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Altra Industrial Motion

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Annual Report

Power Transmission and Motion Control  
Solutions for Industrial Applications

P-1657-8-C     3/15     Printed in USA

2014Dear Shareholders,

We delivered solid operational and financial performance in 2014, even 
amid a mixed end-market environment and a weakening global economy. 
Our execution of Altra’s acquisition, organic growth and profit improvement 
strategies contributed to our performance, as we made significant gains in 
all three of these areas. 

Toward the end of 2014, we completed the major phase of our SAP 
implementation, and we are now excited to realize the benefits. This phase 
of SAP was a three-year undertaking, and one well worth the investment. 
It already has driven increased cash flow and is beginning to result in 
reduced expenses.

For the year, we increased revenues by 13.5% to $819.8 million and 
grew non-GAAP net income1 by 13.1% to $49.7 million – a new record 
for Altra. Even in the current environment, our consistent execution on our 
operating working capital1 reduction and profit improvement initiatives 
drove robust cash generation. In 2014, we generated solid operating and 
free cash flow1 of $84.5 million and $56.4 million, respectively. As a result, 
Altra returned more than $32 million to shareholders through quarterly 
dividends and stock repurchases in 2014.

I want to underscore the significance of our achievements as we dealt 
with challenges from the global economy and in several of our end 
markets. The economies in Europe and Asia deteriorated considerably, 
while demand from our customers in the oil & gas, agriculture and mining 
end markets slowed rapidly in the second half of the year. In addition, 
we experienced a substantial increase in medical claims mid-year, and 
this increase resulted in higher corporate expenses for Altra. However, 
effective January 1, 2015, we made design changes to our employee 
medical plan that we believe will help to mitigate the potential for higher-
cost claims in the future. Taken together, these adverse events make our 
accomplishments in 2014 all the more impressive.

As we look to 2015, we face sizable headwinds from foreign currency 
translation, weakness in Europe, China and Russia, and continued 
challenging dynamics in our oil & gas, agriculture and mining end markets. 
In response to these challenges to organic growth, we are focusing our 
efforts on substantive initiatives that will drive cost reduction throughout 
our organization. Some of the actions are long-term in nature and will have 
a permanent and positive effect on our cost structure in 2016 and beyond. 
These initiatives will include, among other things, facility consolidations, 
discretionary expense reduction, supplier cost negotiations and other 
actions designed to reduce our SG&A expense. We are evaluating and 
prioritizing these potential actions and expect that the results of some of 
these initiatives will gradually contribute to our performance as we proceed 
through 2015. The end result will be a leaner, more efficient Altra and 
increased returns to our shareholders.

In addition, we look to make further progress on our strategic growth 
initiatives in 2015, and we expect these efforts to continue to contribute 
to our performance. Operational Excellence has given us a distinct 
competitive advantage with reduced cycle times, shorter lead times, lower 
working capital and most importantly, real value to our customers. Much of 
our organization can still benefit from Operational Excellence, and we are 
working to install this culture across Altra. 

Our profit improvement initiatives also are on track. Altra’s strategic 
pricing program is contributing to margins as expected, and we project it 
will add another 50 basis points to margins this year. At Bauer, even with 
the weakening economic conditions in Europe, gross margin continues 
to expand. On a related note, we now have completed construction of 
the new Bauer facility, which will enable the consolidation of several 
manufacturing facilities into one.

We have made good progress on our global expansion efforts. For example 
in Brazil, we completed construction of a new facility in 2014. This will 
enable us to begin localizing production of some Altra products in order to 
meet local content requirements in this country. We already are seeing new 
opportunities for growth because of our expanded presence there, and look 
forward to accelerating this growth in 2015. 

On the M&A front, both Svendborg Brakes and Guardian Couplings, 
which we acquired in late 2013 and mid-2014, respectively, have been 
accretive to our results in line with our expectations. Given our excellent 
financial position and solid balance sheet, we continue to pursue strategic 
acquisitions that will support our growth strategy.

In closing, I want to thank our employees for their outstanding work, which 
has produced solid results for the Company, and you, our shareholders, for 
your continued support of Altra. We look forward to achieving new success 
in 2015.

Sincerely,

Carl R. Christenson
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

1  Please refer to the page adjacent to the inside back cover of this 2014 Annual 
Report for a reconciliation of the Company’s non-GAAP financial measures.

Board of Directors
(As of January 1, 2015)

Carl R. Christenson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Edmund M. Carpenter
Operating Partner
Genstar Capital, LLC

Lyle G. Ganske
Partner and Co-Chair 
of Business Development
Jones Day

Michael S. Lipscomb
Chairman and CEO
SIFCO, Inc.

Larry P. McPherson
Former Chairman and CEO
NSK Americas, Europe

Thomas W. Swidarski
Former CEO and President
Diebold, Inc.

James H. Woodward Jr.
Former Senior Vice President and CFO
Accuride Corporation

Officers

Christian Storch
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Craig Schuele
Vice President Marketing and 
Business Development

Gerald P. Ferris
Vice President Global Sales

Glenn E. Deegan
Vice President
Legal and Human Resources,
General Counsel, and Secretary

Todd B. Patriacca
Vice President Finance,
Corporate Controller,
and Treasurer

Investor Information

Corporate Headquarters
Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
300 Granite Street
Suite 201
Braintree, MA 02184
(781) 917-0600 Phone
(781) 843-0709 Fax

NASDAQ:  AIMC

Investor Relations Program 
We conduct conference calls following each quarterly earnings 
release and encourage inquiries from investors and members 
of the financial community. Our investor relations contact is 
Christian Storch who may be reached at (781) 917-0541.

Annual Meeting of Shareholders
The annual meeting will be held on April 30, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. at 
the Boston Marriott Quincy in Quincy, MA. All shareholders are 
invited to attend. Shareholders are encouraged to mark, sign, 
date, and return their proxy cards promptly so their interests will 
be represented at the meeting.

Requests for Shareholder Information
Copies of our annual report, press releases, and periodic 
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
can be obtained by accessing the Company’s website at www.
altramotion.com, calling the Investor Relations Department 
at (781) 917-0527, faxing your request to (781) 843-0615, or 
addressing your correspondence to the Company’s headquarters.

On the Internet
For further information about Altra Industrial Motion visit our 
home page on the internet at www.altramotion.com.

To contact Altra Industrial Motion via email our address is:
ir@altramotion.com.

Transfer Agent and Registrar
American Stock Transfer & Trust Co.
59 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038

Independent Accountants
Deloitte & Touche, LLP
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116

Outside Counsel
Holland & Knight, LLP
10 St. James Avenue
11th Floor
Boston, MA 021

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
Washington, D.C. 20549 

(Mark One) 




Form 10-K 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) 
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 

OR 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) 
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 
For the transition period from              to 

Commission file number: 001-33209 

ALTRA INDUSTRIAL MOTION CORP. 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 
61-1478870 

Delaware 

(State or other jurisdiction 
of incorporation or organization) 

300 Granite Street, Suite 201 Braintree, MA 

(Address of principal executive offices) 

(I.R.S. Employer 
Identification No.) 

02184 

(Zip Code) 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 
(781) 917-0600 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: 

Title of Each Class 

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered 

Common Stock, $0.001 par value 

NASDAQ Global Market 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: 
NONE 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes          No   
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act.    Yes          No   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing 
requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes          No   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File 

required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant 
was required to submit and post such files).    Yes          No   

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to 

the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any 
amendment to this Form 10-K.     

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The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant based on the closing price (as 

reported by the NASDAQ Global Market) of such common stock on the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter 
(June 30, 2014) was approximately $950.0 million. 

As of February 23, 2015, there were 26,419,588 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding. 

Portions of the following document are incorporated herein by reference into the Part of the Form 10-K indicated. 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: 

Document 

Altra Industrial Motion Corp. Proxy Statement 
for the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders 

Part of Form 10-K into  
which Incorporated 
Part III 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

Item 1.

Business

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

Item 2.

Properties

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

PART II

Item 5.

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity 
Securities

Item 6.

Selected Financial Data

Item 7.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Item 9

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Item 9B. Other Information

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Item 11.

Executive Compensation

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

Item 14.

Principal Accounting Fees and Services

PART IV

Item 15.

Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

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Item 1.

Business

Our Company

Altra Industrial Motion Corp. (“Altra” or the “Company”) (formerly Altra Holdings, Inc.) is a leading global 

designer, producer and marketer of a wide range of mechanical power transmission, or MPT components.  Our products are 
used to control and transmit power and torque in virtually any industrial application involving movement.  With our global 
footprint, we sell our products in over 70 countries and serve customers in a diverse group of industries, including energy, 
general industrial, material handling, metals, mining, special machinery, transportation, and turf and garden. Our product 
portfolio includes clutches and brakes, couplings and gearing and power transmission components. Our products are used in a 
wide variety of high-volume manufacturing processes, where the reliability and accuracy of our products are critical in both 
avoiding costly down time and enhancing the overall efficiency of manufacturing operations. Our products are also used in 
non-manufacturing applications where product quality and reliability are especially critical, such as clutches and brakes for 
elevators and residential and commercial lawnmowers. Altra was incorporated in 2004 in the State of Delaware and became a 
publicly traded company in 2006.  Altra is headquartered in Braintree, Massachusetts.

We market our products under well recognized and established brands, many of which have been in existence for 

over 50 years. We believe many of our brands, when taken together with our brands in the same product category, have 
achieved the number one or number two position in terms of consolidated market share and brand awareness in their respective 
product categories. Our products are either incorporated into products sold by original equipment manufacturers, (“OEMs”), 
sold to end users directly, or sold through industrial distributors.

The following table shows the percentage of total revenue and segment earnings generated by each of our three segments for the 
years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012:

Clutches and Brakes

Couplings

2014

Net Sales
2013

2012

2014

Operating Income
2013

2012

52%  

46%  

45%  

57%  

56%  

16%  

17%  

18%  

17%  

17%  

55%

20%

Gearing and Power Transmission Components

32%  

37%  

37%  

26%  

27%  

25%

See Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements for more financial information about our segments.

In this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the terms “Altra”, “Altra Industrial Motion,” “the Company,” “we,” “us” and 

“our” refer to Altra Industrial Motion Corp. and its subsidiaries, except where the context otherwise requires or indicates.

We file reports and other documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may read and copy 

documents we file at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. You should call 1-800-
SEC-0330 for more information on the public reference room. Our SEC Filings are also available to you on the SEC’s internet 
site at http://www.sec.gov.

Our internet address is www.altramotion.com. By following the link “Investor Relations” and then “SEC filings” on 

our internet website, we make available, free of charge, our Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-
Q, our Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) as soon as reasonably practicable after such forms are filed with or 
furnished to the SEC. We are not including information contained on or available through our website as a part of, or 
incorporating such information by reference into, this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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History and Acquisitions 

Formation of Altra

Although Altra was incorporated in Delaware in 2004, much of our current business has its roots with the prior 

acquisition by Colfax Corporation, or Colfax, of the MPT (mechanical power transmission) group of Zurn Technologies, Inc. in 
December 1996. Colfax subsequently acquired Industrial Clutch Corp. in May 1997, Nuttall Gear Corp. in July 1997 and the 
Boston Gear and Delroyd Worm Gear brands in August 1997 as part of Colfax’s acquisition of Imo Industries, Inc. In February 
2000, Colfax acquired Warner Electric, Inc., which sold products under the Warner Electric, Formsprag Clutch, Stieber, and 
Wichita Clutch brands. Colfax formed Power Transmission Holding, LLC or “PTH” in June 2004 to serve as a holding 
company for all of these power transmission businesses. Boston Gear was established in 1877, Warner Electric, Inc. in 1927, 
and Wichita Clutch in 1949.

On November 30, 2004, we acquired our original core business through the acquisition of PTH from Colfax. We refer 

to this transaction as the PTH Acquisition.

On October 22, 2004, The Kilian Company, or Kilian, a company formed at the direction of Genstar Capital, then the 

largest stockholder of Altra, acquired Kilian Manufacturing Corporation from Timken U.S. Corporation. At the completion of 
the PTH Acquisition, (i) all of the outstanding shares of Kilian capital stock were exchanged for shares of our capital stock and 
(ii) Kilian and its subsidiaries were transferred to our former wholly owned subsidiary Altra Power Transmission, Inc. 

Recent Acquisitions and Transactions

On May 29, 2011, we acquired substantially all of the assets and liabilities of Danfoss Bauer GmbH relating to its 

gear motor business, or Bauer. We refer to this transaction as the Bauer Acquisition. Bauer is a European manufacturer of high-
quality gear motors, offering engineered solutions to a variety of industries, including material handling, metals, food 
processing, and energy.

On July 11, 2012, we acquired 85% of privately held Lamiflex do Brasil Equipamentos Industriais Ltda., now known 
as Lamiflex Do Brasil Equipamentos Industriais S.A., or Lamiflex. Lamiflex is a premier Brazilian manufacturer of high-speed 
disc couplings, providing engineered solutions to a variety of industries, including oil and gas, power generation, metals and 
mining.

On November 22, 2013, we changed our legal corporate name from Altra Holdings, Inc. to Altra Industrial Motion 

Corp.

On December 17, 2013, we acquired all the issued and outstanding shares of Svendborg Brakes A/S and S.B. Patent 

Holding ApS (together “Svendborg”). Svendborg is a leading global manufacturer of premium quality caliper brakes.

On July 1, 2014, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Guardian Ind., Inc. (“Guardian 
Couplings”). Guardian Couplings is a manufacturer and supplier of flywheel, motion control and general industrial couplings. 

On December 31, 2014,  Altra Power Transmission, Inc. was merged into Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Our Industry

Based on industry data supplied by the Power Transmission Distributors Association in collaboration with Industrial 

Market Information, we estimate that industrial power transmission products generated sales in the United States of 
approximately $37.7 billion in 2014. These products are used to generate, transmit, control and transform mechanical energy. 
The industrial power transmission industry can be divided into three areas: MPT products; motors and generators; and 
adjustable speed drives. We compete primarily in the MPT area which, based on industry data, we estimate was a $22.5 billion 
market in the United States in 2014.

The global MPT market is highly fragmented, with over 1,000 small manufacturers. While smaller companies tend 
to focus on regional niche markets with narrow product lines, larger companies that generate annual sales of over $100 million 
generally offer a much broader range of products and have global capabilities. Buyers of MPT products are broadly diversified 
across many sectors of the economy and typically place a premium on factors such as quality, reliability, availability, and 
design and application engineering support. We believe the most successful industry participants are those that leverage their 
distribution network, their products’ reputations for quality and reliability and their service and technical support capabilities to 
maintain attractive margins on products and gain market share.

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Company Goals and Operational Excellence

Operational Excellence is our comprehensive business management system designed to achieve world class 
performance. It reflects our quest to improve the flow of value to our customers with the goal of securing long-term growth and 
prosperity for our company, our employees and our partners. Operational Excellence applies to every function and every aspect 
of how we do business.

We are committed to driving shareholder return by leveraging Operational Excellence to achieve superior organic 
growth and operating margins, creating a market-focused culture that drives growth through innovation and maintaining a 
disciplined approach to acquisitions.

Our Business Strategy

With a strong long-term focus on Operational Excellence, organic growth and strategic acquisitions, we strive to 
create superior value for our customers, shareholders and associates.  We seek to achieve this vision through the following 
strategies:

Capitalize on Operational Excellence to Drive Margin Expansion and Organic Growth.    We believe we can 
continue to improve profitability through cost control, overhead rationalization, global process optimization, continued 
implementation of lean manufacturing techniques and strategic pricing initiatives. Our operating plan, based on manufacturing 
centers of excellence, provides additional opportunities to consolidate purchasing processes and reduce costs by sharing best 
practices across geographies and business lines.

Collaborate with Customers to Create New Opportunities.    We focus on aggressively developing new products 

across our business in response to customer needs in various markets. Our extensive application-engineering know-how drives 
both new and repeat sales and we have an established history of innovation with over 200 granted patents and pending patent 
applications worldwide. In total, new products developed by us during the past three years generated approximately $68 million 
in revenues during 2014.

Capturing the Benefits of Common Ownership.  We foster the sharing of best practices throughout the organization.  

We challenge our businesses to work together to identify cross-selling opportunities to increase customer and distributor 
penetration as well as to expand into new markets and geographic regions.   Leveraging our global buying power, we expect 
our businesses to work together to  identify cost saving opportunities and to improve supply chain management.    Utilizing our 
common ERP system, we are working to implement a shared services structure that supports all of our business units in the 
United States.  This  will allow our businesses to receive the benefits of expanded customer service, cohesive marketing 
services and consolidated accounting functions which will increase efficiency and help to reduce cost. 

Selectively Pursue Strategic Acquisitions that Complement Our Strong Platform.    We have a successful track record 
of identifying, acquiring and integrating acquisitions. We believe that in the future there may be a number of attractive potential 
acquisition candidates, in part due to the fragmented nature of the industry. We plan to continue our disciplined pursuit of 
strategic acquisitions to strengthen our product portfolio, enhance our industry leadership, leverage fixed costs, expand our 
global footprint, and create value in products and markets that we know and understand.

Focus on Key Niche End Markets to Increase Organic Growth.    We emphasize strategic marketing to focus on new 

growth opportunities in key end-user and OEM markets. Through a systematic process that leverages our core brands and 
products, we seek to identify attractive markets and product niches, collect customer and market data, identify market drivers, 
tailor product and service solutions to specific market and customer requirements, and deploy resources to gain market share 
and drive future sales growth.

Disciplined Capital Allocation.  We expect that our businesses will typically generate annual free cash flow. We are 

focused on the most efficient allocation of our capital to maximize investment returns. To do this, we grow and support our 
existing businesses, with annual investment in capital spending with a focus on internal projects to expand markets, develop 
products, and boost productivity. We continue to evaluate our portfolio for strategic fit and intend to make additional strategic 

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acquisitions focused on our key markets.  We have consistently provided shareholder returns by paying regular dividends, 
which have increased by 50% since being introduced during the quarter ended March 31, 2012.  During the quarter ended June 
30, 2014, we initiated purchases under our $50 million share repurchase program.  Through December 31, 2014, we have 
repurchased approximately $17.6 million of Altra stock under the program.

Our Strengths

Operational Excellence.    We benefit from an established culture of lean management emphasizing quality, delivery 
and cost control through our Operational Excellence program. Operational Excellence is at the core of our performance-driven 
culture and drives both our strategic development and operational improvements. We continually evaluate every aspect of our 
business to identify possible productivity improvements and cost savings.

Leading Market Shares and Brand Names.    We believe we hold the number one or number two market position in 
key products across many of our core platforms. In addition, we believe we have recently captured additional market share in 
several product lines due to our innovative product development efforts and exceptional customer service and product delivery.

Customized, Engineered Products Serving Niche Markets.    We employ approximately 300 non-manufacturing 
engineers involved with product design, research and development, testing and technical customer support, and we often 
participate in lengthy design and qualification processes with our customers. Many of our product lines involve a large number 
of unique parts, are delivered in small order quantities with short lead times, and require varying levels of technical support and 
responsive customer service. As a result of these characteristics, as well as the essential nature of our products to the efficient 
operations of our customers, we generate a significant amount of recurring sales with repeat customers.

Aftermarket Sales Supported by Large Installed Base.    With a history dating back to 1857 with the formation of TB 
Wood’s, we believe we benefit from one of the largest installed customer bases in the industry. The moving, wearing nature of 
our products necessitates regular replacement and our large installed base of products generates significant aftermarket 
replacement demand. This has created a recurring revenue stream from a diversified group of end-user customers. For 2014, we 
estimate that approximately 39% of our revenues were derived from aftermarket sales.

Diversified End Markets.    Our revenue base has a balanced exposure across a diverse mix of end-user industries, 

including energy, food processing, general industrial, material handling, mining, transportation, and turf and garden. We believe 
our diversified end markets insulate us from volatility in any single industry or type of end-user. In 2014, no single industry 
represented more than 17% of our total sales. In addition, we are geographically diversified with approximately 42% of our 
sales coming from outside North America during 2014.

Strong Relationships with Distributors and OEMs.    We have over 1,000 direct OEM customers and enjoy 
established, long-term relationships with the leading industrial MPT distributors, critical factors that contribute to our high base 
of recurring aftermarket revenues. We sell our products through more than 3,000 distributor outlets worldwide. We believe our 
scale, expansive product lines and end-user preference for our products make our product portfolio attractive to both large and 
multi-branch distributors, as well as regional and independent distributors in our industry.

Experienced, High-Caliber Management Team.    We are led by a highly experienced management team with over 

250 years of cumulative industrial business experience and an average of 15 years with our companies. Our CEO, Carl 
Christenson, has over 30 years of experience in the MPT industry, while our CFO, Christian Storch, has approximately 25 years 
of experience. Our management team has established a proven track record of execution, successfully completing and 
integrating major strategic acquisitions and delivering significant growth and profitability.

Business Segments

We operate three business segments that are aligned by our product offerings: couplings, clutches and brakes, and 

gearing and power transmission components.

Couplings.    Couplings are the interface between two shafts, which enable power to be transmitted from one shaft to 

the other. Because shafts are often misaligned, we design our couplings with a measure of flexibility that accommodates 
various degrees of misalignment.  Altra manufacturers a diverse variety of couplings suitable for many industrial and specialty 
applications.  Our various coupling products include:  gear couplings, high performance diaphragm and disc couplings, 
elastomeric couplings, miniature and precision couplings, as well as universal joints, mill spindles and shaft locking devices.  
These products are sold into many different markets, including:  food processing, oil and gas, power generation, material 
handling, medical, metals, mining, and mobile off-highway.  Our couplings are primarily manufactured under the Ameridrives, 
Ameridrives Power Transmission, Bibby, Lamiflex, TB Wood's, Huco Dynatork, and Guardian brands in our facilities in 
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Texas, China, Wisconsin, Brazil and the United Kingdom. 

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Clutches and Brakes.    Clutches are devices which use mechanical, magnetic, hydraulic, pneumatic, or friction type 
connections to facilitate engaging or disengaging two rotating members. Brakes are combinations of interacting parts that work 
to slow or stop machinery. We manufacture a variety of clutches and brakes in three main product categories: electromagnetic, 
overrunning and heavy duty. Our core clutch and brake manufacturing facilities are located in Connecticut, Indiana, Illinois, 
Michigan, Texas, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Denmark and China.

•  Electromagnetic Clutches and Brakes.    Our industrial products include clutches and brakes with specially designed 
controls for material handling, forklift, elevator, medical mobility, mobile off-highway, baggage handling and plant 
productivity applications. We also offer a line of clutch and brake products for walk-behind mowers, residential 
lawn tractors and commercial mowers. While industrial applications are predominant, we also manufacture products 
for several niche vehicular applications including on-road refrigeration compressor clutches and agricultural 
equipment clutches. We market our electromagnetic products under the Warner Electric, Inertia Dynamics and 
Matrix brand names.

•  Overrunning Clutches.    Products include overrunning, indexing and backstopping clutches which are generally 
used as a mechanical means of prohibiting a shaft’s rotation in one direction while enabling its rotation in the 
opposite direction. Primary industrial applications include conveyors, gear reducers, hoists and cranes, mining 
machinery, machine tools, paper machinery, and other specialty machinery. We also sell our overrunning clutch 
products into the aerospace and defense market for fixed and rotary wing aircraft. We market and sell these products 
under the Formsprag, Marland, and Stieber brand names.

•  Heavy Duty Clutches and Brakes.    Our heavy duty clutch and brake product lines serve various markets including 
metal forming, off-shore and land-based oil and gas drilling platforms, mining, material handling, marine, wind 
turbine applications and various off-highway and construction equipment segments. Our line of heavy duty 
pneumatic, hydraulic and caliper clutches and brakes are marketed under the Wichita Clutch, Twiflex, Industrial 
Clutch and Svendborg Brakes brand names.

Gearing and Power Transmission Components

•  Gearing.    Gears reduce the output speed and increase the torque of an electric motor or engine to the level required 
to drive a particular piece of equipment. These products are used in various industrial, material handling, mixing, 
transportation and food processing applications. Specific product lines include vertical and horizontal gear drives, 
speed reducers and increasers, high-speed compressor drives, enclosed custom gear drives, various enclosed gear 
drive and gear motor configurations and open gearing products such as spur, helical, worm and miter/bevel gears. 
We design and manufacture a broad range of gearing and gear motor products under the Boston Gear, Nuttall Gear, 
Delroyd, and Bauer Gear Motor brand names. We manufacture our gearing products at our facilities in New York, 
North Carolina, Germany, Slovakia, and China, and sell to a variety of end markets.

•  Engineered Bearing Assemblies.    Bearings are components that support, guide and reduce friction of motion 

between fixed and moving machine parts. Our engineered bearing assembly product line includes ball bearings, 
roller bearings, thrust bearings, track rollers, stainless steel bearings, polymer assemblies, housed units and custom 
assemblies. We manufacture a broad range of engineered bearing products under the Kilian brand name. We sell 
bearing products to a wide range of end markets, including the general industrial and automotive markets, with a 
particularly strong OEM customer focus. We manufacture our bearing products at our facilities in New York, 
Canada and China.

•  Engineered Belted Drives.    Belted drives incorporate both a rubber-based belt and at least two sheaves or 
sprockets. Belted drives typically change the speed of an electric motor or engine to the level required for a 
particular piece of equipment. Our belted drive line includes three types of v-belts, three types of synchronous belts, 
standard and made-to-order sheaves and sprockets, and split taper bushings. We sell belted drives to a wide range of 
end markets, including aggregate, energy, chemical and material handling. Our engineered belted drives are 
primarily manufactured under the TB Wood’s brand in our facilities in Pennsylvania and Mexico.

Research and Development and Product Engineering

We closely integrate new product development with marketing, manufacturing and product engineering in meeting 
the needs of our customers. We have product engineering teams that work to enhance our existing products and develop new 
product applications for our growing base of customers that require custom solutions. We believe these capabilities provide a 
significant competitive advantage in the development of high quality industrial power transmission products. Our product 
engineering teams focus on:

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lowering the cost of manufacturing our existing products;

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redesigning existing product lines to increase their efficiency or enhance their performance; and

developing new product applications.

Our continued investment in new product development is intended to help drive customer growth as we address key 

customer needs.

Sales and Marketing

We sell our products in over 70 countries to over 1,000 direct OEM customers and over 3,000 distributor outlets. We 

offer our products through our direct sales force comprised of 183 company-employed sales associates as well as independent 
sales representatives. Our worldwide sales and distribution presence enables us to provide timely and responsive support and 
service to our customers, many of which operate globally, and to capitalize on growth opportunities in both developed and 
emerging markets around the world.

We employ an integrated sales and marketing strategy concentrated on both key industries and individual product 
lines. We believe this dual vertical market and horizontal product approach distinguishes us in the marketplace allowing us to 
quickly identify trends and customer growth opportunities and deploy resources accordingly. Within our key industries, we 
market to OEMs, encouraging them to incorporate our products into their equipment designs, to distributors and to end-users, 
helping to foster brand preference. With this strategy, we are able to leverage our industry experience and product breadth to 
sell MPT and motion control solutions for a host of industrial applications.

Distribution

Our MPT components are either incorporated into end products sold by OEMs or sold through industrial distributors 

as aftermarket products to end users and smaller OEMs. We operate a geographically diversified business. For the year ended 
December 31, 2014, we derived approximately 58% of our net sales from customers in North America, 28% from customers in 
Europe and 14% from customers in Asia and the rest of the world. Our global customer base is served by an extensive global 
sales network comprised of our sales staff as well as our network of over 3,000 distributor outlets.

Rather than serving as passive conduits for delivery of product, our industrial distributors are active participants in 

influencing product purchasing decisions in the MPT industry. In addition, distributors play a critical role through stocking 
inventory of our products, which amplifies the accessibility of our products to aftermarket buyers. It is for this reason that 
distributor partner relationships are so critical to the success of the business. We enjoy strong established relationships with the 
leading distributors as well as a broad, diversified base of specialty and regional distributors.

Competition

We operate in highly fragmented and very competitive markets within the MPT market. Some of our competitors 

have achieved substantially more market penetration in certain of the markets in which we operate, such as helical gear drives, 
and some of our competitors are larger than us and have greater financial and other resources. In particular, we compete with 
Rexnord Corporation and Regal-Beloit Corporation. In addition, with respect to certain of our products, we compete with 
divisions of our OEM customers. Competition in our business lines is based on a number of considerations including quality, 
reliability, pricing, availability and design and application engineering support. Our customers increasingly demand a broad 
product range and we must continue to develop our expertise in order to manufacture and market these products successfully. 
To remain competitive, regular investment in manufacturing, customer service, and support, marketing, sales, research and 
development and intellectual property protection is required. We may have to adjust the prices of some of our products to stay 
competitive. In addition, some of our larger, more sophisticated customers are attempting to reduce the number of vendors from 
which they purchase in order to increase their efficiency. There is substantial and continuing pressure on major OEMs and 
larger distributors to reduce costs, including the cost of products purchased from outside suppliers such as us. As a result of cost 
pressures from our customers, our ability to compete depends in part on our ability to generate production cost savings and, in 
turn, find reliable, cost-effective outside component suppliers or manufacturers for our products. See “ Risk Factors — Risks 
Related to our Business — We operate in the highly competitive mechanical power transmission industry and if we are not able 
to compete successfully our business may be significantly harmed.”

