Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2021

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this quarterly report have been prepared by the Company in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial statements. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Use of Estimates

The Company makes certain estimates and assumptions in preparing its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the periods presented. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

In the normal course of business, the Company incurs research and development costs related to new product development which are expensed as incurred and included in Selling, general and administrative expense on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Research and development costs were $20.2 million and $61.4 million during the three and nine months ended October 1, 2021, respectively, and $16.8 million and $49.4 million during the three and nine months ended October 2, 2020, respectively.

On April 24, 2021, the Company used the proceeds from its March 2021 equity offering to redeem all $600 million of its 2024 senior notes and $100 million of outstanding principal on its 2026 senior notes. The Company paid an early redemption premium of $24.4 million and recorded a loss on the extinguishment of debt of $29.9 million. Additionally, a pension settlement gain of $11.2 million was recognized in the second quarter of 2021 when the independent trustees of a company pension plan agreed to merge that plan with another company pension plan and contribute its surplus assets.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Guidance Implemented in 2021

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ASU 2018-14, Compensation - Retirement Benefits - Defined Benefit Plans - General (Topic 715-20): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans

The ASU modifies the disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

January 1, 2021

ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes

The ASU eliminates certain exceptions related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. It also clarifies and simplifies other aspects of accounting for income taxes. The Company adopted this ASU as of January 1, 2021 on a prospective basis, and the adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

January 1, 2021