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IDEX CORP /DE/ - Quarter Report: 2009 September (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
 
 
FORM 10-Q
 
     
þ
  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
    For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009
OR
o
  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Commission file number 1-10235
 
IDEX CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
     
Delaware   36-3555336
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
630 Dundee Road, Northbrook, Illinois
(Address of principal executive offices)
  60062
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number: (847) 498-7070
 
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 o 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes o     No o 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer þ Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o Smaller reporting company o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o     No þ 
 
Number of shares of common stock of IDEX Corporation outstanding as of October 30, 2009: 80,827,210 (net of treasury shares).
 
 


 

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
             
       
  Financial Statements.     1  
    Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets     1  
    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     2  
    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity     3  
    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     4  
    Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements     5  
  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations     20  
    Cautionary Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act     20  
    Historical Overview     20  
    Results of Operations     20  
    Liquidity and Capital Resources     25  
  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.     26  
  Controls and Procedures     27  
       
Part II. Other Information        
  Legal Proceedings     28  
  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds     28  
  Other Information     28  
  Exhibits     28  
    29  
    30  
 EX-31.1
 EX-31.2
 EX-32.1
 EX-32.2


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1.   Financial Statements.
 
IDEX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands except share and per share amounts)
(unaudited)
 
                 
    September 30, 2009     December 31, 2008_  
 
ASSETS
               
Current assets
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 74,429     $ 61,353  
Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $6,798 at September 30, 2009 and $5,600 at December 31, 2008
    189,417       205,269  
Inventories
    162,384       181,200  
Other current assets
    32,363       32,866  
                 
Total current assets
    458,593       480,688  
Property, plant and equipment — net
    181,006       186,283  
Goodwill
    1,186,156       1,167,063  
Intangible assets — net
    288,396       303,226  
Other noncurrent assets
    8,692       14,540  
                 
Total assets
  $ 2,122,843     $ 2,151,800  
                 
                 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
Current liabilities
               
Trade accounts payable
  $ 76,321     $ 87,304  
Accrued expenses
    114,676       117,186  
Short-term borrowings
    6,307       5,856  
Dividends payable
    9,554       9,523  
                 
Total current liabilities
    206,858       219,869  
Long-term borrowings
    440,832       548,144  
Deferred income taxes
    146,857       141,984  
Other noncurrent liabilities
    91,920       97,020  
                 
Total liabilities
    886,467       1,007,017  
                 
Commitment and contingencies
               
Shareholders’ equity
               
Preferred stock:
               
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: 83,277,330 shares at September 30, 2009 and 82,786,045 shares at December 31, 2008
    833       828  
Additional paid-in capital
    393,832       377,154  
Retained earnings
    873,590       822,286  
Treasury stock at cost: 2,537,538 shares at September 30, 2009 and 2,483,955 shares at December 31, 2008
    (56,597 )     (55,393 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
    24,718       (92 )
                 
Total shareholders’ equity
    1,236,376       1,144,783  
                 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 2,122,843     $ 2,151,800  
                 
 
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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IDEX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
    Nine Months Ended
 
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
 
Net sales
  $ 323,249     $ 365,193     $ 986,317     $ 1,134,165  
Cost of sales
    194,191       217,409       602,964       672,391  
                                 
Gross profit
    129,058       147,784       383,353       461,774  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    79,789       81,614       242,687       258,082  
Goodwill impairment
          30,090             30,090  
Restructuring expenses
    2,752       5,276       8,253       5,276  
                                 
Operating income
    46,517       30,804       132,413       168,326  
Other income — net
    1,382       2,723       806       3,885  
Interest expense
    3,951       3,861       13,212       13,619  
                                 
Income before income taxes
    43,948       29,666       120,007       158,592  
Provision for income taxes
    14,171       9,783       39,703       54,046  
                                 
Net income
  $ 29,777     $ 19,883     $ 80,304     $ 104,546  
                                 
Basic earnings per common share
  $ 0.37     $ 0.24     $ 1.00     $ 1.27  
                                 
Diluted earnings per common share
  $ 0.37     $ 0.24     $ 0.99     $ 1.26  
                                 
Share data:
                               
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding
    79,740       81,572       79,642       81,320  
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
    80,879       82,957       80,535       82,663  
 
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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IDEX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(in thousands except share and per share amounts)
(unaudited)
 
                                                         
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)              
                      Net
                   
                      Actuarial
                   
                      Losses
                   
                      and Prior
                   
                      Service
                   
                      Costs on
                   
                      Pensions
    Cumulative
             
                      and Other
    Unrealized
             
    Common Stock
                Post-
    Losses
             
    and Additional
          Cumulative
    Retirement
    on Derivatives
          Total
 
    Paid-In
    Retained
    Translation
    Benefit
    Designated as Cash
    Treasury
    Shareholders’
 
    Capital     Earnings     Adjustment     Plans     Flow Hedges     Stock     Equity  
 
Balance, December 31, 2008, as previously stated
  $ 377,982     $ 845,396     $ 39,873     $ (33,654 )   $ (6,642 )   $ (55,393 )   $ 1,167,562  
                                                         
Impact of adopting change in accounting related to inventory (see Note 5)
          (23,110 )     331                         (22,779 )
                                                         
Balance, December 31, 2008, as restated
  $ 377,982     $ 822,286     $ 40,204     $ (33,654 )   $ (6,642 )   $ (55,393 )   $ 1,144,783  
                                                         
Net income
          80,304                               80,304  
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
                                                       
Cumulative translation adjustment
                23,558                         23,558  
Amortization of retirement obligations
                      1,702                   1,702  
Unrealized gain on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges
                            (450 )           (450 )
                                                         
Other comprehensive income
                                        24,810  
                                                         
Comprehensive income
                                        105,114  
                                                         
Issuance of 238,388 shares of common stock from exercise of stock options and deferred compensation plans, net of tax benefit
    3,902                                     3,902  
Share-based compensation
    12,781                                     12,781  
Unvested shares surrendered for tax withholding
                                  (1,204 )     (1,204 )
Cash dividends declared — $.36 per common share
          (29,000 )                             (29,000 )
                                                         
Balance, September 30, 2009
  $ 394,665     $ 873,590     $ 63,762     $ (31,952 )   $ (7,092 )   $ (56,597 )   $ 1,236,376  
                                                         
 
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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IDEX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
 
                 
    Nine Months
 
    Ended
 
    September 30,  
    2009     2008  
 
Cash flows from operating activities
               
Net income
  $ 80,304     $ 104,546  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Loss on sale of fixed assets
    447        
Goodwill impairment
          30,090  
Depreciation and amortization
    23,482       23,468  
Amortization of intangible assets
    18,411       11,624  
Amortization of debt issuance expenses
    232       214  
Stock-based compensation expense
    12,781       12,423  
Deferred income taxes
    4,302       (9,183 )
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
    (1,523 )     (2,911 )
Changes in (net of the effect from acquisitions):
               
Receivables
    20,100       4,818  
Inventories
    20,774       (4,643 )
Trade accounts payable
    (12,762 )     (243 )
Accrued expenses
    (9,005 )     1,291  
Other — net
    131       (3,381 )
                 
Net cash flows provided by operating activities
    157,674       168,113  
Cash flows from investing activities
               
Additions to property, plant and equipment
    (18,346 )     (19,104 )
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
          (156,180 )
Proceeds from fixed assets disposals
    3,582        
Change in restricted cash
          140,005  
Other — net
    329        
                 
Net cash flows used in investing activities
    (14,435 )     (35,279 )
Cash flows from financing activities
               
Borrowings under credit facilities
    64,906       446,925  
Payments under credit facilities
    (174,203 )     (279,278 )
Payment of senior notes
          (150,000 )
Dividends paid
    (28,969 )     (29,496 )
Proceeds from stock option exercises
    3,692       9,407  
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
    1,523       2,911  
Other — net
    (1,204 )     (950 )
                 
Net cash flows used in financing activities
    (134,255 )     (481 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
    4,092       (1,133 )
                 
Net increase in cash
    13,076       131,220  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    61,353       102,757  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 74,429     $ 233,977  
                 
Supplemental cash flow information
               
Cash paid for:
               
Interest
  $ 13,400     $ 15,275  
Income taxes
    31,853       58,623  
Significant non-cash activities:
               
Capital expenditures included in accounts payable
    432       621  
Issuance of unvested shares
    4,895        
 
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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IDEX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
 
1.   Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies
 
The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of IDEX Corporation (“IDEX” or the “Company”) have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The statements are unaudited but include all adjustments, consisting only of recurring items, except as noted, which the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of the information set forth herein. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year.
 
