x
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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o
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the transition period from
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to
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Tredegar
Corporation
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(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its
Charter)
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Virginia
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54-1497771
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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1100
Boulders Parkway
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Richmond,
Virginia
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23225
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Large
accelerated filer o
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Accelerated
filer x
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Non-accelerated
filer o
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Item
1.
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Financial
Statements.
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Sept.
30, 2006
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Dec.
31, 2005
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||||||
Assets
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|||||||
Current
assets:
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|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
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29,842
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$
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23,434
|
|||
Accounts
and notes receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts and
sales
returns of $6,541 in 2006 and $5,423 in 2005
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159,190
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119,330
|
|||||
Income
taxes recoverable
|
4,802
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7,163
|
|||||
Inventories
|
58,773
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62,438
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
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7,141
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7,778
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses and other
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3,388
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4,224
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|||||
Total
current assets
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263,136
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224,367
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|||||
Property,
plant and equipment, at cost
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667,139
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632,717
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|||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
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340,381
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309,841
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|||||
Net
property, plant and equipment
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326,758
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322,876
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|||||
Other
assets and deferred charges
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95,952
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96,527
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|||||
Goodwill
and other intangibles
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139,058
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137,988
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|||||
Total
assets
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$
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824,904
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$
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781,758
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|||
Liabilities
and Shareholders' Equity
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|||||||
Current
liabilities:
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|||||||
Accounts
payable
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$
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88,364
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$
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61,731
|
|||
Accrued
expenses
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45,805
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36,031
|
|||||
Current
portion of long-term debt
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1,179
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-
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
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135,348
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97,762
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|||||
Long-term
debt
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76,915
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113,050
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
86,429
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74,287
|
|||||
Other
noncurrent liabilities
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11,315
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11,297
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|||||
Total
liabilities
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310,007
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296,396
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|||||
Commitments
and contingencies (Notes 1 and 2)
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|||||||
Shareholders'
equity:
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|||||||
Common
stock, no par value
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111,703
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110,706
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|||||
Common
stock held in trust for savings restoration plan
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(1,289
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)
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(1,284
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)
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|||
Unearned
compensation on restricted stock
|
-
|
(966
|
)
|
||||
Unrealized
gain on available-for-sale securities
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-
|
23
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|||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
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20,217
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14,114
|
|||||
(Loss)
gain on derivative financial instruments
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(230
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)
|
776
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||||
Minimum
pension liability
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(2,434
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)
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(2,434
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)
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|||
Retained
earnings
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386,930
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364,427
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|||||
Total
shareholders' equity
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514,897
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485,362
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|||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity
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$
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824,904
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$
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781,758
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Three
Months Ended Sept. 30
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Nine
Months Ended Sept. 30
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||||||||||||
2006
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2005
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2006
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2005
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||||||||||
Revenues
and other items:
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|||||||||||||
Sales
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$
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296,256
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$
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240,716
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$
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846,711
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$
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717,197
|
|||||
Other
income (expense), net
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474
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(394
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)
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734
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3,104
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||||||||
296,730
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240,322
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847,445
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720,301
|
||||||||||
Costs
and expenses:
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|||||||||||||
Cost
of goods sold
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252,848
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201,917
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719,177
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604,346
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|||||||||
Freight
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7,265
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6,281
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20,989
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18,626
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|||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
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18,135
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15,746
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50,570
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49,200
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|||||||||
Research
and development
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2,016
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1,851
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6,114
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7,217
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|||||||||
Amortization
of intangibles
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37
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50
|
112
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262
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|||||||||
Interest
expense
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1,331
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1,196
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4,231
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3,252
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|||||||||
Asset
impairments and costs associated with exit and disposal
activities
|
692
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1,159
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3,410
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12,517
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|||||||||
Total
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282,324
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228,200
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804,603
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695,420
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|||||||||
Income
before income taxes
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14,406
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12,122
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42,842
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24,881
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|||||||||
Income
taxes
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4,716
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4,465
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15,687
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9,542
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|||||||||
Net
income
|
$
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9,690
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$
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7,657
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$
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27,155
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$
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15,339
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|||||
Earnings
per share:
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|||||||||||||
Basic
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$
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.25
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$
