$KWR
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP Stock $kwr

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2017 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000008136218000003 Filed on February 28, 2018

Income Statement

Concept	2017 Q4	2017 Q3	2017
Revenue	$211.1M	$212.9M	$820.1M
YoY Change	10.37%	11.81%	9.83%
Cost Of Revenue	$137.1M	$138.1M	$528.6M
YoY Change	12.93%	15.57%	13.3%
Gross Profit	$74.00M	$74.78M	$291.5M
YoY Change	5.97%	5.47%	4.06%
Gross Profit Margin	35.06%	35.12%	35.54%
Selling, General & Admin	$50.10M	$51.09M	$198.8M
YoY Change	2.45%	6.72%	2.66%
% of Gross Profit	67.71%	68.33%	68.2%
Research & Development			$23.90M
YoY Change			6.22%
% of Gross Profit			8.2%
Depreciation & Amortization	$5.000M	$5.100M	$7.489M
YoY Change	4.17%	4.08%	4.98%
% of Gross Profit	6.76%	6.82%	2.57%
Operating Expenses	$50.00M	$51.09M	$222.7M
YoY Change	2.04%	6.72%	3.03%
Operating Profit	$17.07M	$14.01M	$62.74M
YoY Change	-18.51%	-35.92%	-26.49%
Interest Expense	-$600.0K	$793.0K	$1.358M
YoY Change	50.0%	4.62%	-52.99%
% of Operating Profit	-3.51%	5.66%	2.16%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$500.0K	$249.0K	-$718.0K
YoY Change		-2590.0%	45.93%
Pretax Income	$16.80M	$14.23M	$10.47M
YoY Change	-18.45%	-34.27%	-66.42%
Income Tax	$22.90M	$3.140M	$41.65M
% Of Pretax Income	136.31%	22.07%	397.91%
Net Earnings	-$9.762M	$11.14M	$20.28M
YoY Change	-155.99%	-30.4%	-66.98%
Net Earnings / Revenue	-4.62%	5.23%	2.47%
Basic Earnings Per Share	-$0.73	$0.84	$1.53
Diluted Earnings Per Share	-$0.73	$0.83	$1.52
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding		13.22M shares	13.20M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		13.25M shares	13.25M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2017 Q4	2017 Q3	2017
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$89.90M	$109.1M	$89.90M
YoY Change	1.24%	10.2%	1.24%
Cash & Equivalents	$89.88M	$109.1M	$89.90M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$21.10M	$24.30M	$21.10M
YoY Change	37.91%	12.5%	37.91%
Inventory	$87.22M	$90.30M	$87.20M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$208.4M	$218.2M	$208.4M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$406.6M	$441.9M	$406.6M
YoY Change	8.0%	12.11%	7.99%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$86.70M	$86.28M	$86.70M
YoY Change	1.13%	2.88%	1.17%
Goodwill	$86.03M	$85.82M
YoY Change	6.47%	8.18%
Intangibles	$72.70M	$74.61M
YoY Change	-1.98%	5.25%
Long-Term Investments	$25.69M	$25.19M	$25.70M
YoY Change	12.59%	7.43%	12.72%
Other Assets	$30.05M	$29.64M	$45.50M
YoY Change	4.51%	1.14%	-14.31%
Total Long-Term Assets	$315.5M	$322.7M	$315.5M
YoY Change	-0.01%	6.37%	0.0%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$406.6M	$441.9M	$406.6M
Total Long-Term Assets	$315.5M	$322.7M	$315.5M
Total Assets	$722.1M	$764.5M	$722.1M
YoY Change	4.35%	9.61%	4.35%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$93.01M	$95.58M	$93.00M
YoY Change	19.88%	21.64%	19.85%
Accrued Expenses	$27.32M	$20.50M	$25.60M
YoY Change	16.62%	3.02%	21.33%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change	-100.0%
Long-Term Debt Due	$5.700M	$700.0K	$5.700M
YoY Change	714.29%	0.0%	714.29%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$154.7M	$156.1M	$154.7M
YoY Change	21.45%	25.14%	21.43%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$61.07M	$72.37M	$61.10M
YoY Change	-7.15%	-4.28%	-7.14%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$51.50M	$71.36M	$87.00M
YoY Change	43.5%	-0.38%	17.25%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$112.6M	$143.7M	$148.1M
