Commitments and Contingencies | Commitments and Contingencies The Company is involved in various litigations, claims and administrative proceedings, including those related to asbestos, environmental, and product liability matters. In accordance with ASC 450, "Contingencies" (ASC 450), the Company records accruals for loss contingencies when it is both probable that a liability will be incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Amounts recorded for identified contingent liabilities are estimates, which are reviewed periodically and adjusted to reflect additional information when it becomes available. Subject to the uncertainties inherent in estimating future costs for contingent liabilities, except as expressly set forth in this note, management believes that any liability which may result from these legal matters would not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations, liquidity or cash flows of the Company. Asbestos-Related Matters Certain wholly-owned subsidiaries and former companies of the Company are named as defendants in asbestos-related lawsuits in state and federal courts. In virtually all of the suits, a large number of other companies have also been named as defendants. The vast majority of those claims were filed against predecessors of Aldrich and Murray and generally allege injury caused by exposure to asbestos contained in certain historical products sold by predecessors of Aldrich or Murray, primarily pumps, boilers and railroad brake shoes. None of the Company's existing or previously-owned businesses were a producer or manufacturer of asbestos. On June 18, 2020, Aldrich and Murray filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to resolve equitably and permanently all current and future asbestos related claims in a manner beneficial to claimants, Aldrich and Murray. As a result of the Chapter 11 filings, all asbestos-related lawsuits against Aldrich and Murray have been stayed due to the imposition of a statutory automatic stay applicable in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. In addition, at the request of Aldrich and Murray, the Bankruptcy Court has entered an order temporarily staying all asbestos-related claims against the Trane Companies that relate to claims against Aldrich or Murray (except for asbestos-related claims for which the exclusive remedy is provided under workers' compensation statutes or similar laws). The goal of these Chapter 11 filings is an efficient and permanent resolution of all current and future asbestos claims through court approval of a plan of reorganization, which would establish, in accordance with section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, a trust to which all asbestos claims would be channeled for resolution. Aldrich and Murray intend to seek an agreement with representatives of the asbestos claimants on the terms of a plan for the establishment of such a trust. Prior to the Petition Date, predecessors of each of Aldrich and Murray had been litigating asbestos-related claims brought against them. No such claims have been paid since the Petition Date, and it is not contemplated that any such claims will be paid until the end of the Chapter 11 cases. At this point in the Chapter 11 cases of Aldrich and Murray, it is not possible to predict whether or how long the Bankruptcy Court order temporarily staying asbestos-related claims against the Trane Companies will be extended, whether or when any agreement with representatives of the asbestos claimants on the terms of a plan for the establishment of a trust will be reached, what the terms of any plan of reorganization or the extent of the asbestos liability will be or how long the Chapter 11 cases will last. From an accounting perspective, the Company no longer has control over Aldrich and Murray as of the Petition Date as their activities are subject to review and oversight by the Bankruptcy Court. Therefore, Aldrich and its wholly-owned subsidiary 200 Park and Murray and its wholly-owned subsidiary ClimateLabs were deconsolidated as of the Petition Date and their respective assets and liabilities were derecognized from the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Amounts derecognized primarily related to the legacy asbestos-related liabilities and asbestos-related insurance recoveries and $41.7 million of cash. However, in connection with the 2020 Corporate Restructuring, certain subsidiaries of the Company entered into funding agreements with Aldrich and Murray (collectively the Funding Agreements), pursuant to which those subsidiaries are obligated, among other things, to pay the costs and expenses of Aldrich and Murray during the pendency of the Chapter 11 cases to the extent distributions from their respective subsidiaries are insufficient to do so and to provide an amount for the funding for a trust established pursuant to section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent that the other assets of Aldrich and Murray are insufficient to provide the requisite trust funding. Accounting Treatment Prior to the Petition Date Historically, the Company performed a detailed analysis and projected an estimated range of the Company’s total liability for pending and unasserted future asbestos-related claims. In accordance with ASC 450, the Company records the liability at the low end of the range as it believed that no amount within the range was a better estimate than any other amount. Asbestos-related defense costs were excluded from the liability and were recorded separately as services were incurred. The methodology used to prepare estimates relied upon and included the following factors, among others: • the interpretation of a widely accepted forecast of the population likely to have been occupationally exposed to asbestos; • epidemiological studies estimating the number of people likely to develop asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma and lung cancer; • the Company’s historical experience with the filing of non-malignancy claims and claims alleging other types of malignant diseases filed against the Company relative to the number of lung cancer claims filed against the Company; • the analysis of the number of people likely to file an asbestos-related personal injury claim against the Company based on such epidemiological and historical data and the Company’s claims history; • an analysis of the