Edgar Filing: PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)
[x] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 14(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended November 30, 2008

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from__________ to_____________

Commission file number 1-4415

PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

New York		11-1734643

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

48 South Service Road, Melville, N.Y.		11747

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(631) 465-3600

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large Accelerated Filer [ ] Accelerated Filer [X] Non-Accelerated Filer [ ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [ ] No [X]

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 20,470,516 as of January 7, 2009.

PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.
AND SUBSIDIARIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION:	Page Number

Item 1.	Financial Statements

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets November 30, 2008 (Unaudited) and March 2, 2008	3

	Consolidated Statements of Operations 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended November 30, 2008 and November 25, 2007 (Unaudited)	4

	Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended November 30, 2008 and November 25, 2007 (Unaudited)	5

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 39 weeks ended November 30, 2008 and November 25, 2007 (Unaudited)	6

	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)	7

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	16

	Factors That May Affect Future Results	26

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	26

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	26

PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION:

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	28

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	28

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	28

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	28

Item 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	28

Item 5.	Other Information	29

Item 6.	Exhibits	29

SIGNATURES		30

EXHIBIT INDEX		31

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.
AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in thousands)

	November 30,
	2008				March 2,
	(Unaudited)				2008*

ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	34,998		$	100,159
Marketable securities			179,455			113,819
Accounts receivable, net			30,506			37,466
Inventories (Note 2)			12,439			14,049
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			6,825			5,546

Total current assets			264,223			271,039
Property, plant and equipment, net			51,951			47,188
Other assets			12,253			9,180

Total assets		$	328,427		$	327,407


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		$	8,228		$	12,828
Accrued liabilities			11,686			13,314
Income taxes payable			2,818			5,837

Total current liabilities			22,732			31,979

Deferred income taxes			4,851			4,851
Restructuring accruals and other liabilities (Note 5)			3,927			4,224
Liabilities from discontinued operations (Note 4)			17,064			17,181

Total liabilities			48,574			58,235

Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock			2,047			2,037
Additional paid-in capital			146,709			143,267
Retained earnings			127,173			116,646
Treasury stock, at cost			(1	)		(214	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income			3,925			7,436

Total stockholders’ equity			279,853			269,172

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		$	328,427		$	327,407

*The balance sheet at March 2, 2008 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date.

See accompanying Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

	13 weeks ended						39 weeks ended
	(Unaudited)						(Unaudited)

	November 30, 2008			November 25, 2007			November 30, 2008			November 25, 2007

Net sales		$	49,166		$	63,653		$	164,565		$	181,271
Cost of sales			39,380			47,577			129,253			134,651

Gross profit			9,786			16,076			35,312			46,620
Selling, general and administrative expenses			6,211			6,580			18,715			19,803
Restructuring charges (Note 5)			570			-			570			-

Earnings from operations			3,005			9,496			16,027			26,817
Interest income and other income			1,651			2,206			5,015			6,980

Earnings from operations before income taxes			4,656			11,702			21,042			33,797
Income tax provision			1,722			2,925			5,614			8,449

Net earnings		$	2,934		$	8,777		$	15,428		$	25,348

Earnings per share (Note 6)
Basic		$	0.14		$	0.43		$	0.76		$	1.25
Diluted		$	0.14		$	0.43		$	0.75		$	1.25

Weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding:
Basic shares			20,471			20,340			20,432			20,290
Diluted shares			20,512			20,452			20,487			20,364

Dividends per share		$	0.08		$	0.08		$	0.24		$	1.74

See accompanying Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Amounts in thousands)

	13 weeks ended								39 weeks ended
	(Unaudited)								(Unaudited)

	November 30, 2008				November 25, 2007				November 30, 2008				November 25, 2007

Common stock and paid-in capital:
Balance, beginning of period		$	148,468			$	144,399			$	145,304			$	142,067
Stock-based compensation			288				357				943				1,037
Stock option activity			0				144				2,066				1,194
Tax benefit on exercise of options			0				31				443				633

Balance, end of period			148,756				144,931				148,756				144,931

Retained earnings:
Balance, beginning of period			125,876				101,792				116,646				118,961
Net earnings			2,934				8,777				15,428				25,348
Dividends			(1,637	)			(1,627	)			(4,901	)			(35,367	)

Balance, end of period			127,173				108,942				127,173				108,942

Treasury stock:
Balance, beginning of period			(2	)			(322	)			(214	)			(1,625	)
Stock option activity			1				98				213				1,401

Balance, end of period			(1	)			(224	)			(1	)			(224	)

Accumulated other comprehensive Income:
Balance, beginning of period			5,462				4,934				7,436				4,764
Net unrealized investment gains (losses)			(1,235	)			806				(2,710	)			914
Translation adjustments			(302	)			140				(801	)			202

Balance, end of period			3,925				5,880				3,925				5,880


Total stockholders’ equity		$	279,853			$	259,529			$	279,853			$	259,529

See accompanying Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Amounts in thousands)

	39 Weeks Ended
	(Unaudited)

	November 30, 2008				November 25, 2007

Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings		$	15,428			$	25,348
Depreciation and amortization			5,889				6,036
Stock-based compensation			943				1,037
Loss (gain) on sale of fixed assets			2				(75	)
Change in operating assets and liabilities			4				(2,212	)

Net cash provided by operating activities			22,266				30,134

Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment, net			(11,734	)			(5,109	)
Proceeds from sales of fixed assets			2				75
Purchases of marketable securities			(187,323	)			(123,811	)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities			119,316				101,545
Business acquisition			(4,726	)			-

Net cash used in investing activities			(84,465	)			(27,300	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Dividends paid			(4,901	)			(35,367	)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options			2,236				2,596
Tax benefits from stock based compensation			443				633

Net cash used in financing activities			(2,222	)			(32,138	)

Change in cash and cash equivalents before exchange rate changes			(64,421	)			(29,304	)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents			(740	)			(56	)

Change in cash and cash equivalents			(65,161	)			(29,360	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period			100,159				119,051

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period		$	34,998			$	89,691

Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for income taxes		$	7,496			$	8,389

See accompanying Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.
AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

1.		CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

		The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of November 30, 2008 and the consolidated statements of operations and stockholders’ equity for the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended November 30, 2008 and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the 39 weeks then ended have been prepared by the Company, without audit. In the opinion of management, these unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position at November 30, 2008 and the results of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for all periods presented.

		Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or omitted. It is suggested that these consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 2, 2008.