YoY Change	10.73%	-2.38%	5.79%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$154.7M	$156.1M	$154.7M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$112.6M	$143.7M	$148.1M
Total Liabilities	$312.5M	$312.5M	$314.5M
YoY Change	11.84%	10.11%	8.71%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$365.9M	$380.4M
YoY Change	0.42%	8.21%
Common Stock	$106.8M	$126.4M
YoY Change	-15.04%	1.38%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$407.7M	$440.2M	$407.7M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$722.1M	$764.5M	$722.1M
YoY Change	4.35%	9.61%	4.35%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2017 Q4	2017 Q3	2017
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	-$9.762M	$11.14M	$20.28M
YoY Change	-155.99%	-30.4%	-66.98%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$5.000M	$5.100M	$7.489M
YoY Change	4.17%	4.08%	4.98%
Cash From Operating Activities	$24.00M	$20.00M	$64.76M
YoY Change	15.38%	17.65%	-12.25%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$2.900M	-$2.800M	$10.87M
YoY Change	-21.62%	47.37%	9.22%
Acquisitions			$5.363M
YoY Change			-64.3%
Other Investing Activities	$1.600M	$0.00	-$3.700M
YoY Change	-112.9%	-100.0%	-75.0%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$1.300M	-$2.800M	-$14.61M
YoY Change	-91.93%	64.71%	-41.1%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid			$18.61M
YoY Change			5.61%
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net			$0.00
YoY Change			-100.0%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-42.70M	-8.800M	-$55.21M
YoY Change	238.89%	-30.71%	44.91%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	24.00M	20.00M	$64.76M
Cash From Investing Activities	-1.300M	-2.800M	-$14.61M
Cash From Financing Activities	-42.70M	-8.800M	-$55.21M
Net Change In Cash	-20.00M	8.400M	$349.0K
YoY Change	153.16%	223.08%	-96.8%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$24.00M	$20.00M	$64.76M
Capital Expenditures	-$2.900M	-$2.800M	$10.87M
Free Cash Flow	$26.90M	$22.80M	$53.89M
YoY Change	9.8%	20.63%	-15.59%

Facts In Submission

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CY2017	us-gaap	Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment Description PriorPeriodReclassificationAdjustmentDescription	<div><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:4pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:18pt;' >Reclassifications</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;' >:</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > Certain information has been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. </font></p></div>
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CY2017	kwr	Director Stock Ownership Cash Retainer DirectorStockOwnershipCashRetainer	Under the Plan, each director who, on May 1 of the applicable calendar year, owns less than 400% of the annual cash retainer for the applicable calendar year, divided by the average of the closing price of a share of Quaker Common Stock as reported by the composite tape of the New York Stock Exchange for the previous calendar year (the “Threshold Amount”), is required to receive 75% of the annual cash retainer in Quaker common stock and 25% of the retainer in cash, unless the director elects to receive a greater percentage of Quaker common stock, up to 100% of the annual cash retainer for the applicable year. Each director who owns more than the Threshold Amount may elect to receive common stock in payment of a percentage (up to 100%) of the annual cash retainer.
