Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Description of Business

John Bean Technologies Corporation and its majority-owned consolidated subsidiaries (the “Company,” “JBT,” “our,” “us,” or “we”) provide global technology solutions to high-value segments of the food and beverage industries. The Company designs, produces and services sophisticated products and systems for multi-national and regional customers. The Company has manufacturing operations worldwide that are strategically located to facilitate delivery of its products and services to its customers.

Basis of Presentation

In accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules for interim periods, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements (the “interim financial statements”) do not include all of the information and notes for complete financial statements as required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). As such, the accompanying interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, which provides a more complete description of the Company’s accounting policies, financial position, operating results, business, properties, and other matters. The year-end condensed consolidated Balance Sheet was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all annual disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

In the opinion of management, the interim financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the Company's financial condition and operating results as of and for the periods presented. Revenue, expenses, assets and liabilities can vary during each quarter of the year. Therefore, the interim results and trends in the interim financial statements may not be representative of those for the full year or any future period.

Discontinued Operations

On August 1, 2023, the Company completed the sale of AeroTech business to Oshkosh Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Purchaser"). This sale was made pursuant to the Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement ("Purchase Agreement"), dated May 26, 2023, by and between the Company and the Purchaser to sell AeroTech and certain related assets and liabilities for a base purchase price of $800 million subject to transaction costs and post-closing purchase price adjustments under the Purchase Agreement. As a result and in accordance with ASC 205-20, the Company determined that AeroTech met the criteria to be presented as a discontinued operation during the second quarter of 2023. Accordingly, the financial results of AeroTech have been presented as discontinued operations in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for all periods presented. The assets and liabilities of AeroTech are reflected as assets and liabilities held for sale on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets for all periods presented. Amounts pertaining to results of operations, financial condition and cash flows throughout the document are from the Company's continuing operations unless otherwise noted. Refer to Note 2, Discontinued Operations, for further discussion.

Business Segments

The Company has determined that it operates in a single reporting segment for continued operations, with the AeroTech reporting segment considered as discontinued operations as of June 30, 2023. The Company's Chief Executive Officer is the chief operating decision maker (CODM), who reviews the Company's financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating the Company's financial performance. The key measures reviewed by the CODM for these purposes are most notably adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations and adjusted EBITDA margin from continuing operations. Adjusted EBITDA is EBITDA adjusted for items that are not reflective of ongoing operations.

Use of Estimates

Preparation of financial statements that follow U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform—Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (“ASU No. 2020-04”). ASU No. 2020-04 provides that an entity can elect not to apply certain required modification accounting in U.S. GAAP to contracts where all changes to the critical terms relate to reference rate reform (e.g., the expected discontinuance of LIBOR and the transition to an alternative reference interest rate, etc.). In addition, the rule provides optional expedients and exceptions that enable entities to continue to apply hedge accounting for hedging relationships where one or more of the critical terms change due to reference rate reform. The rule became effective for all entities as of March 12, 2020 and is set to expire after December 31, 2024 as per ASU No. 2022-06, issued in December 2022. During 2023, the Company adopted the practical expedient provided under ASU 2020-04 related to its debt and interest rate swap arrangements and as such, any amendments are treated as a continuation of the existing agreements and no gain or loss on the modification is recorded.