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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 March 31, 2024

or

☐ 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:  0-1402

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Ohio

 

34-1860551

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

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22801 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio

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44117

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(Address of principal executive offices)

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(Zip Code)

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(216) 481-8100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Not applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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

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Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of exchange on which registered

Common Shares, without par value

LECO

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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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 ⌧  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 ⌧  No ☐

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

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Large accelerated filer

☒

 

Accelerated filer

☐

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Non-accelerated filer

☐

 

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 ⌧

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common shares as of March 31, 2024 was 56,908,333.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

3

Item 1. Financial Statements

3

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)

3

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

4

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)

5

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY (UNAUDITED)

6

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

7

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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

21

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

29

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

29

 

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

30

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

30

Item 1A. Risk Factors

30

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

30

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

30

Item 5. Other Information

31

Item 6. Exhibits

31

Signatures

32

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EX-10.1*

Form of Stock Option Agreement for Executive Officers (filed herewith).

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EX-10.2*

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Executive Officers (filed herewith).

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EX-10.3*

Form of Performance Share Award Agreement for Executive Officers (filed herewith).

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EX-31.1

Certification of the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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EX-31.2

Certification of the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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EX-32.1

Certification of the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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EX-101

Instance Document

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EX-101

Schema Document

 

EX-101

Calculation Linkbase Document

 

EX-101

Label Linkbase Document

 

EX-101

Presentation Linkbase Document

 

EX-101

Definition Linkbase Document

 

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Reflects management contract or other compensatory arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit pursuant to Item 15(b) of this report.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

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Three Months Ended March 31, 

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2024

    

2023

Net sales (Note 2)

    

$

981,197

    

$

1,039,343

Cost of goods sold

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612,798

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683,986

Gross profit

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368,399

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355,357

Selling, general & administrative expenses

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198,747

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190,116

Rationalization and asset impairment charges (Note 6)

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4,605

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877

Operating income

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165,047

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164,364

Interest expense, net

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8,779

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13,201

Other income

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2,262

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4,181

Income before income taxes

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158,530

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155,344

Income taxes (Note 11)

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35,115

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33,413

Net income

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$

123,415

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$

121,931

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Basic earnings per share (Note 3)

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$

2.17

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$

2.12

Diluted earnings per share (Note 3)

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$

2.14

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$

2.09

Cash dividends declared per share

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$

0.71

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$

0.64

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See notes to these consolidated financial statements.

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands)

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Three Months Ended March 31, 

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2024

    

2023

Net income

    

$

123,415

    

$

121,931

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:

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Unrealized gain on derivatives designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges

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3,715

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9,131

Defined benefit pension plan activity

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73

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560

Currency translation adjustment

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(13,395)

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14,818

Other comprehensive (loss) income:

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(9,607)

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24,509

Comprehensive income

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$

113,808

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$

146,440

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See notes to these consolidated financial statements.

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

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March 31, 2024

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December 31, 2023

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(UNAUDITED)

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(NOTE 1)

ASSETS

    

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Current Assets

 

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Cash and cash equivalents

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$

374,978

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$

393,787

Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $11,237 in 2024; $11,464 in 2023)

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544,514

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538,830

Inventories (Note 8)

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567,279

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562,864

Other current assets

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192,979

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197,630

Total Current Assets

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1,679,750

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1,693,111

Property, plant and equipment (less accumulated depreciation of $885,421 in 2024; $876,990 in 2023)

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582,178

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575,316

Goodwill

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689,868

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694,452

Other assets

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427,921

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414,418

TOTAL ASSETS

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$

3,379,717

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$

3,377,297

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

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Current Liabilities

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Short-term debt (Note 10)

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$

4,720

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$

2,435

Trade accounts payable

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327,798

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325,435

Accrued employee compensation and benefits

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114,770

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112,373

Other current liabilities

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301,585

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314,367

Total Current Liabilities

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748,873

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754,610

Long-term debt, less current portion (Note 10)

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1,102,677

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1,102,771

Other liabilities

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220,339

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211,064

Total Liabilities

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2,071,889

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2,068,445

Shareholders' Equity

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Common Shares

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9,858

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9,858

Additional paid-in capital

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560,439

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523,357

Retained earnings

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3,766,297

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3,688,038

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

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(239,454)

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(229,847)

Treasury Shares

​

 

(2,789,312)

​

 

(2,682,554)

Total Equity

​

 

1,307,828

​

 

1,308,852

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND TOTAL EQUITY

​

$

3,379,717

​

$

3,377,297

​

See notes to these consolidated financial statements.

​

​

​

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

    

​

    

​

​

    

​

​

    

​

​

    

Accumulated

    

​

​

    

​

​

​

​

Common

​

​

​

​

Additional

​

​

​

​

Other

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Shares

​

Common

​

Paid-In

​

Retained

​

Comprehensive

​

Treasury

​

​

​

​

    

Outstanding

    

Shares

    

Capital

    

Earnings

    

Income (Loss)

    

Shares

    

Total

Balance at December 31, 2023

 

56,977

​

$

9,858

​

$

523,357

​

$

3,688,038

​

$

(229,847)

​

$

(2,682,554)

​

$

1,308,852

Net income

 

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

123,415

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

 

123,415

Unrecognized amounts from defined benefit pension plans, net of tax

 

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

73

​

​

​

​

 

73

Unrealized gain on derivatives designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges, net of tax

 

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

3,715

​

​

​

​

 

3,715

Currency translation adjustment, net of tax

 

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(13,395)

​

​

​

​

 

(13,395)

Cash dividends declared - $0.71 per share

 

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(41,273)

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

 

(41,273)

Stock-based compensation activity

 

397

​

​

​

​

​

34,981

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

3,647

​

 

38,628

Purchase of shares for treasury

 

(466)

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(110,405)

​

 

(110,405)

Other

 

​

​

​

​

​

​

2,101

​

​

(3,883)

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

 

(1,782)

Balance at March 31, 2024

 

56,908

​

$

9,858

​

$

560,439

​

$

3,766,297

​

$

(239,454)

​

$

(2,789,312)

​

$

1,307,828

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

    

​

    

​

​

    

​

​

    

​

​

    

Accumulated

    

​

​

    

​

​

​

​

Common

​

​

​

​

Additional

​

​

​

​

Other

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Shares

​

Common

​

Paid-In

​

Retained

​

Comprehensive

​

Treasury

​

​

​

​

    

Outstanding

    

Shares

    

Capital

    

Earnings

    

Income (Loss)

    

Shares

    

Total

Balance at December 31, 2022

 

57,624

​

$

9,858

​

$

481,857

​

$

3,306,500

​

$

(275,398)

​

$

(2,488,776)

​

$

1,034,041

Net income

 

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

121,931

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

 

121,931

Unrecognized amounts from defined benefit pension plans, net of tax

 

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

560

​

​

​

​

 

560

Unrealized gain on derivatives designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges, net of tax

 

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

9,131

​

​

​

​

 

9,131

Currency translation adjustment, net of tax

 

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

14,818

​

​

​

​

 

14,818

Cash dividends declared – $0.64 per share

 

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(36,971)

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

 

(36,971)

Stock-based compensation activity

 

143

​

​

​

​

​

12,475

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

1,635

​

 

14,110

Purchase of shares for treasury

 

(194)

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(32,158)

​

 

(32,158)

Other

 

​

​

​

​

​

​

3,691

​

​

(3,917)

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

 

(226)

Balance at March 31, 2023

 

57,573

​

$

9,858

​

$

498,023

​

$

3,387,543

​

$

(250,889)

​

$

(2,519,299)

​

$

1,125,236

​

​

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands)

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Three Months Ended March 31, 

    

    

2024

    

2023

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

​

  

​

​

  

Net income

​

$

123,415

​

$

121,931

Adjustments to reconcile Net income to Net cash provided by operating activities:

​

 

​

​

 

  

Rationalization and asset impairment net charges

​

 

64

​

 

—

Depreciation and amortization

​

 

21,586

​

 

21,295

Deferred income taxes

​

 

(7,348)

​

 

(7,019)

Stock-based compensation

​

 

14,190

​

 

11,634

Other, net

​

 

5,104

​

 

(2,117)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:

​

 

​

​

 

  

Increase in accounts receivable

​

 

(9,603)

​

 

(27,664)

(Increase) decrease in inventories

​

 

(9,416)

​

 

5,881

Decrease (increase) in other current assets

​

 

3,331

​

 

(16,587)

Increase in trade accounts payable

​

 

3,957

​

 

6,841

(Decrease) increase in other current liabilities

​

 

(8,121)

​

 

10,505

Net change in other assets and liabilities

​

 

(3,865)

​

 

(769)

NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES

​

 

133,294

​

 

123,931

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

​

 

​

​

 

  

Capital expenditures

​

 

(26,256)

​

 

(18,787)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

​

 

316

​

 

3,314

Other investing activities

​

 

—

​

 

(576)

NET CASH USED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES

​

 

(25,940)

​

 

(16,049)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

​

 

​

​

 

  

Proceeds from (payments on) short-term borrowings

​

​

2,016

​

​

(43,940)

Payments on long-term borrowings

​

 

(169)

​

 

(111)

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

​

 

24,438

​

 

2,476

Purchase of shares for treasury

​

 

(110,405)

​

 

(32,158)

Cash dividends paid to shareholders

​

 

(41,280)

​

 

(37,583)

NET CASH USED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES

​

 

(125,400)

​

 

(111,316)

Effect of exchange rate changes on Cash and cash equivalents

​

 

(763)

​

 

5,087

(DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

​

 

(18,809)

​

 

1,653

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

​

 

393,787

​

 

197,150

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD

​

$

374,978

​

$

198,803

​

See notes to these consolidated financial statements.

​

​

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

NOTE 1 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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 three months ended March 31, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2024.

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2023 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, 2023.

Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior period amounts to conform to the current period presentation, none of which are material.

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.

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

The following ASUs were adopted as of January 1, 2024:

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 requirements of the ASU are effective January 1, 2024 and the adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280), issued November 2023

Requires enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses, including significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), the title and position of the CODM, an amount for other segment items by reportable segment, and disclosures about segment profit or loss and assets on an annual and interim basis. The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning January 1, 2024, and interim periods beginning January 1, 2025. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will adopt the required disclosures for the annual period.

ASU No. 2022-04, Liabilities-Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50), issued September 2022.

Requires disclosure about a company’s supplier finance programs, including a period-over-period balance roll forward. This requirement of the ASU is effective for annual periods beginning January 1, 2024 and should be applied prospectively. The Company will adopt the required disclosures for the annual period.

​

The Company is currently evaluating the impact on its financial statements of the following ASUs:

​

Standard

Description

ASU No. 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements, issued October 2023

Requires amending certain disclosure and presentation requirements for a variety of topics within the ASC. The effective date for each amended topic in the ASC is either the date on which the SEC’s removal of the related disclosure requirement from Regulation S-X or S-K becomes effective, or June 30, 2027, if the SEC has not removed the requirements by that date. Early adoption is prohibited.

ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740), issued December 2023.

Requires disclosure of specific categories in rate reconciliation and additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold, additional information about income taxes paid, and disclosure of disaggregated income tax information. The amendments are effective January 1, 2025 and early adoption is permitted.

ASU No. 2024-01, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718), issued March 2024

​

​

Requires determining whether a profits interest award should be accounted for as a share-based payment arrangement or other compensation in accordance with Topic 718. The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning January 1, 2025, and interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted.

​

​

​

​

NOTE 2 — REVENUE RECOGNITION

The following table presents the Company’s Net sales disaggregated by product line:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Three Months Ended March 31, 

​

    

2024

    

2023

Consumables

​

$

527,738

​

$

569,684

Equipment

​

 

453,459

​

 

469,659

Net sales

​

$

981,197

​

$

1,039,343

​

Consumable sales consist of welding, brazing and soldering filler metals. Equipment sales consist of arc welding, welding accessories, arc welding equipment, wire feeding systems, fume control equipment, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting systems, specialty gas regulators, and education solutions; as well as a comprehensive portfolio of automated solutions for joining, cutting, material handling, module assembly, and end of line testing.

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

Consumable and Equipment products are sold within each of the Company’s operating segments.

Within the Equipment product line, there are certain customer contracts related to automation products that may include multiple performance obligations. For such arrangements, the Company allocates revenue to each performance obligation based on its relative standalone selling price. The Company generally determines the standalone selling price based on the prices charged to customers or using expected cost plus margin. Less than 10% of the Company’s Net sales are recognized over time.

At March 31, 2024, the Company recorded $37,609 related to advance customer payments and $55,401 related to billings in excess of revenue recognized. These contract liabilities are included in Other current liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. At December 31, 2023, the balances related to advance customer payments and billings in excess of revenue recognized were $40,063 and $52,422, respectively. Substantially all of the Company’s contract liabilities are recognized within twelve months based on contract duration. The Company records an asset for contracts where it has recognized revenue, but has not yet invoiced the customer for goods or services. At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company recorded $45,147 and $41,816, respectively, related to these contract assets which are included in Other current assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Contract asset amounts are expected to be billed within the next twelve months.

NOTE 3 — EARNINGS PER SHARE

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Three Months Ended March 31, 

​

    

2024

 

2023

Numerator:

 

​

  

 

​

  

Net income

​

$

123,415

​

$

121,931

Denominator (shares in 000's):

​

 

​

​

 

​

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

​

 

56,865

​

 

57,596

Effect of dilutive securities - Stock options and awards

​

 

776

​

 

821

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

​

 

57,641

​

 

58,417

Basic earnings per share

​

$

2.17

​

$

2.12

Diluted earnings per share

​

$

2.14

​

$

2.09

​

For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, common shares subject to equity-based awards of 25,147 and 29,112, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because the effect of their exercise would be anti-dilutive.

NOTE 4 — ACQUISITIONS

On April 1, 2024, the Company acquired 100% ownership of Superior Controls, LLC (“RedViking”), a privately held automation system integrator based in Plymouth, Michigan. The net purchase price was $115,000, net of cash acquired, and it was accounted for as a business combination. In 2023, RedViking generated sales of approximately $70,000 (unaudited). RedViking specializes in the development and integration of state-of-the-art autonomous guided vehicles and mobile robots, custom assembly and dynamic test systems, and proprietary manufacturing execution system software. The acquisition broadened the Company’s portfolio of automation solutions and extends the Company’s ability to serve customers in the growing aerospace and defense industries.