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.20
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$
|
.70
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$
|
.40
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|||||
Diluted
|
.25
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.20
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.70
|
.40
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|||||||||
Shares
used to compute earnings per share:
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|||||||||||||
Basic
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38,654
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38,465
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38,629
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38,453
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|||||||||
Diluted
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39,123
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38,565
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38,876
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38,598
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|||||||||
Dividends
per share
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$
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.04
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$
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.04
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$
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.12
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$
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.12
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Nine
Months Ended Sept. 30
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|||||||
2006
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2005
|
||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
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|||||||
Net
income
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$
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27,155
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$
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15,339
|
|||
Adjustments
for noncash items:
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|||||||
Depreciation
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32,619
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28,203
|
|||||
Amortization
of intangibles
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112
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262
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
10,135
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6,801
|
|||||
Accrued
pension and postretirement benefits
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2,358
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(1,611
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)
|
||||
Gain
on sale of assets
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(56
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)
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(2,507
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)
|
|||
Loss
on asset impairments and divestitures
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1,150
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6,556
|
|||||
Changes
in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and
divestitures:
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|||||||
Accounts
and notes receivable
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(37,600
|
)
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(15,327
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)
|
|||
Inventories
|
5,180
|
12,631
|
|||||
Income
taxes recoverable
|
2,353
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(8,627
|
)
|
||||
Prepaid
expenses and other
|
870
|
789
|
|||||
Accounts
payable
|
25,109
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(3,169
|
)
|
||||
Accrued
expenses and income taxes payable
|
7,877
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(1,132
|
)
|
||||
Other,
net
|
(938
|
)
|
(2,767
|
)
|
|||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
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76,324
|
35,441
|
|||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(31,714
|
)
|
(49,027
|
)
|
|||
Novalux
investment
|
(542
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Proceeds
from the sale of assets and property disposals
|
266
|
3,368
|
|||||
Other,
net
|
-
|
737
|
|||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(31,990
|
)
|
(44,922
|
)
|
|||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|||||||
Dividends
paid
|
(4,656
|
)
|
(4,641
|
)
|
|||
Debt
principal payments
|
(38,956
|
)
|
(33,875
|
)
|
|||
Borrowings
|
4,000
|
45,620
|
|||||
Book
overdrafts
|
-
|
3,642
|
|||||
Proceeds
from exercise of stock options
|
1,162
|
406
|
|||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities
|
(38,450
|
)
|
11,152
|
||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash
|
524
|
(1,218
|
)
|
||||
Increase
in cash and cash equivalents
|
6,408
|
453
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
23,434
|
22,994
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
29,842
|
$
|
23,447
|
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
Stock
|
Retained
Earnings
|
Trust
for Savings Restoration Plan
|
Unearned
Restricted Stock Compensation
|
Unrealized
Gain on Available-for-Sale Securities
|
Foreign
Currency Translation
|
Gain
(Loss) on Derivative Financial Instruments
|
Minimum
Pension Liability
|
Total
Share-holders' Equity
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
December 31, 2005
|
$
|
110,706
|
$
|
364,427
|
$
|
(1,284
|
)
|
$
|
(966
|
)
|
$
|
23
|
$
|
14,114
|
$
|
776
|
$
|
(2,434
|
)
|
$
|
485,362
|
|||||||
Comprehensive
income:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
-
|
27,155
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
27,155
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income (loss):
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale
securities adjustment (net of tax of $13)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(23
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(23
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustment (net of tax of $3,271)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6,103
|
-
|
-
|
6,103
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Derivative
financial instruments adjustment (net of tax of $581)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,006
|
)
|
-
|
(1,006
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
32,229
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends declared ($.04 per share)
|
-
|
(4,656
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(4,656
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Elimination
of unearned restricted stock compensation
|
(966
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
966
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||||||||
Stock
options and restricted stock awards
|
783
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
783
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Issued
upon exercise of stock options and stock compensation plans (including
related income tax benefits of $113)
|
1,180
|
4
|
(5
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,179
|
||||||||||||||||||
Balance
September 30, 2006
|
$
|
111,703
|
$
|
386,930
|
$
|
(1,289
|
)
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
20,217
|
$
|
(230
|
)
|
$
|
(2,434
|
)
|
$
|
514,897
|
1.
|
In
the opinion of management, the accompanying consolidated financial
statements of Tredegar Corporation and Subsidiaries (“Tredegar”) contain
all adjustments necessary to present fairly, in all material respects,
Tredegar’s consolidated financial position as of September 30, 2006, the
consolidated results of operations for the three and nine months
ended
September 30, 2006 and 2005, and the consolidated cash flows for
the nine
months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005. All such adjustments are
deemed
to be of a normal, recurring nature. These financial statements should
be
read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and
related
notes included in Tredegar’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2005. The results of operations for the three and nine
months
ended September 30, 2006, are not necessarily indicative of the results
to
be expected for the full year.
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2.
|
Plant
shutdowns, asset impairments and restructurings and related items
in the
third quarter of 2006 shown in the segment operating profit table
in Note
8 include:
|
·
|
A
net pretax gain of $1 million associated with the shutdown of the
films
manufacturing facility in LaGrange, Georgia, including a gain of
$1.2
million for related LIFO inventory liquidations (included in "Cost
of
goods sold" in the consolidated statements of income), partially
offset by
other shutdown-related costs of
$198,000;
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $920,000 related to expected future environmental
costs
at the aluminum extrusions facility in Newnan, Georgia (included
in "Cost
of goods sold" in the consolidated statements of income);
and
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $494,000 related to the estimated loss on the sub-lease
of a portion of the AFBS (formerly Therics) facility in Princeton,
New Jersey.
|
·
|
Pretax
charges of $906,000 for severance and other employee-related costs
in
connection with restructurings in Film Products ($514,000), Aluminum
Extrusions ($207,000), and at corporate headquarters ($185,000; included
in "Corporate expenses, net" in the segment operating profit
table);
|
·
|
A
net pretax charge of $595,000 related to severance and other
employee-related costs associated with the restructuring of the research
and development operations in Film Products (of this amount, $657,000
in
pretax charges for employee relocation and recruitment is included
in
"Selling, general and administrative expenses" in the consolidated
statements of income);
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $198,000 related to the shutdown of the aluminum
extrusions facility in Aurora, Ontario;
and
|
·
|
Pretax
charges of $117,000 for accelerated depreciation related to restructurings
in Film Products.
|
·
|
A
net pretax gain of $1.4 million associated with the shutdown of the
films
manufacturing facility in LaGrange, Georgia, including a gain of
$2.6
million for related LIFO inventory liquidations (included in "Cost
of
goods sold" in the consolidated statements of income), partially
offset by
severance and other costs of $1 million and asset impairment charges
of
$130,000;
|
·
|
Pretax
charges of $1 million for asset impairments in Film
Products;
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $920,000 related to expected future environmental
costs
at the aluminum extrusions facility in Newnan, Georgia (included
in "Cost
of goods sold" in the consolidated statements of
income);
|
·
|
Pretax
charges of $727,000 for severance and other employee-related costs
in
connection with restructurings in Film Products ($213,000) and Aluminum
Extrusions ($514,000); and
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $494,000 related to the estimated loss on the sub-lease
of a portion of the AFBS (formerly Therics) facility in Princeton,
New Jersey.
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $10 million related to the sale or assignment of
substantially all of Therics' assets, including asset impairment
charges
of $5.6 million, lease-related losses of $3 million and severance
and
other transaction-related costs of $1.4
million;
|
·
|
Pretax
charges of $1.8 million related to severance and other employee-related
costs associated with restructurings in Film Products ($991,000),
Aluminum
Extrusions ($648,000) and at corporate headquarters ($185,000; included
in
"Corporate expenses, net" in the segment operating profit
table);
|
·
|
A
pretax gain of $1.6 million related to the shutdown of the films
manufacturing facility in New Bern, North Carolina, including a $1.8
million gain on the sale of the facility (included in "Other income
(expense), net" in the consolidated statements of income), partially
offset by shutdown-related expenses of
$225,000;
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $1 million for process reengineering costs associated
with the implementation of a new information system in Film Products
(included in "Costs of goods sold" in the consolidated statements
of
income);
|
·
|
A
net pretax charge of $725,000 related to severance and other
employee-related costs associated with the restructuring of the research
and development operations in Film Products (of this amount, $1.2
million
in pretax charges for employee relocation and recruitment is included
in
"Selling, general and administrative expenses" in the consolidated
statements of income);
|
·
|
A
pretax gain of $653,000 related to the shutdown of the films manufacturing
facility in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, including a $630,000 gain on
the
sale of the facility (included in "Other income (expense), net" in
the
consolidated statements of income), and the reversal to income of
certain
shutdown-related accruals of
$23,000;
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $597,000 related to the shutdown of the aluminum
extrusions facility in Aurora, Ontario, including $1.1 million of
shutdown-related costs, partially offset by the reversal to income
of
certain severance and employee-related accruals of $474,000;
and
|
·
|
Pretax
charges of $322,000 for accelerated depreciation related to restructurings
in Film Products.
