form10-q.htm
United
States
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
[ x
] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
quarterly period ended: March 31, 2008
Or
[ ] TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
transition period from_______________ to________________
Commission
File Number 001-05558
Katy
Industries, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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75-1277589
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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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2461
South Clark Street, Suite 630, Arlington, Virginia 22202
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip
Code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (703) 236-4300
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.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer o
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Accelerated
filer o
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Non-accelerated
filer o (Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller
reporting company x
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock
as of the latest practicable date.
Class
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Outstanding
at April 30, 2008
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Common
Stock, $1 Par Value
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7,951,176
Shares
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KATY
INDUSTRIES, INC.
FORM
10-Q
March 31,
2008
INDEX
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Page
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PART
I
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FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Financial
Statements:
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Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
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March
31, 2008 (unaudited) and December 31, 2007
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3,4
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations
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Three
Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 (unaudited)
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5
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Three
Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 (unaudited)
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6
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Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
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7
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Item
2.
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Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
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Results
of Operations
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21
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Item
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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29
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Item
4T.
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Controls
and Procedures
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30
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PART
II
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OTHER
INFORMATION
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31
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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31
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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31
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Item
2.
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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31
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Item
3.
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Defaults
Upon Senior Securities
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31
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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31
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Item
5.
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Other
Information
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31
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Item
6.
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Exhibits
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31
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Signatures
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32
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PART I FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial
Statements
KATY
INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF
MARCH 31, 2008 (UNAUDITED) AND DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Amounts
in Thousands)
ASSETS
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March
31,
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December
31,
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2008
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2007
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CURRENT
ASSETS:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ |
618 |
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$ |
2,015 |
|
Accounts
receivable, net
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19,868 |
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18,077 |
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Inventories,
net
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25,150 |
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26,160 |
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Receivable
from disposition
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3,553 |
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6,799 |
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Other
current assets
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2,064 |
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2,520 |
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Total
current assets
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51,253 |
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55,571 |
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OTHER
ASSETS:
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Goodwill
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665 |
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|
665 |
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Intangibles,
net
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4,733 |
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4,853 |
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Other
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2,959 |
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3,470 |
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Total
other assets
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8,357 |
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8,988 |
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PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT:
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Land
and improvements
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336 |
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336 |
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Buildings
and improvements
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9,697 |
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9,666 |
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Machinery
and equipment
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95,801 |
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96,650 |
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105,834 |
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106,652 |
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Less
- Accumulated depreciation
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(73,090 |
) |
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(72,647 |
) |
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Property
and equipment, net
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32,744 |
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34,005 |
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Total
assets
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$ |
92,354 |
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$ |
98,564 |
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See
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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KATY
INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF
MARCH 31, 2008 (UNAUDITED) AND DECEMBER 31, 2007
(Amounts
in Thousands, Except Share Data)
LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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March
31,
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December
31,
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2008
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2007
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CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
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Accounts
payable
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$ |
11,340 |
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$ |
14,995 |
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Accrued
compensation
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2,725 |
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2,629 |
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Accrued
expenses
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21,159 |
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22,325 |
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Current
maturities of long-term debt
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1,500 |
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1,500 |
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Revolving
credit agreement
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5,794 |
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2,853 |
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Total
current liabilities
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42,518 |
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44,302 |
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LONG-TERM
DEBT, less current maturities
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8,701 |
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9,100 |
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OTHER
LIABILITIES
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8,241 |
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8,706 |
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Total
liabilities
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59,460 |
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62,108 |
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COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 9)
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0 |
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0 |
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STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY:
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15%
Convertible preferred stock, $100 par value, authorized
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1,200,000
shares, issued and outstanding 1,131,551 shares,
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liquidation
value $113,155
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108,256 |
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108,256 |
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Common
stock, $1 par value; authorized 35,000,000 shares;
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issued
9,822,304 shares
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9,822 |
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9,822 |
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Additional
paid-in capital
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27,375 |
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27,338 |
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Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
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(1,277 |
) |
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(1,112 |
) |
Accumulated
deficit
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(89,349 |
) |
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(85,915 |
) |
Treasury
