Disposed and Discontinued Operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Disposed and Discontinued Operations

5. Discontinued and Disposed Operations

Discontinued Operations

The Apergy businesses, as discussed in Note 2, met the criteria to be reported as discontinued operations because the spin-off is a strategic shift in business that has a major effect on the Company's operations and financial results. Therefore, the results of discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 include the historical results of Apergy prior to its distribution on May 9, 2018. The years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 included costs incurred by Dover to complete the spin-off of Apergy amounting to $46,384 and $15,270, respectively, reflected in selling, general and administrative expenses in discontinued operations. Due to lump-sum payments made in 2018 for Apergy participants of the Dover U.S. Pension Plan, non-cash settlement and curtailment costs of approximately $9,200 were classified within discontinuing operations. See Note 2 — Spin-off of Apergy Corporation and Note 17 — Employee Benefit Plans for further information.

Summarized results of the Company's discontinued operations are as follows:

	Years Ended December 31,
		2018		2017
Revenue		$	403,688	$	1,010,135
Cost of goods and services		254,205		648,805
Gross profit		149,483		361,330
Selling, general and administrative expenses		147,261		262,353
Operating earnings		2,222		98,977
Other expense, net		9,048		949
(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations before taxes		(6,826)		98,028
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		14,052		33,026
(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax		$	(20,878)	$	65,002

On May 9, 2018, all assets and liabilities of Apergy were spun-off. Therefore, as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, there were no assets and liabilities classified as discontinued operations.

Disposed Businesses

2019

On March 29, 2019, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell Finder Pompe S.r.l ("Finder"), a wholly owned subsidiary, to Gruppo Aturia S.p.A (“Aturia”). As of March 31, 2019, Finder met the criteria to be classified as held for sale. The Company classified Finder's assets and liabilities separately on the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019.

Based on the total consideration from the sale, net of selling costs, the Company recorded a loss on the assets held for sale of $46,946 in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings during the three months ended March 31, 2019. The loss was comprised of an impairment on assets held for sale of $21,607 and $25,339 of foreign currency translation losses reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive losses.

On April 2, 2019, Dover completed the sale of Finder to Aturia, which generated total cash proceeds of $24,218. The Finder business was included in the results of the Pumps & Process Solutions segment. The sale does not represent a strategic shift that will have a major effect on operations and financial results and, therefore, did not qualify for presentation as a discontinued operation.

2018

There were no other material dispositions in 2018 aside from the spin-off of Apergy.

2017

On November 1, 2017, the Company completed the sale of the consumer and industrial winch business of Warn Industries, Inc. ("Warn"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for total consideration of $250,283. The Company recognized a pre-tax gain on sale of $116,932. The Company retained the automotive business of Warn within the Engineered Products segment.

On February 14, 2017, the Company completed the sale of Performance Motorsports International ("PMI"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company that manufactures pistons and other engine related components serving the motorsports and powersports markets. Total consideration for the transaction was $147,313, including cash proceeds of $118,706. The Company recognized a pre-tax gain on sale of $88,402 and recorded a 25% equity method investment at fair value of $18,607 as well as a subordinated note receivable of $10,000.

Other immaterial dispositions completed during the year were recorded as a net pre-tax loss of $2,196. Gains and losses recorded from the sale of businesses were reported in the gain on sale of businesses line in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings.