UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)[x] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 14(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended November 30, 2008
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from__________ to_____________
Commission file number 1-4415
PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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 (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated Filer [ ] Accelerated Filer [X] Non-Accelerated Filer [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [ ] No [X]
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 20,470,516 as of January 7, 2009.
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PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.AND SUBSIDIARIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 1.
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
Item 1A.
Item 5.
Item 6.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS(Amounts in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents
Marketable securities
Accounts receivable, net
Inventories (Note 2)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Total current assets
Total assets
Accounts payable
Accrued liabilities
Income taxes payable
Total current liabilities
Total liabilities
Common stock
Additional paid-in capital
Retained earnings
Treasury stock, at cost
Accumulated other comprehensive income
Total stockholders’ equity
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
*The balance sheet at March 2, 2008 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date.
See accompanying Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.AND SUBSIDIARIESCONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Earnings from operations before income taxes
Basic
Diluted
Weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding:
Basic shares
Diluted shares
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PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.AND SUBSIDIARIESCONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY(Amounts in thousands)
Accumulated other comprehensive Income:
Balance, beginning of period
Net unrealized investment gains (losses)
Translation adjustments
Balance, end of period
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PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.AND SUBSIDIARIESCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS(Amounts in thousands)
Net earnings
Depreciation and amortization
Stock-based compensation
Loss (gain) on sale of fixed assets
Change in operating assets and liabilities
Net cash provided by operating activities
Purchases of property, plant and equipment, net
Proceeds from sales of fixed assets
Purchases of marketable securities
Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities
Business acquisition
Net cash used in investing activities
Dividends paid
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
Tax benefits from stock based compensation
Net cash used in financing activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents before exchange rate changes
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
Change in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS(Unaudited)(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
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The following is a summary of options for the 39 weeks ended November 30, 2008:
The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the 13 weeks ended November 30, 2008 and November 25, 2007 was $0 and $105, respectively. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the 39 weeks ended November 30, 2008 and November 25, 2007 was $1,259 and $1,883, respectively.
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A summary of the status of the Company’s nonvested options at November 30, 2008, and changes during the 13 week-period then ended, is presented below:
Environmental and other liabilities
Pension liabilities
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Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic EPS
Net effect of dilutive options
Weighted average shares outstanding for diluted EPS
Basic earnings per share
Diluted earnings per share
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Total sales
Total long-lived assets
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Total purchase price
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
General:
Park is a global advanced materials company which develops, manufactures and markets high technology digital and RF/microwave printed circuit materials principally for the telecommunications and internet infrastructure, high-end computing and aerospace markets and advanced composite materials, structures and components principally for the aerospace markets. The Company’s core capabilities are in the areas of polymer chemistry formulation, coating technology and advanced composite structures and component design and fabrication. The Company’s manufacturing facilities are located in Singapore, China, France, Connecticut, New York, Kansas, Arizona, California and Washington. The Company’s products are marketed and sold under the Nelco®, Nelcote® and NovaTM names.
The Company’s net sales decreased in both the three-month period and nine-month period ended November 30, 2008 compared with last year’s comparable periods as a result of decreases in sales of the Company’s printed circuit materials products in North America, Europe and Asia. Such decreases in sales of printed circuit materials products were only partially offset by increases in sales of the Company’s advanced composite materials products and the addition of sales of the Company’s advanced composite parts products as a result of the Company’s acquisition of the aircraft composite structures and components business of Nova Composites in Lynnwood, Washington in the 2009 fiscal year first quarter.
The significant decreases in sales of printed circuit materials products, combined with, among other things, substantial losses at the Company’s Neltec Europe SAS digital electronic materials business unit in Mirebeau, France, resulted in lower gross profits, lower earnings from operations and lower net earnings in the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 compared to the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 25, 2007. The declines in the Company’s operating and earnings performances during the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 compared to the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 25, 2007 were partially ameliorated by higher percentages of sales of higher margin, high performance printed circuit materials and advanced composite materials products during the 2009 fiscal year periods.
The markets in North America, Europe and Asia for the Company’s printed circuit materials products were very weak in the 2009 fiscal year third quarter, and the markets for the Company’s advanced composite materials products weakened considerably during the 2009 fiscal year third quarter. However, partly as a result of the Company’s marketing and sales efforts, sales of the Company’s advanced composite materials products increased in the three-months and nine-months ended November 30, 2008 compared to the comparable periods in the prior fiscal year.
