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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 (Date of earliest event reported): October 25, 2018

Commission file number 001-38265 

nVent Electric plc

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) 
 
 
 
 
Ireland
 
98-1391970
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification number)

The Mille, 1000 Great West Road, 8th Floor (East), London, TW8 9DW, United Kingdom
(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 44-20-3966-0279
 
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ITEM 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
On October 25, 2018, nVent Electric plc (the "Company") issued a press release dated announcing earnings results for the third quarter of 2018 and a conference call in connection therewith. A copy of the release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
This press release refers to certain non-GAAP financial measures (organic sales, segment income, segment income excluding corporate costs, return on sales, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share and free cash flow) and a reconciliation of those non-GAAP financial measures to the corresponding financial measures contained in the Company's financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
The 2018 segment income, segment income excluding corporate costs, return on sales, adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share ("EPS") eliminate certain targeted restructuring activities, intangible amortization, separation costs, corporate allocations, interest expense adjustments, pension adjustments and certain tax items. The 2017 segment income, segment income excluding corporate costs and return on sales eliminate certain targeted restructuring activities, intangible amortization, trade and other impairments, separation costs and corporate allocations.
We use the term "organic sales" to refer to GAAP net sales excluding 1) the impact of currency translation and 2) the impact of revenue from acquired businesses recorded prior to the first anniversary of the acquisition less the amount of sales attributable to divested product lines not considered discontinued operations ("acquisition sales"). The portion of GAAP net sales attributable to currency translation is calculated as the difference between (a) the period-to-period change in net sales (excluding acquisition sales) and (b) the period-to-period change in net sales (excluding acquisition sales) after applying current period foreign exchange rates to the prior year period. We use the term "organic sales growth" to refer to the measure of comparing current period organic net sales with the corresponding period of the prior year.
Management utilizes these adjusted financial measures to assess the run-rate of its continuing operations against those of prior periods without the distortion of these factors. The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures will be useful to investors as well to assess the continuing strength of the Company's underlying operations. These non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
The Company uses free cash flow to assess its cash flow performance. The Company believes free cash flow is an important measure of liquidity because it provides the Company and its investors a measurement of cash generated from operations that is available to pay dividends and repay debt. In addition, free cash flow is used as criterion to measure and pay compensation-based incentives. The Company's measure of free cash flow may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a)
Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired
 
 
Not applicable.
 
(b)
Pro Forma Financial Information
 
 
Not applicable.
 
(c)
Shell Company Transactions
 
 
Not applicable.
 
(d)
Exhibits
 
 
The exhibit listed in the following Exhibit Index is provided as part of the information furnished under Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K:
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
 
Description
 
nVent Electric plc press release dated October 25, 2018 announcing earnings results for the third quarter of 2018









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, thereunto duly authorized, on October 25, 2018.
 
 
 
 
 
nVent Electric PLC
 
Registrant
 
 
 
 
By
/s/ Stacy P. McMahan
 
 
Stacy P. McMahan
 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer