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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K

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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020

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 1-10235

IDEX CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

3100 Sanders Road Suite 301, Northbrook, Illinois

(Address of principal executive offices)

36-3555336

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

60062

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(847) 498-7070

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share

IEX

New York Stock Exchange

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 þ No ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant

is not required to file reports pursuant

to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the

Act. Yes ¨ No þ

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 þ No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to submit such files). Yes þ No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller
reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting
company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

☑ Accelerated filer ☐

Non-accelerated filer ☐

Smaller reporting company

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Emerging growth company

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness
of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public
accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☑

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No þ
The aggregate market value, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, of the

common stock (based on the June 30, 2020 closing price of $158.04) held by non-affiliates of IDEX Corporation was $11,866,931,226.

The number of shares outstanding of IDEX Corporation’s common stock, par value $.01 per share, as of February 22, 2021 was

75,889,737.

Portions of the proxy statement with respect to the IDEX Corporation 2021 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2021 Proxy

Statement”) are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Table of Contents

PART I.

Business

Item 1.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Properties
Legal Proceedings

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity

PART II.

Securities
Selected Financial Data

Item 6.
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

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

Item 9.
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 Accountant Fees and Services

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

Signatures

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Cautionary Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

PART I

This report contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, as amended. These statements may relate to, among other things, the Company’s expected organic sales growth, the
expected timing and anticipated benefits of the Company’s acquisition of Abel Pumps, L.P. and certain of its affiliates, and the
anticipated continuing effects of the coronavirus pandemic, including with respect to the Company's sales, improvements in the
Company’s end markets, facility closures, supply chains and access to capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, cost
reductions, cash flow, revenues, earnings, market conditions, global economies and operating improvements, and are indicated
by words or phrases such as “anticipates,” “estimates,” “plans,” “expects,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “should,” “could,” “will,”
“management believes,” “the Company believes,” “the Company intends” and similar words or phrases. These statements are
subject to inherent uncertainties and risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated at the date of
this report. The risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: the duration of the coronavirus pandemic
and the continuing effects of the coronavirus pandemic on our ability to operate our business and facilities, on our customers,
on supply chains and on the U.S. and global economy generally; economic and political consequences resulting from terrorist
attacks and wars; levels of industrial activity and economic conditions in the U.S. and other countries around the world; pricing
pressures and other competitive factors and levels of capital spending in certain industries, all of which could have a material
impact on order rates and the Company’s results, particularly in light of the low levels of order backlogs it typically maintains;
the Company’s ability to make acquisitions and to integrate and operate acquired businesses on a profitable basis; the
relationship of the U.S. dollar to other currencies and its impact on pricing and cost competitiveness; political and economic
conditions in foreign countries in which the Company operates; developments with respect to trade policy and tariffs; interest
rates; capacity utilization and the effect
labor markets; market conditions and material costs; and
developments with respect to contingencies, such as litigation and environmental matters, and the other risk factors discussed in
Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of this annual report. The forward-looking statements included here are only made as of the date of this
report, and management undertakes no obligation to publicly update them to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except
as may be required by law. Investors are cautioned not to rely unduly on forward-looking statements when evaluating the
information presented here.

this has on costs;

Item 1.

Business.

IDEX Corporation (“IDEX,” the “Company,” “us,” “our,” or “we”) is a Delaware corporation incorporated on
September 24, 1987. The Company is an applied solutions business that sells an extensive array of pumps, valves, flow meters
and other fluidics systems and components and engineered products to customers in a variety of markets around the world.
Substantially all of the Company’s business activities are carried out through wholly-owned subsidiaries.

The Company has three reportable business segments: Fluid & Metering Technologies (“FMT”), Health & Science
Technologies (“HST”) and Fire & Safety/Diversified Products (“FSDP”). Within our three reportable segments, the Company
maintains 13 platforms where we focus on organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Each of our 13 platforms is also a
reporting unit that we annually test for goodwill impairment.

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IDEX Corporation
2020 End Markets

Analytical Instruments: 7%

Water: 7%

Food & Pharma: 7%

Other: 8%

Life Sciences: 8%

Energy: 9%

Fire & Safety: 15%

Automotive: 6%

Chemical: 5%

Paint: 4%

Agriculture: 4%

Semiconductor: 4%

Industrial: 16%

The FMT segment contains the Energy platform (comprised of Corken, Liquid Controls, SAMPI, Toptech and Flow
Management Devices, LLC (“Flow MD”)), the Valves platform (comprised of Alfa Valvole, Richter and Aegis), the Water
platform (comprised of Pulsafeeder, OBL, Knight, ADS, Trebor and iPEK), the Pumps platform (comprised of Viking and
Warren Rupp) and the Agriculture platform (comprised of Banjo). The HST segment contains the Scientific Fluidics & Optics
platform (comprised of Eastern Plastics, Rheodyne, Sapphire Engineering, Upchurch Scientific, ERC, CiDRA Precision
Services, thinXXS, CVI Melles Griot, Semrock, Advanced Thin Films and FLI), the Sealing Solutions platform (comprised of
the
Precision Polymer Engineering, FTL Seals Technology, Novotema, SFC Koenig and Velcora),
Micropump platform and the Material Processing Technologies platform (comprised of Quadro, Fitzpatrick, Microfluidics and
Matcon). The FSDP segment is comprised of the Fire & Safety platform (comprised of Class 1, Hale, Godiva, Akron Brass,
Weldon, AWG Fittings, Dinglee, Hurst Jaws of Life, Lukas and Vetter), the BAND-IT platform and the Dispensing platform.

the Gast platform,

IDEX believes that each of its reporting units is a leader in its product and service areas. The Company also believes that
its strong financial performance has been attributable to its ability to design and engineer specialized quality products, coupled
with its ability to successfully identify, acquire and integrate strategic acquisitions.

FLUID & METERING TECHNOLOGIES SEGMENT

The Fluid & Metering Technologies segment designs, produces and distributes positive displacement pumps, small volume
provers, flow meters, injectors and other fluid-handling pump modules and systems and provides flow monitoring and other
services for the food, chemical, general industrial, water and wastewater, agriculture and energy industries. Fluid & Metering
Technologies application-specific pump and metering solutions serve a diverse range of end markets, including industrial
infrastructure (fossil fuels, refined and alternative fuels and water and wastewater), chemical processing, agriculture, food and
beverage, pulp and paper,
transportation, plastics and resins, electronics and electrical, construction and mining,
pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical, machinery and numerous other specialty niche markets.

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Fluid & Metering Technologies
2020 End Markets

Agriculture: 10%

Food & Pharma: 4%

Chemical Processing: 13%

Water: 17%

Energy: 22%

Other: 3%

Semiconductor: 3%

Automotive: 1%

Industrial: 27%

Fluid & Metering Technologies accounted for 38% of IDEX’s sales in each of 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively, with
approximately 44% of its 2020 sales to customers outside the U.S. The segment accounted for 40%, 44% and 42% of total
segment operating income in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Energy. Energy consists of the Company’s Corken, Liquid Controls, SAMPI, Toptech and Flow MD businesses. Energy
is a leading supplier of flow meters, small volume provers, electronic registration and control products, rotary vane and turbine
pumps, reciprocating piston compressors and terminal automation control systems. Applications for Liquid Controls and
SAMPI consist of positive displacement flow meters and electronic registration and control products, including mobile and
stationary metering installations for wholesale and retail distribution of petroleum and liquefied petroleum gas, aviation
refueling and industrial metering and dispensing of liquids and gases. Corken products consist of positive-displacement rotary
vane pumps, single and multistage regenerative turbine pumps and small horsepower reciprocating piston compressors. Toptech
supplies terminal automation hardware and software to control and manage inventories as well as transactional data and
invoicing to customers in the oil, gas and refined-fuels markets. Flow MD engineers and manufactures small volume provers
that ensure custody transfer accuracy in the oil and gas industry. Energy maintains facilities in Lake Bluff, Illinois (Liquid
Controls products); Longwood, Florida and Zwijndrecht, Belgium (Toptech products); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Corken and
Flow MD products); Altopascio, Italy (SAMPI products); and Phoenix, Arizona (Flow MD products). Approximately 33% of
Energy’s 2020 sales were to customers outside the U.S.

Valves. Valves consists of the Company’s Alfa Valvole, Richter and Aegis businesses. Valves is a leader in the design,
manufacture and sale of specialty valve products for use in the chemical, petro-chemical, energy and sanitary markets as well as
a leading producer of fluoroplastic lined corrosion-resistant magnetic drive and mechanical seal pumps, shut-off, control and
safety valves for corrosive, hazardous, contaminated, pure and high-purity fluids. Alfa Valvole’s products are used in various
industrial fields for fluid control, in both gas and liquid form, in all sectors of plant engineering, cosmetics, detergents, food
industry, electric energy, pharmaceutical, chemical plants, petrochemical plants, oil, heating/air conditioning and also on ships,
ferries and marine oil platforms. Richter’s products offer superior solutions for demanding and complex pump and valve
applications in the process industry. Aegis produces specialty chemical processing valves for use in the chemical, petro-
chemical, chlor-alkali and pulp and paper industries. Valves maintains operations in Casorezzo, Italy (Alfa Valvole products);
Cedar Falls, Iowa, Kempen, Germany and Suzhou, China (Richter products); and Geismar, Louisiana (Aegis products).
Approximately 83% of Valves’ 2020 sales were to customers outside the U.S.

Water. Water consists of the Company’s ADS, iPEK, Knight, Trebor, Pulsafeeder and OBL businesses. Water is a
leading provider of metering technology, flow monitoring products and underground surveillance services for wastewater
markets, alloy and non-metallic gear pumps, peristaltic pumps, transfer pumps as well as dispensing equipment for industrial

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laundries, commercial dishwashing and chemical metering. ADS’ products and services provide comprehensive integrated
solutions that enable industry, municipalities and government agencies to analyze and measure the capacity, quality and
integrity of wastewater collection systems, including the maintenance and construction of such systems. iPEK supplies remote
controlled systems used for infrastructure inspection. Knight is a leading manufacturer of pumps and dispensing equipment for
industrial laundries, commercial dishwashing and chemical metering. Trebor is a leader in high-purity fluid handling products,
including air-operated diaphragm pumps and deionized water-heating systems. Trebor products are used in the manufacturing
of semiconductors, disk drives and flat panel displays. Pulsafeeder products (which also include OBL products) are used to
introduce precise amounts of fluids into processes to manage water quality and chemical composition as well as peristaltic
pumps. Its markets include water and wastewater treatment, oil and gas, power generation, pulp and paper, chemical and
hydrocarbon processing and swimming pools. Water maintains operations in Huntsville, Alabama and various other locations in
the United States, Canada and Australia (ADS products and services); Hirschegg, Austria and Sulzberg, Germany (iPEK
products); Rochester, New York, Punta Gorda, Florida, and Milan, Italy (Pulsafeeder products); West Jordan, Utah (Trebor
products); Irvine, California, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, and Lewes, England (Knight products); and a maquiladora in
Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico (Knight products). Approximately 45% of Water’s 2020 sales were to customers outside the
U.S.

Pumps.

Pumps consists of the Company’s Viking and Warren Rupp businesses. Pumps is a leading manufacturer of
rotary internal gear, external gear, vane and rotary lobe pumps, custom-engineered OEM pumps, strainers, gear reducers and
engineered pump systems. Viking’s products consist of external gear pumps, strainers and reducers and related controls used
for transferring and metering thin and viscous liquids sold under the Viking and Wright Flow brands. Viking products primarily
serve the chemical, petroleum, pulp and paper, plastics, paints, inks, tanker trucks, compressor, construction, food and
beverage, personal care, pharmaceutical and biotech markets. Warren Rupp products (which include Versa-Matic products) are
used for abrasive and semisolid materials as well as for applications where product degradation is a concern or where electricity
is not available or should not be used. Warren Rupp products, which include air-operated double diaphragm pumps, primarily
serve the chemical, paint, food processing, electronics, construction, utilities, oil and gas, mining and industrial maintenance
markets. Pumps maintains operations in Cedar Falls, Iowa (Viking and Wright Flow products); Eastbourne, England (Wright
Flow products); Shannon, Ireland (Viking and Blagdon products); and Mansfield, Ohio (Warren Rupp products). Pumps
primarily uses independent distributors to market and sell its products. Approximately 42% of Pumps’ 2020 sales were to
customers outside the U.S.

Agriculture. Agriculture consists of the Company’s Banjo business. Banjo is a provider of special purpose, severe-duty
pumps, valves, fittings and systems used in liquid handling. Banjo is based in Crawfordsville, Indiana with distribution facilities
in Didam, The Netherlands and Valinhos, Brazil. Its products are used in agriculture (approximately 71% of revenue) and
industrial (approximately 29% of revenue) applications. Approximately 21% of Banjo’s 2020 sales were to customers outside
the U.S.

HEALTH & SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES SEGMENT

The Health & Science Technologies segment designs, produces and distributes a wide range of precision fluidics, rotary
lobe pumps, centrifugal and positive displacement pumps, roll compaction and drying systems used in beverage, food
processing, pharmaceutical and cosmetics, pneumatic components and sealing solutions, including very high precision, low-
flow rate pumping solutions required in analytical instrumentation, clinical diagnostics and drug discovery, high performance
molded and extruded sealing components, custom mechanical and shaft seals for a variety of end markets including food and
beverage, marine, chemical, wastewater and water treatment, engineered hygienic mixers and valves for the global
biopharmaceutical industry, biocompatible medical devices and implantables, air compressors used in medical, dental and
industrial applications, optical components and coatings for applications in the fields of scientific research, defense,
biotechnology, aerospace, telecommunications and electronics manufacturing, laboratory and commercial equipment used in
the production of micro and nano scale materials, precision photonic solutions used in life sciences, research and defense
markets and precision gear and peristaltic pump technologies that meet exacting original equipment manufacturer
specifications.

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Health & Science Technologies
2020 End Markets

Industrial: 12%

Other: 14%

Automotive: 9%

Food & Pharma: 17%

Analytical Instruments: 17%

Semiconductor: 7%

Medical/Dental: 3%

Life Sciences: 21%

Health & Science Technologies accounted for 38%, 37% and 36% of IDEX’s sales in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively,
with approximately 57% of its 2020 sales to customers outside the U.S. The segment accounted for 35%, 31% and 32% of total
segment operating income in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Scientific Fluidics & Optics.

Scientific Fluidics & Optics consists of the Company’s Eastern Plastics, Rheodyne,
Sapphire Engineering, Upchurch Scientific, ERC, CiDRA Precision Services, thinXXS, CVI Melles Griot, Semrock, Advanced
Thin Films and FLI businesses. Eastern Plastics products, which consist of high-precision integrated fluidics and associated
engineered manifolds, are used in a broad set of end markets including medical diagnostics, analytical instrumentation and
laboratory automation. Rheodyne products consist of injectors, valves, fittings and accessories for the analytical instrumentation
market. These products are used by manufacturers of high pressure liquid chromatography (“HPLC”) equipment servicing the
pharmaceutical, biotech, life science, food and beverage, and chemical markets. Sapphire Engineering and Upchurch Scientific
products consist of fluidic components and systems for the analytical, biotech and diagnostic instrumentation markets, such as
fittings, precision-dispensing pumps and valves, tubing and integrated tubing assemblies, filter sensors and other micro-fluidic
and nano-fluidic components as well as advanced column hardware and accessories for the high performance liquid
chromatography market. The products produced by Sapphire Engineering and Upchurch Scientific primarily serve the
pharmaceutical, drug discovery, chemical, biochemical processing, genomics/proteomics research, environmental labs, food/
agriculture, medical
lab, personal care and plastics/polymer/rubber production markets. ERC manufactures gas liquid
separations and detection solutions for the life science, analytical instrumentation and clinical chemistry markets. ERC’s
products consist of in-line membrane vacuum degassing solutions, refractive index detectors and ozone generation systems.
CiDRA Precision Services’ products consist of microfluidic components serving the life science, health and industrial markets
and thinXXS is a leader in the design, manufacture and sale of microfluidic components serving the point of care, veterinary
and life science markets. CVI Melles Griot is a global leader in the design and manufacture of precision photonic solutions used
in the life science, research, semiconductor, security and defense markets. CVI Melles Griot’s innovative products are focused
on the generation, control and productive use of light for a variety of key science and industrial applications. Products consist of
specialty lasers and light sources, electro-optical components, specialty shutters, opto-mechanical assemblies and components.
In addition, CVI Melles Griot produces critical components for life science research, electronics manufacturing, military and
other industrial applications, including lenses, mirrors, filters and polarizers. These components are utilized in a number of
important applications such as spectroscopy, cytometry (cell counting), guidance systems for target designation, remote
sensing, menology and optical lithography. Semrock is a provider of optical filters for biotech and analytical instrumentation in
the life science market. Semrock’s optical filters are produced using state-of-the-art manufacturing processes which enable it to
offer its customers significant improvements in instrument performance and reliability. Advanced Thin Films specializes in
optical components and coatings for applications in the fields of scientific research, defense, aerospace, telecommunications
and electronics manufacturing. Advanced Thin Films’ core competence is the design and manufacture of filters, splitters,

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reflectors and mirrors with the precise physical properties required to support their customers’ most challenging and cutting-
edge optical applications. The Precision Photonics portion of its business specializes in optical components and coatings for
applications in the fields of scientific research, aerospace, telecommunications and electronics manufacturing. FLI specializes in
the design, development and production of low-noise cooled charge-coupled device (“CCD”) and high speed, high-sensitivity
scientific complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (“CMOS”) cameras for the astronomy and life science markets. Scientific
Fluidics & Optics has facilities in Bristol, Connecticut (Eastern Plastics products); Rohnert Park, California (Rheodyne
products); Middleboro, Massachusetts (Sapphire Engineering products); Oak Harbor, Washington (Upchurch Scientific
products); Kawaguchi, Japan (ERC products); Wallingford, Connecticut (CiDRA Precision Services products); Zweibrücken,
Germany (thinXXS products); Albuquerque, New Mexico, Rochester, New York, Leicester, England and Didam, The
Netherlands (CVI Melles Griot products); Rochester, New York (Semrock products); Boulder, Colorado (Advanced Thin Films
products); and Lima, New York (FLI products). Approximately 54% of Scientific Fluidics & Optics’ 2020 sales were to
customers outside the U.S.

Sealing Solutions.

Sealing Solutions consists of the Company’s Precision Polymer Engineering, FTL Seals Technology,
Novotema, SFC Koenig and Velcora businesses. Precision Polymer Engineering is a provider of proprietary high performance
seals and advanced sealing solutions for a diverse range of global industries and applications, including hazardous duty,
analytical instrumentation, semiconductor, process technologies, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, electronics and food applications.
Precision Polymer Engineering is headquartered in Blackburn, England with an additional manufacturing facility in Brenham,
Texas. Precision Polymer Engineering also entered into a joint venture with a third party to manufacture and sell high
performance elastomer seals for the oil and gas industry to customers within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as export
these high performance elastomer seals outside of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The joint venture is headquartered in
Damman, Saudi Arabia. FTL Seals Technology, located in Leeds, England, specializes in the design and application of high
integrity rotary seals, specialty bearings and other custom products for the mining, power generation and marine markets.
Novotema, located in Villongo, Italy, is a leader in the design, manufacture and sale of specialty sealing solutions for use in the
building products, gas control, transportation, industrial and water markets. SFC Koenig is a producer of highly engineered
expanders and check valves for critical applications across the transportation, hydraulic, aviation and medical markets. SFC
Koenig is based in Dietikon, Switzerland, with additional facilities in North Haven, Connecticut, Illerrieden, Germany, and
Suzhou, China. Velcora and its operating subsidiaries under the Roplan name are headquartered in Sweden with operations in
China, the United Kingdom and the United States. Roplan is a global manufacturer of custom mechanical and shaft seals for a
variety of end markets including food and beverage, marine, chemical, wastewater and water treatment. Approximately 75% of
Sealing Solutions’ 2020 sales were to customers outside the U.S.

Gast. The Gast business is a leading manufacturer of air-moving products, including air motors, low-range and medium-
range vacuum pumps, vacuum generators, regenerative blowers and fractional horsepower compressors. Gast products are used
in a variety of long-life applications requiring a quiet, clean source of moderate vacuum or pressure. Gast products primarily
serve the medical equipment, environmental equipment, computers and electronics, printing machinery, paint mixing
machinery, packaging machinery, graphic arts and industrial manufacturing markets. Based in Benton Harbor, Michigan, Gast
also has a logistics and commercial center in Redditch, England. Approximately 27% of Gast’s 2020 sales were to customers
outside the U.S.

Micropump.

Micropump, headquartered in Vancouver, Washington,

is a leader in small, precision-engineered,
magnetically and electromagnetically driven rotary gear, piston and centrifugal pumps. Micropump products are used in low-
flow abrasive and corrosive applications. Micropump products primarily serve the continuous ink-jet printing, medical
equipment, chemical processing, pharmaceutical, refining,
textiles, peristaltic metering pumps,
analytical process controllers and sample preparation systems markets. Approximately 73% of Micropump’s 2020 sales were to
customers outside the U.S.

laboratory, electronics,

Material Processing Technologies. Material Processing Technologies consists of the Company’s Quadro, Fitzpatrick,
Steridose, Microfluidics and Matcon businesses. Quadro is a leading provider of particle control solutions for the
pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical markets. Based in Waterloo, Canada, Quadro’s core capabilities include fine milling,
emulsification and special handling of liquid and solid particulates for laboratory, pilot phase and production scale processing.
Fitzpatrick is a global leader in the design and manufacture of process technologies for the pharmaceutical, food and personal
care markets. Fitzpatrick designs and manufactures customized size reduction, roll compaction and drying systems to support
their customers’ product development and manufacturing processes. Fitzpatrick is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada. In June
2020, the Steridose business was moved from an operating subsidiary of Velcora to an operating subsidiary of Quadro.
Steridose develops engineered hygienic mixers and valves for the global biopharmaceutical industry. Microfluidics is a global
leader in the design and manufacture of laboratory and commercial equipment used in the production of micro and nano scale
materials for the pharmaceutical and chemical markets. Microfluidics is the exclusive producer of the Microfluidizer family of
high shear fluid processors for uniform particle size reduction, robust cell disruption and nanoparticle creation. Microfluidics is

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also based in Waterloo, Canada and has offices in Newton, Massachusetts. Matcon is a global leader in material processing
solutions for high value powders used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, food, plastics and fine chemicals. Matcon’s
innovative products consist of the original cone valve powder discharge system and filling, mixing and packaging systems, all
of which support its customers’ automation and process requirements. These products are critical to its customers’ need to
maintain clean, reliable and repeatable formulations of prepackaged foods and pharmaceuticals while helping them achieve lean
and agile manufacturing. Matcon is located in Evesham, England. Approximately 63% of Material Processing Technologies’
2020 sales were to customers outside the U.S.

FIRE & SAFETY/DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTS SEGMENT

The Fire & Safety/Diversified Products segment designs, produces and distributes firefighting pumps, valves and controls,
rescue tools, lifting bags and other components and systems for the fire and rescue industry, engineered stainless steel banding
and clamping devices used in a variety of industrial and commercial applications and precision equipment for dispensing,
metering and mixing colorants and paints used in a variety of retail and commercial businesses around the world.

Fire & Safety/Diversified Products
2020 End Markets

Automotive: 10%

Industrial: 5%

Paint: 18%

Other: 3%

Energy: 1%

Rescue Tools: 19%

Fire Suppression: 44%

The Fire & Safety/Diversified Products segment accounted for 24%, 25% and 26% of IDEX’s sales in 2020, 2019 and
2018, respectively, with approximately 52% of its 2020 sales to customers outside the U.S. The segment accounted for 25%,
25% and 26% of total segment operating income in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Fire & Safety.

Fire & Safety consists of the Company’s Class 1, Hale, Godiva, Akron Brass, Weldon, AWG Fittings,
Dinglee, Hurst Jaws of Life, Lukas and Vetter businesses, which produce truck-mounted and portable fire pumps, stainless steel
valves, monitors, apparatus valves, nozzles, foam and compressed air foam systems, pump modules and pump kits, electronic
controls and information systems, conventional and networked electrical systems, mechanical components for the fire, rescue
and specialty vehicle markets, hydraulic, battery, gas and electric-operated rescue equipment, hydraulic re-railing equipment,
hydraulic tools for industrial applications, recycling cutters, pneumatic lifting and sealing bags for vehicle and aircraft rescue,
environmental protection and disaster control and shoring equipment for vehicular or structural collapse. Fire & Safety’s
customers are OEMs as well as public and private fire and rescue organizations. Fire & Safety maintains facilities in Ocala,
Florida (Class 1 and Hale products); Warwick, England (Godiva products); Wooster and Columbus, Ohio (Akron Brass and
Weldon products); Ballendorf, Germany (AWG Fittings products); Shelby, North Carolina (Hurst Jaws of Life products);
Tianjin, China (Dinglee products); Erlangen, Germany (Lukas products); and Zulpich, Germany (Vetter products).
Approximately 50% of Fire & Safety’s 2020 sales were to customers outside the U.S.

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BAND-IT.

BAND-IT is a leading producer of high-quality stainless steel banding, buckles and clamping systems. The
BAND-IT brand is highly recognized worldwide. BAND-IT products are used for securing exhaust system heat and sound
shields, industrial hose fittings, traffic signs and signals, electrical cable shielding, identification and bundling and in numerous
other industrial and commercial applications. BAND-IT products primarily serve the automotive, transportation equipment,
oil and gas, general industrial maintenance, electronics, electrical, communications, aerospace, utility, municipal and subsea
marine markets. BAND-IT is based in Denver, Colorado, with additional operations in Staveley, England. Approximately 44%
of BAND-IT’s 2020 sales were to customers outside the U.S.

Dispensing. Dispensing produces precision equipment for dispensing, metering and mixing colorants and paints used in a
variety of retail and commercial businesses around the world. Dispensing is a global supplier of precision-designed tinting,
mixing, dispensing and measuring equipment for auto refinishing and architectural paints. Dispensing products are used in retail
and commercial stores, hardware stores, home centers, department stores, automotive body shops as well as point-of-purchase
dispensers. Dispensing maintains facilities in Sassenheim, The Netherlands, Wheeling, Illinois, Unanderra, Australia and Milan,
Italy as well as IDEX shared manufacturing facilities in India and China. Approximately 66% of Dispensing’s 2020 sales were
to customers outside the U.S.

INFORMATION APPLICABLE TO THE COMPANY’S BUSINESS IN GENERAL AND ITS SEGMENTS

Competitors

The Company’s businesses participate in highly competitive markets. IDEX believes that

the principal points of
competition are product quality, design and engineering capabilities, product development, conformity to customer
specifications, quality of post-sale support, timeliness of delivery and effectiveness of our distribution channels.

Principal competitors of the Fluid & Metering Technologies segment are the Pumps Group (Maag, Blackmer and Wilden
products) of Dover Corporation (with respect to pumps and small horsepower compressors used in liquefied petroleum gas
distribution facilities, rotary gear pumps and air-operated double-diaphragm pumps); Milton Roy LLC (with respect to metering
pumps and controls); and Tuthill Corporation (with respect to rotary gear pumps).

Principal competitors of the Health & Science Technologies segment are the Thomas division of Ingersoll Rand (with
respect to vacuum pumps and compressors); Thermo Scientific Dionex products (with respect to analytical instrumentation);
Parker Hannifin (with respect to sealing devices); Valco Instruments Co., Inc. (with respect to fluid injectors and valves); and
Gooch & Housego PLC (with respect to electro-optic and precision photonics solutions used in the life sciences market).

The principal competitors of the Fire & Safety/Diversified Products segment are Waterous Company, a unit of American
Cast Iron Pipe Company (with respect to truck-mounted firefighting pumps); Holmatro, Inc. (with respect to rescue tools);
Corob S.p.A. (with respect to dispensing and mixing equipment for the paint industry); and Panduit Corporation (with respect
to stainless steel bands, buckles and clamping systems).

Customers

None of our customers in 2020 accounted for more than two percent of net sales.

Employees

At December 31, 2020, the Company had 7,075 employees. Approximately 7% of its employees in the U.S. were
represented by labor unions, with various contracts expiring through November 2023. Management believes that the Company
has a positive relationship with its employees. The Company historically has been able to renegotiate its collective bargaining
agreements satisfactorily, with its last work stoppage occurring in March 1993.

Human Capital Management

We recognize that our success would not be possible without the valuable contributions of our workforce. Investment in
our people enables us to accomplish our goals and deliver innovative customer solutions. Our corporate Human Capital strategy
is overseen by our Chief Human Resource Officer (“CHRO”). Annually, the CHRO presents a talent review to the Company’s
Board of Directors. As part of the review, the team details each enterprise-level senior leadership position and outlines
succession plans to ensure the Board is informed of the Company’s plans for business continuity and success.

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Our workforce advancement strategy succeeds through investment in three pillars: skill-building for the entire workforce,
leadership development aligned with the Company’s methodology and fostering a great culture. Our approach to training and
education helps drive long-term value by providing our employees with opportunities to develop skills both individually and as
teams:
•

Employees have access to learning through a variety of sources, including the IDEX Academy, which is our primary
local development programs and specific individual
platform for global
leadership development programs,
leaders in the IDEX leadership
development plans. These trainings also help to develop future and potential
methodology.

•

• We also enable employee development and growth by offering our full-time U.S. employees who have at least six
months of service the ability to participate in our Tuition Reimbursement program. Through the program, employees
can have certain expenses from secondary educational institutions reimbursed up to $5,250 per year.
The Company also built the IDEX Accelerating Management Potential (“I-AMP”) Collegiate Talent Program in 2018
to give early career professionals the opportunity to learn the Company’s values and business, and to grow within our
Company in both full-time and internship roles. Since the program began, over 75 percent of participants have
represented either gender or ethnic minority groups, and we will continue our focus on providing opportunities for
diverse early career professionals through I-AMP.

• We prioritize hiring team members who will embrace our team-driven culture and also place considerable emphasis on
leveraging the talented employees within our internal pipeline, filling many leadership positions with Company
employees.
Across the enterprise, our goal is to achieve manufacturing company top quartile employee engagement as measured
by our engagement survey. Given the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the work environment, we
are thrilled that our employees are staying engaged as we remain in the 85th percentile among manufacturing
companies with employee engagement at 78%.