stock, at cost, 1,871,128 shares
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(21,933 |
) |
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(21,933 |
) |
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Total
stockholders' equity
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32,894 |
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36,456 |
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Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
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$ |
92,354 |
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$ |
98,564 |
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See
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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KATY
INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE
THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2008 AND 2007
(Amounts
in Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)
(Unaudited)
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2008
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2007
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Net
sales
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$ |
41,691 |
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$ |
45,552 |
|
Cost
of goods sold
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37,863 |
|
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39,956 |
|
Gross
profit
|
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3,828 |
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5,596 |
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Selling,
general and administrative expenses
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6,737 |
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7,574 |
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Severance,
restructuring and related charges
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138 |
|
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208 |
|
Loss
(gain) on sale of assets
|
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|
533 |
|
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|
(120 |
) |
Operating
loss
|
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|
(3,580 |
) |
|
|
(2,066 |
) |
Interest
expense
|
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|
(483 |
) |
|
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(1,195 |
) |
Other,
net
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(14 |
) |
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32 |
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Loss
from continuing operations before benefit from (provision
for)
|
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|
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income
taxes
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(4,077 |
) |
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(3,229 |
) |
Benefit
from (provision for) income taxes from continuing
operations
|
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|
352 |
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(89 |
) |
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Loss
from continuing operations
|
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|
(3,725 |
) |
|
|
(3,318 |
) |
Loss
from operations of discontinued businesses (net of tax)
|
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|
(252 |
) |
|
|
(2,127 |
) |
Gain
on sale of discontinued businesses (net of tax)
|
|
|
543 |
|
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1,666 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(3,434 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,779 |
) |
|
|
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|
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Loss
per share of common stock - Basic and diluted
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Loss
from continuing operations
|
|
$ |
(0.47 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.42 |
) |
Discontinued
operations
|
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|
0.04 |
|
|
|
(0.06 |
) |
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(0.43 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.48 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average common shares outstanding (thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Basic
and diluted
|
|
|
7,951 |
|
|
|
7,951 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
See
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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KATY
INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE
THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2008 AND 2007
(Amounts
in Thousands)
(Unaudited)
|
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2008
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2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(3,434 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,779 |
) |
(Income)
loss from discontinued operations
|
|
|
(291 |
) |
|
|
461 |
|
Loss
from continuing operations
|
|
|
(3,725 |
) |
|
|
(3,318 |
) |
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
1,823 |
|
|
|
1,865 |
|
Write-off
and amortization of debt issuance costs
|
|
|
96 |
|
|
|
619 |
|
Stock
option expense
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
|
94 |
|
Loss
(gain) on sale of assets
|
|
|
533 |
|
|
|
(120 |
) |
Deferred
income taxes
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(94 |
) |
|
|
|
(1,236 |
) |
|
|
(954 |
) |
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
|
(1,833 |
) |
|
|
(2,075 |
) |
Inventories
|
|
|
928 |
|
|
|
(807 |
) |
Other
assets
|
|
|
134 |
|
|
|
77 |
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
|
(1,489 |
) |
|
|
261 |
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|
|
(1,017 |
) |
|
|
(1,995 |
) |
Other,
net
|
|
|
(363 |
) |
|
|
843 |
|
|
|
|
(3,640 |
) |
|
|
(3,696 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
Net
cash used in continuing operations
|
|
|
(4,876 |
) |
|
|
(4,650 |
) |
Net
cash used in discontinued operations
|
|
|
(320 |
) |
|
|
(195 |
) |
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(5,196 |
) |
|
|
(4,845 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures of continuing operations
|
|
|
(1,037 |
) |
|
|
(979 |
) |
Proceeds
from sale of assets, net
|
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
120 |
|
Net
cash used in continuing operations
|
|
|
(1,002 |
) |
|
|
(859 |
) |
Net
cash provided by discontinued operations
|
|
|
4,424 |
|
|
|
5,995 |
|
Net
cash provided by investing activities
|
|
|
3,422 |
|
|
|
5,136 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
borrowings (repayments) on revolving loans
|
|
|
2,940 |
|
|
|
(2,388 |
) |
Decrease
in book overdraft
|
|
|
(2,110 |
) |
|
|
(2,123 |
) |
Repayments
of term loans
|
|
|
(399 |
) |
|
|
(24 |
) |
Direct
costs associated with debt facilities
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(125 |
) |
Repurchases
of common stock
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
Net
cash provided by (used in) continuing operations
|
|
|
431 |
|
|
|
(4,663 |
) |
Net
cash used in discontinued operations
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(97 |
) |
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
|
|
431 |
|
|
|
(4,760 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(54 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
Net
decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(1,397 |
) |
|
|
(4,473 |
) |
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
|
|
2,015 |
|
|
|
7,392 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, end of period
|
|
$ |
618 |
|
|
$ |
2,919 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
|
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|
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|
|
|
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|
KATY
INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31,
2008
(Unaudited)
(1) Restatement of Prior
Financial Information
As a
result of accounting errors in the Company’s raw material inventory
records, management and the Company’s Audit Committee determined on August 6,
2007 that the Company’s previously issued consolidated financial statements for
the three months ended March 31, 2007 should no longer be relied
upon. The Company’s decision to restate its consolidated financial
statements was based on facts obtained by management and the results of an
independent investigation of the physical raw material inventory counting
process at Continental Commercial Products, LLP (“CCP”). These
procedures resulted in the identification of the overstatement of raw material
inventory when completing the physical inventory. At the time of the
physical inventories, the Company did not have sufficient controls in place to
ensure that the accurate physical raw material inventory on hand was properly
accounted for and reported in the proper period. The Company filed on
August 17, 2007 an amended Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A as of March 31, 2007
in order to restate the consolidated financial statements. All
amounts included in this Quarterly Report for the above period have been
properly reflected for the restatement.
(2) Significant Accounting
Policies
Consolidation Policy and
Basis of Presentation
The condensed consolidated financial
statements include the accounts of Katy Industries, Inc. and subsidiaries in
which it has a greater than 50% interest, collectively “Katy” or the
Company. All significant intercompany accounts, profits and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Investments in
affiliates which do not meet the criteria of a variable interest entity, and
which are not majority owned but with respect to which the Company exercises
significant influence, are reported using the equity method. The
condensed consolidated financial statements at March 31, 2008 and December 31,
2007 and for the three month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 are unaudited
and reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments)
which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of
the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company. Interim results may not be indicative of results to be
realized for the entire year. The condensed consolidated financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial
statements and notes thereto, together with management’s discussion and analysis
of financial condition and results of operations, contained in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. The
condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2007 was derived from audited
financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
(“GAAP”).
Use of Estimates and
Reclassifications
The preparation of financial statements
in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Certain reclassifications associated
with the presentation of discontinued operations were made to the 2007 amounts
in order to conform to the 2008 presentation.
Inventories
The components of inventories are as
follows (amounts in thousands):
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Raw
materials
|
|
$ |
14,997 |
|
|
$ |
17,022 |
|
Work
in process
|
|
|
762 |
|
|
|
763 |
|
Finished
goods
|
|
|
15,088 |
|
|
|
13,762 |
|
Inventory
reserves
|
|
|
(1,340 |
) |
|
|
(1,376 |
) |
LIFO
reserve
|
|
|
(4,357 |
) |
|
|
(4,011 |
) |
|
|
$ |
25,150 |
|
|
$ |
26,160 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At March 31, 2008 and December 31,
2007, approximately 56% and 62%, respectively, of
Katy’s inventories were accounted for using the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”)
method of costing, while the remaining inventories were accounted for using the
first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method. Current cost, as determined
using the FIFO method, exceeded LIFO cost by $4.4 million and $4.0 million at
March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.
Property, Plant and
Equipment
Property
and equipment are stated at cost and depreciated over their estimated useful
lives: buildings (10-40 years) using the straight-line method; machinery and
equipment (3-20 years) using the straight-line method; tooling (5 years) using
the straight-line method; and leasehold improvements using the straight-line
method over the remaining lease period or useful life, if
shorter. Costs for repair and maintenance of machinery and equipment
are expensed as incurred, unless the result significantly increases the useful
life or functionality of the asset, in which case capitalization is
considered. Depreciation expense from continuing operations was $1.7
million and $1.7 million for the three month periods ended March 31, 2008 and
2007, respectively.
With
leases expiring on December 31, 2008 for our largest facility in Bridgeton,
Missouri, the Company anticipates exploring alternative options which will
utilize significantly less square footage in order to improve the overhead cost
structure. As a result, the Company anticipates incurring
approximately $1.2 million in the non-cash write off of fixed assets for assets
expected to be sold or abandoned in 2008. For the three month period
ended March 31, 2008, the Company recognized a $0.5 million loss on the sale of
fixed assets and $0.1 million in accelerated depreciation associated with this
activity.
Stock Options and Other
Stock Awards
On
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard
(“SFAS”) No. 123R, Share-Based
Payment (“SFAS No. 123R”) using the modified prospective
method. Under this method, compensation cost recognized during the
three month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 includes: a) compensation cost
for all stock options granted prior to, but not yet vested as of January 1,
2006, based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with SFAS No.
123R amortized over the options’ vesting period and b) compensation cost for
outstanding stock appreciation rights based on the March 31 fair value estimated
in accordance with SFAS No. 123R.
Compensation
(income) expense is included in selling, general and administrative expense in
the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The components
of compensation (income) expense are as follows:
|
|
Three
Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
option expense
|
|
$ |
37 |
|
|
$ |
94 |
|
Stock
appreciation right income
|
|
|
(164 |
) |
|
|
(179 |
) |
|
|
$ |
(127 |
) |
|
$ |
(85 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The fair value for stock options was
estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing
model. The Company used the simplified method, as allowed by Staff
Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 107, Share-Based Payment, for
estimating the expected term by averaging the minimum and maximum lives expected
for each award. In addition, the Company estimated volatility by
considering its historical stock volatility over a term comparable to the
remaining expected life of each award. The risk-free interest rate
was the current yield available on U.S. treasury rates with issues with a
remaining term equal in term to each award. The Company estimates
forfeitures using historical results. The Company’s estimates of
forfeitures will be adjusted over the requisite service period based on the
extent to which actual forfeitures differ, or are expected to differ, from their
estimate. The assumptions for expected term, volatility and risk-free
rate are presented in the table below:
Expected
term (years)
|
5.3
- 6.5
|
Volatility
|
53.8%
- 57.6%
|
Risk-free
rate
|
3.98%
- 4.48%
|
The fair
value for stock appreciation rights, a liability award, was estimated at the
effective date of SFAS No. 123R, and March 31, 2008 and 2007, using a
Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Company estimated the
expected term by averaging the minimum and maximum lives expected for each
award. In addition, the Company estimated volatility by considering
its historical stock volatility over a term comparable to the remaining expected
life of each award. The risk-free interest rate was the current yield
available on U.S. treasury rates with issues with a remaining term equal in term
to each award. The Company estimates forfeitures using historical
results. The Company’s estimates of forfeitures will be adjusted over
the requisite service period based on the extent to which actual forfeitures
differ, or are expected to differ, from their estimate. The
assumptions for expected term, volatility and risk-free rate are presented in
the table below:
|
March
31,
|
|
March
31,
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
Expected
term (years)
|
3.0
- 4.5
|
|
3.0
- 5.3
|
Volatility
|
92.3%
- 105.1%
|
|
53.7%
- 58.6%
|
Risk-free
rate
|
1.79%
- 2.13%
|
|
4.54%
|
Comprehensive
Loss
The components of comprehensive loss
are as follows (amounts in thousands):
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(3,434 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,779 |
) |
Foreign
currency translation losses
|
|
|
(165 |
) |
|
|
(334 |
) |
Unrealized
losses on interest rate swap
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(29 |
) |
Pension
and other postretirement benefits
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(17 |
) |
|
|
|
(165 |
) |
|
|
(380 |
) |
Comprehensive
loss
|
|
$ |
(3,599 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,159 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3) New Accounting
Pronouncements
In
December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No.
141 (revised 2007), Business
Combinations (“SFAS No. 141R”). SFAS No. 141R establishes
principles and requirements for how an acquirer in a business combination (a)
recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets
acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the
acquiree, (b) recognizes and measures the goodwill acquired in a business
combination or a gain from a bargain purchase, and (c) determines what
information to disclose to enable users of financial statements to evaluate the
nature and financial effects of the business combination. SFAS No.
141R will be applied prospectively to business combinations that have an
acquisition date on or after January 1, 2009. The provisions of SFAS
141R will not impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements for prior
periods.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements-an amendment of ARB No. 51 (“SFAS No.
160”). SFAS No. 160 requires the recognition of a noncontrolling
interest, or minority interest, as equity in the consolidated financial
statements and separate from the parent’s equity. The amount of net
income attributable to the noncontrolling interest will be included in
consolidated net income on the face of the income statement. SFAS No.
160 also includes expanded disclosure requirements regarding the interests of
the parent and its noncontrolling interest. For the Company, SFAS No.
160 is effective January 1, 2009. The Company is currently evaluating
the impact this statement may have in its future financial
statements.