​

On May 3, 2023, the Company acquired 100% ownership of Powermig Automação e Soldagem Ltda. (“Powermig”), a privately held automation engineering firm headquartered in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. The net purchase price was $29,572, net of cash acquired, and it was accounted for as a business combination.

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

Beginning May 3, 2023, the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Income includes the results of Powermig, which were not material for the three months ended March 31, 2024. Powermig specializes in designing and engineering industrial welding automation solutions for the heavy industry and transportation sectors. The acquisition broadened the Company’s automation portfolio and capabilities.

​

In 2024, the Company recognized $1,762 in acquisition costs, which were expensed as incurred.

​

The acquired companies discussed above are not material individually, or in the aggregate, to the actual or pro forma Consolidated Statements of Income or Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; as such, pro forma information related to these acquisitions have not been presented.

​

NOTE 5 — SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company’s business units are aligned into three operating segments. The operating segments consist of Americas Welding, International Welding and The Harris Products Group. The Americas Welding segment includes welding operations in North and South America. The International Welding segment includes welding operations in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. The Harris Products Group includes the Company’s global oxy-fuel cutting, soldering and brazing businesses as well as its retail business in the United States.

Segment performance is measured and resources are allocated based on a number of factors, the primary measure being the adjusted earnings before interest and income taxes (“Adjusted EBIT”) profit measure. EBIT is defined as Operating income plus Other income (expense). EBIT is adjusted for special items as determined by management such as the impact of rationalization activities, certain asset impairment charges and gains or losses on disposals of assets.

The following table presents Adjusted EBIT by segment:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

The Harris

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Americas

​

International

​

Products

​

Corporate /

​

​

​

​

    

Welding

    

Welding

    

Group

    

Eliminations

    

Consolidated

Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

 

​

  

 

​

  

 

​

  

 

​

  

 

​

  

Net sales

​

$

624,099

​

$

235,761

​

$

121,337

​

$

—

​

$

981,197

Inter-segment sales

​

 

29,978

​

​

8,408

​

​

3,093

​

​

(41,479)

​

​

—

Total

​

$

654,077

​

$

244,169

​

$

124,430

​

$

(41,479)

​

$

981,197

Adjusted EBIT

​

$

136,100

​

$

27,776

​

$

19,878

​

$

(10,078)

​

$

173,676

Special items charge (1)

​

 

—

​

​

3,069

​

​

1,536

​

​

1,762

​

​

6,367

EBIT

​

$

136,100

​

$

24,707

​

$

18,342

​

$

(11,840)

​

$

167,309

Interest income

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

3,221

Interest expense

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(12,000)

Income before income taxes

​

​

​

​

 

​

​

 

​

​

 

​

​

$

158,530

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Three Months Ended March 31, 2023

​

 

  

​

 

  

​

 

  

​

 

  

​

 

  

Net sales

​

$

658,645

​

$

252,416

​

$

128,282

​

$

—

​

$

1,039,343

Inter-segment sales

​

 

32,318

​

 

6,753

​

 

2,897

​

 

(41,968)

​

​

—

Total

​

$

690,963

​

$

259,169

​

$

131,179

​

$

(41,968)

​

$

1,039,343

Adjusted EBIT

​

$

132,453

​

$

29,598

​

$

18,983

​

$

(9,402)

​

$

171,632

Special items charge (2)

​

 

2,785

​

 

302

​

 

—

​

 

—

​

​

3,087

EBIT

​

$

129,668

​

$

29,296

​

$

18,983

​

$

(9,402)

​

$

168,545

Interest income

​

​

​

​

 

  

​

 

  

​

 

  

​

 

854

Interest expense

​

​

​

​

 

  

​

 

  

​

 

  

​

 

(14,055)

Income before income taxes

​

​

​

​

 

  

​

 

  

​

 

  

​

$

155,344

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

(1) In the three months ended March 31, 2024, special items include Rationalization and asset impairment charges of $3,069 and $1,536 in International Welding and The Harris Products Group, respectively, as discussed in Note 6 and Acquisition transaction costs of $1,762 in Corporate/Eliminations.
(2) In the three months ended March 31, 2023, special items include amortization of step up in value of acquired inventories of $2,785 and $1,071 in Americas and International Welding, respectively, Rationalization and asset impairment net charges of $877 in International Welding and a gain on disposal of $1,646 in International Welding.

​

NOTE 6 — RATIONALIZATION AND ASSET IMPAIRMENTS

The Company has rationalization plans within International Welding and The Harris Products Group segments. The plans include headcount restructuring and the consolidation of manufacturing operations to better align the Company’s cost structure with economic conditions and operating needs. At March 31, 2024, liabilities of $9,801 and $386 for International Welding and The Harris Products Group, respectively, were recognized in Other current liabilities in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Company does not anticipate significant additional charges related to the completion of these plans.

The Company recorded Rationalization and asset impairment net charges of $3,069 and $1,536 in International Welding and The Harris Products Group in the three months ended March 31, 2024, respectively. The Company recorded Rationalization and asset impairment net charges of $877 in International Welding in the three months ended March 31, 2023. The charges are primarily related to restructuring activities.

The Company believes the rationalization actions will positively impact future results of operations and will not have a material effect on liquidity and sources and uses of capital. The Company continues to evaluate its cost structure and additional rationalization actions may result in charges in future periods.

The following table summarizes the activity related to rationalization liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2024:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

    

International

    

The Harris Products

    

​

​

​

Welding

    

Group

    

Consolidated

Balance at December 31, 2023

​

$

15,086

​

$

—

​

$

15,086

Payments and other adjustments

​

 

(8,290)

​

 

(1,150)

​

 

(9,440)

Charged to expense

​

 

3,005

​

 

1,536

​

 

4,541

Balance at March 31, 2024

​

$

9,801

​

$

386

​

$

10,187

​

​

​

​

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

NOTE 7 – ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ("AOCI")

The following tables set forth the total changes in AOCI by component, net of taxes:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

​

​

Unrealized gain

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(loss) on derivatives

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

designated and

​

Defined benefit

​

Currency

​

​

​

​

​

qualifying as cash

​

pension plan

​

translation

​

​

​

​

​

flow hedges

​

activity

​

adjustment

​

Total

Balance at December 31, 2023

​

$

16,536

​

$

(1,996)

​

$

(244,387)

​

$

(229,847)

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification

​

 

4,528

​

​

—

​

​

(13,395)

​

​

(8,867)

Amounts reclassified from AOCI

​

 

(813)

​

​

73

​

​

—

​

​

(740)

Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)

​

 

3,715

​

 

73

​

 

(13,395)

​

 

(9,607)

Balance at March 31, 2024

​

$

20,251

​

$

(1,923)

​

$

(257,782)

​

$

(239,454)

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Three Months Ended March 31, 2023

​

​

Unrealized gain

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

(loss) on derivatives

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

designated and

​

Defined benefit

​

Currency

​

​

​

​

​

qualifying as cash

​

pension plan

​

translation

​

​

​

​

​

flow hedges

​

activity

​

adjustment

​

Total

Balance at December 31, 2022

​

$

13,909

​

$

(1,781)

​

$

(287,526)

​

$

(275,398)

Other comprehensive income before reclassification

​

 

10,134

​

 

—

​

 

14,818

​

 

24,952

Amounts reclassified from AOCI

​

 

(1,003)

​

 

560

​

 

—

​

 

(443)

Net current-period other comprehensive income

​

 

9,131

​

 

560

​

 

14,818

​

 

24,509

Balance at March 31, 2023

​

$

23,040

​

$

(1,221)

​

$

(272,708)

​

$

(250,889)

​

​

​

​

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

​

​

NOTE 8 — INVENTORIES

Inventories in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are comprised of the following components:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

    

​

​

​

​

​

​

    

March 31, 2024

    

December 31, 2023

Raw materials

​

$

141,217

​

$

160,809

Work-in-process

​

 

137,803

​

 

125,756

Finished goods

​

 

288,259

​

 

276,299

Total

​

$

567,279

​

$

562,864

​

At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, approximately 36% and 37%, respectively, of total inventories were valued using the last-in, first-out ("LIFO") method. The excess of current cost over LIFO cost was $129,415 and $129,946 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

NOTE 9 — LEASES

The table below summarizes the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance sheets:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Operating Leases

    

Balance Sheet Classification

    

March 31, 2024

    

December 31, 2023

Right-of-use assets

 

Other assets

​

$

52,615

​

$

53,284

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Current liabilities

 

Other current liabilities

​

$

13,191

​

$

13,104

Noncurrent liabilities

 

Other liabilities

​

 

40,747

​

 

41,576

Total lease liabilities

 

  

​

$

53,938

​

$

54,680

​

Total lease expense, which is included in Cost of goods sold and Selling, general & administrative expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income, was $6,161 and $5,851 in the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, were $4,049 and $3,145 and are included in Net cash provided by operating activities in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities were $3,546 and $3,896 during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

The total future minimum lease payments for noncancelable operating leases were as follows:

​

​

​

​

​

​

    

March 31, 2024

2024

​

$

11,281

2025

​

 

12,540

2026

​

 

9,807

2027

​

 

7,148

2028

​

 

5,191

After 2028

​

 

14,394

Total lease payments

​

$

60,361

Less: Imputed interest

​

 

6,423

Operating lease liabilities

​

$

53,938

​

As of March 31, 2024, the weighted average remaining lease term is 6.8 years and the weighted average discount rate used to determine the operating lease liability is 3.6%.

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

​

​

NOTE 10 — DEBT

Revolving Credit Agreements

On April 23, 2021, the Company amended and restated the agreement governing its line of credit by entering into the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement has a line of credit totaling $500,000, has a term of 5 years with a maturity date of April 23, 2026 and may be increased, subject to certain conditions including the consent of its lenders, by an additional amount up to $150,000. On March 8, 2023, the Credit Agreement was amended to replace the LIBOR rate to a term secured overnight finance rate (“SOFR”); as such, the interest rate on borrowings is based on SOFR plus a spread of 0.85% to 1.85% based on (1) the Company’s net leverage ratio and (2) a credit spread adjustment. The Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, as well as customary affirmative, negative and financial covenants for credit facilities of this type (subject to negotiated baskets and exceptions), including limitations on the Company and its subsidiaries with respect to liens, investments, distributions, mergers and acquisitions, dispositions of assets and transactions with affiliates. As of March 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all of its covenants and had no outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement.

The Company has other lines of credit and debt agreements totaling $90,945. As of March 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all of its covenants and had outstanding debt under short-term lines of credit of $4,720.

Senior Unsecured Notes

On April 1, 2015 and October 20, 2016, the Company entered into separate Note Purchase Agreements pursuant to which it issued senior unsecured notes (the "Notes") through a private placement. The 2015 Notes and 2016 Notes each have an aggregate principal amount of $350,000, comprised of four different series ranging from $50,000 to $100,000, with maturity dates ranging from August 20, 2025 through April 1, 2045, and interest rates ranging from 2.75% to 4.02%. Interest on the Notes is paid semi-annually. The Company’s total weighted average effective interest rate and remaining weighted average tenure of the Notes is 3.3% and 10.1 years, respectively. The proceeds of the Notes were used for general corporate purposes. The Notes contain certain affirmative and negative covenants. As of March 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all of its debt covenants relating to the Notes.

Term Loan

On November 29, 2022, the Company entered into a term loan in the aggregate principal amount of $400,000 (the “Term Loan”), which was borrowed in full. The Term Loan matures on November 29, 2025. The Term Loan bears an interest at a rate based on SOFR, plus a margin ranging from 0.75% to 1.75% based on the Company’s consolidated net leverage ratio. As of March 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all of its covenants.

In March 2023, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements to effectively convert the interest rate on $150,000 of the Term Loan from a variable rate to a fixed rate.

Fair Value of Debt

At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the fair value of long-term debt, including the current portion, was approximately $981,481 and $1,013,795, respectively, which was determined using available market information and methodologies requiring judgment. The carrying value of this debt at such dates was $1,102,677 and $1,102,771, respectively. Since judgment is required in interpreting market information, the fair value of the debt is not necessarily the amount which could be realized in a current market exchange.

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

NOTE 11 — INCOME TAXES

The Company recognized $35,115 of tax expense on pretax income of $158,530, resulting in an effective income tax rate of 22.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The effective income tax rate was 21.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2023.

The effective tax rate was higher for the three months ended March 31, 2024, as compared with the same period in 2023, primarily due to mix of earnings and discrete tax items.

As of March 31, 2024, the Company had $12,855 of unrecognized tax benefits. If recognized, approximately $10,304 would be reflected as a component of income tax expense.

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. and various state, local and foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2019. The Company is currently subject to U.S., various state and non-U.S. income tax audits.

Unrecognized tax benefits are reviewed on an ongoing basis and are adjusted for changing facts and circumstances, including progress of tax audits and closing of statutes of limitations. Based on information currently available, management believes that additional audit activity could be completed and/or statutes of limitations may close relating to existing unrecognized tax benefits. It is reasonably possible there could be a reduction of $1,864 in previously unrecognized tax benefits by the end of the first quarter 2025.

NOTE 12 — DERIVATIVES

The Company uses derivative instruments to manage exposures to currency exchange rates, interest rates and commodity prices arising in the normal course of business. Both at inception and on an ongoing basis, the derivative instruments that qualify for hedge accounting are assessed as to their effectiveness, when applicable. Hedge ineffectiveness was immaterial in the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.

The Company is subject to the credit risk of the counterparties to derivative instruments. Counterparties include a number of major banks and financial institutions. None of the concentrations of risk with any individual counterparty was considered significant at March 31, 2024. The Company does not expect any counterparties to fail to meet their obligations.

Cash Flow Hedges

Certain foreign currency forward contracts are qualified and designated as cash flow hedges. The dollar equivalent gross notional amount of these short-term contracts was $98,808 at March 31, 2024 and $84,148 at December 31, 2023.

The Company has interest rate forward starting swap agreements that are qualified and designated as cash flow hedges. In the first quarter 2024, the Company entered into short-term contracts with the dollar equivalent gross notional amount of $100,000 at March 31, 2024 and have a termination date of June 2024. The dollar equivalent gross notional amount of the long-term contracts was $100,000 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 and have a termination date of August 2025.

