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United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number 1-31921
COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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36-3972986
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9900 West 109th Street, Suite 600
Overland Park, Kansas
(Address of principal executive offices)
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66210
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Registrants telephone number, including area code:
(913) 344-9200
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of each class
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
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Name of each exchange on which registered
New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange |
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of
the Securities Act. Yes o No þ
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
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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.
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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is
not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrants knowledge, in
definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K
or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o
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.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
As of June 30, 2005, the aggregate market value of the registrants common stock held by
non-affiliates of the registrant was $721,084,151, based on the closing sale price of $23.40 per
share, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
The number of shares outstanding of the registrants $0.01 par value common stock at February 20,
2006 was 31,885,678 shares.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
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Portions of the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders |
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Part III, Items 10, 11, 12 and 13 |
to be held May 11, 2006 (Proxy Statement) |
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COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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PART I
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This annual report on Form 10-K (the report) contains forward-looking statements. These
statements relate to future events or our future financial performance, and involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of
activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of
activity, performance or achievements, expressed or implied, by these forward-looking statements.
These risks and other factors include, among other things, those listed under Item 1A, Risk
Factors and elsewhere in this report. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements
by terminology such as may, will, should, expects, intends, plans, anticipates,
believes, estimates, predicts, potential, continue or the negative of these terms or
other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may
differ materially. In evaluating these statements, you should specifically consider various
factors, including the risks outlined under Item 1A, Risk Factors. These factors may cause our
actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are
reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. We
are under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this report.
MARKET AND INDUSTRY DATA AND FORECASTS
This report includes market share and industry data and forecasts that we obtained from
internal company surveys, market research, consultant surveys, publicly available information and
industry publications and surveys. Industry surveys, publications, consultant surveys and forecasts
generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to
be reliable, but there can be no assurance as to the accuracy and completeness of such information.
We have not independently verified any of the data from third-party sources nor have we ascertained
the underlying economic assumptions relied upon therein. Similarly, internal company surveys,
industry forecasts and market research, which we believe to be reliable, based upon managements
knowledge of the industry, have not been verified by any independent sources. Except where
otherwise noted, references to North America include only the continental United States and Canada,
and statements as to our position relative to our competitors or as to market share refer to the
most recent available data. Statements concerning (a) North America general trade salt are
generally based on historical sales volumes, (b) North America highway deicing salt are generally
based on historical production capacity, (c) sulfate of potash are generally based on historical
sales volumes and (d) United Kingdom highway deicing salt sales are generally based on historical
sales volumes. Except where otherwise noted, all references to tons refer to short tons. One
short ton equals 2,000 pounds.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC). Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the
SECs website at http://www.sec.gov. Please note that the SECs website is included in this
report as an active textual reference only. The information contained on the SECs website is not
incorporated by reference into this report and should not be considered a part of this report. You
may also read and copy any document we file with the SEC at the SECs public reference facility at
100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. You may also obtain copies of the documents at prescribed
rates by writing to the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.
20459. For further information on the operation of the public reference facility call the SEC at
1-900-SEC-0330.
You may request a copy of any of our filings, at no cost, by writing or telephoning:
Investor Relations
Compass Minerals International, Inc.
9900 West 109th Street, Suite 600
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
For general inquiries concerning the Company please call (913) 344-9200.
Alternatively, copies of these documents may be available on our website,
www.compassminerals.com. The information on our website is not part of this report and is
not incorporated by reference into this report.
Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this annual report to the Company,
Compass, Compass Minerals, CMI, we, us and our refer to Compass Minerals International,
Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. Compass Minerals International, Inc. is comprised of its
wholly-owned subsidiary, Compass Minerals Group, Inc. and Compass Minerals Group, Inc.s
subsidiaries (Compass Minerals Group or CMG).
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Based in the Kansas City metropolitan area, Compass is the second-leading salt producer in
North America and the largest in the United Kingdom. We currently operate 10 production and
packaging facilities, including the largest rock salt mine in the world in Goderich, Ontario and
the largest salt mine in the United Kingdom in Winsford, Cheshire. Our product lines include salt
for highway deicing, consumer deicing, water conditioning, consumer and industrial food
preparation, agriculture and industrial applications. In addition, Compass is North Americas
leading producer of sulfate of potash (SOP), which is used in the production of specialty
fertilizers for high-value crops and turf. Our North American salt mines and SOP production
facility are near either water or rail transport systems, which reduces our shipping and handling
costs.
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Previously part of Mosaic Global Holdings Inc. (Mosaic),
formerly IMC Global, Inc., the Company became a stand-alone entity on November 28, 2001
through a leveraged recapitalization (the Recapitalization). Following the Recapitalization,
Apollo Management V, L.P. (Apollo), co-investors and management owned approximately 81% of our
fully diluted outstanding common stock and Mosaic owned approximately 19%.
On December 17, 2003, Compass completed its initial public offering (IPO) of 16,675,000
shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at $13.00 per share. The shares sold in the
IPO were shares previously owned by stockholders, primarily Apollo and Mosaic, so the Company did
not receive any of the IPO proceeds. Following the offering, Apollo and co-investors, management
and directors, and Mosaic owned approximately 35%, 11% and 2%, respectively, of the fully diluted
shares outstanding.
In July 2004, we completed a secondary offering of 8,327,244 shares of common stock which were
sold by Apollo, Mosaic and certain members of management. Following the offering, Apollo and
co-investors, management and directors, and Mosaic owned approximately 12%, 11% and 1%,
respectively, of the fully diluted shares outstanding. Compass did not receive any proceeds from
the sale of the shares.
Apollo, Mosaic and certain members of management sold 4,021,473 shares of common stock through
another secondary offering which was completed in November 2004. Again, Compass did not receive any
proceeds from the sale. Apollo and Mosaic each sold all of their remaining shares, reducing their
ownership of our common stock to zero.
SALT SEGMENT
Salt is indispensable and enormously versatile with more than 14,000 uses. In addition, there
is an absence of cost-effective alternatives. As a result, our cash flows are not materially
impacted by economic cycles. We are among the lowest-cost salt producers in our markets because our
salt deposits are high grade and among the most extensive in the world, and because we use
effective mining techniques and efficient production processes.
Through our salt segment we mine, produce, process and distribute salt in North America and
the United Kingdom, including rock, evaporated and solar salt. Our products are marketed primarily
in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Salt is used in a wide variety of
applications, including as a deicer for both highway and consumer use (rock salt), an ingredient in
the production of chemicals for paper bleaching, for water treatment and a variety of other
industrial uses, as a flavor enhancer and preservative in food, a nutrient and trace mineral
delivery vehicle in animal feeds and an essential component in both industrial and residential
water softeners. The demand for salt has historically remained relatively stable during economic
cycles due to its relatively low cost and high value with a diverse number of end uses.
However, demand in the highway deicing market is affected by changes in winter weather
conditions. On average, over the last five years, approximately 64% of our highway deicing annual
sales, net of shipping and handling costs, are generated from December through March when the need
for highway deicing salt is at its peak.
Salt Industry Overview
The salt industry is characterized by stable demand and steady price increases across various
grades. Salt is one of the most common and widely consumed minerals in the world due to its low
relative cost and its utility in a variety of applications, including highway deicing, food
processing, water conditioning, industrial chemical processing, and nutritional supplements for
animal stock. We estimate that the consumption of highway deicing salt in North America is 25
million tons per year (20 million tons per year in the markets we serve), while the general trade
market totals 11 million tons per year. In the United Kingdom, we estimate that the size of the
highway deicing market is 1.9 million tons per year. According to the latest available U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS), during the thirty-year period ending 2004, the production of salt used
in highway deicing and for general trade products in the United States has increased at an
historical average of approximately 1% per year.
Salt prices vary according to purity from the lowest grade (rock salt) at around $20 per ton
to the highest-grade salt (food grade salt) at about $400 per ton. The price difference between
rock and food grade salt reflects, among other things, the more elaborate refining and packaging
processes for higher-grade salt. Due to salts relatively low production cost, transportation and
handling costs tend to be a significant component of the total delivered cost making logistics
management and customer service key competitive factors in the industry. The high relative cost
associated with transportation tends to favor the supply of salt by manufacturers located in close
proximity to their customers. According to the latest USGS data, during the thirty year period
ending 2004, prices for salt used in highway deicing and general trade products in the United
States have increased at a historical average of approximately 4% per year.
Processing Methods
We have production capacity, including salt purchased under long-term contracts, of
approximately 13.7 million tons of salt per year. Mining, other production activities and packaging
are currently conducted at 10 of our facilities and at two facilities where finished product is
purchased from Mosaic under contracts.
The three processing methods we use to produce salt are summarized below.
Underground Rock Salt Mining We use a drill and blast mining technique at our underground
rock salt mines. Mining machinery moves salt from the salt face to conveyor belts which transport
the salt to the mill center where it is crushed and screened. Salt is then hoisted to the surface
where it is loaded onto shipping vessels, railcars or trucks. At our Winsford, U.K. facility, we
also use a continuous miner process. The primary power sources for each of our rock salt mines are
electricity and diesel fuel. Rock salt is primarily used in our highway and consumer deicing
products. Underground rock salt mining represents approximately 82% of our annual salt production
capacity.
Mechanical Evaporation The mechanical evaporation method involves subjecting salt-saturated
brine to vacuum pressure and heat, generated by natural gas or oil, to precipitate salt. The salt
brine is obtained from underground salt deposits through a series of brine wells. The resulting
product has both a high purity and uniform physical shape. Evaporated salt is primarily used in our
general trade salt product lines. Mechanical evaporation represents approximately 7% of our annual
salt production capacity.
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Solar Evaporation. The solar evaporation method is used in areas of the world where
high-salinity brine is available and where weather conditions provide for a high
natural-evaporation rate. The brine is pumped into a series of large open ponds where sun and wind
evaporate the water and crystallize the salt, which is then mechanically harvested and processed
through washing, drying and screening. Solar salt is used in both our general trade salt product
lines and in highway deicing applications. Solar evaporation represents approximately 11% of our
annual salt production capacity.
Operations and Facilities
United States Our Central and Midwestern United States general trade customer base is served
by our mechanical evaporation plant in Lyons, Kansas. Additionally, we serve areas around the Great
Lakes with evaporated salt purchased from Mosaics potash and salt facility in Michigan. The Cote
Blanche, Louisiana rock salt mine serves chemical customers in the Southern and Western United
States, highway deicing customers through a series of depots located along the Mississippi and Ohio
Rivers, and agriculture customers in the Southern and Midwestern United States. Our solar
evaporation facility located in Ogden, Utah is the largest solar salt production site in the United
States. This facility principally serves the Western United States general trade markets and also
provides salt for chemical applications and highway deicing, and provides magnesium chloride which
is used in deicing, dust control and soil stabilization applications. Production capacity of salt
at our Ogden facility is currently only limited by demand. We also own and operate two salt
packaging facilities in Illinois and Wisconsin, which serve consumer deicing and water conditioning
customers in the Central, Midwestern and parts of the Northeastern United States.
Canada Our salt is produced at five different locations in Canada. Mechanically evaporated
salt is produced at three facilities strategically located throughout Canada: Amherst, Nova Scotia
in Eastern Canada; Goderich, Ontario in Central Canada; and Unity, Saskatchewan in Western Canada.
From the Goderich, Ontario rock salt mine, we serve the consumer and highway deicing markets in
Canada and the Great Lakes region of the United States. We also purchase salt and other products
from Mosaics potash and salt facilities located in Saskatchewan, which serve both the general
trade and the highway deicing markets.
United Kingdom Our United Kingdom highway deicing customer base is served by the Winsford
rock salt mine in Northwest England. Through December 2005 we served general trade customers
through our mechanical evaporation plant in Cheshire, England. On December 30, 2005, we sold this
business. This plant had an annual production capacity of 850,000 tons although it operated at
approximately 70% of capacity.
The table below shows the capacity and type of salt produced at each of our owned or leased
production locations:
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Goderich, Ontario Mine |
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2,800,000 |
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Lyons, Kansas Plant |
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Unity, Saskatchewan Plant |
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175,000 |
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120,000 |
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Salt production at these facilities totaled an aggregate of 12.5 million tons, 12.2 million
tons and 11.4 million tons for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Salt is found throughout the world and, where it is commercially produced, it is typically
deposited in extremely large quantities. Our mines at Goderich, Cote Blanche and Winsford, as well
as at our other operating facilities, are proximate to vast mineral deposits. In most of our
production locations, we estimate the recoverable salt to exceed 100 years of reserves at current
production rates and capacities. Our rights to extract those minerals may currently be
contractually limited by either geographic boundaries or time. We believe that we will be able to
continue to extend these agreements, as we have in the past, at commercially reasonable terms,
without incurring substantial costs or incurring material modifications to the existing lease terms
and conditions, thereby allowing us to extract the additional salt necessary to fully develop our
existing mineral rights.
Our underground mines in Canada (Goderich, Ontario), the United States (Cote Blanche,
Louisiana) and the United Kingdom (Winsford, Cheshire) make up over 80% of our salt producing
capacity. Each of these mines are operated with modern mining equipment and utilize subsurface
improvements such as vertical shaft lift systems, milling and crushing facilities, maintenance and
repair shops and extensive conveyor systems. We believe that the properties and their operating
equipment are maintained in good working condition.
The mine site at the Goderich mine is owned. We also maintain a mineral lease at Goderich with
the provincial government which grants us the right to mine salt. This lease expires in 2022 with
the option to renew until 2043. Cote Blanche is operated under land and mineral leases with a
third-party landowner who grants us the right to mine salt. The leases expire in 2060. The mine
site and salt reserves at the Winsford mine are owned.
Our mines at Goderich, Cote Blanche and Winsford have been in operation for approximately 46,
40 and 160 years, respectively. At current average rates of production, we estimate that our
remaining years of production for the recoverable minerals we presently own or lease to be 152, 81
and 30 years, respectively. Our mineral interests are amortized on an individual basis over
estimated useful lives not to exceed 99 years using primarily the units-of-production method. Our
estimates are based on, among other things, both internal estimates and the results of reserve
studies completed by a third-party engineering firm. The reserve estimates are primarily a function
of the area and volume covered by the mining rights and estimates of extraction rates utilized by
us with the reasonable expectation of reliably operating the mines on a long-term basis.
Established
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criteria for proven and probable reserves are primarily applicable to mining deposits of
discontinuous metal, where both presence of ore and its variable grade need to be precisely
identified. However, the massive continuous nature of evaporative deposits, such as salts, require
proportionately less data for the same degree of confidence in mineral reserves, both in terms of
quantity and quality. Reserve studies performed by a third-party engineering firm suggest that our
salt reserves most closely resemble probable reserves and we have therefore classified our reserves
as probable reserves.
We package salt product produced by us or others at two additional facilities. The table below
shows the packaging capacity at each of these facilities:
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We also have a long-term contract to purchase finished salt from Mosaic, which is produced as
a co-product of their potash operations. The table below shows the amount and type of salt
purchased from each of these production facilities:
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250,000 |
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We divide our salt products into two separate product lines: highway deicing salt (including
chemical salt) and general trade salt.
Highway Deicing Salt Products
Products and Sales Highway deicing constituted approximately 54% of our gross sales of salt
in 2005. Principal customers are states, provinces, counties, municipalities and road maintenance
contractors that purchase bulk salt for ice control on public roadways. Highway deicing salt is
sold primarily through an annual tendered bid contract system as well as through some longer-term
contracts, with price, product quality and delivery being the primary competitive market factors.
Annual supply contracts generally are awarded on the basis of tendered bids once the purchaser is
assured that the minimum requirements for purity, service and delivery can be met. The locations of
the salt sources and distribution outlets also play a significant role in determining a supplier.
We have an extensive network of over 70 depots for storage and distribution of highway deicing salt
in North America. The majority of these depots are located on the Great Lakes and the Mississippi
and Ohio River systems where our Goderich, Ontario and Cote Blanche, Louisiana mines are located to
serve those markets. Salt and liquid magnesium chloride from our Ogden, Utah facility is also
partially used for highway deicing.
We produce highway deicing salt in the United Kingdom at our mining facility at Winsford,
Cheshire, the largest rock salt mine in the United Kingdom. We believe our superior production
capability and favorable logistics enhance our ability to meet peak winter demands. Because of our
strong position, we are recognized as a key strategic provider by the United Kingdoms Highway
Agency. As such, in conjunction with the Highway Agency, we develop standards for deicing inventory
products and services that are provided to them through their deicing application contractors. In
the United Kingdom approximately 62% of our highway deicing business is on multi-year contracts.
Winter weather variability is the most significant factor affecting salt sales for deicing
applications because mild winters reduce the need for salt used in ice and snow control. On
average, over the last five years, our North American highway deicing product line has generated
approximately 64% of its annual sales, net of shipping and handling costs, from December through
March when the need for highway deicing is at its peak. Lower than expected sales during this
period could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. The vast majority of our
North American deicing sales are made in Canada and the Midwestern United States where frequent
inclement weather during the winter months causes dangerous road conditions. In keeping with
industry practice, we stockpile quantities of salt to meet estimated requirements for the next
winter season. See Item 1A, Risk Factors The seasonal demand for our products and the
variations in our cash flows from quarter to quarter as a result of weather conditions may have an
adverse effect on our results of operations and the price of our common stock and Item 7,
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Seasonality.
Chemical customers accounted for approximately 6% of our 2005 gross sales of salt. Principal
customers are producers of intermediate chemical products used in pulp bleaching, water treatment
and a variety of other industrial uses. Our customers do not have a captive source of brine.
Distribution into the chemical market is made primarily through multi-year supply agreements, which
are negotiated privately. Price, service, product quality and security of supply are the major
competitive market factors.
The table below shows our shipments of highway deicing and chemical salt products to the
following regions (thousands of tons):
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North America |
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11,537 |
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Competition We face strong competition in each of the markets in which we operate. In
North America, other large, nationally recognized companies compete against our highway deicing and
chemical salt products. In addition, there are several smaller regional producers of highway
deicing salt. There are several importers of salt into North America but these mostly impact the
Eastern seaboard where we have a minimal position. In the United Kingdom, there are two other
companies that produce highway deicing salt, one in Northern England and the other in Northern
Ireland. There are no significant imports of highway deicing salt into the United Kingdom.
General Trade Salt Products
Products and Sales The general trade business accounted for approximately 40% of our 2005
gross sales of salt. We are the third largest producer of general trade salt in North America. This
product line includes commercial and consumer applications, such as table salt, water conditioning,
consumer ice control, food
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processing, agricultural applications, as well as a variety of industrial applications. We
believe that we are the largest private-label producer of water conditioning and salt-based
agricultural products in North America and sell more than 60 private labels of table salt to major
retailers. Our Sifto® brand is well recognized in the Canadian market.
On December 30, 2005, we sold our Weston Point, England evaporated-salt plant and related
general trade business to INEOS Enterprises Limited, a brine supplier to and largest customer of
that plant. Gross sales from this business totaled $52.5 million, $55.2 million and $47.1 million
in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
We have maintained a significant presence in the general trade business over recent years due
to our strong focus on: (i) the Midwestern region of the United States; (ii) all of Canada; (iii)
our distribution network to the grocery trade; and (iv) our relationships with large distributors
of water conditioning salt.
The general trade market is driven by strong customer relationships. Sales in the general
trade salt product line occur through retail channels, such as grocery stores, building supply,
hardware, mass merchants and feed suppliers. Distribution in the general trade salt product line is
channeled through a direct sales force located in various parts of our service territories who sell
products to distributors, dealers and end users. We also maintain a network of brokers who sell
table salt, consumer deicing and water conditioning products. These brokers service wholesalers,
grocery chains and retailers, as well as the food-service industry. During 2005, 2004 and 2003 we
shipped 2,529,000, 2,404,000 and 2,323,000 tons, respectively of general trade salt in North
America.
Competition In North America, other large nationally recognized companies compete against our
salt business in the production and marketing of general trade salt products. In addition, there
are several smaller regional producers of general trade salt. There are several importers of salt
into North America but they mostly impact the East Coast and West Coast of the United States where
we have minimal positions.
SPECIALTY POTASH SEGMENT
SOP is primarily used as a specialty fertilizer, providing essential potassium to high-value,
chloride-sensitive crops, such as vegetables, fruits, tea, potatoes, grapes, nuts, tobacco and turf
grass. We are the market leader in North America for SOP and market SOP products both domestically
and overseas. We offer several grades of SOP, which are designed to better serve the special needs
of our customers. Our sulfate of potash plant is the largest in North America and one of only two
all-natural solar SOP plants in the Western Hemisphere. In 2005, the specialty potash segment
accounted for approximately 14% of our gross sales.
Potash Industry Overview
The annual worldwide consumption of all potash fertilizers approaches 50 million tons. Muriate
of potash, or potassium chloride, is the most common source of potassium and accounts for
approximately 90% of all potash consumed in fertilizer production. SOP represents approximately 7%
of potash consumption. The remainder is supplied in the forms of potassium magnesium sulfate,
nitrate of potassium and, to a lesser extent, potassium thiosulfate and monopotassium phosphate.
All of these products contain varying concentrations of potassium expressed as potassium oxide
(K2O) and different combinations of co-nutrients.
Muriate of potash is the least expensive form of potash fertilizer based on the concentration
of K2O and consequently, it is the most widely used potassium source for most crops.
However, SOP (containing approximately 50% K2O) is utilized by growers for many
high-value crops, especially where there are requirements for fertilizers with low chloride
content. The use of SOP has been scientifically proven to improve the yield and quality of certain
crops.
Examples of crops where SOP is utilized to increase yield and quality include tobacco, tea,
potatoes, citrus fruits, grapes, almonds, some vegetables and on turfgrass, including turf for golf
courses. Approximately 73% of our annual SOP sales volumes in 2005 were made to domestic customers,
which include retail fertilizer dealers and distributors of professional turf care products. These
dealers and distributors combine or blend SOP with other fertilizers and minerals to produce
fertilizer blends tailored to individual requirements.
Operations and Facilities
All of our SOP production is located on the Great Salt Lake west of Ogden, Utah. It is the
largest SOP production facility in North America. The evaporation facility utilizes solar energy
and operates over 40,000 acres of evaporation ponds to produce SOP and magnesium chloride from the
brine of the Great Salt Lake. The property utilized in our operation is both owned and leased under
annually renewing leases. This facility currently has the capacity to annually produce
approximately 450,000 tons of SOP, approximately 400,000 tons of magnesium chloride and over 1.5
million tons of salt. By mid-year 2006, we expect to complete our project to expand our capacity to
produce liquid magnesium chloride by approximately 70% and double our capacity to produce
crystallized magnesium chloride. These recoverable minerals exist in vast quantities in the Great
Salt Lake. We estimate the recoverable minerals exceed 100 years of reserves at current production
rates and capacities and are so vast that quantities will not be significantly impacted by our
additional production. Our rights to extract these minerals are contractually limited although we
believe we will continue to be able to extend our lease agreements, as we have in the past, at
commercially reasonable terms, without incurring substantial costs or incurring material
modifications to the existing lease terms and conditions, thereby allowing us to continue
extracting minerals and significantly extend the future recognized economic life of the reserves.
The potassium bearing salts are mechanically harvested and refined to high purity SOP in our
production facility that has been in operation since 1967. We believe that our property and
operating equipment are maintained in good working condition.
Products and Sales Our domestic sales of SOP are concentrated in the western and
southeastern portions of the United States where the crops and soil conditions favor SOP. We
generally export SOP through major trading companies. International SOP sales volumes in 2005 were
27% of our annual SOP sales. Beginning in late 2001, we organized and employed an experienced
global sales group to focus on the specialty aspects and benefits of SOP as a source of potassium
nutrients. We believe our sales growth over the past few years has been positively influenced by
reestablishing this specialty marketing focus.
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The table below shows our shipments of SOP to the following regions (thousands of tons):
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106 |
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Competition Approximately 50% of the world SOP capacity is located in Europe, 10% in the
United States and the remaining 40% in various other countries. The world consumption of SOP totals
about 4.0 million tons. Our major competition for SOP sales in North America includes imports from
Germany, Chile, Canada and Belgium. In addition, there is also some functional competition between
SOP, muriate of potash and nitrate of potash. For exports into Asia, the Pacific Rim countries and
Latin America, we compete with various local and European producers.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
We rely on a combination of patents, trademarks, copyright and trade secret protection,
employee and third-party non-disclosure agreements, license arrangements and domain name
registrations to protect our intellectual property. We sell many of our products under a number of
registered trademarks that we believe are widely recognized in the industry. No single patent,
trademark or trade name is material to our business as a whole.
Any issued patents that cover our proprietary technology and any of our other intellectual
property rights may not provide us with substantial protection or be commercially beneficial to us.
The issuance of a patent is not conclusive as to its validity or its enforceability. Competitors
may also be able to design around our patents. If we are unable to protect our patented
technologies, our competitors could commercialize our technologies.
With respect to proprietary know-how, we rely on trade secret protection and confidentiality
agreements. Monitoring the unauthorized use of our technology is difficult and the steps we have
taken may not prevent unauthorized use of our technology. The disclosure or misappropriation of our
intellectual property could harm our ability to protect our rights and our competitive position.
See Item 1A, Risk Factors Protection of proprietary technology Our intellectual property may
be misappropriated or subject to claims of infringement.
EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 2005, we had 1,506 employees, of which 746 are employed in the United
States, 673 in Canada and 87 in the United Kingdom. Approximately 35% of our U.S. workforce and 55%
of our global workforce is represented by labor unions. Of our nine material collective bargaining
agreements, four will expire in 2006, three will expire in 2007 and two will expire in 2008.
Additionally, approximately 6% of our workforce is employed in Europe where trade union membership
is common. We consider our labor relations to be good.
PROPERTIES
The table below sets forth our principal properties:
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With respect to each facility at which we extract salt, brine or SOP, we obtain any
required or necessary permits prior to the commencement of mining. Permits or licenses are obtained
as needed in the normal course of business based on our mine plans and state, provincial and local
regulatory provisions regarding mine permitting and licensing. Based on our historical permitting
experience, we expect to be able to continue to obtain necessary mining permits to support
historical rates of production.
Our mineral leases have varying terms. Some will expire after a set term of years, while
others continue indefinitely. Many of these leases provide for a royalty payment to the lessor
based on a specific amount per ton of mineral extracted or as a percentage of revenue. We believe
we will be able to continue to extend our material mineral lease agreements, as we have in the
past, at commercially reasonable terms, without incurring substantial costs or incurring material
modifications to the existing lease terms and conditions. In addition, we own a number of
properties and are party to non-mining leases that permit us to perform activities that are
ancillary to our mining operations, such as surface use leases, and storage, depot and warehouse
leases. We believe that all of our leases were entered into at market terms.
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The following map shows the locations of our principal salt and SOP production facilities:
ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND SAFETY MATTERS
We produce and distribute crop and animal nutrients, salt and deicing products. These
activities subject us to an evolving set of international, federal, state, provincial and local
environmental, health and safety (EHS) laws that regulate, or propose to regulate: (i) product
content; (ii) use of products by both us and our customers; (iii) conduct of mining and production
operations, including safety procedures followed by employees; (iv) management and handling of raw
materials; (v) air and water quality impacts from our facilities; (vi) disposal, storage and
management of hazardous and solid wastes; (vii) remediation of contamination at our facilities and
third-party sites; and (viii) post-mining land reclamation. For new regulatory programs, it is
difficult for us to ascertain future compliance obligations or estimate future costs until
implementation of the regulations have been finalized and definitive regulatory interpretations
have been adopted. We respond to regulatory requirements by implementing necessary modifications to
our facilities and/or operating procedures.
