Guarantees, Indemnities and Warranties

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

GUARANTEES, INDEMNITIES AND WARRANTIES

Indemnities

Since our founding in 1920, we have acquired and disposed of numerous businesses. The related acquisition and disposition agreements allocate certain assets and liabilities among the parties and contain various representation and warranty clauses and may provide indemnities for a misrepresentation or breach of the representations and warranties by either party or for assumed or excluded liabilities. These provisions address a variety of subjects. The term and monetary amounts of each such provision are defined in the specific agreements and may be affected by various conditions and external factors. Many of the provisions have expired either by operation of law or as a result of the terms of the agreement. We do not have a liability recorded for these expired provisions and are not aware of any claims or other information that would give rise to material payments under such provisions.

As part of the 2011 spin-off, ITT LLC agreed to assume certain liabilities and provide certain indemnifications and cross-indemnifications among ITT LLC, Exelis and Xylem, subject to limited exceptions with respect to certain employee claims and other liabilities and obligations. These provisions address a variety of subjects, including asserted and unasserted product liability matters (e.g., asbestos claims, product warranties) which relate to certain products manufactured, repaired or sold prior to the 2011 spin-off. These provisions last indefinitely and are not affected by Harris' acquisition of Exelis, or Harris' subsequent merger with L3 Technologies. ITT LLC expects Exelis and Xylem to fully perform under the terms of the Distribution Agreement and therefore has not recorded a liability for matters for which we have been assumed or indemnified. In addition, both Exelis and Xylem have made asbestos indemnity claims that could give rise to material payments under the indemnity provided by ITT LLC; such claims are included in our estimate of asbestos liabilities.

Guarantees

We have $138.1 of guarantees, letters of credit and similar arrangements outstanding at December 31, 2019, primarily pertaining to commercial or performance guarantees and insurance matters. We have not recorded any material loss contingencies under these guarantees, letters of credit and similar arrangements as of December 31, 2019 as the likelihood of nonperformance by ITT is considered remote. From time to time, we may provide certain third-party guarantees that may be affected by various conditions and external factors, some of which could require that payments be made under such guarantees. We do not consider the maximum exposure or current recorded liabilities under our third-party guarantees to be material either individually or in the aggregate. We do not believe such payments would have a material adverse impact on our financial statements.

Warranties

ITT warrants numerous products, the terms of which vary widely. In general, ITT warrants its products against defect and specific non-performance. In certain markets, such as automotive, aerospace and rail, liability for product defects could extend beyond the selling price of the product and could be significant if the defect interrupts production or results in a recall. The table included below provides changes in the warranty accrual for December 31, 2019 and 2018.



	2019			2018
Warranty accrual – January 1	$	17.3		$	18.3
Warranty expense	10.5			6.3
Payments	(8.5		)	(6.7		)
Foreign currency and other	1.2			(0.6		)
Warranty accrual – December 31	$	20.5		$	17.3