|
(In
Thousands)
|
Severance
|
Asset
Impairments
|
Accelerated
Depreciation (a)
|
Other
(b)
|
Total
|
|||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2005
|
$
|
1,485
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
5,487
|
$
|
6,972
|
||||||
Changes
in 2006:
|
||||||||||||||||
Charges
|
1,371
|
1,150
|
-
|
937
|
3,458
|
|||||||||||
Cash
spent
|
(2,286
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
(1,538
|
)
|
(3,824
|
)
|
||||||||
Charged
against assets
|
-
|
(1,150
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
(1,150
|
)
|
|||||||||
Balance
at September 30, 2006
|
$
|
570
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
4,886
|
$
|
5,456
|
(a)
|
Represents
depreciation accelerated due to plant shutdowns based on a remaining
useful life of less than one year.
|
(b)
|
Other
includes primarily accrued losses on a sub-lease at a facility in
Princeton, New Jersey.
|
3.
|
The
components of other comprehensive income or loss are as
follows:
|
Three
Months Ended Sept. 30
|
Nine
Months Ended Sept. 30
|
||||||||||||
(In
Thousands)
|
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
9,690
|
$
|
7,657
|
$
|
27,155
|
$
|
15,339
|
|||||
Other
comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
|
|||||||||||||
Available-for-sale
securities adjustment:
|
|||||||||||||
Unrealized
net holding gains (losses) arising during the period
|
-
|
8
|
(2
|
)
|
39
|
||||||||
Reclassification
adjustment for net gains realized in income
|
-
|
-
|
(21
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
Available-for-sale
securities adjustment
|
-
|
8
|
(23
|
)
|
39
|
||||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
1,536
|
3,043
|
6,103
|
(4,073
|
)
|
||||||||
Derivative
financial instrument adjustment
|
669
|
736
|
(1,006
|
)
|
(620
|
)
|
|||||||
Minimum
pension liability adjustment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
191
|
|||||||||
Comprehensive
income (loss)
|
$
|
11,895
|
$
|
11,444
|
$
|
32,229
|
$
|
10,876
|
4.
|
The
components of inventories are as
follows:
|
(In
Thousands)
|
Sept.
30 2006
|
Dec.
31, 2005
|
|||||
Finished
goods
|
$
|
11,477
|
$
|
12,838
|
|||
Work-in-process
|
3,685
|
3,685
|
|||||
Raw
materials
|
29,028
|
33,043
|
|||||
Stores,
supplies and other
|
14,583
|
12,872
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
58,773
|
$
|
62,438
|
5.
|
Basic
earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted
average number of shares of common stock outstanding. Diluted earnings
per
share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average
common
and potentially dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding, determined
as follows:
|
Three
Months Ended Sept. 30
|
Nine
Months Ended Sept. 30
|
||||||||||||
(In
Thousands)
|
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding used to compute basic earnings per
share
|
38,654
|
38,465
|
38,629
|
38,453
|
|||||||||
Incremental
shares attributable to stock options and restricted stock
|
469
|
100
|
247
|
145
|
|||||||||
Shares
used to compute diluted earnings per share
|
39,123
|
38,565
|
38,876
|
38,598
|
6.
|
Effective
January 1, 2006, Tredegar adopted Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based
Payment
(“SFAS 123(R)”). SFAS 123(R) requires us to record compensation expense
for all share-based awards. We previously applied Accounting Principles
Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting
for Stock Issued to Employees,
and related interpretations and provided the required pro forma
disclosures of SFAS No. 123, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation
(“SFAS 123”). Because we used the modified prospective method in adopting
SFAS 123(R), prior periods have not been restated. In addition, the
cumulative adjustment (estimated forfeitures) relating to the adoption
of
SFAS 123(R) in the first quarter of 2006 of $96,000 has not been
separately shown in the income statement due to
immateriality.
|
Assumptions
Used in Determining Compensation Expense for Stock Options Granted
in 2006
& Other Data
|
||||||||||
Dividend
yield
|
1.1
|
%
|
Stock
options granted (number of shares):
|
|||||||
Expected
volatility percentage
|
37.3%-39.1
|
%
|
Officers
|
97,500
|
||||||
Weighted-average
volatility
|
38.4
|
%
|
Management
|
330,800
|
||||||
Weighted
average risk-free interest rate
|
4.7
|
%
|
Other
employees
|
-
|
||||||
Expected
holding period (years):
|
Total
|
428,300
|
||||||||
Officers
|
6.0
|
|||||||||
Management
|
5.0
|
Estimated
weighted average fair value of
|
||||||||
Other
employees
|
n/a
|
options
per share at date of grant:
|
||||||||
Estimated
weighted-average annual forfeiture rate
|
Officers
|
$
|
6.22
|
|||||||
at
date of grant:
|
Management
|
5.64
|
||||||||
Officers
|
2.0
|
%
|
Other
employees
|
-
|
||||||
Management
|
5.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Weighted
average exercise prices at date of grant:
|
||||||||||
Officers
|
$
|
15.11
|
Total
estimated fair value of stock
|
|||||||
Management
|
$
|
15.18
|
options
granted (in thousands)
|
|
$
|
2,472
|
Option
Exercise Price/Share
|
||||||||||||||||
Number
of Options
|
Range
|
Wgted.
