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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

☑    ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025

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☐  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

Commission file number 1-1373

MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (262) 636-1200

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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Securities Registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☑

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

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Approximately 88 percent of the outstanding shares are held by non-affiliates. The aggregate market value of these shares was approximately $6.12 billion based upon the market price of $132.79 per share on September 30, 2024, the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter. Shares of common stock held by each executive officer and director and by each person known to beneficially own more than 10 percent of the outstanding common stock have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. The determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, $0.625 par value, was 52,391,883 at May 16, 2025.

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PART I

ITEM 1.  BUSINESS.

At Modine Manufacturing Company, we are Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World ™. For more than 100 years, we have been a trusted leader in designing, engineering, testing, and manufacturing mission-critical thermal solutions. Our technologies heat, cool, and ventilate, with systems that drive performance, efficiency, and reliability for our customers. Our technologies support our mission to improve indoor air quality, lower harmful emissions, enable cleaner running vehicles, and use environmentally friendly refrigerants. We help customers across industries solve complex thermal management challenges and meet increasingly stringent indoor and outdoor air, energy, and water standards.

We sell customer-centric thermal management solutions in a wide array of commercial, industrial, and building heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration (“HVAC&R”) markets. In addition, we are a leading provider of engineered heat transfer systems and high-quality heat transfer components for use in on- and off-highway original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) vehicular applications. Our primary customers across the globe include:

- Healthcare facility operators and K-12 school systems;

We partner with our customers to provide solutions including systems, services, and components to solve complex heat transfer challenges and are committed to helping them reach their sustainability goals. We focus on product design, from raw materials to end-of-life recyclability, to optimize the total cost of ownership and reduce negative environmental impacts across the product life cycle. We anticipate and prepare for change in order to be at the forefront of technological advances and to provide innovative solutions to help our customers meet their sustainability targets and comply with an increasingly stringent regulatory environment.

History

Modine was incorporated under the laws of the State of Wisconsin on June 23, 1916 by its founder, Arthur B. Modine. A.B. Modine’s “Turbotube” radiators became standard equipment on the famous Ford Motor Company Model T. In response to frigid Wisconsin winter temperatures and inadequate heating options in the market, A.B. Modine combined a radiator, a fan and steam pipes to construct the first unit heater, marking the start of our heating business. When he died at the age of 95, A.B. Modine had personally been granted more than 120 U.S. patents for his heat transfer innovations. The standard of innovation exemplified by A.B. Modine remains the cornerstone of Modine today.

Our heritage provides a depth and breadth of expertise in thermal management, which, when combined with our global manufacturing presence, standardized processes, and state-of-the-art technical resources, enables us to rapidly bring highly-valued, customized solutions to our customers.

Terms and Year References

When we use the terms “Modine,” “we,” “us,” the “Company,” or “our” in this report, unless the context otherwise requires, we are referring to Modine Manufacturing Company. Our fiscal year ends on March 31 and, accordingly, all references to a particular year mean the fiscal year ended March 31 of that year, unless indicated otherwise.

Business Strategy and Results

Our purpose of Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World™ guides our strategic direction. Our mission is to use our thermal management expertise to help our customers improve indoor air quality, reduce energy and water consumption, lower harmful emissions, enable cleaner running vehicles, and use more environmentally friendly refrigerants. We are committed to evolving our product portfolio in pursuit of highly engineered, mission-critical thermal solutions. We are strategically investing in end markets where we see the highest growth prospects. These markets continue to shift to low-carbon energy solutions, driving demand for cleaner, more efficient thermal management.

We first announced our vision for a “new” Modine in late fiscal 2021. Over the last four fiscal years, we have simplified and re-segmented our organization and have aligned resources around specific strategies and market-based verticals. Our leadership and teams have embraced 80/20 principles, which focus on the rule that 80 percent of outputs result from 20 percent of inputs. Our teams have created a high-performance culture that focuses resources on products and markets with the highest sustainable growth opportunities and best return profiles, while simplifying and improving our processes. Through our application of 80/20 principles, we have achieved transformative change and significant improvements in our businesses and our financial results — and we are not done yet.

During fiscal 2025, our consolidated net sales were $2.6 billion, a 7 percent increase from $2.4 billion in fiscal 2024, primarily driven by higher sales in our Climate Solutions segment, partially offset by lower sales in our Performance Technologies segment. The higher Climate Solutions segment sales included significant sales growth to data center customers, both incremental sales from the Scott Springfield Mfg. Inc (“Scott Springfield Manufacturing”) business, a leading manufacturer of air handling units serving the data center cooling and indoor air quality markets in the U.S. and Canada that we acquired in March 2024, and organic growth. The lower Performance Technologies segment sales included a $54 million impact from the disposition of three automotive businesses in Germany during the third quarter of fiscal 2024. Our operating income of $283 million in fiscal 2025 increased $42 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit.

As we head into fiscal 2026, we are committed to our strategic pillars to drive value creation, as follows:

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Customers and Product Groups

We partner with our customers across multiple industries to provide sustainable solutions for a wide range of applications. Our top five customers, in terms of sales, are in the data center, commercial vehicle, and off-highway markets and our ten largest customers accounted for 43 percent of our net sales in fiscal 2025.

The following is a summary of our primary product groups, categorized as a percentage of our net sales:

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Competitive Position

We compete with many manufacturers of heat transfer and HVAC&R solutions, some of which are divisions of larger companies. The markets for our products continue to be very dynamic. For example, our data center customers are expanding globally and are requiring new technologies, driving us to invest in geographic and capacity expansion and to expand our product portfolio to meet their needs. The expansion of electric vehicle demand has also created opportunities to work with our existing OEM customers, as well as emergent customers focused on zero-emission products. Additionally, our global power generation customers, driven by new data center construction and demand for backup power for critical infrastructure, such as hospitals, mining and airports, are looking for new technologies and global manufacturing capacity to meet their growth demands. Our HVAC&R OEM customers are faced with significant international competition and maintain global manufacturing footprints to compete in local markets. In addition, consolidation within the supply base and vertical integration may introduce new or restructured competitors to our markets. We are investing in geographic and capacity expansion to meet these customer needs, particularly as we experience competition from suppliers positioned in different geographies that enjoy economic advantages such as lower labor costs and tax rates. Many of our customers also continue to ask us, as well as their other primary suppliers, to provide research and development (“R&D”), design, and validation support for new potential projects. This combined work effort often results in stronger customer relationships and more partnership opportunities for us.

Business Segments

Our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), our President and Chief Executive Officer, reviews the separate financial results for each of our operating segments. The CODM utilizes the financial results to evaluate the performance of each business segment and in making decisions on the allocation of resources. See Note 22 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for segment financial information.

Climate Solutions Segment

The Climate Solutions segment provides energy-efficient, climate-controlled solutions and components. The Climate Solutions segment provides cooling solutions for data centers that help save water and energy through intelligent controls. The Climate Solutions segment also provides heat exchangers for HVAC&R applications and anti-corrosive coatings. In addition, the segment also provides HVAC&R systems and solutions for commercial, education, industrial, and residential applications.

The Climate Solutions segment has strategically aligned its teams around three primary market-based verticals: i) Data Center Cooling; ii) Heat Transfer Products and iii) HVAC&R.

Data Center Cooling

The Data Center Cooling business provides sustainable cooling solutions for data center markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”), and Asia, including complete system design, controls, maintenance and monitoring. We provide data center cooling solutions that feature low global warming potential refrigerants, free cooling technology, and lower water consumption, enabling our customers and end-users to meet their environmental and sustainability goals. Data center products consist of IT cooling solutions, including precision air conditioning units for data center applications; computer room air conditioning (“CRAC”) and computer room air handler (“CRAH”) units; hybrid fan coils; fan walls; chillers; condensers; condensing units; and liquid cooling solutions for high-density computing, including coolant distribution units (“CDU”) and immersion solutions. In addition, the Data Center Cooling business sells replacement parts, maintenance service and control solutions for existing equipment and new building management controls and systems. This business serves data center management customers, including large colocation, cloud service providers and hyperscale customers, as well as customers in the commercial and industrial sectors such as telecommunications, healthcare and commercial real estate.

In fiscal 2025, the data center cooling markets that we serve experienced a year of exceptionally strong growth. We expect strong growth in these markets in fiscal 2026, supported by an increasing reliance on digital technologies, specifically colocation and cloud usage. Market demand for data usage and storage continues to rise, driven by the increased use of IoT (Internet of Things) technology, which connects various devices through the internet, artificial intelligence and machine learning, smart phones, and digital transformation trends. In addition, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other trends are driving increased high performance computing, which increases heat loads and the need for high-density cooling solutions such as hybrid and liquid cooling. Digital transformation trends driving market demand include an increased focus on the digital customer experience, as more transactions and customer interactions are taking place virtually through websites and mobile applications, and the increasing use of 5G technology and its application across global enterprise opportunities, particularly in the healthcare, manufacturing, and energy sectors.

Heat Transfer Products

The Heat Transfer Products business provides heat exchanger coils, primarily of round tube plate fin construction, to the HVAC&R markets in North America, Europe, and Asia. In addition, our Heat Transfer Products business provides coatings products and application services to the HVAC&R markets in North America and Europe. Our coatings products are designed to extend the life of equipment and components by protecting against corrosion and foreign matter. Customers for these products and services include manufacturers of commercial, industrial and residential HVAC&R equipment and systems, and distributors, contractors, and end users in a variety of applications, including commercial and residential HVAC, mobile air conditioning, refrigeration, data center management, and precision and industrial cooling.