We have expended, and anticipate that we will continue to expend, substantial financial and
managerial resources to comply with EHS standards. We estimate that our 2006 EHS capital
expenditures will total approximately $2.3 million, primarily related to air quality devices and
highway deicing salt storage pads. We expect that our estimated expenditures in 2006 for
reclamation activities will be approximately $0.2 million. It is possible that greater than
anticipated EHS capital expenditures or reclamation expenditures will be required in 2006 or in the
future.
We maintain accounting accruals for certain contingent environmental liabilities and believe
these accruals comply with generally accepted accounting principles. We record accruals for
environmental investigatory and non-capital remediation costs when litigation has commenced or a
claim or assessment has been asserted or is imminent, the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome is
probable and the financial impact of such outcome is reasonably estimable. Based on current
information, it is the opinion of management that our contingent liabilities arising from EHS
matters, taking into account established accruals, will not have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition or results of operations. As of December 31, 2005, we had recorded
environmental accruals of $2.2 million.
Product Requirements and Impacts
International, federal, state and provincial standards (i) require registration of many of our
products before such products can be sold; (ii) impose labeling requirements on those products; and
(iii) require producers to manufacture the products to formulations set forth on the labels.
Environmental, natural resource and public health agencies at all regulatory levels continue to
evaluate alleged health and environmental impacts that might arise from the handling and use of
products such as
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those we manufacture. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or the EPA, the State of
California and The Fertilizer Institute have each completed independent assessments of potential
risks posed by crop nutrient materials. These assessments concluded that, based on the available
data, crop nutrient materials generally do not pose harm to human health. It is unclear whether any
further evaluations may result in additional standards or regulatory requirements for the producing
industries, including us, or for our customers. At this stage, it is the opinion of management that
the potential impact of these standards on the market for our products or on the expenditures that
may be necessary to meet new requirements will not have a material adverse effect on our business,
financial condition or results of operations.
In December 2001, the Canadian government released a Priority Substances List Assessment
Report for road salt. This report found that road salts are entering the environment under
conditions that may have a harmful effect or constitute a danger to the environment. Based on this
report, the Minister of Environment has proposed designating road salt as a toxic substance
pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Canadas federal cabinet, which has ultimate
responsibility, has not yet taken final action with respect to this proposal and is not subject to
any deadline to do so. This proposal was subject to a public comment, during which individuals and
the municipalities which comprise most of our customers expressed a variety of views, including
noting the utility and cost-efficiency of salt as compared to other potential measures to reduce
ice-related road hazards. At this point, Environment Canada has indicated that, whether or not road
salts are declared toxic, their preferred course of action is the establishment of voluntary
guidelines for users as opposed to any form of regulation. Environment Canada has been developing
these guidelines based on consultation with a broad-based stakeholders group, which includes the
salt industry. On April 3, 2004, Environment Canada published a Code of Practice to serve as these
guidelines. The Code of Practice requires large road salt users to develop salt management plans.
We do not believe that this will have a material direct effect on us, but the new salt management
plans may lead our customers in Canada to require less road salt.
Given the importance of road salt for traffic safety and the current lack of any practical
substitute, we deem it unlikely that any guidelines or regulations would result in a complete ban
on the use of road salt. As noted in the December 2001 report, the use of road salt and other
deicing agents is an important component of strategies to keep roadways open and safe during the
winter and minimize traffic crashes, injuries and mortality under icy and snowy conditions. The
report further stated that mitigation measures must be based on optimization of winter road
maintenance practices so as not to jeopardize road safety, while minimizing the potential for harm
to the environment. Environment Canada has confirmed the high importance of road safety in its
proposed regulation of road salt. In its September 22, 2003 press release in connection with the
proposed Code of Practice, it indicated that the proposed code will provide those who use road
salts with a way to reduce harm to the environment without jeopardizing road safety. Since the
dissemination of the December 2001 report, we have endeavored to work more closely with the
national government as well as provinces and municipalities to better manage the use, storage and
release of our road salts. As a result, we believe it has become less likely that road salts will
be designated as a toxic substance. We cannot predict whether the proposal to designate road salt
as a toxic substance will be finalized or the promulgation of any other future regulation.
Standardized guidelines for the use and storage of road salt or any alternate deicing products may
cause us to suffer reduced sales and incur substantial costs and expenses that could have a
material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In
addition, while we are not aware of any similar governmental proposals for such designation of road
salt in either the United States or the United Kingdom, we cannot guarantee that such proposals
will not arise.
Operating Requirements and Impacts
We hold numerous environmental, mining and other permits or approvals authorizing operations
at each of our facilities. Our operations are subject to permits for extraction of salt and brine,
discharges of process materials to air and surface water, and injection of brine and wastewater to
subsurface wells. Some of our proposed activities may require waste storage permits. A decision by
a government agency to deny or delay issuing a new or renewed permit or approval, or to revoke or
substantially modify an existing permit or approval, could have a material adverse effect on our
ability to continue operations at the affected facility. In addition, changes to environmental and
mining regulations or permit requirements could have a material adverse effect on our ability to
continue operations at the affected facility. Expansion of our operations also is predicated upon
securing the necessary environmental or other permits or approvals.
Pursuant to the Mine Safety and Health Act, new interim regulatory standards for diesel
particulate matter became effective in 2002 and final standards are expected to become effective in
2006. In response to litigation regarding its final rule on diesel particulate matter, the Mine
Safety and Health Administration has initiated a new rule regarding certain provisions of the final
standards. We are currently in compliance with the interim standards that are in effect between
2002 and 2006. However, material expenditures may be required to achieve compliance with the final
standards at the Cote Blanche facility in Louisiana.
Remedial Activities
Remediation at Our Facilities Many of our formerly-owned and current facilities have been in
operation for a number of years. Operations have historically involved the use and handling of
regulated chemical substances, salt and by-products or process tailings by us and predecessor
operators which have resulted in soil, surface water and groundwater contamination.
At many of these facilities, spills or other releases of regulated substances have occurred
previously and potentially could occur in the future, possibly requiring us to undertake or fund
cleanup efforts under the U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act, or CERCLA, or state and provincial or United Kingdom laws governing cleanup or disposal of
hazardous substances. In some instances, we have agreed, pursuant to consent orders or agreements
with the appropriate governmental agencies, to undertake investigations, which currently are in
progress, to determine whether remedial action may be required to address such contamination. At
other locations, we have entered into consent orders or agreements with appropriate governmental
agencies to perform required remedial activities that will address
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identified site conditions. At still other locations, we have undertaken voluntary
remediation, and have removed formerly used underground storage tanks. Taking into account
established reserves, expenditures for these known conditions currently are not expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to be material. However, material expenditures could be required
in the future to remediate the contamination at these or at other current or former sites. In
addition, in connection with the Recapitalization, Mosaic has agreed to indemnify us against
liabilities for certain known and unknown conditions at existing and former sites.
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) reportedly
has information indicating that agricultural chemicals are present in the groundwater in the
vicinity of the Kenosha, Wisconsin plant. DATCP has directed us to conduct an investigation into
the possible presence of agricultural chemicals in soil and groundwater at the Kenosha plant. We
have developed a plan which has been approved by DATCP to investigate soils and groundwater at the
Kenosha site. Depending on the results of the investigation, remedial efforts may be necessary.
Although little is currently known about the possible source of such contamination, or who should
be responsible for it, we expect DATCP will look to us to undertake those efforts. If required, we
intend to conduct all phases of the investigation and any required remediation work under the
Wisconsin Agricultural Chemical Cleanup Program, which will provide for reimbursement of some of
the costs. None of the identified contaminants have been used in association with Compass Minerals
site operations. We expect to seek participation by, or cost reimbursement from, other parties
responsible for the presence of any agricultural chemicals found in soils at this site.
Remediation
at Third-Party Facilities Along with impacting the sites at which we have
operated, various third parties have alleged that our historic operations have resulted in
contamination to neighboring off-site areas or nearby third-party facilities. CERCLA imposes
liability, without regard to fault or to the legality of a partys conduct, on certain categories
of persons who are considered to have contributed to the release of hazardous substances into the
environment. Under CERCLA, or its various state analogues, one party may potentially be required to
bear more than its proportional share of cleanup costs at a site where it has liability if payments
cannot be obtained from other responsible parties.
We have entered into de minimis settlement agreements with the EPA with respect to several
CERCLA sites, pursuant to which we have made one-time cash payments and received statutory
protection from future claims arising from those sites. In some cases, however, such settlements
have included reopeners, which could result in additional liability at such sites in the event of
newly discovered contamination or other circumstances.
At other sites for which we have received notice of potential CERCLA liability, we have
provided information to the EPA that we believe demonstrates that we are not liable, and the EPA
has not asserted claims against us with respect to such sites. In some instances, we have agreed,
pursuant to orders from or agreements with appropriate governmental agencies or agreements with
private parties, to undertake or fund investigations, some of which currently are in progress, to
determine whether remedial action, under CERCLA or otherwise, may be required to address
contamination. At other locations, we have entered into consent orders or agreements with
appropriate governmental agencies to perform required remedial activities that will address
identified site conditions.
At the present time, we are not aware of any additional sites for which we expect to receive a
notice from the EPA or any other party of potential CERCLA liability. However, based on past
operations, there is a potential that we may receive notices in the future for sites of which we
are currently unaware or that our liability at currently known sites may increase. Taking into
account established accruals, expenditures for our known environmental liabilities and site
conditions currently are not expected, individually or in the aggregate, to be material or have a
material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
You should carefully consider the following risks and all of the information set forth in this
annual report on Form 10-K. The risks described below are not the only ones facing our company.
Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be
immaterial may also materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of
operations.
Risks Related to Our Business
The seasonal demand for our products and the variations in our operations from quarter to
quarter due to weather conditions may have an adverse effect on our results of operations and the
price of our common stock.
Our highway deicing product line is seasonal, with operating results varying from quarter to
quarter as a result of weather conditions and other factors. On average, over the last five years,
our North American highway deicing product line has generated over 64% of its annual sales, net of
shipping and handling costs, during the months of December through March when the need for highway
deicing is at its peak. We need to stockpile sufficient highway deicing salt in the last three
fiscal quarters to meet estimated demand for the winter season.
Weather conditions that impact our highway deicing product line include temperature, levels of
precipitation, number of snow days and duration and timing of snow fall in our relevant geographic
markets. Lower than expected sales by us during this period could have a material adverse effect on
our results of operations and the price of our common stock.
Our SOP operating results are dependent in part upon conditions in the agriculture markets.
The agricultural products business can be affected by a number of factors, the most important of
which, for U.S. markets, are weather patterns and field conditions (particularly during periods of
traditionally high crop nutrients consumption) and quantities of crop nutrients imported to and
exported from North America. Additionally, our ability to produce SOP at our solar
evaporation ponds is dependent upon arid weather conditions. Extended periods of precipitation or a
prolonged lack of sunshine would hinder our production levels resulting in lower sales volumes.
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Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial condition and impair our
ability to operate our business.
As of December 31, 2005, we had $615.9 million of outstanding indebtedness, including
approximately $350.0 million under CMGs senior secured term loan facility, $31.0 million under the
CMG senior secured revolving credit facility, $2.0 million of CMG senior subordinated notes, $97.1
million of our senior discount notes, $135.8 million of our senior subordinated discount notes, and
a stockholders deficit of $79.1 million.
This level of leverage could have important consequences, including the following:
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the repayment of our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow for
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it may materially and adversely affect our business and financial condition if we are
unable to service our indebtedness or obtain additional financing, as needed. |
Although our operations are conducted through our subsidiaries, none of our subsidiaries is
obligated to make funds available to us for payment on our indebtedness or to pay dividends on our
capital stock. Accordingly, our ability to make payments on our indebtedness and distribute
dividends to our stockholders is dependent on the earnings and the distribution of funds from our
subsidiaries. The terms of our senior secured credit facilities limit the transferability of assets
and the amount of dividends that our subsidiaries can distribute to us. The terms of our senior
credit facilities also restrict our subsidiaries from paying dividends to us in order to fund cash
interest payments on the senior discount notes and the senior subordinated discount notes if CMG
does not comply with the provisions relating to the adjusted total leverage ratio and consolidated
fixed charge coverage ratio, or if a default or event of default has occurred and is continuing
under our senior secured credit facilities. We cannot assure you that we will remain in compliance
with these ratios. We cannot assure you that the agreements governing the current and future
indebtedness of our subsidiaries will permit our subsidiaries to provide us with sufficient
dividends, distributions or loans to fund scheduled interest and principal payments on our
indebtedness, when due. If we consummate an acquisition, our debt service requirements could
increase. We may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before maturity. We
cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any of our indebtedness on commercially
reasonable terms or at all.
We are a holding company with no operations of our own and depend on our subsidiaries for cash.
Although our operations are conducted through our subsidiaries, none of our subsidiaries are
obligated to make funds available to us for payment on our indebtedness or to pay dividends on our
capital stock. Accordingly, our ability to make payments on our indebtedness and distribute
dividends to our stockholders is dependent on the earnings and the distribution of funds from our
subsidiaries. The terms of the CMG senior secured credit facilities (including the term loan and
revolving credit facility) include limitations on the amount of dividends and equity distributions
our subsidiaries can pay to us, as discussed above. All of our subsidiaries are guarantors of the
CMG senior secured credit facilities.
We cannot assure you that the agreements governing the current and future indebtedness of our
subsidiaries will permit our subsidiaries to provide us with sufficient dividends, distributions or
loans to fund scheduled interest and principal payments on our indebtedness when due.
Increasing interest rates would have an adverse affect on our interest expense under our
senior secured credit facilities. Additionally, the restrictive covenants in the agreements
governing our indebtedness and the indebtedness of Compass Minerals Group may limit our ability to
pursue our business strategies or may require accelerated payments on our debt.
We pay variable interest on our senior secured credit facilities based on LIBOR or ABR. As of
December 31, 2005, approximately $250 million of our variable rate borrowings totaling $381.0
million has been hedged through an interest rate swap agreement. Consequently, increases in
interest rates will adversely affect our cost of debt for the portion that has not been hedged.
Our senior secured credit facilities and indebtedness limit our ability and the ability of our
subsidiaries, among other things, to:
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In addition, our senior secured credit facilities require us to maintain financial ratios.
These financial ratios include an interest coverage ratio and a total leverage ratio. Although we
have historically been able to maintain these financial ratios, we may not be able to maintain
these ratios in the future. Covenants in our senior secured credit facilities may also impair our
ability to finance future operations or capital needs or to enter into acquisitions or joint
ventures or engage in other favorable business activities.
If we default under our senior secured credit facilities, the lenders could require immediate
payment of the entire principal amount. These circumstances include nonpayment of principal,
interest, fees or other amounts when due, a change of control,
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default under agreements governing our other indebtedness, material judgments in excess of
$15,000,000 or inaccuracy of representations and warranties. Any default under our senior secured
credit facilities or agreements governing our other indebtedness could lead to an acceleration of
principal payments under our other debt instruments that contain cross-acceleration or
cross-default provisions. If the lenders under our senior secured credit facilities require
immediate repayment, we will not be able to repay them and also repay our other indebtedness in
full. Our ability to comply with these covenants and restrictions contained in our senior secured
credit facilities and other agreements governing our other indebtedness may be affected by changes
in the economic or business conditions or other events beyond our control.
Economic and other risks associated with international sales and operations could adversely
affect our business, including economic loss and a negative impact on earnings.
Since we manufacture and sell our products primarily in the United States, Canada and the
United Kingdom, our business is subject to risks associated with doing business internationally.
Our sales outside the United States, as a percentage of our total sales, were 30% for the year
ended December 31, 2005. Accordingly, our future results could be adversely affected by a variety
of factors, including:
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requirements relating to withholding taxes on remittances and other payments by
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Fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar may adversely affect our results of operations.
Because our consolidated financial results are reported in U.S. dollars, if we generate sales or
earnings in other currencies, the translation of those results into U.S. dollars can result in a
significant increase or decrease in the amount of those sales or earnings. In addition, our debt
service requirements are primarily in U.S. dollars even though a significant percentage of our cash
flow is generated in Canadian dollars and pounds sterling. Significant changes in the value of
Canadian dollars and pounds sterling relative to the U.S. dollar could have a material adverse
effect on our financial condition and our ability to meet interest and principal payments on U.S.
dollar-denominated debt.
In addition to currency translation risks, we incur currency transaction risk whenever we or
one of our subsidiaries enter into either a purchase or a sales transaction using a currency other
than the local currency of the transacting entity. Given the volatility of exchange rates, we
cannot assure you that we will be able to effectively manage our currency transaction and/or
translation risks. It is possible that volatility in currency exchange rates will have a material
adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. We have experienced and expect
to experience economic loss and a negative impact on earnings from time to time as a result of
foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. See Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations Effects of Currency Fluctuations and Inflation and
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Market
Risk.
Our overall success as a global business depends, in part, upon our ability to succeed in
differing economic and political conditions. We cannot assure you that we will continue to succeed
in developing and implementing policies and strategies that are effective in each location where we
do business.
Our operations are dependent on natural gas and a significant interruption in the supply or
increase in the price of natural gas could have a material adverse effect on our financial
condition or results of operations.
Energy costs, including primarily natural gas and electricity, represented approximately 13%
of our total production costs in 2005. Natural gas is a primary fuel source used in the evaporated
salt production process. Our profitability is impacted by the price and availability of natural gas
we purchase from third parties. We have a policy of hedging natural gas prices through the use of
swap agreements. We have not entered into any long-term contracts for the purchase of natural gas.
Our contractual arrangements for the supply of natural gas do not specify quantities and are
automatically renewed annually unless either party elects not to do so. We do not have arrangements
in place with back-up suppliers. A significant increase in the price of natural gas that is not
recovered through an increase in the price of our products or covered through our hedging
arrangements, or an extended interruption in the supply of natural gas to our production
facilities, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows.
Increasing costs or a lack of availability of transportation services could have an adverse
effect on our ability to deliver products at competitive prices.
Because of salts relatively low production cost, transportation and handling costs tend to be
a significant component of the total delivered cost of sales. The high relative cost of
transportation tends to favor manufacturers located close to the customer. We contract shipping,
barge, trucking and rail services to move salt from our production facilities to the distribution
outlets and customers. A reduction in the availability of transportation services or a significant
increase in transportation service rates could impair our ability to economically deliver salt to
our markets.
Competition in our markets could limit our ability to attract and retain customers, force us
to continuously make capital investments and put pressure on the prices we can charge for our
products.
We encounter competition in all areas of our business. Competition in our product lines is
based on a number of
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considerations, including product performance, transportation costs in salt distribution,
brand reputation, quality of client service and support, and price. Additionally, customers for our
products are attempting to reduce the number of vendors from which they purchase in order to
increase their efficiency. Our customers increasingly demand a broad product range and we must
continue to develop our expertise in order to manufacture and market these products successfully.
To remain competitive, we will need to invest continuously in manufacturing, marketing, customer
service and support and our distribution networks. We may have to adjust the prices of some of our
products to stay competitive. We may not have sufficient resources to continue to make such
investments or maintain our competitive position. Some of our competitors have greater financial
and other resources than we do.
Environmental laws and regulation may subject us to significant liability and require us to
incur additional costs in the future.
We are subject to numerous environmental, health and safety laws and regulations in the United
States, Canada and Europe, including laws and regulations relating to land reclamation and
remediation of hazardous substance releases, and discharges to air and water. For example CERCLA
imposes liability, without regard to fault or to the legality of a partys conduct, on certain
categories of persons (known as potentially responsible parties (PRPs)) who are considered to
have contributed to the release of hazardous substances into the environment. Although we are not
currently incurring material liabilities pursuant to CERCLA, we may in the future incur material
liabilities under CERCLA and other environmental cleanup laws, with regard to our current or former
facilities, adjacent or nearby third-party facilities, or off-site disposal locations. Under
CERCLA, or its various state analogues, one party may, under some circumstances, be required to
bear more than its proportional share of cleanup costs at a site where it has liability if payments
cannot be obtained from other responsible parties. Liability under these laws involves inherent
uncertainties. Violations of environmental, health and safety laws are subject to civil, and in
some cases, criminal sanctions.
We have received notices from governmental agencies that we may be a PRP at certain sites
under CERCLA or other environmental cleanup laws. We have entered into de minimis settlement
agreements with the United States with respect to certain CERCLA sites, pursuant to which we have
made one-time cash payments and received statutory protection from future claims arising from those
sites. At other sites for which we have received notice of potential CERCLA liability, we have
provided information to the EPA that we believe demonstrates that we are not liable and the EPA has
not asserted claims against us with respect to such sites. In some instances, we have agreed,
pursuant to consent orders or agreements with the appropriate governmental agencies, to undertake
investigations which currently are in progress, to determine whether remedial action may be
required to address such contamination. At other locations, we have entered into consent orders or
agreements with appropriate governmental agencies to perform remedial activities that will address
identified site conditions.
At the present time, we are not aware of any additional sites for which we expect to receive a
notice from the EPA of potential CERCLA liability. However, based on past operations there is a
potential that we may receive such notices in the future for sites of which we are currently
unaware. Taking into account established reserves, expenditures for our known environmental
liabilities and site conditions currently are not expected, individually or in the aggregate, to be
material. However, material expenditures could be required in the future to remediate the
contamination at these or at other current or former sites.
We have also developed alternative mine uses. For example, we entered into a joint venture
with a subsidiary of Veolia Environnement, a business with operations in the waste management
industry. The joint venture is permitted by the jurisdictional environmental agency to dispose of
certain stable types of hazardous waste in our salt mine in the United Kingdom. We believe that the
mine is stable and provides a secure disposal location. However, we recognize that any temporary or
permanent storage of hazardous waste may involve risks to the environment. Although we believe that
we have taken these risks into account as much as possible in our planning process, it is possible
that material expenditures could be required in the future to further reduce this risk, or to
remediate any future contamination.
Continued government and public emphasis on environmental issues can be expected to result in
increased future investments for environmental controls at ongoing operations, which will be
charged against income from future operations. Present and future environmental laws and
regulations applicable to our operations may require substantial capital expenditures and may have
a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. For more
information, see Item 1, Business Environmental, Health and Safety Matters.
The Canadian governments proposal to designate road salt as a toxic substance could have a
material adverse effect on our business, including reduced sales and the incurrence of substantial
costs and expenditures.
In December 2001, the Canadian government released a Priority Substances List Assessment
Report for road salt. This report found that road salts are entering the environment under
conditions that may have a harmful effect or constitute a danger to the environment. Based on this
report, the Minister of Environment has proposed designating road salt as a toxic substance
pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Canadas federal cabinet, which has ultimate
responsibility, has not yet taken final action with respect to this proposal and is not subject to
any deadline to do so. This proposal was subject to a public comment, during which individuals and
the municipalities which comprise most of our customers expressed a variety of views, including
noting the utility and cost-efficiency of salt as compared to other potential measures to reduce
ice-related road hazards. At this point, Environment Canada has indicated that, whether or not road
salts are declared toxic, their preferred course of action is the establishment of voluntary
guidelines for users as opposed to any form of regulation. Environment Canada has been developing
these guidelines based on consultation with a broad-based stakeholders group, which includes the
salt industry. On April 3, 2004, Environment Canada published a Code of Practice to serve as these
guidelines. The Code of Practice requires large road salt users to develop salt management plans.
We do not believe that this will have a material direct effect on us, but the new salt management
plans may lead our customers in Canada to require less road salt.
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Given the importance of road salt for traffic safety and the current lack of any practical
substitute, we deem it unlikely that any guidelines or regulations would result in a complete ban on the use of road salt. As noted
in the December 2001 report, the use of road salt and other deicing agents is an important
component of strategies to keep roadways open and safe during the winter and minimize traffic
crashes, injuries and mortality under icy and snowy conditions. The report further stated that
mitigation measures must be based on optimization of winter road maintenance practices so as not
to jeopardize road safety, while minimizing the potential for harm to the environment. Environment
Canada recently confirmed the high importance of road safety in its proposed regulation of road
salt. In its September 22, 2003 press release in connection with the proposed Code of Practice, it
indicated that the proposed code will provide those who use road salts with a way to reduce harm
to the environment without jeopardizing road safety. Since the dissemination of the December 2001
report, we have endeavored to work more closely with the national government as well as provinces
and municipalities to better manage the use, storage and release of our road salts. As a result, we
believe it has become less likely that road salts will be designated as a toxic substance. We
cannot predict whether the proposal to designate road salt as a toxic substance will be finalized
or the promulgation of any other future regulation. Standardized guidelines for the use and storage
of road salt or any alternate deicing products may cause us to suffer reduced sales and incur
substantial costs and expenses that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations. In addition, while we are not aware of any similar
governmental proposals for such designation of road salt in either the United States or the United
Kingdom, we cannot guarantee that such proposals will not arise.
Our operations are dependent on our rights to mine our property and having received the
required permits and approvals from governmental authorities.
We hold numerous governmental, environmental, mining and other permits and approvals
authorizing operations at each of our facilities. A decision by a governmental agency to deny or
delay issuing a new or renewed permit or approval, or to revoke or substantially modify an existing
permit or approval, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to continue operations at
the affected facility. Expansion of our existing operations also is predicated upon securing the
necessary environmental or other permits or approvals. We currently do not have any material
pending permits or approvals.
In addition, we are aware of an aboriginal land claim filed by The Chippewas of Nawash and the
Chippewas of Saugeen (the Chippewas) in the Ontario Superior Court against The Attorney General
of Canada and Her Majesty The Queen In Right of Ontario. The Chippewas claim that a large part of
the land under Lake Huron was never conveyed by treaty and therefore belongs to the Chippewas. The
land claimed includes land under which our Goderich mine operates and has mining rights granted to
it by the government of Ontario. We are not a party to this court action.
Similar claims are pending with respect to other parts of the Great Lakes by other aboriginal
claimants. We have been informed by the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario that Canada
takes the position that the common law does not recognize aboriginal title to the Great Lakes and
its connecting waterways. We do not believe that this action will result in a material adverse
financial effect on the Company.
Protection of proprietary technology Our intellectual property may be misappropriated or
subject to claims of infringement.
We attempt to protect our intellectual property rights through a combination of patent,
trademark, copyright and trade secret protection, as well as licensing agreements and third-party
nondisclosure and assignment agreements. We cannot assure you that any of our applications for
protection of our intellectual property rights will be approved or that others will not infringe or
challenge our intellectual property rights. The patents we currently have in place expire between
2009 and 2018. We also rely on unpatented proprietary technology. It is possible that others will
independently develop the same or similar technology or otherwise obtain access to our unpatented
technology. To protect our trade secrets and other proprietary information, we require employees,
consultants, advisors and collaborators to enter into confidentiality agreements. Many of our
important brand names are registered as trademarks in the United States and foreign countries.
These registrations can be renewed if the trademark remains in use. These agreements may not
provide meaningful protection for our trade secrets, know-how or other proprietary information in
the event of any unauthorized use, misappropriation or disclosure. If we are unable to maintain the
proprietary nature of our technologies, we may lose the competitive advantage provided by our
intellectual property. As a result, our results of operations may be adversely affected.
