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Livent Corp. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/19 – ‘EX-18.1’

On:  Friday, 2/28/20, at 3:33pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  1742924-20-12   ·   File #:  1-38694

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 2/28/20  Livent Corp.                      10-K       12/31/19  118:20M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.05M 
 2: EX-4.2      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     61K 
 3: EX-10.20    Material Contract                                   HTML     75K 
 4: EX-10.24    Material Contract                                   HTML     75K 
 6: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     34K 
 7: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     33K 
 8: EX-23.2     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     29K 
 9: EX-23.3     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     30K 
 5: EX-18.1     Letter re: Change in Accounting Principles          HTML     34K 
10: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     39K 
11: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     39K 
12: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
13: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
110: R1          Document and Entity Information Document and        HTML     65K  
                Entity Information                                               
48: R2          Consolidated and Combined Statements of Operations  HTML    101K 
34: R3          Consolidated and Combined Statements of Operations  HTML     41K 
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73: R4          Consolidated and Combined Statements of             HTML     88K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
109: R5          Consolidated and Combined Statements of             HTML     55K  
                Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical)                             
47: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    124K 
33: R7          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     47K 
72: R8          Consolidated and Combined Statements of Cash Flows  HTML    149K 
111: R9          Consolidated and Combined Statements of Cash Flows  HTML     34K  
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104: R10         Consolidated and Combined Statements of Equity      HTML     84K  
92: R11         Consolidated and Combined Statements of Equity -    HTML     37K 
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27: R12         Description of the Business                         HTML     43K 
65: R13         Principal Accounting Policies and Related           HTML    104K 
                Financial Information                                            
105: R14         Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting              HTML     47K  
                Pronouncements and Regulatory Items                              
93: R15         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     94K 
29: R16         Inventories, Net                                    HTML    217K 
66: R17         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net                  HTML     48K 
106: R18         Restructuring and Other Charges                     HTML     63K  
91: R19         Environmental Obligations                           HTML     55K 
36: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML    152K 
49: R21         Debt                                                HTML     56K 
107: R22         Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits          HTML     80K  
70: R23         Stock-based Compensation                            HTML     94K 
37: R24         Equity                                              HTML    134K 
50: R25         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     67K 
108: R26         Financial Instruments, Risk Management and Fair     HTML    119K  
                Value Measurements                                               
71: R27         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     63K 
35: R28         Supplemental Information                            HTML     95K 
51: R29         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     95K 
69: R30         Principal Accounting Policies and Related           HTML    172K 
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31: R31         Principal Accounting Policies and Related           HTML     70K 
                Financial Information (Tables)                                   
90: R32         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     74K 
103: R33         Inventories, Net (Tables)                           HTML    221K  
68: R34         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Tables)         HTML     52K 
30: R35         Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables)            HTML     67K 
89: R36         Environmental Obligations (Tables)                  HTML     51K 
102: R37         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    154K  
67: R38         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     52K 
32: R39         Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits          HTML     96K 
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54: R40         Stock-based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     88K 
40: R41         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML    143K 
80: R42         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     60K 
118: R43         Financial Instruments, Risk Management and Fair     HTML    113K  
                Value Measurements (Tables)                                      
53: R44         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     53K 
39: R45         Supplemental Information (Tables)                   HTML     96K 
79: R46         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     94K 
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117: R47         Description of the Business (Details)               HTML     52K  
52: R48         Principal Accounting Policies and Related           HTML    158K 
                Financial Information (Details)                                  
41: R49         Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting              HTML     40K 
                Pronouncements and Regulatory Items (Details)                    
21: R50         Revenue Recognition By Major Geographical Region    HTML     58K 
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58: R51         Revenue Recognition Narrative (Details)             HTML     46K 
100: R52         Revenue Recognition By Major Product Category       HTML     49K  
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87: R53         Revenue Recognition Assets and Liabilities          HTML     37K 
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22: R54         Revenue Recognition Performance Obligations         HTML     39K 
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59: R55         Inventories, Net (Details)                          HTML     42K 
101: R56         Inventories, Net Comparative Financial Statements   HTML    174K  
                Prior Year Adjusted (Details)                                    
88: R57         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Details)        HTML     54K 
20: R58         Restructuring and Other Charges Restructuring       HTML     50K 
