UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
For the quarterly period ended October 2, 2005
OR
Commission File Number 1-3671
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION
Delaware
13-1673581
State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization
I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.
2941 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100
Falls Church, Virginia
22042-4513
(703) 876-3000
Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code
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 and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No ¨.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes þ No ¨.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No þ.
201,302,713 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $1 par value per share, were outstanding at October 30, 2005.
INDEX
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(Dollars in millions)
October 2
2005
(Unaudited)
December 31
2004
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and equivalents
Accounts receivable
Contracts in process
Inventories
Assets of discontinued operations
Other current assets
Total Current Assets
Noncurrent Assets:
Property, plant and equipment, net
Intangible assets, net
Goodwill
Other assets
Total Noncurrent Assets
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt
Accounts payable
Liabilities of discontinued operations
Other current liabilities
Total Current Liabilities
Noncurrent Liabilities:
Long-term debt
Other liabilities
Commitments and contingencies (See Note L)
Total Noncurrent Liabilities
Shareholders’ Equity:
Common stock, including surplus
Retained earnings
Treasury stock
Accumulated other comprehensive income
Total Shareholders’ Equity
The accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS
(UNAUDITED)
(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
October 3
Net Sales
Operating costs and expenses
Operating Earnings
Interest expense, net
Other (expense) income, net
Earnings from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes
Provision for income taxes, net
Earnings from Continuing Operations
Discontinued operations, net of tax
Net Earnings
Earnings per Share - Basic
Continuing operations
Discontinued operations
Earnings per Share - Diluted
Dividends Per Share
Supplemental Information:
General and administrative expenses included in operating costs and expenses
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Other expense, net
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Adjustments to reconcile Earnings from Continuing Operations to net cash provided by operating activities –
Depreciation, depletion and amortization of property, plant and equipment
Amortization of intangible assets
Deferred income tax provision
(Increase) decrease in assets, net of effects of business acquisitions –
Increase (decrease) in liabilities, net of effects of business acquisitions –
Billings in excess of costs and estimated profits
Other, net
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities from Continuing Operations
Net Cash (Used) Provided by Discontinued Operations
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Proceeds from sale of assets, net
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired
Capital expenditures
Net Cash Used by Investing Activities
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Dividends paid
Purchases of common stock
Proceeds from option exercises
Repayment of floating rate notes
Net proceeds of commercial paper
Net repayments of other debt
Net Cash Used by Financing Activities
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Equivalents
Cash and Equivalents at Beginning of Period
Cash and Equivalents at End of Period
Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
Cash payments for:
Income taxes
Interest
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts or unless otherwise noted)
The term “company” or “General Dynamics” refers to General Dynamics Corporation and all of its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries. The unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included herein have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. Operating results for the three- and nine-month periods ended October 2, 2005, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2005. These unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
In management’s opinion, the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments, that are of a normal recurring nature, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the three- and nine-month periods ended October 2, 2005, and October 3, 2004. In 2004 and 2005, General Dynamics sold certain non-core businesses, as discussed in Note C. The unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements have been restated to reflect the results of operations of these businesses in discontinued operations. Additionally, some prior-year amounts have been reclassified among financial statement accounts to conform to the current-year presentation.
In the first nine months of 2005, General Dynamics acquired the following businesses for a total cost of approximately $275, which was paid in cash:
Information Systems and Technology
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In 2004, General Dynamics acquired the following businesses for a total cost of approximately $500, which was paid in cash:
Combat Systems
The operating results of these businesses have been included with General Dynamics’ results as of the respective closing dates of the acquisitions. The purchase prices of these businesses have been allocated to the estimated fair value of net tangible and intangible assets acquired, with any excess recorded as goodwill. Certain of the estimates related to the Itronix, Tadpole and MAYA Viz acquisitions are still preliminary at October 2, 2005. The company is awaiting the completion of the identification and valuation of intangible assets acquired. The company expects these analyses to be completed during the first quarter of 2006.
Intangible assets consisted of the following:
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Contract and program intangible assets
Other intangible assets
The company amortizes contract and program intangible assets on a straight-line basis over 5 to 40 years. Other intangible assets consist primarily of aircraft product design, customer lists, software and licenses and are amortized over 3 to 21 years.
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Amortization expense was $25 and $76 for the three- and nine-month periods ended October 2, 2005, and $22 and $67 for the three- and nine-month periods ended October 3, 2004. The company expects to record annual amortization expense over the next five years as follows:
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by business group for the nine months ended October 2, 2005, were as follows:
Marine Systems
Aerospace
Resources
In 2004, General Dynamics reviewed its businesses to identify operations that were not core to the company and could be divested. As a result, the company completed the sale of two businesses in the third quarter of 2004 and recognized an after-tax loss of $2. In the Information Systems and Technology group, the company sold its business specializing in the development of software products and customized solutions for the automotive and airline industries. In the Combat Systems group, the company sold its business specializing in the design and manufacture of electrical equipment for specialty vehicles.
Also in 2004, the company entered into definitive agreements to sell two additional businesses. The company entered into agreements to sell its aeronautical research and development business in the Information Systems and Technology group and its propulsion systems business in the Combat Systems group. These transactions closed in the first quarter of 2005. In addition to the 2004 activity, the company sold two more businesses in the first quarter of 2005. These included the facilities research and development business and the airborne electronics systems business in the Information Systems and Technology group. The company recognized an after-tax loss of $8 from the sale of these businesses in discontinued operations in 2005. The company received combined net proceeds from these transactions of $321 in 2005.