(4) Intangible
Assets
Following is detailed
information regarding Katy’s intangible assets (amounts in
thousands):
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Net
Carrying
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Net
Carrying
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
Patents
|
|
$ |
1,044 |
|
|
$ |
(770 |
) |
|
$ |
274 |
|
|
$ |
1,031 |
|
|
$ |
(734 |
) |
|
$ |
297 |
|
Customer
lists
|
|
|
10,231 |
|
|
|
(8,282 |
) |
|
|
1,949 |
|
|
|
10,231 |
|
|
|
(8,240 |
) |
|
|
1,991 |
|
Tradenames
|
|
|
5,054 |
|
|
|
(2,544 |
) |
|
|
2,510 |
|
|
|
5,054 |
|
|
|
(2,489 |
) |
|
|
2,565 |
|
Other
|
|
|
441 |
|
|
|
(441 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
441 |
|
|
|
(441 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
16,770 |
|
|
$ |
(12,037 |
) |
|
$ |
4,733 |
|
|
$ |
16,757 |
|
|
$ |
(11,904 |
) |
|
$ |
4,853 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All of Katy’s intangible
assets are definite long-lived intangibles. Katy recorded
amortization expense on intangible assets of continuing operations of $0.1
million and $0.1 million for the three month periods ended March 31, 2008 and
2007, respectively. Estimated aggregate future amortization expense
related to intangible assets is as follows (amounts in
thousands):
2008
(remainder)
|
|
$ |
384 |
|
2009
|
|
|
476 |
|
2010
|
|
|
472 |
|
2011
|
|
|
445 |
|
2012
|
|
|
420 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
2,536 |
|
|
|
$ |
4,733 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5) Indebtedness
Long-term debt consists of the
following (amounts in thousands):
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Term
loan payable under the Bank of America Credit Agreement,
interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
based
on LIBOR and Prime Rates (5.38% - 6.25%), due through 2010
|
|
$ |
10,201 |
|
|
$ |
10,600 |
|
Revolving
loans payable under the Bank of America Credit Agreement,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
interest
based on LIBOR and Prime Rates (5.13% - 6.00%)
|
|
|
5,794 |
|
|
|
2,853 |
|
Total
debt
|
|
|
15,995 |
|
|
|
13,453 |
|
Less
revolving loans, classified as current (see below)
|
|
|
(5,794 |
) |
|
|
(2,853 |
) |
Less
current maturities
|
|
|
(1,500 |
) |
|
|
(1,500 |
) |
Long-term
debt
|
|
$ |
8,701 |
|
|
$ |
9,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aggregate remaining scheduled maturities of the Term Loan as of March 31, 2008
are as follows (amounts in thousands):
2008
|
|
$ |
1,125 |
|
2009
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
2010
|
|
|
7,576 |
|
|
|
$ |
10,201 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
On
November 30, 2007, the Company entered into the Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement with Bank of America (the “Bank of America Credit
Agreement”). The Bank of America Credit Agreement is a $50.6 million
credit facility with a $10.6 million term loan (“Term Loan”) and a $40.0 million
revolving loan (“Revolving Credit Facility”), including a $10.0 million
sub-limit for letters of credit. The Bank of America Credit Agreement
replaces the previous credit agreement (“Previous Credit Agreement”) as
originally entered into on April 20, 2004. The Bank of America Credit
Agreement is an asset-based lending agreement and only involves one bank
compared to a syndicate of four banks under the Previous Credit
Agreement.
The
Revolving Credit Facility has an expiration date of November 30, 2010 and its
borrowing base is determined by eligible inventory and accounts
receivable. The Company’s borrowing base under the Bank of America
Credit Agreement is reduced by the outstanding amount of standby and commercial
letters of credit. All extensions of credit under the Bank of America
Credit Agreement are collateralized by a first priority security interest in and
lien upon the capital stock of each material domestic subsidiary of the Company
(65% of the capital stock of certain foreign subsidiaries of the Company), and
all present and future assets and properties of the Company.
The
Company’s Term Loan balance immediately prior to the Bank of America Credit
Agreement was $10.0 million. The annual amortization on the new Term
Loan, paid quarterly, is $1.5 million with final payment due November 30,
2010. The Term Loan is collateralized by the Company’s property,
plant and equipment.
The Bank
of America Credit Agreement requires the Company to maintain a minimum level of
availability such that its eligible collateral must exceed the sum of its
outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and letters of credit
by at least $5.0 million. The Company’s borrowing base under the Bank
of America Credit Agreement is reduced by the outstanding amount of standby and
commercial letters of credit. Vendors, financial institutions and
other parties with whom the Company conducts business may require letters of
credit in the future that either (1) do not exist today or (2) would be at
higher amounts than those that exist today. Currently, the Company’s
largest letters of credit relate to our casualty insurance
programs. At March 31, 2008, total outstanding letters of credit were
$5.5 million.
Borrowings
under the Bank of America Credit Agreement will bear interest, at the Company’s
option, at either a rate equal to the bank’s base rate or LIBOR plus a margin
based on levels of borrowing availability. Interest rate margins for
the Revolving Credit Facility under the applicable LIBOR option will range from
2.00% to 2.50% on borrowing availability levels of $20.0 million to less than
$10.0 million, respectively. For the Term Loan, interest rate margins
under the applicable LIBOR option will range from 2.25% to
2.75%. Financial covenants such as minimum fixed charge coverage and
leverage ratios are excluded from the Bank of America Credit
Agreement.
If the
Company is unable to comply with the terms of the Bank of America Credit
Agreement, it could seek to obtain an amendment to the Bank of America Credit
Agreement and pursue increased liquidity through additional debt financing
and/or the sale of assets. It is possible, however, the Company may
not be able to obtain further amendments from the lender or secure additional
debt financing or liquidity through the sale of assets on favorable terms or at
all. However, the Company believes that it will be able to comply
with all covenants throughout 2008.
On April 20, 2004, the Company
completed its Previous Credit Agreement which was a $93.0 million facility with
a $13.0 million Term Loan and an $80.0 million Revolving Credit
Facility. The Previous Credit Agreement was amended eight times from
April 20, 2004 to March 8, 2007 due to various reasons such as declining
profitability and timing of certain restructuring payments. The
amendments adjusted certain financial covenants such that the fixed charge
coverage ratio and consolidated leverage ratio were eliminated and a minimum
availability level was set. In addition, the Company was limited on
maximum allowable capital expenditures and was required to pay interest at the
highest level of interest rate margins set in the Previous Credit
Agreement. On March 8, 2007, the Company also reduced its revolving
credit facility from $90.0 million to $80.0 million.
Effective
August 17, 2005, the Company entered into a two-year interest rate swap on a
notional amount of $25.0 million in the first year and $15.0 million in the
second year. The purpose of the swap was to limit the Company’s
exposure to interest rate increases on a portion of the Revolving Credit
Facility over the two-year term of the swap. The fixed interest rate
under the swap over the life of the agreement was 4.49%. The interest
rate swap expired on August 17, 2007.
All of
the debt under the Bank of America Credit Agreement is re-priced to current
rates at frequent intervals. Therefore, its fair value approximates
its carrying value at March 31, 2008. For the three month periods
ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, the Company had amortization of debt issuance
costs, included within interest expense, of $0.1 million and $0.6 million,
respectively. Included in amortization of debt issuance costs for the
three month period ended March 31, 2007 is approximately $0.3 million written
off due to the reduction in the Revolving Credit Facility on March 8,
2007. The Company incurred $0.1 million associated with entering into
the Bank of America Credit Agreement, as discussed above, for the three month
period ended March 31, 2007.
The
Revolving Credit Facility under the Bank of America Credit Agreement requires
lockbox agreements which provide for all Company receipts to be swept daily to
reduce borrowings outstanding. These agreements, combined with the
existence of a material adverse effect (“MAE”) clause in the Bank of America
Credit Agreement, will cause the Revolving Credit Facility to be classified as a
current liability, per guidance in the Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No.
