COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-50189
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There were 167,746,253 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of April 30, 2006.
Crown Holdings, Inc.
FORM 10-QFOR QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the three months ended March 31, 2006(in millions)
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For the three months ended March 31, 2005(in millions)
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CONDENSED COMBINING BALANCE SHEET
As of March 31, 2006(in millions)
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As of December 31, 2005(in millions)
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CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Introduction
The following discussion presents managements analysis of the results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2006 compared to the corresponding period in 2005 and the changes in financial condition and liquidity from December 31, 2005. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, along with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in and referred to within this report.
Executive Overview
As discussed in Note Cto the consolidated financial statements, the Company completed the sale of its plastic closures business in October 2005. The results of operations for prior periods used in the following discussion have been recast to report the plastic closures business as a discontinued operation.
The Companys principal areas of focus include improving segment income, reducing debt and reducing asbestos-related costs. See Note O to the consolidated financial statements for information regarding segment income.
Improving segment income is primarily dependent on the Companys ability to increase revenues and manage costs. Key strategies for expanding revenue include targeting geographic markets with strong growth potential, such as the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and southern and central Europe, improving selling prices in certain product lines and developing innovative packaging products using proprietary technology. The Companys cost control efforts focus on improving operating efficiencies and managing material and labor costs, including pension and benefit costs.
The reduction of debt remains a principal strategic goal of the Company and is primarily dependent upon the Companys ability to generate cash flow from operations. In addition, the Company may consider divestitures from time to time, the proceeds of which may be used to reduce debt. The Companys total debt of $3,643 at March 31, 2006 decreased $380 from $4,023 at March 31, 2005.
The Company seeks to reduce its asbestos-related costs through prudent case management. Asbestos-related payments were $29 for the full year of 2005 and $3 for the first three months of 2006, and the Company expects to pay approximately $25 for the full year of 2006.
Results of Operations
The foreign currency translation impacts referred to below were primarily due to changes in the euro and pound sterling in the European Division operating segments and the Canadian dollar in the Americas Division operating segments.
Net Sales
Net sales in the first quarter of 2006 were $1,579, an increase of $50 or 3.3% compared to net sales of $1,529 for the same period in 2005. Sales from U.S. operations accounted for 28.9% and 30.1% of consolidated net sales in the first quarters of 2006 and 2005, respectively. Sales of beverage cans and ends accounted for 41.8% and sales of food cans and ends accounted for 34.2% of consolidated net sales in the first quarter of 2006 compared to 40.6% and 33.6%, respectively, in 2005.
Net sales in the Americas Beverage segment decreased 6.2% from $370 in the first quarter of 2005 to $347 in 2006. The decrease in the first quarter of 2006 was primarily due to lower sales unit volumes.
Net sales in the North America Food segment increased 13.8% from $160 in the first quarter of 2005 to $182 in the same period in 2006, primarily due to sales unit volume increases.
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Net sales in the Europe Beverage segment increased 29.3% from $184 in the first quarter of 2005 to $238 in the same period in 2006, primarily due to $33 from the consolidation of certain Middle East operations, as discussed in Note D to the consolidated financial statements, and higher sales unit volumes. These increases were partially offset by reductions of $13 due to the impact of currency translation.
Net sales in the Europe Food segment increased 1.0% from $407 in the first quarter of 2005 to $411 in the same period in 2006, primarily due to higher sales unit volumes, partially offset by reductions of $31 due to the impact of currency translation.
Net sales in the Europe Specialty Packaging segment decreased 8.5% from $94 in the first quarter of 2005 to $86 in the same period in 2006, primarily due to the impact of currency translation.
Cost of Products Sold (Excluding Depreciation and Amortization)
Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization, was $1,340 for the first quarter of 2006, an increase of $54 compared to $1,286 for the same period in 2005. The increase was primarily due to the impact of higher material costs for aluminum and steel, offset by a decrease of $45 due to the impact of currency translation.
As a percentage of net sales, cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization, was 84.9% for the first quarter of 2006 compared to 84.1% for the same period in 2005.
As a result of steel and aluminum price increases, the Company has implemented significant price increases to many of its customers. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to fully recover from its customers the impact of price increases. In addition, if the Company is unable to purchase steel or aluminum for a significant period of time, the Companys operations would be disrupted.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization was $55 in the first quarter of 2006, a decrease of $6 or 9.8% from $61 in the prior year period. The decrease was primarily due to lower capital spending in recent years and $2 due to currency translation. The effect of currency translation was primarily due to the strengthening of the U.S. dollar against the euro and pound sterling.
Selling and Administrative Expense
Selling and administrative expense was $83 in the first quarter of 2006 compared to $84 for the same period in 2005. The decrease was primarily due to reduced incentive compensation costs, partially offset by increased stock-based compensation costs of $2. As a percentage of net sales, selling and administrative expense was 5.3% for the first quarter of 2006 compared to 5.5% for the same period in 2005.