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The financial statements for all periods have been restated to present the results of operations of these businesses in discontinued operations.
The summary of operating results from discontinued operations follows:
Net sales
Operating expenses
Operating earnings
(Loss) gain on disposal
Earnings before taxes
Tax provision
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations
Assets and liabilities of discontinued operations consisted of the following:
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The company accounts for its equity compensation plans under the recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related Interpretations. The company measures compensation expense for stock options as the excess, if any, of the quoted market price of the company’s stock at the measurement date over the exercise price. The company records stock awards at fair value on the date of the award.
If compensation expense for stock options had been determined based on the fair value at the grant dates for awards under the company’s equity compensation plans, General Dynamics’ net earnings and net earnings per share would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated as follows:
Net earnings, as reported
Add: Stock-based compensation expense included in reported net earnings, net of tax*
Deduct: Total fair value-based compensation expense, net of tax
Pro forma
Net earnings per share - basic:
As reported
Net earnings per share - diluted:
The weighted average fair value of each stock option included in the preceding pro forma amounts was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and is amortized over the vesting period of the underlying options.
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Comprehensive income consisted of the following:
Net earnings
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Fair value adjustments on cash flow hedges
Other
Comprehensive income
General Dynamics computes basic earnings per share using net earnings for the respective period and the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share incorporates the incremental shares issuable upon the assumed exercise of stock options and the issuance of contingently issuable shares.
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding were as follows (in thousands):
Basic weighted average shares outstanding
Assumed exercise of stock options
Contingently issuable shares
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding
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Contracts in process represent recoverable costs and, where applicable, accrued profit related to long-term government contracts and consisted of the following:
Contract costs and estimated profits
Other contract costs
Less advances and progress payments
Contract costs consist primarily of production costs and related overhead, such as general and administrative expenses. Contract costs also include contract recoveries for matters such as contract changes, negotiated settlements and claims for unanticipated contract costs, which totaled $92 as of October 2, 2005, and $37 as of December 31, 2004. The company records revenue associated with these matters only when recovery can be estimated reliably and realization is probable.
Other contract costs represent amounts recorded under GAAP that are not currently allocable to contracts, such as a portion of the company’s estimated workers’ compensation, other insurance-related assessments, retirement benefits and environmental expenses. These costs will become allocable to contracts when they are paid. The company expects to recover these costs through ongoing business, including existing backlog and probable follow-on contracts. This business base includes numerous contracts for which the company is the sole source or one of two suppliers on long-term defense programs. If the backlog in the future does not support the continued deferral of these costs, the profitability of the company’s remaining contracts could be adversely affected.
Inventories represent primarily commercial aircraft components and consisted of the following:
Work in process
Raw materials
Pre-owned aircraft
Other*
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Debt consisted of the following:
Fixed-rate notes
Senior notes
Term debt
Less current portion
As of October 2, 2005, General Dynamics had outstanding $3.1 billion aggregate principal amount of fixed-rate notes. The offer and sale of the fixed-rate notes was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). The notes consist of the following:
The fixed-rate notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by several of the company’s 100-percent-owned subsidiaries. The company has the option to redeem the notes prior to their maturity in whole or in part at 100 percent of the principal plus accrued but unpaid interest and any applicable make-whole amounts. See Note O for condensed consolidating financial statements.
The senior notes are privately placed U.S. dollar-denominated notes issued by one of the company’s Canadian subsidiaries. Interest is payable semiannually at an annual rate of 6.32 percent, until maturity in September 2008. The subsidiary has a currency swap that fixes both the interest payments and principal at maturity of these notes. As of October 2, 2005, the fair value of this currency swap was a $46 liability, which offset the effect of changes in the currency exchange rate on the related debt. The senior notes are backed by a parent company guarantee.
The company assumed the term debt in connection with the acquisition of Primex Technologies, Inc., in 2001. Annual sinking fund payments of $5 are required in December 2005 through 2007, with the remaining $20 payable in December 2008. Interest is payable in June and December at the rate of 7.5 percent annually.
As of October 2, 2005, other debt consisted primarily of two capital lease arrangements totaling $9.
As of October 2, 2005, the company had no commercial paper outstanding but maintains the ability to access the market. The company has $2 billion in bank credit facilities that provide backup
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liquidity to its commercial paper program. These credit facilities consist of a $1 billion multiyear facility expiring in July 2006 and a $1 billion multiyear facility expiring in July 2009. The company’s commercial paper issuances and the bank credit facilities are guaranteed by several of the company’s 100-percent-owned subsidiaries. Additionally, a number of the company’s international subsidiaries have available local bank credit facilities of approximately $502.
The company’s financing arrangements contain a number of customary covenants and restrictions. In particular, the company’s bank credit facilities include a minimum net worth threshold, which the company exceeds by a margin in excess of $2 billion. The company was in compliance with all material covenants as of October 2, 2005.
A summary of significant liabilities, by balance sheet caption, follows:
Customer deposits on commercial contracts
Workers’ compensation
Salaries and wages
Retirement benefits
Deferred U.S. federal income taxes
Accrued costs of disposed businesses
The company had a net deferred tax liability of $526 at October 2, 2005, and $432 at December 31, 2004. The current portion of the net deferred taxes was an asset of $175 at October 2, 2005, and $217 at December 31, 2004, and is included in other current assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
On November 27, 2001, General Dynamics filed a refund suit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for the years 1991 to 1993. The company filed a related refund suit for the years 1994 to 1998 on June 23, 2004. The company anticipates that it will file a related refund suit for the years 1999 to 2002. The suits seek recovery of refund claims that were disallowed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at the administrative level. If the court awards a full recovery to the company, the refund could exceed $100, including after-tax interest. The company expects the litigation to take several years to resolve and has recognized no income from this matter.