2.		INVENTORIES

		Inventories consisted of the following:

	November 30,			March 2,
	2008			2008


Raw materials		$	6,531	$	5,923
Work-in-process			2,935		3,686
Finished goods			2,607		3,951
Manufacturing supplies			366		489

		$	12,439	$	14,049

3.		STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

		As of November 30, 2008, the Company had a 1992 Stock Option Plan and a 2002 Stock Option Plan, and no other stock-based compensation plan. Both Stock Option Plans have been approved by the Company’s stockholders and provide for the grant of stock options to directors and key employees of the Company. All options granted under such Plans have exercise prices equal to the fair market value of the underlying common stock of the Company at the time of grant, which pursuant to the terms of the Plans, is the reported closing price of the common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the date preceding the date the option is granted. Options granted under the Plans become exercisable 25% one year from the date of grant, with an additional 25% exercisable each succeeding anniversary of the date of grant, and expire 10 years from the date of grant. The authority to grant additional options under the 1992 Stock Option Plan expired on March 24, 2002, and options to purchase a total of 1,800,000 shares of common stock were authorized for grant under the 2002 Stock Option Plan. At November 30, 2008, 2,029,333 shares of common stock of the Company were reserved for issuance upon exercise of stock options

		under the 1992 Stock Option Plan and the 2002 Stock Option Plan and 1,050,606 options were available for future grant under the 2002 Stock Option Plan. Options to purchase 142,850 shares of common stock were granted during the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended November 30, 2008. Options to purchase 4,000 and 168,150 shares of common stock were granted during the 13 weeks and 39 weeks, respectively, ended November 25, 2007.

		The Company records its stock-based compensation at fair value in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”).

		The weighted average fair value for options was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to be $2.95 for the first 39 weeks of fiscal year 2009, with the following assumptions: risk free interest rate of 4.00%; expected volatility factors of 27.5%-28.4%; expected dividend yield of 1.18%; and estimated option term of 4.7-5.6 years.

		The risk free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury rates at the date of grant with maturity dates approximately equal to the estimated term of the options at the date of the grant. Volatility is based on historical volatility of the Company’s common stock. The expected dividend yield is based on the regular cash dividends per share paid by the Company in the 2008 fiscal year and on the exercise price of the options granted during the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended November 30, 2008. The estimated term of the options is based on evaluations of historical and expected future employee exercise behavior.

		The future compensation expense affecting earnings from operations before income taxes for options outstanding at November 30, 2008 will be $2,295.

The following is a summary of options for the 39 weeks ended November 30, 2008:

	Options	Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contract Life in Months	Aggregated Intrinsic Value

Outstanding at March 2, 2008	1,040,739		$23.50	66.63	$2,890
Granted	142,850		27.10	-
Exercised	123,649		18.08	-
Terminated or expired	81,213		26.72	-

Outstanding at November 30, 2008	978,727		$24.45	69.15	$0
Exercisable at November 30, 2008	643,492		$22.83	50.19	$0

The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the 13 weeks ended November 30, 2008 and November 25, 2007 was $0 and $105, respectively. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the 39 weeks ended November 30, 2008 and November 25, 2007 was $1,259 and $1,883, respectively.

A summary of the status of the Company’s nonvested options at November 30, 2008, and changes during the 13 week-period then ended, is presented below:

	Shares Subject to Options			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value

Nonvested, beginning of period		339,491		$9.12
Granted		0		-
Vested		(2,000	)	9.04
Terminated		(2,256	)	6.11

Nonvested, end of period		335,235		$9.12

4.		DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND PENSION LIABILITY

		On February 4, 2004, the Company announced that it was discontinuing its financial support of its Dielektra GmbH (“Dielektra”) subsidiary located in Cologne, Germany, due to the continued erosion of the European market for the Company’s high technology products. Without Park’s financial support, Dielektra filed an insolvency petition, which the Company believes will result in the liquidation of Dielektra. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets", Dielektra is treated as a discontinued operation. As a result of the discontinuation of financial support for Dielektra, the Company recognized an impairment charge of $22,023 for the write-off of Dielektra assets and other costs during the fourth quarter of the 2004 fiscal year. The liabilities from discontinued operations are reported separately on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. These liabilities from discontinued operations included $12,094 for Dielektra’s deferred pension liability.

		The Company expects to recognize a gain of approximately $17,000 related to the reversal of these liabilities when the Dielektra insolvency process is completed, although it is unclear when the process will be completed. The Company applied $117 of legal expenses against these liabilities in the 2009 fiscal year third quarter.

		Liabilities for discontinued operations as of November 30, 2008 and March 2, 2008 consisted of the following:

	November 30, 2008			March 2, 2008


Environmental and other liabilities		$	4,970		$	5,087
Pension liabilities			12,094			12,094

Total liabilities		$	17,064		$	17,181

5.		RESTRUCTURINGS AND SEVERANCE CHARGES

		In the 2009 fiscal year third quarter, the Company recorded a charge of $570 related to restructurings at its North American and European business units. In the 2008 fiscal year fourth quarter, the Company recorded a charge of $1,362 for employment termination benefits and other expenses resulting from a restructuring and workforce reduction at the Company’s Neltec Europe SAS electronic materials business unit

		located in Mirebeau, France; and the Company paid $39 and $627 of such expenses during the 13 weeks and 39 weeks, respectively, ended November 30, 2008 and expects to pay the remaining $106 during the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter. In addition, in the 2009 fiscal year third quarter, the Company announced that its Neltec Europe SAS and Neltec SA business units were proposing to restructure their operations; and in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter, the Company announced a workforce reduction at its Nelco Products, Pte. Ltd. business unit in Singapore and announced the closure of its New England Laminates Co., Inc. business unit in Newburgh, New York. The 2009 restructuring at Neltec Europe SAS and Neltec SA, the workforce reduction in Singapore and the closure of New England Laminates are described in Note 10 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements below.

		During the 2004 fiscal year, the Company recorded charges related to the realignment of its North America volume printed circuit materials operations. The charges were for employment termination benefits of $1,258, which were fully paid in fiscal year 2004, and lease and other obligations of $7,292. All costs other than the lease obligations were settled prior to fiscal year 2007. The future lease obligations are payable through September 2013. The remaining balances on the lease obligations relating to the realignment were $3,379 and $3,706 as of November 30, 2008 and March 2, 2008, respectively. For the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended November 30, 2008, the Company applied $110 and $327, respectively, of lease payments against the liability.