Segment Income
Segment income in the Americas Beverage segment decreased $12 from $37 in the first quarter of 2005 to $25 in the first quarter of 2006, primarily due to increased costs for freight, coatings and utilities, and $5 from lower sales unit volumes.
Segment income in the North America Food segment increased $3 from $5 in the first quarter of 2005 to $8 in the first quarter of 2006, primarily due to increased sales unit volumes.
Segment income in the Europe Beverage segment decreased $1 or 3.8% from $26 in the first quarter of 2005 to $25 in the first quarter of 2006, primarily due to increased aluminum costs, partially offset by the consolidation of the Middle East operations.
Segment income in the Europe Food segment increased $3 from $39 in the first quarter of 2005 to $42 in the first quarter of 2006, primarily due to improved operating efficiencies.
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Segment income in the Europe Specialty Packaging segment decreased $2 from $4 in the first quarter of 2005 to $2 in the first quarter of 2006, primarily due to higher steel costs.
Interest Expense
Interest expense decreased $27 from $94 in the first quarter of 2005 to $67 in the first quarter of 2006 primarily due to decreased borrowing rates from the Companys refinancing in October 2005.
Translation and Exchange Adjustments
The results for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 included net foreign exchange losses of $30 for certain European subsidiaries that have unhedged currency exposure arising from external and intercompany debt obligations. These currency exposures may continue to result in future foreign exchange gains or losses. The Company may hedge or mitigate a portion of these exposures in the future through derivative instruments or intercompany loans. Further discussion of the potential impact on earnings from foreign currency exposure is provided in Item 3, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006.
Taxes on Income
The first quarter of 2006 included net tax charges of $7 on pre-tax income of $28. The difference of $3 between the pre-tax income at the U.S. statutory rate of 35% or $10, and the actual tax charge of $7 was primarily due to benefits of $7 from lower non-U.S. tax rates in certain jurisdictions, and $5 to reduce a provision for U.S. state tax contingencies due to the completion of an audit with a minor assessment. These benefits were partially offset by charges of $7 for valuation allowance adjustments, primarily due to losses in the U.S. and Canada, and $2 for withholding taxes.
The first quarter of 2005 included a tax benefit of $5 on pre-tax losses of $19. The difference of $2 between the pre-tax loss at the U.S. statutory rate of 35% or a benefit of $7, and the actual benefit of $5 was primarily due to (i) charges of $7 for valuation allowance adjustments, primarily due to U.S. losses, and $2 for withholding taxes, offset by (ii) benefits from lower tax rates in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions.
Minority Interests, Net of Equity Earnings
The charge for minority interests, net of equity earnings, increased $10 in the first quarter of 2006 compared to the same period of 2005. The increase for the first quarter of 2006 was primarily due to the consolidation of the beverage can joint ventures in the Middle East, as discussed inNote D to the consolidated financial statements.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash from Operations
Cash of $178 was used by operating activities in the first quarter of 2006 compared to $281 used by operations during the same period in 2005. The improvement of $103 in cash used by operating activities was primarily due to a reduction of $97 in net interest payments in the first quarter of 2006. This reduction was due to the refinancing in 2005 which lowered interest rates and changed the dates on which interest is paid.
Investing Activities
Investing activities used cash of $40 during the first quarter of 2006 compared to cash used of $41 in the prior year period. Primary investing activities were capital expenditures of $54 in the first quarter of 2006 and $36 in the same period of 2005. The increase in capital expenditures in the first quarter of 2006 was primarily due to expansion of the Middle East operations.
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Financing Activities
Financing activities provided cash of $211 during the first quarter of 2006 compared to cash provided of $198 during the same period in 2005. The cash provided by financing activities in the first quarters of 2006 and 2005 was mainly from short-term borrowings and was used to fund the operating and investing activities. Dividends paid to minority interests decreased from $9 in 2005 to $3 in 2006 due to decreased payments from the Companys South American joint venture beverage can operations.
During all of 2005, the Company repurchased 2,100,000 shares of common stock at a total cost of $38. The Company purchased 483,500 additional shares for $9 during January and February of 2006 and 500,000 shares for $8 during April of 2006, to reduce its remaining authorized repurchases to $145 as of April 30, 2006.
As of March 31, 2006, the Company had $270 of borrowing capacity available under its revolving credit facility, equal to the total facility of $800 less $457 of borrowings and $73 of outstanding standby letters of credit.
Further information relating to the Companys liquidity and capital resources is set forth under Note H to the consolidated financial statements.
Contractual Obligations
There were no material changes during the first three months of 2006 to the contractual obligations provided within Part I, Item 7, Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, including, but not limited to, in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section of the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
Information regarding the Companys commitments and contingent liabilities appears in Part I within Item 1 of this report under Note L, entitled Commitments and Contingent Liabilities, to the consolidated financial statements, which information is incorporated herein by reference.