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In the first quarter of 2005, the company and the IRS reached agreement on the examination of the company’s income tax returns for 1999 through 2002. As a result of the resolution of the 1999-2002 audit cycle, the company reassessed its tax contingencies during the first quarter and recognized a non-cash benefit of $66, or $.33 per share. During the third quarter, the IRS began its examination of the company’s income tax returns for 2003 and 2004. The company has recorded liabilities for tax contingencies for open years. The company does not expect the resolution of tax matters for these years to have a material impact on its results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
Litigation
Termination of A-12 Program. In January 1991, the U.S. Navy terminated the company’s A-12 aircraft contract for default. The A-12 contract was a fixed-price incentive contract for the full-scale development and initial production of the Navy’s carrier-based Advanced Tactical Aircraft. Both the company and McDonnell Douglas, now owned by The Boeing Company, (the contractors) were parties to the contract with the Navy. Both contractors had full responsibility to the Navy for performance under the contract, and both are jointly and severally liable for potential liabilities arising from the termination. As a consequence of the termination for default, the Navy demanded that the contractors repay $1.4 billion in unliquidated progress payments. The Navy agreed to defer collection of that amount pending a decision by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on the contractors’ challenge to the termination for default, or a negotiated settlement.
On December 19, 1995, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (the trial court) issued an order converting the termination for default to a termination for convenience. On March 31, 1998, a final judgment was entered in favor of the contractors for $1.2 billion plus interest.
On July 1, 1999, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the appeals court) remanded the case to the trial court for determination of whether the government’s default termination was justified. On August 31, 2001, following the trial on remand, the trial court upheld the default termination of the A-12 contract. In its opinion, the trial court rejected all of the government’s arguments to sustain the default termination except for the government’s schedule arguments, as to which the trial court held that the schedule the government unilaterally imposed was reasonable and enforceable, and that the government had not waived that schedule. On the sole ground that the contractors were not going to deliver the first aircraft on the date provided in the unilateral schedule, the trial court upheld the default termination and entered judgment for the government.
On January 9, 2003, the company’s appeal was argued before a three-judge panel of the appeals court. On March 17, 2003, the appeals court vacated the trial court’s judgment and remanded the case to the trial court for further proceedings. The appeals court found that the trial court had misapplied the controlling legal standard in concluding that the termination for default could be sustained solely on the basis of the contractors’ inability to complete the first flight of the first test aircraft by December 1991. Rather, the appeals court held that in order to uphold a termination for default the trial court would have to determine that there was no reasonable likelihood that the contractors could perform the entire contract effort within the time remaining for performance. The company does not believe the evidence supports such a determination. Pursuant to the direction of the appeals court, the trial court held further proceedings on June 29 and 30, 2004. The matter is pending before the trial court for decision.
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If, contrary to the company’s expectations, the default termination is ultimately sustained, the contractors could collectively be required to repay the government as much as $1.4 billion for progress payments received for the A-12 contract, plus interest, which was approximately $1.2 billion at October 2, 2005. This would result in a liability for the company of approximately $1.3 billion pretax. The company’s after-tax charge would be approximately $700 to $750, depending on the outcome of two related tax refund cases pending before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (see Note K), to be taken as a charge against discontinued operations. The company believes it has sufficient resources to satisfy its obligation if required while still retaining ample liquidity.
Final Analysis. In May 2003, Final Analysis Communication Systems, Inc. (FACS), a Maryland corporation, served the company with a complaint it filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. On October 14, 2004, FACS filed a second amended complaint alleging that the company breached contracts among the company, FACS and FACS’ then-corporate parent, Final Analysis, Inc. (FAI), a Maryland corporation. FAI is currently a debtor in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland. The second amended complaint alleged monetary damages in excess of $500, plus punitive damages. The company denied liability to FACS and asserted counterclaims.
On September 6, 2005, the jury rendered a verdict against the company in the amount of $138 and a verdict in its favor in the amount of $8 on the company’s counterclaims. The judge has not entered judgment on the jury’s verdict, but rather has asked for post-trial motions and briefs from both parties to be filed over the 150 days following the September 6 verdict. General Dynamics believes the jury’s verdict is not supported by the evidence presented and is legally flawed. The company believes that the ultimate outcome of this matter will not have a material impact on its results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
Other. Various claims and other legal proceedings incidental to the normal course of business are pending or threatened against the company. While it cannot predict the outcome of these matters, the company believes any potential liabilities in these proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material impact on its results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
Environmental
General Dynamics is subject to and affected by a variety of federal, state, local and foreign environmental laws and regulations. The company is directly or indirectly involved in environmental investigation or remediation at some of its current and former facilities, and at third-party sites not owned by the company but where it has been designated a Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or a state environmental agency. Based on historical experience, the company expects that a significant percentage of the total remediation and compliance costs associated with these facilities will continue to be allowable costs and, therefore, reimbursed by the U.S. government. As required, the company provides financial assurance for certain sites undergoing or subject to investigation or remediation. Where applicable, the company seeks insurance recovery for costs related to environmental liability. The company does not record insurance recoveries before collection is considered probable. Based on all known facts and analyses, as well as current U.S. government policies relating to allowable costs, the company does not believe that its liability at any individual site, or in the aggregate, arising from such sites at which there is a known environmental condition, or Superfund or other multi-party sites at which the company is a PRP, will be material to its results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. Nor does the company believe that the range of
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reasonably possible additional loss beyond what has been recorded would be material to its results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
In the ordinary course of business, General Dynamics has entered into letters of credit and other similar arrangements with financial institutions and insurance carriers totaling approximately $1.4 billion at October 2, 2005. The company, from time to time in the ordinary course of business, guarantees the payment or performance obligations of its subsidiaries arising under certain contracts. The company is aware of no event of default that would require it to satisfy these guarantees.