Company’s pending cases, by type of disease claimed and by year filed; • an analysis of the Company’s history to determine the average settlement and resolution value of claims, by type of disease claimed; • an adjustment for inflation in the future average settlement value of claims, at a 2.5% annual inflation rate, adjusted downward to 1.0% to take account of the declining value of claims resulting from the aging of the claimant population; and • an analysis of the period over which the Company has and is likely to resolve asbestos-related claims against it in the future (currently projected through 2053). Prior to the Petition Date and at December 31, 2019, over 73 percent of the open and active claims against the Company were non-malignant or unspecified disease claims. In addition, the Company has a number of claims that had been placed on inactive or deferred dockets and were expected to have little or no settlement value against the Company. At June 17, 2020, immediately prior to the Petition Date, and at December 31, 2019, the Company’s liability for asbestos-related matters and the asset for probable asbestos-related insurance recoveries were included in the following balance sheet accounts: In millions June 17, December 31, Accrued expenses and other current liabilities $ 57.1 $ 63.0 Other noncurrent liabilities 451.0 484.4 Total asbestos-related liabilities $ 508.1 $ 547.4 Other current assets $ 50.3 $ 66.2 Other noncurrent assets 220.6 237.8 Total asset for probable asbestos-related insurance recoveries $ 270.9 $ 304.0 The Company's asbestos insurance receivable related to the predecessors of Aldrich and Murray were $160.4 million and $110.5 million, respectively, at June 17, 2020 and $188.7 million and $115.3 million, respectively, at December 31, 2019. These receivables attributable to the predecessors of each of Aldrich and Murray for probable insurance recoveries as of June 17, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are entirely supported by settlement agreements between them and their respective insurance carriers. Most of these settlement agreements constitute “coverage-in-place” arrangements, in which the insurer signatories agree to reimburse the predecessors of Aldrich and Murray, as applicable, for specified portions of their respective costs for asbestos bodily injury claims and the predecessors of Aldrich and Murray, as applicable, agree to certain claims-handling protocols and grants to the insurer signatories certain releases and indemnifications. Prior to the Petition Date, the costs associated with the settlement and defense of asbestos-related claims, insurance settlements on asbestos-related matters and the revaluation of the Company's liability for potential future claims and recoveries were included in the income statement within continuing operations or discontinued operations depending on the business to which they relate. Income and expenses associated with asbestos-related matters of Aldrich and its predecessors were recorded within discontinued operations as they related to previously divested businesses, primarily Ingersoll-Dresser Pump, which was sold by the Company in 2000. Income and expenses associated with asbestos-related matters for Murray and its predecessors were recorded within continuing operations. The nine months ended September 30, 2020 includes a $17.4 million adjustment to correct an overstatement of a legacy legal liability that originated in prior years. The net income (expense) associated with these pre-Petition Date transactions for the three and nine months ended September 30, were as follows: Three months ended Nine months ended In millions 2020 2019 2020 2019 Continuing operations $ — $ 3.7 $ 14.8 $ 7.8 Discontinued operations — 36.0 (11.2) 30.5 Total $ — $ 39.7 $ 3.6 $ 38.3 The amounts recorded by the Company for asbestos-related liabilities and insurance-related assets were based on currently available information. Key assumptions underlying the estimated asbestos-related liabilities included the number of people occupationally exposed and likely to develop asbestos-related diseases such as mesothelioma and lung cancer, the number of people likely to file an asbestos-related personal injury claim against the Company, the average settlement and resolution of each claim and the percentage of claims resolved with no payment. Furthermore, predictions with respect to estimates of the liability were subject to greater uncertainty as the projection period lengthened. Other factors that affected the Company’s liability included uncertainties surrounding the litigation process from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and from case to case, reforms that might be made by state and federal courts, and the passage of state or federal tort reform legislation. The aggregate amount of the stated limits in insurance policies available to Aldrich and Murray for asbestos-related claims acquired, over many years and from many different carriers, is substantial. However, as a result of limitations in that coverage, the projected total liability to claimants substantially exceeds the probable insurance recovery. Accounting Treatment After the Petition Date Upon deconsolidation, the Company recorded its retained interest in Aldrich and Murray at fair value within Other noncurrent assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. In determining the fair value of its equity investment, the Company used a market-adjusted multiple of earnings valuation technique (a market approach). Under the market approach, the Company used an adjusted multiple ranging from 11.0 to 12.5 of projected earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) based on the market information of comparable companies. As a result, the Company recorded an aggregate equity investment of $53.6 million as of the Petition Date. Subsequent to deconsolidation, the Company will account for its equity investment in Aldrich and Murray at cost less impairment under the measurement alternative election in ASC 321, "Investments - Equity Securities". Simultaneously, the Company recognized a liability of $248.8 million within Other noncurrent liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet related to its obligation under the Funding Agreements. Although the amounts that Aldrich and Murray may ultimately require under the Funding Agreements are unknown, the Company