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CY2017	us-gaap	Business Combination Separately Recognized Transactions Description BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsDescription	On April 4, 2017, Quaker entered into a share purchase agreement with Gulf Houghton Lubricants, Ltd. to purchase the entire issued and outstanding share capital of Houghton International, Inc. (“Houghton”) (herein referred to as “the Combination”). The shares will be bought for aggregate purchase consideration consisting of: (i) $172.5 million in cash; (ii) a number of shares of common stock, $1.00 par value per share, of the Company comprising 24.5% of the common stock outstanding upon the closing of the Combination; and (iii) the Company’s assumption of Houghton’s net indebtedness as of the closing of the Combination, which was approximately $690 million at signing. At closing, the total aggregate purchase consideration is dependent on the Company’s stock price and the level of Houghton’s indebtedness. The Company secured $1.15 billion in commitments from Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank to fund the Combination and to provide additional liquidity, and has since replaced these commitments with a syndicated bank agreement (“the New Credit Facility”) with a group of lenders for $1.15 billion. The New Credit Facility is contingent upon and will not be effective until the closing of the Combination. The New Credit Facility includes a $400.0 million multicurrency revolver, a $575.0 million USD term loan and a $175.0 million EUR equivalent term loan, each with a five-year term from the date the New Credit Facility becomes effective. The maximum amount available under the New Credit Facility can be increased by $200.0 million at the Company’s option if the lenders agree and the Company satisfies certain conditions. Borrowings under the New Credit Facility will bear interest at a base rate or LIBOR rate plus a margin. The Company currently estimates the annual floating rate cost will be in the 3.50% to 3.75% range based on current market interest rates. The New Credit Facility will be subject to certain financial and other covenants, including covenants that the Company’s consolidated net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio cannot exceed 4.25 to 1 and the Company’s consolidated adjusted EBITDA to interest expense ratio cannot be less than 3.0 to 1. Both the USD and EUR equivalent term loans will have quarterly principal amortization during their respective five-year terms, with 5% amortization of the principal balance due in years 1 and 2, 7.5% in year 3, and 10% in years 4 and 5, with the remaining principal amounts due at maturity. Until closing, the Company incurs certain interest costs paid to maintain the banks’ committed capital (“ticking fees”), which began to accrue on September 29, 2017 and bear an interest rate of 0.30% per annum. In addition, the issuance of the Company’s shares at closing of the Combination was subject to approval by Quaker’s shareholders under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange. This approval was received at a meeting of the Company’s shareholders during the third quarter of 2017. Also, the Combination is subject to regulatory approval in the United States, Europe, China and Australia. The Company received regulatory approval from China in July 2017 and from Australia in October 2017. Depending on the remaining regulatory approvals and other customary terms and conditions set forth in the share purchase agreement, the Company currently estimates closing of the Combination to occur during the first half of 2018.
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CY2017	us-gaap	Restructuring And Related Cost Description RestructuringAndRelatedCostDescription	The 2015 Program included provisions for the reduction of total headcount by approximately 65 employees globally. As a result of this program, the Company recognized a $6.8 million restructuring charge in the fourth quarter of 2015. Employee separation costs varied depending on local regulations within certain foreign countries and included severance and other benefits. The Company substantially completed all of the initiatives under the 2015 Program in 2016 and settlement of these charges occurred primarily in 2016 as well. During the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company recognized a restructuring credit of $0.4 million in connection with the 2015 Program, due to customary and routine adjustments to initial estimates for employee separation costs, as well as the reversal of certain accrued employee separation costs as a result of the change in available-for-sale technology, noted above. The Company completed all of the remaining initiatives under the 2015 Program during the first half of 2017 and does not expect to incur further restructuring charges under this program.
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CY2017	us-gaap	Common Stock Voting Rights CommonStockVotingRights	Prior to September 7, 2017, the Company’s Articles of Incorporation included a time-based voting system that granted special ten-for-one-voting rights to shareholders who had beneficially owned their Quaker Chemical Corporation common stock continuously for a period of at least 36 consecutive calendar months (dating from the first day of the first full calendar month on or after the date the holder acquired beneficial ownership of such common stock) before the record date for a shareholder vote. At a meeting of the Company’s shareholders on September 7, 2017, the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation that provides that every holder of Quaker Chemical Corporation common stock will be entitled to one vote for each share of common stock of the Company.