The Company has commodity contracts that are qualified and designated as cash flow hedges. The Notional amount of these contracts were 150,000 pounds and 200,000 pounds at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

In March 2023, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements, which were qualified and designated as cash flow hedges, with an aggregate notional amount of $150,000. The interest rate swaps will effectively convert the interest rate on $150,000 of the Term Loan discussed in Note 10 from a variable rate based on one-month SOFR to a fixed rate.

Net Investment Hedges

The Company has foreign currency forward contracts that qualify and are designated as net investment hedges. The dollar equivalent gross notional amount of these contracts was $117,578 at March 31, 2024 and $119,607 at December 31, 2023.

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

The Company has certain foreign exchange forward contracts that are not designated as hedges. These derivatives are held as economic hedges of certain balance sheet exposures. The dollar equivalent gross notional amount of these contracts was $416,200 and $492,600 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

Fair values of derivative instruments in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets follow:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

March 31, 2024

​

December 31, 2023

​

Other

​

Other

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Other

​

Other

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Current

​

Current

​

Other

​

Other

​

Current

​

Current

​

Other

​

Other

Derivatives by hedge designation

Assets

    

Liabilities

    

Assets

    

Liabilities

    

Assets

    

Liabilities

    

Assets

    

Liabilities

Designated as hedging instruments:

​

  

 

​

  

 

​

  

 

​

  

 

​

  

 

​

  

 

​

  

 

​

  

Foreign exchange contracts

$

2,391

​

$

238

​

$

—

​

$

—

​

$

1,548

​

$

687

​

$

—

​

$

—

Interest rate swap agreements

 

—

​

 

—

​

​

2,649

​

​

—

​

 

—

​

 

—

​

 

1,460

​

 

—

Forward starting swap agreements

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

23,005

​

​

40

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

20,377

​

​

—

Net investment contracts

​

1,261

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

3,351

​

​

—

​

​

—

Commodity contracts

​

52

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

45

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

​

—

Not designated as hedging instruments:

 

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Foreign exchange contracts

 

1,617

​

​

998

​

​

—

​

​

—

​

 

4,063

​

 

623

​

 

—

​

 

—

Total derivatives

$

5,321

​

$

1,236

​

$

25,654

​

$

40

​

$

5,656

​

$

4,661

​

$

21,837

​

$

—

​

The effects of undesignated derivative instruments on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income consisted of the following:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

    

​

    

Three Months Ended March 31, 

Derivatives by hedge designation

    

Classification of (loss) gain

    

2024

    

2023

Not designated as hedges:

​

  

​

​

  

 

​

  

Foreign exchange contracts

​

Selling, general
& administrative expenses

​

$

(1,615)

​

$

6,690

​

The effects of designated hedges on AOCI and the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income consisted of the following:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

    

​

​

​

​

​

    

Total gain recognized in AOCI, net of tax

    

March 31, 2024

    

December 31, 2023

    

Foreign exchange contracts

​

$

1,628

​

$

721

​

Interest rate swap agreements

​

​

2,198

​

​

1,085

​

Forward starting swap agreements

​

​

16,386

​

​

14,696

​

Net investment contracts

​

​

9,089

​

 

7,136

​

Commodity contracts

​

 

39

​

 

34

​

​

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

The Company expects a gain of $1,667 related to existing contracts to be reclassified from AOCI, net of tax, to earnings over the next 12 months as the hedged transactions are realized.

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

    

​

    

Three Months Ended March 31, 

​

​

Gain recognized in the

​

​

​

​

​

​

Derivative type

    

Consolidated Statements of Income:

    

2024

    

2023

Foreign exchange contracts

 

Sales

​

$

839

​

$

1,206

​

 

Cost of goods sold

​

 

232

​

 

3

Commodity contracts

​

Cost of goods sold

​

​

2

​

​

179

​

​

NOTE 13 - FAIR VALUE

The following table provides a summary of assets and liabilities as of March 31, 2024, measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

    

​

​

    

Quoted Prices in

    

​

​

    

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Active Markets for

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Identical Assets or

​

Significant Other

​

Significant

​

​

Balance as of

​

Liabilities

​

Observable Inputs

​

Unobservable

Description

    

March 31, 2024

    

(Level 1)

    

(Level 2)

    

Inputs (Level 3)

Assets:

 

​

  

 

​

  

 

​

  

 

​

  

Foreign exchange contracts

​

$

4,008

​

$

—

​

$

4,008

​

$

—

Net investment contracts

​

​

1,261

​

​

—

​

​

1,261

​

​

—

Commodity contracts

​

​

52

​

​

—

​

​

52

​

​

—

Interest rate swap agreements

​

​

2,649

​

​

—

​

​

2,649

​

​

—

Forward starting swap agreements

​

 

23,005

​

 

—

​

 

23,005

​

 

—

Pension surplus

​

​

38,323

​

​

38,323

​

​

—

​

​

—

Total assets

​

$

69,298

​

$

38,323

​

$

30,975

​

$

—

Liabilities:

​

 

  

​

 

  

​

 

  

​

 

  

Foreign exchange contracts

​

$

1,236

​

$

—

​

$

1,236

​

$

—

Forward starting swap agreements

​

​

40

​

​

—

​

​

40

​

​

—

Deferred compensation

​

 

54,126

​

 

—

​

 

54,126

​

 

—

Total liabilities

​

$

55,402

​

$

—

​

$

55,402

​

$

—

​

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

The following table provides a summary of assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2023, measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

    

​

​

    

Quoted Prices in

    

​

​

    

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Active Markets for

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Identical Assets or

​

Significant Other

​

Significant

​

​

Balance as of

​

Liabilities

​

Observable Inputs

​

Unobservable

Description

    

December 31, 2023

    

(Level 1)

    

(Level 2)

    

Inputs (Level 3)

Assets:

 

​

  

 

​

  

 

​

  

 

​

  

Foreign exchange contracts

​

$

5,611

​

$

—

​

$

5,611

​

$

—

Interest rate swap agreements

​

​

1,460

​

​

—

​

​

1,460

​

​

—

Commodity contracts

​

​

45

​

​

—

​

​

45

​

​

—

Forward starting swap agreements

​

​

20,377

​

​

—

​

​

20,377

​

​

—

Pension Surplus

​

 

41,849

​

 

41,849

​

 

—

​

 

—

Total assets

​

$

69,342

​

$

41,849

​

$

27,493

​

$

—

Liabilities:

​

 

  

​

 

  

​

 

  

​

 

  

Foreign exchange contracts

​

$

1,310

​

$

—

​

$

1,310

​

$

—

Net investment contracts

​

 

3,351

​

 

—

​

 

3,351

​

 

—

Deferred compensation

​

 

53,628

​

 

—

​

 

53,628

​

 

—

Total liabilities

​

$

58,289

​

$

—

​

$

58,289

​

$

—

​

The fair value of the Company’s pension surplus assets are based on quoted market prices in active markets and are included in the Level 1 fair value hierarchy. The pension surplus assets are invested in money market and short-term duration bond funds at March 31, 2024.

The Company’s derivative contracts are valued at fair value using the market approach. The Company measures the fair value of foreign exchange contracts, forward starting swap agreements, net investment contracts and interest rate swap agreements using Level 2 inputs based on observable spot and forward rates in active markets.

The deferred compensation liability is the Company’s obligation under its executive deferred compensation plan. The Company measures the fair value of the liability using the market values of the participants’ underlying investment fund elections.

The fair value of Cash and cash equivalents, Marketable securities, Accounts receivable, Short-term debt excluding the current portion of long-term debt and Trade accounts payable approximated book value due to the short-term nature of these instruments at both March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

The Company has various financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, short and long-term debt and forward contracts. While these financial instruments are subject to concentrations of credit risk, the Company has minimized this risk by entering into arrangements with a number of major banks and financial institutions and investing in several high-quality instruments. The Company does not expect any counterparties to fail to meet their obligations.

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts

NOTE 14 – SUPPLIER FINANCING PROGRAM

The Company’s suppliers, at the supplier’s sole discretion, are able to factor receivables due from the Company to a financial institution on terms directly negotiated with the financial institution without affecting the Company’s balance sheet classification of the corresponding payable. The Company pays the financial institution the stated amount of the confirmed invoices from its designated suppliers on the original maturity dates of the invoices. Invoices with suppliers have terms between 120 and 180 days. The Company does not provide secured legal assets or other forms of guarantees under the arrangement and has no involvement in establishing the terms or conditions of the arrangement between its suppliers and the financial institution. The amounts due to the financial institution for suppliers that participate in the supplier financing program are included in Trade accounts payable on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and the associated payments are included in operating activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, Trade accounts payable included $35,936 and $29,111, respectively, payable to suppliers that have elected to participate in the supplier financing program.

(1)

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read together with the Company’s unaudited consolidated financial statements and other financial information included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

General

The Company is the world’s largest designer and manufacturer of arc welding and cutting products, manufacturing a broad line of arc welding equipment, consumable welding products and other welding and cutting products. Welding products include arc welding power sources, computer numerical control and plasma cutters, wire feeding systems, robotic welding packages, integrated automation systems, fume extraction equipment, consumable electrodes, fluxes, welding accessories and specialty welding consumables and fabrication. The Company’s product offering also includes oxy-fuel cutting systems and regulators and torches used in oxy-fuel welding, cutting and brazing. In addition, the Company has a leading global position in the brazing and soldering alloys market.

The Company’s products are sold in both domestic and international markets. In the Americas, products are sold principally through industrial distributors, retailers and directly to users of welding products. Outside of the Americas, the Company has an international sales organization comprised of Company employees and agents who sell products from the Company’s various manufacturing sites to distributors and product users.

The Company’s business units are aligned into three operating segments. The operating segments consist of Americas Welding, International Welding and The Harris Products Group. The Americas Welding segment includes welding operations in North and South America. The International Welding segment includes welding operations in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. The Harris Products Group includes the Company’s global oxy-fuel cutting, soldering and brazing businesses as well as its retail business in the United States.

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Results of Operations

The following table shows the Company’s results of operations:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Three Months Ended March 31, 

 

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Favorable  (Unfavorable) 

 

​

2024

​

2023

​

2024 vs. 2023

​

​

Amount

    

% of Sales

    

Amount

    

% of Sales

    

$

    

%

 

Net sales

$

981,197

​

​

​

​

$

1,039,343

 

​

​

$

(58,146)

 

(5.6)

%

Cost of goods sold

 

612,798

​

 

​

​

 

683,986

 

​

​

  

71,188

 

10.4

%

Gross profit

 

368,399

​

 

37.5

%

 

355,357

 

34.2

%

 

13,042

 

3.7

%

Selling, general & administrative expenses

 

198,747

​

 

20.3

%

 

190,116

 

18.3

%

 

(8,631)

 

(4.5)

%

Rationalization and asset impairment charges

 

4,605

​

 

0.5

%

 

877

 

0.1

%

  

(3,728)

 

(425.1)

%

Operating income

 

165,047

​

 

16.8

%

 

164,364

 

15.8

%

 

683

 

0.4

%

Interest expense, net

 

8,779

​

 

​

​

 

13,201

 

​

​

 

4,422

 

33.5

%

Other income

 

2,262

​

 

​

​

 

4,181

 

​

​

  

(1,919)

 

(45.9)

%

Income before income taxes

 

158,530

​

 

16.2

%

 

155,344

 

14.9

%

 

3,186

 

2.1

%

Income taxes

 

35,115

​

 

​

​

 

33,413

 

​

​

 

(1,702)

 

(5.1)

%

Effective tax rate

 

22.2

%  

 

​

​

 

21.5

%  

​

​

  

(0.7)

%  

​

​

Net income

$

123,415

​

 

12.6

%

$

121,931

 

11.7

%

$

1,484

 

1.2

%

Diluted earnings per share

$

2.14

​

​

​

​

$

2.09

 

  

​

$

0.05

 

2.4

%

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Net Sales:

The following table summarizes the impact of volume, acquisitions, price and foreign currency exchange rates on Net sales on a consolidated basis:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Three Months Ended March 31, 

​

    

​

    

Change in Net Sales due to:

​

    

​

 

​

​

Net Sales

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Foreign

​

Net Sales

​

​

    

2023

    

Volume

    

Acquisitions

    

Price

    

Exchange

    

2024

 

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

​

$

1,039,343

​

$

(63,781)

​

$

4,164

​

$

(283)

 

$

1,754

​

$

981,197

​

% Change

​

​

​

​

 

  

​

 

  

​

 

  

 

  

​

​

 

  

​

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

​

​

​

​

 

(6.1)

%

 

0.4

%  

 

0.0

%

​

0.2

%

​

(5.6)

%

​

Net sales decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2024 primarily due to softer demand across segments.

Gross Profit:

Gross profit increased for the three months ended March 31, 2024 driven by favorable mix and effective cost management. The three months ended March 31, 2024 includes a last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) benefit of $531, as compared with charges of $2,191 in the comparable 2023 period.

Selling, General & Administrative ("SG&A") Expenses:

SG&A expenses increased for the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the same 2023 period, primarily due to higher employee-related costs.

Income Taxes:

The effective tax rate was higher for the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to mix of earnings and discrete tax items.

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Segment Results

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Three Months Ended March 31, 

​

​

    

Change in Net Sales due to:

    

    

​

 

​

Net Sales

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Foreign

​

Net Sales

​

​

2023

  

Volume (1)

  

Acquisitions

  

Price

  

 Exchange

  

2024

​

Operating Segments

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Americas Welding

$

658,645

​

$

(42,653)

​

$

4,164

​

$

2,284

 

$

1,659

​

$

624,099

​

International Welding

​

252,416

​

 

(12,272)

​

 

—

 

​

(4,010)

 

​

(373)

​

 

235,761

​

The Harris Products Group

​

128,282

​

 

(8,856)

​

 

—

 

​

1,443

 

​

468

​

 

121,337

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

% Change

​

  

​

 

  

​

 

  

 

​

  

 

​

  

​

 

  

​

Americas Welding

​

​

​

​

(6.5)

%

 

0.6

%

​

0.3

%

​

0.3

%

​

(5.2)

%

International Welding

​

​

​

​

(4.9)

%

 

—

​

​

(1.6)

%

​

(0.1)

%

​

(6.6)

%

The Harris Products Group

​

​

​

​

(6.9)

%

 

—

​

​

1.1

%

​

0.4

%

​

(5.4)

%

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​
(1) Decrease for the three months ended March 31, 2024 for all segments due to softer demand.