6.		EARNINGS PER SHARE

		Basic earnings per share are computed by dividing net earnings by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share are computed by dividing net earnings by the sum of (a) the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period and (b) the potential common stock equivalents outstanding during the period. Stock options are the only common stock equivalents, and the number of dilutive options is computed using the treasury stock method.

		The following table sets forth the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended November 30, 2008 and November 25, 2007.

	13 weeks ended				39 weeks ended

	November 30, 2008		November 25, 2007		November 30, 2008		November 25, 2007

Net Earnings		$2,934		$8,777		$15,428		$25,348

Weighted average common shares outstanding for basic EPS		20,471		20,340		20,432		20,290
Net effect of dilutive options		41		112		55		74

Weighted average shares outstanding for diluted EPS		20,512		20,452		20,487		20,364

Basic earnings per share		$0.14		$0.43		$0.76		$1.25
Diluted earnings per share		$0.14		$0.43		$0.75		$1.25

		Common stock equivalents, which were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the effect would have been antidilutive as the options’ exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common stock, were 129 and 1 for the 13 weeks ended November 30, 2008 and November 25, 2007, respectively, and 61 and 3 for the 39 weeks ended November 30, 2008 and November 25, 2007, respectively.

7.		GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS

		The Company’s printed circuit materials (the Nelco® product line), the Company’s advanced composite materials (the Nelcote^TM product line) and the Company’s advanced aerospace structures and components (the Nova^TM product line) are sold to customers in North America, Europe and Asia.

		Sales are attributed to geographic region based upon the region from which the materials were invoiced to the customer. Sales between geographic regions were not significant.



		Financial information concerning the Company’s operations by geographic region follows:

	13 weeks ended						39 weeks ended

	November 30, 2008			November 25, 2007			November 30, 2008			November 25, 2007


Sales:
North America		$	27,270		$	31,850		$	86,947		$	92,171
Europe			4,108			8,437			16,813			21,311
Asia			17,788			23,366			60,805			67,789

Total sales		$	49,166		$	63,653		$	164,565		$	181,271

	November 30,			March 2,
	2008			2008

Long-lived assets:
North America		$	35,431		$	25,069
Europe			3,625			4,552
Asia			25,148			26,747

Total long-lived assets		$	64,204		$	56,368

8.		CONTINGENCIES

		a. Litigation - The Company is subject to a small number of proceedings, lawsuits and other claims related to environmental, employment, product and other matters. The Company is required to assess the likelihood of any adverse judgments or outcomes in these matters as well as potential ranges of probable losses. A determination of the amount of reserves required, if any, for these contingencies is made after careful analysis of each individual issue. The required reserves may change in the future due to new developments in each matter or changes in approach, such as a change in settlement strategy in dealing with these matters.

b.		Environmental Contingencies - The Company and certain of its subsidiaries have been named by the Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) or a comparable state agency under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (the “Superfund Act”) or similar state law as potentially responsible parties in connection with alleged releases of hazardous substances at nine sites. In addition, two subsidiaries of the Company have received cost recovery claims under the Superfund Act or a similar state law from other private parties involving two other sites, and a subsidiary of the Company has received requests from the EPA under the Superfund Act for information with respect to its involvement at three other sites.

		Under the Superfund Act and similar state laws, all parties who may have contributed any waste to a hazardous waste disposal site or contaminated area identified by the EPA or comparable state agency may be jointly and severally liable for the cost of cleanup. Generally, these sites are locations at which numerous persons disposed of hazardous waste. In the case of the Company’s subsidiaries, generally the waste was removed from their manufacturing facilities and disposed at waste sites by various companies which contracted with the subsidiaries to provide waste disposal services. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have been accused of or charged with any wrongdoing or illegal acts in connection with any such sites. The Company believes it maintains an effective and comprehensive environmental compliance program.

		The insurance carriers who provided general liability insurance coverage to the Company and its subsidiaries for the years during which the Company’s subsidiaries’ waste was disposed at these sites have agreed to pay, or reimburse the Company and its subsidiaries for, 100% of their legal defense and remediation costs associated with three of these sites and 25% of such costs associated with another one of these sites.

		The total costs incurred by the Company and its subsidiaries in connection with these sites, including legal fees incurred by the Company and its subsidiaries and their assessed share of remediation costs and excluding amounts paid or reimbursed by insurance carriers, were approximately $110 in the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended November 30, 2008 and approximately $10 in the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended November 25, 2007, respectively. The recorded liabilities included in accrued liabilities for environmental matters were $836 at November 30, 2008 and $1,577 at March 2, 2008. As discussed in Note 4, liabilities from discontinued operations have been segregated on the Consolidated Balance Sheet and include $2,121 for environmental matters related to Dielektra.

		Such recorded liabilities do not include environmental liabilities and related legal expenses for which the Company has concluded indemnification agreements with the insurance carriers who provided general liability insurance coverage to the Company and its subsidiaries for the years during which the Company’s subsidiaries’ waste was disposed at three sites for which certain subsidiaries of the Company have been named as potentially responsible parties, pursuant to which agreements such insurance carriers have been paying 100% of the legal defense and remediation costs associated with such three sites since 1985.

		Included in cost of sales are charges for actual expenditures and accruals, based on estimates, for certain environmental matters described above. The Company accrues estimated costs associated with known environmental matters, when such costs can be reasonably estimated

		and when the outcome appears probable. The Company believes that the ultimate disposition of known environmental matters will not have a material adverse effect on the liquidity, capital resources, business or consolidated results of operations or financial position of the Company. However, one or more of such environmental matters could have a significant negative impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial position for a particular reporting period.

9.		ACQUISITION

		On April 1, 2008, the Company’s new wholly owned subsidiary, Park Aerospace Structures Corp., acquired substantially all the assets and business of Nova Composites, Inc. located in Lynnwood, Washington for a cash purchase price of $4,500 paid at the closing of the acquisition and up to an additional $5,500 payable over five years depending on the achievement of specified earn-out objectives. Park Aerospace Structures Corp. designs and manufactures aircraft composite structures and components and the tooling for such structures and components. Park’s new composite structures and components product line is marketed and sold as Park’s Nova^TM product line.

		The Company has not yet determined either the amount or the allocation of the purchase price for the Nova acquisition since the calculation of post closing adjustments has not yet been finalized. The Company expects the valuation process will be finalized in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009. No significant intangible assets other than goodwill are included in the preliminary allocation of the purchase price in the table below. No in-process research and development assets were acquired.

