1. COMPANY BACKGROUND

Sun Hydraulics Corporation, doing business as Helios Technologies (“Helios” or the “Company”), and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is an industrial technology leader that develops and manufactures solutions for both the hydraulics and electronics markets.  On August 6, 2018, the Company announced that it had adopted Helios Technologies as its business name.  Sun Hydraulics, LLC, a newly-formed Florida limited liability company that holds the historical net operating assets of the Sun Hydraulics brand entities, along with the previously acquired Enovation Controls, LLC and Faster S.p.A. are the wholly-owned operating subsidiaries of Helios Technologies under the new holding company name.

The Company operates in two business segments, Hydraulics and Electronics.  The Hydraulics segment consists of the global Sun Hydraulics companies (“Sun Hydraulics” or “Sun”) and Faster S.p.A (“Faster”), acquired in the second quarter of this fiscal year. Sun Hydraulics serves the hydraulics market as a leading manufacturer of high-performance screw-in hydraulic cartridge valves, electro-hydraulics, manifolds, and integrated package solutions for the worldwide industrial and mobile hydraulics markets. Faster serves the hydraulics market as a leading global manufacturer of quick release hydraulic coupling solutions focused in the agriculture, construction equipment and industrial markets.  The Electronics segment, which consists of Enovation Controls, LLC (“Enovation Controls”), is a global provider of innovative electronic control, display and instrumentation solutions for both recreational and off-highway vehicles, as well as stationary and power generation equipment. 

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, certain information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements are not included herein. The financial statements are prepared on a consistent basis (including normal recurring adjustments) and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2017, filed by Sun Hydraulics Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2018. In Management’s opinion, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial statements are reflected in the interim periods presented. Operating results for the six month period ended June 30, 2018, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the period ending December 29, 2018.