If we are unsuccessful in negotiating new collective bargaining agreements, we may experience
significant increases in the cost of labor or a disruption in our operations.
As of December 31, 2005, we had 1,506 employees, of which 746 are employed in the United
States, 673 in Canada and 87 in the United Kingdom. Approximately 35% of our U.S. workforce and 55%
of our global workforce is represented by labor unions. Of our nine material collective bargaining
agreements, four will expire in 2006, three will expire in 2007 and two will expire in 2008.
Additionally, approximately 6% of our workforce is employed in Europe where trade union membership
is common. Although we believe that our relations with our employees are good, as a result of
general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, political and other factors beyond our
control, we cannot assure you that we will be successful in negotiating new collective bargaining
agreements, that such negotiations will not result in significant increases in the cost of labor or
that a breakdown in such negotiations will not result in the disruption of our operations.
We rely on independent distributors and the loss of a substantial number of these distributors
may reduce our profits and sales.
In addition to our own direct sales force, we depend on the services of independent
distributors to sell our products and provide service and aftermarket support to our customers. In
2005, 12% of our sales, net of shipping and handling costs, were generated through these
independent distributors. Many of these independent distributors are not bound to us by exclusive
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distribution contracts and may offer products of, and services to, businesses that compete
with ours. In addition, the majority of the distribution contracts we have with these independent
distributors are cancelable by the distributor after providing us with notice, which on average is
six months prior to termination. The loss of a substantial number of these distributors or the
decision by many of these distributors to offer competitors products to the end customers could
materially reduce our sales and profits.
If we cannot successfully complete acquisitions or integrate acquired businesses, our growth
may be limited and our financial condition adversely affected.
Our business strategy includes supplementing internal growth by pursuing acquisitions of small
complementary businesses. We may be unable to complete acquisitions on acceptable terms, identify
suitable businesses to acquire or successfully integrate acquired businesses in the future. We
compete with other potential buyers for the acquisition of other small complementary businesses.
These competition and regulatory considerations may result in fewer acquisition opportunities. If
we cannot complete acquisitions, our growth may be limited and our financial condition may be
adversely affected.
Our business is dependent upon highly skilled personnel, and the loss of key personnel may
have a material adverse effect on our development and results of operations.
The success of our business is dependent on our ability to attract and retain highly skilled
managers and other personnel. We cannot assure you that we will be able to attract and retain the
personnel necessary for the development of our business. The loss of the services of key personnel
or the failure to attract additional personnel as required could have a material adverse effect on
our development and results of operations. We do not currently maintain key person life insurance
on any of our key employees.
On November 4, 2005, our Chief Executive Officer, Michael E. Ducey, announced plans to retire
at the end of 2006. The Companys board of directors has initiated a search for his replacement
although no successor has been named.
Risks Related to Our Common Stock
Our common stock price may be volatile.
Our common stock price may fluctuate in response to a number of events, including, but not
limited to:
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market and industry perception of our success, or lack thereof, in pursuing our growth
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We may be restricted from paying cash dividends on our common stock in the future.
We currently declare and pay regular quarterly cash dividends on our common stock. Any payment
of cash dividends will depend upon our financial condition, earnings, legal requirements,
restrictions in our debt agreements and other factors deemed relevant by our board of directors.
The terms of our senior secured credit facilities limit annual dividends to $55 million plus 50% of
preceding year net income, as defined, and may restrict us from paying cash dividends on our common
stock if CMGs total leverage ratio exceeds 4.25 or if a default or event of default has occurred
and is continuing under the facilities. The terms of our indentures may also restrict us from
paying cash dividends on our common stock. The payment of a cash dividend on our common stock is
considered a restricted payment under our indentures and we are restricted from paying any cash
dividend on our common stock unless we satisfy minimum requirements with respect to our cumulative
consolidated net income (plus any additional cash proceeds received upon the issuance of our common
stock) and our fixed charge coverage ratio. We cannot assure you that the agreements governing our
current and future indebtedness, including our senior secured credit facilities, will permit us to
pay dividends on our common stock.
Shares eligible for future sale may adversely affect our common stock price.
Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that
these sales may occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline. This could also
impair our ability to raise additional capital through the sale of our equity securities. We are
authorized to issue up to 200,000,000 shares of common stock, of which 31,834,324 shares of common
stock were outstanding and 786,519 shares of common stock were issuable upon the exercise of
outstanding stock options, issuance of earned deferred stock units, and vesting of restricted stock
units as of December 31, 2005. We cannot predict the size of future issuances of our common stock
or the effect, if any, that future sales and issuances of shares of our common stock would have on
the market price of our common stock.
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Information regarding our plant and properties is included in Item 1, Business, of this
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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company from time to time is involved in various routine legal proceedings. These
primarily involve commercial claims, product liability claims, personal injury claims and workers
compensation claims. We cannot predict the outcome of these lawsuits, legal proceedings and claims
with certainty. Nevertheless, we believe that the outcome of these proceedings, even if determined
adversely, would not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows. In addition, Mosaic agreed to indemnify us against certain legal
matters.
We have become aware of an aboriginal land claim filed by The Chippewas of Nawash and The
Chippewas of Saugeen (the Chippewas) in the Ontario Superior Court against The Attorney General
of Canada and Her Majesty The Queen In Right of Ontario. The Chippewas claim that a large part of
the land under Lake Huron was never conveyed by treaty and therefore belongs to the Chippewas. The
land claimed includes land under which our Goderich mine operates and has mining rights granted to
it by the government of Ontario. We are not a party to this court action. Similar claims are
pending with respect to other parts of the Great Lakes by other aboriginal claimants. We have been
informed by the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario that Canada takes the position that
the common law does not recognize aboriginal title to the Great Lakes and its connecting
waterways. We do not believe that this action will result in a material adverse financial effect
on the Company.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None.
Executive Officers of the Registrant
The following table sets forth the name, age and position of each person who is an executive
officer on the date of this annual report.
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Michael E. Ducey
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Ronald Bryan
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Keith E. Clark
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John Fallis
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David J. Goadby
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Rodney L. Underdown
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Steven Wolf
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Michael E. Ducey was appointed the President and Chief Executive Officer of CMI in
December 2002. Mr. Ducey joined CMG as the President and Chief Executive Officer in April 2002.
Prior to joining CMG, Mr. Ducey worked approximately 30 years for Borden Chemical, a diversified
chemical company, in various positions including President and Chief Executive Officer (December
1999 to March 2002) and Executive Vice President and Chief Operation Officer (October 1997 to
December 1999).
Ronald Bryan has served as the Vice President and General Manager of CMIs Sulfate of potash
business unit since January 2005. Mr. Bryan joined CMI in June 2003 as Vice President Sales and
Marketing, Highway Deicing. Prior to his career at CMI, Mr. Bryan was employed by Borden Chemical
and Plastics, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President Commercial.
Keith E. Clark has served as the Vice President and General Manager, General Trade for CMI
since August 2004. He has served as the Vice President and General Manager of CMGs General trade
business unit since August 1997, when North American Salt Company was under the management of
Harris Chemical Group. Prior to this position, Mr. Clark served as Vice President, Operations for
North American Salt for two years, beginning in April 1995.
John Fallis was appointed Vice President and General Manager of CMIs Highway deicing business
unit in January 2005. Mr. Fallis previously served as the Vice President, Mining of CMG since 1994,
when CMG was under the management of Harris Chemical Group.
David J. Goadby was named as Vice President of CMI in August 2004. He has served as Vice
President of CMG since February 2002 and as the Managing Director of Salt Union Ltd., our U.K.
subsidiary, since April 1994, under the management of Harris Chemical Group.
Rodney L. Underdown was appointed Chief Financial Officer of CMI in December 2002, has served
as a Vice President of CMI since May 2002. Mr. Underdown has served as the Chief Financial Officer
of CMG since February 2002 and Vice President, Finance of CMG since November 2001. Prior to that,
he served as the Vice President, Finance of CMGs salt division since June 1998.
Steven Wolf was appointed Senior Vice President, Strategy and Development of CMI and Senior
Vice President, Strategy of CMG beginning January 1, 2005. He was named Vice President and General
Manager, Highway Deicing for CMI in August 2004. Mr. Wolf previously served as the Vice President
and General Manager, Highway Deicing of CMG since 1994, when CMG was under the management of Harris
Chemical Group. Mr. Wolf also served as the General Manager, SOP of CMI from August 2003 to
December 2004. Mr. Wolf retired from his executive officer position effective January 1, 2006.
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PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK
Our common stock, $0.01 par value, has been traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol CMP since December 12, 2003. Prior to that time, there was no trading market for our
common stock. The following table sets forth the high and low closing prices per share for the four
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22.32 |
|
|
|
24.26 |
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HOLDERS
On February 20, 2006, the number of holders of record of our common stock was approximately 38.
DIVIDEND POLICY
We intend to pay quarterly cash dividends on our common stock. The declaration and payment of
future dividends to holders of our common stock will be at the discretion of our board of directors
and will depend upon many factors, including our financial condition, earnings, legal requirements,
restrictions in our debt agreements and other factors our board of directors deems relevant. The
dividend limitations imposed by our debt agreements are described in Note 8 to the consolidated
financial statements included in Item 8 of this report.
The Company paid quarterly dividends totaling $1.10 and $0.9375 per share in 2005 and 2004,
respectively. On February 9, 2006, our board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of
$0.305 per share on our outstanding common stock. The dividend will be paid on March 15, 2006 to
stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 1, 2006.
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
The following table sets forth information at December 31, 2005 concerning our common stock
authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plan:
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Weighted- |
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Number of |
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Number |
|
average |
|
securities |
|
|
of shares |
|
exercise price |
|
available for |
|
|
to be issued |
|
of outstanding |
|
issuance |
Plan category |
|
upon exercise |
|
securities |
|
under plan |
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|
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|
|
Equity compensation plans
approved by stockholders: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock options |
|
|
757,901 |
|
|
$ |
7.60 |
|
|
|
|
|
Restricted stock units |
|
|
14,000 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total securities under approved plans |
|
|
771,901 |
|
|
|
7.60 |
|
|
|
3,168,100 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity compensation plans not
approved by stockholders (1): |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred stock units |
|
|
14,618 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45,231 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
786,519 |
|
|
$ |
7.60 |
|
|
|
3,213,331 |
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|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Under the Compass Minerals International, Inc. Directors Deferred Compensation Plan,
adopted effective October 1, 2004, non-employee directors may defer all or a portion of the
fees payable for their service, which deferred fees are converted into units equivalent to the
value of the Companys common stock. Accumulated deferred fees are distributed in the form of
Company common stock. |
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ITEM 6. |
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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA |
The information included in the following table should be read in conjunction with
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the
consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes thereto included elsewhere in this annual
report.
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|
2005 FORM 10-K |
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For the Year Ended December 31, |
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|
(Dollars in millions, except share data) |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
2001(8) |
|
Statement of Operations Data(1): |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales |
|
$ |
742.3 |
|
|
$ |
639.9 |
|
|
$ |
553.5 |
|
|
$ |
459.0 |
|
|
$ |
481.5 |
|
Cost of sales shipping and handling |
|
|
227.2 |
|
|
|
182.5 |
|
|
|
159.2 |
|
|
|
131.8 |
|
|
|
138.5 |
|
Cost of sales products (2) |
|
|
275.8 |
|
|
|
240.1 |
|
|
|
216.4 |
|
|
|
175.0 |
|
|
|
196.9 |
|
Depreciation and amortization (3) |
|
|
43.6 |
|
|
|
41.3 |
|
|
|
42.1 |
|
|
|
37.1 |
|
|
|
32.6 |
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
|
|
56.4 |
|
|
|
55.1 |
|
|
|
45.7 |
|
|
|
38.4 |
|
|
|
36.1 |
|
Restructuring and other charges (4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.9 |
|
|
|
2.4 |
|
|
|
7.7 |
|
|
|
27.0 |
|
Operating earnings |
|
|
142.9 |
|
|
|
118.8 |
|
|
|
91.2 |
|
|
|
72.1 |
|
|
|
53.4 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
61.6 |
|
|
|
59.0 |
|
|
|
53.7 |
|
|
|
39.8 |
|
|
|
12.7 |
|
Net earnings from continuing operations (5) |
|
|
26.8 |
|
|
|
47.8 |
|
|
|
30.9 |
|
|
|
14.8 |
|
|
|
27.1 |
|
Net earnings from discontinued operations (1) |
|
|
4.1 |
|
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
|
1.4 |
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|
|
2.2 |
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|
|
1.4 |
|
Dividends on preferred stock |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
10.6 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
Gain on redemption of preferred stock |
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|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
(8.2 |
) |
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|
Net earnings available for common stock |
|
|
30.9 |
|
|
|
49.8 |
|
|
|
39.3 |
|
|
|
6.4 |
|
|
|
27.7 |
|
Per Share Data: |
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|
Weighted-average common shares outstanding: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
|
|
31,487,975 |
|
|
|
30,604,597 |
|
|
|
32,492,792 |
|
|
|
35,039,110 |
|
|
|
3,220,724 |
|
Diluted |
|
|
32,049,632 |
|
|
|
31,816,202 |
|
|
|
33,983,983 |
|
|
|
35,474,539 |
|
|
|
3,220,724 |
|
Net earnings from continuing operations per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
|
$ |
0.85 |
|
|
$ |
1.56 |
|
|
$ |
1.17 |
|
|
$ |
0.12 |
|
|
$ |
8.17 |
|
Diluted |
|
|
0.84 |
|
|
|
1.50 |
|
|
|
1.12 |
|
|
|
0.12 |
|
|
|
8.17 |
|
Cash dividends declared per share |
|
|
1.10 |
|
|
|
0.9375 |
|
|
|
2.85 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.28 |
|
Balance Sheet Data (at year end): |
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|
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
47.1 |
|
|
$ |
9.7 |
|
|
$ |
2.6 |
|
|
$ |
11.9 |
|
|
$ |
15.9 |
|
Total assets |
|
|
750.3 |
|
|
|
723.9 |
|
|
|
695.1 |
|
|
|
644.1 |
|
|
|
655.6 |
|
Series A redeemable preferred stock (6) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19.1 |
|
|
|
74.6 |
|
Total debt |
|
|
615.9 |
|
|
|
583.1 |
|
|
|
603.3 |
|
|
|
507.8 |
|
|
|
526.5 |
|
Other Financial Data: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (7) |
|
|
1.66x |
|
|
|
1.84x |
|
|
|
1.60x |
|
|
|
1.64x |
|
|
|
3.85x |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
On December 30, 2005, we sold our Weston Point, England evaporated salt
business. Those results of operations have been reclassified as discontinued operations for
all periods presented. The 2005 earnings from discontinued operations includes a gain of $3.7
million ($4.6 million before tax) on the sale of those operations. |
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(2) |
|
Cost of sales products is presented exclusive of depreciation and amortization. |
|
(3) |
|
Depreciation and amortization, for purposes of this table, excludes amortization
of deferred financing costs but includes expense related to discontinued operations of $3.6
million, $3.8 million, $3.5 million, $3.1 million and $3.0 million for 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002
and 2001, respectively. |
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(4) |
|
Restructuring and other charges During 2001, we incurred $27.0 million of
transaction and transition costs in connection with the Recapitalization. During 2002, we
incurred $7.7 million of transition costs in connection with separating the Company from
Mosaic. During 2003, we incurred $2.4 million of costs related to the IPO. In November 2004,
Apollo elected to terminate the amended management consulting agreement resulting in a final
payment of approximately $4.5 million in that same month. Additionally, during 2004, we
incurred $1.4 million of costs directly related to the completion of two secondary offerings
completed in July 2004 and November 2004. Essentially all of these costs had been paid as of
December 31, 2004. |
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(5) |
|
Net earnings from continuing operations for 2005 includes $32.2 million of pre-tax
expenses related to the early retirement of debt and income tax expense of $4.1 million
resulting from the decision to repatriate $70 million of qualified foreign earnings pursuant
to the American Jobs Creation Act. |
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(6) |
|
During 2003, we redeemed all of the outstanding shares of series A redeemable
preferred stock. In December 2002, certain holders of the series A redeemable preferred stock
converted their preferred stock into subordinated discount notes, see Note 8 to our
consolidated financial statements. |
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(7) |
|
For the purposes of computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings
consist of earnings from continuing operations before income taxes and fixed charges. Fixed
charges consist of interest expense excluding amounts allocated to discontinued operations,
including the amortization of deferred debt issuance costs and the interest component of our
operating rents. The ratio of earnings to fixed charges prior to November 28, 2001 is not
meaningful because we participated in a credit facility with Mosaic and its affiliates and the
level of third-party debt was not comparable to the level of third-party debt in place upon
consummation of the Recapitalization and subsequent debt issuances. |
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(8) |
|
On November 28, 2001, Mosaic contributed the net assets of Compass Minerals Group to
Salt Holdings Corporation. Accordingly, the 2001 Statement of Operations data is presented on
a combined and consolidated basis. |
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ITEM 7. |
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
The statements in this discussion regarding the industry outlook, our
expectations for future performance of our business, and the other non-historical statements in
this discussion are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to
numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties
described in Item 1A, Risk Factors. You should read the following discussion together with Item
1A, Risk Factors and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere
in this annual report on Form 10-K.
COMPANY OVERVIEW
In 2001, Apollo Management V, L.P. (Apollo), acquired control of CMI from Mosaic Global
Holdings Inc. (Mosaic). Following the acquisition, Apollo, co-investors, management and directors
owned approximately 81% of the outstanding common stock of CMI and Mosaic owned the remaining 19%.
In December 2003, the Company completed an initial public offering of 16,675,000 shares of its
common stock, par value $.01 per share, at an initial public offering price of $13.00 per share.
Apollo and Mosaic each sold portions of their holdings of the Companys common stock, which reduced
the ownership of Apollo and Apollo co-investors, management and directors, and Mosaic to
approximately 35%, 11% and 2%, respectively.
In secondary stock offerings in July and November 2004, Apollo and Mosaic sold their remaining
equity interests in CMI.
Headquartered in the Kansas City metropolitan area, Compass is the second-leading salt
producer in North America and the largest in the United Kingdom. We operate 10 production and
packaging facilities, including the largest rock salt mine in the world in Goderich, Ontario and
the largest salt mine in the United Kingdom in Winsford, Cheshire. Our product lines include salt
for highway deicing, consumer deicing, water conditioning, consumer and industrial food
preparation, agriculture and industrial applications. In addition, Compass is North Americas
leading producer of sulfate of potash (SOP), which is used in the production of specialty
fertilizers for high-value crops and turf.
Salt is indispensable and enormously versatile with more than 14,000 uses. In addition, there
is an absence of cost-effective alternatives. As a result, our cash flows are not materially
impacted by economic cycles. We are among the lowest cost salt producers in our markets because our
salt deposits are high grade and among the most extensive in the world, and because we use
effective mining techniques and efficient production processes. Our SOP plant is the largest in
North America and one of only two all-natural solar SOP plants in the Western Hemisphere. Our North
American salt mines and SOP production facility are near either water or rail transport systems,
which minimizes our shipping and handling costs. Because the highway deicing business constitutes
about half of our annual sales, our business is seasonal and results may vary depending on the
severity of the winter weather in our markets.
We focus on building intrinsic value by improving our earnings before interest, income taxes,
depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, based on a normal winter weather season and by
improving our cost structure. Our management teams stewardship is to generate consistent cash flow
despite weather variations and to maximize value from our cash flow generated from operations. We
can employ our operating cash flow to pay dividends, re-invest in our business, pay down debt and
make small tuck-in acquisitions.
Managements Discussion of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting policies requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities as of the reporting date and the reported amounts of revenue and
expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could vary from these estimates. We have
identified the critical accounting policies and estimates that are most important to the portrayal
of our financial condition and results of operations. The policies set forth below require
managements most subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates
about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain.
Inventory Allowances We record allowances for unrecoverable, unusable or slow moving
finished goods and raw materials and supplies inventory. We adjust the value of certain inventory
to the estimated market value to the extent that managements assumptions of future demand, market
or functional conditions indicate the cost basis is either in excess of market or the inventory
will not be utilized or sold in future operations. If actual demand or conditions are less
favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs may be required.
Mineral
Interests As of December 31, 2005, we maintained $150.9 million of net mineral
properties as a part of property, plant and equipment. Mineral interests include probable mineral
reserves. We lease mineral reserves at several of our extraction facilities. These leases have
varying terms and many provide for a royalty payment to the lessor based on a specific amount per
ton of mineral extracted or as a percentage of revenue.
Mineral interests are primarily amortized on a units-of-production method based on internal
and third-party estimates of recoverable reserves. Our rights to extract minerals are contractually
limited by time or lease boundaries. If we are not able to continue to extend lease agreements, as
we have in the past, at commercially reasonable terms, without incurring substantial costs or
incurring material modifications to the existing lease terms and conditions, the assigned lives may
be less than that projected by management, or if the actual size, quality or recoverability of the
minerals is less than that projected by management, then the rate of amortization could be
increased or the value of the reserves could be reduced by a material amount.
Income Taxes Developing our provision for income taxes and analyzing our potential tax
exposure items requires significant judgment and assumptions as well as a thorough knowledge of the
tax laws in various jurisdictions. These estimates and judgments occur in the calculation of
certain tax liabilities and in the assessment of the likelihood that we will be able to realize our
deferred tax assets, which arise from temporary differences between the tax and financial statement
recognition of revenue and expense. Based on all available evidence, both positive and negative,
the weight of that evidence and the extent such evidence
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can be objectively verified, we determine whether it is more likely than not that all, or a
portion of, the deferred tax assets will be realized.
In evaluating our ability to realize our deferred tax assets, we consider the sources and
timing of taxable income, including the reversal of existing temporary differences, ability to
carryback tax attributes to prior periods, qualifying tax-planning strategies, and estimates of
future taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences. In determining future taxable
income, our assumptions include the amount of pre-tax operating income according to different
state, federal and international taxing jurisdictions, the origination of future temporary
differences, and the implementation of feasible and prudent tax-planning strategies. These
assumptions require significant judgment about material estimates, assumptions and uncertainties in
connection with the forecasts of future taxable income, the merits in tax law and assessments
regarding previous taxing authorities proceedings or written rulings, and, while they are
consistent with the plans and estimates we use to manage the underlying businesses, differences in
our actual operating results or changes in our tax strategies, tax credits or our assessment of the
tax merits of our positions could affect our future assessments.
As of December 31, 2005 we had $26.9 million of deferred tax assets resulting from prior
years U.S. NOL carryforwards and $6.2 million of alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards that
can be used to reduce our future tax liability. As a result of our analysis of the realization of
our deferred tax assets at December 31, 2005, we concluded that $10.4 million of valuation
allowance was required for our deferred tax assets related to our U.S. net operating loss
carryforwards because management believes they will not be realized. In the future, if we
determine, based on the existence of sufficient evidence, that more or less of our deferred tax
assets are more-likely-than-not to be realized, an adjustment to the valuation allowance will be
made in the period such a determination is made. The actual amount of the deferred tax assets
realized could ultimately be materially different from those recorded, as impacted by changes in
income tax laws and actual operating results that differ from historical and forecasted amounts.
In addition, the calculation of our tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the
application of complex tax regulations in multiple jurisdictions. We recognize potential
liabilities in accordance with SFAS 5 for anticipated tax issues in the U.S. and other tax
jurisdictions based on our estimate of whether, and the extent to which, additional taxes will be
due. If payment of these amounts ultimately proves to be unnecessary, the reversal of the
liabilities would result in tax benefits being recognized in the period when we determine the
liabilities are no longer necessary. If our estimate of tax liabilities proves to be less than the
ultimate assessment, a further charge to expense would result.
Taxes on Foreign Earnings Our effective tax rate reflects the impact of certain
undistributed foreign earnings for which no U.S. taxes have been provided because such earnings are
planned to be reinvested indefinitely outside the U.S. Most of the amounts held outside the U.S.
could be repatriated to the U.S., but would be subject to U.S. federal income taxes, less
applicable foreign tax credits. As described in Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements,
during the fourth quarter of 2005 we established a domestic reinvestment plan which was approved by
our board of directors, and determined the Company would repatriate $70 million of qualifying
foreign earnings pursuant to the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the Jobs Act). Under the
Jobs Act, repatriated earnings during this one year period would be allowed a one-time dividends
received deduction of 85%, resulting in a federal tax rate of approximately 5.25% on the
repatriated earnings. Notwithstanding amounts repatriated under the Jobs Act, we believe that the
remaining undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries will continue to be indefinitely
reinvested.
Pension Plans We select our actuarial assumptions for our pension plans after consultation
with our actuaries and investment consultants as our advisors. These assumptions include discount
rates, expected long-term rates of return on plan assets and rate of compensation increases which
are used in the calculation of the actuarial valuation of our defined benefit pension plans. If
actual conditions or results vary from those projected by management, adjustments may be required
in future periods to meet minimum pension funding, thereby increasing pension expense and our
pension liability.
We have two defined benefit pension plans covering some of our employees in the United States
and the United Kingdom. The size of the U.S. plan is not significant as compared to the U.K. plan.
The U.K. plan was closed to new participants in 1992. We set our discount rate for the U.K. plan
based on AA corporate bond yields with an average duration closely matching the benefit payments
under our plan. The assumption for the return on plan assets is determined based on expected
returns applicable to each type of investment within the portfolio. Assumed salary increases are
set considering the statutory provisions that are used to calculate the actual pension benefits in
the U.K. Our funding policy has been to make the minimum annual contributions required by
applicable regulations, which have totaled $1.8 million, $1.9 million and $1.6 million during the
years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. See Note 7 to the consolidated
financial statements for additional discussion of our pension plans.
Other Significant Accounting Policies Other significant accounting policies not involving
the same level of measurement uncertainties as those discussed above are nevertheless important to
an understanding of our financial statements. Policies related to revenue recognition, allowance
for doubtful accounts, valuation of equity compensation instruments and environmental accruals,
require difficult judgments on complex matters. Certain of these matters are among topics currently
under re-examination by accounting standards setters and regulators. Although no specific
conclusions reached to date by these standard setters appear likely to cause a material change in
our accounting policies, future decisions cannot be predicted with confidence.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table presents consolidated financial information with respect to sales from
continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003. On December 30, 2005,
we sold our Weston Point, England evaporated salt business, which results have been classified as
discontinued operations. Accordingly, the following table and discussion of our results of
operations exclude the discontinued operations (see Note 13 to the consolidated financial
statements). The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the information contained
in our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in this annual report on
Form 10-K.