95-22, Balance Sheet
Classification of Borrowings Outstanding under Revolving Credit Agreements that
Include Both a Subjective Acceleration Clause and a Lock-Box
Arrangement. The Company does not expect to repay, or be
required to repay, within one year, the balance of the Revolving Credit
Facility, which will be classified as a current liability. The MAE
clause, which is a fairly typical requirement in commercial credit agreements,
allows the lender to require the loan to become due if it determines there has
been a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations, business,
properties, assets, liabilities, condition, or prospects. The
classification of the Revolving Credit Facility as a current liability is a
result only of the combination of the lockbox agreements and the MAE
clause. The Revolving Credit Facility does not expire or have a
maturity date within one year, but rather has a final expiration date of
November 30, 2010.
(6) Retirement Benefit
Plans
Certain
subsidiaries have pension plans covering substantially all of their
employees. These plans are noncontributory, defined benefit pension
plans. The benefits to be paid under these plans are generally based
on employees’ retirement age and years of service. The Company’s
funding policy, subject to the minimum funding requirement of employee benefit
and tax laws, is to contribute such amounts as determined on an actuarial basis
to provide the plans with assets sufficient to meet the benefit
obligations. Plan assets consist primarily of fixed income
investments, corporate equities and government securities. The
Company also provides certain health care and life insurance benefits for some
of its retired employees. The postretirement health plans are
unfunded. Katy uses an annual measurement date of December 31 for its
pension and other postretirement benefit plans for all years
presented.
Information
regarding the Company’s net periodic benefit cost for pension and other
postretirement benefit plans for the three month periods ended March 31, 2008
and 2007 is as follows (amounts in thousands):
|
|
Pension
Benefits
|
|
|
Other
Benefits
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Components
of net periodic benefit cost:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service
cost
|
|
$ |
3 |
|
|
$ |
2 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Interest
cost
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
|
51 |
|
Expected
return on plan assets
|
|
|
(25 |
) |
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Amortization
of prior service cost
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
22 |
|
Amortization
of net loss
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
Net
periodic benefit cost
|
|
$ |
12 |
|
|
$ |
14 |
|
|
$ |
45 |
|
|
$ |
77 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
There are
no required contributions to the pension plans for 2008.
(7) Stock Incentive
Plans
Stock
Options
The
following table summarizes stock option activity under each of the Company’s
applicable plans:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
Average
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
Remaining
|
|
Intrinsic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
Contractual
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
Options
|
|
|
Price
|
|
Life
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
1,632,200 |
|
|
$ |
3.59 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
0.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
0.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cancelled
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
0.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at March 31, 2008
|
|
|
1,632,200 |
|
|
$ |
3.59 |
|
5.56
years
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vested
and Exercisable at March 31, 2008
|
|
|
1,322,200 |
|
|
$ |
3.80 |
|
5.16
years
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As
of March 31, 2008, total unvested compensation expense associated with stock
options amounted to $34 thousand and is being amortized on a straight-line basis
over the respective option’s vesting period. The weighted average
period in which the above compensation cost will be recognized is 0.2 years as
of March 31, 2008.
Stock Appreciation
Rights
The following table summarizes SARs
activity under each of the Company’s applicable plans:
Non-Vested
at December 31, 2007
|
13,333
|
|
|
Granted
|
-
|
Vested
|
(6,667)
|
|
|
Non-Vested
at March 31, 2008
|
6,666
|
|
|
Total
Outstanding at March 31, 2008
|
660,882
|
|
|
(8) Income
Taxes
The
Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes (“FIN No. 48”), on January 1, 2007. As a result of the
implementation of FIN No. 48, the Company recognized approximately a $1.1
million increase in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits, which was
accounted for as an increase of $0.1 million to the January 1, 2007 balance of
deferred tax assets and a reduction of $1.0 million to the January 1, 2007
balance of retained earnings.
Included
in the balance at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 are $1.8 million and $2.1
million, respectively, of tax positions for which the ultimate deductibility is
highly certain but for which there is uncertainty about the timing of such
deductibility. Because of the impact of deferred tax accounting,
other than interest and penalties, the disallowance of the shorter deductibility
period would not affect the annual effective tax rate but would have accelerated
the payment of cash to the taxing authority to an earlier period.
The
Company recognizes interest and penalties accrued related to the unrecognized
tax benefits in the provision for income taxes. During the three
month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, the Company recognized an
insignificant amount in interest and penalties. The Company had
approximately $0.5 million and $0.5 million for the payment of interest and
penalties accrued at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007,
respectively.
The Company believes that it is reasonably possible that the total amount of
unrecognized tax benefits will change within twelve months of March 31,
2008. The Company has certain tax return years subject to statutes of
limitation which will close within twelve months of March 31,
2008. Unless challenged by tax authorities, the closure of those
statutes of limitation is expected to result in the recognition of uncertain tax
positions in the amount of $0.5 million. The Company has uncertain
tax positions relating to transfer pricing practices and filings in certain
jurisdictions, none of which are currently under examination.
The
Company and all of its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal
jurisdiction and various states. The Company’s foreign subsidiaries file income
tax returns in certain foreign jurisdictions since they have operations outside
the U.S. The Company and its subsidiaries are generally no longer
subject to U.S. federal, state and local examinations by tax authorities for
years before 2003.
As of
March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Company had deferred tax assets, net
of deferred tax liabilities and valuation allowances, of $48 thousand for both
periods. Domestic net operating loss (“NOL”) carry forwards comprised
$34.5 million of the deferred tax assets for both periods. Katy’s
history of operating losses in many of its taxing jurisdictions provides
significant negative evidence with respect to the Company’s ability to generate
future taxable income, a requirement in order to recognize deferred tax assets
on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. For this reason, the
Company was unable to conclude at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 that NOLs
and other deferred tax assets in the United States and certain unprofitable
foreign jurisdictions would be utilized in the future. As a result,
valuation allowances for these entities were recorded as of such dates for the
full amount of deferred tax assets, net of the amount of deferred tax
liabilities.
The tax expense or benefit recorded in
continuing operations is generally determined without regard to other categories
of earnings, such as a loss from discontinued operations or other comprehensive
income. An exception is provided if there is aggregate pre-tax income
from other categories and a pre-tax loss from continuing operations, even if a
valuation allowance has been established against deferred tax assets as of the
beginning of the year. The tax benefit allocated to continuing
operations is the amount by which the loss from continuing operations reduces
the tax expense recorded with respect to the other categories or
earnings.