Ave.
|
||||||||||||||
Outstanding
at 12/31/04
|
2,661,990
|
$
|
4.17
|
to
|
$
|
46.63
|
$
|
22.01
|
||||||||
Granted
|
-
|
n/a
|
to
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|||||||||||
Forfeited
and Expired
|
(274,575
|
)
|
13.95
|
to
|
46.63
|
21.90
|
||||||||||
Exercised
|
(137,075
|
)
|
4.17
|
to
|
16.55
|
7.51
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
at 12/31/05
|
2,250,340
|
7.38
|
to
|
46.63
|
22.90
|
|||||||||||
Granted
|
428,300
|
15.11
|
to
|
16.48
|
15.16
|
|||||||||||
Forfeited
and Expired
|
(765,975
|
)
|
7.38
|
to
|
46.63
|
31.47
|
||||||||||
Exercised
|
(107,510
|
)
|
7.38
|
to
|
14.56
|
11.01
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
at 9/30/06
|
1,805,155
|
$
|
13.95
|
to
|
$
|
29.94
|
$
|
18.14
|
Options
Outstanding at
|
Options
Exercisable at
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September
30, 2006
|
September
30, 2006
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted
Average
|
Aggregate
|
Aggregate
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Remaining
|
Intrinsic
|
Weighted
|
Intrinsic
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contract-
|
Value
|
Average
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Range
of
|
ual
Life
|
Exercise
|
(In
|
Exercise
|
(In
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
Prices
|
Shares
|
(Years)
|
Price
|
Thousands)
|
Shares
|
Price
|
Thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
$ 13.95
|
to
|
$
|
17.88
|
840,550
|
4.3
|
$
|
15.18
|
$
|
1,317
|
461,750
|
$
|
15.20
|
$
|
718
|
||||||||||||||
17.89
|
to
|
19.75
|
667,650
|
1.5
|
19.22
|
-
|
667,650
|
19.22
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
19.76
|
to
|
25.65
|
216,300
|
0.4
|
21.95
|
-
|
216,300
|
21.95
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
25.66
|
to
|
29.94
|
80,655
|
1.7
|
29.85
|
-
|
80,655
|
29.85
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||||||
$ 13.95
|
to
|
$
|
29.94
|
1,805,155
|
2.7
|
$
|
18.14
|
$
|
1,317
|
1,426,355
|
$
|
18.93
|
$
|
718
|
Non-vested
Restricted Stock
|
Number
of
Shares
|
Wgtd.
Ave. Grant
Date
Fair Value/Sh.
|
|||||
Outstanding
at 12/31/05
|
109,000
|
$
|
13.88
|
||||
Granted
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Vested
|
(17,333
|
)
|
13.95
|
||||
Forfeited
|
(24,167
|
)
|
13.80
|
||||
Outstanding
at 9/30/06
|
67,500
|
$
|
13.90
|
7.
|
The
components of net periodic benefit income (cost) for our pension
and other
post-retirement benefit programs are shown
below:
|
Pension
Benefits for
3
Months Ended Sept. 30
|
Other
Post-Retirement Benefits for
3
Months Ended Sept. 30
|
||||||||||||
(In
Thousands)
|
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Service
cost
|
$
|
(1,425
|
)
|
$
|
(1,616
|
)
|
$
|
(22
|
)
|
$
|
(23
|
)
|
|
Interest
cost
|
(3,384
|
)
|
(3,172
|
)
|
(135
|
)
|
(116
|
)
|
|||||
Employee
contributions
|
-
|
113
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Other
|
(36
|
)
|
(29
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
5,434
|
5,526
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Amortization
of prior service costs, gains or losses and net transition
asset
|
(1,111
|
)
|
(185
|
)
|
4
|
1
|
|||||||
Net
periodic benefit (cost) income
|
$
|
(522
|
)
|
$
|
637
|
$
|
(153
|
)
|
$
|
(138
|
)
|
Pension
Benefits for
9
Months Ended Sept. 30
|
Other
Post-Retirement Benefits for
9
Months Ended Sept. 30
|
||||||||||||
(In
Thousands)
|
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Service
cost
|
$
|
(4,313
|
)
|
$
|
(4,892
|
)
|
$
|
(66
|
)
|
$
|
(80
|
)
|
|
Interest
cost
|
(10,051
|
)
|
(9,463
|
)
|
(406
|
)
|
(407
|
)
|
|||||
Employee
contributions
|
-
|
340
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Other
|
(93
|
)
|
40
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
16,102
|
16,550
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Amortization
of prior service costs, gains or losses and net transition
asset
|
(3,544
|
)
|
(476
|
)
|
13
|
(1
|
)
|
||||||
Net
periodic benefit (cost) income
|
$
|
(1,899
|
)
|
$
|
2,099
|
$
|
(459
|
)
|
$
|
(488
|
)
|
8.
|
Information
by business segment is reported below. There are no accounting
transactions between segments and no allocations to segments. There
have
been no significant changes to identifiable assets by segment. Net
sales
(sales less freight) and operating profit from ongoing operations
are the
measures of sales and operating profit used by the chief operating
decision maker of each segment for purposes of assessing
performance.
|
Three
Months Ended Sept. 30
|
Nine
Months Ended Sept. 30
|
||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Net
Sales
|
|||||||||||||
Film
Products
|
$
|
134,961
|
$
|
116,350
|
$
|
382,697
|
$
|
344,305
|
|||||
Aluminum
Extrusions
|
154,030
|
118,085
|
443,025
|
354,014
|
|||||||||
AFBS
(formerly Therics)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
252
|
|||||||||
Total
net sales
|
288,991
|
234,435
|
825,722
|
698,571
|
|||||||||
Add
back freight
|
7,265
|
6,281
|
20,989
|
18,626
|
|||||||||
Sales
as shown in the Consolidated Statements of Income
|
$
|
296,256
|
$
|
240,716
|
$
|
846,711
|
$
|
717,197
|
|||||
Operating
Profit
|
|||||||||||||
Film
Products:
|
|||||||||||||
Ongoing
operations
|
$
|
13,770
|
$
|
13,822
|
$
|
42,611
|
$
|
36,796
|
|||||
Plant
shutdowns, asset impairments and restructurings, net of gain on sale
of
assets and related income from LIFO inventory liquidations
|
1,022
|
(1,225
|
)
|
207
|
(812
|
)
|
|||||||
Aluminum
Extrusions:
|
|||||||||||||
Ongoing
operations
|
5,407
|
4,362
|
15,947
|
14,580
|
|||||||||
Plant
shutdowns, asset impairments and restructurings
|
(920
|
)
|
(406
|
)
|
(1,434
|
)
|
(1,246
|
)
|
|||||
AFBS
(formerly Therics):
|
|||||||||||||
Ongoing
operations
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3,467
|
)
|
||||||||
Loss
on investment in Therics, LLC
|
-
|
(91
|
)
|
(25
|
)
|
(91
|
)
|
||||||
Plant
shutdowns, asset impairments and restructurings
|
(494
|
)
|
-
|
(494
|
)
|
(10,049
|
)
|
||||||
Total
|
18,785
|
16,462
|
56,812
|
35,711
|
|||||||||
Interest
income
|
315
|
146
|
822
|
386
|
|||||||||
Interest
expense
|
1,331
|
1,196
|
4,231
|
3,252
|
|||||||||
Gain
on sale of corporate assets
|
-
|
-
|
56
|
61
|
|||||||||
Stock
option-based compensation costs
|
215
|
-
|
708
|
-
|
|||||||||
Corporate
expenses, net
|
3,148
|
3,290
|
9,909
|
8,025
|
|||||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
14,406
|
12,122
|
42,842
|
24,881
|
|||||||||
Income
taxes
|
4,716
|
4,465
|
15,687
|
9,542
|
|||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
9,690
|
$
|
7,657
|
$
|
27,155
|
$
|
15,339
|
9.
