Ireland
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001-38848
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98-1455064
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
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+353 1232 2000
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Title of each class
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Trading
Symbol(s)
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Name of each exchange
on which registered
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Ordinary Shares, $0.001 par value
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STE
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New York Stock Exchange
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2.700% Senior Notes due 2031
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STE/31
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New York Stock Exchange
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3.750% Senior Notes due 2051
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STE/51
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New York Stock Exchange |
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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Press Release, dated April 27, 2021.
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104
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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the failure to obtain Cantel’s stockholder approval of the Acquisition;
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the possibility that the closing conditions to the Acquisition may not be satisfied or waived, including that a governmental entity may prohibit, delay or refuse to grant a necessary regulatory approval and any conditions imposed on
the combined entity in connection with consummation of the Acquisition;
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delay in closing the Acquisition or the possibility of non-consummation of the Acquisition;
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the risk that the cost savings and any other synergies from the Acquisition may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected, including that the Acquisition may not be accretive within the expected timeframe or to
the extent anticipated;
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the occurrence of any event that could give rise to termination of the merger agreement;
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the risk that shareholder/stockholder litigation in connection with the Acquisition may affect the timing or occurrence of the Acquisitions or result in significant costs of defense, indemnification and liability;
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risks related to the disruption of the Acquisition to STERIS, Cantel and our respective managements;
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risks relating to the value of the STERIS shares to be issued in the transaction;
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the effect of announcement of the Acquisition on our ability to retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with customers, suppliers and other third parties;
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the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on STERIS’s or Cantel’s operations, performance, results, prospects, or value;
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STERIS’s ability to achieve the expected benefits regarding the accounting and tax treatments of the redomiciliation to Ireland (“Redomiciliation”);
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STERIS’s ability to achieve the expected benefits regarding the accounting and tax treatments of the Acquisition;
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operating costs, Customer loss and business disruption (including, without limitation, difficulties in maintaining relationships with employees, Customers, clients or suppliers) being greater than expected following the
Redomiciliation;
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STERIS’s ability to meet expectations regarding the accounting and tax treatment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) or the possibility that anticipated benefits resulting from the TCJA will be less than estimated;
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changes in tax laws or interpretations that could increase our consolidated tax liabilities, including changes in tax laws that would result in STERIS being treated as a domestic corporation for United States federal tax purposes;
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the potential for increased pressure on pricing or costs that leads to erosion of profit margins;
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the possibility that market demand will not develop for new technologies, products or applications or services, or business initiatives will take longer, cost more or produce lower benefits than anticipated;
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the possibility that application of or compliance with laws, court rulings, certifications, regulations, regulatory actions, including without limitation any of the same relating to FDA, EPA or other regulatory authorities, government
investigations, the outcome of any pending or threatened FDA, EPA or other regulatory warning notices, actions, requests, inspections or submissions, or other requirements or standards may delay, limit or prevent new product or service
introductions, affect the production, supply and/or marketing of existing products or services or otherwise affect STERIS’s or Cantel’s performance, results, prospects or value;
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the potential of international unrest, economic downturn or effects of currencies, tax assessments, tariffs and/or other trade barriers, adjustments or anticipated rates, raw material costs or availability, benefit or retirement plan
costs, or other regulatory compliance costs;
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the possibility of reduced demand, or reductions in the rate of growth in demand, for STERIS’s or Cantel’s products and services;
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the possibility of delays in receipt of orders, order cancellations, or delays in the manufacture or shipment of ordered products or in the provision of services;
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the possibility that anticipated growth, cost savings, new product acceptance, performance or approvals, or other results may not be achieved, or that transition, labor, competition, timing, execution, regulatory, governmental, or
other issues or risks associated with STERIS’s and Cantel’s businesses, industry or initiatives including, without limitation, those matters described in STERIS’s and Cantel’s respective Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended
March 31, 2020 and July 31, 2020, respectively and other securities filings, may adversely impact STERIS’s and/or Cantel’s performance, results, prospects or value;
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the impact on STERIS and its operations, or tax liabilities, of Brexit or the exit of other member countries from the EU, and STERIS’s ability to respond to such impacts;
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the impact on STERIS, Cantel and their respective operations of any legislation, regulations or orders, including but not limited to any new trade or tax legislation, regulations or orders, that may be implemented by the U.S.