The global markets for the Company’s printed circuit materials products continue to be very difficult to forecast, and it is not clear to the Company what the condition of the global markets for the Company’s printed circuit materials products will be in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter. Further, the Company is not able to predict the impact the current global financial and credit crisis will have on the markets for its advanced composite materials and parts products in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter or beyond.
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As previously reported, in the first quarter of the Company’s 2009 fiscal year, the Company’s new wholly owned subsidiary, Park Aerospace Structures Corp., acquired substantially all the assets and business of Nova Composites, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of aircraft composite structures and components and the tooling for such structures and components, located in Lynnwood, Washington, for a cash purchase price of $4.5 million paid at the closing of the acquisition and up to an additional $5.5 million payable over five years depending on the achievement of specified earn-out objectives.
In addition, the Company has completed the construction of a new development and manufacturing facility in Newton, Kansas to produce advanced composite materials principally for the aircraft industry. The Company expects to complete equipment installation for such facility in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter. As previously reported, the Company plans to spend approximately $15 million on the facility and equipment in Kansas.
While the Company continues to expand and invest in its business, it also continues to make additional adjustments to certain of its operations, which have resulted in workforce reductions and plant closures.
In the 2008 fiscal year fourth quarter, the Company’s Neltec Europe SAS digital electronic materials business unit located in Mirebeau, France completed a restructuring of its operations and a reduction of its workforce in response to the continuing erosion of the markets for electronic materials in Europe and the continuing migration of such markets to Asia, and the Company recorded a one-time charge of approximately $1.4 million in such quarter for employment termination benefits and other expenses resulting from such restructuring and workforce reduction. In addition, in the 2006 fiscal year first and second quarters, the Company reduced the size of the workforce at its Neltec Europe SAS business unit as a result of deterioration of the European market for high-technology printed circuit materials, and it recorded an employment termination benefits charge of $0.9 million during the 2006 fiscal year.
Despite the restructurings implemented in the 2006 and 2008 fiscal years, Neltec Europe generated significant operating losses in the second quarter of the 2009 fiscal year. Consequently, in the 2009 fiscal year third quarter, the Company announced that its Neltec Europe SAS and Neltec SA business units were proposing to restructure their operations and that, as a major component of such restructuring, Neltec Europe SAS was proposing to close completely its operations and had commenced an information and consultation process with its employees regarding the proposed closure in accordance with French law. Although the Company intends to continue fully the operations of its Neltec SA RF/microwave electronic materials business unit located in Lannemezan, France, the proposed restructuring includes a reorganization of certain of the activities of Neltec SA. Neltec Europe SAS proposed to close fully its operations in response to the very serious erosion of the markets for digital electronic materials in Europe and the migration of such markets to Asia. The market for such products in Europe has eroded to the point where the Company believes it is not possible for the Neltec Europe SAS business to be viable. Neltec Europe SAS completed the information and consultation process with its employees early in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter, and the Company expects the plant closure to be implemented and expects to record a one-time pre-tax charge of approximately $4 million to $5 million in the fourth quarter of the Company’s current fiscal year ending March 1, 2009 in connection with this matter. After the closure of Neltec Europe SAS is implemented, the Neltec Europe SAS business will have no further impact on the consolidated financial position or results of operations of the Company and will be treated as a discontinued operation.
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In addition to the restructurings of its Neltec Europe SAS and Neltec SA business units in France, the Company implemented workforce reductions at its Nelco Products, Inc. electronic materials business unit located in Fullerton, California and its Neltec, Inc. high-technology electronics circuitry materials business unit located in Tempe, Arizona in the third quarter of its 2009 fiscal year and recorded a charge of $0.6 million in such quarter for such workforce reductions and for the restructuring at its Neltec SA business unit in Lannemezan, France.
In addition, early in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter, the Company announced a workforce reduction at its Nelco Products Pte. Ltd. high-technology electronics circuitry materials and advanced composite materials subsidiary located in Singapore and that as a result of this workforce reduction, the Company expects to report a charge of approximately $0.2 million in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year ending March 1, 2009.