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CY2017	kwr	Us Tax Reform Act USTaxReformAct	On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“U.S. Tax Reform”). U.S. Tax Reform includes multiple changes to the U.S. tax code with varying effects on the Company’s 2017 results, including, but not limited to, (i) a revaluation of the Company’s domestic deferred tax assets and liabilities based upon the reduction of the U.S. federal statutory corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% and (ii) implementing a new system of taxation for non-U.S. earnings which eliminates U.S. federal income taxes on dividends from certain foreign subsidiaries and imposes a one-time transition tax on the deemed repatriation of undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that is payable over eight years. U.S. Tax Reform also makes changes to the U.S. tax code that will affect 2018 and future years, including, but not limited to, (i) reduction of the U.S. federal statutory corporate tax rate; (ii) elimination of the corporate alternative minimum tax; (iii) the creation of the base erosion anti-abuse tax, a new minimum tax; (iv) a general elimination of U.S. federal income taxes on dividends from foreign subsidiaries; (v) a new provision designed to tax global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”), which allows for the possibility of using foreign tax credits (“FTCs”) and a deduction of up to 50 percent to offset the income tax liability (subject to some limitations); (vi) a new limitation on deductible interest expense; (vii) the repeal of the domestic production activity deduction; (viii) limitations on the deductibility of certain executive compensation; (ix) limitations on the use of FTCs to reduce the U.S. income tax liability; (x) a reduction in the dividends received deduction from 70% to 50% (in the case of less-than-20%-owned subsidiaries), and from 80% to 65% (in the case of less-than-80%-owned subsidiaries); and (xi) limitations on net operating losses (“NOLs”) generated after December 31, 2017, to 80 percent of taxable income. The SEC staff issued guidance on accounting for the tax effects of U.S. Tax Reform and provided a one-year measurement period for companies to complete the accounting. Companies are required to reflect the income tax effects of those aspects of U.S. Tax Reform for which the accounting is complete. To the extent that a company’s accounting for certain income tax effects of U.S. Tax Reform are incomplete but the company is able to determine a reasonable estimate, it must record a provisional estimate in the financial statements. If a company cannot determine a provisional estimate to be included in the financial statements, it should continue to use the applicable accounting guidance on the basis of the provisions of the tax laws that were in effect immediately before the enactment of U.S. Tax Reform. In connection with the Company’s initial analysis of the impact of U.S. Tax Reform, the Company has recorded incremental tax expense of $22.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017, which includes deferred tax expense of approximately $4.5 million and current tax expense of approximately $17.8 million, net of the impact of eliminating U.S. federal income taxes on dividends from certain foreign subsidiaries in the current year, the details of which are described below. The Company has made reasonable interpretations and assumptions with regard to various uncertainties and ambiguities in the application of certain provisions of U.S. Tax Reform. It is possible that the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) could issue subsequent guidance or take positions on audit that differ from the Company’s interpretations and assumptions. The Company currently believes subsequent guidance issued or interpretations made by the IRS will not be materially different from the Company’s application of the provisions of U.S. Tax Reform. U.S. Tax Reform reduced the U.S. federal statutory corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, effective January 1, 2018. Consequently, the Company has recorded a decrease in domestic net deferred tax assets of approximately $4.5 million with a corresponding net adjustment to deferred income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2017. The deemed repatriation transition tax (“Transition Tax”) is a tax on previously untaxed accumulated and current earnings and profits (“E&P”) of certain of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries. To determine the amount of the Transition Tax, the Company must determine, in addition to other factors, the amount of E&P of its relevant subsidiaries, as well as the amount of non-U.S. income taxes paid on such earnings after 1986. The Company made a reasonable estimate of its Transition Tax and recorded a gross provisional Transition Tax obligation of $18.4 million in its December 31, 2017 financial statements. The Company will elect to pay its Transition Tax in installments over eight years as provided for in U.S. Tax Reform.
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CY2017	us-gaap	Defined Benefit Plan Explanation Of Significant Change In Benefit Obligation Or Plan Assets Not Apparent From Other Required Disclosures DefinedBenefitPlanExplanationOfSignificantChangeInBenefitObligationOrPlanAssetsNotApparentFromOtherRequiredDisclosures	During the second quarter of 2017, the Company’s U.S. pension plan offered a cash settlement to its vested terminated participants, which allowed them to receive the value of their pension benefits as a single lump sum payment. As payments from the U.S. pension plan for this cash out offering exceeded the service and interest cost components of the U.S. pension plan expense for the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded a settlement charge of approximately $1.9 million. This settlement charge represented the immediate recognition into expense of a portion of the unrecognized loss within AOCI on the balance sheet in proportion to the share of the projected benefit obligation that was settled by these payments. The gross pension benefit obligation was reduced by approximately $4.0 million as a result of these payments.