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2005 FORM 10-K |
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|
Year Ended December 31, |
Dollars in millions except per ton data |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
Sales by Segment: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salt sales |
|
$ |
639.6 |
|
|
$ |
552.3 |
|
|
$ |
499.5 |
|
Less: salt shipping and handling |
|
|
212.4 |
|
|
|
168.7 |
|
|
|
150.5 |
|
|
Salt product sales |
|
|
427.2 |
|
|
|
383.6 |
|
|
|
349.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty potash (SOP) sales |
|
|
102.7 |
|
|
|
87.6 |
|
|
|
54.0 |
|
Less: SOP shipping and handling |
|
|
14.8 |
|
|
|
13.8 |
|
|
|
8.7 |
|
|
Specialty potash product sales |
|
$ |
87.9 |
|
|
$ |
73.8 |
|
|
$ |
45.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales Volumes (thousands of tons) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Highway deicing |
|
|
11,537 |
|
|
|
10,333 |
|
|
|
9,663 |
|
General trade |
|
|
2,529 |
|
|
|
2,404 |
|
|
|
2,323 |
|
Specialty potash |
|
|
396 |
|
|
|
386 |
|
|
|
251 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Sales Price (per ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Highway deicing |
|
$ |
33.07 |
|
|
$ |
30.85 |
|
|
$ |
29.25 |
|
General trade |
|
|
102.08 |
|
|
|
97.17 |
|
|
|
92.93 |
|
Specialty potash |
|
|
259.56 |
|
|
|
226.88 |
|
|
|
215.21 |
|
|
Year Ended December 31, 2005 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2004
Sales
Sales for the year ended December 31, 2005 of $742.3 million increased $102.4 million, or 16%
compared to $639.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. Sales include revenues from the
sale of our products, or Product Sales, as well as pass-through shipping and handling fees for
costs incurred in delivering salt and SOP products to the customer. Such shipping and handling fees
were $227.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2005, an increase of $44.7 million compared
to $182.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. The increase in shipping and
handling-related fees for the year ended December 31, 2005 was primarily due to the increased
volumes of products sold as compared to 2004, combined with higher shipping costs due to higher
fuel costs and increases in transportation rates.
Product Sales for the year ended December 31, 2005 of $515.1 million increased $57.7 million,
or 13% compared to $457.4 million for 2004. Salt Product Sales for the year ended December 31, 2005
of $427.2 million increased $43.6 million, or 11% compared to $383.6 million for the same period in
2004 while sales of specialty potash fertilizer products of $87.9 million increased $14.1 million,
or 19% compared to $73.8 million in 2004.
The $43.6 million increase in salt product sales for 2005 primarily reflects higher sales
volumes of North American highway deicing products and higher prices, resulting in increases of
$15.3 million and $10.8 million, respectively, compared to 2004. The higher volumes (1,082,000
tons) reflect the more severe winter weather during the first and fourth quarters of 2005 compared
with 2004. Additionally, sales increased over 2004 by $2.6 million from our U.K. highway deicing
business reflecting higher sales volumes (124,000 tons), particularly in the fourth quarter. The
higher sales volumes from our North American general trade business (126,000 tons) also improved
product revenues by $6.8 million over 2004. Finally, the favorable impact of the strengthening of
the Canadian dollar increased salt sales by approximately $7.8 million over the prior year.
Specialty potash fertilizer product sales for the year ended December 31, 2005 of $87.9
million increased $14.1 million, or 19% compared to $73.8 million for the same period in 2004.
Price improvements contributed $11.4 million of the increase while higher volumes sold increased
sales by approximately $2.5 million.
Gross Profit
Gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2005 of $199.3 million increased $19.5 million,
or 11% compared to $179.8 million for 2004. The increase in gross profit primarily reflects the
impact of improved prices and volumes for our North American highway deicing and SOP businesses,
increasing 2005 margins over 2004 by approximately $17.4 million and $13.0 million, respectively,
partially offset by lower margins on our general trade products of $2.4 million and higher overall
production costs of $9.8 million. The strengthening of the Canadian dollar also lead to an increase
in gross profit of approximately $1.7 million due to foreign exchange rate changes. Overall, our
gross margin percentage on salt products decreased 2%, while the SOP gross margin percentage
increased 5%.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2005 of $56.4
million increased $1.3 million, or 2% compared to $55.1 million for the same period in 2004. The
increase primarily reflects higher professional services costs and higher costs in terms of U.S.
dollars due to the strengthening of the Canadian dollar.
Other Charges
During 2004, we incurred $1.4 million of costs directly related to the completion of two
secondary offerings of shares previously held by stockholders. We did not receive any proceeds from
the sale of the shares. Consequently, the costs related to these stock offerings were recorded as
other operating costs on our statement of operations.
In addition, Apollo elected to terminate the management consulting agreement during the fourth
quarter of 2004 resulting in a final payment of approximately $4.5 million.
Interest Expense
Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2005 of $61.6 million increased $2.6 million
compared to $59.0 million for the same period in 2004. This increase in interest expense primarily
reflects the higher principal balances of the senior discount notes and senior subordinated
discount notes due to interest accretion, as discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial
statements.
Other, Net
Other net expenses of $38.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 increased $30.9
million compared to other expense of $7.8 million for the same period in 2004. In the fourth
quarter of 2005, we replaced our existing term loan and revolving credit facilities with a new
senior secured credit agreements (Credit Agreement). In addition, we completed a tender offer and
redeemed $323.0 million of our 10% Senior Subordinated Notes. In connection with these
transactions, we expensed $26.5 million of tender premium and $6.7 million of deferred financing
costs, net of unamortized issuance premium as discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial
statements. Other, net expense also includes foreign exchange losses of $6.1 million and $6.9
million for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
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Income Tax Expense
Income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2005 of $15.8 million increased $11.6
million compared to $4.2 million for the same period in 2004. As discussed in Note 6 to the
consolidated financial statements, during 2005 we established a domestic reinvestment plan and
determined we would repatriate $70 million of qualified foreign earnings under the American Jobs
Creation Act of 2004. Accordingly, we recorded additional U.S. income tax expense attributable to
these earnings of approximately $4.1 million during the fourth quarter. Earlier in 2005 the Company
repatriated funds from its U.K. subsidiary through a one-time repayment of a portion of a
pound-sterling-denominated loan to a U.S. subsidiary resulting in a foreign currency exchange gain
for tax purposes only. Consequently, the Company recorded a $5.4 million charge to income tax
expense. Additionally, in 2005 we recorded a tax benefit of $5.9 million for the reversal of
previously recorded income tax reserves related to matters previously determined to have an
uncertain outcome, and expense for other income tax adjustments of $1.1 million. During 2004 we
benefited from a reduction in the valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets of $12.2
million. The reduction to the valuation allowance in 2004 was primarily due to a change in the
timing of projected future taxable income, exclusive of reversals of existing taxable temporary
differences.
Excluding the impact of the specific items discussed above, income tax expense decreased
primarily due to lower income before income taxes in 2005. Our income tax provision differs from
the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate primarily due to U.S. statutory depletion, repatriation
of foreign earnings, foreign currency exchange gains recognized for tax purposes only (as discussed
above), state income taxes (net of federal benefit), foreign income tax rate differentials, foreign
mining taxes, changes in the expected utilization of previously reserved NOLs and a portion of the
interest expense on discount notes being non-deductible for tax purposes.
Year Ended December 31, 2004 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2003
Sales
Sales for the year ended December 31, 2004 of $639.9 million increased $86.4 million, or 16%
compared to $553.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. Sales include revenues from the
sale of our products, or Product Sales, as well as pass-through shipping and handling fees for
costs incurred in delivering salt and SOP products to the customer. Such shipping and handling fees
were $182.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2004, an increase of $23.3 million compared
to $159.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2003. The increase in shipping and
handling-related fees for the year ended December 31, 2004 was primarily due to the increased
volume of products sold as compared to 2003.
Product Sales for the year ended December 31, 2004 of $457.4 million increased $63.1 million,
or 16% compared to $394.3 million for the same period in 2003. Salt Product Sales for the year
ended December 31, 2004 of $383.6 million increased $34.6 million, or 10% compared to $349.0
million for the same period in 2003 primarily due to increased sales volumes in our highway deicing
product lines ($11.4 million) and increased sales volumes in our general trade product line ($6.2
million). The increased sales volumes in our highway deicing product line came from North America
and the U.K. (approximately 326,000 tons and 344,000 tons, respectively) and was primarily due to a
combination of increased contract bid volumes awarded in North America and slightly above average
winter weather in the U.K. in the first quarter of 2004 compared to an extremely mild first quarter
in 2003. Winter weather was also above average in North America in both 2004 and 2003. The
increased sales volumes in our North American general trade product line of approximately 81,000
tons was primarily due to strong consumer deicing sales in the first quarter in areas where our
consumer deicing products are sold. Sales prices related to our general trade product lines in
North America, excluding foreign exchange effects, also improved approximately $2.6 million as
compared to the same period in 2003. Average sales prices related to our highway deicing product
lines in North America and the U.K., excluding foreign exchange effects, remained relatively
consistent.
Salt Product Sales were also favorably impacted by approximately $11.9 million from the effect
of a strengthened Canadian dollar and British pound compared to the U.S. dollar.
Specialty potash fertilizer Product Sales for the year ended December 31, 2004 of $73.8
million increased $28.5 million, or 63% compared to $45.3 million for the same period in 2003
primarily due to increased sales volumes of approximately 135,000 tons ($26.3 million), reflecting
our efforts to expand the SOP market and our December 2003 acquisition of an SOP marketing
business. Average sales prices were also higher by approximately $4.1 million.
Gross Profit
Gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2004 of $179.8 million increased $40.5 million,
or 29% compared to $139.3 million for the same period in 2003. The increase in gross profit
primarily reflects the impact of improved prices and volumes ($6.9 million and $14.7 million,
respectively) and changes in foreign exchange rates as described above ($5.0 million).
Additionally, a reduction in costs to produce and distribute products increased our gross profit by
approximately $13.8 million, reflecting the impact of higher production and our operational
excellence programs.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2004 of $55.1
million increased $9.4 million, or 21% compared to $45.7 million for the same period in 2003. The
increase primarily reflects increased costs associated with being a new public company, higher
costs for professional services in order to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and other accounting
services of approximately $1.4 million, additional variable compensation and selling costs of
approximately $3.1 million due to improved financial results, and the impact of changes in foreign
exchange rates of approximately $1.6 million.
Other Charges
We incurred $1.4 million of costs directly related to the completion of two secondary
offerings completed in July 2004 and November 2004. The shares of common stock sold in these
offerings were shares previously held by stockholders and we did not receive any proceeds from the
sale of the shares. Therefore, the costs related to the IPO were recorded as other operating costs
on our statement of operations.
In addition, Apollo elected to terminate the amended management consulting agreement in
November 2004 resulting in a final payment of approximately $4.5 million in the fourth quarter.
In the fourth quarter of 2003, we incurred $2.4 million of costs
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directly related to the completion of our IPO. The shares of common stock sold were shares
previously held by stockholders and we did not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares.
Therefore, the costs related to the IPO were recorded as other operating costs on our statement of
operations.
Interest Expense
Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2004 of $59.0 million increased $5.3 million
compared to $53.7 million for the same period in 2003. This increase is primarily the result of
interest from the senior subordinated discount notes issued in May 2003. See Note 8 to our audited
consolidated financial statements.
Other, Net
Other expense for the year ended December 31, 2004 of $7.8 million increased $4.1 million
compared to other expense of $3.7 million for the same period in 2003. In the year ended December
31, 2003, we recorded $1.4 million of costs related to amending the senior credit facility and $1.9
million gain related to the early extinguishment of debt. Additionally, as part of other expense,
we recorded foreign exchange losses of $6.9 million and $3.9 million in the year ended December 31,
2004 and 2003, respectively.
Income Tax Expense
Income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2004 of $4.2 million increased $1.3 million
compared to $2.9 million for the same period in 2003. Income tax expense for the year ended
December 31, 2004 and 2003 was impacted by reductions to the valuation allowance against deferred
tax assets of $12.2 million and $5.7 million, respectively. The increase of the reductions to the
valuation allowance in 2004 was primarily due to the timing of future taxable income, exclusive of
reversals of existing taxable temporary differences. Excluding the impact of the reductions to the
valuation allowance, income tax expense increased due to higher income before income taxes in 2004.
Our income tax provision differs from the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate primarily due to
U.S. statutory depletion, state income taxes (net of federal benefit), foreign income tax rate
differentials, foreign mining taxes, changes in the expected utilization of previously reserved
NOLs and non-deductible interest expense on discount notes.
Dividends on Preferred Stock
We repurchased and redeemed all of our redeemable preferred stock during 2003. As a result,
there were no dividends on redeemable preferred stock after the year ended December 31, 2003.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Historical Cash Flow
Our historical cash flows from operating activities have generally been stable. We have used
cash generated from operations to meet our working capital needs, to fund capital expenditures, to
pay dividends and to voluntarily make early repayments on our debt. When we cannot meet our
liquidity or capital needs with cash from operations due to the seasonality of our business, we
meet those needs with borrowings under our revolving credit facility. We expect to meet the ongoing
requirements for debt service, any declared dividends and capital expenditures from these sources.
For the year ended December 31, 2005
Cash and cash equivalents of $47.1 million as of December 31, 2005 increased $37.4 million
over December 31, 2004. On December 30, 2005 we sold our Weston Point, England evaporated salt
business in a cash transaction for approximately $36.2 million, subject to a working capital
adjustment. We plan to use approximately $4 million of the proceeds to provide additional funding
to the U.K. pension plan and the remaining proceeds will be used for general corporate matters,
including debt reduction. Historical cash flows generated from this business were not material.
Net cash flow generated by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2005 was $87.9
million, a decrease of $11.8 million from the year ended December 31, 2004. The decrease results
from $46.0 million of increased working capital needs compared with 2004. Fourth quarter sales in
2005 increased $61.9 million over 2004, leading to $50.0 million of higher accounts receivable
balances and $13.0 million of lower inventories. The redemption of our Senior Subordinated Notes
(discussed below) in December 2005 resulted in an early payment of interest on those notes,
contributing to a $9.0 million reduction in current liabilities as compared to December 31, 2004.
Net cash generated by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2005 was $0.8
million, as our capital expenditures nearly offset the proceeds received from the sale of our U.K.
evaporated salt business. Our capital expenditures of $31.8 million included $26.8 million of
routine replacements to maintain our facilities and cost reduction projects, and $5.0 million of
expenditures to begin the expansion of our magnesium chloride facilities and to start construction
of an underground rock salt mill in Canada. We expect to spend an additional $13 million to
complete these projects by mid-year 2006.
During 2005, we voluntarily made $37.7 million of early payments to repay the outstanding
principal balance on our existing term loan. During the fourth quarter of 2005, we replaced our
existing credit facilities with the new $475 million senior secured credit agreement (Credit
Agreement) as discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements. We borrowed against
our new Credit Agreement to complete a tender offer and redeem $323.0 million of our Senior
Subordinated Notes. In connection with the redemption, we incurred $26.5 million in tender premium
and related fees. The remaining $2.0 million of outstanding Senior Subordinated Notes are callable
in August 2006. Additionally, during 2005, we made $34.7 million of dividend payments.
For the year ended December 31, 2004
Net cash flow generated by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2004 was $99.7
million. Cash generated from operating activities includes $0.8 million provided by a decrease in
working capital. The primary working capital reductions were increases in accounts payable and
accrued expenses of $22.8 million and decreases in inventories of $1.9 million, offset in part by
an increase in receivables of $23.9 million. These changes were primarily related to increased
sales in the fourth quarter of 2004 as compared to the same period in 2003.
Net cash flow used by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2004 was $26.0
million. We had capital expenditures during 2004 of $22.9 million to maintain our business and $4.0
million for cost reduction and new opportunity projects.
Net cash flow used by financing activities was $71.2 million and was primarily due to $40.0
million in voluntary principal repayments that reduced the amount of long-term debt outstanding
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under our term loan credit facility, $28.7 million of dividends paid and a $3.0 million pay
down of our revolving credit facility. These outflows were partially offset by $1.2 million of
proceeds from stock option exercises.
For the year ended December 31, 2003
Net cash flow generated by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2003 was $69.1
million. Operating cash flows included $14.5 million used to fund increased working capital needs.
The primary increase in working capital was an increase in receivables of $18.5 million, offset in
part by decreases in inventories of $4.3 million and decreases in accounts payable and accrued
expenses of $0.3 million. These changes are indicative of the seasonal nature of highway deicing
product line sales with differences primarily related to changes in late December quarter sales
versus the prior year.
Net cash flow used by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2003 was $45.6
million. We had capital expenditures during 2003 of $18.6 million to maintain our business and $2.0
million for cost-reduction and new-opportunity projects. We also spent $24.8 million related to our
purchase of certain intangible assets related to Mosaics former SOP business.
Net cash flow used by financing activities was $36.3 million and was primarily due to a $9.7
million repurchase of common stock, a $30.0 million voluntary principal repayment that reduced the
amount of long-term debt outstanding under our term loan credit facility, $8.5 million related to
the redemption of preferred stock, including accrued dividends, and $5.0 million of deferred
financing costs. These outflows were partially offset by $14.0 million of borrowings under our
revolving credit facility and the receipt of $8.8 million from Mosaic to pay income taxes for
periods prior to the Recapitalization which were indemnified by Mosaic. Additionally, in 2003, we
issued the subordinated discount notes and used the proceeds of approximately $100.0 million to pay
a dividend on our common stock.
Capital Resources
Our primary sources of liquidity will continue to be cash flow from operations and borrowings
under our revolving credit facility. We expect that ongoing requirements for debt service and
capital expenditures will be funded from these sources.
We have incurred substantial indebtedness in connection with the Recapitalization. Our
significant debt service obligations could, under certain circumstances, materially affect our
financial condition and prevent us from fulfilling our debt obligations. See Item 1A, Risk Factors
Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial condition and impair our
ability to operate our business.
As discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements, at December 31, 2005, we had
$2.0 million remaining of 10% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011. Additionally, we had $123.5
million in aggregate principal amount at maturity of 12 3/4%
Senior Discount Notes due 2012 and
$179.6 million in aggregate principal amount at maturity of 12% Senior Subordinated Discount Notes
due 2013. Under our new $475 million Credit Agreement, we had $350.0 million of borrowings
outstanding under the Term Loan and $31.0 million of borrowings outstanding the Revolving Credit
Facilities. Letters of credit totaling $10.5 million reduced available borrowing capacity to $83.5
million.
In the future, we may borrow additional amounts under the Revolving Credit Facility to fund
our working capital requirements and capital expenditures, and for other general corporate
purposes.
In connection with the Recapitalization, we received NOLs and expect to realize cash tax
savings if these NOLs are able to be utilized. As of December 31, 2005, we had approximately $70.3
million of NOLs remaining that expire between 2006 and 2022. These NOLs may be used to offset a
portion of future taxable income, through the year 2022, and thereby reduce our U.S. federal income
taxes otherwise payable. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, imposes
significant limitations on the utilization of NOLs in the event of an ownership change, as
defined in Section 382 of the Code. Generally, an ownership change occurs with respect to a
corporation if the aggregate increase in the percentage of stock ownership by value of that
corporation by one or more 5% stockholders, including specified groups of stockholders who in the
aggregate own at least 5% of that corporations stock (including a group of public stockholders),
exceeds 50 percentage points over a three-year testing period. The Company has incurred three
ownership changes, placing annual limitations on the amount of each loss carryforward utilization.
We cannot assure you that we will be able to use all of the NOLs to offset future taxable income or
that the NOLs will not become subject to additional limitations due to future ownership changes.
Due to the uncertainty that these carryforwards will be utilized, a valuation allowance of $10.4
million at December 31, 2005 has been established against the deferred tax asset for the portion of
the carryforward that we did not conclude was more likely than not to be utilized.
We have two defined benefit pension plans for certain of our U.K. and U.S. employees. Our cash
funding policy is to make the minimum annual contributions required by applicable regulations,
although we expect to make a special contribution of approximately $4 million in 2006 to fund the
portion of the past benefits related to employees of the discontinued evaporated salt business in
the U.K. Since the plans accumulated benefit obligations are in excess of the fair value of the
plans assets, we may be required to use cash from operations above our historical levels to
further fund these plans in the future.
At December 31, 2005, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are likely to have
a material current or future effect on our financial statements.
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Our contractual cash obligations and commitments as of December 31, 2005 are as follows
(in millions):
Payments Due by Period
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contractual Cash Obligations |
|
Total |
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
2008 |
|
2009 |
|
2010 |
|
Thereafter |
|
Long-term Debt (a) |
|
$ |
686.1 |
|
|
$ |
3.5 |
|
|
$ |
3.5 |
|
|
$ |
3.5 |
|
|
$ |
3.5 |
|
|
$ |
34.5 |
|
|
$ |
637.6 |
|
Interest (b) |
|
|
330.2 |
|
|
|
22.1 |
|
|
|
22.0 |
|
|
|
50.0 |
|
|
|
58.6 |
|
|
|
58.1 |
|
|
|
119.4 |
|
Operating Leases (c) |
|
|
24.0 |
|
|
|
6.0 |
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
|
3.2 |
|
|
|
1.6 |
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
6.9 |
|
Unconditional Purchase Obligations (d) |
|
|
10.7 |
|
|
|
8.3 |
|
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
Estimated Future Pension Benefit Obligations (e) |
|
|
23.0 |
|
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
|
|
2.3 |
|
|
|
2.4 |
|
|
|
12.1 |
|
|
Total Contractual Cash Obligations |
|
$ |
1,074.0 |
|
|
$ |
41.9 |
|
|
$ |
33.2 |
|
|
$ |
59.1 |
|
|
$ |
66.3 |
|
|
$ |
96.7 |
|
|
$ |
776.8 |
|
|
Amount of Commitment Expiration per Period
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Commitments |
|
Total |
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
2008 |
|
2009 |
|
2010 |
|
Thereafter |
|
Letters of Credit |
|
$ |
10.5 |
|
|
$ |
10.5 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
Performance Bonds (f) |
|
|
32.4 |
|
|
|
32.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Other Commitments |
|
$ |
42.9 |
|
|
$ |
42.9 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Includes the aggregate principal amounts at maturity for the senior discount
notes of $123.5 million and the senior subordinated discount notes of $179.6 million. |
|
(b) |
|
Based on maintaining existing debt balances to maturity. Estimated interest on the
Credit Agreement was based on a rate of 6.14%. |
|
(c) |
|
We lease property and equipment under non-cancelable operating leases for varying
periods. |
|
(d) |
|
We have long-term contracts to purchase certain amounts of electricity, and a
minimum tonnage of salt under a purchase contract with Mosaic. The price of the salt is
dependent on the product purchased and has been estimated based on an average of the prices in
effect for the various products at December 31, 2005. |
|
(e) |
|
Note 7 to our consolidated financial statements provides additional information. |
|
(f) |
|
Note 10 to our consolidated financial statements provides additional information
under Sales Contracts. |
Our ability to make scheduled payments of principal of, to pay the interest on, or
to refinance our indebtedness, or to fund planned capital expenditures will depend on our ability
to generate cash in the future. This, to a certain extent, is subject to general economic,
financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control.
Based on our current level of operations, we believe that cash flow from operations and
available cash, together with available borrowings under our senior credit facilities, will be
adequate to meet our liquidity needs over the next 12 months.
As a holding company, our investments in our operating subsidiaries, including Compass
Minerals Group, constitute substantially all of our operating assets. Consequently, our
subsidiaries conduct all of our consolidated operations and own substantially all of our operating
assets. Our principal source of the cash we need to pay our obligations is the cash that our
subsidiaries generate from their operations and their borrowings. Our subsidiaries are not
obligated to make funds available to us. The terms of our senior secured credit facilities limit
the transferability of assets and the amount of dividends that our subsidiaries can distribute to
us. The terms of our senior credit facilities also restrict our subsidiaries from paying dividends
to us in order to fund cash interest payments on the senior discount notes and the senior
subordinated discount notes if we do not comply with the provisions relating to the adjusted total
leverage ratio and consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio, or if a default or event of default
has occurred and is continuing under our senior secured credit facilities. We cannot assure you
that we will maintain these ratios. We cannot assure you that the agreements governing the current
and future indebtedness of our subsidiaries will permit our subsidiaries to provide us with
sufficient dividends, distributions or loans to fund scheduled interest and principal payments on
our indebtedness, when due. If we consummate an acquisition, our debt service requirements could
increase. We may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before maturity. We
cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any of our indebtedness on commercially
reasonable terms or at all.
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004
We maintain undistributed foreign earnings outside of the United States in Canada and the
United Kingdom. Most of the amounts held outside the U.S. could be repatriated to the U.S., but,
under current law, would be subject to U.S. federal income taxes, less applicable realizable
foreign tax credits, if any. Prior to the fourth quarter of 2005 we had not provided for the U.S.
federal tax liability on these amounts for financial statement purposes, since these foreign
earnings are considered indefinitely reinvested outside the U.S.
The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, enacted on October 22, 2004 (the Jobs Act), provides
for a temporary 85% dividends received deduction on certain foreign earnings repatriated during a
one-year period. The deduction would result in an approximate 5.25% federal tax rate on the
repatriated earnings. To qualify for the deduction, the earnings must be reinvested in the U.S.
pursuant to a domestic reinvestment plan established by a companys chief executive officer and
approved by its board of directors. Certain other criteria in the Jobs Act must be satisfied as
well. During the fourth quarter of 2005, our chief executive officer established and our board of
directors approved a domestic reinvestment plan for the repatriation of $70 million of qualified
foreign earnings before the end of our February 28, 2006 tax year.
Repatriation will increase liquidity in the U.S., with a corresponding reduction in liquidity
at our foreign subsidiaries. Some foreign subsidiaries will be required to borrow a portion of
the distribution in order to repatriate their earnings to the U.S. We expect our foreign cash
flows will be sufficient to repay any foreign debt and replenish foreign cash balances through the
normal course of business. We utilize a variety of tax planning
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and financing strategies in an
effort to ensure that our worldwide cash is available in the locations in which it is needed.
Sensitivity Analysis Related to EBITDA
Management uses a variety of measures to evaluate the performance of CMI. We analyze
components of the consolidated financial statements to identify certain trends and evaluate
specific performance areas while the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, provide
an understanding of our overall results of operations, financial condition and cash flows. In
addition to using GAAP financial measures, such as gross profit, net earnings and cash flows
generated by operating activities, management uses EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure to evaluate
the operating performance of our core business operations because our resource allocation, cost of
capital and income tax positions are managed at a corporate level, apart from the activities of the
operating segments, and the operating facilities are located in different taxing jurisdictions
which can cause considerable variation in net income. EBITDA is not calculated under GAAP and
should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income, cash flows or other
financial data prepared in accordance with GAAP or as a measure of our overall profitability or
liquidity. EBITDA excludes interest expense, income taxes and depreciation and amortization, each
of which is an essential element of our cost structure and cannot be eliminated. Our borrowings
are a significant component of our capital structure and interest expense is a continuing cost of
debt. We are also required to pay income taxes, a required and on-going consequence of our
operations. We have a significant investment in capital assets and depreciation and amortization
reflect the utilization of those assets in order to generate revenues. Consequently, any measure
that excludes these elements has material limitations. While EBITDA is frequently used as a
measure of operating performance, this term is not necessarily comparable to similarly titled
measures of other companies due to the potential inconsistencies in the method of calculation. The
calculation of EBITDA as used by management is set forth in the table below.