•

Employee Pay and Benefits

Attracting and retaining top talent is critical to the success of the Company’s business. We offer a highly competitive pay
and benefits package for our employees in all the markets where we operate. The performance-based pay packages provide
many employees with short-term performance incentives. We also provide equity-based, long-term incentives to the Company’s
senior leaders.

The Company’s U.S. employees can participate in two 401(k) retirement plans and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan,

which allows an employee to purchase IDEX stock through payroll deductions.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

The Company has always recognized diversity as foundational to creativity and resilience; the three pillars of Innovation,
Diversity and Excellence form the acronym that is our name, IDEX. Gender, ethnic, cultural and other human diversity is
critical to our success.

In 2020, the Company engaged a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (“DE&I”) coach to work with the CEO and entire
Executive Leadership Team to further the DE&I strategic framework. In 2021, the Company intends to fill the currently vacant
executive role for DE&I, which will report directly to the CEO.

At least once per year, the Board of Directors reviews employee diversity performance through its CHRO-led senior talent
review. Additionally, the Company tracks diversity performance of the top 400 leaders and provides regular updates to the
Board on how leadership demographics are changing over time. The Board has also recently pledged to include a DE&I topic
on the agenda of every regularly scheduled Board meeting moving forward.
In 2020, we increased representation for both
women and people of color in our leadership ranks. Since 2018, we have increased the number of senior leaders globally who
are women by more than 27% and leaders in the U.S. who are racially or ethnically diverse of color by 23%.

Further, the Company has been conducting pay equity analysis for U.S. employees since 2018 to ensure that employees’
actual pay was substantially similar to their predicted pay. Where appropriate, we provided base pay adjustments for employees
that were outliers from their predicted pay, further reinforcing the Company’s commitment to diversity and a culture of
inclusion, equality and respect.

Workplace Health & Safety

We are proud to manufacture product components that save lives; this would not be possible without the health and safety
of our employees and contractors. The Company’s Employee Health & Safety (“EH&S”) Vision Policy outlines our approach
for health and safety governance and applies to all of the Company’s business units and provides for both monthly and annual

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risk assessments which are reviewed by the Company’s senior leaders. We also require safety trainings on topics such as CPR,
electrical safety, ergonomics, first aid and machine guarding that all business unit employees must complete every year.

We also encourage all our full-time employees enrolled in our U.S. Healthcare Benefit Plan to participate in our third-party
operated Wellness Program which provides access to annual biometric screenings, health evaluations and wellness credits that
can be earned for meeting individual wellness goals each year. A number of our business units organize complementary
wellness programs, including walking clubs, health fairs and lunch and learns with nutritionists for their employees.

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we acted quickly, forming the IDEX COVID-19 Task Force to protect our
employees from the virus, focusing on our safety-first approach. Among other safety measures, we also implemented
COVID-19 Temporary Pay and Benefits Policy for employees who regularly work 20 or more hours per week, which provided
four weeks of leave with 100% pay and benefits, in order to assist employees impacted by COVID-19 circumstances with
additional flexibility.

Suppliers

The Company manufactures many of the parts and components used in its products. Substantially all materials, parts and

components purchased by the Company are available from multiple sources.

Inventory and Backlog

The Company regularly and systematically adjusts production schedules and quantities based on the flow of incoming
orders. Backlogs typically are limited to two months of production. While total inventory levels also may be affected by
changes in orders, the Company generally tries to maintain relatively stable inventory levels based on its assessment of the
requirements of the various industries served.

Raw Materials

The Company uses a wide variety of raw materials which are generally available from a number of sources. As a result,

shortages from any single supplier have not had, and are not likely to have a material impact on operations.

Shared Services

The Company has production facilities in Suzhou, China and Vadodara, India that support multiple business units. IDEX
also has personnel in China, India, Dubai, Mexico, Latin America and Singapore that provide sales and marketing, product
design and engineering and sourcing support to its business units as well as personnel in various locations in South America,
the Middle East, Korea and Japan to support sales and marketing efforts of IDEX businesses in those regions.

Segment Information

For segment financial information for the years 2020, 2019 and 2018, including financial information about foreign and
domestic sales and operations, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”
and Note 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data.”

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Information about Our Executive Officers

Set forth below are the names of the executive officers of the Company, their ages, years of service, the positions held by

them and their business experience during the past five years.

Name
Eric D. Ashleman

William K. Grogan

Denise R. Cade

Melissa S. Flores
Daniel J. Salliotte

Michael J. Yates

Age
53

42

58

38

54
55

Years of
Service
12

9

5

10

16
15

Position
Chief Executive Officer and President

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Senior Vice President-Chief Human Resources Officer

Senior Vice President-Corporate Development
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

Mr. Ashleman has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since December 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Ashleman was
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from July 2015 to December 2020, Vice President-Group Executive of the
Company’s Health & Science Technologies and Fire & Safety/Diversified Products segments from January 2014 through July
2015 and President-Group Executive of the Company’s Fire & Safety/Diversified Products segment from 2011 through January
2014. Mr. Ashleman joined IDEX in 2008 as the President of Gast Manufacturing.

Mr. Grogan has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since January 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Grogan
served as Vice President of Finance, Operations from July 2015 through January 2017. From January 2012 through July 2015,
Mr. Grogan was Vice President-Finance for the Company’s Health & Science Technologies and Fire & Safety/Diversified
Products segments.

Ms. Cade has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since joining IDEX in October
2015. Prior to joining IDEX, Ms. Cade was Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance
Officer for SunCoke Energy, Inc. from March 2011 to October 2015 and held various roles at PPG Industries, Inc. before
joining SunCoke.

Ms. Flores has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since February 2021. Prior to that, Ms.
Flores served as Global, Vice President Talent from May 2019 through February 2021. From February 2018 through May 2019,
Ms. Flores was Group Vice President Human Resources. Prior to that she served as Vice President, Talent Management and
Development from March 2017 to February 2018, after being promoted from Director, Talent Development, a position she
served in from March 2015 to March 2017.

Mr. Salliotte has served as Senior Vice President-Corporate Development since March 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Salliotte
served as Senior Vice President-Corporate Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions and Treasury since February 2011. Mr. Salliotte
joined IDEX in October 2004 as Vice President-Strategy and Business Development.

Mr. Yates has served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since February 2010 and served as interim Chief
Financial Officer from September 2016 to December 2016. Mr. Yates joined IDEX as Vice President-Controller in October
2005.

The Company’s executive officers are elected at a meeting of the Board of Directors immediately following the annual
meeting of stockholders, and they serve until the meeting of the Board immediately following the next annual meeting of
stockholders, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their death, resignation or removal.

Public Filings

Copies of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and
amendments to those reports are made available free of charge at www.idexcorp.com as soon as reasonably practicable after
being filed electronically with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Our reports are also
available free of charge on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. Information on the Company’s website is not incorporated into
this Form 10-K.

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Item 1A.

Risk Factors.

For an enterprise as diverse and complex as the Company, a wide range of factors present risks to the Company and could
materially affect future developments and performance. In addition to the factors affecting specific business operations
identified in connection with the description of our operations and the financial results of our operations elsewhere in this
report, the most material of these factors are included below. Current global economic events and conditions may amplify many
of these risks. These risks are not the only risks that may affect us. Additional risks that we are not aware of or do not believe
are material at the time of this filing may also become important factors that adversely affect our business.

Risks Related to Our Operations

Our business, results of operations and financial condition have been and may continue to be materially adversely

impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been a rapidly-changing situation that has negatively impacted and could continue
to negatively impact the global economy. Our operating results are subject to fluctuations based on general economic conditions
and have been adversely affected by the negative general economic conditions. The extent to which COVID-19 continues to
impact our business will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence,
such as the duration of the outbreak and business closures or business disruptions for our Company, our suppliers and our
customers.

The deterioration in economic conditions materially reduced, and could continue to reduce, the Company’s sales and
profitability. Although we began to see improvement in our end markets beginning in the third quarter of 2020 and continuing
through the fourth quarter of 2020, the financial distress our customers have experienced due to the deterioration in economic
conditions has resulted in and could continue to result in reduced sales which has and could continue to negatively impact our
results of operations. Any changes in or resurgence of the COVID-19 outbreak could also have a material impact on our ability
to get the raw materials, parts and components we need to manufacture our products as our suppliers face disruptions in their
businesses, closures or bankruptcy as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. We depend greatly on our suppliers for items that are
essential to the manufacturing of our products. Although we have not experienced material supply chain disruptions to date, if
our suppliers fail to meet our manufacturing needs in the future, it would delay our production and our product shipments to
customers and negatively affect our operations.

U.S and international government responses to the COVID-19 outbreak have included “shelter in place”, “stay at home”
and similar types of orders. These orders exempt certain individuals needed to maintain continuity of operations of critical
infrastructure sectors as determined by the U.S. federal and international governmental bodies. Although the Company’s
operations are currently considered essential and exempt, if any of the applicable exemptions are curtailed or revoked in the
future, including in response to any COVID-19 resurgence, that would adversely impact our business, operating results and
financial condition. Furthermore, to the extent these exemptions do not extend to our key suppliers and customers, this would
also adversely impact our business, operating results and financial condition. We have also implemented work-from-home
policies for certain “non-essential” employees. Although these work-from-home policies have not negatively impacted our
business in any material respect to date, the COVID-19 outbreak is dynamic and any future resurgences could negatively
impact productivity, disrupt conduct of our business in the ordinary course and delay our production timelines.

Due to the large remote workforce populations, we may also face informational technology infrastructure and connectivity
issues from the vendors that we rely on for certain information technologies to administer, store and support the Company’s
multiple business activities. IDEX is heavily dependent on the availability and support of our technology landscape, several of
which are provided by external third party service providers (e.g., Microsoft, AT&T and Verizon). Although we have not
suffered any disruptions to date, any future disruptions in their operations could also negatively impact our business, operating
results and financial condition.

To the extent the COVID-19 outbreak continues to adversely affect our business and financial results, it may also have the
effect of heightening many of the other risks described in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of this annual report, such as those relating
to our international operations, our ability to develop new products, our ability to execute on our growth strategy of
acquisitions, our dependency on raw materials, parts and components, the effects on movements in foreign currency exchange
rates on our Company, the effects on our Company that result from declines in commodity prices and our reliance on labor
availability to operate and grow our business.

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Our Inability to Continue to Develop New Products Could Limit Our Sales Growth.

Our ability to continue to grow organically is tied in large part to our ability to continue to develop new products. A failure
to continue to develop and deliver new, innovative and competitive products to the market could limit our sales growth and
negatively impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.

Our Growth Strategy Includes Acquisitions and We May Not be Able to Make Acquisitions of Suitable Candidates or

Integrate Acquisitions Successfully.

Our historical growth has included, and our future growth is likely to continue to include, acquisitions. We intend to
continue to seek acquisition opportunities both to expand into new markets and to enhance our position in existing markets
throughout the world. We may not be able to successfully identify suitable candidates, negotiate appropriate acquisition terms,
obtain financing needed to consummate those acquisitions, complete proposed acquisitions or successfully integrate acquired
businesses into our existing operations. In addition, any acquisition, once successfully integrated, may not perform as planned,
be accretive to earnings, or otherwise prove beneficial to us.

Acquisitions involve numerous risks, including the assumption of undisclosed or unindemnified liabilities, difficulties in
the assimilation of the operations, technologies, services and products of the acquired companies and the diversion of
management’s attention from other business concerns. In addition, prior acquisitions have resulted in, and future acquisitions
could result in, the incurrence of substantial additional indebtedness and other expenses.

The Markets We Serve are Highly Competitive and this Competition Could Reduce our Sales and Operating Margins.

Most of our products are sold in competitive markets. Maintaining and improving our competitive position will require
continued investment by us in manufacturing, engineering, quality standards, marketing, customer service and support and our
distribution networks. We may not be successful in maintaining our competitive position. Our competitors may develop
products that are superior to our products or may develop methods of more efficiently and effectively providing products and
services or may adapt more quickly than us to new technologies or evolving customer requirements. Pricing pressures may
require us to adjust the prices of our products to stay competitive. We may not be able to compete successfully with our existing
competitors or with new competitors. Failure to continue competing successfully could reduce our sales, operating margins and
overall financial performance.

We are Dependent on the Availability of Raw Materials, Parts and Components Used in Our Products.

While we manufacture certain parts and components used in our products, we require substantial amounts of raw materials
and purchase some parts and components from suppliers. The availability and prices for raw materials, parts and components
may be subject to curtailment or change due to, among other things, suppliers’ allocations to other purchasers, interruptions in
production by suppliers, including due to geopolitical or civil unrest, unfavorable economic or industry conditions, labor
disruptions, catastrophic weather events, natural disasters or the occurrence of a contagious disease or illness, changes in
exchange rates and prevailing price levels. Any change in the supply of, or price for, these raw materials or parts and
components could materially affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.

Our Business Operations May Be Adversely Affected by Information Systems Interruptions or Intrusion.

We depend on various information technologies throughout our Company to administer, store and support multiple
business activities. If these systems (or the systems of our customers or third-party hosting services) are damaged, cease to
function properly or are subject to cyber-security attacks, such as those involving unauthorized access, malicious software and/
or other intrusions, we could experience production downtimes, operational delays, other detrimental impacts on our operations
or ability to provide products and services to our customers, the compromising of confidential or otherwise protected
information, destruction or corruption of data, security breaches, other manipulation or improper use of our systems or
networks, financial losses from remedial actions, loss of business or potential liability, penalties, fines and/or damage to our
reputation. While we attempt to mitigate these risks by employing a number of measures, including employee training,
technical security controls and maintenance of backup and protective systems, our systems, networks, products and services
remain potentially vulnerable to known or unknown threats, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business,
financial condition or results of operations. Further, given the unpredictability, nature and scope of cyber-security attacks, it is
possible that potential vulnerabilities could go undetected for an extended period.

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Risks Related to Economic Conditions

Changes in U.S. or International Economic Conditions Could Materially Adversely Affect the Sales and Profitability of

Our Businesses.

In 2020, 49% of the Company’s sales were derived from domestic operations while 51% were derived from international
operations. The Company’s largest end markets include industrial, semiconductor, automotive, life sciences and medical
technologies, fire and rescue, oil and gas, paint and coatings, chemical processing, agriculture, water and wastewater treatment
and optical filters and components. A slowdown in the U.S. or global economy and, in particular, any of these specific end
markets could materially reduce the Company’s sales and profitability.

Changes to Geopolitical and Economic Conditions in the U.S. and Foreign Countries in Which We Operate Could

Adversely Affect Our Business.

In 2020, approximately 51% of our total sales were to customers outside the U.S. We expect our international operations
and export sales to continue to be significant for the foreseeable future. Our sales from international operations and our sales
from export are both subject in varying degrees to risks inherent in doing business outside the U.S. These risks include the
following:

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•
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possibility of unfavorable circumstances arising from host country laws or regulations;
risks of economic instability;
currency exchange rate fluctuations and restrictions on currency repatriation;
potential negative consequences from changes to taxation policies;
disruption of operations from labor and political disturbances;
withdrawal from or renegotiation of international trade agreements and other restrictions on the trade between the
United States and other countries;
risks related to other government regulation or required compliance with local laws;
effects of the United Kingdom’s decision to exit the European Union and related potential disruption to trade,
including the effects of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union, the European Atomic
Energy Community and the United Kingdom signed on December 30, 2020;
changes in tariff and trade barriers, including uncertainty caused by the evolving relations between the United States
and China; and
geopolitical events, including natural disasters, public health issues, political instability, terrorism, insurrection or war.

Any of these events could have a materially adverse impact on our business and operations.

Significant Movements in Foreign Currency Exchange Rates May Harm Our Financial Results.

We are exposed to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, particularly with respect to the Euro, Swiss Franc,
Canadian Dollar, British Pound, Indian Rupee, Chinese Renminbi and Swedish Krona. Any significant change in the value of
the currencies of the countries in which we do business against the U.S. Dollar could affect our ability to sell products
competitively and control our cost structure, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. For
additional detail related to this risk, see Part II, Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.”

Fluctuations in Interest Rates Could Adversely Affect Our Results of Operations and Financial Position.

Our profitability may be adversely affected during any periods of unexpected or rapid increases in interest rates. We
maintain a revolving credit facility, which bears interest at either an alternate base rate or adjusted LIBOR plus, in each case, an
applicable margin based on the lower of the Company's senior, unsecured, long-term debt rating or the Company’s applicable
leverage ratio. A significant increase in LIBOR would significantly increase our cost of borrowings. Further, any changes in
regulatory standards or industry practices, such as the expected transition away from LIBOR may result in the usage of higher
interest rates under our revolving credit facility, and our current or future indebtedness may be adversely affected.We are also
exposed to risks if the U.S. Federal Reserve raises its benchmark interest rate, which may reduce the availability and increase
the cost of obtaining new debt and refinancing existing indebtedness. For additional detail related to this risk, see Part II, Item
7A, "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk."

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A Significant or Sustained Decline in Commodity Prices, Including Oil, Could Negatively Impact

the Levels of

Expenditures by Certain of Our Customers.

Demand for our products depends, in part, on the level of new and planned expenditures by certain of our customers. The
level of expenditures by our customers is dependent on, among other factors, general economic conditions, availability of
credit, economic conditions within their respective industries and expectations of future market behavior. Volatility in
commodity prices, including oil, can negatively affect the level of these activities and can result in postponement of capital
spending decisions or the delay or cancellation of existing orders. The ability of our customers to finance capital investment and
maintenance may also be affected by the conditions in their industries. Reduced demand for our products could result in the
delay or cancellation of existing orders or lead to excess manufacturing capacity, which unfavorably impacts our absorption of
fixed manufacturing costs. This reduced demand could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and
results of operations.

Risks Related to Legal, Accounting and Regulatory Matters

An Unfavorable Outcome of Any of Our Pending Contingencies or Litigation Could Adversely Affect Us.

We are currently involved in pending and threatened legal, regulatory and other proceedings arising in the ordinary course
of business. These proceedings may pertain to matters such as product liability or contract disputes, and may also involve
governmental inquiries, inspections, audits or investigations relating to issues such as tax matters, intellectual property,
environmental, health and safety issues, governmental regulations, employment and other matters. Where it is reasonably
possible to do so, we accrue estimates of the probable costs for the resolution of these matters. These estimates are developed in
consultation with outside counsel and are based upon an analysis of potential results and the availability of insurance coverage,
assuming a combination of litigation and settlement strategies. It is possible, however, that future operating results for any
particular quarter or annual period could be materially affected by changes in our assumptions, the continued availability of
insurance coverage or the effectiveness of our strategies related to these proceedings. For additional detail related to this risk,
see Item 3, “Legal Proceedings” and Note 11 in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Our Intangible Assets, Including Goodwill, are a Significant Portion of Our Total Assets and a Write-off of Our

Intangible Assets or Goodwill Would Adversely Impact Our Operating Results and Significantly Reduce Our Net Worth.

Our total assets reflect substantial intangible assets, primarily goodwill and identifiable intangible assets. At December 31,
2020, goodwill and intangible assets totaled $1,895.6 million and $415.6 million, respectively. These assets primarily result
from our acquisitions, representing the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the tangible net assets we have
acquired. Annually, or when certain events occur that require a more current valuation, we assess whether there has been an
impairment in the value of our goodwill and identifiable intangible assets. If future operating performance at one or more of our
reporting units were to fall significantly below forecasted levels, we could be required to reflect, under current applicable
accounting rules, a non-cash charge to operating income for an impairment. Any determination requiring the write-off of a
significant portion of our goodwill or identifiable intangible assets would adversely impact our results of operations and net
worth. See Note 6 in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” for further discussion on goodwill and
intangible assets.

Failure To Comply with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.K. Bribery Act or Other Applicable Anti-bribery

Laws Could Have an Adverse Effect on Our Business.

The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.K. Bribery Act and similar anti-bribery laws in other jurisdictions generally
prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business.
Recent years have seen a substantial increase in anti-bribery law enforcement activity with more frequent and aggressive
investigations and enforcement proceedings by both the Department of Justice and the SEC, increased enforcement activity by
non-U.S. regulators and increases in criminal and civil proceedings brought against companies and individuals. Our policies
mandate compliance with all anti-bribery laws. However, we operate in certain countries that are recognized as having
governmental and commercial corruption. Our internal control policies and procedures may not always protect us from reckless
or criminal acts committed by our employees or third-party intermediaries. Violations of these anti-bribery laws may result in
criminal or civil sanctions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of
operations.

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General Risk Factors

Our Success Depends on Our Executive Management and Other Key Personnel.

Our future success depends to a significant degree on the skills, experience and efforts of our executive management and
other key personnel and their ability to provide the Company with uninterrupted leadership and direction. The loss of the
services of any of our executive officers or a failure to provide adequate succession plans for key personnel could have an
adverse impact. The availability of highly qualified talent is limited and the competition for talent is robust. However, we
provide long-term equity incentives and certain other benefits for our executive officers which provide incentives for them to
make a long-term commitment to our Company. Our future success will also depend on our ability to have adequate succession
plans in place and to attract, retain and develop qualified personnel. A failure to efficiently replace executive management
members and other key personnel and to attract, retain and develop new qualified personnel could have an adverse effect on our
operations and implementation of our strategic plan.

Challenges with Respect to Labor Availability Could Negatively Impact our Ability to Operate or Grow our Business.

Our success depends in part on the ability of our businesses to proactively attract, motivate and retain a qualified and
highly skilled workforce in an intensely competitive labor market. A failure to attract, motivate and retain highly skilled
personnel could adversely affect our operating results or our ability to operate or grow our business. Additionally, any labor
stoppages or labor disruptions, including due to geopolitical unrest, unfavorable economic or industry conditions, catastrophic
weather events, natural disasters or the occurrence of a contagious disease or illness could adversely affect our operating results
or our ability to operate or grow our business.

Item 1B.

Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

Item 2.

Properties.

The Company’s principal plants and offices have an aggregate floor space area of approximately 4.9 million square feet, of
which 3.2 million square feet (66%) are located in the U.S. and approximately 1.7 million square feet (34%) are located outside
the U.S., primarily in Germany (10%), U.K. (7%), Italy (5%), India (3%), China (2%), Canada (2%) and The Netherlands (2%).
Management considers these facilities suitable and adequate for the Company’s operations. Management believes the Company
can meet demand increases over the near term with its existing facilities, especially given its operational improvement
initiatives that usually increase capacity. The Company’s executive office occupies 40,261 square feet of leased space in
Northbrook, Illinois and 16,268 square feet of leased space in Chicago, Illinois.

Approximately 2.9 million square feet (60%) of the principal plant and office floor area are owned by the Company and the
balance is held under lease. Approximately 1.8 million square feet (36%) of the principal plant and office floor area are held by
business units in the Fluid & Metering Technologies segment; 1.4 million square feet (29%) are held by business units in the
Health & Science Technologies segment; and 1.5 million square feet (30%) are held by business units in the Fire & Safety/
Diversified Products segment. The remaining 0.2 million square feet (5%) include the executive office as well as shared
services locations.

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Item 3.

Legal Proceedings.

The Company and its subsidiaries are party to legal proceedings as described in Note 11 in Part II, Item 8, “Commitments
and Contingencies,” and such disclosure is incorporated by reference into this Item 3, “Legal Proceedings.” In addition, the
Company and six of its subsidiaries are presently named as defendants in a number of lawsuits claiming various asbestos-
related personal injuries, allegedly as a result of exposure to products manufactured with components that contained asbestos.
These components were acquired from third party suppliers and were not manufactured by the Company or any of the
defendant subsidiaries. To date, the majority of the Company’s settlements and legal costs, except for costs of coordination,
administration, insurance investigation and a portion of defense costs, have been covered in full by insurance, subject to
applicable deductibles. However, the Company cannot predict whether and to what extent insurance will be available to
continue to cover these settlements and legal costs, or how insurers may respond to claims that are tendered to them. Asbestos-
related claims have been filed in jurisdictions throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. Most of the claims
resolved to date have been dismissed without payment. The balance of the claims have been settled for various immaterial
amounts. Only one case has been tried, resulting in a verdict for the Company’s business unit. No provision has been made in
the financial statements of the Company, other than for insurance deductibles in the ordinary course, and the Company does not
currently believe the asbestos-related claims will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position,
results of operations or cash flows.

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

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PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

The Company’s common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “IEX”. As of February 22,
2021, there were approximately 5,629 stockholders of record of our common stock and there were 75,889,737 shares
outstanding.

Our payment of dividends in the future will be determined by our Board of Directors and will depend on business

conditions, our earnings and other factors.

For information pertaining to securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans and the related weighted
average exercise price, see Part III, Item 12, “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters.”

The Company did not purchase any shares of common stock during the quarter ended December 31, 2020. As of December

31, 2020, the amount of share repurchase authorization remaining was $712.0 million.

On March 17, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an increase of $500.0 million in the authorized level of
repurchases of common stock. This approval is in addition to the prior repurchase authorizations of the Board of Directors of
$300.0 million on December 1, 2015 and $400.0 million on November 6, 2014. These authorizations have no expiration date.

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Performance Graph. The following table compares total stockholder returns over the last five years to the Standard & Poor’s
(the “S&P”) 500 Index, the S&P Midcap Industrials Sector Index and the Russell 2000 Index assuming the value of the
investment in our common stock and each index was $100 on December 31, 2015. Total return values for our common stock,
the S&P 500 Index, S&P Midcap Industrials Sector Index and the Russell 2000 Index were calculated on cumulative total
return values assuming reinvestment of dividends. The stockholder return shown on the graph below is not necessarily
indicative of future performance.

IDEX Corporation
S&P Midcap Industrials Sector Index

S&P 500 Index
Russell 2000 Index

S
R
A
L
L
O
D

275

250

225

200

175

150

125

100

12/15

12/16

12/17

12/18

12/19

12/20

IDEX Corporation
S&P 500 Index
S&P Midcap 400 Industrials Sector Index
Russell 2000 Index

12/15
100.00 $
100.00 $
100.00 $
100.00 $

12/16
117.56 $
109.54 $
127.07 $
119.48 $

12/17
172.26 $
130.81 $
155.26 $
135.18 $

12/18
164.81 $
122.65 $
130.62 $
118.72 $

12/19
224.51 $
158.07 $
172.42 $
146.89 $

12/20
260.02
183.77
198.59
173.86

$
$
$
$

The information contained in this Performance Graph section shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or “filed” with
the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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Item 6.

Selected Financial Data.(1)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Net sales

Gross profit

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Loss (gain) on sale of businesses - net

Restructuring expenses and asset impairments

Operating income

Other (income) expense - net

Interest expense

Provision for income taxes

Net income
Earnings per share: (2)
— basic

— diluted

Weighted average shares outstanding:

— basic

— diluted
Year-end shares outstanding

Cash dividends per share
FINANCIAL POSITION

Current assets

Current liabilities

Current ratio
Operating working capital (3)
Total assets

Total borrowings

Total equity
PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND OTHER DATA

Percent of net sales:

Gross profit

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Operating income

Income before income taxes

Net income

Capital expenditures

Depreciation and amortization
Return on average assets (4)
Borrowings as a percent of capitalization (4)
Return on average equity (4)
Employees at year end
NON-GAAP MEASURES (5)
EBITDA

EBITDA margin

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA margin

Adjusted gross profit

Adjusted gross margin

Adjusted operating income

Adjusted operating margin

Adjusted net income

Adjusted earnings per share

$

2,351,646

$

2,494,573

$

2,483,666

$

2,287,312

$

2,113,043

1,027,424

494,935

1,125,034

524,987

1,117,895

536,724

1,026,678

524,940

—

11,776

520,713

5,627

44,746

92,562

377,778

4.98

4.94

75,741

76,400

75,961

2.00

1,657,231

399,058

4.2

431,063

$

$

$

$

—

21,044

579,003

1,759

44,341

107,382

425,521

5.62

5.56

75,594

76,454

76,088

2.00

1,261,445

357,877

3.5

453,190

$

$

$

$

—

12,083

569,088

(3,985)

44,134

118,366

410,573

5.36

5.29

76,412

77,563

75,953

1.72

1,092,532

364,661

3.0

448,991

$

$

$

$

(9,273)

8,455

502,556

2,394

44,889

118,016

337,257

4.41

4.36

76,232

77,333

76,694

1.48

1,004,043

360,975

2.8

406,823

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

930,767

492,398

22,298

3,674

412,397

(1,731)

45,616

97,403

271,109

3.57

3.53

75,803

76,758

76,441

1.36

822,721

309,158

2.7

396,739

$

4,414,398

$

3,813,912

$

3,473,857

$

3,399,628

$

3,154,944

1,044,442

2,540,326

849,252

2,263,229

848,818

1,994,640

859,046

1,886,542

1,015,281

1,543,894

43.7%

21.0%

22.1%

20.0%

16.1%

51,545

83,495

9.2%

29.1%

15.7%

7,075

598,581

25.5%

622,885

26.5%

1,031,531

43.9%

536,596

22.8%

396,516

5.19

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

45.1%

21.0%

23.2%

21.4%

17.1%

50,912

76,876

11.7%

27.3%

20.0%

7,439

654,120

26.2%

678,504

27.2%

1,128,374

45.2%

603,387

24.2%

444,204

5.80

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

45.0%

21.6%

22.9%

21.3%

16.5%

56,089

77,544

11.9%

29.9%

21.2%

7,352

650,617

26.2%

662,700

26.7%

1,117,895

45.0%

581,171

23.4%

419,624

5.41

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

44.9%

23.0%

22.0%

19.9%

14.7%

43,858

84,216

10.3%

31.3%

19.7%

7,167

584,378

25.5%

583,560

25.5%

1,026,678

44.9%

501,738

21.9%

333,667

4.31

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

44.0%

23.3%

19.5%

17.4%

12.8%

38,242

86,892

9.1%

39.7%

18.2%

7,158

501,020

23.7%

530,546

25.1%

930,767

44.0%

438,369

20.7%

288,373

3.75

(1) This selected financial data should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and related
Notes in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” and with Item 7, “Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

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(2) Calculated by applying the two-class method of allocating earnings to common stock and participating securities as

required by Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 260, Earnings Per Share.

(3) Operating working capital is defined as inventory plus accounts receivable minus accounts payable.