In fiscal 2025, the HVAC&R markets to which we sell heat exchanger coils experienced declines. The most significant decline was in the European heat pump market, resulting from the delay in the adoption of heat pump technology. Looking ahead, we expect the commercial and residential markets that we serve will be relatively flat during fiscal 2026. Trends influencing our primary markets include refrigerant substitution and energy efficiency requirements, both of which are expected to benefit the commercial HVAC&R markets. Demand for more efficient HVAC&R systems in buildings and processes is driven by more stringent energy efficiency regulations. In addition, demand continues to be strong for corrosion resistant coatings, specifically for HVAC applications in coastal areas and other harsh environments.

HVAC&R

The HVAC&R business provides a wide array of solutions to heating; indoor air quality; commercial and industrial refrigeration; and industrial power generation, conversion, and transmission; and industrial process markets in North America, EMEA, and China.

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Heating products, primarily sold to the North American residential and commercial heating markets, include unit heaters (gas-fired, hydronic, electric and oil-fired); roof-mounted direct- and indirect-fired makeup air units; duct furnaces (indoor and outdoor); infrared units (high- and low-intensity); and perimeter heating products (cabinet unit heaters and convectors). The primary customers for these heating products are HVAC wholesalers, installers, and end users in a variety of residential, commercial and industrial applications, including residential garages, warehousing, manufacturing, and greenhouses. In fiscal 2025, the North American residential and commercial heating markets were relatively flat. While the heating market benefited from an extended winter season this year, the improvement was tempered by distributors reducing their elevated inventory stock levels. We expect the North American heating markets will experience modest growth in fiscal 2026. Longer term, we anticipate that increasing demands for energy efficiency as well as decarbonization and lower emission initiatives and regulations will impact the North American heating markets.

Indoor air quality products, primarily sold to the North American school and commercial HVAC markets, include single packaged unit ventilators, modular chillers, air handler units, condensing units, and ceiling cassettes. Customers for these indoor air quality products include mechanical contractors, HVAC wholesalers, installers, and end users in a variety of commercial and industrial applications. In fiscal 2025, the North American school and commercial HVAC markets experienced growth, with the strongest growth in the school and healthcare markets. We expect modest market growth in fiscal 2026 to be driven by continued demand in schools and commercial buildings. We expect the commercial HVAC market will continue to expand as businesses are increasingly prioritizing indoor air quality and energy-efficient HVAC solutions to ensure healthier environments for employees and customers and to lower operating costs.

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Refrigeration products, primarily sold to the commercial and industrial refrigeration markets in EMEA, China, and North America, include evaporator unit coolers, remote condensers, fluid coolers, gas coolers, and dry and brine coolers. Customers for these coolers and refrigeration products primarily include wholesalers, distributors and resellers, commercial and industrial OEMs, as well as contractors and end users in a variety of commercial and industrial applications, including supermarkets, refrigerated warehouses, logistic centers, cold rooms, precision and industrial cooling, hospitality, hotels, and restaurants. In fiscal 2025, the commercial and industrial refrigeration markets experienced modest growth. We expect moderate growth in the global refrigeration markets in fiscal 2026, driven by improving standards of living in emerging countries, as well as more stringent energy efficiency regulations in Europe and North America, partially offset by anticipated investment delays in connection with general market and economic uncertainties. Regulations focused on eliminating fluorinated gases, which are man-made gases that contribute to the global greenhouse effect, have shifted investments from synthetic to natural gas, including carbon dioxide cooling solutions, and are driving growth in mature markets in Europe and North America.

In addition, the HVAC&R business sells motor and generator cooling coils, transformer oil coolers, radiators, dryers and industrial heat exchangers to the industrial power generation, conversion, and transmission and industrial process markets in EMEA, China, and North America. Customers for these products primarily include industrial OEMs as well as contractors and end users in industrial applications and for capital projects within the pulp and paper industry. In fiscal 2025, the pulp and paper sector experienced modest growth and demand for industrial power and process products also improved. We expect these markets will be stable in fiscal 2026, with an increase in demand for transformer oil cooler products, driven by higher electricity demands, and modest demand growth in the pulp and paper sector.

Performance Technologies Segment

The Performance Technologies segment provides products and solutions that enhance the performance of customer applications and develops solutions that provide mission critical energy for a variety of end market applications. The segment also provides solutions that increase fuel economy, reduce harmful emissions and maximize range in zero emission applications. The Performance Technologies segment designs and manufactures products and solutions using air-cooled and liquid-cooled technology for vehicular, stationary power, and industrial applications. In addition, the Performance Technologies segment provides advanced thermal solutions to zero-emission and hybrid commercial vehicle and off-highway customers.

The Performance Technologies segment has strategically aligned its teams around three primary market-based verticals: i) Air-Cooled Applications; ii) Liquid-Cooled Applications, and iii) Advanced Solutions.

Air-Cooled Applications

The Air-Cooled Applications business provides air-cooled heat exchangers and modules for vehicular, mission critical stationary power, and industrial applications. This business primarily serves the commercial vehicle, off-highway and power generation markets in North America, Brazil, China, India, Europe and South Korea. It primarily sells powertrain cooling products, such as radiators, condensers, engine cooling modules, charge air coolers, fan shrouds, and surge tanks; and cooling module generator sets (“Gensets”). Its customers include commercial, medium- and heavy-duty truck and engine manufacturers; construction, agricultural, and mining equipment, and mission critical power generation manufacturers; and industrial manufacturers of material handling equipment, Gensets and compressors.

During fiscal 2025, the commercial vehicle markets in India and Brazil experienced moderate growth, yet the commercial vehicle market in North America experienced weakness. The agriculture markets in North America and Europe experienced significant declines and were negatively impacted by lower crop prices, higher interest rates and the continued military conflict in Ukraine. As these market conditions challenged the profitability of farming, farmers purchased less new equipment and agriculture OEMs reduced production and inventory levels throughout the year. The global construction and mining markets also experienced weakness, with the exception of the construction market in the U.S., which benefited from government programs incentivizing construction investments, such as the Inflation Reduction Act. The power generation markets in North America, Europe, and India saw strong growth during fiscal 2025, driven by new data center construction and demand for backup power Gensets for critical infrastructure, such as hospitals, mining and airports.

Looking ahead, we expect the commercial vehicle markets will largely continue trending similarly in fiscal 2026, with moderate growth in India and Brazil and market softness in North America. We expect the global agriculture markets to experience further declines in fiscal 2026, particularly in North America and Europe. While we are optimistic that crop prices may begin to rebound and interest rates may continue to trend favorably, which would aid the recovery of the agriculture markets, we do not anticipate significant recovery until fiscal 2027. In fiscal 2026, we expect modest growth in the global construction markets. We believe large-scale infrastructure development projects, including those for data centers and artificial intelligence, will benefit the construction markets. We expect these large-scale development projects will increase the need for construction equipment including loaders, excavators, cranes and bulldozers.

Liquid-Cooled Applications

The Liquid-Cooled Applications business provides heat exchangers for engine, stationary power, and industrial applications. This business primarily serves the commercial vehicle, automotive, and off-highway markets in North America, Europe, China, and India. Its products and solutions include aluminum and stainless steel engine oil coolers, exhaust gas recirculation (“EGR”) coolers, liquid charge air coolers, transmission and retarder oil coolers, chillers, and condensers. Its customers include commercial, medium- and heavy-duty truck engine manufacturers and automobile and light truck OEMs; and Tier-1 construction, agricultural equipment, and automotive module manufacturers.

During fiscal 2025, the global commercial vehicle markets served by our Liquid-Cooled Applications business experienced declines, with the largest declines in Europe and North America. While we expect market softness will continue, we are optimistic that the medium- and heavy-duty truck markets will begin to stabilize in fiscal 2026 based upon recent OEM order trends. In North America, we are monitoring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s upcoming Greenhouse Gas Phase 3 regulations for commercial vehicles, which includes stricter emission regulations for heavy-duty trucks starting with the 2027 model year. If these regulations are significantly rolled back or eased, it would likely dampen the anticipated surge of heavy-duty truck orders prior to the new regulations going into effect. Regarding the automotive markets, the European and North American automotive markets experienced moderate declines during fiscal 2025, while the automotive market in China saw moderate growth compared with the prior year. We expect the global automotive markets will remain relatively weak during fiscal 2026 and are monitoring the current uncertainty in the marketplace related to the potential impacts on vehicle sales from trade conflicts and future emission requirements for internal combustion engines. The off-highway markets that we serve experienced declines in fiscal 2025 and we expect further weakness in these markets during fiscal 2026, particularly within the agriculture markets.

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Advanced Solutions

Our Advanced Solutions business provides products and solutions for zero-emission and hybrid vehicles. These products and solutions, which are primarily sold to the commercial vehicle, bus and specialty vehicle, off-highway and automotive markets in North America and Europe, include complete battery thermal management systems, electronics cooling packages, battery chillers, battery cooling plates, coolers and casings for electronics cooling, and coolers for electric axles (“e-axles”). Customers for these products include commercial vehicle, bus and specialty vehicle, off-highway, and automotive OEMs, e-axle producers, and power electronics providers.

The primary markets served by the Advanced Solutions business experienced strong growth during the first half of fiscal 2025, but subsequently slowed during the second half of the year. Uncertainty in the marketplace regarding federal government funding related to electric vehicles has resulted in market softness, which we expect will continue into fiscal 2026. Longer-term, we expect increased demand for electric vehicles and other lower-emission vehicle platforms, including fuel cell and hybrid platforms, will benefit the markets served by our Advanced Solutions business.

Geographic Areas

We maintain administrative organizations in all key geographic regions to facilitate customer support, development and testing, and other administrative functions. We operate in four continents and within the following countries:

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Our non-U.S. subsidiaries and affiliates manufacture and sell a number of data center cooling, heat transfer, HVAC&R and vehicular products, similar to those we produce in the U.S.