The condensed consolidated financial statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
 
Adoption of New Accounting Standards
 
On July 1, 2009 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codificationtm (“ASC”) became the authoritative source of accounting principals to be applied to financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). In accordance with the ASC, citations to accounting literature in this report are to the relevant topic of the ASC or are presented in plain English. This standard is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The Company adopted this standard at its effective date.
 
In May 2009, the FASB issued an update to ASC 855 “Subsequent Events.” This standard establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date, but before the financial statements are issued or available to be issued (“subsequent events”). This standard requires disclosure of the date through which the entity has evaluated subsequent events and the basis for that date. For public entities, this is the date the financial statements are issued. This standard does not apply to subsequent events or transactions that are within the scope of other GAAP and will not result in significant changes in the subsequent events reported by the Company. This standard is effective for interim or annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. The Company has adopted this standard at its effective date.
 
In April 2009, the FASB issued an update to ASC 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” and ASC 270 “Interim Reporting.” This standard requires disclosures about fair value of financial instruments in interim and annual financial statements. This standard is effective for periods ending after June 15, 2009. The Company has adopted this standard at its effective date.
 
In June 2008, the FASB issued an update to ASC 260, “Earnings Per Share.” This standard addresses whether instruments granted in share-based payment transactions are participating securities prior to vesting and, therefore, need to be included in the allocation in computing earnings per share under the two-class method described in FASB ASC 260, “Earnings Per Share”. The FASB concluded 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 unvested shares are participating securities. Accordingly, effective January 1, 2009, earnings per common share are computed using the two-class method prescribed by ASC 260. All previously reported earnings per common share data has been retrospectively adjusted to conform to the new computation method (see Note 4).
 
In December 2007, the FASB issued an update to ASC 805 “Business Combinations.” The objective of the standard is to establish principles and requirements for how an acquirer in a business combination recognizes and measures in its financial statements, the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any controlling interest; recognizes and measures the goodwill acquired in the business combination or a gain from a bargain purchase; and determines what information to disclose to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
nature and financial effects of the business combination. This standard is to be applied prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after an entity’s fiscal year that begins after December 15, 2008. The Company will adopt this standard for all future acquisitions.
 
In December 2007, the FASB issued an update to ASC 810 “Consolidation.” The objective of the standard is to change the financial accounting and reporting for noncontrolling (or minority) interests in consolidated financial statements. The provisions of this standard in part; establish accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary; clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial statements; establishes a single method of accounting for changes in a parent’s ownership interest in a subsidiary that do not result in deconsolidation; requires that a parent recognize a gain or loss in net income when a subsidiary is deconsolidated; and requires expanded disclosures in the consolidated financial statements that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent’s owners and the interests of the noncontrolling owners of a subsidiary. ASC 810 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The adoption of this standard effective January 2009 did not have an effect on the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.
 
Inventory
 
As of January 1, 2009, the Company changed its method for accounting for certain inventories from last-in, first-out (LIFO) to first-in, first-out (FIFO). The company applied this change in accounting principle retrospectively in accordance with FASB ASC 250, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections” (see Note 5).
 
2.   Restructuring
 
During the past five quarters, we have recorded restructuring costs as a result of cost reduction efforts and facility closings. Accruals have been recorded based on these costs and primarily consist of employee termination benefits. We record accruals for employee termination benefits based on the guidance of FASB ASC 420, “Exit or Disposal Cost Obligations.” These expenses are included in Restructuring expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations while the restructuring accruals are included in Accrued expenses in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
 
2009 Initiatives
 
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring expenses totaling $2.8 million and $8.3 million, respectively, for employee severance related to employee reductions across various functional areas as well as facility closures resulting from the Company’s cost savings initiatives. These initiatives included severance benefits for 384 employees. The Company is anticipating the employee reductions to be completed by the end of 2009 with an expected additional total cost of $2.0 — $3.0 million during the fourth quarter, with severance payments expected to be fully paid by the end of 2010 using cash from operations.
 
2008 Initiatives
 
For the full year 2008, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring expenses totaling $18.0 million for employee severance related to employee reductions across various functional areas as well as facility closures resulting from our cost savings initiatives. These initiatives included severance benefits for 380 employees. These employee reductions were completed by the end of 2008, with severance payments expected to be fully paid by the end of 2009 using cash from operations.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
Pre-tax restructuring expenses, by segment for the three months ended September 30, 2009, were as follows:
 
                         
          Asset
       
          Write-downs
       
    Severance
    & Exit
       
    Costs     Costs     Total  
    (in thousands)  
 
Fluid & Metering Technologies
  $ 657     $     $ 657  
Health & Science Technologies
    841       184       1,025  
Dispensing Equipment
    630             630  
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products
    24             24  
Corporate/Other
    202       214       416  
                         
Total restructuring costs
  $ 2,354     $ 398     $ 2,752  
                         
 
Pre-tax restructuring expenses, by segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, were as follows:
 
                         
          Asset
       
          Write-downs
       
    Severance
    & Exit
       
    Costs     Costs     Total  
    (in thousands)  
 
Fluid & Metering Technologies
  $ 2,552     $ 490     $ 3,042  
Health & Science Technologies
    2,123       596       2,719  
Dispensing Equipment
    347       860       1,207  
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products
    474             474  
Corporate/Other
    441       370       811  
                         
Total restructuring costs
  $ 5,937     $ 2,316     $ 8,253  
                         
 
Restructuring accruals of $9.3 million at both September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively, are reflected in Accrued expenses in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as follows:
 
                         
    2008
    2009
       
    Initiatives     Initiatives     Total  
    (in thousands)  
 
Balance at January 1, 2009
  $ 9,263     $     $ 9,263  
Restructuring costs/reversals
    828       7,425       8,253  
Acquisition related
          3,927       3,927  
Payments/utilization
    (7,279 )     (4,894 )     (12,173 )
                         
Balance at September 30, 2009
  $ 2,812     $ 6,458     $ 9,270  
                         
 
3.   Business Segments
 
The Company consists of four reportable segments: Fluid & Metering Technologies, Health & Science Technologies, Dispensing Equipment and Fire & Safety/Diversified Products.
 
The Fluid & Metering Technologies Segment produces pumps, flow meters, and related controls for the movement of liquids and gases in a diverse range of end markets from industrial infrastructure to food and beverage. The Health & Science Technologies Segment produces a wide variety of small-scale, highly accurate pumps, valves, fittings and medical devices, as well as compressors used in medical, dental and industrial applications. The Dispensing Equipment Segment produces highly engineered equipment for dispensing, metering and mixing colorants, paints, inks and dyes, refinishing equipment, as well as the food industry. The Fire & Safety/Diversified Products Segment produces firefighting pumps, rescue tools, lifting bags and other components and systems for the


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fire and rescue industry, as well as engineered stainless steel banding and clamping devices used in a variety of industrial and commercial applications.
 
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 operating income is the primary financial measure. Intersegment sales are accounted for at fair value as if the sales were to third parties.
 
                                 
    Three Months
    Nine Months
 
    Ended
    Ended
 
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
    (In thousands)  
 
Net sales
                               
Fluid & Metering Technologies:
                               
External customers
  $ 156,781     $ 169,957     $ 470,271     $ 517,641  
Intersegment sales
    158       301       686       905  
                                 
Total group sales
    156,939       170,258       470,957       518,546  
                                 
Health & Science Technologies:
                               
External customers
    75,365       82,506       219,305       251,279  
Intersegment sales
    773       383       4,837       2,499  
                                 
Total group sales
    76,138       82,889       224,142       253,778  
                                 
Dispensing Equipment:
                               
External customers
    25,580       31,543       104,111       138,152  
Intersegment sales
                       
                                 
Total group sales
    25,580       31,543       104,111       138,152  
                                 
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products:
                               
External customers
    65,523       81,187       192,630       227,093  
Intersegment sales
    1       2       3       6  
                                 
Total group sales
    65,524       81,189       192,633       227,099  
                                 
Intersegment elimination
    (932 )     (686 )     (5,526 )     (3,410 )
                                 
Total net sales
  $ 323,249     $ 365,193     $ 986,317     $ 1,134,165  
                                 
Operating income (loss)
                               
Fluid & Metering Technologies
  $ 25,755     $ 33,656     $ 70,731     $ 98,227  
Health & Science Technologies
    14,287       17,012       34,703       47,896  
Dispensing Equipment(1)
    (311 )     (32,026 )     13,112       (6,526 )
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products
    15,932       20,401       42,790       56,959  
Corporate office and other
    (9,146 )     (8,239 )     (28,923 )     (28,230 )
                                 
Total operating income
  $ 46,517     $ 30,804     $ 132,413     $ 168,326  
                                 
 
 
(1) Segment operating income includes $30.1 million goodwill impairment charge in 2008 for Fluid Management Americas.