Also, in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter, the Company announced that New England Laminates Co., Inc., the Company’s electronic materials business unit located in Newburgh, New York, would be closing its operations in January 2009 in response to the very serious erosion of the markets for electronic materials in North America, that as the result of this closure, the Company expects to record a one-time pre-tax charge of approximately $1.3 million in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year ending March 1, 2009 in connection with this matter and that after the closure of New England Laminates is implemented, the New England Laminates business will have no further impact on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of the Company.
Three and Nine Months Ended November 30, 2008 Compared with Three and Nine Months Ended November 25, 2007:
The Company’s total net sales and its net sales of printed circuit materials products decreased during the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 compared to the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 25, 2007 as a result of declines in such sales in North America, Europe and Asia. Net sales of the Company’s advanced composite materials, structures and components products were 14% and 12% of the Company’s total net sales worldwide in the three-month and nine-month periods, respectively, ended November 30, 2008 compared to 9% of the Company’s total net sales worldwide in each of the 2008 fiscal year comparable periods. The increases in sales of advanced composite materials, structures and components were attributable to increases in sales of advanced composite materials products and the addition of sales of the Company’s advanced composite structures and components products as a result of the Company’s acquisition of the structures and components business of Nova Composites in Lynnwood, Washington in the 2009 fiscal year first quarter.
The Company’s gross profits in the three months and nine months ended November 30, 2008 were lower than its gross profits in the prior year’s comparable periods primarily as a result of lower sales volumes of printed circuit materials products, and, among other things, substantial losses at the Company’s Neltec Europe SAS digital electronic materials business unit in Mirebeau, France, the impact of currency translation on costs incurred in Singapore dollars and significant increases in raw material and utility costs in the 2009 fiscal year nine-month period, which were only partially offset by higher percentages of sales of higher margin, high performance printed circuit materials and advanced composite materials products in the 2009 fiscal year periods.
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The decreased sales of printed circuit materials products and the lower gross profit margins in the three months and nine months ended November 30, 2008 resulted in lower earnings from operations and lower net earnings compared to the 2008 fiscal year comparable periods.
Results of Operations
The Company’s total net sales in the three-month period ended November 30, 2008 decreased 23% to $49.2 million from $63.7 million for last fiscal year’s comparable period. The Company’s total net sales for the nine-month period ended November 30, 2008 decreased 9% to $164.6 million from $181.3 million for last fiscal year’s comparable period. The decreases in net sales were the result of lower unit volumes of printed circuit materials products shipped by the Company’s operations in North America, Europe and Asia.
The Company’s foreign operations accounted for $21.9 million and $77.6 million, respectively, of net sales, or 45% and 47%, respectively, of the Company’s total net sales worldwide, during the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008, compared with $31.8 million and $89.1 million, respectively, of net sales, or 50% and 49%, respectively, of total net sales worldwide, during last year’s comparable periods. Net sales by the Company’s foreign operations during the three months and nine months ended November 30, 2008 decreased 31% and 13%, respectively, from the 2008 fiscal year comparable periods primarily as a result of decreases in sales in Europe and Asia during such periods.
For the three-month period ended November 30, 2008, the Company’s sales in North America, Asia and Europe were 55%, 36% and 9%, respectively, of the Company’s total net sales worldwide compared with 50%, 37% and 13%, respectively, for the three-month period ended November 25, 2007; and for the nine-month period ended November 30, 2008, the Company’s sales in North America, Asia and Europe were 53%, 37% and 10% of the Company’s total net sales worldwide compared with 51%, 37% and 12%, respectively, for the nine-month period ended November 25, 2007. The Company’s sales in North America decreased 14%, its sales in Asia decreased 24% and its sales in Europe decreased 51% in the three-month period ended November 30, 2008 compared with the three-month period ended November 25, 2007, and its sales in North America decreased 6%, its sales in Asia decreased 10% and its sales in Europe decreased 21% in the nine-month period ended November 30, 2008 compared with the nine-month period ended November 25, 2007.
The overall gross profit as a percentage of net sales for the Company’s worldwide operations declined to 19.9% and 21.5%, respectively, for the three months and nine months ended November 30, 2008 compared with 25.3% and 25.7% for last fiscal year’s comparable periods. The decreases in the gross profit were attributable mainly to lower sales volumes of printed circuit materials products in both 2009 fiscal year periods, substantial losses at the Company’s Neltec Europe SAS digital electronic materials business unit in Mirebeau, France, the impact of currency translation on costs incurred in Singapore dollars and significant increases in raw material and utility costs in the 2009 fiscal year nine-month period, which were only partially offset by higher percentages of sales of higher margin, high performance printed circuit materials and advanced composite materials products in the 2009 fiscal year periods.
During both the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008, the Company’s total net sales worldwide of high temperature printed circuit materials, which include high performance materials (non-FR4 printed circuit materials), were 99% of the Company’s total net sales worldwide of printed circuit materials; and during both the three-month and nine-month
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periods ended November 25, 2007, the Company’s total net sales worldwide of such high temperature printed circuit materials were 99% of the Company’s total net sales worldwide of printed circuit materials.
The Company’s high temperature printed circuit materials include its high performance materials (non-FR4 printed circuit materials), which consist of high-speed, low-loss materials for digital and RF/microwave applications requiring lead-free compatibility and high bandwidth signal integrity, bismalimide triazine (“BT”) materials, polyimides for applications that demand extremely high thermal performance, cyanate esters, and polytetrafluoroethylene (“PTFE”) materials for RF/Microwave systems that operate at frequencies up to 77GHz.
During the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008, the Company’s total net sales worldwide of high performance printed circuit materials (non-FR4 printed circuit materials) were 61% and 59%, respectively, of the Company’s total net sales worldwide of printed circuit materials, compared with 54% and 52% for last fiscal year’s comparable periods.
The Company’s cost of sales as a percentage of net sales increased to 80.1% in the three-month period ended November 30, 2008 from 74.7% in the three-month period ended November 25, 2007 and to 78.5% in the nine-month period ended November 30, 2008 from 74.3% in the nine-month period ended November 25, 2007 resulting in gross profit margin declines, which were attributable to lower sales volumes in both 2009 fiscal year periods and the impact of currency translation on costs incurred in Singapore dollars and significant increases in raw material and utility costs in the 2009 fiscal year nine-month period, partially offset by higher percentages of sales of higher margin, high performance printed circuit materials and advanced composite materials products in both 2009 fiscal year periods.
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $0.4 million and $1.1 million, respectively, or by 6% and 5%, respectively, during the three-month period and nine-month period, respectively, ended November 30, 2008 compared with last fiscal year’s comparable periods. However, these expenses, measured as percentages of sales, were 12.6% and 11.4%, respectively, during the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 compared with 10.4% and 10.9%, respectively, during the last fiscal year’s comparable periods. The higher percentages in the 2009 fiscal year periods were the result of lower sales in such periods. Stock option expenses were $0.3 million and $0.9 million, respectively, for the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 compared with $0.4 million and $1.0 million for last fiscal year’s comparable periods.
During the three-month period ended November 30, 2008, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge of $0.6 million related to the restructurings at its North American and European business units.
For the reasons set forth above, the Company’s earnings from operations were $3.0 million for the three months ended November 30, 2008, including the $0.6 million charge for restructurings described above, compared to $9.5 million for the three months ended November 25, 2007, and its earnings from operations were $16.6 million for the nine months ended November 30, 2008, including the afore-mentioned restructuring charge, compared to $26.8 million for the nine months ended November 25, 2007.
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Interest and other income, net, principally investment income, was $1.7 million and $5.0 million, respectively, for the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 compared with $2.2 million and $7.0 million, respectively, for last fiscal year’s comparable periods. The decreases in investment income were attributable to lower prevailing interest rates, partially offset by higher levels of cash available for investment, during the 2009 fiscal year first, second and third quarters than during the 2008 fiscal year first, second and third quarters. The Company’s investments were primarily in short-term instruments and money market funds.
The Company’s effective income tax rates for the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 were 33.0% and 26.0%, respectively, before the $0.6 million charge for restructurings described above compared to effective income tax rates for the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 25, 2007 of 29.6% and 28.2%, respectively, before recognition of tax benefits of $0.5 million in the 2008 fiscal year third quarter relating to reserves previously established in the United States for transfer pricing and tax benefits of $0.5 million in the 2008 fiscal year second quarter relating to reserves previously established in a foreign jurisdiction where the Company no longer operates. The higher tax provisions for the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 were primarily the results of higher taxable income in jurisdictions with higher income tax rates.
The Company’s effective income tax rates for the three-months and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 after adjusting for the $0.6 million charge for restructurings described above were 37.0% and 26.7%, respectively. The Company’s effective income tax rates for the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 25, 2007 after adjusting for the recognition of tax benefits relating to reserves previously established in the United States for transfer pricing and reserves previously established in a foreign jurisdiction where the Company no longer operates were 25.0%.