Exports

Export sales from the U.S. to foreign countries, as a percentage of consolidated net sales, were 7 percent in fiscal 2025, 2024, and 2023.

We believe our international presence positions us to benefit from the anticipated long-term growth of the global data center cooling, HVAC&R and vehicular markets. We are committed to increasing our involvement and investment in these international markets in the years ahead.

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Customer Dependence

Our ten largest customers, some of which are conglomerates or otherwise affiliated with one another, accounted for 43 percent of our consolidated net sales in fiscal 2025. In fiscal 2025, 2024 and 2023, our largest customer accounted for less than 10 percent of our net sales.

Our top customers operate primarily in the data center cooling, commercial air conditioning and refrigeration, commercial vehicle, off-highway, and automotive and light vehicle markets. Our top customers across both of our segments, listed alphabetically, include: Ascent; Carrier; Caterpillar; Deere; Stellantis (including Chrysler, Fiat, PSA-Peugeot-Citroen, and VM Motori); Trane; Volkswagen (including Audi, MAN, Porsche, Scania, and International); and Volvo (including Mack Trucks and Renault Trucks). In addition, our Climate Solutions segment includes significant sales to two global technology customers with which we are party to confidentiality agreements. Generally, we supply products to our customers on the basis of individual purchase orders received from them. When it is in the mutual interest of Modine and our customers, we utilize long-term sales agreements to minimize investment risks and provide the customer with a proven source of competitively-priced products. These contracts are typically three to five years in duration.

Backlog of Orders

Our operating segments maintain their own inventories and production schedules. We believe that our segment teams can manage their operations and production capacity effectively and efficiently based upon expected sales volume in fiscal 2026 and beyond.

Raw Materials

We purchase aluminum, copper, steel and stainless steel (nickel) from several domestic and foreign suppliers. In general, we do not rely on any one supplier for these materials, which are, for the most part, available from numerous sources in quantities required by us. While our suppliers may become constrained due to global demand, we typically do not experience raw material shortages and believe that our suppliers’ production of these metals will be adequate throughout the next fiscal year. We typically adjust metals pricing with our raw material suppliers on a monthly basis and our major fabricated component suppliers on a quarterly basis. When possible, we have included provisions within our long-term customer contracts which provide for adjustments to customer prices, on a prospective basis, based upon increases and decreases in the cost of key raw materials. When applicable, however, these contract provisions are limited to the underlying cost of the material based upon a relevant pricing source, such as the London Metal Exchange, American Metal Market, or Platts index, and typically do not include related metals premiums or fabrication costs. In addition, there can often be a three-month to one-year lag until the time that the price adjustments take effect.

Patents and Other Intellectual Property

We protect our intellectual property through patents, trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights. As a part of our ongoing R&D activities, we routinely seek patents on new products and processes. Our Patent Review Committee manages our intellectual property strategy and portfolio. We own or license numerous patents worldwide related to our products and operations. Also, because we have many product lines, we believe that our business as a whole is not materially dependent upon any particular patent or license, or any particular group of patents or licenses. We consider each of our patents, trademarks, and licenses to be of value and aggressively defend our rights throughout the world against infringement.

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Research and Development and Investments in Technology

We are committed to building better products that will, in turn, help create a better world. We are investing in products and technology to meet the challenging thermal management and air quality needs of our customers within the markets we serve. Our products are often aimed at solving difficult and complex heat transfer challenges requiring advanced thermal management solutions, while meeting the demand for increased energy efficiency and compliance with increasingly stringent regulations. Our heritage includes a depth and breadth of expertise in thermal management that, combined with our global manufacturing presence, standardized processes, and state-of-the-art technical resources, enables us to rapidly bring customized solutions to our customers.

We strive to be at the forefront of technological advances through both strategic inorganic investments in new technologies and meaningful internal R&D projects. R&D expenditures, including certain application engineering costs for specific customer solutions, totaled $35 million, $42 million, and $44 million in fiscal 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Our R&D teams work closely with our customers on projects and system designs to ensure efficient and cost-effective development of technologies. We are strategically expanding our technology and product portfolio in the Data Center Cooling business within our Climate Solutions segment. We recognize the need for investment in this area as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other trends are driving increased high performance computing, which increases heat loads and is driving the need for high-density cooling solutions. In fiscal 2025, we launched our CDU to provide critical cooling capacity for heat removal in high-density data center environments. As a result of our data center cooling technology investments, we offer our customers multiple efficient, customizable products and solutions to elevate their performance while meeting their sustainability targets around power and water usage. Regarding HVAC&R markets, we are focused on developing sustainable solutions that optimize thermal efficiency and manufacturing to support decarbonization efforts and the use of next generation refrigerants, which help minimize climate change potential. Regarding the vehicular markets, our development projects include solutions to optimize the efficiency and reliability of commercial and off-highway vehicles. In addition, we are developing solutions, including precision battery cooling, to optimize the performance of zero emission and hybrid vehicles. We also collaborate with industry, university, and government-sponsored research organizations that conduct research and provide data on practical applications in the markets we serve. In addition, we engage in external research projects that complement our strategic internal research initiatives to further leverage our significant thermal technology expertise and capabilities.

Quality Improvement

Globally, we drive quality improvement by maintaining the Global Modine Management System and executing the Modine Quality Strategy.

Our actions and decisions are driven by our purpose: Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World™. We are committed to evolving our product portfolio in pursuit of highly engineered, mission-critical thermal solutions. We strive to deliver customer-centric solutions with superior quality and dedicated service throughout the product lifecycle.

Through our integrated and process-oriented Global Modine Management System, the majority of our manufacturing facilities and administrative offices are registered to ISO 9001:2015 or IATF 16949:2016 standards, helping to ensure that our customers receive high quality products and services. We regularly monitor our process performance to meet or exceed rising customer expectations for products, services and quality.

Our Global Modine Management System supports our mission and values by applying well-defined improvement principles and leadership behaviors, all based on our 80/20 mindset to facilitate rapid improvements. We drive sustainable and systematic continual improvement throughout our company by utilizing the principles, processes and behaviors of the Global Modine Management System.

To ensure future quality, we continue to execute the Modine Quality Strategy, which focuses on people, process, performance, quality engineering and the Global Modine Management System.

Environmental Matters

We are committed to Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World™ and work every day to use our thermal management expertise to help our customers improve air quality, reduce energy and water consumption, lower harmful emissions, enable cleaner running vehicles and use more environmentally friendly refrigerants. In addition, we are committed to conducting business at our global locations in an environmentally conscious manner, and are embracing our responsibility to reduce the carbon footprint of our operations, products, and value chain and promoting renewal energy programs. During fiscal 2025, we became a signatory to the United Nations (“UN”) Global Compact, the world’s largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative, as part of our commitment to align our operations and sustainability targets. The environmental principles within the UN Global Compact promote a greater sense of environmental responsibility and the development of environmentally friendly technologies.

In our global business operations, we are working to improve energy efficiency, minimize water waste, and increase the amount of waste recycled or diverted from landfills. We have empowered each of our global facilities to invest in facility upgrades and enhancements that support our sustainability goals. We are partnering with local utilities and government entities to implement renewal energy and conservation projects. We are utilizing resource tracking technologies and waste management programs, installing solar panel systems and more efficient LED lighting systems, replacing inefficient boilers and air compressors and installing improved building HVAC management systems. The majority of our facilities maintain Environmental Management System (“EMS”) certification to the international ISO14001 standard through independent third-party audits.

In regard to providing innovative, climate-resilient solutions that enable our customers to meet their sustainability goals, we are continuously driving energy efficiency across our product portfolio. Our Climate Solutions segment continues to develop high-efficiency solutions and products, particularly in the areas of data center cooling, heating, and indoor air quality. For example, our Data Center Cooling business is focused on providing solutions that optimize performance and reduce energy and water consumption. To do this, the Data Center Cooling business has invested in cooling technologies and has leveraged our deep thermal management expertise to expand its product portfolio. The business offers customers tailored air, liquid, and hybrid (air and liquid) cooling solutions to meet their needs and sustainability goals. We are also shifting our product portfolios toward lower-emission propellants and refrigerants, which greatly reduce the environmental impact of and enhance energy efficiency for our customers’ heating and cooling systems. Our Performance Technologies segment is focused on product and technology innovations to improve efficiency and lower carbon emissions. Our oil, charge-air, and EGR coolers, radiators, air conditioning condensers, and battery thermal management systems for trucks, buses, cars, specialty vehicles, and off-highway equipment allow both electric vehicle and internal combustion systems to run at optimal temperatures, which promotes better fuel efficiency, lower emissions, and improved vehicle lifespans, while still providing the vehicle performance that our customers expect.

Obligations for environmental-related remedial activities may arise at our facilities due to past practices, or as a result of a property purchase or sale. These obligations most often relate to sites where past operations followed practices that were considered acceptable under then-existing regulations, but now require investigative and/or remedial work to ensure appropriate environmental protection or where we are a successor to the obligations of prior owners and current laws and regulations require investigative and/or remedial work to ensure sufficient environmental compliance. We have recorded liabilities for environmental monitoring and remediation work at sites in the U.S. and abroad totaling $16 million at March 31, 2025.

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Seasonal Nature of Business

Our overall operating performance is generally not subject to a significant degree of seasonality. The Climate Solutions segment experiences some seasonality, as demand for HVAC&R products is affected by heating and cooling seasons, weather patterns, project construction, and other factors. Sales volume for our Climate Solutions heating products is generally stronger in our second and third fiscal quarters, corresponding with demand for these products. We generally expect sales volume for our Climate Solutions refrigeration, power generation and conversion, and heat transfer products to be higher during our first and second fiscal quarters due to the construction seasons in the northern hemisphere. Sales to Performance Technologies vehicular OEM customers are dependent upon market demand for new vehicles. However, our second fiscal quarter production schedules are typically impacted by customer summer shutdowns and our third fiscal quarter is affected by customer holiday shutdowns.