		The acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method and, accordingly, acquired assets and liabilities are recorded at their fair values. The amount paid at closing was approximately $4,500. On a preliminary basis, the total purchase price has been determined as follows:

Cash paid at closing			$4,500
Professional fees and other costs			226

Total purchase price			$4,726

On a preliminary basis, the purchase price has been allocated based on management’s estimate of the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows:

Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation
Current assets	$	232
Long term assets		26
Property, plant and equipment		390
Current liabilities		84
Goodwill		4,162

Goodwill recorded in the acquisition is included in other assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The acquisition of the assets of Nova Composites was not material to the Company. Accordingly, pro forma results of operations for the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended November 30, 2008 have not been presented.

10.		PROPOSED RESTRUCTURINGS

		In the 2009 fiscal year third quarter, the Company announced that its Neltec Europe SAS and Neltec SA business units were proposing to restructure their operations and that, as a major component of such restructuring, Neltec Europe SAS, the Company’s digital electronic materials business unit located in Mirebeau, France, was proposing to close completely its operations and had commenced an information and consultation process with its employees regarding the proposed closure in accordance with French law. Although the Company intends to continue fully the operations of its Neltec SA RF/microwave electronic materials business unit located in Lannemezan, France, the proposed restructuring includes a reorganization of certain of the activities of Neltec SA. Neltec Europe SAS proposed to close fully its operations in response to the very serious erosion of the markets for digital electronic materials in Europe and the migration of such markets to Asia. The market for such products in Europe has eroded to the point where the Company believes it is not possible for the Neltec Europe SAS business to be viable. Neltec Europe SAS completed the information and consultation process with its employees early in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter, and the Company expects the closure to be implemented and expects to record a one-time pre-tax charge of approximately $4,000 to $5,000 in the fourth quarter of the Company’s current fiscal year ending March 1, 2009 in connection with this matter. After the closure of Neltec Europe SAS is implemented, the Neltec Europe SAS business will have no further impact on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of the Company and will be treated as a discontinued operation. The Company is evaluating the fair value of the fixed assets at Neltec Europe SAS as a result of the closure of the operations of such business unit, but the Company believes that a write-down, if any, of such assets would not be material to the consolidated financial position or results of operations of the Company.

		In addition, early in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter, the Company announced a workforce reduction at its Nelco Products Pte. Ltd. high-technology electronics circuitry materials and advanced composite materials subsidiary located in Singapore and that as a result of this workforce reduction, the Company expects to report a charge of approximately $200 in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year ending March 1, 2009.

		Also, in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter, the Company announced that New England Laminates Co., Inc., the Company’s electronic materials business unit located in Newburgh, New York, would be closing its operations in January 2009 in response to the very serious erosion of the markets for electronic materials in North America, that as the result of this closure, the Company expects to record a one-time pre-tax charge of approximately $1,300 in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year ending March 1, 2009 in connection with this matter and that after the closure of New England Laminates is implemented, the New England Laminates business will have no further impact on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of the Company and will be treated as a discontinued operation.

11.		RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

		In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141R (revised 2007), which replaces Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, “Business Combinations” (“SFAS 141R”). SFAS 141R requires an acquirer,

upon initially obtaining control of another entity, to recognize the assets, liabilities and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree at fair value as of the acquisition date. This fair value approach replaces the original Statement 141’s cost allocation process, whereby the cost of an acquisition was allocated to the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair value. SFAS 141R requires acquirers to expense acquisition-related costs as incurred rather than allocating such costs to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as was previously the case under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141. SFAS 141R is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The adoption of SFAS 141R will impact how the Company records future business combinations.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

General:

Park is a global advanced materials company which develops, manufactures and markets high technology digital and RF/microwave printed circuit materials principally for the telecommunications and internet infrastructure, high-end computing and aerospace markets and advanced composite materials, structures and components principally for the aerospace markets. The Company’s core capabilities are in the areas of polymer chemistry formulation, coating technology and advanced composite structures and component design and fabrication. The Company’s manufacturing facilities are located in Singapore, China, France, Connecticut, New York, Kansas, Arizona, California and Washington. The Company’s products are marketed and sold under the Nelco®, Nelcote® and Nova^TM names.

The Company’s net sales decreased in both the three-month period and nine-month period ended November 30, 2008 compared with last year’s comparable periods as a result of decreases in sales of the Company’s printed circuit materials products in North America, Europe and Asia. Such decreases in sales of printed circuit materials products were only partially offset by increases in sales of the Company’s advanced composite materials products and the addition of sales of the Company’s advanced composite parts products as a result of the Company’s acquisition of the aircraft composite structures and components business of Nova Composites in Lynnwood, Washington in the 2009 fiscal year first quarter.

The significant decreases in sales of printed circuit materials products, combined with, among other things, substantial losses at the Company’s Neltec Europe SAS digital electronic materials business unit in Mirebeau, France, resulted in lower gross profits, lower earnings from operations and lower net earnings in the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 compared to the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 25, 2007. The declines in the Company’s operating and earnings performances during the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 compared to the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 25, 2007 were partially ameliorated by higher percentages of sales of higher margin, high performance printed circuit materials and advanced composite materials products during the 2009 fiscal year periods.

The markets in North America, Europe and Asia for the Company’s printed circuit materials products were very weak in the 2009 fiscal year third quarter, and the markets for the Company’s advanced composite materials products weakened considerably during the 2009 fiscal year third quarter. However, partly as a result of the Company’s marketing and sales efforts, sales of the Company’s advanced composite materials products increased in the three-months and nine-months ended November 30, 2008 compared to the comparable periods in the prior fiscal year.

The global markets for the Company’s printed circuit materials products continue to be very difficult to forecast, and it is not clear to the Company what the condition of the global markets for the Company’s printed circuit materials products will be in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter. Further, the Company is not able to predict the impact the current global financial and credit crisis will have on the markets for its advanced composite materials and parts products in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter or beyond.

As previously reported, in the first quarter of the Company’s 2009 fiscal year, the Company’s new wholly owned subsidiary, Park Aerospace Structures Corp., acquired substantially all the assets and business of Nova Composites, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of aircraft composite structures and components and the tooling for such structures and components, located in Lynnwood, Washington, for a cash purchase price of $4.5 million paid at the closing of the acquisition and up to an additional $5.5 million payable over five years depending on the achievement of specified earn-out objectives.

In addition, the Company has completed the construction of a new development and manufacturing facility in Newton, Kansas to produce advanced composite materials principally for the aircraft industry. The Company expects to complete equipment installation for such facility in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter. As previously reported, the Company plans to spend approximately $15 million on the facility and equipment in Kansas.