Adjusted Earnings Before Interest and Income Taxes:

Segment performance is measured and resources are allocated based on a number of factors, the primary measure being the Adjusted EBIT profit measure. EBIT is defined as Operating income plus Other income (expense). EBIT is adjusted for special items as determined by management such as the impact of rationalization activities, certain asset impairment charges and gains or losses on disposals of assets.

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The following table presents Adjusted EBIT by segment:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Favorable (Unfavorable) 

 

​

​

Three Months Ended March 31, 

​

2024 vs. 2023

 

​

    

2024

    

2023

    

$

    

%

 

Americas Welding:

 

​

  

 

​

  

​

 

  

​

  

​

Net sales

​

$

624,099

​

$

658,645

​

$

(34,546)

​

(5.2)

%

Inter-segment sales

​

 

29,978

​

 

32,318

​

 

(2,340)

​

(7.2)

%

Total Sales

​

$

654,077

​

$

690,963

​

​

(36,886)

​

(5.3)

%

Adjusted EBIT (3)

​

$

136,100

​

$

132,453

​

​

3,647

​

2.8

%

As a percent of total sales (1)

​

 

20.8

%  

 

19.2

%  

​

​

​

1.6

%

International Welding:

​

 

​

​

 

  

​

​

  

​

  

​

Net sales

​

$

235,761

​

$

252,416

​

​

(16,655)

​

(6.6)

%

Inter-segment sales

​

 

8,408

​

 

6,753

​

​

1,655

​

24.5

%

Total Sales

​

$

244,169

​

$

259,169

​

​

(15,000)

​

(5.8)

%

Adjusted EBIT (4)

​

$

27,776

​

$

29,598

​

​

(1,822)

​

(6.2)

%

As a percent of total sales

​

 

11.4

%  

 

11.4

%  

​

​

​

—

​

The Harris Products Group:

​

 

​

​

 

  

​

​

  

​

  

​

Net sales

​

$

121,337

​

$

128,282

​

​

(6,945)

​

(5.4)

%

Inter-segment sales

​

 

3,093

​

 

2,897

​

​

196

​

6.8

%

Total Sales

​

$

124,430

​

$

131,179

​

​

(6,749)

​

(5.1)

%

Adjusted EBIT (5)

​

$

19,878

​

$

18,983

​

​

895

​

4.7

%

As a percent of total sales (2)

​

 

16.0

%  

 

14.5

%  

​

​

​

1.5

%

Corporate / Eliminations:

​

 

​

​

 

  

​

​

  

​

  

​

Inter-segment sales

​

$

(41,479)

​

$

(41,968)

​

​

489

​

1.2

%

Adjusted EBIT (6)

​

 

(10,078)

​

 

(9,402)

​

​

(676)

​

(7.2)

%

Consolidated:

​

 

​

​

 

  

​

​

  

​

  

​

Net sales

​

$

981,197

​

$

1,039,343

​

​

(58,146)

​

(5.6)

%

Net income

​

$

123,415

​

$

121,931

​

​

1,484

​

1.2

%

As a percent of total sales

​

 

12.6

%  

 

11.7

%  

​

​

​

0.9

%

Adjusted EBIT (7)

​

$

173,676

​

$

171,632

​

​

2,044

​

1.2

%

As a percent of sales

​

 

17.7

%  

 

16.5

%  

 

​

​

1.2

%

​

(1) Increase for the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to March 31, 2023 primarily driven by effective cost management.
(2) Increase for the three months ended March 31, 2024 as compared to March 31, 2023 primarily driven by effective cost management.
(3) The three months ended March 31, 2023 exclude the amortization of the step up in value of acquired inventories of $2,785.
(4) The three months ended March 31, 2024 exclude rationalization and asset impairment charges of $3,069 primarily due to restructuring activities as discussed in Note 6 of the consolidated financial statements. The three months ended March 31, 2023 exclude Rationalization and asset impairment net charges of $877 primarily due to restructuring activities as discussed in Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements, the amortization of the step up in value of acquired inventories of $1,071 and a gain on asset disposal of $1,646.
(5) The three months ended March 31, 2024 exclude Rationalization and asset impairment net charges of $1,536 primarily due to restructuring activities as discussed in Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements.
(6) The three months ended March 31, 2024 exclude Acquisition transaction costs of $1,762 as discussed in Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements.
(7) See non-GAAP Financial Measures for a reconciliation of Net income as reported and Adjusted EBIT.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company reviews Adjusted operating income, Adjusted net income, Adjusted EBIT, Adjusted effective tax rate, Adjusted diluted earnings per share (“EPS”), Adjusted return on invested capital (“Adjusted ROIC”), Adjusted net operating profit after taxes, Cash conversion and Organic sales, all non-GAAP financial measures, in assessing and evaluating the Company’s underlying operating performance. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude the impact of special items on the Company’s reported financial results. Non-GAAP financial measures should be read in conjunction with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") financial measures, as non-GAAP measures are a supplement to, and not a replacement for, GAAP financial measures.

The following table presents the reconciliations of Operating income as reported to Adjusted operating income, Net income as reported to Adjusted net income and Adjusted EBIT, Effective tax rate as reported to Adjusted effective tax rate and Diluted earnings per share as reported to Adjusted diluted earnings per share:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Three Months Ended March 31, 

 

​

2024

    

2023

 

Operating income as reported

$

165,047

​

$

164,364

​

Special items (pre-tax):

 

  

​

 

  

​

Rationalization and asset impairment charges (1)

 

4,605

​

 

877

​

Acquisition transaction costs (2)

 

1,762

​

 

—

​

Amortization of step up in value of acquired inventories (3)

 

—

​

 

3,856

​

Adjusted operating income

$

171,414

​

$

169,097

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Net income as reported

$

123,415

​

$

121,931

​

Special items:

 

​

​

​

​

​

Rationalization and asset impairment charges (1)

 

4,605

​

​

877

​

Acquisition transaction costs (2)

 

1,762

​

​

—

​

Amortization of step up in value of acquired inventories (3)

 

—

​

​

3,856

​

Gain on asset disposal (4)

 

—

​

​

(1,646)

​

Tax effect of Special items (5)

 

(1,126)

​

​

(818)

​

Adjusted net income

​

128,656

​

​

124,200

​

Interest expense, net

 

8,779

​

​

13,201

​

Income taxes as reported

 

35,115

​

​

33,413

​

Tax effect of Special items (5)

 

1,126

​

​

818

​

Adjusted EBIT

$

173,676

​

$

171,632

​

Effective tax rate as reported

​

22.2

%  

​

21.5

%

Net special item tax impact

​

(0.2)

%  

​

0.1

%

Adjusted effective tax rate

​

22.0

%  

​

21.6

%

Diluted earnings per share as reported

$

2.14

​

$

2.09

​

Special items per share

 

0.09

​

​

0.04

​

Adjusted diluted earnings per share

$

2.23

​

$

2.13

​

​

(1) Primarily related to restructuring activities as discussed in Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements.
(2) Costs related to acquisitions and are included in Selling, general & administrative expenses.
(3) Costs related to acquisitions and are included in Cost of goods sold.
(4) Gain on asset disposal and included in Other income
(5) Includes the net tax impact of Special items recorded during the respective periods.

The tax effect of Special items impacting pre-tax income was calculated as the pre-tax amount multiplied by the applicable tax rate. The applicable tax rates reflect the taxable jurisdiction and nature of each Special item.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Company’s cash flow from operations can be cyclical. Operational cash flow is a key driver of liquidity, providing cash and access to capital markets. In assessing liquidity, the Company reviews working capital measurements to define areas for improvement. Management anticipates the Company will be able to satisfy cash requirements for its ongoing businesses for at least the next twelve months and the foreseeable future thereafter primarily with cash generated by operations, existing cash balances, borrowings under its existing credit facilities and raising debt in capital markets.

The Company continues to expand globally and periodically looks at transactions that would involve significant investments. The Company can fund its global expansion plans with operational cash flow, but a significant acquisition may require access to capital markets, in particular, the long-term debt market, as well as the syndicated bank loan market. The Company’s financing strategy is to fund itself at the lowest after-tax cost of funding. Where possible, the Company utilizes operational cash flows and raises capital in the most efficient market, usually the United States, and then lends funds to the specific subsidiary that requires funding. If additional acquisitions providing appropriate financial benefits become available, additional expenditures may be made.

The following table reflects changes in key cash flow measures:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

    

Three Months Ended March 31, 

​

​

2024

    

2023

    

$ Change

Cash provided by operating activities

​

$

133,294

​

$

123,931

​

$

9,363

Cash used by investing activities (1)

​

 

(25,940)

​

 

(16,049)

​

 

(9,891)

Capital expenditures

​

 

(26,256)

​

 

(18,787)

​

 

(7,469)

Cash used by financing activities (2)

​

 

(125,400)

​

 

(111,316)

​

 

(14,084)

Proceeds from (payments on) short-term borrowings

​

 

2,016

​

 

(43,940)

​

 

45,956

Purchase of shares for treasury

​

 

(110,405)

​

 

(32,158)

​

 

(78,247)

Cash dividends paid to shareholders

​

 

(41,280)

​

 

(37,583)

​

 

(3,697)

(Decrease) increase in Cash and cash equivalents (3)

​

 

(18,809)

​

 

1,653

​

 

(20,462)

​

(1) Cash used by investing activities increased for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared with the three months ended March 31, 2023 primarily due to capital expenditures. The Company currently anticipates capital expenditures of $90,000 to $110,000 in 2024. Anticipated capital expenditures include investments for capital maintenance and projects to increase efficiency, reduce costs, promote business growth or improve the overall safety and environmental conditions of the Company’s facilities.
(2) Cash used by financing activities increased in the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared with the three months ended March 31, 2023 primarily due to increased purchase of treasury stock in 2024.
(3) Cash and cash equivalents decreased 4.8%, or $18,809, to $374,978 during the three months ended March 31, 2024, from $393,787 as of December 31, 2023. At March 31, 2024, $179,657 of Cash and cash equivalents was held by international subsidiaries.

In April 2024, the Company paid a cash dividend of $0.71 per share, or $40,405, to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2024.

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Working Capital Ratios

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

March 31, 2024

    

December 31, 2023

 

March 31, 2023

 

Average operating working capital to Net sales (1)

 

18.8

%  

17.1

%

19.6

%

Days sales in Inventories

 

120.5

 

104.6

​

122.4

​

Days sales in Accounts receivable

 

53.6

 

50.0

​

52.9

​

Average days in Trade accounts payable

 

54.9

 

47.6

​

53.9

​

​

(1) Average operating working capital to net sales is defined as the sum of Accounts receivable, Inventories and contract assets less Trade accounts payable and contract liabilities as of period end divided by annualized rolling three months of Net sales.

Return on Invested Capital

The Company reviews ROIC in assessing and evaluating the Company’s underlying operating performance. As discussed in the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section above, Adjusted ROIC is a non-GAAP financial measure that the Company believes is a meaningful metric to investors in evaluating the Company’s financial performance. The calculation may be different than the method used by other companies to calculate ROIC. Adjusted ROIC is defined as rolling 12 months of Adjusted net income excluding tax-effected interest income and expense divided by invested capital. Invested capital is defined as total debt, which includes Short-term debt and Long-term debt, less current portions, plus Total equity.

The following table presents the reconciliations of ROIC and Adjusted ROIC to net income:

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Twelve Months Ended March 31, 

​

​

    

2024

    

2023

 

Net income as reported

​

$

546,733

 

$

468,125

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Plus: Interest expense (after-tax)

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36,519

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​

28,875

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Less: Interest income (after-tax)

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​

6,793

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​

1,560

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Net operating profit after taxes

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$

576,459

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$

495,440

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Special items:

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​

​

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Rationalization and asset impairment charges

​

 

(7,586)

 

 

10,780

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Acquisition transaction costs

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1,762

 

 

6,003

 

Pension settlement charges

​

 

845

 

 

—

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Amortization of step up in value of acquired inventories

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8,397

 

 

4,962

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Gain on asset disposal

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—

 

 

(1,646)

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Tax effect of Special items (1)

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2,228

 

 

(3,051)

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Adjusted net operating profit after taxes

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$

582,105

 

$

512,488

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Invested Capital

    

March 31, 2024

    

March 31, 2023

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Short-term debt

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$

4,720

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$

49,340

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Long-term debt, less current portion

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1,102,677

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1,110,626

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Total debt

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1,107,397

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1,159,966

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Total equity

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1,307,828

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1,125,236

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Invested capital

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$

2,415,225

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$

2,285,202

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Return on invested capital as reported

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23.9

%  

 

21.7

%

Adjusted return on invested capital

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24.1

%  

 

22.4

%

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(1) Includes the net tax impact of Special items recorded during the respective periods.

The tax effect of Special items impacting pre-tax income was calculated as the pre-tax amount multiplied by the applicable tax rate. The applicable tax rates reflect the taxable jurisdiction and nature of each Special item.

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New Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements for a discussion of new accounting pronouncements.

Acquisitions

Refer to Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements for a discussion of the Company’s recent acquisitions.

Debt

Fair Value of Debt

At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the fair value of long-term debt, including the current portion, was approximately $981,481 and $1,013,795, respectively, which was determined using available market information and methodologies requiring judgment. The carrying value of this debt at such dates was $1,102,677 and $1,102,771, respectively. Since judgment is required in interpreting market information, the fair value of the debt is not necessarily the amount which could be realized in a current market exchange.

Revolving Credit Agreement

On April 23, 2021, the Company amended and restated the agreement governing its line of credit by entering into the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement has a line of credit totaling $500,000, has a term of 5 years with a maturity date of April 23, 2026 and may be increased, subject to certain conditions including the consent of its lenders, by an additional amount up to $150,000. On March 8, 2023, the Credit Agreement was amended to replace the LIBOR rate to a term secured overnight finance rate (“SOFR”); as such, the interest rate on borrowings is based on SOFR plus a spread of 0.85% to 1.85% based on (1) the Company’s net leverage ratio and (2) a credit spread adjustment. The Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, as well as customary affirmative, negative and financial covenants for credit facilities of this type (subject to negotiated baskets and exceptions), including limitations on the Company and its subsidiaries with respect to liens, investments, distributions, mergers and acquisitions, dispositions of assets and transactions with affiliates. As of March 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all of its covenants and had no outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement.

The Company has other lines of credit and debt agreements totaling $90,945. As of March 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all of its covenants and had outstanding debt under short-term lines of credit of $4,720.

Senior Unsecured Notes

On April 1, 2015 and October 20, 2016, the Company entered into separate Note Purchase Agreements pursuant to which it issued senior unsecured notes (the "Notes") through a private placement. The 2015 Notes and 2016 Notes each have an aggregate principal amount of $350,000, comprised of four different series ranging from $50,000 to $100,000, with maturity dates ranging from August 20, 2025 through April 1, 2045, and interest rates ranging from 2.75% and 4.02%. Interest on the Notes is paid semi-annually. The Company’s total weighted average effective interest rate and remaining weighted average tenure of the Notes is 3.3% and 10.1 years, respectively. The proceeds of the Notes were used for general corporate purposes. The Notes contain certain affirmative and negative covenants. As of March 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all of its debt covenants relating to the Notes.

Term Loan

On November 29, 2022, the Company entered into a term loan in the aggregate principal amount of $400,000 (the “Term Loan”), which was borrowed in full. The Term Loan matures on November 29, 2025. The Term Loan bears an interest at a rate based on SOFR, plus a margin ranging from 0.75% to 1.75% based on the Company’s consolidated net leverage ratio. As of March 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all of its covenants.

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In March 2023, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements to effectively convert the interest rate on $150,000 of the Term Loan from a variable rate to a fixed rate.

Forward-looking Statements

The Company’s expectations and beliefs concerning the future contained in this report are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements reflect management’s current expectations and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “forecast,” “guidance” or words of similar meaning. Actual results may differ materially from such statements due to a variety of factors that could adversely affect the Company’s operating results. The factors include, but are not limited to: general economic, financial and market conditions; the effectiveness of operating initiatives; completion of planned divestitures; interest rates; disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that may limit our access to capital; currency exchange rates and devaluations; adverse outcome of pending or potential litigation; actual costs of the Company’s rationalization plans; possible acquisitions, including the Company’s ability to successfully integrate acquisitions; market risks and price fluctuations related to the purchase of commodities and energy; global regulatory complexity; the effects of changes in tax law; tariff rates in the countries where the Company conducts business; and the possible effects of events beyond our control, such as the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, political unrest, acts of terror, natural disasters and pandemics, on the Company or its customers, suppliers and the economy in general. For additional discussion, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

There have been no material changes in the Company’s exposure to market risk since December 31, 2023. See “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2024.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2024 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.  

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

The Company is subject, from time to time, to a variety of civil and administrative proceedings arising out of its normal operations, including, without limitation, product liability claims, regulatory claims and health, safety and environmental claims. Among such proceedings are the cases described below.

As of March 31, 2024, the Company was a co-defendant in cases alleging asbestos induced illness involving claims by approximately 1,367 plaintiffs, which is a net decrease of 20 claims from those previously reported. In each instance, the Company is one of a large number of defendants. The asbestos claimants seek compensatory and punitive damages, in most cases for unspecified sums. Since January 1, 1995, the Company has been a co-defendant in asbestos cases that have been resolved as follows: 57,005 of those claims were dismissed, 23 were tried to defense verdicts, 7 were tried to plaintiff verdicts (which were reversed or resolved after appeal), 1 was resolved by agreement for an immaterial amount and 1,017 were decided in favor of the Company following summary judgment motions.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the reader should carefully consider the factors discussed in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, which could materially affect the Company’s business, financial condition or future results.

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

Issuer purchases of its common shares during the first quarter of 2024 were as follows:

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​

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​

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Total Number of

​

​

​

    

​

    

​

​

    

Shares

    

Maximum Number

​

​

​

​

​

​

​

Repurchased

​

of Shares that May

​

​

Total Number of

​

​

​

​

as Part of Publicly

​

Yet be Purchased

​

​

Shares

​

Average Price

​

Announced Plans or

​

Under the Plans or

Period

​

Repurchased

​

Paid Per Share

​

Programs

​

Programs (2)

January 1 - 31, 2024

 

161,478

(1)​

$

215.54

 

160,459

 

7,698,061

February 1 - 29, 2024

 

160,627

(1)​

 

237.17

 

140,167

 

7,557,894

March 1 - 31, 2024

 

144,090

(1)​

 

253.91

 

121,818

 

7,436,076

Total

 

466,195

​

 

234.85

 

422,444

 

  

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(1) The above share repurchases include the surrender of the Company’s common shares in connection with the vesting of restricted awards.
(2) On February 12, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase program for up to an additional 10 million shares of the Company’s common stock. Total shares purchased through the share repurchase programs were 2.6 million shares at a total cost of $444.4 million for a weighted average cost of $170.40 per share through March 31, 2024.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

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ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

During the quarter ended March 31, 2024, none of the Company’s directors or officers adopted, modified, or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as those terms are defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

(a) Exhibits

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​

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10.1*

Form of Stock Option Agreement for Executive Officers (filed herewith).

10.2*

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for Executive Officers (filed herewith).

10.3*

Form of Performance Share Award Agreement for Executive Officers (filed herewith).

31.1

Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

31.2

Certification of the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

32.1

Certification of the President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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101.INS

Inline XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.LAB

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

101.DEF

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

104

Cover page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in the Exhibit 101 attachments)
*
Reflects management contract or other compensatory arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit pursuant to Item 15(b) of this report.

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SIGNATURES

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.

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

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/s/ Gabriel Bruno

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Gabriel Bruno

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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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April 25, 2024

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EX-10.1 2 leco-20240331xex10d1.htm EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

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LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC. 2023 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

Stock Option Agreement

WHEREAS, Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. maintains the Company’s 2023 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, as may be amended from time to time (the “Plan”), pursuant to which the Company may grant Option Rights to officers and certain key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Plan);

WHEREAS, the Optionee, whose name is set forth on the “Dashboard” tab on the Morgan Stanley StockPlan Connect portal, a secure third-party vendor website used by the Company (to be referred to herein as the “Grant Summary”), is an employee of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; and

WHEREAS, the Optionee was granted an Option Right under the Plan by the Compensation and Executive Development Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) on the Date of Grant in 20__ as set forth on the Grant Summary (the “Date of Grant”), and the Evidence of Award in the form hereof (the “Agreement”) has been authorized by a resolution of the Committee duly adopted on such date.

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the Plan and subject to the terms and conditions thereof and the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Company hereby confirms to the Optionee the grant of an Option Right (“Option”) to purchase the number of Common Shares of the Company set forth on the Grant Summary, at the exercise price per Common Share set forth on the Grant Summary, which exercise price is the closing price of a Common Share as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on the Date of Grant (the “Option Price”).

1.Definitions.  Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement (including on Exhibit A hereto), terms used in this Agreement with initial capital letters will have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan.  Certain terms used herein with initial capital letters will have the meaning set forth on Exhibit A hereto.
2.Grant of Option.  The Company has granted to the Optionee the Option, which represents the right of the Optionee to purchase the number of Common Shares set forth on the Grant Summary at the Option Price set forth on the Grant Summary.  The Option shall become exercisable in accordance with Section 4, Section 5, and Section 6 hereof.
3.Form of Option.  The Option evidenced by this Agreement is intended to be a nonqualified stock option and shall not be treated as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of that term under Section 422 of the Code.
4.Vesting of Option.  Subject to the terms and conditions of Sections 5, 6 and 8 hereof, the Option shall become exercisable as follows:
(a)the Option shall become exercisable with respect to one-third (1/3) of the Common Shares underlying the Option on the first anniversary of the Date of Grant, if the Optionee shall have remained in the continuous employ of the Company or a Subsidiary until such anniversary; and
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(b)the Option shall become exercisable with respect to an additional one-third (1/3) of the Common Shares underlying the Option on the second and third anniversaries of the Date of Grant, if the Optionee shall have remained in the continuous employ of the Company or a Subsidiary on each such anniversary; and
(c)In calculating one-thirds, the total shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Common Share on each of the first two anniversaries of the Date of Grant, and the remaining Common Share(s) shall be included with those Common Shares for which the Option is exercisable on the third anniversary of the Date of Grant.
5.Effect of Change in Control.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event a Change in Control occurs prior to the third anniversary of the Date of Grant, any portion of the Option that is not exercisable at the time of the Change in Control shall become exercisable in accordance with Section 12 of the Plan.
6.Effects of Death, Disability or Retirement.  
(a)The entire Option subject to this Agreement shall become immediately exercisable in full (to the extent not already exercisable) (i) upon the death of the Optionee while in the employment of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (ii) if the Optionee’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary is terminated by the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of the Optionee becoming Disabled.
(b)If, at any time prior to the Option becoming fully exercisable and at a time when no grounds exist for a termination for Cause of the Optionee’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary, the Optionee terminates employment with the Company or any Subsidiary after either (A) the Optionee attains age 60 and completes five years of continuous employment or (B) the Optionee attains age 55 and completes 15 years of continuous employment (“Retirement”), then the Option shall become immediately exercisable in full upon such Retirement (to the extent not already exercisable).  
7.Exercise of Option.
(a)To the extent that the Option has become exercisable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, it may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time thereafter as described in this Agreement and will be settled in Common Shares.
(b)To exercise an Option, the Optionee shall give notice (in a manner prescribed by the Company), specifying the number of Common Shares as to which the Option is to be exercised and the date of exercise, and shall provide payment of the Option Price and any applicable taxes, along with any other documentation that may be required by the Company.
(c)The Option Price shall be payable upon exercise:
(i) by certified or bank check or other cash equivalent acceptable to the Company;

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(ii) by transfer to the Company of nonforfeitable, unrestricted Common Shares of the Company that have been owned by the Optionee for at least six (6) months prior to the date of exercise;
(iii) pursuant to a net exercise arrangement as described in the Plan; or
(iv) by any combination of these methods.  

Nonforfeitable, unrestricted Common Shares that are transferred by the Optionee or Common Shares that are withheld in payment of all or any part of the Option Price shall be valued on the basis of their Market Value per Share on the date of exercise.

8.Termination of Option; Effect of Unfair Competition.  The Option shall terminate on the earliest of the following dates as provided below:
(a)automatically and without further notice three (3) months after the date upon which the Optionee ceases to be an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, unless (i) the cessation of employment is a result of the death or Retirement of the Optionee, (ii) the cessation of employment is a result of the Optionee’s termination by the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of the Optionee becoming Disabled, (iii) the cessation of employment occurs in connection with a Change in Control as described in Section 12(c)(i)(B) or 12(c)(iii) of the Plan (if and as applicable), or (iv) the cessation of employment occurs in a manner described in Section 8(d) or the last paragraph of this Section 8 below;
(b)automatically and without further notice (i) three (3) years after the date of the death of the Optionee while an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, (ii) three (3) years after the date that the Optionee’s employment is terminated by the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of the Optionee becoming Disabled, or (iii) ten (10) years after the Date of Grant in the case of Retirement of the Optionee;
(c)automatically and without further notice one (1) year after death of the Optionee, if the Optionee dies after the termination of employment with the Company or a Subsidiary and prior to the termination of the Option;
(d)automatically and without further notice upon the termination of the Optionee’s employment for Cause; or
(e)automatically and without further notice ten years after the Date of Grant.

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, unless otherwise determined by the Company, if the Company determines that the Optionee has engaged in unfair competition by failing to comply with any restrictive covenants applicable to the Optionee under any Proprietary Information, Inventions and Restrictive Covenant Agreement (“RCA”) that applies to the Optionee, the Option shall terminate automatically and without further notice at the time of such Company determination. In addition, if the Company makes such an unfair competition determination, it may demand and receive from the Optionee a restoration of the value of the benefits the Optionee received from the Plan in reliance upon the Optionee’s commitment to enter into and remain in compliance with the RCA (as reflected in Section 19), to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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Accordingly, if the Company demands it, the Optionee shall, within 30 days of the Company’s written demand, (x) return to the Company, in exchange for payment by the Company of the Option Price paid therefor, all the Common Shares that the Optionee has not disposed of that were purchased pursuant to this Agreement within a period of one (1) year prior to the date of the commencement of such unfair competition, and (y) with respect to any Common Shares so purchased that the Optionee has disposed of, pay to the Company in cash the difference between (i) the Option Price and (ii) the Market Value per Share of the Common Shares on the date of exercise, in each case as reasonably determined by the Company. To the extent that such amounts are not promptly paid to the Company, the Company may (to the fullest extent allowed by law) set off the amounts so payable to it against any amounts (other than amounts of non-qualified deferred compensation as so defined under Section 409A of the Code) that may be owing from time to time by the Company or a Subsidiary to the Optionee.

9.Compliance with Law.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Option shall not be exercisable if the exercise thereof or the issuance of Common Shares pursuant thereto would result in a violation of any law.  The Company will make reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
10.Transferability and Exercisability.  Subject to Section 15 of the Plan, the Option, including any interest therein, shall not be transferable by the Optionee except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and the Option shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionee only by the Optionee or, in the event of the Optionee’s legal incapacity to do so, by the Optionee’s guardian or legal representative acting on behalf of the Optionee in a fiduciary capacity under state law and court supervision.
11.Withholding Taxes.  No later than the date as of which an amount first becomes includible in the gross income of the Optionee for applicable income and employment tax and other required withholding purposes with respect to the Option evidenced by this Agreement, the Optionee shall pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding the payment of, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount.  The Optionee agrees that any required minimum withholding obligations shall be settled by the withholding of a number of Common Shares required to be delivered to the Optionee upon exercise of the Option with a value equal to the amount of such required minimum withholding.  The obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall be conditional on such payment or arrangements.
12.No Right to Employment.  This Option award is a voluntary, discretionary bonus being made on a one-time basis and it does not constitute a commitment to make any future awards.  This Option award and any payments made hereunder will not be considered salary or other compensation for purposes of any severance pay or similar allowance, except as otherwise required by law.  The Plan and this Agreement will not confer upon the Optionee any right with respect to the continuance of employment or other service with the Company or any Subsidiary and will not interfere in any way with any right that the Company or any Subsidiary would otherwise have to terminate any employment or other service of the Optionee at any time.  For purposes of this Agreement, the continuous employment of the Optionee with the Company or a Subsidiary shall not be deemed interrupted, and the Optionee shall not be deemed to have ceased to be an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, by reason of (a) the transfer of the Optionee’s employment among the Company and its Subsidiaries or (b) an approved leave of absence.