(4) Return on average assets is calculated as: Net income / (Current year Total assets + Prior year Total assets) / 2;
Borrowings as a percent of capitalization is calculated as: (Long-term borrowings + Short-term borrowings) / (Long-
term borrowings + Short-term borrowings + Total equity); Return on average equity is calculated as Net Income /
(Current year Total equity + Prior year Total equity) / 2.

(5) Set forth below are reconciliations of Adjusted gross profit, Adjusted operating income, Adjusted net income,
Adjusted earnings per share (“EPS”), EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to the comparable measures of gross profit,
operating income, net income and EPS, as determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). We have reconciled Adjusted gross profit to Gross profit, Adjusted
operating income to Operating income; Adjusted net income to Net income; Adjusted EPS to EPS; and consolidated
EBITDA, segment EBITDA, adjusted consolidated EBITDA and adjusted segment EBITDA to Net income. The
reconciliation of segment EBITDA to net income was performed on a consolidated basis due to the fact that we do not
allocate consolidated interest expense or the consolidated provision for income taxes to our segments.

Management uses Adjusted gross profit, Adjusted operating income, Adjusted net income, Adjusted EPS and Adjusted
EBITDA as metrics by which to measure performance of the Company since they exclude items that are not reflective
of ongoing operations, such as gains/losses on the sale of businesses, restructuring expenses and asset impairments,
fair value inventory step-up charges, a loss on early debt redemption and pension settlements. Management also
supplements its U.S. GAAP financial statements with adjusted information to provide investors with greater insight,
transparency and a more comprehensive understanding of the information used by management in its financial and
operational decision making.

EBITDA means earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. Given the acquisitive nature of
the Company, which results in a higher level of amortization expense from recently acquired businesses, management
uses EBITDA as an internal operating metric to provide another representation of the businesses’ performance across
our three segments and for enterprise valuation purposes. Management believes that EBITDA is useful to investors as
an indicator of the strength and performance of the Company and a way to evaluate and compare operating
performance and value companies within our industry. Management believes that EBITDA margin is useful for the
same reason as EBITDA. EBITDA is also used to calculate certain financial covenants, as discussed in Note 7 of the
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” In
addition, EBITDA has been adjusted for items that are not reflective of ongoing operations, such as gains/losses on the
sale of businesses, restructuring expenses and asset impairments, fair value inventory step-up charges, a loss on early
debt redemption and pension settlements to arrive at Adjusted EBITDA. Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA
is useful as a performance indicator of ongoing operations. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA is also useful to some
investors as an indicator of the strength and performance of the Company and its segments’ ongoing business
operations and a way to evaluate and compare operating performance and value companies within our industry. The
definition of Adjusted EBITDA used here may differ from that used by other companies.

Also set forth below is a reconciliation of the change in organic net sales to the comparable measure of net sales as
determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which represents the year-over-year consistency in net sales after
excluding the impact from acquisitions/divestitures and foreign currency translation. Management believes that
reporting organic sales provides useful information to investors by helping identify underlying growth trends in our
business and facilitating easier comparisons of our revenue performance with prior and future periods and to our peers.
Refer to Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for
additional discussion of organic net sales.

The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by the Company should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to,
financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The financial results prepared in accordance with U.S.
GAAP and the reconciliations from these results should be carefully evaluated.

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1. Reconciliations of Consolidated EBITDA

For the Years Ended December 31,

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

(In thousands)

Net income

$

377,778

$

425,521

$

410,573

$

337,257

$

271,109

+ Provision for income taxes

+ Interest expense

+ Depreciation and amortization

EBITDA

+ Restructuring expenses and asset impairments

+ Loss (gain) on sale of businesses - net

+ Pension settlement

+ Fair value inventory step-up charge

+ Loss on early debt redemption

Adjusted EBITDA

Net sales

EBITDA margin

Adjusted EBITDA margin

92,562

44,746

83,495

598,581

11,776

—

—

4,107

8,421

622,885

2,351,646

25.5%

26.5%

$

$

107,382

44,341

76,876

654,120

21,044

—

—

3,340

—

678,504

2,494,573

26.2%

27.2%

$

$

118,366

44,134

77,544

650,617

12,083

—

—

—

—

$

$

$

$

662,700

2,483,666

26.2%

26.7%

118,016

44,889

84,216

584,378

8,455

(9,273)

—

—

—

583,560

2,287,312

25.5%

25.5%

$

$

97,403

45,616

86,892

501,020

3,674

22,298

3,554

—

—

530,546

2,113,043

23.7%

25.1%

2. Reconciliations of Segment EBITDA

For the Years Ended December 31,

FMT

2020

HST

FSDP

FMT

2019

HST

(In thousands)

FSDP

FMT

2018

HST

FSDP

$261,804

$248,161

$159,008

$306,933

$237,480

$178,820

$296,079

$246,810

$186,538

5,580

2,742

2,524

2,879

14,249

1,364

2,458

5,904

2,184

4,107

—

—

—

3,340

—

—

—

—

EBITDA
+ Restructuring
expenses and asset
impairments

+ Fair value inventory
step-up charge

Adjusted EBITDA

$271,491

$250,903

$161,532

$309,812

$255,069

$180,184

$298,537

$252,714

$188,722

Net sales

$896,304

$895,962

$562,851

$957,028

$914,446

$626,770

$951,552

$896,419

$637,028

EBITDA margin

Adjusted EBITDA
margin

29.2%

27.7%

28.3%

32.1%

26.0%

28.5%

31.1%

27.5%

29.3%

30.3%

28.0%

28.7%

32.4%

27.9%

28.7%

31.4%

28.2%

29.6%

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3. Reconciliations of Consolidated Reported-to-Adjusted Operating Income and Margin

For the Years Ended December 31,

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

(In thousands)

Operating income

$

520,713

$

579,003

$

569,088

$

502,556

$

412,397

+ Restructuring expenses and asset
impairments

+ Loss (gain) on sale of businesses - net

+ Fair value inventory step-up charge

Adjusted operating income

Net sales

Operating margin

Adjusted operating margin

11,776

—

4,107

536,596

2,351,646

$

$

21,044

—

3,340

603,387

2,494,573

$

$

12,083

—

—

581,171

2,483,666

$

$

8,455

(9,273)

—

501,738

2,287,312

$

$

3,674

22,298

—

438,369

2,113,043

$

$

22.1%

22.8%

23.2%

24.2%

22.9%

23.4%

22.0%

21.9%

19.5%

20.7%

4. Reconciliations of Segment Reported-to-Adjusted Operating Income and Margin

For the Years Ended December 31,

FMT

2020

HST

FSDP

FMT

2019

HST

(In thousands)

FSDP

FMT

2018

HST

FSDP

$235,011

$206,356

$144,191

$285,256

$200,200

$165,258

$275,060

$205,679

$168,601

5,580

4,107

2,742

2,524

2,879

14,249

1,364

2,458

5,904

2,184

—

—

—

3,340

—

—

—

—

$244,698

$209,098

$146,715

$288,135

$217,789

$166,622

$277,518

$211,583

$170,785

Operating income

+ Restructuring
expenses and asset
impairments

+ Fair value inventory
step-up charge

Adjusted operating
income

Net sales

$896,304

$895,962

$562,851

$957,028

$914,446

$626,770

$951,552

$896,419

$637,028

Operating margin

26.2%

23.0%

25.6%

29.8%

21.9%

26.4%

28.9%

22.9%

26.5%

Adjusted operating
margin

27.3%

23.3%

26.1%

30.1%

23.8%

26.6%

29.2%

23.6%

26.8%

5. Reconciliations of Consolidated Reported-to-Adjusted Gross Profit and Margin

Gross profit

+ Fair value inventory step-up charge

Adjusted gross profit

Net sales

Gross margin

Adjusted gross margin

For the Years Ended December 31,

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

$

$

$

1,027,424

4,107

1,031,531

2,351,646

$

$

$

1,125,034
3,340

1,128,374

2,494,573

(In thousands)

$

$

$

1,117,895
—

1,117,895

2,483,666

$

$

$

1,026,678
—

1,026,678

2,287,312

$

$

$

930,767
—

930,767

2,113,043

43.7%

43.9%

45.1%

45.2%

45.0%

45.0%

44.9%

44.9%

44.0%

44.0%

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6. Reconciliations of Reported-to-Adjusted Net Income and EPS

Net income

$

377,778

$

425,521

$

410,573

$

337,257

$

271,109

For the Years Ended December 31,

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

(In thousands)

+ Restructuring expenses and asset impairments

+ Tax impact on restructuring expenses and asset
impairments

+ Fair value inventory step-up charge

+ Tax impact on fair value inventory step-up
charge

+ Loss (gain) on sale of businesses

+ Tax impact on loss (gain) on sale of businesses

+ Pension settlement

+ Tax impact on pension settlement

+ Loss on early debt redemption

+ Tax impact on loss on early debt redemption

Adjusted net income

EPS

+ Restructuring expenses and asset impairments

+ Tax impact on restructuring expenses and asset
impairments

+ Fair value inventory step-up charge

+ Tax impact on fair value inventory step-up
charge

+ Loss (gain) on sale of businesses

+ Tax impact on loss (gain) on sale of businesses

+ Pension settlement

+ Tax impact on pension settlement

+ Loss on early debt redemption

+ Tax impact on loss on early debt redemption

$

$

11,776

(2,722)

4,107

21,044

(4,966)

3,340

(932)

(735)

—

—

—

—

8,421

(1,912)

—

—

—

—

—

—

12,083

(3,032)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

8,455

(2,772)

—

—

(9,273)

—

—

—

—

—

3,674

(1,299)

—

—

22,298

(9,706)

3,554

(1,257)

—

—

396,516

$

444,204

$

419,624

$

333,667

$

288,373

4.94

$

0.15

5.56

$

0.28

5.29

$

0.16

4.36

$

0.11

(0.03)

0.05

(0.01)

—

—

—

—

0.11

(0.02)

(0.07)

0.04

(0.01)

—

—

—

—

—

—

(0.04)

(0.04)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(0.12)

—

—

—

—

—

3.53

0.05

(0.02)

—

—

0.29

(0.13)

0.05

(0.02)

—

—

3.75

Adjusted EPS

$

5.19

$

5.80

$

5.41

$

4.31

$

Diluted weighted average shares

76,400

76,454

77,563

77,333

76,758

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7. Reconciliations of EBITDA to Net Income (dollars in thousands)

Operating income (loss)

- Other (income) expense - net

+ Depreciation and amortization

EBITDA

- Interest expense

- Provision for income taxes

- Depreciation and amortization

Net income

For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

FMT

HST

FSDP

Corporate

IDEX

$ 235,011

$ 206,356

$ 144,191

$

(64,845) $ 520,713

(854)

(27)

25,939

261,804

41,778

248,161

399

15,216

159,008

6,109

562

5,627

83,495

(70,392)

598,581

44,746

92,562

83,495

$ 377,778

Net sales (eliminations)

$896,304

$895,962

$562,851

$(3,471)

$2,351,646

Operating margin

EBITDA margin

26.2%

29.2%

23.0%

27.7%

25.6%

28.3%

n/m

n/m

22.1%

25.5%

Operating income (loss)

- Other (income) expense - net

+ Depreciation and amortization

EBITDA

- Interest expense

- Provision for income taxes

- Depreciation and amortization

Net income

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

FMT

HST

FSDP

Corporate

IDEX

$ 285,256

$ 200,200

$ 165,258

$

(71,711) $ 579,003

475

22,152

306,933

2,441

39,721

237,480

771

14,333

178,820

(1,928)

670

1,759

76,876

(69,113)

654,120

44,341

107,382

76,876

$ 425,521

Net sales (eliminations)

$ 957,028

$ 914,446

$ 626,770

$

(3,671) $2,494,573

Operating margin

EBITDA margin

29.8%

32.1%

21.9%

26.0%

26.4%

28.5%

n/m

n/m

23.2%

26.2%

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Operating income (loss)

- Other (income) expense - net

+ Depreciation and amortization

EBITDA

- Interest expense

- Provision for income taxes

- Depreciation and amortization

Net income

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

FMT

HST

FSDP

Corporate

IDEX

$ 275,060

$ 205,679

$ 168,601

$

(80,252) $ 569,088

1,351

22,370

(1,192)

39,939

(3,444)

14,493

(700)

742

(3,985)

77,544

296,079

246,810

186,538

(78,810)

650,617

44,134

118,366

77,544

$ 410,573

Net sales (eliminations)

$ 951,552

$ 896,419

$ 637,028

$

(1,333) $2,483,666

Operating margin

EBITDA margin

28.9%

31.1%

22.9%

27.5%

26.5%

29.3%

n/m

n/m

22.9%

26.2%

8. Reconciliation of the Change in Net Sales to Organic Net Sales

For the Year Ended December 31,

2020

2019

2018

FMT

HST

FSDP

IDEX

FMT

HST

FSDP

IDEX

FMT

HST

FSDP

IDEX

Change in net sales
- Net impact from
acquisitions/divestitures

- Impact from foreign
currency

(6%)

(2%)

(10%)

(6%)

1%

2%

(2%) —%

8%

6%

2% —%

3% —%

2% —%

1%

(2%)

Change in organic net sales

(12%)

(4%)

(11%)

(9%)

2%

1% —%

1%

—% —%

1% —%

(1%)

(1%)

(2%)

(2%)

9%

2%

1%

6%

8%

9%

—% —%

1%

7%

1%

8%

1%

9%

Refer to Management’s Discussion and Analysis for definition and further discussion on organic sales.

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and
related notes in this annual report. This discussion may contain forward-looking statements based upon current expectations
that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results and the timing of selected events could differ materially from those
anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of several factors, including those set forth under Item 1A, “Risk
Factors” and elsewhere in this annual report.

2020 Overview

IDEX is an applied solutions company specializing in the manufacture of fluid and metering technologies, health and
science technologies and fire, safety and other diversified products built to customers’ specifications. IDEX’s products are sold
in niche markets across a wide range of industries throughout the world. Accordingly, IDEX’s businesses are affected by levels
of industrial activity and economic conditions in the U.S. and in other countries where it does business and by the relationship
of the U.S. dollar to other currencies. Levels of capacity utilization and capital spending in certain industries and overall
industrial activity are important factors that influence the demand for IDEX’s products.

The Company has three reportable business segments: Fluid & Metering Technologies, Health & Science Technologies and

Fire & Safety/Diversified Products.

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Our Fluid & Metering Technologies segment designs, produces and distributes some of the most recognized names in
positive displacement pumps and flow meters, compressors, injectors and other fluid-handling pump modules and
systems.
Our Health & Science Technologies segment focuses on precision engineered fluidics to support and enable growth in
analytical instrumentation and the life sciences as well as pneumatic components and proprietary high performance
seals and advanced sealing solutions. Within the fields of health and science, we leverage our capabilities in small-
scale, highly accurate fluidics components and medical devices as well as integrated systems and solutions to support
the worldwide growth in pharmaceutical drug discovery and new applications in life sciences and diagnostic testing.
Our Fire & Safety/Diversified Products segment produces firefighting pumps and controls, apparatus valves, monitors,
nozzles, rescue tools, lifting bags and other components and systems for the fire and rescue industry, engineered
stainless steel banding and clamping devices used in a variety of industrial and commercial applications and precision
equipment for dispensing, metering, and mixing colorants and paints used in a variety of retail and commercial
businesses around the world.

For a detailed description of our operations within each segment, please refer to Part I, Item 1. “Business” of this Annual
Report on Form 10-K. Within our three reportable segments, the Company maintains 13 platforms where we focus on organic
growth and strategic acquisitions. Each of our 13 platforms is also a reporting unit that we annually test goodwill for
impairment.

Our 2020 financial results were as follows:

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•

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•

Sales of $2.4 billion were down 6.0% and organic sales were down 9.0% compared to the prior year, partially offset by
a 3% increase in sales due to acquisitions (Flow MD - February 2020 and Velcora - July 2019).
Operating income of $520.7 million was down 10% from the prior year and operating margin of 22.1% was down 110
basis points from the prior year.
Net income decreased 11% from the prior year to $377.8 million in 2020.
Diluted EPS of $4.94 decreased $0.62, or 11%, compared to 2019.

Our 2020 financial results, adjusted for $11.8 million of restructuring expenses and asset impairments, a $4.1 million fair
value inventory step-up charge and an $8.4 million loss on early debt redemption, compared to our 2019 financial results,
adjusted for $21.0 million of restructuring expenses and asset impairments and a $3.3 million fair value inventory step-up
charge, were as follows (these non-GAAP measures have been reconciled to U.S. GAAP measures in Item 6, “Selected
Financial Data”):

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•
•

Adjusted operating income of $536.6 million was down 11% from the prior year and adjusted operating margin of
22.8% was down 140 basis points from the prior year.
Adjusted net income decreased 11% from the prior year to $396.5 million in 2020.
Adjusted EPS of $5.19 was 11% lower than prior year adjusted EPS of $5.80.

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Results of Operations

The following is a discussion and analysis of our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to
the year ended December 31, 2019. For discussion related to the results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019
compared to the year ended December 31, 2018, refer to Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019,
which was filed with the SEC on February 21, 2020. For purposes of this Item, reference is made to the Consolidated
Statements of Operations in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” Segment operating income
excludes unallocated corporate operating expenses. Management’s primary measurements of segment performance are sales,
operating income and operating margin.

The Company is contributing in efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic with several of our businesses pivoting to support
many products that are being used in the fight against COVID-19. Safety is our top priority and we have implemented
protocols at all of our facilities, including temperature taking, social distancing, enhanced cleaning and face coverings. These
measures have enabled successful business continuity, allowing our facilities to remain in operation with only temporary
shutdowns at the initial onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although we have remained in operation throughout the pandemic,
satisfying customer needs in part through our focus on the development and manufacturing of products used in the fight against
COVID-19, the pandemic and the enacted containment measures have adversely affected our business and results of operations.
From the onset of the pandemic through the second quarter of 2020, our customers purchased less product than they have
historically purchased; however, beginning in the third quarter and continuing through the fourth quarter of 2020 we began to
see improvement in our end markets and we expect our end markets to continue to normalize to historical levels through 2021.
Additionally, IDEX has implemented cost reduction actions, including employee reductions and facility consolidations, and
continues to maintain a tight cost control environment. Moreover, COVID-19 and related measures to contain its impact have
caused material disruptions in both national and global financial markets and economies. The continuing impact of COVID-19
and the enacted containment measures cannot be predicted and may continue to adversely affect, perhaps materially, our
business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity.

In the following discussion, and throughout this report, references to organic sales, a non-GAAP measure, refers to sales
from continuing operations calculated according to U.S. GAAP but excludes (1) the impact of foreign currency translation and
(2) sales from acquired or divested businesses during the first 12 months of ownership or prior to divestiture. The portion of
sales attributable to foreign currency translation is calculated as the difference between (a) the period-to-period change in
organic sales and (b) the period-to-period change in organic sales after applying prior period foreign exchange rates to the
current year period. Management believes that reporting organic sales provides useful information to investors by helping
identify underlying growth trends in our business and facilitating easier comparisons of our revenue performance with prior and
future periods and to our peers. The Company excludes the effect of foreign currency translation from organic sales because
foreign currency translation is not under management’s control, is subject to volatility and can obscure underlying business
trends. The Company excludes the effect of acquisitions and divestitures because they can obscure underlying business trends
and make comparisons of long-term performance difficult due to the varying nature, size and number of transactions from
period to period and between the Company and its peers.

Performance in 2020 Compared with 2019

(In thousands)
Net sales

Operating income

2020
$2,351,646

2019
$2,494,573

520,713

579,003

Change

(6)%

(10)%

Sales in 2020 were $2.4 billion, a 6% decrease compared with last year. Organic sales declined 9% compared to prior year,
partially offset by a 3% increase in sales from acquisitions (Flow MD - February 2020 and Velcora - July 2019). Sales to
customers outside the U.S. represented approximately 51% of total sales in 2020 compared with 50% in 2019.

In 2020, Fluid & Metering Technologies contributed 38% of sales and 40% of total segment operating income; Health &
Science Technologies contributed 38% of sales and 35% of total segment operating income; and Fire & Safety/Diversified
Products contributed 24% of sales and 25% of total segment operating income.

Gross profit of $1.0 billion in 2020 decreased $97.6 million, or 9%, from 2019, and gross margin decreased 140 basis
points to 43.7% in 2020 from 45.1% in 2019. The decrease in gross profit and gross margin is primarily due to lower volume
and business mix, partially offset by price capture.

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Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses decreased to $494.9 million in 2020 from $525.0 million in 2019.
lower discretionary spending and lower stock
The $30.1 million decrease is primarily due to restructuring savings,
compensation costs due to the departure of our former Chief Executive Officer, partially offset by increased funding of the
IDEX Foundation and higher acquisition costs. As a percentage of sales, SG&A expenses were 21.1% for 2020 and 21.2% for
2019.

In 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred pre-tax restructuring expenses and asset impairments totaling $11.8 million and
$21.0 million, respectively, to facilitate long-term, sustainable growth through cost reduction actions, primarily consisting of
employee reductions, facility rationalization and asset impairments. The restructuring expenses and asset impairments in 2020
included severance benefits of $8.5 million, exit costs of $0.2 million and asset impairments of $3.1 million. In the fourth
quarter of 2020, the Company consolidated certain facilities within the FMT segment resulting in an impairment charge of $2.5
million, consisting of $1.6 million related to property, plant and equipment which was not relocated to the new location and
$0.9 million related to a building right-of-use asset that was exited early. The Company also relocated its corporate office
resulting in an impairment charge of $0.6 million, consisting of $0.2 million related to property, plant and equipment which was
not relocated to the new location and $0.4 million related to a building right-of-use asset that was exited early. The
restructuring expenses and asset impairments in 2019 included severance benefits of $9.8 million, exit costs of $1.1 million and
impairment charges of $10.1 million. In the second quarter of 2019, the Company began to evaluate strategic alternatives for
one of its businesses in the HST segment. Prior to making a final decision on the options that were presented for this business,
the business was informed in the third quarter of 2019 of the loss of its largest customer. As a result, the Company accelerated
its restructuring activities for this business and a decision was made to wind down the business over time, resulting in a
$9.7 million impairment charge. In addition, in the fourth quarter of 2019, the Company completed the consolidation of one of
its facilities into the Optics Center of Excellence in Rochester, New York, which resulted in a $0.4 million impairment charge.

Operating income of $520.7 million in 2020 decreased from $579.0 million in 2019, and operating margin of 22.1% in
2020 was down 110 basis points from 23.2% in 2019. Both operating income and operating margin decreased compared to
2019 primarily due to lower volume and business mix, partially offset by price capture and cost savings in the current year as
well as higher asset impairments in the prior year.

Other (income) expense - net increased by $3.9 million from expense of $1.8 million in 2019 to expense of $5.6 million in
2020 primarily due to an $8.4 million loss on early debt redemption, partially offset by $3.5 million of lower pension expense
and $0.6 million of higher gains on pension-related investments in 2020.

Interest expense increased to $44.7 million in 2020 from $44.3 million in 2019. The increase was primarily due to
borrowings under the Revolving Facility (defined below) in 2020 and interest expense on the new 3.0% Senior Notes (defined
below) issued during the second quarter of 2020, partially offset by write-offs related to the 4.2% Senior Notes (defined below).

The provision for income taxes is based upon estimated annual tax rates for the year applied to federal, state and foreign
income. The provision for income taxes decreased to $92.6 million in 2020 compared to $107.4 million in 2019. The effective
tax rate decreased to 19.7% in 2020 compared to 20.2% in 2019 due to benefits associated with the finalization of the Global
Intangible Low-Tax Income (“GILTI”) regulations in the third quarter of 2020 and the mix of global pre-tax income among
jurisdictions.

Net income for the year of $377.8 million decreased from $425.5 million in 2019. Diluted earnings per share in 2020 of

$4.94 decreased $0.62 from $5.56 in 2019.

Fluid & Metering Technologies Segment

(In thousands)
Net sales

Operating income

Operating margin

2020
$896,304

2019
$957,028

235,011

285,256

Change

(6)%

(18)%

26.2 %

29.8 %

(360)

bps

Sales of $896.3 million decreased $60.7 million, or 6%, in 2020 compared with 2019. This decrease reflected a 12%
decline in organic sales, partially offset by a 6% increase from acquisitions (Flow MD - February 2020). In 2020, sales
decreased 7% domestically and 6% internationally. Sales to customers outside the U.S. were approximately 44% of total
segment sales in 2020 compared with 43% in 2019.

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Sales within our Pumps platform decreased compared to 2019 due to compound effects of the industrial market weakness,
declines in oil and gas markets and the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on most markets and geographies. Sales
within our Valves platform decreased compared to 2019 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and general industrial
market slowdown in Europe and Asia. Sales within our Water platform decreased compared to 2019 due to lower project
volume in the United States and Asian markets compounded by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food service,
hospitality and general industrial markets. Sales within our Agriculture platform decreased compared to 2019 due to decreased
demand from agricultural OEM market customers in North America. Sales within our Energy platform increased compared to
2019 due to the acquisition of Flow MD, partially offset by weakness in the energy markets resulting from declines in energy
prices.

Operating income and operating margin of $235.0 million and 26.2%, respectively, were lower than the $285.3 million and
29.8%, respectively, recorded in 2019, primarily due to lower volume, business mix, higher restructuring expenses and asset
impairments as well as the fair value inventory step-up charge and the dilutive impact on margins from the Flow MD
acquisition, partially offset by price capture and cost savings.

Health & Science Technologies Segment

(In thousands)
Net sales
Operating income

Operating margin

2020
$895,962
206,356

2019
$ 914,446
200,200

Change

(2)%
3 %

23.0 %

21.9 %

110

bps

Sales of $896.0 million decreased $18.5 million, or 2%, in 2020 compared with 2019. This decrease reflected a 4% decline
in organic sales, partially offset by a 2% increase from acquisitions (Velcora - July 2019). In 2020, sales decreased 6%
domestically and increased 1% internationally. Sales to customers outside the U.S. were approximately 57% of total segment
sales in 2020 compared with 55% in 2019.

Sales within our Micropump platform decreased compared to 2019 due to weakness in core printing and industrial
distribution. Sales in our Gast platform decreased compared to 2019 due to the non-repeat of a large customer project,
combined with the impact of COVID-19 and general industrial market slowdown, partially offset by a new COVID-19
initiative. Sales within our Scientific Fluidics & Optics platform decreased compared to 2019 due to the impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic, which delayed investments in Analytical Instrumentation and in vitro diagnostics (“IVD”) and
biotechnology, partially offset by increased demand for fluidics and optical technologies supporting COVID-19 testing. Sales
within our Material Processing Technologies platform increased compared to 2019 due to strength in the food and
pharmaceutical markets, partially offset by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sales within our Sealing Solutions platform
increased compared to 2019 due to the Velcora acquisition and recovery of the semiconductor market, partially offset by the
COVID-19 disruption of the automotive market and weakness in oil and gas markets.

Operating income and operating margin of $206.4 million and 23.0%, respectively, in 2020 were up from $200.2 million
and 21.9%, respectively, in 2019, primarily due to price capture and cost savings in 2020 as well as the asset impairments in
2019, partially offset by lower volume and business mix.

Fire & Safety/Diversified Products Segment

(In thousands)
Net sales

Operating income

Operating margin

2020
$ 562,851

2019
$ 626,770

144,191

165,258

25.6 %

26.4 %

Change

(10)%

(13)%

(80)

bps

Sales of $562.9 million decreased $63.9 million, or 10%, in 2020 compared with 2019. This decrease reflected an 11%
decline in organic sales, partially offset by a 1% favorable impact from foreign currency translation. In 2020, sales decreased
11% domestically and 9% internationally. Sales to customers outside the U.S. were approximately 52% of total segment sales
in both 2020 and 2019.

Sales in our BAND-IT platform decreased compared to 2019 due to the disruption of the automotive and aviation markets
as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sales within our Dispensing platform decreased compared to 2019 due to lower capital

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spending as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sales within our Fire & Safety platform decreased compared to 2019 primarily
due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the timing of municipal projects and truck manufacturer deliveries.

Operating income of $144.2 million and operating margin of 25.6%, respectively, were lower than the $165.3 million and

26.4%, respectively, in 2019, primarily due to due to volume declines, partially offset by price capture and cost savings.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Operating Activities

Cash flows from operating activities increased $41.2 million, or 7.8%, to $569.3 million in 2020, primarily due to
favorable working capital performance which more than offset the impact of lower earnings. At December 31, 2020, working
capital was $1,258.2 million and the Company’s current ratio was 4.2 to 1. At December 31, 2020, the Company’s cash and
cash equivalents totaled $1,025.9 million, of which $556.9 million was held outside of the United States. The COVID-19
pandemic has impacted and may continue to impact the Company’s operating cash flows through direct and indirect effects on
the Company’s operations, customers and supply chain. Although the Company has been able to operate through the
COVID-19 pandemic with only temporary shutdowns at the onset of the pandemic, any future disruptions due to operational
shutdowns may impact the Company’s ability to operate as well as generate operating cash flow. Based on currently available
information and management’s current expectations, the Company anticipates that it has sufficient cash on hand and sufficient
access to capital to continue to fund operations for at least the next twelve months. However, the continuing impact of
COVID-19 and its associated containment measures cannot be predicted with certainty and may increase our incremental
borrowing costs and other costs of capital and otherwise adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition
and liquidity, and we cannot assure that we will have access to external financing at times and on terms we consider acceptable,
or at all, or that we will not experience other liquidity issues going forward.

Investing Activities

Cash flows used in investing activities increased $35.6 million to $172.6 million in 2020, primarily due to $123.1 million
spent on the acquisitions of Flow MD and Qualtek in 2020 compared to $87.2 million spent on the acquisition of Velcora in
2019.

Cash flows from operations were more than adequate to fund capital expenditures of $51.5 million and $50.9 million in
2020 and 2019, respectively. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted and may continue to impact the Company’s operating
cash flows, which may lead to reductions in capital expenditures. The Company believes it has sufficient operating cash flow to
continue to meet current obligations and invest in planned capital expenditures. Capital expenditures are generally expenditures
for machinery and equipment that support growth, improved productivity, tooling, business system technology, replacement of
equipment and investments in new facilities. Management believes that the Company has ample capacity in its plants and
equipment to meet demand increases for future growth in the intermediate term.

