Company: SXI
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001437749-25-024450
Chunk: 1028

Company: STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP/DE/
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 6
Chunk 1028
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 potential new tariffs on global trade and economic growth, our regional presence, strong customer relationships, and our disciplined approach to pricing and productivity actions position us well to manage through these challenges. We monitor the regulatory environment and continue to make adjustments whenever it is deemed necessary.  Most of our supply chain is strategically located to service regional demand. We plan to continue to invest in our key strategic growth priorities while closely managing our cost structure and driving productivity and pricing actions and seeking alternate sources of supply to further reduce the impact of tariffs as appropriate.

Inflation – Certain of our expenses, such as wages and benefits, occupancy costs, freight and equipment repair and replacement, are subject to normal inflationary pressures. Inflation for medical costs can impact both our employee benefit costs as well as our reserves for workers' compensation claims. We monitor the inflationary rate and make adjustments to reserves whenever it is deemed necessary. Our ability to control worker compensation insurance medical cost inflation is dependent upon our ability to manage claims and purchase insurance coverage to limit the maximum exposure for us. Each of our segments is subject to the effects of changing raw material costs caused by the underlying commodity price movements. We have experienced price fluctuations for a number of materials including rhodium, steel, and other metal commodities. These materials are some of the key elements in the products manufactured in these segments.  Wherever possible, we will implement price increases to offset the impact of changing prices.  The ultimate acceptance of these price increases will be impacted by our affected divisions’ respective competitors and the timing of their price increases. In general, we do not enter into purchase contracts that extend beyond one operating cycle. While Standex considers our relationship with our suppliers to be good, there can be no assurances that we will not experience any supply shortage.

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Foreign Currency Translation – Our primary functional currencies used by our non-U.S. subsidiaries are the Euro, British Pound Sterling (Pound), Japanese (Yen), Mexican Peso, Chinese (Yuan), and Indian (Rupee).

Defined Benefit Pension Plans – We record expenses related to these plans based upon various actuarial assumptions such as discount rates and assumed rates of returns.  The Company’s pension plan is frozen for all eligible U.S. employees and participants in the plan ceased accruing future benefits. 

Environmental Matters – To the best of our knowledge, we believe that we are presently in substantial compliance with all existing applicable environmental laws and regulations and do not anticipate any instances of non-compliance that will have a material effect