|
In
September 2006,
the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement
of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers'
Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans,
an
amendment of FASB Statements No 87, 88, 106 and 132(R), effective
for public
companies for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2006. Accordingly,
we
will be required to recognize the funded status of our pension plans
in
our December 31, 2006 financial statements. The funded status of
our
pension plans at December 31, 2005 was plan assets at fair value
in excess
of benefit obligations of $18.6 million ($28.6 million on a pro forma
basis including the pension plan changes discussed in Note 7). On
a pro
forma basis at December 31, 2005 (including the pension plan changes
discussed in Note 7), we estimate that the new standard would have
resulted in a decrease in prepaid pension cost of $57 million (included
in
“Other assets and deferred charges” in the consolidated balance sheet), a
decrease in non-current deferred income tax liabilities of $20 million
and
a decrease in shareholders’ equity of $37 million. Adjustments
from the new standard are not expected to impact our debt covenant
computations since our credit agreement allows us to elect to use
generally accepted accounting principles in effect when the agreement
was
signed.
|
Item
2.
|
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
|
·
|
A
net pretax gain of $1 million associated with the shutdown of the
films
manufacturing facility in LaGrange, Georgia, including a gain of
$1.2
million for related LIFO inventory liquidations (included in "Cost
of
goods sold" in the consolidated statements of income), partially
offset by
other shutdown-related costs of
$198,000;
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $920,000 related to expected future environmental
costs
at the aluminum extrusions facility in Newnan, Georgia (included
in "Cost
of goods sold" in the consolidated statements of income);
and
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $494,000 related to the estimated loss on the sub-lease
of a portion of the AFBS
(formerly Therics) facility in Princeton, New
Jersey.
|
·
|
Pretax
charges of $906,000 for severance and other employee-related costs
in
connection with restructurings in Film Products ($514,000), Aluminum
Extrusions ($207,000), and at corporate headquarters ($185,000; included
in "Corporate expenses, net" in the segment operating profit
table);
|
·
|
A
net pretax charge of $595,000 related to severance and other
employee-related costs associated with the restructuring of the research
and development operations in Film Products (of this amount, $657,000
in
pretax charges for employee relocation and recruitment is included
in
"Selling, general and administrative expenses" in the consolidated
statements of income);
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $198,000 related to the shutdown of the aluminum
extrusions facility in Aurora, Ontario;
and
|
·
|
Pretax
charges of $117,000 for accelerated depreciation related to restructurings
in Film Products.
|
Three
Months Ended Sept. 30
|
|||||||
(In
Millions)
|
2006
|
2005
|
|||||
Floating-rate
debt with interest charged on a rollover basis at one-month
LIBOR:
|
|||||||
Average
outstanding debt balance
|
$
|
83.8
|
$
|
112.0
|
|||
Average
interest rate
|
6.2
|
%
|
4.8
|
%
|
|||
Fixed-rate
and other debt:
|
|||||||
Average
outstanding debt balance
|
$
|
3.8
|
$
|
5.8
|
|||
Average
interest rate
|
4.0
|
%
|
5.8
|
%
|
|||
Total
debt:
|
|||||||
Average
outstanding debt balance
|
$
|
87.6
|
$
|
117.8
|
|||
Average
interest rate
|
6.1
|
%
|
4.8
|
%
|
·
|
A
net pretax gain of $1.4 million associated with the shutdown of the
films
manufacturing facility in LaGrange, Georgia, including a gain of
$2.6
million for related LIFO inventory liquidations (included in "Cost
of
goods sold" in the consolidated statements of income), partially
offset by
severance and other costs of $1 million and asset impairment charges
of
$130,000;
|
·
|
Pretax
charges of $1 million for asset impairments in Film
Products;
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $920,000 related to expected future environmental
costs
at the aluminum extrusions facility in Newnan, Georgia (included
in "Cost
of goods sold" in the consolidated statements of
income);
|
·
|
Pretax
charges of $727,000 for severance and other employee-related costs
in
connection with restructurings in Film Products ($213,000) and Aluminum
Extrusions ($514,000); and
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $494,000 related to the estimated loss on the sub-lease
of a portion of the AFBS (formerly Therics) facility in Princeton,
New
Jersey.