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13.Relation to the Other Benefits.  Any economic or other benefit to the Optionee under this Agreement or the Plan will not be taken into account in determining any benefits to which the Optionee may be entitled under any profit-sharing, retirement or other benefit or compensation plan maintained by the Company or a Subsidiary and will not affect the amount of any life insurance coverage available to any beneficiary under any life insurance plan covering employees of the Company or a Subsidiary.
14.Agreement Subject to Plan.  The Option evidenced by this Agreement and all of the terms and conditions hereof are subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan.  In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will govern.
15.Data Privacy.  
(a)The Optionee hereby explicitly and unambiguously consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of the Optionee’s personal data as described in this document by and among, as applicable, the Optionee’s employer (the “Employer”), and the Company and its Subsidiaries for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Optionee’s participation in the Plan.
(b)The Optionee understands that the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Employer hold certain personal information about the Optionee, including, but not limited to, name, home address, email address and telephone number, date of birth, social security, passport or insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any Common Shares or directorships held in the Company, details of all Options or any other entitlement to Common Shares awarded, canceled, purchased, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in the Optionee’s favor for the purpose of implementing, managing and administering the Plan (“Data”).
(c)The Optionee understands that the Data may be transferred to any third parties assisting in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan, that these recipients may be located in the Optionee’s country or elsewhere (in particular the United States), and that the recipient country (e.g., the United States) may have different data privacy laws and protections than the Optionee’s country.  The Optionee understands that the Optionee may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Data by contacting the local human resources representative. The Optionee authorizes the Company, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC and any other possible recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing the Optionee’s participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data, as may be required to a broker or other third party with whom the Optionee may elect to deposit any Common Shares acquired under the Plan. The Optionee understands that Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage participation in the Plan. The Optionee understands that the Optionee may, at any time, view Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of the Data, require any necessary amendments to the Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, by contacting the local human resources representative in writing. The Optionee understands that refusing or withdrawing consent may affect the Optionee’s ability to participate in the Plan. For more information on the consequences of refusing to consent or withdrawing consent, the Optionee understands that the Optionee may contact the Optionee’s local human resources representative.

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(d)If the Optionee is resident in California, the Optionee’s attention is drawn to Schedule 1 to this Agreement, Employee Data Privacy Notice (United States), which addresses the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended (CCPA).
16.Amendments.  Any amendment to the Plan will be deemed to be an amendment to this Agreement to the extent that the amendment is applicable hereto; provided, however, that subject to Section 11 of the Plan and Section 20 of this Agreement, no such amendment will adversely affect the rights of the Optionee with respect to the Option without the Optionee’s consent.
17.Severability.  In the event that one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be invalidated for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, any provision so invalidated shall be deemed to be separable from the other provisions hereof, and the remaining provisions hereof shall continue to be valid and fully enforceable.
18.Governing Law/Venue.  This Agreement is made under, and will be construed in accordance with, the internal substantive laws of the State of Ohio.  All legal actions or proceedings relating to this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division or the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
19.Restrictive Covenant Agreement.  The grant of the Option under this Agreement is contingent upon the Optionee having executed the most recent version of the Company’s RCA and having returned it to the Company, and the Optionee being in compliance, and remaining in compliance, with the Optionee’s obligations under the RCA.  
20.Option Subject to Clawback Policy.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (a) this Agreement and this Option (and the Optionee’s other performance-based incentive compensation or related amounts) shall be subject to the Company’s Supplemental Recovery of Funds Policy (or any similar clawback policy applicable to the Optionee), with which the Optionee shall comply, under their terms and conditions as may be in effect from time to time, including, without limitation, to implement Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any applicable rules or regulations (including applicable rules and regulations or any national securities exchange or national securities association on which the Common Shares may be traded) (the “Compensation Recovery Policy”), and (b) the Optionee acknowledges and agrees that any and all applicable provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed superseded by and subject to the terms and conditions of the Compensation Recovery Policy from and after the effective date thereof.
21.Electronic Delivery.  The Company may, in its sole discretion, deliver any documents related to the Option and the Optionee’s participation in the  Plan, or future awards that may be granted under the Plan, by electronic means or request the Optionee’s consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. The Optionee hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, agrees to participate in the Plan through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company.
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of the countries included in Appendix A, the special terms and conditions for such country will apply to the Optionee, to the extent the Company determines that the application of such terms and conditions are necessary or advisable in order to comply with local law or facilitate the administration of the Plan.  Appendix A constitutes part of this Agreement.

The Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of this Agreement and accepts the right to receive the Options evidenced hereby subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the terms and conditions herein above set forth and represents that the Optionee understands the acceptance of this Agreement through an on-line or electronic system, if applicable, carries the same legal significance as if the Optionee manually signed this Agreement.

THIS AGREEMENT is executed in the name and on behalf of the Company on the Date of Grant as set forth in the Grant Summary.

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For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

1. “Disabled” means that the Optionee is disabled within the meaning of, and begins actually to receive disability benefits pursuant to, the long-term disability plan in effect for, or applicable to, the Optionee at the relevant time. In the event that the Company does not maintain a long-term disability plan at any relevant time, the Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, that an Optionee is “Disabled” if the Optionee meets one of the following requirements: (a) the Optionee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, (b) the Optionee is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under the Company’s accident and health or long-term disability plan or any similar plan maintained by a third party, but excluding governmental plans, or (c) the Social Security Administration determines the Optionee to be totally disabled.

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Exhibit 10.2

LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC.

2023 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

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WHEREAS, Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. maintains the Company’s 2023 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, as may be amended from time to time (the “Plan”), pursuant to which the Company may award Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) to officers and certain key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

WHEREAS, the Grantee, whose name is set forth on the “Dashboard” tab on the Morgan Stanley StockPlan Connect portal, a secure third-party vendor website used by the Company (to be referred to herein as the “Grant Summary”), is an employee of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; and

WHEREAS, the Grantee was awarded RSUs under the Plan by the Compensation and Executive Development Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) on the Date of Grant in 20__, as set forth on the Grant Summary (the “Date of Grant”), and the execution of an Evidence of Award in the form hereof (this “Agreement”) has been authorized by a resolution of the Committee duly adopted on such date.

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the Plan and subject to the terms and conditions thereof and the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Company hereby confirms to the Grantee the award of the number of RSUs set forth on the Grant Summary.

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1. Definitions.  Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement (including on Exhibit A hereto), terms used in this Agreement with initial capital letters will have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan.  Certain terms used herein with initial capital letters will have the meanings set forth on Exhibit A hereto.
2. Issuance of RSUs.  The RSUs covered by this Agreement shall be issued to the Grantee effective upon the Date of Grant.  Each RSU entitles the Grantee to receive one Common Share (or to have one Common Share credited to the Grantee’s account under the Deferred Compensation Plan, if elected) upon the Grantee’s Distribution Date.  The Grantee shall not have the rights of a shareholder with respect to such RSUs, except as provided in Section 10, provided that such RSUs, together with any additional RSUs that the Grantee may become entitled to receive by virtue of a share dividend, a merger or a reorganization in which Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. is the surviving corporation or any other change in the capital structure of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., shall be subject to the restrictions hereinafter set forth.
3. Restrictions on Transfer of RSUs.  Subject to Section 15 of the Plan, the RSUs subject to this grant may not be sold, exchanged, assigned, transferred, pledged, encumbered or otherwise disposed of by the Grantee, except to the Company, until the Distribution Date; provided, however, that the Grantee’s rights with respect to such RSUs may be transferred by will or pursuant to the laws of descent and distribution.  Any purported transfer or encumbrance in violation of the provisions of this Section 3 shall be void, and the other party
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to any such purported transaction shall not obtain any rights to or interest in such RSUs or the underlying Common Shares.  The Company in its sole discretion, when and as permitted by the Plan, may waive the restrictions on transferability with respect to all or a portion of the RSUs subject to this Agreement.
4. Vesting of RSUs.  Subject to the terms and conditions of Sections 5, 6 and 7 hereof, all of the RSUs covered by this Agreement shall become nonforfeitable upon the Grantee remaining in the continuous employment of the Company or a Subsidiary until the third anniversary of the Date of Grant (the period of time from the Date of Grant to the third anniversary, the “Restriction Period”).
5. Effect of Change in Control.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee:
(a) In the event a Change in Control occurs during the Restriction Period, the RSUs covered by this Agreement shall become nonforfeitable to the extent Section 12(c)(1) of the Plan applies.
(b) If a Replacement Award is provided in connection with the Change in Control, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Plan to the contrary, any outstanding RSUs that at the time of the Change in Control are not subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) will be deemed to be nonforfeitable at the time of such Change in Control and will be paid within 15 days of the Change in Control; provided, however, that if such Change in Control would not qualify as a permissible date of distribution under Section 409A(a)(2)(A) of the Code and the regulations thereunder, and where Section 409A of the Code applies to such distribution, payment will be made on the date that would have otherwise applied pursuant to Section 8.
6. Effect of Death, Disability or Retirement.
(a) The RSUs subject to this Agreement shall become immediately nonforfeitable in full (i) upon the death of the Grantee while in the employment of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (ii) if the Grantee’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary is terminated by the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of the Grantee becoming Disabled.
(b) If, prior to the end of the Restriction Period and at a time when no grounds exist for a termination for Cause of the Grantee’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary, (i) the Grantee terminates employment with the Company or any Subsidiary after either (A) the Grantee attains age 60 and completes five years of continuous employment or (B) the Grantee attains age 55 and completes 15 years of continuous employment, and (ii) prior to such termination of employment, the Grantee has taken all action necessary to accept the RSUs subject to this Agreement through the Morgan Stanley StockPlan Connect portal (or its successor), then the RSUs subject to this Agreement shall become immediately nonforfeitable in full upon such termination of employment.

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7. Effect of Termination of Employment and Unfair Competition.
(a) In the event that the Grantee’s employment shall terminate in a manner other than any specified in Section 5 or Section 6 hereof, the Grantee shall forfeit any RSUs that have not become nonforfeitable prior to or at the time of such termination as follows:
(i) except as described in the following clause (ii), at the time of such termination; or
(ii) if Section 12(c)(i)(B) of the Plan applies to the Grantee, then on the twelve-month anniversary of the Grantee’s termination of employment if the RSUs do not become nonforfeitable on or prior to such twelve-month anniversary;

provided, however, that the Board upon recommendation of the Committee may order that part or all of such RSUs become nonforfeitable.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, unless otherwise determined by the Company, if the Company determines that the Grantee has engaged in unfair competition by failing to comply with any restrictive covenants applicable to the Grantee under any Proprietary Information, Inventions and Restrictive Covenant Agreement (“RCA”) that applies to the Grantee, the Grantee shall forfeit any RSUs that have not become nonforfeitable.  In addition, if the Company makes such an unfair competition determination, it may demand and receive from the Grantee a restoration of the value of benefits the Grantee received from the Plan in reliance upon the Grantee’s commitment to enter into and remain in compliance with the RCA (as reflected in Section 19), to the fullest extent permitted by law. Accordingly, if the Company demands it, the Grantee shall, within thirty (30) days of the Company’s written demand, (x) return to the Company all the Common Shares that the Grantee has not disposed of that were issued in payment of RSUs that became nonforfeitable pursuant to this Agreement and an amount in cash equal to any related dividend equivalents awarded under Section 10(b) hereof, including amounts the Grantee elected to defer under Section 9 hereof, within a period of one (1) year prior to the date of the commencement of such unfair competition if the Grantee is an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, or within a period of one (1) year prior to termination of employment with the Company or a Subsidiary if the Grantee is no longer an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, and (y) with respect to any Common Shares so issued in payment of RSUs pursuant to this Agreement that the Grantee has disposed of, including amounts the Grantee elected to defer under Section 9 hereof, pay to the Company in cash the aggregate Market Value per Share of those Common Shares on the Distribution Date plus an amount in cash equal to any related dividend equivalents awarded under Section 10(b) hereof, in each case as reasonably determined by the Company.  To the extent that such amounts are not promptly paid to the Company, the Company may (to the fullest extent allowed by law) set off the amounts so payable to it against any amounts (other than amounts of non-qualified deferred compensation as so defined under Section 409A of the Code) that may be owing from time to time by the Company or a Subsidiary to the Grantee.

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8. Time of Payment of RSUs.
(a) With respect to RSUs (or any portion of RSUs) that constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (after taking into account any applicable exemptions from Section 409A of the Code), payment for such RSUs, if any, that are vested as of such date as determined in accordance with Section 409A of the Code (less any RSUs which became vested and were paid on an earlier date) shall be made on (or within 15 days after) the earliest of the following dates:
(i) the last day of the Restriction Period specified in Section 4;
(ii) the date of the Grantee’s death;
(iii) the date the Grantee experiences a separation from service with the Company (determined in accordance with Section 409A of the Code); provided, however, that if the Grantee on the date of separation from service is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code determined using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time), payment for the RSUs will be made on the tenth business day of the seventh month after the date of the Grantee’s separation from service or, if earlier, the date of the Grantee’s death; and
(iv) the date of a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company (each within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code).
(b) With respect to RSUs (or any portion of RSUs) that do not constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (after taking into account any applicable exemptions from Section 409A of the Code), payment for such RSUs shall be made within 60 days of the date on which such RSUs become nonforfeitable and in all events within the short-term deferral period specified in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(4).
9. Deferral of RSUs.  The Grantee may elect to defer receipt of the Common Shares underlying the RSUs subject to this Agreement beyond the Distribution Date, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan.
10. Dividend Equivalents and Other Rights.
(a) Except as provided in this Section, the Grantee shall not have any of the rights of a shareholder with respect to the RSUs covered by this Agreement; provided, however, that any additional Common Shares, share rights or other securities that the Grantee may become entitled to receive pursuant to a stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, separation or reorganization or any other change in the capital structure of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. shall be subject to the same restrictions as the RSUs covered by this Agreement.