As a government contractor, the company is occasionally subject to U.S. government investigations relating to its operations, including claims for fines, penalties and compensatory and treble damages. The company believes, based on currently available information, that the outcome of such ongoing government disputes and investigations will not have a material impact on its results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
On June 5, 2001, General Dynamics acquired substantially all of the assets of Galaxy Aerospace Company LP. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, the selling parties have the contractual right to receive additional payments, up to a maximum of approximately $300 through 2006, contingent on the achievement of specific revenue targets. Based on current planned aircraft production rates, the company does not anticipate having to make any future payments under this agreement.
As of October 2, 2005, in connection with orders for 21 Gulfstream aircraft in firm contract backlog, the company had offered customers trade-in options, which may or may not be exercised by the customers. If these options are exercised, the company will accept trade-in aircraft (both Gulfstream and competitor aircraft) at a predetermined minimum trade-in price as partial consideration in the new aircraft transaction. Any excess of the trade-in price above the fair market value is treated as a reduction of revenue upon recording of the new aircraft sales transaction. These option commitments last through 2007 and totaled $425 as of October 2, 2005, versus $301 at December 31, 2004. Beyond these commitments, additional aircraft trade-ins are likely to be accepted in connection with future orders for new aircraft.
The company provides product warranties to its customers associated with certain product sales, particularly business-jet aircraft. The company records estimated warranty costs in the period in which the related products are delivered. The warranty liability recorded at each balance sheet date is based on the estimated number of months of warranty coverage remaining for products delivered and the average historical monthly warranty payments, and is included in other current liabilities and other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
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The changes in the carrying amount of warranty liabilities for the nine-month periods ended October 2, 2005, and October 3, 2004, were as follows:
Beginning balance
Warranty expense
Payments
Adjustments*
Ending balance
The company provides defined-benefit pension and other post-retirement benefits to certain eligible employees.
Net periodic pension and other post-retirement benefit costs for the three- and nine-month periods ended October 2, 2005, and October 3, 2004, consisted of the following:
Service cost
Interest cost
Expected return on plan assets
Recognized net actuarial loss
Amortization of unrecognized transition obligation
Amortization of prior service cost
Net periodic cost
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Pension Benefits. General Dynamics’ contractual arrangements with the U.S. government provide for the recovery of contributions to the company’s government plans. The amount contributed to certain plans, charged to contracts and included in net sales has exceeded the net periodic pension cost as determined under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87, Employers’ Accounting for Pensions. The company has deferred recognition of earnings resulting from this difference to provide a better matching of revenues and expenses. Similarly, pension settlements and curtailments under the government plans have also been deferred. These deferrals have been classified against the prepaid pension cost related to these plans.
Other Post-retirement Benefits. The company’s contractual arrangements with the U.S. government provide for the recovery of contributions to a Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association trust and, for non-funded plans, recovery of claims paid. The net periodic post-retirement benefit cost exceeds the company’s cost currently allocable to contracts. To the extent recovery of the cost is considered probable based on the company’s backlog, the company defers the excess in contracts in process until such time that the cost is allocable to contracts.
The company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position (FSP) No. FAS 106-2, Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, (which superseded FSP No. FAS 106-1) effective December 31, 2004. This FSP provides guidance on the accounting for the federal subsidy and other provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. The effects of these provisions resulted in a reduction of $65 in the company’s accumulated post-retirement obligation for benefits attributed to past service as of December 31, 2004, and an expected reduction of $8 in the company’s 2005 net periodic post-retirement benefit cost. The federal government is expected to begin making the subsidy payments to employers in 2006.
General Dynamics operates in four primary business groups: Information Systems and Technology, Combat Systems, Marine Systems and Aerospace. The company organizes and measures its business groups in accordance with the nature of products and services offered. These business groups derive their revenues from mission-critical information systems and technologies; land and
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expeditionary combat vehicles, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and business aviation, respectively. The company also owns certain commercial operations that are identified for reporting purposes as Resources. The company measures each group’s profit based on operating earnings. As a result, the company does not allocate net interest, other income and expense items, and income taxes to its business groups.
