Fortive Corp (FTV) Risk Factors

Recent key developments

Concrete developments — dated events, named agreements and instruments, legal proceedings — that Fortive Corp surfaced in its latest filing.

• Transitioned CEO, CFO, and CPO roles in 2025 and early 2026.
• Uncertainty from the recent ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States invalidating certain tariffs previously imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (the IEEPA Ruling).
• In 2018, we split-off most of our automation and specialty platform in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction with Altra Industrial Motion Corp.2018
• In 2020, we spun-off our former Industrial Technologies segment.2020
• In 2025, we spun-off our former Precision Technologies segment.2025
• Separation from Danaher.
• Separation of Vontier.
• Separation of Ralliant.
• Subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) effective in the EU since May 2018.May 2018
• Subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) effective since January 2020.January 2020
• Certain products are medical devices regulated by the U.S. FDA and comparable foreign agencies.
• Subject to the federal False Claims Act, including qui tam or whistleblower suits.
• Approximately $417 million of 2025 sales were to the U.S. federal government, subjecting us to specific government contract laws and regulations, and contracts may be terminated, reduced, or modified at the government's convenience.2025
• Total long-term debt of approximately $3.2 billion as of December 31, 2025.2025-12-31
• As of December 31, 2025, the net carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets was approximately $9.5 billion.2025-12-31
• Restructuring activities relate to our recent separation of Ralliant.
• IRS could determine any Separation Transaction taxable on audit under Sections 355(a) and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code.