Financing Activities

Cash flows used in financing activities decreased $185.0 million to $42.6 million in 2020, primarily as a result of proceeds
from the issuance of the 3.0% Senior Notes and the repayment of debt assumed in the Velcora acquisition in the third quarter of
2019, partially offset by the early payment of the 4.5% Senior Notes as well as higher share repurchases and dividends paid in
2020.

On April 29, 2020, the Company completed a public offering of $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.0%
Senior Notes due 2030 (the “3.0% Senior Notes”). The net proceeds from the offering were approximately $494.4 million, after
deducting the issuance discount of $0.9 million, the underwriting commission of $3.3 million and offering expenses of
$1.4 million. The net proceeds were used to redeem and repay the $300.0 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of its
4.5% Senior Notes due December 15, 2020 and the related accrued interest and make-whole premium, with the balance used for
general corporate purposes. The 3.0% Senior Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.0% per annum, which is payable semi-annually in
arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each year. The 3.0% Senior Notes mature on May 1, 2030.

On April 27, 2020, the Company provided notice of its election to redeem early, on May 27, 2020, the $300.0 million
aggregate principal amount outstanding of its 4.5% Senior Notes at a redemption price of $300.0 million plus a make-whole
redemption premium of $6.8 million and accrued and unpaid interest of $6.1 million using proceeds from the Company’s 3.0%
Senior Notes. In addition, the Company recognized the remaining $1.4 million of the pre-tax amount included in Accumulated
other comprehensive income (loss) in shareholders’ equity related to the interest rate exchange agreement associated with the

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4.5% Senior Notes as well as the remaining $0.1 million of deferred issuance costs and $0.1 million of the debt issuance
discount associated with the 4.5% Senior Notes for a total loss on early debt redemption of $8.4 million which was recorded
within Other (income) expense - net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

On May 31, 2019, the Company entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) along with certain of its
subsidiaries, as borrowers (the “Borrowers”), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and an issuer
of letters of credit, with other agents party thereto. The Credit Agreement consists of a revolving credit facility (the “Revolving
Facility”), which is an $800.0 million unsecured, multi-currency bank credit facility expiring on May 31, 2024. The Credit
Agreement replaced the Company’s prior five-year, $700 million credit agreement, dated as of June 23, 2015, which was due to
expire in June 2020. At December 31, 2020, there was no balance outstanding under the Revolving Facility and $7.2 million of
outstanding letters of credit, resulting in a net available borrowing capacity under the Revolving Facility of $792.8 million.

Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at either an alternate base rate or adjusted LIBOR plus, in each case,
an applicable margin. Such applicable margin is based on the lower of the Company’s senior, unsecured, long-term debt rating
or the Company’s applicable leverage ratio and can range from 0.00% to 1.275%. Based on the Company’s leverage ratio at
December 31, 2020, the applicable margin was 1.00% resulting in a weighted average interest rate of 1.24% for the year ended
December 31, 2020. Interest is payable (a) in the case of base rate loans, quarterly, and (b) in the case of LIBOR loans, on the
last day of the applicable interest period selected, or every three months from the effective date of such interest period for
interest periods exceeding three months. The Company may request increases in the lending commitments under the Credit
Agreement, but the aggregate lending commitments pursuant to such increases may not exceed $400.0 million.

The Company has the right, subject to certain conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement, to designate certain foreign
subsidiaries of the Company as borrowers under the Credit Agreement. In connection with any such designation, the Company
is required to guarantee the obligations of any such subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement.

On June 13, 2016, the Company completed a private placement of a $100 million aggregate principal amount of 3.20%
Senior Notes due June 13, 2023 and a $100 million aggregate principal amount of 3.37% Senior Notes due June 13, 2025
(collectively, the “Notes”) pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement dated June 13, 2016 (the “Purchase Agreement”). Each
series of Notes bears interest at the stated amount per annum, which is payable semi-annually in arrears on each June 13th and
December 13th. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and rank pari passu in right of payment with all of the
Company’s other unsecured, unsubordinated debt. The Company may at any time prepay all, or any portion of the Notes,
provided that such portion is greater than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. In the event of a
prepayment, the Company will pay an amount equal to par plus accrued interest plus a make-whole amount. In addition, the
Company may repurchase the Notes by making an offer to all holders of the Notes, subject to certain conditions.

On December 9, 2011, the Company completed a public offering of $350.0 million 4.2% senior notes due December 15,
2021 (“4.2% Senior Notes”). The net proceeds from the offering of $346.2 million, after deducting a $0.9 million issuance
discount, a $2.3 million underwriting commission and $0.6 million of offering expenses, were used to repay $306.0 million of
outstanding bank indebtedness, with the balance used for general corporate purposes. The 4.2% Senior Notes bear interest at a
rate of 4.2% per annum, which is payable semi-annually in arrears on each June 15th and December 15th. The Company may
redeem all or a portion of the 4.2% Senior Notes at any time prior to maturity at the redemption prices set forth in the Note
Indenture governing the 4.2% Senior Notes. The Company may issue additional debt from time to time pursuant to the
Indenture. The Indenture and 4.2% Senior Notes contain covenants that limit the Company’s ability to, among other things,
incur certain liens securing indebtedness, engage in certain sale-leaseback transactions, and enter into certain consolidations,
mergers, conveyances, transfers or leases of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. The terms of the 4.2% Senior Notes
also require the Company to make an offer to repurchase the 4.2% Senior Notes upon a change of control triggering event (as
defined in the Indenture) at a price equal to 101% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

There are two key financial covenants that the Company is required to maintain in connection with the Revolving Facility
and the Notes, a minimum interest coverage ratio of 3.0 to 1 and a maximum leverage ratio of 3.50 to 1. In the case of the
leverage ratio, there is an option to increase the ratio to 4.00 for 12 months in connection with certain acquisitions. At
December 31, 2020, the Company was in compliance with both of these financial covenants, as the Company’s interest
coverage ratio was 14.66 to 1 and the leverage ratio was 1.66 to 1. There are no financial covenants relating to the 3.0% Senior
Notes or 4.20% Senior Notes; however, both are subject to cross-default provisions.

Share Repurchases

On March 17, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an increase $500.0 million in the authorized level of
repurchases of common stock. This approval is in addition to the prior repurchase authorizations of the Board of Directors of

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$300.0 million on December 1, 2015 and $400.0 million on November 6, 2014. Repurchases under the program will be funded
with future cash flow generation or borrowings available under the Revolving Facility. During 2020, the Company repurchased
a total of 876 thousand shares at a cost of $110.3 million compared to 389 thousand shares repurchased at a cost of $54.7
million in 2019. As of December 31, 2020, the amount of share repurchase authorization remaining was $712.0 million.

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted and may continue to impact the Company’s operating cash flows, based
on management’s current expectations and currently available information, the Company believes current cash, cash from
operations and cash available under the Revolving Facility will be sufficient to meet its operating cash requirements, planned
capital expenditures, interest and principal payments on all borrowings, pension and postretirement funding requirements and
quarterly dividend payments to holders of the Company’s common stock for the foreseeable future. Additionally, in the event
that suitable businesses are available for acquisition upon acceptable terms, the Company may obtain all or a portion of the
financing for these acquisitions through the incurrence of additional borrowings. As of December 31, 2020, there was no
balance outstanding under the Revolving Facility and $7.2 million of outstanding letters of credit, resulting in a net available
borrowing capacity under the Revolving Facility of $792.8 million. The Company believes that additional borrowings through
various financing alternatives remain available if required. However, the continuing impact of COVID-19 and its associated
containment measures cannot be predicted with certainty and may increase our incremental borrowing costs and other costs of
capital and otherwise adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and we cannot assure
that we will have access to external financing at times and on terms we consider acceptable, or at all, or that we will not
experience other liquidity issues going forward.

Contractual Obligations

Our contractual obligations include pension and postretirement medical benefit plans, rental payments under operating
leases, payments under capital leases and other long-term obligations arising in the ordinary course of business. There are no
identifiable events or uncertainties, including the lowering of our credit rating, which would accelerate payment or maturity of
any of these commitments or obligations.

The following table summarizes our significant contractual obligations and commercial commitments at December 31,
2020 and the future periods in which such obligations are expected to be settled in cash. In addition, the table reflects the timing
of principal and interest payments on outstanding borrowings. Additional detail regarding these obligations is provided in the
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

Contractual Obligations

Total

Payments Due by Period

Less
Than
1 Year

1-3
Years

3-5
Years

More
Than
5 Years

Borrowings (1)
Lease obligations
Purchase obligations (2)
Transition tax payable

Pension and post-retirement obligations
Total contractual obligations (3)

$

1,228,087

$

386,360

(In thousands)
141,543

$

$

135,184

$

565,000

130,785

169,187

14,208

144,970

19,717

154,824

—

88,497

30,676

13,819

3,612

11,806

22,822

293

10,596

12,381

57,570

251

—

32,286

$

1,687,237

$

649,398

$

201,456

$

181,276

$

655,107

(1) Includes interest payments based on contractual terms and current interest rates for variable debt.
(2) Consists primarily of inventory commitments.
(3) Comprises liabilities recorded on the balance sheet of $1,272.6 million and obligations not recorded on the balance

sheet of $414.6 million.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

We believe that the application of the following accounting policies, which are important to our financial position and
results of operations, require significant judgments and estimates on the part of management. For a summary of all of our
accounting policies, including the accounting policies discussed below, see Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

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Revenue recognition — Revenue is recognized when control of products or services is transferred to our customers in an
amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for transferring those products or providing those
services. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct product or service to the customer. A
contract’s transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance
obligation is satisfied. Our performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time or over time as work progresses. Revenue
from products and services transferred to customers at a point in time is recognized when obligations under the terms of the
contract with our customer are satisfied. Generally, this occurs with the transfer of control of the asset, which is in line with
shipping terms. Certain units recognize revenue over time because control transfers continuously to our customers. Revenue is
recognized over time as work is performed based on the relationship between actual costs incurred to date for each contract and
the total estimated costs for such contract at completion of the performance obligation (i.e. the cost-to-cost method) or is
recognized ratably over the contract term. As a significant change in one or more of these estimates could affect the profitability
of our contracts, we review and update our estimates regularly. Due to uncertainties inherent in the estimation process, it is
reasonably possible that completion costs,
including those arising from contract penalty provisions and final contract
settlements, will be revised. Such revisions to costs and income are recognized in the period in which the revisions are
determined as a cumulative catch-up adjustment. The impact of the adjustment on profit recorded to date on a contract is
recognized in the period the adjustment is identified. If at any time the estimate of contract profitability indicates an anticipated
loss on the contract, we recognize provisions for estimated losses on incomplete contracts in the period in which such losses are
determined.

The Company records allowances for discounts and product returns at the time of sale as a reduction of revenue as such
allowances can be reliably estimated based on historical experience and known trends. The Company also offers product
warranties (primarily assurance-type) and accrues its estimated exposure for warranty claims at the time of sale based upon the
length of the warranty period, warranty costs incurred and any other related information known to the Company.

Goodwill, long-lived and intangible assets — The Company evaluates the recoverability of certain noncurrent assets
utilizing various estimation processes. An impairment of a long-lived asset exists when the asset’s carrying value exceeds its
fair value and is recorded when the carrying value is not recoverable through future operations. An impairment of an indefinite-
lived intangible asset or goodwill exists when the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value. Assessments of
possible impairments of long-lived or indefinite-lived intangible assets or goodwill are made if an event occurs or
circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying value.
Additionally, testing for possible impairments of recorded indefinite-lived intangible asset balances and goodwill is performed
annually. On October 31, or more frequently if triggering events occur, the Company compares the fair value of each reporting
unit to the carrying value of each reporting unit to determine if a goodwill impairment exists. The amount and timing of
impairment charges for these assets require the estimation of future cash flows to determine the fair value of the related assets.

The Company’s business acquisitions result in recording goodwill and other intangible assets, which affect the amount of
amortization expense and possible impairment expense that the Company will incur in future periods. The Company follows the
guidance prescribed in ASC 350, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, to test goodwill and intangible assets for impairment.
The Company determines the fair value of each reporting unit utilizing an income approach (discounted cash flows) weighted
50% and a market approach (consisting of a comparable public company multiples methodology) weighted 50%. To determine
the reasonableness of the calculated fair values, the Company reviews the assumptions to ensure that neither the income
approach nor the market approach yielded significantly different valuations.

The key assumptions are updated every year for each reporting unit for the income and market approaches used to
determine the fair value. Various assumptions are utilized including forecasted operating results, annual operating plans,
strategic plans, economic projections, anticipated future cash flows, the weighted average cost of capital, market data and
market multiples. The assumptions that have the most significant effect on the fair value calculations are the weighted average
cost of capital, market multiples, forecasted EBITDA and terminal growth rates. The 2020 and 2019 ranges for these three
assumptions utilized by the Company are as follows:

Assumptions
Weighted average cost of capital

Market multiples
Terminal growth rates

2020
Range
8.25% to 11.0%

13.0x to 24.0x
3.0% to 3.5%

2019
Range
8.5% to 10.5%

11.0x to 18.0x
3.0% to 3.5%

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In assessing the fair value of the reporting units, the Company considers both the market approach and the income
approach. Under the market approach, the fair value of the reporting unit is determined by the respective trailing twelve month
EBITDA and the forward looking 2021 EBITDA (50% each), based on multiples of comparable public companies. The market
approach is dependent on a number of significant management assumptions including forecasted EBITDA and selected market
multiples. Under the income approach, the fair value of the reporting unit is determined based on the present value of estimated
future cash flows. The income approach is dependent on a number of significant management assumptions including estimates
of operating results, capital expenditures, net working capital requirements, long-term growth rates and discount rates.
Weighting was equally attributed to both the market and income approaches (50% each) in arriving at the fair value of the
reporting units.

The Banjo trade name and the Akron Brass trade name are indefinite-lived intangible assets which are tested for
impairment on an annual basis in accordance with ASC 350 or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate
that the assets might be impaired. The Company uses the relief-from-royalty method, a form of the income approach, to
determine the fair value of these trade names. The relief-from-royalty method is dependent on a number of significant
management assumptions, including estimates of revenues, royalty rates and discount rates.

Defined benefit retirement plans — The plan obligations and related assets of the defined benefit retirement plans are
presented in Note 18 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and
Supplementary Data.” Level 1 assets are valued using unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets in active markets. Level 2
assets are valued using quoted prices or other observable inputs for similar assets. Level 3 assets are valued using unobservable
inputs, but reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the assets. Plan obligations and the annual pension
expense are determined after consulting with actuaries on a number of key assumptions and on information provided by the
Company. Key assumptions in the determination of the annual pension expense include the discount rate, the rate of salary
increases and the estimated future return on plan assets. To the extent actual amounts differ from these assumptions and
estimated amounts, results could be adversely affected.

The Society of Actuaries releases annual updates to mortality tables, which update life expectancy assumptions. IDEX
adopts these annual updates and, in consideration of these tables, we modified the mortality assumptions used in determining
our pension and post-retirement benefit obligations as of December 31, 2020, which will have a related impact on our annual
benefit expense in future years. New mortality tables may result in additional funding requirements dependent upon the funded
status of our plans. These expectations presume all other assumptions remain constant and there are no changes to applicable
funding regulations.

Changes in the discount rate assumptions will impact the (gain) loss amortization and interest cost components of the
projected benefit obligation (“PBO”), which in turn, may impact the Company’s funding decisions if the PBO exceeds plan
assets. Each 100 basis point increase in the discount rate will cause a corresponding decrease in the PBO of approximately $28
million based upon the December 31, 2020 data. Each 100 basis point decrease in the discount rate will cause a corresponding
increase in the PBO of approximately $34 million based upon the December 31, 2020 data.

Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

The Company is subject to market risk associated with changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. The
Company may, from time to time, enter into foreign currency forward contracts and interest rate swaps on its debt when it
believes there is a financial advantage in doing so. A treasury risk management policy, adopted by the Board of Directors,
describes the procedures and controls over derivative financial and commodity instruments, including foreign currency forward
contracts and interest rate swaps. Under the policy, the Company does not use financial or commodity derivative instruments
for trading purposes, and the use of these instruments is subject to strict approvals by senior officers. Typically, the use of
derivative instruments is limited to foreign currency forward contracts and interest rate swaps on the Company’s outstanding
long-term debt. As of December 31, 2020, the Company did not have any derivative instruments outstanding.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rates

The Company’s foreign currency exchange rate risk is limited principally to the Euro, Swiss Franc, British Pound,
Canadian Dollar, Indian Rupee, Chinese Renminbi and Swedish Krona. The Company manages its foreign exchange risk
principally through invoicing customers in the same currency as the source of products. The foreign currency transaction losses
(gains) for the periods ending December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 were $3.0 million, $3.3 million and $(2.4) million,
respectively, and are reported within Other (income) expense - net on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. See Note 8 in
Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” for further discussion.

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Interest Rate Fluctuations

The Company does not have significant interest rate exposure due to all of the $1,050.2 million of debt outstanding as of

December 31, 2020 being fixed rate debt.

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Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal
control over financial reporting is a process to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America, and as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f).

Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives
because of its inherent limitations. Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented
or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting.

Management has used the framework set forth in the report entitled “Internal Control — Integrated Framework” (2013)
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission to assess the effectiveness of the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Based on that assessment, management has concluded that the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2020.

The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, has been audited by

Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which appears herein.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the shareholders and the Board of Directors of IDEX Corporation

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of IDEX Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of
December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee
of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material
respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal
Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States)
(PCAOB), the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020, of the Company and our
report dated February 25, 2021, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

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 are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be
independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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 its 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.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Chicago, Illinois
February 25, 2021

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the shareholders and the Board of Directors of IDEX Corporation

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of IDEX Corporation and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of
December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows,
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the
"financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
the Company as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years
in the period ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States)
(PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in
Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission and our report dated February 25, 2021, expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company's internal control over
financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are
required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the
audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to
error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial
statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included
examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included
evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that
was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that
are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The
communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and
we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the
accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Revenue - Disaggregation of Revenue - Refer to Note 5 to the Financial Statements

Critical Audit Matter Description

The Company is a highly diversified business with a wide range of products and services that are offered in various markets
throughout the world. The Company’s business activities are carried out by numerous individual business units, which offer a
unique set of products and include niche markets within specific geographic areas.

We identified revenue as a critical audit matter given the disaggregated nature of the Company’s operations and business units
generating revenue. This required extensive audit effort due to the volume of the underlying transactions and distinctiveness of
each individual business unit. High levels of auditor judgment were necessary to determine the nature, timing, and extent of
audit procedures and the level of disaggregation within the Company at which to perform such procedures, especially given
limited market data for certain products or geographic areas.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit

Our audit procedures related to the Company’s revenue transactions included the following, among others:

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• We tested internal controls within the relevant revenue business processes, including controls over revenue recognition

and controls over the review of significant revenue transactions and operating results.

•

•

•

For a sample of revenue transactions, we performed detail transaction testing by agreeing the amounts recorded to
source documents and determined that revenue was recognized appropriately.

For the revenue populations subject to detail testing, we tested the completeness of revenue by making selections from
reciprocal populations (e.g., shipping logs) and determined whether the transaction was recorded as a sale in the
general ledger.

For revenue transactions not subject to detail transaction testing, we aggregated the revenue transactions at the
reporting unit level and performed substantive analytical procedures. We developed independent expectations of
revenue based on data derived from published industry indices and market and customer trends and compared our
independent expectations to the revenue recorded by management.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Chicago, Illinois
February 25, 2021

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1987.

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IDEX CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

ASSETS
Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents
Receivables - net

Inventories

Other current assets

Total current assets

Property, plant and equipment - net

Goodwill

Intangible assets - net

Other noncurrent assets

Total assets

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities

Trade accounts payable

Accrued expenses
Short-term borrowings

Dividends payable

Total current liabilities

Long-term borrowings

Deferred income taxes

Other noncurrent liabilities

Total liabilities

Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)

Shareholders’ equity

Preferred stock:

As of December 31,

2020

2019

(In thousands except share and
per share amounts)

$

1,025,851

$

293,146
289,910

48,324

1,657,231

298,273

1,895,574

415,563

147,757

632,581

298,186
293,467

37,211

1,261,445

280,316

1,779,745

388,031

104,375

$

4,414,398

$

3,813,912

$

151,993

$

208,828

88

38,149

399,058
1,044,354

163,863

266,797

138,463

180,290

388

38,736

357,877
848,864

146,574

197,368

1,874,072

1,550,683

Authorized: 5,000,000 shares, $.01 per share par value; Issued: none

—

—

Common stock:

Authorized: 150,000,000 shares, $.01 per share par value; Issued: 90,071,763 shares at
December 31, 2020 and 89,948,374 shares at December 31, 2019

Additional paid-in capital

Retained earnings

Treasury stock at cost: 14,111,221 shares at December 31, 2020 and 13,860,340 shares at
December 31, 2019
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

Total shareholders’ equity

Noncontrolling Interest

Total equity
Total liabilities and equity

901

775,153

2,841,546

(1,063,872)

(13,525)

2,540,203
123

2,540,326
4,414,398

$

899

760,453

2,615,131

(985,909)

(127,345)

2,263,229
—

2,263,229
3,813,912

$

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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IDEX CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

Net sales
Cost of sales

Gross profit

Selling, general and administrative expenses
Restructuring expenses and asset impairments

Operating income
Other (income) expense - net

Interest expense
Income before income taxes

Provision for income taxes
Net income

Earnings per common share:

Basic earnings per common share

Diluted earnings per common share

Share data:

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding

For the Year Ended December 31,

2020

2019

2018

(In thousands except per share amounts)

$

$

2,351,646
1,324,222

1,027,424

$

2,494,573
1,369,539

1,125,034

2,483,666
1,365,771

1,117,895

494,935

11,776

520,713
5,627

44,746
470,340

92,562
377,778

4.98

4.94

75,741

76,400

$

$

$

524,987

21,044

579,003
1,759

44,341
532,903

107,382
425,521

5.62

5.56

75,594

76,454

$

$

$

536,724

12,083

569,088
(3,985)

44,134
528,939

118,366
410,573

5.36

5.29

76,412

77,563

$

$

$

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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IDEX CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Net income
Other comprehensive income (loss):

Reclassification adjustments for derivatives, net of tax
Pension and other postretirement adjustments, net of tax

Cumulative translation adjustment
Other comprehensive income (loss)

Comprehensive income

For the Year Ended December 31,

2020

2019

2018

$

377,778

(In thousands)
425,521

$

$

410,573

4,652
1,385

107,783
113,820

4,882
(3,069)

67
1,880

5,006
9,825

(48,114)
(33,283)

$

491,598

$

427,401

$

377,290

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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IDEX CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

Accumulated Other Comprehensive
Income (Loss)

Common
Stock and
Additional
Paid-In Capital

Retained
Earnings

Cumulative
Translation
Adjustment

Retirement
Benefits
Adjustments

Cumulative
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
on
Derivatives

Treasury
Stock

Total
Shareholders’
Equity

Noncontrolling
Interest

Total Equity

(In thousands except share and per share amounts)

Balance, December 31, 2017

$

717,808

$ 2,057,915

$

(46,306) $

(29,154) $

(14,047) $

(799,674) $

1,886,542

$

— $

1,886,542

Net income

Adjustment for adoption of ASU 2016-16

Adjustment for adoption of ASU 2018-02

Cumulative translation adjustment

Net change in retirement obligations (net of tax of
$3,076)

Net change on derivatives designated as cash flow
hedges (net of tax of $1,469)

Issuance of 583,385 shares of common stock from
issuance of unvested shares, performance share units
and exercise of stock options (net of tax of $4,267)

Repurchase of 1,273,961 shares of common stock

Share-based compensation

Shares surrendered for tax withholding

Cash dividends declared - $1.72 per common share
outstanding

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

21,432

—

—

410,573

(645)

6,435

—

—

—

—

—

—

(132,199)

—

—

—

(48,114)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(3,411)

—

9,825

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(3,024)

—

—

5,006

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

410,573

(645)

—

(48,114)

9,825

5,006

27,701

27,701

(173,926)

(173,926)

—

(11,555)

21,432

(11,555)

—

(132,199)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

410,573

(645)

—

(48,114)

9,825

5,006

27,701

(173,926)

21,432

(11,555)

(132,199)

Balance, December 31, 2018

$

739,240

$ 2,342,079

$

(94,420) $

(22,740) $

(12,065) $

(957,454) $

1,994,640

$

— $

1,994,640

Net income

Adjustment for adoption of ASU 2016-02

Cumulative translation adjustment

Net change in retirement obligations (net of tax of
$1,553)

Net change on derivatives designated as cash flow
hedges (net of tax of $1,445)

Issuance of 696,133 shares of common stock from
issuance of unvested shares, performance share units
and exercise of stock options (net of tax of $5,493)

Repurchase of 388,953 shares of common stock

Share-based compensation

Shares surrendered for tax withholding

Cash dividends declared - $2.00 per common share
outstanding

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

22,112

—

—

425,521

28

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(152,497)

—

—

67

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(3,069)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

4,882

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

38,809

(54,668)

—

(12,596)

425,521
28

67

(3,069)

4,882

38,809

(54,668)

22,112

(12,596)

—

(152,497)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

425,521

28

67

(3,069)

4,882

38,809

(54,668)

22,112

(12,596)

(152,497)

Balance, December 31, 2019

$

761,352

$ 2,615,131

$

(94,353) $

(25,809) $

(7,183) $

(985,909) $

2,263,229

$

— $

2,263,229

Net income

Cumulative translation adjustment

Net change in retirement obligations (net of tax of
$53)

Net change on derivatives designated as cash flow
hedges (net of tax of $1,369)

Issuance of 688,563 shares of common stock from
issuance of unvested shares, performance share units
and exercise of stock options (net of tax of $4,967)

Repurchase of 876,423 shares of common stock

Share-based compensation

Shares surrendered for tax withholding

Cash dividends declared - $2.00 per common share
outstanding

Contributions received from joint venture partner

—

—

—

—

—

—

14,702

—

—

—

377,778

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(151,363)

—

—

107,783

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1,385

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

4,652

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

377,778

107,783

1,385

4,652

44,587

44,587

(110,342)

(110,342)

—

(12,208)

—

—

14,702

(12,208)

(151,363)

—

Balance, December 31, 2020

$

776,054

$ 2,841,546

$

13,430

$

(24,424) $

(2,531) $ (1,063,872) $

2,540,203

$

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

123

123

377,778

107,783

1,385

4,652

44,587

(110,342)

14,702

(12,208)

(151,363)

123

$

2,540,326

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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IDEX CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the Year Ended December 31,
2019

2018

2020

Cash flows from operating activities

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

(Gain) loss on sale of fixed assets - net

Asset impairments
Depreciation and amortization

Amortization of intangible assets
Amortization of debt issuance expenses

Share-based compensation expense
Deferred income taxes

Non-cash interest expense associated with forward starting swaps

Changes in (net of the effect from acquisitions):

Receivables

Inventories
Other current assets

Trade accounts payable

Deferred revenue
Accrued expenses

Other - net

Net cash flows provided by operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

Purchase of intellectual property

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
Proceeds from disposal of fixed assets

Contributions received from joint venture partner
Other - net

Net cash flows used in investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Borrowings under revolving credit facilities

Proceeds from issuance of 3.0% Senior Notes
Payment of 4.5% Senior Notes

Payments under revolving credit facilities

Payments under other long-term borrowings
Payment of make-whole redemption premium

Debt issuance costs
Dividends paid

Proceeds from stock option exercises
Repurchases of common stock

Shares surrendered for tax withholding
Settlement of foreign exchange contracts
Other - net

Net cash flows used in financing activities

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

Net increase in cash

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
Supplemental cash flow information

Cash paid for:
Interest

Income taxes - net

Significant non-cash activities:

Contingent consideration for acquisition
Debt acquired with acquisition of business

Capital expenditures for construction of new leased facility

(In thousands)

$

377,778

$

425,521

$

410,573

(868)

3,087
41,651

41,844

1,716
19,375

8,238
6,021

20,873
36,523

(10,276)
2,702

38,967

(15,326)
(3,032)

569,273

(51,545)
—

(123,133)

2,287
120

(306)
(172,577)

150,000
499,100

(300,000)
(150,000)

(396)

(6,756)
(4,749)

(151,838)
44,587
(110,342)
(12,208)

—

—
(42,602)

39,176
393,270

632,581

156

10,155
39,543

37,333

1,355
27,669

6,625
6,327

22,338
(3,322)

(2,361)
(9,115)

8,680

(46,664)
3,822

528,062

(50,912)
—

(87,180)

962
—

115
(137,015)

—
—

—
—

(50,057)

—
—

(147,208)
38,809
(54,668)
(12,596)

—

(1,865)
(227,585)

2,712
166,174

466,407

$

$

1,025,851

$

632,581

$

$

35,152
87,193

36,683
109,032

$

—
—
—

—
51,130
—

946

—
39,049

38,495

1,332
24,754

(4,345)
6,475

(23,419)
(23,031)

25,162
(1,220)

(3,247)

7,125
(19,304)

479,345

(56,089)
(4,000)

(20,205)

363
—

(1,500)
(81,431)

—
—

—
(11,284)

—

—
—

(127,478)
27,639
(173,926)
(11,555)

6,593

—
(290,011)

(17,446)
90,457

375,950

466,407

36,327
90,733

3,375
—
11,616

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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IDEX CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.