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26.8 |
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47.8 |
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30.9 |
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Interest expense |
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61.6 |
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59.0 |
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53.7 |
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Income tax expense |
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15.8 |
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4.2 |
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2.9 |
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Depreciation, depletion and amortization
related to continuing operations (a) |
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40.0 |
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37.5 |
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38.6 |
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$ |
144.2 |
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$ |
148.5 |
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126.1 |
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EBITDA does however include other items, both cash and non-cash in nature, which
management believes are not indicative of the ongoing operating performance of our core business
operations. During 2005, we replaced our existing credit facility with a new senior secured credit
facility, and we completed a tender offer and redeemed $323.0 million of our senior subordinated
notes. In connection with these transactions, we expensed $6.7 million of deferred financing costs,
net of issuance premium related to the retired debt, and expensed $26.5 million of tender premium
and related fees. During 2004, Apollo terminated the amended management consulting agreement
resulting in a final payment of $4.5 million for all services rendered under the agreement and we
expensed $1.4 million for costs associated with the two secondary offerings of our stock. EBITDA
for 2003 includes costs of amending our senior credit facilities of $1.4 million, a gain from the
early extinguishment of debt totaling $1.9 million and expenses of $2.4 million incurred in
connection with the IPO. EBITDA also includes other non-operating income and expenses, primarily
foreign exchange losses resulting from the translation of intercompany obligations, totaling $5.4
million, $7.8 million and $3.7 million, for 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Effects of Currency Fluctuations and Inflation
We conduct operations in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Therefore, our
results of operations are subject to both currency transaction risk and currency translation risk.
We incur currency transaction risk whenever we or one of our subsidiaries enter into either a
purchase or sales transaction using a currency other than the local currency of the transacting
entity. With respect to currency translation risk, our financial condition and results of
operations are measured and recorded in the relevant local currency and then translated into U.S.
dollars for inclusion in our historical consolidated financial statements. Exchange rates between
these currencies and U.S. dollars in recent years have fluctuated significantly and may do so in
the future. The majority of our revenues and costs are denominated in U.S. dollars, with pounds
sterling and Canadian dollars also being significant. We generated 30% of our 2005 sales in foreign
currencies, and we incurred 39% of our 2005 total operating expenses in foreign currencies.
Additionally, we have $200.5 million of net assets denominated in foreign currencies. The net
weakening U.S. dollar against these currencies since 2003 has had a positive impact on our sales
and Adjusted EBITDA. Significant changes in the value of the Canadian dollar, the euro or pound
sterling relative to the U.S. dollar could have a material adverse effect on our financial
condition and our ability to meet interest and principal payments on U.S. dollar denominated debt,
including borrowings under our senior secured credit facilities.
Seasonality
We experience a substantial amount of seasonality in salt sales. The result of this
seasonality is that sales and operating income are generally higher in the first and fourth
quarters and lower during the second and third quarters of each year. In particular, sales of
highway and consumer deicing salt products are seasonal as they vary based on the severity of the
winter conditions in areas where the product is used. Following industry practice in North America,
we stockpile sufficient quantities of deicing salt in the second, third and fourth quarters to meet
the estimated requirements for the winter season.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, Inventory Costs an amendment of ARB No.
43, Chapter 4, that is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of 2006. This
Statement amends the guidance in Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) No. 43, Chapter 4, Inventory
Pricing, to clarify the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight,
handling costs, and wasted material (spoilage). Paragraph 5 of ARB 43, Chapter 4, previously stated
that ...under some circumstances, items such as idle facility expense, excessive spoilage, double
freight, and rehandling costs may be so abnormal as to require treatment as current period
charges... . This Statement requires that those items be
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recognized as current-period charges
regardless of whether they meet the criterion of so abnormal. In addition, this Statement
requires that allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversion be based on the
normal capacity of the production facilities. The adoption of SFAS No. 151 is not expected to have
a material impact on the Companys financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment. SFAS 123(R) is a
revision of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock Based Compensation, and supersedes Accounting
Principles Board Opinion No. 25 (APB 25), Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees. Among other
items SFAS 123(R) eliminates the use of APB 25 and the intrinsic value method of accounting, and
requires companies to follow guidance previously set forth in SFAS 123 and recognize the cost of
employee services received in exchange for awards of equity instruments, based on the grant-date
fair value of those awards, in the financial statements. Additionally, SFAS 123(R) requires any
actual tax benefits realized in excess of the benefit related to accrued compensation expense to be
classified as a financing cash flow in the statement of cash flows. The Company has recognized
compensation expense for the fair value of stock-based compensation in its financial statements in
accordance with the fair value method SFAS 123 for all periods presented, although we have
historically included excess tax benefits as an operating cash flow. The Company will adopt SFAS
123(R) in the first quarter of 2006, using the modified prospective method. The adoption of SFAS
123(R) is not expected to have a material impact on the Companys financial position or results of
operations.
In March 2005, the SEC staff issued additional guidance on SFAS 123(R) in the form of Staff
Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 107. SAB 107 was issued to assist preparers by simplifying some of
the implementation challenges of FAS 123(R) while enhancing the information that investors receive.
SAB 107 creates a framework that is premised on two themes: (a) considerable judgment will be
required by preparers to successfully implement FAS 123(R), specifically when valuing employee
stock options; and (b) reasonable individuals, acting in good faith, may conclude differently on
the fair value of employee stock options. Key topics covered by SAB 107 include: (a) valuation
models SAB 107 reinforces the flexibility allowed by FAS 123(R) to choose an option-pricing
model that meets the standards fair value measurement objective; (b) expected volatility the
SAB provides guidance on when it would be appropriate to rely exclusively on either historical or
implied volatility in estimating expected volatility; and (c) expected term the new guidance
includes examples and some simplified approaches to determining the expected term under certain
circumstances. The Company will apply the principles of SAB 107 in conjunction with its adoption of
SFAS 123(R).
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Our business is subject to various types of market risks that include, but are not limited to,
interest rate risk, foreign currency translation risk and commodity pricing risk. Management may
take actions that would mitigate our exposure to these types of risks including entering into
forward purchase contracts and other financial instruments. However, there can be no assurance that
our hedging activities will eliminate or substantially reduce these risks. We do not enter into any
financial instrument arrangements for speculative purposes.
Interest Rate Risk
As of December 31, 2005, we had $350.0 million of debt outstanding under the Term Loan and
$31.0 million outstanding under our Revolving Credit Facility, each bearing interest at variable
rates. Additionally, as described in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements, during the
fourth quarter of 2005 we entered into an interest rate swap agreement to hedge the variability in
interest rates relative to $250 million notional amount of our new Term Loan. Accordingly, our
earnings and cash flows will be affected by changes in interest rates to the extent the principal
balance is unhedged. Assuming no change in the amount of Term Loan outstanding and an average level
of Revolving Credit Facility, a one hundred basis point increase in the average interest rate under
these borrowings would increase the interest expense related to the unhedged portion of our
variable rate debt by approximately $1.0 million. Actual results may vary due to changes in the
amount of variable rate debt outstanding and actual changes in interest rates.
Foreign Currency Risk
We conduct our business primarily in Canada and the United Kingdom as well as the United
States. Our operations may, therefore, be subject to volatility because of currency fluctuations,
inflation changes and changes in political and economic conditions in these countries. Sales and
expenses are frequently denominated in local currencies and results of operations may be affected
adversely as currency fluctuations affect our product prices and operating costs or those of our
competitors. We may engage in hedging operations, including forward foreign exchange contracts, to
reduce the exposure of our cash flows to fluctuations in foreign currency rates. We will not engage
in hedging for speculative investment reasons. Our historical results do not reflect any foreign
exchange hedging activity. There can be no assurance that any hedging operations will eliminate or
substantially reduce risks associated with fluctuating currencies. See Item 1A, Risk Factors
Economic and other risks associated with international sales and operations could adversely affect
our business, including economic loss and a negative impact on earnings.
Considering our foreign earnings, a hypothetical 10% unfavorable change in the exchange rates
compared to the U.S. dollar would have an estimated $1.9 million impact on operating earnings for
the year ended December 31, 2005. Actual changes in market prices or rates will differ from
hypothetical changes.
Commodity Pricing Risk: Commodity Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
We have a hedging policy to mitigate the impact of fluctuations in the price of natural gas.
The notional volumes
hedged are based on a combination of factors including estimated natural gas usage, current
market prices and historical market prices. We enter into contractual gas price swaps to
effectively fix the purchase price of our natural gas requirements up to 36 months in advance of
the physical purchase of the natural gas and hedge up to approximately 80% of our expected natural
gas usage. We have determined that these financial instruments qualify as cash flow hedges under
SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activity, as amended.
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The
notional amount of natural gas derivative contracts outstanding at December 31, 2005 expiring
within one year and those expiring in greater than one year total 1.9 million and 1.3 million
British thermal units, respectively.
Excluding natural gas hedged with derivative instruments, a hypothetical 10% adverse change in
our natural gas prices during the year ended December 31, 2005 would have increased our cost of
sales by approximately $0.7 million. Actual results will vary due to actual changes in market
prices and consumption.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms |
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Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 |
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Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three years ended December 31, 2005 |
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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders Equity (Deficit) for the three years ended December 31, 2005 |
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three years ended December 31, 2005 |
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35 |
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Compass Minerals International, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Compass Minerals International, Inc.
as of December 31, 2005 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders equity
(deficit), and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2005. Our audit also included the
financial statement schedule listed at Item 15(a)(2). These financial statements and schedule are
the responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements and schedule based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the consolidated financial position of Compass Minerals International, Inc. at December
31, 2005, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended
December 31, 2005, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our
opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic
financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set
forth therein.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States), the effectiveness of Compass Minerals International, Inc.s internal control
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal
Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission and our report dated February 23, 2006 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
February 23, 2006
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Compass Minerals International, Inc.
We have audited managements assessment, included in the accompanying Managements Report on
Internal Control over Financial Reporting, that Compass Minerals International, Inc. maintained
effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, based on criteria
established in Internal ControlIntegrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). Compass Minerals International,
Inc.s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial
reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on managements assessment and an opinion on the
effectiveness of the companys internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was
maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal
control over financial reporting, evaluating managements assessment, testing and evaluating the
design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we
considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
A companys internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A
companys internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1)
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company;
and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition of the companys assets that could have a material effect on the
financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or
detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are
subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that
the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, managements assessment that Compass Minerals International, Inc. maintained
effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, is fairly stated, in
all material respects, based on the COSO criteria. Also, in our opinion, Compass Minerals
International, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2005, based on the COSO criteria.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of Compass Minerals International, Inc. as of
December 31, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders equity
(deficit), and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2005 of Compass Minerals International,
Inc. and our report dated February 23, 2006 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
February 23, 2006
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Compass Minerals International, Inc.:
In our opinion, the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2004 and the related consolidated
statements of operations, of stockholders equity (deficit) and of cash flows present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Compass Minerals International, Inc. and its
subsidiaries at December 31, 2004, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for
each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2004, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In addition, in our opinion, the
2004 and 2003 information included in the financial statement schedule listed in the index
appearing under Item 15(a)(2) presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth
therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements. These
financial statements and financial statement schedule information are the responsibility of the
Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
and financial statement schedule information based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these
statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
March 15, 2005, except for the reclassifications to the 2004 and 2003 financial statements relating
to the effects of the discontinued operation described in Note 13, as to which the date is February
23, 2006
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
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December 31, |
(In millions, except share data) |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
47.1 |
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$ |
9.7 |
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Receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1.7 million in 2005 and $2.3 million in 2004 |
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183.0 |
|
|
|
143.0 |
|
Inventories |
|
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81.5 |
|
|
|
96.3 |
|
Deferred income taxes, net |
|
|
12.7 |
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|
|
13.7 |
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Other |
|
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10.1 |
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3.3 |
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Total current assets |
|
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334.4 |
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266.0 |
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Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
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366.1 |
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402.9 |
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Intangible assets, net |
|
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22.5 |
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23.6 |
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Other |
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27.3 |
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31.4 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
750.3 |
|
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$ |
723.9 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY (DEFICIT) |
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Current liabilities: |
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Current portion of long-term debt |
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$ |
3.5 |
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$ |
0.4 |
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Accounts payable |
|
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88.3 |
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79.4 |
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Accrued expenses |
|
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17.5 |
|
|
|
14.8 |
|
Accrued salaries and wages |
|
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21.4 |
|
|
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19.3 |
|
Income taxes payable |
|
|
7.8 |
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|
|
8.6 |
|
Accrued interest |
|
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0.9 |
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|
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12.4 |
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Total current liabilities |
|
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139.4 |
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134.9 |
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Long-term debt, net of current portion |
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612.4 |
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582.7 |
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Deferred income taxes, net |
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43.7 |
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|
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55.1 |
|
Other noncurrent liabilities |
|
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33.9 |
|
|
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39.6 |
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Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
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Stockholders equity (deficit): |
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Common Stock: |
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$0.01 par
value, authorized shares 200,000,000; issued shares 35,367,264 |
|
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0.4 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
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1.0 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
Treasury
stock, at cost 3,532,940 shares at December 31, 2005 and
4,470,029 shares at December 31, 2004 |
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(6.7 |
) |
|
|
(8.5 |
) |
Accumulated deficit |
|
|
(115.5 |
) |
|
|
(118.8 |
) |
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
|
41.7 |
|
|
|
38.3 |
|
|
Total stockholders equity (deficit) |
|
|
(79.1 |
) |
|
|
(88.4 |
) |
|
Total liabilities and stockholders equity (deficit) |
|
$ |
750.3 |
|
|
$ |
723.9 |
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated Statements of Operations
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|
|
|
For the Year Ended December 31, |
(In millions, except share data) |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
Sales |
|
$ |
742.3 |
|
|
$ |
639.9 |
|
|
$ |
553.5 |
|
Cost of sales shipping and handling |
|
|
227.2 |
|
|
|
182.5 |
|
|
|
159.2 |
|
Cost of sales products |
|
|
315.8 |
|
|
|
277.6 |
|
|
|
255.0 |
|
|
Gross profit |
|
|
199.3 |
|
|
|
179.8 |
|
|
|
139.3 |
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
|
|
56.4 |
|
|
|
55.1 |
|
|
|
45.7 |
|
Other charges |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.9 |
|
|
|
2.4 |
|
|
Operating earnings |
|
|
142.9 |
|
|
|
118.8 |
|
|
|
91.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other expense: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense |
|
|
61.6 |
|
|
|
59.0 |
|
|
|
53.7 |
|
Other, net |
|
|
38.7 |
|
|
|
7.8 |
|
|
|
3.7 |
|
|
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes |
|
|
42.6 |
|
|
|
52.0 |
|
|
|
33.8 |
|
Income tax expense |
|
|
15.8 |
|
|
|
4.2 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
|
Net earnings from continuing operations |
|
|
26.8 |
|
|
|
47.8 |
|
|
|
30.9 |
|
Net earnings from discontinued operations, net of income tax expense (benefit)
of $(0.1) , $0.7, and $0.4 for 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively |
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
Gain from the sale of discontinued operations, net of income tax expense of $0.9 |
|
|
3.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings |
|
|
30.9 |
|
|
|
49.8 |
|
|
|
32.3 |
|
Dividends on redeemable preferred stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.2 |
) |
Gain on redemption of preferred stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.2 |
|
|
Net earnings available for common stock |
|
$ |
30.9 |
|
|
$ |
49.8 |
|
|
$ |
39.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic net earnings per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations |
|
$ |
0.85 |
|
|
$ |
1.56 |
|
|
$ |
1.17 |
|
Discontinued operations |
|
|
0.13 |
|
|
|
0.07 |
|
|
|
0.04 |
|
|
Basic net earnings per share |
|
$ |
0.98 |
|
|
$ |
1.63 |
|
|
$ |
1.21 |
|
|
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding |
|
|
31,487,975 |
|
|
|
30,604,597 |
|
|
|
32,492,792 |
|
|
Diluted net earnings per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations |
|
$ |
0.84 |
|
|
$ |
1.50 |
|
|
$ |
1.12 |
|
Discontinued operations |
|
|
0.13 |
|
|
|
0.07 |
|
|
|
0.03 |
|
|
Diluted net earnings per share |
|
$ |
0.97 |
|
|
$ |
1.57 |
|
|
$ |
1.15 |
|
|
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding |
|
|
32,049,632 |
|
|
|
31,816,202 |
|
|
|
33,983,983 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash dividends per share |
|
$ |
1.10 |
|
|
$ |
0.9375 |
|
|
$ |
2.85 |
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
33
|
|
|
COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
|
|
2005 FORM 10-K |
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders Equity (Deficit)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
Common |
|
Paid In |
|
Treasury |
|
Accumulated |
|
Comprehensive |
|
|
(In millions) |
|
Stock |
|
Capital |
|
Stock |
|
Deficit |
|
Income |
|
Total |
|
Balance, December 31, 2002 |
|
$ |
0.3 |
|
|
$ |
81.5 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(179.7 |
) |
|
$ |
0.1 |
|
|
$ |
(97.8 |
) |
Comprehensive income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32.3 |
|
Minimum pension liability adjustment, net of tax of $2.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedges, net of tax of $0.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
0.7 |
|
Cumulative translation adjustments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19.8 |
|
|
|
19.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
57.7 |
|
Dividends on preferred stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.2 |
) |
Gain on redemption of preferred stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.2 |
|
Dividends on common stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(80.4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(19.6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(100.0 |
) |
Treasury stock purchase |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9.7 |
) |
Capital contributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
14.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14.1 |
|
Stock options exercised |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2003 |
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
14.6 |
|
|
|
(9.7 |
) |
|
|
(158.8 |
) |
|
|
25.5 |
|
|
|
(128.1 |
) |
Comprehensive income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
49.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
49.8 |
|
Minimum pension liability adjustment, net of tax of $0.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
Unrealized
gain on cash flow hedges, net of tax of $ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
Cumulative translation adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12.1 |
|
|
|
12.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
62.6 |
|
Dividends on common stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(18.9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9.8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(28.7 |
) |
Stock options exercised |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.3 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2004 |
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
(8.5 |
) |
|
|
(118.8 |
) |
|
|
38.3 |
|
|
|
(88.4 |
) |
Comprehensive income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30.9 |
|
Minimum pension liability adjustment, net of tax of $1.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.1 |
|
|
|
3.1 |
|
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedges, net of tax of $0.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
Cumulative translation adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34.3 |
|
Dividends on common stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7.1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(27.6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(34.7 |
) |
Stock options exercised |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.1 |
|
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.9 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2005 |
|
$ |
0.4 |
|
|
$ |
1.0 |
|
|
$ |
(6.7 |
) |
|
$ |
(115.5 |
) |
|
$ |
41.7 |
|
|
$ |
(79.1 |
) |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
34
|
|
|
COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
|
|
2005 FORM 10-K |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Year Ended December 31, |
(In millions) |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings |
|
$ |
30.9 |
|
|
$ |
49.8 |
|
|
$ |
32.3 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash flows provided by operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
|
|
43.6 |
|
|
|
41.3 |
|
|
|
42.1 |
|
Finance fee amortization |
|
|
2.3 |
|
|
|
2.3 |
|
|
|
2.2 |
|
Net gain from the sale of discontinued operations |
|
|
(3.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss (gain) on early extinguishment of long-term debt |
|
|
33.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.9 |
) |
Excess tax benefit from exercise of stock options |
|
|
7.4 |
|
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Accreted interest |
|
|
26.2 |
|
|
|
23.6 |
|
|
|
16.7 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
(8.8 |
) |
|
|
(22.6 |
) |
|
|
(4.7 |
) |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivables |
|
|
(50.0 |
) |
|
|
(23.9 |
) |
|
|
(18.5 |
) |
Inventories |
|
|
13.0 |
|
|
|
1.9 |
|
|
|
4.3 |
|
Other assets |
|
|
(1.9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4.0 |
) |
Accounts payable, income taxes payable and accrued expenses |
|
|
(9.0 |
) |
|
|
22.8 |
|
|
|
(0.3 |
) |
Other noncurrent liabilities |
|
|
4.1 |
|
|
|
(0.9 |
) |
|
|
0.3 |
|
Other, net |
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
87.9 |
|
|
|
99.7 |
|
|
|
69.1 |
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditures |
|
|
(31.8 |
) |
|
|
(26.9 |
) |
|
|
(20.6 |
) |
Acquisition of intangible assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(24.8 |
) |
Proceeds from the sale of discontinued operations |
|
|
36.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other, net |
|
|
(3.6 |
) |
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
(0.2 |
) |
|
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
|
(26.0 |
) |
|
|
(45.6 |
) |
|
Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt |
|
|
350.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100.0 |
|
Principal payments on long-term debt |
|
|
(360.7 |
) |
|
|
(40.6 |
) |
|
|
(31.1 |
) |
Revolver activity |
|
|
20.0 |
|
|
|
(3.0 |
) |
|
|
14.0 |
|
Tender premium and fees paid to redeem debt |
|
|
(26.5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payments on notes due to related parties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.5 |
) |
Dividends paid |
|
|
(34.7 |
) |
|
|
(28.7 |
) |
|
|
(103.7 |
) |
Payments to repurchase preferred stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8.5 |
) |
Payments to acquire treasury stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9.7 |
) |
Proceeds received from stock option exercises |
|
|
1.5 |
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
Deferred financing costs |
|
|
(3.4 |
) |
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
(5.0 |
) |
Capital contributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.8 |
|
|
Net cash used in financing activities |
|
|
(53.8 |
) |
|
|
(71.2 |
) |
|
|
(36.3 |
) |
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
|
4.6 |
|
|
|
3.5 |
|
|
Net change in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
37.4 |
|
|
|
7.1 |
|
|
|
(9.3 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the year |
|
|
9.7 |
|
|
|
2.6 |
|
|
|
11.9 |
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year |
|
$ |
47.1 |
|
|
$ |
9.7 |
|
|
$ |
2.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental cash flow information: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest paid |
|
$ |
47.1 |
|
|
$ |
35.6 |
|
|
$ |
36.9 |
|
Income taxes paid, net of refunds and indemnification |
|
|
24.0 |
|
|
|
9.6 |
|
|
|
8.4 |
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
35
|
|
|
COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
|
|
2005 FORM 10-K |
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
1. ORGANIZATION AND FORMATION
Compass Minerals International, Inc. (CMI, Compass or the Company), is a producer and
marketer of inorganic mineral products with manufacturing sites in North America and Europe. Its
principal products are salt and sulfate of potash (SOP). CMI serves a variety of markets,
including highway deicing, agriculture, food processing, chemical processing and water
conditioning. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CMI, formerly Salt
Holdings Corporation, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Compass Minerals Group, Inc. (CMG) and the
consolidated results of CMGs wholly owned subsidiaries. CMGs primary operating subsidiaries
include those entities listed below:
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North American Salt Company (NASC) |
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Carey Salt Company |
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Sifto Canada Corp. (Sifto) |
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Great Salt Lake Minerals Corporation |
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Salt Union Limited U.K. (SUL) and subsidiaries |
On November 28, 2001, Apollo Management V, L.P. (Apollo), through its subsidiary YBR
Holdings LLC (YBR Holdings), acquired control of CMI from Mosaic Global Holdings Inc. (Mosaic),
formerly IMC Global, Inc., pursuant to a recapitalization transaction (Recapitalization) with
assets and liabilities of CMG retaining their historical value. Following the Recapitalization,
Apollo, co-investors and management owned approximately 81% of the outstanding common stock of CMI
and Mosaic owned approximately 19% of the outstanding common stock of CMI.
In December 2003, the Company completed an initial public offering of 16,675,000 shares of its
common stock, par value $.01 per share, at an initial public offering price of $13.00 per share.
Apollo and Mosaic each sold portions of their holdings of the Companys common stock, which reduced
the ownership of Apollo and Apollo co-investors, management, and Mosaic to approximately 35%, 11%
and 2%, respectively.
In July and November 2004, Apollo and Mosaic sold their remaining equity interests in CMI in
two separate secondary stock offerings.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
a. Management Estimates:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles, or GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results
could differ from those estimates.
b. Basis of Consolidation:
The Companys consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, which
include its wholly-owned domestic and foreign subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances
and transactions have been eliminated.
c. Discontinued Operations:
On December 30, 2005, Compass sold its evaporated salt business in the U.K. Accordingly, the
results of operations from this business have been reclassified to discontinued operations in the
Consolidated Statements of Operations and related notes for all periods presented. Interest from
the portion of debt carried to support the operations of the Company has been allocated to
discontinued operations based on its proportionate amount of net assets available to service that
debt. While the net assets of this business are not included on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as
of December 31, 2005, the amounts reported at December 31, 2004 and related notes include the net
assets of the business. See Note 13 for further discussion, including disclosure of the carrying
amounts of assets and liabilities included in the Consolidated Balance Sheet and related notes at
December 31, 2004.
d. Foreign Currency Translation
Assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at end of period exchange rates.
Revenues and expenses are translated using the average rates of exchange for the year. Adjustments
resulting from the translation of foreign-currency financial statements into the reporting
currency, U.S. dollars, are included in accumulated other comprehensive income. Aggregate exchange
(gains) losses from transactions denominated in a currency other than the companys functional
currency included in other expense for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, were $6.1
million, $6.9 million and $3.9 million, respectively.
e. Revenue Recognition:
The Company sells mineral products, primarily salt and SOP. Revenue is recognized by the
Company at the time of shipment to the customer, which coincides with the transfer of title and
risk of ownership to the customer. Sales represent billings to customers net of sales taxes charged
for the sale of the product. Sales include shipping and handling costs which are expensed when the
related product is sold.
f. Cash and Cash Equivalents:
The Company considers all investments with original maturities of three months or less to be
cash equivalents. The Company maintains the majority of its cash in bank deposit accounts with
several commercial banks with high credit ratings in the U.S., Canada and Europe. The Company does
not believe it is exposed to any significant credit risk on cash and cash equivalents.
g. Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts:
Receivables consist almost entirely of trade accounts receivables. Trade accounts receivable
are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. The allowance for doubtful accounts
is our best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in our existing accounts receivable.
We determine the allowance based on historical write-off experience by business line. We review our
allowance for doubtful accounts periodically and significant balances past due are reviewed for
collectibility. Account balances are charged off against the allowance when the Company believes it
is probable that the receivable will not be recovered. We do not have off-balance-sheet credit
exposure related to our customers.
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h. Inventories:
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Finished goods and raw material and
supply costs are valued using the average cost method. Raw materials and supplies primarily consist
of raw materials purchased to aid in the production of our mineral products, maintenance materials
and packaging materials. Finished goods are comprised of salt and SOP products readily available
for sale. All costs associated with the production of salt and SOP at our producing locations are
captured as inventory costs. Additionally, since our products are often stored at third-party
warehousing locations, we include in the cost of inventory the freight and handling costs necessary
to move the product to storage until the product is sold to a customer.
i. Property, Plant and Equipment:
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost and include interest on funds borrowed to
finance construction. The costs of replacements or renewals which improve or extend the life of
existing property are capitalized. Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. Upon
retirement or disposition of an asset, any resulting gain or loss is included in operations.
Property, plant and equipment also includes mineral interests. The Company leases probable
mineral reserves at several of its extraction facilities. These leases have varying terms, and
many provide for a royalty payment to the lessor based on a specific amount per ton of mineral
extracted or as a percentage of revenue. The Companys rights to extract minerals are
contractually limited by time. However, the Company believes it will be able to continue to extend
lease agreements as it has in the past, at commercially reasonable terms, without incurring
substantial costs or material modifications to the existing lease terms and conditions, and
therefore, believes that assigned lives are appropriate. The Companys leased mineral interests
are primarily amortized on a units-of-production basis over the respective estimated lives of
mineral deposits not to exceed 99 years. The weighted average amortization period for these
probable mineral reserves is 91 years as of December 31, 2005. The Company also owns other mineral
properties. The weighted average life for these probable owned mineral reserves is 55 years as of
December 31, 2005.