                Charges in Consolidated Income (Details)                         
60: R59         Restructuring and Other Charges Restructuring       HTML     40K 
                Rollforward and Other Charges (Details)                          
113: R60         Environmental Obligations Narrative (Details)       HTML     37K  
76: R61         Environmental Obligations Environmental Reserve     HTML     40K 
                Rollforward (Details)                                            
43: R62         Environmental Obligations Reserves (Details)        HTML     43K 
56: R63         Income Taxes Domestic and Foreign Income Tax        HTML     38K 
                Components (Details)                                             
114: R64         Income Taxes Provision (Benefit) (Details)          HTML     62K  
77: R65         Income Taxes Effective Income Tax Rate              HTML     72K 
                Reconciliation (Details)                                         
44: R66         Income Taxes Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities    HTML     59K 
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57: R67         Income Taxes Net Operating Loss Carryforwards       HTML     39K 
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116: R68         Income Taxes Uncertain Income Tax Positions         HTML     85K  
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74: R69         Long-term (Details)                                 HTML     48K 
83: R70         Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits          HTML     73K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
98: R71         Debt Revolving Credit Facility and Maturities of    HTML     49K 
                Long-Term Debt (Details)                                         
63: R72         Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits          HTML     90K 
                Postretirement Activity (Details)                                
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                Changes In Plan Assets (Details)                                 
82: R74         Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits Net      HTML     54K 
                Annual Benefit Cost Assumptions (Details)                        
97: R75         Stock-based Compensation Narrative (Details)        HTML     65K 
62: R76         Stock-based Compensation Stock Compensation         HTML     54K 
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24: R77         Stock-based Compensation Black Scholes Assumptions  HTML     49K 
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85: R78         Stock-based Compensation Stock Option Activity      HTML     71K 
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94: R79         Stock-based Compensation Restricted Stock Activity  HTML     60K 
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84: R80         Equity Summary of Capital Stock Activity (Details)  HTML     60K 
99: R81         Equity Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive  HTML     59K 
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64: R82         Equity Reclassification Out of Accumulated Other    HTML     83K 
                Comprehensive Income (Details)                                   
26: R83         Equity Additional Information (Details)             HTML     33K 
81: R84         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     99K 
96: R85         Earnings Per Share Narrative (Details)              HTML     44K 
61: R86         Financial Instruments, Risk Management and Fair     HTML     39K 
                Value Measurements Narrative (Details)                           
23: R87         Financial Instruments, Risk Management and Fair     HTML     42K 
                Value Measurements Fair Value Derivative                         
                Instruments (Details)                                            
86: R88         Financial Instruments, Risk Management and Fair     HTML     54K 
                Value Measurements Derivatives in Cash Flow                      
                Hedging Relationships (Details)                                  
95: R89         Financial Instruments, Risk Management and Fair     HTML     37K 
                Value Measurements Derivatives Not Designated As                 
                Cash Flow Hedging Instruments (Details)                          
112: R90         Financial Instruments, Risk Management and Fair     HTML     56K  
                Value Measurements Recurring Fair Value                          
                Measurements (Details)                                           
75: R91         Financial Instruments, Risk Management and Fair     HTML     50K 
                Value Measurements Recurring Fair Value Derivative               
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
42: R92         Commitments and Contingencies Narrative (Details)   HTML     45K 
55: R93         Commitments and Contingencies Lease Cost and Terms  HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
115: R94         Commitments and Contingencies Maturity of           HTML     50K  
                Operating Lease Liabilities (Details)                            
78: R95         Supplemental Information (Details)                  HTML    125K 
46: R96         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     84K 
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38: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    209K 
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‘EX-18.1’   —   Letter re: Change in Accounting Principles


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February 28, 2020
Livent Corporation
2929 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have audited the consolidated balance sheets of Livent Corporation (the Company) as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the related consolidated and combined statements of operations, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated and combined financial statements), and have reported thereon under date of February 28, 2020. The aforementioned consolidated and combined financial statements and our audit report thereon are included in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. As stated in Note 5 to those financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for U.S. inventories from the last-in, first-out (LIFO) basis to the first-in, first-out (FIFO) basis and states that the newly adopted accounting principle is preferable in the circumstances because the FIFO basis improves the matching of cost of sales with the related revenue and causes inventories to be valued on a consistent basis throughout the entire company. In accordance with your request, we have reviewed and discussed with Company officials the circumstances and business judgment and planning upon which the decision to make this change in the method of accounting was based.
With regard to the aforementioned accounting change, authoritative criteria have not been established for evaluating the preferability of one acceptable method of accounting over another acceptable method. However, for purposes of the Company's compliance with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we are furnishing this letter.
Based on our review and discussion, with reliance on management’s business judgment and planning, we concur that the newly adopted method of accounting is preferable in the Company’s circumstances.
Very truly yours,
/s/ KPMG LLP




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