Significant Accounting Policies

Business

IDEX is an applied solutions company specializing in the manufacture of fluid and metering technologies, health and
science technologies and fire, safety and other diversified products built to customers’ specifications. IDEX’s products are sold
in niche markets across a wide range of industries throughout the world. The Company’s products include industrial pumps,
provers, compressors, flow meters, injectors, valves and related controls for use in a wide variety of process applications;
precision fluidics solutions, including pumps, valves, degassing equipment, corrective tubing, fittings and complex manifolds,
optical filters and specialty medical equipment and devices for use in life science applications; precision-engineered equipment
for dispensing, metering and mixing paints; and engineered products for industrial and commercial markets, including fire and
rescue, transportation equipment, oil and gas, electronics and communications. These activities are grouped into three
reportable segments: Fluid & Metering Technologies, Health & Science Technologies and Fire & Safety/Diversified Products.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the Company and its subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and

accounts have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The principal areas of estimation reflected in the financial statements
are revenue recognition, sales returns and allowances, allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory valuation, recoverability of
long-lived assets, valuation of goodwill and intangible assets, income taxes, product warranties, contingencies and litigation,
insurance-related items, defined benefit retirement plans and purchase accounting related to acquisitions.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized when control of products or services is transferred to our customers in an amount that reflects the
consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for transferring those products or providing those services. A performance
obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct product or service to the customer. A contract’s transaction price is
allocated to each performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. Our
performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time or over time as work progresses. Revenue from products and services
transferred to customers at a point in time is recognized when obligations under the terms of the contract with our customer are
satisfied. Generally, this occurs with the transfer of control of the asset, which is in line with shipping terms. Certain units
recognize revenue over time because control transfers continuously to our customers. Revenue is recognized over time as work
is performed based on the relationship between actual costs incurred to date for each contract and the total estimated costs for
such contract at completion of the performance obligation (i.e. the cost-to-cost method) or ratably over the contract term. As a
significant change in one or more of these estimates could affect the profitability of our contracts, we review and update our
estimates regularly. Due to uncertainties inherent in the estimation process, it is reasonably possible that completion costs,
including those arising from contract penalty provisions and final contract settlements, will be revised. Such revisions to costs
and income are recognized in the period in which the revisions are determined as a cumulative catch-up adjustment. The impact
of the adjustment on profit recorded to date on a contract is recognized in the period the adjustment is identified. If at any time
the estimate of contract profitability indicates an anticipated loss on the contract, we recognize provisions for estimated losses
on incomplete contracts in the period in which such losses are determined.

The Company records allowances for discounts and product returns at the time of sale as a reduction of revenue as such
allowances can be reliably estimated based on historical experience and known trends. The Company also offers product
warranties (primarily assurance-type) and accrues its estimated exposure for warranty claims at the time of sale based upon the
length of the warranty period, warranty costs incurred and any other related information known to the Company.

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Shipping and Handling Costs

Shipping and handling costs are included in Cost of sales and are recognized as a period expense during the period in

which they are incurred.

Advertising Costs

Advertising costs of $9.9 million, $15.7 million and $17.0 million for 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively, are expensed as

incurred within Selling, general and administrative expenses.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid instruments purchased with an original maturity of 3 months or less to be cash

and cash equivalents.

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Accounts receivable are recorded at face amount less an allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company maintains an
allowance for doubtful accounts for expected losses as a result of customers’ inability to make required payments. Management
evaluates the aging of the accounts receivable balances, the financial condition of its customers, historical trends and the time
outstanding of specific balances to estimate the amount of accounts receivable that may not be collected in the future and
records the appropriate provision.

Inventories

The Company states inventories at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost, which includes material, labor and
factory overhead, is determined on a first in, first out basis. We make adjustments to reduce the cost of inventory to its net
realizable value, if required, for estimated excess, obsolete or impaired balances. Factors influencing these adjustments include
changes in market demand, product life cycle and engineering changes.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

A long-lived asset is reviewed for impairment if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not
reduce the fair value of a long-lived asset below its carrying value, as measured by comparing its net book value to the
projected undiscounted future cash flows generated by its use. A long-lived asset impairment exists when the carrying value of
the asset exceeds its fair value. The amount and timing of the impairment charge for this asset requires the estimation of future
cash flows to determine the fair value of the asset. An impaired asset is recorded at its estimated fair value based on a
discounted cash flow analysis.

In the fourth quarter of 2020, the Company consolidated certain facilities within the Fluid & Metering Technologies
(“FMT”) segment, which resulted in an impairment charge of $2.5 million, consisting of $1.6 million related to property, plant
and equipment which was not relocated to the new location and $0.9 million related to a building right-of-use asset that was
exited early. The Company also relocated its corporate office, which resulted in an impairment charge of $0.6 million,
consisting of $0.2 million related to property, plant and equipment which was not relocated to the new location and $0.4 million
related to a building right-of-use asset that was exited early. These charges were recorded as Restructuring expenses and asset
impairments in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

In the second quarter of 2019, the Company began to evaluate strategic alternatives for one of its businesses in the Health
& Science Technologies (“HST”) segment. Prior to making a final decision on the options that were presented for this business,
the business was informed in the third quarter of 2019 of the loss of its largest customer. As a result, the Company accelerated
its restructuring activities for this business and a decision was made to wind down the business over time. This event required
an interim impairment test be performed on the long-lived tangible and intangible assets of the business, which resulted in an
impairment charge of $9.7 million, consisting of $6.1 million related to a customer relationships intangible asset, $1.0 million
related to an unpatented technology intangible asset, $2.0 million related to property, plant and equipment and $0.6 million
related to a building right-of-use asset. In the fourth quarter of 2019, the Company completed the consolidation of one of its
facilities in the HST segment into the Optics Center of Excellence in Rochester, New York, which also resulted in an
impairment charge of $0.4 million related to a building right-of-use asset. These charges were recorded as Restructuring
expenses and asset impairments in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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In 2018, the Company concluded that there were no long-lived assets with a fair value that was less than the carrying value.

See Note 15 for further discussion on restructuring activities.

Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

The Company reviews the carrying value of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets annually as of October 31, or if
an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its
carrying value. The Company evaluates the recoverability of these assets based on the estimated fair value of each of the 13
reporting units and the indefinite-lived intangible assets. See Note 6 for further discussion on goodwill and intangible assets.

Borrowing Expenses

Expenses incurred in securing and issuing debt are capitalized and included as a reduction of Long-term borrowings. These

amounts are amortized over the life of the related borrowing and the related amortization is included in Interest expense.

Earnings per Common Share

Earnings per common share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of
common stock (basic) plus common stock equivalents outstanding (diluted) during the year. Common stock equivalents consist
of stock options, which have been included in the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding using the treasury stock
method, restricted stock and performance share units.

Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 260, Earnings per Share, concludes that all outstanding unvested share-based
payment awards that contain rights to nonforfeitable dividends participate in undistributed earnings with common shareholders.
If awards are considered participating securities, the Company is required to apply the two-class method of computing basic
and diluted earnings per share. The Company has determined that its outstanding shares of restricted stock are participating
securities. Accordingly, EPS was computed using the two-class method prescribed by ASC 260.

Basic weighted average shares outstanding reconciles to diluted weighted average shares outstanding as follows:

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding

Dilutive effect of stock options, restricted stock and performance share units

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding

2020

2019

2018

(In thousands)
75,594

860

76,454

75,741

659

76,400

76,412

1,151

77,563

Options to purchase approximately 0.3 million shares of common stock in each of 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively, were

not included in the computation of diluted EPS because the effect of their inclusion would have been antidilutive.

Share-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for share-based payments in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation.
Accordingly, the Company expenses the fair value of awards made under its share-based compensation plans. That cost is
recognized in the consolidated financial statements over the requisite service period of the grants. See Note 16 for further
discussion on share-based compensation.

Depreciation and Amortization

Property and equipment are stated at cost, with depreciation and amortization provided using the straight-line method over

the following estimated useful lives:

Land improvements

Buildings and improvements

Machinery, equipment and other
Office and transportation equipment

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8 to 12 years

8 to 30 years

3 to 12 years
2 to 10 years

Certain identifiable intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives using the straight-line method. The

estimated useful lives used in the computation of amortization of identifiable intangible assets are as follows:

Patents

Trade names
Customer relationships

Unpatented technology and other

Research and Development Expenditures

5 to 15 years

5 to 20 years
9 to 20 years

3 to 20 years

Costs associated with engineering activities, including research and development, are expensed in the period incurred and

are included in Cost of sales.

Total engineering expenses, which include research and development as well as application and support engineering, were
$82.3 million, $92.4 million and $84.9 million in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Research and development expenses,
which include costs associated with developing new products and major improvements to existing products, were $48.2 million,
$56.4 million and $48.0 million in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Foreign Currency Translation and Transaction

The functional currency of substantially all operations outside the United States is the respective local currency.
Accordingly, those foreign currency balance sheet accounts have been translated using the exchange rates in effect as of the
balance sheet date. Statement of Operations amounts have been translated using the average monthly exchange rates for the
year. Translation adjustments from year to year have been reported in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the
Consolidated Balance Sheets. The foreign currency transaction losses (gains) for the periods ending December 31, 2020, 2019
and 2018 were $3.0 million, $3.3 million and $(2.4) million, respectively, and are reported within Other (income) expense - net
on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. See Note 8 for further discussion.

Income Taxes

Income tax expense includes U.S., state, local and international income taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are
recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting and the tax bases of existing
assets and liabilities and for loss carryforwards. The tax rate used to determine the deferred tax assets and liabilities is the
enacted tax rate for the year and the manner in which the differences are expected to reverse. Valuation allowances are recorded
to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that will more likely than not be realized.

Refer to Note 13 for further discussion on income taxes.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company is not dependent on a single customer as its largest customer accounted for less than 2% of net sales for all

years presented.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

In February 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)
2018-02, Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, which allows an entity to
reclassify the stranded tax effects in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to retained earnings in the statement of
equity. The Company early adopted this standard on a retrospective basis on January 1, 2018. The adoption resulted in an
increase of $6.4 million to Retained earnings and a corresponding change of $6.4 million to Accumulated other comprehensive
income (loss) at January 1, 2018.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, Clarifying the Definition of a Business, which clarifies the definition of a
business and assists entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or disposals of assets
or businesses. Under this guidance, when substantially all of the fair value of gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single
asset or a group of similar assets, the assets acquired would not represent a business. In addition, in order to be considered a
business, an acquisition would have to include at a minimum an input and a substantive process that together significantly

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contribute to the ability to create an output. The amended guidance also narrows the definition of outputs by more closely
aligning it with how outputs are described in the FASB guidance for revenue recognition. The Company adopted this standard
on January 1, 2018 and accounted for the purchase of the intellectual property assets from Phantom Controls utilizing this
guidance. See Note 6 for further information.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which simplifies the two-
step goodwill impairment test by eliminating the second step of the test. Under this guidance, an entity will apply a one-step
quantitative test and record the amount of goodwill impairment as the excess of a reporting unit's carrying value over its fair
value, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit. This guidance does not amend the optional
qualitative assessment of goodwill impairment. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2020. The adoption of this
standard did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. See Note 6 for further information.

In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16, Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory, which amends
ASC 740, Income Taxes. This ASU requires that the income tax consequences of an intra-entity asset transfer other than
inventory are recognized at the time of the transfer. An entity will continue to recognize the income tax consequences of an
intercompany transfer of inventory when the inventory is sold to a third party. The Company adopted this standard on a
modified retrospective basis on January 1, 2018. The adoption resulted in a decrease of $7.3 million to Other current assets, a
decrease of $6.7 million to Deferred income taxes and a decrease of $0.6 million to Retained earnings at January 1, 2018.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (a consensus
of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force). This ASU addresses the following eight specific cash flow issues: debt prepayment
or debt extinguishment costs; settlement of zero-coupon debt instruments or other debt instruments with coupon interest rates
that are insignificant in relation to the effective interest rate of the borrowing; contingent consideration payments made after a
business combination; proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims; proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life
insurance policies (including bank-owned life insurance policies); distributions received from equity method investees;
beneficial interests in securitization transactions; and separately identifiable cash flows and application of the predominance
principle. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2018. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact
on our consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit
Losses on Financial Instruments and in November 2018 issued a subsequent amendment, ASU 2018-19, Codification
Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses. ASU 2016-13 significantly changes how entities will
measure credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments that are not measured at fair value through net
income. ASU 2016-13 replaces the prior “incurred loss” approach with an “expected loss” model for instruments measured at
amortized cost. ASU 2018-19 affects loans, debt securities, trade receivables, net investments in leases, off-balance sheet credit
exposures, reinsurance receivables and any other financial assets not excluded from the scope of this amendment that represent
the contractual right to receive cash. ASU 2016-13 and ASU 2018-19 should be applied on either a prospective transition or
modified-retrospective approach depending on the subtopic. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2020 using the
prospective transition approach. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial
statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement,
presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract (i.e. lessees and lessors). This standard introduced a new
lessee model that requires most leases to be recorded on the balance sheet and eliminates the required use of bright line tests for
determining lease classification from U.S. GAAP. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-10, Codification Improvements to
Topic 842, Leases and ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements, which clarified ASU 2016-02 and had the
same effective date as the original standard. ASU 2018-11 included an option to use the effective date of ASU 2016-02 as the
date of initial application of transition as well as an option not to restate comparative periods in transition. In March 2019, the
FASB issued ASU 2019-01, Leases (Topic 842): Codification Improvements, which also clarified ASU 2016-02 and was
effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and interim periods within those fiscal years.

The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2019 using the optional transition method provided by the FASB in
ASU 2018-11. As we did not restate comparative periods, the adoption had no impact on our previously reported results. We
elected to use the practical expedient that allowed us not to reassess: (1) whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain
leases, (2) the lease classification for any expired or existing leases and (3) initial direct costs for any expired or existing leases
and the practical expedient that allows us to treat the lease and non-lease components as a single lease component for all asset
classes. We also elected to account for short-term leases (i.e. leases with a term of one year or less) in accordance with ASC
842-20-25-2 (i.e. expensed over the term and not recorded on the balance sheet). The adoption of this standard impacted our
consolidated balance sheet due to the recognition of right of use assets and lease liabilities. Upon adoption, we recognized right

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of use assets and lease liabilities of approximately $68 million that reflected the present value of future lease payments. The
adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations or cash flows. See Note 10 for
further information.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which replaces numerous
requirements in U.S. GAAP, including industry-specific requirements, and provides companies with a new five-step model for
recognizing revenue from contracts with customers. Under ASU 2014-09, 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. The FASB has also issued the following standards which clarify
ASU 2014-09 and have the same effective date as the original standard: ASU 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with
Customers: Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net); ASU 2016-10, Revenue from
Contracts with Customers: Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing; ASU 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with
Customers: Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients; and ASU 2016-20, Technical Corrections and
Improvements to Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.

In 2016, we established an implementation team and analyzed the impact of the standard by surveying business units and
performing extensive contract reviews to identify potential differences that may result from applying the requirements of the
new standard. The contract reviews generally supported the recognition of revenue at a point in time, which was consistent with
the revenue recognition model used by most of our business units. As a result, revenue recognition was unchanged under the
new standard. For our business units that previously recognized revenue under a percentage of completion model, revenue
recognition was also unchanged as the contract reviews supported the recognition of revenue over time. The Company
implemented the appropriate changes to its processes, systems and controls to comply with the new guidance. The Company
adopted this standard on January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective approach applied to contracts that were not
completed as of January 1, 2018. The adoption of this standard did not have an impact on our consolidated financial statements,
except to provide additional disclosures. The Company elected the following practical expedients: significant financing
component, sales tax presentation, contract costs, shipping and handling activities and disclosures. See Note 5 for further details
on revenue.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, which eliminates the
need to analyze whether the following apply in a given period (1) exception to the incremental approach for intraperiod tax
allocation (2) exceptions to accounting for basis differences when there are ownership changes in foreign investments and (3)
exceptions in interim period income tax accounting for year-to-date losses that exceed anticipated losses. The ASU is also
designed to improve the application of income tax-related guidance and simplify GAAP for (1) franchise taxes that are partially
based on income, (2) transactions with a government that result in a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill, (3) separate financial
statements of legal entities that are not subject to tax, and (4) enacted changes in tax laws in interim periods. ASU 2019-12 is
effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods therein. The adoption of this standard will
not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

2.

Acquisitions and Divestitures

All of the Company’s acquisitions of businesses have been accounted for under ASC 805, Business Combinations.
Accordingly, the accounts of the acquired companies, after adjustments to reflect the fair values assigned to assets and
liabilities, have been included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from their respective dates of acquisition.
The results of operations of the acquired companies have been included in the Company’s consolidated results since the date of
each acquisition. Supplemental pro forma information has not been provided as the acquisitions did not have a material impact
on the Company’s consolidated results of operations individually or in the aggregate.

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2020 Acquisitions

On November 23, 2020, the Company acquired Qualtek Manufacturing, Inc. (“Qualtek”), a manufacturer of high quality
specialty metal components and parts by providing vertically integrated tool and die, metal stamping and metal finishing
services. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO, Qualtek operates in our BAND-IT platform within the Fire & Safety/
Diversified Products segment. Qualtek was acquired for cash consideration of $1.9 million. The entire purchase price was
funded with cash on hand. Goodwill recognized as part of this transaction was $1.1 million. The goodwill recorded for the
acquisition reflects the strategic fit, revenue and earnings growth potential of this business. The goodwill is deductible for tax
purposes.

The Company made an allocation of the purchase price for the Qualtek acquisition as of the acquisition date based on its
understanding of the fair value of the acquired assets. These nonrecurring fair value measurements are classified as Level 3 in
the fair value hierarchy. If the Company obtains additional information about these assets, and learns more about the newly
acquired business, we will refine the estimates of fair value and more accurately allocate the purchase price. Only items
identified as of the acquisition date are considered for subsequent adjustment. The Company will make appropriate adjustments
to the purchase price allocation prior to the completion of the measurement period, if required.

On February 28, 2020, the Company acquired the stock of Flow Management Devices, LLC (“Flow MD”), a privately held
provider of flow measurement systems that ensure custody transfer accuracy in the oil and gas industry. Flow MD engineers
and manufactures small volume provers. Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, with operations in Houston, TX and Pittsburgh, PA,
Flow MD operates in our Energy platform within the Fluid & Metering Technologies segment. Flow MD was acquired for cash
consideration of $121.2 million. The entire purchase price was funded with cash on hand. Goodwill and intangible assets
recognized as part of this transaction were $60.4 million and $53.0 million, respectively. The goodwill is deductible for tax
purposes.

The Company made a preliminary allocation of the purchase price for the Flow MD acquisition as of the acquisition date
based on its understanding of the fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities. These nonrecurring fair value
measurements are classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. If the Company obtains additional information about these
assets and liabilities, and learns more about the newly acquired business, we will refine the estimates of fair value and more
accurately allocate the purchase price. Only items identified as of the acquisition date are considered for subsequent adjustment.
The Company will make required adjustments to the purchase price allocation prior to the completion of the measurement
period, if necessary.

The preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair

values at the acquisition date, is as follows:

(In thousands)
Current assets, net of cash acquired

Property, plant and equipment

Goodwill

Intangible assets

Other noncurrent assets

Total assets acquired

Current liabilities

Deferred income taxes

Other noncurrent liabilities

Net assets acquired

$

$

Total

32,858

4,166

60,431

53,000

1,344

151,799

(32,291)

2,054

(329)

121,233

Acquired intangible assets consist of trade names, customer relationships and unpatented technology. The goodwill

recorded for the acquisition reflects the strategic fit, revenue and earnings growth potential of this business.

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The acquired intangible assets and weighted average amortization periods are as follows:

(In thousands, except weighted average life)
Trade names

Customer relationships

Unpatented technology

Acquired intangible assets

Total

6,000

31,500

15,500

53,000

$

$

Weighted Average Life
15

10

20

The Company incurred $4.3 million of acquisition-related transaction costs in 2020. These costs were recorded in Selling,
general and administrative expenses and were related to completed transactions, pending transactions and potential transactions,
including transactions that ultimately were not completed. The Company also incurred a $0.1 million fair value inventory step-
up charge associated with the completed 2020 acquisition of Qualtek and a $4.1 million fair value inventory step-up charge
associated with the completed 2020 acquisition of Flow MD in the year ended December 31, 2020. These charges were
recorded in Cost of sales.

2019 Acquisition

On July 18, 2019, the Company acquired the stock of Velcora Holding AB (“Velcora”) and its operating subsidiaries,
Roplan and Steridose. Roplan is a global manufacturer of custom mechanical and shaft seals for a variety of end markets
including food and beverage, marine, chemical, wastewater and water treatment. Steridose develops engineered hygienic mixers
and valves for the global biopharmaceutical industry. Both companies are headquartered in Sweden but also have operations in
China, the United Kingdom and the United States. Roplan and Steridose operate in our Health & Science Technologies
segment. Velcora was acquired for cash consideration of $87.2 million and the assumption of $51.1 million of debt. The entire
purchase price was funded with cash on hand. Goodwill and intangible assets recognized as part of this transaction were $86.6
million and $48.2 million, respectively. The goodwill is not deductible for tax purposes.

The Company finalized the allocation of the purchase price for the Velcora acquisition as of the acquisition date based on
its understanding of the fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities. These nonrecurring fair value measurements
are classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

The final allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair values

at the acquisition date, is as follows:

(In thousands)
Current assets, net of cash acquired

Property, plant and equipment

Goodwill

Intangible assets

Other noncurrent assets

Total assets acquired

Current liabilities

Long-term borrowings

Deferred income taxes

Other noncurrent liabilities

Net assets acquired

$

Total

20,248

1,656

86,613

48,183

788

157,488

(7,630)

(51,130)

(11,094)

(454)

$

87,180

Acquired intangible assets consist of trade names, customer relationships and unpatented technology. The goodwill

recorded for the acquisitions reflects the strategic fit, revenue and earnings growth potential of these businesses.

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The acquired intangible assets and weighted average amortization periods are as follows:

(In thousands, except weighted average life)
Trade names
Customer relationships

Unpatented technology

Acquired intangible assets

Total

7,089
34,677

6,417
48,183

$

$

Weighted Average
Life
15
12

9

On September 3, 2019, the Company settled the debt assumed in the Velcora acquisition and incurred a loss on early
retirement of $0.7 million which was recorded in Other (income) expense - net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for
the year ended December 31, 2019.

The Company incurred $1.7 million of acquisition-related transaction costs in 2019. These costs were recorded in Selling,
general and administrative expenses and were related to completed transactions, pending transactions and potential transactions,
including transactions that ultimately were not completed. The Company also incurred a $3.3 million fair value inventory step-
up charge associated with the completed 2019 acquisition in the year ended December 31, 2019. This charge was recorded in
Cost of sales.

2018 Acquisition

On July 23, 2018, the Company acquired Finger Lakes Instrumentation (“FLI”), a technology leader in the design,
development and production of low-noise cooled CCD and high speed, high-sensitivity Scientific CMOS cameras for the
astronomy and life science markets. Headquartered in Lima, NY, FLI operates in our Health & Science Technologies segment.
FLI was acquired for an aggregate purchase price of $23.6 million, consisting of $20.2 million in cash and contingent
consideration valued at $3.4 million as of the opening balance sheet date. The contingent consideration was based on the
achievement of financial objectives during the 24-month period following the close of the transaction. The entire purchase price
was funded with cash on hand. Goodwill and intangible assets recognized as part of this transaction were $12.4 million and
$7.9 million, respectively. Acquired intangible assets consist of trade names, customer relationships and unpatented technology.
The goodwill recorded for the acquisition reflects the strategic fit, revenue and earnings growth potential of this business. The
goodwill is deductible for tax purposes.

In the third quarter of 2019, the Company finalized its allocation of the purchase price for the FLI acquisition based on its
understanding of the fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities. These nonrecurring fair value measurements are
classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. In March 2020, the Company and the seller reached an agreement to settle the
contingent consideration associated with the acquisition of FLI for $3.0 million, which was paid in April 2020.

The Company incurred $3.0 million of acquisition-related transaction costs in 2018. These costs were recorded in Selling,
general and administrative expenses and were related to completed transactions, pending transactions and potential transactions,
including transactions that ultimately were not completed.

Divestitures

The Company periodically reviews its operations for businesses which may no longer be aligned with its strategic
objectives and focuses on core business and customers. Any resulting gain or loss recognized due to divestitures is recorded
within Loss (gain) on sale of businesses - net within Selling, general and administrative expenses.

On December 28, 2020, the Company completed the sale of its Avery Hardoll product line for $0.5 million in cash,
resulting in a pre-tax loss on the sale of $0.4 million. The Company recorded $0.3 million of income tax benefit associated with
this transaction during the year ended December 31, 2020. The results of Avery Hardoll were reported within the Fluid &
Metering Technologies segment and generated $1.2 million of revenues in 2020 through the date of sale. The Company
concluded that this divestiture did not meet the criteria for reporting discontinued operations. There were no divestitures that
took place during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.

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3.

Joint Venture

On May 12, 2020, a subsidiary of IDEX entered into a joint venture agreement with a third party to form a limited liability
company (the “Joint Venture”) that will manufacture and sell high performance elastomer seals for the oil and gas industry to
customers within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as export these high performance elastomer seals outside of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Joint Venture will be headquartered in Damman, Saudi Arabia and will operate in our Sealing
Solutions platform within the Health & Science Technologies segment. In the fourth quarter of 2020, the Company contributed
$147 thousand and owns 55% of the share capital while the third party partner contributed $120 thousand and owns 45% of the
share capital. As of December 31, 2020, the Joint Venture had not yet begun its operations. Since we control the entity, we have
consolidated the Joint Venture and recorded a noncontrolling interest in our consolidated financial statements.

4.

Balance Sheet Components

RECEIVABLES

Customers
Other

Total

Less allowance for doubtful accounts

Total receivables - net

INVENTORIES

Raw materials and components parts

Work in process
Finished goods

Total inventories

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Land and improvements

Buildings and improvements

Machinery, equipment and other

Office and transportation equipment
Construction in progress

Total

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

Total property, plant and equipment - net

ACCRUED EXPENSES

Payroll and related items

Management incentive compensation

Income taxes payable

Insurance
Warranty

Deferred revenue

Lease liability

Restructuring

Liability for uncertain tax positions

Accrued interest

Contingent consideration for acquisition

Other

Total accrued expenses

OTHER NONCURRENT LIABILITIES

Pension and retiree medical obligations

Transition tax payable

Liability for uncertain tax positions
Deferred revenue

Lease liability
Other

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

December 31,

2020

2019

(In thousands)

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

288,288
10,949

299,237

6,091

293,146

173,248

29,436
87,226

289,910

33,705

192,428

430,423

95,549

28,704

780,809

482,536

298,273

75,238

15,763

13,453

11,115

7,394

28,374
16,721

3,868

—

3,592

—

33,310

208,828

99,417

14,208

1,071
30,354

94,250

27,497

298,118
6,415

304,533

6,347

298,186

182,382

28,761
82,324

293,467

32,240

187,301

397,498

95,759

24,546

737,344

457,028

280,316

77,556

14,408

9,905

8,240

5,581

17,633
15,235

6,110

890

1,735

3,375

19,622

180,290

87,478

11,292

3,008
2,129

69,928

23,533

Total other noncurrent liabilities

$

266,797

$

197,368

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The valuation and qualifying account activity for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:

ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS (1)

Beginning balance January 1

Charged to costs and expenses, net of recoveries
Utilization

Currency translation and other

Ending balance December 31

(1) Includes provision for doubtful accounts.

5.

Revenue

2020

2019

2018

(In thousands)

$

$

6,347

$

6,709

$

34
(525)

235
6,091

$

1,181
(1,443)

(100)
6,347

$

7,764

290
(1,396)

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6,709

IDEX is an applied solutions company specializing in the manufacture of fluid and metering technologies, health and
science technologies and fire, safety and other diversified products built to customers’ specifications. The Company’s products
include industrial pumps, provers, compressors, flow meters, injectors, valves and related controls for use in a wide variety of
process applications; precision fluidics solutions, including pumps, valves, degassing equipment, corrective tubing, fittings and
complex manifolds, optical filters and specialty medical equipment and devices for use in life science applications; precision-
engineered equipment for dispensing, metering and mixing paints; and engineered products for industrial and commercial
markets, including fire and rescue, transportation equipment, oil and gas, electronics and communications.

Revenue is recognized when control of products or services is transferred to our customers in an amount that reflects the
consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for transferring those products or providing those services. We account for
a contract when it has approval and commitment from both parties, the rights of the parties are identified, payment terms are
identified, the contract has commercial substance and collectability of the consideration is probable. We determine the
appropriate revenue recognition for our contracts with customers by analyzing the type, terms and conditions of each contract
or arrangement with a customer.

Disaggregation of Revenue

We have a comprehensive offering of products, including technologies, built to customers’ specifications that are sold in
niche markets throughout the world. We disaggregate our revenue from contracts with customers by reporting unit and
geographical region for each of our segments as we believe it best depicts how the amount, nature, timing and uncertainty of
our revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors. Revenue was attributed to geographical region based on the
location of the customer. The following tables present our revenue disaggregated by reporting unit and geographical region.

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Revenue by reporting unit for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 was as follows:

Energy

Valves
Water

Pumps
Agriculture

Intersegment elimination

Fluid & Metering Technologies

Scientific Fluidics & Optics
Sealing Solutions

Gast
Micropump

Material Processing Technologies

Intersegment elimination

Health & Science Technologies

Fire & Safety
BAND-IT

Dispensing

Intersegment elimination

Fire & Safety/Diversified Products

Total net sales

For the Year Ended December 31,

2020

2019

2018

$

199,980

$

(In thousands)
164,825

$

107,833
236,080

265,281
87,130

(830)
895,474

415,827
207,623

122,875
29,637

120,000

(2,609)

893,353

376,320
88,065

98,466

(32)

562,819

118,333
250,589

331,098
92,183

(505)
956,523

434,623
200,495

133,471
32,216

113,641

(1,823)

912,623

403,949
106,624

116,197

(1,343)

625,427

163,996

113,136
251,020

324,222
99,178

(277)
951,275

417,859
200,316

126,787
36,827

114,630

(449)

895,970

396,926
105,785

134,317

(607)

636,421

$

2,351,646

$

2,494,573

$

2,483,666

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Revenue by geographical region for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 was as follows:

U.S.

North America, excluding U.S.
Europe

Asia
Other (1)
Intersegment elimination

Total net sales

U.S.
North America, excluding U.S.

Europe

Asia
Other (1)
Intersegment elimination

Total net sales

U.S.

North America, excluding U.S.