Summary financial information for each of the company’s business groups follows:
Resources/Corporate (a)
Resources (a)
Corporate (b)
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The fixed-rate notes described in Note I are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured, joint and several basis by certain 100-percent-owned subsidiaries of General Dynamics Corporation (the guarantors). The following condensed consolidating financial statements illustrate the composition of the parent, the guarantors on a combined basis (each guarantor together with its majority-owned subsidiaries) and all other subsidiaries on a combined basis as of October 2, 2005, and December 31, 2004, for the balance sheet, as well as the statements of earnings and cash flows for the three- and nine-month periods ended October 2, 2005, and October 3, 2004.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Earnings
Guarantors
on a
Combined
Basis
Subsidiaries
Consolidating
Adjustments
Total
Consolidated
Cost of sales
General and administrative expenses
Interest expense
Interest income
Provision for income taxes
Equity in net earnings of subsidiaries
Other income, net
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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
Property, plant and equipment
Accumulated depreciation, depletion & amortization of PP&E
Intangible assets and goodwill
Accumulated amortization of intangible assets
Investment in subsidiaries
Short-term debt
Other shareholders’ equity
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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
Net Cash Provided by Operating
Activities from Continuing Operations
Net Cash Used by Discontinued Operations
Cash sweep by parent
Net Increase in Cash and Equivalents
Net Cash Provided by Discontinued Operations
Repayment of floating-rate notes
Net Decrease in Cash and Equivalents
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
October 2, 2005
Business Overview
General Dynamics designs, develops, manufactures and supports leading-edge technology products and services for mission-critical information systems and technologies; land and expeditionary combat vehicles, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and business aviation. The company’s primary customers are the U.S. military, other government organizations, the armed forces of allied nations and a diverse base of corporate and industrial buyers. It operates through four primary business groups – Information Systems and Technology, Combat Systems, Marine Systems and Aerospace – and a small Resources group. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the company’s 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements included herein.
Results of Operations
Consolidated Overview
General Dynamics’ net sales for the third quarter of 2005 increased 16 percent over the third quarter of 2004 to $5.4 billion. The sales growth was driven by increased volume in all of the company’s business groups, particularly the Information Systems and Technology, Combat Systems and Aerospace groups. Operating earnings grew to $588 in the third quarter of 2005, an increase of 19 percent over the third quarter of 2004. Strong performance in the Information Systems and Technology, Combat Systems and Aerospace groups more than offset additional commercial shipbuilding losses in the Marine Systems group.
Net sales for the nine-month period ended October 2, 2005, were $15.4 billion, an increase of 11 percent compared with the same period in 2004. The Information Systems and Technology, Combat Systems and Aerospace groups each contributed to the sales growth, while sales in the Marine Systems group were essentially flat compared with the prior year. Operating earnings for the first nine months of 2005 increased 12 percent to $1.6 billion over the same period in 2004. Increased volume was the main driver of the growth in operating earnings, supplemented by improved performance in the Aerospace group, though partially offset by contract losses in the Marine Systems group.
General Dynamics continued to strengthen its margin performance in the third quarter of 2005, generating margins of 10.9 percent in the quarter and 10.3 percent in the first nine months of 2005, compared with 10.6 percent and 10.1 percent in the comparable 2004 periods. General and administrative (G&A) expenses as a percentage of net sales were consistent with 2004 at 6.2 percent. The company expects G&A expenses as a percent of sales for the full year 2005 to be consistent with the full year 2004.
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General Dynamics continued to generate strong cash flow from operations in the first nine months of 2005. Net cash provided by operating activities was $1.2 billion, compared with $996 in the same period in 2004. In addition, during the first nine months of 2005 the company generated $321 from the sale of several non-core businesses. The company used cash to fund acquisitions and capital expenditures, repurchase its common stock and pay dividends.
The company’s effective tax rate for the nine-month period ended October 2, 2005, was 28.7 percent compared with 32.4 percent for the first nine months of 2004. The company’s effective tax rate for the first nine months of 2005 was impacted favorably by the resolution of the company’s 1999-2002 federal income tax audit during the first quarter. This settlement resulted in a $66, or $.33 per-share, non-cash benefit, which reduced the company’s effective tax rate for the first nine months of 2005 by 4.4 percent. Excluding the effect of the resolution of tax matters related to prior years, the company expects the effective tax rate for the full year to approximate the 2004 rate. For additional discussion of tax matters, as well as a discussion of the net deferred tax liability, see Note K to the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
In 2004, the company reviewed its businesses to identify operations that were not core to the company and could be divested. In connection with this process, the company completed the sales of several small businesses in the first quarter of 2005. The company’s reported net sales exclude the revenues associated with these businesses. The company received $321 in cash, net of taxes, in the first nine months of 2005 from the sale of these businesses and recognized an after-tax loss of $8 in discontinued operations in the nine-month period ended October 2, 2005, related to the divestiture activities. For additional discussion of these divestiture activities, see Note C to the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
The company’s total backlog remained steady at $43.4 billion as of October 2, 2005, compared with $43.6 billion at the end of the second quarter of 2005. The total backlog as of the end of the quarter grew 9 percent, and the funded backlog 17 percent, over the same point in 2004. New orders received during the third quarter of 2005 were $5.1 billion, including over $2.7 billion of order activity in the Information Systems and Technology group and continued strong order activity at Gulfstream. The total backlog does not include work awarded under numerous indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts. The total potential value of these contracts, which may be realized over the next 15 years, was approximately $6.1 billion as of October 2, 2005.
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Operating margin
The Information Systems and Technology group’s net sales and operating earnings grew significantly for both the three- and nine-month periods ended October 2, 2005, compared with the same periods in 2004. The strong growth in sales and earnings was attributable to increased volume across the group’s business mix, particularly in the area of tactical and strategic mission systems, and acquisitions in the second half of 2004. Excluding the effect of acquisitions, the group’s net sales grew 19 percent and 10 percent in the three- and nine-month periods of 2005, respectively.
Several of the group’s programs that support U.S. forces deployed around the world contributed significantly to the group’s performance, most notably the following:
In addition, higher activity on several of the group’s other programs contributed to the sales and earnings growth, including its support contract for the Joint Experimentation Program and Joint Futures Lab, the Canadian Maritime Helicopter Program (MHP), and the Pentagon renovation contract. The group also experienced increased demand for several of its core products and services, including high-speed encryption devices and wireless systems.