While the Company continues to expand and invest in its business, it also continues to make additional adjustments to certain of its operations, which have resulted in workforce reductions and plant closures.

In the 2008 fiscal year fourth quarter, the Company’s Neltec Europe SAS digital electronic materials business unit located in Mirebeau, France completed a restructuring of its operations and a reduction of its workforce in response to the continuing erosion of the markets for electronic materials in Europe and the continuing migration of such markets to Asia, and the Company recorded a one-time charge of approximately $1.4 million in such quarter for employment termination benefits and other expenses resulting from such restructuring and workforce reduction. In addition, in the 2006 fiscal year first and second quarters, the Company reduced the size of the workforce at its Neltec Europe SAS business unit as a result of deterioration of the European market for high-technology printed circuit materials, and it recorded an employment termination benefits charge of $0.9 million during the 2006 fiscal year.

Despite the restructurings implemented in the 2006 and 2008 fiscal years, Neltec Europe generated significant operating losses in the second quarter of the 2009 fiscal year. Consequently, in the 2009 fiscal year third quarter, the Company announced that its Neltec Europe SAS and Neltec SA business units were proposing to restructure their operations and that, as a major component of such restructuring, Neltec Europe SAS was proposing to close completely its operations and had commenced an information and consultation process with its employees regarding the proposed closure in accordance with French law. Although the Company intends to continue fully the operations of its Neltec SA RF/microwave electronic materials business unit located in Lannemezan, France, the proposed restructuring includes a reorganization of certain of the activities of Neltec SA. Neltec Europe SAS proposed to close fully its operations in response to the very serious erosion of the markets for digital electronic materials in Europe and the migration of such markets to Asia. The market for such products in Europe has eroded to the point where the Company believes it is not possible for the Neltec Europe SAS business to be viable. Neltec Europe SAS completed the information and consultation process with its employees early in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter, and the Company expects the plant closure to be implemented and expects to record a one-time pre-tax charge of approximately $4 million to $5 million in the fourth quarter of the Company’s current fiscal year ending March 1, 2009 in connection with this matter. After the closure of Neltec Europe SAS is implemented, the Neltec Europe SAS business will have no further impact on the consolidated financial position or results of operations of the Company and will be treated as a discontinued operation.

In addition to the restructurings of its Neltec Europe SAS and Neltec SA business units in France, the Company implemented workforce reductions at its Nelco Products, Inc. electronic materials business unit located in Fullerton, California and its Neltec, Inc. high-technology electronics circuitry materials business unit located in Tempe, Arizona in the third quarter of its 2009 fiscal year and recorded a charge of $0.6 million in such quarter for such workforce reductions and for the restructuring at its Neltec SA business unit in Lannemezan, France.

In addition, early in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter, the Company announced a workforce reduction at its Nelco Products Pte. Ltd. high-technology electronics circuitry materials and advanced composite materials subsidiary located in Singapore and that as a result of this workforce reduction, the Company expects to report a charge of approximately $0.2 million in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year ending March 1, 2009.

Also, in the 2009 fiscal year fourth quarter, the Company announced that New England Laminates Co., Inc., the Company’s electronic materials business unit located in Newburgh, New York, would be closing its operations in January 2009 in response to the very serious erosion of the markets for electronic materials in North America, that as the result of this closure, the Company expects to record a one-time pre-tax charge of approximately $1.3 million in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year ending March 1, 2009 in connection with this matter and that after the closure of New England Laminates is implemented, the New England Laminates business will have no further impact on the consolidated financial condition or results of operations of the Company.

Three and Nine Months Ended November 30, 2008 Compared with Three and Nine Months Ended November 25, 2007:

The Company’s total net sales and its net sales of printed circuit materials products decreased during the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 compared to the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 25, 2007 as a result of declines in such sales in North America, Europe and Asia. Net sales of the Company’s advanced composite materials, structures and components products were 14% and 12% of the Company’s total net sales worldwide in the three-month and nine-month periods, respectively, ended November 30, 2008 compared to 9% of the Company’s total net sales worldwide in each of the 2008 fiscal year comparable periods. The increases in sales of advanced composite materials, structures and components were attributable to increases in sales of advanced composite materials products and the addition of sales of the Company’s advanced composite structures and components products as a result of the Company’s acquisition of the structures and components business of Nova Composites in Lynnwood, Washington in the 2009 fiscal year first quarter.

The Company’s gross profits in the three months and nine months ended November 30, 2008 were lower than its gross profits in the prior year’s comparable periods primarily as a result of lower sales volumes of printed circuit materials products, and, among other things, substantial losses at the Company’s Neltec Europe SAS digital electronic materials business unit in Mirebeau, France, the impact of currency translation on costs incurred in Singapore dollars and significant increases in raw material and utility costs in the 2009 fiscal year nine-month period, which were only partially offset by higher percentages of sales of higher margin, high performance printed circuit materials and advanced composite materials products in the 2009 fiscal year periods.

The decreased sales of printed circuit materials products and the lower gross profit margins in the three months and nine months ended November 30, 2008 resulted in lower earnings from operations and lower net earnings compared to the 2008 fiscal year comparable periods.

Results of Operations

The Company’s total net sales in the three-month period ended November 30, 2008 decreased 23% to $49.2 million from $63.7 million for last fiscal year’s comparable period. The Company’s total net sales for the nine-month period ended November 30, 2008 decreased 9% to $164.6 million from $181.3 million for last fiscal year’s comparable period. The decreases in net sales were the result of lower unit volumes of printed circuit materials products shipped by the Company’s operations in North America, Europe and Asia.

The Company’s foreign operations accounted for $21.9 million and $77.6 million, respectively, of net sales, or 45% and 47%, respectively, of the Company’s total net sales worldwide, during the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008, compared with $31.8 million and $89.1 million, respectively, of net sales, or 50% and 49%, respectively, of total net sales worldwide, during last year’s comparable periods. Net sales by the Company’s foreign operations during the three months and nine months ended November 30, 2008 decreased 31% and 13%, respectively, from the 2008 fiscal year comparable periods primarily as a result of decreases in sales in Europe and Asia during such periods.

