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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-11846

AptarGroup, Inc.


Delaware						36-3853103
(State of Incorporation)						(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

265 EXCHANGE DRIVE, SUITE 100, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014

815-477-0424

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.01 par value	ATR	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No ◻

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes þ No ◻

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

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Accelerated filer

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Non-accelerated
filer

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Smaller reporting
company

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Emerging growth company

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ◻

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No þ

The number of shares outstanding of common stock, as of October 22, 2021, was 65,827,106 shares.

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Form 10-Q

Quarter Ended September 30, 2021

INDEX


Part I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income – Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020	1

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income – Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020	2

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets – September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020	3

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity – Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020	5

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020	7

	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	9

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	32

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	49

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	49

Part II.	OTHER INFORMATION

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	50

Item 6.	Exhibits	51

	Signature	52

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

AptarGroup, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)


In thousands, except per share amounts

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020

Net Sales	$	825,442	$	759,153	$	2,413,228	$	2,180,011
Operating Expenses:
Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)	537,085		479,672		1,548,840		1,372,630
Selling, research & development and administrative	135,931		121,850		411,192		371,407
Depreciation and amortization	59,280		55,179		174,508		162,414
Restructuring initiatives	10,223		3,415		18,771		15,585
Total Operating Expenses	742,519		660,116		2,153,311		1,922,036
Operating Income	82,923		99,037		259,917		257,975

Other Income (Expense):
Interest expense	(8,011)		(8,851)		(22,601)		(25,973)
Interest income	401		249		1,406		599
Net investment (loss) gain	(9,021)		—		6,177		—
Equity in results of affiliates	(71)		(256)		(505)		(1,383)
Miscellaneous, net	13		(1,040)		(2,978)		(3,375)
Total Other Expense	(16,689)		(9,898)		(18,501)		(30,132)

Income before Income Taxes	66,234		89,139		241,416		227,843

Provision for Income Taxes	19,340		25,404		55,309		66,998

Net Income	$	46,894	$	63,735	$	186,107	$	160,845

Net Loss (Income) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	$	366	$	(19)	$	381	$	(37)

Net Income Attributable to AptarGroup, Inc.	$	47,260	$	63,716	$	186,488	$	160,808

Net Income Attributable to AptarGroup, Inc. per Common Share:
Basic	$	0.72	$	0.99	$	2.84	$	2.50
Diluted	$	0.70	$	0.95	$	2.75	$	2.42

Average Number of Shares Outstanding:
Basic	65,900		64,562		65,652		64,278
Diluted	67,801		66,922		67,799		66,483

Dividends per Common Share	$	0.38	$	0.36	$	1.12	$	1.08

See accompanying unaudited Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)


In thousands

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020

Net Income	$	46,894	$	63,735	$	186,107	$	160,845
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(30,410)		42,425		(57,783)		19,292
Changes in derivative gains (losses), net of tax	230		(147)		1,039		603
Defined benefit pension plan, net of tax
Actuarial gain, net of tax	87		—		529		—

Amortization of prior service cost included in net income, net of tax	25		73		90		216
Amortization of net loss included in net income, net of tax	2,333		1,490		7,041		4,423
Total defined benefit pension plan, net of tax	2,445		1,563		7,660		4,639
Total other comprehensive (loss) income	(27,735)		43,841		(49,084)		24,534
Comprehensive Income	19,159		107,576		137,023		185,379
Comprehensive Loss (Income) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	832		(28)		847		(47)
Comprehensive Income Attributable to AptarGroup, Inc.	$	19,991	$	107,548	$	137,870	$	185,332

See accompanying unaudited Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)


In thousands

	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Assets
Cash and equivalents	$	114,557	$	300,137
Short-term investments	319		243
Total Cash and equivalents and Short-term investments	114,876		300,380
Accounts and notes receivable, less current expected credit loss ("CECL") of $7,030 in 2021 and $5,918 in 2020	662,112		566,623
Inventories	437,343		379,379
Prepaid and other	129,728		122,613
Total Current Assets	1,344,059		1,368,995
Land	28,582		28,334
Buildings and improvements	620,649		579,616
Machinery and equipment	2,835,425		2,808,623
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	3,484,656		3,416,573
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(2,235,692)		(2,217,825)
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	1,248,964		1,198,748
Investments in equity securities	62,343		50,087
Goodwill	986,779		898,521
Intangible assets, net	372,814		344,309
Operating lease right-of-use assets	55,952		69,845
Miscellaneous	60,574		59,548
Total Other Assets	1,538,462		1,422,310
Total Assets	$	4,131,485	$	3,990,053

See accompanying unaudited Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)


In thousands, except share and per share amounts

	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities:
Notes payable, revolving credit facility and overdrafts	$	58,583	$	52,200
Current maturities of long-term obligations, net of unamortized debt issuance costs	142,674		65,666
Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities	707,111		662,463
Total Current Liabilities	908,368		780,329
Long-Term Obligations, net of unamortized debt issuance costs	915,750		1,054,998
Deferred income taxes	41,662		37,242
Retirement and deferred compensation plans	153,829		145,959
Operating lease liabilities	41,394		52,212
Deferred and other non-current liabilities	74,489		68,528
Commitments and contingencies	—		—
Total Deferred Liabilities and Other	311,374		303,941
AptarGroup, Inc. stockholders’ equity
Common stock, $.01 par value, 199 million shares authorized, 70.3 and 69.5 million shares issued as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively	703		695
Capital in excess of par value	902,601		849,161
Retained earnings	1,756,820		1,643,825
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(330,327)		(281,709)
Less: Treasury stock at cost, 4.5 and 4.5 million shares as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively	(371,896)		(361,583)
Total AptarGroup, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity	1,957,901		1,850,389
Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries	38,092		396
Total Stockholders’ Equity	1,995,993		1,850,785
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity	$	4,131,485	$	3,990,053

See accompanying unaudited Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(Unaudited)


In thousands

Three Months Ended	AptarGroup, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity
September 30, 2021 and 2020	Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income		Common Stock Par Value		Treasury Stock		Capital in Excess of Par Value		Non- Controlling Interest		Total Equity

Balance - June 30, 2020	$	1,573,392	$	(361,256)	$	690	$	(370,706)	$	803,511	$	355	$	1,645,986
Net income	63,716		—		—		—		—		19		63,735

Foreign currency translation adjustments	—		42,416		—		—		—		9		42,425
Changes in unrecognized pension gains (losses) and related amortization, net of tax	—		1,563		—		—		—		—		1,563
Changes in derivative gains (losses), net of tax	—		(147)		—		—		—		—		(147)
Stock awards and option exercises	—		—		3		5,845		23,762		—		29,610
Cash dividends declared on common stock	(23,217)		—		—		—		—		—		(23,217)

Balance - September 30, 2020	$	1,613,891	$	(317,424)	$	693	$	(364,861)	$	827,273	$	383	$	1,759,955

Balance - June 30, 2021	$	1,734,638	$	(303,058)	$	702	$	(344,382)	$	898,382	$	381	$	1,986,663
Net income (loss)	47,260		—		—		—		—		(366)		46,894
Acquisitions of non-controlling interest	—		—		—		—		—		38,543		38,543
Foreign currency translation adjustments	—		(29,944)		—		—		—		(466)		(30,410)
Changes in unrecognized pension gains (losses) and related amortization, net of tax	—		2,445		—		—		—		—		2,445
Changes in derivative gains (losses), net of tax	—		230		—		—		—		—		230
Stock awards and option exercises	—		—		1		884		4,219		—		5,104
Cash dividends declared on common stock	(25,078)		—		—		—		—		—		(25,078)
Treasury stock purchased	—		—		—		(28,398)		—		—		(28,398)
Balance - September 30, 2021	$	1,756,820	$	(330,327)	$	703	$	(371,896)	$	902,601	$	38,092	$	1,995,993

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In thousands

Nine Months Ended	AptarGroup, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity
September 30, 2021 and 2020	Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income		Common Stock Par Value		Treasury Stock		Capital in Excess of Par Value		Non- Controlling Interest		Total Equity

Balance - December 31, 2019	$	1,523,820	$	(341,948)	$	686	$	(381,238)	$	770,596	$	336	$	1,572,252
Net income	160,808		—		—		—		—		37		160,845
Adoption of CECL standard	(1,377)		—		—		—		—		—		(1,377)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	—		19,282		—		—		—		10		19,292
Changes in unrecognized pension gains (losses) and related amortization, net of tax	—		4,639		—		—		—		—		4,639
Changes in derivative gains (losses), net of tax	—		603		—		—		—		—		603
Stock awards and option exercises	—		—		7		16,377		56,677		—		73,061
Cash dividends declared on common stock	(69,360)		—		—		—		—		—		(69,360)

Balance - September 30, 2020	$	1,613,891	$	(317,424)	$	693	$	(364,861)	$	827,273	$	383	$	1,759,955

Balance - December 31, 2020	$	1,643,825	$	(281,709)	$	695	$	(361,583)	$	849,161	$	396	$	1,850,785
Net income (loss)	186,488		—		—		—		—		(381)		186,107
Acquisitions of non-controlling interest	—		—		—		—		—		38,543		38,543
Foreign currency translation adjustments	—		(57,317)		—		—		—		(466)		(57,783)
Changes in unrecognized pension gains (losses) and related amortization, net of tax	—		7,660		—		—		—		—		7,660
Changes in derivative gains (losses), net of tax	—		1,039		—		—		—		—		1,039
Stock awards and option exercises	—		—		8		18,085		53,440		—		71,533
Cash dividends declared on common stock	(73,493)		—		—		—		—		—		(73,493)
Treasury stock purchased	—		—		—		(28,398)		—		—		(28,398)
Balance - September 30, 2021	$	1,756,820	$	(330,327)	$	703	$	(371,896)	$	902,601	$	38,092	$	1,995,993

See accompanying unaudited Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)


In thousands, brackets denote cash outflows

Nine Months Ended September 30,	2021		2020

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income	$	186,107	$	160,845
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operations:
Depreciation	144,637		132,394
Amortization	29,871		30,020
Stock-based compensation	29,720		26,191
Provision for CECL	1,016		2,345
Loss (gain) on disposition of fixed assets	(225)		475
Gain on remeasurement of equity securities	(6,177)		—
Deferred income taxes	(10,926)		(2,591)
Defined benefit plan expense	21,930		17,442
Equity in results of affiliates	505		1,383
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	3,110		4,270
Changes in balance sheet items, excluding effects from foreign currency adjustments:
Accounts and other receivables	(109,194)		(31,871)
Inventories	(71,482)		3,937
Prepaid and other current assets	(13,105)		(15,932)
Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities	63,724		60,276
Income taxes payable	(1,656)		(4,865)
Retirement and deferred compensation plan liabilities	(6,400)		(1,569)
Other changes, net	(2,082)		(1,323)
Net Cash Provided by Operations	259,373		381,427
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures	(216,689)		(173,365)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment	4,916		2,845
Purchase of short-term investment, net	(76)		—
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired and release of escrow	(124,998)		(164,181)
Acquisition of intangible assets, net	—		(3,690)
Investment in equity securities	(5,871)		(38,455)

Notes receivable, net	(713)		(1,046)
Net Cash Used by Investing Activities	(343,431)		(377,892)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from notes payable and overdrafts	10,059		19,191
Repayments of notes payable and overdrafts	(11,702)		(33,162)
Repayments and proceeds of short term revolving credit facility, net	6,766		70,000
Proceeds from long-term obligations	11,660		1,316
Repayments of long-term obligations	(66,026)		(63,052)
Credit facility costs	(1,718)		—
Payment of contingent consideration obligation	—		(2,765)
Dividends paid	(73,493)		(69,360)
Proceeds from stock option exercises	53,979		51,098
Purchase of treasury stock	(28,398)		—
Net Cash Used by Financing Activities	(98,873)		(26,734)
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash	(7,482)		7,605
Net Decrease in Cash and Equivalents and Restricted Cash	(190,413)		(15,594)
Cash and Equivalents and Restricted Cash at Beginning of Period	304,970		246,973
Cash and Equivalents and Restricted Cash at End of Period	$	114,557	$	231,379

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Restricted cash included in the line item prepaid and other on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as shown below represents amounts held in escrow related to the Fusion Acquisition and the Noble Acquisition.


Nine Months Ended September 30,	2021		2020

Cash and equivalents	$	114,557	$	226,546
Restricted cash included in prepaid and other	—		4,833
Total Cash and Equivalents and Restricted Cash shown in the Statement of Cash Flows	$	114,557	$	231,379

See accompanying unaudited Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Dollars in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts, or as Otherwise Indicated)

(Unaudited)

NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of AptarGroup, Inc. and our subsidiaries. The terms “AptarGroup”, “Aptar”, “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our” as used herein refer to AptarGroup, Inc. and our subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Certain previously reported amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

In the opinion of management, the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (the “Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements”) include all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of consolidated financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the interim periods presented. The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared by the Company, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although we believe that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. Also, certain financial position data included herein was derived from the audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. Accordingly, these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. The results of operations of any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year.

Beginning July 1, 2018, we have applied highly inflationary accounting for our Argentinian subsidiary pursuant to U.S. GAAP. We have changed the functional currency from the Argentinian peso to the U.S. dollar. We remeasure our peso denominated assets and liabilities using the official rate. In September 2019, the President of Argentina reinstituted exchange controls restricting foreign currency purchases in an attempt to stabilize Argentina’s financial markets. As a result of these currency controls, a legal mechanism known as the Blue Chip Swap emerged in Argentina for reporting entities to transfer U.S. dollars. The Blue Chip Swap rate has diverged significantly from Argentina’s “official rate” due to the economic environment. During the second quarter of 2020, we transferred U.S. dollars into Argentina through the Blue Chip Swap method and we recognized a gain of $1.0 million. This gain helped to offset foreign currency losses due to our Argentinian peso exposure and devaluation against the U.S. dollar. During the third quarter of 2021, we utilized the Blue Chip Swap and recognized a gain of $1.4 million. Our Argentinian operations contributed less than 2.0% of consolidated net assets and revenues as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

There continues to be many uncertainties regarding the current COVID-19 pandemic, including the availability, adoption, and efficacy of approved vaccines within certain areas of the world and the potential for additional governmental actions that may be taken and/or extended in response to any further resurgence of the virus. No impairments were recorded as of September 30, 2021 related to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, due to the general uncertainty surrounding the situation, including areas such as cost inflation, supply chain disruptions, and labor shortages, future results could be negatively affected by the pandemic and therefore our results could be materially impacted.

ADOPTION OF RECENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Changes to U.S. GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in the form of Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”) to the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification.

Effective January 1, 2020, we adopted ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, issued by the FASB in June 2016, as well as the clarifying amendments subsequently issued. We applied the guidance using a modified retrospective approach and accordingly recognized an amount of $1.4 million as the cumulative adjustment to opening retained earnings in the first quarter of 2020. This is based on management's best estimates of specific losses on individual exposures particularly on current trade receivables, as well as the time value of money and reasonable and supportable information that is available at the reporting date about past events, current conditions and forecasts of future economic conditions. On an ongoing basis, we will contemplate forward-looking economic conditions in recording lifetime expected credit losses for our financial assets measured at cost, such as our trade receivables and certain other assets.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, which provides guidance to simplify how an entity is required to test goodwill for impairment by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. As a result, impairment charges are required for the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeds its fair value up to the amount of its allocated goodwill. We adopted the standard on January 1, 2020 and did not record any impairment charges.