Operating margins for both the three and nine-month periods ended October 2, 2005, improved over the same periods in 2004 as the group continues to focus on program execution and performance improvement.
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The company expects sustained volume in the fourth quarter in the Information Systems and Technology group based on the continued level of demand for its products and services. While the fourth quarter margins may decline slightly due to the timing and mix of contract performance phases and customer deliveries, the company expects the group’s full-year operating margins to remain in the low-double-digit range.
The Combat Systems group’s net sales and operating earnings improved substantially in the third quarter of 2005 over the same quarter in 2004. Activity has increased significantly on the Stryker wheeled combat vehicle program as the group continued production of the fifth brigade of vehicles and demand for add-on armor increased. The group also experienced an increase in volume on several other combat vehicle programs, including the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank upgrade program and the RG-31 mine-protected personnel vehicle contract. The increases in sales and earnings were offset slightly by lower activity on certain European combat vehicle production programs, including the completion of deliveries on the ULAN tracked armored vehicle program and the timing of customer requirements for Piranha wheeled vehicles. The group’s margins for the third quarter were up slightly due to a shift in product mix across the group’s businesses.
The strong growth in net sales and operating earnings in the first nine months of 2005 compared with the same period in 2004 resulted from increased volume on several combat vehicle production programs, including Stryker, the Leopard battle tank and the Pizarro Advance Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The sales and earnings growth was also driven by higher activity on the M1A2 tank upgrade program and increased demand for several products in the group’s armaments and munitions businesses, including reactive armor, machine guns, and large- and medium-caliber ammunition. These increases were offset in part by the completion of certain of the group’s international combat vehicle programs, including the Australian and New Zealand light armored vehicle contracts and the final deliveries of ULAN vehicles. The group also experienced a temporary decline in volume on the Hydra-70 rocket production program in the first nine months of 2005, as the group transitions to a new contract awarded earlier in the year. The group’s operating margins for nine-month period ended October 2, 2005, were consistent with the performance delivered in the same period in 2004.
The company expects substantial revenue growth in the Combat Systems group in the fourth quarter based on the cyclical nature of the group’s international businesses and the timing of customer
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requirements. For the full year 2005, the company expects that operating margins will be consistent with the average margins experienced in 2004.
The Marine Systems group’s net sales remained steady in the third quarter and first nine months of 2005 compared with the same periods in 2004. Volume continued to increase on the Virginia-class submarine and T-AKE combat logistics ship construction programs. This growth was offset by the completion of the Seawolf submarine program, reduced activity on the group’s commercial tanker contract, and a lower volume of repair and engineering contracts as extended fleet missions delayed ship availabilities.
Operating earnings and margins were down significantly in the third quarter and first nine months of 2005 compared with the same periods in 2004. The decrease in earnings was due to program losses and a shift in the mix of the group’s contracts from mature, fixed-price production to early-stage, cost-type design and production.
The group has experienced cost and scope growth on a number of programs in 2005. In the first quarter of 2005, the company experienced schedule delays on its contract to build four double-hull oil tankers due primarily to adverse weather conditions at the shipyard. These conditions caused labor and material cost growth, resulting in an additional loss of $19 on the program in the first quarter. The company’s estimates to complete the program remained firm in the second quarter. At the end of the third quarter, the third ship was substantially complete, and the fourth ship was two-thirds complete. The additional progress made in the quarter revealed additional labor hour growth on the third ship. Based on this data and the limited scope of work remaining to regain any labor efficiencies, the company recorded an additional $31 loss on the program. The third and fourth ships are scheduled to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2005 and the third quarter of 2006, respectively. Management does not expect to recognize any additional charges on the commercial tanker program, though risk will remain until the final ship is delivered.
The group’s operating earnings and margins were also negatively impacted by losses totaling approximately $20 recorded in the first half of 2005 on two submarine maintenance and overhaul contracts. These losses resulted from customer-requested change orders that the group fulfilled prior to
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securing adequate contract protection. The company is negotiating with the customer to recover some of its costs incurred and does not expect to have this type of exposure on future contracts.
The group has also experienced cost growth on the Navy’s T-AKE program resulting primarily from design-related change requests from the customer. While the company is still working on the first of eight ships under contract on a potential 12-ship program, it has stopped recording profit on the contract until the estimates to complete the program improve. The company has formally submitted its initial request for equitable adjustment and is in discussions with the customer to quantify its contractual relief for these unanticipated costs. The company has recognized in its estimates at completion $55 as the minimum of contractual recovery to which it is entitled.
The company expects to achieve margin improvement in the group over time on gradually declining volume.
Aircraft deliveries (in units):
Green
Completion
The Aerospace group’s net sales increased in the third quarter of 2005 compared with the same quarter in 2004 due to additional aircraft deliveries – four green and one completion – and an improved mix of aircraft deliveries. The increase in new aircraft sales was slightly offset by lower sales of pre-owned aircraft. The group delivered three pre-owned units in the third quarter of 2005 compared with five units in the comparable 2004 period. Operating earnings and margins in the third quarter of 2005 improved significantly over the same period in 2004 as a result of the increased volume, improved pricing on some of the group’s new aircraft models, improved cost performance in the group’s aircraft completion process and higher profit on pre-owned aircraft sales.