administration or Congress, or of any responses thereto;
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the possibility that anticipated financial results or benefits of recent acquisitions, including the acquisition of Key Surgical, or of STERIS’s restructuring efforts, or of recent divestitures, or of restructuring plans will not be
realized or will be other than anticipated;
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the effects of contractions in credit availability, as well as the ability of STERIS’s and Cantel’s Customers and suppliers to adequately access the credit markets when needed;
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STERIS’s ability to complete the acquisition of Cantel, including the fulfillment of closing conditions and obtaining financing, on terms satisfactory to STERIS or at all; and
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other risks described in STERIS’s and Cantel’s respective most recent Annual Reports on Form 10-K and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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STERIS plc
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By
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/s/ J. Adam Zangerle
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Name:
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J. Adam Zangerle
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Title:
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Company Secretary
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Company expects to close the Cantel Medical acquisition by June 2, 2021, pending shareholder vote
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the failure to obtain Cantel stockholder approval of the proposed transaction;
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the possibility that the closing conditions to the proposed transaction may not be satisfied or waived, including that a
governmental entity may prohibit, delay or refuse to grant a necessary regulatory approval and any conditions imposed on the combined entity in connection with consummation of the proposed transaction;
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delay in closing the proposed transaction or the possibility of non-consummation of the proposed transaction;
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the risk that the cost savings and any other synergies from the proposed transaction may not be fully realized or may take
longer to realize than expected, including that the proposed transaction may not be accretive within the expected timeframe or to the extent anticipated;
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the occurrence of any event that could give rise to termination of the merger agreement;
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the risk that shareholder/stockholder litigation in connection with the proposed transaction may affect the timing or
occurrence of the proposed transactions or result in significant costs of defense, indemnification and liability;
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risks related to the disruption of the proposed transaction to STERIS, Cantel and our respective managements;
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risks relating to the value of the STERIS shares to be issued in the transaction;
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the effect of announcement of the proposed transaction on our ability to retain and hire key personnel and maintain
relationships with customers, suppliers and other third parties;
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the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on STERIS’s or Cantel’s operations, performance, results, prospects, or value;
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STERIS’s ability to achieve the expected benefits regarding the accounting and tax treatments of the redomiciliation to
Ireland (“Redomiciliation”);
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STERIS’s ability to achieve the expected benefits regarding the accounting and tax treatments of the Acquisition;
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operating costs, Customer loss and business disruption (including, without limitation, difficulties in maintaining
relationships with employees, Customers, clients or suppliers) being greater than expected following the Redomiciliation;
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STERIS’s ability to meet expectations regarding the accounting and tax treatment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) or the
possibility that anticipated benefits resulting from the TCJA will be less than estimated;
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changes in tax laws or interpretations that could increase our consolidated tax liabilities, including changes in tax laws
that would result in STERIS being treated as a domestic corporation for United States federal tax purposes;
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the potential for increased pressure on pricing or costs that leads to erosion of profit margins;
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•
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the possibility that market demand will not develop for new technologies, products or applications or services, or business
initiatives will take longer, cost more or produce lower benefits than anticipated;
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•
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the possibility that application of or compliance with laws, court rulings, certifications, regulations, regulatory actions,
including without limitation any of the same relating to FDA, EPA or other regulatory authorities, government investigations, the outcome of any pending or threatened FDA, EPA or other regulatory warning notices, actions, requests,
inspections or submissions, or other requirements or standards may delay, limit or prevent new product or service introductions, affect the production, supply and/or marketing of existing products or services or otherwise affect STERIS’s or
Cantel’s performance, results, prospects or value;
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the potential of international unrest, economic downturn or effects of currencies, tax assessments, tariffs and/or other trade
barriers, adjustments or anticipated rates, raw material costs or availability, benefit or retirement plan costs, or other regulatory compliance costs;
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the possibility of reduced demand, or reductions in the rate of growth in demand, for STERIS’s or Cantel’s products and
services;
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the possibility of delays in receipt of orders, order cancellations, or delays in the manufacture or shipment of ordered
products or in the provision of services;
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the possibility that anticipated growth, cost savings, new product acceptance, performance or approvals, or other results may
not be achieved, or that transition, labor, competition, timing, execution, regulatory, governmental, or other issues or risks associated with STERIS’s and Cantel’s businesses, industry or initiatives including, without limitation, those
matters described in STERIS’s and Cantel’s respective Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2020 and July 31, 2020, respectively, and other securities filings, may adversely impact STERIS’s and/or Cantel’s performance,
results, prospects or value;
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the impact on STERIS and its operations, or tax liabilities, of Brexit or the exit of other member countries from the EU, and
STERIS’s ability to respond to such impacts;
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the impact on STERIS, Cantel and their respective operations of any legislation, regulations or orders, including but not