Intellectual Property

We rely on a combination of patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secret laws in the United States and other 

jurisdictions, as well as employee and third-party non-disclosure agreements, license arrangements, and domain name 
registrations to protect our intellectual property. We sell our products under a number of registered and unregistered trademarks, 
which we believe are widely recognized in the MPT industry. With the exception of Boston Gear, Warner Electric, TB Wood’s, 
Svendborg and Bauer we do not believe any single patent, trademark or trade name is material to our business as a whole. Any 
issued patents that cover our proprietary technology and any of our other intellectual property rights may not provide us with 

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adequate protection or be commercially beneficial to us and, patents applied for, may not be issued. The issuance of a patent is 
not conclusive as to its validity or its enforceability. Competitors may also be able to design around our patents. If we are 
unable to protect our patented technologies, our competitors could commercialize technologies or products which are 
substantially similar to ours.

With respect to proprietary know-how, we rely on trade secret laws in the United States and other jurisdictions and 
on confidentiality agreements. Monitoring the unauthorized use of our technology is difficult and the steps we have taken may 
not prevent unauthorized use of our technology. The disclosure or misappropriation of our intellectual property could harm our 
ability to protect our rights and our competitive position.

Some of our registered and unregistered trademarks include: Warner Electric, Boston Gear, TB Wood’s, Kilian, 
Nuttall Gear, Ameridrives, Wichita Clutch, Formsprag, Bibby Transmissions, Stieber, Matrix, Inertia Dynamics, Twiflex, 
Industrial Clutch, Huco Dynatork, Marland, Delroyd, Warner Linear, Bauer Gear Motor, PowerFlex, Svendborg Brakes and 
Guardian Couplings.

Employees

As of December 31, 2014, we had 3,957 full-time employees, of whom approximately 51% were located in North 

America (primarily U.S.), 33% in Europe, and 16% in Asia and the rest of the world. Approximately 15% of our full-time 
factory U.S. employees are represented by labor unions. In addition, approximately 733 employees or 56% of our European 
employees are represented by labor unions or works councils. Approximately 60 employees in the Kilian production facilities 
in Toronto, Canada are unionized under a collective bargaining agreement. Approximately 55 employees in the Lamiflex 
production facilities in Brazil are represented by a works council. Additionally, approximately 45 employees in the TB Wood’s 
production facilities in Mexico are unionized under collective bargaining agreements that are subject to annual renewals.

We are a party to four U.S. collective bargaining agreements. The agreements will expire in July 2015, October 

2016, June 2017 and February 2018.

We are also party to a collective bargaining agreement with union employees at our Toronto, Canada manufacturing 

facility. That agreement will expire in July 2015.

One of the four U.S. collective bargaining agreements contains provisions for additional, potentially significant, 

lump-sum severance payments to all employees covered by that agreement who are terminated as the result of a plant closing 
and one of our collective bargaining agreements contains provisions restricting our ability to terminate or relocate operations. 
See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Business — We may be subject to work stoppages at our facilities, or our customers 
may be subjected to work stoppages, which could seriously impact our operations and the profitability of our business.”

Our facilities in Europe and Brazil have employees who are generally represented by local or national social works 

councils. Social works councils meet with employer industry associations periodically to discuss employee wages and working 
conditions. Our facilities in Denmark, France, Germany, Slovakia, and Brazil often participate in such discussions and adhere 
to any agreements reached.

Suppliers and Raw Materials

We obtain raw materials, component parts and supplies from a variety of sources, generally from more than one 

supplier. Our suppliers and sources of raw materials are based in both the United States and other countries and we believe that 
our sources of raw materials are adequate for our needs for the foreseeable future. We do not believe the loss of any one 
supplier would have a material adverse effect on our business or results of operations. Our principal raw materials are steel and 
copper. We generally purchase our materials on the open market, where certain commodities such as steel and copper have 
fluctuated in price significantly in recent years. We have not experienced any significant shortage of our key materials and have 
not historically engaged in hedging transactions for commodity suppliers.

Our ability, including manufacturing or distribution capabilities, and that of our suppliers, business partners and 

contract manufacturers, to make, move and sell products is critical to our success. Damage or disruption to our or their 
manufacturing or distribution capabilities due to weather, natural disaster, fire or explosion, terrorism, pandemics, strikes, 
repairs or enhancements at our facilities, excessive demand, raw material shortages, or other reasons, could impair our ability, 
and that of our suppliers, to manufacture or sell our products. Failure to take adequate steps to mitigate the likelihood or 
potential impact of such events, or to effectively manage such events if they occur, could adversely affect our business, 
financial condition and results of operations, as well as require additional resources to restore our supply chain.

Seasonality

We experience seasonality in our turf and garden business, which represented approximately 6.5% of our net sales in 
2014. As our large OEM customers prepare for the spring season, our shipments generally start increasing in December, peak in 
February and March, and begin to decline in April and May. This allows our customers to have inventory in place for the peak 

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consumer purchasing periods for turf and garden products. The June-through-November period is typically the low season for 
us and our customers in the turf and garden market. Seasonality can also be affected by weather and the level of housing starts.

Regulation

We are subject to a variety of government laws and regulations that apply to companies engaged in international 

operations. These include compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.S. Department of Commerce export controls, 
local government regulations and procurement policies and practices (including regulations relating to import-export control, 
investments, exchange controls and repatriation of earnings). We maintain controls and procedures to comply with laws and 
regulations associated with our international operations. In the event we are unable to remain compliant with such laws and 
regulations, our business may be adversely affected.

Environmental and Health and Safety Matters

We are subject to a variety of federal, state, local, foreign and provincial environmental laws and regulations, 

including those governing health and safety requirements, the discharge of pollutants into the air or water, the management and 
disposal of hazardous substances and wastes and the responsibility to investigate and cleanup contaminated sites that are or 
were owned, leased, operated or used by us or our predecessors. Some of these laws and regulations require us to obtain 
permits, which contain terms and conditions that impose limitations on our ability to emit and discharge hazardous materials 
into the environment and periodically may be subject to modification, renewal and revocation by issuing authorities. Fines and 
penalties may be imposed for non-compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations and the failure to have or to 
comply with the terms and conditions of required permits. From time to time, our operations may not be in full compliance 
with the terms and conditions of our permits. We periodically review our procedures and policies for compliance with 
environmental laws and requirements. We believe that our operations generally are in material compliance with applicable 
environmental laws and requirements and that any non-compliance would not be expected to result in us incurring material 
liability or cost to achieve compliance. Historically, the costs of achieving and maintaining compliance with environmental 
laws and requirements have not been material.

Certain environmental laws in the United States, such as the federal Superfund law and similar state laws, impose 
liability for the cost of investigation or remediation of contaminated sites upon the current or, in some cases, the former site 
owners or operators and upon parties who arranged for the disposal of wastes or transported or sent those wastes to an off-site 
facility for treatment or disposal, regardless of when the release of hazardous substances occurred or the lawfulness of the 
activities giving rise to the release. Such liability can be imposed without regard to fault and, under certain circumstances, can 
be joint and several, resulting in one party being held responsible for the entire obligation. As a practical matter, however, the 
costs of investigation and remediation generally are allocated among the viable responsible parties on some form of equitable 
basis. Liability also may include damages to natural resources. In addition,  from time to time, we are notified that we are a 
potentially responsible party and may have liability in connection with off-site disposal facilities. To date, we have generally 
resolved matters involving off-site disposal facilities for a nominal sum although there can be no assurance that we will be able 
to resolve pending and future matters in a similar fashion.

Executive Officers of Registrant

The following sets forth certain information with regard to our executive officers as of February 26, 2015 (ages are as 

of December 31, 2014):

Carl R. Christenson (age 55) has been our Chief Executive Officer since January 2009 and a director since July 2007. 

Prior to his current position, Mr. Christenson served as our President and Chief Operating Officer from January 2005 to 
December 2008. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Christenson was the President of Kaydon Bearings, a manufacturer of custom-
engineered bearings and a division of Kaydon Corporation. Prior to joining Kaydon, Mr. Christenson held a number of 
management positions at TB Wood’s Incorporated and several positions at the Torrington Company. Mr. Christenson holds a 
M.S. and B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and an M.B.A. from Rensselaer 
Polytechnic.

Christian Storch (age 55) has been our Chief Financial Officer since December 2007. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Storch 

was the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Standex International Corporation. Mr. Storch also served on the Board of 
Directors of Standex International from October 2004 to December 2007. Mr. Storch also served as Standex International’s 
Treasurer from 2003 to April 2006 and Manager of Corporate Audit and Assurance Services from July 1999 to 2001. Prior to 
Standex International, Mr. Storch was a Divisional Financial Director and Corporate Controller at Vossloh AG, a publicly held 
German transport technology company. Mr. Storch has also previously served as an Audit Manager with Deloitte & Touche, 
LLP. Mr. Storch holds a degree in business administration from the University of Passau, Germany.

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Glenn Deegan (age 48) has been our Vice President, Legal and Human Resources, General Counsel and Secretary 

since June 2009. Prior to his current position, Mr. Deegan served as our General Counsel and Secretary since September 2008. 
From March 2007 to August 2008, Mr. Deegan served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Averion 
International Corp., a publicly held global provider of clinical research services. Prior to Averion, from June 2001 to March 
2007, Mr. Deegan served as Director of Legal Affairs and then as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of 
MacroChem Corporation, a publicly held specialty pharmaceutical company. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Deegan served as 
Assistant General Counsel of Summit Technology, Inc., a publicly held manufacturer of ophthalmic laser systems. Mr. Deegan 
previously spent over six years engaged in the private practice of law and also served as law clerk to the Honorable Francis J. 
Boyle in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Mr. Deegan holds a B.S. from Providence College 
and a J.D. from Boston College.

Gerald Ferris (age 65) has been our Vice President of Global Sales since May 2007 and held the same position with 

Power Transmission Holdings, LLC, our predecessor, since March 2002. He is responsible for the worldwide sales of our broad 
product platform. Mr. Ferris joined our predecessor in 1978 and since joining has held various positions. He became the Vice 
President of Sales for Boston Gear in 1991. Mr. Ferris holds a B.A. degree in Political Science from Stonehill College.

Todd B. Patriacca (age 45) has been our Vice President of Finance, Corporate Controller and Treasurer since February 

2010. Prior to his current position, Mr. Patriacca served as our Vice President of Finance, Corporate Controller and Assistant 
Treasurer since October 2008 and previous to that, as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller since May 2007 and 
as Corporate Controller since May 2005. Prior to joining us, Mr. Patriacca was Corporate Finance Manager at MKS Instrument 
Inc., a publicly held semi-conductor equipment manufacturer since March 2002. Prior to MKS, Mr. Patriacca spent over ten 
years at Arthur Andersen LLP in the Assurance Advisory practice. Mr. Patriacca is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a 
B.A. in History from Colby College and an M.B.A. and an M.S. in Accounting from Northeastern University.

Craig Schuele (age 51) has been our Vice President of Marketing and Business Development since May 2007 and held 

the same position with our predecessor since July 2004. He is responsible for global marketing as well as coordinating Altra's 
merger and acquisition activity.  Prior to his current position, Mr. Schuele has been Vice President of Marketing since March 
2002, and previous to that he was a Director of Marketing. Mr. Schuele joined our predecessor in 1986 and holds a B.S. degree 
in Management from Rhode Island College.

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

Risks Related to Our Business

We operate in the highly competitive mechanical power transmission industry and if we are not able to compete 

successfully our business may be significantly harmed.

We operate in highly fragmented and very competitive markets in the MPT industry. Some of our competitors have 
achieved substantially more market penetration in certain of the markets in which we operate, such as helical gear drives, and 
some of our competitors are larger than us and have greater financial and other resources. With respect to certain of our 
products, we compete with divisions of our OEM customers. Competition in our business lines is based on a number of 
considerations, including quality, reliability, pricing, availability, and design and application engineering support. Our 
customers increasingly demand a broad product range and we must continue to develop our expertise in order to manufacture 
and market these products successfully. To remain competitive, regular investment in manufacturing, customer service, and 
support, marketing, sales, research and development and intellectual property protection is required. In the future we may not 
have sufficient resources to continue to make such investments and may not be able to maintain our competitive position within 
each of the markets we serve. We may have to adjust the prices of some of our products to stay competitive.

Additionally, some of our larger, more sophisticated customers are attempting to reduce the number of vendors from 
which they purchase in order to increase their efficiency. If we are not selected to become one of these preferred providers, we 
may lose market share in some of the markets in which we compete.

There is substantial and continuing pressure on major OEMs and larger distributors to reduce costs, including the 

cost of products purchased from outside suppliers. As a result of cost pressures from our customers, our ability to compete 
depends in part on our ability to generate production cost savings and, in turn, to find reliable, cost effective outside suppliers to 
source components or manufacture our products. If we are unable to generate sufficient cost savings in the future to offset price 
reductions, then our gross margin could be materially adversely affected.

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Changes in or the cyclical nature of our markets could harm our operations and financial performance.

Our financial performance depends, in large part, on conditions in the markets that we serve and on the U.S. and 

global economies in general. Some of the markets we serve are highly cyclical, such as the metals, mining, industrial 
equipment and energy markets, including oil and gas. In such an environment, expected cyclical activity or sales may not occur 
or may be delayed and may result in significant quarter-to-quarter variability in our performance. Any sustained weakness in 
demand, downturn or uncertainty in cyclical markets may reduce our sales and profitability.

We rely on independent distributors and the loss of these distributors could adversely affect our business.

In addition to our direct sales force and manufacturer sales representatives, we depend on the services of 

independent distributors to sell our products and provide service and aftermarket support to our customers. We support an 
extensive distribution network, with over 3,000 distributor locations worldwide. Rather than serving as passive conduits for 
delivery of product, our independent distributors are active participants in the overall competitive dynamics in the MPT 
industry. During the year ended December 31, 2014, approximately 31% of our net sales from continuing operations were 
generated through independent distributors. In particular, sales through our largest distributor accounted for approximately 7% 
of our net sales for the year ended December 31, 2014. Almost all of the distributors with whom we transact business offer 
competitive products and services to our customers. In addition, the distribution agreements we have are typically non-
exclusive and cancelable by the distributor after a short notice period. The loss of any major distributor or a substantial number 
of smaller distributors or an increase in the distributors’ sales of our competitors’ products to our customers could materially 
reduce our sales and profits.

We must continue to invest in new technologies and manufacturing techniques; however, our ability to develop or adapt 
to changing technology and manufacturing techniques is uncertain and our failure to do so could place us at a competitive 
disadvantage.

The successful implementation of our business strategy requires us to continuously invest in new technologies and 

manufacturing techniques to evolve our existing products and introduce new products to meet our customers’ needs in the 
industries we serve and want to serve. For example, motion control products offer more precise positioning and control 
compared to industrial clutches and brakes. If manufacturing processes are developed to make motion control products more 
price competitive and less complicated to operate, our customers may decrease their purchases of MPT products.

Our products are characterized by performance and specification requirements that mandate a high degree of 

manufacturing and engineering expertise. We believe that our customers rigorously evaluate their suppliers on the basis of a 
number of factors, including:

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product quality and availability;

price competitiveness;

technical expertise and development capability;

reliability and timeliness of delivery;

product design capability;

manufacturing expertise; and

sales support and customer service.

Our success depends on our ability to invest in new technologies and manufacturing techniques to continue to meet 
our customers’ changing demands with respect to the above factors. We may not be able to make required capital expenditures 
and, even if we do so, we may be unsuccessful in addressing technological advances or introducing new products necessary to 
remain competitive within our markets. Furthermore, our own technological developments may not be able to produce a 
sustainable competitive advantage. If we fail to invest successfully in improvements to our technology and manufacturing 
techniques, our business may be materially adversely affected.

Our operations are subject to international risks that could affect our operating results.

Our net sales outside North America represented approximately 40% of our total net sales for the year ended 

December 31, 2014. In addition, we sell products to domestic customers for use in their products sold overseas. We also source 
a significant portion of our products and materials from overseas, a practice which is increasing. Our business is subject to risks 
associated with doing business internationally, and our future results could be materially adversely affected by a variety of 
factors, including:

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fluctuations in currency exchange rates;

exchange rate controls;

tariffs or other trade protection measures and import or export licensing requirements;

potentially negative consequences from changes in tax laws;

interest rates;

unexpected changes in regulatory requirements;

changes in foreign intellectual property law;

differing labor regulations;

requirements relating to withholding taxes on remittances and other payments by subsidiaries;

restrictions on our ability to own or operate subsidiaries, make investments or acquire new businesses in various 
jurisdictions;

potential political instability and the actions of foreign governments; and

restrictions on our ability to repatriate dividends from our subsidiaries.

As we continue to expand our business globally, our success will depend, in large part, on our ability to anticipate 

and effectively manage these and other risks associated with our international operations. However, any of these factors could 
materially adversely affect our international operations and, consequently, our operating results.

Our operations depend on commercial activities and production facilities throughout the world, many of which may be 
located in jurisdictions that are subject to increased risks of disrupted production or commercial activities causing delays in 
shipments and loss of customers and revenue.

We operate businesses with manufacturing facilities worldwide, many of which are located outside the United States 
including in Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, Russia, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom. Serving a 
global customer base requires that we place production in emerging markets to capitalize on market opportunities and cost 
efficiencies. Our international production facilities and operations and commercial activities could be disrupted by currency 
fluctuations and devaluation, capital and currency exchange controls, low or negative economic growth rates, natural disaster, 
labor strike, military activity or war, political unrest, terrorist activity or public health concerns, particularly in emerging 
countries that are not well-equipped to handle such occurrences. Any such disruptions could materially adversely affect our 
business.

We rely on estimated forecasts of our OEM customers’ needs, and inaccuracies in such forecasts could materially 

adversely affect our business.

We generally sell our products pursuant to individual purchase orders instead of under long-term purchase 

commitments. Therefore, we rely on estimated demand forecasts, based upon input from our customers, to determine how 
much material to purchase and product to manufacture. Because our sales are based on purchase orders, our customers may 
cancel, delay or otherwise modify their purchase commitments with little or no consequence to them and with little or no notice 
to us. For these reasons, we generally have limited visibility regarding our customers’ actual product needs. The quantities or 
timing required by our customers for our products could vary significantly. Whether in response to changes affecting the 
industry or a customer’s specific business pressures, any cancellation, delay or other modification in our customers’ orders 
could significantly reduce our revenue, impact our working capital, cause our operating results to fluctuate from period to 
period and make it more difficult for us to predict our revenue. In the event of a cancellation or reduction of an order, we may 
not have enough time to reduce operating expenses to minimize the effect of the lost revenue on our business and we may 
purchase too much inventory and spend more capital than expected, which may materially adversely affect our business.

From time to time, our customers may experience deterioration of their businesses. In addition, during periods of 
economic difficulty, our customers may not be able to accurately estimate demand forecasts and may scale back orders in an 
abundance of caution. As a result, existing or potential customers may delay or cancel plans to purchase our products and may 
not be able to fulfill their obligations to us in a timely fashion. Such cancellations, reductions or inability to fulfill obligations 
could significantly reduce our revenue, impact our working capital, cause our operating results to fluctuate adversely from 
period to period and make it more difficult for us to predict our revenue.

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Our inability to efficiently utilize or re-negotiate minimum purchase requirements in certain supply agreements could 

decrease our profitability.

Our ability to maintain and expand our business depends, in part, on our ability to continue to obtain raw materials 

and component parts on favorable terms from various suppliers. Agreements with some of our suppliers contain minimum 
purchase requirements. We can give no assurance that we will be able to utilize the minimum amount of raw materials or 
component parts that we are required to purchase under certain supply agreements which contain minimum purchase 
requirements. If we are required to purchase more raw materials or component parts than we are able to utilize in the operation 
of our business, the costs of providing our products would likely increase, which could decrease our profitability and have a 
material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Disruption of our supply chain could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of 

operations.

Our ability, including manufacturing or distribution capabilities, and that of our suppliers, business partners and 

contract manufacturers, to make, move and sell products is critical to our success. Damage or disruption to our or their 
manufacturing or distribution capabilities due to weather, natural disaster, fire or explosion, terrorism, pandemics, strikes, 
repairs or enhancements at our facilities, excessive demand, raw material shortages, or other reasons, could impair our ability, 
and that of our suppliers, to manufacture or sell our products. Failure to take adequate steps to mitigate the likelihood or 
potential impact of such events, or to effectively manage such events if they occur, could adversely affect our business, 
financial condition and results of operations, as well as require additional resources to restore our supply chain.

The materials used to produce our products are subject to price fluctuations that could increase costs of production and 

adversely affect our profitability.

The materials used to produce our products, especially copper and steel, are sourced on a global or regional basis 
and the prices of those materials are susceptible to price fluctuations due to supply and demand trends, transportation costs, 
government regulations and tariffs, changes in currency exchange rates, price controls, the economic climate and other 
unforeseen circumstances. From the first quarter of 2004 to the fourth quarter of 2014, the average price of copper and steel has 
increased approximately 109% and 77%, respectively. If we are unable to continue to pass a substantial portion of such price 
increases on to our customers on a timely basis, our future profitability may be materially adversely affected. In addition, 
passing through these costs to our customers may also limit our ability to increase our prices in the future.

We face potential product liability claims relating to products we manufacture or distribute, which could result in our 
having to expend significant time and expense to defend these claims and to pay material damages or settlement amounts.

We face a business risk of exposure to product liability claims in the event that the use of our products is alleged to 

have resulted in injury or other adverse effects. We currently have several product liability claims against us with respect to our 
products. Although we currently maintain product liability insurance coverage, we may not be able to obtain such insurance on 
acceptable terms in the future, if at all, or obtain insurance that will provide adequate coverage against potential claims. Product 
liability claims can be expensive to defend and can divert the attention of management and other personnel for long periods of 
time, regardless of the ultimate outcome. An unsuccessful product liability defense could exceed any insurance that we 
maintain and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or our ability to 
make payments under our debt obligations when due. In addition, we believe our business depends on the strong brand 
reputation we have developed. In the event that our reputation is damaged, we may face difficulty in maintaining our pricing 
positions with respect to some of our products, which would reduce our sales and profitability.

We also risk exposure to product liability claims in connection with products sold by businesses that we acquire. 
Although in some cases third parties have retained responsibility for product liabilities relating to products manufactured or 
sold prior to our acquisition of the relevant business and in other cases the persons from whom we have acquired a business 
may be required to indemnify us for certain product liability claims subject to certain caps or limitations on indemnification, we 
cannot assure you that those third parties will in fact satisfy their obligations to us with respect to liabilities retained by them or 
their indemnification obligations. If those third parties become unable to or otherwise do not comply with their respective 
obligations including indemnity obligations, or if certain product liability claims for which we are obligated were not retained 
by third parties or are not subject to these indemnities, we could become subject to significant liabilities or other adverse 
consequences. Moreover, even in cases where third parties retain responsibility for product liabilities or are required to 
indemnify us, significant claims arising from products that we have acquired could have a material adverse effect on our ability 
to realize the benefits from an acquisition, could result in our reducing the value of goodwill that we have recorded in 
connection with an acquisition, or could otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, or 
operations.

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We may be subject to work stoppages at our facilities, or our customers may be subjected to work stoppages, which could 

seriously impact our operations and the profitability of our business.

As of December 31, 2014, we had 3,957 full-time employees, of whom approximately 51% were located in North 

America (primarily U.S.), 33% in Europe, and 16% in Asia and the rest of the world. Approximately 15% of our full-time 
factory U.S. employees are represented by labor unions. In addition, approximately 733 employees or 56% of our European 
employees are represented by labor unions or works councils. Approximately 60 employees in the Kilian production facilities 
in Toronto, Canada are unionized under a collective bargaining agreement. Approximately 55 employees in the Lamiflex 
production facilities in Brazil are represented by a works council. Additionally, approximately 45 employees in the TB Wood’s 
production facilities in Mexico are unionized under collective bargaining agreements that are subject to annual renewals.

We are a party to four U.S. collective bargaining agreements. The agreements will expire in July 2015, October 

2016, June 2017 and February 2018.

We are also party to a collective bargaining agreement with union employees at our Toronto, Canada manufacturing 
facility. That agreement will expire in July 2015.  We may be unable to renew these agreements on terms that are satisfactory to 
us, if at all.

One of the four U.S. collective bargaining agreements contains provisions for additional, potentially significant, 

lump-sum severance payments to all employees covered by that agreement who are terminated as the result of a plant closing 
and one of our collective bargaining agreements contains provisions restricting our ability to terminate or relocate operations.

Our facilities in Europe and Brazil have employees who are generally represented by local or national social works 

councils. Social works councils meet with employer industry associations periodically to discuss employee wages and working 
conditions. Our facilities in Denmark, France, Germany, Slovakia, and Brazil often participate in such discussions and adhere 
to any agreements reached.

If our unionized workers or those represented by a works council were to engage in a strike, work stoppage or other 
slowdown in the future, we could experience a significant disruption of our operations. Such disruption could interfere with our 
ability to deliver products on a timely basis and could have other negative effects, including decreased productivity and 
increased labor costs. In addition, if a greater percentage of our work force becomes unionized, our business and financial 
results could be materially adversely affected. Many of our direct and indirect customers have unionized work forces. Strikes, 
work stoppages or slowdowns experienced by these customers or their suppliers could result in slowdowns or closures of 
assembly plants where our products are used and could cause cancellation of purchase orders with us or otherwise result in 
reduced revenues from these customers.

Changes in employment laws could increase our costs and may adversely affect our business.

Various federal, state and international labor laws govern our relationship with employees and affect operating costs. 
These laws include minimum wage requirements, overtime, unemployment tax rates, workers’ compensation rates paid, leaves 
of absence, mandated health and other benefits, and citizenship requirements. Significant additional government-imposed 
increases or new requirements in these areas could materially affect our business, financial condition, operating results or cash 
flow.

In the event our employee-related costs rise significantly, we may have to curtail the number of our employees or 

shut down certain manufacturing facilities. Any such actions would not only be costly but could also materially adversely affect 
our business.

We depend on the services of key executives, the loss of whom could materially harm our business.

Our senior executives are important to our success because they are instrumental in setting our strategic direction, 

operating our business, maintaining and expanding relationships with distributors, identifying, recruiting and training key 
personnel, identifying expansion opportunities and arranging necessary financing. Losing the services of any of these 
individuals could adversely affect our business until a suitable replacement could be found. We believe that our senior 
executives could not easily be replaced with executives of equal experience and capabilities. Although we have entered into 
employment agreements with certain of our key domestic executives, we cannot prevent our key executives from terminating 
their employment with us. We do not maintain key person life insurance policies on any of our executives.

If we lose certain of our key sales, marketing or engineering personnel, our business may be adversely affected.

Our success depends on our ability to recruit, retain and motivate highly skilled sales, marketing and engineering 

personnel. Competition for these persons in our industry is intense and we may not be able to successfully recruit, train or 
retain qualified personnel. If we fail to retain and recruit the necessary personnel, our business and our ability to obtain new 
customers, develop new products and provide acceptable levels of customer service could suffer. If certain of these key 

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personnel were to terminate their employment with us, we may experience difficulty replacing them, and our business could be 
harmed.

We are subject to environmental laws that could impose significant costs on us and the failure to comply with such laws 

could subject us to sanctions and material fines and expenses.

We are subject to a variety of federal, state, local, foreign and provincial environmental laws and regulations, 

including those governing the discharge of pollutants into the air or water, the management and disposal of hazardous 
substances and wastes and the responsibility to investigate and cleanup contaminated sites that are or were owned, leased, 
operated or used by us or our predecessors. Some of these laws and regulations require us to obtain permits, which contain 
terms and conditions that impose limitations on our ability to emit and discharge hazardous materials into the environment and 
periodically may be subject to modification, renewal and revocation by issuing authorities. Fines and penalties may be imposed 
for non-compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations and the failure to have or to comply with the terms and 
conditions of required permits. From time to time, our operations may not be in full compliance with the terms and conditions 
of our permits. We periodically review our procedures and policies for compliance with environmental laws and requirements. 
We believe that our operations generally are in material compliance with applicable environmental laws, requirements and 
permits and that any lapses in compliance would not be expected to result in us incurring material liability or cost to achieve 
compliance. Historically, the costs of achieving and maintaining compliance with environmental laws, and requirements and 
permits have not been material; however, the operation of manufacturing plants entails risks in these areas, and a failure by us 
to comply with applicable environmental laws, regulations, or permits could result in civil or criminal fines, penalties, 
enforcement actions, third party claims for property damage and personal injury, requirements to clean up property or to pay for 
the costs of cleanup, or regulatory or judicial orders enjoining or curtailing operations or requiring corrective measures, 
including the installation of pollution control equipment or remedial actions. Moreover, if applicable environmental laws and 
regulations, or the interpretation or enforcement thereof, become more stringent in the future, we could incur capital or 
operating costs beyond those currently anticipated.

Certain environmental laws in the United States, such as the federal Superfund law and similar state laws, impose 
liability for the cost of investigation or remediation of contaminated sites upon the current or, in some cases, the former site 
owners or operators and upon parties who arranged for the disposal of wastes or transported or sent those wastes to an off-site 
facility for treatment or disposal, regardless of when the release of hazardous substances occurred or the lawfulness of the 
activities giving rise to the release. Such liability can be imposed without regard to fault and, under certain circumstances, can 
be joint and several, resulting in one party being held responsible for the entire obligation. As a practical matter, however, the 
costs of investigation and remediation generally are allocated among the viable responsible parties on some form of equitable 
basis. Liability also may include damages to natural resources. In addition, from time to time, we are notified that we are a 
potentially responsible party and may have liability in connection with off-site disposal facilities. To date, we have generally 
resolved matters involving off-site disposal facilities for a nominal sum although there can be no assurance that we will be able 
to resolve pending and future matters in a similar fashion.