Europe
Asia
Other (1)
Intersegment elimination

Total net sales

For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

FMT

HST

FSDP

IDEX

$

505,757

$

387,652

$

269,899

$

1,163,308

(In thousands)

$

$

52,822
174,945

109,089
53,691

21,319
249,793

221,139
16,059

23,202
149,180

94,223
26,347

97,343
573,918

424,451
96,097

(830)
895,474

$

(2,609)
893,353

$

(32)
562,819

$

(3,471)
2,351,646

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

FMT

HST

FSDP

IDEX

$

541,994
58,256

170,698

125,031

61,049

(505)

(In thousands)

$

411,680
21,735

263,523

201,765

15,743

(1,823)

303,579
26,328

159,184

103,379

34,300

(1,343)

$

1,257,253
106,319

593,405

430,175

111,092

(3,671)

$

956,523

$

912,623

$

625,427

$

2,494,573

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

FMT

HST

FSDP

IDEX

(In thousands)

$

540,697

$

392,140

$

297,717

$

1,230,554

57,917

172,630
119,822

60,486

(277)

18,770

278,634
189,342

17,533

(449)

28,779

164,307
111,169

35,056

(607)

105,466

615,571
420,333

113,075

(1,333)

$

951,275

$

895,970

$

636,421

$

2,483,666

(1) Other includes: South America, Middle East, Australia and Africa.

Contract Balances

The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections can result in customer receivables, advance payments or
billings in excess of revenue recognized. Customer receivables include both amounts billed and currently due from customers
as well as unbilled amounts (contract assets) and are included in Receivables - net on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Amounts are billed in accordance with contractual terms or as work progresses. Unbilled amounts arise when the timing of
billing differs from the timing of revenue recognized, such as when contract provisions require specific milestones to be met
before a customer can be billed. Unbilled amounts primarily relate to performance obligations satisfied over time when the cost-
to-cost method is utilized and the revenue recognized exceeds the amount billed to the customer as there is not yet a right to
invoice in accordance with contractual terms. Unbilled amounts are recorded as a contract asset when the revenue associated
with the contract is recognized prior to billing and derecognized when billed in accordance with the terms of the contract.
Customer receivables are recorded at face amount less an allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company maintains an

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allowance for doubtful accounts for expected losses as a result of customers’ inability to make required payments. Management
evaluates the aging of customer receivable balances, the financial condition of its customers, historical trends and the time
outstanding of specific balances to estimate the amount of customer receivables that may not be collected in the future and
records the appropriate provision.

The composition of Customer receivables was as follows:

Billed receivables
Unbilled receivables

Total customer receivables

December 31, 2020

December 31, 2019

(In thousands)

273,536
14,752

288,288

$

$

286,196
11,922

298,118

$

$

Advance payments, deposits and billings in excess of revenue recognized are included in Deferred revenue which is
classified as current or noncurrent based on the timing of when we expect to recognize the revenue. The current portion is
included in Accrued expenses and the noncurrent portion is included in Other noncurrent liabilities on our Consolidated
Balance Sheets. Advance payments and deposits represent contract
liabilities and are recorded when customers remit
contractual cash payments in advance of us satisfying performance obligations under contractual arrangements, including those
with performance obligations satisfied over time. We generally receive advance payments from customers related to
maintenance services which we recognize ratably over the service term. We also receive deposits from customers on certain
orders on which we will recognize as revenue at a point in time in the future. Billings in excess of revenue recognized represent
contract liabilities and primarily relate to performance obligations satisfied over time when the cost-to-cost method is utilized
and revenue cannot yet be recognized as the Company has not completed the corresponding performance obligation. Contract
liabilities are derecognized when revenue is recognized and the performance obligation is satisfied.

The composition of Deferred revenue was as follows:

Deferred revenue - current

Deferred revenue - noncurrent

Total deferred revenue

Performance Obligations

December 31, 2020

December 31, 2019

$

$

(In thousands)

28,374

30,354

58,728

$

$

17,633

2,129

19,762

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct product or service to the customer. A contract’s
transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation
is satisfied. For our contracts that require complex design, manufacturing and installation activities, certain performance
obligations may not be separately identifiable from other performance obligations in the contract and, therefore, not distinct. As
a result, the entire contract is accounted for as a single performance obligation. For our contracts that include distinct products
or services that are substantially the same and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer over time, they are recognized
as a series of distinct products or services. Certain of our contracts have multiple performance obligations for which we allocate
the transaction price to each performance obligation using an estimate of the standalone selling price of each distinct product or
service in the contract. For product sales, each product sold to a customer generally represents a distinct performance
obligation. In such cases, the observable standalone sales are used to determine the standalone selling price. In certain cases, we
may be required to estimate standalone selling price using the expected cost plus margin approach, under which we forecast our
expected costs of satisfying a performance obligation and then add an appropriate margin for that distinct product or service.

Our performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time or over time as work progresses. Performance obligations are
supported by contracts with customers that provide a framework for the nature of the distinct product or service or bundle of
products and services. We define service revenue as revenue from activities that are not associated with the design,
development or manufacture of a product or the delivery of a software license.

Revenue from products and services transferred to customers at a point in time approximated 95% of total revenues in each
of the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018. Revenue on these contracts is recognized when obligations under the

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terms of the contract with our customer are satisfied. Generally, this occurs with the transfer of control of the asset, which is in
line with shipping terms.

Revenue from products and services transferred to customers over time approximated 5% of total revenues in each of the
years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018. Revenue earned by certain business units within the Water, Energy, Material
Processing Technologies (“MPT”) and Dispensing reporting units is recognized over time because control
transfers
continuously to our customers. When accounting for over-time contracts, we use an input measure to determine the extent of
progress towards completion of the performance obligation. For certain business units within the Water, Energy and MPT
reporting units, revenue is recognized over time as work is performed based on the relationship between actual costs incurred to
date for each contract and the total estimated costs for such contract at completion of the performance obligation (i.e. the cost-
to-cost method). We believe this measure of progress best depicts the transfer of control to the customer which occurs as we
incur costs on our contracts. Incurred cost represents work performed, which corresponds with the transfer of control to the
customer. Contract costs include labor, material and overhead. Contract estimates are based on various assumptions to project
the outcome of future events. These assumptions include labor productivity and availability; the complexity of the work to be
performed; the cost and availability of materials; the performance of subcontractors; and the availability and timing of funding
from the customer. Revenues, including estimated fees or profits, are recorded proportionally as costs are incurred. For certain
business units within the Energy and Dispensing reporting units, revenue is recognized ratably over the contract term.

As a significant change in one or more of these estimates could affect the profitability of our contracts, we review and
update our estimates regularly. Due to uncertainties inherent in the estimation process, it is reasonably possible that completion
costs, including those arising from contract penalty provisions and final contract settlements, will be revised. Such revisions to
costs and income are recognized in the period in which the revisions are determined as a cumulative catch-up adjustment. The
impact of the adjustment on profit recorded to date on a contract is recognized in the period the adjustment is identified.
Revenue and profit in future periods of contract performance are recognized using the adjusted estimate. If at any time the
estimate of contract profitability indicates an anticipated loss on the contract, we recognize provisions for estimated losses on
incomplete contracts in the period in which such losses are determined.

The Company records allowances for discounts and product returns at the time of sale as a reduction of revenue as such
allowances can be reliably estimated based on historical experience and known trends. The Company also offers product
warranties (primarily assurance-type) and accrues its estimated exposure for warranty claims at the time of sale based upon the
length of the warranty period, warranty costs incurred and any other related information known to the Company.

6.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for 2020 and 2019, by reportable business segment, were as follows:

Goodwill

$

Accumulated goodwill impairment losses

Balance at January 1, 2019

Foreign currency translation

Acquisitions

Balance at December 31, 2019
Foreign currency translation

Acquisitions

Acquisition adjustments

Balance at December 31, 2020

FMT

HST

FSDP

Total

601,762
(20,721)

581,041

(2,116)

—

578,925

10,365

60,431

—

(In thousands)

$

895,177
(149,820)

$

745,357

476

85,939

831,772

29,058

—

1,798

$

401,647
(30,090)

371,557

(2,509)

—

369,048

13,125

1,052

—

1,898,586
(200,631)

1,697,955

(4,149)

85,939

1,779,745

52,548

61,483

1,798

$

649,721

$

862,628

$

383,225

$

1,895,574

ASC 350, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, requires that goodwill be tested for impairment at the reporting unit level
on an annual basis and between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce
the fair value of the reporting unit below its carrying value. In 2020 and 2019, there were no events or circumstances that would
have required an interim impairment test. Goodwill represents the purchase price in excess of the net amount assigned to assets
acquired and liabilities assumed.

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Goodwill and other acquired intangible assets with indefinite lives were tested for impairment as of October 31, 2020, the
Company’s annual impairment test date. In assessing the fair value of the reporting units, the Company considers both the
market approach and the income approach. Under the market approach, the fair value of the reporting unit is determined by the
respective trailing 12 month EBITDA and the forward looking 2021 EBITDA (50% each), based on multiples of comparable
public companies. The market approach is dependent on a number of significant management assumptions including forecasted
EBITDA and selected market multiples. Under the income approach, the fair value of the reporting unit is determined based on
the present value of estimated future cash flows. The income approach is dependent on a number of significant management
assumptions including estimates of operating results, capital expenditures, net working capital requirements, long-term growth
rates and discount rates. Weighting was equally attributed to both the market and the income approaches (50% each) in arriving
at the fair value of the reporting units.

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

at December 31, 2020 and 2019:

At December 31, 2020

At December 31, 2019

Gross
Carrying
Amount

Accumulated
Amortization

(In thousands)

Weighted
Average
Life

Gross
Carrying
Amount

Net

Accumulated
Amortization

(In thousands)

Net

Amortized intangible assets:

Patents

Trade names
Customer relationships

Unpatented technology

Other

Total amortized intangible
assets

Indefinite-lived intangible assets:

Banjo trade name

Akron Brass trade name

$

3,030

$

(1,740) $

1,290

130,793

318,350

122,287

700

(72,685)

58,108

(120,294)

198,056

(55,131)

67,156

(647)

53

10

16

13

13

10

$

6,678

$

(5,276) $

1,402

123,062

275,575

101,721

700

(64,938)

58,124

(96,252)

179,323

(43,561)

58,160

(578)

122

575,160

(250,497)

324,663

507,736

(210,605)

297,131

62,100

28,800

—

—

62,100

28,800

62,100

28,800

—

—

62,100

28,800

Total intangible assets

$ 666,060

$ (250,497) $415,563

$ 598,636

$ (210,605) $388,031

On June 22, 2018, the Company acquired the intellectual property assets of Phantom Controls (“Phantom”) for cash
consideration of $4.0 million. The operational capabilities and innovative pump operation of Phantom’s technology
complements our existing water-flow expertise of Hale, Akron Brass and Class 1 to improve fire ground safety and reduce
operational complexity during mission critical response. This acquisition of intellectual property assets did not meet the
definition of a business under ASU 2017-01 and thus the Company recorded the entire purchase price to the Unpatented
technology class of intangible assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Banjo trade name and the Akron Brass trade name are indefinite-lived intangible assets which are tested for
impairment on an annual basis in accordance with ASC 350 or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate
that the assets might be impaired. The Company uses the relief-from-royalty method, a form of the income approach, to
determine the fair value of these trade names. The relief-from-royalty method is dependent on a number of significant
management assumptions, including estimates of revenues, royalty rates and discount rates.

In 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak resulted in government lockdown mandates globally that forced us to both reduce hours
and temporarily close some facilities at the beginning of the pandemic. These events required that an interim impairment test be
performed on the definite-lived intangible assets at one of the Company’s businesses. The impairment test did not result in an
impairment charge.

In the second quarter of 2019, the Company began to evaluate strategic alternatives for one of its businesses in the HST
segment. Prior to making a final decision on the options that were presented for this business, the business was informed in the
third quarter of 2019 of the loss of its largest customer. As a result, the Company accelerated its restructuring activities for this
business and a decision was made to wind down the business over time. This event required an interim impairment test be
performed on certain of its definite-lived intangible assets, which resulted in an impairment charge of $7.1 million, consisting

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of $6.1 million related to customer relationships and $1.0 million related to unpatented technology. This charge was recorded as
Restructuring expenses and asset impairments in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. See Note 15 for further discussion.

Amortization of intangible assets was $41.8 million, $37.3 million and $38.5 million in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Based on the intangible asset balances as of December 31, 2020, amortization expense is expected to approximate $42.9 million
in 2021, $42.0 million in 2022, $38.6 million in 2023, $36.8 million in 2024 and $35.1 million in 2025.

7.

Borrowings

Borrowings at December 31, 2020 and 2019 consisted of the following:

Revolving Facility

4.50% Senior Notes, due December 2020
4.20% Senior Notes, due December 2021

3.20% Senior Notes, due June 2023
3.37% Senior Notes, due June 2025

3.00% Senior Notes, due May 2030

Other borrowings

Total borrowings

Less current portion
Less deferred debt issuance costs

Less unaccreted debt discount

Long-term borrowings

2020

2019

$

(In thousands)
— $

—
350,000

100,000
100,000

500,000
215

—

300,000
350,000

100,000
100,000

—
622

1,050,215

850,622

88

4,824

949

388

983

387

$

1,044,354

$

848,864

On April 29, 2020, the Company completed a public offering of $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.0%
Senior Notes due 2030 (the “3.0% Senior Notes”). The net proceeds from the offering were approximately $494.4 million, after
deducting the issuance discount of $0.9 million, the underwriting commission of $3.3 million and offering expenses of
$1.4 million. The net proceeds were used to redeem and repay the $300.0 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of its
4.5% Senior Notes due December 15, 2020 and the related accrued interest and a make-whole redemption premium, with the
balance used for general corporate purposes. The 3.0% Senior Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.0% per annum, which is payable
semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each year. The 3.0% Senior Notes mature on May 1, 2030.

The Company may redeem all or a portion of the 3.0% Senior Notes at any time prior to maturity at the redemption prices
set forth in the Note Indenture (“Indenture”) governing the 3.0% Senior Notes. The Indenture and 3.0% Notes contain
covenants that limit the Company’s ability to, among other things, incur certain liens securing indebtedness, engage in certain
sale-leaseback transactions and enter into certain consolidations, mergers, conveyances, transfers or leases of all or substantially
all of the Company’s assets. The terms of the 3.0% Senior Notes also require the Company to make an offer to repurchase the
3.0% Senior Notes upon a change of control triggering event (as defined in the Indenture) at a price equal to 101% of the
principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. The Indenture also provides for customary events of default, which
include nonpayment, breach of covenants in the Indenture and certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency. Generally, if an
event of default occurs, the Trustee or holders of at least 25% of the then outstanding 3.0% Senior Notes may declare the
principal amount of all of the 3.0% Senior Notes to be due and payable immediately.

On April 27, 2020, the Company provided notice of its election to redeem early, on May 27, 2020, the $300.0 million
aggregate principal amount outstanding of its 4.5% Senior Notes at a redemption price of $300.0 million plus a make-whole
redemption premium of $6.8 million and accrued and unpaid interest of $6.1 million using proceeds from the Company’s 3.0%
Senior Notes. In addition, the Company recognized the remaining $1.4 million of the pre-tax amount included in Accumulated
other comprehensive income (loss) in shareholders’ equity related to the interest rate exchange agreement associated with the
4.5% Senior Notes and wrote off the remaining $0.1 million of deferred issuance costs and $0.1 million of the debt issuance
discount associated with the 4.5% Senior Notes for a total loss on early debt redemption of $8.4 million which was recorded
within Other (income) expense - net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

On May 31, 2019, the Company entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) along with certain of its
subsidiaries, as borrowers (the “Borrowers”), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and an issuer

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of letters of credit, with other agents party thereto. The Credit Agreement replaced the Company’s prior five-year $700 million
credit agreement, dated as of June 23, 2015, which was due to expire in June 2020.

The Credit Agreement consists of a revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”) in an aggregate principal amount of
$800 million, with a final maturity date of May 31, 2024. The maturity date may be extended under certain conditions for an
additional one-year term. Up to $75 million of the Revolving Facility is available for the issuance of letters of credit.
Additionally, up to $50 million of the Revolving Facility is available to the Company for swing line loans, available on a same-
day basis.

Proceeds of the Revolving Facility are available for use by the Borrowers for acquisitions, working capital and other
general corporate purposes, including refinancing existing debt of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company may request
increases in the lending commitments under the Credit Agreement, but the aggregate lending commitments pursuant to such
increases may not exceed $400 million. The Company has the right, subject to certain conditions set forth in the Credit
Agreement, to designate certain foreign subsidiaries of the Company as borrowers under the Credit Agreement. In connection
with any such designation, the Company is required to guarantee the obligations of any such subsidiaries under the Credit
Agreement.

Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at either an alternate base rate or adjusted LIBOR plus, in each case,
an applicable margin. Such applicable margin is based on the lower of the Company’s senior, unsecured, long-term debt rating
or the Company’s applicable leverage ratio and can range from 0.00% to 1.275%. Based on the Company’s leverage ratio at
December 31, 2020, the applicable margin was 1.00%, resulting in a weighted average interest rate of 1.24% for the year ended
December 31, 2020. Interest is payable (a) in the case of base rate loans, quarterly, and (b) in the case of LIBOR loans, on the
last day of the applicable interest period selected, or every three months from the effective date of such interest period for
interest periods exceeding three months.

The Credit Agreement requires payment to the lenders of a facility fee based upon the amount of the lenders’ commitments
under the credit facility from time to time, determined based on the lower of the Company’s senior, unsecured long-term debt
rating or the Company’s applicable leverage ratio. Voluntary prepayments of any loans and voluntary reductions of the
unutilized portion of the commitments under the Credit Agreement are permissible without penalty, subject to break funding
payments and minimum notice and minimum reduction amount requirements.

The Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants for senior unsecured credit agreements.
There are two key financial covenants that the Company is required to maintain in connection with the Credit Agreement and
the Notes, a minimum interest coverage ratio of 3.0 to 1 and a maximum leverage ratio of 3.50 to 1, which is the ratio of the
Company’s consolidated total debt to its consolidated earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization
(“EBITDA”), both of which are tested quarterly and in the case of the leverage ratio under the Revolving Facility, there is an
option to increase the ratio to 4.00 for 12 months in connection with certain acquisitions. At December 31, 2020, the Company
was in compliance with each financial covenant under Credit Agreement and the Notes. There are no financial covenants
relating to the 3.0% Senior Notes or 4.2% Senior Notes; however, both are subject to cross-default provisions. The negative
covenants include restrictions on the Company’s ability to grant liens, enter into transactions resulting in fundamental changes
(such as mergers or sales of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company), make certain subsidiary dividends or
distributions, engage in materially different lines of businesses and allow subsidiaries to incur certain additional debt.

The Credit Agreement also contains customary events of default (subject to grace periods, as appropriate).

At December 31, 2020, there was no balance outstanding under the Revolving Facility and $7.2 million of outstanding
letters of credit, resulting in a net available borrowing capacity under the Revolving Facility at December 31, 2020 of
approximately $792.8 million.

On June 13, 2016, the Company completed a private placement of a $100 million aggregate principal amount of 3.20%
Senior Notes due June 13, 2023 and a $100 million aggregate principal amount of 3.37% Senior Notes due June 13, 2025
(collectively, the “Notes”) pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement dated June 13, 2016 (the “Purchase Agreement”). Each
series of Notes bears interest at the stated amount per annum, which is payable semi-annually in arrears on each June 13th and
December 13th. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and rank pari passu in right of payment with all of the
Company’s other unsecured, unsubordinated debt. The Company may at any time prepay all, or any portion of the Notes,
provided that such portion is greater than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. In the event of a
prepayment, the Company will pay an amount equal to par plus accrued interest plus a make-whole amount. In addition, the
Company may repurchase the Notes by making an offer to all holders of the Notes, subject to certain conditions.

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The Purchase Agreement contains certain covenants that restrict the Company’s ability to, among other things, transfer or
sell assets, incur indebtedness, create liens, transact with affiliates and engage in certain mergers or consolidations or other
change of control transactions. In addition, the Company must comply with a leverage ratio and interest coverage ratio, as
further described below, and the Purchase Agreement also limits the outstanding principal amount of priority debt that may be
incurred by the Company to 15% of consolidated assets. The Purchase Agreement provides for customary events of default. In
the case of an event of default arising from specified events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all of the outstanding Notes will
become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. In the case of payment event of default, any holder of the
Notes affected thereby may declare all of the Notes held by it due and payable immediately. In the case of any other event of
default, a majority of the holders of the Notes may declare all of the Notes to be due and payable immediately.

On December 9, 2011, the Company completed a public offering of $350.0 million 4.2% senior notes due December 15,
2021 (“4.2% Senior Notes”). The net proceeds from the offering of $346.2 million, after deducting a $0.9 million issuance
discount, a $2.3 million underwriting commission and $0.6 million of offering expenses, were used to repay $306.0 million of
outstanding bank indebtedness, with the balance used for general corporate purposes. The 4.2% Senior Notes bear interest at a
rate of 4.2% per annum, which is payable semi-annually in arrears on each June 15th and December 15th. The Company may
redeem all or a portion of the 4.2% Senior Notes at any time prior to maturity at the redemption prices set forth in the Note
Indenture governing the 4.2% Senior Notes. The Company may issue additional debt from time to time pursuant to the
Indenture. The Indenture and 4.2% Senior Notes contain covenants that limit the Company’s ability to, among other things,
incur certain liens securing indebtedness, engage in certain sale-leaseback transactions, and enter into certain consolidations,
mergers, conveyances, transfers or leases of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. The terms of the 4.2% Senior Notes
also require the Company to make an offer to repurchase the 4.2% Senior Notes upon a change of control triggering event (as
defined in the Indenture) at a price equal to 101% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

As of December 31, 2020, the $350.0 million 4.2% Senior Notes are due in December 2021 but have not been classified as
short-term borrowings on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as the Company has the ability and intent to either refinance or
repay the Notes using the available borrowing capacity of the Revolving Facility. As a result, the 4.2% Senior Notes remain
classified as long-term borrowings in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020.

Total borrowings at December 31, 2020 have scheduled maturities as follows:

(In thousands)
2021
2022

2023

2024

2025

Thereafter

Total borrowings

8.

Derivative Instruments

$

350,088

—

100,000
—

100,127

500,000

$

1,050,215

The Company enters into cash flow hedges from time to time to reduce the exposure to variability in certain expected
future cash flows. The types of cash flow hedges the Company enters into include foreign currency exchange contracts
designed to minimize the earnings impact on certain intercompany loans as well as interest rate exchange agreements designed
to reduce the impact of interest rate changes on future interest expense that effectively convert a portion of floating-rate debt to
fixed-rate debt.

The effective portion of gains or losses on interest rate exchange agreements is reported in accumulated other
comprehensive income (loss) in shareholders’ equity and reclassified into net income in the same period or periods in which the
hedged transaction affects net income. The remaining gain or loss in excess of the cumulative change in the present value of
future cash flows or the hedged item, if any, is recognized in net income during the period of change. See Note 17 for the
amount of loss reclassified into net income for interest rate contracts for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.
As of December 31, 2020, the Company did not have any interest rate contracts outstanding.

On April 15, 2010, the Company entered into a forward starting interest rate contract with a notional amount of $300.0
million and a settlement date in December 2010. This contract was entered into in anticipation of the issuance of the

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4.5% Senior Notes and was designed to lock in the market interest rate as of April 15, 2010. In December 2010, the Company
settled and paid this interest rate contract for $31.0 million. The $31.0 million was being amortized into interest expense over
the 10 year term of the 4.5% Senior Notes, which results in an effective interest rate of 5.8%. In conjunction with the early
redemption of the 4.5% Senior Notes on May 27, 2020, the Company accelerated the recognition of the remaining $1.4 million
of the pre-tax amount included in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in shareholders’ equity related to the 4.5%
Senior Notes and recorded such as Other (income) expense - net during the year ended December 31, 2020 in the Consolidated
Statements of Operations.

On July 12, 2011, the Company entered into a forward starting interest rate contract with a notional amount of $350.0
million and a settlement date of September 30, 2011. This contract was entered into in anticipation of the issuance of the 4.2%
Senior Notes and was designed to lock in the market interest rate as of July 12, 2011. On September 29, 2011, the Company
settled this interest rate contract for $34.7 million with a payment made on October 3, 2011. Simultaneously, the Company
entered into a separate interest rate contract with a notional amount of $350.0 million and a settlement date of February 28,
2012. The contract was entered into in anticipation of the expected issuance of the 4.2% Senior Notes and was designed to
maintain the market rate as of July 12, 2011. In December 2011, the Company settled and paid the September interest rate
contract for $4.0 million, resulting in a total settlement of $38.7 million. Of the $38.7 million, $0.8 million was recognized as
other expense in 2011 and the balance of $37.9 million is being amortized into interest expense over the 10 year term of the
4.2% Senior Notes, which results in an effective interest rate of 5.3%.

The amount of expense reclassified into interest expense for interest rate contracts for the years ended December 31, 2020,

2019 and 2018 is $6.0 million, $6.3 million and $6.5 million, respectively.

The remaining $2.5 million included in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in shareholders’ equity at

December 31, 2020 will be recognized in net income over the next 12 months as the underlying hedged transaction is realized.

At March 31, 2018, the Company had outstanding foreign currency exchange contracts with a combined notional value of
€180 million that were not designated as hedges for accounting purposes and, as a result, the change in the fair value of these
foreign currency exchange contracts and the corresponding foreign currency gain or loss on the revaluation of the intercompany
loans were both recorded through earnings within Other (income) expense - net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations
each period as incurred.

In April 2018, the Company settled its outstanding foreign currency exchange contracts in conjunction with its repayment
of the underlying intercompany loans and did not extend these foreign currency exchange contracts. Along with the repayment
of the intercompany loans, the Company was required to make a capital contribution to one of its subsidiaries, which resulted in
a $2.2 million stamp duty in Switzerland which was recorded within Selling, general and administrative expenses in the
Consolidated Statements of Operations.

As a result of the foreign currency exchange contracts being settled in April 2018, the Company received $6.6 million of
proceeds. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded a gain of $0.9 million within Other (income)
expense - net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations related to these foreign currency exchange contracts. During the
year ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded a foreign currency transaction loss of $0.9 million within Other
(income) expense - net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations related to these intercompany loans.

Fair values relating to derivative financial instruments reflect the estimated amounts that the Company would receive or

pay to sell or buy the contracts based on quoted market prices of comparable contracts at each balance sheet date.

9.

Fair Value Measurements

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, defines fair value, provides guidance for measuring fair value and
requires certain disclosures. This standard discusses valuation techniques, such as the market approach (comparable market
prices), the income approach (present value of future income or cash flow), and the cost approach (cost to replace the service
capacity of an asset or replacement cost). The standard utilizes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation
techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The following is a brief description of those three levels:

•
•

•

Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2: Inputs, other than quoted prices, that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.
These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar
assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
Level 3: Unobservable inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions.

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The following table summarizes the basis used to measure the Company’s financial assets (liabilities) at fair value on a

recurring basis in the balance sheets at December 31, 2020 and 2019:

Available for sale securities

$

13,554

$

13,554

$

— $

—

Balance at
December 31,
2020

Basis of Fair Value Measurements

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

(In thousands)

Balance at
December 31,
2019

Basis of Fair Value Measurements

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

(In thousands)

Available for sale securities
Contingent consideration

$

10,462

$

10,462

$

3,375

—

— $

—

—

3,375

There were no transfers of assets or liabilities between Level 1 and Level 2 in 2020 or 2019.

As of December 31, 2019, the Company utilized a Monte Carlo simulation to determine the fair value of the contingent
consideration associated with the acquisition of FLI as of the acquisition date. The $3.4 million represented management’s best
estimate of the liability based on a range of FLI’s two-year operating results from August 1, 2018 to July 31, 2020. In March
2020, the Company and the seller reached an agreement to settle the contingent consideration for $3.0 million, which was paid
in April 2020.

The carrying values of our cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses
approximates their fair values because of the short term nature of these instruments. At December 31, 2020, the fair value of the
outstanding indebtedness under our 3.0% Senior Notes, 3.2% Senior Notes, 3.37% Senior Notes, 4.2% Senior Notes and other
borrowings based on quoted market prices and current market rates for debt with similar credit risk and maturity was
approximately $1,127.6 million compared to the carrying value of $1,049.3 million. At December 31, 2019, the fair value of the
outstanding indebtedness under our 3.2% Senior Notes, 3.37% Senior Notes, 4.5% Senior Notes, 4.2% Senior Notes and other
borrowings based on quoted market prices and current market rates for debt with similar credit risk and maturity was
approximately $876.0 million compared to the carrying value of $850.2 million. These fair value measurements are classified as
Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy since they are determined based upon significant inputs observable in the market,
including interest rates on recent financing transactions to entities with a credit rating similar to ours.

10.

Leases

The Company leases certain office facilities, warehouses, manufacturing plants, equipment (which includes both office and
plant equipment) and vehicles under operating leases. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the
balance sheet; the Company recognizes lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Certain leases include one or more options to renew. The exercise of lease renewal options is at the Company’s sole
discretion. There are currently no renewal periods included in any of the leases’ respective lease terms as they are not
reasonably certain of being exercised. The Company does not have any material purchase options.

Certain of our lease agreements have rental payments that are adjusted periodically for inflation or that are based on usage.

Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

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Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 was as follows:

Balance Sheet Caption

December 31, 2020

December 31, 2019

Operating leases:

Building right-of-use assets - net

Equipment right-of-use assets - net
Total right-of-use assets - net

Operating leases:

Current lease liabilities

Noncurrent lease liabilities
Total lease liabilities

Other noncurrent assets

Other noncurrent assets

Accrued expenses

Other noncurrent liabilities

(In thousands)

100,775 $

5,811
106,586 $

16,721 $

94,250
110,971 $

75,381

6,993
82,374

15,235

69,928
85,163

$

$

$

$

In the fourth quarter of 2020, the Company consolidated certain facilities within the FMT segment, which resulted in an
impairment charge of $0.9 million related to a building right-of-use asset that was exited early. The Company also relocated its
corporate office, which resulted in an impairment charge of $0.4 million related to a building right-of-use asset that was exited
early.

In the second quarter of 2019, the Company began to evaluate strategic alternatives for one of its businesses in the HST
segment. Prior to making a final decision on the options that were presented for this business, the business was informed in the
third quarter of 2019 of the loss of its largest customer. As a result, the Company accelerated its restructuring activities for this
business and a decision was made to wind down the business over time. This event required an interim impairment test be
performed on its long-lived assets, which resulted in an impairment charge of $0.6 million related to its building right-of-use
asset. In the fourth quarter of 2019, the Company completed the consolidation of one of its facilities in the HST segment into
the Optics Center of Excellence in Rochester, New York, which also resulted in an impairment charge of $0.4 million related to
its building right-of-use asset. These charges were recorded as Restructuring expenses and asset
impairments in the
Consolidated Statements of Operations. See Note 15 for further discussion.

As part of the adoption of the new lease standard in 2019, the Company derecognized its liability for the construction of a
new leased facility that was recorded in Other noncurrent liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and recorded it as a
right of use asset in Other noncurrent assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets with a corresponding lease liability in Accrued
expenses and Other noncurrent liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The components of lease cost for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

Operating lease cost (1)
Variable lease cost

Total lease expense

(1) Includes short-term leases, which are immaterial.

Rental expense totaled $21.8 million in 2018.

December 31, 2020

December 31, 2019

$

$

(In thousands)

29,451 $

1,939

31,390 $

23,080

2,265

25,345

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was as follows:

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities

$

December 31, 2020

December 31, 2019

(In thousands)

28,673 $
40,432

22,888
25,878

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Other supplemental information related to leases as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 was as follows:

Lease Term and Discount Rate
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years):
Operating leases - building and equipment

Operating leases - vehicles

Weighted-average discount rate:

Operating leases - building and equipment

Operating leases - vehicles

December 31, 2020

December 31, 2019

9.43

2.01

3.51%

2.05%

9.61

1.92

4.08%

2.99%

The Company uses its incremental borrowing rate to determine the present value of the lease payments.

Total lease liabilities at December 31, 2020 have scheduled maturities as follows:

Maturity of Lease Liabilities

2021
2022
2023

2024

2025

Thereafter

Total lease payments

Less: Imputed interest

Present value of lease liabilities

Total lease liabilities at December 31, 2019 had scheduled maturities as follows:

Maturity of Lease Liabilities

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Thereafter

Total lease payments

Less: Imputed interest

Present value of lease liabilities

Operating Leases

(In thousands)

19,717

17,014

13,662

11,681

11,141
57,570

130,785

(19,814)

110,971

Operating Leases

(In thousands)

18,449

15,070
10,647

8,894

7,037

44,284

104,381

(19,218)

85,163

$

$

$

$

$

$

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11.

Commitments and Contingencies

Warranty costs are provided for at the time of sale. The warranty provision is based on historical costs and adjusted for

specific known claims. A rollforward of the warranty reserve is as follows:

Beginning balance at January 1

Provision for warranties
Claim settlements

Other adjustments, including acquisitions, divestitures and currency
translation

Ending balance at December 31

2020

2019

2018

(In thousands)
5,303

$

$

3,438

(3,115)

5,581

3,001

(2,676)

1,488
7,394

$

(45)
5,581

$

$

$

6,281

2,334

(2,981)

(331)
5,303

The Company and certain of its subsidiaries are involved in pending and threatened legal, regulatory and other proceedings
arising in the ordinary course of business. These proceedings may pertain to matters such as product liability or contract
disputes, and may also involve governmental inquiries, inspections, audits or investigations relating to issues such as tax
matters, intellectual property, environmental, health and safety issues, governmental regulations, employment and other matters.
Although the results of such legal proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company believes that the ultimate
disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect, individually or in the aggregate, on the Company’s business,
financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

12.

Common and Preferred Stock

On March 17, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an increase of $500.0 million in the authorized level of
repurchases of common stock. This approval is in addition to the prior repurchase authorizations of the Board of Directors of
$300.0 million on December 1, 2015 and $400.0 million on November 6, 2014. These authorizations have no expiration date.
Repurchases under the program will be funded with future cash flow generation or borrowings available under the Revolving
Facility. During 2020, the Company repurchased a total of 876 thousand shares at a cost of $110.3 million, compared to 389
thousand shares repurchased at a cost of $54.7 million in 2019. As of December 31, 2020, the amount of share repurchase
authorization remaining was $712.0 million.

At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had 150 million shares of authorized common stock, with a par value of
$.01 per share, and five million shares of authorized preferred stock, with a par value of $.01 per share. No preferred stock was
outstanding at December 31, 2020 and 2019.

13.

Income Taxes

Pretax income for 2020, 2019 and 2018 was taxed in the following jurisdictions:

2020

2019

2018

(In thousands)
377,166

$

296,355

173,985

470,340

$

$

$

357,585

171,354

528,939

155,737

532,903

U.S.

Foreign

Total

$

$

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The provision (benefit) for income taxes for 2020, 2019 and 2018 was as follows:

Current
U.S.

State and local
Foreign

Total current

Deferred

U.S.
State and local

Foreign
Total deferred

2020

2019

2018

(In thousands)

$

29,548

$

49,819

$

4,603
50,173

84,324

10,066
1,522

(3,350)
8,238

9,074
41,864

100,757

10,158
(115)

(3,418)
6,625

67,793

8,056
46,862

122,711

(5,471)
(17)

1,143
(4,345)

Total provision for income taxes

$

92,562

$

107,382

$

118,366

Deferred tax assets (liabilities) at December 31, 2020 and 2019 were:

Employee and retiree benefit plans

Capital loss and other carryforwards

Operating lease assets

Operating lease liabilities

Depreciation and amortization

Inventories

Allowances and accruals
Interest rate exchange agreement

Other

Total gross deferred tax (liabilities)

Valuation allowance

Total deferred tax (liabilities), net of valuation allowances

2020

2019

(In thousands)

$

26,872

$

16,316

24,705
(23,945)

28,097

16,035

20,036
(19,530)

(188,993)

(175,904)

8,780

7,343

745

(16,946)

(145,123)

(16,316)
(161,439) $

$

7,699

7,765

2,113

(14,998)

(128,687)

(16,035)
(144,722)

The deferred tax assets and liabilities recognized in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2020

and 2019 were:

Noncurrent deferred tax asset - Other noncurrent assets

Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities - Deferred income taxes

Net deferred tax liabilities

2020

2019

(In thousands)
2,424

$

1,852

(163,863)

(146,574)

(161,439) $

(144,722)

$

$

The Company had prepaid income taxes, recorded within Other current assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, of

$20.9 million and $13.4 million as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

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The provision for income taxes differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to

pretax income. The computed amount and the differences for 2020, 2019 and 2018 are as follows:

Pretax income

Provision for income taxes:

Computed amount at statutory rate

State and local income tax (net of federal tax benefit)

Taxes on non-U.S. earnings-net of foreign tax credits

Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income

Foreign-Derived Intangible Income Deduction

Effect of flow-through entities

U.S. business tax credits
Share-based payments

Valuation allowance
Impact of Tax Act

Other

2020

2019

2018

470,340

(In thousands)
532,903

$

98,771

$

111,910

$

$

$

$

528,939

111,077

5,954
7,048

(2,731)
(4,928)

1,308

(3,163)
(9,743)

70
—

(24)

8,163
5,003

2,324
(5,811)

1,316

(3,193)
(11,011)

(117)
(334)

(868)

8,280
5,725

2,725
(5,410)

1,215

(3,056)
(9,348)

—
10,298

(3,140)

Total provision for income taxes

$

92,562

$

107,382

$

118,366

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) was enacted into law
as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act includes various provisions including, but not limited to, changes to
Federal net operating losses, expanding the applicability of the interest limitation rules under Internal Revenue Code Section
163(j) and amending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to provide for a 15-year recovery period for qualified improvement
property. In addition to the CARES Act, on December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act was enacted into law
which enhances and expands certain provisions of the CARES Act. The Company has determined that neither of these enacted
laws have a material impact for the year ending December 31, 2020.

The Company has $28.6 million and $26.5 million of permanently reinvested earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. No deferred U.S. income taxes have been provided on the $28.6 million of
permanently reinvested earnings, as these earnings are considered to be reinvested for an indefinite period of time. It should
also be noted that the aforementioned earnings will not incur U.S. taxes when ultimately repatriated other than potentially U.S.
state and local taxes and/or U.S. federal income taxes on foreign exchange gains or losses crystalized on the distribution of such
earnings. Such distributions could also be subject to additional foreign withholding and foreign income taxes. The amount of
unrecognized deferred income tax liabilities on currently permanently reinvested earnings is estimated to be $4.3 million and
$5.4 million as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

During the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, the Company repatriated $27.0 million, $99.0 million and
$135.0 million of foreign earnings, respectively. These actual distributions resulted in no incremental income tax expense for
the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018. These repatriations represent distributions of previously taxed income as
well as distributions from liquidating subsidiaries.

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A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits for 2020, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:

Beginning balance January 1

Gross increases for tax positions of prior years

Gross decreases for tax positions of prior years
Settlements

Lapse of statute of limitations

Ending balance December 31

2020

2019

2018

$

$

3,680

—

—
(2,608)

—
1,072

(In thousands)
4,070

$

$

—

—
(140)

(250)
3,680

$

$

2,722

2,308

(229)
(160)

(571)
4,070

The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. As of December
31, 2020, there was no accrued interest related to uncertain tax positions. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company had
approximately $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively, of accrued interest related to uncertain tax positions. The Company
had no accrued penalties related to uncertain tax positions during any of these years.

The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that would affect the Company’s effective tax rate if recognized is
$1.1 million, $3.7 million and $4.1 million as of December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The tax years 2015-2019
remain open to examination by major taxing jurisdictions. Due to the potential for resolution of federal, state and foreign
examinations, and the expiration of various statutes of limitation,
the Company’s gross
unrecognized tax benefits balance may change. However, these unrecognized tax benefits are long-term in nature and are not
expected to change within the next 12 months.

is reasonably possible that

it

The Company had net operating loss and general business credit carryforwards related to prior acquisitions for U.S. federal
purposes at December 31, 2020 and 2019 of $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively. The U.S. federal business credit
carryforwards are available for use against the Company’s consolidated U.S. federal taxable income and expire between 2025
and 2028. For non-U.S. purposes, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards at December 31, 2020 and 2019 of
$7.4 million and $16.5 million, respectively, the majority of which relate to acquisitions. The entire balance of the non-U.S. net
operating losses is available to be carried forward indefinitely. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had U.S. state
net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $14.7 million and $17.4 million, respectively. If unutilized, the U.S. state net
operating loss will expire between 2033 and 2039. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded a valuation
allowance against the deferred tax asset attributable to the U.S. state net operating loss of $0.6 million and $0.6 million,
respectively.

The Company had a capital loss carryover for U.S. federal purposes at December 31, 2020 and 2019 of approximately
$45.9 million and $45.6 million, respectively. U.S. federal capital loss carryovers can be carried back three years and forward
five years, thus, if unutilized, the U.S. federal capital loss carryover will expire between 2021 and 2025. At December 31, 2020
and 2019, the Company recorded a valuation allowance against the deferred tax asset attributable to the U.S. federal capital loss
carryover of $9.6 million and $9.6 million, respectively. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had U.S. state capital
loss carryovers of $45.9 million and $62.1 million, respectively. If unutilized, the U.S. state capital loss carryovers will expire
between 2021 and 2040. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded a valuation allowance against the deferred tax
assets attributable to the U.S. state capital loss carryovers of $0.9 million and $0.8 million, respectively. At December 31, 2020
and 2019, the Company had a foreign capital loss carryforward of approximately $14.3 million and $13.8 million, respectively.
The foreign capital loss can be carried forward indefinitely. At both December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company has a full
valuation allowance against the deferred tax asset attributable to the foreign capital loss.

The Company had a foreign tax credit carryover for U.S. federal purposes at December 31, 2020 and 2019 of
approximately $3.3 million and $3.3 million, respectively. U.S. federal foreign tax credit carryovers can be carried back one
year and forward ten years, thus, if unutilized, the U.S. federal foreign tax credit carryover will expire between 2029 and 2030.
At December 31, 2020, the Company recorded a full valuation allowance against the deferred tax asset attributable to the U.S.
federal foreign tax credit carryover.

14.

Business Segments and Geographic Information

IDEX has three reportable business segments: Fluid & Metering Technologies, Health & Science Technologies and Fire &

Safety/Diversified Products.

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The Fluid & Metering Technologies segment designs, produces and distributes positive displacement pumps, small volume
provers, flow meters, injectors and other fluid-handling pump modules and systems and provides flow monitoring and other
services for the food, chemical, general industrial, water and wastewater, agriculture and energy industries.

The Health & Science Technologies segment designs, produces and distributes a wide range of precision fluidics, rotary
lobe pumps, centrifugal and positive displacement pumps, roll compaction and drying systems used in beverage, food
processing, pharmaceutical and cosmetics, pneumatic components and sealing solutions, including very high precision, low-
flow rate pumping solutions required in analytical instrumentation, clinical diagnostics and drug discovery, high performance
molded and extruded sealing components, custom mechanical and shaft seals for a variety of end markets including food and
beverage, marine, chemical, wastewater and water treatment, engineered hygienic mixers and valves for the global
biopharmaceutical industry, biocompatible medical devices and implantables, air compressors used in medical, dental and
industrial applications, optical components and coatings for applications in the fields of scientific research, defense,
biotechnology, aerospace, telecommunications and electronics manufacturing, laboratory and commercial equipment used in
the production of micro and nano scale materials, precision photonic solutions used in life sciences, research and defense
markets and precision gear and peristaltic pump technologies that meet exacting original equipment manufacturer
specifications.

The Fire & Safety/Diversified Products segment designs, produces and distributes firefighting pumps, valves and controls,
rescue tools, lifting bags and other components and systems for the fire and rescue industry, engineered stainless steel banding
and clamping devices used in a variety of industrial and commercial applications and precision equipment for dispensing,
metering and mixing colorants and paints used in a variety of retail and commercial businesses around the world.

Information on the Company’s business segments is presented below based on the nature of products and services offered.
The Company evaluates performance based on several factors, of which sales, operating income and operating margin are the
primary financial measures. Intersegment sales are accounted for at fair value as if the sales were to third parties.

NET SALES

Fluid & Metering Technologies

External customers

Intersegment sales

Total segment sales

Health & Science Technologies

External customers

Intersegment sales

Total segment sales

Fire & Safety/Diversified Products

External customers
Intersegment sales

Total segment sales

Intersegment eliminations

Total net sales

OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) (1)
Fluid & Metering Technologies

Health & Science Technologies
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products

Corporate office and other

Total operating income

Interest expense
Other (income) expense - net

Income before taxes

2020

2019

2018

(In thousands)

$

895,474

$

956,523

$

951,275

830

896,304

893,353

2,609

895,962

562,819

32

562,851

(3,471)

2,351,646

235,011

206,356

144,191

(64,845)

520,713

44,746

5,627

$

$

505

957,028

912,623

1,823

914,446

625,427

1,343

626,770

(3,671)

2,494,573

285,256

200,200

165,258

(71,711)

579,003

44,341

1,759

$

$

277

951,552

895,970

449

896,419

636,421

607

637,028

(1,333)

2,483,666

275,060

205,679

168,601

(80,252)

569,088

44,134

(3,985)

$

$

$

470,340

$

532,903

$

528,939

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ASSETS

Fluid & Metering Technologies

Health & Science Technologies

Fire & Safety/Diversified Products

Corporate office and other

Total assets

DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION (2)

Fluid & Metering Technologies

Health & Science Technologies

Fire & Safety/Diversified Products

Corporate office and other

Total depreciation and amortization

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

Fluid & Metering Technologies

Health & Science Technologies
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products

Corporate office and other

Total capital expenditures

2020

2019

2018

(In thousands)

$

1,387,067

$

1,150,712

$

1,107,777

1,576,093

1,507,108

1,329,368

891,864

559,374

4,414,398

25,939

41,778

15,216

562

83,495

11,924

27,626

8,913

3,082

$

$

$

$

825,398

330,694

3,813,912

22,152

39,721

14,333

670

76,876

17,285

22,001

9,811

1,815

$

$

$

$

806,075

230,637

3,473,857

22,370

39,939

14,493

742

77,544

19,541

26,039

10,318

191

51,545

$

50,912

$

56,089

$

$

$

$

$

(1) Segment operating income (loss) excludes net unallocated corporate operating expenses.
(2) Excludes amortization of debt issuance expenses.

Information about the Company’s long-lived assets in different geographical regions for the years ended December 31,

2020, 2019 and 2018 is shown below.

LONG-LIVED ASSETS — PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

U.S.

North America, excluding U.S.

Europe

Asia
Other

2020

2019

2018

(In thousands)

$

169,159

$

165,721

$

171,111

5,028

99,989

23,950

147

3,829

88,104

22,505

157

3,398

85,100

21,355

256

Total long-lived assets - net

$

298,273

$

280,316

$

281,220

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15.

Restructuring Expenses and Asset Impairments

During 2020, 2019 and 2018, the Company incurred restructuring costs to facilitate long-term, sustainable growth through
cost reduction actions, consisting of employee reductions, facility rationalization and asset impairments. Restructuring costs
include severance benefits, exit costs and asset impairments and are included in Restructuring expenses and asset impairments
in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Severance costs primarily consist of severance benefits through payroll
continuation, COBRA subsidies, outplacement services, conditional separation costs and employer tax liabilities, while exit
costs primarily consist of lease exit and contract termination costs.

2020 Initiative

During 2020, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring expenses and asset impairments totaling $11.8 million related to
the 2020 restructuring initiative. These expenses consisted of employee severance related to employee reductions across various
functional areas, facility rationalization, contract
termination costs and asset impairments. Severance payments will be
substantially paid by the end of 2021 using cash from operations.

In the fourth quarter of 2020, the Company consolidated certain facilities within the FMT segment, which resulted in an
impairment charge of $2.5 million, consisting of $1.6 million related to property, plant and equipment which was not relocated
to the new location and $0.9 million related to a building right-of-use asset that was exited early. The Company also relocated
its corporate office, which resulted in an impairment charge of $0.6 million, consisting of $0.2 million related to property, plant
and equipment which was not relocated to the new location and $0.4 million related to a building right-of-use asset that was
exited early.

Pre-tax restructuring expenses and asset impairments by segment for the 2020 initiative were as follows:

Fluid & Metering Technologies

Health & Science Technologies
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products

Corporate/Other

Total restructuring costs

2019 Initiative

Severance
Costs

Exit Costs

Asset
Impairments

Total

$

2,939

$

165

$

2,476

$

(In thousands)

2,742

2,524

319

—

—

—

—

—

611

5,580

2,742

2,524

930

$

8,524

$

165

$

3,087

$

11,776

During 2019, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring expenses and asset impairments totaling $21.0 million related to
the 2019 restructuring initiative. These expenses consisted of employee severance related to employee reductions across various
impairments. Severance payments were
functional areas,
substantially paid by the end of 2020 using cash from operations.

facility rationalization, contract

termination costs and asset

In the second quarter of 2019, the Company began to evaluate strategic alternatives for one of its businesses in the HST
segment. Prior to making a final decision on the options that were presented for this business, the business was informed in the
third quarter of 2019 of the loss of its largest customer. As a result, the Company accelerated its restructuring activities for this
business and a decision was made to wind down the business over time. This event required an interim impairment test be
performed on the long-lived tangible and intangible assets of the business, which resulted in an impairment charge of $9.7
million, consisting of $6.1 million related to a customer relationships intangible asset, $1.0 million related to an unpatented
technology intangible asset, $2.0 million related to property, plant and equipment and $0.6 million related to a building right-of-
use asset. In the fourth quarter of 2019, the Company also consolidated one of its facilities into the Optics Center of Excellence
in Rochester, New York, which resulted in an impairment charge of $0.4 million related to a building right-of-use asset. These
charges were recorded as Restructuring expenses and asset impairments in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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Pre-tax restructuring expenses and asset impairments by segment for the 2019 initiative were as follows:

Fluid & Metering Technologies

Health & Science Technologies

Fire & Safety/Diversified Products
Corporate/Other

Total restructuring costs

2018 Initiative

Severance Costs

Exit Costs

Asset
Impairments

Total

2,879

$

3,000
1,364
2,552

(In thousands)
— $

— $

1,094
—
—

10,155
—
—

9,795

$

1,094

$

10,155

$

2,879

14,249
1,364
2,552

21,044

$

$

During 2018, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring expenses and asset impairments totaling $12.1 million related to
the 2018 restructuring initiative. These expenses consisted of employee severance related to employee reductions across various
functional areas as well as facility rationalization and contract termination costs. Severance payments were fully paid by the end
of 2019 using cash from operations.

Pre-tax restructuring expenses and asset impairments by segment for the 2018 initiative were as follows:

Fluid & Metering Technologies

Health & Science Technologies

Fire & Safety/Diversified Products

Corporate/Other

Total restructuring costs

Severance Costs

Exit Costs

Total

(In thousands)
153

$

$

450

—
—

2,305

5,454

2,184
1,537

2,458

5,904

2,184
1,537

11,480

$

603

$

12,083

$

$

Restructuring accruals of $3.9 million and $6.1 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, are reflected in

Accrued expenses in our Consolidated Balance Sheets as follows:

Balance at January 1, 2019

Restructuring expenses

Payments, utilization and other

Balance at December 31, 2019
Restructuring expenses (1)
Payments, utilization and other

Balance at December 31, 2020

Restructuring
Initiatives

(In thousands)

6,170

21,044

(21,104)

6,110

8,837

(11,079)

3,868

$

$

(1) Excludes $2.9 million of asset impairments related to property, plant and equipment and right-of-use assets.

16.

Share-Based Compensation

The Company maintains two share-based compensation plans for executives, non-employee directors and certain key
employees that authorize the granting of stock options, restricted stock, performance share units and other types of awards
consistent with the purpose of the plans. The number of shares authorized for issuance under the Company’s plans as of
December 31, 2020 totaled 15.6 million, of which 3.0 million shares were available for future issuance. The Company’s policy

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is to recognize compensation cost on a straight-line basis, assuming forfeitures, over the requisite service period for the entire
award.

The Company typically grants equity awards annually at its regularly scheduled first quarter meeting of the Board of

Directors based on their recommendation from the Compensation Committee.

Stock Options

Stock options granted under the Company’s plans are generally non-qualified and are granted with an exercise price equal
to the market price of the Company’s stock on the date of grant. The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of
the grant using the Binomial lattice option pricing model. The majority of the options issued to employees vest ratably over four
years, with vesting beginning one year from the date of grant, and generally expire 10 years from the date of grant. The fair
value of each option grant was estimated on the date of the grant using the Binomial lattice option pricing model.

Weighted average option fair values and assumptions for the periods specified are as follows:

Weighted average fair value of grants

Dividend yield

Volatility

Risk-free interest rate

Expected life (in years)

The assumptions are as follows:

Years Ended December 31,

2020
$34.22

1.15%
22.04%

2019
$35.15

1.18%
24.77%

2018
$38.13

1.07%
28.46%

1.39% - 1.66% 2.53% - 3.04% 2.03% - 3.17%

5.80

5.87

5.83

•
•

•

•

The Company estimated volatility using its historical share price performance over the contractual term of the option.
The Company uses historical data to estimate the expected life of the option. The expected life assumption for the
years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 is an output of the Binomial lattice option pricing model, which
incorporates vesting provisions, rate of voluntary exercise and rate of post-vesting termination over the contractual life
of the option to define expected employee behavior.
The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for periods within the
contractual life of the option. For the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, we present the range of risk-
free one-year forward rates, derived from the U.S. treasury yield curve, utilized in the Binomial lattice option pricing
model.
The expected dividend yield is based on the Company’s current dividend yield as the best estimate of projected
dividend yield for periods within the contractual life of the option.

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity as of December 31, 2020, and changes during the year ended December

31, 2020 is presented as follows:

Stock Options
Outstanding at January 1, 2020

Granted

Exercised

Forfeited/Expired

Shares
1,386,539

353,130

(511,960)

(263,983)

Outstanding at December 31, 2020

Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2020

Exercisable at December 31, 2020

963,726

919,724

424,926

$

$

$

Weighted
Average
Price
103.58

$

Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual Term

6.95 $

Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
94,764,140

172.93

87.09

147.68

125.70

124.01

92.26

6.94 $

70,829,529

6.86 $

69,151,533

5.24 $

45,447,769

The intrinsic value for stock options outstanding and exercisable is defined as the difference between the market value of
the Company’s common stock as of the end of the period and the grant price. The total intrinsic value of options exercised in
2020, 2019 and 2018 was $41.3 million, $49.5 million and $38.0 million, respectively. In 2020, 2019 and 2018, cash received

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from options exercised was $44.6 million, $38.8 million and $27.6 million, respectively, while the actual tax benefit realized for
the tax deductions from stock options exercised totaled $8.7 million, $10.4 million and $8.0 million, respectively.

Total compensation cost for stock options is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as follows:

Cost of goods sold
Selling, general and administrative expenses

Total expense before income taxes

Income tax benefit

Total expense after income taxes

Years Ended December 31,

2020

2019

2018

(In thousands)
445

$

$

8,705
9,150

(1,209)

501

7,567
8,068

(907)

7,161

$

7,941

$

$

$

470

8,313
8,783

(1,616)

7,167

As of December 31, 2020, there was $9.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options that is

expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.3 years.

Restricted Stock

Restricted stock awards generally cliff vest after three years for employees and non-employee directors. Unvested restricted
stock carries dividend and voting rights and the sale of the shares is restricted prior to the date of vesting. Dividends are paid on
restricted stock awards and their fair value is equal to the market price of the Company’s stock at the date of the grant. A
summary of the Company’s restricted stock activity as of December 31, 2020, and changes during the year ending
December 31, 2020 is as follows:

Restricted Stock
Unvested at January 1, 2020

Granted

Vested

Forfeited
Unvested at December 31, 2020

Shares

Weighted-Average
Grant Date Fair
Value

130,248

$

39,065

(39,683)

(18,330)

111,300

$

124.61

168.42

95.25

142.03

147.13

Total compensation cost for restricted stock is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as follows:

Cost of goods sold

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Total expense before income taxes

Income tax benefit

Total expense after income taxes

Years Ended December 31,

2020

2019

2018

(In thousands)
261

$

$

4,527

4,788

(920)

318

3,857

4,175

(876)

3,299

$

3,868

$

$

$

367

4,201

4,568

(825)

3,743

As of December 31, 2020, there was $5.8 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock that is

expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.0 year.

Cash-Settled Restricted Stock

The Company also maintains a cash-settled share based compensation plan for certain employees. Cash-settled restricted
stock awards generally cliff vest after three years. Cash-settled restricted stock awards are recorded at fair value on a quarterly

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basis using the market price of the Company’s stock on the last day of the quarter. Dividend equivalents are paid on certain
cash-settled restricted stock awards. A summary of the Company’s unvested cash-settled restricted stock activity as of
December 31, 2020, and changes during the year ending December 31, 2020 is as follows:

Cash-Settled Restricted Stock
Unvested at January 1, 2020

Granted
Vested

Forfeited
Unvested at December 31, 2020

Shares

Weighted-Average
Fair Value

74,560

$

20,780
(25,405)

(5,995)
63,940

$

172.08

173.30
173.26

199.20
199.20

Total compensation cost for cash-settled restricted stock is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as

follows:

Cost of goods sold

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Total expense before income taxes

Income tax benefit

Total expense after income taxes

Years Ended December 31,

2020

2019
(In thousands)

2018

$

$

$

882
3,677

4,559

(427)

$

1,230
4,118

5,348

(509)

4,132

$

4,839

$

809
2,391

3,200

(337)

2,863

At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company has accrued $5.4 million and $5.5 million, respectively, for cash-settled
restricted stock in Accrued expenses in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and has accrued $2.9 million and $2.8 million,
respectively, for cash-settled restricted stock in Other non-current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Performance Share Units

Beginning in 2013, the Company granted performance share units to selected key employees that may be earned based on
IDEX total shareholder return over the three-year period following the date of grant. Performance share units are expected to be
made annually and are paid out at the end of a three-year period based on the Company’s performance. Performance is
measured by determining the percentile rank of the total shareholder return of IDEX common stock in relation to the total
shareholder return of companies in the Russell Midcap Index (for awards granted from 2016 through 2019) or the S&P 500
Index (for awards granted in 2020) for the three-year period following the date of grant. The payment of awards following the
three-year award period will be based on performance achieved in accordance with the scale set forth in the plan agreement and
may range from 0 percent to 250 percent of the initial grant. A target payout of 100 percent is earned if total shareholder return
is equal to the 50th percentile of the peer group. Performance share units earn dividend equivalents for the award period, which
will be paid to participants with the award payout at the end of the period based on the actual number of performance share
units that are earned. Payments made at the end of the award period will be in the form of stock for performance share units and
will be in cash for dividend equivalents. The Company’s performance share units are considered market condition awards, have
been assessed at fair value on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation model and are expensed ratably over the three-
year term of the awards. The Company granted 42,690, 56,860 and 52,375 performance share units in 2020, 2019 and 2018,
respectively.

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Weighted average performance share unit fair values and assumptions for the period specified are as follows:

Weighted average fair value of grants
Dividend yield

Volatility
Risk-free interest rate

Expected life (in years)

The assumptions are as follows:

Years Ended December 31,

2020
$224.14
—%

19.50%
1.30%

2.94

2019
$207.26
—%

19.11%
2.49%

2.83

2018
$216.59
—%

17.42%
2.40%

2.85

•

•

•

•

The Company estimated volatility using its historical share price performance over the remaining performance period
as of the grant date.
The Company uses a Monte Carlo simulation model that uses an expected life commensurate with the performance
period. As a result, the expected life of the performance share units was assumed to be the period from the grant date
to the end of the performance period.
The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant with a term
commensurate with the remaining performance period.
Total Shareholder Return is determined assuming that dividends are reinvested in the issuing entity over the
performance period, which is mathematically equivalent to utilizing a 0% dividend yield.

A summary of the Company’s performance share unit activity as of December 31, 2020, and changes during the year

ending December 31, 2020, is as follows:

Performance Share Units
Unvested at January 1, 2020

Granted

Vested

Forfeited

Unvested at December 31, 2020

Weighted-
Average
Grant Date Fair
Value

Shares

100,575

$

42,690

(24,395)
(60,175)

58,695

$

178.97

224.14

220.14
213.89

218.16

Based on the Company’s relative total shareholder return rank during the three year period ended December 31, 2020, the
Company achieved a 201% payout factor and issued 48,223 common shares in February 2021 for awards that vested in 2020.

Total compensation cost for performance share units is as follows:

Cost of goods sold

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Total expense before income taxes

Income tax benefit

Total expense after income taxes

Years Ended December 31,

2020

2019

2018

(In thousands)

— $

— $

2,573

2,573

(217)

8,383

8,383

(641)

2,356

$

7,742

$

$

$

—

8,203

8,203

(1,586)

6,617

As of December 31, 2020, there was $4.8 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to performance shares

that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.9 years.