The provision for income taxes for the
three month period ended March 31, 2008 primarily reflects current tax benefit
for FIN No. 48 activity as well as a tax benefit of $0.1 million recorded to
offset the provision recorded under discontinued operations for domestic income
taxes on domestic pre-tax income. For the three months ended March
31, 2007, the provision for income taxes reflects current expense for FIN No. 48
activity and miscellaneous state income taxes. No benefit from income
taxes from continuing and discontinued operations for the three month period
ended March 31, 2007 was required as the Company had a domestic pre-tax loss
within continuing and discontinued operations.
Tax benefits were not recorded on the
pre-tax net loss for the three month periods ended March 31, 2008 and
2007 as valuation allowances were recorded related to deferred tax assets
created as a result of operating losses in the United States and certain foreign
jurisdictions. As a result of accumulated operating losses in those
jurisdictions, the Company has concluded that it was more likely than not that
such benefits would not be realized.
(9) Commitments and
Contingencies
General Environmental
Claims
The
Company and certain of its current and former direct and indirect corporate
predecessors, subsidiaries and divisions are involved in remedial activities at
certain present and former locations and have been identified by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), state environmental agencies and
private parties as potentially responsible parties (“PRPs”) at a number of
hazardous waste disposal sites under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (“Superfund”) or equivalent state laws and, as
such, may be liable for the cost of cleanup and other remedial activities at
these sites. Responsibility for cleanup and other remedial activities
at a Superfund site is typically shared among PRPs based on an allocation
formula. Under the federal Superfund statute, parties could be held
jointly and severally liable, thus subjecting them to potential individual
liability for the entire cost of cleanup at the site. Based on its
estimate of allocation of liability among PRPs, the probability that other PRPs,
many of whom are large, solvent, public companies, will fully pay the costs
apportioned to them, currently available information concerning the scope of
contamination, estimated remediation costs, estimated legal fees and other
factors, the Company has recorded and accrued for environmental liabilities in
amounts that it deems reasonable and believes that any liability with respect to
these matters in excess of the accruals will not be material. The
ultimate costs will depend on a number of factors and the amount currently
accrued represents management’s best current estimate of the total costs to be
incurred. The Company expects this amount to be substantially paid
over the next five to ten years.
W.J.
Smith Wood Preserving Company (“W.J. Smith”)
The W. J.
Smith matter originated in the 1980s when the United States and the State of
Texas, through the Texas Water Commission, initiated environmental enforcement
actions against W.J. Smith alleging that certain conditions on the W.J. Smith
property (the “Property”) violated environmental laws. In order to
resolve the enforcement actions, W.J. Smith engaged in a series of cleanup
activities on the Property and implemented a groundwater monitoring
program.
In 1993,
the EPA initiated a proceeding under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) against W.J. Smith and Katy. The proceeding
sought certain actions at the site and at certain off-site areas, as well as
development and implementation of additional cleanup activities to mitigate
off-site releases. In December 1995, W.J. Smith, Katy and the EPA
agreed to resolve the proceeding through an Administrative Order on Consent
under Section 7003 of RCRA. While the Company has completed the
cleanup activities required by the Administrative Order on Consent under Section
7003 of RCRA, the Company still has further post-closure obligations in the
areas of groundwater monitoring, as well as ongoing site operation and
maintenance costs.
Since
1990, the Company has spent in excess of $7.0 million undertaking cleanup and
compliance activities in connection with this matter. While ultimate
liability with respect to this matter is not easy to determine, the Company has
recorded and accrued amounts that it deems reasonable for prospective
liabilities with respect to this matter.
Asbestos Claims
A. The
Company has been named as a defendant in ten lawsuits filed in state court in
Alabama by a total of approximately 324 individual plaintiffs. There
are over 100 defendants named in each case. In all ten cases, the
Plaintiffs claim that they were exposed to asbestos in the course of their
employment at a former U.S. Steel plant in Alabama and, as a result, contracted
mesothelioma, asbestosis, lung cancer or other illness. They claim
that they were exposed to asbestos in products in the plant which were
manufactured by each defendant. In eight of the cases, Plaintiffs
also assert wrongful death claims. The Company will vigorously defend
the claims against it in these matters. The liability of the Company
cannot be determined at this time.
B.
Sterling Fluid Systems (USA) (“Sterling”) has tendered over 2,426 cases pending
in Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Nevada, Mississippi, Wyoming,
Louisiana, Georgia, Massachusetts and California to the Company for defense and
indemnification. With respect to one case, Sterling has demanded that
Katy indemnify it for a $200,000 settlement. Sterling bases its
tender of the complaints on the provisions contained in a 1993 Purchase
Agreement between the parties whereby Sterling purchased the LaBour Pump
business and other assets from the Company. Sterling has not filed a
lawsuit against Katy in connection with these matters.
The
tendered complaints all purport to state claims against Sterling and its
subsidiaries. The Company and its current subsidiaries are not named
as defendants. The plaintiffs in the cases also allege that they were
exposed to asbestos and products containing asbestos in the course of their
employment. Each complaint names as defendants many manufacturers of
products containing asbestos, apparently because plaintiffs came into contact
with a variety of different products in the course of their
employment. Plaintiffs claim that LaBour Pump Company, a former
division of an inactive subsidiary of Katy, and/or Sterling may have
manufactured some of those products.
With
respect to many of the tendered complaints, including the one settled by
Sterling for $200,000, the Company has taken the position that Sterling has
waived its right to indemnity by failing to timely request it as required under
the 1993 Purchase Agreement. With respect to the balance of the
tendered complaints, the Company has elected not to assume the defense of
Sterling in these matters.
C.
LaBour Pump Company, a former division of an inactive subsidiary of Katy, has
been named as a defendant in over 388 similar cases in New
Jersey. These cases have also been tendered by
Sterling. The Company has elected to defend these cases, many of
which have been dismissed or settled for nominal sums.
While the
ultimate liability of the Company related to the asbestos matters above cannot
be determined at this time, the Company has recorded and accrued amounts that it
deems reasonable for prospective liabilities with respect to this
matter.
Non-Environmental Litigation – Banco del Atlantico, S.A.
Banco del
Atlantico, S.A. v. Woods Industries, Inc., et al. Civil Action No.