The Company’s net earnings for the three months and nine months ended November 30, 2008 were $2.9 million and $15.4 million, respectively, including the $0.6 million employment termination benefits charge described above, compared to net earnings of $8.8 million and $25.3 million, respectively, for the three months and nine months ended November 25, 2007.
Basic and diluted earnings per share were $0.14 for the three months and $0.76 and $0.75, respectively, for the nine months ended November 30, 2008, including the employment termination benefits charge described above, compared to basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.43 and $1.25 for the three months and nine months, respectively, ended November 25, 2007. The net impact of the charge described above was to reduce basic and diluted earnings per share by $0.03 in the three months ended November 30, 2008 and to reduce basic and diluted earnings per share by $0.02 and $0.03, respectively, in the nine months ended November 30, 2008.
Liquidity and Capital Resources:
At November 30, 2008, the Company’s cash and temporary investments (consisting of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities) were $214.5 million compared with $214.0 million at March 2, 2008, the end of the Company’s 2008 fiscal year. The Company’s working capital was $241.5 million at November 30, 2008 compared with $239.1 million at March 2, 2008. The increase in working capital at November 30, 2008 compared with March 2, 2008 was due principally to the increase in cash and temporary investments and the increase in other current assets and the decreases in accounts payable, accrued liabilities and income taxes payable only partially offset by decreases in accounts receivable and inventories. The 23% increase in other current assets at November 30, 2008 compared to March 2, 2008 was primarily
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the result of increased interest receivable. Accounts payable declined 36%, accounts receivable declined 19% and inventories declined 11% at November 30, 2008 compared to March 2, 2008 principally as a result of lower production and sales volumes during the quarter ended November 30, 2008 compared to the quarter ended March 2, 2008. The 12% decline in accrued liabilities was primarily the result of decreased accruals for compensation programs and professional fees. Income taxes payable declined 52% at November 30, 2008 compared to March 2, 2008 primarily as a result of payments made during the nine-month period. The Company’s current ratio (the ratio of current assets to current liabilities) was 11.6 to 1 at November 30, 2008 compared to 8.5 to 1 at March 2, 2008.
During the nine months ended November 30, 2008, net earnings from the Company’s operations, before depreciation and amortization and stock option exercise expense, of $22.3 million increased by a net decrease in working capital items, resulted in $22.3 million of cash provided by operating activities. During the same nine-month period, the Company expended a net amount of $11.7 million for the purchase of property, plant and equipment, primarily for the Company’s new development and manufacturing facility in Newton, Kansas, and expended a total of $4.7 million for the acquisition of substantially all the assets and business of Nova Composites, Inc., compared with a net amount of $5.0 million during the nine-month period ended November 25, 2007. In addition, the Company paid $4.9 million in dividends on its common stock in the nine-month period ended November 30, 2008 compared to $35.4 million in the nine-month period ended November 25, 2007 as a result of the Company’s declaration of a special cash dividend of $1.50 per share payable August 22, 2007 and totaling $30.5 million. Net expenditures for property, plant and equipment were $4.4 million in the 2008 fiscal year and $3.9 million in the 2007 fiscal year.
At November 30, 2008 and at March 2, 2008, the Company had no long-term debt.
The Company believes its financial resources will be sufficient, for the foreseeable future, to provide for continued investment in working capital and property, plant and equipment and for general corporate purposes. Such resources would also be available for purchases of the Company’s common stock, appropriate acquisitions and other expansions of the Company’s business.
The Company is not aware of any circumstances or events that are reasonably likely to occur that could materially affect its liquidity.
The Company’s contractual obligations and other commercial commitments to make future payments under contracts, such as lease agreements, consist only of operating lease commitments and commitments to purchase plant and equipment for the Company’s new development and manufacturing facility currently under construction in Newton, Kansas. The Company has no long-term debt, capital lease obligations, unconditional purchase obligations or other long-term obligations, standby letters of credit, guarantees, standby repurchase obligations or other commercial commitments or contingent commitments, other than two standby letters of credit in the total amount of $1.6 million to secure the Company’s obligations under its workers’ compensation insurance program.
As of November 30, 2008, there were no material changes outside the ordinary course of the Company’s business in the Company’s contractual obligations disclosed in Item 7 of Part II of its Form 10-K Annual Report for the fiscal year ended March 2, 2008.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements:
The Company’s liquidity is not dependent on the use of, and the Company is not engaged in, any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, such as securitization of receivables or obtaining access to assets through special purpose entities.
Environmental Matters:
In the nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 and November 25, 2007, the Company charged approximately $0.11 million and $0.01 million, respectively, against pretax income for environmental remedial response and voluntary cleanup costs (including legal fees). While annual expenditures have generally been constant from year to year and may increase over time, the Company expects it will be able to fund such expenditures from cash flow from operations. The timing of expenditures depends on a number of factors, including regulatory approval of cleanup projects, remedial techniques to be utilized and agreements with other parties. At November 30, 2008 and March 2, 2008, the amount recorded in liabilities from discontinued operations for environmental matters related to Dielektra was $2.1 million and the amounts recorded in accrued liabilities for other environmental matters were $0.8 million and $1.6 million, respectively. Management does not expect that environmental matters will have a material adverse effect on the liquidity, capital resources, business, consolidated results of operations or consolidated financial position of the Company.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates:
In response to financial reporting release, FR-60, “Cautionary Advice Regarding Disclosure About Critical Accounting Policies”, issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission in December 2001, the following information is provided regarding critical accounting policies that are important to the Consolidated Financial Statements and that entail, to a significant extent, the use of estimates, assumptions and the application of management’s judgment.
General
The Company’s discussion and analysis of its financial condition and results of operations are based upon the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires the Company to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the related disclosure of contingent liabilities. On an on-going basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to sales allowances, allowances for doubtful accounts, inventories, valuation of long-lived assets, income taxes, restructurings, contingencies and litigation, and pensions and other employee benefit programs. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
The Company believes the following critical accounting policies affect its more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements.
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Revenue Recognition
Sales revenue is recognized at the time title to product is transferred to a customer. All material sales transactions are for the shipment of manufactured prepreg and laminate products and advanced composite materials, structures and components. The Company ships its products to customers based upon firm orders, with fixed selling prices, when collection is reasonably assured.
Sales Allowances
The Company provides for the estimated costs of sales allowances at the time such costs can be reasonably estimated. The Company’s products are made to customer specifications and tested for adherence to such specifications before shipment to customers. There are no future performance requirements other than the products’ meeting the agreed specifications. The Company’s bases for providing sales allowances for returns are known situations in which products may have failed due to manufacturing defects in the products supplied by the Company. The Company is focused on manufacturing the highest quality printed circuit materials and advanced composite materials, structures and composites possible and employs stringent manufacturing process controls and works with raw material suppliers who have dedicated themselves to complying with the Company’s specifications and technical requirements. The amounts of returns and allowances resulting from defective or damaged products have been approximately 1.0% of sales for each of the Company’s last three fiscal years.
Allowances for Doubtful Accounts
Accounts receivable are due within established payment terms and are stated at amounts due from customers net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. Accounts outstanding longer than established payment terms are considered past due. The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of its customers to make required payments. The Company determines its allowance by considering a number of factors, including the length of time accounts receivable are past due, the Company’s previous loss history, the customer’s current ability to pay its obligation to the Company, and the condition of the general economy and the industry as a whole. If the financial condition of the Company’s customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required. The Company writes off accounts receivable when they become uncollectible, and payments subsequently received on such receivables are credited to the allowance for doubtful accounts.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or market. The Company writes down its inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketability based upon the age of the inventory and assumptions about future demand for the Company’s products and market conditions.
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Valuation of Long-lived Assets
The Company assesses the impairment of long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may not be recoverable. Important factors that could trigger an impairment review include, but are not limited to, significant negative industry or economic trends and significant changes in the use of the Company’s assets or strategy of the overall business. The Company is evaluating the fair value of the fixed assets at its Neltec Europe SAS business unit in Mirebeau, France as a result of the proposed closure of the operations of such business unit, but the Company believes that a write-down, if any, of such assets would not be material to the consolidated financial position or results of operations of the Company.
Income Taxes
Carrying value of the Company’s net deferred tax assets assumes that the Company will be able to generate sufficient future taxable income in certain tax jurisdictions, based on estimates and assumptions. If these estimates and assumptions change in the future, the Company may be required to record additional valuation allowances against its deferred tax assets resulting in additional income tax expense in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations, or conversely to further reduce the existing valuation allowance resulting in less income tax expense. Management evaluates the realizability of the deferred tax assets quarterly and assesses the need for additional valuation allowances quarterly.
Restructurings
In the fourth quarter of the Company’s current fiscal year ending March 1, 2009, the Company expects to record a one-time charge of approximately $4 million to $5 million in connection with the restructuring at its Neltec Europe SAS and Neltec SA business units in France and one-time charges totaling approximately $1.5 million in connection with a workforce reduction at its Nelco Products Pte. Ltd. business unit in Singapore and the closure of is New England Laminates Co., Inc. business unit in Newburgh, New York. Such proposed restructuring, workforce reduction and closure are described in Note 10 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Report and in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Item 2 of Part I of this Report. In addition, the Company recorded a one-time charge of $0.6 million in the 2009 fiscal year third quarter for workforce reductions at its Nelco Products, Inc. and Neltec, Inc. business units in Fullerton, California and Tempe, Arizona, a one-time charge of $1.4 million in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended March 2, 2008 in connection with a restructuring and workforce reduction at its Neltec Europe SAS business unit and a charge of $889 in connection with a workforce reduction at such business unit during the 2006 fiscal year. Such restructuring and workforce reductions are described in Note 5 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Report and in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Item 2 of Part I of this Report.
Contingencies
The Company is subject to a small number of proceedings, lawsuits and other claims related to environmental, employment, product and other matters. The Company is required to assess the likelihood of any adverse judgments or outcomes in these matters as well as potential ranges of probable losses. A
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determination of the amount of reserves required, if any, for these contingencies is made after careful analysis of each individual issue. The required reserves may change in the future due to new developments in each matter or changes in approach, such as a change in settlement strategy in dealing with these matters.
Pension and Other Employee Benefit Programs
Dielektra GmbH has significant pension liabilities that were developed from actuarial valuations. Inherent in these valuations are key assumptions including discount rates and wage inflation rates. The pension liability of Dielektra has been included in liabilities from discontinued operations on the Company’s balance sheet.
The Company’s obligations for workers’ compensation claims are effectively self-insured, although the Company maintains individual and aggregate stop-loss insurance coverage for such claims. The Company accrues its workers’ compensation liability based on estimates of the total exposure of known claims using historical experience and projected loss development factors less amounts previously paid.
The Company and certain of its subsidiaries have a non-contributory profit sharing retirement plan covering their regular full-time employees. In addition, the Company’s subsidiaries have various bonus and incentive compensation programs, most of which are determined at management’s discretion.
The Company’s reserves associated with these self-insured liabilities and benefit programs are reviewed by management for adequacy at the end of each reporting period.
Factors That May Affect Future Results.
Certain portions of this Report which do not relate to historical financial information may be deemed to constitute forward-looking statements that are subject to various factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from Park’s expectations or from results which might be projected, forecast, estimated or budgeted by the Company in forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, general conditions in the electronics and aerospace industries, the Company’s competitive position, the status of the Company’s relationships with its customers, economic conditions in international markets, the cost and availability of raw materials and utilities, and the various factors set forth in Item 1A “Risk Factors” and under the caption “Factors That May Affect Future Results” after Item 7 of Park’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 2, 2008.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk.
The Company’s market risk exposure at November 30, 2008 is consistent with, and not greater than, the types of market risk and amount of exposures presented in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 2, 2008.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Vice President and Controller (the person currently performing the functions similar to those performed by a principal financial officer), has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s
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disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e)and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of November 30, 2008, the end of the quarterly fiscal period covered by this quarterly report. Based on such evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Vice President and Controller have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis, information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act and are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Vice President and Controller, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
There has not been any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter to which this report relates that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
There have been no material changes from the risk factors as previously disclosed in the Company’s Form 10-K Annual Report for the fiscal year ended March 2, 2008.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
The following table provides information with respect to shares of the Company’s Common Stock acquired by the Company during each month included in the Company’s 2009 fiscal year third quarter ended November 30, 2008.
(a) Aggregate number of shares available to be purchased by the Company pursuant to a previous share purchase authorization announced on October 20, 2004. Pursuant to such authorization, the Company is authorized to purchase its shares from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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Item 5. Other Information.
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 thereunto duly authorized.
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