For the three-month period ended November 30, 2008, the Company’s sales in North America, Asia and Europe were 55%, 36% and 9%, respectively, of the Company’s total net sales worldwide compared with 50%, 37% and 13%, respectively, for the three-month period ended November 25, 2007; and for the nine-month period ended November 30, 2008, the Company’s sales in North America, Asia and Europe were 53%, 37% and 10% of the Company’s total net sales worldwide compared with 51%, 37% and 12%, respectively, for the nine-month period ended November 25, 2007. The Company’s sales in North America decreased 14%, its sales in Asia decreased 24% and its sales in Europe decreased 51% in the three-month period ended November 30, 2008 compared with the three-month period ended November 25, 2007, and its sales in North America decreased 6%, its sales in Asia decreased 10% and its sales in Europe decreased 21% in the nine-month period ended November 30, 2008 compared with the nine-month period ended November 25, 2007.

The overall gross profit as a percentage of net sales for the Company’s worldwide operations declined to 19.9% and 21.5%, respectively, for the three months and nine months ended November 30, 2008 compared with 25.3% and 25.7% for last fiscal year’s comparable periods. The decreases in the gross profit were attributable mainly to lower sales volumes of printed circuit materials products in both 2009 fiscal year periods, substantial losses at the Company’s Neltec Europe SAS digital electronic materials business unit in Mirebeau, France, the impact of currency translation on costs incurred in Singapore dollars and significant increases in raw material and utility costs in the 2009 fiscal year nine-month period, which were only partially offset by higher percentages of sales of higher margin, high performance printed circuit materials and advanced composite materials products in the 2009 fiscal year periods.

During both the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008, the Company’s total net sales worldwide of high temperature printed circuit materials, which include high performance materials (non-FR4 printed circuit materials), were 99% of the Company’s total net sales worldwide of printed circuit materials; and during both the three-month and nine-month

periods ended November 25, 2007, the Company’s total net sales worldwide of such high temperature printed circuit materials were 99% of the Company’s total net sales worldwide of printed circuit materials.

The Company’s high temperature printed circuit materials include its high performance materials (non-FR4 printed circuit materials), which consist of high-speed, low-loss materials for digital and RF/microwave applications requiring lead-free compatibility and high bandwidth signal integrity, bismalimide triazine (“BT”) materials, polyimides for applications that demand extremely high thermal performance, cyanate esters, and polytetrafluoroethylene (“PTFE”) materials for RF/Microwave systems that operate at frequencies up to 77GHz.

During the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008, the Company’s total net sales worldwide of high performance printed circuit materials (non-FR4 printed circuit materials) were 61% and 59%, respectively, of the Company’s total net sales worldwide of printed circuit materials, compared with 54% and 52% for last fiscal year’s comparable periods.

The Company’s cost of sales as a percentage of net sales increased to 80.1% in the three-month period ended November 30, 2008 from 74.7% in the three-month period ended November 25, 2007 and to 78.5% in the nine-month period ended November 30, 2008 from 74.3% in the nine-month period ended November 25, 2007 resulting in gross profit margin declines, which were attributable to lower sales volumes in both 2009 fiscal year periods and the impact of currency translation on costs incurred in Singapore dollars and significant increases in raw material and utility costs in the 2009 fiscal year nine-month period, partially offset by higher percentages of sales of higher margin, high performance printed circuit materials and advanced composite materials products in both 2009 fiscal year periods.

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $0.4 million and $1.1 million, respectively, or by 6% and 5%, respectively, during the three-month period and nine-month period, respectively, ended November 30, 2008 compared with last fiscal year’s comparable periods. However, these expenses, measured as percentages of sales, were 12.6% and 11.4%, respectively, during the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 compared with 10.4% and 10.9%, respectively, during the last fiscal year’s comparable periods. The higher percentages in the 2009 fiscal year periods were the result of lower sales in such periods. Stock option expenses were $0.3 million and $0.9 million, respectively, for the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 compared with $0.4 million and $1.0 million for last fiscal year’s comparable periods.

During the three-month period ended November 30, 2008, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge of $0.6 million related to the restructurings at its North American and European business units.

For the reasons set forth above, the Company’s earnings from operations were $3.0 million for the three months ended November 30, 2008, including the $0.6 million charge for restructurings described above, compared to $9.5 million for the three months ended November 25, 2007, and its earnings from operations were $16.6 million for the nine months ended November 30, 2008, including the afore-mentioned restructuring charge, compared to $26.8 million for the nine months ended November 25, 2007.

Interest and other income, net, principally investment income, was $1.7 million and $5.0 million, respectively, for the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 compared with $2.2 million and $7.0 million, respectively, for last fiscal year’s comparable periods. The decreases in investment income were attributable to lower prevailing interest rates, partially offset by higher levels of cash available for investment, during the 2009 fiscal year first, second and third quarters than during the 2008 fiscal year first, second and third quarters. The Company’s investments were primarily in short-term instruments and money market funds.

The Company’s effective income tax rates for the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 were 33.0% and 26.0%, respectively, before the $0.6 million charge for restructurings described above compared to effective income tax rates for the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 25, 2007 of 29.6% and 28.2%, respectively, before recognition of tax benefits of $0.5 million in the 2008 fiscal year third quarter relating to reserves previously established in the United States for transfer pricing and tax benefits of $0.5 million in the 2008 fiscal year second quarter relating to reserves previously established in a foreign jurisdiction where the Company no longer operates. The higher tax provisions for the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 were primarily the results of higher taxable income in jurisdictions with higher income tax rates.

The Company’s effective income tax rates for the three-months and nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 after adjusting for the $0.6 million charge for restructurings described above were 37.0% and 26.7%, respectively. The Company’s effective income tax rates for the three-month and nine-month periods ended November 25, 2007 after adjusting for the recognition of tax benefits relating to reserves previously established in the United States for transfer pricing and reserves previously established in a foreign jurisdiction where the Company no longer operates were 25.0%.

The Company’s net earnings for the three months and nine months ended November 30, 2008 were $2.9 million and $15.4 million, respectively, including the $0.6 million employment termination benefits charge described above, compared to net earnings of $8.8 million and $25.3 million, respectively, for the three months and nine months ended November 25, 2007.

Basic and diluted earnings per share were $0.14 for the three months and $0.76 and $0.75, respectively, for the nine months ended November 30, 2008, including the employment termination benefits charge described above, compared to basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.43 and $1.25 for the three months and nine months, respectively, ended November 25, 2007. The net impact of the charge described above was to reduce basic and diluted earnings per share by $0.03 in the three months ended November 30, 2008 and to reduce basic and diluted earnings per share by $0.02 and $0.03, respectively, in the nine months ended November 30, 2008.

Liquidity and Capital Resources:

At November 30, 2008, the Company’s cash and temporary investments (consisting of cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities) were $214.5 million compared with $214.0 million at March 2, 2008, the end of the Company’s 2008 fiscal year. The Company’s working capital was $241.5 million at November 30, 2008 compared with $239.1 million at March 2, 2008. The increase in working capital at November 30, 2008 compared with March 2, 2008 was due principally to the increase in cash and temporary investments and the increase in other current assets and the decreases in accounts payable, accrued liabilities and income taxes payable only partially offset by decreases in accounts receivable and inventories. The 23% increase in other current assets at November 30, 2008 compared to March 2, 2008 was primarily

the result of increased interest receivable. Accounts payable declined 36%, accounts receivable declined 19% and inventories declined 11% at November 30, 2008 compared to March 2, 2008 principally as a result of lower production and sales volumes during the quarter ended November 30, 2008 compared to the quarter ended March 2, 2008. The 12% decline in accrued liabilities was primarily the result of decreased accruals for compensation programs and professional fees. Income taxes payable declined 52% at November 30, 2008 compared to March 2, 2008 primarily as a result of payments made during the nine-month period. The Company’s current ratio (the ratio of current assets to current liabilities) was 11.6 to 1 at November 30, 2008 compared to 8.5 to 1 at March 2, 2008.

During the nine months ended November 30, 2008, net earnings from the Company’s operations, before depreciation and amortization and stock option exercise expense, of $22.3 million increased by a net decrease in working capital items, resulted in $22.3 million of cash provided by operating activities. During the same nine-month period, the Company expended a net amount of $11.7 million for the purchase of property, plant and equipment, primarily for the Company’s new development and manufacturing facility in Newton, Kansas, and expended a total of $4.7 million for the acquisition of substantially all the assets and business of Nova Composites, Inc., compared with a net amount of $5.0 million during the nine-month period ended November 25, 2007. In addition, the Company paid $4.9 million in dividends on its common stock in the nine-month period ended November 30, 2008 compared to $35.4 million in the nine-month period ended November 25, 2007 as a result of the Company’s declaration of a special cash dividend of $1.50 per share payable August 22, 2007 and totaling $30.5 million. Net expenditures for property, plant and equipment were $4.4 million in the 2008 fiscal year and $3.9 million in the 2007 fiscal year.

At November 30, 2008 and at March 2, 2008, the Company had no long-term debt.

The Company believes its financial resources will be sufficient, for the foreseeable future, to provide for continued investment in working capital and property, plant and equipment and for general corporate purposes. Such resources would also be available for purchases of the Company’s common stock, appropriate acquisitions and other expansions of the Company’s business.

The Company is not aware of any circumstances or events that are reasonably likely to occur that could materially affect its liquidity.

The Company’s contractual obligations and other commercial commitments to make future payments under contracts, such as lease agreements, consist only of operating lease commitments and commitments to purchase plant and equipment for the Company’s new development and manufacturing facility currently under construction in Newton, Kansas. The Company has no long-term debt, capital lease obligations, unconditional purchase obligations or other long-term obligations, standby letters of credit, guarantees, standby repurchase obligations or other commercial commitments or contingent commitments, other than two standby letters of credit in the total amount of $1.6 million to secure the Company’s obligations under its workers’ compensation insurance program.

As of November 30, 2008, there were no material changes outside the ordinary course of the Company’s business in the Company’s contractual obligations disclosed in Item 7 of Part II of its Form 10-K Annual Report for the fiscal year ended March 2, 2008.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements:

The Company’s liquidity is not dependent on the use of, and the Company is not engaged in, any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, such as securitization of receivables or obtaining access to assets through special purpose entities.

Environmental Matters:

In the nine-month periods ended November 30, 2008 and November 25, 2007, the Company charged approximately $0.11 million and $0.01 million, respectively, against pretax income for environmental remedial response and voluntary cleanup costs (including legal fees). While annual expenditures have generally been constant from year to year and may increase over time, the Company expects it will be able to fund such expenditures from cash flow from operations. The timing of expenditures depends on a number of factors, including regulatory approval of cleanup projects, remedial techniques to be utilized and agreements with other parties. At November 30, 2008 and March 2, 2008, the amount recorded in liabilities from discontinued operations for environmental matters related to Dielektra was $2.1 million and the amounts recorded in accrued liabilities for other environmental matters were $0.8 million and $1.6 million, respectively. Management does not expect that environmental matters will have a material adverse effect on the liquidity, capital resources, business, consolidated results of operations or consolidated financial position of the Company.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates:

In response to financial reporting release, FR-60, “Cautionary Advice Regarding Disclosure About Critical Accounting Policies”, issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission in December 2001, the following information is provided regarding critical accounting policies that are important to the Consolidated Financial Statements and that entail, to a significant extent, the use of estimates, assumptions and the application of management’s judgment.

General

The Company’s discussion and analysis of its financial condition and results of operations are based upon the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires the Company to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the related disclosure of contingent liabilities. On an on-going basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to sales allowances, allowances for doubtful accounts, inventories, valuation of long-lived assets, income taxes, restructurings, contingencies and litigation, and pensions and other employee benefit programs. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

The Company believes the following critical accounting policies affect its more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements.

Revenue Recognition

Sales revenue is recognized at the time title to product is transferred to a customer. All material sales transactions are for the shipment of manufactured prepreg and laminate products and advanced composite materials, structures and components. The Company ships its products to customers based upon firm orders, with fixed selling prices, when collection is reasonably assured.

Sales Allowances

The Company provides for the estimated costs of sales allowances at the time such costs can be reasonably estimated. The Company’s products are made to customer specifications and tested for adherence to such specifications before shipment to customers. There are no future performance requirements other than the products’ meeting the agreed specifications. The Company’s bases for providing sales allowances for returns are known situations in which products may have failed due to manufacturing defects in the products supplied by the Company. The Company is focused on manufacturing the highest quality printed circuit materials and advanced composite materials, structures and composites possible and employs stringent manufacturing process controls and works with raw material suppliers who have dedicated themselves to complying with the Company’s specifications and technical requirements. The amounts of returns and allowances resulting from defective or damaged products have been approximately 1.0% of sales for each of the Company’s last three fiscal years.