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CY2017	us-gaap	Description Of New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted DescriptionOfNewAccountingPronouncementsNotYetAdopted	<div><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0pt;color:#000000;' >Note </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;' >3</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;' > – Recently Issued Accounting Standards</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18pt;color:#000000;' >The FASB issued an accounting standard update in August 2017 to increase transparency of the economics related to risk management activities within the financial</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' > statements and enhance transparency and understandability of hedge results. This accounting standard update eliminates the requirement to separately measure and report hedge ineffectiveness and requires the entire change in the fair value of a hedging in</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >strument to be presented in the same income statement line as the hedged item. The guidance within this accounting standard update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. All transition requirements and elections sh</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ould be applied to hedging relationships existing on the date of adoption. For cash flow and net investment hedges existing at the date of adoption, the Company should apply a cumulative-effect adjustment related to eliminating the separate measurement of</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' > ineffectiveness to AOCI with a corresponding adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings as of the beginning of the fiscal year that the Company adopts. The amended presentation and disclosure guidance is required only prospectively. Early ad</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >option is permitted including adoption in any interim period for which financial statements have not been issued or made available for issuance. The Company has elected to early adopt the guidance in this accounting standard update during the fourth quart</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >er of 2017, with no impact to its financial statements. The Company does not currently use any derivative instruments designated as hedges, but may choose to in the future.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18pt;color:#000000;' >The FASB issued an accounting standard update in May 2017 to clarify when changes </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award must be accounted for as modifications. This accounting standard update will reduce diversity in practice and result in fewer changes to the terms of an award being accounted for as modifications. </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' > This accounting standard update will allow companies to make certain changes to awards without accounting for them as modifications and an entity is not required to estimate the value of the award immediately before and after the change if the change does</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >n’t affect any of the inputs to the model used to value the award. The guidance within this accounting standard update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The guidance within this accounting standard update shou</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ld be applied prospectively to awards modified on or after the adoption date. Early adoption is permitted including adoption in any interim period for which financial statements have not been issued or made available for issuance. During the second quart</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >er of 2017, the Company elected to early adopt this guidance with no impact to its financial statements.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18pt;color:#000000;' >The FASB issued an accounting standard update in March 2017 to improve the presentation of net periodic pension and postretirement benefit cost. Defin</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ed benefit pension and postretirement benefit costs (“net benefit cost”) comprise several components that reflect different aspects of an employer’s financial arrangements as well as the cost of benefits provided to employees. This accounting standard upd</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ate requires that an employer disaggregate the service cost component from the other components of net benefit cost, provides explicit guidance on how to present the service cost component and the other components of net benefit cost in the income statemen</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >t and allows only the service cost component of net benefit cost to be eligible for capitalization. The guidance within this accounting standard update should be applied retrospectively for the presentation of the service cost component and the other comp</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >onents of net periodic benefit cost in the income statement and prospectively for the capitalization of the service cost component of net periodic benefit in assets. This accounting standard update is effective for annual periods beginning after December </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >15, 2017, including interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual period for which financial statements (interim or annual) have not been issued or made available for issuance. During the first </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >quarter of 2017, the Company elected to early adopt the guidance within this accounting standard update, including the use of a practical expedient which allows the Company to use amounts previously disclosed in its pension and other postretirement benefit</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >s note for the prior period as the estimation basis for applying the required retrospective presentation. Adoption of this guidance resulted in a reclassification to the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2016 and</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' > 2015, as previously reported cost of goods sold (“COGS”) were reduced by $0.5 and $0.7 million, respectively, and SG&A were reduced by $1.8 million and $2.6 million, respectively, with a corresponding increase to other expense, net, of $2.3 million and $3</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >.3 million, respectively.</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' > In addition, these required retrospective reclassifications resulted in an immaterial adjustment to previously reported direct operating earnings within the Company’s reportable operating segment disclosures for the years ended D</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ecember 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, as well as </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >reclassifications to the Company’s quarterly results for the year ended December 31, 2016</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >. </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >See Note </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >4</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >, Note </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >7</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >, Note </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >18</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' > and Note </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >24</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' > of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18pt;color:#000000;' >The FA</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >SB issued an accounting standard update in January 2017 simplifying the test for goodwill impairment by eliminating the Step 2 computation. The accounting standard update modifies the concept of impairment from the condition that exists when the carrying </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value to the condition that exists when the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value. The guidance removes the requirement to determine a goodwill impairment by calculating the implied fair val</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ue of goodwill by assigning the fair value of a reporting unit to all of its assets and liabilities as if that reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination. The guidance within this accounting standard update should be applied on a prospecti</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ve basis, and is effective for annual or interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. Du</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ring the third quarter of 2017, in connection with the Company’s 2017 annual goodwill impairment test, the Company elected to early adopt this guidance with no impact to its financial statements.