The group’s net sales were also up for the nine-month period ended October 2, 2005, over the same period in 2004. This growth resulted from eight additional green aircraft deliveries, eight
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additional aircraft completions, a more favorable mix of aircraft deliveries and higher aircraft services activity. Reducing the impact of this growth was a decrease in pre-owned activity in 2005 as this market tightens up. The group has delivered eight pre-owned aircraft through the first nine months of 2005 compared with 12 at this time last year. Operating earnings and margins improved substantially in the first nine months of 2005 compared with 2004 due to the increased volume, the effects of the group’s cost containment activities, slightly improved pricing on new aircraft and higher pre-owned aircraft earnings.
The company expects continued strong performance from the Aerospace group in the fourth quarter on slightly higher volume, though the margin rate may decline somewhat due to the mix of aircraft deliveries and increased spending on product development. The company expects 2006 aircraft production levels to increase from 2005 to meet customer demand. (See Notes H and L to the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding the Aerospace group’s aircraft inventories and trade-in commitments.)
Resources/Corporate
The Resources group’s net sales increased in the three- and nine-month periods ended October 2, 2005, compared with the same periods in 2004 due to higher volume in the group’s aggregates business. Operating earnings in 2005 were affected by adjustments to certain contingent liabilities based on newly available information.
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Backlog
The following table details the backlog and the total estimated contract value of each business group at the end of the third and second quarters of 2005:
Defense Businesses
The total backlog for the company’s defense businesses represents the estimated remaining sales value of work to be performed under firm contracts. The funded portion of this backlog includes items that have been authorized and appropriated by the Congress and funded by the customer, as well as commitments by international customers that are similarly approved and funded by their governments. The unfunded backlog represents firm orders for which funding has not been appropriated. The backlog does not include work awarded under IDIQ contracts. IDIQ contract value represents management’s estimate of the future contract value under existing indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts. IDIQ contracts are used when the customer has not defined the exact timing and quantity of deliveries that will be required at the time the contract is executed. These agreements set forth the majority of the contractual terms, including prices, but are funded as delivery orders are placed. A significant portion of this IDIQ value represents contracts for which the company has been designated as the sole-source supplier over several years to design, develop, produce and integrate complex products and systems for the military or other government agencies. Management believes that the customers intend to fully implement these systems. However, because the value of these arrangements is subject to the customer’s future exercise of an indeterminate quantity of delivery orders, the company recognizes these contracts in backlog only when they are funded.
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The company received several notable contract awards during the third quarter of 2005, including the following:
The Information Systems and Technology group received the following contracts:
In addition, the Information Systems and Technology group was selected as part of a team by the Commonwealth of Australia to serve as the preferred prime system integrator for the first phase of the Battlespace Communications System (Land) program (JP 2072). JP 2072 is intended to provide the Australian Land Force with a deployable, scalable, secure and integrated battlespace communications system that allows ground forces to exchange information across all combat elements, improving soldiers’ safety and their ability to accomplish their missions. The group’s contract has an initial value of approximately $75, and the total program has a potential value of approximately $600 if all options are exercised.
The Combat Systems group was awarded a five-year contract worth approximately $170 to supply approximately 300 million rounds of small-caliber ammunition to the U.S. armed forces. The contract has a total potential value of approximately $1.2 billion if all options are exercised.
The Combat Systems group also received awards for initial services and materiel orders for the reset of armored combat vehicles, including Stryker infantry combat vehicles and Abrams tanks, returning from duty in Iraq.
The U.S. Navy awarded the Marine Systems group a contract worth over $100 to provide lead-yard services and research and development studies for Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines in support of the company’s related submarine construction contract.
The company also has received several significant contract awards since the end of the third quarter, including the following:
The Information Systems and Technology group was awarded a contract worth more than $100 to support the development of New York’s Statewide Wireless Network. The network is intended to improve communications and enhance coordination for state and local public safety and public service organizations responding to emergency situations across New York. The Information Systems and Technology group will provide all site integration activities, including program and construction management and site development for all radio-access site infrastructure.
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The Spanish Army awarded the Combat Systems group an eight-year contract worth approximately $215 to supply 70 155mm, 52 caliber APU SBT howitzers. This next generation howitzer is designed to provide improved mobility and new capabilities, including integrated command-and-control.
The Navy exercised an option worth $223 under a contract with the Marine Systems group for the detailed design and construction of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The LCS is the Navy’s newest class of high-speed combatants. The company’s first LCS is expected to be delivered in 2007.
The Navy awarded the Marine Systems group a modification worth approximately $160 to its contract to convert four Trident ballistic-missile submarines to an SSGN configuration, a multi-mission submarine optimized for tactical strike and special operations support. The award covers the conversion of the fourth ship, the USS Georgia, and brings the total value of the contract to $1.3 billion.
The Aerospace funded backlog includes orders for which the company has definitive purchase contracts and deposits from the customer. The Aerospace unfunded backlog consists of options to purchase new aircraft and agreements to provide future aircraft maintenance and support services.
The Aerospace group continues to experience strong order activity. In the third quarter of 2005, orders exceeded sales for the fifth consecutive quarter. A significant portion of the Aerospace backlog is with NetJets Inc. (NetJets), a unit of Berkshire Hathaway and the leader in the fractional aircraft market. NetJets purchases the aircraft for use in its fractional ownership program. As of the end of the third quarter of 2005, backlog with NetJets for all aircraft types represented 32 percent of the Aerospace funded backlog and 90 percent of the Aerospace unfunded backlog.
Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources
Operating Activities
General Dynamics continued to generate strong cash flow from operating activities in the first nine months of 2005. Net cash provided by operating activities was $1.2 billion for the nine-month period ended October 2, 2005, compared with $1 billion in the same period in 2004. Net earnings was the primary driver of the company’s strong cash flows from operations in the first nine months of both 2005 and 2004. In 2004, cash flows were favorably impacted by a refund of 2003 income taxes.