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In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, which amends disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. The new standard modifies disclosure requirements including removing requirements to disclose the valuation process for Level 3 measurements and adding requirements to disclose the changes in unrealized gains and losses for the period included in other comprehensive income for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements and the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 measurements. We adopted the standard on January 1, 2020 and no material impacts were noted.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-14, which amends disclosure requirements for defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. The amendments in this update remove disclosures that are no longer considered cost beneficial, clarify the specific requirements of disclosures, and add disclosure requirements identified as relevant. We adopted the standard during the fourth quarter of 2020 and appropriate disclosures are included in the notes to the financial statements to the extent applicable. The provisions of the new standard do not have any effect on our financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15 to help entities evaluate the accounting for fees paid by a customer in a cloud computing arrangement (hosting arrangement) by providing guidance for determining when the arrangement includes a software license. The amendments in this update align the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software (and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license). Accordingly, the amendments require an entity (customer) in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract to follow the guidance in Subtopic 350-40 to determine which implementation costs to capitalize as an asset related to the service contract and which costs to expense. The amendments also require the entity (customer) to expense the capitalized implementation costs of a hosting arrangement that is a service contract over the term of the hosting arrangement, which includes reasonably certain renewals. We adopted the standard on January 1, 2020 and no material impacts were noted.

Other accounting standards that have been issued by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies did not have a material impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

INCOME TAXES

We compute taxes on income in accordance with the tax rules and regulations of the many taxing authorities where the income is earned. The income tax rates imposed by these taxing authorities may vary substantially. Taxable income may differ from pre-tax income for financial accounting purposes. To the extent that these differences create temporary differences between the tax basis of an asset or liability and our reported amount in the financial statements, an appropriate provision for deferred income taxes is made.

We maintain our assertion that the cash and distributable reserves at our non-U.S. affiliates are indefinitely reinvested. At September 30, 2021, under currently enacted laws, we do not have a balance of foreign earnings that will be subject to U.S. taxation. We will provide for the necessary withholding and local income taxes when management decides that an affiliate should make a distribution. These decisions are made taking into consideration the financial requirements of the non-U.S. affiliates and the global cash management goals of the Company.

We provide a liability for the amount of unrecognized tax benefits from uncertain tax positions. This liability is provided whenever we determine that a tax benefit will not meet a more-likely-than-not threshold for recognition.

We are subject to the examination of our returns and other tax matters by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and other tax authorities and governmental bodies. We believe that an adequate provision for any adjustments that may result from tax examinations exists. However, the outcome of tax audits cannot be predicted with certainty. If any issues addressed in our tax audits are resolved in a manner inconsistent with our expectations, we could be required to adjust its provision for income taxes in the period such resolution occurs. The resolution of each of these audits is not expected to be material to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

NOTE 2 – REVENUE

Revenue by segment and geography for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:


	For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
Segment	Europe		Domestic		Latin America		Asia		Total
Pharma	$	202,893	$	89,620	$	5,318	$	15,394	$	313,225
Beauty + Home	193,772		109,103		40,441		30,772		374,088
Food + Beverage	36,824		81,514		11,991		7,800		138,129
Total	$	433,489	$	280,237	$	57,750	$	53,966	$	825,442

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	For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020
Segment	Europe		Domestic		Latin America		Asia		Total
Pharma	$	206,376	$	92,932	$	4,846	$	11,604	$	315,758
Beauty + Home	165,701		109,175		37,921		24,434		337,231
Food + Beverage	29,688		60,439		6,668		9,369		106,164
Total	$	401,765	$	262,546	$	49,435	$	45,407	$	759,153


	For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
Segment	Europe		Domestic		Latin America		Asia		Total
Pharma	$	623,060	$	272,442	$	15,982	$	40,916	$	952,400
Beauty + Home	575,383		311,589		113,665		80,643		1,081,280
Food + Beverage	97,728		220,551		33,129		28,140		379,548
Total	$	1,296,171	$	804,582	$	162,776	$	149,699	$	2,413,228


	For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
Segment	Europe		Domestic		Latin America		Asia		Total
Pharma	$	598,319	$	264,995	$	18,412	$	32,487	$	914,213
Beauty + Home	505,063		285,369		103,995		67,150		961,577
Food + Beverage	86,298		172,507		21,191		24,225		304,221
Total	$	1,189,680	$	722,871	$	143,598	$	123,862	$	2,180,011

We perform our obligations under a contract with a customer by transferring goods and/or services in exchange for consideration from the customer. The timing of performance will sometimes differ from the timing of the receipt of the associated consideration from the customer, thus resulting in the recognition of a contract asset or a contract liability. We recognize a contract asset when we transfer control of goods or services to a customer prior to invoicing for the related performance obligation. The contract asset is transferred to accounts receivable when the product is shipped and invoiced to the customer. We recognize a contract liability if the customer's payment of consideration precedes the entity's performance.

The opening and closing balances of our contract asset and contract liabilities are as follows:


	Balance as of December 31, 2020		Balance as of September 30, 2021		Increase/ (Decrease)
Contract asset (current)	$	16,109	$	18,656	$	2,547

Contract liability (current)	87,188		84,199		(2,989)
Contract liability (long-term)	21,584		21,725		141

The differences in the opening and closing balances of our contract asset and contract liabilities are primarily the result of timing differences between our performance and the customer’s payment. The total amount of revenue recognized during the current year against contract liabilities is $80.4 million, including $44.9 million relating to contract liabilities at the beginning of the year. Current contract assets and long-term contract assets are included within the Prepaid and Other and Miscellaneous assets, respectively, while current contract liabilities and long-term contract liabilities are included within Accounts Payable, Accrued and Other Liabilities and Deferred and Other Non-current Liabilities, respectively, within our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Determining the Transaction Price

In most cases, the transaction price for each performance obligation is stated in the contract. In determining the variable amounts of consideration within the transaction price (such as volume-based customer rebates), we include an estimate of the expected amount of consideration as revenue. We apply the expected value method based on all of the information (historical, current, and forecast) that is reasonably available and identify reasonable estimates based on this information. We apply the method consistently throughout the contract when estimating the effect of an uncertainty on the amount of variable consideration to which we will be entitled.

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Product Sales

We primarily manufacture and sell drug delivery, dispensing, sealing and active material science solutions. The amount of consideration is typically fixed for customers. At the time of delivery, the customer is invoiced the agreed-upon price. Revenue from product sales is typically recognized upon manufacture or shipment, when control of the goods transfers to the customer.

To determine when the control transfers, we typically assess, among other things, the shipping terms of the contract, shipping being one of the indicators of transfer of control. For a majority of product sales, control of the goods transfers to the customer at the time of shipment of the goods. Once the goods are shipped, we are precluded from redirecting the shipment to another customer. Therefore, our performance obligation is satisfied at the time of shipment. For sales in which control transfers upon delivery, shipping and/or handling costs that occur before the customer obtains control of the goods are deemed to be fulfillment activities and are accounted for as fulfillment costs and revenue is recorded upon final delivery to the customer location. We have elected to account for shipping and handling costs that occur after the customer has obtained control of a good as fulfillment costs rather than as a promised service. We do not have any material significant payment terms as payment is typically received shortly after the point of sale.

There also exist instances where we manufacture highly customized products that have no alternative use to us and for which we have an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date. For these products, we transfer control and recognize revenue over time by measuring progress towards completion using the Output Method based on the number of products produced. As we normally make our products to a customer’s order, the time between production and shipment of our products is typically within a few weeks. We believe this measurement provides a faithful depiction of the transfer of goods as the costs incurred reflect the value of the products produced.

As a part of our customary business practice, we offer a standard warranty that the products will materially comply with the technical specifications and will be free from material defects. Because such warranties are not sold separately, do not provide for any service beyond a guarantee of a product’s initial specifications, and are not required by law, there is no revenue deferral for these types of warranties.

Tooling Sales

We also build or contract for molds and other tools (collectively defined as “tooling”) necessary to produce our products. As with product sales, we recognize revenue when control of the tool transfers to the customer. If the tooling is highly customized with no alternative use to us and we have an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date, we transfer control and recognize revenue over time by measuring progress towards completion using the Input Method based on costs incurred relative to total estimated costs to completion. Otherwise, revenue for the tooling is recognized at the point in time when the customer approves the tool. We do not have any material significant payment terms as payment is typically either received during the mold-build process or shortly after completion.

In certain instances, we offer extended warranties on our tools above and beyond the normal standard warranties. We normally receive payment at the inception of the contract and recognize revenue over the term of the contract. We do not have any material extended warranties as of September 30, 2021 or December 31, 2020.

Service Sales

We also provide services to our pharmaceutical customers. As with product sales, we recognize revenue based on completion of each performance obligation of the service contract.

Contract Costs

We do not incur significant costs to obtain or fulfill revenue contracts.

Credit Risk

We are exposed to credit losses primarily through our product sales, tooling sales and services to our customers. We assess each customer’s ability to pay for the products we sell by conducting a credit review. The credit review considers our expected billing exposure and timing for payment and the customer’s established credit rating or our assessment of the customer’s creditworthiness based on our analysis of their financial statements when a credit rating is not available. We also consider contract terms and conditions, country and political risks, and business strategy in our evaluation. A credit limit is established for each customer based on the outcome of this review.

We monitor our ongoing credit exposure through active review of customer balances against contract terms and due dates. Our activities include timely account reconciliation, dispute resolution and payment confirmation. We may employ collection agencies and legal counsel to pursue recovery of defaulted receivables.

Current uncertainty in credit and market conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic may slow our collection efforts if customers experience significant difficulty accessing credit and paying their obligations, which may lead to higher than normal accounts receivable and increased CECL charges.

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NOTE 3 - INVENTORIES

Inventories, by component net of reserves, consisted of:



	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Raw materials	$	139,678	$	116,029
Work in process	134,128		115,870
Finished goods	163,537		147,480
Total	$	437,343	$	379,379

NOTE 4 – GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reporting segment since December 31, 2020 are as follows:



	Pharma		Beauty + Home		Food + Beverage		Corporate & Other		Total
Goodwill	$	436,731	$	333,111	$	128,679	$	1,615	$	900,136
Accumulated impairment losses	—		—		—		(1,615)		(1,615)
Balance as of December 31, 2020	$	436,731	$	333,111	$	128,679	$	—	$	898,521

Acquisitions	110,158		—		—		—		110,158
Foreign currency exchange effects	(15,961)		(5,607)		(332)		—		(21,900)
Goodwill	$	530,928	$	327,504	$	128,347	$	1,615	$	988,394
Accumulated impairment losses	—		—		—		(1,615)		(1,615)
Balance as of September 30, 2021	$	530,928	$	327,504	$	128,347	$	—	$	986,779

The table below shows a summary of intangible assets as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.



		September 30, 2021						December 31, 2020
Weighted Average Amortization Period (Years)		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Value		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Value
Amortized intangible assets:
Patents	13.9	$	2,785	$	(1,436)	$	1,349	$	2,861	$	(1,477)	$	1,384
Acquired technology	11.5	140,224		(42,803)		97,421		111,854		(36,943)		74,911
Customer relationships	15.4	312,905		(71,872)		241,033		286,644		(56,714)		229,930
Trademarks and trade names	6.9	45,194		(21,544)		23,650		46,174		(17,437)		28,737
License agreements and other	37.6	16,504		(7,143)		9,361		19,208		(9,861)		9,347
Total intangible assets	14.4	$	517,612	$	(144,798)	$	372,814	$	466,741	$	(122,432)	$	344,309

Aggregate amortization expense for the intangible assets above for the quarters ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was $10,249 and $9,686, respectively. Aggregate amortization expense for the intangible assets above for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was $29,871 and $30,020, respectively.

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Future estimated amortization expense for the years ending December 31 is as follows:


2021	$	11,614	(remaining estimated amortization for 2021)
2022	43,874
2023	43,791
2024	40,651
2025 and thereafter	232,884

Future amortization expense may fluctuate depending on changes in foreign currency rates. The estimates for amortization expense noted above are based upon foreign exchange rates as of September 30, 2021.

NOTE 5 – INCOME TAXES

The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, was 29.2% and 28.5%. The higher reported effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2021 reflects lower tax benefits from employee stock-based compensation offset in part by a more favorable mix of earnings.

The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, was 22.9% and 29.4%. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 reflects higher additional tax benefits than the prior year from employee stock-based compensation and a more favorable mix of earnings.

NOTE 6 – DEBT

Notes Payable, Revolving Credit Facility and Overdrafts

At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, our notes payable, revolving credit facility and overdrafts consisted of the following:


	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Notes payable 0.0%	$	—	$	200
Revolving credit facility 1.00% to 1.08%	58,583		52,000
	$	58,583	$	52,200

On June 30, 2021, we entered into an amended and restated multi-currency revolving credit facility (the "revolving credit facility") with a syndicate of banks to replace the existing facility (the "prior credit facility") maturing July 2022 and to amend and restate the unsecured term loan facility extended to our wholly-owned UK subsidiary under the prior credit facility (as amended, the "amended term facility"). The revolving credit facility matures in June 2026, subject to a maximum of two one-year extensions in certain circumstances, and provides for unsecured financing of up to $600 million available in the U.S. and to our wholly-owned UK subsidiary. The amended term facility matures in July 2022. The revolving credit facility can be drawn in various currencies including USD, EUR, GBP, and CHF to the equivalent of $600 million, which may be increased by up to $300 million subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. As of September 30, 2021, $47 million was utilized under the revolving credit facility in the U.S., €10 million (approximately $11.6 million) was utilized by our wholly-owned UK subsidiary and $56 million remained outstanding under the amended term facility. As of December 31, 2020, under our prior credit facility, we utilized $52.0 million under the U.S. revolving facility and no balance was utilized under the euro-based revolving credit facility.

There are no compensating balance requirements associated with our revolving credit facility. Each borrowing under the revolving credit facility will bear interest at rates based on LIBOR (in the case of USD), EURIBOR (in the case of EUR), SONIA (in the case of GBP), SARON (in the case of CHF), prime rates or other similar rates, in each case plus an applicable margin. The revolving credit facility provides mechanics relating to a transition away from LIBOR (in the case of USD) and the designated benchmark rates for other available currencies and the replacement of any such applicable benchmark by a replacement alternative benchmark rate or mechanism for loans made in the applicable currency. A facility fee on the total amount of the revolving credit facility is also payable quarterly, regardless of usage. The applicable margins for borrowings under the revolving credit facility and the facility fee percentage may change from time to time depending on changes in our consolidated leverage ratio.

In October 2020, we entered into an unsecured money market borrowing arrangement to provide short term financing of up to $30 million that is available in the U.S. No borrowing on this facility is permitted over a quarter end date. As such, no balance was utilized under this arrangement as of September 30, 2021 or December 31, 2020.

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Long-Term Obligations

At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, our long-term obligations consisted of the following:


	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Notes payable 0.00% – 8.92%, due in monthly and annual installments through 2028	$	24,967	$	14,002
Senior unsecured notes 3.2%, due in 2022	75,000		75,000
Senior unsecured debts 1.26% USD floating swapped to 1.36% EUR fixed, due in 2022	56,000		112,000
Senior unsecured notes 3.5%, due in 2023	125,000		125,000
Senior unsecured notes 1.0%, due in 2023	115,830		122,100
Senior unsecured notes 3.4%, due in 2024	50,000		50,000
Senior unsecured notes 3.5%, due in 2024	100,000		100,000
Senior unsecured notes 1.2%, due in 2024	231,660		244,200
Senior unsecured notes 3.6%, due in 2025	125,000		125,000
Senior unsecured notes 3.6%, due in 2026	125,000		125,000
Finance Lease Liabilities	31,197		30,025
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(1,230)		(1,663)
	$	1,058,424	$	1,120,664
Current maturities of long-term obligations	(142,674)		(65,666)
Total long-term obligations	$	915,750	$	1,054,998

The aggregate long-term maturities, excluding finance lease liabilities, which are disclosed in Note 7, due annually from the current balance sheet date for the next five years are:


Year One	$	138,734
Year Two	121,784
Year Three	460,593
Year Four	53,725
Year Five	253,471
Thereafter	150

Covenants

Our revolving credit facility and corporate long-term obligations require us to satisfy certain financial and other covenants including:

Requirement

Level at September 30, 2021

Consolidated Leverage Ratio (1)

Maximum of 3.50 to 1.00

1.76 to 1.00

Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio (1)

Minimum of 3.00 to 1.00

19.39 to 1.00

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(1)Definitions of ratios are included as part of the revolving credit facility agreement and the private placement agreements.

NOTE 7 – LEASES

We lease certain warehouse, plant and office facilities as well as certain equipment under non-cancelable operating and finance leases expiring at various dates through the year 2034. Most of the operating leases contain renewal options and certain leases include options to purchase the related asset during or at the end of the lease term.

Amortization expense related to finance leases is included in depreciation expense while rent expense related to operating leases is included within cost of sales and selling, research & development and administrative expenses (“SG&A”).

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The components of lease expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Operating lease cost	$	5,423	$	6,076	$	17,256	$	17,171

Finance lease cost:
Amortization of right-of-use assets	$	1,107	$	905	$	3,182	$	3,010
Interest on lease liabilities	343		356		1,030		1,073
Total finance lease cost	$	1,450	$	1,261	$	4,212	$	4,083

Short-term lease and variable lease costs	$	3,353	$	2,466	$	8,925	$	7,344

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:


Nine Months Ended September 30,	2021		2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	17,310	$	17,060
Operating cash flows from finance leases	1,052		1,089
Financing cash flows from finance leases	3,392		3,678

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:
Operating leases	$	6,890	$	19,255
Finance leases	5,707		3,356

NOTE 8 – RETIREMENT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS

Effective January 1, 2021, our domestic noncontributory retirement plans were closed to new employees and employees who were rehired after December 31, 2020. These employees are instead eligible for additional contribution to their defined contribution 401(k) employee savings plan. All domestic employees with hire/rehire dates prior to January 1, 2021 are still eligible for the domestic pension plans and continue to accrue plan benefits after this date.

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost:


	Domestic Plans				Foreign Plans
Three Months Ended September 30,	2021		2020		2021		2020
Service cost	$	4,074	$	3,570	$	2,037	$	1,867
Interest cost	1,601		1,761		203		360
Expected return on plan assets	(3,060)		(3,062)		(675)		(671)
Amortization of net loss	2,498		1,422		568		544
Amortization of prior service cost	—		—		34		101
Net periodic benefit cost	$	5,113	$	3,691	$	2,167	$	2,201


	Domestic Plans				Foreign Plans
Nine Months Ended September 30,	2021		2020		2021		2020
Service cost	$	12,242	$	10,709	$	6,186	$	5,402
Interest cost	4,816		5,284		629		1,040
Expected return on plan assets	(9,197)		(9,186)		(2,119)		(1,936)
Amortization of net loss	7,502		4,264		1,748		1,572
Amortization of prior service cost	—		—		123		293
Net periodic benefit cost	$	15,363	$	11,071	$	6,567	$	6,371

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The components of net periodic benefit cost, other than the service cost component, are included in the line Miscellaneous, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

Employer Contributions

We currently have no minimum funding requirements for our domestic and foreign plans. We contributed $1.0 million to our ongoing domestic supplemental executive retirement plan (SERP) annuity contracts during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and we do not expect additional significant payments during 2021. We have contributed approximately $2.8 million to our foreign defined benefit plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and do not expect additional significant contributions during 2021.

NOTE 9 – ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income by Component:


	Foreign Currency		Defined Benefit Pension Plans		Derivatives		Total
Balance - December 31, 2019	$	(257,124)	$	(83,147)	$	(1,677)	$	(341,948)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	19,282		—		(4,342)		14,940
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	—		4,639		4,945		9,584
Net current-period other comprehensive income	19,282		4,639		603		24,524
Balance - September 30, 2020	$	(237,842)	$	(78,508)	$	(1,074)	$	(317,424)

Balance - December 31, 2020	$	(178,025)	$	(102,322)	$	(1,362)	$	(281,709)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications	(57,317)		529		7,346		(49,442)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	—		7,131		(6,307)		824
Net current-period other comprehensive (loss) income	(57,317)		7,660		1,039		(48,618)
Balance - September 30, 2021	$	(235,342)	$	(94,662)	$	(323)	$	(330,327)

Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income:


Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components	Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income				Affected Line in the Statement Where Net Income is Presented
Three Months Ended September 30,	2021		2020

Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Amortization of net loss	$	3,066	$	1,966	(1)
Amortization of prior service cost	34		101		(1)
	3,100		2,067		Total before tax
	(742)		(504)		Tax impact
	$	2,358	$	1,563	Net of tax
Derivatives
Changes in cross currency swap: interest component	$	2	$	(146)	Interest Expense
Changes in cross currency swap: foreign exchange component	(3,052)		6,099		Miscellaneous, net
	$	(3,050)	$	5,953	Net of tax
Total reclassifications for the period	$	(692)	$	7,516

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Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components	Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income				Affected Line in the Statement Where Net Income is Presented
Nine Months Ended September 30,	2021		2020

Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Amortization of net loss	$	9,250	$	5,836	(1)
Amortization of prior service cost	123		293		(1)
	9,373		6,129		Total before tax
	(2,242)		(1,490)		Tax impact
	$	7,131	$	4,639	Net of tax
Derivatives
Changes in cross currency swap: interest component	$	(16)	$	(1,434)	Interest Expense
Changes in cross currency swap: foreign exchange component	(6,291)		6,379		Miscellaneous, net
	$	(6,307)	$	4,945	Net of tax
Total reclassifications for the period	$	824	$	9,584

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(1)These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit costs, net of tax. See Note 8 – Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans for additional details.

NOTE 10 – DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

We maintain a foreign exchange risk management policy designed to establish a framework to protect the value of our non-functional currency denominated transactions from adverse changes in exchange rates. Sales of our products can be denominated in a currency different from the currency in which the related costs to produce the product are denominated. Changes in exchange rates on such inter-country sales or intercompany loans can impact our results of operations. Our policy is not to engage in speculative foreign currency hedging activities, but to minimize our net foreign currency transaction exposure, defined as firm commitments and transactions recorded and denominated in currencies other than the functional currency. We may use foreign currency forward exchange contracts, options and cross currency swaps to economically hedge these risks.

For derivative instruments designated as hedges, we formally document the nature and relationships between the hedging instruments and the hedged items, as well as the risk management objectives, strategies for undertaking the various hedge transactions, and the method of assessing hedge effectiveness at inception. Quarterly thereafter, we formally assess whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in the fair value or cash flows of the hedged item. Additionally, in order to designate any derivative instrument as a hedge of an anticipated transaction, the significant characteristics and expected terms of any anticipated transaction must be specifically identified, and it must be probable that the anticipated transaction will occur. All derivative financial instruments used as hedges are recorded at fair value in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (See Note 11 - Fair Value).

Cash Flow Hedge

For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, the changes in fair values are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss and included in changes in derivative gain/loss. The changes in the fair values of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges are reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net income when the underlying hedged item is recognized in earnings. Cash flows from the settlement of derivative contracts designated as cash flow hedges offset cash flows from the underlying hedged items and are included in operating activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

During 2017, our wholly-owned UK subsidiary borrowed $280 million in term loan borrowings under our prior credit facility. In order to mitigate the currency risk of U.S. dollar debt on a euro functional currency entity and to mitigate the risk of variability in interest rates, we entered into a EUR/USD floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap in the notional amount of $280 million to effectively hedge the foreign exchange and interest rate exposure on the $280 million term loan. This EUR/USD swap agreement fixed our U.S. dollar floating-rate debt to 1.36% euro fixed-rate debt. Related to this hedge, approximately $0.3 million of loss is included in accumulated other comprehensive loss at September 30, 2021. The amount expected to be recognized into earnings during the next 10 months related to the interest component of our cross currency swap based on prevailing foreign exchange and interest rates at September 30, 2021 is a gain of $8 thousand. The amount expected to be recognized into earnings during the next 10 months related to the foreign exchange component of our cross currency swap is dependent on fluctuations in currency exchange rates. As of September 30, 2021, the fair value of the cross currency swap was a $0.7 million liability. The swap contract expires on July 20, 2022.

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Hedge of Net Investments in Foreign Operations

A significant number of our operations are located outside of the United States. Because of this, movements in exchange rates may have a significant impact on the translation of the financial condition and results of operations of our foreign subsidiaries. A weakening U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies has an additive translation effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Conversely, a strengthening U.S. dollar has a dilutive effect. In some cases, we maintain debt in these subsidiaries to offset the net asset exposure. We do not otherwise actively manage this risk using derivative financial instruments. In the event we plan on a full or partial liquidation of any of our foreign subsidiaries where our net investment is likely to be monetized, we will consider hedging the currency exposure associated with such a transaction.

Other

As of September 30, 2021, we have recorded the fair value of foreign currency forward exchange contracts of $0.3 million in prepaid and other and $0.2 million in accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities on the balance sheet. All forward exchange contracts outstanding as of September 30, 2021 had an aggregate notional contract amount of $47.5 million.

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020


		September 30, 2021				December 31, 2020
	Balance Sheet Location	Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments		Derivatives not Designated as Hedging Instruments		Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments		Derivatives not Designated as Hedging Instruments
Derivative Assets
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Prepaid and other	$	—	$	254	$	—	$	322

		$	—	$	254	$	—	$	322

Derivative Liabilities
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities	$	—	$	226	$	—	$	146
Cross Currency Swap Contract (1)	Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities	738		—		8,309		—
		$	738	$	226	$	8,309	$	146

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(1)This cross currency swap contract is composed of both an interest component and a foreign exchange component.

The Effect of Cash Flow Hedge Accounting on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020


Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income on Derivative				Location of (Loss) Gain Recognized in Income on Derivatives	Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income on Derivative				Total Amount of Affected Income Statement Line Item
	2021		2020			2021		2020
Cross currency swap contract:
Interest component	$	228	$	(1)	Interest expense	$	(2)	$	146	$	(8,011)
Foreign exchange component	3,052		(6,099)		Miscellaneous, net	3,052		(6,099)		13
	$	3,280	$	(6,100)		$	3,050	$	(5,953)

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The Effect of Cash Flow Hedge Accounting on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020


Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships	Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income on Derivative				Location of (Loss) Gain Recognized in Income on Derivatives	Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income on Derivative				Total Amount of Affected Income Statement Line Item
	2021		2020			2021		2020
Cross currency swap contract:
Interest component	$	1,055	$	2,037	Interest expense	$	16	$	1,434	$	(22,601)
Foreign exchange component	6,291		(6,379)		Miscellaneous, net	6,291		(6,379)		(2,978)
	$	7,346	$	(4,342)		$	6,307	$	(4,945)

The Effect of Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020


Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	Location of (Loss) Gain Recognized in Income on Derivatives	Amount of (Loss) Gain Recognized in Income on Derivatives
		2021		2020
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Other (Expense) Income: Miscellaneous, net	$	1,518	$	(994)
		$	1,518	$	(994)

The Effect of Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020


Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	Location of (Loss) Gain Recognized in Income on Derivatives	Amount of (Loss) Gain Recognized in Income on Derivatives
		2021		2020
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Other (Expense) Income: Miscellaneous, net	$	(171)	$	(187)
		$	(171)	$	(187)

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			Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Financial Position	Net Amounts Presented in the Statement of Financial Position		Gross Amounts not Offset in the Statement of Financial Position
	Gross Amount					Financial Instruments	Cash Collateral Received	Net Amount

September 30, 2021
Derivative Assets	$	254	—	$	254	—	—	$	254
Total Assets	$	254	—	$	254	—	—	$	254

Derivative Liabilities	$	964	—	$	964	—	—	$	964
Total Liabilities	$	964	—	$	964	—	—	$	964

December 31, 2020
Derivative Assets	$	322	—	$	322	—	—	$	322
Total Assets	$	322	—	$	322	—	—	$	322

Derivative Liabilities	$	8,455	—	$	8,455	—	—	$	8,455
Total Liabilities	$	8,455	—	$	8,455	—	—	$	8,455

NOTE 11 – FAIR VALUE

Authoritative guidelines require the categorization of assets and liabilities into three levels based upon the assumptions (inputs) used to price the assets or liabilities. Level 1 provides the most reliable measure of fair value, whereas Level 3 generally requires significant management judgment. The three levels are defined as follows:

•Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

•Level 2: Observable inputs other than those included in Level 1. For example, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets.

•Level 3: Unobservable inputs reflecting management’s own assumptions about the inputs used in pricing the asset or liability.

As of September 30, 2021, the fair values of our financial assets and liabilities were categorized as follows:


	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets
Investment in equity securities (1)	$	11,908	$	11,908	$	—	$	—
Foreign exchange contracts (2)	254		—		254		—

Total assets at fair value	$	12,162	$	11,908	$	254	$	—
Liabilities
Foreign exchange contracts (2)	$	226	$	—	$	226	$	—
Cross currency swap contract (2)	738		—		738		—
Contingent consideration obligation	34,250		—		—		34,250
Total liabilities at fair value	$	35,214	$	—	$	964	$	34,250

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As of December 31, 2020, the fair values of our financial assets and liabilities were categorized as follows:


	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets
Foreign exchange contracts (2)	$	322	$	—	$	322	$	—

Total assets at fair value	$	322	$	—	$	322	$	—
Liabilities
Foreign exchange contracts (2)	$	146	$	—	$	146	$	—
Cross currency swap contract (2)	8,309		—		8,309		—
Contingent consideration obligation	31,140		—		—		31,140
Total liabilities at fair value	$	39,595	$	—	$	8,455	$	31,140

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(1)Investment in PureCycle Technologies ("PCT" or "PureCycle" ). See Note 18 - Investment in Equity Securities for discussion of this investment.

(2)Market approach valuation technique based on observable market transactions of spot and forward rates.

The carrying amounts of our other current financial instruments such as cash and equivalents, accounts and notes receivable, notes payable and current maturities of long-term obligations approximate fair value due to the short-term maturity of the instruments. We consider our long-term obligations a Level 2 liability and utilize the market approach valuation technique based on interest rates that are currently available to us for issuance of debt with similar terms and maturities. The estimated fair value of our long-term obligations was $0.9 billion as of September 30, 2021 and $1.1 billion as of December 31, 2020.

As discussed in Note 19 - Acquisitions of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, we have a contingent consideration obligation to the selling equity holders of:

–Fusion Packaging, Inc. ("Fusion") in connection with the acquisition of 100% of the equity interests of Fusion (the "Fusion Acquisition") based on 2022 cumulative performance targets, and

–Noble International Holdings, Inc., Genia Medical, Inc. and JBCB Holdings, LLC (collectively referred to as "Noble") in connection with the acquisition of 100% of the equity interests of Noble (the "Noble Acquisition") based on 2024 cumulative performance targets.

We consider these obligations Level 3 liabilities and have estimated the aggregate fair value for these contingent consideration arrangements as follows:


	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Fusion Acquisition	$	28,340	$	26,910
Noble Acquisition	5,910		4,230

	$	34,250	$	31,140

Changes in the fair value of these obligations are recorded within selling, research & development and administrative expenses in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Significant changes to the inputs, as noted above, can result in a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement. The following table provides a summary of changes in our Level 3 fair value measurements:


Balance, December 31, 2020	$	31,140

Increase in fair value recorded in earnings	3,110

Balance, September 30, 2021	$	34,250

NOTE 12 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

In the normal course of business, we are subject to a number of lawsuits and claims both actual and potential in nature. While management believes the resolution of these claims and lawsuits will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, our results of operations or cash flows, claims and legal proceedings are subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable outcomes could occur and could include amounts in excess of any accruals which management has established. Were such unfavorable final outcomes to occur, it is possible that they could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

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Under our Certificate of Incorporation, we have agreed to indemnify our officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was, serving at our request in such capacity. The maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, we have a directors and officers liability insurance policy that covers a portion of our exposure. As a result of our insurance policy coverage, we believe the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal. We have no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

In March 2017, the Supreme Court of Brazil issued a decision that a certain state value added tax should not be included in the calculation of federal gross receipts taxes. The decision reduces our gross receipts tax in Brazil prospectively and retrospectively. In May 2021, the Supreme Court of Brazil issued a judgment establishing rules for the refund of amounts paid in excess based on the calculation methodology to be applied. In June 2021 and June 2020, we received favorable court decisions of $1.6 million and $0.7 million, respectively, for the retrospective right to recover part of our claim. These amounts were recorded in cost of sales. On September 30, 2021, we received a formal decision statement from the Federal Regional Court of Brazil that the favorable court decisions are final. As a result, in September, we recorded recoveries of $2.7 million in cost of sales. We estimate an additional $2.6 million to $3.0 million including interest may be received, but have not recorded any further amounts due to uncertainty in the estimate and collectability.

In December 2019, tax authorities in Brazil notified us of a tax assessment of approximately $6.1 million, including interest and penalties of $2.3 million and $0.8 million, respectively, relating to differences in tax classification codes used for import duties for the period from January 2015 to August 2018. We are vigorously contesting the assessment, including interest and penalties, and have filed an administrative defense appeal in December 2019. In June 2020, an unfavorable decision was issued on the first administrative defense appeal. We filed a second administrative defense appeal in August 2020. We still believe we have a strong defense. Due to uncertainty in the amount of assessment and the timing of our appeal, no liability is recorded as of September 30, 2021.

NOTE 13 – STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM

On April 18, 2019, we announced a share repurchase authorization of up to $350 million of common stock. This authorization replaces previous authorizations and has no expiration date. We may repurchase shares through the open market, privately negotiated transactions or other programs, subject to market conditions.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, we repurchased approximately 220 thousand shares for approximately $28.4 million. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we did not repurchase any shares. As of September 30, 2021, there was $250.1 million of authorized share repurchases available to us.

NOTE 14 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

We issue restricted stock units (“RSUs”), which consist of time-based and performance-based awards, to employees under stock awards plans approved by stockholders. In addition, RSUs are issued to non-employee directors under a Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Directors pursuant to the Company’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan. RSUs granted to employees vest according to a specified performance period and/or vesting period. Time-based RSUs generally vest over three years. Performance-based RSUs vest at the end of the specified performance period, generally three years, assuming required performance or market vesting conditions are met. Performance-based RSUs have one of two vesting conditions: (1) based on our internal financial performance metrics and (2) based on our total shareholder return (“TSR”) relative to total shareholder returns of an industrial peer group. At the time of vesting, the vested shares of common stock are issued in the employee’s name. In addition, RSU awards are generally net settled (shares are withheld to cover the employee tax obligation). RSUs granted to directors are only time-based and generally vest over one year.

The fair value of both time-based RSUs and performance-based RSUs pertaining to internal performance metrics is determined using the closing price of our common stock on the grant date. The fair value of performance-based RSUs pertaining to TSR is estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation. Inputs and assumptions used to calculate the fair value are shown in the table below. The fair value of these RSUs is expensed over the vesting period using the straight-line method or using the graded vesting method when an employee becomes eligible to retain the award at retirement.

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Nine Months Ended September 30,	2021			2020
Fair value per stock award	$	171.63		$	94.98
Grant date stock price	$	141.59		$	83.93
Assumptions:
Aptar's stock price expected volatility	21.40		%	23.80		%
Expected average volatility of peer companies	50.00		%	48.50		%
Correlation assumption	58.10		%	63.50		%
Risk-free interest rate	0.32		%	0.31		%
Dividend yield assumption	1.02		%	1.72		%

A summary of RSU activity as of September 30, 2021 and changes during the nine month period then ended is presented below:



	Time-Based RSUs			Performance-Based RSUs
	Units	Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value		Units	Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2021	576,198	$	92.47	590,064	$	100.27
Granted	143,807	138.89		169,974	152.51
Vested	(220,723)	96.13		(72,139)	128.66
Forfeited	(3,918)	102.54		(32,561)	92.26
Nonvested at September 30, 2021	495,364	$	108.36	655,338	$	111.09

Included in the activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 time-based RSUs are 10,007 units granted to non-employee directors and 12,379 units vested related to non-employee directors.


Nine Months Ended September 30,	2021		2020
Compensation expense	$	29,493	$	24,497
Fair value of units vested	29,671		11,188
Intrinsic value of units vested	39,752		13,475

The actual tax benefit realized for the tax deduction from RSUs was approximately $5.5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021. As of September 30, 2021, there was $50.9 million of total unrecognized compensation cost relating to RSU awards which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years.

Historically we issued stock options to our employees and non-employee directors. Beginning in 2019, we no longer issue stock options. Stock options were awarded with the exercise price equal to the market price on the date of grant and generally vest over three years and expire 10 years after grant. For stock option grants, we used historical data to estimate expected life and volatility.

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A summary of option activity under our stock plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 is presented below:



	Stock Awards Plans				Director Stock Option Plans
	Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding, January 1, 2021	3,998,047		$	70.28	99,200		$	60.80
Granted	—		—		—		—
Exercised	(841,091)		64.57		(47,500)		57.40
Forfeited or expired	(10,153)		75.46		—		—
Outstanding at September 30, 2021	3,146,803		$	71.79	51,700		$	63.91
Exercisable at September 30, 2021	3,146,803		$	71.79	51,700		$	63.91
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years):
Outstanding at September 30, 2021	4.3				2.3
Exercisable at September 30, 2021	4.3				2.3
Aggregate Intrinsic Value:
Outstanding at September 30, 2021	$	153,196			$	2,924
Exercisable at September 30, 2021	$	153,196			$	2,924
Intrinsic Value of Options Exercised During the Nine Months Ended:
September 30, 2021	$	65,139			$	4,248
September 30, 2020	$	44,086			$	2,183


Nine Months Ended September 30,	2021		2020
Compensation expense (included in SG&A)	$	185	$	1,409
Compensation expense (included in Cost of sales)	42		285
Compensation expense, Total	$	227	$	1,694
Compensation expense, net of tax	174		1,289
Grant date fair value of options vested	2,421		7,601

The reduction in stock option expense is due to our move to RSUs as discussed above. Cash received from option exercises was approximately $54.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The actual tax benefit realized for the tax deduction from option exercises was approximately $15.4 million and $10.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of September 30, 2021, there is no remaining valuation of stock option awards to be expensed in future periods.

NOTE 15 – EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic net income per share is calculated by dividing net income attributable to Aptar by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per share is calculated by dividing the net income attributable to Aptar by the weighted-average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding during the applicable period. The difference between basic and diluted earnings per share is attributable to stock-based compensation awards. Stock-based compensation awards for which total employee proceeds exceed the average market price over the applicable period would have an antidilutive effect on earnings per share, and accordingly, are excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share. The reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

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	Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2021				September 30, 2020
	Diluted		Basic		Diluted		Basic
Consolidated operations
Income available to common stockholders	$	47,260	$	47,260	$	63,716	$	63,716

Average equivalent shares
Shares of common stock	65,900		65,900		64,562		64,562
Effect of dilutive stock-based compensation
Stock options	1,464		—		1,809		—
Restricted stock	437		—		551		—
Total average equivalent shares	67,801		65,900		66,922		64,562
Net income per share	$	0.70	$	0.72	$	0.95	$	0.99


	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2021				September 30, 2020
	Diluted		Basic		Diluted		Basic
Consolidated operations
Income available to common stockholders	$	186,488	$	186,488	$	160,808	$	160,808

Average equivalent shares
Shares of common stock	65,652		65,652		64,278		64,278
Effect of dilutive stock-based compensation
Stock options	1,688		—		1,770		—
Restricted stock	459		—		435		—
Total average equivalent shares	67,799		65,652		66,483		64,278
Net income per share	$	2.75	$	2.84	$	2.42	$	2.50

NOTE 16 – SEGMENT INFORMATION

We are organized into three reporting segments. Operations that sell dispensing systems, drug delivery systems, sealing solutions and services to the prescription drug, consumer health care, injectables, and active material science solutions markets form the Pharma segment. Operations that sell dispensing systems and sealing solutions primarily to the beauty, personal care and home care markets form the Beauty + Home segment. Operations that sell dispensing systems and sealing solutions to the food and beverage markets form the Food + Beverage segment.

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Part II, Item 8, Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. We evaluate performance of our reporting segments and allocate resources based upon Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before net interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, unallocated corporate expenses, restructuring initiatives, acquisition-related costs, net investment gains and losses related to observable market price changes on equity securities and other special items.

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Financial information regarding our reporting segments is shown below:


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Total Sales:
Pharma	$	317,358	$	317,610	$	961,718	$	921,085
Beauty + Home	378,158		342,710		1,098,176		979,645
Food + Beverage	138,735		106,667		381,356		305,991
Total Sales	$	834,251	$	766,987	$	2,441,250	$	2,206,721
Less: Intersegment Sales:
Pharma	$	4,133	$	1,852	$	9,318	$	6,872
Beauty + Home	4,070		5,479		16,896		18,068
Food + Beverage	606		503		1,808		1,770
Total Intersegment Sales	$	8,809	$	7,834	$	28,022	$	26,710
Net Sales:
Pharma	$	313,225	$	315,758	$	952,400	$	914,213
Beauty + Home	374,088		337,231		1,081,280		961,577
Food + Beverage	138,129		106,164		379,548		304,221
Net Sales	$	825,442	$	759,153	$	2,413,228	$	2,180,011
Adjusted EBITDA (1):
Pharma	$	100,738	$	112,436	$	315,201	$	324,877
Beauty + Home	43,789		34,733		117,055		92,954
Food + Beverage	22,379		20,351		61,995		53,543
Corporate & Other, unallocated	(12,745)		(10,964)		(40,311)		(34,071)
Acquisition-related costs (2)	(1,793)		(221)		(4,227)		(6,087)
Restructuring Initiatives (3)	(10,223)		(3,415)		(18,771)		(15,585)
Net investment (loss) gain (4)	(9,021)		—		6,177		—
Depreciation and amortization	(59,280)		(55,179)		(174,508)		(162,414)
Interest Expense	(8,011)		(8,851)		(22,601)		(25,973)
Interest Income	401		249		1,406		599
Income before Income Taxes	$	66,234	$	89,139	$	241,416	$	227,843

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(1)We evaluate performance of our reporting segments and allocate resources based upon Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as earnings before net interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, unallocated corporate expenses, restructuring initiatives, acquisition-related costs, net investment gains and losses related to observable market price changes on equity securities and other special items.

(2)Acquisition-related costs include transaction costs and purchase accounting adjustments related to acquisitions and investments (see Note 17 – Acquisitions and Note 18 – Investment in Equity Securities for further details).

(3)Restructuring Initiatives includes expense items for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 as follows (see Note 19 – Restructuring Initiatives for further details):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Restructuring Initiatives by Segment
Pharma	$	13	$	300	$	86	$	158
Beauty + Home	5,442		3,144		7,995		15,375
Food + Beverage	131		(31)		169		147
Corporate & Other	4,637		2		10,521		(95)
Total Restructuring Initiatives	$	10,223	$	3,415	$	18,771	$	15,585

(4)Net investment (loss) gain represents the change in fair value of our investment in PCT (see Note 18 – Investment in Equity Securities for further details).

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NOTE 17 – ACQUISITIONS

Business Combinations

On September 2, 2021, following the signature of a share purchase agreement on July 22, 2021 and the approval of the French Ministry of Economy under the foreign investment clearance regulations, we completed the acquisition of 64.3% of the share capital of Voluntis (the “Voluntis Acquisition”). Voluntis, based in Paris, France and Boston, MA, is a pioneer in digital therapeutics. We acquired from certain members of the management and certain shareholders the entirety of their shares representing approximately 64.3% of the share capital of Voluntis (on a non-diluted basis) at a price of €8.70 per share for approximately €50.8 million (approximately $60.4 million) funded with available cash on hand. This values the full company equity (on a fully diluted basis) at approximately €79.1 million (approximately $93.9 million). Aptar launched a mandatory cash simplified tender offer to acquire Voluntis's remaining shares for the same price of €8.70 per share (the "tender offer"). During September 2021, Aptar acquired €8.4 million (approximately $9.9 million) of additional shares from the tender offer, bringing the total investment as of September 30, 2021 to approximately €59.2 million (approximately $70.3 million) representing 74.9% of the total share capital, and implies a non-controlling interest valued at €19.9 million (approximately $23.6 million). If the regulatory conditions are met upon completion of the tender offer, Aptar intends to implement a mandatory squeeze-out on the remaining outstanding shares of Voluntis on the same financial terms as those of the tender offer. The squeeze-out will be funded with available cash on hand. We are in the process of finalizing purchase accounting. Subsequent to quarter end, the tender offer was completed with available cash on hand and we acquired an additional 21.6% of the share capital for €17.1 million (approximately $19.8 million), resulting in Aptar owning 96.5% of the share capital of Voluntis. The squeeze-out is expected to be completed before the end of the fourth quarter of 2021.

On August 17, 2021, we completed the acquisition (the "Hengyu Acquisition") of 80% of the equity interests of Weihai Hengyu Medical Products Co., Ltd. ("Hengyu"). Hengyu, a leading Chinese manufacturer of elastomeric and plastic components used in injectable drug delivery, is based in Weihai, China. Under the terms of the agreement, 90% of the estimated purchase price for 80% ownership, RMB 347.7 million (approximately $53.6 million), was paid to the sellers in August 2021, with available cash on hand. A final purchase price adjustment of RMB 1.5 million (approximately $0.2 million) was recorded to Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities and will be paid in the fourth quarter of 2021. The remaining 10% of the acquisition price for 80% ownership, RMB 38.7 million (approximately $6.0 million), is payable to the sellers eighteen months after closing plus simple interest of 4% and will be funded with available cash on hand. This values the full company equity (on a fully diluted basis) at RMB 484.9 million (approximately $74.8 million) and implies a non-controlling interest valued at RMB 97 million (approximately $15 million) as of the acquisition date. Pursuant to the agreement, we have the option to acquire the remaining 20% of the equity of Hengyu upon the fifth anniversary of the closing date. We are in the process of finalizing purchase accounting.