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4.   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 period. Common stock equivalents consist of stock options, which have been included in the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding using the treasury stock method, unvested shares, and shares issuable in connection with certain deferred compensation agreements (“DCUs”).
 
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 Corporation is required to apply the two-class method of computing basic and diluted earnings per share. The Corporation has determined that its outstanding unvested shares are participating securities. Accordingly, effective January 1, 2009, earnings per common share are computed using the two-class method prescribed by ASC 260. All previously reported earnings per common share data has been retrospectively adjusted to conform to the new computation method. Net income attributable to common shareholders was reduced by $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Net income attributable to common shareholders was reduced by $0.6 million and $0.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
Basic weighted average shares reconciles to diluted weighted average shares as follows:
 
                                 
    Three Months
    Nine Months
 
    Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
    (In thousands)  
 
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding
    79,740       81,572       79,642       81,320  
Dilutive effect of stock options, unvested shares, and DCUs
    1,139       1,385       893       1,343  
                                 
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
    80,879       82,957       80,535       82,663  
                                 
 
Options to purchase approximately 2.5 million and 2.0 million shares of common stock as of September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because the exercise price was greater than the average market price of the Company’s common stock and, therefore, the effect of their inclusion would be antidilutive.
 
5.   Inventories
 
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost, which includes material, labor, and factory overhead, is determined on a FIFO basis.


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Prior to 2009, we valued certain inventories under the LIFO cost method. As of January 1, 2009, we changed our method of accounting for these inventories from the LIFO method to the FIFO method. As of December 31, 2008, the inventories for which the LIFO method of accounting was applied represented approximately 85% of total net inventories. We believe that this change is to a preferable method which better reflects the current cost of inventory on our consolidated balance sheets. Additionally, this change conforms all of our worldwide inventories to a consistent inventory costing method and provides better comparability to our peers. We applied this change in accounting principle retrospectively to all prior periods presented herein in accordance with FASB ASC 250, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections.” As a result of this accounting change, our retained earnings as of December 31, 2008 decreased to $822.3 million using the FIFO method from $845.4 million as originally reported using the LIFO method. The following tables summarize the effect of the accounting change on our consolidated financial statements.
 
                                                 
    Three Months Ended
    Three Months Ended
 
    September 30, 2009     September 30, 2008  
                As
                   
    Computed
    Effect
    Computed
          Effect
       
    Under Prior
    of
    Under
    Originally
    of
    As
 
    Method     Change     FIFO     Reported     Change     Adjusted  
    (Thousands, except per share data)  
 
Statement of Operations:
                                               
Cost of sales
  $ 194,794     $ (603 )   $ 194,191     $ 218,796     $ (1,387 )   $ 217,409  
Income taxes
    13,954       217       14,171       9,204       579       9,783  
Net income
    29,391       386       29,777       19,075       808       19,883  
Per common share:
                                               
Basic earnings
    0.36       0.01       0.37       0.23       0.01       0.24  
Diluted earnings
    0.36       0.01       0.37       0.23       0.01       0.24  
                                                 
Statement of Cash Flows:
                                               
Net income
    29,391       386       29,777       19,075       808       19,883  
Deferred income tax liability
    (2,607 )     217       (2,390 )     (11,259 )     579       (10,680 )
Inventory working capital change
    7,293       (603 )     6,690       2,232       (1,527 )     705  
Net cash provided by operating activities
    84,763             84,763       72,836             72,836  
 
                                                 
    Nine Months Ended
    Nine Months Ended
 
    September 30, 2009     September 30, 2008  
                As
                   
    Computed
    Effect
    Computed
          Effect
       
    Under Prior
    of
    Under
    Originally
    of
    As
 
    Method     Change     FIFO     Reported     Change     Adjusted  
    (Thousands, except per share data)  
 
Statement of Operations:
                                               
Cost of sales
  $ 600,119     $ 2,845     $ 602,964     $ 669,393     $ 2,998     $ 672,391  
Income taxes
    40,645       (942 )     39,703       55,082       (1,036 )     54,046  
Net income
    82,207       (1,903 )     80,304       106,508       (1,962 )     104,546  
Per common share:
                                               
Basic earnings
    1.02       (0.02 )     1.00       1.31       (0.04 )     1.27  
Diluted earnings
    1.01       (0.02 )     0.99       1.29       (0.03 )     1.26  
                                                 
Statement of Cash Flows:
                                               
Net income
    82,207       (1,903 )     80,304       106,508       (1,962 )     104,546  
Deferred income tax liability
    5,244       (942 )     4,302       (8,147 )     (1,036 )     (9,183 )
Inventory working capital change
    17,929       2,845       20,774       (7,368 )     2,725       (4,643 )
Net cash provided by operating activities
    157,674             157,674       168,113             168,113  
 


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    September 30, 2009     December 31, 2008  
 
Balance Sheet:
                                               
Inventories
  $ 198,189     $ (35,805 )   $ 162,384     $ 214,160     $ (32,960 )   $ 181,200  
Other current assets (prepaid taxes)
    22,978       9,385       32,363       24,423       8,443       32,866  
Accrued expenses (income tax payable)
    114,062       614       114,676       116,572       614       117,186  
Deferred income tax liability
    149,209       (2,352 )     146,857       144,336       (2,352 )     141,984  
Cumulative translation adjustment
    63,500       262       63,762       39,873       331       40,204  
Retained earnings
    898,603       (25,013 )     873,590       845,396       (23,110 )     822,286  
                                                 
 
The revised components of inventories as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were as follows:
 
                 
    September 30,
    December 31,
 
    2009     2008  
    (In thousands)  
 
Raw materials and component parts
  $ 104,087     $ 110,290  
Work-in-process
    20,345       22,483  
Finished goods
    37,952       48,427  
                 
Total
  $ 162,384     $ 181,200  
                 
 
6.   Goodwill and Intangible Assets
 
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, by reporting segment, were as follows:
 
                                         
    Fluid &
    Health &
          Fire & Safety/
       
    Metering
    Science
    Dispensing
    Diversified
       
    Technologies     Technologies     Equipment     Products     Total  
    (In thousands)  
 
Balance at December 31, 2008
  $ 524,387     $ 391,654     $ 103,470     $ 147,552     $ 1,167,063  
Foreign currency translation
    8,428       496       2,993       2,515       14,432  
Acquisition adjustments
    3,657       1,004                   4,661  
                                         
Balance at September 30, 2009
  $ 536,472     $ 393,154     $ 106,463     $ 150,067     $ 1,186,156  
                                         
 
For acquisitions completed in the fourth quarter of 2008, the Company is in the process of finalizing appraisals of tangible and intangible assets and is continuing to complete the purchase price allocations, which will be adjusted as additional information relative to the fair values of the assets and liabilities becomes known.
 
Acquisition adjustments during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 primarily relate to restructuring charges and other fair value adjustments of $4.3 million recorded by Richter Chemie-Technik, a business unit within the Company’s Fluid & Metering Technologies Segment, offset by other various acquisition adjustments. The restructuring charges were primarily employee severance related to employee reductions across various functional areas.
 
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. Annually on October 31st, goodwill and other acquired intangible assets with indefinite lives are tested for impairment. The Company concluded that the fair value of each of the reporting units was in excess of the carrying value as of

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October 31, 2008. The Company did not consider there to be any triggering event that would require an interim impairment assessment, therefore none of the goodwill or other acquired intangible assets with indefinite lives were tested for impairment during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
 
The following table provides the gross carrying value and accumulated amortization for each major class of intangible asset as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008:
 
                                         
    September 30, 2009           December 31, 2008  
    Gross
          Weighted
    Gross
       
    Carrying
    Accumulated
    Average
    Carrying
    Accumulated
 
    Amount     Amortization     Lives     Amount     Amortization  
    (In thousands)  
 
Amortizable intangible assets:
                                       
Patents
  $ 11,917     $ (6,048 )     11     $ 11,795     $ (5,550 )
Trade names
    64,078       (9,448 )     15       62,805       (6,310 )
Customer relationships
    158,513       (28,577 )     12       156,216       (16,601 )
Non-compete agreements
    4,276       (3,214 )     4       4,569       (2,989 )
Unpatented technology
    36,093       (5,442 )     14       35,527       (2,939 )
Other
    6,236       (2,088 )     10       6,282       (1,679 )
                                         
Total amortizable intangible assets
    281,113       (54,817 )             277,194       (36,068 )
Banjo trade name
    62,100                     62,100        
                                         
    $ 343,213     $ (54,817 )           $ 339,294     $ (36,068 )
                                         
 
The Banjo trade name is an indefinite lived intangible asset which is tested for impairment on an annual basis or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired.
 
