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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004

OR

For the transition period from              to             

Commission File Number 1-11442

CHART INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

5885 Landerbrook Dr., Suite 205, Cleveland, Ohio 44124

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (ZIP Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (440) 753-1490

Not Applicable

(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)

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  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.    Yes  x    No  ¨

At September 30, 2004, there were 5,358,075 outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $.01 per share.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

CHART INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

The balance sheet at December 31, 2003 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CHART INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

(Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

See accompanying notes to these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, including Note A – Basis of Preparation, describing the Reorganized Company and Predecessor Company. The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

(Dollars in thousands)

See accompanying notes to these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, including Note A – Basis of Preparation, describing the Reorganized Company and Predecessor Company. The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CHART INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — September 30, 2004

(Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

NOTE A — Basis of Preparation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Chart Industries, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. Operating results for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2004. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.

Nature of Operations: The Company is a leading global supplier of standard and custom-engineered products and systems serving a wide variety of low-temperature and cryogenic applications. The Company has developed an expertise in cryogenic systems and equipment, which operate at low temperatures sometimes approaching absolute zero. The majority of the Company’s products, including vacuum-insulated containment vessels, heat exchangers, cold boxes and other cryogenic components, are used throughout the liquid-gas supply chain for the purification, liquefaction, distribution, storage and use of industrial gases and hydrocarbons. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, the Company has domestic operations located in seven states and an international presence in Australia, China, the Czech Republic, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Use of Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Principles of Consolidation: The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. Intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation. Investments in affiliates where the Company’s ownership is between 20 percent and 50 percent, or where the Company does not have control but has the ability to exercise significant influence over operations or financial policy, are accounted for under the equity method. The Company’s Chart Heat Exchangers Limited (“CHEL”) subsidiary, which is 100 percent owned by the Company, filed for a voluntary administration under the U.K. Insolvency Act 1986, as more fully described in Note G. Because CHEL is not under the control of the Company subsequent to March 28, 2003, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include the accounts or results of CHEL subsequent to March 28, 2003.

Basis of Presentation: On July 8, 2003, the Company and all of its then majority-owned U.S. subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to implement an agreed upon senior debt restructuring plan through a pre-packaged plan of reorganization. None of the Company’s non-U.S. subsidiaries were included in the filing in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”). On September 15, 2003, the Company (as reorganized, the “Reorganized Company” or “Reorganized Chart”) and all of its then majority-owned U.S. subsidiaries emerged from Chapter 11 proceedings pursuant to the Amended Joint Prepackaged Reorganization Plan of Chart Industries, Inc. and Certain Subsidiaries, dated September 3, 2003 (the “Reorganization Plan”), which the Bankruptcy Court confirmed by an order entered on September 4, 2003. Under the Reorganization Plan, the Company’s senior debt of $255,746 and related interest and fees of $1,861 were converted into a $120,000 secured term loan, with the balance of the existing senior debt being cancelled in return for an initial 95 percent equity ownership position in the Reorganized Company, and Chart’s $40,000 secured debtor-in-possession financing facility was amended and restated as a $40,000 post-bankruptcy secured revolving credit facility. On September 15, 2003, all of the Company’s common stock, warrants, options and other rights to acquire the Company’s common stock were cancelled, and the Company’s former stockholders received five percent of the initial equity of the Reorganized Company and the opportunity to acquire up to an additional five percent of equity through the exercise of new warrants.

The Company’s emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings resulted in a new reporting entity and the adoption of fresh-start accounting in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) Statement of Position 90-7, “Financial Reporting by Entities in Reorganization Under the Bankruptcy Code” (“SOP 90-7”) (“Fresh-Start accounting”). The Company used September 30, 2003 as the date for adopting Fresh-Start accounting in order to coincide with the Company’s normal financial closing for the month of September 2003. Upon adoption of Fresh-Start accounting, a new reporting entity was deemed to be created and the recorded amounts of assets and liabilities were adjusted to reflect their estimated fair values. Accordingly, the reported historical financial statements of the Company prior to the adoption of Fresh-Start accounting (the “Predecessor Company”) for periods ended prior to September 30, 2003 are not necessarily comparable to those of the Reorganized Company. In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, references to the Company’s three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2003 refer to the Predecessor Company.