On April 1, 2020, we completed the Fusion Acquisition for a purchase price of approximately $163.8 million (net of $1.0 million of cash acquired), which was funded by a draw on our prior credit facility and cash on hand. Fusion, based in Dallas, TX, is a global leader in the design, engineering and distribution of luxury packaging for the beauty industry. As part of the Fusion Acquisition, we are also obligated to pay to the selling equity holders of Fusion certain contingent consideration based on 2022 cumulative financial performance metrics as defined in the purchase agreement. Based on a projection as of the acquisition date, we estimated the aggregate fair value for this contingent consideration arrangement to be $19.1 million utilizing a Black-Scholes valuation model. During the fourth quarter of 2020, a $3.6 million fair value true-up was recorded as an adjustment to the opening balance of goodwill and contingent liability. As of September 30, 2021, we have estimated the aggregate fair value for this contingent consideration arrangement to be $28.3 million.

As of the acquisition date, $5.7 million was held in restricted cash pending the finalization of a working capital adjustment and indemnity escrow. During the third quarter of 2020, $2.0 million related to the working capital escrow was released from restriction, resulting in a refund from seller of $294 thousand and a corresponding decrease to our purchase price and associated goodwill balance. During the second quarter of 2021, the remaining restricted cash was released. The results of Fusion's operations have been included in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements within our Beauty + Home segment since the date of acquisition.

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The following table summarizes the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition dates at estimated fair value.



	2021		2020
Assets
Cash and equivalents	$	3,852	$	1,010
Accounts receivable	5,208		4,380
Inventories	606		386
Other Receivable	286		—
Prepaid and other	2,051		1,090
Property, plant and equipment	16,259		2,885
Goodwill	110,135		103,130
Intangible assets	63,808		79,900
Operating lease right-of-use assets	2,309		4,744
Other miscellaneous assets	100		65
Liabilities
Current maturities of long-term obligations, net of unamortized debt issuance costs	1,410		—
Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities	9,663		5,641
Deferred income taxes	16,792		—
Operating lease liabilities	2,306		4,207
Deferred and other non-current liabilities	5,770		322
Net assets acquired	$	168,673	$	187,420

The following table is a summary of the fair value estimates of the acquired identifiable intangible assets and weighted-average useful lives as of the acquisition dates:



	2021			2020
	Weighted-Average Useful Life (in Years)	Estimated Fair Value of Assets		Weighted-Average Useful Life (in Years)	Estimated Fair Value of Assets
Acquired technology	10	$	32,145	4	$	4,600
Customer relationships	11.5	30,258		13	62,300
Trademarks and trade names	0	—		4	10,300
License agreements and other	0.25	1,405		0.25	2,700
Total		$	63,808		$	79,900

Goodwill in the amounts of $71.9 million and $38.2 million were recorded in the Pharma segment related to the Voluntis and Hengyu Acquisitions, respectively. Goodwill in the amount of $103.1 million was recorded related to the Fusion Acquisition which is included in the Beauty + Home segment. Goodwill is calculated as the excess of the consideration transferred over the net assets acquired and represents the estimated future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired that could not be individually identified and separately recognized. Goodwill acquired in 2021 acquisitions, largely consists of developed technologies and customer relationships, while goodwill acquired in 2020 acquisitions consists of unique relationships, brand equity and proprietary technology that has been established creating niches such as turnkey solutions for the beauty market related to the Fusion Acquisition as well as the abilities of acquired companies to maintain their competitive advantage from a technical viewpoint. Goodwill will not be amortized, but will be tested for impairment at least annually. For the 2021 and 2020 acquisitions, goodwill of $80.6 million is deductible for tax purposes.

Asset Acquisition

On October 16, 2020, we completed our acquisition of the assets of Cohero Health, Inc. ("Cohero Health") for $2.4 million. The net assets acquired and the results of Cohero Health's operations have been included in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements within our Pharma segment since the date of acquisition. Based in New York, Cohero Health develops innovative digital tools and technologies to improve respiratory care, reduce avoidable costs and optimize medication utilization.

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NOTE 18 – INVESTMENT IN EQUITY SECURITIES

Our investment in equity securities consisted of the following:


	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
Equity Method Investments:
BTY	$	32,884	$	33,020
Sonmol	5,819		5,598
Kali Care	420		535
Desotec GmbH	921		964

Other Investments:
PureCycle	11,908		5,397
YAT	5,895		—
Loop	2,894		2,894
Others	1,602		1,679
	$	62,343	$	50,087

Equity method investments

BTY

On January 1, 2020, we acquired 49% of the equity interests in 3 related companies: Suzhou Hsing Kwang, Suqian Hsing Kwang and Suzhou BTY (collectively referred to as “BTY”) for an approximate purchase price of $32 million. We have a call option to acquire an additional 26% to 31% of BTY’s equity interests following the initial lock-up period of 5 years based on a predetermined formula. Subsequent to the second lock-up period, which ends 3 years after the initial lock-up period, we have a call option to acquire the remaining equity interests of BTY based on a predetermined formula. Additionally, the selling shareholders of BTY have a put option for the remaining equity interest to be acquired by Aptar based on a predetermined formula. The BTY entities are leading Chinese manufacturers of high quality, decorative metal components, metal-plastic sub-assemblies, and complete color cosmetics packaging solutions for the beauty industry.

Sonmol

On April 1, 2020, we invested $5 million to acquire 30% of the equity interests in Healthcare, Inc., Shanghai Sonmol Internet Technology Co., Ltd. and its subsidiary, Shanghai Sonmol Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. (collectively referred to as “Sonmol”), a pharmaceutical and leading Chinese digital respiratory therapeutics company that provides consumer electric devices and connected devices for asthma control, and develops digital therapies and services platforms targeting chronic respiratory illnesses and other diseases.

Kali Care

During 2017, we invested $5 million to acquire 20% of the equity interests in Kali Care, a technology company that provides digital monitoring systems for medical devices. During the fourth quarter of 2020, we recognized an other than temporary impairment of $3.0 million ($2.3 million after-tax) on our underlying assets in this investment as a result of a reassessment of the future value of the business and continued reduction in operating cash flows. In addition to our investment, we also hold a note receivable from Kalicare for $1.5 million which is included in accounts and notes receivable in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Desotec GmbH

During 2009, we invested €574 thousand to acquire 23% of the equity interests in Desotec GmbH, a leading manufacturer of special assembly machines for bulk processing for the pharmaceutical, beauty and home and food and beverages markets.

Other investments

During August 2019, we invested an aggregate amount of $3.5 million in two preferred equity investments in sustainability companies Loop and PureCycle Technologies (“PureCycle”) that were accounted for at cost less impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer. During 2020, we invested an additional $1.4 million in these two equity investments and also received $333 thousand of equity in PureCycle in exchange for our resource dedication for technological partnership and support. In November 2020, we increased the value of the PureCycle investment by $3.1 million based on observable price changes.

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In March 2021, PureCycle was purchased by a special purpose acquisition company and was subsequently listed on Nasdaq under the ticker PCT. At that time, our investment in PureCycle was converted into shares of PCT resulting in less than a 1% ownership interest. This investment is now recorded at fair value based on observable market prices for identical assets and the change in fair value is recorded as a net investment gain or loss in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. In September 2021, we received $333 thousand of shares of PCT in exchange for our resource dedication for technological partnership and support. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, we recorded a net unrealized loss on our investment in PureCycle of $9.0 million and a net unrealized gain of $6.2 million, respectively.

On July 7, 2021, we invested approximately $5.9 million to acquire 10% of the equity interests in YAT, a multi-functional, science-driven online skincare solutions company.

There were no indications of impairment noted in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 related to these investments.

NOTE 19 – RESTRUCTURING INITIATIVES

In late 2017, we began a business transformation to drive profitable sales growth, increase operational excellence, enhance our approach to innovation and improve organizational effectiveness. The primary focus of the plan is the Beauty + Home segment; however, certain global general and administrative functions are also being addressed. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, we recognized $10.2 million and $18.8 million of restructuring costs related to this plan, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recognized $3.4 million and $15.6 million of restructuring costs related to this plan, respectively. Using current exchange rates, we estimate total implementation costs of approximately $135 million for these initiatives, including costs that have been recognized to date. The cumulative expense incurred as of September 30, 2021 was $131.8 million and we do not expect additional, significant restructuring costs related to this plan. We have also made total capital investments related to this plan of approximately $50 million, with no further significant capital investments expected.

As of September 30, 2021 we have recorded the following activity associated with the business transformation:


	Beginning Reserve at 12/31/2020		Net Charges for the Nine Months Ended 9/30/2021		Cash Paid		Interest and FX Impact		Ending Reserve at 9/30/2021
Employee severance	$	7,956	$	293	$	(5,506)	$	(179)	$	2,564
Professional fees and other costs	2,533		18,478		(20,117)		(46)		848
Totals	$	10,489	$	18,771	$	(25,623)	$	(225)	$	3,412

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS, OR AS OTHERWISE INDICATED)

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Net sales	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%
Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)	65.1		63.2		64.2		63.0
Selling, research & development and administrative	16.5		16.1		17.0		17.0
Depreciation and amortization	7.2		7.3		7.2		7.5
Restructuring initiatives	1.2		0.4		0.8		0.7
Operating income	10.0		13.0		10.8		11.8
Other income (expense)	(2.0)		(1.3)		(0.8)		(1.3)
Income before income taxes	8.0		11.7		10.0		10.5
Net Income	5.7		8.4		7.7		7.4
Effective tax rate	29.2	%	28.5	%	22.9	%	29.4	%
Adjusted EBITDA margin (1)	18.7	%	20.6	%	18.8	%	20.1	%

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(1)Adjusted EBITDA margins are calculated as Adjusted EBITDA divided by Reported Net Sales. See the reconciliation under "Non-U.S. GAAP Measures".

SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS

NET SALES

We reported net sales of $825.4 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, which represents a 9% increase compared to $759.2 million reported during the third quarter of 2020. The average U.S. dollar exchange rate weakened compared to the euro and other major currencies, resulting in a positive currency translation impact of 1%. There was no significant impact from our acquisitions of Voluntis and Hengyu during the third quarter of 2021. Therefore, core sales, which exclude acquisitions and changes in foreign currency rates, increased by 8% in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. Inflation had a strong impact on our core sales during the current quarter. Of our 8% core sales increase, approximately 5% is due to price adjustments related to the passing through of higher resin and other input costs. Our Beauty + Home and Food + Beverage segments both reported strong core sales growth as several of their applications recovered from depressed sales during the COVID-19 pandemic in the third quarter of 2020. Our Pharma segment continues to be negatively impacted by the prolonged drawing down of inventory by certain drug delivery device customers as fewer illnesses and fewer doctor visits have resulted in lower consumption of allergic rhinitis, cough and cold and certain pulmonary categories.


Third Quarter 2021 Net Sales Change over Prior Year	Pharma		Beauty + Home		Food + Beverage		Total
Core Sales Growth	(2)	%	10	%	28	%	8	%
Acquisitions	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%
Currency Effects (1)	1	%	1	%	2	%	1	%
Total Reported Net Sales Growth	(1)	%	11	%	30	%	9	%

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Reported net sales for the first nine months of 2021 increased 11% to $2.41 billion compared to $2.18 billion for the first nine months of 2020. The average U.S. dollar exchange rate weakened compared to the euro and other major currencies in which we operate, resulting in a positive currency translation impact of 4%. The acquisition of Fusion Packaging, Inc. ("Fusion") positively impacted sales by 1%. Therefore, core sales, which exclude acquisitions and changes in foreign currency rates, increased by 6% in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. As mentioned above, we benefited from the pass through of higher resin and other input costs during the first nine months of 2021. This represents approximately 4% of our 6% core sales increase for the current year. Operationally, the sales recovery within our beauty and beverage markets, along with the continued strong sales to our injectables and active material science solutions customers, more than offset the impact of inventory drawdowns in our prescription and certain consumer healthcare markets.


Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Net Sales Change over Prior Year	Pharma		Beauty + Home		Food + Beverage		Total
Core Sales Growth	—	%	6	%	22	%	6	%
Acquisitions	—	%	2	%	—	%	1	%
Currency Effects (1)	4	%	4	%	3	%	4	%
Total Reported Net Sales Growth	4	%	12	%	25	%	11	%

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(1)Currency effects are calculated by translating last year’s amounts at this year’s foreign exchange rates.

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, net sales sourced by geographic location:


	Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		% of Total		2020		% of Total		2021		% of Total		2020		% of Total

Domestic	$	280,237	34	%	$	262,546	35	%	$	804,582	33	%	$	722,871	33	%
Europe	433,489		53	%	401,765		53	%	1,296,171		54	%	1,189,680		55	%
Latin America	57,750		7	%	49,435		6	%	162,776		7	%	143,598		6	%
Asia	53,966		6	%	45,407		6	%	149,699		6	%	123,862		6	%

For further discussion on net sales by reporting segment, please refer to the analysis of segment net sales and segment Adjusted EBITDA on the following pages.

COST OF SALES (EXCLUSIVE OF DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION SHOWN BELOW)

Cost of sales (“COS”) as a percent of net sales increased to 65.1% in the third quarter of 2021 compared to 63.2% in the third quarter of 2020. Our COS percentage was negatively impacted by both changes in our mix of sales and inflation. During the third quarter of 2021, we reported a lower percentage of our higher-margin Pharma product sales compared to the same period in 2020. During 2021, we also incurred inflationary cost increases. As discussed above, we experienced increases in several input costs including resin, metals, freight and labor. While we maintain our normal pass-through of resin prices and have implemented general price increases to offset other cost increases, there is no margin on resin pass-through costs which increases our COS as a percentage of sales.

COS as a percent of net sales increased to 64.2% in the first nine months of 2021 compared to 63.0% in the same period a year ago. As discussed above, this increase in COS is mainly due to a shift in sales mix from our higher-margin pharma markets along with inflationary material and labor cost increases. We also recognized increased tooling sales during 2021, which typically carry lower margins than our product sales.

SELLING, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE

Selling, research & development and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) increased by approximately $14.1 million to $135.9 million in the third quarter of 2021 compared to $121.9 million during the same period in 2020. Excluding changes in foreign currency rates, SG&A increased by approximately $12.9 million in the quarter. Approximately $1.4 million of this increase is due incremental SG&A costs incurred by our newly consolidated entities (Voluntis and Hengyu) during the third quarter of 2021. The remaining increase is mainly due to higher compensation costs and higher professional fees, especially transaction costs related to our announced acquisitions. SG&A as a percentage of net sales increased to 16.5% compared to 16.1% in the same period of the prior year.