Working Capital

We manufacture products for the majority of customers on an as-ordered basis, which makes large inventories of finished products unnecessary, with the exception of certain products in our Climate Solutions segment. Within our Climate Solutions segment, we maintain varying levels of finished goods inventory, primarily related to our heating and data center cooling businesses, due to seasonal demand and project construction schedules, respectively. In Brazil, within our Performance Technologies segment, we maintain aftermarket product inventory in order to timely meet customer needs in the Brazilian commercial vehicle and automotive aftermarkets. We have not experienced a significant number of returned products within any of our businesses.

Human Capital Resource Management

As of March 31, 2025, we employed approximately 11,300 persons worldwide.

We recognize that our continued success is a direct result of the quality of our people. As such, we strive to be an employer of choice in every community in which we operate. We do this by fostering a fair, respectful, and safe work environment for our people in alignment with our core values.

We have identified priorities that we believe are essential to attract, develop and retain highly-qualified talent. These include, among others, i) providing career development programs; ii) promoting health and safety; iii) fostering people-centric values; and iv) providing competitive compensation and benefits.

Workforce development

Our operations require expertise across a wide range of disciplines, from engineering and manufacturing to accounting and finance to information technology. Our human resources team, in connection with our Company leaders across the globe, work to hire talented individuals who align with our values.

All of our new employees go through a comprehensive onboarding program with their managers to ensure proper training is provided to succeed in their respective roles. We also encourage our employees to further develop their skills through both internal and external training programs.

We are committed to growing our employees’ capabilities. Through our Performance and Development Process (“PDP”), we provide all salaried employees with a consistent, structured development and performance review experience. The PDP provides employees with a development pathway that focuses on both annual performance goals and longer-term career development. In addition, we perform strategic talent reviews and succession planning on a regular cadence.

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Health and safety

The health and safety of our employees is paramount to us. We are committed to conducting our business operations in a safe and healthy manner. We employ a behavior-based safety program which proactively seeks to correct at-risk behaviors while positively reinforcing safe behaviors. We educate and train employees on safe practices and promote personal accountability and responsibility for safety at all levels of our organization.

We have consistently out-performed the private-industry Recordable Incident Rate (“RIR” as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) average for the manufacturing sector, which was 2.8 in 2023, the most recent year for which data is available. During fiscal 2025, we recorded an RIR of 1.0, well below the manufacturing sector average.

People centric

As a global employer, we are committed to providing working environments where our employees feel supported and valued. We treat all people equally and with dignity and respect. We appreciate our employees and their contributions, from the fresh perspectives of our interns to the seasoned experience of our longstanding professionals. We create relationships where our employees feel valued and appreciated for who they are and what they can contribute. We reward merit and accountability. One way we formally recognize accomplishments of our employees is through our Modine Values People Awards. In addition, we focus on qualitative indicators across our global operations, such as the movement and promotion of employees between our global business units.

Competitive compensation and benefits

We offer our employees competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit packages. We regularly benchmark our compensation practices and benefits programs against those of comparable industries and in the geographic areas where our facilities are located. We believe that our compensation and employee benefits are competitive and allow us to attract and retain talent throughout our organization.

Available Information

Through our website, www.modine.com (Investors link), we make available, free of charge, our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements, other Securities Exchange Act reports and all amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Our reports are also available free of charge on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. Also available free of charge on our website are the following corporate governance documents, among others:

All of the reports and corporate governance documents referenced above and other materials relating to corporate governance may also be obtained without charge by contacting Corporate Secretary, Modine Manufacturing Company, 1500 DeKoven Avenue, Racine, Wisconsin 53403-2552. We do not intend to incorporate our internet website and the information contained therein or incorporated therein into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS.

In the ordinary course of our business, we face various market, operational, strategic, financial and general risks. These risks could have a material impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Please consider each of the risks described below, along with other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, when making any investment decisions with respect to our securities.

Our Enterprise Risk Management process seeks to identify and address material risks. We believe that risk-taking is an inherent aspect of operating a global business and, in particular, one focused on growth and cost-competitiveness. Our goal is to proactively manage risks in a structured approach in conjunction with strategic planning, while preserving and enhancing shareholder value. However, the risks set forth below and elsewhere in this report, as well as other risks currently unknown or deemed immaterial at the date of this report, could materially adversely affect us and cause our financial results to vary materially from recent or anticipated future results.

Economic uncertainties

Economic, political, and general market conditions could adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

We operate in 16 countries on four continents and serve customers in a wide array of commercial, industrial, HVAC&R, and vehicular markets. As such, our business is impacted by general economic, political, and industry conditions globally as well as in the regions and countries in which we conduct business. We are subject to the risk of disruptions or significant deterioration in market conditions, which could have a material impact on our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Military conflicts, including the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and in the Middle East and heightened tension in the Red Sea, could negatively impact or cause significant business disruptions in the global markets we operate in. In addition, customer demand for our products and system solutions is impacted by the overall strength of the economy, employment levels, consumer confidence levels, the availability and cost of credit, and the cost of fuel. For example, rising interest rates associated with inflationary market conditions may drive a higher cost of capital for our customers, which may have a deteriorating impact on overall economic activity and the financial condition of our customers, which could negatively impact the demand for our products. Prolonged recessionary or adverse economic conditions, such as disruptions in the global financial system, could result in our customers or suppliers experiencing significant economic constraints, including potential bankruptcies.

Changes in U.S. or international trade policies, including the imposition or increases in tariffs, could adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

There is uncertainty regarding future relationships between the U.S. and numerous other countries, particularly China, Canada, Mexico, and in Europe, with respect to trade policies, tariffs, treaties, and government regulations. Changes in U.S. policies could lead to changes to existing trade agreements, significant increases in tariffs, more restrictions on free trade, and restrictions on the importation of certain goods and components into the U.S. or other countries. A trade war or escalation of trade tensions, including increased tariffs and retaliatory measures by foreign governments, should they be sustained for an extended period of time, or changes in U.S. or international trade agreements, could negatively impact our supply chain, increase costs, and reduce demand for our products. Changes to or uncertainty in the marketplace related to U.S. social, political, regulatory and economic conditions or in laws and policies related to foreign trade in countries where we currently manufacture and sell our products, and any resulting negative sentiments towards the U.S., could adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Additional risks related to international trade policies and related matters are discussed throughout this section.

A future widespread outbreak of an illness or other public health threat could adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

An outbreak of a disease or public health threat could create economic and financial disruptions and adversely affect our businesses around the world. Potential impacts of epidemics, pandemics, or other health crises include, but are not limited to, (i) staffing shortages if portions of our workforce are unable to work effectively due to illness, quarantines, government actions, facility closures, or other restrictions; (ii) short- or long-term disruptions in our supply chain and our ability to deliver products to our customers; (iii) deterioration in the markets that we or our customers operate in, which may result in lower sales or a deterioration in the ability of our customers to pay us; and (iv) significant volatility or negative pressure in the financial markets, which could adversely affect our access to capital and/or financing and could have a material impact on our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Customer and supplier matters

Increases in costs of materials, including aluminum, copper, steel and stainless steel (nickel), other raw materials and purchased components, could place significant pressure on our results of operations.

Increases in the costs of raw materials and other purchased components, which may be impacted by a variety of factors, including changes in trade laws, tariffs, sanctions, inflation, geopolitical and military conflicts, the behavior of our suppliers and significant fluctuations in demand, could have a significant negative impact on our results of operations. In the shorter-term, our ability to adjust for cost increases is limited when prices are fixed for current orders. In these cases, if we are not able to recover such cost increases through price increases to our customers, such cost increases will have an adverse effect on our results of operations. With regard to our longer-term sales programs, we have sought to reduce the risk of cost increases by including provisions within our customer contracts, where possible, which provide for prospective price adjustments based upon increases and decreases in the cost of key raw materials. However, where these contract provisions are applicable, there can often be a three-month to one-year lag until the time of the price adjustment. To further mitigate our exposure, from time to time we enter into forward contracts to hedge a portion of our forecasted aluminum and copper purchases. However, these hedges may only partially offset increases in material costs, and significant increases could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and cash flows. In addition, cost increases passed through to our customers may have a negative effect on demand for our products, which could lead to decreases in purchase orders or non-renewal of customer contracts.

We could be adversely affected if we experience shortages of components or materials from our suppliers.

We regularly engage with our suppliers to ensure availability of purchased commodities and components used in manufacturing our products. We use a limited number of suppliers for certain components, including aluminum, copper, steel and stainless steel (nickel). We select our suppliers based upon total value (including price, delivery and quality), taking into consideration their production capacities, financial condition and willingness and ability to meet our demand. In some cases, it can take several months or longer to identify and accept a new supplier due to qualification requirements.

Strong demand, the potential effects of trade laws and tariffs, sanctions, capacity constraints, financial instability, geopolitical and military conflicts, public health crises, such as pandemics and epidemics, or other circumstances experienced by our suppliers could result in shortages or delays in their supply of product to us, or a significant price increase resulting in our need to resource to a different supplier. If we experience significant or prolonged shortages of critical components or materials from our suppliers and could not procure the components or materials from other sources, we may be unable to meet our production schedules and could miss product delivery dates, which would adversely affect our sales, results of operations, cash flows and customer relationships.

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Our net sales and profitability could be adversely affected from business losses or declines with major customers.