7.   Accrued Expenses
 
The components of accrued expenses as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were:
 
                 
    September 30,
    December 31,
 
    2009     2008  
    (In thousands)  
 
Payroll and related items
  $ 47,053     $ 45,162  
Management incentive compensation
    7,009       10,078  
Income taxes payable
    8,420       8,275  
Deferred income taxes
    847       1,469  
Insurance
    9,081       9,964  
Warranty
    4,304       3,751  
Deferred revenue
    4,201       2,600  
Restructuring
    9,270       9,263  
Other
    24,491       26,624  
                 
Total accrued expenses
  $ 114,676     $ 117,186  
                 


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8.   Borrowings
 
Borrowings at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 consisted of the following:
 
                 
    September 30,
    December 31,
 
    2009     2008  
    (In thousands)  
 
Credit Facility
  $ 347,664     $ 448,763  
Term Loan
    95,000       100,000  
Other borrowings
    4,475       5,237  
                 
Total borrowings
    447,139       554,000  
Less current portion
    6,307       5,856  
                 
Total long-term borrowings
  $ 440,832     $ 548,144  
                 
 
The Company maintains a $600.0 million unsecured domestic, multi-currency bank revolving credit facility (“Credit Facility”), which expires on December 21, 2011. In 2008, the Credit Facility was amended to allow the Company to designate certain foreign subsidiaries as designated borrowers. Upon approval from the lenders, the designated borrowers were allowed to receive loans under the Credit Facility. A designated borrower sublimit was established as the lesser of the aggregate commitments or $100.0 million. As of the amendment date, Fluid Management Europe B.V., (FME) was approved by the lenders as a designated borrower. FME’s borrowings under the Credit Facility at September 30, 2009 were approximately $65.7 million (Euro 45.0 million). As the FME borrowings under the Credit Facility are Euro denominated and the cash flows that will be used to make payments of principal and interest are predominately denominated in Euros, the Company does not anticipate any significant foreign exchange gains or losses in servicing this debt.
 
At September 30, 2009 there was $347.7 million outstanding under the Credit Facility and outstanding letters of credit totaled approximately $7.1 million. The net available borrowing under the Credit Facility as of September 30, 2009, was approximately $245.2 million. Interest is payable quarterly on the outstanding borrowings at the bank agent’s reference rate. Interest on borrowings based on LIBOR plus an applicable margin is payable on the maturity date of the borrowing, or quarterly from the effective date for borrowings exceeding three months. The applicable margin is based on the Company’s senior, unsecured, long-term debt rating and can range from 24 basis points to 50 basis points. Based on the Company’s BBB rating at September 30, 2009, the applicable margin was 40 basis points. An annual Credit Facility fee, also based on the Company’s credit rating, is currently 10 basis points and is payable quarterly.
 
At September 30, 2009 the Company had one interest rate exchange agreement related to the Credit Facility. The interest rate exchange agreement, expiring in January 2011, effectively converted $250.0 million of floating-rate debt into fixed-rate debt at an interest rate of 3.25%. The fixed rate noted above is comprised of the fixed rate on the interest rate exchange agreement and the Company’s current margin of 40 basis points on the Credit Facility.
 
On April 18, 2008, the Company completed a $100.0 million unsecured senior bank term loan agreement (“Term Loan”) with covenants consistent with the existing Credit Facility and a maturity on December 21, 2011. At September 30, 2009, there was $95.0 million outstanding under the Term Loan with $5.0 million included within short term borrowings. Interest under the Term Loan is based on the bank agent’s reference rate or LIBOR plus an applicable margin and is payable at the end of the selected interest period, but at least quarterly. The applicable margin is based on the Company’s senior, unsecured, long-term debt rating and can range from 45 to 100 basis points. Based on the Company’s current debt rating, the applicable margin is 80 basis points. The Term Loan requires repayments of $5.0 million and $7.5 million in April of 2010 and 2011, respectively, with the remaining balance due on December 21, 2011. The Company used the proceeds from the Term Loan to pay down existing debt outstanding under the Credit Facility.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
At September 30, 2009 the Company had an interest rate exchange agreement related to the Term Loan that expires December 2011. With a current notional amount of $95.0 million, the agreement effectively converted $100.0 million of floating-rate debt into fixed-rate debt at an interest rate of 4.00%. The fixed rate is comprised of the fixed rate on the interest rate exchange agreement and the Company’s current margin of 80 basis points on the Term Loan.
 
9.   Derivative Instruments
 
ASC 815 “Derivatives and Hedging”, requires that a Company with derivative instruments disclose information to enable users of the financial statements to understand: how and why an entity uses derivative instruments; how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for; and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. As such, ASC 815 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements.
 
The Company enters into cash flow hedges to reduce the exposure to variability in certain expected future cash flows. The type of cash flow hedges the Company enters into includes foreign currency contracts and interest rate exchange agreements that effectively convert a portion of floating-rate debt to fixed-rate debt and are designed to reduce the impact of interest rate changes on future interest expense.
 
The effective portion of gains or losses on interest rate exchange agreements is reported in accumulated other comprehensive income 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 into net income during the period of change.
 
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.
 
At September 30, 2009, the Company had two interest rate exchange agreements. The first interest rate exchange agreement, expiring in January 2011, effectively converted $250.0 million of floating-rate debt into fixed-rate debt at an interest rate of 3.25%. The second interest rate exchange agreement, expiring December 2011, with a current notional amount of $95.0 million, effectively converted $100.0 million of floating-rate debt into fixed-rate debt at an interest rate of 4.00%. The fixed rate is comprised of the fixed rate on the interest rate exchange agreements and the Company’s current margin of 40 basis points for the Credit Facility and 80 basis points on the Term Loan.
 
Based on interest rates at September 30, 2009, approximately $9.3 million of the amount included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in shareholders’ equity at September 30, 2009 will be recognized to net income over the next 12 months as the underlying hedged transactions are realized.
 
At September 30, 2009, the Company had foreign currency exchange contracts with an aggregate notional amount of $3.4 million to manage its exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The change in fair market value of these contracts for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was immaterial.
 
The following tables set forth the fair value amounts of derivative instruments held by the Company as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008:
 
                         
    Fair Value-Assets    
    September 30,
  December 31,
   
    2009   2008   Balance Sheet Caption
    (In thousands)    
 
Foreign exchange contracts
  $ 452     $       Current assets  


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
                         
    Fair Value-Liabilities        
    September 30,
    December 31,
       
    2009     2008    
Balance Sheet Caption
 
    (In thousands)        
 
Interest rate contracts
  $ 11,573     $ 10,098       Other noncurrent liabilities  
Foreign exchange contracts
          272       Accrued expenses  
                         
    $ 11,573     $ 10,370          
                         
 
The following tables summarize the gain (loss) recognized and the amounts and location of income (expense) and gain (loss) reclassified into income for interest rate contracts and foreign currency contracts as of September 30, 2009 and 2008:
 
                                         
    Gain (Loss)
  Income (Expense)
   
    Recognized in
  and Gain
   
    Other
  (Loss)
   
    Comprehensive
  Reclassified into
   
    Income (Loss)   Income    
    Three Months Ended September 30,   Income
    2009   2008   2009   2008   Statement Caption
    (In thousands)    
 
Interest rate contracts
  $ (751 )   $ (234 )   $ (2,148 )   $ (158 )     Interest expense  
Foreign exchange contracts
    112             346             Sales  
 
                                         
    Gain (Loss)
  Income (Expense)
   
    Recognized in
  and Gain
   
    Other
  (Loss)
   
    Comprehensive
  Reclassified into
   
    Income (Loss)   Income   Income
    Nine Months Ended September 30,   Statement
    2009   2008   2009   2008  
Caption
    (In thousands)    
 
Interest rate contracts
  $ (943 )   $ 2,922     $ (5,757 )   $ (106 )     Interest expense  
Foreign exchange contracts
    493             399             Sales  
 
10.   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.
 
