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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies) | 9 Months Ended
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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Principles of Consolidation | Principles of Consolidation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. and its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries for which it has a controlling interest (the “Company”) after elimination of all inter-company accounts, transactions and profits. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, these unaudited consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. However, in the opinion of management, these unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all the adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods. Operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023. The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2022 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior period amounts to conform to the current period presentation, none of which are material.
Turkey - Highly Inflationary Economy | Turkey – Highly Inflationary Economy Effective April 1, 2022, the financial statements of the Company’s Turkish operation are reported under highly inflationary accounting rules. As a result, the financial statements of the Company’s Turkish operation have been remeasured into the Company’s reporting currency (U.S. dollar) and the exchange gains and losses from the remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities are reflected in current earnings, rather than “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” on the balance sheet. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, this impact was not significant to the Company’s results.
New Accounting Pronouncements | New Accounting Pronouncements: This section provides a description of new accounting pronouncements (“Accounting Standards Updates” or “ASUs”) issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) that are applicable to the Company. ​ The following ASUs were adopted as of January 1, 2023:
Standard | Description
ASU No. 2022-04, Liabilities-Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50), issued September 2022. | Requires disclosure about a company’s supplier finance program, including key terms, amount outstanding, assets pledged, as applicable, and presentation on the balance sheet. Refer to Note 15 for the impacts on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
ASU No. 2021-08, Business Combinations (Subtopic 805), issued October 2021. | Requires the acquirer in a business combination to recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities acquired in a business combination in accordance with Topic 606. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
​ The Company is currently evaluating the impact on its financial statements of the following ASUs: ​
Standard | Description
ASU No. 2023-01, Leases-Common Control Arrangements (Topic 842), issued March 2023 | Requires a lessee in a common-control arrangement to amortize leasehold improvements that it owns over the improvements’ useful life, regardless of the lease term. The requirement of the ASU is effective January 1, 2024.
ASU No. 2022-04, Liabilities-Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50), issued September 2022. | Requires disclosure about a company’s supplier finance program, including a period-over-period balance roll forward. This requirement of the ASU is effective January 1, 2024 and should be applied prospectively.

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