Buildings and structures are depreciated on a straight line basis over lives generally ranging
from 20 to 40 years. Portable buildings generally have shorter lives than permanent structures.
Leasehold and building improvements have shorter estimated lives of 10 to 20 years or lower based
on the life of the lease to which the improvement relates.
The Companys other fixed assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their respective
lives. The following table summarizes the estimated useful lives of our property, plant and
equipment:
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Land improvements |
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10 to 20 years |
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Buildings and structures |
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20 to 40 years |
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Leasehold and building improvements |
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10 to 20 years |
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Machinery and equipment vehicles |
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3 to 10 years |
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Machinery and equipment other mining and production |
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10 to 15 years |
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Furniture and fixtures |
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3 to 10 years |
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Mineral interests |
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20 to 99 years |
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The Company recognizes and measures obligations related to the retirement of tangible
long-lived assets in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 143,
Accounting for Obligations Associated with the Retirement of Long-Lived Assets. Retirement
obligations are not material to the Companys financial position, results of operations or cash
flows.
To review for possible impairments, the Company uses methodology prescribed in SFAS No. 144,
Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. The Company reviews long-lived
assets and the related intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate the carrying amounts of such assets may not be recoverable. If an indication of a
potential impairment exists, recoverability of the respective assets is determined by comparing the
forecasted undiscounted net cash flows of the operation to which the assets relate, to the carrying
amount, including associated intangible assets, of such operation. If the operation is determined
to be unable to recover the carrying amount of its assets, then intangible assets are written down
first, followed by the other long-lived assets of the operation, to fair value. Fair value is
determined based on discounted cash flows or appraised values, depending upon the nature of the
assets.
j. Other Intangible Assets:
The Company follows the rules on accounting for intangible assets as set forth in SFAS No.
142. Under these rules, intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives are not amortized but are
subject to annual impairment tests in accordance with the Statements. The Companys other
intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives that range from 5 to 25 years.
k. Other Noncurrent Assets:
Other noncurrent assets include deferred financing costs of $11.0 million and $24.0 million
net of accumulated amortization of $2.2 million and $6.8 million as of December 31, 2005 and 2004,
respectively. Deferred financing costs are being amortized to interest expense on a straight-line
basis over the terms of the debt to which the costs relate.
Certain inventories of spare parts and related inventory of approximately $8.4 million and
$9.1 million at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, which will be utilized with respect to
long-lived assets, have been classified in the consolidated balance sheets as other noncurrent
assets.
l. Income Taxes:
The Company accounts for income taxes using the liability method in accordance with the
provisions of SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. Under the liability method, deferred
taxes are determined based on the differences between the financial statement and the tax basis of
assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect in the years in which the differences are
expected to reverse. The Companys foreign subsidiaries file separate company returns in their
respective jurisdictions.
In evaluating our ability to realize our deferred tax assets, we consider the sources and
timing of taxable income, including the reversal of existing temporary differences, the ability to
carryback tax attributes to prior periods, qualifying tax-planning strategies, and estimates of
future taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences. In determining future taxable
income, our assumptions include the amount of pre-tax operating income according to different
state, federal and international taxing jurisdictions, the origination of future temporary
differences, and the implementation of feasible and prudent tax-planning strategies.
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If we determine that a portion of our deferred tax assets will not be realized, a valuation
allowance is recorded in the period that such determination is made. In the future, if we
determine, based on the existence of sufficient evidence, that more or less of our deferred tax
assets are more-likely-than-not to be realized, an adjustment to the valuation allowance will be
made in the period such a determination is made.
We recognize potential liabilities in accordance with SFAS 5 for anticipated tax issues in the
U.S. and other tax jurisdictions based on our estimate of whether, and the extent to which,
additional taxes will be due. If payment of these amounts ultimately proves to be unnecessary, the
reversal of the liabilities would result in tax benefits being recognized in the period when we
determine the liabilities are no longer necessary. If our estimate of tax liabilities proves to be
less than the ultimate assessment, a further charge to expense would result.
m. Environmental Costs:
Environmental costs, other than those of a capital nature, are accrued at the time the
exposure becomes known and costs can be reasonably estimated. Costs are accrued based upon
managements estimates of all direct costs, after taking into account reimbursement by third
parties. The Company does not accrue liabilities for unasserted claims that are not probable of
assertion. The Companys environmental accrual was $2.2 million and $2.3 million as of December 31,
2005 and 2004, respectively.
n. Equity Compensation Plans:
CMI has equity compensation plans administered by the board of directors of CMI, whereby stock
options and restricted stock units are available for grant to employees of, consultants to, or
directors of CMI. CMI adopted the fair value recognition method of accounting for its equity-based
awards pursuant to SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation effective January 1, 2003.
Under that method, the fair value of an award is recognized in earnings over the vesting period.
The fair value is determined on the day of grant using the Black Scholes option-pricing model. The
Company recorded approximately $0.2 million, $0.3 million and $0.2 million of compensation expense
net of income taxes, during 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively, for stock options and restricted
stock units. See Note 11 for additional discussion.
o. Earnings per Share:
Basic and diluted earnings per share are presented for net earnings available for common
stock. Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net earnings available for common stock by
the weighted-average number of outstanding common shares during the period including participating
securities with distribution rights equal to common stockholders. Diluted earnings per share
reflects the potential dilution that could occur under the treasury stock method of calculating the
weighted-average number of outstanding common shares (i.e. assuming proceeds from the potential
exercise of employee stock options are used to repurchase common stock).
p. Derivatives:
The Company accounts for derivative financial instruments in accordance with SFAS No. 133,
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended, which requires
companies to record derivative financial instruments as assets or liabilities measured at fair
value. Accounting for the changes in the fair value of a derivative depends on its designation and
effectiveness. Derivatives qualify for treatment as hedges when there is a high correlation
between the change in fair value of the derivative instrument and the related change in value of
the underlying hedged item. For qualifying hedges, the effective portion of the change in fair
value is recognized through earnings when the underlying transaction being hedged affects earnings,
allowing a derivatives gains and losses to offset related results from the hedged item on the
income statement. For derivative instruments that are not accounted for as hedges, or for the
ineffective portions of qualifying hedges, the change in fair value is recorded through earnings in
the period of change. Companies must formally document, designate, and assess the effectiveness of
transactions that receive hedge accounting initially and on an on-going basis. The Company does not
engage in trading activities with its financial instruments.
The Company is exposed to the impact of fluctuations in the purchase price of natural gas
consumed in operations. The Company hedges its risk of changes in natural gas prices through the
use of swap agreements. The Company also uses an interest rate swap agreement to hedge the
variability of a portion of its future interest payments on its variable rate debt. All of these
derivative instruments held by the Company as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 qualify as cash flow
hedges and accordingly, the change in fair value of the swaps, net of applicable taxes, is recorded
to other comprehensive income until the underlying transaction affects earnings.
q. Concentration of Credit Risk:
The Company sells its salt products to various governmental agencies, manufacturers,
distributors and retailers primarily in the Midwestern United States, and throughout Canada and the
United Kingdom. The Companys potash products are sold across North America and internationally. No
single customer or group of affiliated customers accounted for more than 10% of the Companys sales
in any year during the three year period ended December 31, 2005, or for more than 10% of accounts
receivable at December 31, 2005 or 2004.
r. Recent Accounting Pronouncements:
In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, Inventory Costs an amendment of ARB No.
43, Chapter 4, that is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of 2006. This
Statement amends the guidance in Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) No. 43, Chapter 4, Inventory
Pricing, to clarify the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight,
handling costs, and wasted material (spoilage). Paragraph 5 of ARB 43, Chapter 4, previously stated
that ...under some circumstances, items such as idle facility expense, excessive spoilage, double
freight, and rehandling costs may be so abnormal as to require treatment as current period
charges... . This Statement requires that those items be recognized as current-period charges
regardless of whether they meet the criterion of so abnormal. In addition, this Statement
requires that allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversion be based on the
normal capacity of the production facilities. The adoption of SFAS No. 151 is not expected to have
a material impact on the Companys financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment. SFAS 123(R) is a
revision of SFAS No. 123,
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Accounting for Stock Based Compensation, and supersedes Accounting Principles Board
Opinion No. 25 (APB 25), Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees. Among other items SFAS
123(R) eliminates the use of APB 25 and the intrinsic value method of accounting, and requires
companies to follow guidance previously set forth in SFAS 123 and recognize the cost of employee
services received in exchange for awards of equity instruments, based on the grant date fair value
of those awards, in the financial statements. Additionally, SFAS 123(R) requires any actual tax
benefits realized in excess of the benefit related to accrued compensation expense to be classified
as a financing cash flow in the statement of cash flows. The Company has recognized compensation
expense for the fair value of stock-based compensation in its financial statements in accordance
with the fair value method SFAS 123 for all periods presented, although we have historically
included excess tax benefits as an operating cash flow. The Company will adopt SFAS 123(R) in the
first quarter of 2006, using the modified prospective method. The adoption of SFAS 123(R) is not
expected to have a material impact on the Companys financial position or results of operations.
In March 2005, the SEC staff issued additional guidance on SFAS 123(R) in the form of Staff
Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 107. SAB 107 was issued to assist preparers by simplifying some of
the implementation challenges of FAS 123(R) while enhancing the information that investors receive.
SAB 107 creates a framework that is premised on two themes: (a) considerable judgment will be
required by preparers to successfully implement FAS 123(R), specifically when valuing employee
stock options; and (b) reasonable individuals, acting in good faith, may conclude differently on
the fair value of employee stock options. Key topics covered by SAB 107 include: (a) valuation
models SAB 107 reinforces the flexibility allowed by FAS 123(R) to choose an option-pricing
model that meets the standards fair value measurement objective; (b) expected volatility the
SAB provides guidance on when it would be appropriate to rely exclusively on either historical or
implied volatility in estimating expected volatility; and (c) expected term the new guidance
includes examples and some simplified approaches to determining the expected term under certain
circumstances. The Company will apply the principles of SAB 107 in conjunction with its adoption of
SFAS 123(R).
3. INVENTORIES
Inventories consist of the following at December 31 (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Finished goods |
|
$ |
67.7 |
|
|
$ |
83.4 |
|
Raw materials and supplies |
|
|
13.8 |
|
|
|
12.9 |
|
|
Total inventories |
|
$ |
81.5 |
|
|
$ |
96.3 |
|
|
4. PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
At December 31, 2005, mineral interests include leased probable mineral reserves and owned
mineral properties of approximately $152.2 million and $25.8 million, respectively, with
accumulated depletion of $11.9 million and $15.2 million, respectively. At December 31, 2004,
mineral interests totaled approximately $180.1 million with accumulated depletion of $25.9 million.
Property, plant and equipment consists of the following at December 31 (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Land and Buildings |
|
$ |
137.6 |
|
|
$ |
143.6 |
|
Machinery and equipment |
|
|
403.8 |
|
|
|
436.8 |
|
Furniture and fixtures |
|
|
13.3 |
|
|
|
11.5 |
|
Mineral interests |
|
|
178.0 |
|
|
|
180.1 |
|
Construction in progress |
|
|
12.6 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
745.3 |
|
|
|
777.0 |
|
Less accumulated depreciation and depletion |
|
|
(379.2 |
) |
|
|
(374.1 |
) |
|
Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
$ |
366.1 |
|
|
$ |
402.9 |
|
|
5. INTANGIBLE ASSETS
In June 2003, the Company purchased, for $24.8 million, intangible assets related to Mosaics SOP
marketing business including customer lists related to its Carlsbad, New Mexico SOP product line
and rights to produce SOP at Mosaics Carlsbad, New Mexico facility as discussed in Note 16. The
Company allocated approximately $0.5 million to a long-term customer contract and the remaining
$24.3 million to the rights to produce SOP at Mosaics Carlsbad facility. Each intangible asset is
amortized on a straight-line basis over its respective life, five years (through 2008) for the
long-term sales contract and 25 years (through 2028) for the rights to produce SOP at Mosaics
facility. Neither asset has a residual value.
The accumulated amortization of the intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2005
and 2004 was approximately $2.3 million and $1.2 million, respectively. Amortization expense of
approximately $1.1 million was recorded during each of the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004
and $0.1 million was recorded during the year ended December 31, 2003. Amortization expense for
fiscal 2006 through fiscal 2008 is estimated to be approximately $1.1 million annually and $1.0
million annually thereafter.
6. INCOME TAXES
The following table summarizes the Companys income tax provision related to earnings from
continuing operations for the years ended December 31 (in millions):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
Current: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal |
|
$ |
13.8 |
|
|
$ |
8.6 |
|
|
$ |
1.5 |
|
State |
|
|
1.5 |
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
Foreign |
|
|
9.3 |
|
|
|
16.8 |
|
|
|
5.8 |
|
|
Total current |
|
|
24.6 |
|
|
|
26.8 |
|
|
|
7.6 |
|
|
Deferred: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal |
|
|
(5.7 |
) |
|
|
(16.5 |
) |
|
|
(4.8 |
) |
State |
|
|
(0.4 |
) |
|
|
(1.4 |
) |
|
|
(3.2 |
) |
Foreign |
|
|
(2.7 |
) |
|
|
(4.7 |
) |
|
|
3.3 |
|
|
Total deferred |
|
|
(8.8 |
) |
|
|
(22.6 |
) |
|
|
(4.7 |
) |
|
Total provision for income taxes |
|
$ |
15.8 |
|
|
$ |
4.2 |
|
|
$ |
2.9 |
|
|
The following table summarizes components of income from continuing operations before
taxes and the effects of significant adjustments to tax computed at the federal statutory rate for
the years ended December 31 (in millions):
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
Domestic income |
|
$ |
0.5 |
|
|
$ |
22.1 |
|
|
$ |
17.9 |
|
Foreign income |
|
|
42.1 |
|
|
|
29.9 |
|
|
|
15.9 |
|
|
Income from continuing
operations before tax |
|
$ |
42.6 |
|
|
$ |
52.0 |
|
|
$ |
33.8 |
|
|
Computed tax at the federal
statutory rate of 35% |
|
$ |
14.9 |
|
|
$ |
18.2 |
|
|
$ |
11.8 |
|
Foreign income, mining, and
withholding taxes |
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
1.5 |
|
|
|
3.7 |
|
Percentage depletion in excess of
basis |
|
|
(6.2 |
) |
|
|
(6.1 |
) |
|
|
(5.1 |
) |
Reversal of previously recorded
income tax reserves |
|
|
(5.9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency exchange gain |
|
|
5.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repatriation of foreign earnings |
|
|
4.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State income taxes, net of federal
income tax benefit |
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
(3.1 |
) |
Change in valuation allowance
on deferred tax assets |
|
|
(2.2 |
) |
|
|
(12.2 |
) |
|
|
(5.7 |
) |
Non-deductible interest expense |
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
Other |
|
|
3.5 |
|
|
|
1.7 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
$ |
15.8 |
|
|
$ |
4.2 |
|
|
$ |
2.9 |
|
|
Effective tax rate |
|
|
37 |
% |
|
|
8 |
% |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
Under SFAS No. 109 deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future
tax effects, based on enacted tax law, of temporary differences between the values of assets and
liabilities recorded for financial reporting and for tax purposes and of net operating loss and
other carryforwards. Significant components of the Companys deferred tax assets and liabilities
were as follows at December 31 (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Current deferred taxes: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating loss carryforwards |
|
$ |
5.3 |
|
|
$ |
3.0 |
|
Accrued expenses |
|
|
3.2 |
|
|
|
5.2 |
|
Other assets |
|
|
4.2 |
|
|
|
5.5 |
|
|
Current deferred tax assets |
|
$ |
12.7 |
|
|
$ |
13.7 |
|
|
Non-current deferred taxes: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
$ |
83.4 |
|
|
$ |
89.5 |
|
|
Total deferred tax liabilities |
|
|
83.4 |
|
|
|
89.5 |
|
|
Deferred tax assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating loss carryforwards |
|
|
21.6 |
|
|
|
29.3 |
|
Alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards |
|
|
6.2 |
|
|
|
4.9 |
|
Interest on discount notes |
|
|
21.2 |
|
|
|
7.5 |
|
Purchase agreement (Note 10) |
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
1.8 |
|
Other assets, net |
|
|
(0.3 |
) |
|
|
3.5 |
|
|
Subtotal |
|
|
50.1 |
|
|
|
47.0 |
|
Valuation allowance |
|
|
(10.4 |
) |
|
|
(12.6 |
) |
|
Total deferred tax assets |
|
|
39.7 |
|
|
|
34.4 |
|
|
Net non-current deferred tax liabilities |
|
$ |
43.7 |
|
|
$ |
55.1 |
|
|
At December 31, 2005, the Company has net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $70.3
million. The Company is a loss corporation as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.
The Company has previously incurred three ownership changes placing annual limitations on the
utilization of each loss carryforward. If not utilized, these carryforwards expire between 2006 and
2022. The Company also has a U.S. federal alternative minimum tax credit carryforward at December
31, 2005 of approximately $6.2 million. This credit carryforward may be carried forward
indefinitely to offset any excess of regular tax liability over alternative minimum tax liability.
The Company has recorded a valuation allowance for a portion of its deferred tax asset
relating to net operating loss carryforwards that it does not believe will, more likely than not,
be realized. As of December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Companys valuation allowance was $10.4 million
and $12.6 million, respectively. The $2.2 million reduction in the valuation allowance in 2005 was
primarily due to our ability to utilize more net operating loss carryforwards annually and the
projected timing of future taxable income, exclusive of reversals of taxable temporary differences.
In the future, if the Company determines, based on existence of sufficient evidence, that it should
realize more or less of its deferred tax assets, an adjustment to the valuation allowance will be
made in the period such a determination is made.
During 2005, the Internal Revenue Service and Canada Revenue Agency developed a framework to
minimize the inconsistent treatment of tax matters involving the two taxing authorities. The event
resulted in a change in certain tax estimates by management. Accordingly, in 2005, the Company
reversed previously recorded income tax reserves of $5.9 million related to matters previously
determined to have an uncertain outcome.
Also in 2005, the Company repatriated funds from its U.K. subsidiary through a one-time
repayment of a portion of a pound-sterling-denominated loan to a U.S. subsidiary. The repayment
resulted in a foreign exchange gain for tax purposes only, which is taxable in the U.S. and for
which the Company recorded a $5.4 million charge to income tax expense. The previously unrealized
foreign exchange gain was recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income in
stockholders equity in previous periods and does not appear in the consolidated statements of
operations.
During 2004, management determined a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets, in the
amount of $12.2 million, was no longer necessary based on an assessment of potential sources of
future taxable income other than future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences. As a
result, the Company reduced its valuation allowance resulting in a decrease in income tax expense
during 2004.
The calculation of the Companys tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the
application of complex tax regulations in multiple jurisdictions. The Company recognizes potential
liabilities for anticipated tax issues in the U.S. and other
tax jurisdictions based on its estimate of whether, and the extent to which, additional taxes
will be due. If payment of these amounts ultimately proves to be unnecessary, the reversal of the
liabilities would result in tax benefits being recognized in the period when the Company determines
the liabilities are no longer necessary. If the Companys estimate of tax liabilities proves to be
less than the ultimate assessment, a further charge to expense would result.
In 2003, in accordance with the merger agreement related to the Recapitalization, Mosaic
indemnified the Company for approximately $14.1 million for income taxes related to periods prior
to the Recapitalization. The Company had previously recognized income tax expense for these items.
The Company recorded the indemnification as a reduction to income taxes provided for in prior years
and an increase to additional paid in capital. The Company received $8.8 million from Mosaic in
2003
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and used the cash to pay income taxes for periods prior to Recapitalization.
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 Repatriation of Foreign Earnings
The Company maintains undistributed foreign earnings outside of the United States in Canada
and the United Kingdom. Most of the amounts held outside the U.S. could be repatriated to the U.S.,
but, under current law, would be subject to U.S. federal income taxes, less applicable realizable
foreign tax credits, if any. Prior to the fourth quarter of 2005, the Company had not provided for
the U.S. federal tax liability on these amounts for financial statement purposes, since these
foreign earnings were considered indefinitely reinvested outside the U.S.
The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, enacted on October 22, 2004 (the Jobs Act), provides
for a temporary 85% dividends received deduction on certain foreign earnings repatriated during a
one-year period. The deduction would result in an approximate 5.25% federal tax rate on the
repatriated earnings. To qualify for the deduction, the earnings must be reinvested in the U.S.
pursuant to a domestic reinvestment plan established by a companys chief executive officer and
approved by its board of directors. Certain other criteria in the Jobs Act must be satisfied as
well. During the fourth quarter of 2005 the Companys Chief Executive Officer established a
domestic reinvestment plan which was approved by the board of directors, and management determined
the Company would repatriate $70 million of qualifying foreign earnings before the end of its
February 28, 2006 tax year. Accordingly, during the fourth quarter of 2005, the Company recorded
income tax expense of approximately $4.1 million for this repatriation. Use of the funds will be
governed by a domestic reinvestment plan, as required by the Jobs Act.
The distribution was funded in January 2006 with cash on hand and short-term borrowings
against the global revolving credit facility. The Company expects its foreign cash flows will be
sufficient to repay the foreign debt and replenish foreign cash balances through the normal course
of business. The Company utilizes a variety of tax planning and financing strategies in an effort
to ensure that the Companys worldwide cash is available in the locations in which it is needed.
Excluding the Jobs Act repatriation, the Company estimates that its remaining indefinitely
reinvested earnings for which no U.S. federal tax liability has been recognized is approximately
$50.0 million at December 31, 2005.
7. PENSION PLANS AND OTHER BENEFITS
The Company has two defined benefit pension plans for certain of its U.K. and U.S. employees.
The size of the U.S. plan is not significant as compared to the U.K. plan. The U.K. plan was
closed to new participants in 1992. Benefits of the U.K. plan are based on a combination of years
of service and compensation levels.
The Companys funding policy is to make the minimum annual contributions required by
applicable regulations. Management expects total contributions during 2006 will be approximately
$5.6 million, including a special contribution of approximately $4.0 million to fund the portion of
the U.K. plan for past benefits expected to be paid to the former employees of the U.K. evaporated
salt business that was sold on December 30, 2005. During the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004
and 2003, contributions to the plans totaled approximately $1.8 million, $1.9 million and $1.6
million, respectively.
The pension plan assets are managed by external investment managers. The investment strategy
is to maximize return on investments while minimizing risk. This is accomplished by investing in
high-grade equity and debt securities. Policy requires that equity securities comprise
approximately 75% of the total portfolio, and that approximately 25% be invested in debt
securities. The weighted-average asset allocations by asset category are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plan Assets at December 31, |
Asset Category |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
3 |
% |
|
|
3 |
% |
Equity Securities |
|
|
72 |
|
|
|
72 |
|
Debt Securities |
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
100 |
% |
|
The assumptions used in determining pension information for the plans for the years ended
December 31 were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
Discount rate |
|
|
5.25 |
% |
|
|
5.25 |
% |
|
|
5.25 |
% |
Expected return on plan assets |
|
|
6.70 |
|
|
|
6.25 |
|
|
|
6.25 |
|
Rate of compensation increase |
|
|
2.75 |
|
|
|
2.75 |
|
|
|
2.75 |
|
The overall expected long-term rate of return on assets is a weighted-average expectation
for the return on plan assets based on the targeted and expected portfolio composition. The Company
considers historical performance and current benchmarks to arrive at expected long-term rates of
return in each asset category. We set our discount rate for the U.K. plan based on AA
corporate bond yields with an average duration closely matching the benefit payments under our
plan. Assumed salary increases are set considering the statutory provisions that are used to
calculate the actual pension benefits in the U.K.
The following benefit payments, which reflect expected future service, as appropriate, are
expected to be paid (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Future Expected |
Calendar Year |
|
Benefit Payments |
|
2006 |
|
$ |
2.0 |
|
2007 |
|
|
2.1 |
|
2008 |
|
|
2.1 |
|
2009 |
|
|
2.3 |
|
2010 |
|
|
2.4 |
|
2011 2015 |
|
|
12.1 |
|
The following table sets forth pension obligations and plan assets for the Companys
defined benefit plans, based on a November 30 measurement date, as of December 31 (in millions):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Change in benefit obligation: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benefit obligation as of January 1 |
|
$ |
70.8 |
|
|
$ |
61.8 |
|
Service cost |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
Interest cost |
|
|
3.6 |
|
|
|
3.3 |
|
Actuarial loss |
|
|
3.9 |
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
Benefits paid |
|
|
(2.1 |
) |
|
|
(1.8 |
) |
Currency fluctuation adjustment |
|
|
(7.1 |
) |
|
|
4.1 |
|
Other |
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
Benefit obligation as of December 31 |
|
$ |
70.9 |
|
|
$ |
70.8 |
|
|
Change in plan assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value as of January 1 |
|
$ |
54.6 |
|
|
$ |
46.0 |
|
Actual return |
|
|
9.2 |
|
|
|
5.4 |
|
Company contributions |
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
1.7 |
|
Currency fluctuation adjustment |
|
|
(5.6 |
) |
|
|
3.1 |
|
Benefits paid |
|
|
(2.1 |
) |
|
|
(1.8 |
) |
Other |
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
Fair value as of December 31 |
|
$ |
58.2 |
|
|
$ |
54.6 |
|
|
Funded status of the plans |
|
$ |
(12.7 |
) |
|
$ |
(16.2 |
) |
Unrecognized net (gain) loss |
|
|
9.9 |
|
|
|
13.5 |
|
Unrecognized prior service cost |
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Unrecognized transition liability |
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
Net amount recognized |
|
$ |
(2.4 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.2 |
) |
|
Amounts recognized in the balance sheet: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued benefit liability |
|
$ |
(7.7 |
) |
|
$ |
(11.7 |
) |
Other noncurrent assets |
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
|
9.0 |
|
|
Net amount recognized |
|
$ |
(2.4 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.2 |
) |
|
The accumulated benefit obligations for the defined benefit pension plans were $66.0
million and $66.1 million, as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The accumulated benefit
obligations are in excess of the plans assets.
The components of net pension expense were as follows for the years ended December 31 (in
millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
Service cost for benefits earned
during the year |
|
$ |
1.3 |
|
|
$ |
1.2 |
|
|
$ |
1.4 |
|
Interest cost on projected benefit
obligation |
|
|
3.6 |
|
|
|
3.3 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
Return on plan assets |
|
|
(3.5 |
) |
|
|
(2.9 |
) |
|
|
(2.2 |
) |
Net amortization and deferral |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
Other |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net pension expense |
|
$ |
2.2 |
|
|
$ |
2.2 |
|
|
$ |
3.2 |
|
|
The Company has defined contribution and pre-tax savings plans (Savings Plans) for certain
of its employees. Under each of the Savings Plans, participants are permitted to defer a portion of
their compensation. Company contributions to the Savings Plans are based on a percentage of
employee contributions. Additionally, certain of the Companys Savings Plans have a profit sharing
feature for salaried and non-union hourly employees. The Company contribution to the profit-sharing
feature is based on the employees age and pay and the Companys financial performance. Expense
attributable to these Savings Plans was $5.5 million, $5.1 million and $4.1 million for the years
ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
8. LONG TERM DEBT
During the fourth quarter of 2005, CMG entered into a new $475 million senior secured credit
agreement (Credit Agreement) with a syndicate of financial institutions, amending and restating
the existing credit facilities. The new Credit Agreement consists of a $350 million term loan
(Term Loan) and a $125 million revolving credit facility (Revolving Credit Facility), of which
$40 million may be drawn in Canadian dollars and $10 million may be drawn in British pounds
sterling. Additionally, the revolver includes a sub-limit for short-term letters of credit in an
amount not to exceed $50 million. Interest on the Credit Agreement is variable, based on either the
Eurodollar Rate (LIBOR) or a Base Rate (defined as the greater of a specified U.S. or Canadian
prime lending rate or the federal funds effective rate, increased by 0.5%) plus a margin which is
dependent on upon CMGs leverage ratio. As of December 31, 2005, the weighted average interest rate
on the Credit Agreement was 6.14%. The Term Loan is due in quarterly installments of principal and
interest beginning March 31, 2006 and matures in September 2012. The scheduled principal reductions
total $3.5 million annually but the loan may be prepaid at any time without penalty. The Revolving
Credit Facility matures in December 2010.
