Item 2. PROPERTIES

Our principal office is located in leased premises in London, United Kingdom, and our management office in the United States is located in leased premises in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Our operations are conducted in facilities throughout the world. These facilities house manufacturing and distribution operations, as well as sales and marketing, engineering and administrative offices.

We carry out our Water Quality Systems manufacturing operations at 12 plants located throughout the United States and at 7 plants located in 6 other countries. In addition, Water Quality Systems has 15 distribution facilities, 14 sales offices and 1 service center located in numerous countries throughout the world.

We carry out our Flow & Filtration Solutions manufacturing operations at 8 plants located throughout the United States and at 12 plants located in 8 other countries. In addition, Flow & Filtration Solutions has 14 distribution facilities, 14 sales offices and 10 service centers located in numerous countries throughout the world.

We carry out our Technical Solutions manufacturing operations at 9 plants located throughout the United States and at 11 plants located in 9 other countries. In addition, Technical Solutions has 16 distribution facilities, 52 sales offices and 3 service centers located in numerous countries throughout the world.

We believe that our production facilities are suitable for their purpose and are adequate to support our businesses.