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $10 million related to the sale or assignment of
substantially all of Therics' assets, including asset impairment
charges
of $5.6 million, lease-related losses of $3 million and severance
and
other transaction-related costs of $1.4
million;
|
·
|
Pretax
charges of $1.8 million related to severance and other employee-related
costs associated with restructurings in Film Products ($991,000),
Aluminum
Extrusions ($648,000) and at corporate headquarters ($185,000; included
in
“Corporate expenses, net” in the segment operating profit
table);
|
·
|
A
pretax gain of $1.6 million related to the shutdown of the films
manufacturing facility in New Bern, North Carolina, including a $1.8
million gain on the sale of the facility (included in "Other income
(expense), net" in the consolidated statements of income), partially
offset by shutdown-related expenses of
$225,000;
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $1 million for process reengineering costs associated
with the implementation of a new information system in Film Products
(included in "Costs of goods sold" in the consolidated statements
of
income);
|
·
|
A
net pretax charge of $725,000 related to severance and other
employee-related costs associated with the restructuring of the research
and development operations in Film Products (of this amount, $1.2
million
in pretax charges for employee relocation and recruitment is included
in
"Selling, general and administrative expenses" in the consolidated
statements of income);
|
·
|
A
pretax gain of $653,000 related to the shutdown of the films manufacturing
facility in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, including a $630,000 gain on
the
sale of the facility (included in "Other income (expense), net" in
the
consolidated statements of income), and the reversal to income of
certain
shutdown-related accruals of
$23,000;
|
·
|
A
pretax charge of $597,000 related to the shutdown of the aluminum
extrusions facility in Aurora, Ontario, including $1.1 million of
shutdown-related costs, partially offset by the reversal to income
of
certain severance and employee-related accruals of $474,000;
and
|
·
|
Pretax
charges of $322,000 for accelerated depreciation related to restructurings
in Film Products.
|
Nine
Months Ended Sept. 30
|
|||||||
(In
Millions)
|
2006
|
2005
|
|||||
Floating-rate
debt with interest charged on a rollover basis at one-month
LIBOR:
|
|||||||
Average
outstanding debt balance
|
$
|
98.2
|
$
|
110.5
|
|||
Average
interest rate
|
5.8
|
%
|
4.3
|
%
|
|||
Fixed-rate
and other debt:
|
|||||||
Average
outstanding debt balance
|
$
|
4.9
|
$
|
5.9
|
|||
Average
interest rate
|
5.9
|
%
|
5.3
|
%
|
|||
Total
debt:
|
|||||||
Average
outstanding debt balance
|
$
|
103.1
|
$
|
116.4
|
|||
Average
interest rate
|
5.8
|
%
|
4.4
|
%
|
Three
Months Ended Sept. 30
|
Nine
Months Ended Sept. 30
|
||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Net
Sales
|
|||||||||||||
Film
Products
|
$
|
134,961
|
$
|
116,350
|
$
|
382,697
|
$
|
344,305
|
|||||
Aluminum
Extrusions
|
154,030
|
118,085
|
443,025
|
354,014
|
|||||||||
AFBS
(formerly Therics)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
252
|
|||||||||
Total
net sales
|
288,991
|
234,435
|
825,722
|
698,571
|
|||||||||
Add
back freight
|
7,265
|
6,281
|
20,989
|
18,626
|
|||||||||
Sales
as shown in the Consolidated Statements of Income
|
$
|
296,256
|
$
|
240,716
|
$
|
846,711
|
$
|
717,197
|
|||||
Operating
Profit
|
|||||||||||||
Film
Products:
|
|||||||||||||
Ongoing
operations
|
$
|
13,770
|
$
|
13,822
|
$
|
42,611
|
$
|
36,796
|
|||||
Plant
shutdowns, asset impairments and restructurings, net of gain on sale
of
assets and related income from LIFO inventory liquidations
|
1,022
|
(1,225
|
)
|
207
|
(812
|
)
|
|||||||
Aluminum
Extrusions:
|
|||||||||||||
Ongoing
operations
|
5,407
|
4,362
|
15,947
|
14,580
|
|||||||||
Plant
shutdowns, asset impairments and restructurings
|
(920
|
)
|
(406
|
)
|
(1,434
|
)
|
(1,246
|
)
|
|||||
AFBS
(formerly Therics):
|
|||||||||||||
Ongoing
operations
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3,467
|
)
|
||||||||
Loss
on investment in Therics, LLC
|
-
|
(91
|
)
|
(25
|
)
|
(91
|
)
|
||||||
Plant
shutdowns, asset impairments and restructurings
|
(494
|
)
|
-
|
(494
|
)
|
(10,049
|
)
|
||||||
Total
|
18,785
|
16,462
|
56,812
|
35,711
|
|||||||||
Interest
income
|
315
|
146
|
822
|
386
|
|||||||||
Interest
expense
|
1,331
|
1,196
|
4,231
|
3,252
|
|||||||||
Gain
on sale of corporate assets
|
-
|
-
|
56
|
61
|
|||||||||
Stock
option-based compensation costs
|
215
|
-
|
708
|
-
|
|||||||||
Corporate
expenses, net
|
3,148
|
3,290
|
9,909
|
8,025
|
|||||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
14,406
|
12,122
|
42,842
|
24,881
|
|||||||||
Income
taxes
|
4,716
|
4,465
|
15,687
|
9,542
|
|||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
9,690
|
$
|
7,657
|
$
|
27,155
|
$
|
15,339
|
·
|
Accounts
receivable increased significantly by $39.9 million
(33%).
|
-
|
Accounts
receivable in Film Products increased by $17.0 million due to higher
sales. Days sales outstanding (“DSO”) was 51 at September 30, 2006
compared with an average of 50 over the last four quarters.
|
-
|
Accounts
receivable in Aluminum Extrusions increased by $24.4 million due
to higher
sales. DSO was about 45, consistent with the average over the last
four
quarters.
|
·
|
Inventories
decreased by $3.7 million (5.9%).
|
-
|
Inventory
days were 38 in Film Products, which was about 6 days below the
average
over the last four quarters and indicative of the success achieved
by our
inventory management program initiated at the beginning of the
year.
|
-
|
Inventory
days were 24 in Aluminum Extrusions consistent with the level at
June 30,
2006, and about 2 days below the average over the last four quarters.
|
·
|
Net
property, plant and equipment was up $3.9 million (1.2%) due primarily
to
appreciation of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. Dollar ($6.6
million), capital expenditures of $31.7 million compared with depreciation
of $32.6 million, and asset impairments in Film Products of $1.2
million.
|
·
|
Accounts
payable increased significantly by $26.6 million
(43%).
|
-
|
Accounts
payable days were 30 in Film Products, about 1 day above the average
over
the last four quarters.
|
-
|
Accounts
payable days were 33 in Aluminum Extrusions, about even with the
average
over the last four quarters.
|
·
|
Accrued
expenses increased by $9.8 million (27.1%) primarily due to incentive
compensation accruals ($2.5 million), revenue received in advance
of
shipment ($2.1 million), timing of payroll and related tax disbursements
($1.9 million), higher estimated liabilities for healthcare, workers
compensation, property and casualty loss claims ($1.1 million) and
the
accrual for expected future environmental costs at the aluminum extrusions
facility in Newnan, Georgia
($920,000).