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(b) The Grantee shall have the right to receive dividend equivalents with respect to the Common Shares underlying the RSUs on a deferred basis and contingent on vesting of the RSUs.  Dividend equivalents on the RSUs covered by this Agreement shall be sequestered by the Company from and after the Date of Grant until the Distribution Date, whereupon such dividend equivalents shall be paid to the Grantee in the form of cash (or credited to the Grantee’s account under the Deferred Compensation Plan, if elected), to the extent such dividend equivalents are attributable to RSUs that have become nonforfeitable.  To the extent that RSUs covered by this Agreement are forfeited pursuant to Section 7 hereof, all the dividend equivalents sequestered with respect to such RSUs shall also be forfeited.  No interest shall be payable with respect to any such dividend equivalents.
(c) Under no circumstances will the Company distribute or credit dividend equivalents paid on RSUs as described in Section 10(b) until the Grantee’s Distribution Date.  The Grantee will not be entitled to vote the Common Shares underlying the RSUs until the Grantee receives such Common Shares on or after the Distribution Date.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10, to the extent that any of the RSUs become nonforfeitable pursuant to this Agreement and the Grantee elects pursuant to Section 9 to defer receipt of the Common Shares underlying the RSUs beyond the Distribution Date in accordance with the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan, then the right to receive dividend equivalents thereafter will be governed by the Deferred Compensation Plan from and after the Distribution Date.
11. Withholding Taxes.  No later than the date as of which an amount first becomes includible in the gross income of the Grantee for applicable income and employment tax and other required withholding purposes with respect to the RSUs evidenced by this Agreement, the Grantee shall pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding the payment of, any federal, state local or foreign taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount.  The Grantee agrees that any required minimum withholding obligations shall be settled by the withholding of a number of Common Shares that are payable to the Grantee upon vesting of RSUs under this Agreement with a value equal to the amount of such required minimum withholding.  The obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall be conditional on such payment or arrangements.
12. No Right to Employment.  This award of RSUs is a voluntary, discretionary bonus being made on a one-time basis and it does not constitute a commitment to make any future awards.  This award and any payments made hereunder will not be considered salary or other compensation for purposes of any severance pay or similar allowance, except as otherwise required by law.  The Plan and this Agreement will not confer upon the Grantee any right with respect to the continuance of employment or other service with the Company or any Subsidiary and will not interfere in any way with any right that the Company or any Subsidiary would otherwise have to terminate any employment or other service of the Grantee at any time.  For purposes of this Agreement, the continuous employment of the Grantee with the Company or a Subsidiary shall not be deemed interrupted, and the Grantee shall not be deemed to have ceased to be an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary,

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by reason of (a) the transfer of the Grantee’s employment among the Company and any Subsidiary or (b) an approved leave of absence.
13. Relation to Other Benefits.  Any economic or other benefit to the Grantee under this Agreement or the Plan will not be taken into account in determining any benefits to which the Grantee may be entitled under any profit-sharing, retirement or other benefit or compensation plan maintained by the Company or a Subsidiary and will not affect the amount of any life insurance coverage available to any beneficiary under any life insurance plan covering employees of the Company or a Subsidiary.
14. Agreement Subject to the Plan.  The RSUs evidenced by this Agreement and all of the terms and conditions hereof are subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan.  In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will govern.
15. Data Privacy.
(a) The Grantee hereby explicitly and unambiguously consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of the Grantee’s personal data as described in this document by and among, as applicable, the Grantee’s employer (the “Employer”), and the Company and its Subsidiaries for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Grantee’s participation in the Plan.
(b) The Grantee understands that the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Employer hold certain personal information about the Grantee, including, but not limited to, name, home address, email address and telephone number, date of birth, social security, passport or insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any Common Shares or directorships held in the Company, details of all RSUs or any other entitlement to Common Shares awarded, canceled, purchased, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in the Grantee’s favor for the purpose of implementing, managing and administering the Plan (“Data”).
(c) The Grantee understands that the Data may be transferred to any third parties assisting in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan, that these recipients may be located in the Grantee’s country or elsewhere (in particular the United States), and that the recipient country (e.g., the United States) may have different data privacy laws and protections than the Grantee’s country.  The Grantee understands that the Grantee may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Data by contacting the local human resources representative. The Grantee authorizes the Company, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC and any other possible recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing the Grantee’s participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data, as may be required to a broker or other third party with whom the Grantee may elect to deposit any Common Shares acquired under the Plan. The Grantee understands that Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage participation in the Plan. The Grantee understands that the Grantee may, at any time, view Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of the Data, require any necessary amendments to the Data or

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refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, by contacting the local human resources representative in writing. The Grantee understands that refusing or withdrawing consent may affect the Grantee’s ability to participate in the Plan. For more information on the consequences of refusing to consent or withdrawing consent, the Grantee understands that the Grantee may contact the Grantee’s local human resources representative.
(d) If the Grantee is resident in California, the Grantee’s attention is drawn to Schedule 2 to this Agreement, Employee Data Privacy Notice (United States), which addresses the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended (CCPA).
16. Amendments.  Any amendment to the Plan shall be deemed to be an amendment to this Agreement to the extent that the amendment is applicable hereto; provided, however, that subject to Section 11 of the Plan and Section 20 of this Agreement, no such amendment shall adversely affect the rights of the Grantee with respect to the RSUs without the Grantee’s consent.
17. Severability.  In the event that one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be invalidated for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, any provision so invalidated will be deemed to be separable from the other provisions hereof, and the remaining provisions hereof will continue to be valid and fully enforceable.
18. Governing Law/Venue.  This Agreement is made under, and will be construed in accordance with, the internal substantive laws of the State of Ohio.  All legal actions or proceedings relating to this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division or the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
19. Restrictive Covenant Agreement.  The grant of the RSUs under this Agreement is contingent upon the Grantee having executed the most recent version of the Company’s RCA and having returned it to the Company, and the Grantee being in compliance, and remaining in compliance, with the Grantee’s obligations under the RCA.
20. RSUs Subject to Clawback Policy.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (a) this Agreement and the RSUs covered by this Agreement (and the Grantee’s other performance-based incentive compensation or related amounts) shall be subject to the Company’s Supplemental Recovery of Funds Policy (or any similar clawback policy applicable to the Grantee), with which the Grantee shall comply, under their terms and conditions as  may be in effect from time to time, including, without limitation, to implement Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any applicable rules or regulations (including applicable rules and regulations of any national securities exchange or national securities association on which the Common Shares may be traded) (the “Compensation Recovery Policy”), and (b) the Grantee acknowledges and agrees that any and all applicable provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed superseded by and subject to the terms and conditions of the Compensation Recovery Policy from and after the effective date thereof.
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applicable exemptions) and, in the event of any inconsistency between any provision of this Agreement or the Plan and Section 409A of the Code, the provisions of Section 409A of the Code shall control.  Any provision in the Plan or this Agreement that is determined to violate the requirements of  Section 409A of the Code shall be void and without effect until amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code and may be made by the Company without the consent of the Grantee).  Any provision that is required by Section 409A of the Code to appear in the Agreement that is not expressly set forth herein shall be deemed to be set forth herein, and the Agreement shall be administered in all respects as if such provision was expressly set forth herein.  Any reference in the Agreement to Section 409A of the Code or a Treasury Regulation section shall be deemed to include any similar or successor provisions thereto.
22. Electronic Delivery.  The Company may, in its sole discretion, deliver any documents related to the RSUs and the Grantee’s participation in the Plan, or future awards that may be granted under the Plan, by electronic means or request the Grantee’s consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means.  The Grantee hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, agrees to participate in the Plan through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company.
23. Appendix.  Notwithstanding any provisions in this Agreement, the grant of RSUs is also subject to the special terms and conditions set forth in Appendix A to this Agreement if the Grantee resides in one of the countries listed therein.  Moreover, if the Grantee relocates to one of the countries included in Appendix A, the special terms and conditions for such country will apply to the Grantee, to the extent the Company determines that the application of such terms and conditions are necessary or advisable in order to comply with local law or facilitate the administration of the Plan.  Appendix A constitutes part of this Agreement.

The Grantee hereby acknowledges receipt of this Agreement and accepts the right to receive the RSUs evidenced hereby subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the terms and conditions herein above set forth and represents that the Grantee understands the acceptance of this Agreement through an on-line or electronic system, if applicable, carries the same legal significance as if the Grantee manually signed this Agreement.

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1. “Deferred Compensation Plan”  means the Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives, in effect from time to time.
2. “Disabled” means that the Grantee is disabled within the meaning of, and begins actually to receive disability benefits pursuant to, the long-term disability plan in effect for, or applicable to, the Grantee at the relevant time.  In the event that the Company does not maintain a long-term disability plan at any relevant time, the Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, that a Grantee is “Disabled” if the Grantee meets one of the following requirements:  (a) the Grantee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, (b) the Grantee is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under the Company’s accident and health or long-term disability plan or any similar plan maintained by a third party, but excluding governmental plans, or (c) the Social Security Administration determines the Grantee to be totally disabled.
3. “Distribution Date” means the date on which the Common Shares represented by nonforfeitable RSUs shall be distributed to the Grantee as specified in Section 8 (or would have been so distributed absent an election under the Deferred Compensation Plan).
4. “Separation from Service” shall have the meaning given in Section 409A of the Code, and references to employment termination or termination of employment in this Agreement shall be deemed to refer to a Separation from Service.  In accordance with Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h)(1)(ii) (or any similar or successor provisions), a Separation from Service shall be deemed to occur, without limitation, if the Company and the Grantee reasonably anticipate that the level of bona fide services the Grantee will perform after a certain date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) will permanently decrease to less than fifty percent (50%) of the average level of bona fide services provided in the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) months.

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Exhibit 10.3

LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, INC. 2023 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

Performance Share Agreement

WHEREAS, Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. maintains the Company’s 2023 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, as may be amended from time to time (the “Plan”), pursuant to which the Company may award Performance Shares (the “Performance Shares”) to officers and certain key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

WHEREAS, the Grantee, whose name is set forth on the “Dashboard” tab on the Morgan Stanley StockPlan Connect portal, a secure third-party vendor website used by the Company (to be referred to herein as the “Grant Summary”), is an employee of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; and

WHEREAS, the Grantee was granted Performance Shares under the Plan by the Compensation and Executive Development Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”)  on the Date of Grant in 20__, as set forth on the Grant Summary (the “Date of Grant”), and the execution of an Evidence of Award in the form hereof (this “Agreement”) has been authorized by a resolution of the Committee duly adopted on such date.

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the Plan and subject to the terms and conditions thereof and the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Company hereby confirms to the Grantee the award of the target number of Performance Shares set forth on the Grant Summary.  Subject to the achievement of the Management Objectives described in Section 4 of this Agreement, the Grantee may earn from 0% to 200% of the Performance Shares.

1. Definitions.  Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement (including on Exhibit A hereto), terms used in this Agreement with initial capital letters will have the meanings assigned to them in the Plan.  Certain terms used herein with initial capital letters will have the meanings set forth on Exhibit A hereto.
2. Earnings of Performance Shares.  If the Performance Shares covered by this Agreement become nonforfeitable and payable (“Vest,” or similar terms), the Grantee will be entitled to settlement of the Vested Performance Shares as specified in Section 8 of this Agreement.  The Grantee shall not have the rights of a shareholder with respect to such Performance Shares, except as provided in Section 10, provided that such Performance Shares, together with any additional Performance Shares that the Grantee may become entitled to receive by virtue of a share dividend, a merger or a reorganization in which Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. is the surviving corporation or any other change in the capital structure of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., shall be subject to the restrictions hereinafter set forth.
3. Restrictions on Transfer of Performance Shares.  Subject to Section 15 of the Plan, the Performance Shares subject to this grant may not be sold, exchanged, assigned, transferred, pledged, encumbered or otherwise disposed of by the Grantee, except to the Company, until the Distribution Date; provided, however, that the Grantee’s rights with respect to such Performance Shares may be transferred by will or pursuant to the laws of descent and distribution.  Any purported transfer or encumbrance in violation of the provisions of this

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Section 3 shall be void, and the other party to any such purported transaction shall not obtain any rights to or interest in such Performance Shares or the underlying Common Shares.  The Company in its sole discretion, when and as permitted by the Plan, may waive the restrictions on transferability with respect to all or a portion of the Performance Shares subject to this Agreement.
4. Vesting of Performance Shares.  Subject to the terms and conditions of Sections 5, 6 and 7 hereof, the Performance Shares covered by this Agreement shall Vest based on the achievement of the Management Objectives for the Performance Period as follows:
(a) The applicable percentage of the Performance Shares that shall be earned by the Grantee for the Performance Period shall be determined by reference to the Statement of Management Objectives if the Grantee remains continuously employed by either the Company or any Subsidiary until the end of the Performance Period;
(b) In the event that achievement with respect to one of the Management Objectives is between the performance levels specified in the Statement of Management Objectives, the applicable percentage of the Performance Shares that shall be earned by the Grantee for the Performance Period for that particular Management Objective shall be determined by the Committee using straight-line mathematical interpolation; and
(c) To the extent the Management Objectives are not achieved by the end of the Performance Period, then the Performance Shares evidenced by this Agreement (including Performance Shares subject to Section 6(b) following the Grantee’s Retirement, as described therein) will be forfeited without compensation or other consideration.  The Vesting of the Performance Shares pursuant to this Section 4 shall be contingent upon a determination of the Committee that the Management Objectives have been satisfied.
5. Effect of Change in Control.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event a Change in Control occurs during the Performance Period, the Performance Shares covered by this Agreement shall become Vested in accordance with Section 12 of the Plan.
6. Effect of Death, Disability or Retirement.
(a) If, during the Performance Period, (i) the Grantee should die while in the employment of the Company or any Subsidiary or (ii) the Grantee’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary is terminated by the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of the Grantee becoming Disabled, then, in either such case, the Performance Shares shall become Vested upon such event at the target level.  
(b) If, prior to the end of the Performance Period and at a time when no grounds exist for a termination for Cause of the Grantee’s employment with the Company or any Subsidiary, the Grantee terminates employment with the Company or any Subsidiary after either (A) the Grantee attains age 60 and completes five years of continuous employment or (B) the Grantee attains age 55 and completes 15 years

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of continuous employment (“Retirement”), then the Grantee shall Vest in the number of Performance Shares in which the Grantee would have Vested in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 4 (or Section 12(c)(i) of the Plan, if applicable) if the Grantee had remained in the continuous employ of the Company or a Subsidiary from the Date of Grant until the end of the Performance Period or the occurrence of a Change in Control to the extent a Replacement Award is not provided, whichever occurs first, reduced by the number of Performance Shares that were otherwise Vested on the date of such Retirement.  
7. Effect of Termination of Employment Unfair Competition.
(a) In the event that the Grantee’s employment shall terminate in a manner other than as specified in Section 6(b) hereof, the Grantee shall forfeit any Performance Shares that have not become Vested prior to or at the time of such termination as follows:
(i) except as described in the following clause (ii), at the time of such termination; or
(ii) if Section 12(c)(i)(B) of the Plan applies to the Grantee, on the twelve-month anniversary of the Grantee’s termination of employment, if the Performance Shares do not become Vested on or prior to such twelve-month anniversary.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, unless otherwise determined by the Company, if the Company determines that the Grantee has engaged in unfair competition by failing to comply with any restrictive covenants applicable to the Grantee under any Proprietary Information, Inventions and Restrictive Covenant Agreement (“RCA”) that applies to the Grantee, the Grantee shall forfeit any Performance Shares that have not become Vested.  In addition, if the Company makes such an unfair competition determination, it may demand and receive from the Grantee a restoration of the value of benefits the Grantee received from the Plan in reliance upon the Grantee’s commitment to enter into and remain in compliance with the RCA (as reflected in Section 19), to the fullest extent permitted by law. Accordingly, if the Company demands it, the Grantee shall, within thirty (30) days of the Company’s written demand, (x) return to the Company all the Common Shares that the Grantee has not disposed of that were issued in payment of Performance Shares that became Vested pursuant to this Agreement and an amount in cash equal to any related dividend equivalents awarded under Section 10(b) hereof, including amounts the Grantee elected to defer under Section 9 hereof, within a period of one (1) year prior to the date of the commencement of such unfair competition if the Grantee is an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, or within a period of one (1) year prior to termination of employment with the Company or a Subsidiary if the Grantee is no longer an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, and (y) with respect to any Common Shares so issued in payment of Performance Shares pursuant to this Agreement that the Grantee has disposed of, including amounts the Grantee elected to defer under Section 9 hereof, pay to the Company in cash the aggregate Market Value per Share

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of those Common Shares on the Distribution Date plus an amount in cash equal to any related dividend equivalents awarded under Section 10(b) hereof, in each case as reasonably determined by the Company.  To the extent that such amounts are not promptly paid to the Company, the Company may (to the fullest extent allowed by law) set off the amounts so payable to it against any amounts (other than amounts of non-qualified deferred compensation as so defined under Section 409A of the Code) that may be owing from time to time by the Company or a Subsidiary to the Grantee.
8. Form and Time of Payment of Performance Shares.
(a) General.  Subject to Section 7(a) and Section 8(b), payment for Vested Performance Shares will be made in Common Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole Common Share) between January 1, 2027 and March 15, 2027.

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Other Payment Events.  Notwithstanding Section 8(a), to the extent that the Performance Shares are Vested on the dates set forth below, payment with respect to the Performance Shares will be made as follows:

(i)Change in Control.  Upon a Change in Control, the Grantee is entitled to receive payment for Vested Performance Shares in Common Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole Common Share) on the date of the Change in Control.  

(ii)Death or Disability.  On the date of the Grantee’s death or the date the Grantee’s employment is terminated by the Company or any Subsidiary as a result of the Grantee becoming Disabled, the Grantee is entitled to receive payment for Vested Performance Shares in Common Shares on such date.

(iii)Termination of Employment following Change in Control.  Upon the Grantee’s termination of employment during the two-year period following the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Grantee is entitled to receive payment for Vested Performance Shares in Common Shares on the date of such termination of employment.

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, payment with respect to Vested Performance Shares shall be made in all events within the short-term deferral period specified in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(4).

9. Deferral of Performance Shares.  The Grantee may elect to defer receipt of the Common Shares underlying the Vested Performance Shares subject to this Agreement beyond the Distribution Date, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan.
10. Dividend Equivalents and Other Rights.
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securities that the Grantee may become entitled to receive pursuant to a stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, separation or reorganization or any other change in the capital structure of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. shall be subject to the same restrictions as the Performance Shares covered by this Agreement.
(b) The Grantee shall have the right to receive dividend equivalents with respect to the Common Shares underlying the Performance Shares on a deferred basis and contingent on vesting of the Performance Shares.  Dividend equivalents on the Performance Shares covered by this Agreement shall be sequestered by the Company from and after the Date of Grant until the Distribution Date, whereupon such dividend equivalents shall be paid to the Grantee in the form of cash (or credited to the Grantee’s account under the Deferred Compensation Plan, if elected) to the extent such dividend equivalents are attributable to Performance Shares that have become Vested. To the extent that Performance Shares covered by this Agreement are forfeited pursuant to Section 7 hereof, all the dividend equivalents sequestered with respect to such Performance Shares shall also be forfeited.  No interest shall be payable with respect to any such dividend equivalents.
(c) Under no circumstances will the Company distribute or credit dividend equivalents paid on Performance Shares as described in Section 10(b) until the Grantee’s Distribution Date.  The Grantee will not be entitled to vote the Common Shares underlying the Performance Shares until the Grantee receives such Common Shares on or after the Distribution Date.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10, to the extent that any of the Performance Shares Vest pursuant to this Agreement and the Grantee elects pursuant to Section 9 to defer receipt of the Common Shares underlying the Performance Shares beyond the Distribution Date in accordance with the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan, then the right to receive dividend equivalents thereafter will be governed by the Deferred Compensation Plan from and after the Distribution Date.
11. Withholding Taxes.  No later than the date as of which an amount first becomes includible in the gross income of the Grantee for applicable income and employment tax and other required withholding purposes with respect to the Performance Shares evidenced by this Agreement, the Grantee shall pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding the payment of, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount.  The Grantee agrees that any required minimum withholding obligations shall be settled by the withholding of a number of Common Shares that are payable to the Grantee upon vesting of Performance Shares under this Agreement with a value equal to the amount of such required minimum withholding.  The obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall be conditional on such payment or arrangements.
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any future awards.  This award and any payments made hereunder will not be considered salary or other compensation for purposes of any severance pay or similar allowance, except as otherwise required by law.  The Plan and this Agreement will not confer upon the Grantee any right with respect to the continuance of employment or other service with the Company or any Subsidiary and will not interfere in any way with any right that the Company or any Subsidiary would otherwise have to terminate any employment or other service of the Grantee at any time.  For purposes of this Agreement, the continuous employment of the Grantee with the Company or a Subsidiary shall not be deemed interrupted, and the Grantee shall not be deemed to have ceased to be an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, by reason of (a) the transfer of the Grantee’s employment among the Company and any Subsidiary or (b) an approved leave of absence.
13. Relation to Other Benefits.  Any economic or other benefit to the Grantee under this Agreement or the Plan will not be taken into account in determining any benefits to which the Grantee may be entitled under any profit-sharing, retirement or other benefit or compensation plan maintained by the Company or a Subsidiary and will not affect the amount of any life insurance coverage available to any beneficiary under any life insurance plan covering employees of the Company or a Subsidiary.
14. Agreement Subject to the Plan.  The Performance Shares evidenced by this Agreement and all of the terms and conditions hereof are subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan.  In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Plan, the terms of the Plan will govern.
15. Data Privacy.
(a) The Grantee hereby explicitly and unambiguously consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of the Grantee’s personal data as described in this document by and among, as applicable, the Grantee’s employer (the “Employer”), and the Company and its Subsidiaries for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Grantee’s participation in the Plan.
(b) The Grantee understands that the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Employer hold certain personal information about the Grantee, including, but not limited to, name, home address, email address and telephone number, date of birth, social security, passport or insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any Common Shares or directorships held in the Company, details of all Performance Shares or any other entitlement to Common Shares awarded, canceled, purchased, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in the Grantee’s favor for the purpose of implementing, managing and administering the Plan (“Data”).
(c) The Grantee understands that the Data may be transferred to any third parties assisting in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan, that these recipients may be located in the Grantee’s country or elsewhere (in particular the United States), and that the recipient country (e.g., the United States) may have different data privacy laws and protections than the Grantee’s country.  The Grantee

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understands that the Grantee may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Data by contacting the local human resources representative. The Grantee authorizes the Company, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC and any other possible recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing the Grantee’s participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data, as may be required to a broker or other third party with whom the Grantee may elect to deposit any Common Shares acquired under the Plan. The Grantee understands that Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage participation in the Plan. The Grantee understands that the Grantee may, at any time, view Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of the Data, require any necessary amendments to the Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, by contacting the local human resources representative in writing. The Grantee understands that refusing or withdrawing consent may affect the Grantee’s ability to participate in the Plan. For more information on the consequences of refusing to consent or withdrawing consent, the Grantee understands that the Grantee may contact the Grantee’s local human resources representative.
(d) If the Grantee is resident in California, the Grantee’s attention is drawn to Schedule 1 to this Agreement, Employee Data Privacy Notice (United States), which addresses the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended (CCPA).
16. Amendments.  Any amendment to the Plan shall be deemed to be an amendment to this Agreement to the extent that the amendment is applicable hereto; provided, however, that subject to Section 11 of the Plan and Section 20 of this Agreement, no such amendment shall adversely affect the rights of the Grantee with respect to the Performance Shares without the Grantee’s consent.
17. Severability.  In the event that one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be invalidated for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, any provision so invalidated will be deemed to be separable from the other provisions hereof, and the remaining provisions hereof will continue to be valid and fully enforceable.
18. Governing Law/Venue.  This Agreement is made under, and will be construed in accordance with, the internal substantive laws of the State of Ohio.  All legal actions or proceedings relating to this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division or the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
19. Restrictive Covenant Agreement.  The grant of the Performance Shares under this Agreement is contingent upon the Grantee having executed the most recent version of the Company’s RCA and having returned it to the Company, and the Grantee being in compliance, and remaining in compliance, with the Grantee’s obligations under the RCA.

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20. Performance Shares Subject to Clawback Policy.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (a) this Agreement and the Performance Shares covered by this Agreement (and the Grantee’s other performance-based incentive compensation or related amounts) shall be subject to the Company’s Supplemental Recovery of Funds Policy (or any similar any clawback policy applicable to the Grantee) with which the Grantee shall comply, under their terms and conditions as may be in effect from time to time, including, without limitation, to implement Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any applicable rules or regulations (including applicable rules and regulations of any national securities exchange or national securities association on which the Common Shares may be traded) (the “Compensation Recovery Policy”), and (b) the Grantee acknowledges and agrees that any and all applicable provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed superseded by and subject to the terms and conditions of the Compensation Recovery Policy from and after the effective date thereof.
21. Section 409A of the Code.  To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Agreement be designed and operated within the requirements of Section 409A of the Code (including any applicable exemptions) and, in the event of any inconsistency between any provision of this Agreement or the Plan and Section 409A of the Code, the provisions of Section 409A of the Code shall control.  Any provision in the Plan or this Agreement that is determined to violate the requirements of  Section 409A of the Code shall be void and without effect until amended to comply with Section 409A of the Code (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code and may be made by the Company without the consent of the Grantee).  Any provision that is required by Section 409A of the Code to appear in the Agreement that is not expressly set forth herein shall be deemed to be set forth herein, and the Agreement shall be administered in all respects as if such provision was expressly set forth herein.  Any reference in the Agreement to Section 409A of the Code or a Treasury Regulation section shall be deemed to include any similar or successor provisions thereto.
22. Electronic Delivery.  The Company may, in its sole discretion, deliver any documents related to the Performance Shares and the Grantee’s participation in the Plan, or future awards that may be granted under the Plan, by electronic means or request the Grantee’s consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means.  The Grantee hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, agrees to participate in the Plan through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company.

The Grantee hereby acknowledges receipt of this Agreement and accepts the right to receive the Performance Shares evidenced hereby subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the terms and conditions herein above set forth and represents that the Grantee understands the acceptance of this Agreement through an on-line or electronic system, if applicable, carries the same legal significance as if the Grantee she manually signed this Agreement.

THIS AGREEMENT is executed in the name and on behalf of the Company on the Date of Grant as set forth in the Grant Summary.

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Exhibit 10.3

EXHIBIT A

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For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

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1. “Deferred Compensation Plan”  means the Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan for Executives, in effect from time to time.
2. “Disabled” means that the Grantee is disabled within the meaning of, and begins actually to receive disability benefits pursuant to, the long-term disability plan in effect for, or applicable to, the Grantee at the relevant time.  In the event that the Company does not maintain a long-term disability plan at any relevant time, the Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, that a Grantee is “Disabled” if the Grantee meets one of the following requirements:  (a) the Grantee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, (b) the Grantee is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under the Company’s accident and health or long-term disability plan or any similar plan maintained by a third party, but excluding governmental plans, or (c) the Social Security Administration determines the Grantee to be totally disabled.
3. “Distribution Date” means the date on which the Common Shares represented by Vested Performance Shares shall be distributed to the Grantee as specified in Section 8 (or would have been so distributed absent an election under the Deferred Compensation Plan);
4. “Management Objectives” means the threshold, target and maximum goals (as set forth in the Statement of Management Objectives) established by the Committee on the Date of Grant for the Performance Period with respect to both Net Income Growth and ROIC.
5. “Net Income Growth” has the meaning set forth in the Statement of Management Objectives.
6. “Performance Period” means the three-year period commencing January 1, 2024 and ending on December 31, 2026.
7. “Return on Invested Capital” or “ROIC” has the meaning set forth in the Statement of Management Objectives.
8. “Separation from Service” shall have the meaning given in Section 409A of the Code, and references to employment termination or termination of employment in this Agreement shall be deemed to refer to a Separation from Service.  In accordance with Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h)(1)(ii) (or any similar or successor provisions), a Separation from Service shall be deemed to occur, without limitation, if the Company and the Grantee reasonably anticipate that the level of bona fide services the Grantee will perform after a certain date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) will permanently

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decrease to less than fifty percent (50%) of the average level of bona fide services provided in the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) months.
9. “Statement of Management Objectives” means the Statement of Management Objectives for the Performance Period approved by the Committee on the Date of Grant and communicated to the Grantee in writing.

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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Steven B. Hedlund, certify that:

1.     I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.;

2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.     The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)     Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)     Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)     Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)     Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.     The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)     All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)     Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

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Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Gabriel Bruno, certify that:

1.     I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.;

2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.     The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)     Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)     Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)     Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)     Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.     The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)     All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)     Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") for the three months ended March 31, 2024, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Report"), each of the undersigned officers of the Company certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer's knowledge:

(1)        The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)        The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Report.

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Gabriel Bruno

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