.

Please refer to Note 2- Significant Accounting Policies of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2024 Form 10-K for a more complete discussion of the various items within the consolidated financial statements measured at fair value and the methods used to determine fair value. Please also refer to Note 18- Commitments and Contingencies and Derivative Financial Instruments for discussion regarding the Company's derivative instruments Note 15- Discontinued Operations for discussion regarding the Company's investment in Amentum ordinary shares.

The net carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables and payables and short-term debt approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. See Note 12- Borrowings for a discussion of the fair value of long-term debt.

New Accounting Pronouncements

ASU 2024-03, Income Statement, (Subtopic 220-40): Reporting Comprehensive Income - Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, requires disclosure, in the notes to financial statements, of specified information about certain costs and expenses. The amendments in this update also provide guidance on the disaggregation disclosure requirements for certain expense captions presented on the face of an entity’s income statement and provide guidance on the disclosure of selling expenses. The amendments in ASU 2024-03 are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The amendments should be applied prospectively; however, retrospective application is also permitted. ASU 2024-03 will be effective for the Company in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2027. The Company is evaluating the impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes, (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, provides qualitative and quantitative updates to the Company's effective income tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disclosures, among others, in order to enhance the transparency of income tax disclosures, including consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and disaggregation by jurisdiction of income taxes paid. The amendments in ASU 2023-09 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The amendments should be applied prospectively; however, retrospective application is also permitted. ASU 2023-09 will be effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2026. The Company is evaluating the impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures and is implementing changes to processes and internal controls to meet the standard’s updated reporting and disclosure requirements.

ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting, (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, requires disclosure of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) and included within each reported measure of segment profit or loss, an amount and description of its composition for other segment items to reconcile to segment profit or loss, and the title and position of the entity’s CODM. The amendments in this update also expand the interim segment disclosure requirements. ASU 2023-07 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted and the amendments in this update are required to be applied on a retrospective basis. ASU 2023-07 will be effective for the Company's annual fiscal 2025 period. The Company is evaluating the impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

ASU 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements: Amendments - Codification Amendments in Response to the Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the standard to introduce changes to US GAAP that originate in either SEC Regulation S-X or S-K, which are rules about the form and content of financial reports filed with the SEC. The provisions of the standard are contingent upon instances where the SEC removes the related disclosure provisions from Regulation S-X and S-K. ASU 2023-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The amendments should be applied prospectively; however, retrospective application is also permitted. ASU 2023-06 will be effective for the Company in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026. The Company does not expect that the application of this standard will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.