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — September 30, 2004

(Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

NOTE A — Basis of Preparation – Continued

Inventories: Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market with cost being determined by the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method. The components of inventory are as follows:

Revenue Recognition: For the majority of the Company’s products, revenue is recognized when products are shipped, title has transferred and collection is reasonably assured. For these products, there is also persuasive evidence of an arrangement, and the selling price to the buyer is fixed or determinable. For heat exchangers, cold boxes, liquefied natural gas fueling stations and engineered tanks, the Company uses the percentage of completion method of accounting. Earned revenue is based on the percentage that incurred costs to date bear to total estimated costs at completion after giving effect to the most current estimates. The cumulative impact of revisions in total cost estimates during the progress of work is reflected in the period in which these changes become known. Earned revenue reflects the original contract price adjusted for agreed upon claims and change orders, if any. Losses expected to be incurred on contracts in process, after consideration of estimated minimum recoveries from claims and change orders, are charged to operations as soon as such losses are known. Timing of amounts billed on contracts varies from contract to contract causing significant variation in working capital needs.

Product Warranties: The Company provides product warranties with varying terms and durations for the majority of its products. The Company records warranty expense in cost of sales. The changes in the Company’s

consolidated warranty reserve during the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 are as follows:

Reorganization Value in Excess of Amounts Allocable to Identifiable Assets and Other Intangible Assets: In order to apply Fresh-Start accounting for intangible assets, the Company engaged an independent valuation specialist to identify and value its intangible assets. The specialist conducted extensive interviews with the Company’s management to identify intangible assets including unpatented technology, patented technology, patents, customer base and trademarks and trade names, and used discounted cash flow techniques to estimate a total fair value of $51,983 for these intangible assets. As part of the Fresh-Start accounting adjustments, the Company wrote-off Predecessor Company goodwill of $74,977 as of September 30, 2003 and recorded an intangible asset for the reorganization value in excess of amounts allocable to identifiable assets (“Reorganization Value”) in the amount of $76,540 at September 30, 2003.

In September 2004, the Company reduced Reorganization Value by $1,277, in accordance with SOP 90-7, related to certain tax elections made during the finalization of its 2003 corporate tax return filed in September 2004 related to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2003, the date of adoption for Fresh-Start accounting.

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CHART INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — September 30, 2004

(Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

NOTE A — Basis of Preparation – Continued

In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141, “Business Combinations,” and SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” the Company is treating Reorganization Value similar to goodwill and does not amortize it or other indefinite lived intangible assets, but reviews them at least annually for impairment using a measurement date of October 1. The Company amortizes intangible assets that have finite useful lives over their useful lives.

SFAS No. 142 requires that indefinite lived intangible assets be tested for impairment and that the Reorganization Value be tested for impairment at the reporting unit level on an annual basis. Under SFAS No. 142, a company determines the fair value of any indefinite lived intangible assets, compares the fair value to its carrying value and records an impairment loss if the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Reorganization Value is treated like goodwill and is tested utilizing a two-step approach. After recording any impairment losses for indefinite lived intangible assets, a company is required to determine the fair value of each reporting unit and compare the fair value to its carrying value, including Reorganization Value, of such reporting unit (step one). If the fair value exceeds the carrying value, no impairment loss would be recognized. If the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the Reorganization Value of the reporting unit may be impaired. The amount of the impairment, if any, would then be measured in step two, which compares the implied fair value of reporting unit Reorganization Value with the carrying amount of that Reorganization Value. The Company is currently in the process of conducting its 2004 annual impairment tests of Reorganization Value, trademarks and trade names as of October 1, 2004.

The following table displays the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization for all intangible assets.

Amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets was $702 and $388 for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively; $2,107 and $1,166 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively; and is estimated to be approximately $2,800 annually for fiscal years 2004 through 2008.