L-96-139 (now 1:03-CV-1342-LJM-VSS, U.S.
District Court, Southern District of Indiana, appeal docketed, United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Appeal No.
07-2238).
In December 1996, Banco del Atlantico
(“plaintiff”), a bank located in Mexico, filed a lawsuit in Texas against Woods
Industries, Inc. (“Woods”, since renamed WII, Inc.), a subsidiary of Katy, and
against certain past and/or then present officers, directors and owners of Woods
(collectively, “defendants”). The plaintiff alleges that it was
defrauded into making loans to a Mexican corporation controlled by certain past
officers and directors of Woods based upon fraudulent representations and
purported guarantees. Based on these allegations, and others, the
plaintiff originally asserted claims for alleged violations of the federal
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”); “money laundering”
of the proceeds of the illegal enterprise; the Indiana RICO and Crime Victims
Act; common law fraud and conspiracy; and fraudulent transfer. The
plaintiff also seeks recovery upon certain alleged guarantees purportedly
executed by Woods Wire Products, Inc., a predecessor company from which Woods
purchased certain assets in 1993 (prior to Woods' ownership by Katy, which began
in December 1996). The primary legal theories under which the
plaintiff seeks to hold Woods liable for its alleged damages are respondeat
superior, conspiracy, successor liability, or a combination of the
three.
The case was transferred from Texas to
the Southern District of Indiana in 2003. In September 2004, the
plaintiff and HSBC Mexico, S.A. (collectively, “plaintiffs”), who intervened in
the litigation as an additional alleged owner of the claims against the
defendants, filed a Second Amended Complaint.
On August
11, 2005, the Court dismissed with prejudice all of the
federal and Indiana RICO claims asserted in the Second Amended Complaint against
Woods. During subsequent discovery, the defendants moved for
sanctions for the plaintiffs’ asserted failures to abide by the rules of
discovery and produce certain documents and witnesses, including the sanction of
dismissal of the case with
prejudice. The defendants also moved for summary judgment on the
remaining claims on January 16, 2007. The plaintiffs also cross-moved
for summary judgment in their favor on their claims under the alleged guarantees
purportedly executed by old Woods Wire Products, Inc.
On April
9, 2007, while the parties’ summary judgment motions were still being briefed,
the Court granted the defendants’ motion for sanctions and dismissed all of the
plaintiffs’ claims with
prejudice. The Court’s dismissal order dismisses all claims
against Woods.
The
plaintiffs appealed both the District Court’s dismissal of their RICO claims in
its August 11, 2005 Order and the District Court’s dismissal of all their claims
in its April 9, 2007 Order. The plaintiffs filed their Opening brief
on appeal on July 13, 2007. The defendants filed their Opposition
brief on September 14, 2007 and the plaintiffs filed their Reply brief on
October 11, 2007. The Seventh Circuit heard oral argument on the
plaintiffs’ appeal on February 13, 2008. On March 7, 2008, the
Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of all of the plaintiffs’
claims. On March 20, 2008, the plaintiffs filed a
petition for rehearing and petition for rehearing en banc. All the
judges on the original panel voted to deny a rehearing, and none of the judges
in active service requested a vote on the petition for rehearing en
banc. The petitions for rehearing and rehearing en banc were denied
on April 11, 2008. The Plaintiffs may choose to file a petition for
certiorari with the United States Supreme Court.
Plaintiffs’
claims as originally pled sought damages in excess of $24.0 million, requested
that the Court void certain asset sales as purported “fraudulent transfers”
(including the 1993 Woods Wire Products, Inc./Woods asset sale), and treble
damages for some or all of their claims. Katy may have recourse
against the former owners of Woods and others for, among other things,
violations of covenants, representations and warranties under the purchase
agreement through which Katy acquired Woods, and under state, federal and common
law. Woods may also have indemnity claims against the former officers
and directors. In addition, there is a dispute with the former owners
of Woods regarding the final disposition of amounts withheld from the purchase
price, which may be subject to further adjustment as a result of the claims by
Plaintiffs. The extent or limit of any such adjustment cannot be
predicted at this time.
While the
ultimate liability of the Company related to this matter cannot be determined at
this time, the Company has recorded and accrued amounts that it deems reasonable
for prospective liabilities with respect to this matter. The status of
this claim is not affected by the Company’s sale of its Electrical Products
Group to Coleman Cable, Inc.
Other
Claims
There are
a number of product liability and workers’ compensation claims pending against
Katy and its subsidiaries. Many of these claims are proceeding through the
litigation process and the final outcome will not be known until a settlement is
reached with the claimant or the case is adjudicated. The Company
estimates that it can take up to ten years from the date of the injury to reach
a final outcome on certain claims. With respect to the product
liability and workers’ compensation claims, Katy has provided for its share of
expected losses beyond the applicable insurance coverage, including those
incurred but not reported to the Company or its insurance providers, which are
developed using actuarial techniques. Such accruals are developed using
currently available claim information, and represent management’s best
estimates. The ultimate cost of any individual claim can vary based upon, among
other factors, the nature of the injury, the duration of the disability period,
the length of the claim period, the jurisdiction of the claim and the nature of
the final outcome.
Although
management believes that the actions specified above in this section
individually and in the aggregate are not likely to have outcomes that will have
a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of
operations or cash flow, further costs could be significant and will be recorded
as a charge to operations when, and if, current information dictates a change in
management’s estimates.
(10) Industry Segment
Information
The
Company is organized into one reporting segment: Maintenance Products
Group. The activities of the Maintenance Products Group include the
manufacture and distribution of a variety of commercial cleaning supplies and
storage products. Principal geographic markets are in the United
States, Canada, and Europe and include the sanitary maintenance, foodservice,
mass merchant retail and home improvement markets.