Deterioration of a business relationship with a major customer could cause our sales and profitability to suffer. In certain areas of our businesses, including data centers, Gensets, and some portions of our vehicular businesses, a large portion of sales are attributable to a relatively small number of customers. The failure to obtain new business, or to retain historical order volumes or monetary values from a concentrated customer base could adversely affect our business and financial results. In addition, as a result of relatively long lead times required for many of our complex products and systems, it may be difficult in the short term for us to obtain new sales to replace a significant decline in sales to existing customers. The loss of a major customer in any of our businesses, or a significant decline in order volumes or quantities, or in the overall market demand for our products or services, could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and cash flows.

Our results of operations could be adversely affected by pricing pressures from our customers.

Most of our products are sold in competitive markets. Our sales levels and margins could be adversely affected by pricing pressures from our customers and pricing actions of our competitors. Such pricing pressures may require us to adjust the prices of products to stay competitive. If we are unable to offset any price concessions through improved operating efficiencies and manufacturing processes, sourcing alternatives, technology enhancements and other cost reduction initiatives, our results of operations and cash flows could be adversely affected.

Our pricing strategies could negatively impact our overall win rate for new business.

As part of our application of 80/20 principles, we have improved our commercial acumen, including our pricing methodology, and have clear, strategic profit margin targets for new sales. We also negotiate for contract terms that allow for adjustments to our pricing in the event of increases in raw material and commodity costs, including costs associated with shipping, import/export and logistics. While we believe that our 80/20 pricing strategy will strengthen our business and allow us to focus our resources on higher margin sales programs, it is possible that it may result in a lower overall win rate for new business. If our pricing strategy results in winning less new business, our results of operations and cash flows could be adversely affected.

Climate change and environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) risks

Global climate change and related emphasis on ESG matters by various stakeholders could negatively affect our business.

Increased public awareness and concern regarding links between greenhouse gas emissions and global climate changes may result in more regional and/or federal requirements to reduce or mitigate the effects of greenhouse gas emissions. There continues to be ambiguity regarding the promulgation and enforcement of climate change regulations, which creates uncertainty in the markets in which we operate. This uncertainty extends to the use or adoption rate of many products within our product portfolio and our overall costs of regulatory compliance, which may impact the demand for our products and/or may require us to make increased capital expenditures to meet new standards and regulations. Further, our customers, other market participants, or government entities may impose emissions or other environmental standards upon us through regulation, market-based emissions policies or consumer preference that we may not be able to timely meet, or which may not be economically feasible for us, due to the required level of capital investment or required speed of technological advancement.

Additionally, climate changes, such as extreme weather conditions, create financial risk and uncertainty for our business. For example, the demand for our products and services may be affected by unpredictable or unseasonable weather conditions. Climate changes could also disrupt our operations by impacting the availability and cost of materials needed for manufacturing and could increase our insurance and other operating costs. In addition, natural disasters or extreme weather events, including those as a result of climate change, could disrupt our manufacturing operations and our ability to manufacture and deliver products to our customers and adversely impact our results of operations and cash flows. We could also face indirect financial risks passed through the supply chain, and process disruptions due to climate changes could result in price modifications for our products and the resources needed to produce them.

Furthermore, customer, investor, and employee expectations for ESG matters have been rapidly evolving. Specifically, certain customers are requiring information on our environmental sustainability goals and commitments, which we have not yet released publicly. There can be no assurance of the extent to which any of our future goals will be achieved, or that any investments we make in furtherance of achieving any such plans, targets, goals or other commitments will meet regulatory or legal standards regarding sustainability performance or any customer, investor, employee or other stakeholder expectations and desires regarding such goals or commitments.

Additionally, the enhanced stakeholder focus on ESG matters requires the continuous monitoring of evolving expectations, tolerances, and standards, as well as reporting requirements and disclosures associated with ESG-related goals and initiatives. Some stakeholders may disagree with our ESG initiatives and goals, as the political climate and investor sentiment changes over time. Stakeholders and regulators may also hold divergent opinions on ESG issues and conflicting expectations regarding our culture, values, goals and business, which may affect how we are regulated or perceived. Moreover, we may determine that it is in the best interest of the Company and our shareholders to prioritize other business investments over the achievement of our current ESG goals based on economic or technological developments, regulatory and social factors, business strategy or pressure from investors, activists, or other stakeholders. A failure to adequately meet stakeholder expectations may result in the loss of business, diluted market valuation, an inability to attract and retain customers or an inability to attract and retain top talent. Likewise, a failure to comply with any current or future ESG reporting requirements, as established by regulators in the U.S., Europe and beyond, may result in the loss of business, regulatory penalties, litigation, and/or reputational damage.

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Competitive environment

Continued and increased competition could adversely affect our business and our results of operations.

We experience competition from suppliers in other parts of the world that enjoy economic advantages, such as lower labor costs, lower health care costs, lower tariff or tax rates, lower costs associated with legal compliance, and, in some cases, export or raw materials subsidies. In addition, consolidation and vertical integration within the supply base have introduced new or restructured competitors to our markets. Increased competition could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Complexities of global presence

We are subject to risks related to our international operations and global customer and supplier base.

We have manufacturing and technical facilities located in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Our global operations are subject to complex international laws and regulations and numerous risks and uncertainties, including changes in monetary and fiscal policies, including those related to tax and trade, cross-border trade restrictions or prohibitions, import or export duties or other charges or taxes, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange and interest rates, inflation, changing economic and employment conditions, changes in foreign visitor and immigration policies, public health crises, unreliable intellectual property protection and legal systems, insufficient infrastructures, social unrest, political instability and disputes (including, for example, impacts of the military conflicts in Ukraine and in the Middle East and heightened tension in the Red Sea), incompatible business practices, and international terrorism.

Changes in policies or laws governing the terms of foreign trade, and in particular increased trade restrictions, tariffs or taxes on imports from countries where we either manufacture products or buy raw materials, such as Mexico, China, and Canada, could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations. Certain of our current manufacturing facilities in Mexico operate under the Mexican Maquiladora (IMMEX) program, which provides for reduced tariffs and eased import regulations. We could be adversely affected by changes in the IMMEX program or our failure to comply with its requirements. Regarding imported goods and raw materials, increased tariffs or taxes on purchases from countries, such as China, could materially impact our results of operations if we cannot effectively source such goods and raw materials from other suppliers in the U.S. or alternative countries. In addition, compliance with multiple and often conflicting laws and regulations of various countries can be challenging and expensive.

We employ a global workforce, attracting talent from across the globe and employing leaders to manage our sales and production operations across multiple countries. Changes in foreign visitor or immigration policies across the globe could materially impact our results of operations if we cannot effectively hire, recruit and retain talent in our organization, or if such policies impede our leaders from operating a global business.

Embargoes or sanctions imposed by the U.S. government or those abroad that restrict or prohibit sales to or purchases from specific persons or countries or based upon product classification may expose us to potential criminal and civil sanctions to the extent that we are alleged or found to be in violation, whether intentional or unintentional. In connection with the military conflict in Ukraine, governments in the U.S. and abroad extended and expanded sanctions against Russia and entities known to be supporting Russian interests, including on certain companies located in countries in which we operate, including China, Germany, and Serbia. We do not have manufacturing operations in Ukraine or Russia nor any significant business relationships in or associated with Ukraine or Russia, however we are continuing to monitor the sanctions requirements and reacting as necessary to ensure compliance. We cannot predict future regulatory requirements to which our business operations may be subject or the manner in which existing laws might be administered or interpreted. Significant developments or changes in these regulatory requirements could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations and cash flows.

In addition, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.K. Bribery Act and other similar anti-corruption laws generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making payments to improperly influence foreign government officials or other persons for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the global enforcement of anti-corruption laws. In the event that we believe our employees or agents may have violated applicable anti-corruption laws, or if we are subject to allegations of any such violations, we may have to expend significant time and financial resources toward the investigation and remediation of the matter, which could disrupt our business and result in a material adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations and reputation.

Challenges of maintaining a competitive cost structure

We may be unable to maintain competitive cost structures.

As we progress towards our vision of a “new” Modine by applying 80/20 principles across our businesses to focus resources on products and markets with the highest sustainable growth opportunities and return profiles, it is imperative that we effectively and efficiently manage our operations in response to sales volume changes. This includes ramping up and maintaining adequate production capacity to meet demand in our growing businesses, while also completing restructuring activities, including targeted headcount reductions and product line transfers, in order to optimize our manufacturing footprint and cost structure, particularly in light of changes in our mix of business and in areas where we are strategically refraining from further investments.

Our successful execution of these initiatives, and our ability to optimize and maintain competitive cost structures, is critical in sustaining our long-term competitiveness. Any failure to do so could, in turn, adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Challenges of technology advantage, product development and product launches

If we cannot differentiate ourselves from our competitors with our technology, our existing and potential customers may seek lower prices and our sales and earnings may be adversely affected.

Our leading-edge technologies, product quality, and the history of our product performance in each of our markets has created our competitive value with our customers. If we fail to be at the forefront of technological advances and cannot differentiate ourselves from our competitors with our technology or fail to provide high quality, innovative and advanced performance products and services that both meet or exceed customer expectations and address their ever-evolving needs, we may experience price erosion, lower sales, and lower profit margins. Significant technological developments by our competitors or others also could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Changes in the adoption rate for newer technologies could adversely affect our business.

Changes in or shifts in the adoption rate of technologies or products that we expect to drive future sales growth, including technology related to electric vehicles, could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. For example, under the current U.S. administration, there is uncertainty in the marketplace regarding future federal funding related to electrification, and in particular, the adoption of electric vehicles. Government policies and funding legislation in the U.S. and Europe significantly influence the rate of investments in electric vehicles, and the infrastructure necessary for wide-scale adoption of alternative powertrains. If technology adoption rates slow or are significantly delayed, our sales growth in these areas of our business could be limited.