Capital Structure: On February 26, 2004, the Company sold 28,797 shares of common stock to its Chief Executive Officer at a price of $13.89 per share, which was based on the estimated enterprise value of the Company upon its

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — September 30, 2004

(Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

NOTE A — Basis of Preparation – Continued

emergence from bankruptcy as determined by a financial advisor. Since the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on this date was $29.00 per share, the Company recorded $435 as compensation expense in the first quarter of 2004.

Employee Stock Options: All of the Predecessor Company’s employee stock options (the “Old Options”) were cancelled on September 15, 2003 as part of the Reorganization Plan. Both the Predecessor Company and the Reorganized Company have elected to follow the intrinsic value method of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”) and related interpretations in accounting for employee stock options. Under APB 25, because the exercise price of the Predecessor Company’s employee stock options equaled the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant, the Predecessor Company did not recognize compensation expense.

The Reorganization Plan allows for the issuance of new employee stock options to employees of the Company. On March 19, 2004, the Company granted 435,701 options to purchase shares of the Company’s new common stock (the “New Options”) with an exercise price of $13.89 per share when the closing market price of the Company’s common stock was $28.00 per share. These non-qualified stock options are exercisable for a period of 10 years and have two different vesting schedules: 319,701 options vest in equal annual installments over a four-year period and 116,000 options vest over a 45- month period commencing April 1, 2004 based upon the achievement of specific operating performance goals during that 45-month period as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The 319,701 New Options on the time-based vesting schedule are being accounted for as a fixed compensatory plan under APB 25. For these options, the Company expects to record $4,313 as compensation expense over the vesting period based on the $14.11 difference between the closing market price and the exercise price on the date of grant. The 116,000 New Options on the performance-based vesting schedule are being accounted for as a variable compensatory plan under APB 25. For these options, the Company will record compensation expense over the vesting period based upon the difference between the closing market price of the Company’s stock and the exercise price at each balance sheet measurement date, and the Company’s estimate of the number of options that will ultimately vest based upon actual and estimated performance in comparison to the performance targets.

As of September 30, 2004, 14,000 new options on the time based vesting schedule and 14,000 new options on the performance based vesting schedule have been cancelled, and 5,000 additional New Options on the time based vesting schedule and 5,000 additional New Options on the performance based vesting schedule have been issued at the closing market price on the date of grant. The 5,000 new options with the time based vesting schedule are being accounted for as a fixed compensatory plan under APB 25. For these options, the Company will record no compensation expense since the exercise price was equal to the market price at the date of grant. The 5,000 new options with the performance based vesting schedule are being accounted for as a variable compensatory pan under APB 25 and the Company will record compensation expense using the same method as the initial 116,000 performance based options.

The New Options generally may not be transferred, and any shares of stock that are acquired upon exercise of the New Options generally may not be sold, transferred, assigned or disposed of except under certain predefined liquidity events or in the event of a change in control. For the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004, the Company recorded $326 and $734, respectively, in compensation expense related to the time-based vesting New Options. For the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 the Company recorded $423 and $630, respectively, in compensation expense related to the performance-based vesting New Options.

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CHART INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — September 30, 2004

(Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

NOTE A — Basis of Preparation – Continued

The Company’s pro forma disclosures showing the estimated fair value of employee stock options, amortized to expense over their vesting periods, are as follows:

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — September 30, 2004

(Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

NOTE B — Debt and Credit Arrangements

On July 8, 2003, the Predecessor Company and all of its then majority-owned U.S. subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to implement an agreed upon senior debt restructuring plan through a pre-packaged plan of reorganization. None of the Company’s non-U.S. subsidiaries were included in the filing in the Bankruptcy Court.

In conjunction with the filing of its Reorganization Plan, on July 17, 2003, the Predecessor Company entered into a debtor-in-possession credit facility (the “DIP Credit Facility”) with certain of its senior lenders. The DIP Credit Facility provided a revolving credit line of $40,000, of which $30,000 could also be used for the issuance of letters of credit. Loans under the DIP Credit Facility bore interest at rates equal to the prime rate plus 1.50 percent or LIBOR plus 2.50 percent. On August 13, 2003, the Bankruptcy Court entered a final order approving the DIP Credit Facility. The DIP Credit Facility expired on September 15, 2003, the bankruptcy consummation date.