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17. Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The components of Other comprehensive income (loss) are as follows:

For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

Pre-tax

Tax

Net of tax

Pre-tax

Tax

Net of tax

(In thousands)

Cumulative translation adjustment

$107,783

$

— $107,783

$

67

$

— $

67

Pension and other postretirement adjustments

Net gain (loss) arising during the year

Amortization/recognition of settlement loss
Pension and other postretirement adjustments

Reclassification adjustments for derivatives

(1,438)

53

(1,385)

(7,432)

2,876

1,438
6,021

(106)

(53)
(1,369)

2,770

1,385
4,652

2,810

(4,622)
6,327

2,497

(944)

1,553
(1,445)

(4,935)

1,866

(3,069)
4,882

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

$115,242

$ (1,422) $113,820

$

1,772

$

108

$

1,880

Cumulative translation adjustment

Pension and other postretirement adjustments

Net gain (loss) arising during the year
Amortization/recognition of settlement loss

Pension and other postretirement adjustments

Reclassification adjustments for derivatives

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

Pre-tax

Tax

Net of tax

(In thousands)

$ (48,114) $

— $ (48,114)

9,963

2,938

12,901

6,475

(2,375)

(701)

(3,076)

(1,469)

7,588

2,237

9,825

5,006

$ (28,738) $ (4,545) $ (33,283)

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to net income are summarized as follows:

Pension and other postretirement plans:

Amortization of service cost

Recognition of settlement loss

Total before tax

Provision for income taxes

Total net of tax
Derivatives:

Reclassification adjustments

Total before tax

Provision for income taxes

Total net of tax

For the Year Ended December 31,

2020

2019

2018

Income Statement Caption

(In thousands)

$

2,909

$

2,858

$

3,246 Other (income) expense - net

(33)

2,876

(106)

(48)

2,810

(944)

(308) Other (income) expense - net

2,938

(701)

$

2,770

$

1,866

$

2,237

Interest expense, Other (income)
expense - net

$

6,021

$

6,327

$

6,475

6,021

6,327

6,475

(1,369)

(1,445)

(1,469)

$

4,652

$

4,882

$

5,006

The Company recognizes the service cost component in both Selling, general and administrative expenses and Cost of sales
in the Consolidated Statements of Operations depending on the functional area of the underlying employees included in the
plans.

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18.

Retirement Benefits

The Company sponsors several qualified and nonqualified defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans as well
as other post-retirement plans for its employees. The Company uses a measurement date of December 31 for its defined benefit
pension plans and post-retirement medical plans. The Company employs the measurement date provisions of ASC 715,
Compensation-Retirement Benefits, which require the measurement date of plan assets and liabilities to coincide with the
sponsor’s year end.

Effective September 30, 2019, the IDEX Corporation Retirement Plan (“Plan”), a U.S. defined benefit plan, was amended
to freeze the accrual of retirement benefits for all participants. This action impacted fewer than 60 participants, as the Plan had
been closed to new entrants as of December 31, 2004 and frozen as of December 31, 2005 for all but certain older, longer
service participants. Subsequent to the freeze, termination of the Plan was approved in November 2019. In addition, the
Company recorded a settlement charge of $0.7 million in Other (income) expense - net in the Consolidated Statements of
Operations for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Participants were notified in February 2020 and the Plan was terminated in May 2020. As a result of the termination, the
settlement threshold was reached in early 2020 and the Company recorded a settlement charge of $0.9 million in Other
(income) expense - net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2020. The settlement
also triggered the remeasurement of net periodic benefit cost resulting in a reduction of $1.0 million to Other (income) expense
- net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 as a result of significant decreases in
discount rates and strong asset performance in 2020. As of December 31, 2020, the Plan’s funded status is 113%, with assets
valued at $93.4 million and liabilities of $82.6 million. The disclosures for the year ended December 31, 2020 were prepared on
a liquidation basis of accounting.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the changes in the benefit obligations and fair value of plan assets over the

two-year period ended December 31, 2020 and a statement of the funded status at December 31 for both years.

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Pension Benefits

Other Benefits

2020

2019

2020

2019

U.S.

Non-U.S.

U.S.

Non-U.S.

(In thousands)

CHANGE IN BENEFIT OBLIGATION

$

95,947

$

102,016

$

85,175

$

89,789

$

23,257

$

22,593

Obligation at January 1
Service cost

Interest cost
Plan amendments

Benefits paid

Actuarial loss (gain)

Currency translation

Settlements
Curtailments

Acquisition/Divestiture
Other

Obligation at December 31
CHANGE IN PLAN ASSETS

Fair value of plan assets at
January 1
Actual return on plan assets

$

$

Employer contributions
Benefits paid

Currency translation

Settlements

Acquisition/Divestiture

Other

Fair value of plan assets at
December 31
Funded status at December 31

134

1,274

183
(4,023)

6,504

—

(6,064)

—

—

—

2,215

1,056

(1)
(2,640)

7,279

8,941

(3,802)

—

—

624

653

2,796

—
(3,520)

16,931

—

(4,826)

(1,538)

—

276

1,844

1,440

(156)
(1,507)

9,903

66

—

—

—

637

616

624

(2,905)
(722)

3,241

62

—

—

—

—

561

849

—
(676)

(161)

91

—

—

—

—

93,955

$

115,688

$

95,947

$

102,016

$

24,173

$

23,257

93,413

$

39,304

$

83,580

$

33,532

$

— $

16,225

421

(4,023)

—

(6,064)
—

—

3,620

2,389

(2,640)

2,669

(3,802)
—

624

17,446

733

(3,520)

—

(4,826)
—

—

3,406

2,320

(1,507)

916

—
—

637

—

722

(722)

—

—
—

—

—

—

676

(676)

—

—
—

—

—

$

99,972

$

42,164

$

93,413

$

39,304

$

— $

$
COMPONENTS ON THE CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(73,524) $

6,017

$

(2,534) $

(62,712) $

(24,173) $

(23,257)

Other noncurrent assets

Current liabilities
Other noncurrent liabilities

Net asset (liability) at
December 31

$

10,754

$

3

$

1,921

$

14

$

— $

—

(510)

(4,227)

(1,520)

(72,007)

(564)

(3,891)

(1,270)

(61,456)

(990)

(23,183)

(1,127)

(22,130)

$

6,017

$

(73,524) $

(2,534) $

(62,712) $

(24,173) $

(23,257)

The pension benefits actuarial loss in 2020 was primarily driven by the decrease in the discount rates from 2019 to 2020.
The U.S. actuarial loss was partially offset due to an updated mortality base table and projection scale assumption for one of the
plans. The Non-U.S. actuarial loss was partially offset due to updated mortality assumptions in the UK and Switzerland.

The other benefits actuarial loss in 2020 was primarily driven by the decrease in the discount rates from 2019 to 2020 and

updated claims and contributions experience, partially offset by gains from benefit payments.

The accumulated benefit obligation (“ABO”) for all defined benefit pension plans was $204.4 million and $193.3 million at

December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The weighted average assumptions used in the measurement of the Company’s benefit obligation at December 31, 2020

and 2019 were as follows:

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Discount rate

Rate of compensation increase

Cash balance interest credit rate

U.S. Plans

Non-U.S. Plans

Other Benefits

2020
2.14%

—%

4.00%

2019
3.06%

—%

4.00%

2020
0.95%

2.32%

1.00%

2019
1.33%

2.29%

1.00%

2020
2.20%

—%

2019
3.09%

4.00%

—% — —%

The pretax amounts recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as

of December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

Pension Benefits

Other Benefits

2020

2019

2020

2019

U.S.

Non-U.S.

U.S.

Non-U.S.

(In thousands)

Prior service cost (credit)
Net loss (gain)

Total

$

$

202
13,414

13,616

$

$

(92) $

24,536

24,444

$

46
21,432

21,478

$

$

(100) $

19,304

19,204

$

(2,914) $
(2,266)

(5,180) $

(46)
(6,009)

(6,055)

The components of, and the weighted average assumptions used to determine, the net periodic (benefit) cost for the plans in

2020, 2019 and 2018 are as follows:

2020

Pension Benefits

2019

2018

U.S.

Non-U.S.

U.S.

Non-U.S.

U.S.

Non-U.S.

Service cost

Interest cost

Expected return on plan assets

Settlement loss recognized
Special termination benefit
recognized
Net amortization

Net periodic (benefit) cost

$

134

$

2,215

$

(In thousands)
653

$

1,844

$

886

$

1,274

(3,750)

910

—

1,163

1,056

(1,170)

(385)

—

1,730

2,796

(3,319)

713

276

1,614

1,440

(1,047)

—

—

1,117

2,634

(3,943)

(1)

—

2,712

$

(269) $

3,446

$

2,733

$

3,354

$

2,288

$

2,105

1,389

(1,120)

(307)

—

1,271

3,338

Service cost

Interest cost

Net amortization

Net periodic benefit cost

Other Benefits

2020

2019

2018

$

$

(In thousands)
561

$

$

849

(635)

616

624

(542)

698

$

775

$

668

810

(737)

741

U.S. Plans

Non-U.S. Plans

Discount rate

Expected return on plan assets
Rate of compensation increase

2020
Various*

4.00%

—%

2019

2018

2020

2019

2018

4.11%/2.99%**
4.00%

4.00%

3.46%

5.50%

4.00%

1.33%

3.00%

2.29%

2.07%

3.12%

2.13%

1.82%

3.09%

2.37%

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*For the IDEX Corporation Retirement Plan, a discount rate of 3.07% was used to determine the net periodic (benefit) cost
for the period January 1, 2020 through March 31, 2020, a discount rate of 2.97% was used to determine the net periodic
(benefit) cost for the period April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020, a discount rate of 2.41% was used to determine the net
periodic (benefit) cost for the period July 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020 and a discount rate of 2.36% was used to
determine the net periodic (benefit) cost for the period October 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 as a result of the quarterly
remeasurements that occurred in conjunction with the termination of the Plan.

For the Pulsafeeder, Inc. Pension Plan for Hourly Employees at Rochester, New York, a discount rate of 3.21% was used
to determine the net periodic (benefit) cost for the period January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020 and a discount rate of 2.62%
was used to determine the net periodic (benefit) cost for the period July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 as a result of the
remeasurement that occurred in conjunction with the ratification of the collective bargaining agreement.

**A discount rate of 4.11% was used to determine the net periodic benefit cost for the period January 1, 2019 through
August 31, 2019 and a discount rate of 2.99% was used to determine the net periodic benefit cost for the period September 1,
2019 through December 31, 2019 as a result of the remeasurement that occurred in conjunction with the decision to freeze the
Plan.

Discount rate
Expected return on plan assets

Rate of compensation increase

Other Benefits

2020

2019

2018

3.09%
—%

4.00%

4.11%
—%

4.00%

3.50%
—%

4.00%

The pretax change recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) on the Consolidated Balance Sheet in

2020 is as follows:

Net gain (loss) in current year
Prior service cost

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

Amortization of net loss (gain)

Exchange rate effect on amounts in other comprehensive income

Pension Benefits

U.S.

Non-U.S.

(In thousands)

$

5,971

$

(4,829) $

(182)

27
2,046

—

2

(22)
1,367

(1,758)

Total

$

7,862

$

(5,240) $

Other
Benefits

(3,241)

2,905

(37)
(504)

2

(875)

The discount rates for our plans are derived by matching the plan’s cash flows to a yield curve that provides the equivalent
yields on zero-coupon bonds for each maturity. The discount rate selected is the rate that produces the same present value of
cash flows.

In selecting the expected rate of return on plan assets, the Company considers the historical returns and expected returns on
plan assets. The expected returns are evaluated using asset return class, variance and correlation assumptions based on the
plan’s target asset allocation and current market conditions.

Prior service costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the average remaining service period of active participants.
Gains and losses in excess of 10% of the greater of the benefit obligation or the market value of assets are amortized over the
average remaining service period of active participants.

Costs of defined contribution plans were $12.5 million, $12.4 million and $12.2 million for 2020, 2019 and 2018,

respectively.

The Company, through its subsidiaries, participates in certain multi-employer pension plans covering approximately 305
participants under U.S. collective bargaining agreements. None of these plans are considered individually significant to the
Company as contributions to these plans totaled $1.1 million, $1.1 million, and $1.1 million for 2020, 2019 and 2018,
respectively.

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For measurement purposes, a 5.64% weighted average annual rate of increase in the per capita cost of covered health care
benefits was assumed for 2020. The rate was assumed to decrease gradually each year to a rate of 4.50% for 2038, and remain
at that level thereafter.

Plan Assets

The Company’s pension plan weighted average asset allocations at December 31, 2020 and 2019, by asset category, were

as follows:

Equity securities
Fixed income securities

Cash/Commingled Funds/Other (1)
Total

U.S. Plans

Non-U.S. Plans

2020

2019

2020

2019

7 %
65 %

28 %
100 %

10 %
90 %

— %
100 %

17 %
24 %

59 %
100 %

17 %
24 %

59 %
100 %

The basis used to measure the defined benefit plans’ assets at fair value at December 31, 2020 and 2019 is summarized as

follows:

As of December 31, 2020
Equity

U.S. Large Cap

U.S. Small / Mid Cap

International

Fixed Income

U.S. Intermediate

U.S. Long Term

U.S. High Yield

International

Other Commingled Funds (1)

Cash and Equivalents
Other

Basis of Fair Value Measurement

Outstanding
Balances

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

(In thousands)

$

3,710

$

3,710

$

— $

444

10,427

14,263

51,891

296

8,448

20,665

28,469

3,523

—

4,412

—

—

—

257

—

27,826

—

444

6,015

14,263

51,891

296

8,191

—

643

3,523

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

20,665

—

—

$

142,136

$

36,205

$

85,266

$

20,665

(1) Other commingled funds represent pooled institutional investments in non-U.S. plans.

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As of December 31, 2019
Equity

U.S. Large Cap

U.S. Small / Mid Cap
International

Fixed Income

U.S. Intermediate

U.S. Long Term

U.S. High Yield

International

Other Commingled Funds (1)
Cash and Equivalents
Other

Basis of Fair Value Measurement

Outstanding
Balances

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

(In thousands)

$

4,734

$

4,734

$

— $

455
10,845

640

83,628
1,346

7,516

19,438
1,094

—
5,258

—

—
—

296

—
517

455
5,587

640

83,628
1,346

7,220

—
577

3,021
132,717

$

$

—
10,805

$

3,021
102,474

$

—

—
—

—

—
—

—

19,438
—

—
19,438

(1) Other commingled funds represent pooled institutional investments in non-U.S. plans.

Equities that are valued using quoted prices are valued at the published market prices. Equities in a common collective trust
or a registered investment company that are valued using significant other observable inputs are valued at the net asset value
(“NAV”) provided by the fund administrator. The NAV is based on the value of the underlying assets owned by the fund minus
its liabilities. Fixed income securities that are valued using significant other observable inputs are valued at prices obtained
from independent financial service industry-recognized vendors.

Investment Policies and Strategies

The investment objective of the U.S. plan, consistent with prudent standards for preservation of capital and maintenance of
liquidity, is to earn the highest possible total rate of return consistent with the plan’s tolerance for risk. The general asset
allocation guidelines for plan assets are that “equities” will constitute 10% and “fixed income” obligations, including cash, will
constitute 90% of the market value of total fund assets. The investment objective of the UK plan, consistent with prudent
standards for preservation of capital and maintenance of liquidity, is to earn a target return of UK Gilts plus approximately
2.5% per year. The general asset allocation guidelines for plan assets are that “equities” will constitute from 50% to 60% of the
market value of total fund assets with a target of 60%, and “fixed income” obligations, including cash, will constitute from 40%
to 50% with a target of 40%. The term “equities” includes common stock, while the term “fixed income” includes obligations
with contractual payments and a specific maturity date. The Company, through the use of a professional independent advisor,
will monitor
the designated
the asset allocation daily and maintain an asset allocation that closely replicates
targets. Diversification of assets is employed to ensure that adverse performance of one security or security class does not have
an undue detrimental impact on the portfolio as a whole. Diversification is interpreted to include diversification by type,
characteristic and number of investments as well as by investment style of designated investment fund managers. No
restrictions are placed on the selection of individual investments by the investment fund managers. The total fund performance
and the performance of the investment fund managers is reviewed on a regular basis using an appointed professional
independent advisor. As of December 31, 2020, there were no shares of the Company’s stock held in plan assets.

Cash Flows

The Company expects to contribute approximately $3.4 million to its defined benefit plans and $1.0 million to its other
postretirement benefit plans in 2021. The Company also expects to contribute approximately $13.1 million to its defined
contribution plan and $10.1 million to its 401(k) savings plan in 2021.

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Estimated Future Benefit Payments

The future estimated benefit payments for the next five years and the five years thereafter are as follows: 2021 — $88.5
million; 2022 — $5.9 million; 2023 — $5.9 million; 2024 — $6.1 million; 2025 — $6.3 million; 2026 to 2030 — $32.3
million.

19.

Quarterly Results of Operations (Unaudited)

The unaudited quarterly results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

2020 Quarters (1)

2019 Quarters (1)

First

Second

Third

Fourth

First

Second

Third

Fourth

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

$ 594,462

$ 561,249

$ 581,113

$ 614,822

$ 622,231

$ 642,099

$ 624,246

$ 605,997

271,956

139,941

101,998

234,800

110,594

70,864

251,500

131,213

103,848

269,168

138,965

101,068

283,834

147,782

110,268

292,337

155,283

113,209

281,978

141,765

105,194

266,885

134,173

96,850

$

$

1.35

1.33

$

$

0.94

0.93

$

$

1.38

1.37

$

$

1.33

1.32

$

$

1.46

1.44

$

$

1.50

1.48

$

$

1.39

1.37

$

$

1.28

1.26

75,740

75,171

75,352

75,817

75,442

75,460

75,698

75,779

76,452

75,937

75,960

76,367

76,284

76,387

76,577

76,570

Net sales

Gross profit
Operating income

Net income (2)
Basic EPS

Diluted EPS
Basic weighted average
shares outstanding
Diluted weighted average
shares outstanding

(1) Quarterly data includes the acquisition of Flow MD (February 2020) and Velcora (July 2019) from the date of acquisition.
See Note 2 for further discussion.
(2) Decline in second quarter net sales and net income is primarily attributed to impacts of COVID-19.

20.

Subsequent Events

On January 8, 2021, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Abel Pumps, L.P. and certain of its
affiliates (“ABEL”) for cash consideration of $103.5 million. ABEL is based in Büchen, Germany, with sales and service
locations in Madrid, Spain and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ABEL designs and manufactures highly engineered reciprocating
positive displacement pumps for a variety of end markets, including mining, marine, power, water, wastewater and other
general industries. ABEL will be part of our Pumps platform within the Fluid and Metering Technologies segment. The
Company expects to close the transaction by the end of the first quarter 2021 subject to regulatory approval and customary
closing conditions.

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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

None.

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures.

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be
disclosed in the Company’s Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s
management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure.

As required by SEC Rule 13a-15(b), the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the
participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of
the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period
covered by this report. Based on the foregoing, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded
that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2020.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting appearing on page 34 of this report is incorporated

into this Item 9A by reference.

There has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the Company’s most recent
fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting.

Item 9B.

Other Information.

None.

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Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

PART III

Information under the headings “Election of Directors”; “Board Committees”; and “Corporate Governance” in the 2021
Proxy Statement is incorporated into this Item 10 by reference. Information regarding executive officers of the Company is
located in Part I, Item 1, of this report under the caption “Information about Our Executive Officers.”

The Company has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applicable to the Company’s directors, officers
(including the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer) and
employees. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, along with the Audit Committee Charter, Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee Charter, Compensation Committee Charter and Corporate Governance Guidelines are available on the
Company’s website at www.idexcorp.com under “Investor Relations.” In the event we amend or waive any of the provisions of
the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applicable to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal
accounting officer, we intend to disclose the same on the Company’s website.

Item 11.

Executive Compensation.

Information under the heading “Executive Compensation” in the 2021 Proxy Statement is incorporated into this Item 11 by

reference.

Item 12.

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

Information under the heading “Security Ownership” in the 2021 Proxy Statement is incorporated into this Item 12 by

reference.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

Information with respect to the Company’s equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2020 is as follows:

Plan Category
Equity compensation plans approved by the Company’s
stockholders
Equity compensations plans not approved by the Company’s
stockholders

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

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

Number of Securities
Remaining Available for
Future Issuance Under
Equity Compensation
Plans(1)

1,155,946

$

125.70

2,964,307

—

—

—

(1)

Includes an indeterminate number of shares underlying deferred compensation units (“DCUs”) granted under the
Directors Deferred Compensation Plan and Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-officer Presidents which are issuable
under the Company’s Incentive Award Plan. Also includes an indeterminate number of shares underlying DCUs granted
under the Deferred Compensation Plan for Officers, which shares are issuable under the Incentive Award Plan. The
number of DCUs granted under these plans is determined by dividing the amount deferred by the closing price of the
common stock the day before the date of deferral. The DCUs are entitled to receive dividend equivalents which are
reinvested in DCUs based on the same formula for investment of a participant’s deferral.

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

Information under the headings, “Corporate Governance” and “Board Committees” in the 2021 Proxy Statement is

incorporated into this Item 13 by reference.

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Information under the heading “Principal Accountant Fees and Services” in the 2021 Proxy Statement is incorporated into

this Item 14 by reference.

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Item 15.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(A) 1. Financial Statements

PART IV

Consolidated financial statements filed as part of this report are listed under Part II. Item 8. “Financial Statements and

Supplementary Data.”

2. Financial Statement Schedules

Financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not applicable, not required, or because the required

information is included in the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company or the Notes thereto.

3. Exhibits

The exhibits filed with this report are listed on the “Exhibit Index.”

(B) Exhibit Index

The information required by this item is set forth on the “Exhibit Index” which precedes the signature page of this report.

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Item 16.

Form 10-K Summary.

None.

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Exhibit
Number

Description

3.1

3.2

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IDEX Corporation as amended to date (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2017)

Amended and Restated By-Laws of IDEX Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.1 to the
Current Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 8-K filed February 1, 2021)

Indenture between IDEX Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, dated as of
December 6, 2010 (Debt Securities) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 4.1 to the Current Report of
IDEX Corporation on Form 8-K filed December 7, 2010)

Second Supplemental Indenture between IDEX Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Trustee, dated as of December 13, 2011 (as to 4.2% Senior Notes due 2021) (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit No. 4.1 to the Current Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 8-K filed December 14, 2011)

Third Supplemental Indenture between IDEX Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Trustee, dated as of April 29, 2020, (as to 3.0% Senior Notes due 2030) (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit No. 4.2 to the Current Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 8-K filed April 29, 2020)

Note Purchase Agreement, dated June 13, 2016, between IDEX Corporation and the Purchasers listed in
Schedule A thereto (incorporated by reference in Exhibit No. 4.1 to the Current Report of IDEX
Corporation on Form 8-K filed June 15, 2016)

4.5

Description of Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 4.5 to the Annual Report of IDEX
Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019)

10.1**

10.2**

10.3**

10.4**

10.5**

10.6**

10.7**

10.8**

10.9**

10.10**

Revised and Restated IDEX Corporation Management Incentive Compensation Plan for Key Employees
Effective January 1, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report of IDEX
Corporation Form 8-K filed February 20, 2013)

IDEX Corporation Form of Director Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2
to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017)

IDEX Corporation Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors, adopted by resolution
of the Board of Directors dated as of November 20, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 (a) to
the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003)

IDEX Corporation Incentive Award Plan (as amended and restated) (incorporated by reference to
Appendix A of the Proxy Statement of IDEX Corporation on Schedule 14A, filed March 5, 2015)

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated February 22, 2018 between IDEX Corporation and
Andrew K. Silvernail (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Annual Report of IDEX
Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017)

Third Amended and Restated IDEX Corporation Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit No. 10.30 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2010)

IDEX Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit No. 10.31 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2010)

Letter Agreement between IDEX Corporation and Jeffrey Bucklew, dated January 16, 2012 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit No. 10.16 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2013)

Letter Agreements between IDEX Corporation and Eric Ashleman, dated January 14, 2008 and February
12, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.14 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014)

Form of IDEX Corporation Restricted Stock Award Agreement effective February 2015 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit No. 10.16 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2014)

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Exhibit
Number

10.11**

10.12**

10.13**

10.14**

10.15**

10.16**

10.17**

Description

Form of IDEX Corporation Stock Option Agreement effective February 2015 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit No. 10.17 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2014)

Form of IDEX Corporation Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement effective February 2015 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit No. 10.18 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2014)

Form of IDEX Corporation Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement - Cash Settled effective February
2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.19 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014)

Form of IDEX Corporation Performance Share Unit Award Agreement effective February 2015
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.20 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2014)

Form of IDEX Corporation Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Directors effective February 2015
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.21 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2014)

Form of IDEX Corporation Stock Option Agreement effective February 2015 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit No. 10.22 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2014)

Form of IDEX Corporation Restricted Stock Award Agreement effective February 2015 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit No. 10.23 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2014)

10.18*,**

Letter Agreement between IDEX Corporation and Eric D. Ashleman, dated January 21, 2021

10.19**

10.20**

10.21

10.22**

10.23**

10.24**

10.25**

10.26**

10.27**

Amendment of Letter Agreement dated January 16, 2012, between IDEX Corporation and Jeffrey D.
Bucklew, effective January 12, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Annual Report of
IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017)

Letter Agreement between IDEX Corporation and Denise Cade, dated September 24, 2015 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit No. 10.24 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2015)

Stock Purchase Agreement, dated February 4, 2016, by and among IDEX Corporation, Premier Farnell
PLC, Celdis Limited, Premier Farnell Corp. and Akron Brass Holding Corp. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit No. 10.25 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2015)

Letter Agreement between IDEX Corporation and William K. Grogan, dated December 30, 2016
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016)

Amendment to Letter Agreement dated September 24, 2015, between IDEX Corporation and Denise R.
Cade, effective as of April 24, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q of IDEX Corporation for the quarter ended March 31, 2017)

Amendment to Letter Agreement dated February 12, 2014, between IDEX Corporation and Eric D.
Ashleman, effective as of April 24, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q of IDEX Corporation for the quarter ended March 31, 2017)

Amendment to Letter Agreement dated December 30, 2016, between IDEX Corporation and William K.
Grogan, effective as of April 24, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q of IDEX Corporation for the quarter ended March 31, 2017)

Form of IDEX Corporation Performance Share Unit Award Agreement - Stock Settled, effective February
2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-
K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017)

Form of IDEX Corporation Restricted Stock Award Agreement, effective February 2018 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2017)

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Exhibit
Number

10.28**

10.29**

10.30**

10.31**

10.32**

10.33**

10.34**

10.35

10.36**

10.37**

*21

*23

Description

Form of IDEX Corporation Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Directors, effective February 2018
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017)

Form of IDEX Corporation Performance Share Unit Award Agreement - Cash Settled, effective February
2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017)

Form of IDEX Corporation Stock Option Agreement, effective February 2018 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.30 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2017)

Form of IDEX Corporation Stock Option Agreement - Cash Settled, effective February 2018 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2017)

Form of IDEX Corporation Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement - Cash Settled, effective February
2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017)

Form of IDEX Corporation Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, effective December 2015
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017)

Form of IDEX Corporation Confidential Information, Work Product and Restrictive Covenant Agreement
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017)

Credit Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2019, by and among IDEX Corporation and certain of its
subsidiaries, as borrowers, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and an issuer
of letters of credit; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as co-
syndication agents and issuers of letters of credit; HSBC Bank USA, National Association, Mizuho Bank,
Ltd., PNC Bank, National Association, and U.S. Bank, National Association, as co-documentation agents,
and the other lenders and financial institutions party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
the Current Report on Form 8-K of IDEX Corporation filed with the SEC on June 4, 2019)

IDEX Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy, effective January 1, 2020
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Annual Report of IDEX Corporation on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019)

Separation Agreement between IDEX Corporation and Andrew K. Silvernail, dated as of October 25,
2020, (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.1 to the Current Report of IDEX Corporation on Form
8-K filed October 28, 2020)

Subsidiaries of IDEX

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

*31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14 (a) or Rule 15d-14 (a)

*31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14 (a) or Rule 15d-14 (a)

***32.1

Certification pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code

***32.2

Certification pursuant to Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code

*,****101

The following materials from IDEX Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2020 formatted in Inline XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2020 and 2019, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of
Operations for the three years ended December 31, 2020, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of
Comprehensive Income for the three years ended December 31, 2020, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of
Equity for the three years ended December 31, 2020, (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for
the three years ended December 31, 2020, and (vi) Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

*,****104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (Formatted Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

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*

**

Filed herewith.

Management contract or compensatory plan or agreement.

***

Furnished herewith.

****

In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the XBRL related information in Exhibits 101 and 104 to this
Annual Report on Form 10-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act,
or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be part of any registration statement or other
document filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific
reference in such filing.

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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

IDEX CORPORATION

By:

/s/ WILLIAM K. GROGAN

William K. Grogan

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: February 25, 2021

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.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ ERIC D. ASHLEMAN

Eric D. Ashleman

/s/ WILLIAM K. GROGAN
William K. Grogan

/s/ MICHAEL J. YATES

Michael J. Yates

/s/ MARK A. BECK

Mark A. Beck

/s/ MARK A. BUTHMAN

Mark A. Buthman

/s/ CARL R. CHRISTENSON

Carl R. Christenson

/s/ WILLIAM M. COOK

William M. Cook

/s/ KATRINA L. HELMKAMP

Katrina L. Helmkamp

/s/ ERNEST J. MROZEK

Ernest J. Mrozek

/s/ DAVID C. PARRY

David C. Parry

/s/ LIVINGSTON L. SATTERTHWAITE

Livingston L. Satterthwaite

/s/ CYNTHIA J. WARNER

Cynthia J. Warner

February 25, 2021

February 25, 2021

February 25, 2021

February 25, 2021

February 25, 2021

February 25, 2021

February 25, 2021

February 25, 2021

February 25, 2021

February 25, 2021

February 25, 2021

February 25, 2021

Chief Executive Officer,
President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)

Director

Director

Director

Non-Executive Chairman of the Board and
Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

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