However, there is contamination at some of our current facilities, primarily related to historical operations at those 

sites, for which we could be liable for the investigation and remediation under certain environmental laws. The potential for 
contamination also exists at other of our current or former sites, based on historical uses of those sites. We currently are not 
undertaking any remediation or investigations and our costs or liability in connection with potential contamination conditions at 
our facilities cannot be predicted at this time because the potential existence of contamination has not been investigated or not 
enough is known about the environmental conditions or likely remedial requirements. Currently, other parties with contractual 
liability are addressing or have plans or obligations to address those contamination conditions that may pose a material risk to 
human health, safety or the environment. In addition, while we attempt to evaluate the risk of liability associated with our 
facilities at the time we acquire them, there may be environmental conditions currently unknown to us relating to our prior, 
existing or future sites or operations or those of predecessor companies whose liabilities we may have assumed or acquired 
which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We are being indemnified, or expect to be indemnified by third parties subject to certain caps or limitations on the 
indemnification, for certain environmental costs and liabilities associated with certain owned or operated sites. Accordingly, 
based on the indemnification and the experience with similar sites of the environmental consultants who we have hired, we do 
not expect such costs and liabilities to have a material adverse effect on our business, operations or earnings. We cannot assure 
you, however, that those third parties will in fact satisfy their indemnification obligations. If those third parties become unable 
to, or otherwise do not, comply with their respective indemnity obligations, or if certain contamination or other liability for 
which we are obligated is not subject to these indemnities, we could become subject to significant liabilities.

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Our future success depends on our ability to integrate acquired companies and manage our growth effectively.

Our growth through acquisitions has placed, and will continue to place, significant demands on our management, 
operational and financial resources. Realization of the benefits of acquisitions often requires integration of some or all of the 
acquired companies’ sales and marketing, distribution, manufacturing, engineering, finance and administrative organizations. 
Integration of companies demands substantial attention from senior management and the management of the acquired 
companies. In addition, we will continue to pursue new acquisitions, some of which could be material to our business if 
completed. We may not be able to integrate successfully our recent acquisitions, or any future acquisitions, operate these 
acquired companies profitably, or realize the potential benefits from these acquisitions.

The market price of our common stock may decline as a result of acquisitions if, among other things, we are unable 
to achieve the expected growth in earnings, or if the operational cost savings estimates in connection with the integration of the 
acquired businesses are not realized, or if the transaction costs related to the acquisitions are greater than expected. The market 
price of our common stock also may decline if we do not achieve the perceived benefits of the acquisitions as rapidly or to the 
extent anticipated by financial or industry analysts or if the effect of the acquisitions on our financial results is not consistent 
with the expectations of financial or industry analysts.

We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights, brands or technology effectively, which could allow 

competitors to duplicate or replicate our technology and could adversely affect our ability to compete.

We rely on a combination of patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret laws in the United States and other 

jurisdictions, as well as on license, non-disclosure, employee and consultant assignment and other agreements and domain 
names registrations in order to protect our proprietary technology and rights. Applications for protection of our intellectual 
property rights may not be allowed, and the rights, if granted, may not be maintained. In addition, third parties may infringe or 
challenge our intellectual property rights. In some cases, we rely on unpatented proprietary technology. It is possible that others 
will independently develop the same or similar technology or otherwise obtain access to our unpatented technology. In 
addition, in the ordinary course of our operations, we pursue potential claims from time to time relating to the protection of 
certain products and intellectual property rights, including with respect to some of our more profitable products. Such claims 
could be time consuming, expensive and divert resources. If we are unable to maintain the proprietary nature of our 
technologies or proprietary protection of our brands, our ability to market or be competitive with respect to some or all of our 
products may be affected, which could reduce our sales and profitability.

Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles comprises a significant portion of our total assets, and if we determine that 
goodwill or indefinite-lived intangibles become impaired in the future, net income in such years may be materially and 
adversely affected.

Goodwill represents the excess of cost over the fair market value of net assets acquired in business combinations. 

Due to the acquisitions we have completed historically, goodwill comprises a significant portion of our total assets. We review 
goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles annually for impairment and any excess in carrying value over the estimated fair value 
is charged to the results of operations. Our review of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles at December 2014 resulted in no 
reduction to the value of such assets in our financial statements. Future reviews of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles 
could result in reductions. Any reduction in net income resulting from the write down or impairment of goodwill and indefinite-
lived intangibles could adversely affect our financial results. If economic conditions deteriorate we may be required to impair 
goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles in future periods.

Unplanned repairs or equipment outages could interrupt production and reduce income or cash flow.

Unplanned repairs or equipment outages, including those due to natural disasters, could result in the disruption of 

our manufacturing processes. Any interruption in our manufacturing processes would interrupt our production of products, 
reduce our income and cash flow and could result in a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

Our operations are highly dependent on information technology infrastructure and failures could significantly affect our 

business.

We depend heavily on our information technology, or IT, infrastructure in order to achieve our business objectives. If 

we experience a problem that impairs this infrastructure, such as a computer virus, a problem with the functioning of an 
important IT application, or an intentional disruption of our IT systems by a third party, the resulting disruptions could impede 
our ability to record or process orders, manufacture and ship in a timely manner, or otherwise carry on our business in the 
ordinary course. Any such events could cause us to lose customers or revenue and could require us to incur significant expense 
to eliminate these problems and address related security concerns.

Computer viruses, malware, and other “hacking” programs and devices may cause significant damage, delays or 

interruptions to our systems and operations or to certain of the products that we sell resulting in damage to our reputation and 
brand names.

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Computer viruses, malware, and other “hacking” programs and devices may attack our infrastructure, industrial 

machinery, software, or hardware causing significant damage, delays or other service interruptions to our systems and 
operations. “Hacking” involves efforts to gain unauthorized access to information or systems or to cause intentional 
malfunctions, loss or corruption of data, software, hardware, or other computer equipment. In addition, increasingly 
sophisticated malware may target real-world infrastructure or product components, including certain of the products that we 
currently or may in the future sell by attacking, disrupting, reconfiguring and/or reprogramming industrial control software. 
Hacking, computer viruses, and other malware could result in significant damage to our infrastructure, industrial machinery, 
systems, or databases. We may incur significant costs to protect our systems and equipment against the threat of, and to repair 
any damage caused by, computer viruses and hacking. Moreover, if a computer virus or hacking affects our systems or 
products, our reputation and brand names could be materially damaged and use of our products may decrease.

If we are unable to successfully implement our new ERP system across the Company or such implementation is delayed, 

our operations may be disrupted or become less efficient.

We are in the process of implementing a new Enterprise Resource Planning system entitled “SAP” worldwide, with 

the aim of enabling management to achieve better control over the Company through: improved quality, reliability and 
timeliness of information; improved integration and visibility of information stemming from different management functions 
and countries; and optimization and global management of corporate processes. The adoption of the new SAP system, which 
replaces the existing accounting and management systems, poses several challenges relating to, among other things, training of 
personnel, communication of new rules and procedures, changes in corporate culture, migration of data, and the potential 
instability of the new system. In order to mitigate the impact of such critical issues, the Company decided to implement the new 
SAP system on a step-by-step basis, both geographically and in terms of processes. To date, we have completed implementation 
at 17 of our 26 business units.  Currently, we do not have a time line to complete implementations at the remaining business 
units.  If the remaining implementation of the SAP system is delayed, in whole or in part, we would continue to use our current 
systems which may not be sufficient to support our planned operations and significant upgrades to the current systems may be 
warranted or required to meet our business needs pending SAP implementation. In addition, we rely on third-party vendors to 
provide long-term software maintenance support and hosting services for our information systems. Software vendors may 
decide to discontinue further development, integration or long-term software maintenance support for our information systems, 
which may increase our operational expense as well as disrupt the management of our business operations. In addition, we do 
not control the operation of any third party hosting facilities. These facilities are vulnerable to damage or interruption from 
natural disasters, fires, power loss, telecommunications failures and similar events. They are also subject to break-ins, computer 
viruses, sabotage, intentional acts of vandalism and other misconduct. The occurrence of any of these disasters or other 
unanticipated problems with our third party hosting vendors could disrupt the management of, and have a material adverse 
effect on, our business operations. However, there can be no assurance that the new SAP system will be successfully 
implemented and failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations.

Our leverage could adversely affect our financial health and make us vulnerable to adverse economic and industry 

conditions.

As of December 31, 2014, we had approximately $268.5 million of gross indebtedness outstanding including (i) a 
principal balance of $85.0 million outstanding under our Convertible Notes (as defined herein); (ii) $40.0 million outstanding 
and $149.0 million available under our Revolving Credit Facility (as defined herein); and (iii) $87.3 million and €38.2 million 
outstanding under our Term Loan Facility (as defined herein). Our indebtedness has important consequences; for example, it 
could:

•  make it more challenging for us to obtain additional financing to fund our business strategy and acquisitions, 

debt service requirements, capital expenditures and working capital;

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increase our vulnerability to interest rate changes and general adverse economic and industry conditions;

require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to service our indebtedness, 
thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to finance acquisitions and to fund working capital, capital 
expenditures, research and development efforts and other general corporate activities;

•  make it difficult for us to fulfill our obligations under our credit and other debt agreements;

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limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our markets; and

place us at a competitive disadvantage relative to our competitors that have less debt.

Substantially all of the domestic personal property of the Company and its domestic subsidiaries and certain shares 

of certain non-domestic subsidiaries have been pledged as collateral against any outstanding borrowings under the Amended 
and Restated Credit Agreement dated December 6, 2013 (the “Credit Agreement”) governing our Revolving Credit Facility and 
Term Loan Facility. In addition, the Credit Agreement requires us to maintain specified financial ratios and satisfy certain 

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financial condition tests, which may require that we take action to reduce our debt or to act in a manner contrary to our business 
objectives.

In the future, the then current economic and credit market conditions may limit our access to additional capital, to 

the extent that the Credit Agreement would otherwise permit additional financing, or may preclude our ability to refinance our 
existing indebtedness. There can be no assurance that there will not be a deterioration in the credit markets, a deterioration in 
the financial condition of our lenders or their ability to fund their commitments or, if necessary, that we will be able to find 
replacement financing, if need be, on similar or acceptable terms. An inability to access sufficient financing or capital could 
have an adverse impact on our operations and thus on our operating results and financial position.

Our Credit Agreement imposes significant operating and financial restrictions, which may prevent us from pursuing our 

business strategies or favorable business opportunities.

Subject to a number of important exceptions, the Credit Agreement may limit our ability to:

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incur more debt;

pay dividends or make other distributions;

redeem stock;

issue stock of subsidiaries;

make certain investments;

create liens;

reorganize our corporate structure;

enter into transactions with affiliates;

merge or consolidate; and

transfer or sell assets.

The restrictions contained in the Credit Agreement may prevent us from taking actions that we believe would be in 

the best interest of our business, and may make it difficult for us to successfully execute our business strategy or effectively 
compete with companies that are not similarly restricted. A breach of any of these covenants or the inability to comply with the 
required financial ratios could result in a default under the Credit Agreement. If any such default occurs, the lenders under the 
Credit Agreement may elect to declare all of the outstanding debt, under the Credit Agreement together with accrued interest 
and other amounts payable thereunder, to be immediately due and payable. The lenders under the Credit Agreement also have 
the right in those circumstances to terminate any commitments they have to provide further borrowings. In addition, following 
an event of default under the Credit Agreement, the lenders under the Credit Agreement will have the right to proceed against 
the collateral described above that secures the debt. If the debt under the Credit Agreement were to be accelerated, we may not 
have the ability to refinance that debt, and if we can, the terms of such refinancing may be less favorable than the current 
financing terms under the Credit Agreement. In the event that the indebtedness is accelerated, our assets may not be sufficient 
to repay in full all of our debt.

We face risks associated with our exposure to variable interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates.

We are exposed to various types of market risk in the normal course of business, including the impact of interest 

rate changes and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. Some of our indebtedness bears interest at variable rates, 
generally linked to market benchmarks such as LIBOR. Any increase in interest rates would increase our finance expenses 
relating to our variable rate indebtedness and increase the costs of refinancing our existing indebtedness and issuing new debt. 
A portion of our indebtedness is also euro denominated. In addition, we conduct our business and incur costs in the local 
currency of the countries in which we operate. As we continue expanding our business into markets such as Europe, China, 
Australia and South America, we expect that an increasing percentage of our revenue and cost of sales will be denominated in 
currencies other than the U.S. Dollar, our reporting currency. As a result, we are subject to currency translation risk, whereby 
changes in exchange rates between the dollar and the other currencies in which we borrow and do business could result in 
foreign exchange losses and have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

We are exposed to swap counterparty credit risk that could materially and adversely affect its business, operating results, 

and financial condition.

From time to time, we rely on interest rate swap contracts and hedging arrangements to effectively manage our 

interest rate risk. We entered into an interest rate swap in 2013 to hedge exposure to variable rate interest rates payable on $82.5 
million of our outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement. Failure to perform under a derivatives contract by one or 
more of our counterparties could disrupt our hedging operations, particularly if we were entitled to a termination payment 

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under the terms of the contract that we did not receive, if we had to make a termination payment upon default of the 
counterparty, or if we were unable to reposition the swap with a new counterparty.

Our stockholders may experience dilution upon the conversion of our Convertible Notes.

Our Convertible Notes are convertible into shares of our common stock beginning March 1, 2030 or, under certain 

circumstances including where our stock trades above 130% of the conversion price for a specified period of time as set forth in 
the Convertible Notes, earlier. Upon conversion, we must deliver shares of our common stock or cash. The conversion rate of 
our Convertible Notes was initially 36.0985 shares of our common stock per $1,000 principal amount of our convertible notes 
(equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $27.70 per share of common stock), and as of December 31, 2014 is 37.44 
shares of our common stock per $1,000 principal amount of our convertible notes (equivalent to a conversion price of 
approximately $26.71 per share of common stock), subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. Based on the current 
conversion rate, the maximum number of shares of common stock that would be issued upon conversion of the $85.0 million 
convertible debt currently outstanding is 3,182,761. In addition, our stockholders will experience dilution in their ownership 
percentage of our common stock upon our issuance of common stock in connection with the conversion of our convertible 
notes and any dividends paid on our common stock will also be paid on shares issued in connection with such conversion after 
such issuance. In the event the average price of our stock exceeds the conversion price we will be required to include the 
maximum number of shares of common stock that would be issued upon conversion in our calculation of diluted weighted 
average shares outstanding which will have the effect of decreasing our earnings per share.

We are subject to tax laws and regulations in many jurisdictions and the inability to successfully defend claims from 
taxing authorities related to our current or acquired businesses could adversely affect our operating results and financial 
position.

We conduct business in many countries, which requires us to interpret the income tax laws and rulings in each of 

those taxing jurisdictions. Due to the subjectivity of tax laws between those jurisdictions as well as the subjectivity of factual 
interpretations, our estimates of income tax liabilities may differ from actual payments or assessments. Claims from taxing 
authorities related to these differences could have an adverse impact on our operating results and financial position.

Certain of our businesses are exposed to renewable energy markets which depend significantly on the availability and 

size of government subsidies and economic incentives.

Certain of our businesses sell product to customers within the renewable energy market, which among other energy 

sources includes wind energy and solar energy. At present, the cost of many forms of renewable energy exceeds the cost of 
conventional power generation in many locations around the world. Various governments have used different policy initiatives 
to encourage or accelerate the development and adoption of renewable energy sources such as wind energy and solar energy. 
Renewable energy policies are in place in the European Union, certain countries in Asia, including China, Japan and South 
Korea, and many of the states in Australia and the United States. Examples of government- sponsored financial incentives 
include capital cost rebates, feed-in tariffs, tax credits, net metering and other incentives to end-users, distributors, system 
integrators and manufacturers of renewable energy products to promote the use of renewable energy and to reduce dependency 
on other forms of energy. Governments may decide to reduce or eliminate these economic incentives for political, financial or 
other reasons. Reductions in, or eliminations of, government subsidies and economic incentives before renewable energy 
markets reach a sufficient scale to be cost-effective in a non-subsidized marketplace could reduce demand for our products and 
adversely affect our business prospects and results of operations.

New regulations related to conflict minerals could adversely impact our business

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act contains provisions to improve transparency and 
accountability concerning the supply of certain minerals, known as conflict minerals, originating from the Democratic Republic 
of Congo (DRC) and adjoining countries. As a result, in August 2012 the SEC adopted annual disclosure and reporting 
requirements for those companies who use conflict minerals mined from the DRC and adjoining countries in their products. 
These new requirements required country of origin inquiries and potentially due diligence, with initial disclosure requirements 
beginning in May 2014 relating to activities in 2013. There have been and will continue to be costs associated with complying 
with these disclosure requirements, including for country of origin inquiries and due diligence to determine the sources of 
conflict minerals used in our products and other potential changes to products, processes or sources of supply as a consequence 
of such verification activities. These rules could adversely affect the sourcing, supply and pricing of materials used in our 
products. As there may be only a limited number of suppliers offering “conflict free” conflict minerals, we cannot be sure that 
we will be able to obtain necessary conflict minerals from such suppliers in sufficient quantities or at competitive prices. Also, 
we may face reputational challenges if we determine that certain of our products contain minerals not determined to be conflict 
free or if we are unable to sufficiently verify the origins for all conflict minerals used in our products through the procedures we 
may implement.

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Continued volatility and disruption in global financial markets could significantly impact our customers, suppliers, 

weaken the markets we serve and harm our operations and financial performance.

Our financial performance depends, in large part, on conditions in the markets that we serve and on the U.S. and 

global economies in general. As widely reported, U.S. and global financial markets have been experiencing disruption in recent 
years. Further, economic conditions in the European Union have deteriorated and, with the Bauer Acquisition and the 
Svendborg Acquisition, our exposure to European markets has increased. Given the significance and widespread nature of these 
circumstances, the U.S., European, and global economies could remain significantly challenged for an indeterminate period of 
time. While currently these conditions have not impaired our ability to access credit markets and finance our operations, there 
can be no assurance that there will not be a further deterioration in financial markets and confidence in major economies. In 
addition, a tight credit market may adversely affect the ability of our customers to obtain financing for significant purchases 
and operations and could result in a decrease in or cancellation of orders for our products and services as well as impact the 
ability of our customers to make payments. Similarly, a tight credit market may adversely affect our supplier base and increase 
the potential for one or more of our suppliers to experience financial distress or bankruptcy. These conditions would harm our 
business by adversely affecting our sales, results of operations, profitability, cash flows, financial condition and long-term 
anticipated growth rate, which could result in potential impairment of certain long-term assets including goodwill.

We may not realize the expected benefits of the Guardian Acquisition, the Svendborg Acquisition and the Lamiflex 

Acquisition because of integration difficulties and other challenges.

The success of the Guardian Acquisition, the Svendborg Acquisition and the Lamiflex Acquisition will depend, in 
part, on our ability to realize the anticipated benefits from integrating the Guardian, Svendborg, and Lamiflex businesses with 
our existing businesses. The integration process may be complex, costly and time-consuming. The difficulties of integrating the 
operations of the Guardian, Svendborg, and Lamiflex businesses include, among others:

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failure to implement our business plan for the combined business;

unanticipated issues in integrating manufacturing, logistics, information, communications and other systems;

possible inconsistencies in standards, controls, procedures and policies, and compensation structures;

unanticipated changes in applicable laws and regulations;

failure to retain key employees;

failure to retain key customers;

operating risks inherent in the Guardian business, the Svendborg business, the Lamiflex business, and our business;

the impact on our internal controls and compliance with the regulatory requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 
of 2002; and

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unanticipated issues, expenses and liabilities.

We may not be able to maintain the levels of revenue, earnings or operating efficiency that each of Altra, Guardian, 
Svendborg and Lamiflex had achieved or might achieve separately. In addition, we may not accomplish the integration of the 
Guardian, Svendborg and Lamiflex’s businesses smoothly, successfully or within the anticipated costs or timeframe.

We face risks associated with the Purchase Agreement in connection with the Svendborg Acquisition.

In connection with the Svendborg Acquisition, we are subject to substantially all of the liabilities of Svendborg that 

were not satisfied on or prior to the closing date. There may be liabilities that we underestimated or did not discover in the 
course of performing our due diligence investigation of Svendborg. Under the Purchase Agreement, the seller agreed to provide 
us with a limited set of representations and warranties, including with respect to outstanding and potential liabilities. Claims for 
a breach of a representation or warranty are secured by a limited escrow and warranty and indemnity insurance. There can be 
no assurance, however, that this limited security will be adequate or available to satisfy potential claims. Damages resulting 
from a breach of a representation or warranty could have a material and adverse effect on our financial condition and results of 
operations, and there is no guarantee that we would actually be able to recover all or any portion of the sums payable to us in 
connection with such breach.

We may not realize the expected growth and production savings from our facility in Changzhou, China.

We have completed the construction of a new plant in Changzhou, China at the end of 2012. There are numerous 
risks and uncertainties that may prevent us from achieving the revenues necessary to sustain and grow this facility. Some of 
these risks and uncertainties relate to our ability to: offer new and innovative products to attract and retain a larger customer 
base; attract additional customers; undertake more contracted projects; maintain effective control of our costs and expenses; 
respond to evolving social, economic and political changes in China; respond to competitive market conditions; manage risks 

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associated with intellectual property rights; and attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel. If we are unsuccessful in 
addressing any of these risks and uncertainties and such growth or production savings do not materialize, or should the timeline 
for full production at the facility be delayed, we may be unable to achieve our expected investment return, which could 
adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Item 1B.

Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

Item 2.

Properties.

In addition to our leased headquarters in Braintree, Massachusetts, we maintain 32 production facilities, fourteen of 
which are located in the United States, one in Canada, eleven in Europe, two in Brazil, three in China, and one in Mexico. The 
following table lists all of our facilities, other than sales offices and distribution centers, as of December 31, 2014, indicating the 
location, principal use and whether the facilities are owned or leased.

Segments

Brand

Major Products

Sq. Ft.

Type of
Possession

Expiration

Location

United States

Chambersburg,
Pennsylvania

South Beloit, Illinois

(1)

Syracuse, New York

Gearing and Power
Transmission
Components

TB Wood’s

Clutches and Brakes Warner Electric

Gearing and Power
Transmission
Components

Kilian

Wichita Falls, Texas

Clutches and Brakes Wichita Clutch

Warren, Michigan

Clutches and Brakes

Erie, Pennsylvania

Couplings

Formsprag,
Marland

Ameridrives

San Marcos, Texas

Couplings

TB Wood’s

Columbia City, Indiana

Clutches and Brakes Warner Electric

Boston Gear

Charlotte, North Carolina

Niagara Falls, New York

Gearing and Power
Transmission
Components

Gearing and Power
Transmission
Components

New Hartford, Connecticut

Clutches and Brakes

Belted Drives, 
Couplings,
Castings

Electromagnetic 
Clutches &
Brakes

Engineered 
Bearing
Assemblies

Heavy Duty 
Clutches and
Brakes

Overrunning
Clutches

Engineered
Couplings

Engineered
Couplings

Electromagnetic 
Clutches &
Brakes & Coils

Gearing & Power 
Transmission
Components

440,000

Owned N/A

104,288

Owned N/A

97,000

Owned N/A

90,400

Owned N/A

79,000

76,200

51,000

96,000

Owned N/A

Owned N/A

Owned N/A

Leased

September 1, 2028

193,000

Leased

February 28, 2017

Nuttall Gear

Gearing

155,509

Leased March 31, 2018

Inertia 
Dynamics,
Warner Electric

Electromagnetic 
Clutches &
Brakes

81,491

Leased

July 30, 2024

Braintree, Massachusetts

(2)

Corporate

Altra

—

Belvidere, Illinois

Clutches and Brakes Warner Linear

Linear Actuators

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Couplings

Ameridrives

Michigan City, Indiana

Couplings

Guardian

Engineered
Couplings

Engineered
Couplings

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13,804

21,000

85,250

50,000

Leased November 30, 2016

Leased

June 30, 2015

Leased March 31, 2016

Leased

June 30, 2019

 
 
Location

International

Segments

Brand

Major Products

Sq. Ft.

Type of
Possession

Expiration

Heidelberg, Germany

Clutches and Brakes

Stieber

Saint Barthelemy, France

Clutches and Brakes Warner Electric

Bedford, England

Clutches and Brakes Wichita Clutch, 

Twiflex

Allones, France

Clutches and Brakes Warner Electric

Toronto, Canada

Gearing and Power
Transmission
Components

Kilian

Dewsbury, England

Couplings

Bibby
Transmissions

Shenzhen, China

San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Clutches and Brakes,
Gearing and Power
Transmission
Components

Warner Electric,
Bauer Gear
Motor

Couplings, Gearing
and Power
Transmission
Components

TB Wood’s

Brechin, Scotland

Clutches and Brakes,
Couplings

Matrix

Garching, Germany

Clutches and Brakes

Stieber

Hertford, England

Couplings

Huco Dynatork

Esslingen, Germany

Zlate Moravce, Slovakia

Changzhou, China

Gearing and Power
Transmission
Components
Gearing and Power
Transmission
Components
Couplings

Bauer Gear
Motor

Bauer Gear
Motor

Ameridrives

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Couplings

Lamiflex

Cotia, Brazil

Couplings

Lamiflex

Vejstrup, Denmark

Clutches and Brakes

Shanghai, China

Clutches and Brakes

Svendborg
Brakes

Svendborg
Brakes

Overrunning
Clutches

Electromagnetic 
Clutches &
Brakes

Heavy Duty 
Clutches and
Brakes

Electromagnetic 
Clutches &
Brakes

Engineered 
Bearing
Assemblies

Engineered 
Couplings Power
Transmission 
Components

Electromagnetic 
Clutches &
Brakes Precision 
Components, Gear 
Motors

Couplings and
Belted Drives

Clutch Brakes,
Couplings

Overrunning
Clutches

Couplings, Power 
Transmission
Components

Gear motors

57,609

Owned N/A

50,129

Owned N/A

49,000

Owned N/A

38,751

Owned N/A

29,000

Owned N/A

26,100

Owned N/A

140,000

Leased April 30, 2017

71,800

Leased

June 8, 2014

27,889

32,292

13,565

Leased

February 24, 2022

Leased

(3)

Leased December 19, 2017

61,762

(6)

(6)

Gear motors

41,499

Leased

(4)

Engineered
Couplings

Engineered
Couplings

Engineered
Couplings

Heavy Duty 
Clutches and
Brakes

Heavy Duty 
Clutches and
Brakes

107,348

Owned N/A

10,764

26,910

18,525

Leased

(5)

Owned N/A

Owned N/A

13,024

Leased November 14, 2015

(1)  Shared services center, selective engineering functions as well as limited production facility
(2)  Corporate headquarters and selective customer service functions.
(3)  Must give the lessor twelve months notice for termination.
(4) 
Indefinite lease; lease cancelable with 2 year notice given.
(5)  Month to month lease. Must give lessor 30 days notice for termination.
(6)  Property consists of spaces that are owned and leased with various expiration dates.  Owned facilities sq. ft. is 43,648.  The leased property sq. ft. is 

18,114.

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Item 3.

Legal Proceedings.

We are, from time to time, party to various legal proceedings arising out of our business. These proceedings 

primarily involve commercial claims, product liability claims, intellectual property claims, environmental claims, personal 
injury claims and workers’ compensation claims. We cannot predict the outcome of these lawsuits, legal proceedings and 
claims with certainty. Nevertheless, we believe that the outcome of any currently existing proceedings should not have a 
material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable

PART II

Item 5.

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities

Market Information

Our common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “AIMC”. As of February 23, 2015, the 

number of holders of record of our common stock was approximately 75.

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low sales price for our common stock as 
reported on The NASDAQ Global Market. Our common stock commenced trading on the NASDAQ Global Market on 
December 15, 2006.

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2014
Fourth Quarter

Third Quarter

Second Quarter

First Quarter
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2013
Fourth Quarter

Third Quarter

Second Quarter

First Quarter

Dividends

U.S. Dollars

High

Low

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

32.31

38.08

37.42

39.60

34.54

31.34

30.10

28.13

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

26.52

29.13

32.78

30.53

25.70

24.31

24.59

21.89

The Company declared and paid dividends of $0.46 per share of common stock for the year ended December 31, 

2014. The Company declared dividends of $0.38 per share for the year ended December 31, 2013, of which $0.10 or $2.7 
million was paid on January 3, 2014 and accrued for in the balance sheet at December 31, 2013.

On February 11, 2015, the Company declared a dividend of $0.12 per share for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, 
payable on April 2, 2015 to shareholders of record as of March 18, 2015.  See note 17 to the consolidated financial statements.

Future declarations of quarterly cash dividends are subject to approval by the Board of Directors and to the Board’s 

continuing determination that the declaration of dividends are in the best interest of the Company’s stockholders and are in 
compliance with all laws and agreements of the Company applicable to the declaration and payment of cash dividends.

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Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table presents information concerning our equity compensation plans:

Plan category

Equity compensation plans approved by security
holders(1)

Equity compensation plans not approved by
security holders

Total

Number of Securities to
be Issued Upon Exercise of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights

Weighted-Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights

(a)

(b)

—

n/a

—

$—

n/a

$—

Number of Securities
Remaining Available for
Future Issuance Under
Equity Compensation
Plans (Excluding
Securities Reflected in
Column (a)

(c)

767,002

n/a

767,002

(1)  The the 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan was approved by the Company's shareholders at its 2014 annual meeting.

Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities

The following table summarizes our share repurchase activity by month for the quarter ended December 31, 2014.

