IDEX CORP /DE/ — Regulatory Filings 2021

Apr 28, 2021

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report: April 27, 2021

(Date of earliest event reported)

IDEX CORP ORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-10235	36-3555336
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)		Identification No.)

3100 Sanders Road , Suite 301

Northbrook , Illinois 60062

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

( 847 ) 498-7070

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	IEX	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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. ☐

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On April 27, 2021, IDEX Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Airtech Group, Inc., US Valve Corporation and related entities (“Airtech”) for cash consideration of $470.0 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. Based in Rutherford, New Jersey, Airtech engineers and manufactures high performance regenerative blowers, pneumatic valves, air compressors and vacuum pumps. Airtech will be part of the Company’s GAST reporting unit within the Health & Science Technologies segment. The Company expects to close the transaction by the end of the second quarter of 2021, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

A copy of the press release relating to the transaction is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Exhibits

99.1 Press release dated April 27, 2021.

104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.

IDEX CORPORATION
By:	/s/ WILLIAM K. GROGAN
	William K. Grogan
	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
April 28, 2021

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press release dated April 27, 2021
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)