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18pt;color:#000000;' >The FASB issued an accounting standard update in January 201</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >7 to clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist companies with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. The amendments in this accounting stan</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >dard update provide a more robust framework to use in determining when a set of assets and activities is a business. The guidance within this accounting standard update is effective for annual and </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >adoption is permitted in limited circumstances, and the amendments in this accounting standard update should be applied prospectively, with no disclosures required at transition. The Company does not currently meet the criteria for early application of th</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >e amendments and therefore has not early adopted the guidance. The Company will evaluate the potential impact of this guidance on future transactions, as applicable. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18pt;color:#000000;' >The FASB issued an accounting standard update in November 2016 requiring that the state</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ment of cash flows explain both the change in the total cash and cash equivalents, and, also, the amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. This will require amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' > cash equivalents be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning and ending amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The guidance within this accounting standard update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted and the guidance requires application using a retrospective transition method to each period presented when adopted. While permitted, the Company has not early adopted the guidance and is currently eva</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >luating the appropriate implementation strategy. Adoption of the guidance will not have an impact on the Company’s earnings or balance sheet but will result in changes to certain disclosures within the statement of cash flows, notably cash flows from inve</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >sting activities.</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' > </font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18pt;color:#000000;' >The FASB issued an accounting standard update in August 2016 to standardize how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. Specific transactions covered by the accounting standard update include debt prepayment </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >or debt extinguishment costs, settlement of zero-coupon debt instruments, contingent consideration payments made after a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims, proceeds from the settlement of corporate and bank owned life i</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >nsurance policies, distributions received from equity method investments and beneficial interest in securitization transactions. The guidance within this accounting standard update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >017. Early adoption is permitted, provided that all of the amendments are adopted in the same period. The guidance requires application using a retrospective transition method. While permitted, the Company has not early adopted the guidance and is curre</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ntly evaluating the appropriate implementation strategy. Adoption of the guidance will not have an impact on the Company’s earnings or balance sheet but may result in certain reclassifications on the statement of cash flows, including reclassifications be</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >tween cash flows from operating activities, investing activities and financing activities, respectively.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18pt;color:#000000;' >The FASB issued an accounting standard update in March 2016 involving several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' > the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, use of a forfeiture rate, and classification on the statement of cash flows. The guidance within this accounting standard update was effective for annual and interim p</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >eriods beginning after December 15, 2016. When adopted, application of the guidance will vary based on each aspect of the update, including adoption under retrospective, modified retrospective or prospective approaches. Early adoption was permitted. Dur</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ing the first quarter of 2017, the Company adopted the guidance within the accounting standard update as required. The impact of adoption for the Company included the elimination of recording the tax effects of deductions in excess of compensation cost th</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >rough equity as the guidance in this accounting standard update requires all tax effects related to share-based payments to now be recorded through the income statement. The tax effects of awards are required to be treated as discrete items in the interim</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' > reporting period in which the share-based compensation-related tax benefits occur. In addition, when applying the treasury stock method for computing diluted earnings per share, there are no longer assumed proceeds from the share-based compensation-relat</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ed tax benefits and as a result, there are fewer shares considered to be repurchased in the calculation. This results in an assumption of more incremental shares being issued upon the exercise of share-based payment awards; therefore, equity awards will h</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ave a more dilutive effect on earnings per share. As required, the Company has applied these changes in the guidance prospectively, beginning in the first quarter of 2017. The result of these changes was a tax </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >benefit of $1.4</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' > million recorded during the year ended December 31, 2017 and an immaterial number of dilutive shares added to the Company’s earnings per share calculation for the year ended December 31, 2017. In addition, all tax-related cash flows resulting from share-</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >based payments are now required to be reported as operating activities in the statement of cash flows under this new guidance. Either prospective or retrospective transition of this provision was permitted, and the Company has elected to apply the cash fl</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ow classification guidance on a prospective basis, consistent with the prospective transition for the treatment of excess tax benefits in the income statement. Lastly, the accounting standard update permitted Companies to make an accounting policy electio</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >n to account for forfeitures as they occur for service condition aspects of certain share-based awards, rather than estimating forfeitures each period. While permitted, the Company has decided not to elect this accounting policy change, and instead has el</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ected to continue utilizing a forfeiture rate assumption. Based on historical experience, the Company has assumed a forfeiture rate of 13% on certain of its nonvested stock awards.