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September 23, 2021
Aldo J. Pagliari
Chief Financial Officer
Snap-on Incorporated
2801 80th Street
Kenosha, WI 53143
Re: Snap-on
Incorporated
Form 10-K for the
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020
Filed February 11,
2021
File No. 001-07724
Dear Mr. Pagliari:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. In
some of our
comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better
understand your
disclosure.
Please respond to these comments within ten business days by
providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe our
comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.
After reviewing your
response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020
Item 1A
Risk Factors, page 12
1. Disclose the material
effects of transition risks related to climate change that may affect
your business,
financial condition, and results of operations, such as policy and regulatory
changes that could
impose operational and compliance burdens, market trends that may
alter business
opportunities, credit risks, or technological changes.
Aldo J. Pagliari
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Snap-on Incorporated
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Item 7
Management s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations, page
27
2. We note that you list several future climate-related projects on your
Sustainability
Commitment webpage. Please revise your disclosure to identify any
material past and/or
future capital expenditures for climate-related projects. If material,
please quantify these
expenditures.
3. To the extent material, discuss the indirect consequences of
climate-related regulation or
business trends, such as the following:
decreased demand for goods or services that produce significant
greenhouse gas
emissions or are related to carbon-based energy sources;
increased demand for goods that result in lower emissions than
competing products;
and
increased competition to develop innovative new products that
result in lower
emissions.
4. If material, discuss the significant physical effects of climate
change on your operations
and results. This disclosure may include the following:
severity of weather, such as floods, hurricanes, extreme fires,
and water availability
and quality;
quantification of material weather-related damages to your
property or operations;
and
any weather-related impacts on the cost or availability of
insurance.
We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.
Please contact Jennifer Angelini at 202-551-3047 or Sergio Chinos at
202-551-7844 with
any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of
Corporation Finance
Office of
Manufacturing