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Free cash flow from operations for the first nine months of 2005 was $989 versus $821 for the same period in 2004. Management defines free cash flow from operations as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. Management believes free cash flow from operations is a useful measure for investors, because it portrays the company’s ability to generate cash from its core businesses for purposes such as repaying maturing debt, funding business acquisitions, repurchasing the company’s outstanding shares and paying dividends. The following table reconciles the free cash flow from operations with net cash provided by operating activities, as classified on the unaudited Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows:
Net cash provided by operating activities
Free cash flow from operations
Cash flows as a percentage of net earnings:
With free cash flow from operations projected to approximate net earnings for the full year 2005, General Dynamics expects to continue to generate funds from operations in excess of its short- and long-term liquidity needs. Management believes that the company has adequate funds on hand and sufficient borrowing capacity to execute its financial and operating strategy.
As discussed further in Note L to the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements, litigation on the A-12 program termination has been ongoing since 1991. If, contrary to the company’s expectations, the default termination is ultimately sustained, the company and The Boeing Company could collectively be required to repay the U.S. government as much as $1.4 billion for progress payments received for the A-12 contract, plus interest, which was approximately $1.2 billion at October 2, 2005. In this outcome, the government contends the company would owe approximately $1.3 billion. The company’s after-tax cash obligation could be $600 to $650 depending on the outcome of two related tax refund cases pending before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (see Note K to the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements). The company believes it has sufficient resources to pay such an obligation, if required, while still retaining ample liquidity.
Investing Activities
Net cash used by investing activities was $72 in the first nine months of 2005 and $675 in the same period in 2004. In the first nine months of 2005, the company completed the sales of several small, non-core businesses. The company received $321 in cash, net of tax payments, from these divestiture activities. The primary uses of cash in the first nine months of 2005 and 2004 were acquisitions and capital expenditures.
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During 2005, the company has acquired the following businesses for a total of approximately $275, which was paid in cash:
These businesses are included in the Information Systems and Technology group.
Financing Activities
Financing activities used net cash of $306 in the nine month period ended October 2, 2005, compared with $496 in the same period in 2004. The company’s typical financing activities include issuances and repayments of debt, payment of dividends and repurchases of common stock. In the first nine months of 2004, the company repaid $546 of its outstanding debt. The company made no debt payments in the first nine months of 2005 and has virtually no maturing debt in the remainder of 2005.
On March 2, 2005, the company’s board of directors declared an increased regular quarterly dividend of $.40 per share – the eighth consecutive annual increase. The board had previously increased the regular quarterly dividend to $.36 per share in March 2004.
In the first nine months of 2005, the company repurchased two million shares at an average price of about $102 per share. The company did not repurchase any shares during the nine-month period ended October 3, 2004. The company has approximately 2.5 million remaining shares authorized for repurchase as of October 2, 2005.
Additional Financial Information
Environmental Matters and Other Contingencies
For a discussion of environmental matters and other contingencies, see Note L to the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements. The company does not expect its liability, in the aggregate, with respect to these matters to have a material impact on its results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
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Application of Critical Accounting Policies
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of the company’s Financial Condition and Results of Operations is based on the company’s unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates, including those related to long-term contracts and programs, goodwill and other intangible assets, income taxes, pensions and other post-retirement benefits, workers’ compensation, warranty obligations, pre-owned aircraft inventory, and contingencies and litigation. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. The results of these estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily available from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. There were no significant changes in the company’s critical accounting policies during the third quarter of 2005.
New Accounting Standards
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment, a revision of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (SFAS 123(R)). SFAS 123(R) supersedes Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees. SFAS 123(R) requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the financial statements based on their fair value. SFAS 123(R) is effective in the first quarter of 2006. The company is analyzing the expected impact of adoption of this Statement and, based on available information, currently expects the adoption of SFAS 123(R) to reduce its net earnings by approximately $35 in 2006.
In March 2005, the FASB issued Interpretation No. (FIN) 47, Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations – an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 143. FIN 47 clarifies the definition of a conditional asset retirement obligation, as used in SFAS No. 143, as a legal obligation to perform an asset retirement activity in which the timing and (or) method of settlement are conditional on a future event that may or may not be within the control of the entity. FIN 47 requires a liability to be recorded if the fair value of the obligation can be reasonably estimated. The Interpretation is effective no later than December 31, 2005. The company is currently analyzing the expected impact of adoption of this Interpretation on its financial statements.
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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES
ABOUT MARKET RISK
There were no material changes with respect to this item from the disclosure included in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
The company’s management, under the supervision and with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of October 2, 2005. Based on this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of October 2, 2005, the company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
There were no changes in the company’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended October 2, 2005, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
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This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that are based on management’s expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “believes,” “scheduled,” “estimates” and variations of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which include but are not limited to projections of revenues, earnings, segment performance, cash flows, contract awards, aircraft production, deliveries and backlog stability. Forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future results and trends may differ materially from what is forecast in forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation:
All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report or, in the case of any document incorporated by reference, the date of that document. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the company or any person acting on the company’s behalf are qualified by the cautionary statements in this section. The company does not undertake any obligation to update or publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or changes in expectations after the date of this report.
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ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
For information relating to legal proceedings, see Note L to the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
/s/ John W. Schwartz
John W. Schwartz
Vice President and Controller
(Authorized Officer and Chief Accounting Officer)
Dated: November 2, 2005
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