Allowances for Doubtful Accounts

Accounts receivable are due within established payment terms and are stated at amounts due from customers net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. Accounts outstanding longer than established payment terms are considered past due. The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of its customers to make required payments. The Company determines its allowance by considering a number of factors, including the length of time accounts receivable are past due, the Company’s previous loss history, the customer’s current ability to pay its obligation to the Company, and the condition of the general economy and the industry as a whole. If the financial condition of the Company’s customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required. The Company writes off accounts receivable when they become uncollectible, and payments subsequently received on such receivables are credited to the allowance for doubtful accounts.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or market. The Company writes down its inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketability based upon the age of the inventory and assumptions about future demand for the Company’s products and market conditions.

Valuation of Long-lived Assets

The Company assesses the impairment of long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may not be recoverable. Important factors that could trigger an impairment review include, but are not limited to, significant negative industry or economic trends and significant changes in the use of the Company’s assets or strategy of the overall business. The Company is evaluating the fair value of the fixed assets at its Neltec Europe SAS business unit in Mirebeau, France as a result of the proposed closure of the operations of such business unit, but the Company believes that a write-down, if any, of such assets would not be material to the consolidated financial position or results of operations of the Company.

Income Taxes

Carrying value of the Company’s net deferred tax assets assumes that the Company will be able to generate sufficient future taxable income in certain tax jurisdictions, based on estimates and assumptions. If these estimates and assumptions change in the future, the Company may be required to record additional valuation allowances against its deferred tax assets resulting in additional income tax expense in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations, or conversely to further reduce the existing valuation allowance resulting in less income tax expense. Management evaluates the realizability of the deferred tax assets quarterly and assesses the need for additional valuation allowances quarterly.

Restructurings

In the fourth quarter of the Company’s current fiscal year ending March 1, 2009, the Company expects to record a one-time charge of approximately $4 million to $5 million in connection with the restructuring at its Neltec Europe SAS and Neltec SA business units in France and one-time charges totaling approximately $1.5 million in connection with a workforce reduction at its Nelco Products Pte. Ltd. business unit in Singapore and the closure of is New England Laminates Co., Inc. business unit in Newburgh, New York. Such proposed restructuring, workforce reduction and closure are described in Note 10 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Report and in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Item 2 of Part I of this Report. In addition, the Company recorded a one-time charge of $0.6 million in the 2009 fiscal year third quarter for workforce reductions at its Nelco Products, Inc. and Neltec, Inc. business units in Fullerton, California and Tempe, Arizona, a one-time charge of $1.4 million in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended March 2, 2008 in connection with a restructuring and workforce reduction at its Neltec Europe SAS business unit and a charge of $889 in connection with a workforce reduction at such business unit during the 2006 fiscal year. Such restructuring and workforce reductions are described in Note 5 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Report and in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Item 2 of Part I of this Report.

Contingencies

The Company is subject to a small number of proceedings, lawsuits and other claims related to environmental, employment, product and other matters. The Company is required to assess the likelihood of any adverse judgments or outcomes in these matters as well as potential ranges of probable losses. A

determination of the amount of reserves required, if any, for these contingencies is made after careful analysis of each individual issue. The required reserves may change in the future due to new developments in each matter or changes in approach, such as a change in settlement strategy in dealing with these matters.

Pension and Other Employee Benefit Programs

Dielektra GmbH has significant pension liabilities that were developed from actuarial valuations. Inherent in these valuations are key assumptions including discount rates and wage inflation rates. The pension liability of Dielektra has been included in liabilities from discontinued operations on the Company’s balance sheet.

The Company’s obligations for workers’ compensation claims are effectively self-insured, although the Company maintains individual and aggregate stop-loss insurance coverage for such claims. The Company accrues its workers’ compensation liability based on estimates of the total exposure of known claims using historical experience and projected loss development factors less amounts previously paid.

The Company and certain of its subsidiaries have a non-contributory profit sharing retirement plan covering their regular full-time employees. In addition, the Company’s subsidiaries have various bonus and incentive compensation programs, most of which are determined at management’s discretion.

The Company’s reserves associated with these self-insured liabilities and benefit programs are reviewed by management for adequacy at the end of each reporting period.

Factors That May Affect Future Results.

Certain portions of this Report which do not relate to historical financial information may be deemed to constitute forward-looking statements that are subject to various factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from Park’s expectations or from results which might be projected, forecast, estimated or budgeted by the Company in forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, general conditions in the electronics and aerospace industries, the Company’s competitive position, the status of the Company’s relationships with its customers, economic conditions in international markets, the cost and availability of raw materials and utilities, and the various factors set forth in Item 1A “Risk Factors” and under the caption “Factors That May Affect Future Results” after Item 7 of Park’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 2, 2008.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk.

The Company’s market risk exposure at November 30, 2008 is consistent with, and not greater than, the types of market risk and amount of exposures presented in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 2, 2008.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Vice President and Controller (the person currently performing the functions similar to those performed by a principal financial officer), has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s

disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e)and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of November 30, 2008, the end of the quarterly fiscal period covered by this quarterly report. Based on such evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Vice President and Controller have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis, information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act and are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Vice President and Controller, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.

There has not been any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter to which this report relates that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

None.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

There have been no material changes from the risk factors as previously disclosed in the Company’s Form 10-K Annual Report for the fiscal year ended March 2, 2008.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

The following table provides information with respect to shares of the Company’s Common Stock acquired by the Company during each month included in the Company’s 2009 fiscal year third quarter ended November 30, 2008.

				Maximum Number (or
			Total Number of	Approximate Dollar
			Shares (or	Value) of Shares
	Total		Units) Purchased	(or Units) that
	Number of	Average	as Part of	May Yet Be
	Shares (or	Price Paid	Publicly	Purchased Under
	Units)	per Share	Announced Plans	the Plans or
Period	Purchased	(or Unit)	or Programs	Programs

September 1 - September 30	0	-	0

October 1 - October 30	0	-	0

October 31 - November 30	0	-	0

Total	0	-	0	2,000,000(a)

(a) Aggregate number of shares available to be purchased by the Company pursuant to a previous share purchase authorization announced on October 20, 2004. Pursuant to such authorization, the Company is authorized to purchase its shares from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

None.

Item 5. Other Information.

None.

Item 6. Exhibits.

	31.1		Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a).

	31.2		Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a).

	32.1		Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

	32.2		Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		Park Electrochemical Corp.

		(Registrant)



Date: January 8, 2009		/s/ Brian E. Shore

		Brian E. Shore
		President and
		Chief Executive Officer
		(principal executive officer)


Date: January 8, 2009		/s/ P. Matthew Farabaugh

		P. Matthew Farabaugh
		Vice President and Controller
		(principal accounting officer)

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Name	Page


31.1	Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a)	32

31.2	Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a)	34

32.1	Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	36

32.2	Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	37