|
·
|
Deferred
income tax liabilities increased by $12.1 million (16.3%) primarily
due to
utilization of income tax credit carry-forwards ($7.6 million) and
an
increase in the foreign currency translation adjustment included
in
shareholders’ equity ($3.3 million).
|
Net
Capitalization and Indebtedness as of Sept. 30, 2006
|
||||
(In
Thousands)
|
||||
Net
capitalization:
|
||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
29,842
|
||
Debt:
|
||||
$300
million revolving credit agreement maturing December 15,
2010
|
75,000
|
|||
Other
debt
|
3,094
|
|||
Total
debt
|
78,094
|
|||
Debt
net of cash and cash equivalents
|
48,252
|
|||
Shareholders'
equity
|
514,897
|
|||
Net
capitalization
|
$
|
563,149
|
||
Indebtedness
as defined in revolving credit agreement:
|
||||
Total
debt
|
$
|
78,094
|
||
Face
value of letters of credit
|
5,907
|
|||
Liabilities
relating to derivative financial instruments
|
401
|
|||
Indebtedness
|
$
|
84,402
|
Pricing
Under Revolving Credit Agreement (Basis Points)
|
|||||||
Indebtedness-to-Adjusted
|
Credit
Spread
|
Commitment
|
|||||
EBITDA
Ratio
|
Over
LIBOR
|
Fee
|
|||||
>
2.50x but <= 3x
|
125
|
25
|
|||||
>
1.75x but <= 2.50x
|
100
|
20
|
|||||
>
1x but <=1.75x
|
87.5
|
17.5
|
|||||
<=
1x
|
75
|
15
|
Computations
of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBIT, Leverage Ratio and
|
||||
Interest
Coverage Ratio as Defined in Revolving Credit Agreement Along with
Related
Most
|
||||
Restrictive
Covenants
|
||||
As
of September 30, 2006 (In Thousands)
|
||||
Computations
of adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBIT as defined in revolving credit
agreement for the twelve months ended September 30, 2006:
|
||||
Net
income
|
$
|
28,045
|
||
Plus:
|
||||
After-tax
losses related to discontinued operations
|
-
|
|||
Total
income tax expense for continuing operations
|
16,118
|
|||
Interest
expense
|
5,552
|
|||
Charges
related to stock option grants and awards accounted for under the
fair
value-based method
|
708
|
|||
Losses
related to the application of the equity method of
accounting
|
79
|
|||
Depreciation
and amortization expense for continuing operations
|
43,055
|
|||
All
non-cash losses and expenses, plus cash losses and expenses not to
exceed
$10,000, for continuing operations that are classified as unusual,
extraordinary or which are related to plant shutdowns, asset impairments
and/or restructurings (cash-related of $4,236)
|
13,311
|
|||
Minus:
|
||||
After-tax
income related to discontinued operations
|
-
|
|||
Total
income tax benefits for continuing operations
|
-
|
|||
Interest
income
|
(1,022
|
)
|
||
All
non-cash gains and income, plus cash gains and income not to exceed
$10,000, for continuing operations that are classified as unusual,
extraordinary or which are related to plant shutdowns, asset impairments
and/or restructurings (cash-related of $1,723)
|
(4,332
|
)
|
||
Plus
or minus, as applicable, pro forma EBITDA adjustments associated
with
acquisitions and asset dispositions
|
-
|
|||
Adjusted
EBITDA as defined in revolving credit agreement
|
101,514
|
|||
Less:
Depreciation and amortization expense for continuing operations (including
pro forma for acquisitions and asset dispositions)
|
(43,055
|
)
|
||
Adjusted
EBIT as defined in revolving credit agreement
|
$
|
58,459
|
||
Shareholders'
equity at September 30, 2006
|
$
|
514,897
|
||
Computations
of leverage and interest coverage ratios as defined in revolving
credit
agreement:
|
||||
Leverage
ratio (indebtedness-to-adjusted EBITDA)
|
0.83x
|
|||
Interest
coverage ratio (adjusted EBIT-to-interest expense)
|
10.53x
|
|||
Most
restrictive covenants as defined in revolving credit
agreement:
|
||||
Maximum
permitted aggregate amount of dividends that can be paid by Tredegar
during the term of the revolving credit agreement ($100,000 plus
50% of
net income generated after October 1, 2005)
|
$
|
114,023
|
||
Minimum
adjusted shareholders' equity permitted ($351,918 plus 50% of net
income
generated after October 1, 2005)
|
$
|
365,941
|
||
Maximum
leverage ratio permitted:
|
||||
Ongoing
|
3.00x
|
|||
Pro
forma for acquisitions
|
2.50x
|
|||
Minimum
interest coverage ratio permitted
|
2.50x
|
Item
3.
|
Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk.
|
Percentage
of Net Sales from Manufacturing
|
|||||||||||||
Operations
Related to Foreign Markets*
|
|||||||||||||
Nine
Months Ended Sept. 30
|
|||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||||
Exports
|
Foreign
|
Exports
|
Foreign
|
||||||||||
From
U.S.
|
Operations
|
From
U.S.
|
Operations
|
||||||||||
Canada
|
4
|
%
|
16
|
%
|
5
|
%
|
15
|
%
|
|||||
Europe
|
1
|
12
|
1
|
14
|
|||||||||
Latin
America
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
|||||||||
Asia
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
|||||||||
Total
|
10
|
%
|
34
|
%
|
11
|
%
|
35
|
%
|
*
|
Based
on consolidated net sales from manufacturing operations (excludes
AFBS).
|
CAD
Per USD
|
CAD
USD Equiv.
|
Amount
Tredegar Receives (Pays) Counter-Party
|
|||||
1.2270
|
0.8150
|
$
|
(375,719
|
)
|
|||
1.1905
|
0.8400
|
(187,858
|
)
|
||||
1.1561
|
0.8650
|
-
|
|||||
1.1236
|
0.8900
|
-
|
|||||
1.0929
|
0.9150
|
-
|
|||||
1.0638
|
0.9400
|
52,982
|
|||||
1.0363
|
0.9650
|
227,263
|
|||||
1.0101
|
0.9900
|
401,544
|
|||||
0.9852
|
1.0150
|
575,826
|
|||||
0.9615
|
1.0400
|
750,107
|
|||||
0.9390
|
1.0650
|
924,389
|
Item
4.
|
Controls
and Procedures.
|
Item
1.
|
Legal
Proceedings.
|
Item
1A.
|
Risk
Factors.
|
·
|
Our
future performance is influenced by costs incurred by our operating
companies including, for example, the cost of energy and raw materials.