On September 15, 2003, the Company and all of its then majority-owned U.S. subsidiaries emerged from Chapter 11 proceedings pursuant to the Reorganization Plan, which the Bankruptcy Court confirmed by an order entered on September 4, 2003. Under the Reorganization Plan, the Predecessor Company’s senior debt of $255,746 and related interest and fees of $1,861 were converted into a $120,000 secured term loan, with the balance of the existing senior debt being cancelled in return for an initial 95 percent equity ownership position in the Reorganized Company, and the Predecessor Company’s $40,000 secured DIP Credit Facility was amended and restated as a $40,000 post-bankruptcy secured revolving credit facility. On September 15, 2003, all of the Predecessor Company’s common stock, warrants, options and other rights to acquire the Predecessor Company’s common stock were cancelled, and the Predecessor Company’s former stockholders received five percent of the initial equity of the Reorganized Company and the opportunity to acquire up to an additional five percent of equity through the exercise of 280,281 newly issued warrants. These warrants to acquire new common stock have an exercise price of $32.97 per share and are exercisable for a period of seven years, subject to early termination in certain cases.

Effective September 15, 2003, the Reorganized Company entered into a new term loan agreement and revolving credit facility (collectively, the “Credit Facility”) and granted a security interest in substantially all of the assets of the Company to the agent bank as representative of the senior lenders. The Credit Facility provides a term loan of $120,000 with final maturity in 2009 and a revolving credit line of $40,000 that expires September 15, 2008, of which $30,000 may be used for the issuance of letters of credit. Under the terms of the Credit Facility, term loans bear interest, at the Company’s option, at rates equal to the prime rate plus 2.50 percent or LIBOR plus 3.50 percent and the revolving credit line bears interest, at the Company’s option, at rates equal to the prime rate plus 1.50 percent or LIBOR plus 2.50 percent. The Company is also required to pay a commitment fee of 0.375 percent per annum on the unused amount of the revolving credit line of the Credit Facility.

The Credit Facility contains certain covenants and conditions which impose limitations on the Company and its operating units, including a restriction on the payment of cash dividends and a requirement to meet certain financial tests and to maintain on a quarterly basis certain consolidated financial ratios, including maximum leverage (calculated as total debt divided by earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and restructuring charges (“EBITDAR”)), minimum interest coverage ratio (calculated as EBITDAR divided by interest expense), minimum fixed charge coverage ratio (calculated as EBITDAR less capital expenditures divided by the sum of interest expense, scheduled debt payments and taxes paid), minimum EBITDAR and maximum capital expenditures. The Credit Facility also contains a feature whereby if the Company generates cash from operations above a pre-defined calculated amount, the Company is required to use a portion of that cash to make a pre-payment on the term loan portion of the Credit Facility.

At September 30, 2004, the Company had borrowings outstanding of $86,943 under the term loan portion of the Credit Facility and letters of credit outstanding and bank guarantees totaling $20,653 supported by the revolving credit line portion of the Credit Facility. On April 30, 2004 and September 27, 2004, the Company made voluntary pre-payments on the term loan portion of the Credit Facility for $10,000 and $12,000 respectively. These pre-payments reduced all future scheduled term loan amortization on a pro-rata basis.

The Predecessor Company’s senior debt credit facility required the Company to enter into two interest rate derivative contracts (collars) in March 1999 to manage interest rate risk exposure relative to term loan debt. One of these collars, with a notional amount of $20,438 at September 30, 2004, continues to be outstanding after the bankruptcy and expires in March 2006. The fair value of this collar is reported in accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet, and changes in the fair value of the collar are recorded on a quarterly basis and reported in derivative contracts valuation income (expense) in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations.

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — September 30, 2004

(Dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)

NOTE C — Net Income (Loss) per Share

The calculations of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 are set forth below. The assumed conversion of the Company’s potentially dilutive securities (employee stock options and warrants) was not dilutive for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2003. As a result, the calculations of diluted net loss per share for the three and nine-month period ended September 30, 2003 set forth below do not reflect any assumed conversion.