Basis of Presentation and Responsibility for Interim Financial Statements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Basis of Presentation and Responsibility for Interim Financial Statements

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Pentair plc and its subsidiaries (“we,” “us,” “our,” “Pentair,” or the “Company”) have been prepared following the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, certain footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) can be condensed or omitted.

We are responsible for the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this document. The financial statements include all normal recurring adjustments that are considered necessary for the fair presentation of our financial position and operating results. As these are condensed financial statements, one should also read our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, which are included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Revenues, expenses, cash flows, assets and liabilities can and do vary during each quarter of the year. Therefore, the results and trends in these interim financial statements may not be indicative of those for a full year.

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus 2019 (“COVID-19”) a global pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had and may continue to have an unfavorable impact on certain parts of our business. The broader implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, financial condition and results of operations remain uncertain and will depend on certain developments, including the duration and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on our customers and suppliers and the range of governmental and community reactions to the pandemic. We may continue to experience reduced customer demand or constrained supply that could materially adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and cash flows in future periods.

Our fiscal year ends on December 31. We report our interim quarterly periods on a calendar quarter basis.

Adoption of new accounting standards

On January 1, 2020, we adopted Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13 “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses” and the related amendments (the “new standard”). The new standard changes the methodology used to measure credit losses for certain financial instruments and financial assets, including trade receivables. The approach utilizes an expected credit loss model that requires consideration of a broader range of information to estimate expected credit losses over the lifetime of an asset, which may result in earlier recognition of credit losses than under the previous accounting standards.

Under the new standard, we record an allowance for credit losses, reducing our trade receivables balance to an amount we estimate is collectible from our customers. The estimates used in determining the allowance for credit losses are based on historical collection experience, including write-offs and recoveries, periodic credit evaluations of our customers’ financial situation, and current circumstances as well as reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions. The adoption of this new standard did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

The following table summarizes the activity in the allowance for credit losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2020:


In millions	September 30, 2020
Beginning balance	$	10.3
Bad debt expense	(0.7)
Write-offs, net of recoveries	(0.8)
Other ⁽¹⁾	(0.1)
Ending balance	$	8.7
⁽¹⁾ Other amounts are primarily the effects of changes in currency translations and the impact of allowance for credits.

On March 2, 2020, we early adopted the SEC’s rule titled “Financial Disclosures about Guarantors and Issuers of Guaranteed Securities and Affiliates Whose Securities Collateralize a Registrant’s Securities,” which simplifies the disclosure requirements related to our guaranteed registered securities under Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X.