The Company has also entered into an interest rate swap agreement in 2005 to effectively fix
the interest rate on $250 million of the outstanding balance of the Term Loan. This swap is
discussed further in Note 9.
As of December 31, 2005, CMG had outstanding letters of credit totaling $10.5 million that
reduced our availability under the Revolving Credit Facility to $83.5 million. The Company incurs
participation fees related to its outstanding letters of credit and commitment fees on its
available borrowing capacity. The rates vary depending on CMGs leverage ratio. Bank fees are not
material.
In December 2005, CMI completed a tender offer and redeemed $323.0 million of its 10% Senior
Subordinated Notes (Senior Subordinated Notes) due 2011, incurring a tender premium and related
fees totaling $26.5 million. Additionally, we expensed $6.7 million of deferred financing fees, net
of the unamortized issuance premium, associated with these notes and the old credit facility. The
$33.2 million of loss on early extinguishment of debt is classified in Other, net in the
Consolidated Statements of Operations. The remaining $2 million of Senior Subordinated Notes are
callable in August 2006.
The Companys Senior Discount Notes due 2012 (Senior Discount Notes) accrete non-cash
interest at an annual rate of 12 3/4% through December 15, 2007, thereby increasing the aggregate
principal balance of the notes to $123.5 million by December 15, 2007. The Senior Discount Notes
may be redeemed in whole or in part from time to time, on or after December 15, 2007, at specified
redemption prices. Cash interest will accrue on the Senior Discount Notes at a rate of 12 3/4% per
annum, beginning December 15, 2007. As of December 31, 2005, the book value of the Senior Discount
Notes was $97.1 million.
On May 22, 2003, CMI issued $179.6 million in aggregate principal amount at maturity ($100.0
million in gross proceeds) of 12% senior subordinated discount notes due 2013 (Subordinated
Discount Notes) in a private placement. These notes accrete non-cash interest at an annual rate
12% through June 1, 2008, thereby increasing the aggregate principal balance
of the notes to $179.6 million by June 1, 2008. Cash interest will accrue on the Subordinated
Discount Notes at a rate of 12% per annum, beginning June 1, 2008 through maturity. The proceeds
from the sale of the Subordinated Discount Notes were distributed to the Companys stockholders in
the form of a common stock dividend. As of December 31, 2005, the book value of the Subordinated
Discount Notes was $135.8 million.
The Credit Agreement and the indentures governing the
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Senior Discount Notes and Subordinated Discount Notes limit the Companys ability, among other
things, to: incur additional indebtedness or contingent obligations; pay dividends or make
distributions to stockholders; repurchase or redeem stock; make investments; grant liens; make
capital expenditures; enter into transactions with stockholders and affiliates; sell assets; and
acquire the assets of, or merge or consolidate with, other companies. The Credit Agreement is
secured by all existing and future assets of CMG subsidiaries. Additionally, it requires CMG to
maintain certain financial ratios including a minimum interest coverage ratio and a maximum total
leverage ratio. As of December 31, 2005, the Company was in compliance with each of its covenants.
The notes in the table below are listed in order of subordination with all notes subordinate
to the Credit Agreement borrowings. Third-party long-term debt consists of the following at
December 31 (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
10% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 |
|
$ |
2.0 |
|
|
$ |
325.0 |
|
12 3/4% Senior Discount Notes due 2012 |
|
|
97.1 |
|
|
|
85.8 |
|
12% Subordinated Discount Notes due 2013 |
|
|
135.8 |
|
|
|
120.9 |
|
Term Loan due 2012 |
|
|
350.0 |
|
|
|
37.7 |
|
Revolving Credit Facility due 2010 |
|
|
31.0 |
|
|
|
11.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
615.9 |
|
|
|
580.4 |
|
Plus premium on Senior Subordinated Notes, net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.7 |
|
Less current portion |
|
|
(3.5 |
) |
|
|
(0.4 |
) |
|
Long-term debt |
|
$ |
612.4 |
|
|
$ |
582.7 |
|
|
Future maturities of long-term debt, including the aggregate principal amounts at maturity for
the Senior Discount Notes of $123.5 million and Subordinated Discount Notes of $179.6 million, for
the years ending December 31, are as follows (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debt |
|
|
Maturity |
|
2006 |
|
$ |
3.5 |
|
2007 |
|
|
3.5 |
|
2008 |
|
|
3.5 |
|
2009 |
|
|
3.5 |
|
2010 |
|
|
34.5 |
|
Thereafter |
|
|
637.6 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
686.1 |
|
|
9. DERIVATIVES AND FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Company enters into natural gas swap agreements to hedge its risk of natural gas commodity
price changes. During 2005, the Company also entered into an interest rate swap to hedge its risk
of changing interest rates relative to its variable rate debt. All derivative instruments held by
the Company as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 qualified as cash flow hedges and any ineffectiveness
related to these hedges was not material for any of the years presented. The Company does not
engage in trading activities with these financial instruments.
As of December 31, 2005, the Company had natural gas swap agreements outstanding to hedge a
portion of its natural gas purchase requirements through December 2008. As of December 31, 2005 and
2004, agreements with notional amounts totaling 3.2 and 2.3 millions of British thermal units,
respectively, resulted in unrealized gains of $4.0 million and $1.3 million for each respective
year. The derivative assets were included in other current assets on the Consolidated Balance
Sheets with the corresponding unrealized gain included in other comprehensive income, net of tax.
During 2005 and 2004, $3.9 million and $2.1 million of gains were recognized through cost of sales
related to natural gas swap agreements.
To hedge the variability of future interest payments on the Credit Agreement (discussed in
Note 8), during the fourth quarter of 2005 the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement
to effectively fix the LIBOR-based portion of its interest rate on $250 million of debt at 4.87%.
The notional amount of the swap decreases by $50 million each year beginning in March 2007 through
March 2011. As of December 31, 2005, a derivative liability of $0.7 million was included in accrued
expenses on the Consolidated Balance Sheets with the corresponding unrealized loss included in
other comprehensive income, net of tax.
Cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable (net of reserve for bad debts) and payables are
carried at cost, which approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of the instruments. As
of December 31, 2005, the estimated fair values of the fixed-rate notes payable, based on available
trading information, totaled $269.4 million compared with their aggregate principal amounts at
maturity of $305.1 million. The estimated fair values at December 31, 2005 of amounts outstanding
under the Credit Agreement approximated carrying value.
10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Contingent Obligations:
The Company is involved in legal and administrative proceedings and claims of various types
from normal Company activities.
The Company is aware of an aboriginal land claim filed by The Chippewas of Nawash and The
Chippewas of Saugeen (the Chippewas) in the Ontario Superior Court against The Attorney General
of Canada and Her Majesty The Queen In Right of Ontario. The Chippewas claim that a large part of
the land under Lake Huron was never conveyed by treaty and therefore belongs to the Chippewas. The
land claimed includes land under which the Companys Goderich mine operates and has mining rights
granted to it by the government of Ontario. The Company is not a party to this court action.
Similar claims are pending with respect to other parts of the Great Lakes by other aboriginal
claimants. The Company has been informed by the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario that
Canada takes the position that the common law does not recognize aboriginal title to the Great
Lakes and its connecting waterways.
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) reportedly
has information indicating that agricultural chemicals are present in the groundwater in the
vicinity of the Kenosha, Wisconsin plant. DATCP has directed the Company to conduct an
investigation into the possible presence of agricultural chemicals in soil and groundwater at the
Kenosha plant. The Company has developed a plan which has been approved by DATCP to investigate
soils and groundwater at the Kenosha site. Depending on the results of the investigation, remedial
efforts may be necessary. Although little is currently known about the possible source of such
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contamination, or who should be responsible for it, the Company expects DATCP will look to the
Company to undertake those efforts. If required, the Company intends to conduct all phases of the
investigation and any required remediation work under the Wisconsin Agricultural Chemical Cleanup
Program, which will provide for reimbursement of some of the costs. None of the identified
contaminants have been used in association with the Companys site operations. The Company expects
to seek participation by, or cost reimbursement from, other parties responsible for the presence of
any agricultural chemicals found in soils at this site.
The Company does not believe that these actions will have a material adverse financial effect
on the Company. Furthermore, while any litigation contains an element of uncertainty, management
presently believes that the outcome of each such proceeding or claim which is pending or known to
be threatened, or all of them combined, will not have a material adverse effect on the Companys
results of operations, cash flows or financial position.
Approximately 35% of our U.S. workforce and 55% of our global workforce is represented by
labor unions. Of our nine material collective bargaining agreements, four will expire in 2006,
three will expire in 2007 and two will expire in 2008. Additionally, approximately 6% of our
workforce is employed in Europe where trade union membership is common. We consider our labor
relations to be good.
Commitments:
Leases: The Company leases certain property and equipment under non-cancelable operating
leases for varying periods. The aggregate future minimum annual rentals under lease arrangements as
of December 31, 2005 are as follows (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating |
|
|
Leases |
|
2006 |
|
$ |
6.0 |
|
2007 |
|
|
4.9 |
|
2008 |
|
|
3.2 |
|
2009 |
|
|
1.6 |
|
2010 |
|
|
1.4 |
|
Thereafter |
|
|
6.9 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
24.0 |
|
|
Rental expense, net of sublease income, was $9.3 million, $9.3 million and $8.2 million for
the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
Royalties: The Company has various private, state and Canadian provincial leases associated
with the salt and specialty potash businesses. Royalty expense related to these leases was $6.7
million, $6.4 million and $5.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002,
respectively.
Sales Contracts: The Company has various salt and other deicing-product sales contracts that
include performance provisions governing delivery and product quality. These sales contracts either
require the Company to maintain performance bonds for stipulated amounts or contain contractual
penalty provisions in the event of non-performance. For the three years ended December 31, 2005,
the Company has had no material penalties related to these sales contracts. At December 31, 2005,
the Company had approximately $32.4 million of outstanding performance bonds.
Purchase Commitments: In connection with the operations of the Companys facilities, the
Company purchases electricity, other raw materials and services from third parties under contracts,
extending, in some cases, for multiple years. Purchases under these contracts are generally based
on prevailing market prices. The Companys future minimum long-term purchase commitments are
approximately $0.7 million annually in 2006 and 2007, and $0.3 million annually from 2008 through
2010 and approximately $0.8 million in total, thereafter.
Purchase Agreement: As of December 31, 2005, the Company had approximately $3.6 million of
deferred gain remaining from an amendment to an agreement with a supplier related to the purchase
of salt from the suppliers chemical production facility in Tennessee. During 2002 the Company
received a one-time cash payment of $8.0 million related to the amendment. The gain is being
amortized ratably through December 2010, as certain conditions are met by the Company and supplier.
During 2005, 2004 and 2003, the Company recorded a reduction to cost of sales of approximately $0.9
million each year as the ratable portions of the gain were realized. If the Company were to elect
to resume purchasing salt from the suppliers facility, the Company would repay a ratable portion
of the cash received.
11. STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY AND EQUITY INSTRUMENTS
As of January 1, 2003, the Companys common stock was owned by Apollo, Mosaic, co-investors
and members of management, including 600,612 shares issued to an employee trust to secure the
Companys obligations to issue common stock under an employee deferred compensation plan. At that
time, the Company had class A and class B common stock, which were identical in all respects and
had the same powers, preferences and rights, except class B shares were non-voting securities and
each class A share was entitled to one vote.
In May 2003, proceeds from the issuance of the Subordinated Discount Notes in the amount of
$100.0 million were used to pay a dividend on the Companys common stock.
In June 2003, the Company repurchased 5,175,117 shares of common stock from Mosaic and
recorded treasury stock at a cost of $9.7 million (see Note 16, Related Party Transactions).
Also in 2003, the Company repurchased 28,010 shares of
common stock and recorded treasury stock at a cost of less than $0.1 million, and reissued
11,890 shares of treasury stock, of which 6,077 shares were issued in connection with certain
employee exercises of stock options, which are discussed below.
On November 5, 2003, the Companys board of directors approved the IPO of the Companys common
stock. On November 21, 2003, the Companys board of directors approved a recapitalization of the
Companys capital stock whereby each share of the Companys class B common stock was converted into
one share of class A common stock and all outstanding shares of class A common stock were exchanged
for one share of a newly designated single class of common stock. The Companys board of directors
also approved an approximately 4.982-for-one stock split of the Companys common stock, which was
effected by means of reclassification. The stock split became
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effective on December 11, 2003. Historical periods presented have been restated to show the
effect of the stock split.
In December 2003, the Company amended and restated its certificate of incorporation upon
registration of its new corporate name, Compass Minerals International, Inc. The amended and
restated certificate of incorporation of CMI authorized 200,000,000 shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share.
On December 17, 2003, the Company completed an IPO of 16,675,000 shares of its common stock.
The shares were sold by certain stockholders of the Company, primarily Apollo and Mosaic, and the
Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares.
In July 2004, the Company completed a secondary offering of 8,327,244 shares of common stock.
These shares were sold by Apollo, Mosaic and certain members of management, so the Company did not
receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares.
In November 2004, the Company completed another secondary offering of 4,021,473 shares of
common stock. The shares were also sold Apollo, Mosaic and certain members of management so the
Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares. This sale reduced Apollos and
Mosaics holdings to zero.
The Company paid dividends of $1.10 per share in 2005 and intends to continue paying quarterly
cash dividends. The declaration and payment of future dividends to holders of the Companys common
stock will be at the discretion of its board of directors and will depend upon many factors,
including the Companys financial condition, earnings, legal requirements, restrictions in its debt
agreements (see Note 8) and other factors its board of directors deems relevant.
Stock Options
On November 28, 2001, CMI adopted a stock option plan (the 2001 Plan). Options were granted in
amounts and at such times and to such eligible persons as determined by the board of directors of
CMI pursuant to which options with respect to a total of 2,783,283 shares of CMIs common stock
were available for grant to employees of, consultants to, or directors of CMI. No further option
grants can be made under this plan. Options granted under the plan were all non-qualified stock
options.
For those options granted prior to the IPO, one-half of the options granted to employees under
the 2001 Plan vest ratably, in tranches, over one to four years, depending on the individual option
agreements. The other one-half of the options granted to employees were performance options and
vested upon completion of the IPO in December 2003. Options granted following the IPO are entirely
service-vesting. Options granted to members of the board of directors of the Company vest at the
time of grant. Options expire on the thirtieth day immediately following the eighth anniversary of
issuance.
In 2005, Compass adopted a new equity compensation plan (the 2005 Plan) for its employees and
directors allowing grants of equity instruments including restricted stock units (RSUs) and
stock options with respect to up to 3,240,000 shares of CMI common stock. The right to make awards
expires in 10 years. In November 2005, the Board approved, and Compass granted 14,000 RSUs and
57,900 stock options. The closing stock price on the day of grant, which is used to set the
exercise price for the stock options and the fair value for the RSUs, was $23.47. The grants of
RSUs vest after three years of service and the holders will be entitled to one share of common
stock for each vested RSU. The RSUs do not have voting rights but each RSU is entitled to receive
non-forfeitable dividends or other distributions that may be declared on the Companys common stock
equal to, and at the same time as, the per share dividend declared.
Stock options granted under the 2005 Plan vest ratably, in tranches, over a four-year service
period. Unexercised options expire after seven years. Upon vesting, each option can be exercised
to purchase one share of the Companys common stock at a price equal to the closing market price of
the Companys common stock on the day of grant. Holders of each option are entitled to receive
non-forfeitable dividends or other distributions declared on the Companys common stock equal to,
and at the same time as, the per share dividend declared.
The following table sets forth information with regard to both plans about the fair value of
each option grant on the date of grant using the Black Scholes option-pricing model, and the
weighted-average assumptions used for such grants for each of the years ended December 31:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2003(2) |
|
Fair value of options granted |
|
$ |
7.73 |
|
|
$ |
2.37 |
|
|
$ |
10.98 |
|
Expected term (years) |
|
|
5.5 |
|
|
|
1.9 |
|
|
|
7.8 |
|
Expected volatility |
|
|
24.5 |
% |
|
|
24.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Dividend yield(1) |
|
|
0.0 |
% |
|
|
4.7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Risk-free interest rates |
|
|
4.4 |
% |
|
|
3.1 |
% |
|
|
3.4 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
The 2005 assumed yield reflects the non-forfeiting dividend feature.
|
|
(2) |
|
The Company used the minimum value method before the IPO in December 2003, which
excludes volatility. |
The following is a summary of CMIs stock option activity and related information for the
following periods:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
average |
|
|
Number |
|
exercise |
|
|
of options |
|
price |
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2002 |
|
|
1,739,476 |
|
|
$ |
2.08 |
|
Exercised |
|
|
(23,053 |
) |
|
|
2.01 |
|
Cancelled/Expired |
|
|
(6,592 |
) |
|
|
2.01 |
|
|
Outstanding at May 22, 2003 |
|
|
1,709,831 |
|
|
|
2.08 |
|
Outstanding at May 23, 2003 after
amendment to the 2001 Plan (a) |
|
|
2,455,943 |
|
|
|
1.45 |
|
Granted |
|
|
50,311 |
|
|
|
7.04 |
|
Exercised (b) |
|
|
(246,458 |
) |
|
|
1.41 |
|
Cancelled/Expired |
|
|
(42,832 |
) |
|
|
1.40 |
|
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2003 |
|
|
2,216,964 |
|
|
|
1.58 |
|
Granted |
|
|
167,367 |
|
|
|
21.58 |
|
Exercised (c) |
|
|
(721,208 |
) |
|
|
1.74 |
|
Cancelled/Expired |
|
|
(11,308 |
) |
|
|
1.40 |
|
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2004 |
|
|
1,651,815 |
|
|
|
3.54 |
|
Granted |
|
|
57,900 |
|
|
|
23.47 |
|
Exercised (c) |
|
|
(936,938 |
) |
|
|
1.52 |
|
Cancelled/Expired |
|
|
(14,876 |
) |
|
|
1.40 |
|
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2005 |
|
|
757,901 |
|
|
$ |
7.60 |
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
In connection with CMIs $100.0 million dividend payment on its common stock in May 2003,
the number of CMI stock options and their exercise prices were adjusted to preserve the
intrinsic value of the stock options that existed prior to the dividend. This was accomplished
by decreasing the exercise price of outstanding options and increasing the number of
outstanding options by a factor of 1.436 to one. |
|
(b) |
|
Exercised options include 6,077 shares of common stock that were issued from treasury stock. |
|
(c) |
|
Common stock issued for exercised options were all issued from treasury stock. |
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The following table summarizes information about options outstanding and exercisable at
December 31, 2005:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted- |
|
Weighted- |
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average |
|
average |
|
|
|
|
|
average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
remaining |
|
exercise price |
|
|
|
|
|
exercise price |
Range of exercise |
|
|
|
|
|
Options |
|
contractual life |
|
of options |
|
Options |
|
of exercisable |
prices |
|
|
|
|
|
outstanding |
|
(years) |
|
outstanding |
|
exercisable |
|
options |
|
$1.40 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
518,875 |
|
|
|
4.1 |
|
|
$ |
1.40 |
|
|
|
518,875 |
|
|
$ |
1.40 |
|
$3.23 - $5.17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,759 |
|
|
|
5.4 |
|
|
|
4.75 |
|
|
|
8,708 |
|
|
|
4.97 |
|
$16.66 - $23.47 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
225,267 |
|
|
|
6.8 |
|
|
|
22.07 |
|
|
|
80,700 |
|
|
|
20.06 |
|
|
Totals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
757,901 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
$ |
7.60 |
|
|
|
608,283 |
|
|
$ |
3.93 |
|
|
Options exercisable at December 31, 2004 numbered 1,283,870.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
The components of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of related taxes, are summarized
as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
Minimum pension liability adjustment |
|
$ |
(3.3 |
) |
|
$ |
(6.4 |
) |
|
$ |
(7.0 |
) |
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedges |
|
|
2.2 |
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
|
Cumulative foreign currency
translation adjustment |
|
|
42.8 |
|
|
|
43.8 |
|
|
|
31.7 |
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
$ |
41.7 |
|
|
$ |
38.3 |
|
|
$ |
25.5 |
|
|
See Note 9 for a discussion of the Companys cash flow hedges.
12. OPERATING SEGMENTS
The Companys reportable segments are strategic business units that offer different products
and services. They are managed separately because each business requires different technology and
marketing strategies. The Company has two reportable segments: Salt and Potash. The salt segment
produces salt for use in road deicing, food processing, water softeners, and agricultural and
industrial applications. Potash crop nutrients and industrial grade potash are produced and
marketed through the Potash segment.
The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of
significant accounting policies. All intersegment sales prices are market-based. The Company
evaluates performance based on operating earnings of the respective segments. The notes to the
consolidated financial statements include detail related to special charges and should be referred
to when viewing the segment information herein.
As discussed in Note 13 below, on December 30, 2005, the Company sold its evaporated salt
business in the U.K. Those operations have been reclassified to net earnings from discontinued
operations in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and accordingly, those operations are not
included in the segment information below except as indicted in the table. Segment information as
of and for the years ended December 31, is as follows (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
Salt |
|
Potash |
|
Other (e) |
|
Total |
|
Sales to external customers |
|
$ |
639.6 |
|
|
$ |
102.7 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
742.3 |
|
Intersegment sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11.0 |
|
|
|
(11.0 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Cost of sales shipping and
handling |
|
|
212.4 |
|
|
|
14.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
227.2 |
|
Operating earnings (loss) |
|
|
138.0 |
|
|
|
30.2 |
|
|
|
(25.3 |
) |
|
|
142.9 |
|
Depreciation, depletion
and amortization (a) |
|
|
35.2 |
|
|
|
8.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
43.6 |
|
Total assets |
|
|
585.9 |
|
|
|
134.4 |
|
|
|
30.0 |
|
|
|
750.3 |
|
Capital expenditures (b) |
|
|
22.7 |
|
|
|
9.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
|
Salt |
|
Potash |
|
Other (e) |
|
Total |
|
Sales to external customers |
|
$ |
552.3 |
|
|
$ |
87.6 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
639.9 |
|
Intersegment sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11.3 |
|
|
|
(11.3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Cost of sales shipping and
handling |
|
|
168.7 |
|
|
|
13.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
182.5 |
|
Operating earnings (loss) (c) |
|
|
123.5 |
|
|
|
20.7 |
|
|
|
(25.4 |
) |
|
|
118.8 |
|
Depreciation, depletion
and amortization (a) |
|
|
33.2 |
|
|
|
8.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
41.3 |
|
Total assets |
|
|
555.1 |
|
|
|
134.9 |
|
|
|
33.9 |
|
|
|
723.9 |
|
Capital expenditures (b) |
|
|
21.7 |
|
|
|
5.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 |
|
Salt |
|
Potash |
|
Other (e) |
|
Total |
|
Sales to external customers |
|
$ |
499.5 |
|
|
$ |
54.0 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
553.5 |
|
Intersegment sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.4 |
|
|
|
(9.4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Cost of sales shipping and
handling |
|
|
150.5 |
|
|
|
8.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
159.2 |
|
Operating earnings (loss) (d) |
|
|
104.4 |
|
|
|
7.5 |
|
|
|
(20.7 |
) |
|
|
91.2 |
|
Depreciation, depletion
and amortization (a) |
|
|
34.2 |
|
|
|
7.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
42.1 |
|
Total assets |
|
|
522.6 |
|
|
|
141.5 |
|
|
|
31.0 |
|
|
|
695.1 |
|
Capital expenditures (b) |
|
|
17.7 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Includes $3.6 million, $3.8 million and $3.5 million of expense related to
discontinued operations for 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively, in the salt segment. |
|
(b) |
|
Includes $1.1 million, $1.7 million and $1.2 million of expenditures associated with
discontinued operations for 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively, in the salt segment. |
|
(c) |
|
Includes $1.4 million related to other public offering costs and $4.5 million
related to Apollos cancellation of their management consulting agreement. |
|
(d) |
|
Includes $2.4 million related to IPO costs. |
|
(e) |
|
Other includes corporate entities and eliminations. |
Financial information relating to the Companys operations by geographic area for the
years ended December 31 is as follows (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
United States |
|
$ |
521.0 |
|
|
$ |
444.2 |
|
|
$ |
394.5 |
|
Canada |
|
|
168.0 |
|
|
|
148.1 |
|
|
|
128.7 |
|
United Kingdom |
|
|
53.3 |
|
|
|
47.6 |
|
|
|
30.3 |
|
|
Total sales |
|
$ |
742.3 |
|
|
$ |
639.9 |
|
|
$ |
553.5 |
|
|
Financial information relating to the Companys long-lived assets, including deferred
financing costs and other long-lived assets, by geographic area as of December 31 (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Lived Assets |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
United States |
|
$ |
248.6 |
|
|
$ |
256.0 |
|
Canada |
|
|
121.7 |
|
|
|
127.4 |
|
United Kingdom |
|
|
45.6 |
|
|
|
74.5 |
|
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
415.9 |
|
|
$ |
457.9 |
|
|
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13. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
In November of 2005, Compass began exclusive discussions with INEOS Enterprises Limited for
the sale of its Weston Point, England evaporated salt business. On December 30, 2005, the
transaction was completed. The business was sold for approximately $36.2 million in cash, subject
to a working capital adjustment, and resulted in a pre-tax gain of approximately $4.6 million. The
agreement includes customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification provisions
(in the case of most warranties, subject to a combined limit of £3 million, or approximately $5.2
million). No amounts have been accrued for such warranties. This business had been part of the salt
segment with historical operating results as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
Sales |
|
$ |
52.5 |
|
|
$ |
55.2 |
|
|
$ |
47.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pretax earnings(1) |
|
|
4.9 |
|
|
|
2.7 |
|
|
|
1.8 |
|
Income tax expense(2) |
|
|
(0.8 |
) |
|
|
(0.7 |
) |
|
|
(0.4 |
) |
|
Net earnings from
discontinued operations |
|
$ |
4.1 |
|
|
$ |
2.0 |
|
|
$ |
1.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Pretax earnings in 2005 include the pretax gain of $4.6 million from the sale of the business. |
|
(2) |
|
Income tax expense in 2005 includes tax expense of $0.9 million from the gain on the sale of the business. |
Debt has been maintained at the corporate level to support the operating businesses;
therefore a portion of the interest expense incurred on that debt has been allocated to
discontinued operations based on its proportion of net assets available to service that debt.