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IDEX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
 
The following table summarizes the basis used to measure the Company’s financial assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis in the balance sheet at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008:
 
                                 
    Basis of Fair Value Measurements
    Balance at
           
    September 30, 2009   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3
    (In thousands)
 
Interest rate exchange agreement derivative financial instruments (included in Other noncurrent liabilities)
  $ 11,573           $ 11,573        
Foreign currency contracts (included in Other current assets)
  $ 452           $ 452        
 
                                 
    Balance at
           
    December 31, 2008   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3
    (In thousands)
 
Interest rate exchange agreement derivative financial instruments (included in Other noncurrent liabilities)
  $ 10,098           $ 10,098        
Foreign currency contracts (included in Accrued expenses)
  $ 272           $ 272        
 
In determining the fair value of the Company’s interest rate exchange agreement derivatives, the Company uses a present value of expected cash flows based on market observable interest rate yield curves commensurate with the term of each instrument and the credit default swap market to reflect the credit risk of either the Company or the counterparty.
 
The carrying value of our cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and accounts payable approximates their fair values because of the short term nature of these instruments. At September 30, 2009, the fair value of our long term debt, based on the current market rates for debt with similar credit risk and maturity, approximated the value recorded on our balance sheet.
 
11.   Common and Preferred Stock
 
At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the Company had 150 million shares of authorized common stock, with a par value of $.01 per share and 5 million shares of preferred stock with a par value of $.01 per share. No preferred stock was issued as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
 
12.   Share-Based Compensation
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company granted approximately 1.2 million stock options and 0.3 million unvested shares. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Company granted approximately 1.1 million stock options and 0.6 million unvested shares.


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IDEX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
Total compensation cost for stock options is as follows:
 
                                 
    Three Months
    Nine Months
 
    Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
    (In thousands)  
 
Cost of goods sold
  $ 220     $ 256     $ 758     $ 843  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    1,455       1,772       5,109       5,786  
                                 
Total expense before income taxes
    1,675       2,028       5,867       6,629  
Income tax benefit
    (531 )     (645 )     (1,889 )     (2,102 )
                                 
Total expense after income taxes
  $ 1,144     $ 1,383     $ 3,978     $ 4,527  
                                 
 
Total compensation cost for unvested shares is as follows:
 
                                 
    Three Months
    Nine Months
 
    Ended September 30,     Ended September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
    (In thousands)  
 
Cost of goods sold
  $ 63     $ 24     $ 187     $ 55  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    2,072       2,160       6,727       5,739  
                                 
Total expense before income taxes
    2,135       2,184       6,914       5,794  
Income tax benefit
    (384 )     (378 )     (1,167 )     (1,097 )
                                 
Total expense after income taxes
  $ 1,751     $ 1,806     $ 5,747     $ 4,697  
                                 
 
Classification of stock compensation cost within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations is consistent with classification of cash compensation for the same employees, and compensation cost capitalized as part of inventory was immaterial.
 
As of September 30, 2009, there was $11.6 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.4 years, and $13.3 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested shares that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.2 years.
 
13.   Retirement Benefits
 
The Company sponsors several qualified and nonqualified defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans and other postretirement plans for its employees. The following tables provide the components of net periodic benefit cost for its major defined benefit plans and its other postretirement plans.
 
                                         
    Pension Benefits  
    Three Months Ended September 30,  
    2009     2008        
    U.S.     Non-U.S.     U.S.     Non-U.S.        
    (In thousands)  
 
Service cost
  $ 388     $ 214     $ 442     $ 220          
Interest cost
    1,093       549       1,121       455          
Expected return on plan assets
    (876 )     (205 )     (1,292 )     (260 )        
Net amortization
    1,218       96       516       100          
                                         
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 1,823     $ 654     $ 787     $ 515          
                                         
 


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IDEX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
                                 
    Pension Benefits  
    Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2009     2008  
    U.S.     Non-U.S.     U.S.     Non-U.S.  
    (In thousands)  
 
Service cost
  $ 1,164     $ 609     $ 1,324     $ 674  
Interest cost
    3,281       1,562       3,363       1,394  
Expected return on plan assets
    (2,629 )     (577 )     (3,877 )     (801 )
Net amortization
    3,654       273       1,549       304  
                                 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 5,470     $ 1,867     $ 2,359     $ 1,571  
                                 
 
                                 
    Other Postretirement Benefits  
          Nine Months Ended
 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
    (In thousands)  
 
Service cost
  $ 149     $ 153     $ 441     $ 459  
Interest cost
    343       332       1,017       999  
Net amortization
    23       29       47       99  
                                 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $ 515     $ 514     $ 1,505     $ 1,557  
                                 
 
The Company previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008, that it expected to contribute approximately $11.7 million to its defined benefit plans and $1.3 million to its other postretirement benefit plans in 2009. As of September 30, 2009, $9.3 million of contributions have been made to the defined benefit plans and $0.7 million have been made to its other postretirement benefit plans. The Company presently anticipates contributing up to an additional $3.0 million in 2009 to fund these defined benefit and other postretirement benefit plans.
 
14.   Legal Proceedings
 
The Company is party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business, none of which are expected to have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
 
15.   Income Taxes
 
The Company’s 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 increased to $14.2 million in the third quarter of 2009 from $9.8 million in the third quarter of 2008. The effective tax rate decreased to 32.2% for the third quarter of 2009 compared to 33.0% in the third quarter of 2008 due to the mix of global pre-tax income among jurisdictions and unfavorable non-recurring discrete items in the third quarter of 2008.
 
The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and various state and foreign jurisdictions. Due to the potential for resolution of federal, state and foreign examinations, and the expiration of various statutes of limitation, it is reasonably possible that the Company’s gross unrecognized tax benefits balance may change within the next twelve months by a range of zero to $0.3 million.

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IDEX CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
 
16.   New Accounting Pronouncements
 
In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-13, “Revenue Recognition (Topic 605) — Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements.” ASU No. 2009-13 addresses the accounting for multiple-deliverable arrangements to enable vendors to account for products or services (deliverables) separately rather than as a combined unit. This guidance establishes a selling price hierarchy for determining the selling price of a deliverable, which is based on: (a) vendor-specific objective evidence; (b) third-party evidence; or (c) estimates. This guidance also eliminates the residual method of allocation and requires that arrangement consideration be allocated at the inception of the arrangement to all deliverables using the relative selling price method. In addition, this guidance significantly expands required disclosures related to a vendor’s multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements. ASU No. 2009-13 is effective prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010 and early adoption is permitted. A company may elect, but will not be required, to adopt the amendments in ASU No. 2009-13 retrospectively for all prior periods. Management is currently evaluating the requirements of ASU No. 2009-13 and has not yet determined the impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
In August 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-05, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820) — Measuring Liabilities at Fair Value” (“Update 2009-05”). 2009-05 provides clarification regarding valuation techniques when a quoted price in an active market for an identical liability is not available in addition to treatment of the existence of restrictions that prevent the transfer of a liability. 2009-05 also clarifies that both a quoted price in an active market for an identical liability at the measurement date and the quoted price for an identical liability when traded as an asset in an active market (when no adjustments to the quoted price of the asset are required) are Level 1 fair value measurements. This standard is effective for the first reporting period, including interim periods, beginning after issuance. Adoption of 2009-05 did not have a material effect on the consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.
 
In December 2008, the FASB issued ASC 715 “Compensation-Retirement Benefits.” This standard provides additional guidance on employers’ disclosures about the plan assets of defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans. ASC 715 requires disclosures about how investment allocation decisions are made, the fair value of each major category of plan assets, valuation techniques used to develop fair value measurements of plan assets, the impact of measurements on changes in plan assets when using significant unobservable inputs and significant concentrations of risk in the plan assets. These disclosures are required for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2009. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this standard on its financial statement disclosures.


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Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
 
Cautionary Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
 
The “Historical Overview” and the “Liquidity and Capital Resources” sections of this management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements may relate to, among other things, operating results and are indicated by words or phrases such as “expects,” “should,” “will,” 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 filing. The risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, IDEX Corporation’s (“IDEX” or the “Company”) ability to integrate and operate acquired businesses on a profitable basis and other risks and uncertainties identified under the heading “Risk Factors” included in item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and information contained in subsequent periodic reports filed by IDEX with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors are cautioned not to rely unduly on forward-looking statements when evaluating the information presented here.
 
Historical Overview
 
IDEX is an applied solutions company specializing in fluid and metering technologies, health and science technologies, dispensing equipment, and fire, safety and other diversified products built to its customers’ specifications. Our products are sold in niche markets to a wide range of industries throughout the world. Accordingly, our businesses are affected by levels of industrial activity and economic conditions in the U.S. and in other countries where we do 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 among the factors that influence the demand for our products.
 
IDEX consists of four reportable segments:  Fluid & Metering Technologies, Health & Science Technologies, Dispensing Equipment and Fire & Safety/Diversified Products.
 
The Fluid & Metering Technologies Segment produces pumps, compressors, flow meters and related controls for the movement of liquids and gases in a diverse range of end markets from industrial infrastructure to food and beverage; and provides metering technology and flow monitoring services for water and wastewater markets. The Health & Science Technologies Segment produces a wide variety of small scale, highly accurate pumps, valves, fittings and medical devices, as well as compressors used in medical, dental and industrial applications. The Dispensing Equipment Segment produces highly engineered equipment for dispensing, metering and mixing colorants, paints, inks and dyes, hair colorants and other personal care products, refinishing equipment, as well as the food industry. The Fire & Safety/Diversified Products Segment produces firefighting pumps, rescue tools, lifting bags and other components and systems for the fire and rescue industry; and engineered stainless steel banding and clamping devices used in a variety of industrial and commercial applications.
 
Results of Operations
 
On July 1, 2009 FASB ASC became the authoritative source of accounting principals to be applied to financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In accordance with the ASC, citations to accounting literature in this report are to the relevant topic of the ASC or are presented in plain English.
 
The following is a discussion and analysis of our financial position and results of operations for the period ended September 30, 2009 and 2008. For purposes of this discussion and analysis section, reference is made to the table below and the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations included in Item 1. As of January 1, 2009, we changed our method of accounting for inventory from the LIFO method to the FIFO method. Certain prior year amounts have been restated to reflect the LIFO to FIFO inventory costing change (see Note 5).
 
Performance in the Three Months Ended September 30, 2009 Compared with the Same Period of 2008
 
Sales in the three months ended September 30, 2009 were $323.2 million, a 12% decrease from the comparable period last year. This decrease reflects a 17% decrease in organic sales and 2% unfavorable foreign currency


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translation, partially offset by a 7% increase from four acquisitions (Richter — October 2008, iPEK — October 2008, IETG — October 2008 and Semrock — October 2008). Sales to international customers represented approximately 48% of total sales in the current period compared to 46% in the same period in 2008.
 
For the third quarter of 2009, Fluid & Metering Technologies contributed 48 percent of sales and 46 percent of operating income; Health & Science Technologies accounted for 24 percent of sales and 26 percent of operating income; Dispensing Equipment accounted for 8 percent of sales and 0 percent of operating income; and Fire & Safety/Diversified Products represented 20 percent of sales and 28 percent of operating income.
 
Fluid & Metering Technologies sales of $156.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 declined $13.3 million, or 8% compared with 2008, reflecting a 19% decrease in organic growth and 1% unfavorable foreign currency translation, partially offset by a 12% increase for acquisitions (Richter, iPEK and IETG). The decrease in organic growth was driven by weakness in chemical, energy, water and waste water markets. In the third quarter of 2009, organic sales decreased approximately 23% domestically and 11% internationally. Organic business sales to customers outside the U.S. were approximately 41% of total segment sales during the third quarter of 2009 and 40% in 2008.
 
Health & Science Technologies sales of $76.1 million decreased $6.8 million, or 8% in the third quarter of 2009 compared with 2008. This reflects a 13% decrease in organic growth and 1% of unfavorable foreign currency translation, partially offset by a 6% increase from the acquisition of Semrock. The decrease in organic growth reflects market softness in non-core Health & Science Technologies businesses. In the third quarter of 2009, organic sales decreased 24% domestically and increased 4% internationally. Organic business sales to customers outside the U.S. were approximately 46% of total segment sales in the third quarter of 2009, compared to 38% in 2008.
 
Dispensing Equipment sales of $25.6 million decreased $6.0 million, or 19% in the third quarter of 2009 compared with 2008. This decrease reflects a 15% decrease in organic growth and 4% of unfavorable foreign currency translation. The decrease in organic growth was due to continued deterioration in capital spending in the European and North American markets. In the third quarter of 2009, organic sales decreased 29% domestically and 10% internationally. Organic sales to customers outside the U.S. were approximately 78% of total segment sales in the third quarter of 2009, compared with 72% in the comparable quarter of 2008.
 
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products sales of $65.5 million decreased $15.7 million, or 19% in the third quarter of 2009 compared with 2008. This change reflects a 16% decrease in organic business volume and 3% unfavorable foreign currency translation. The decrease in organic business growth was driven by lower demand for engineered band clamping systems and rescue equipment. In the third quarter of 2009, organic business sales decreased 12% domestically and 20% internationally. Organic sales to customers outside the U.S. were approximately 55% of total segment sales in the third quarter of 2009, compared to 56% in 2008.
 


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    Three Months
  Nine Months
    Ended September 30,   Ended September 30,
    2009(1)   2008(2)   2009(1)   2008(2)
 
Fluid & Metering Technologies
                               
Net sales
  $ 156,939     $ 170,258     $ 470,957     $ 518,546  
Operating income(3)
    25,755       33,656       70,731       98,227  
Operating margin
    16.4 %     19.8 %     15.0 %     18.9 %
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 8,061     $ 5,842     $ 24,396     $ 18,605  
Capital expenditures
    3,810       2,519       9,682       7,695  
Health & Science Technologies
                               
Net sales
  $ 76,138     $ 82,889     $ 224,142     $ 253,778  
Operating income(3)
    14,287       17,012       34,703       47,896  
Operating margin
    18.8 %     20.5 %     15.5 %     18.9 %
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 3,866     $ 2,573     $ 10,579     $ 8,411  
Capital expenditures
    1,879       1,294       3,793       3,894  
Dispensing Equipment
                               
Net sales
  $ 25,580     $ 31,543     $ 104,111     $ 138,152  
Operating income (loss) (3)(5)
    (311 )     (32,026 )     13,112       (6,526 )
Operating margin(5)
    (1.2 )%     (101.5 )%     12.6 %     (4.7 )%
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 670     $ 946     $ 2,340     $ 3,215  
Capital expenditures
    292       652       850       2,236  
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products
                               
Net sales
  $ 65,524     $ 81,189     $ 192,633     $ 227,099  
Operating income(3)
    15,932       20,401       42,790       56,959  
Operating margin
    24.3 %     25.1 %     22.2 %     25.1 %
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 1,287     $ 1,206     $ 3,815     $ 3,950  
Capital expenditures
    853       789       2,569       3,929  
Company
                               
Net sales
  $ 323,249     $ 365,193     $ 986,317     $ 1,134,165  
Operating income(3)
    46,517       30,804       132,413       168,326  
Operating margin
    14.4 %     8.4 %     13.4 %     14.8 %
Depreciation and amortization(4)
  $ 14,135     $ 10,879     $ 41,893     $ 35,092  
Capital expenditures
    7,081       5,851       18,303       19,164  
 
 
(1) Data includes acquisition of Richter (October 2008), iPEK (October 2008) and IETG (October 2008) in the Fluid & Metering Technologies segment and Semrock (October 2008) in the Health & Science Technologies segment from the dates of acquisition.
 
(2) Certain prior year amounts have been restated to reflect the LIFO to FIFO inventory costing change.
 
(3) Group operating income excludes unallocated corporate operating expenses.
 
(4) Excludes amortization of debt issuance expenses.
 
(5) Segment operating income and margin includes $30.1 million goodwill impairment charge in 2008 for Fluid Management Americas.
 
Gross profit of $129.1 million in the third quarter of 2009 decreased $18.7 million, or 13% from 2008. Gross profit as a percent of sales was 39.9% in the third quarter of 2009 and 40.5% in 2008. The decrease in gross margin primarily reflects product mix as well as the impact of fixed cost expense from lower volume across most of our businesses.

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Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses decreased to $79.8 million in the third quarter of 2009 from $81.6 million in 2008. The $1.8 million decrease reflects approximately $9.3 million for volume related expenses, partially offset by a $7.5 million increase for incremental costs associated with recently acquired businesses. As a percent of sales, SG&A expenses were 24.7% for 2009 and 22.3% for 2008.
 
During the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring expenses totaling $2.8 million and $5.3 million, respectively, for employee severance related to employee reductions across various functional areas and facility closures resulting from the Company’s cost savings initiatives.
 
During the three months ended September 30, 2008 in accordance with ASC 350, the Company concluded that events had occurred and circumstances had changed which required the Company to perform an interim period goodwill impairment test at Fluid Management Americas, a reporting unit within the Company’s Dispensing Equipment Segment. Fluid Management Americas had experienced a downturn in capital spending by its customer base and the loss of a major retail customer. The Company performed an impairment test and compared the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying value. It was determined that the fair value of Fluid Management Americas was less than the carrying value of the net assets. The excess of the fair value of the reporting unit over the amounts assigned to its assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of goodwill. The Company’s analysis resulted in an implied fair value of goodwill of $21.2 million, and as a result, the Company recognized an impairment charge of $30.1 million in the third quarter of 2008.
 