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SG&A increased by $39.8 million to $411.2 million in the first nine months of 2021 compared to $371.4 million during the same period a year ago. Excluding changes in foreign currency rates, SG&A increased by approximately $26.7 million in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the first nine months of 2020. Of this increase, $3.4 million relates to three months of incremental SG&A costs in 2021 as our Fusion acquisition was completed subsequent to March 31, 2020. As mentioned above, we also have approximately $1.4 million of incremental SG&A associated with the consolidation of Voluntis and Hengyu during the third quarter of 2021. The remaining increase is mainly due to higher compensation costs and professional fees, which includes transaction costs related to our announced acquisitions. For the first nine months, SG&A as a percentage of net sales remained consistent with 2020 at 17.0%.

DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION

Reported depreciation and amortization expenses increased by approximately $4.1 million to $59.3 million in the third quarter of 2021 compared to $55.2 million during the same period a year ago. Excluding changes in foreign currency rates, depreciation and amortization increased by approximately $3.5 million in the quarter compared to the same period in 2020. Approximately $0.8 million of this increase is due to incremental depreciation and amortization associated with our acquisitions of Voluntis and Hengyu during the third quarter of 2021. We have also increased our capital spending during the current and prior year to support our growth strategy. Depreciation and amortization as a percentage of net sales decreased to 7.2% in the third quarter of 2021 compared to 7.3% in the same period of the prior year due to an increase in sales.

Reported depreciation and amortization expenses increased by approximately $12.1 million to $174.5 million in the first nine months of 2021 compared to $162.4 million during the same period a year ago. Excluding changes in foreign currency rates, depreciation and amortization increased by approximately $6.2 million in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same period a year ago. As mentioned above, approximately $0.8 million of this increase is due to our acquisitions of Voluntis and Hengyu during the third quarter of 2021 and the remaining increase relates to higher capital spending during the current and prior year to support our growth strategy. Depreciation and amortization as a percentage of net sales decreased to 7.2% in the first nine months of 2021 compared to 7.5% in the same period of the prior year due to an increase in sales.

RESTRUCTURING INITIATIVES

In late 2017, we began a business transformation plan to drive profitable sales growth, increase operational excellence, enhance our approach to innovation and improve organizational effectiveness. The primary focus of the plan is the Beauty + Home segment; however, certain global general and administrative functions are also being addressed. Restructuring costs related to this plan for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Restructuring Initiatives by Segment
Pharma	$	13	$	300	$	86	$	158
Beauty + Home	5,442		3,144		7,995		15,375
Food + Beverage	131		(31)		169		147
Corporate & Other	4,637		2		10,521		(95)
Total Restructuring Initiatives	$	10,223	$	3,415	$	18,771	$	15,585

As of the end of September 2021, we have successfully completed the vast majority of our planned initiatives related to our transformation plan, including implementing new commercial strategies, reducing costs and adding capabilities in Asia and in fast growing application fields that we believe will position the segment for future growth and profitability. However, the COVID-19 global pandemic resulted in a significant decline in our beauty business. While our Beauty + Home segment continues to be profitable, the disruption caused by the pandemic, including higher operating costs, have more than offset any expected growth in earnings from our transformation. Though we believe the beauty market remains a long-term attractive growth market and we remain committed to completing our remaining transformation initiatives, we expect the return to growth to be gradual and non-linear as this market is highly correlated to the return to post-pandemic normal consumer behavior, including travel, which has proven to be sporadic and uncertain. The cumulative expense incurred for this transformation plan was $131.8 million. We also made capital investments of approximately $50 million related to this plan.

OPERATING INCOME

Operating income decreased approximately $16.1 million to $82.9 million in the third quarter of 2021 compared to $99.0 million in the same period a year ago. Excluding changes in foreign currency rates, operating income decreased by approximately $17.2 million in the quarter compared to the same period a year ago. The majority of this decrease is due to higher cost of sales compared to the third quarter of 2020 due to our changing segment sales mix along with significantly higher input costs related to the current inflationary environment discussed above. We also realized higher restructuring costs as we completed the vast majority of our planned initiatives related to our business transformation plan. Operating income as a percentage of net sales decreased to 10.0% in the third quarter of 2021 compared to 13.0% in the prior year period.

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For the first nine months of 2021, operating income increased approximately $1.9 million to $259.9 million compared to $258.0 million in the same period of the prior year. Excluding changes in foreign currency rates, operating income decreased by approximately $11.9 million in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same period a year ago. As mentioned above, higher cost of sales related to our product mix and inflationary input cost increases drove this change. Operating income as a percentage of net sales decreased to 10.8% in the first nine months of 2021 compared to 11.8% for the same period in the prior year.

NET OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)

Net other expense in the third quarter of 2021 increased $6.8 million to $16.7 million from $9.9 million in the same period of the prior year. We realized a $9.0 million loss on our investment in PureCycle Technologies (“PureCycle”) during the third quarter of 2021. As discussed in Note 18 - Investment in Equity Securities of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, our investment in PureCycle was converted into shares of PCT, a publicly traded entity, during the first quarter of 2021. This investment is now recorded at fair value based on observable market prices for identical assets and the change in fair value is recorded as a net investment gain or loss in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. We believe that unrealized cost investment gains and losses from changes in market prices are not considered relevant to understanding our reported consolidated earnings or evaluating our periodic economic performance. Other than the investment loss in PCT, we benefited from lower net interest expenses as we have continued to reduce outstanding debt over the past year. Miscellaneous expense also improved as a net favorable impact on foreign currency contracts, including an Argentina Blue Chip Swap gain of $1.4 million, more than compensated for higher pension costs related to the decline in discount rates.

Net other expense decreased $11.6 million to $18.5 million of expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 from $30.1 million of expense in the same period of the prior year. $6.2 million of this improvement is the gain on our PureCycle investment as discussed above. We also benefited from lower net interest expense, which more than offset our increase in pension costs.

PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES

The tax provision for interim periods is determined using the estimated annual effective consolidated tax rate, based on the current estimate of full-year earnings and related estimated full year-taxes, adjusted for the impact of discrete quarterly items. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, was 29.2% and 28.5%. The higher reported effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2021 reflects lower tax benefits from employee stock-based compensation offset in part by a more favorable mix of earnings.

The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, was 22.9% and 29.4%. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 reflects additional tax benefits from employee stock-based compensation and a more favorable mix of earnings.

NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO APTARGROUP, INC.

We reported net income attributable to AptarGroup of $47.3 million and $186.5 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to $63.7 million and $160.8 million for the same periods in the prior year.

PHARMA SEGMENT

Operations that sell dispensing systems, drug delivery systems, sealing solutions and services to the prescription drug, consumer health care, injectables and active material science solutions markets form our Pharma segment.


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021			2020			2021			2020

Net Sales	$	313,225		$	315,758		$	952,400		$	914,213
Adjusted EBITDA (1)	100,738			112,436			315,201			324,877
Adjusted EBITDA margin (1)	32.2		%	35.6		%	33.1		%	35.5		%

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(1)Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as earnings before net interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, unallocated corporate expenses, restructuring initiatives, acquisition-related costs, net investment gains and losses related to observable market price changes on equity securities and other special items. Adjusted EBITDA margins are calculated as Adjusted EBITDA divided by Reported Net Sales. See the reconciliation under "Non-U.S. GAAP Measures".

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Net sales for the Pharma segment decreased 1% in the third quarter of 2021 to $313.2 million compared to $315.8 million in the third quarter of 2020. Changes in currencies positively affected net sales by 1% in the third quarter of 2021. There was no significant impact from our acquisitions of Voluntis and Hengyu during the third quarter of 2021. Therefore, core sales decreased by 2% in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the third quarter of 2020. Core sales of our products to the injectables market increased 16% due to continued strong demand for our vaccine components. Sales of our active material science solutions decreased 15% due to two large tooling projects during the third quarter of 2020. Removing the effect of these one-time tooling sales, material science solutions would have continued its trend of strong double-digit core sales growth on increased demand for our diagnostics and probiotics applications. Core sales of our products to the consumer health care market increased 5% as strong revenue from our eye care customers more than compensated for continued softness in the nasal saline and decongestant markets. Core sales of our products to the prescription drug market decreased 9% as fewer non-critical doctor visits and lower incidence of cold and flu illnesses this season have resulted in certain Pharma customers drawing down inventory levels as sectors such as allergic rhinitis are impacted by low levels of patient consumption.


Third Quarter 2021 Net Sales Change over Prior Year	Prescription Drug		Consumer Health Care		Injectables		Active Material Science Solutions		Total
Core Sales Growth	(9)	%	5	%	16	%	(15)	%	(2)	%
Acquisitions	—	%	—	%	1	%	—	%	—	%
Currency Effects (1)	1	%	1	%	1	%	—	%	1	%
Total Reported Net Sales Growth	(8)	%	6	%	18	%	(15)	%	(1)	%

Net sales for the first nine months of 2021 increased by 4% to $952.4 million compared to $914.2 million in the first nine months of 2020. Changes in currency rates positively impacted net sales by 4%. Therefore, core sales for the first nine months of 2021 were at a comparable level to the first nine months of 2020. Similar to the third quarter discussion above, core sales of our products to the injectables and active material science solutions markets increased 15% and 2%, respectively, due to strong demand for our vaccine components and active material solutions. While sales to our consumer health care market increased by 1%, core sales to the prescription drug market decreased 8% as both markets continue to feel the impact of fewer non-critical doctor visits and lower incidence of illnesses this season which is leading to our customers destocking inventory.


Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Net Sales Change over Prior Year	Prescription Drug		Consumer Health Care		Injectables		Active Material Science Solutions		Total
Core Sales Growth	(8)	%	1	%	15	%	2	%	—	%
Acquisitions	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%	—	%
Currency Effects (1)	4	%	5	%	5	%	2	%	4	%
Total Reported Net Sales Growth	(4)	%	6	%	20	%	4	%	4	%

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(1)Currency effects are calculated by translating last year’s amounts at this year’s foreign exchange rates.

Adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter of 2021 decreased 10% to $100.7 million compared to $112.4 million reported in the same period of the prior year. While we reported strong product growth in our injectables and active material science solutions markets, lower sales in certain of our higher-margin prescription and consumer health care applications, along with lower tooling sales, drove our Adjusted EBITDA margins lower during the third quarter of 2021. We were also impacted by the inflationary environment discussed above as higher input costs negatively impacted our margins.

Adjusted EBITDA in the first nine months of 2021 decreased 3% to $315.2 million compared to $324.9 million reported in the same period of the prior year. As discussed above, growth in our injectables and active material science solutions markets, along with favorable translation of our foreign entity results to the U.S. dollar, were offset by lower product sales in certain of our prescription and consumer healthcare markets. This shift in the mix of sales between our markets, along with higher input costs, led to a lower Adjusted EBITDA margin as a percentage of sales.

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BEAUTY + HOME SEGMENT

Operations that sell dispensing systems and sealing solutions to the beauty, personal care and home care markets form our Beauty + Home segment.


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021			2020			2021			2020

Net Sales	$	374,088		$	337,231		$	1,081,280		$	961,577
Adjusted EBITDA (1)	43,789			34,733			117,055			92,954
Adjusted EBITDA margin (1)	11.7		%	10.3		%	10.8		%	9.7		%

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Reported net sales for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 increased 11% to $374.1 million compared to $337.2 million in the third quarter of the prior year. Changes in currency rates positively impacted net sales by 1% in the third quarter of 2021. Therefore, core sales increased 10% in the third quarter of 2021 compared to the same quarter of the prior year. Approximately half of this growth came from increased volumes, while the remaining amount is mainly due to the pass-through of higher input costs as discussed above. Core sales of our products to the beauty market increased 18% as consumer demand for products with our fragrance and facial skincare solutions continued to gradually improve over prior year levels. Personal care core sales increased 4% as higher sales to the hair care, body care and sun care markets were partially offset by declines in personal cleansing, as hand sanitizer demand also has begun to normalize. Core sales to the home care markets decreased 5% on lower demand for household cleaners.


Third Quarter 2021 Net Sales Change over Prior Year	Personal Care		Beauty		Home Care		Total
Core Sales Growth	4	%	18	%	(5)	%	10	%

Currency Effects (1)	1	%	1	%	1	%	1	%
Total Reported Net Sales Growth	5	%	19	%	(4)	%	11	%

For the first nine months of 2021, net sales increased 12% to $1,081.3 million compared to $961.6 million in the first nine months of the prior year. Changes in currency rates positively impacted net sales by 4% while our acquisition of Fusion improved sales by 2% in the first nine months of 2021. Therefore, core sales increased by 6% in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same period in the prior year. Consistent with the third quarter, approximately half of this growth came from pass-through of higher input cost while the remaining amount is due to increased volumes, as sales for many of our applications continued to gradually recover. Core sales of our products to the beauty market increased 11% during the first nine months of 2021 as we experienced an increase in demand for both fragrance and skin care products. Personal care core sales increased 2% as higher sales of our hair care and body care applications more than offset the lower demand for our hand sanitizer dispensing solutions. Core sales to the home care markets increased 11% on strong demand for our dish care and automotive products.


Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Net Sales Change over Prior Year	Personal Care		Beauty		Home Care		Total
Core Sales Growth	2	%	11	%	11	%	6	%
Acquisitions	—	%	4	%	—	%	2	%
Currency Effects (1)	3	%	5	%	3	%	4	%
Total Reported Net Sales Growth	5	%	20	%	14	%	12	%

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(1)Currency effects are calculated by translating last year’s amounts at this year’s foreign exchange rates.

Adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter of 2021 increased 26% to $43.8 million compared to $34.7 million in the same period in the prior year. As discussed above, increases in product sales volumes drove the majority of our Adjusted EBITDA growth in the third quarter of 2021. Inflationary increases negatively impacted our current period results as price pass throughs were not enough to offset the full effect of rising material and labor costs. However, we were able to compensate for this impact with improved operational performance and a $2.7 million favorable value added tax ruling in Brazil.

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Adjusted EBITDA in the first nine months of 2021 increased 26% to $117.1 million compared to $93.0 million reported in the same period in the prior year. Similar to the third quarter discussion above, product sales growth drove the majority of the Adjusted EBITDA improvement in the first nine months of 2021 while operational improvements were able to offset the impact of inflation. We also reported incremental profit during the first quarter of 2021 as our Fusion acquisition was effective at the beginning of the second quarter 2020.

FOOD + BEVERAGE SEGMENT

Operations that sell dispensing systems and sealing solutions to the food and beverage markets form our Food + Beverage segment.


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021			2020			2021			2020

Net Sales	$	138,129		$	106,164		$	379,548		$	304,221
Adjusted EBITDA (1)	22,379			20,351			61,995			53,543
Adjusted EBITDA margin (1)	16.2		%	19.2		%	16.3		%	17.6		%

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Reported sales for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 increased approximately 30% to $138.1 million compared to $106.2 million in the third quarter of the prior year. Changes in currency rates positively impacted net sales by 2%. Therefore, core sales for the third quarter of 2021 increased 28% compared to the same quarter of the prior year. Approximately 17% of the reported 28% core sales increase is due to passing through higher resin and other input costs as we experienced high inflationary cost increases during the third quarter of 2021. However even without these price increases, we reported strong growth in both our food and beverage markets. Volumes rose on increased demand for specialty food dispensing closures as consumers continued to cook at home, and we realized a recovery from lower beverage sales in the third quarter of the prior year as consumer demand has begun to normalize. We also benefited from higher tooling sales during the current year quarter compared to 2020.