Interest of $2.4 million, $2.6 million and $2.6 million has been allocated to discontinued
operations for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
The following table shows the carrying values of each of the major classes of assets and
liabilities of the disposed business as of the December 30, 2005 disposal date and, for comparative
purposes, the book values as of December 31, 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 30, |
|
December 31, |
(in millions) |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Accounts receivable, net |
|
$ |
9.0 |
|
|
$ |
12.2 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
Other current assets |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
|
22.2 |
|
|
|
26.2 |
|
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
33.8 |
|
|
$ |
41.9 |
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
$ |
3.7 |
|
|
$ |
5.1 |
|
|
14. EARNINGS PER SHARE
As discussed in Note 11, during the fourth quarter of 2005 the Company issued 57,900 stock
options and 14,000 restricted stock units which are entitled to receive non-forfeitable dividends.
Because these securities have dividend and/or distribution rights equal to those of our common
stockholders, the securities have been included in the calculation of basic earnings per share.
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share
(in millions, except for share and per share data):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
Numerator: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net earnings from continuing
operations |
|
$ |
26.8 |
|
|
$ |
47.8 |
|
|
$ |
30.9 |
|
Net earnings from discontinued
operations |
|
|
4.1 |
|
|
|
2.0 |
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
Dividends on redeemable
preferred stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.2 |
) |
Gain on redemption of
preferred stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.2 |
|
|
Net earnings available
for common stock |
|
$ |
30.9 |
|
|
$ |
49.8 |
|
|
$ |
39.3 |
|
|
Denominator: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average common shares
outstanding, shares for
basic earnings per share |
|
|
31,487,975 |
|
|
|
30,604,597 |
|
|
|
32,492,792 |
|
Average stock options
outstanding |
|
|
561,657 |
|
|
|
1,211,605 |
|
|
|
1,491,191 |
|
|
Shares for diluted
earnings per share |
|
|
32,049,632 |
|
|
|
31,816,202 |
|
|
|
33,983,983 |
|
|
Net earnings from continuing
operations per share, basic |
|
$ |
0.85 |
|
|
$ |
1.56 |
|
|
$ |
1.17 |
|
Net earnings from discontinued
operations per share, basic |
|
|
0.13 |
|
|
|
0.07 |
|
|
|
0.04 |
|
|
Net earnings per share, basic |
|
$ |
0.98 |
|
|
$ |
1.63 |
|
|
$ |
1.21 |
|
|
Net earnings from continuing
operations per share, diluted |
|
$ |
0.84 |
|
|
$ |
1.50 |
|
|
$ |
1.12 |
|
Net earnings from discontinued
operations per share, diluted |
|
|
0.13 |
|
|
|
0.07 |
|
|
|
0.03 |
|
|
Net earnings per share, diluted |
|
$ |
0.97 |
|
|
$ |
1.57 |
|
|
$ |
1.15 |
|
|
15. OTHER CHARGES
2004
We incurred $1.4 million in costs directly related to the completion of two secondary stock
offerings completed in July 2004 and November 2004. In addition, Apollo elected to terminate the
amended management consulting agreement in November 2004 resulting in a charge of $4.5 million for
all services rendered under the agreement.
2003
In the fourth quarter of 2003, we incurred $2.4 million of costs directly related to the
completion of the Companys IPO.
16. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The following related party transactions are in addition to those disclosed elsewhere in the
notes to the consolidated financial statements.
Upon completion of the IPO in December 2003, Mosaics ownership in the Company was reduced to
less than 3%. Accordingly, transactions with Mosaic and its subsidiaries (Mosaic affiliates) are
considered related party transactions through the year ended December 31, 2003. Transactions with
Apollo and its subsidiaries (Apollo affiliates) are considered related party transactions through
2004, when Apollo sold its remaining shares of CMI. The Company believes that all of the related
party transactions approximate terms which would otherwise have been negotiated by the Company with
unrelated third parties.
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Capitalization and Financing Activities:
In May 2003, proceeds from the issuance of the Subordinated Discount Notes in the amount of
$100.0 million were used to pay dividends on the Companys common stock. Also in May 2003, all
accreted dividends on the Companys preferred stock, approximately $3.7 million, were paid current
in order for the Company to pay dividends on its common stock. At that time, shareholders consisted
of Apollo affiliates, management and Mosaic.
In June 2003, the Company repaid the balance of its notes payable to Mosaic, including accrued
interest, and repurchased from Mosaic 14,704 shares of its preferred stock, 5,175,117 shares of its
common stock and approximately $18.0 million of cash held in escrow for approximately $36.0
million. The purchase price of the individual securities was allocated ratably according to their
estimated fair values. The redemption of preferred stock resulted in a gain of approximately $8.2
million recorded as a reduction of the accumulated deficit. The repurchase of common stock was
treated as treasury stock and recorded at a cost of approximately $9.7 million. The retirement of
the notes payable resulted in a gain of approximately $1.9 million recorded as other income.
On September 29, 2003, the CMI Senior Executives Deferred Compensation Plan was terminated
and the CMI capital stock held in the deferred compensation plan was subsequently distributed to
the participants with no impact to the Company.
In December 2003, the Company repurchased and redeemed all of its remaining 1,749 shares of
preferred stock at its accreted value. These shares were owned by Apollo affiliates and management.
The Company recorded $0.1 million of interest expense related to debt obligations with Mosaic
affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2003.
Operational Activities:
The Company recorded purchases of $25.6 million from Mosaic affiliates for the year ended
December 31, 2003.
In 2003 the Company had an agreement with Mosaic whereby we marketed SOP produced by Mosaic at
their New Mexico facility as an agent. The Company recognized approximately $0.7 million in fees
from Mosaic for the year ended December 31, 2003 pursuant to this agreement.
In June 2003, the Company purchased, for $24.5 million, intangible assets related to Mosaics
SOP marketing business including customer lists related to its Carlsbad, New Mexico SOP product
line and rights to produce SOP at Mosaics Carlsbad, New Mexico facility. We also incurred
approximately $0.3 million of related transaction costs. As part of the transaction, the agreement
under which the Company, as agent, marketed SOP produced by Mosaic at their Carlsbad, New Mexico
facility terminated on November 30, 2003. For the year ended December 31, 2003, the Company had
purchased approximately $3.9 million of SOP finished goods inventory from Mosaic.
The Company subleased railcars from affiliates of Mosaic that are used by us to transport
products. The lease amounts expensed totaled $0.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2003.
During 2003 and 2004, the Company was a party to a management agreement with Apollo. The
agreement allowed the Company and any of its affiliates to utilize Apollos expertise in areas such
as financial transactions, acquisitions and other matters that related to its business,
administration and policies. Apollo was to receive an annual fee of approximately $1.0 million for
its management services and advice through 2011. During the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2003,
the Company recorded management fee charges of $0.7 million and $1.0 million, respectively, from
Apollo.
Upon completion of the IPO, the Company amended the management consulting agreement with
Apollo, whereby Apollo had the right to terminate the amended management consulting agreement at any time upon prior
written notice to the Company. Apollo elected to terminate the amended management consulting
agreement in November 2004. The Company paid Apollo approximately $4.5 million as a final payment
for all services rendered under the agreement. Upon termination of the agreement by Apollo, any
future obligations of Apollo under the agreement effectively terminated. The payment was expensed
as other charges to operating earnings.
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17. QUARTERLY RESULTS (Unaudited) (In millions, except share data)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter |
|
First |
|
Second |
|
Third |
|
Fourth |
|
2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales |
|
$ |
254.0 |
|
|
$ |
97.7 |
|
|
$ |
107.5 |
|
|
$ |
283.1 |
|
Gross profit |
|
|
71.5 |
|
|
|
21.1 |
|
|
|
24.2 |
|
|
|
82.5 |
|
Net earnings (loss) available for common stock(a) |
|
|
22.6 |
|
|
|
(0.7 |
) |
|
|
(4.4 |
) |
|
|
13.4 |
|
|
Net earnings (loss) per share, basic(a) |
|
$ |
0.73 |
|
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.14 |
) |
|
$ |
0.42 |
|
Net earnings (loss) per share, diluted(a) |
|
|
0.70 |
|
|
|
(0.03 |
) |
|
|
(0.14 |
) |
|
|
0.42 |
|
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding |
|
|
31,140,713 |
|
|
|
31,430,900 |
|
|
|
31,593,768 |
|
|
|
31,786,518 |
|
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding |
|
|
32,323,129 |
|
|
|
31,430,900 |
|
|
|
31,593,768 |
|
|
|
32,180,463 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales |
|
$ |
236.1 |
|
|
$ |
84.1 |
|
|
$ |
98.5 |
|
|
$ |
221.2 |
|
Gross profit |
|
|
69.9 |
|
|
|
18.7 |
|
|
|
23.4 |
|
|
|
67.8 |
|
Net earnings (loss) available for common stock(b) |
|
|
30.3 |
|
|
|
(5.9 |
) |
|
|
5.5 |
|
|
|
19.9 |
|
|
Net earnings (loss) per share, basic(b) |
|
$ |
1.00 |
|
|
$ |
(0.19 |
) |
|
$ |
0.18 |
|
|
$ |
0.65 |
|
Net earnings (loss) per share, diluted(b) |
|
|
0.94 |
|
|
|
(0.19 |
) |
|
|
0.17 |
|
|
|
0.62 |
|
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding |
|
|
30,241,662 |
|
|
|
30,516,370 |
|
|
|
30,785,285 |
|
|
|
30,875,070 |
|
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding |
|
|
32,174,309 |
|
|
|
30,516,370 |
|
|
|
32,273,436 |
|
|
|
32,300,692 |
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Fourth quarter net earnings available for common stock includes a net gain of
$3.7 million from the sale of discontinued operations (Note 13), $33.2 million of expense
related to debt refinancings (approximately $20.5 million after tax Note 8) and income tax
expense of $4.1 resulting from a repatriation of foreign earnings pursuant to the American
Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (Note 6). |
|
(b) |
|
See Note 15 for detail related to special charges during 2004. |
18. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Stock-based compensation awards:
In January 2006, the board approved and the Company granted 143,800 options and 32,400 RSUs
under the 2005 Plan.
Dividend declared:
On February 9, 2006, the board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.305 per share on its
outstanding common stock. The dividend will be paid on March 15, 2006 to stockholders of record as
of the close of business on March 1, 2006.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
On May 18, 2005, the Company dismissed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) as its independent
registered public accounting firm. The decision to dismiss PwC was approved by the Audit Committee
of the Board of Directors.
The reports of PwC on the Companys financial statements for each of the years ended December
31, 2003 and December 31, 2004 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were
not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.
During the two most recent fiscal years and through May 18, 2005, the date of dismissal, there
were no disagreements with PwC on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial
statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the
satisfaction of PwC, would have caused them to make reference thereto in their reports on the
financial statements for such years.
During the two most recent fiscal years and through May 18, 2005, there were no reportable
events (as defined in Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(1)(v) and referred to herein as Reportable
Events), except as follows. In accordance with section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Company
completed its assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting and
concluded that the Companys internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of
December 31, 2004 due to material weaknesses in its internal control over the valuation and
completeness of its income taxes payable, deferred income tax
assets and liabilities (including the associated valuation allowance) and the income tax
provision because it did not have accounting personnel with sufficient knowledge of generally
accepted accounting principles related to income tax accounting and reporting. PwC issued an
adverse opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December
31, 2004. More details on the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting and
managements actions to remediate this weakness are discussed in Item 9A below.
The Company engaged Ernst & Young LLP (E&Y) as its new independent registered public
accounting firm on May 18, 2005. The retention of E&Y was approved by the Audit Committee of the
Board of Directors. During the prior two most recent fiscal years and through May 18, 2005, the
Company did not consult with E&Y regarding (i) the application of accounting
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principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit
opinion that might be rendered on the Companys financial statements, or (ii) any Reportable Event.
There were no disagreements with the independent accountants during the year ended December 31,
2005.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed in the Companys reports under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the
time periods specified in the SECs rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and
communicated to management, including the Companys Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief
Financial Officer (CFO), as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any
controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable
assurance of achieving the desired control objectives and management necessarily was required to
apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
In connection with the preparation of the Annual Report on Form 10-K, an evaluation is
performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Companys management, including
the CEO and CFO, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Companys disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on that
evaluation, the Companys CEO and CFO conclude whether the Companys disclosure controls and
procedures are effective as of the reporting date at the reasonable assurance level. As discussed
below and reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, because
of the material weakness in existence as of December 31, 2004, management concluded that the
Companys disclosure controls and procedures were not effective. Consequently, during 2005, as
discussed below, management implemented procedures and took other actions to improve the
effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures. In connection with this Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, an evaluation was performed of the effectiveness of
the design and operation of the Companys disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31,
2005. Based on that evaluation, the Companys CEO and CFO concluded that the disclosure controls
and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2005 at the reasonable assurance level.
Managements Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. The
Companys internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or
detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are
subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that
the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management conducts an evaluation and assesses the effectiveness of the Companys internal
control over financial reporting as of the reporting date. In making its assessment of internal
control over financial reporting, management uses the criteria set forth by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated
Framework.
A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that
result in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim
financial statements will not be prevented or detected. As of December 31, 2004, the Company did
not maintain effective controls over the valuation and completeness of its income taxes payable,
deferred income tax assets and liabilities (including the associated valuation allowance) and the
income tax provision because it did not have accounting personnel with sufficient knowledge of
generally accepted accounting principles related to income tax accounting and reporting.
Specifically, the Companys processes, procedures and controls related to the preparation and
review of the liability for income taxes payable were not effective to ensure that the additions to
the liability were complete and accurate. Also, the Company did not have effective controls over
the preparation and review of the valuation allowance related to deferred tax assets. This control
deficiency resulted in the restatement of the Companys consolidated financial statements for 2003,
2002, and 2001, for each of the quarters for the two years in the period ended December 31, 2003
and for the first and second quarters for 2004 as well as audit adjustments to the fourth quarter
2004 consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, management determined that this control
deficiency constituted a material weakness and concluded that the Company did not maintain
effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, based on criteria in
Internal Control-Integrated Framework.
As noted below, throughout 2005 management implemented procedures and took various actions to
improve the effectiveness of its internal controls over financial reporting related to its income tax accounting. As of
December 31, 2005, management conducted an evaluation and assessed the effectiveness of the
Companys internal control over financial reporting. Based on its evaluation, management concluded
that the Companys internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2005.
Managements assessment of the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2005 has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered
public accounting firm, as stated in their report which appears herein.
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Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting to Remediate the Material Weakness Reported as of December 31, 2004
In November 2004, the Company reported a material weakness in internal control over financial
reporting related to the Companys accounting for income taxes in connection with filing its
restated Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2003 and its Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2004.
In order to remediate this matter, the Company identified and implemented actions to improve
the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial
reporting related to its income tax accounting. In connection with this ongoing effort, (a) the
Company has and continues to strengthen the resources in the income tax accounting function, (b)
the Company has and continues to adopt more rigorous policies and procedures with respect to the
income tax account balance sheet review process, including the income taxes payable and deferred
tax asset valuation allowance accounts, (c) the Company has and continues to implement a
standardized tax accounting software package to assist in the SFAS No. 109 accounting process, (d)
the Company has hired a Vice President of Income Tax and implemented greater senior level
financial officer review of the income tax balance sheet accounts and the related journal entries,
and (e) the Company engaged a third party specialist to assist the Companys personnel conducting
comprehensive and detailed reviews of the Companys tax reporting and accounting, in particular
with respect to developing more effective processes for establishing and monitoring deferred income
taxes, valuation allowances and the Companys annual effective tax rate. As a result, upon
completion of its evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, management determined
its internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2005.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Except as otherwise discussed herein, there have been no changes in the Companys internal
control over financial reporting during the most recently completed fiscal quarter that have
materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control
over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Information regarding executive officers is included in Part I to this Form 10-K under the
caption Executive Officers of Registrant.
The information required by Item 10 of Form 10-K is incorporated herein by reference to
sections (a) Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant, (b) Proposal 1 Election of
Directors, (c) Information Regarding Board of Directors and Committees and (d) Corporate
Governance Guidelines of the definitive proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A for the
2006 annual meeting of stockholders (2006 Proxy Statement). Additionally, Section 16(a)
Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance is also incorporated herein by reference to the 2006
Proxy Statement.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a code of ethics for our executive and senior financial officers, violations
of which are required to be reported to the audit committee. The code of ethics is included as
Exhibit 14 to this Form 10-K and posted on our website at www.compassminerals.com.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information required by Item 11 of Form 10-K is incorporated herein by reference to the
Executive Compensation Table included in the 2006 Proxy Statement.
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|
|
ITEM 12. |
|
SECURITY OWNERSHIP AND CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS, AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS |
The information required by Item 12 of Form 10-K is incorporated herein by reference to Stock
Ownership included in the 2006 Proxy Statement.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Information required by Item 13 of Form 10-K is incorporated herein by reference to the
disclosure under Certain Relationships and Related Transactions included in the 2006 Proxy
Statement.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The information required by Item 14 of Form 10-K is incorporated herein by reference to
Proposal 2 Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors included in the 2006 Proxy
Statement.
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PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a)(1) Financial statements and supplementary data required by this Item 15 are set forth below:
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|
|
Description |
|
Page |
|
Managements Report on Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting |
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|
50 |
|
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms |
|
|
29 |
|
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 |
|
|
32 |
|
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three years ended December 31, 2005 |
|
|
33 |
|
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders Equity (Deficit) for the three years ended December 31, 2005 |
|
|
34 |
|
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three years ended December 31, 2005 |
|
|
35 |
|
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
|
|
36 |
|
Schedule II Valuation Reserves |
|
|
52 |
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(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedule:
Schedule II Valuation Reserves
Compass Minerals International, Inc.
December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at |
|
Additions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at |
Description |
|
the Beginning |
|
Charged to |
|
|
|
|
|
Disposition(2) |
|
the End of |
(in millions) |
|
of the Year |
|
Expense |
|
Deductions(1) |
|
and other |
|
the Year |
|
Deducted from Receivables Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
$ |
2.3 |
|
|
$ |
1.2 |
|
|
$ |
(1.6 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.2 |
) |
|
$ |
1.7 |
|
2004 |
|
|
2.1 |
|
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
|
(1.2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.3 |
|
2003 |
|
|
1.6 |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
|
|
(0.6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
Deducted from Deferred Income Taxes Valuation Allowance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
$ |
12.6 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(2.2 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
10.4 |
|
2004 |
|
|
24.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12.2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12.6 |
|
2003 |
|
|
30.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
24.8 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Deduction for purposes for which reserve was created. |
|
(2) |
|
Reduction in the allowance for doubtful accounts balance results from the
sale of a business. |
EXHIBIT INDEX
|
|
|
Exhibit |
|
|
No. |
|
Description of Exhibit |
2.1
|
|
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 13, 2001, among IMC Global Inc., Salt Holdings Corporation, YBR
Holdings LLC and YBR Acquisition Corp (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Salt Holdings
Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-104603). |
|
|
|
2.2
|
|
Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 28, 2001, among IMC Global Inc., Salt
Holdings Corporation, YBR Holdings LLC and YBR Acquisition Corp (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
2.2 to Salt Holdings Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-104603). |
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Compass Minerals International, Inc. (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Compass Minerals Internationals Registration Statement on Form S-4,
File No. 333-111953). |
|
|
|
3.2
|
|
Amended and Restated By-laws of Compass Minerals International, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to Compass Minerals Internationals Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-111953). |
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2005 FORM 10-K |
|
|
|
Exhibit |
|
|
No. |
|
Description of Exhibit |
10.1
|
|
Indenture, dated December 20, 2002, between Salt Holdings Corporation, as issuer, and The Bank of New York,
as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Salt Holdings Registration Statement on Form
S-4, File No. 333-104603). |
|
|
|
10.2
|
|
Form of Initial Note (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 10.1). |
|
|
|
10.3
|
|
Form of Exchange Note (included as Exhibit B to Exhibit 10.1). |
|
|
|
10.4
|
|
First Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture governing the 12 3/4% Senior Discount Notes Due 2012 of Salt
Holdings Corporation, dated May 21, 2003, between Salt Holdings Corporation and The Bank of New York, as
trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Salt Holdings Registration Statement on Form
S-4, File No. 333-104603). |
|
|
|
10.5
|
|
Indenture, dated May 22, 2003, governing the 12% Senior Subordinated Discount Notes Due 2013 of Salt
Holdings Corporation, between Salt Holdings Corporation, as issuer, and The Bank of New York, as trustee
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Salt Holdings Registration Statement on Form S-4, File
No. 333-104603). |
|
|
|
10.6
|
|
Form of 12% Senior Subordinated Discount Note (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 10.5). |
|
|
|
10.7
|
|
Salt mining lease, dated November 9, 2001, between the Province of Ontario, as lessor, and Sifto Canada Inc.
as lessee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Salt Holdings Registration Statement on Form
S-4, File No. 333-104603). |
|
|
|
10.8
|
|
Salt and Surface Agreement, dated June 21, 1961, by and between John Taylor Caffery, as agent for Marcie
Caffery Gillis, Marcel A. Gillis, Bethia Caffery McCay, Percey McCay, Mary Louise Caffery Ellis, Emma
Caffery Jackson, Edward Jackson, Liddell Caffery, Marion Caffery Campbell, Martha Gillis Restarick,
Katherine Baker Senter, Caroline Baker, Bethia McCay Brown, Donelson Caffery McCay, Lucius Howard McCurdy
Jr., John Andersen McCurdy, Edward Rader Jackson III, individually and as trustee for Donelson Caffery
Jackson, and the J.M. Burguieres Company, LTD., and Carey Salt Company as amended by Act of Amendment to
Salt Lease, dated May 30, 1973, as further amended by Agreement, dated November 21, 1990, and as further
amended by Amendment to Salt and Surface lease, dated July 1, 1997 (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to Salt Holdings Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-104603). |
|
|
|
10.9
|
|
Royalty Agreement, dated September 1, 1962, between IMC Kalium Ogden Corp. and the Utah State Land Board
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Salt Holdings Registration Statement on Form S-4, File
No. 333-104603). |
|
|
|
10.10*
|
|
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated December 22, 2005, among Compass Minerals International, Inc.
(formerly known as Salt Holdings Corporation), Compass Minerals Group, Inc., as U.S. borrower, Sifto Canada
Corp., as Canadian borrower, Salt Union Limited, as U.K. borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as
administrative agent, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as co-lead arranger and joint bookrunner, Goldman Sachs
Credit Partners L.P., as co-lead arranger and joint bookrunner, Calyon New York Branch, as syndication
agent, Bank of America, N.A., as co-documentation agent, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as co-documentation
agent. |
|
|
|
10.11*
|
|
Amended and Restated U.S. Collateral and Guaranty Agreement, dated December 22, 2005, among Compass Minerals
International, Inc. (formerly known as Salt Holdings Corporation), Compass Minerals Group, Inc., Compass
Resources, Inc., Great Salt Lake Holdings, LLC, Carey Salt Company, Great Salt Lake Minerals Corporation,
GSL Corporation, NAMSCO Inc., North American Salt Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as collateral
agent. |
|
|
|
10.12*
|
|
Amended and Restated U.S. Collateral Assignment, dated December 22, 2005, among Compass Minerals
International, Inc., Compass Minerals Group, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. |
|
|
|
10.13*
|
|
Amended and Restated Foreign Guaranty, dated December 22, 2005, among Sifto Canada Corp., Salt Union
Limited, Compass Minerals (Europe) Limited, Compass Minerals (UK) Limited, London Salt Limited, Direct Salt
Supplies Limited, J.T. Lunt & Co. (Nantwich) Limited, NASC Nova Scotia Company, Compass Minerals Canada
Inc., Compass Canada Limited Partnership, Compass Minerals Nova Scotia Company, Compass Resources Canada
Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as collateral agent. |
|
|
|
10.14
|
|
Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Option Plan of Compass Minerals International, Inc., as adopted by the Board
of Directors of Compass Minerals International, Inc. on December 11, 2003 (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 10.12 to Compass Minerals Internationals Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No.
333-111953). |
|
|
|
10.15*
|
|
Compass Minerals International, Inc. 2005 Incentive Award Plan as approved by stockholders on August 4, 2005. |
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|
2005 FORM 10-K |
|
|
|
Exhibit |
|
|
No. |
|
Description of Exhibit |
10.16
|
|
Service Agreement, dated September 1, 1997, between Salt Union Limited and David J. Goadby (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Salt Holdings Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No.
333-104603). |
|
|
|
10.17
|
|
Form of Change in Control Severance Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Compass
Minerals Internationals Current Report on Form 8-K filed dated January 23, 2006). |
|
|
|
10.18
|
|
Form of Restrictive Covenant Agreement (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Compass Minerals
Internationals Current Report on Form 8-K filed dated January 23, 2006). |
|
|
|
10.19*
|
|
Listing of certain executive officers as parties to the Change in Control Severance Agreement and
Restrictive Covenant Agreement as listed in Exhibits 10.17 and 10.18 herein. |
|
|
|
10.20
|
|
Employment and Consulting Agreement, dated November 3, 2005, between Compass Minerals International, Inc.
and Michael E. Ducey (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Compass Minerals Internationals
Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 3, 2005). |
|
|
|
10.21
|
|
Rights Plan, dated as of December 11, 2003, between Compass Minerals International, Inc. and American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, as rights agent (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to Compass
Minerals Internationals Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-111953). |
|
|
|
10.22
|
|
Certificate of Designation for the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 10.21). |
|
|
|
12.1*
|
|
Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. |
|
|
|
16.1
|
|
Letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP dated May 18, 2005 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 16.1
to Compass Minerals Internationals Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 18, 2005). |
|
|
|
21.1*
|
|
Subsidiaries of the Registrant. |
|
|
|
23.1*
|
|
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. |
|
|
|
23.2*
|
|
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. |
|
|
|
31.1*
|
|
Section 302 Certifications of Michael E. Ducey, President and Chief Executive Officer. |
|
|
|
31.2*
|
|
Section 302 Certifications of
Rodney L. Underdown, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary. |
|
|
|
32*
|
|
Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§1350 of Michael E. Ducey, President and Chief Executive Officer and
Rodney L. Underdown, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary. |
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|
|
|
COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
|
|
2005 FORM 10-K |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
|
|
|
/s/ Michael E. Ducey
|
|
|
Michael E. Ducey |
|
Date: February 24, 2006 |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Rodney L. Underdown
|
|
|
Rodney L. Underdown |
|
Date: February 24, 2006 |
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary |
|
|
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed
below by the following persons on behalf of Compass Minerals International, Inc. and in the
capacities indicated on February 24, 2006.
|
|
|
Signature |
|
Capacity |
|
|
|
|
/s/ Michael E. Ducey
Michael E. Ducey |
|
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
/s/ Rodney L. Underdown
Rodney L. Underdown |
|
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
/s/ Vernon G. Baker, II
Vernon G. Baker, II |
|
Director |
/s/ Bradley J. Bell
Bradley J. Bell |
|
Director |
/s/ David J. DAntoni
David J. DAntoni |
|
Director |
/s/ Richard S. Grant
Richard S. Grant |
|
Director |
/s/ Perry W. Premdas
Perry W. Premdas |
|
Director |
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