Developments or assertions by or against us relating to intellectual property rights could adversely affect our business.

We own and license significant intellectual property, including a large number of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. Our intellectual property plays an important role in maintaining our competitive position in a number of the markets we serve. As we maintain or expand our operations in jurisdictions where the enforcement of intellectual property rights is less robust, the risk of others duplicating our proprietary technologies increases, despite our efforts to protect them. Developments or assertions by or against us relating to intellectual property rights could adversely affect our business and results of operations. Additionally, any inability to acquire or secure intellectual property relating to newer technologies in areas of our business that we expect to drive sales growth could negatively impact our competitive positions in these growth areas of our business.

We regularly launch new products and system designs at our facilities across the world. The success of these launches is critical to our business.

We design technologically advanced products and systems, and the processes and time required to develop, design and produce these products and systems can be lengthy, difficult and complex. We spend significant time and financial resources to ensure the successful launch of new products and programs. Due to our high level of launch activity, we must appropriately manage these activities and deploy our capital and operational and administrative resources to take advantage of the resulting increase in our business. If we do not successfully or timely launch new products, systems and programs, we may lose market share or damage relationships with our customers, which could negatively affect our business. In addition, any failure in our manufacturing strategy for these new products or programs could result in operating inefficiencies or asset impairment charges, which could adversely affect our results of operations.

In addition, vehicular OEM customers often request that we pay for design, engineering and tooling costs that are incurred prior to the start of production and recover these costs through amortization in the piece price of the product. Some of these costs cannot be capitalized, which adversely affects our profitability until the programs for which they have been incurred are launched. If a given program is not launched, or is launched with significantly lower volumes than planned, we may not be able to recover the design, engineering and tooling costs from our customers, further adversely affecting our results of operations.

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Information technology (“IT”) systems

We may be adversely affected by a substantial disruption in, or material breach of, our IT systems or IT systems of our service providers.

We are dependent upon IT infrastructure, including network, hardware, and software systems owned by us and our service providers, to conduct our business. Despite network and other cybersecurity measures we and our service providers have in place, IT systems could be damaged, compromised, or interrupted by intentional or unintentional events or natural disasters. We could also be negatively impacted by a cybersecurity breach from computer viruses, ransomware, phishing, break-ins or similar disruptions. Cybersecurity risk may be heightened by the increased prevalence of hybrid and/or remote work arrangements. Further, the military conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as current geopolitical uncertainties involving Russia, Iran and China, among other nations, may increase the threat of cyberattacks on the global financial markets, supply chain, and IT infrastructure, which could directly or indirectly have an adverse impact on our operations and cash flows.

A material breach or a substantial disruption in our IT systems for a prolonged time period, or the failure of one or more legacy IT systems no longer supported by service providers, could result in delays in receiving inventory and supplies or filling customer orders. Further, we continue to expand our IT systems to enable our businesses to run more efficiently, including the incorporation of artificial intelligence in certain areas. The increased use of and evolution in advanced technology solutions creates potential risks. A material breach in our IT systems or the improper use of artificial intelligence could result in the release of otherwise confidential information, including personal information that is protected by the General Data Protection Regulation. Any such events and the related delays, problems or costs, including potentially significant remediation expenses and litigation risks, could have material adverse impacts on our business, financial condition, results of operations, business relationships and reputation.

Environmental, health and safety regulations

We could be adversely impacted by the costs of environmental, health and safety regulations.

Our operations are subject to various federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations governing, among other things, emissions to air, discharge to waters and the generation, handling, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of waste and other materials. The operation of our manufacturing facilities entails risks in these areas and there can be no assurance we will avoid material costs or liabilities relating to such matters. Our financial responsibility to clean up contaminated property may extend to previously-owned or used property, properties owned by unrelated companies, as well as properties we currently own and use, regardless of whether the contamination is attributable to prior owners. In addition, potentially material expenditures could be required in order for our products and operations to comply with evolving environmental, health and safety laws, regulations (including those developed as a concern to climate control), or other requirements that may be adopted or imposed in the future. Future costs to remediate contamination or to comply with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Claims and litigation

We may incur material losses and costs as a result of warranty and product liability claims and litigation or other legal proceedings.

In the event our products or systems fail to perform as expected, we are exposed to warranty and product liability claims and may be required to participate in a recall or other field campaign of such products. Many of our vehicular customers offer extended warranty protection for their vehicles and pressure their supply base to extend warranty coverage as well. If our customers demand higher warranty-related cost recoveries, or if our products fail to perform as expected, it could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. We are also involved in various legal proceedings from time to time incidental to our business. If any such proceeding has a negative result, it could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and reputation.

Business optimization and growth strategies

Our business strategy includes acquisitions and dispositions. We may be unable to identify, execute, and successfully integrate acquisitions or successfully execute strategic business dispositions.

Under our strategy based on 80/20 principles, we are focused on acquiring businesses and investing in technologies that we expect to accelerate our strategic growth in select markets. If we are unable to successfully execute on further organic growth opportunities or complete acquisitions in the future, our growth may be limited. There can be no assurance we will be able to identify and complete the purchase of additional attractive acquisition targets, including obtaining financing, if necessary, to facilitate such transactions. Future acquisitions will require integration of operations, sales and marketing, information technology, finance, and administrative functions. If we are unable to successfully integrate future acquisitions into our existing operations, capitalize on expected market share or revenue gains, realize anticipated cost or revenue synergies, or operate any acquired businesses profitably, we may not achieve the financial or operational success expected. In addition, future acquisitions could include the issuance of shares of our common stock as all or a portion of the consideration paid to the sellers. Any such issuance would be dilutive to the interests of our existing shareholders and may adversely affect the market price of our shares.

We may also seek to sell or otherwise exit portions of our business that do not align with our strategic plan. Business dispositions involve risks and uncertainties, and we may be unable to sell or exit such businesses on terms satisfactory to us and within a desired time frame. Risks include potential significant costs and expenses, the loss of customer relationships, and the diversion of management’s attention from other business concerns. Further, any continued financial involvement in the disposed business, such as through guarantees, indemnities, or other financial obligations, could adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Liquidity and access to cash

Our indebtedness may limit our use of cash flow to support operating, development and investment activities, and failure to comply with our debt covenants could adversely affect our liquidity and financial results.

As of March 31, 2025, we had total outstanding indebtedness of $351 million. Our indebtedness and related debt service obligations (i) require that a certain portion of cash flow from operations be used for principal and interest payments, which reduces the funds we have available for other business purposes; (ii) limit our flexibility in planning for or reacting to changes in our business and market conditions; and (iii) expose us to interest rate risk, since the majority of our debt obligations carry variable interest rates.

Our credit agreements contain financial covenants that, among other things, require us to maintain a minimum interest coverage ratio and impose a maximum leverage ratio. Failure to comply with debt covenants could result in an event of default, which, if not cured or waived, could result in us being required to repay these borrowings before their due date. If we are forced to refinance these borrowings on less favorable terms, our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected by increased costs and interest rates.

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Goodwill and intangible assets

Our balance sheet includes significant amounts of goodwill and intangible assets. An impairment of a significant portion of these assets would adversely affect our financial results.

Our balance sheet includes goodwill and intangible assets totaling $381 million at March 31, 2025. We perform goodwill impairment tests annually, as of the end of February, or more frequently if business events or other conditions exist that require a more frequent evaluation. In addition, we review intangible assets for impairment whenever business conditions or other events indicate that the assets may be impaired. If we determine the carrying value of an asset is impaired, we write down the asset to fair value and/or record an impairment charge to current operations.

We use judgment in determining if an indication of impairment exists. For our annual goodwill impairment tests, we use estimates and assumptions, including revenue growth rates and operating profit margins to calculate estimated future cash flows and risk-adjusted discount rates. We cannot predict the occurrence of future events or circumstances, including lower than forecasted revenues, market trends that fall below our current expectations, actions of key customers, increases in discount rates, and the continued general economic uncertainties, which could adversely affect the carrying value of goodwill and intangible assets. An impairment of a significant portion of goodwill or intangible assets could adversely impact our results of operations.

Income taxes

We may be subject to additional income tax expense or become subject to additional tax exposures.

Our effective tax rates in the future may be impacted by changes in the mix of earnings in countries with differing statutory rates and changes in tax laws, or their interpretation. The subjectivity of or changes in tax laws and regulations in jurisdictions where we operate could materially affect our results of operations and financial condition. For example, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) has issued significant global tax policy changes. In October 2021, the OECD and G20 Finance Ministers reached an agreement, known as Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Pillar Two (“Pillar Two”), that, among other things, provides that income earned in each jurisdiction that a multinational company operates in is subject to a minimum corporate income tax rate of at least 15 percent. Discussions related to the formal implementation of Pillar Two, including with respect to the tax law of each member jurisdiction, including the United States, are ongoing. Enactment of this regulation could result in an increase in our income tax expense and adversely impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. We are also subject to tax audits in each jurisdiction in which we operate. Unfavorable or unexpected outcomes from one or more tax audits could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

In addition, as of March 31, 2025, our net deferred tax assets totaled $43 million. Each quarter, we evaluate the probability that our deferred tax assets will be realized and determine whether valuation allowances or adjustments thereto are needed. This determination involves judgment and the use of significant estimates and assumptions, including expectations of future taxable income and tax planning strategies. Future events or circumstances, such as lower taxable income or unfavorable changes in the financial outlook of our operations in certain jurisdictions, could require us to establish further valuation allowances, which could negatively impact our results of operations and financial condition.