Period
October 1, 2014 to October 31, 2014
November 1, 2014 to November 30, 2014
December 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014

Total Number
of Shares
Purchased 

Average
Price Paid
per Share

60,256
45,684
56,588

$28.65
$31.18
$29.19

Total Number of
Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs (1)

Approximate
Dollar Value of
Shares That May 
Yet be
Purchased Under
The Plans or 
Programs

60,256
45,684
56,588

$35,458,110
$34,033,672
$32,382,087

(1)  During the quarter ended December 31, 2014, the Company repurchased shares of common stock under its share 

repurchase program initiated in May 2014, which authorized the buy back of up to $50.0 million of the Company's 
common stock.  Under the program, the Company is authorized to purchase shares on the open market, through block 
trades, in privately negotiated transactions, in compliance with SEC Rule 10b-18 (including through Rule 10b5-1 
plans), or in any other appropriate manners. The Company has adopted a Rule 10b5-1 plan under which it is making 
purchases in compliance with the terms of such plan. The Company is also making open market share repurchases at the 
discretion of management.  Shares acquired through the repurchase program will be retired. The share repurchase plan 
terminates on December 31, 2016.  The Company retains the right to limit, terminate or extend the share repurchase 
program at any time without prior notice.

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Performance Graph

The following graph compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock for the 5 year period 

from December 31, 2009, through December 31, 2014, with the cumulative total return on shares of companies comprising the 
S&P Small Cap 600 index and a special Peer Group Index, in each case assuming an initial investment of $100, assuming 
dividend reinvestment.  The Peer Group Index consists of the following publicly traded companies: Franklin Electric Co. Inc., 
RBC Bearings, Inc., and Regal Beloit Corp.

Quarter Ended

12/31/2009

3/31/2010

6/30/2010

9/30/2010

12/31/2010

3/31/2011

6/30/2011

9/30/2011

12/31/2011

—%

11.17%

5.43 %

19.27%

60.81%

91.26%

94.25%

(6.32)%

52.47%

—%

—%

8.33%

(1.39)%

7.8%

24.99%

34.28%

33.7%

13.51%

7.64 %

17.76%

35.13%

48.29%

40.12%

6.85 %

4.24 %

24.8%

21.6%

3/31/2012

6/30/2012

9/30/2012

12/31/2012

3/31/2013

6/30/2013

9/30/2013

12/31/2013

3/31/2014

55.47%

27.45%

47.37 %

78.54%

120.4%

121.7%

117.89%

177.09 %

189.07%

39.34%

33.93%

40.71 %

43.29%

59.77%

65.52%

82.73%

100.1 %

101.78%

Altra Industrial
Motion Corp.
S&P Small Cap
600

Peer Group

Altra Industrial
Motion Corp.

S&P Small Cap
600

Peer Group

46.06%

44.47%

61.68 %

64.17%

56.77%

37.93%

55.53%

69.64 %

61.98%

Altra Industrial
Motion Corp.

S&P Small Cap
600

6/30/2014

9/30/2014

12/31/2014

194.66%

136.11%

129.88 %

105.31%

90.92%

108.98 %

Peer Group

67.56%

41.34%

69.27 %

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Item 6.    Selected Financial Data.

The following table contains our selected historical financial data for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, and 

2010. The following should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of 
Operations” and the consolidated financial statements and notes included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
Amounts in thousands, except per share data

Year Ended December 31,

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

$

819,817

$

722,218

$

731,990

$

674,812

$

Net sales

Cost of sales
Gross profit

Operating expenses:

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Research and development expenses

Restructuring costs

Income from operations

Other non-operating income and expense:
Interest expense, net

Other non-operating expense (income), net

Income before income taxes

Provision for income taxes

Net income

Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest

Net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Other Financial Data:

Depreciation and amortization

Purchases of fixed assets

Cash flow provided by (used in):
Operating activities

Investing activities

Financing activities

Weighted average shares, basic

Weighted average shares, diluted

Earnings per share:

Net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Diluted earnings per share:

Net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion
Corp.

Cash dividend declared

Balance Sheet Data:

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total debt, net of unaccreted discount

Long-term liabilities, excluding long-term debt

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

570,948
248,869

156,471

15,522

1,767

173,760

75,109

11,994

(3)

11,991

63,118

22,936

40,182

(15)

506,837
215,381

130,155

12,536

1,111

143,802

71,579

10,586

1,657

12,243

59,336

19,151

40,185

90

513,442
218,548

127,044

11,457

3,196

141,697

76,851

40,790

1,702

42,492

34,359

10,154

24,205

88

478,394
196,418

113,375

10,609

—

123,984

72,434

24,035

(32)

24,003

48,431

10,756

37,675

—

40,167

$

40,275

$

24,293

$

37,675

$

32,137

$

27,924

$

27,376

$

24,683

$

28,050

27,823

31,346

22,242

84,499

(42,294)

(53,965)

26,713

27,403

89,625

(130,005)

17,991

26,766

26,841

59,918

(38,770)

(29,880)

26,656

26,756

46,901

(89,887)

64,765

26,526

26,689

520,162

366,151
154,011

89,478

6,731

2,726

98,935

55,076

19,638

909

20,547

34,529

10,004

24,525

—

24,525

20,036

17,295

42,764

(17,827)

(3,359)

26,399

26,535

1.50

$

1.50

$

0.91

$

1.42

$

0.93

1.47

0.46

$

$

1.50

0.38

$

$

0.91

0.16

$

$

1.41

$

— $

0.92

—

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
December 31,

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

47,503

$

63,604

$

85,154

$

92,515

$

684,563

255,752

735,676

278,272

633,039

247,595

629,985

264,049

64,717

$

63,931

$

55,428

$

56,122

$

72,723

508,102

216,502

43,349

Comparability of the information included in the selected financial data has been impacted by the acquisitions of Bauer in 2011, 

Lamiflex in 2012, Svendborg in 2013 and Guardian in 2014.

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Item 7.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the 

Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which reflect the 
Company’s current estimates, expectations and projections about the Company’s future results, performance, prospects and 
opportunities. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, the information concerning the Company’s possible 
future results of operations including revenue, costs of goods sold, gross margin, future profitability, future economic 
improvement, business and growth strategies, financing plans, the Company’s competitive position and the effects of 
competition, the projected growth of the industries in which we operate, and the Company’s ability to consummate strategic 
acquisitions and other transactions. Forward-looking statements include statements that are not historical facts and can be 
identified by forward-looking words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” 
“should,” “will,” “would,” “project,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based upon information 
currently available to the Company and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause the 
Company’s actual results, performance, prospects, or opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, 
these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from the 
results referred to in the forward-looking statements the Company makes in this report include:

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

the effects of intense competition in the markets in which we operate;

the cyclical nature of the markets in which we operate;

changes in market conditions in which we operate that would influence the value of the Company’s stock;

the Company’s ability to achieve its business plans, including with respect to an uncertain economic environment;

the risks associated with international operations, including currency risks;

the Company’s ability to retain existing customers and our ability to attract new customers for growth of our 
business;

the effects of the loss or bankruptcy of or default by any significant customer, suppliers, or other entity relevant to 
the Company’s operations;

the Company’s ability to complete cost reduction actions and risks associated with such actions;

the Company’s ability to control costs;

political and economic conditions nationally, regionally, and in the markets in which we operate;

natural disasters, war, civil unrest, terrorism, fire, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, or other matters 
beyond the Company’s control;

the Company’s risk of loss not covered by insurance;

the accuracy of estimated forecasts of OEM customers and the impact of the current global and European economic 
environment on our customers;

the risks associated with certain minimum purchase agreements we have with suppliers;

fluctuations in the costs of raw materials used in our products;

the outcome of litigation to which the Company is a party from time to time, including product liability claims;

•  work stoppages and other labor issues;

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

changes in employment, environmental, tax and other laws and changes in the enforcement of laws;

the Company’s ability to attract and retain key executives and other personnel;

the Company’s ability to successfully pursue the Company’s development activities and successfully integrate new 
operations and systems, including the realization of revenues, economies of scale, cost savings, and productivity 
gains associated with such operations;

the Company’s ability to obtain or protect intellectual property rights;

the risks associated with the portion of the Company’s total assets comprised of goodwill and indefinite lived 
intangibles;

• 

changes in market conditions that would result in the impairment of goodwill or other assets of the Company;

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• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

changes in accounting rules and standards, audits, compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and regulatory 
investigations;

the effects of changes to critical accounting estimates; changes in volatility of the Company’s stock price and the 
risk of litigation following a decline in the price of the Company’s stock;

failure of the Company’s operating equipment or information technology infrastructure;

the Company’s ability to implement our new ERP system;

the Company’s access to capital, credit ratings, indebtedness, and ability to raise additional capital and operate 
under the terms of the Company’s debt obligations;

the risks associated with our debt;

the risks associated with the Company’s exposure to variable interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates;

the risks associated with interest rate swap contracts;

the risks associated with the potential dilution of our common stock as a result of our convertible bonds;

the risks associated with the Company’s exposure to renewable energy markets;

the risks related to regulations regarding conflict minerals;

the risks associated with the global recession and European economic downturn and volatility and disruption in the 
global financial markets;

the Company’s ability to successfully execute, manage and integrate key acquisitions and mergers, including the 
Lamiflex Acquisition, the Svendborg Acquisition and the Guardian Acquisition;

the risks associated with the Company’s investment in its manufacturing facility in Changzhou, China; and

other factors, risks, and uncertainties referenced in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including the “Risk Factors” set forth in this document

ALL FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT. EXCEPT AS 
REQUIRED BY LAW, WE UNDERTAKE NO OBLIGATION TO PUBLICLY UPDATE OR RELEASE ANY 
REVISIONS TO THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO REFLECT ANY EVENTS OR 
CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER THE DATE OF THIS REPORT OR TO REFLECT
THE OCCURRENCE OF UNANTICIPATED EVENTS. ALL SUBSEQUENT WRITTEN AND ORAL FORWARD-
LOOKING STATEMENTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO US OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON THE COMPANY’S BEHALF 
ARE EXPRESSLY QUALIFIED IN THEIR ENTIRETY BY THE CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS CONTAINED OR 
REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION AND IN OUR RISK FACTORS SET FORTH IN PART I, ITEM 1A OF THIS 
FORM 10-K AND IN OTHER REPORTS FILED WITH THE SEC BY THE COMPANY.

The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of Altra Industrial Motion Corp. and its 
subsidiaries should be read together with the Selected Historical Financial Data, and the consolidated financial statements of 
Altra Industrial Motion Corp. and its subsidiaries and related notes included elsewhere in this Form 10-K. The following 
discussion includes forward-looking statements. For a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ 
materially from the results referred to in the forward-looking statements, see “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk 
Factors”. Unless the context requires otherwise, the terms “Altra,” “Altra Industrial Motion Corp.,” “the Company,” “we,” 
“us” and “our” refer to Altra Industrial Motion Corp. and its subsidiaries.

General

We are a leading global designer, producer and marketer of a wide range of electromechanical power transmission 

products with a presence in over 70 countries. Our global sales and marketing network includes over 1,000 direct OEM 
customers and over 3,000 distributor outlets. Our product portfolio includes industrial clutches and brakes, enclosed gear 
drives, open gearing, couplings, engineered bearing assemblies, linear components, gear motors, and other related products. 
Our products serve a wide variety of end markets including energy, general industrial, material handling, mining, transportation 
and turf and garden. We primarily sell our products to a wide range of OEMs and through long-standing relationships with 
industrial distributors such as Motion Industries, Applied Industrial Technologies, Kaman Industrial Technologies and W.W. 
Grainger.

While the power transmission industry has undergone some consolidation, we estimate that in 2014 the top five 

broad-based electromechanical power transmission companies represented approximately 16% of the U.S. power transmission 
market. The remainder of the power transmission industry remains fragmented with many small and family-owned companies 

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that cater to a specific market niche often due to their narrow product offerings. We believe that consolidation in our industry 
will continue because of the increasing demand for global distribution channels, broader product mixes and better brand 
recognition to compete in this industry.

Business Outlook

Our future financial performance depends, in large part, on conditions in the markets that we serve and on the U.S., 

European, and global economies in general. Currently, our financial performance is adversely impacted by foreign currency 
exchange rates, weakness in European and Russian economies, and challenging dynamics in several of our end markets 
including oil and gas, agriculture, and mining.  As a result of these current conditions, in 2015 we will focus on driving cost 
management throughout our organization.  We expect these initiatives to include among other things, discretionary expense 
reduction, supplier cost negotiations and other actions to bring SG&A expense in line with the expected decline in revenues. 
We expect that these efforts, if successful, will gradually contribute to our performance as we proceed throughout 2015.

Critical Accounting Policies

The methods, estimates and judgments we use in applying our critical accounting policies have a significant impact 

on the results we report in our financial statements. We evaluate our estimates and judgments on an on-going basis. Our 
estimates are based upon historical experience and assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. Our 
experience and assumptions form the basis for our judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not 
readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may vary from what our management anticipates and different assumptions 
or estimates about the future could change our reported results.

We believe the following accounting policies are the most critical in that they are important to the financial 

statements and they require the most difficult, subjective or complex judgments in the preparation of the financial statements.

Inventory.    Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method for all of 
our subsidiaries except TB Wood’s. TB Wood’s inventory is stated at the lower of current cost or market, principally using the 
last-in, first-out (LIFO) method. Inventory stated using the LIFO method approximates 7.0% of total inventory.  The cost of 
inventory includes direct materials, direct labor, and production overhead.  Market is defined as net realizable value. We state 
inventories acquired through acquisitions at their fair value at the date of acquisition as 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.

We periodically review our quantities of inventories on hand and compare these amounts to the historical and 

expected usage of each particular product or product line. We record as a charge to cost of sales any amounts required to reduce 
the carrying value of inventories to net realizable value.

Business Combinations.    Business combinations are accounted for at fair value. Acquisition costs are generally 

expensed as incurred and recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses. The accounting for business combinations 
requires estimates and judgment as to expectations for future cash flows of the acquired business, and the allocation of those 
cash flows to identifiable intangible assets, in determining the estimated fair value for assets and liabilities acquired. The fair 
value assigned to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed are based on management’s estimates and 
assumptions, as well as other information compiled by management, including valuations that utilize customary valuation 
procedures and techniques. If the actual results differ from the estimates and judgments used in these estimates, the amounts 
recorded in the financial statements could result in a possible impairment of the intangible assets and goodwill, or require 
acceleration of the amortization expense of finite-lived intangible assets

Goodwill, Intangibles and other long-lived assets.    In connection with our acquisitions, goodwill and intangible 
assets were identified and recorded at fair value. We recorded intangible assets for customer relationships, trade names and 
trademarks, product technology, patents and goodwill. In valuing the customer relationships, trade names, and trademarks, we 
utilized variations of the income approach. The income approach was considered the most appropriate valuation technique 
because the inherent value of these assets is their ability to generate current and future income. The income approach relies on 
historical financial and qualitative information, as well as assumptions and estimates for projected financial information. 
Projected financial information is subject to risk if our estimates are incorrect. The most significant estimate relates to our 
projected revenues and profitability. If we do not meet the projected revenues and profitability used in the valuation 
calculations then the intangible assets could be impaired. In determining the value of customer relationships, we reviewed 
historical customer attrition rates which were determined to be approximately 5% per year. Most of our customers tend to be 
long-term customers with very little turnover. While we do not typically have long-term contracts with customers, we have 
established long-term relationships with customers which make it difficult for competitors to displace us. Additionally, we 
assessed historical revenue growth within our industry and customers’ industries in determining the value of customer 
relationships. The value of our customer relationships intangible asset could become impaired if future results differ 

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significantly from any of the underlying assumptions. This could include a higher customer attrition rate or a change in industry 
trends such as the use of long-term contracts which we may not be able to obtain successfully. Customer relationships and 
product technology and patents are considered finite-lived assets, with estimated lives ranging from 8 years to 17 years. The 
estimated lives were determined by calculating the number of years necessary to obtain 95% of the value of the discounted cash 
flows of the respective intangible asset.

Goodwill and trade names and trademarks are considered indefinite lived assets. Other intangible assets include 

trade names and trademarks that identify us and differentiate us from competitors, and therefore competition does not limit the 
useful life of these assets. Additionally, we believe that our trade names and trademarks will continue to generate product sales 
for an indefinite period.

Accounting standards require that an annual goodwill impairment assessment be conducted at the reporting unit 

level using either a quantitative or qualitative approach. As part of the annual goodwill impairment assessment we performed a 
quantitative assessment and estimated the fair value of each of our five reporting units using an income approach. We 
forecasted future cash flows by reporting unit for each of the next five years and applied a long term growth rate to the final 
year of forecasted cash flows. The cash flows were then discounted using our estimated discount rate. The forecasts of revenue 
and profitability growth for use in the long-range plan and the discount rate were the key assumptions in our goodwill fair value 
analysis

We review the difference between the estimated fair value and net book value of each reporting unit. If the excess is 

less than $1.0 million, the reporting unit could be required to perform a step two goodwill impairment analysis in a future 
period, if the estimated profitability decreased by 10% when compared to our forecasts to determine what amount of goodwill 
is potentially impaired. As of December 31, 2014, each of our reporting units had estimated fair values that were at least 
$1.0 million greater than the net book value.

Management believes the preparation of revenue and profitability growth rates for use in the long-range plan and the 

discount rate requires significant use of judgment. If any of our operating segments do not meet our forecasted revenue and/or 
profitability estimates, we could be required to perform an interim goodwill impairment analysis in future periods. In addition, 
if our discount rate increases, we could be required to perform an interim goodwill impairment analysis. We performed a 
sensitivity analysis on the estimated fair value of our reporting units by decreasing profitability by 5% and 10% in each of the 
following 5 years leaving all other assumptions constant and increasing the discount rate by 5% and 10% leaving all other 
assumptions constant. We did not identify any reporting unit that would be required to perform a step 2 goodwill impairment 
analysis as the fair value of our reporting units are substantially in excess of their carrying value.

For our indefinite lived intangible assets, mainly trademarks, we estimated the fair value first by estimating the total 

revenue attributable to the trademarks for each of the reporting units. 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 1.25%). We compared the estimated fair value of our trademarks with the carrying value of the trademarks 
and did not identify any impairment.

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. No impairment 
indicators were noted in periods presented in the Annual Report.

The Company did not identify any impairments related to goodwill, definite-lived intangible assets or indefinite 

lived intangible assets as the fair value of our reporting units and definite lived intangible assets were substantially in excess of 
their carrying value in the periods presented in the Annual Report.

Income Taxes.    

Our business operations are global in nature, and we are subject to taxes in numerous jurisdictions. Tax laws and tax 

rates vary substantially in these jurisdictions, and are subject to change given the political and economic climate in those 
countries. We report and pay income tax based on operational results and applicable law. Our tax provision contemplates tax 
rates currently in effect to determine both our current and deferred tax provisions. Any significant fluctuation in rates or 
changes in tax laws could cause our estimates of taxes we anticipate either paying or recovering in the future to change. Such 
changes could lead to either increases or decreases in our effective tax rate.

Accounting for income taxes requires us to estimate the timing and impact of amounts recorded in our financial 

statements that may be recognized differently for tax purposes. To the extent that the timing of amounts recognized for 
financial reporting purposes differs from the timing of recognition for reporting purposes, deferred tax assets or liabilities are 

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required to be recorded. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured based on the rate at which we expect these items to be 
reflected in our tax returns, which may differ from the current rate. 

  We periodically review our deferred tax assets, and we record a valuation allowance to reduce our net deferred tax 
asset to the amount that management believes is more likely than not to be realized. Valuation allowances may be reversed if 
related deferred tax assets are deemed realizable based on changes in facts and circumstances relevant to the assets’ 
recoverability.

  We recognize the benefit of uncertain tax positions when, in management’s judgment, it is more likely than not that 
positions we have taken in our tax returns will be sustained upon examination, which are measured at the largest amount that 
is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement. We adjust our tax liabilities when our judgment changes as a 
result of the evaluation of new information or information not previously available. Due to the complexity of some of these 
uncertainties, the ultimate resolution may result in a payment that is materially different from our current estimate of the tax 
liabilities. These differences will be reflected as increases or decreases to income tax expense in the period in which 
additional information is available or the position is ultimately settled under audit.

  We consider the earnings of certain non-U.S. subsidiaries to be indefinitely invested outside the United States on the 

basis of estimates that future domestic cash generation will be sufficient to meet future domestic cash needs. Should we 
decide to repatriate the foreign earnings, we may have to adjust the income tax provision in the period we determined that the 
earnings will no longer be indefinitely invested outside of the United States.

Recent Accounting Standards

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 that introduces a new five-step revenue recognition model in which an 
entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the 
consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This ASU also requires disclosures 
sufficient to enable users to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts 
with  customers,  including  qualitative  and  quantitative  disclosures  about  contracts  with  customers,  significant  judgments  and 
changes in judgments, and assets recognized from the costs to obtain or fulfill a contract. This standard is effective for fiscal years 
beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating 
the new guidance to determine the impact it will have on its consolidated financial statements.

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Results of Operations.

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Net sales

Cost of sales

Gross profit
Gross profit percentage

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Research and development expenses

Restructuring costs

Income from operations

Interest expense, net

Other non-operating (income) expense, net

Income before income taxes

Provision for income taxes

Net income

Year ended
December 31,
2014

Year ended
December 31,
2013

Year ended
December 31,
2012

$

819,817

$

722,218

$

731,990

570,948

248,869

506,837

215,381

513,442

218,548

30.36%

29.82%

29.86%

156,471

130,155

127,044

15,522

1,767

75,109

11,994
(3)
63,118

22,936

40,182
(15)
40,167

12,536

1,111

71,579

10,586

1,657

59,336

19,151

40,185

90

11,457

3,196

76,851

40,790

1,702

34,359

10,154

24,205

88

$

40,275

$

24,293

Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest

Net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

$

Segment Performance.

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Net Sales:

Clutches & Brakes

Couplings

Gearings & Power Transmission Components
Intra-segment eliminations
Net sales

Income from operations:

Segment earnings:

Clutches & Brakes

Couplings

Gearings & Power Transmission Components
Restructuring
Corporate expenses
Income from operations

Year ended
December 31,
2014

Year ended
December 31,
2013

Year ended
December 31,
2012

$

426,293

$

336,616

$

334,901

134,464

264,514
(5,454)

125,169

128,705

265,154
(4,721)

$

819,817

$

722,218

$

53,386

16,091

24,534
(1,767)
(17,135)
75,109

$

48,150

15,021

23,881
(1,111)
(14,362)
71,579

$

$

33

274,004
(5,620)

731,990

50,570

18,146

22,421
(3,196)
(11,090)
76,851

 
Year Ended December 31, 2014 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2013

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

Net sales

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

Change

%

$

819,817

$

722,218

$

97,599

13.5%

Net Sales.    The increase in sales during 2014 is due to the acquisition of Svendborg in our Clutches and Brakes 
business segment ($84.2 million) and Guardian in our Couplings business segment ($5.2 million), Sales volumes increased 
approximately $6.3 million largely due to increased oil and gas industry volumes primarily generated by our Clutches and 
Brakes business segment. We expect sales to decrease somewhat in 2015 primarily due to the impact of exchange rates and 
unfavorable indicators in the oil and gas market. 

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

Gross Profit
Gross Profit as a percent of sales

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

Change

%

$

248,869

$

215,381

$

33,488

15.5%

30.4%

29.8%

Gross profit.    Gross profit as a percentage of sales is approximately consistent with that of 2013.

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

Selling, general and administrative expense (“SG&A”)
SG&A as a percent of sales

Selling, general and administrative expenses.    

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

Change

%

$

156,471

$

130,155

$

26,316

20.2%

19.1%

18.0%

Of the increase in SG&A, $23.0 million is due to the inclusion of expenses related to the acquisition of Svendborg 

and Guardian.  The remainder of the difference relates to $3.1 million in increased costs associated with the Company's 
employer sponsored health care plan in the United States, offset by approximately $1.7 in general cost savings.

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

Research and development expenses (“R&D”)

$

15,522

$

12,536

$

2,986

23.8%

Research and development expenses.    Of the increase in R&D, approximately $1.8 million relates to the inclusion 
of R&D related to the acquisition of Svendborg for the year.  R&D expenses as a percentage of sales excluding the impact of 
Svendborg increased somewhat from 1.7% to 1.9% of sales, within our expectations of 1.8% - 2.0% of sales. 

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

Change

%

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

Restructuring Costs

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

Change

%

$

1,767

$

1,111

$

656

59.0%

Restructuring costs.   The Company adopted a restructuring plan (the "2014 Altra Plan”) in the quarter ended 

September 30, 2014 as a result of weak demand in Europe and to make certain adjustments to its existing sales force to reflect 
the Company's expanding global footprint. The actions taken pursuant to the 2014 Altra Plan included reducing headcount and 

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limiting discretionary spending to improve profitability.  The Company does not expect to incur additional expenses during 
2015 associated with the 2014 Altra Plan.

The Company adopted a restructuring plan in the quarter ended December 31, 2012 the ("2012 Plan") to improve 

profitability in Europe. These actions included reducing headcount, moving and relocating equipment and limiting 
discretionary spending.  Restructuring expense in 2013 relates to the remaining expenses under the 2012 Plan.

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

Interest Expense, net

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

Change

%

$

11,994

$

10,586

$

1,408

13.3%

Interest expense.    Net interest expense increased during 2014 compared to 2013, primarily due to the borrowing of 

approximately  $84.3 million for the acquisition of Svendborg during December 2013.

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

Other non-operating (income) expense, net

$

(3) $

1,657

$

(1,660)

(100.2)%

Other non-operating (income) expense.    Other non-operating expense in each period relates to changes in foreign 

currency, primarily the changes in the British Pound Sterling and Euro.

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

Change

%

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

Provision for income taxes
Provision for income taxes as a % of income before taxes

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

Change

%

$

22,936

$

19,151

$

3,785

19.8%

36.3%

32.3%

Provision for income taxes.    The 2014 provision for income taxes, as a percentage of income before taxes, was 
higher than that of 2013. This increase was primarily relating to the discrete tax impact of a one time charge of $3.8 million 
recorded during 2014 relating to the restructuring of certain of our foreign subsidiaries which resulted in additional taxable 
income in the United States during the year ended 2014. We expect that this restructuring will result in a lower tax rate in future 
years. This increase was partially offset by the favorable impact of statutory tax rate reductions in the United Kingdom along 
with the lower statutory tax rates in jurisdictions in which the Svendborg business operates. 

We expect our tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2015 to be between approximately 30% to 32%, before 

discrete items.

Segment Performance

Clutches and Brakes.    

Net sales in the Clutches and Brakes business segment were $426.3 in 2014, an increase of approximately 

$89.7 million or 26.6%, from 2013. The increase was primarily the result of the impact of additional sales from the 
Svendborg Acquisition. Segment operating income grew $5.2 million primarily as a result of the Svendborg 
Acquisition.

Couplings.  

Net sales in the Couplings business segment were $134.5 million in 2014, an increase of approximately $9.3 

million, or 7.4%, from 2013. The increase was primarily the result of the impact of additional sales from the 
Guardian acquisition, growth from gas turbine machinery for the oil & gas and power generation markets and 
projects related to steel mill repairs in the metals market. These factors were partially offset by economic weakness 
in Brazil. Segment operating income increased $1.1 million. 

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Gearing and Power Transmission

Net sales in the Gearing and Power Transmission Components business segment were $264.5 in 2014, 
compared with $265.1 million in 2013, a decrease of $0.6 million. The decline was primarily the result of economic 
weakness in Russia and Europe. Segment operating income declined $0.6 million, primarily as a result of decreased 
volumes.

Year Ended December 31, 2013 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2012

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

Net sales

December 31,
2013

December 31,
2012

Change

%

$

722,218

$

731,990

$

(9,772)

(1.3)%

Net Sales.    Sales decreased in 2013 primarily due to lower sales levels across all operating segments due to weak 

demand in all geographies as well as a decline in the mining, energy and metals industries. The decrease was offset by the 
positive impact of foreign exchange rate changes in the amount of $2.5 million primarily related to changes in Euro and British 
Pound Sterling exchange rates compared to 2012. 

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

Gross Profit
Gross Profit as a percent of sales

December 31,
2013

December 31,
2012

Change

%

$

215,381

$

218,548

$

(3,167)

(1.4)%

29.8%

29.9%

Gross profit.    Gross profit decreased in 2013 primarily due to the decrease in sales volume. The decrease was offset 

by the positive impact of foreign exchange rate changes in the amount of $0.7 million. 

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

Selling, general and administrative expense (“SG&A”)
SG&A as a percent of sales

December 31,
2013

December 31,
2012

Change

%

$

130,155

$

127,044

$

3,111

2.4%

18.0%

17.4%

Selling, general and administrative expenses.    The vast majority of the increase in SG&A, approximately $3.1 

million, was due to the acquisition cost related to the Svendborg acquisition. Acquisition costs for the year were $2.5 million. 
Increased acquisition costs were offset by the favorable effect of foreign exchange rates in the amount of $0.8 million. 

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

December 31,
2013

December 31,
2012

Change

%

Research and development expenses (“R&D”)

$

12,536

$

11,457

$

1,079

9.4%

Research and development expenses.    R&D expenses increased due to increased R&D efforts as well as headcount 

additions. 

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

Restructuring Costs

December 31,
2013

December 31,
2012

Change

%

$

1,111

$

3,196

$

(2,085)

(65.2)%

Restructuring costs.    In the quarter ended December 31, 2012, we adopted a restructuring plan (the “2012 Altra 
Plan”) to improve profitability in Europe. These actions included reducing headcount, moving and relocating equipment and 
limiting discretionary spending. 

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Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

Interest Expense, net

December 31,
2013

December 31,
2012

Change

%

$

10,586

$

40,790

$

(30,204)

(74.0)%

Interest expense.    Net interest expense decreased due to our debt refinancing in November 2012 and lower average 
outstanding balances in 2013. The Company refinanced its debt at much lower rates than were in effect during 2012. In 2012, 
we paid additional premium related to the redemption of our Senior Secured Notes of $11.4 million, and wrote off the 
unamortized costs associated with the issuance of the Senior Secured Notes, in the amount of $4.4 million. In conjunction with 
the 2012 refinancing, we wrote off the deferred financing costs associated with the prior 2009 revolving credit agreement in the 
amount of $3.0 million, which appears as interest expense in our Consolidated Statements of Income. 

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

Other non-operating (income) expense, net

$

1,657

$

1,702

$

(45)

(2.6)%

Other non-operating (income) expense.    Other non-operating expense in each period relates to changes in foreign 

currency, primarily the changes in the British Pound Sterling and Euro.

December 31,
2013

December 31,
2012

Change

%

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Year Ended

Provision for income taxes
Provision for income taxes as a % of income before taxes

December 31,
2013

December 31,
2012

Change

%

$

19,151

$

10,154

$

8,997

88.6%

32.3%

29.6%

Provision for income taxes.    The 2013 provision for income taxes, as a percentage of income before taxes, was 

higher than that of 2012. This increase was primarily due to certain favorable discrete items in 2012 including the settlement of 
a tax matter with the State of New York for which the company was fully indemnified. Domestic income as a percentage of 
total income increased 10% from 2012 to 2013. Income is taxed at a higher rate domestically as compared to internationally.

On January 2, 2013, the President signed into law The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Under prior law, a 
taxpayer was entitled to a research tax credit for qualifying amounts paid or incurred on or before December 31, 2011. The 
2012 Taxpayer Relief Act extends the research credit for two years to December 31, 2013. The extension of the research credit 
is retroactive and includes amounts paid or incurred after December 31, 2011. As a result of the retroactive extension, we 
recognized a benefit of approximately $0.3 million for qualifying amounts incurred in 2012. This benefit was recognized as a 
discrete item in the period of enactment, the first quarter of 2013.

During 2012, the Company settled a tax matter with the State of New York for which the Company was fully 
indemnified. Upon completion of the settlement, the Company released its reserve for $3.1 million of tax, interest and penalties 
combined, related to the unrecognized tax benefit. In addition, the Company recognized a benefit of $0.4 million related to the 
completion of the 2010 limited scope audit, and the completion of the 2007 audit by the Internal Revenue Service.

Segment Performance

Clutches and Brakes.    

Net sales in the Clutches and Brakes business segment were $336.6 million in 2013, an increase of 

approximately $1.7 million or 0.5% compared to 2012.  Excluding the impact on sales from the Svendborg 
acquisition during December 2013, sales levels were flat in 2013 as compared to 2012.  Segment operating income 
decreased $2.4 or 4.8%  during 2013 as compared to 2012 primarily due to unfavorable product mix.

Couplings.  

Net sales in the Couplings business segment were $125.2 million in 2013, a decrease of $3.5 million 2.7% 
from  2012. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in volume in the mining and metals market.  Operating 

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income was negatively impacted by $3.1 primarily as a result of the decreased volumes experienced in the mining 
market and an additional start up costs of approximately $0.8 million at our Changzhou, China facility.

Gearing and Power Transmission

Net sales in the Gearing and Power Transmission Components business segment were $265.2 million in 
2013, a decrease of $8.8 or approximately  3.2% from 2012.  The decline was primarily the result of economic 
weakness in the segment's European operations.  Despite the decline in sales, operating income increased 
approximately $1.5 million, or 6.5%,  primarily as a result of restructuring activities initiated as part of the 2012 
Altra Plan to improve profitability in Europe.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

We finance our capital and working capital requirements through a combination of cash flows from operating 

activities and borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility. We expect that our primary ongoing requirements for cash will 
be for working capital, debt service, capital expenditures, acquisitions, pensions and dividends. In the event additional funds 
are needed for operations, we could borrow additional funds available under our existing Revolving Credit Facility, request an 
expansion by up to $150,000,000 of the amount available to be borrowed under the Credit Agreement, attempt to secure new 
debt, attempt to refinance our loans under the Credit Agreement, or attempt to raise capital in the equity markets. Presently, we 
have the ability under our Revolving Credit Facility to borrow an additional $149.0 million, based on current availability 
calculations. There can be no assurance however that additional debt financing will be available on commercially acceptable 
terms, if at all. Similarly, there can be no assurance that equity financing will be available on commercially acceptable terms, if 
at all.

Credit Agreement

On December 6, 2013, we entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement") 

between certain of our domestic subsidiaries, including Altra Power Transmission, Inc. (“APT”), and Altra Industrial Motion 
Netherlands, B.V. (“Altra Netherlands”), one of our foreign subsidiaries, (collectively, the “Borrowers”), the lenders party to 
the Credit Agreement from time to time (collectively, the “Lenders”), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 
and KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as 
administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), to be guaranteed through a Guarantee Agreement by certain domestic 
subsidiaries (each a “Guarantor” and collectively the “Guarantors”; the Guarantors collectively with the Borrowers, the “Loan 
Parties”), and which may be amended from time to time. The Credit Agreement amends and restates our former Credit 
Agreement, dated as of November 20, 2012, as amended (the “Former Credit Agreement”), between the Company, certain of 
our domestic subsidiaries, the lenders party to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement from time to time (the “Former 
Lenders”), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc., as joint lead 
arrangers and joint bookrunners, and the Administrative Agent, guaranteed by certain domestic subsidiaries, pursuant to which 
the Former Lenders made available to the Borrowers an initial term loan facility of $100,000,000 and an initial Revolving 
Credit Facility, as defined below, of $200,000,000.

Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders made an additional term loan of €50,000,000 (the “Additional  Term 
Loan”) to Altra Netherlands. The Credit Agreement keeps in effect the balance (approximately $94,375,000) of the existing 
term loan facility (the “Initial Term Loan”) made to the domestic Borrowers under the Former Credit Agreement (collectively, 
the two term loans are referred to as the “Term Loan Facility”), as well as the Revolving Credit Facility of $200,000,000 made 
under the Former Credit Agreement (the “Revolving Credit Facility”). The Credit Agreement continues, even after the making 
of the Additional Term Loan, to provide for a possible expansion of the credit facilities by an additional $150,000,000, which 
can be allocated as additional term loans and/or additional revolving credit loans. The amounts available under the Term Loan 
Facility were used, and amounts available under the Revolving Credit Facility can be used, for general corporate purposes, 
including acquisitions, and to repay existing indebtedness. The stated maturity of these credit facilities is December 6, 2018, 
and there are scheduled quarterly principal payments due on the outstanding amount of the Term Loan Facility. With respect to 
the Initial Term Loan, the scheduled quarterly principal payments due on the outstanding amount have been reamortized in 
accordance with the new December 6, 2018 maturity date. The previous maturity of the Revolving Credit Facility and the 
Initial Term Loan had been November 20, 2017.

The amounts available under the Revolving Credit Facility may be drawn upon in accordance with the terms of the 
Credit Agreement. All amounts outstanding under the credit facilities are due on the stated maturity or such earlier time, if any, 
required under the Credit Agreement. The amounts owed under either of the credit facilities may be prepaid at any time, subject 
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to usual notification and breakage payment provisions. Interest on the amounts outstanding under the credit facilities is 
calculated using either an ABR Rate or Eurodollar Rate, plus the applicable margin. The applicable margins for Eurodollar 
Loans are between 1.375% to 1.875%, and for ABR Loans are between 0.375% and 0.875%. The amounts of the margins are 
calculated based on either a consolidated total net leverage ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement), or the then applicable 
rating(s) of the Company’s debt if and then to the extent as provided in the Credit Agreement. A portion of the Revolving Credit 
Facility may also be used for the issuance of letters of credit, and a portion of the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility is 
available for borrowings in certain agreed upon foreign currencies.

The Credit Agreement contains various affirmative and negative covenants and restrictions, which among other 

things, will require the Borrowers to provide certain financial reports to the Lenders, require the Company to maintain certain 
financial covenants relating to consolidated leverage and interest coverage, limit maximum annual capital expenditures, and 
limit the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur or guarantee additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make other 
equity distributions, purchase or redeem capital stock or debt, make certain investments, sell assets, engage in certain 
transactions, and effect a consolidation or merger. The Credit Agreement also contains customary events of default.

As of December 31, 2014, we had $40.0 million outstanding on our Revolving Credit Facility, $133.7 million 

outstanding under our Term Loan Facility and $11.0 million in letters of credit outstanding.

Pledge and Security Agreement; Trademark Security Agreement; Patent Security Agreement.

Pursuant to an Omnibus Reaffirmation and Ratification of Collateral Documents entered into on December 6, 2013 

in connection with the Credit Agreement by and among the Company, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent (the 
“Ratification Agreement”), the Loan Parties (exclusive of the foreign subsidiary Borrower) have reaffirmed their obligations to 
the Lenders under the Pledge and Security Agreement dated November 20, 2012 (the “Pledge and Security Agreement”), 
pursuant to which each Loan Party pledges, assigns and grants to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable 
benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all personal property, whether now 
owned by or owing to, or after acquired by or arising in favor of such Loan Party (including under any trade name or 
derivations), and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to, such Loan Party, and regardless of where located, 
except for specific excluded personal property identified in the Pledge and Security Agreement (collectively, the “Collateral”). 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral does not include, among other items, more than 65% of the capital stock of the 
first tier foreign subsidiaries of the Company. The Pledge and Security Agreement contains other customary representations, 
warranties and covenants of the parties. The Credit Agreement provides that the obligation to grant the security interest can 
cease upon the obtaining of certain corporate family credit ratings for the Company, but the obligation to grant a security 
interest is subject to subsequent reinstatement if the ratings are not maintained as provided in the Credit Agreement.

Pursuant to the Ratification Agreement, the Loan Parties (other than the foregoing subsidiary Borrower) have also 
reaffirmed their obligations under each of the Patent Security Agreement and a Trademark Security Agreement in favor of the 
Administrative Agent dated November 20, 2012 pursuant to which each of the Loan Parties signatory thereto pledges, assigns 
and grants to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in all of its 
right, title and interest in, to and under all registered patents, patent applications, registered trademarks and trademark 
applications owned by such Loan Parties.

On November 20, 2012, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent entered into a Pledge and Security 

Agreement (the “Pledge and Security Agreement”), pursuant to which each Loan Party pledges, assigns and grants to the 
Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in all of its right, title and 
interest in, to and under all personal property, whether now owned by or owing to, or after acquired by or arising in favor of 
such Loan Party (including under any trade name or derivations), and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or 
to, such Loan Party, and regardless of where located, except for specific excluded personal property identified in the Pledge and 
Security Agreement (collectively, the “Collateral”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral does not include, among 
other items, more than 65% of the capital stock of the first tier foreign subsidiaries of the Company. The Pledge and Security 
Agreement contains other customary representations, warranties, and covenants of the parties. The Credit Agreement provides 
that the obligation to grant the security interest can cease upon the obtaining of certain corporate family ratings for the 
Company, but the obligation to grant a security interest is subject to subsequent reinstatement if the ratings are not maintained 
as provided in the Credit Agreement.

In connection with the Pledge and Security Agreement, certain of the Loan Parties delivered a Patent Security 

Agreement and a Trademark Security Agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to which each of the Loan 
Parties' signatory thereto pledges, assigns and grants to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the 
Lenders, a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all registered patents, patent applications, 
registered trademarks and trademark applications owned by such Loan Parties.

We were in compliance in all material respects with all covenants of the indenture governing the Credit Agreement 

at December 31, 2014.

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Convertible Senior Notes

In March 2011, the Company issued Convertible Senior Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) due March 1, 2031. The 
Convertible Notes are guaranteed by the Company’s U.S. domestic subsidiaries. Interest on the Convertible Notes is payable 
semi-annually in arrears, on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing on September 1, 2011 at an annual rate of 
2.75%. Proceeds from the offering were $81.3 million, net of fees and expenses that were capitalized.

We were in compliance in all material respects with all covenants of the indenture governing the Convertible Notes 

at December 31, 2014.

Borrowings

Debt:

Revolving Credit Facility

Convertible Notes

Term Loan Facility

Equipment Loan

Bauer Mortgage

Other Mortgages

Capital leases

Total Debt

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Amounts in millions

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

$

$

40.0

85.0

133.7

5.4

3.6

0.3

0.5

41.2

85.0

163.2

4.1

—

0.7

0.2

$

268.5

$

294.4

The following is a summary of our cash balances and cash flows (in thousands) as of and for the year to date periods 

ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

2014

2013

Change

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

$

63,604

$

85,154

$

Cash flows from operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

$

Cash Flows for 2014

84,499
(42,294)
(53,965)
(4,341)
47,503

89,625
(130,005)
17,991

839

$

63,604

$

(21,550)
(5,126)
87,711
(71,956)
(5,180)
(16,101)

Funds provided by operating activities totaled approximately $84.5 million for fiscal 2014, a significant portion of 

which resulted from cash provided by net income of $40.2 million. In addition, net impact of the add-back of certain items 
including non-cash depreciation, amortization, stock-based compensation, accretion of debt discount, gain on disposal of fixed 
assets, amortization of inventory fair value adjustment, deferred financing costs, provision for deferred taxes, and non-cash 
gain on foreign currency was approximately $44.4 million.  This is offset by a net increase in current assets and liabilities of 
approximately $0.1 million.

The change in cash flows from operating activities in 2014 as compared to 2013 related primarily to a decrease in 

inventory due to planned inventory management efforts that have positively impacted our inventory levels.  Accounts 
Receivable balances have also decreased due to more timely collections and the impact of changes in foreign exchange rates. 
While a variety of factors can influence our ability to project future cash flow, we expect to see positive cash flows from 
operating activities during 2015 due to income from operations, the add-back of non-cash expenses and a continued decrease in 
working capital.

The change in net cash used in investing activities was primarily due to less acquisition activity ($79.5 million), 

partially offset by a $0.2 million increase in purchases of property, plant and equipment. 2013 acquisitions included the 

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acquisition of Svendborg for $94.6 million, while 2014 included the Guardian acquisition for $15.1 million.  The Company also 
received approximately $0.3 million more in proceeds from the sale of land during 2014 compared to 2013.

The decrease in net cash from financing activities was primarily due to an additional $25.1 million being returned to 
shareholders through increased dividends and the introduction of the Company's share repurchase program,  a decrease of $31.0 
million in payments on the Company's debt, and a decrease of $77.9 million in net proceeds from issuance of indebtedness 
during 2014.

We intend to use our remaining cash and cash equivalents and cash flow from operations to provide for our working 

capital needs, to fund potential future acquisitions, to service our debt, including principal payments, and for capital 
expenditures, for pension funding, and to pay dividends to our stockholders. As of December 31, 2014, we have approximately 
$42.7 million of cash and cash equivalents held by foreign subsidiaries that are generally subject to U.S. income taxation on 
repatriation to the U.S. We believe our future operating cash flows will be sufficient to meet our future operating and investing 
cash needs. Furthermore, the existing cash balances and the availability of additional borrowings under our Revolving Credit 
Facility provide additional potential sources of liquidity should they be required.

Cash Flows for 2013

Amounts in thousands, except percentage data

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

$

85,154

$

92,515

$

Cash flows from operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

89,625
(130,005)
17,991

839

59,918
(38,770)
(29,880)
1,371

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

$

63,604

$

85,154

$

(7,361)
29,707
(91,235)
47,871
(532)
(21,550)

2013

2012

Change

Funds provided by operating activities totaled approximately $89.6 million for fiscal 2013, a significant portion of 

which resulted from cash provided by net income of $40.2 million. In addition, net impact of the add-back of certain items 
including non-cash depreciation, amortization, stock-based compensation, accretion of debt discount, deferred financing costs, 
provision for deferred taxes, and non-cash loss on foreign currency was approximately $39.5 million. Also included in the cash 
flows provided by operating activities is a net decrease in current assets and liabilities of approximately $10.0 million.

The change in cash flows from operating activities in 2013 as compared to 2012 related to an increase in cash 

provided by net income of $16.0 million as well as a decrease in accounts receivable and inventory. Accounts Receivable 
balances have decreased due to more timely collections. Inventory balances have decreased due to planned inventory 
management efforts that have positively impacted our inventory levels. 

The change in net cash used in investing activities was primarily due to the acquisition of Svendborg in December 

2013 for $94.6 million.

The change in net cash from financing activities was primarily due to additional borrowing in the form of a 
€50.0 million term loan as well as additional borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility of fset by payments on the Credit 
Facility.

Capital Expenditures

We made capital expenditures of approximately $28.0 million and $27.8 million in the years ended December 31, 
2014 and 2013, respectively. These capital expenditures will support on-going business needs. During 2013, we purchased a 
portion of the land and building in Esslingen, Germany in which our Bauer business operates. During 2014 we began 
construction on a new building in Esslingen, Germany.  In 2015, we forecast capital expenditures to be in the range of 
$24.0 million to $26.0 million.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that provide liquidity, capital resources, market or credit risk 

support that expose us to any liability that is not reflected in our consolidated financial statements.

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Contractual Obligations

The following table is a summary of our contractual cash obligations as of December 31, 2014 (in thousands):

Term Loan Facility(1)
Convertible Notes(2)
Operating leases

Capital leases
Mortgage(3)

Bauer Mortgage(4)
Revolving Credit 
Facility(5)
Equipment loan(6)
Minimum Purchase 
Contracts(7)
Total contractual cash
obligations

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Thereafter

Total

$

9,481

$

14,159

$

18,038

$

92,019

$

— $

— $

133,697

Payments Due by Period

—

6,891

115

258

—

—

5,430

4,374

—

5,816

115

—

—

—

—

—

—

4,546

115

—

—

—

—

—

—

2,538

115

—

—

40,000

—

—

—

1,873

38

—

3,647

—

—

—

85,000

6,951

—

—

—

—

—

—

85,000

28,615

498

258

3,647

40,000

5,430

4,374

$

26,549

$

20,090

$

22,699

$

134,672

$

5,558

$

91,951

$

301,519

(1)  We have monthly and/or quarterly cash interest requirements due on the Term Loan Facility payable at variable rates 

which are not included in the above table.

(2)  We have semi-annual cash interest requirements due on the Convertible Notes with $2.3 million payable in 2015 through 

2017, and $0.4 million due in 2018 which are not included in the above table.

(3)  In June, 2006, our German subsidiary entered into a mortgage on its building in Heidelberg, Germany, with a local bank. 
The mortgage has an outstanding principal balance of €0.2 million ($0.3 million) as of December 31, 2014, an interest 
rate of 5.75% and is payable in monthly installments over the next 2 years.

(4)  In August 2014, the Company entered an agreement with a bank to borrow €6.0 million or $7.9 million for the 

construction of its new facility in Esslingen, Germany during with an interest rate of 2.5% per year which is payable in 
annual interest payments of €0.2 million or $0.3 million to be paid in monthly installments which are not included in the 
table above. The principal portion of the mortgage will be due in a lump-sum payment in May 2019.

(5)  We have up to $200.0 million of total borrowing capacity, through December 6, 2018, under our Revolving Credit 

Facility of which $149.0 million is currently available. As of December 31, 2014, there were $11.0 million of outstanding 
letters of credit under our Revolving Credit Facility. We have variable monthly and/or quarterly cash interest 
requirements due on the Revolving Credit Facility through 2018, which are not included in the above table.

(6)  The Company has up to a 38.5 million RMB ($6.3 million) Equipment Loan with a Chinese bank to furnish its facility in 

Changzhou, China with equipment. The loan had a principal balance of 33.3 million RMB ($5.4 million) at 
December 31, 2014. Interest is payable monthly at interest rates between 5.40% and 8.00%.

(7)  The Company has minimum purchase contracts for inventory of €3.6 million ($4.4 million) for 2015.

From time to time, we may have cash funding requirements associated with our pension plans. As of December 31, 

2014, there were no requirements for 2015 to 2019 which are not included in the above table. These amounts are based on 
actuarial assumptions and actual amounts could be materially different.

We may be required to make cash outlays related to our unrecognized tax benefits. However, due to the uncertainty 

of the timing of future cash flows associated with our unrecognized tax benefits, we are unable to make reasonably reliable 
estimates of the period of cash settlement, if any, with the respective taxing authorities. Accordingly, unrecognized tax benefits 
of $0.4 million as of December 31, 2014, have been excluded from the contractual obligations table above. For further 
information on unrecognized tax benefits, see Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements.

Stock-based Compensation

The Company's 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2004 Plan”) permitted the grant of various forms of stock based 
compensation to our officers and senior level employees.  The 2004 Plan expired in 2014 and, upon expiration, there were 
750,576 shares subject to outstanding awards under the 2004 Plan.  The 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”) was 

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approved by the Company's shareholders at its 2014 annual meeting.  The 2014 Plan provides for various forms of stock based 
compensation to our directors, executive personnel and other key employees and consultants. Under the 2014 Plan, the total 
number of shares of common stock available for delivery pursuant to the grant of awards (“Awards”) was originally 750,000. 
Shares of our common stock subject to Awards or awarded under the 2004 Plan and outstanding as of the effective date of the 
2014 Plan (except for substitute awards) that terminate without being exercised, expire, are forfeited or canceled, are 
exchanged for Awards that did not involve shares of common stock, are not issued on the stock settlement of a stock 
appreciation right, are withheld by the Company or tendered by a participant (either actually or by attestation) to pay an option 
exercise price or to pay the withholding tax on any Award, or are settled in cash in lieu of shares will again be available for 
Awards under the 2014 Plan.  

As of December 31, 2014, there were 159,178 shares of unvested restricted stock outstanding under the 2004 Plan 

and the 2014 Plan. The remaining compensation cost to be recognized through 2017 is $3.7 million. Based on the stock price at 
December 31, 2014, of $28.39 per share, the intrinsic value of these awards as of December 31, 2014, was $4.5 million.

Income Taxes

We are subject to taxation in multiple jurisdictions throughout the world. Our effective tax rate and tax liability will 

be affected by a number of factors, such as the amount of taxable income in particular jurisdictions, the tax rates in such 
jurisdictions, tax treaties between jurisdictions, the extent to which we transfer funds between jurisdictions and repatriate 
income, and changes in law. Generally, the tax liability for each legal entity is determined either (a) on a non-consolidated and 
non-combined basis or (b) on a consolidated and combined basis only with other eligible entities subject to tax in the same 
jurisdiction, in either case without regard to the taxable losses of non-consolidated and non-combined affiliated entities. As a 
result, we may pay income taxes to some jurisdictions even though on an overall basis we incur a net loss for the period.

Seasonality

We experience seasonality in our turf and garden business, which represented approximately 6.5% of our net sales. 

As our large OEM customers prepare for the spring season, our shipments generally start increasing in December, peak in 
February and March, and begin to decline in April and May. This allows our customers to have inventory in place for the peak 
consumer purchasing periods for turf and garden products. The June-through-November period is typically the low season for 
us and our customers in the turf and garden market. Seasonality is also affected by weather and the level of housing starts.

Inflation

Inflation can affect the costs of goods and services we use. The majority of the countries that are of significance to 

us, from either a manufacturing or sales viewpoint, have in recent years enjoyed relatively low inflation. The competitive 
environment in which we operate inevitably creates pressure on us to provide our customers with cost-effective products and 
services.

Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We are exposed to various market risk factors such as fluctuating interest rates, changes in foreign currency rates and 

changes in commodity prices. At present, with the exception of the interest rate swap described below, we do not utilize any 
other derivative instruments to manage these risks.

Currency translation.    We are exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates primarily in 
connection with our foreign subsidiaries. The results of operations of our foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S. Dollars at 
the average exchange rates for each period concerned. The balance sheets of foreign subsidiaries are translated into 
U.S. Dollars at the exchange rates in effect at the end of each period. Any adjustments resulting from the translation are 
recorded as other comprehensive income. For the year ended December 31, 2014, approximately 39% of our revenues and 
approximately 18% of our total operating income were denominated in foreign currencies. 

We have performed a sensitivity analysis assuming a hypothetical 10% adverse movement in foreign currency exchange 
rates from the quoted foreign currency exchange rates at December 31, 2014. As of December 31, 2014, the analysis indicated 
that such an adverse movement would cause our revenues and operating income to fluctuate by approximately 4% and 3%, 
respectively.

Currency transaction exposure.    Currency transaction exposure arises where actual sales, purchases and financing 

transactions are made by a business or company in a currency other than its own functional currency. Any transactional 
differences at an international location are recorded in net income on a monthly basis.  

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Interest rate risk.    We are subject to market exposure to changes in interest rates on some of our financing activities. 
This exposure relates to borrowings under our Term Loan Facility and our Revolving Credit Facility that are subject to variable 
interest rates. Interest on the amounts outstanding under the credit facilities is calculated using either an ABR Rate or 
Eurodollar rate, plus the applicable margin.    As of December 31, 2014, we had $40.0 million in borrowings under our 
Revolving Credit Facility and $133.7 million under our Term Loan Facility. A hypothetical change in interest rates of 1% on 
our outstanding variable rate debt would increase our annual interest expense by approximately $1.0 million. 

We rely on interest rate swap contracts and hedging arrangements to effectively manage our interest rate risk. We entered 

into an interest rate swap in 2013 to hedge exposure to variable rate interest rate payable on a portion of our outstanding 
borrowings, currently $82.5 million, under the Credit Facility. We are exposed to credit loss in the event of non-performance by 
the swap counterparty. With other variables held constant, a hypothetical 50 basis point decrease in the LIBOR yield curve 
would have resulted in a decrease of approximately $0.5 million in the fair value of the interest rate swap.

Commodity price exposure.   We have exposure to changes in commodity prices principally related to metals 

including steel, copper and aluminum. From the first quarter of 2004 to the fourth quarter of 2014, the average price of copper 
and steel has increased approximately 109% and 77%, respectively. We primarily manage our risk associated with such 
increases through the use of surcharges or general pricing increases for the related products. We do not engage in the use of 
financial instruments to hedge our commodities price exposure.

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Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of:
Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
Braintree, Massachusetts

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Altra Industrial Motion Corp. and subsidiaries 

(the “Company”), as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive 
income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014. Our audits also 
included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15. These financial statements and financial statement 
schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial 
statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board 

(United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the 
amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and 
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that 
our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of 
Altra Industrial Motion Corp. and subsidiaries at December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the results of their operations and their cash 
flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014, in conformity with accounting principles generally 
accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation 
to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth 
therein.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United 

States), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, based on the criteria established in 
Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway 
Commission and our report dated February 26, 2015 expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company’s internal control over 
financial reporting.

/s/    Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
February 26, 2015

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ALTRA INDUSTRIAL MOTION CORP.

Consolidated Balance Sheets
Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

ASSETS

Trade receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,302 and $2,245 at
December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively

Inventories

Deferred income taxes

Income tax receivable

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

Total current assets

Property, plant and equipment, net

Intangible assets, net

Goodwill

Deferred income taxes

Other non-current assets, net

Total assets

Year Ended December 31,

2014

2013

$

47,503

$

63,604

106,458

132,736

9,240

6,247

8,617

310,801

156,366

110,730

102,087

987

3,592

109,084

143,665

9,754

5,032

18,066

349,205

157,535

118,768

104,339

934

4,895

$

684,563

$

735,676

LIABILITIES, NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

Accrued payroll

Accruals and other current liabilities

Income tax payable

Deferred income taxes

Current portion of long-term debt

Total current liabilities

Long-term debt — less current portion and net of unaccreted discount

Deferred income taxes

Pension liabilities

Long-term taxes payable

Other long-term liabilities

Redeemable non-controlling interest

Commitments and Contingencies                                              (Note 14)

Stockholders’ equity:

Preferred stock ($0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and
outstanding at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively)

Common stock ($0.001 par value, 90,000,000 shares authorized, 26,353,755 and
26,819,795 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively)

Additional paid-in capital

Retained earnings

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

Total stockholders’ equity

$

44,298

$

23,254

33,591

3,189

120

15,176

119,628

240,576

53,226

9,993

629

869

883

—

26

139,087

161,061
(41,415)
258,759

51,180

23,983

34,979

12,963

44

16,924

140,073

261,348

53,813

8,025

1,038

1,055

991

—

27

154,471

133,231
(18,396)
269,333

Total liabilities, non-controlling interest and stockholders’ equity

$

684,563

$

735,676

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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ALTRA INDUSTRIAL MOTION CORP.

Consolidated Statements of Income
Amounts in thousands, except per share data

December 31,

2014

2013

2012

$

819,817

$

722,218

$

Net sales

Cost of sales

Gross profit

Operating expenses:

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Research and development expenses

Restructuring costs

Income from operations

Other non-operating income and expense:

Interest expense, net

Other non-operating expense (income), net

Income before income taxes

Provision for income taxes

Net income

Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest

Net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Weighted average shares, basic

Weighted average shares, diluted

Earnings per share:

Basic net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Diluted net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Cash dividend declared

$

$

$

$

570,948

248,869

156,471

15,522

1,767

173,760

75,109

11,994
(3)
11,991

63,118

22,936

40,182
(15)
40,167

26,713

27,403

1.50

1.47

0.46

$

$

$

$

506,837

215,381

130,155

12,536

1,111

143,802

71,579

10,586

1,657

12,243

59,336

19,151

40,185

90

40,275

$

26,766

26,841

1.50

1.50

0.38

$

$

$

731,990

513,442

218,548

127,044

11,457

3,196

141,697

76,851

40,790

1,702

42,492

34,359

10,154

24,205

88

24,293

26,656

26,756

0.91

0.91

0.16

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ALTRA INDUSTRIAL MOTION CORP.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Amounts in thousands, except per share data

Net income
Other Comprehensive Income (loss):
Pension liability adjustment, net of tax

Change in fair value of interest rate swap, net of tax

Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax

Total Comprehensive income

Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest

Comprehensive income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

$

December 31,

2014

2013

2012

$

40,182

$

40,185

$

24,205

(1,685)
8
(21,342)
17,163
(108)
17,055

1,474

135

3,398

45,192

248

(2,122)
—

3,795

25,878

88

$

45,440

$

25,966

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ALTRA INDUSTRIAL MOTION CORP.