Third Quarter 2021 Net Sales Change over Prior Year	Food		Beverage		Total
Core Sales Growth	20	%	52	%	28	%

Currency Effects (1)	2	%	3	%	2	%
Total Reported Net Sales Growth	22	%	55	%	30	%

Net sales for the first nine months of 2021 increased by 25% to $379.5 million compared to $304.2 million in the first nine months of 2020. Changes in currency rates positively impacted net sales by 3%. Therefore, core sales increased by 22% in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same period in the prior year. As discussed above, strong product and tooling sales, along with the pass-through of higher material costs, positively impacted the first nine months of 2021. Approximately 13% of the reported 22% core sales increase is due to passing through higher resin and other input costs. Core sales to the food market increased 20% while core sales to the beverage market increased 26% in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same period of the prior year. For the food markets, we realized strong growth as consumers continued to cook at home. The beverage market also reported growth as sales of our premium bottled water and on-the-go functional drink products continued to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic low levels last year.


Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 Net Sales Change over Prior Year	Food		Beverage		Total
Core Sales Growth	20	%	26	%	22	%

Currency Effects (1)	3	%	5	%	3	%
Total Reported Net Sales Growth	23	%	31	%	25	%

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(1)Currency effects are calculated by translating last year’s amounts at this year’s foreign exchange rates.

Adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter of 2021 increased 10% to $22.4 million compared to $20.4 million reported in the same period of the prior year. The higher product and tooling sales discussed above more than compensated for the impact of increasing input costs and higher compensation costs. While we maintain our normal pass-through of resin prices to offset these increases, there is no margin on resin pass-through costs which negatively impacts our Adjusted EBITDA margins.

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Adjusted EBITDA in the first nine months of 2021 increased 16% to $62.0 million compared to $53.5 million reported in the same period of the prior year. As discussed above, strong product and tooling sales more than offset the negative impact of the timing of our resin pass-through and other inflationary input cost increases. However, the lack of margin on these pass-through costs has a negative impact on our Adjusted EBITDA margins.

CORPORATE & OTHER

In addition to our three reporting segments, we assign certain costs to “Corporate & Other,” which is presented separately in Note 16 – Segment Information of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. For Corporate & Other, Adjusted EBITDA (which excludes net interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, restructuring initiatives, acquisition-related costs, net investment gains and losses related to observable market price changes on equity securities and other special items) primarily includes certain professional fees, compensation and information system costs which are not allocated directly to our reporting segments.

For the quarter ended September 30, 2021, Corporate & Other expenses increased to $12.7 million from $11.0 million in the third quarter of 2020. The majority of this increase relates to higher compensation costs and higher professional fees during the third quarter of 2021 compared to the third quarter of 2020. Corporate & Other expenses in the first nine months of 2021 increased to $40.3 million compared to $34.1 million reported in the same period of the prior year. As discussed above, this increase is mainly due higher compensation cost and professional fees.

NON-U.S. GAAP MEASURES

In addition to the information presented herein that conforms to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP"), we also present financial information that does not conform to U.S. GAAP, which are referred to as non-U.S. GAAP financial measures. Management may assess our financial results both on a U.S. GAAP basis and on a non-U.S. GAAP basis. We believe it is useful to present these non-U.S. GAAP financial measures because they allow for a better period over period comparison of operating results by removing the impact of items that, in management’s view, do not reflect our core operating performance. These non-U.S. GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for U.S. GAAP financial results, but should be read in conjunction with the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and other information presented herein. Investors are cautioned against placing undue reliance on these non-U.S. GAAP measures. Further, investors are urged to review and consider carefully the adjustments made by management to the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure to arrive at these non-U.S. GAAP financial measures.

In our Management’s Discussion and Analysis, we exclude the impact of foreign currency translation when presenting net sales information, which we define as “constant currency.” Changes in net sales excluding the impact of foreign currency translation is a non-U.S. GAAP financial measure. As a worldwide business, it is important that we take into account the effects of foreign currency translation when we view our results and plan our strategies. Consequently, when our management looks at our financial results to measure the core performance of our business, we may exclude the impact of foreign currency translation by translating our prior period results at current period foreign currency exchange rates. As a result, our management believes that these presentations are useful internally and may be useful to investors. We also exclude the impact of material acquisitions when comparing results to prior periods. Changes in operating results excluding the impact of acquisitions are non-U.S. GAAP financial measures. We believe it is important to exclude the impact of acquisitions on period over period results in order to evaluate performance on a more comparable basis.

We present earnings before net interest and taxes (“EBIT”) and earnings before net interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”). We also present our adjusted earnings before net interest and taxes (“Adjusted EBIT”) and adjusted earnings before net interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”), both of which exclude the business transformation charges (restructuring initiatives), acquisition-related costs, purchase accounting adjustments related to acquisitions and investments and net investment gains and losses related to observable market price changes on equity securities. Our Outlook is also provided on a non-U.S. GAAP basis because certain reconciling items are dependent on future events that either cannot be controlled, such as tax and exchange rates, or reliably predicted because they are not part of our routine activities, such as restructuring initiatives and acquisition-related costs.

We provide a reconciliation of Net Debt to Net Capital as a non-U.S. GAAP measure. “Net Debt” is calculated as interest bearing debt less cash and equivalents and short-term investments while “Net Capital” is calculated as stockholders’ equity plus Net Debt. Net Debt to Net Capital measures a company’s financial leverage, which gives users an idea of a company's financial structure, or how it is financing its operations, along with insight into its financial strength. We believe that it is meaningful to take into consideration the balance of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments when evaluating our leverage. If needed, such assets could be used to reduce our gross debt position.

Finally, we provide a reconciliation of free cash flow as a non-U.S. GAAP measure. Free cash flow is calculated as cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. We use free cash flow to measure cash flow generated by operations that is available for dividends, share repurchases, acquisitions and debt repayment. We believe that it is meaningful to investors in evaluating our financial performance and measuring our ability to generate cash internally to fund our initiatives.

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	Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2021

	Consolidated			Pharma			Beauty + Home			Food + Beverage			Corporate & Other		Net Interest
Net Sales	$	825,442		$	313,225		$	374,088		$	138,129		$	—	$	—

Reported net income	$	46,894
Reported income taxes	19,340
Reported income before income taxes	66,234			75,611			14,443			12,027			(28,237)		(7,610)
Adjustments:
Restructuring initiatives	10,223			13			5,442			131			4,637
Net investment loss	9,021												9,021
Transaction costs related to acquisitions	1,793			1,793			—			—			—

Adjusted earnings before income taxes	87,271			77,417			19,885			12,158			(14,579)		(7,610)
Interest expense	8,011														8,011
Interest income	(401)														(401)
Adjusted earnings before net interest and taxes (Adjusted EBIT)	94,881			77,417			19,885			12,158			(14,579)		—
Depreciation and amortization	59,280			23,321			23,904			10,221			1,834

Adjusted earnings before net interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Adjusted EBITDA)	$	154,161		$	100,738		$	43,789		$	22,379		$	(12,745)	$	—

Adjusted EBITDA margins (Adjusted EBITDA / Reported Net Sales)	18.7		%	32.2		%	11.7		%	16.2		%

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	September 30, 2020

	Consolidated			Pharma			Beauty + Home			Food + Beverage			Corporate & Other		Net Interest
Net Sales	$	759,153		$	315,758		$	337,231		$	106,164		$	—	$	—

Reported net income	$	63,735
Reported income taxes	25,404
Reported income before income taxes	89,139			92,202			7,944			10,884			(13,289)		(8,602)
Adjustments:
Restructuring initiatives	3,415			300			3,144			(31)			2

Transaction costs related to acquisitions	221			210			11			—			—

Adjusted earnings before income taxes	92,775			92,712			11,099			10,853			(13,287)		(8,602)
Interest expense	8,851														8,851
Interest income	(249)														(249)
Adjusted earnings before net interest and taxes (Adjusted EBIT)	101,377			92,712			11,099			10,853			(13,287)		—
Depreciation and amortization	55,179			19,724			23,634			9,498			2,323

Adjusted earnings before net interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Adjusted EBITDA)	$	156,556		$	112,436		$	34,733		$	20,351		$	(10,964)	$	—

Adjusted EBITDA margins (Adjusted EBITDA / Reported Net Sales)	20.6		%	35.6		%	10.3		%	19.2		%

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	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2021

	Consolidated			Pharma			Beauty + Home			Food + Beverage			Corporate & Other		Net Interest
Net Sales	$	2,413,228		$	952,400		$	1,081,280		$	379,548		$	—	$	—

Reported net income	$	186,107
Reported income taxes	55,309
Reported income before income taxes	241,416			245,087			36,253			31,728			(50,457)		(21,195)
Adjustments:
Restructuring initiatives	18,771			86			7,995			169			10,521
Net investment gain	(6,177)												(6,177)
Transaction costs related to acquisitions	4,227			4,227			—			—			—

Adjusted earnings before income taxes	258,237			249,400			44,248			31,897			(46,113)		(21,195)
Interest expense	22,601														22,601
Interest income	(1,406)														(1,406)
Adjusted earnings before net interest and taxes (Adjusted EBIT)	279,432			249,400			44,248			31,897			(46,113)		—
Depreciation and amortization	174,508			65,801			72,807			30,098			5,802

Adjusted earnings before net interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Adjusted EBITDA)	$	453,940		$	315,201		$	117,055		$	61,995		$	(40,311)	$	—

Adjusted EBITDA margins (Adjusted EBITDA / Reported Net Sales)	18.8		%	33.1		%	10.8		%	16.3		%

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	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2020

	Consolidated			Pharma			Beauty + Home			Food + Beverage			Corporate & Other		Net Interest
Net Sales	$	2,180,011		$	914,213		$	961,577		$	304,221		$	—	$	—

Reported net income	$	160,845
Reported income taxes	66,998
Reported income before income taxes	227,843			267,523			2,297			25,365			(41,968)		(25,374)
Adjustments:
Restructuring initiatives	15,585			158			15,375			147			(95)

Transaction costs related to acquisitions	4,812			210			4,602			—			—
Purchase accounting adjustments related to acquisitions and investments	4,642			1,421			3,221			—			—
Adjusted earnings before income taxes	252,882			269,312			25,495			25,512			(42,063)		(25,374)
Interest expense	25,973														25,973
Interest income	(599)														(599)
Adjusted earnings before net interest and taxes (Adjusted EBIT)	278,256			269,312			25,495			25,512			(42,063)		—
Depreciation and amortization	162,414			56,232			70,159			28,031			7,992
Purchase accounting adjustments included in Depreciation and amortization above	(3,367)			(667)			(2,700)			—			—
Adjusted earnings before net interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Adjusted EBITDA)	$	437,303		$	324,877		$	92,954		$	53,543		$	(34,071)	$	—

Adjusted EBITDA margins (Adjusted EBITDA / Reported Net Sales)	20.1		%	35.5		%	9.7		%	17.6		%

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Net Debt to Net Capital Reconciliation	September 30,			December 31,
	2021			2020

Notes payable, revolving credit facility and overdrafts	$	58,583		$	52,200
Current maturities of long-term obligations, net of unamortized debt issuance costs	142,674			65,666
Long-Term Obligations, net of unamortized debt issuance costs	915,750			1,054,998
Total Debt	1,117,007			1,172,864
Less:
Cash and equivalents	114,557			300,137
Short-term investments	319			243
Net Debt	$	1,002,131		$	872,484

Total Stockholders' Equity	$	1,995,993		$	1,850,785
Net Debt	1,002,131			872,484
Net Capital	$	2,998,124		$	2,723,269

Net Debt to Net Capital	33.4		%	32.0		%


Free Cash Flow Reconciliation	September 30,		September 30,
	2021		2020

Net Cash Provided by Operations	$	259,373	$	381,427

Less:
Capital Expenditures	216,689		173,365
Free Cash Flow	$	42,684	$	208,062

FOREIGN CURRENCY

Because of our international presence, movements in exchange rates may have a significant impact on the translation of the financial statements of our foreign subsidiaries. Our primary foreign exchange exposure is to the euro, but we also have foreign exchange exposure to the Chinese yuan, Brazilian real, Mexican peso, Swiss franc and other Asian, European and South American currencies. A weakening U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies has an additive translation effect on our financial statements. Conversely, a strengthening U.S. dollar has a dilutive effect. In some cases, we sell products denominated in a currency different from the currency in which the related costs are incurred. Any changes in exchange rates on such inter-country sales could materially impact our results of operations. During the third quarter of 2021, the U.S. dollar strengthened compared to the major European currencies and Latin America currencies. This resulted in a dilutive impact on our translated results during the third quarter of 2021 when compared to the third quarter of 2020.

Beginning July 1, 2018, we have applied highly inflationary accounting for our Argentinian subsidiary pursuant to U.S. GAAP. We have changed the functional currency from the Argentinian peso to the U.S. dollar. We remeasure our peso denominated assets and liabilities using the official rate. In September 2019, the President of Argentina reinstituted exchange controls restricting foreign currency purchases in an attempt to stabilize Argentina’s financial markets. As a result of these currency controls, a legal mechanism known as the Blue Chip Swap emerged in Argentina for reporting entities to transfer U.S. dollars. The Blue Chip Swap rate has diverged significantly from Argentina’s “official rate” due to the economic environment. During the second quarter of 2020, we transferred U.S. dollars into Argentina through the Blue Chip Swap method and we recognized a gain of $1.0 million. This gain helped to offset foreign currency losses due to our Argentinian peso exposure and devaluation against the U.S. dollar. During the third quarter of 2021, we utilized the Blue Chip Swap and recognized a gain of $1.4 million. As of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, our Argentinian operations contributed less than 2.0% of consolidated net assets and revenues.

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QUARTERLY TRENDS

Our results of operations in the last quarter of the year typically are negatively impacted by customer plant shutdowns in December. Several of the markets we serve are impacted by the seasonality of underlying consumer products. This, in turn, may have an impact on our net sales and results of operations for those markets. We believe the diversification of our product portfolio minimizes fluctuations in our overall quarterly financial statements and results in an immaterial seasonality impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements when viewed quarter over quarter. However, uncertainties related to the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic may impact noted historical trends.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Given our current low level of leverage relative to others in our industry and our ability to generate strong levels of cash flow from operations, we believe we are in a strong financial position and have the financial resources to meet our business requirements in the foreseeable future. We have historically used cash flow from operations, our revolving credit facilities, proceeds from stock options and debt, as needed, as our primary sources of liquidity. Our primary uses of liquidity are to invest in equipment and facilities that are necessary to support our growth and to make acquisitions that will contribute to the achievement of our strategic objectives. Due to uncertainty amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in the event that customer demand decreases significantly for a prolonged period of time and adversely impacts our cash flows from operations, we would have the ability to restrict and significantly reduce capital expenditure levels as well as evaluate our acquisition strategy. A prolonged and significant reduction in capital expenditure levels could increase future repairs and maintenance costs as well as have a negative impact on operating margins if we were unable to invest in new innovative products.

Cash and equivalents and restricted cash decreased to $114.6 million at September 30, 2021 from $305.0 million at December 31, 2020 primarily due to acquisitions made in the third quarter, as described below. Total short and long-term interest bearing debt of $1.1 billion at September 30, 2021 was slightly lower than the $1.2 billion at December 31, 2020. The ratio of our Net Debt (interest bearing debt less cash and equivalents) to Net Capital (stockholders’ equity plus Net Debt) increased to 33.4% at September 30, 2021 compared to 32.0% at December 31, 2020. See the reconciliation under "Non-U.S. GAAP Measures".