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Customers and markets

We are dependent upon the health of the customers and markets we serve.

We are highly susceptible to unfavorable trends or disruptions in the markets we serve, as our customers’ financial condition and performance are affected by demand for their goods or services, regulatory initiatives and incentives and general economic conditions, including supply chain challenges, access to credit, the price of fuel and electricity, employment levels and trends, interest rates, labor relations issues, regulatory requirements and incentives, technology demands and advancements, government-imposed restrictions relating to health crises or other unusual events, trade agreements and other market factors, as well as by customer-specific issues. Any significant decline in demand for our products and solutions, including those driven by end-market demands or demand for our customer’s products or services, by current and future customers could result in asset impairment charges and a reduction in our sales, thereby adversely impacting our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Exposure to foreign currencies

As a global company, we are subject to foreign currency rate fluctuations, which affect our financial results.

Although our financial results are reported in U.S. dollars, a significant portion of our sales and operating costs are realized in foreign currencies. Our sales and profitability are affected by movements of the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies in which we generate sales and incur expenses. To the extent that we are unable to match sales in foreign currencies with costs paid in the same currency, exchange rate fluctuations in any such currency could have an adverse effect on our financial results. During times of a strengthening U.S. dollar, our reported sales and earnings from our international operations will be lower because the applicable local currency will be translated into fewer U.S. dollars. In certain instances, currency rate fluctuations may create pricing pressure relative to competitors quoting in different currencies, which could result in our products becoming less competitive. Significant long-term fluctuations in relative currency values could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

Attracting and retaining talent

Our future success is dependent on our ability to attract, develop and retain qualified personnel.

Our ability to sustain and grow our business requires us to hire, develop, and retain skilled and diverse personnel throughout our organization. We depend significantly on the engagement of our employees and their skills, experience and industry knowledge to support our objectives and initiatives, and have attracted a leadership team executing on strategic initiatives informed by our 80/20 mindset. Our ability to achieve our operating and strategic goals depends on our ability to identify, hire, train and retain talented personnel, including our leadership team. We compete with other companies for talented personnel in the locations and labor markets in which we operate, all of which are very competitive, and we may lose key personnel or fail to attract other talented personnel, including at our manufacturing locations. Any prolonged labor shortages or significant employee turnover could negatively impact productivity and result in increased labor costs, such as increased overtime to meet demand or increased wage rates necessary to attract and retain employees. Overall, difficulty in attracting, developing, and retaining qualified personnel could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

ITEM 1B.  UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.

None.

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ITEM 1C.  CYBERSECURITY.

Governance

At this time, we are not aware of any cybersecurity incidents that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our company, including our business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition. For further discussion of the risks associated with potential future cybersecurity incidents, see the risk factor regarding cybersecurity in the section entitled “Item 1A. Risk Factors.”

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ITEM 2.  PROPERTIES.

We operate manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and in multiple foreign countries. Our world headquarters, including general offices and laboratory, experimental and prototype facilities, is located in Racine, Wisconsin. We have additional technical support functions located in Grenada, Mississippi; Allen, Texas; Leeds, United Kingdom; Pocenia, Italy; Guadalajara, Spain; Söderköping, Sweden; Mezökövesd, Hungary; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Changzhou, China; and Chennai, India.

The table below summarizes the number of manufacturing facilities within each of our operating segments as of March 31, 2025. Twenty-one of these facilities include leased manufacturing space.

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In addition to the manufacturing facilities summarized in the table above, we also operate four coatings facilities in North America and Europe, which primarily enhance customer-owned products with coatings solutions and operate at a smaller scale than our other manufacturing facilities.

We consider all of our facilities and equipment to be well maintained and suitable for their purposes. We review our manufacturing capacity regularly and make the determination as to our need to expand or, conversely, rationalize our facilities as necessary to meet changing market conditions and our operating needs.

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ITEM 3.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

The information required hereunder is incorporated by reference from Note 20 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ITEM 4.  MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable.

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INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

The following sets forth the name, age (as of March 31, 2025), business experience during at least the last five years, and certain other information relative to each executive officer of the Company.

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Executive officer positions are designated in our Bylaws and the persons holding these positions are elected annually by the Board. In addition, the Human Capital and Compensation Committee of the Board may recommend and the Board of Directors may approve promotions and other actions with regard to executive officers at any time during the fiscal year.

There are no family relationships among the executive officers and directors. There are no arrangements or understandings between any of the executive officers and any other person pursuant to which he or she was elected an officer of Modine.

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PART II

ITEM 5.  MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Our trading symbol is MOD. As of March 31, 2025, shareholders of record numbered 1,797.

We did not pay dividends during fiscal 2025 or 2024. Under our credit agreements, we are permitted to pay dividends on our common stock, subject to certain restrictions based upon the calculation of debt covenants, as defined in our credit agreements. We currently do not intend to pay dividends in fiscal 2026.

The following describes the Company’s purchases of common stock during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025:

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PERFORMANCE GRAPH

The following graph compares the cumulative five-year total return on our common stock with similar returns on the Russell 2000 Index and the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) MidCap 400 Industrials Index. The graph assumes a $100 investment and reinvestment of dividends. The return shown on the graph is not necessarily indicative of future performance.

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ITEM 7.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

Overview

At Modine, we are Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World ™. Our mission is to use our thermal management expertise to help our customers improve indoor air quality, reduce energy and water consumption, lower harmful emissions, enable cleaner running vehicles, and use more environmentally friendly refrigerants. We operate in four continents, in 16 countries, and employ approximately 11,300 persons worldwide.

We sell customer-centric thermal management solutions in a wide array of commercial, industrial, and building HVAC&R markets. In addition, we are a leading provider of engineered heat transfer systems and high-quality heat transfer components for use in on- and off-highway OEM vehicular applications. Our primary product groups include i) data center cooling; ii) heat transfer; iii) HVAC&R; iv) air-cooled; v) liquid-cooled; and vi) advanced solutions.

Company Strategy

Our purpose of Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World™ guides our strategic direction. Our mission is to use our thermal management expertise to help our customers improve indoor air quality, reduce energy and water consumption, lower harmful emissions, enable cleaner running vehicles, and use more environmentally friendly refrigerants. We are committed to evolving our product portfolio in pursuit of highly engineered, mission-critical thermal solutions. We are strategically investing in end markets where we see the highest growth prospects. These markets continue to shift to low-carbon energy solutions, driving demand for cleaner, more efficient thermal management.

In fiscal 2025, we continued our strategic transformation. We first announced our vision for a “new” Modine in late fiscal 2021. Over the last four fiscal years, we have simplified and re-segmented our organization and have aligned resources around specific strategies and market-based verticals. Our leadership and teams have embraced 80/20 principles and have created a high-performance culture that focuses resources on products and markets with the highest sustainable growth opportunities and best return profiles, while simplifying and improving our processes. We have strategically expanded our Data Center Cooling and Indoor Air Quality businesses. Through initiatives based upon 80/20 principles, we have achieved significant improvements in our profit margins since we started our transformational journey.

Entering fiscal 2026, we are committed to our strategic pillars to drive value creation. We aim to capitalize on our expertise in thermal management to provide differentiated solutions and sustain market leadership. We are focused on leveraging our product portfolio to accelerate growth, with particular focus on long-term growth drivers tied to secular mega-trends. We will continue to elevate our 80/20 discipline throughout our businesses and use 80/20 to guide our daily decision making. Finally, we will continue to evolve our portfolio to compound shareholder value. As we continue on our strategic transformation, we expect to change our mix of business. We are growing our data center cooling, heating and indoor air quality businesses, for example, while strategically deemphasizing others. Most notably, we are working towards exiting our automotive business since it does not align with our transformation goals. We expect these changes will fuel improvements in both profit margins and cash flows, all while supporting our customers with innovative and environmentally responsible thermal management solutions to succeed in the ever-changing global marketplace.

Development of New Products and Technology

Every day, we leverage our technical expertise, building on more than 100 years of excellence in thermal management, to advance our purpose. We are dedicated to utilizing technology and solutions with sustainable impacts. Our ability to provide customizable solutions to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers is one of our greatest competitive strengths.

We partner with our customers and use a systems-based approach to ensure our solutions work seamlessly with their other components. Our thermal solutions enable our customers to stay ahead of new and emerging regulations, particularly those involving increasingly stringent energy efficiency, emissions, and fuel economy standards.

We maintain numerous state-of-the-art technology centers, dedicated to the development and testing of products and technologies. The technology centers are located in Racine, Wisconsin; Grenada, Mississippi; Allen, Texas; Leeds, United Kingdom; Pocenia, Italy; Söderköping, Sweden; Mezökövesd, Hungary; and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Customers know our reputation for innovation and rely on Modine to provide high quality products and technologies.

Strategic Planning and Corporate Development

We employ both short-term (one-to-three year) and longer-term (five-to-seven year) strategic planning processes, which enable us to continually assess our opportunities, competitive threats, and economic market challenges.

We devote significant resources to global strategic planning and development activities to strengthen our competitive position. During fiscal 2025, we integrated Scott Springfield Manufacturing, a leading manufacturer of air handling units serving customers in the U.S. and Canada, into our Modine businesses. We will continue to pursue growth opportunities, particularly to grow our global, market leading positions in the data center cooling and HVAC&R markets. We have provided our general managers with the tools that they need to be successful, including dedicated resources to create an entrepreneurial environment and to challenge the status quo.

Operational and Financial Discipline

We are using 80/20 principles to guide our path forward toward commercial excellence. Through closely analyzing our customer and product data, we are focusing our commercial and operational actions in areas that drive increased profitability and also in areas requiring improvement. Our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments have embraced the tenets of 80/20 and are driving transformative change.