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
Amounts in thousands, except per share data

Common
Stock

Shares

Additional
Paid in
Capital

Retained
Earnings

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss

Redeemable
Non-
Controlling
Interest

Total

26,600

$ 150,234

$ 83,211

$

(25,076) $ 208,396

$

Balance at January 1, 2012

$

Stock-based compensation
and vesting of restricted
stock

Net income

Net loss attributable to non-
controlling interest

Fair value of non-controlling
interest at acquisition

Dividends declared, $0.16
per share

Cumulative foreign currency
translation adjustment, net
of $994 of tax expense

Minimum Pension
adjustment, net of $1,388
tax expense

Balance at December 31,
2012

Stock-based compensation
and vesting of restricted
stock

Net income attributable to
Altra Industrial Motion
Corp.

Net loss attributable to non-
controlling interest

Dividends declared, $0.38
per share

Change in fair value of
interest rate swap, net of $78
tax

Minimum Pension
adjustment, net of $800 tax
expense

Cumulative foreign currency
translation adjustment, net
of $50 tax expense

Balance at December 31,
2013

Stock-based compensation
and vesting of restricted
stock

Net income attributable to
Altra Industrial Motion
Corp.

27

—

—

—

—

—

—

27

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

27

—

—

124

—

1,954

—

—

24,293

—

—

—

—

1,954

24,293

—

—

—

—

(4,304)

(4,304)

—

—

3,795

3,795

(2,122)

(2,122)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(88)

1,327

—

—

26,724

152,188

103,200

(23,403)

232,012

1,239

96

—

—

—

—

—

—

2,283

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

40,275

—

(10,244)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

2,283

40,275

—

—

—

(90)

(10,244)

135

135

1,474

1,474

—

—

3,398

3,398

(158)

26,820

154,471

133,231

(18,396)

269,333

991

79

—

2,233

—

—

40,167

—

—

2,233

40,167

—

—

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Net income attributable to
non-controlling interest

Dividends declared, $0.46
per share

Change in fair value of
interest rate swap

Minimum Pension
adjustment, net of $478 tax
expense

Repurchases of common
stock - 545,154 shares

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(1)

(545)

(17,617)

Cumulative foreign currency
translation adjustment, net
of $203 tax expense

Balance at December 31,
2014

$

—

26

—

(12,337)

—

—

—

—

—

15

—

—

8

(12,337)

8

—

—

(1,685)

(1,685)

—

(17,618)

—

—

(21,342)

(21,342)

(123)

26,354

$ 139,087

$ 161,061

$

(41,415) $ 258,759

$

883

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ALTRA INDUSTRIAL MOTION CORP.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Amounts in thousands

Cash flows from operating activities

Net income

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows provided by operating activities:

Year ended December 31,

2014

2013

2012

$

40,182

$

40,185

$

24,205

Depreciation

Amortization of intangible assets

Amortization and write-offs of deferred loan costs

(Gain) loss on foreign currency, net

Amortization of inventory fair value adjustment

Accretion and write-off of debt discount and premium

(Gain) loss on disposal/impairment of fixed assets

Provision (benefit) for deferred taxes

Stock-based compensation

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Trade receivables

Inventories

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

Other current assets and liabilities

Other operating assets and liabilities

Net cash provided by operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

Proceeds from sale of Mt. Pleasant Facility

Proceeds from sale of land

Acquisition of Svendborg, net of $7.5 million cash received

Cash paid to escrow agent for Svendborg Transfer Pricing Claim liability

Acquisition of Lamiflex, net of $68 cash received

Acquisition of Guardian, net of $2.0 million cash received

Net cash used in investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Payment of debt issuance costs

Payments on term loan facility

Payments on revolving credit facility

Dividend payments

Proceeds from Equipment Loan

Payments of equipment and working capital notes

Borrowing under Revolving Credit Facility

Proceeds from Bauer mortgage

Borrowing under Additional Term Loan

Payments on Former Term Loan Facility

Payments on Former Revolving Credit Facility

Shares surrendered for tax withholding

Payment on mortgages and other debt

Common stock repurchase under share repurchase program

Redemption of variable rate demand revenue bonds related to the San Marcos Facility

1
Purchase of 8 

/8% Senior Secured Notes

Proceeds from Former Term Loan Facility and Revolving Credit Facility

Net payments on capital leases

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23,118

9,019

927

(157)

2,376

3,407

(92)

2,712

3,101

(1,050)

5,402

(6,055)

860

749

84,499

21,419

6,505

873

742

—

3,143

147

3,464

3,173

5,791

6,412

(708)

2,156

(3,677)

89,625

20,537

6,839

6,006

(125)

122

4,869

251

(625)

2,696

836

4,084

(6,640)

726

(3,863)

59,918

(28,050)

(27,823)

(31,346)

—

848

—

—

—

(15,092)

(42,294)

—

(23,247)

(9,190)

(15,033)

2,870

(1,594)

8,000

3,647

—

—

—

(1,158)

(642)

(17,618)

—

—

—

—

578

—

(94,613)

(8,147)

—

—

(130,005)

(670)

—

—

(7,548)

2,999

—

21,198

—

68,871

(5,625)

(59,304)

(1,174)

(756)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—
—
(7,424)

—

(38,770)

(2,454)

—

—

(4,304)

1,100

—

—

—

—
—
—
(949)

(1,199)

—

(3,000)

(198,045)

179,304

(333)

 
 
 
Net cash (used) provided by financing activities

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

Cash paid during the period for:

Interest

Income taxes

Non-cash Financing and Investing:

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment included in accounts payable

Dividend accrued

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment through capital leases

(53,965)

(4,341)

(16,101)

63,604

47,503

7,618

31,631

1,642

$

$

$

$

— $

539

$

17,991

839

(21,550)

85,154

63,604

6,704

13,398

1,179

2,696

$

$

$

$

$

— $

(29,880)

1,371

(7,361)

92,515

85,154

30,891

12,397

574

—

—

$

$

$

$

$

$

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ALTRA INDUSTRIAL MOTION CORP.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Amounts in thousands (unless otherwise noted)

1.    Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Preparation and Description of Business

Headquartered in Braintree, Massachusetts, Altra Industrial Motion Corp. (the “Company”) is a leading multi-

national designer, producer and marketer of a wide range of electro-mechanical power transmission products. The Company 
brings together strong brands covering over 42 product lines with production facilities in twelve 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, Kilian Manufacturing, Lamiflex Couplings, Marland 
Clutch, Matrix, Nuttall Gear, Stieber Clutch, Svendborg Brakes, TB Wood’s, Twiflex, Warner Electric, Warner Linear, and 
Wichita Clutch.

In November 2013, Altra Holdings, Inc. changed its name to Altra Industrial Motion Corp., and Altra Industrial 

Motion, Inc., the Company’s former wholly owned subsidiary, changed its name to Altra Power Transmission, Inc.  In 
December 2014,  Altra Power Transmission, Inc. was merged into Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Principles of Consolidation

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.

Net Income Per Share

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.

The following is a reconciliation of basic to diluted net income per share:

Year Ended December, 31

2014

2013

2012

Net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Shares used in net income per common share — basic

$

40,167

$

40,275

$

26,713

26,766

Dilutive effect of the equity premium on Convertible Notes at the average
price of common stock
Incremental shares of unvested restricted common stock

612

78

—

75

24,293

26,656

—

100

Shares used in net income per common share — diluted

27,403

26,841

26,756

Earnings per share:

Basic net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Diluted net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

$

$

1.50

1.47

$

$

1.50

1.50

$

$

0.91

0.91

During the year ended December 31, 2014, the average price of the Company's common stock exceeded the current 

conversion price of the Company's Convertible Notes resulting in additional shares being included in net income per share in 
the diluted earnings per share calculation above.  The Company excluded 2,571,130 shares in 2014, 3,137,351 shares in 2013 
and 3,094,706 shares in 2012 (amounts not in thousands) related to the Convertible Notes (See Note 9) from the above earnings 
per share calculation as these shares were anti-dilutive.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

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 Company’s Credit Agreement with 
certain financial institutions including the Term Loan Facility of $133,697,000 and a Revolving Credit Facility of $200,000,000 
approximate the fair values due to the variable rate nature at current market rates.

The carrying amount of the 2.75% Convertible Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) was $85.0 million at December 31, 

2014 and 2013. The estimated fair value of the Convertible Notes at December 31, 2014 and 2013 was $99.0 million and 
$116.5 million, respectively, based on inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the Convertible Notes (level 2).

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Included in cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 are money market fund investments of 

$0.3 million and $16.6 million, respectively, which are reported at fair value based on quoted market prices for such 
investments (level 1).

The estimated fair value of the Company’s interest rate swap agreement with certain financial institutions (“Interest 

Rate Swap”) as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 was $0.1 million and $0.1 million , based on inputs other than quoted prices 
that are observable for the Interest Rate Swap (level 2). Inputs include present value of fixed and projected floating rate cash 
flows over the term of the swap contract. 

Use of Estimates

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.

Non-controlling Interest

On July 11, 2012, the Company acquired 85% of privately held Lamiflex do Brasil Equipamentos Industriais Ltda. 

(“Lamiflex”).

The Company recorded the redeemable non-controlling interest from its acquisition of an 85% ownership interest of 

Lamiflex at fair value at the date of acquisition. In connection with this acquisition, the Company entered into put and call 
option agreements with the minority shareholders for the potential purchase of the non-controlling interest at a future date at a 
value based on a contractually determined formula. As a result of the option agreements, the non-controlling interest is 
considered redeemable and is classified as temporary equity on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The non-controlling 
interest is reviewed at each subsequent reporting period and adjusted, as needed, to reflect its then redemption value.

Foreign Currency Translation

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 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 statements of income.

Trade Receivables

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

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market using the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method for all entities 

excluding one of the Company’s subsidiaries, TB Wood’s. TB Wood’s inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market, 
principally using the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) method. Inventory stated using the LIFO method approximates 7.0% and 7.5% 
of total inventory at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

The cost of inventories acquired by the Company in its acquisitions reflect 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.

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Property, Plant and Equipment

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:

Buildings and improvements

Machinery and equipment

Capital lease

15 to 45 years

2 to 15 years

Life of lease

Leasehold improvements are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated life of the asset or the life of the 

lease, if shorter.

Improvements and replacements are capitalized to the extent that they increase the useful economic life or increase 

the expected economic benefit of the underlying asset. Repairs and maintenance expenditures are charged to expense as 
incurred.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets represent product technology, patents, tradenames, trademarks and customer relationships. Product 
technology, patents and customer relationships are amortized on a straight-line basis over 8 to 17 years, which approximates the 
period of economic benefit. The tradenames and trademarks are considered indefinite-lived assets and are not being amortized. 
Intangibles are stated at fair value on the date of acquisition. Intangibles are stated net of accumulated amortization.

Goodwill

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.

Impairment of Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

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 using a two-step approach. In the first step, the Company estimates future 
cash flows based upon historical results and current market projections, discounted at a market comparable rate. If the carrying 
amount of the reporting unit exceeds the estimated fair value, impairment may be present, the Company would then be required 
to perform a second step in its impairment analysis. In the second step, the Company would evaluate impairment losses based 
upon the fair value of the underlying assets and liabilities of the reporting unit, including any unrecognized intangible assets, 
and estimate the implied fair value of the goodwill. An impairment loss is recognized to the extent that a reporting unit’s 
recorded value of the goodwill asset exceeded its deemed fair value. In addition, to the extent the implied fair value of any 
indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than the asset’s carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized on those assets. 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 for each of the reporting units. 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 1.25%). We compared the estimated fair value of our trademarks with the carrying value of the trademarks 
and did not identify any impairment.   The Company did not identify any impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets 
during the periods presented.

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 profitability could affect the estimated fair 
value of one or more of the Company’s reporting units and could result in a goodwill 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.

The Company did not identify any impairment of long-lived assets in the periods presented.

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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.

Debt Issuance Costs

Costs directly related to the issuance of debt are capitalized, included in other non-current assets and amortized using 

the effective interest method over the term of the related debt obligation. The net carrying value of debt issuance costs was 
approximately $3.2 million and $4.1 million at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Revenue Recognition

Product revenues are recognized, net of sales tax collected, at the time title and risk of loss pass to the customer, 
which generally occurs 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.

Certain large distribution customers receive annual volume discounts, which are estimated at the time the sale is 

recorded based on the estimated annual sales.

Shipping and Handling Costs

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.

Warranty Costs

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. See Note 6 to the 
consolidated financial statements.

Self-Insurance

Certain exposures are self-insured up to pre-determined amounts, above which third-party insurance applies, 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.

Research and Development

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred.

Advertising

Advertising costs are charged to selling, general and administrative expenses as incurred and amounted to 
approximately $2.9 million, $2.5 million and $2.1 million, for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, 
respectively.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company's 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2004 Plan”) permitted the grant of various forms of stock based 
compensation to our officers and senior level employees.  The 2004 Plan expired in 2014 and, upon expiration, there were 
750,576 shares subject to outstanding awards under the 2004 Plan.  The 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”) was 
approved by the Company's shareholders at its 2014 annual meeting.  The 2014 Plan provides for various forms of stock based 
compensation to our directors, executive personnel and other key employees and consultants. Under the 2014 Plan, the total 
number of shares of common stock available for delivery pursuant to the grant of awards (“Awards”) was originally 750,000. 
Shares of our common stock subject to Awards or awarded under the 2004 Plan and outstanding as of the effective date of the 
2014 Plan (except for substitute awards) that terminate without being exercised, expire, are forfeited or canceled, are 
exchanged for Awards that did not involve shares of common stock, are not issued on the stock settlement of a stock 
appreciation right, are withheld by the Company or tendered by a participant (either actually or by attestation) to pay an option 
exercise price or to pay the withholding tax on any Award, or are settled in cash in lieu of shares will again be available for 
Awards under the 2014 Plan.  The Company recognizes stock based compensation expense on a straight line basis for shares 
vesting ratably under the 2004 Plan and 2014 Plan and uses the graded-vesting method of recognizing stock-based 
compensation expense for performance share awards based on the probability of the specific performance metrics being 
achieved over the requisite service period.

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Income Taxes

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.

Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss by Component

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

Interest Rate
Swap

Defined
Benefit
Pension Plans

Cumulative
Foreign
Currency
Translation

Total

$

— $

(2,485) $

(22,591) $

(25,076)

—

—

135

135

8

(2,122)

3,795

1,673

(4,607)

(18,796)

(23,403)

1,474

3,398

5,007

(3,133)

(15,398)

(18,396)

(1,685)

(21,342)

(23,019)

$

143

$

(4,818) $

(36,740) $

(41,415)

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss by Component,
January 1, 2012

Net current-period Other Comprehensive Income

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss by Component,
January 1, 2013

Net current-period Other Comprehensive Income

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by
component, January 1, 2014

Net current-period Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by
component, December 31, 2014

2.    Acquisitions

Guardian Couplings

On July 1, 2014, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Guardian Ind., Inc. (“Guardian 

Couplings”) for cash consideration of  $17.1 million. This transaction is referred to as the Guardian Acquisition. Guardian 
Couplings is a manufacturer and supplier of flywheel, motion control and general industrial couplings. The Guardian 
Acquisition provides the Company with increased product coverage in several core markets, including energy, farm and 
agriculture, and specialty machinery and is expected to provide synergies with the Company's existing product offerings. 

The sellers agreed to provide the Company with a limited set of representations and warranties, including those 

with respect to outstanding and potential liabilities. Claims for a breach of a representation or warranty are secured by a limited 
escrow. There is no guarantee that the Company would actually be able to recover all or any portion of the sums payable in 
connection with such breach. 

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The Company is in the process of finalizing the valuation of certain intangibles, the related tax impact and the 

valuation of certain tax information to finalize fair value.  The Company believes that such preliminary allocations provide a 
reasonable basis for estimating the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed.  The purchase price of $17.1 million, 
excluding acquisition costs of $0.2 million,  is in excess of the fair value of net assets acquired by approximately $2.2 million.  
Current assets acquired, excluding approximately $2.0 million in cash, totaled approximately $4.0 million, non-current assets 
totaled approximately $9.2 million and current liabilities totaled approximately $0.3 million.

The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill. This 

goodwill is deductible for income tax purposes over a period of 15 years. The Company expects to develop synergies, such as 
lower cost country sourcing and global procurement.

The non-current assets acquired included the following intangible assets:

Customer relationships, subject to amortization
Trade names and trademarks, not subject to amortization
Total intangible assets

$

$

7,450
650
8,100

Customer relationships are subject to amortization which will be amortized on a straight-line basis over 

their estimated useful lives of 14 years, which represents the anticipated period over which the Company estimates it will 
benefit from the acquired assets.

Svendborg Brakes

In December 2013, the Company consummated an agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") to acquire all of the 

issued and outstanding shares of Svendborg Brakes A/S and S.B. Patent Holding ApS (together “Svendborg”) for cash 
consideration of  €80.1 million  ($110.2 million), less the cash remaining on the balance sheet at close of  €5.4 million  ($7.5 
million). This transaction is referred to as the Svendborg Acquisition. Through the Svendborg Acquisition, the Company 
acquired the leading global manufacturer of premium quality caliper brakes. With the Svendborg Acquisition, in addition to a 
presence in Denmark, the Company acquired Svendborg’s well-established sales network in 7 additional countries in Western 
Europe, China, South America, Australia and the United States as well as a manufacturing facility in China.

Under the Purchase Agreement, the seller agreed to provide the Company with a limited set of representations and 

warranties, including with respect to outstanding and potential liabilities. Claims for a breach of a representation or warranty 
are secured by a limited escrow and warranty and indemnity insurance. Damages resulting from a breach of a representation or 
warranty could have a material and adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations, and there is 
no guarantee that the Company would actually be able to recover all or any portion of the sums payable in connection with 
such breach.

Under the Purchase Agreement, the seller agreed to provide the Company with an indemnification for certain tax 
liabilities related to transfer pricing (the “Transfer Pricing Claims”) identified as part of an ongoing tax audit in Denmark. As 
part of the Purchase Agreement, an escrow in the amount of approximately €8.5 million  ($11.6 million) was established for the 
Transfer Pricing Claims. The Company estimated this liability to be $8.1 million and as a result initially recorded a liability 
included in taxes payable and an escrow receivable in other current assets. The purchase price in the reconciliation below 
represents cash consideration less the estimated escrow receivable for which the Company expects to be indemnified.
During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company paid approximately €5.9 million ($8.1 million ) to settle a portion of 
the Transfer Pricing Claims and received a corresponding amount from the escrow established for the Transfer Pricing Claims. 

Measurement period adjustments reflect new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the 

acquisition date.  The Company updated the acquisition accounting for the measurement period adjustments noted in the table 
below during the year ended December 31, 2014.  

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Purchase price, excluding acquisition costs of approximately $2.5
million
Cash and cash equivalents

Trade receivables

Inventories

Prepaid and other

Property, plant and equipment

Other assets

Intangible assets

Total assets acquired

Accounts payable

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

Taxes payable

Deferred tax liability

Total liabilities assumed

Net assets acquired

At Acquisition
Date

Measurement
Period
Adjustments

At Acquisition
Date (As
Adjusted)

$

102,096

$

— $

102,096

7,483

21,575

25,452

5,511

12,216

1,133

48,893

122,263

4,833

9,620

10,254

11,483

36,190

86,073

—
(715)
(224)
(76)
—

—

—
(1,015)
—

517

—

431

948
(1,963)
1,963

$

7,483

20,860

25,228

5,435

12,216

1,133

48,893

121,248

4,833

10,137

10,254

11,914

37,138

84,110

17,986

Excess of purchase price over fair value of net assets acquired

$

16,023

$

The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill. This goodwill 

is not deductible for income tax purposes. The Company expects to develop synergies, such as lower cost country sourcing, 
global procurement, the ability to cross-sell product, and the ability to penetrate certain geographic areas, as a result of the 
acquisition of Svendborg.

Customer relationships, subject to amortization
Trade names and trademarks, not subject to amortization
Patents
Total intangible assets

$

$

40,050
8,500
343
48,893

Customer relationships are subject to amortization which will be amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated 

useful lives of 17 years, which represents the anticipated period over which the Company estimates benefits from the acquired 
assets will be realized.

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The following table sets forth the unaudited pro forma results of operations of the Company for the year to date periods ended 
December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 as if the Company had acquired Svendborg at January 1, 2012, and Guardian at January 1, 
2013.  The pro forma information contains the actual operating results of the Company, including Svendborg and Guardian, 
adjusted to include the pro forma impact of (i) additional depreciation expense as a result of estimated depreciation based on 
the fair value of fixed assets and; (ii) additional expense as a result of the estimated amortization of identifiable intangible 
assets; (iii) elimination of certain acquisition related expenses (iv) reduction in costs of goods sold related to the amortization of 
inventory fair value adjustment (v) additional interest expense for borrowings under the Credit Agreement associated with the 
Svendborg and Guardian Acquisitions. These pro forma amounts do not purport to be indicative of the results that would have 
actually been obtained if the acquisition occurred at the beginning of the period or that may be obtained in the future.

Total revenues

Net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Basic earnings per share:

Net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Diluted earnings per share:

Net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

3.    Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:

Raw materials

Work in process

Finished goods

Inventories, net

2014

2013

2012

$

$

$

$

825,723

42,632

1.60

1.56

$

$

$

$

$

$

813,477

38,695

1.45

1.44

$

$

$

$

818,956

22,373

0.84

0.84

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

36,814

$

13,641

82,281

56,824

18,432

68,409

132,736

$

143,665

Approximately 7.0% of total inventories at December 31, 2014, were valued using the LIFO method. The Company 

recorded as a component of cost of sales, a $0.1 million, and a $0.7 million provision in the years ended December 31, 2014 
and 2013, respectively. If the LIFO inventory was accounted for using the FIFO method, the inventory balance at December 31, 
2014 and 2013, would be $1.7 million higher and $1.6 million higher, respectively.

4.    Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

Land

Buildings and improvements

Machinery and equipment

Less-Accumulated depreciation

2014

2013

$

26,560

$

44,791

220,896

292,247
(135,881)
156,366

$

$

20,803

53,078

207,193

281,074
(123,539)
157,535

The Company recorded $23.1 million, $21.4 million and $20.5 million of depreciation expense in the years ended 

December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively.

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5.    Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The changes in the carrying value of goodwill by segment for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

Clutches and
Brakes

Couplings

Gearing &
Power
Transmission
Components

Total

Gross goodwill balance as of January 1, 2013

$

37,784 $

36,138 $

46,113 $

120,035

Accumulated Impairment January 1, 2013

Purchase price accounting adjustments
Impact of changes in foreign currency and
other

Net goodwill balance December 31, 2013

Purchase price accounting adjustments
Impact of changes in foreign currency and
other

(3,745)

16,023

418

50,480

1,963

(4,741)

(14,982)

(13,083)

(31,810)

—

(414)

—

87

16,023

91

20,742

33,117

104,339

2,180

(512)

—

(1,142)

4,143

(6,395)

Net goodwill balance December 31, 2014

$

47,702 $

22,410 $

31,975 $

102,087

Purchase accounting adjustments in the Clutches and Brakes segment and Couplings segment relate to the Svendborg Acquisition 
and Guardian Acquisition, respectively.

The following table provides the gross carrying value and accumulated amortization for each major class of intangible asset:

Intangible Assets
Intangible assets not subject to
amortization:
Tradenames and trademarks

Intangible assets subject to amortization:

Customer relationships

Product technology and patents

December 31, 2014

Cost

Accumulated
Amortization

Net

Cost

December 31, 2013

Accumulated
Amortization

Net

$

41,257

$

— $

41,257

$

42,605

$

— $

42,605

118,523

49,849

68,674

117,848

42,582

75,266

6,830

6,031

799

6,983

6,086

897

Total intangible assets

$ 166,610

$

55,880

$ 110,730

$ 167,436

$

48,668

$ 118,768

The Company recorded $9.0 million, $6.5 million, and $6.8 million of amortization for the years ended 

December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Customer relationships, product technology and patents are amortized over their useful lives ranging from 8 to 
17 years. The weighted average estimated useful life of intangible assets subject to amortization is approximately 11 years.

The estimated amortization expense for intangible assets is approximately $8.2 million in 2015, $8.2 million in each 

of the next four years and then $28.5 million thereafter.

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6.    Warranty Costs

The contractual warranty period of the Company's products generally ranges from three months to two years with 

certain warranties extending for longer periods. Estimated expenses related to product warranties are accrued at the time 
products are sold to customers and are recorded in accruals and other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet. 
Estimates are established using historical information as to the nature, frequency and average costs of warranty claims. 
Changes in the carrying amount of accrued product warranty costs for each of the years ended December 31, are as follows:

Balance at beginning of period

Accrued current period warranty costs

Acquired warranty reserves

Payments and adjustments

Balance at end of period

7.    Income Taxes

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

December 31,
2012

$

$

8,739

$

5,625

$

1,537

—
(2,484)
7,792

$

2,573

3,420
(2,879)
8,739

$

4,898

2,386

—
(1,659)
5,625

Income before income taxes by domestic and foreign locations consists of the following:

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

December 31,
2012

$

$

33,065

30,053

63,118

$

$

37,640

21,696

59,336

$

$

18,083

16,276

34,359

The components of the provision for income taxes consist of the following:

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

December 31,
2012

$

12,545

$

8,917

$

299

7,380

20,224

2,673

198
(159)
2,712

698

6,072

15,687

3,533

378
(447)
3,464

8,370
(3,597)
6,006

10,779

(915)
1,756
(1,466)
(625)
10,154

Provision for income taxes

$

22,936

$

19,151

$

62

Domestic

Foreign

Total

Current:

Federal

State

Non-US

Deferred:

Federal

State

Non-US

A reconciliation from tax at the U.S. federal statutory rate to the Company’s provision for income taxes is as follows:

Tax at US federal income tax rate

State taxes, net of federal income tax effect

Change in tax rate

Foreign reorganization

Foreign taxes

Adjustments to accrued income tax liabilities and uncertain tax positions

Valuation allowance

Intercompany interest

Tax credits and incentives

Domestic manufacturing deduction

Other

Provision for income taxes

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

December 31,
2012

$

22,092

$

20,767

$

12,026

495

11

3,786
(1,978)
(287)
612
(910)
(666)
(1,201)
982

905
(354)
—
(224)
(52)
120
(986)
(816)
(839)
630

67
(267)
—

781
(1,289)
506
(1,676)
(291)
(566)
863

$

22,936

$

19,151

$

10,154

The Company and its subsidiaries file a consolidated federal income tax return in the United States, as well as 

consolidated and separate income tax returns in various states. The Company and its subsidiaries also file consolidated and 
separate income tax returns in various non-U.S. jurisdictions. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to 
examination by taxing authorities in all of these jurisdictions. With the exception of certain foreign jurisdictions, the Company 
is no longer subject to income tax examinations for the tax years prior to 2011.  Additionally, the Company has indemnification 
agreements with the sellers of the Guardian, Svendborg, Lamiflex and Bauer entities that provide for reimbursement to the 
Company for payments made in satisfaction of income tax liabilities relating to pre-acquisition periods.

A reconciliation of the gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits excluding accrued interest and penalties is as 

follows:

Balance at beginning of period

Increases related to prior year tax positions

Decreases related to prior year tax positions

Increases related to current year tax positions

Settlements

Lapse of statute of limitations

Balance at end of period

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

December 31,
2012

$

627

$

747

$

3,523

—

—

—
(176)
(17)
434

$

—
(33)
—

—
(87)
627

$

—

—

—
(2,689)
(87)
747

$

In 2012, the Company recognized a $2.5 million tax benefit for the reduction of the Company’s reserve for uncertain 

tax positions due to a settlement with the State of New York for which the Company was fully indemnified.

The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense in the 

Consolidated Statement of Income. The Company accrued interest and penalties of $0.1 million (off-set by a $0.3 million 
benefit of interest and penalties primarily related to the lapse of the applicable statute of limitations), $0.1 million, and $0.2 
million during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The total gross amount of interest and 
penalties related to uncertain tax positions at December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 was $0.2 million, $0.4 million, $0.4 million, 
respectively. Although it is reasonably possible that a change in the balance of unrecognized tax benefits might occur within the 
next twelve months, at this time it is not possible to estimate the range of change due to the uncertainty of the potential 
outcomes.

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets 

and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes.

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Significant components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

2014

2013

Deferred tax assets:

Post-retirement obligations

Tax credits

Expenses not currently deductible

Net operating loss carryover

Other

Total deferred tax assets

Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets

Net deferred tax assets

Deferred tax liabilities:

Property, plant and equipment

Intangible assets

Basis difference - convertible debt

Goodwill

Total deferred liabilities

Net deferred tax liabilities

$

1,363

$

2,194

11,457

5,901

519

21,434
(5,974)
15,460

19,002

22,735

11,875

4,967

58,579

$

43,119

$

1,565

2,165

11,788

6,376

546

22,440
(5,577)
16,863

20,065

25,090

11,064

3,813

60,032

43,169

On December 31, 2014 the Company had state net operating loss (NOL) carry forwards of $24.3 million, which 

expire between 2019 and 2032, and non U.S. NOL  and  capital loss carryforwards of $21.8 million, of which substantially all 
have an unlimited carryforward period. The NOL carryforwards available are subject to limitations on their annual usage. The 
Company also has federal and state tax credits of $2.4 million available to reduce future income taxes that expire between 2015 
and 2029.

Valuation allowances are established for deferred tax assets when management believes it is more likely than not that 

the associated benefit may not be realized. The Company periodically reviews the adequacy of its valuation allowances and 
recognizes tax benefits only as reassessments indicate that it is more likely than not the benefits will be realized. Valuation 
allowances have been established due to the uncertainty of realizing the benefits of certain net operating losses, capital loss 
carryforwards, tax credits, and other tax attributes. The valuation allowances are primarily related to certain non-U.S. NOL 
carryforwards, capital loss carryforwards, and U.S. federal foreign tax credits.

A provision has not been made for U.S. or additional non-U.S. taxes on $70.8 million of undistributed earnings of 

international subsidiaries that could be subject to taxation if remitted to the U.S. because the Company plans to keep these 
amounts permanently reinvested outside the U.S. except for instances where the Company has already been subject to tax in the 
U.S. It is not practicable to determine the amount of deferred income taxes not provided on these earnings.

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8. Pension and Other Employee Benefits

Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Company sponsors various defined benefit (pension) plans for certain, primarily unionized, active employees 

(those in the employment of the Company at, and certain employees hired since, November 30, 2004).

The following tables represent the reconciliation of the benefit obligation, fair value of plan assets and funded status 

of the respective defined benefit (pension) plans as of December 31, 2014 and 2013:

Pension Benefits

Year Ended
December 31,
2014

Year Ended
December 31,
2013

Change in benefit obligation:
Obligation at beginning of period

Partial settlement gain

Service cost

Interest cost

Partial settlement payments

Actuarial (gains) losses

Foreign exchange effect

Benefits paid

Obligation at end of period
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of period

Partial settlement payments

Actual return on plan assets

Employer contributions

Benefits paid

Fair value of plan assets, end of period

Funded status

Amounts Recognized in the balance sheet consist of:

Non-current liabilities

Total

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

34,629

32,215
(582)
243

1,353
(2,080)
5,978
(909)
(1,357)
34,861

24,190
(2,080)
3,668

$

$

447
(1,357)
24,868
$
(9,993) $

—

248

1,250

—
(2,969)
343
(1,286)
32,215

20,100

—

182

5,194
(1,286)
24,190
(8,025)

(9,993) $
(9,993) $

(8,025)
(8,025)

For all pension plans presented above, the accumulated and projected benefit obligations exceed the fair value of 

plan assets. The accumulated benefit obligation at December 31, 2014 and 2013 was $34.9 million and $32.2 million, 
respectively. Non-U.S. pension liabilities recognized in the amounts presented above are $8.3 million and $7.7 million at 
December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Included in accumulated other comprehensive loss at December 31, 2014 and 2013, is $4.8 million (net of $1.7 

million in taxes) and $3.1 million (net of $1.1 million in taxes), respectively, of unrecognized actuarial losses that have not yet 
been recognized in net periodic pension cost.

The discount rate used in the computation of the respective benefit obligations at December 31, 2014 and 2013, 

presented above are as follows:

Pension benefits

2014

2013

3.70%

4.60%

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The following table represents the components of the net periodic benefit cost associated with the respective plans:

Service cost

Interest cost

Expected return on plan assets

Non-cash impact of partial pension settlement
Amortization of actuarial losses

Net periodic benefit cost

Year Ended
December 31,
2014

Pension Benefits

Year Ended
December 31,
2013

Year Ended
December 31,
2012

$

243

$

248

$

1,353
(1,084)

475

159

$

1,146

$

1,250
(1,080)

—

175

593

$

179

1,381
(1,083)

—

105

582

The key economic assumptions used in the computation of the respective net periodic benefit cost for the periods 

presented above are as follows:

Discount rate

Expected return on plan assets

Year Ended
December 31,
2014

Pension Benefits

Year Ended
December 31,
2013

Year Ended
December 31,
2012

4.60%

4.60%

3.75%

5.25%

4.75%

6.25%

The expected long-term rate of return represents the average rate of earnings expected on the funds invested or to be 

invested to provide for the benefits included in the benefit obligation. The assumption reflects expectations regarding future 
rates of return for the investment portfolio, with consideration given to the distribution of investments by asset class and 
historical rates of return for each individual asset class.

Fair Value of Plan Assets

The fair value of the Company’s pension plan assets at December 31, 2014 and 2013 by asset category is as follows:

Asset Category
Fixed income (Level 1)

U.S. government

Corporate bonds

Investment grade

High yield

Total fixed income

Other (Level 2)
Cash and cash equivalents (Level 1)

Total assets at fair value

2014

2013

$

3,554

$

2,787

17,682

3,090
24,326
286
256
24,868

$

17,091

3,634
23,512
338
340
24,190

$

The asset allocations for the Company’s funded retirement plan at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and 

the target allocation for 2014, by asset category, are as follows:

Asset Category
Investment Grade Bonds

High Yield Bonds

Cash

Allocation Percentage of
Plan Assets at Year-End

2014
Actual

2014
Target

2013
Actual

86% 70% - 100%

13% 0% - 25%

1%

0% - 5%

84%

15%

1%

The investment strategy is to achieve a rate of return on the plan’s assets that meets the performance of liabilities as 

calculated using a bank’s liability index with appropriate adjustments for benefit payments, service cost and actuarial 

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assumption changes. A determinant of the plan’s return is the asset allocation policy. The plan’s asset mix will be reviewed by 
the Company periodically, but at least quarterly, to rebalance within the target guidelines. The Company will also periodically 
review investment managers to determine if the respective manager has performed satisfactorily when compared to the defined 
objectives, similarly invested portfolios, and specific market indices.

Expected cash flows

The following table provides the amounts of expected benefit payments, which are made from the plans’ assets and 

includes the participants’ share of the costs, which is funded by participant contributions. The amounts in the table are 
actuarially determined and reflect the Company’s best estimate given its current knowledge; actual amounts could be materially 
different.

Expected benefit payments (from plan assets)

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Thereafter

Pension
Benefits

1,287

1,366

1,409

1,488

1,564

7,858

$

$

The Company contributed $0.2 million to its U.S. pension plan in 2014. The Company has no minimum cash 

funding requirements associated with its pension plans for years 2015 through 2019.

Defined Contribution Plans

Under the terms of the Company’s defined contribution plans, eligible employees may contribute up to 75% percent 

of their compensation to the plan on a pre-tax basis, subject to annual IRS limitations. The Company makes matching 
contributions equal to half of the first six percent of salary contributed by each employee and made a unilateral contribution 
(including for non-contributing employees). The Company’s expense associated with the defined contribution plans was $4.0 
million,  $3.7 million and $3.5 million during the years ended December 31, 2014 , 2013 and 2012, respectively.

9.    Long-Term Debt

Debt:

Revolving Credit Facility

Convertible Notes

Term Loan Facility

Bauer Mortgage

Equipment Loan

Mortgages

Capital leases

Total debt

Less: debt discount, net of accretion

Total debt, net of unaccreted discount

Less current portion of long-term debt

Total long-term debt

Credit Agreement

December 31,

December 31,

2014

2013

$

40,000

$

85,000

133,697

3,647

5,430

258

476

268,508
(12,756)
255,752
(15,176)
240,576

$

$

41,198

85,000

163,245

—

4,155

659

178

294,435
(16,163)
278,272
(16,924)
261,348

In December 2013, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit 
Agreement”). The Credit Agreement amends and restates the Company’s former credit agreement, dated November 20, 2012. 

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Pursuant to the former credit agreement, the former lenders made available to the Company an initial term loan facility of 
$100,000,000 and an initial revolving credit facility of $200,000,000.

Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the lenders made an additional term loan of €50,000,000 (the “Additional  Term 

Loan”) to Altra Industrial Motion Netherlands B.V. The Credit Agreement kept in effect the balance (approximately 
$94,375,000) of the existing term loan facility (the “Initial Term Loan”) made to the domestic borrowers under the former 
credit agreement (collectively, the two term loans are referred to as the “Term Loan Facility”), as well as the revolving credit 
facility of $200,000,000 made under the Former Credit Agreement (the “Revolving Credit Facility”). The Credit Agreement 
continues, even after the making of the Additional Term Loan, to provide for a possible expansion of the credit facilities by an 
additional $150,000,000, which can be allocated as additional term loans and/or additional revolving credit loans. The amounts 
available under the Term Loan Facility were used, and amounts available under the Revolving Credit Facility can be used, for 
general corporate purposes, including acquisitions, and to repay existing indebtedness. The stated maturity of these credit 
facilities is December 6, 2018, and there are scheduled quarterly principal payments due on the outstanding amount of the Term 
Loan Facility. With respect to the Initial Term Loan, the scheduled quarterly principal payments due on the outstanding amount 
have been reset to amortize in accordance with the new December 6, 2018 maturity date. The previous maturity of the 
Revolving Credit Facility and the Initial Term Loan was November 20, 2017.

The amounts available under the Revolving Credit Facility may be drawn upon in accordance with the terms of the 
Credit Agreement. All amounts outstanding under the credit facilities are due on the stated maturity or such earlier time, if any, 
required under the Credit Agreement. The amounts owed under either of the credit facilities may be prepaid at any time, subject 
to usual notification and breakage payment provisions. Interest on the amounts outstanding under the credit facilities is 
calculated using either an ABR Rate or Eurodollar Rate, plus the applicable margin. The applicable margins for Eurodollar 
Loans are between 1.375% to 1.875%, and for ABR Loans are between 0.375% and 0.875%. The amounts of the margins are 
calculated based on either a consolidated total net leverage ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement), or the then applicable 
rating(s) of the Company’s debt if and then to the extent as provided in the Credit Agreement. A portion of the Revolving Credit
Facility may also be used for the issuance of letters of credit, and a portion of the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility is 
available for borrowings in certain agreed upon foreign currencies.

As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, we had $40.0 million and $41.2 million outstanding on our Revolving Credit 

Facility, respectively. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, we had $11.0 and $9.8 million in letters of credit outstanding, 
respectively. We had $149.0 million available under the Revolving Credit Facility at December 31, 2014.

The Credit Agreement contains various affirmative and negative covenants and restrictions, which among other 

things, will require the Company and certain subsidiaries to provide certain financial reports to the Lenders, require the 
Company to maintain certain financial covenants relating to consolidated leverage and interest coverage, limit maximum 
annual capital expenditures, and limit the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur or guarantee additional 
indebtedness, pay dividends or make other equity distributions, purchase or redeem capital stock or debt stock or debt, make 
certain investments, sell assets, engage in certain transactions, and effect a consolidation or merger. The Credit Agreement also 
contains customary events of default.

Pledge and Security Agreement; Trademark Security Agreement; Patent Security Agreement.

Pursuant to an Omnibus Reaffirmation and Ratification of Collateral Documents entered into on December 6, 2013 

in connection with the Credit Agreement by and among the Company, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent (the 
“Ratification Agreement”), the Loan Parties (exclusive of the foreign subsidiary Borrower) have reaffirmed their obligations to 
the Lenders under the Pledge and Security Agreement. The Credit Agreement provides that the obligation to grant the security 
interest can cease upon the obtaining of certain corporate family credit ratings for the Company, but the obligation to grant a 
security interest is subject to subsequent reinstatement if the ratings are not maintained as provided in the Credit Agreement.

Pursuant to the Ratification Agreement, the Loan Parties (other than the foregoing subsidiary Borrower) have also 

reaffirmed their obligations under each of the Patent Security Agreement and a Trademark Security Agreement.

Pursuant to the Former Credit Agreement, on November 20, 2012, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent 

entered into a Pledge and Security Agreement (the “Pledge and Security Agreement”), pursuant to which each Loan Party 
pledges, assigns and grants to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a security 
interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all personal property, whether now owned by or owing to, or after 
acquired by or arising in favor of such Loan Party (including under any trade name or derivations), and whether owned or 
consigned by or to, or leased from or to, such Loan Party, and regardless of where located, except for specific excluded 
personal property identified in the Pledge and Security Agreement (collectively, the “Collateral”). Notwithstanding the 
foregoing, the Collateral does not include, among other items, more than 65% of the capital stock of the first tier foreign 
subsidiaries of the Company. The Pledge and Security Agreement contains other customary representations, warranties and 
covenants of the parties. The Credit Agreement provides that the obligation to grant the security interest can cease upon the 

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obtaining of certain corporate family ratings for the Company, but the obligation to grant a security interest is subject to 
subsequent reinstatement if the ratings are not maintained as provided in the Credit Agreement.

In connection with the Pledge and Security Agreement, certain of the Loan Parties delivered a Patent Security 

Agreement and a Trademark Security Agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to which each of the Loan 
Parties signatory thereto pledges, assigns and grants to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the 
Lenders, a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all registered patents, patent applications, 
registered trademarks and trademark applications owned by such Loan Parties.

Convertible Senior Notes

In March 2011, the Company issued Convertible Senior Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) due March 1, 2031. The 
Convertible Notes are guaranteed by the Company’s U.S. domestic subsidiaries. Interest on the Convertible Notes is payable 
semi-annually in arrears, on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing on September 1, 2011 at an annual rate of 
2.75%. Proceeds from the offering were $81.3 million, net of fees and expenses that were capitalized. The proceeds from the 
offering were used to fund the Bauer Acquisition, as well as bolster the Company’s cash position.

The Convertible Notes will mature on March 1, 2031, unless earlier redeemed, repurchased by the Company or 

converted, and are convertible into cash or shares, or a combination thereof, at the Company’s election. The Convertible Notes 
are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock based on an initial conversion rate, subject to adjustment, of 
36.0985 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes (which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $27.70 per 
share of our common stock), in certain circumstances. The conversion price at December 31, 2014 is $26.71 per share. Prior to 
March 1, 2030, the Convertible Notes are convertible only in the following circumstances: (1) during any fiscal quarter 
commencing after June 30, 2011 if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock is greater than or equal to 130% 
of the applicable conversion price for at least 20 trading days in the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last 
trading day of the preceding fiscal quarter; (2) during the 5 business day period after any 10 consecutive trading day period (the 
“measurement period”) in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes for each trading day in the 
measurement period was less than 97% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock and the 
conversion rate on such trading day; (3) if the Convertible Notes have been called for redemption; or (4) upon the occurrence of 
specified corporate transactions. On or after March 1, 2030, and ending at the close of business on the second business day 
immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert their Convertible Notes at any time, regardless of the foregoing 
circumstances. Upon conversion, the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of common stock, or a 
combination thereof, at the Company’s election. The Company intends to settle the principal amount in cash and any additional 
amounts in shares of stock.

If a fundamental change occurs, the Convertible Notes are redeemable at a price equal to 100% of the principal 

amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including contingent interest and additional interest, if 
any) to, but excluding, the repurchase date. The Convertible Notes are also redeemable on each of March 1, 2018, March 1, 
2021, and March 1, 2026 for cash at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued 
and unpaid interest (including contingent interest and additional interest, if any) to, but excluding, the option repurchase date.

On or after March 1, 2015, the Company may call all or part of the Convertible Notes at a redemption price equal to 
100% of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the 
redemption date, plus a “make-whole premium” payment in cash, shares of the Company’s common stock, or combination 
thereof, at the Company’s option, equal to the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of interest on the 
Convertible Notes to be redeemed through March 1, 2018 to, but excluding, the redemption date, if the last reported sale price 
of the Company’s common stock for 20 or more trading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the trading 
day prior to the date the Company provides notice of redemption exceeds 130% of the conversion price in effect on each such 
trading day. On or after March 1, 2018, the Company may redeem for cash all or a portion of the notes at a redemption price of 
100% of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including contingent 
and additional interest, if any) to, but not including, the redemption date.

The Company separately accounted for the debt and equity components of the Convertible Notes to reflect the 

issuer’s non-convertible debt borrowing rate, which interest costs are to be recognized in subsequent periods. The note payable 
principal balance at the date of issuance of $85.0 million was bifurcated into a debt component of $60.5 million and an equity 
component of $24.5 million. The difference between the note payable principal balance and the value of the debt component is 
being accreted to interest expense over the term of the notes. The debt component was recognized at the present value of 
associated cash flows discounted using a 8.25% discount rate, the borrowing rate at the date of issuance for a similar debt 
instrument without a conversion feature. The Company paid approximately $3.7 million of issuance costs associated with the 
Convertible Notes. The Company recorded $1.0 million of debt issuance costs as an offset to additional paid-in capital. The 
balance of $2.7 million of debt issuance costs is classified as other non-current assets and will be amortized over the term of the 
notes using the effective interest method.

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Because the last reported sale price of the Company's common stock did not exceed 130% of the current conversion 
price, which was $26.71, for at least 20 of the last 30 consecutive trading days in the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2014, 
the Convertible Notes are not convertible at the election of the holders of the Convertible Notes at any time during the fiscal 
quarter ending March 31, 2015. The future convertibility will be monitored at each quarterly reporting date and will be 
analyzed dependent upon market prices of the Company's common stock during the prescribed measurement periods.  Should 
the Convertible Notes become converted in future periods, the Company has the ability and intent to fund any potential 
payments of the principal amount of the debt with additional borrowings under the Revolving Credit Agreement.

The carrying amount of the principal amount of the liability component, the unamortized discount, and the net 

carrying amount are as follows as of December 31, 2014:

Principal amount of debt

Unamortized discount

Carrying value of debt

December 31,
2014

$

$

85,000

12,756

72,244

Interest expense associated with the Convertible Notes consisted of the following :

Contractual coupon rate of interest

Accretion of Convertible Notes discount and amortization of deferred financing
costs

Interest expense for the Convertible Notes

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

December 31,
2012

$

$

2,338 $

2,338 $

2,338

3,760

3,494

6,098 $

5,832 $

3,239

5,577

The effective interest yield of the Convertible Notes due in 2031 is 8.5% at December 31, 2014 and the cash coupon 

interest rate is 2.75%.

Equipment and Working Capital Notes

The Company entered into a loan with a bank to equip its new facility in Changzhou, China during 2013. The loan is 

secured by certain letters of credit issued by the Company’s U.S. bank in favor of the lending bank in China. As of 
December 31, 2013, the total available to borrow was 38.5 million RMB ($6.3 million). The note is due in installments from 
2014 through 2016, with interest varying between 5.40% and 8.00%. The Company has a 33.3 million RMB ($5.4 million) line 
of credit outstanding at December 31, 2014. The note is callable by the bank at its discretion and as such, has been included in 
the current portion of long-term debt in the balance sheet at December 31, 2014 and 2013.

Mortgage

The Company has a mortgage with a bank secured by its facility in Heidelberg, Germany with an interest rate of 

5.75% and is payable in monthly installments through September 2015. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the mortgage had 
a remaining principal balance of €0.2 million or $0.3 million , and €0.5 million  or $0.7 million, respectively.

Bauer Mortgage

The Company entered an agreement with a bank for €6.0 million  or $7.9 million for the construction of a new 
facility in Esslingen, Germany with an interest rate of 2.5% per year which is payable in monthly interest payments .  The 
Company received €3.0 million  or $3.6 million during 2014. The Company expects to receive the remainder of proceeds of this 
loan during the quarter ended March 31, 2015. The principal portion of the mortgage will be due in a lump-sum payment in 
May 2019.

Capital Leases

The Company leases certain equipment under capital lease arrangements, whose obligations are included in both 

short-term and long-term debt. Capital lease obligations amounted to approximately $0.5 million and $0.2 million at 
December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Assets subject to capital leases are included in property, plant and equipment with 
the related amortization recorded as depreciation expense.

Overdraft Agreements

Certain of our foreign subsidiaries maintain overdraft agreements with financial institutions. There were no 

borrowings as of December 31, 2014 or 2013 under any of the overdraft agreements.

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10.    Stockholders’ Equity

Common Stock (amounts not in thousands)

As of December 31, 2014, there were 90,000,000 shares of common stock authorized and 26,353,755 outstanding.

Preferred Stock

On December 20, 2006, the Company amended and restated its certificate of incorporation authorizing 

10,000,000 shares of undesignated Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”). The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in 
one or more classes or series, the shares of each class or series to have such designations and powers, preferences, and rights, 
and qualifications, limitations and restrictions as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors. There was no Preferred 
Stock issued or outstanding at December 31, 2014 or 2013.

Restricted Common Stock

The Company's 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2004 Plan”) permitted the grant of various forms of stock based 
compensation to our officers and senior level employees.  The 2004 Plan expired in 2014 and, upon expiration, there were 
750,576 shares subject to outstanding awards under the 2004 Plan.  The 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”) was 
approved by the Company's shareholders at its 2014 annual meeting.  The 2014 Plan provides for various forms of stock based 
compensation to our directors, executive personnel and other key employees and consultants. Under the 2014 Plan, the total 
number of shares of common stock available for delivery pursuant to the grant of awards (“Awards”) was originally 750,000. 
Shares of our common stock subject to Awards awarded under the 2004 Plan and outstanding as of the effective date of the 
2014 Plan (except for substitute awards) that terminate without being exercised, expire, are forfeited or canceled, are 
exchanged for Awards that did not involve shares of common stock, are not issued on the stock settlement of a stock 
appreciation right, are withheld by the Company or tendered by a participant (either actually or by attestation) to pay an option 
exercise price or to pay the withholding tax on any Award, or are settled in cash in lieu of shares will again be available for 
Awards under the 2014 Plan.  

The restricted shares issued pursuant to the 2014 Plan generally vest ratably over a period ranging from immediately 
to five years  from the date of grant, provided, that the vesting of the restricted shares may accelerate upon the occurrence of 
events. Common stock awarded under the 2014 Plan is generally subject to restrictions on transfer, repurchase rights, and other 
limitations and rights as set forth in the applicable award agreements. The shares are valued based on the share price on the date 
of grant.

The 2014 Plan permits the Company to grant, among other things, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and 
performance share awards to key employees and other persons who make significant contributions to the success of the 
Company. The restrictions and vesting schedule for restricted stock granted under the 2014 Plan are determined by the 
Personnel and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Compensation expense recorded (in selling, general and 
administrative expense) during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 was $3.4 million ($2.9 million, net of tax), 
$3.2 million ($2.9 million, net of tax), and $2.7 million ($1.8 million, net of tax), respectively. The Company recognizes stock-
based compensation expense on a straight-line basis for the shares vesting ratably under the plan and uses the graded-vesting 
method of recognizing stock-based compensation expense for the performance share awards based on the probability of the 
specific performance metrics being achieved over the requisite service period.

The following table sets forth the activity of the Company’s restricted stock grants to date:

Amounts not in thousands
Restricted shares unvested January 1, 2014

Shares granted

Shares for which restrictions lapsed

Restricted shares unvested December 31, 2014

Shares

Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair Value

149,635

$

136,340
$
(126,797) $
$
159,178

23.02

33.52

29.58

28.53

Total remaining unrecognized compensation cost is approximately $3.7 million as of December 31, 2014, and will 

be recognized over a weighted average remaining period of two years. Based on the stock price at December 31, 2014, of 
$28.39 per share, the intrinsic value of these awards as of December 31, 2014, was $4.5 million. The fair market value of the 

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shares in which the restrictions have lapsed was $3.8 million, $2.4 million, and $3.2 million, during 2014, 2013, and 2012, 
respectively. Restricted shares granted are valued based on the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant.

Share Repurchase Program

In May 2014, our board of directors approved a new share repurchase program authorizing the buyback of up to $50.0 
million of the Company's common stock. The Company expects to purchase shares on the open market, through block trades, in 
privately negotiated transactions, in compliance with SEC Rule 10b-18 (including through Rule 10b5-1 plans), or in any other 
appropriate manner. The timing of the shares repurchased will be at the discretion of management and will depend on a number 
of factors, including price, market conditions and regulatory requirements. Shares acquired through the repurchase program will 
be retired. The Company retains the right to limit, terminate or extend the share repurchase program at any time without prior 
notice.

For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company repurchased 545,154 shares of common stock at an average purchase 
price of $32.32 per share.   As of December 31, 2014, up to $32.3 million was available for repurchase under the repurchase 
program, which expires on December 31, 2016. The Company expects to fund any further repurchases of its common stock through 
a combination of cash on hand, cash generated by operations.

Dividends

The Company declared and paid dividends of $0.46 per share of common stock for the year ended December 31, 

2014. The Company declared dividends of $0.38 per share for the year ended December 31, 2013, of which $0.10 or $2.7 
million was paid on January 3, 2014 and accrued for in the balance sheet at December 31, 2013.

Future declarations of quarterly cash dividends are subject to approval by the Board of Directors and to the Board’s 

continuing determination that the declaration of dividends are in the best interest of the Company’s stockholders and are in 
compliance with all laws and agreements of the Company applicable to the declaration and payment of cash dividends.

11.    Concentrations

Financial instruments, which are potentially subject to counterparty performance and concentrations of credit risk, 

consist primarily of trade accounts receivable. The Company manages these risks by conducting credit evaluations of 
customers prior to delivery or commencement of services. When the Company enters into a sales contract, collateral is 
normally not required from the customer. Payments are typically due within 30 days of billing. An allowance for potential 
credit losses is maintained, and losses have historically been within management’s expectations. No customer represented 
greater than 10% of total sales for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012.

The Company is also subject to counter party performance risk of loss in the event of non-performance by 

counterparties to financial instruments, such as cash and investments. Cash and investments are held by well-established 
financial institutions and invested in AAA rated mutual funds or United States Government Securities. The Company is 
exposed to swap counterparty credit risk with financial institutions. The Company’s counterparty is a well-established financial 
institution.

Approximately 23% of the Company’s labor force (15% and 56% in the United States and Europe, respectively) is 
represented by collective bargaining agreements. The Company is a party to four U.S. collective bargaining agreements. The 
agreements will expire July 2015, October 2016, June 2017, and February 2018, respectively. The Company intends to 
renegotiate these contracts as they become due, though there is no assurance that this effort will be successful.

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12.    Restructuring, Asset Impairment, and Transition Expenses
From time to time, the Company will initiate various restructuring programs and incur severance and other restructuring costs. 

The following table details restructuring charges incurred by segment for the periods presented:

Clutches and Brakes
Couplings
Gearing and Power Transmission Components
Corporate
Total

2014

2013

$

916  
142  
603  
106
$ 1,767  

$

373  
234  
504  
—

$ 1,111  

2012

$

393
74
2,729
—
$ 3,196

These amounts related to staff reductions and are classified in the Consolidated Statements of Income as restructuring 

expense in the respective periods.

In the quarter ended December 31, 2012, the Company adopted the 2012 Altra Plan as a result of continued sluggish 

demand in Europe and general global economic conditions. The actions taken pursuant to the 2012 Altra Plan included 
reducing headcount and limiting discretionary spending to improve profitability in Europe. The Company did not record any 
restructuring charges associated with the 2012 Altra Plan in the year during 2014 . 

In the quarter ended September 30, 2014, the Company adopted a restructuring plan (“2014 Altra Plan”) as a result of 
weak demand in Europe and to make certain adjustments to its existing sales force to reflect the Company's expanding global 
footprint. The actions taken pursuant to the 2014 Altra Plan included reducing headcount and limiting discretionary spending to 
improve profitability. 

The following is a reconciliation of the accrued restructuring costs between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2014:

Balance at January 1, 2012

Restructuring expense incurred

Cash payments

Balance at January 1, 2013

Restructuring expense incurred

Cash payments

Balance at December 31, 2013

Restructuring expense incurred

Cash payments

Balance at December 31, 2014

All Plans

90

3,196
(471)
2,815

1,111
(3,497)
429

1,767
(1,807)
389

$

$

The total accrued restructuring reserve as of December 31, 2014 relates to severance costs to be paid to employees in 

2015 and is recorded in accruals and other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet. The Company does not expect 
to incur any additional restructuring expenses in 2015 under the 2014 Altra Plan.

13.    Derivative Financial Instruments

Interest Rate Swap

In April 2013, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement designed to fix the variable interest rate 

payable on a portion of its outstanding borrowings, currently $82.5 million, under the Credit Agreement, at 0.626%, exclusive 
of the margin under the Former Credit Agreement. The interest rate swap agreement and its terms are also applicable to the 
variable interest rate borrowings under the current Credit Agreement.

The interest rate swap agreement was designed to manage exposure to interest rates on the Company’s variable rate 

indebtedness. The Company recognizes all derivatives on its balance sheet at fair value. The Company has designated its 

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interest rate swap agreement as a cash flow hedge. Changes in the fair value of the swap are recognized in other comprehensive 
income until the hedged items are recognized in earnings. Hedge ineffectiveness, if any, associated with the swap will be 
reported by the Company in interest expense. There was no ineffectiveness associated with the swap during the year ended 
December 31, 2014, nor was any amount excluded from ineffectiveness testing for these periods.

The fair value of the swap recognized in other non-current assets and in other comprehensive income (loss) is as 

follows (in thousands):

Effective Date

April 30, 2013

Notional
Amount

Fixed
Rate

Maturity

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

$

82,500

0.626% November 30, 2016

$

143

$

135

Fair Value

14.    Commitments and Contingencies

Minimum Lease Obligations

The Company leases certain offices, warehouses, manufacturing facilities, automobiles and equipment with various 

terms that range from a month to month basis to 10 years  terms and which, generally, include renewal provisions. Future 
minimum rent obligations under non-cancelable operating and capital leases are as follows:

Year ending December 31:
2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Thereafter

Total lease obligations

Less amounts representing interest

Present value of minimum capital lease obligations

Operating Leases

Capital Leases

$

6,891

$

5,816

4,546

2,538

1,873

6,951

$

28,615

$

$

115

115

115

115

38

—

498
(22)
476

Net rent expense under operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 was approximately 

$8.8 million, $8.8 million, $7.8 million, respectively.

The Company also has minimum purchase contracts for inventory of €3.6 million  ($4.4 million) for the year ended 

December 31, 2015.

General Litigation

The Company is involved in various pending legal proceedings arising out of the ordinary course of business. These 
proceedings primarily involve commercial claims, product liability claims, personal injury claims, and workers’ compensation 
claims. With respect to these proceedings, management believes that the Company will prevail, has adequate insurance 
coverage or has established appropriate reserves to cover potential liabilities. Any costs that management estimates may be paid 
related to these proceedings or claims are accrued when the liability is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably 
estimated. There can be no assurance, however, as to the ultimate outcome of any of these matters, and if all or substantially all 
of these legal proceedings were to be determined adversely to the Company, there could be a material adverse effect on the 
results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition of the Company. We have established loss provisions for matters in 
which losses are probable and can be reasonably estimated. For matters where a reserve has not been established and for which 
we believe a loss is reasonably possible, as well as for matters where a reserve has been recorded but for which an exposure to 
loss in excess of the amount accrued is reasonably possible, we believe that such losses, individually and in the aggregate, will 
not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Our estimates regarding potential losses and materiality are based on our judgment and assessment of the claims 
utilizing currently available information. Although we will continue to reassess our reserves and estimates based on future 
developments, our objective assessment of the legal merits of such claims may not always be predictive of the outcome and 
actual results may vary from our current estimates. We will continue to consider the applicable guidance in ASC 450-20, based 
on the facts known at the time of our future filings, as it relates to legal contingencies, and will adjust our disclosures as may be 
required under the guidance.

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The Company is involved in various pending legal proceedings arising out of the ordinary course of business. These 
proceedings primarily involve commercial claims, product liability claims, personal injury claims, and workers’ compensation 
claims. With respect to these proceedings, management believes that the Company will prevail, has adequate insurance 
coverage or has established appropriate reserves to cover potential liabilities. Any costs that management estimates may be paid 
related to these proceedings or claims are accrued when the liability is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably 
estimated. There can be no assurance, however, as to the ultimate outcome of any of these matters, and if all or substantially all 
of these legal proceedings were to be determined adversely to the Company, there could be a material adverse effect on the 
results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition of the Company. We have established loss provisions for matters in 
which losses are probable and can be reasonably estimated. 

There were no material amounts accrued in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets for potential litigation as 

of December 30, 2014 or December 31, 2013. 

The Company also risks exposure to product liability claims in connection with products it has sold and those sold 

by businesses that the Company acquired. Although in some cases third parties have retained responsibility for product liability 
claims relating to products manufactured or sold prior to the acquisition of the relevant business and in other cases the persons 
from whom the Company has acquired a business may be required to indemnify the Company for certain product liability 
claims subject to certain caps or limitations on indemnification, the Company cannot assure that those third parties will in fact 
satisfy their obligations with respect to liabilities retained by them or their indemnification obligations. If those third parties 
become unable to or otherwise do not comply with their respective obligations including indemnity obligations, or if certain 
product liability claims for which the Company is obligated were not retained by third parties or are not subject to these 
indemnities, the Company could become subject to significant liabilities or other adverse consequences. Moreover, even in 
cases where third parties retain responsibility for product liability claims or are required to indemnify the Company, significant 
claims arising from products that have been acquired could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to realize 
the benefits from an acquisition, could result in the reduction of the value of goodwill that the Company recorded in connection 
with an acquisition, or could otherwise have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, or 
operations.

Environmental

There is contamination at some of the Company’s current facilities, primarily related to historical operations at those 

sites, for which the Company could be liable for the investigation and remediation under certain environmental laws. The 
potential for contamination also exists at other of the Company current or former sites, based on historical uses of those sites. 
The Company currently is not undertaking any remediation or investigations and the costs or liability in connection with 
potential contamination conditions at these facilities cannot be predicted at this time because the potential existence of 
contamination has not been investigated or not enough is known about the environmental conditions or likely remedial 
requirements. Currently, other parties with contractual liability are addressing or have plans or obligations to address those 
contamination conditions that may pose a material risk to human health, safety or the environment. In addition, while the 
Company attempts to evaluate the risk of liability associated with these facilities at the time the Company acquired them, there 
may be environmental conditions currently unknown to the Company relating to prior, existing or future sites or operations or 
those of predecessor companies whose liabilities the Company may have assumed or acquired which could have a material 
adverse effect on the Company’s business.

The Company is being indemnified, or expects to be indemnified by third parties subject to certain caps or 

limitations on the indemnification, for certain environmental costs and liabilities associated with certain owned or operated 
sites. Accordingly, based on the indemnification and the experience with similar sites of the environmental consultants who the 
Company has hired, the Company does not expect such costs and liabilities to have a material adverse effect on its business, 
operations or earnings. The Company cannot assure you, however, that those third parties will in fact satisfy their 
indemnification obligations. If those third parties become unable to, or otherwise do not, comply with their respective 
indemnity obligations, or if certain contamination or other liability for which the Company is obligated is not subject to these 
indemnities, the Company could become subject to significant liabilities.

From time to time, the Company is notified that it is a potentially responsible party and may have liability in 

connection with off-site disposal facilities. To date, the Company has generally resolved matters involving off-site disposal 
facilities for a nominal sum but there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to resolve pending or future matters in 
a similar fashion.

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15. Segment and Geographic Information

Effective during the quarter ended December 31, 2014, the Company has reclassified the presentation of the 

information regarding its reportable segments to reflect a change from one reportable segment in prior periods to three 
reportable segments in 2014.  Effective beginning with the quarter ended December 31, 2014, management has concluded it is 
more appropriate to report in three segments.  The segment information for the  quarter ended March 31, 2014 and has been 
reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

The Company currently operates through three business segments that are aligned with key product types:

•  Clutches and Brakes.    Clutches are devices which use mechanical, magnetic, hydraulic, pneumatic, or friction type 
connections to facilitate engaging or disengaging two rotating members. Brakes are combinations of interacting 
parts that work to slow or stop machinery. 

•  Couplings.    Couplings are the interface between two shafts, which enable power to be transmitted from one shaft 

to the other.

•  Gearing and Power Transmission Components.    Gears reduce the output speed and increase the torque of an 
electric motor or engine to the level required to drive a particular piece of equipment.  Power transmission 
components are used in a number of industries to generate, transfer or control motion from a power source to an 
application requiring rotary or linear motion. 

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Segment financial information and a reconciliation of segment results to consolidated results follows:

2014

2013

2012

Years Ended December 31,

Net Sales:

Clutches & Brakes

Couplings
Gearings & Power Transmission
Components
Intra-segment eliminations
Net sales

$

426,293

134,464

264,514
(5,454)

$

819,817

Income from operations:

Segment earnings:

Clutches & Brakes

Couplings
Gearings & Power Transmission
Components
Restructuring
Corporate expenses
Income from operations

Other non-operating (income)
expense:

Net interest expense
Other non-operating (income)
expense, net

Income before income taxes

Provision for income taxes

Net income

$

53,386

16,091

24,534
(1,767)
(17,135)
75,109

11,994

(3)
11,991

63,118

22,936
40,182

$

$

$

336,616

125,169

265,154
(4,721)

722,218

48,150

15,021

23,881
(1,111)
(14,362)
71,579

10,586

1,657
12,243

59,336

19,151
40,185

$

$

$

334,901

128,705

274,004
(5,620)

731,990

50,570

18,146

22,421
(3,196)
(11,090)
76,851

40,790

1,702
42,492

34,359

10,154
24,205

(1) Certain expenses are maintained at the corporate level and not allocated to the segments. These include various 
administrative expenses related to the corporate headquarters, depreciation on capitalized software costs, non-capitalizable 
software implementation costs,  acquisition related  expenses and non-cash partial pension settlements.  include executive
and functional compensation costs, non-service pension costs, non-operating insurance expenses, and various administrative
expenses relating to the corporate headquarters and acquisition costs.

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Selected information by segment (continued)

Depreciation and amortization:

Clutches & Brakes

Couplings

Gearing & Power Transmission Components

Corporate

Years Ended December 31,

2014

2013

2012

$

12,936

$

9,203

$

8,847

5,655

11,061

2,485

5,402

11,126

2,193

5,016

11,891

1,622

Total depreciation and amortization

$

32,137

$ 27,924

$ 27,376

Purchase of Property, plant and equipment:

Clutches & Brakes

Couplings

Gearing & Power Transmission Components

Corporate

$

8,865

$

6,382

$ 8,386

3,384

13,413
2,388

3,270

15,001
3,170

10,031

6,767
6,162

Total purchases of Property, plant and equipment:

$

28,050

$ 27,823

$ 31,346

Total assets:

Clutches & Brakes

Couplings

Gearing & Power Transmission Components

Corporate (2)
Total assets

$ 334,371

$364,826

$244,255

117,805

109,279

112,910

190,771
41,616
684,563

$

198,715
62,856
$ 735,676

202,543
103,331
$ 663,039

(2) Corporate assets are primarily cash and cash equivalents, tax related asset accounts, certain capitalized software costs, 
property, plant and equipment and deferred financing costs.

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Geographic Information

Net Sales

Property, Plant and Equipment

North America

Europe

Asia and the rest of the world

Total

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

Year Ended

December 31,
2012

December 31,
2014

December 31,
2013

$

$

488,523

$

454,115

$

469,554

$

90,279

$

255,049

76,245

216,636

51,467

216,485

45,951

51,708

14,379

87,573

54,533

15,429

819,817

$

722,218

$

731,990

$

156,366

$

157,535

Net sales to third parties are attributed to the geographic regions based on the country in which the shipment 

originates. Amounts attributed to the geographic regions for property, plant and equipment are based on the location of the 
entity, which holds such assets. 

16.    Unaudited Quarterly Results of Operations:

Year ended December 31, 2014

Net Sales

Gross Profit

Net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
Earnings per share — Basic attributable to Altra
Industrial Motion Corp.
Net income
Earnings per share — Diluted attributable to Altra
Industrial Motion Corp.
Net income

$

$

Year ended December 31, 2013

Fourth
Quarter

Third
Quarter

Second
Quarter

First
Quarter

$

191,961

$

202,520

$

215,198

$

210,138

58,270

9,059

62,333

6,946

66,470

12,797

61,796

11,365

0.34

$

0.26

$

0.48

$

0.43

0.34

$

0.25

$

0.46

$

0.41

Net Sales

Gross Profit

Net income attributable to Altra

Fourth
Quarter

Third
Quarter

Second
Quarter

First
Quarter

$

180,530

$

175,443

$

181,095

$

185,150

51,805

7,205

53,658

10,501

54,419

10,689

55,499

11,880

Industrial Motion Corp.
Earnings per share — Basic
Net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
Earnings per share — Diluted
Net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

$

$

0.27

0.27

$

$

0.39

0.39

$

$

0.40

0.40

$

$

0.44

0.44

17.    Subsequent Events

In February 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the grant of 111,437 shares of restricted common 

stock or in certain cases restricted stock units, under the 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

On February 11, 2015, the Company has declared a dividend of $0.12 per share for the quarter ended March 31, 

2015, payable on April 2, 2015 to shareholders of record as of March 18, 2015.

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Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures

1.    Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of December 31, 2014, or the Evaluation Date, our management, under the supervision and with the participation 

of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of our “disclosure 
controls and procedures” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or 
the Exchange Act. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information 
required to be disclosed in reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Form 10-K, is (i) recorded, processed, 
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and (ii) accumulated and 
communicated to management, including the principal executive and financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions 
regarding required disclosures. Based upon that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer have 
concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective at a reasonable assurance level.

2.    Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

(a)    Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, 
as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Internal control over financial reporting is a 
process designed by, or under the supervision of, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, and implemented by our 
Board of Directors, management and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial 
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Internal control over 
financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

• 

• 

• 

pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect our transactions and 
dispositions of assets;
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial 
statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with 
authorizations of our management and directors; and
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or 
disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. 

Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become 
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial 
officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014  based on the 
criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations 
of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was 
effective as of December 31, 2014.

The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014 has been audited by 

Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included in this 
Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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(b)    Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
Braintree, Massachusetts

We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Altra Industrial Motion Corp. and subsidiaries (the 

“Company”) as of December 31, 2014, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued 
by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.  The Company’s management is responsible for 
maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over 
financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our 
responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board 
(United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether 
effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an 
understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and 
evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other 
procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our 
opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the 

company’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the 
company’s board of directors, management, and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of 
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted 
accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) 
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of 
the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of 
financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the 
company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide 
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s 
assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of the inherent limitations of internal control over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion 

or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may not be prevented or detected on 
a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting to future 
periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of 
compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting 
as of December 31, 2014, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the 
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United 
States), the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014 
of the Company and our report dated February 26, 2015 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements and 
financial statement schedule.

/s/    Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
February 26, 2015

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(c)    Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a–15(f) under the 

Exchange Act) that occurred during our quarter ended December 31, 2014, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely 
to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B.     Other Information

None.

PART III

Item 10.    

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our definitive 2015 Proxy Statement to be filed 

no later than 120 days after December 31, 2014.

Item 11.    

Executive Compensation

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our definitive 2015 Proxy Statement to be filed 

no later than 120 days after December 31, 2014.

Item 12.    

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our definitive 2015 Proxy Statement to be filed 

no later than 120 days after December 31, 2014.

Item 13.    

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our definitive 2015 Proxy Statement to be filed 

no later than 120 days after December 31, 2014.

Item 14.    

Principal Accounting Fees and Services

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our definitive 2015 Proxy Statement to be filed 

no later than 120 days after December 31, 2014.

PART IV

Item 15.    

Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

(a)  List of documents filed as part of this report:

(1)  Financial Statements.

i.  Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013

ii.  Consolidated Statements of Income for the Fiscal Years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

iii.  Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Fiscal Years ended December 31, 2014, 2013        

and 2012 

iv.  Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity as of December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

v.  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Fiscal Years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

vi.  Unaudited Quarterly Results of Operations for the Fiscal Years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

(2)  Financial Statement Schedule

ii.  Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

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(3)    Exhibits List

Number

Description

2.1(1)

2.2(1)

2.3(2)

2.4(3)

2.5(5)

2.6(9)

2.7(14)

3.1(4)

3.2(6)

3.3(12)

4.1(4)

4.2(8)

10.2(7)

10.3(10)

10.4(6)

10.5(6)

10.6(1)

10.7(3)

10.8(4)

10.9(13)

10.10(1)

10.11(8)

10.12(14)

10.13(14)

10.14(11)

10.15(11)

10.16(11)

10.17(15)

21.1

LLC Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2004, among Warner Electric Holding, Inc., Colfax
Corporation and Altra Holdings, Inc.

Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of November 21, 2004, between Altra Holdings, Inc. and
Altra Industrial Motion, Inc.

Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2005, among Altra Industrial Motion, Inc. and the
stockholders of Hay Hall Holdings Limited listed therein.

Asset Purchase Agreement, dated May 18, 2006, among Warner Electric LLC, Bear Linear LLC and the other
guarantors listed therein.

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 17, 2007, among Altra Holdings, Inc., Forest Acquisition
Corporation and TB Wood’s Corporation.

Sale and Purchase Agreement dated February 25, 2011 among Danfoss Bauer GmbH, Danfoss A/S and Altra
Holdings, Inc. (and certain of its subsidiaries).**

Purchase Agreement, dated November 6, 2013, among Altra Holdings, Inc., certain of its subsidiaries, and
Friction Holding A/S. **

Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Altra Holdings, Inc.

Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Altra Holdings, Inc.

Certificate of Ownership and Merger of Altra Merger Sub, Inc. with and into Altra Holdings, Inc., to effect the
Company name change, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 22, 2013.

Form of Common Stock Certificate.

Indenture, dated March 7, 2011, among Altra Holdings, Inc., the Guarantors party thereto and Bank of New
York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of January 1, 2009, among Altra Industrial Motion,
Inc., Altra Holdings, Inc. and Carl Christenson.†

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2012, among Altra Industrial
Motion, Inc., Altra Holdings, Inc. and Christian Storch.†

Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into between Altra Holdings, Inc. and the Directors and certain
officers.†

Form of Change of Control Agreement entered into among Altra Holdings, Inc., Altra Industrial Motion, Inc.
and certain officers.†

Altra Holdings, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.†

Amendment to Altra Holdings, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.†

Second Amendment to Altra Holdings, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.†

The March 2012 Amendment to Altra Holdings, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.†

Form of Altra Holdings, Inc. Restricted Stock Award Agreement.†

Purchase Agreement dated March 1, 2011 among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto, Jefferies &
Company, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC.

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2013, among Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
and certain of its subsidiaries, as Borrowers, the lenders listed therein, the joint lead arrangers and joint
bookrunners, as listed therein, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

Ratification Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2013, by and among Altra Industrial Motion Corp., and
certain of its subsidiaries, the lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

Pledge and Security Agreement, dated November 20, 2012, among Altra Holdings, Inc. and certain of its
subsidiaries and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent #

Patent Security Agreement, dated November 20, 2012, among certain subsidiaries of Altra Industrial Motion,
Inc. in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. #

Trademark Security Agreement, dated November 20, 2012, among Altra Industrial Motion, Inc. and certain of
its subsidiaries in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Altra Industrial Motion Corp. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan.†

Subsidiaries of Altra Industrial Motion Corp.*

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23.1

31.1

31.2

32.1

32.2

101

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

(7) 

(8) 

(9) 

(10) 

(11) 

(12) 

(13) 

(14) 

(15) 

*

†

#

**

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.*

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*

The following materials from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 
2014, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Audited Consolidated Statement 
of Income, (ii) the Audited Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, (iii) the Audited Consolidated 
Balance Sheet, (iv) the Audited Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, (v) the Statements of Stockholders’ 
Equity, and (vi) Notes to Audited Consolidated Financial Statements.

Incorporated by reference to Altra Industrial Motion, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2005.
Incorporated by reference to Altra Industrial Motion, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities 
and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2006.
Incorporated by reference to Altra Holdings, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission on September 29, 2006.
Incorporated by reference to Altra Holdings, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities 
and Exchange Commission on December 4, 2006.
Incorporated by reference to Altra Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission on February 20, 2007.
Incorporated by reference to Altra Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission on October 27, 2008.
Incorporated by reference to Altra Holdings, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
Incorporated by reference to Altra Holdings, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission on March 7, 2011.
Incorporated by reference to Altra Holdings, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission on August 9, 2011.
Incorporated by reference to Altra Holdings, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission on November 7, 2012.
Incorporated by reference to Altra Holdings, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.
Incorporated by reference to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities 
and Exchange Commission on November 25, 2013.
Incorporated by reference to Altra Holdings, Inc.’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission on March 22, 2012.
Incorporated by reference to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities 
and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.
Incorporated by reference to Altra Industrial Motion Corp.’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A Information 
Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2014.

Filed herewith.

Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

Application has been made to the Securities and Exchange Commission to seek confidential treatment of certain
provisions. Omitted material for which confidential treatment has been requested has been filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

Schedules and exhibits to the these agreements have been omitted from this filing pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of
Regulation S-K. The Company will furnish supplemental copies of such omitted schedules and exhibits to the
Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

Note: Altra Holdings, Inc. changed its name to Altra Industrial Motion Corp. effective November 22, 2013.

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Item 15(a)(2)

ALTRA INDUSTRIAL MOTION CORP.

SCHEDULE II — VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

Reserve for Uncollectible Accounts:
For the year ended December 31, 2012

For the year ended December 31, 2013

For the year ended December 31, 2014

Balance at
Beginning of
Period

$

$

$

1,092

2,560

2,245

$

$

$

Additions

Deductions

Balance at
End of Period

1,675

733

417

$

$

$

(207) $
(1,048) $
(360) $

2,560

2,245

2,302

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Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly 

caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

SIGNATURES

February 26, 2015

ALTRA INDUSTRIAL MOTION CORP.

By:

  /s/ Carl R. Christenson

  Name:    Carl R. Christenson

  Title:    Chairman and Chief Executive

             Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the 

following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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February 26, 2015

February 26, 2015

February 26, 2015

February 26, 2015

February 26, 2015

February 26, 2015

February 26, 2015

February 26, 2015

February 26, 2015

By:

  /s/ Carl R. Christenson

  Name:    Carl R. Christenson

  Title:   Chairman and Chief Executive

Officer, Director

By:

  /s/ Christian Storch

  Name:    Christian Storch

  Title:     Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer

By:

  /s/ Todd B. Patriacca

  Name:    Todd B. Patriacca

  Title:     Chief Accounting Officer

By:

  /s/ Edmund M. Carpenter

  Name:    Edmund M. Carpenter

  Title:     Director

By:

  /s/ Lyle G. Ganske

  Name:    Lyle G. Ganske

  Title:    Director

By:

  /s/ Michael S. Lipscomb

  Name:    Michael S. Lipscomb

  Title:    Director

By:

  /s/ Larry P. McPherson

  Name:    Larry P. McPherson

  Title:    Director

By:

  /s/ James H. Woodward, Jr.

  Name:    James H. Woodward, Jr.

  Title:    Director

By:

  /s/ Thomas W. Swidarski

  Name:   Thomas W. Swidarski

  Title:    Director

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Exhibit Index

Number
21.1

23.1

31.1

31.2

32.1

32.2

101

Subsidiaries of Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Description

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

The following materials from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 
31, 2014, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Audited Consolidated 
Statement of Income, (ii) the Audited Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, (iii) the Audited 
Consolidated Balance Sheet, (iv) the Audited Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, (v) the Statements of 
Stockholders’ Equity, and (vi) Notes to Audited Consolidated Financial Statements.

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RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES

12/31/2014

12/31/2013
(Amounts in thousands, unless 
otherwise noted)

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Net Income:

Net income attributable to Altra Industrial Motion Corp. .........................................................

$        

40,167

$        

40,275

  Amortization of inventory fair value adjustment .......................................................................
Acquisition related expenses .....................................................................................................
Restructuring costs ....................................................................................................................
European workers compensation claims ...................................................................................
Non-cash impact of partial pension settlement ..........................................................................
Tax impact of above adjustments, excluding capitalizable acquisition costs ............................
Tax impact of foreign reorganization ........................................................................................
Non-GAAP net income .........................................................................................................

2,376
3,204
1,767
355
475
(2,450)
3,758
49,652

$        

-
2,529
1,111
640
-
(662)
-
43,893

$        

Reconciliation of Free Cash Flow:
   Net cash flows from operating activities ...................................................................................
   Purchase of property, plant and equipment ...............................................................................
    Free cash flow  ........................................................................................................................

Reconciliation of Operating Working Capital (Amounts in millions):
   Accounts Receivable .................................................................................................................
   Inventories .................................................................................................................................
   Accounts Payable ......................................................................................................................
     Operating Working Capital .................................................................................................

$        

$        

84,499
(28,050)
56,449

$        

$        

89,625
(27,823)
61,802

$          

$          

106.5
132.7
(44.3)
194.9

109.1
143.7
(51.2)
201.6

$          

$          

As used in the shareholder letter included with the Company's 2014 Annual Report, non-GAAP net income is calculated using net 
income that excludes acquisition related costs, restructuring costs, and other income or charges that management does not consider 
to be directly related to the Company's core operating performance.  Non-GAAP free cash flow is calculated by deducting purchases 
of property, plant and equipment from net cash provided by operating activities. Non-GAAP operating working capital is calculated 
by deducting accounts payable from net trade receivables plus inventories.  Altra believes that the presentation of non-GAAP net 
income, non-GAAP free cash flow and non-GAAP operating working capital provides important supplemental information to 
management and investors regarding financial and business trends relating to the Company's financial condition and results of 
operations.

            
               
            
            
            
            
               
               
               
               
          
             
            
               
        
        
            
            
Dear Shareholders,

We delivered solid operational and financial performance in 2014, even 
amid a mixed end-market environment and a weakening global economy. 
Our execution of Altra’s acquisition, organic growth and profit improvement 
strategies contributed to our performance, as we made significant gains in 
all three of these areas. 

Toward the end of 2014, we completed the major phase of our SAP 
implementation, and we are now excited to realize the benefits. This phase 
of SAP was a three-year undertaking, and one well worth the investment. 
It already has driven increased cash flow and is beginning to result in 
reduced expenses.

For the year, we increased revenues by 13.5% to $819.8 million and 
grew non-GAAP net income1 by 13.1% to $49.7 million – a new record 
for Altra. Even in the current environment, our consistent execution on our 
operating working capital1 reduction and profit improvement initiatives 
drove robust cash generation. In 2014, we generated solid operating and 
free cash flow1 of $84.5 million and $56.4 million, respectively. As a result, 
Altra returned more than $32 million to shareholders through quarterly 
dividends and stock repurchases in 2014.

I want to underscore the significance of our achievements as we dealt 
with challenges from the global economy and in several of our end 
markets. The economies in Europe and Asia deteriorated considerably, 
while demand from our customers in the oil & gas, agriculture and mining 
end markets slowed rapidly in the second half of the year. In addition, 
we experienced a substantial increase in medical claims mid-year, and 
this increase resulted in higher corporate expenses for Altra. However, 
effective January 1, 2015, we made design changes to our employee 
medical plan that we believe will help to mitigate the potential for higher-
cost claims in the future. Taken together, these adverse events make our 
accomplishments in 2014 all the more impressive.

As we look to 2015, we face sizable headwinds from foreign currency 
translation, weakness in Europe, China and Russia, and continued 
challenging dynamics in our oil & gas, agriculture and mining end markets. 
In response to these challenges to organic growth, we are focusing our 
efforts on substantive initiatives that will drive cost reduction throughout 
our organization. Some of the actions are long-term in nature and will have 
a permanent and positive effect on our cost structure in 2016 and beyond. 
These initiatives will include, among other things, facility consolidations, 
discretionary expense reduction, supplier cost negotiations and other 
actions designed to reduce our SG&A expense. We are evaluating and 
prioritizing these potential actions and expect that the results of some of 
these initiatives will gradually contribute to our performance as we proceed 
through 2015. The end result will be a leaner, more efficient Altra and 
increased returns to our shareholders.

In addition, we look to make further progress on our strategic growth 
initiatives in 2015, and we expect these efforts to continue to contribute 
to our performance. Operational Excellence has given us a distinct 
competitive advantage with reduced cycle times, shorter lead times, lower 
working capital and most importantly, real value to our customers. Much of 
our organization can still benefit from Operational Excellence, and we are 
working to install this culture across Altra. 

Our profit improvement initiatives also are on track. Altra’s strategic 
pricing program is contributing to margins as expected, and we project it 
will add another 50 basis points to margins this year. At Bauer, even with 
the weakening economic conditions in Europe, gross margin continues 
to expand. On a related note, we now have completed construction of 
the new Bauer facility, which will enable the consolidation of several 
manufacturing facilities into one.

We have made good progress on our global expansion efforts. For example 
in Brazil, we completed construction of a new facility in 2014. This will 
enable us to begin localizing production of some Altra products in order to 
meet local content requirements in this country. We already are seeing new 
opportunities for growth because of our expanded presence there, and look 
forward to accelerating this growth in 2015. 

On the M&A front, both Svendborg Brakes and Guardian Couplings, 
which we acquired in late 2013 and mid-2014, respectively, have been 
accretive to our results in line with our expectations. Given our excellent 
financial position and solid balance sheet, we continue to pursue strategic 
acquisitions that will support our growth strategy.

In closing, I want to thank our employees for their outstanding work, which 
has produced solid results for the Company, and you, our shareholders, for 
your continued support of Altra. We look forward to achieving new success 
in 2015.

Sincerely,

Carl R. Christenson
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

1  Please refer to the page adjacent to the inside back cover of this 2014 Annual 
Report for a reconciliation of the Company’s non-GAAP financial measures.

Board of Directors
(As of January 1, 2015)

Carl R. Christenson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

Edmund M. Carpenter
Operating Partner
Genstar Capital, LLC

Lyle G. Ganske
Partner and Co-Chair 
of Business Development
Jones Day

Michael S. Lipscomb
Chairman and CEO
SIFCO, Inc.

Larry P. McPherson
Former Chairman and CEO
NSK Americas, Europe

Thomas W. Swidarski
Former CEO and President
Diebold, Inc.

James H. Woodward Jr.
Former Senior Vice President and CFO
Accuride Corporation

Officers

Christian Storch
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer

Craig Schuele
Vice President Marketing and 
Business Development

Gerald P. Ferris
Vice President Global Sales

Glenn E. Deegan
Vice President
Legal and Human Resources,
General Counsel, and Secretary

Todd B. Patriacca
Vice President Finance,
Corporate Controller,
and Treasurer

Investor Information

Corporate Headquarters
Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
300 Granite Street
Suite 201
Braintree, MA 02184
(781) 917-0600 Phone
(781) 843-0709 Fax

NASDAQ:  AIMC

Investor Relations Program 
We conduct conference calls following each quarterly earnings 
release and encourage inquiries from investors and members 
of the financial community. Our investor relations contact is 
Christian Storch who may be reached at (781) 917-0541.

Annual Meeting of Shareholders
The annual meeting will be held on April 30, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. at 
the Boston Marriott Quincy in Quincy, MA. All shareholders are 
invited to attend. Shareholders are encouraged to mark, sign, 
date, and return their proxy cards promptly so their interests will 
be represented at the meeting.

Requests for Shareholder Information
Copies of our annual report, press releases, and periodic 
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
can be obtained by accessing the Company’s website at www.
altramotion.com, calling the Investor Relations Department 
at (781) 917-0527, faxing your request to (781) 843-0615, or 
addressing your correspondence to the Company’s headquarters.

On the Internet
For further information about Altra Industrial Motion visit our 
home page on the internet at www.altramotion.com.

To contact Altra Industrial Motion via email our address is:
ir@altramotion.com.

Transfer Agent and Registrar
American Stock Transfer & Trust Co.
59 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038

Independent Accountants
Deloitte & Touche, LLP
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116

Outside Counsel
Holland & Knight, LLP
10 St. James Avenue
11th Floor
Boston, MA 021

Annual Report

Power Transmission and Motion Control  
Solutions for Industrial Applications

P-1657-8-C     3/15     Printed in USA

2014