believes that an estimate of $248.8 million in the aggregate is reasonable at this time as the Company has no better estimate for the amounts that may ultimately be required under the Funding Agreement. The liability is based on asbestos-related liabilities and insurance-related assets balances previously recorded by the Company prior to the Petition Date and may be subject to change based on the facts and circumstances of the Chapter 11 proceedings. As a result of these actions, the Company recognized an aggregate loss of $22.7 million in its Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss). A gain of $0.9 million related to Murray and its wholly-owned subsidiary ClimateLabs was recorded within Other income/ (expense), net and a loss of $23.6 million related to Aldrich and its wholly-owned subsidiary 200 Park was recorded within Discontinued operations, net of tax . Additionally, the deconsolidation resulted in an investing cash outflow of $41.7 million in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, of which $10.8 million was recorded within continuing operations. Furthermore, in connection with the 2020 Corporate Restructuring, Aldrich, Murray and their respective subsidiaries entered into several agreements with subsidiaries of the Company to ensure they each have access to services necessary for the effective operation of their respective businesses and access to capital to address any liquidity needs that arise as a result of working capital requirements or timing issues. In addition, the Company regularly transacts business with Aldrich and its wholly-owned subsidiary 200 Park and Murray and its wholly-owned subsidiary ClimateLabs. As of the Petition Date, these entities are considered related parties and post deconsolidation activity between the Company and them are reported as third party transactions and are reflected within the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss). Since the Petition Date, there were no material transactions between the Company and these entities. Environmental Matters The Company continues to be dedicated to environmental and sustainability programs to minimize the use of natural resources, and reduce the utilization and generation of hazardous materials from our manufacturing processes and to remediate identified environmental concerns. As to the latter, the Company is currently engaged in site investigations and remediation activities to address environmental cleanup from past operations at current and former manufacturing facilities. The Company is sometimes a party to environmental lawsuits and claims and has received notices of potential violations of environmental laws and regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency and similar state authorities. It has also been identified as a potentially responsible party (PRP) for cleanup costs associated with off-site waste disposal at federal Superfund and state remediation sites. For all such sites, there are other PRPs and, in most instances, the Company’s involvement is minimal. In estimating its liability, the Company has assumed it will not bear the entire cost of remediation of any site to the exclusion of other PRPs who may be jointly and severally liable. The ability of other PRPs to participate has been taken into account, based on the Company's understanding of the parties’ financial condition and probable contributions on a per site basis. Additional lawsuits and claims involving environmental matters are likely to arise from time to time in the future. Reserves for environmental matters are classified as Accrued expenses and other current liabilities or Other noncurrent liabilities based on their expected payment date. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company has recorded reserves for environmental matters of $39.3 million and $40.2 million, respectively. Of these amounts, $36.9 million and $37.5 million, respectively, relate to remediation of sites previously disposed of by the Company. Warranty Liability Standard product warranty accruals are recorded at the time of sale and are estimated based upon product warranty terms and historical experience. The Company assesses the adequacy of its liabilities and will make adjustments as necessary based on known or anticipated warranty claims, or as new information becomes available. The changes in the standard product warranty liability for the nine months ended September 30 were as follows: In millions 2020 2019 Balance at beginning of period $ 251.4 $ 245.6 Reductions for payments (99.3) (108.0) Accruals for warranties issued during the current period 103.9 110.9 Changes to accruals related to preexisting warranties 14.1 4.1 Translation 0.8 (1.3) Balance at end of period $ 270.9 $ 251.3 Standard product warranty liabilities are classified as Accrued expenses and other current liabilities or Other noncurrent liabilities based on their expected payment date. The Company's total current standard product warranty reserve at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was $142.9 million and $124.9 million, respectively. Warranty Deferred Revenue The Company's extended warranty liability represents the deferred revenue associated with its extended warranty contracts and is amortized into Net revenues on a straight-line basis over the life of the contract, unless another method is more representative of the costs incurred. The Company assesses the adequacy of its liability by evaluating the expected costs under its existing contracts to ensure these expected costs do not exceed the extended warranty liability. The changes in the extended warranty liability for the nine months ended September 30 were as follows: In millions 2020 2019 Balance at beginning of period $ 302.8 $ 290.6 Amortization of deferred revenue for the period (91.7) (88.6) Additions for extended warranties issued during the period 93.7 98.9 Changes to accruals related to preexisting warranties (0.1) (0.3) Translation 0.4 (0.4) Balance at end of period $ 305.1 $ 300.2 The extended warranty liability is classified as Accrued expenses and other current liabilities or Other noncurrent liabilities based on the timing of when the deferred revenue is expected to be amortized into revenue. The Company's total current extended warranty liability at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was $104.9 million and $107.3 million, respectively. |