Financial Instruments and Derivative Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Financial Instruments and Derivative Financial Instruments

Concentrations of Credit Risks: We sell our products primarily to gas producers, distributors, and end-users across energy, industrial, power, HVAC and refining applications in countries throughout the world. Approximately 59%, 42%, and 56% of sales were to customers in foreign countries in 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively.

In 2023, 2022, and 2021, no single customer accounted for more than 10% of consolidated sales. Sales to our top ten customers accounted for 25%, 38% and 39% of consolidated sales in 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively. Our sales to particular customers fluctuate from period to period, but our large industrial gas producer and distributor customers tend to be a consistently substantial source of revenue for us.

We are subject to concentrations of credit risk with respect to our cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents and forward foreign currency exchange contracts. To minimize credit risk from these financial instruments, we enter into arrangements with major banks and other quality financial institutions and invest only in high-quality instruments. We do not expect any counterparties to fail to meet their obligations.

Derivatives and Hedging

We utilize a combination of cross-currency swaps and foreign exchange collars (together the “Foreign Exchange Collar Contracts”) as a net investment hedge of a portion of our investments in certain international subsidiaries that use the euro as their functional currency in order to reduce the volatility caused by changes in exchange rates. As a result of our acquisition of Howden, we are also a party to foreign currency contracts not designated as hedging instruments (the “Foreign Currency Contracts”) which are used to mitigate the risk associated with cash management activities and customer forward sale agreements denominated in currencies other than the applicable local currency, and to match costs and expected revenues where production facilities have a different currency than the selling currency.

Our Foreign Currency Contracts are measured at fair value with changes in fair value recorded within foreign currency (gain) loss. We classify cash flows related to our Foreign Currency Contracts as operating activities within our consolidated statements of cash flows. The notional value of our Foreign Currency Contracts was $393.5 as of December 31, 2023. Our derivative contracts are entered into with major financial institutions in order to reduce credit risk and risk of nonperformance by third parties. We believe the credit risks with respect to the counterparties, and the foreign currency risks that would not be hedged if the counterparties fail to fulfill their obligations under the contract, are not material in view of our understanding of the financial strength of the counterparties. Our derivative contracts are not exchange traded instruments and their fair value is determined using the cash flows of the contracts, discount rates to account for the passage of time, implied volatility, current foreign exchange market data and credit risk, which are all based on inputs readily available in public markets and categorized as Level 2 fair value hierarchy measurements.

The following table represents the fair value of our asset and liability derivatives:


	Asset Derivatives					Liability Derivatives
		December 31, 2023		December 31, 2022			December 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Derivatives designated as net investment hedge	Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value		Fair Value		Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value		Fair Value
Foreign Exchange Collar Contracts (1)	Other assets	$	—	$	—	Other long-term liabilities	$	6.0	$	2.7
Total derivatives designated as net investment hedge		—		—			6.0		2.7
Derivatives not designated as hedges
Foreign Currency Contracts	Other current assets	1.8		—		Other current liabilities	2.7		—
Foreign Currency Contracts	Other assets	0.1		—		Other long-term liabilities	—		—
Total derivatives not designated as hedges		1.9		—			2.7		—
Total derivatives		$	1.9	$	—		$	8.7	$	2.7

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(1)Represents foreign exchange swaps and foreign exchange options.

The following table represents the net effect derivative instruments designated in hedging relationships had on accumulated other comprehensive loss on the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income:



	Year Ended December 31,
Derivatives designated as net investment hedge	2023		2022
Foreign Exchange Collar Contracts (1) (2)	$	2.6	$	5.2

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(1)Our designated derivative instruments are highly effective. As such, there were no gains or losses recognized immediately in income related to hedge ineffectiveness during the year ended December 31, 2023.

(2)Represents foreign exchange swaps and foreign exchange options.

The following table represents the effect that derivative instruments not designated as hedges had on net income:



		Year Ended December 31,
Derivatives not designated as hedges	Location of (gain) recognized in income	2023		2022
Foreign Currency Contracts	Foreign currency (gain)	$	(3.3)	$	—

The following table represents interest income, included within interest expense, net on the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income related to amounts excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness for derivative instruments designated as net investment hedges:



	Year Ended December 31,
Derivatives designated as net investment hedge	2023		2022
Foreign Exchange Collar Contracts (1) (2)	$	1.6	$	1.3

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(1)Represents amount excluded from effectiveness testing. Our Foreign Exchange Collar Contracts are designated with terms based on the spot rate of the euro. Future changes in the components related to the spot change on the notional will be recorded in other comprehensive income and remain there until the hedged subsidiaries are substantially liquidated. All coupon payments are classified in interest expense, net in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, and the initial value of excluded components currently recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss as a foreign currency translation adjustment are amortized to interest expense, net over the remaining term of the Foreign Exchange Contract.

(2)Represents foreign exchange swaps and foreign exchange options.