Operating income of $46.5 million and operating margins of 14.4% in the third quarter of 2009 were up from the $30.8 million and 8.4% recorded in 2008, primarily reflecting decreased expenses from previously announced restructuring-related charges and the goodwill impairment charge in 2008, partially offset by decreased volume. In the Fluid & Metering Technologies Segment, operating income of $25.8 million and operating margins of 16.4% in the third quarter of 2009 were down from the $33.7 million and 19.8% recorded in 2008 principally due to the impact of recent acquisitions and lower sales. In the Health & Science Technologies Segment, operating income of $14.3 million and operating margins of 18.8% in the third quarter of 2009 were down from the $17.0 million and 20.5% recorded in 2008 due to lower volume. In the Dispensing Equipment Segment, operating loss of $0.3 million and operating margins of (1.2)% in the third quarter of 2009 were up from the $32.0 million operating loss in 2008, due primarily to goodwill impairment charges in 2008, partially offset by lower volumes in the North American and European markets. Operating income and operating margins in the Fire & Safety/Diversified Products Segment of $15.9 million and 24.3%, respectively, were lower than the $20.4 million and 25.1% recorded in 2008, due primarily to lower volume and unfavorable product mix.
 
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 increased to $14.2 million in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the third quarter of 2008, which was $9.8 million. The effective tax rate decreased to 32.2% for the third quarter of 2009 compared to 33.0% in the third quarter of 2008 due to the mix of global pre-tax income among jurisdictions.
 
Net income for the current quarter of $29.8 million increased from the $19.9 million earned in the third quarter of 2008. Diluted earnings per share in the third quarter of 2009 of $0.37 increased $0.13, or 54%, compared with the third quarter of 2008.
 
Performance in the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 Compared with the Same Period of 2008
 
Sales in the nine months ended September 30, 2009 were $986.3 million, a 13% decrease from the comparable period last year. This decrease reflects a 16% decrease in organic sales and 3% unfavorable foreign currency translation, partially offset by a 6% increase from four acquisitions (Richter — October 2008, iPEK — October 2008, IETG — October 2008 and Semrock — October 2008). Sales to international customers represented approximately 46% of total sales in the current period compared to 47% in the same period in 2008.
 
For the first nine months of 2009, Fluid & Metering Technologies contributed 48 percent of sales and 44 percent of operating income; Health & Science Technologies accounted for 23 percent of sales and 22 percent of operating income; Dispensing Equipment accounted for 10 percent of sales and 8 percent of operating income; and Fire & Safety/Diversified Products represented 19 percent of sales and 26 percent of operating income.


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Fluid & Metering Technologies sales of $471.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 declined $47.6 million, or 9% compared with 2008, reflecting a 19% decrease in organic growth and 2% unfavorable foreign currency translation, partially offset by a 12% increase for acquisitions (Richter, iPEK and IETG). The decrease in organic growth was driven by weakness in chemical, energy, water and waste water markets. In the first nine months of 2009, organic sales decreased approximately 19% domestically and 17% internationally. Organic business sales to customers outside the U.S. were approximately 40% of total segment sales during the first nine months of 2009, compared to 42% in 2008.
 
Health & Science Technologies sales of $224.1 million decreased $29.6 million, or 12% in the first nine months of 2009 compared with 2008. This reflects a 16% decrease in organic growth and 2% of unfavorable foreign currency translation, partially offset by a 6% increase from the acquisition of Semrock. The organic decline reflects significant market softness in non-core Health & Science Technologies businesses. In the first nine months of 2009, organic sales decreased 16% domestically and 15% internationally. Organic business sales to customers outside the U.S. were approximately 40% of total segment sales in the first nine months of 2009, compared to 39% in 2008.
 
Dispensing Equipment sales of $104.1 million decreased $34.0 million, or 25% in the first nine months of 2009 compared with 2008. This decrease reflects a 19% decrease in organic growth and 6% of unfavorable foreign currency translation. The decrease in organic growth was due to continued deterioration in capital spending in the European and North American markets, partially offset by one large replenishment project in the North American market. In the first nine months of 2009, organic sales increased 13% domestically and decreased 30% internationally. Organic sales to customers outside the U.S. were approximately 64% of total segment sales in the first nine months of 2009, compared with 72% in the comparable period of 2008.
 
Fire & Safety/Diversified Products sales of $192.6 million decreased $34.5 million, or 15% in the first nine months of 2009 compared with 2008. This change reflects a 9% decrease in organic business volume and 6% unfavorable foreign currency translation. The decrease in organic business growth was driven by lower demand for engineered band clamping systems and rescue equipment. In the first nine months of 2009, organic business sales decreased 11% domestically and 8% internationally. Organic sales to customers outside the U.S. were approximately 55% of total segment sales in the first nine months of 2009, compared to 56% in 2008.
 
Gross profit of $383.4 million in the first nine months of 2009 decreased $78.4 million, or 17% from 2008. Gross profit as a percent of sales was 38.9% in the first nine months of 2009 and 40.7% in 2008. The decrease in gross margin primarily reflects product mix, inventory fair value expense as well as the impact of fixed cost absorption from lower volume across most of our businesses.
 
SG&A expenses decreased to $242.7 million in the first nine months of 2009 from $258.1 million in 2008. The $15.4 million decrease reflects approximately $37.2 million for volume related expenses, partially offset by a $21.8 million increase for incremental costs associated with recently acquired businesses. As a percent of sales, SG&A expenses were 24.6% for 2009 and 22.8% for 2008.
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring expenses totaling $8.3 million and $5.3 million, respectively, for employee severance related to employee reductions across various functional areas and facility closures resulting from the Company’s cost savings initiatives.
 
During the first nine months of 2008 in accordance with ASC 350, the Company concluded that events had occurred and circumstances had changed which required the Company to perform an interim period goodwill impairment test at Fluid Management Americas, a reporting unit within the Company’s Dispensing Equipment Segment. Fluid Management Americas had experienced a downturn in capital spending by its customer base and the loss of a major retail customer. The Company performed an impairment test and compared the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying value. It was determined that the fair value of Fluid Management Americas was less than the carrying value of the net assets. The excess of the fair value of the reporting unit over the amounts assigned to its assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of goodwill. The Company’s analysis resulted in an implied fair value of goodwill of $21.2 million, and as a result, the Company recognized an impairment charge of $30.1 million in the first nine months of 2008.


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Operating income of $132.4 million and operating margins of 13.4% in the first nine months of 2009 were down from the $168.3 million and 14.8% recorded in 2008, primarily reflecting increased expenses from previously announced restructuring-related charges, impact from acquisitions and a decrease in volume, partially offset by the goodwill impairment charge in 2008. In the Fluid & Metering Technologies Segment, operating income of $70.7 million and operating margins of 15.0% in the first nine months of 2009 were down from the $98.2 million and 18.9% recorded in 2008 principally due to the impact of recent acquisitions and lower sales. In the Health & Science Technologies Segment, operating income of $34.7 million and operating margins of 15.5% in the first nine months of 2009 were down from the $47.9 million and 18.9% recorded in 2008 due to lower volume. In the Dispensing Equipment Segment, operating income of $13.1 million and operating margins of 12.6% in the first nine months of 2009 were up from the $6.5 million of operating loss and recorded in 2008, due to a goodwill impairment charge in 2008, partially offset by continued deterioration in the North American and European markets. Operating income and operating margins in the Fire & Safety/Diversified Products Segment of $42.8 million and 22.2%, respectively, were lower than the $57.0 million and 25.1% recorded in 2008, due primarily to lower volume and unfavorable product mix.
 
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 $39.7 million in the first nine months of 2009 compared to the same period of 2008, which was $54.0 million. The effective tax rate of 33.1% in the first nine months of 2009 was lower compared to 34.1% in the same period of 2008 due to the mix of global pre-tax income among jurisdictions.
 
Net income for the current period of $80.3 million decreased from the $104.5 million earned in the first nine months of 2008. Diluted earnings per share in the first nine months of 2009 of $0.99 decreased $0.27, or 21%, compared with the first nine months of 2008.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
At September 30, 2009, working capital was $251.7 million and our current ratio was 2.2 to 1. Cash flows from operating activities decreased $10.4 million, or 6%, to $157.7 million in the first nine months of 2009 mainly due to reduced volume and restructuring-related payments.
 
Cash flows provided by operations were more than adequate to fund capital expenditures of $18.3 million and $19.1 million in the first nine months of 2009 and 2008, respectively. Capital expenditures were generally for machinery and equipment that improved productivity and tooling to support the global sourcing initiatives, although a portion was for business system technology and replacement of equipment and facilities. Management believes that the Company has ample capacity in its plants and equipment to meet expected needs for future growth in the intermediate term.
 
The Company maintains a $600.0 million unsecured domestic, multi-currency bank revolving credit facility, which expires on December 21, 2011. At September 30, 2009 there was $347.7 million outstanding under the Credit Facility and outstanding letters of credit totaled approximately $7.1 million. The net available borrowing under the Credit Facility as of September 30, 2009, was approximately $245.2 million. Interest is payable quarterly on the outstanding borrowings at the bank agent’s reference rate. Interest on borrowings based on LIBOR plus an applicable margin is payable on the maturity date of the borrowing, or quarterly from the effective date for borrowings exceeding three months. The applicable margin is based on the Company’s senior, unsecured, long-term debt rating and can range from 24 basis points to 50 basis points. Based on the Company’s BBB rating at September 30, 2009, the applicable margin was 40 basis points. An annual Credit Facility fee, also based on the Company’s credit rating, is currently 10 basis points and is payable quarterly.
 
At September 30, 2009 the Company has one interest rate exchange agreement related to the Credit Facility. The interest rate exchange agreement, expiring in January 2011, effectively converted $250.0 million of floating-rate debt into fixed-rate debt at an interest rate of 3.25%. The fixed rate noted above is comprised of the fixed rate on the interest rate exchange agreement and the Company’s current margin of 40 basis points on the Credit Facility.
 
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there was $95.0 million outstanding under the Term Loan with $5.0 million included within short term borrowings. Interest under the Term Loan is based on the bank agent’s reference rate or LIBOR plus an applicable margin and is payable at the end of the selected interest period, but at least quarterly. The applicable margin is based on the Company’s senior, unsecured, long-term debt rating and can range from 45 to 100 basis points. Based on the Company’s current debt rating, the applicable margin is 80 basis points. The Term Loan requires repayments of $5.0 million and $7.5 million in April of 2010 and 2011, respectively, with the remaining balance due on December 21, 2011. The Company used the proceeds from the Term Loan to pay down existing debt outstanding under the Credit Facility. At September 30, 2009 the Company has an interest rate exchange agreement related to the Term Loan that expires December 2011. With a current notional amount of $95.0 million, the agreement effectively converted $100.0 million of floating-rate debt into fixed-rate debt at an interest rate of 4.00%. The fixed rate is comprised of the fixed rate on the interest rate exchange agreement and the Company’s current margin of 80 basis points on the Term Loan.
 
On April 21, 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $125.0 million of its outstanding common shares. Repurchases under the new program will be funded with cash flow generation, and made from time to time in either the open market or through private transactions. The timing, volume, and nature of share repurchases will be at the discretion of management, dependent on market conditions, other priorities for cash investment, applicable securities laws, and other factors, and may be suspended or discontinued at any time. Since inception of the repurchase program, 2.3 million shares have been purchased at a cost of $50.0 million; no shares have been purchased during the first nine months of 2009.
 
Despite the current downturn in global financial markets, the Company has not experienced any liquidity issues and we continue to expect that our current liquidity, notwithstanding these adverse market conditions, will be sufficient to meet our operating requirements, interest on all borrowings, required debt repayments, any authorized share repurchases, planned capital expenditures, and annual dividend payments to holders of common stock during the next twelve months. In the event that suitable businesses are available for acquisition upon terms acceptable to the Board of Directors, we may obtain all or a portion of the financing for the acquisitions through the incurrence of additional long-term borrowings. However, in light of recent adverse events in global financial and economic conditions, we cannot be certain that additional financing will be available on satisfactory terms, if at all.
 
Item 3.   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. We may, from time to time, enter into foreign currency forward contracts and interest rate exchange agreements on our debt when we believe 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, we do not use derivative financial or commodity 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 exchange agreements on the Company’s outstanding long-term debt. The Company’s exposure related to derivative instruments is, in the aggregate, not material to its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
 
The Company’s foreign currency exchange rate risk is limited principally to the Euro, British Pound, Canadian Dollar and Chinese Renminbi. We manage our foreign exchange risk principally through invoicing our customers in the same currency as the source of our products. The effect of transaction gains and losses is reported within “Other income (expense)-net” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. At September 30, 2009 the Company had foreign currency contracts with an aggregate notional amount of $3.4 million.
 
The Company’s interest rate exposure is primarily related to the $447.1 million of total debt outstanding at September 30, 2009. The majority of the debt is priced at interest rates that float with the market. In order to mitigate this interest exposure, the Company entered into interest rate exchange agreements that effectively converted $345.0 million of our floating-rate debt outstanding at September 30, 2009 to a fixed-rate. A 50-basis point movement in the interest rate on the remaining $102.1 million floating-rate debt would result in an approximate $0.5 million annualized increase or decrease in interest expense and cash flows.


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Item 4.   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. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
 
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 the Company’s 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.
 
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1.   Legal Proceedings.
 
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. Such components were acquired from third party suppliers, and were not manufactured by any of the 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 such settlements and legal costs, or how insurers may respond to claims that are tendered to them.
 
Claims have been filed in jurisdictions throughout the United States. Most of the claims resolved to date have been dismissed without payment. The balance have been settled for various insignificant 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 flow.
 
The Company is also party to various other legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business, none of which is expected to have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flow.
 
Item 2.   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
 
                                 
                Total Number of
    Maximum Dollar
 
                Shares Purchased as
    Value that May Yet
 
                Part of Publicly
    be Purchased
 
    Total Number of
    Average Price
    Announced Plans
    Under the Plans
 
Period
  Shares Purchased     Paid per Share     or Programs(1)     or Programs(1)  
 
July 1, 2009 to
                               
July 31, 2009
                    $ 75,000,020  
August 1, 2009 to
                               
August 31, 2009
                    $ 75,000,020  
September 1, 2009 to
                               
September 30, 2009
                    $ 75,000,020  
                                 
Total
                    $ 75,000,020  
                                 
 
 
(1) On April 21, 2008, IDEX’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $125.0 million of its outstanding common shares either in the open market or through private transactions.
 
Item 5.   Other Information.
 
There has been no material change to the procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to the Company’s board.
 
Item 6.   Exhibits.
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements 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.
 
IDEX Corporation
/s/  Dominic A. Romeo
Dominic A. Romeo
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(duly authorized principal financial officer)
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
         
Exhibit
   
Number
 
Description
 
  3 .1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IDEX Corporation (formerly HI, Inc.) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of IDEX, et al., Registration No. 33-21205, as filed on April 21, 1988)
  3 .1(a)   Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IDEX Corporation (formerly HI, Inc.), (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.1(a) to the Quarterly Report of IDEX on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1996, Commission File No. 1-10235)
  3 .1(b)   Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IDEX Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.1(b) to the Current Report of IDEX on Form 8-K dated March 24, 2005, Commission File No. 1-10235)
  3 .2   Amended and Restated By-Laws of IDEX Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.2 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of IDEX, et al., Registration No. 33-21205, as filed on July 17, 1989)
  3 .2(a)   Amended and Restated Article III, Section 13 of the Amended and Restated By-Laws of IDEX Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.2(a) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of IDEX, et al., Registration No. 33-21205, as filed on February 12, 1990)
  4 .1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of IDEX Corporation (filed as Exhibits No. 3.1 through 3.2(a))
  4 .2   Specimen Certificate of Common Stock of IDEX Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 4.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-2 of IDEX, et al., Registration No. 33-42208, as filed on September 16, 1991)
  4 .3   Credit Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2006, among IDEX Corporation, Bank of America N.A. as Agent and Issuing Bank, and the other financial institutions party hereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.1 to the Current Report of IDEX on Form 8-K dated December 22, 2006, Commission File No. 1-10235)
  4 .3(a)   Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2008, among IDEX Corporation, Bank of America N.A. as Agent and Issuing Bank, and the other financial institutions party hereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 4.3(a) to the Quarterly Report of IDEX on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, Commission File No. 1-10235)
  4 .4   Term Loan Agreement, dated April 18, 2008, among IDEX Corporation, Bank of America N.A. as Agent, and the other financial institutions party hereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.1 to the Current Report of IDEX on Form 8-K dated April 18, 2008, Commission File No. 1-10235)
  18     Letter from Deloitte and Touche, LLP regarding change in accounting principle hereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 18 to the Quarterly Report of IDEX on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, Commission File No. 1-10235)
  *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
 
 
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