Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
Refer to the section below entitled "Special Notes Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" for a discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ from the forward-looking statements contained below and throughout this quarterly report.
OVERVIEW
Dover Corporation ("Dover" or the "Company") owns a global portfolio of manufacturing companies providing innovative components and equipment, specialty systems and support services for a variety of applications in the industrial products, engineered systems, fluid management and electronic technologies markets. Dover discusses its operations at the platform level within the Industrial Products, Engineered Systems and Fluid Management segments, which contain two platforms each. Electronic Technologies' results are discussed at the segment level.
(1) FINANCIAL CONDITION:
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Management assesses Dover's liquidity in terms of its ability to generate cash and access capital markets to fund its operating, investing and financing activities. Significant factors affecting liquidity are: cash flows generated from operating activities, capital expenditures, acquisitions, dispositions, dividends, repurchase of outstanding shares, adequacy of commercial paper and available bank lines of credit, and the ability to attract long-term capital with satisfactory terms. The Company generates substantial cash from operations and remains in a strong financial position, maintaining enough liquidity for reinvestment in existing businesses and strategic acquisitions while managing its capital structure on a short and long-term basis.
Cash and cash equivalents of $693.6 million at June 30, 2009 increased from the December 31, 2008 balance of $547.4 million. Cash and cash equivalents were invested in highly liquid investment grade money market instruments with a maturity of 90 days or less. Short-term investments consist of investment grade time deposits with original maturity dates between three months and one year. Short-term investments of $142.5 million at June 30, 2009 decreased from $279.5 million at December 31, 2008.
The Company's total cash, cash and cash equivalents and short-term investment balance of $836.1 million as of June 30, 2009, includes $804.6 million held outside of the United States.
The following table is derived from the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows: