Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The Company is subject to market risk associated with changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates as well as inflationary factors. The Company may, from time to time, enter into foreign currency forward contracts and interest rate swaps on its debt when it believes there is a financial advantage in doing so. A treasury risk management policy, adopted by the Board of Directors, describes the procedures and controls over derivative financial and commodity instruments, including foreign currency forward contracts and interest rate swaps. Under the policy, the Company does not use financial or commodity derivative instruments for trading purposes and the use of these instruments is subject to strict approvals by senior officers. Typically, the use of derivative instruments is limited to foreign currency forward contracts and interest rate swaps on the Company’s outstanding long-term debt. As of September 30, 2022, the Company did not have any derivative instruments outstanding.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rates

The Company’s foreign currency exchange rate risk is limited principally to the Euro, Swiss Franc, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Indian Rupee, Chinese Renminbi and Swedish Krona. The Company manages its foreign exchange risk principally through invoicing customers in the same currency as the source of products. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are reported within Other (income) expense - net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

Interest Rate Fluctuations

The Company does not have significant interest rate exposure due to all of the $1,200.1 million of debt outstanding as of September 30, 2022 being fixed rate debt. The Company’s Revolving Facility bears interest at either an alternate base rate or adjusted LIBOR plus, in each case, an applicable margin. At September 30, 2022, there was no balance outstanding under the Revolving Facility; however, as discussed above in the “Liquidity and Capital Resources” section of this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, the Company expects to fund the recently announced acquisition of the Muon Group with $150.0 million from the Company’s Revolving Facility and $200.0 million of proceeds from a new debt issuance, which would be subject to interest rate fluctuations.

Inflation Risk

We source a wide variety of materials and components from a network of global suppliers. While such materials are typically available from numerous suppliers, they are subject to price fluctuations, which could have a negative impact on our results. We seek to minimize the effects of inflation and changing prices through price increases to maintain reasonable gross margins.