In the first nine months of 2021, our operations provided approximately $259.4 million in net cash flow compared to $381.4 million for the same period a year ago. In both periods, cash flow from operations was primarily derived from earnings before depreciation and amortization. The decrease in cash provided by operations during the first nine months of 2021 is primarily attributable to an increase in working capital, driven by an increase in accounts receivable on higher September sales in 2021 compared to 2020 and higher inventory levels driven by higher input costs and built in anticipation of a continued recovery from the pandemic and continued supply chain disruptions.

We used $343.4 million in cash for investing activities during the first nine months of 2021 compared to $377.9 million during the same period a year ago. Our investment in capital projects increased $43.3 million during the first nine months of 2021 compared to the first nine months of 2020 which is primarily related to additional investments in capacity for our injectables division. Our 2021 estimated cash outlays for capital expenditures are expected to be in the range of approximately $300 to $330 million but could vary due to changes in exchange rates as well as the timing of capital projects. During 2021, $125.0 million was utilized to fund the Voluntis and Hengyu acquisitions. Additionally, we invested $5.9 million for a 10% equity interest in YAT. Compared to 2020, $158.1 million of cash was utilized to fund the Fusion Acquisition. Additionally, we invested $32.0 million in our 49% equity interest of BTY and $5.0 million in our 30% equity interest of Sonmol, which are accounted for as equity method investments during the first nine months of 2020.

Financing activities used $98.9 million in cash during the first nine months of 2021 compared to $26.7 million in cash used by financing activities during the same period a year ago. During the first nine months of 2021, we used cash on hand to repay $56.0 million of the outstanding balance on the amended term loan, paid $73.5 million of dividends and purchased $28.4 million of treasury stock. We received proceeds from stock option exercises of $54.0 million and received net proceeds from our revolving credit facility of $6.8 million.

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On June 30, 2021, we entered into an amended and restated multi-currency revolving credit facility (the "revolving credit facility") to replace the existing facility (the "prior credit facility") maturing July 2022 and to amend and restate the unsecured term loan facility extended to our wholly-owned UK subsidiary under the prior credit facility (as amended, the "amended term facility"). The revolving credit facility matures in June 2026, subject to a maximum of two one-year extensions in certain circumstances, and provides for unsecured financing of up to $600 million available in the U.S. and to our wholly-owned UK subsidiary. The amended term facility matures in July 2022. The revolving credit facility can be drawn in various currencies including USD, EUR, GBP and CHF to the equivalent of $600 million, which may be increased by up to $300 million subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. Each borrowing under the revolving credit facility will bear interest at rates based on LIBOR (in the case of USD), EURIBOR (in the case of EUR), SONIA (in the case of GBP), SARON (in the case of CHF), prime rates or other similar rates, in each case plus an applicable margin. The revolving credit facility provides mechanics relating to a transition away from LIBOR (in the case of USD) and the designated benchmark rates for other available currencies and the replacement of any such applicable benchmark by a replacement alternative benchmark rate or mechanism for loans made in the applicable currency. A facility fee on the total amount of the revolving credit facility is also payable quarterly, regardless of usage. The applicable margins for borrowings under the revolving credit facility and the facility fee percentage may change from time to time depending on changes in our consolidated leverage ratio. As of September 30, 2021, $47 million was utilized under the revolving credit facility in the U.S., €10 million (approximately $11.6 million) was utilized by our wholly-owned UK subsidiary and $56 million remained outstanding under the amended term facility. Credit facility balances are included in notes payable, revolving credit facility and overdrafts on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Our revolving credit facility and corporate long-term obligations require us to satisfy certain financial and other covenants including:


	Requirement	Level at September 30, 2021
Consolidated Leverage Ratio (1)	Maximum of 3.50 to 1.00	1.76 to 1.00
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio (1)	Minimum of 3.00 to 1.00	19.39 to 1.00

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(1)Definitions of ratios are included as part of the revolving credit facility agreement and the private placement agreements.

Based upon the above consolidated leverage ratio covenant, we have the ability to borrow approximately an additional $1.0 billion before the 3.50 to 1.00 maximum ratio requirement is exceeded.

In addition, in October 2020, we entered into an unsecured money market borrowing arrangement to provide short term financing of up to $30 million that is available in the U.S. No borrowing on this facility is permitted over a quarter end date. As such, no balance was utilized under this arrangement as of September 30, 2021.

Our foreign operations have historically met cash requirements with the use of internally generated cash or uncommitted short-term borrowings. We also have committed financing arrangements in both the U.S. and the UK as detailed above. We manage our global cash requirements considering (i) available funds among the many subsidiaries through which we conduct business, (ii) the geographic location of our liquidity needs, and (iii) the cost to access international cash balances.

We facilitate a supply chain finance program ("SCF") across Europe and the U.S. that is administered by a third-party platform. Eligible suppliers can elect to receive early payment of invoices, less an interest deduction, and negotiate their receivable sales arrangements through the third-party platform on behalf of the respective SCF bank. We are not a party to those agreements, and the terms of our payment obligations are not impacted by a supplier's participation in the SCF. Accordingly, we have concluded that this program continues to be a trade payable program and is not indicative of a borrowing arrangement.

All outstanding amounts related to suppliers participating in the SCF are recorded within Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and associated payments are included in operating activities within our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the amounts due to suppliers participating in the SCF and included in Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities were approximately $31 million and $23 million, respectively.

Collection and payment periods tend to be longer for our operations located outside the United States due to local business practices. We have also seen an increasing trend in pressure from certain customers to lengthen their payment terms. As the majority of our products are made to order, we have not needed to keep significant amounts of finished goods inventory to meet customer requirements. However, some of our contracts specify an amount of finished goods safety stock we are required to maintain.

To the extent our financial position allows and there is a clear financial benefit, we from time-to-time benefit from early payment discounts with some suppliers. We are also lengthening the payment terms with our suppliers to be in line with customer trends. While we have offered third party alternatives for our suppliers to receive payments sooner, we generally do not utilize these offerings from our customers as the economic conditions currently are not beneficial for us.

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On October 14, 2021, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.38 per share payable on November 17, 2021 to stockholders of record as of October 27, 2021.

CONTINGENCIES

The Company, in the normal course of business, is subject to a number of lawsuits and claims both actual and potential in nature. Please refer to Note 12 - Commitments and Contingencies of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of contingencies affecting our business.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

We do not have significant off-balance sheet arrangements.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

We have reviewed the recently issued accounting standards updates to the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification that have future effective dates. Standards that have been adopted during 2021 are discussed in Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, which provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying U.S. GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. The amendments to this update apply only to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. ASU 2020-04 was further amended in January 2021 by ASU 2021-01 which clarified the applicability of certain provisions. Both standards are effective upon issuance and can be adopted any time prior to December 31, 2022. The guidance in ASU 2020-04 and ASU 2021-01 is optional and may be elected over time as reference rate reform activities occur. As of September 30, 2021, we have not yet modified any contracts as a result of reference rate reform and are evaluating the impact this standard may have on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Other accounting standards that have been issued by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements upon adoption.

OUTLOOK

In the fourth quarter, the demand outlook in each market will vary, yet we expect core sales growth in each of our segments. Demand for our beauty products, elastomer components and active material solutions is expected to increase, while strong fourth quarter 2020 provides difficult comparisons for our prescription drug delivery and food and beverage markets. Margins are expected to continue to be impacted by rising input costs, including raw materials and transportation, supply chain disruptions, including labor shortages, and sales mix. Our focus remains on continuing to generate yields across all our businesses while navigating the headwinds we expect to encounter.

We expect earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2021, excluding any restructuring expenses, acquisition-related costs and changes in the fair value of equity investments, to be in the range of $0.88 to $0.96 and this guidance is based on an effective tax rate range of 28% to 30%.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements in Management’s Discussion and Analysis and other sections of this Form 10-Q are forward-looking and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including certain statements set forth in the Significant Developments, Restructuring Initiatives, Quarterly Trends, Liquidity and Capital Resources, Contingencies and Outlook sections of this Form 10-Q. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “future,” “potential”, "are optimistic" and other similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would” and “could” are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are based on our beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to us. Accordingly, our actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements due to known or unknown risks and uncertainties that exist in our operations and business environment including, but not limited to:

•pandemics, including the impact of COVID-19 on our global supply chain and our global customers and operations, which has elevated and may or will continue to elevate many of the risks and uncertainties discussed below;

•our ability to preserve organizational culture and maintain employee productivity in the work-from-home environment caused by the current pandemic;

•the availability of raw materials and components (particularly from sole sourced suppliers) as well as the financial viability of these suppliers;

•economic conditions worldwide, including inflationary (and potential deflationary) conditions in regions we rely on for growth;

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•fluctuations in the cost of materials, components, transportation cost as a result of supply chain disruptions and labor shortages, and other input costs (particularly resin, metal, anodization costs, and energy costs);

•political conditions worldwide;

•significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or our effective tax rate;

•the impact of tax reform legislation, changes in tax rates and other tax-related events or transactions that could impact our effective tax rate;

•financial conditions of customers and suppliers;

•consolidations within our customer or supplier bases;

•changes in customer and/or consumer spending levels;

•loss of one or more key accounts;

•the availability of direct labor workers and the increase in direct labor costs;

•our ability to successfully implement facility expansions and new facility projects;

•our ability to offset inflationary impacts with cost containment, productivity initiatives or price increases;

•changes in capital availability or cost, including interest rate fluctuations;

•volatility of global credit markets;

•our ability to identify potential new acquisitions and to successfully acquire and integrate such operations, including the successful integration of the businesses we have acquired, including contingent consideration valuation;

•our ability to build out acquired businesses and integrate the product/service offerings of the acquired entities into our existing product/service portfolio;

•direct or indirect consequences of acts of war, terrorism or social unrest;

•cybersecurity threats that could impact our networks and reporting systems;

•the impact of natural disasters and other weather-related occurrences;

•fiscal and monetary policies and other regulations;

•changes or difficulties in complying with government regulation;

•changing regulations or market conditions regarding environmental sustainability;

•work stoppages due to labor disputes;

•competition, including technological advances;

•our ability to protect and defend our intellectual property rights, as well as litigation involving intellectual property rights;

•the outcome of any legal proceeding that has been or may be instituted against us and others;

•our ability to meet future cash flow estimates to support our goodwill impairment testing;

•the demand for existing and new products;

•the success of our customers’ products, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry;

•our ability to manage worldwide customer launches of complex technical products, particularly in developing markets;

•difficulties in product development and uncertainties related to the timing or outcome of product development;

•significant product liability claims; and

•other risks associated with our operations.

Although we believe that our forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that actual results, performance or achievements will not differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Please refer to Item 1A (Risk Factors) of Part I included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

A significant number of our operations are located outside of the United States. Because of this, movements in exchange rates may have a significant impact on the translation of the financial condition and results of operations of our subsidiaries. Our primary foreign exchange exposure is to the euro, but we also have foreign exchange exposure to the Chinese yuan, Brazilian real, Mexican peso, Swiss franc and other Asian, European, and South American currencies. A weakening U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies has an additive translation effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Conversely, a strengthening U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies has a dilutive translation effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Additionally, in some cases, we sell products denominated in a currency different from the currency in which the related costs are incurred. Any changes in exchange rates on such inter-country sales may impact our results of operations.

The table below provides information as of September 30, 2021 about our forward currency exchange contracts. The majority of the contracts expire before the end of the fourth quarter of 2021.


Buy/Sell	Contract Amount (in thousands)		Average Contractual Exchange Rate	Min / Max Notional Volumes

EUR / USD	$	18,075	1.1820	14,895 - 32,090
EUR / BRL	10,029		6.3748	10,029 - 10,533
CZK / EUR	4,898		0.0391	1,230 - 7,198
EUR / MXN	3,304		23.9712	2,254 - 3,304
EUR / THB	3,237		38.9226	3,237 - 3,651
CHF / EUR	2,657		0.9223	2,657 - 2,725
MXN / USD	2,400		0.0498	1,600 - 2,400
EUR / CHF	1,373		1.0795	14 - 1,373
GBP / EUR	975		1.1670	975 - 1,729
EUR / GBP	311		0.8545	0 - 648
USD / EUR	207		0.8453	207 - 3,406
Total	$	47,466

As of September 30, 2021, we have recorded the fair value of foreign currency forward exchange contracts of $0.3 million in prepaid and other and $0.2 million in accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. We also entered into a EUR/USD floating-to-fixed cross currency interest rate swap on July 20, 2017 to effectively hedge the foreign exchange and interest rate exposure on the $280 million bank term loan drawn by our wholly-owned UK subsidiary. The fair value of this cash flow hedge is $0.7 million reported in accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Management has evaluated, with the participation of the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of September 30, 2021. Based on that evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that these controls and procedures were effective as of such date.

CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

During the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2021, we implemented enterprise resource planning ("ERP") systems at one operating facility. Consequently, the control environments have been modified at this location to incorporate the controls contained within the new ERP systems. Except for the foregoing, no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) occurred during our fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2021 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES

Certain French employees are eligible to participate in the FCP Aptar Savings Plan (the “Plan”). An independent agent purchases shares of common stock available under the Plan for cash on the open market and we do not issue shares. We do not receive any proceeds from the purchase of common stock under the Plan. The agent under the Plan is BNP Paribas Fund Services. No underwriters are used under the Plan. All shares are sold in reliance upon the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 provided by Regulation S promulgated under that Act. During the quarter ended September 30, 2021, the Plan purchased 4,055 shares of our common stock on behalf of the participants at an average price of $124.90, for an aggregate amount of $506 thousand, and sold 315 shares of our common stock on behalf of the participants at an average price of $138.82, for an aggregate amount of $44 thousand. At September 30, 2021, the Plan owned 106,982 shares of our common stock.

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

On April 18, 2019, we announced a share purchase authorization of up to $350 million of common stock. This authorization replaced previous authorizations and has no expiration date. We may repurchase shares through the open market, privately negotiated transactions or other programs, subject to market conditions.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, we repurchased approximately 220 thousand shares for approximately $28.4 million. As of September 30, 2021, there was $250.1 million of authorized share repurchases available to us.

The following table summarizes our purchases of our securities for the quarter ended September 30, 2021:



Period	Total Number Of Shares Purchased	Average Price Paid Per Share		Total Number Of Shares Purchased As Part Of Publicly Announced Plans Or Programs	Dollar Value Of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under The Plans Or Programs (in millions)

7/1 - 7/31/21	—	$	—	—	$	278.5
8/1 - 8/31/21	145,100	129.73		145,100	259.7
9/1 - 9/30/21	75,000	127.66		75,000	250.1
Total	220,100	$	129.02	220,100	$	250.1

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS


Exhibit 31.1						Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Exhibit 31.2						Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Exhibit 32.1						Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Exhibit 32.2						Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Exhibit 101						The following information from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter of fiscal 2021, filed with the SEC on October 29, 2021, formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the Cover Page, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income – Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income – Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets – September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, (v) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity – Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, (vi) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 and (vii) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Exhibit 104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


						AptarGroup, Inc.
						(Registrant)

			By			/s/ ROBERT W. KUHN
						Robert W. Kuhn
						Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
						(Duly Authorized Officer and
						Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)


						Date: October 29, 2021