Critical Accounting Policies
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States which require that management make numerous estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions, impacting the reported results of operations and financial condition of the Company. Managements Discussion and Analysis and Note A to the consolidated financial statements contained in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 describe the significant accounting estimates and policies used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. There have been no significant changes in the Companys critical accounting policies during the first three months of 2006 other than as discussed below.
During the first quarter of 2006, the Company adopted FAS 123(R), Share Based Payment, as discussed in Note B to the consolidated financial statements. The Company is using the modified prospective transition method in which compensation expense for all nonvested stock awards, measured by the grant-date fair value of the awards, will be charged to earnings prospectively over the remaining vesting period based on the estimated number of awards that are expected to vest. Similarly, compensation expense for all future awards will be recognized over the vesting period based on the grant-date fair value and the estimated number of awards that are expected to vest. Valuation of awards granted prior to the adoption of the standard were calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
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Calculation of the estimated fair value of stock option awards requires the use of assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables, including the expected term of the options, the annual risk-free interest rate over the options expected term, the expected annual dividend yield on the underlying stock over the options expected term, and the expected stock price volatility over the options expected term. The Company generally bases its assumptions of option term and expected price volatility on historical data, but also considers other factors such as vesting or expiration provisions in new awards that are inconsistent with past awards that would make the historical data unreliable as a basis for future assumptions. Estimates of the fair value of stock options are not intended to predict actual future events of the value ultimately realized by employees who receive stock option awards, and subsequent events are not indicative of the reasonableness of the original estimates of fair value made by the Company under FAS 123(R). See Note E to the consolidated financial statements for additional disclosure of the Companys assumptions related to stock-based compensation.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In March 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 156 (FAS 156), Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets An Amendment of FASB Statement No. 140. Among other requirements, FAS 156 requires a company to recognize a servicing asset or servicing liability when it undertakes an obligation to service a financial asset by entering into a servicing contract under certain situations. FAS 156 is effective for the Company as of January 1, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that adoption of the standard will have but does not expect that it will have a material impact on its results of operations or financial position.
In February 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 155 (FAS 155), Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments. FAS 155 amends the guidance in FAS 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities and FAS 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities. The standard allows financial instruments that have embedded derivatives to be accounted for as a whole (eliminating the need to bifurcate the derivative from its host) if the holder elects to account for the whole instrument on a fair value basis. FAS 155 is effective for the Company for all financial instruments acquired or issued after January 1, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the guidelines in this standard but does not expect that adoption of the standard will have a material effect on its results of operations or financial position.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements included herein in Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, including, but not limited to, in the discussions of asbestos in Note K, commitments and contingencies in Note L and pension and other postretirement benefits in Note N to the consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and also in Part I, Item 1: Business and Item 3: Legal Proceedings and in Part II, Item 7: Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, within the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, which are not historical facts (including any statements concerning plans and objectives of management for future operations or economic performance, or assumptions related thereto), are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. In addition, the Company and its representatives may from time to time, make oral or written statements which are also forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are made based upon managements expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting the Company and, therefore, involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Management cautions that forward-looking statements are not guarantees and that actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements.
While the Company periodically reassesses material trends and uncertainties affecting the Companys results of operations and financial condition in connection with the preparation of Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and certain other sections contained in the Companys quarterly, annual or other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Company does not intend to review or revise any particular forward-looking statement in light of future events.
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A discussion of important factors that could cause the actual results of operations or financial condition of the Company to differ from expectations has been set forth in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 within Part II, Item 7: Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations under the caption Forward Looking Statements and is incorporated herein by reference. Some of the factors are also discussed elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and in prior Company filings with the SEC. In addition, other factors have been or may be discussed from time to time in the Companys SEC filings.
The Company has significant foreign currency exposure in Europe which may result in future material foreign exchange adjustments to earnings. As of March 31, 2006, the Company had approximately $119 of net U.S. dollar-denominated liability exposure in its European subsidiaries, primarily in a subsidiary with a pound sterling functional currency. In addition, a euro functional currency subsidiary had a Canadian dollar asset exposure of approximately $316 Canadian dollars from an intercompany loan. As discussed in Note I to the consolidated financial statements, during the first quarter of 2006 the Company entered into foreign currency forward contracts with a combined notional value of $150 Canadian dollars to sell Canadian dollars against the euro. Based on the exposures at March 31, 2006, a one percentage change in the functional currencies against the exposure would result in an exchange gain or loss of approximately $3 before tax.
As of March 31, 2006, the Company had approximately $1.1 billion principal floating interest rate debt. A change of 0.25% in these floating interest rates would change annual interest expense by approximately $3 before tax.
As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, management, including the Companys Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation and as of the end of the quarter for which this report is made, the Companys Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information to be disclosed in reports that the Company files and submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and terms of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Companys management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
There has been no change in internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2006 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
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SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 5, 2006
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