These
costs include, without limitation, the cost of resin (the raw material
on
which Film Products primarily depends), aluminum (the raw material
on
which Aluminum Extrusions primarily depends) natural gas (the principal
fuel necessary for Aluminum Extrusions’ plants to operate), electricity
and diesel fuel. Resin, aluminum and natural gas prices have risen
significantly, and may continue to do so in the future. Tredegar
attempts
to mitigate the effects of increased costs through price increases
and
contractual pass-through provisions, but there are no assurances
that
higher prices can effectively be passed through to our customers
or that
we will be able to offset fully or on a timely basis the effects
of higher
raw material costs through price increases or pass-through arrangements.
Further, there is no assurance that cost control efforts will be
sufficient to offset any additional future declines in revenue or
increases in energy, raw material or other
costs.
|
·
|
Our
substantial international operations subject us to risks of doing
business
in foreign countries, which could adversely affect our business,
financial
condition and results of operations.
Risks inherent in international operations include the following,
by way
of example: changes in general economic conditions, potential difficulty
enforcing agreements and intellectual property rights, restrictions
on
foreign trade or investment, restrictions on the repatriation of
income,
fluctuations in exchange rates, imposition of additional taxes on
our
foreign income, nationalization of private enterprises and unexpected
adverse changes in foreign laws and regulatory
requirements.
|
·
|
Film
Products is highly dependent on sales associated with one customer,
The
Procter & Gamble Company (“P&G”).
P&G comprised approximately 25% of Tredegar’s net sales in 2005, 27%
in 2004 and 29% in 2003. The loss or significant reduction of sales
associated with P&G would have a material adverse effect on our
business. Other P&G-related factors that could adversely affect our
business include, by way of example, (i) failure by P&G to achieve
success or maintain share in markets in which P&G sells products
containing our materials, (ii) operational decisions by P&G that
result in component substitution, inventory reductions and similar
changes
and (iii) delays in P&G rolling out products utilizing new
technologies developed by Tredegar. While we have undertaken efforts
to
expand our customer base, there can be no assurance that such efforts
will
be successful, or that they will offset any delay or loss of sales
and
profits associated with P&G.
|
·
|
Growth
of Film Products depends on our ability to develop and deliver new
products at competitive prices, especially in the personal care
market.
Personal care products are now being made with a variety of new materials
and the overall cycle for changing materials has accelerated. While
we
have substantial technical resources, there can be no assurance that
our
new products can be brought to market successfully, or if brought
to
market successfully, at the same level of profitability and market
share
of replaced films. A shift in customer preferences away from our
technologies, our inability to develop and deliver new profitable
products, or delayed acceptance of our new products in domestic or
foreign
markets, could have a material adverse effect on our business. In
the long
term, growth will depend on our ability to provide innovative materials
at
a cost that meets our customers’
needs.
|
·
|
Continued
growth in Film Products' sale of high value protective film products
is
not assured. A
shift in our customers' preference to new or different products could
have
a material adverse effect on our sale of protective films. Similarly,
a
decline in consumer demand for notebook computers or liquid crystal
display (LCD) monitors or a decline in the rate of growth in purchases
of
LCD televisions could have a significant negative impact on protective
film sales.
|
·
|
Our
inability to protect our intellectual property rights or our infringement
of the intellectual property rights of others could have a significant
adverse impact on Film Products.
Film Products operates in a field where our significant customers
and
competitors have substantial intellectual property portfolios. The
continued success of this business depends on our ability not only
to
protect our own technologies and trade secrets, but also to develop
and
sell new products that do not infringe upon existing patents or threaten
existing customer relationships. An unfavorable outcome in any
intellectual property litigation or similar proceeding could have
a
significant adverse impact on Film
Products.
|
·
|
As
Film Products expands its personal care business, we have greater
credit
risk that is inherent in broadening our customer
base.
|
·
|
Sales
volume and profitability of Aluminum Extrusions is cyclical and highly
dependent on economic conditions of end-use markets in the United
States
and Canada, particularly in the construction, distribution and
transportation industries. Our market segments are also subject to
seasonal slowdowns during the winter months.
Because of the high degree of operating leverage inherent in our
operations (generally constant fixed costs until full capacity utilization
is achieved), the percentage drop in operating profits in a cyclical
downturn will likely exceed the percentage drop in volume. Any benefits
associated with cost reductions and productivity improvements may
not be
sufficient to offset the adverse effects on profitability from pricing
and
margin pressure and higher bad debts that usually accompany a downturn.
In
addition, higher energy costs and the appreciation of the U.S. Dollar
equivalent value of the Canadian Dollar can further reduce profits
unless
offset by price increases or cost reductions and productivity
improvements.
|
·
|
The
markets for our products are highly competitive with product quality,
service, delivery performance and price being the principal competitive
factors.
Aluminum Extrusions has around 1,800 customers in a variety of end-use
markets within the broad categories of building and construction,
distribution, transportation, machinery and equipment, electrical
and
consumer durables. No single customer exceeds 4% of Aluminum Extrusion’s
net sales. Due to the diverse customer mix across many end-use markets,
we
believe the industry generally tracks the real growth of the overall
economy (historical cross-cycle volume growth has been in the 3%
range).
|
Item
5.
|
Other
Information.
|
Item
6.
|
Exhibits.
|
Form
of Notice of Stock Award and Stock Award Terms and
Conditions.
|
Certification
of John D. Gottwald, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tredegar
Corporation, pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) promulgated
under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section
302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
Certification
of D. Andrew Edwards, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) of Tredegar Corporation,
pursuant
to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) promulgated under the Securities
Exchange
Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act
of 2002.
|
Certification
of John D. Gottwald, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tredegar
Corporation, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant
to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
|
Certification
of D. Andrew Edwards, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) of Tredegar Corporation,
pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of
the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
Tredegar
Corporation
|
||||
(Registrant)
|
||||
Date:
|
November
8, 2006
|
/s/
D. Andrew Edwards
|
||
D.
Andrew Edwards
|
||||
Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
|
||||
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
|