</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' > See Note </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >6</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >, Note </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >8</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' > and Note </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >9</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' > of Notes to Consolidated Financ</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >ial Statements. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18pt;color:#000000;' >The FASB issued an accounting standard update in February 2016 regarding the accounting and disclosure for leases. Specifically, the update will require entities that lease assets to recognize the assets and liabilities for the right</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >s and obligations created by those leases on the balance sheet, in most instances. The guidance within this accounting standard update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and should be applied on a modified retro</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >spective basis for the reporting periods presented. Early adoption is permitted. The Company has not early adopted and is currently evaluating the potential impact of this guidance and an appropriate implementation strategy. The Company has begun its im</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >pact assessment, including taking an inventory of its outstanding leases globally. While the Company’s evaluation of this guidance is in the early stages, the Company currently expects adoption of this guidance to have an impact on its balance sheet.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18pt;' >The </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >FASB issued an accounting standard update in May 2014 regarding the accounting for and disclosure of revenue recognition. Specifically, the update outlined a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts w</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ith customers, which will be common to both U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The guidance was </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and allowed for full retrospective adoption of prior period</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > data or a modified retrospective adoption. Early adoption was not permitted. In August 2015, the FASB issued an accounting standard update to delay the effective date of the new revenue standard by one year, or, in other words, to be effective for annua</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >l and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Entities are permitted to adopt the new revenue standard early but not before the original effective date. During 2016 and 2017, the FASB issued a series of accounting standard updates to clarify a</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >nd expand on the implementation guidance, including principal versus agent considerations, identification of performance obligations, licensing, other technical corrections and adding certain practical expedients. The amendments in these 2016 and 2017 upd</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ates did not change the core principles of the guidance previously issued in May 2014. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18pt;' >During 2016, the Company reviewed its historical accounting policies and practices to identify potential differences with the requirements of the new revenue recognitio</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >n standard, as it related to the Company’s contracts and sales arrangements. As of December 31, 2017, the Company has completed its impact assessment for the implementation of the new revenue recognition guidance. This impact assessment and work performe</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >d included global and cross functional interviews and questionnaires, sales agreement and other sales document reviews, as well as technical considerations for the Company’s future transactional accounting, financial reporting and disclosure requirements. </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > The Company expects to adopt the guidance in the first quarter of 2018, as required, using a modified retrospective adoption approach applied to those contracts which will not be completed as of December 31, 2017. In addition, the Company will elect to a</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >pply certain of the permitted practical expedients within the revenue recognition guidance, including practical expedients around significant financing components, sales taxes and shipping and handling activities. </font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18pt;' >Based on information reviewed to date an</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >d the impact assessment conclusions reached so far, the Company does not expect the adoption of this revenue recognition guidance to have a material impact on its reported earnings, cash flows, or balance sheet; however, the Company does expect the adoptio</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >n to increase the amount and level of disclosures concerning the Company’s net sales. In addition, the Company has begun preliminary considerations for how the new revenue recognition guidance may impact Houghton, as it pertains to the potential Combinati</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >on. </font></p></div>
CY2017	kwr	Combinationrelatedexpensesnetofpayements Combinationrelatedexpensesnetofpayements	4952000	USD
CY2016	kwr	Combinationrelatedexpensesnetofpayements Combinationrelatedexpensesnetofpayements	503000	USD
CY2015	kwr	Combinationrelatedexpensesnetofpayements Combinationrelatedexpensesnetofpayements	0	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Revenue Recognition Accounting Policy Gross And Net Revenue Disclosure RevenueRecognitionAccountingPolicyGrossAndNetRevenueDisclosure	<div><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:18pt;' >Revenue recognition:</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;' > </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >The Company </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >currently </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >recognizes revenue in accordance with the terms of the underlying agreements, when title and risk of loss have been transferred, when collectability is reasonably assured, and when pricing is fixed or determinable. </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > For the Company, </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >t</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >his generally occurs when products are shipped </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >or delivered </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >to customers or, for consignment-type arrangements, upon usage by the customer and </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >when services are performed. License fees and royalties are included in other income when recognized in accorda</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >nce </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >with their agreed-upon terms, when performance obligations are satisfied, when the amount is fixed or determinable, and when collectability is reasonably assured.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:18pt;' >During the first quarter of 2018, the Company will adopt the provisions of the </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >Financial </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;' >Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB’s”) new revenue recognition guidance, </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >which will require the Company to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of</font></p></div><p style='line-height:20pt;' /><div><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:12pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0pt;' >promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To do this, the Company will apply the five-step model in the FASB’s guidance, which</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > requires the Company to: (i) identify the contract with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >v) recognize revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation.</font></p></div>

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