Our fiscal 2025 annual cash incentive plan for our management team was based upon two performance metrics: growth in net earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and certain other adjustments (“Adjusted EBITDA”) and Adjusted EBITDA margin as a percentage of net sales. The incentive plan’s performance goals were established for each operating segment as well for the consolidated Company. In addition, we provide a long-term incentive compensation plan for officers and certain key leaders throughout our organization to attract, retain, and motivate these employees who are responsible for driving the long-term success of our Company. The fiscal 2025 plan is comprised of performance-based share awards and restricted stock awards. The performance-based awards for the fiscal 2025 through 2027 performance period are based upon a target three-year average growth in Adjusted EBITDA and a target three-year average cash flow return on invested capital.

Segment Information – Strategy, Market Conditions and Trends

Each of our operating segments has separate strategic and financial plans. Segment financial results are reviewed by our CODM. These plans and results are used by our CODM to evaluate the performance of each segment and to make decisions on the allocation of resources.

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Climate Solutions (55 percent of fiscal 2025 net sales)

Our Climate Solutions segment provides energy-efficient, safe, climate-controlled solutions and components for a wide range of critical applications. The Climate Solutions segment sells data center cooling solutions, heat transfer products, and HVAC&R products to customers in North America, EMEA, and Asia. Data center cooling solutions, which are integrated with system controls, include air- and liquid-cooled chillers, CRAC and CRAH units, fan walls, and CDUs. Heat transfer products include heat exchanger coils used in commercial, industrial, and residential HVAC&R applications and coating products and application services that extend the life of equipment and components by protecting against corrosion. HVAC&R products include commercial and residential unit heaters, vertical and horizontal unit ventilators, air conditioning chillers, low global warming potential unit coolers, air-cooled condensers, and dry coolers. We sell our products and solutions both directly to commercial and industrial OEM and end user customers and through wholesalers, distributors, consulting engineers, contractors and data center operators for applications such as data centers, schools, greenhouses, healthcare systems, warehouses, residential garages, manufacturing facilities, and other commercial and industrial applications.

During fiscal 2025, Climate Solutions segment sales increased $333 million, or 30 percent, compared with the prior year, primarily driven by higher sales of data center cooling and HVAC&R products, partially offset by lower sales of heat transfer products. We are seeing the benefits of our strategic growth initiatives, particularly within our Data Center Cooling business. The increase in sales of data center cooling products included incremental sales from our Scott Springfield Manufacturing business, which we acquired during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, and significant organic sales growth to hyperscale and colocation customers.

In fiscal 2026, we will elevate our 80/20 discipline across our Climate Solutions businesses. We will leverage our deep expertise in thermal management to bring highly-engineered, mission critical thermal solutions to our customers and to capitalize on growth opportunities supported by mega-trends in the areas of high-performance computing, low global warming refrigerant regulations, and indoor air quality. We are particularly excited about growth opportunities in the global data center markets. We expect continued strong growth in the data center markets during fiscal 2026, as the need for digital infrastructure continues to expand. Through our acquisition of Scott Springfield Manufacturing and investment in liquid cooling technologies, we have expanded our product portfolio and will continue to invest in product innovations and next-generation technology to meet the data center cooling needs of new and existing customers in the future. We are continuing to increase our production capacity and global footprint, including a new production facility in India, to support our customers with data center cooling solutions and best-in-class support.

We also expect the North American commercial HVAC and school markets, to which we sell our indoor air quality products, will experience modest growth during fiscal 2026, driven by private and local institutional funding for ventilation improvements for commercial applications and schools. We are strategically expanding our HVAC technology portfolio to better serve our customers with tailored solutions. In April 2025, we acquired AbsolutAire Inc., a Michigan-based manufacturer of direct-fired heating, ventilation, and make-up air systems that complements our existing Heating and Indoor Air Quality businesses. In addition, in response to F-gas regulations, we are working closely with customers to design heat exchangers and systems that leverage now-required low global warming potential refrigerants effectively. Further, we are focused on growing our refrigeration sales and believe we can become a market leader in more environmentally friendly carbon dioxide gas coolers and adiabatic solutions in North America and Europe. Finally, we are focused on applying 80/20 principles within our manufacturing facilities and expect to achieve further production efficiency improvements as a result.

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Performance Technologies (45 percent of fiscal 2025 net sales)

The Performance Technologies segment provides products and solutions that enhance the performance of customer applications and develops solutions that provide mission critical energy for a variety of end market applications. The segment also provides solutions that increase fuel economy, reduce harmful emissions and maximize range in zero emission applications. The Performance Technologies segment designs and manufactures products and solutions using air-cooled and liquid-cooled technology for vehicular, stationary power, and industrial applications. Air-cooled products consist primarily of powertrain cooling products, such as radiators, condensers, engine cooling modules, charge air coolers, fan shrouds, and surge tanks; and Gensets. Liquid-cooled products include engine oil coolers, EGR coolers, liquid charge air coolers, transmission and retarder oil coolers, chillers, and condensers. In addition, the Performance Technologies segment provides advanced thermal solutions designed to improve battery range and vehicle life to zero-emission and hybrid commercial vehicle and off-highway customers. These solutions include battery thermal management systems, electronics cooling packages, and battery chillers.

During fiscal 2025, Performance Technologies segment sales decreased $158 million, or 12 percent, compared with the prior year, primarily due to lower sales volume, including $54 million of lower sales from three automotive businesses in Germany that we sold during the third quarter of fiscal 2024. In fiscal 2025, we focused on applying 80/20 principles and were able to achieve gross margin improvement despite the lower sales volume. We closed a technical service center in Germany to optimize the utilization of our global technical service center capacity and have taken restructuring actions, including targeted headcount reductions and product line transfers, to reduce selling, general, and administrative (“SG&A”) and operational expenses and to optimize the efficiency of our supply chain and manufacturing processes. In fiscal 2025, we signed a definitive agreement to sell the technical service center in Germany and expect the sale transaction will close during the first half of fiscal 2026.

Looking ahead, we are closely monitoring uncertainties in the markets we serve, including the potential impacts of tariffs on our businesses, our customers, and the economy as a whole. In anticipation of continued weakness in vehicular markets, we are actively reducing our cost structure in the Performance Technologies segment and have approved additional headcount reductions during the first quarter of fiscal 2026. We will continue to apply 80/20 principles and are focused on exiting the portions of our business that do not align with our strategic plan. We will also continue to evaluate our manufacturing footprint to optimize our production.

Consolidated Results of Operations

Acquisitions and dispositions

On March 1, 2024, we acquired Scott Springfield Manufacturing, a Canadian-based manufacturer of air handling units, for consideration totaling $184 million. On July 1, 2023, we acquired Napps Technology Corporation (“Napps”), a Texas-based manufacturer of air- and water-cooled chillers, condensing units and heat pumps, for consideration totaling $6 million. These acquisitions expanded our data center and indoor air quality product portfolios and support our growth strategy and mission of improving indoor air quality. We have reported the financial results of these businesses within the Climate Solutions segment since the acquisition dates.

In October 2023, we sold three automotive businesses based in Germany. The sale of these Performance Technologies businesses, which produce air- and liquid-cooled products for internal combustion diesel and gasoline engines for the European automotive market, supports our strategic prioritization of resources towards higher-margin technologies.

In September 2023, we sold two coatings facilities, located in California and Florida. Sales from these two businesses, which provided aftermarket application services, totaled $6 million in fiscal 2023.

In December 2024, we signed a definitive agreement to sell our technical service center and administrative support facility in Germany to a real estate investment firm for €12 million ($12 million). Earlier this fiscal year, we closed the technical service center and reduced headcount in light of the sale of the three automotive businesses in Germany. We expect the sale transaction will close during the first half of fiscal 2026, subject to remaining closing conditions. We expect to record a gain on sale, net of costs to sell, of approximately $3 million when the transaction is completed.

In April 2025, we acquired AbsolutAire, Inc., a Michigan-based manufacturer of direct-fired heating, ventilation, and make-up air systems. We paid $11 million upon transaction closing. This acquisition supports our growth strategy by expanding our heating and indoor air quality product portfolios and also broadens our customer base in the commercial, industrial, food service, and warehousing sectors. We will report the financial results of this business within the Climate Solutions segment beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2026.

See Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding acquisitions and dispositions.

Fiscal 2025 highlights

Fiscal 2025 net sales increased $175 million, or 7 percent, from the prior year, primarily due to higher sales in our Climate Solutions segment, partially offset with lower sales in our Performance Technologies segment. Cost of sales increased $58 million, or 3 percent. Gross profit increased $118 million and gross margin improved 310 basis points to 24.9 percent. SG&A expenses increased $58 million and included higher compensation-related expenses and higher expenses from Scott Springfield Manufacturing, including amortization expense for acquired intangible assets. Operating income of $283 million during fiscal 2025 increased $42 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A and restructuring expenses and the absence of a $4 million gain on sale of three automotive businesses in Germany in fiscal 2024.

Fiscal 2024 highlights

Fiscal 2024 net sales increased $110 million, or 5 percent, from the prior year, primarily due to higher sales in our Performance Technologies and Climate Solutions segments. Cost of sales decreased $27 million, or 1 percent, primarily due to lower material costs and improved operating efficiencies. Gross profit increased $137 million and gross margin improved 490 basis points to 21.8 percent. SG&A expenses increased $40 million, primarily due to higher compensation-related expenses. Operating income of $241 million during fiscal 2024 increased $91 million from the prior year, primarily due to higher gross profit, partially offset by higher SG&A and restructuring expenses.

The following table presents our consolidated financial results on a comparative basis for fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023.