limited to any new trade or tax legislation, regulations or orders, that may be implemented by the U.S. administration or Congress, or of any responses thereto;
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the possibility that anticipated financial results or benefits of recent acquisitions, including the acquisition of Key
Surgical, or of STERIS’s restructuring efforts, or of recent divestitures, or of restructuring plans will not be realized or will be other than anticipated;
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the effects of contractions in credit availability, as well as the ability of STERIS’s and Cantel’s Customers and suppliers to
adequately access the credit markets when needed;
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STERIS’s ability to complete the acquisition of Cantel, including the fulfillment of closing conditions and obtaining
financing, on terms satisfactory to STERIS or at all; and
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other risks described in STERIS’s and Cantel’s respective most recent Annual Reports on Form 10-K and other reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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Non-GAAP financial measures are presented with the intent of providing greater transparency to supplemental financial information used by
management and the Board of Directors in their financial analysis and operational decision making. These amounts are disclosed so that the reader has the same financial data that management uses with the belief that it will assist
investors and other readers in making comparisons to our historical operating results and analyzing the underlying performance of our operations for the periods presented.
Management and the Board of Directors believe that the presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures, when considered along with our GAAP
financial measures and the reconciliation to the corresponding GAAP financial measures, provides the reader with a more complete understanding of the factors and trends affecting our business than could be obtained absent this
disclosure. It is important for the reader to note that the non-GAAP financial measure used may be calculated differently from, and therefore may not be comparable to, a similarly titled measure used by other companies.
To measure the percentage organic revenue growth, the Company removes the impact of acquisitions and divestitures that affect the comparability
and trends in revenue. To measure the percentage constant currency organic revenue growth, the impact of changes in currency exchange rates and acquisitions and divestitures that affect the comparability and trends in revenue are
removed. The impact of changes in currency exchange rates is calculated by translating current year results at prior year average currency exchange rates.
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Twelve months ended March 31, (Preliminary Unaudited)
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As reported, GAAP
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Impact of Acquisitions
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Impact of Divestitures
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Impact of Foreign Currency Movements
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GAAP Growth
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Organic Growth
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Constant Currency Organic Growth
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2021
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2020
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2021
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2020
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2021
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2021
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2021
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2021
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Total revenues
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$
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3,108
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$
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3,031
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$
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49
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$
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—
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$
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24
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2.5
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%
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0.9
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%
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0.1
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%
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Twelve months ended March 31, 2021 (Preliminary Unaudited)
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Income from Operations
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GAAP | $ | 548 |
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Adjustments:
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Amortization of acquired intangible assets
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84
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Acquisition and integration related charges
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36
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Redomiciliation and tax restructuring costs
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2
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(Gain) on fair value adjustment of acquisition related contingent consideration
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(1
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Net loss on divestiture of businesses
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2
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Amortization of inventory and property “step up” to fair value
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5
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COVID-19 incremental costs
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26
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Restructuring charges (credit)
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(3
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Adjusted
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$ |
699
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The following table presents a financial measure which is considered to be “non-GAAP financial measures”
under Securities Exchange Commission rules. Free cash flow is defined by the Company as cash flows from operating activities less purchases of property, plant, equipment and intangibles (capital expenditures) plus proceeds from the sale
of property, plant, equipment and intangibles. The Company uses free cash flow as a measure to gauge its ability to pay cash dividends, fund growth outside of core operations, fund future debt principal repayments, and repurchase shares.
STERIS’s calculation of free cash flows may vary from other companies.
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Twelve months ended
March 31, 2021
(Preliminary Unaudited)
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Calculation of Free Cash Flow:
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Cash flows from operating activities
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686
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Purchases of property, plant, equipment, and intangibles, net
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(239
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Free Cash Flow
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$
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447
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