For both
periods presented, information for the Maintenance Products Group excludes
amounts related to the Contico Manufacturing, Ltd. (“CML”), United Kingdom
consumer plastics and Metal Truck Box business units as these units are
classified as discontinued operations as discussed further in Note
12. The table below summarizes the key factors in the year-to-year
changes in operating results:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three
months ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Maintenance Products Group
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
external sales
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
41,691 |
|
|
$ |
45,552 |
|
Operating
(loss) income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(875 |
) |
|
|
688 |
|
Operating
(deficit) margin
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.1 |
%) |
|
|
1.5 |
% |
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,798 |
|
|
|
1,832 |
|
Capital
expenditures
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,037 |
|
|
|
979 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
external sales
|
|
|
- |
|
Segment
|
|
$ |
41,691 |
|
|
$ |
45,552 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
41,691 |
|
|
$ |
45,552 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
loss
|
|
|
- |
|
Segment
|
|
$ |
(875 |
) |
|
$ |
688 |
|
|
|
|
- |
|
Unallocated
corporate
|
|
|
(2,034 |
) |
|
|
(2,666 |
) |
|
|
|
- |
|
Severance,
restructuring and related charges
|
|
|
(138 |
) |
|
|
(208 |
) |
|
|
|
- |
|
(Loss)
gain on sale of assets
|
|
|
(533 |
) |
|
|
120 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
(3,580 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,066 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
- |
|
Segment
|
|
$ |
1,798 |
|
|
$ |
1,832 |
|
|
|
|
- |
|
Unallocated
corporate
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
1,823 |
|
|
$ |
1,865 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures
|
|
|
- |
|
Segment
|
|
$ |
1,037 |
|
|
$ |
979 |
|
|
|
|
- |
|
Discontinued
operations
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
151 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
1,037 |
|
|
$ |
1,130 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Total
assets
|
|
|
- |
|
Segment
|
|
$ |
84,397 |
|
|
$ |
85,124 |
|
|
|
|
- |
|
Other
[a]
|
|
|
4,753 |
|
|
|
8,634 |
|
|
|
|
- |
|
Unallocated
corporate
|
|
|
3,204 |
|
|
|
4,806 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
92,354 |
|
|
$ |
98,564 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[a] Amounts shown as “Other” represent items associated the assets of
the Woods US, Woods Canada, CML, United Kingdom consumer plastics and the Metal
Truck Box business units.
(11) Severance, Restructuring and
Related Charges
Over the past several years, the
Company has initiated several cost reduction and facility consolidation
initiatives, resulting in severance, restructuring and related
charges. Key initiatives were the consolidation of the St. Louis,
Missouri manufacturing/distribution facilities as well as the consolidation of
the Glit facilities. These initiatives resulted from the on-going
strategic reassessment of the Company’s various businesses as well as the
markets in which they operate.
A summary of charges by major
initiative is as follows (amounts in thousands):
|
|
Three
Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidation
of St. Louis manufacturing/distribution facilities
|
|
$ |
138 |
|
|
$ |
189 |
|
Consolidation
of Glit facilities
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
19 |
|
Total
severance, restructuring and related charges
|
|
$ |
138 |
|
|
$ |
208 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidation of St. Louis
manufacturing/distribution facilities – In 2002, the Company committed to
a plan to consolidate the manufacturing and distribution of the four CCP
facilities in the St. Louis, Missouri area. Management believed that
in order to implement a more competitive cost structure and combat competitive
pricing pressure, the excess capacity at the four plastic molding facilities in
this area would need to be eliminated. This plan was completed by the
end of 2003. Charges were incurred in the three month periods ended
March 31, 2008 and 2007 associated with adjustments to the non-cancelable lease
accrual at the Hazelwood, Missouri facility due to changes in the subleasing
assumptions. Management believes that no further charges will be
incurred for this activity, except for potential adjustments to non-cancelable
lease liabilities as actual activity compares to assumptions
made. Following is a rollforward of restructuring liabilities by type
for the consolidation of St. Louis manufacturing/distribution facilities
(amounts in thousands):
|
|
Contract
|
|
|
|
Termination
|
|
|
|
Costs
|
|
Restructuring
liabilities at December 31, 2007
|
|
$ |
827 |
|
Additions
|
|
|
138 |
|
Payments
|
|
|
(70 |
) |
Restructuring
liabilities at March 31, 2008
|
|
$ |
895 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidation of Glit
facilities – In 2002, the Company approved a plan to consolidate the
manufacturing facilities of its Glit business unit in order to implement a more
competitive cost structure. Due to numerous operational issues,
including management turnover and a small fire at the Wrens, Georgia facility,
the completion of this consolidation was delayed. In 2007, the
Company closed the Washington, Georgia facility and integrated its operations
into Wrens, Georgia. Charges were incurred in the three month period
ended March 31, 2007 associated with severance for terminations at the
Washington, Georgia facility. Management believes that no further
charges will be incurred for this activity, except for the potential adjustments
to non-cancelable lease liabilities as actual activity compares to assumptions
made. Following is a rollforward of restructuring liabilities by type
for the consolidation of Glit facilities (amounts in thousands):
|
|
Contract
|
|
|
|
Termination
|
|
|
|
Costs
|
|
Restructuring
liabilities at December 31, 2007
|
|
$ |
626 |
|
Additions
|
|
|
- |
|
Payments
|
|
|
(27 |
) |
Restructuring
liabilities at March 31, 2008
|
|
$ |
599 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The table
below details activity in restructuring reserves since December 31, 2007
(amounts in thousands):
|
|
Contract
|
|
|
|
Termination
|
|
|
|
Costs
|
|
Restructuring
liabilities at December 31, 2007
|
|
$ |
1,453 |
|
Additions
|
|
|
138 |
|
Payments
|
|
|
(97 |
) |
Restructuring
liabilities at March 31, 2008
|
|
$ |
1,494 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
These
charges relate to non-cancelable lease liabilities for abandoned facilities, net
of potential sub-lease revenue. Total maximum potential amount of
lease loss, excluding any sub-lease rentals, is $3.1 million as of March 31,
2008. The Company has included $1.6 million as an offset for
sub-lease rentals. As of March 31, 2008, the Company does not
anticipate any significant severance, restructuring and other related charges in
the upcoming year.
The table
below details activity in restructuring reserves by operating segment since
December 31, 2007 (amounts in thousands):
|
|
Maintenance
|
|
|
|
Products
|
|
|
|
Group
|
|
Restructuring
liabilities at December 31, 2007
|
|
$ |
1,453 |
|
Additions
|
|
|
138 |
|
Payments
|
|
|
(97 |
) |
Restructuring
liabilities at March 31, 2008
|
|
$ |
1,494 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The table
below summarizes the future obligations for severance, restructuring and other
related charges by operating segment detailed above (amounts in
thousands):
|
|
Maintenance
|
|
|
|
Products
|
|
|
|
Group
|
|
2008
|
|
$ |
281 |
|
2009
|
|
|
274 |
|
2010
|
|
|
299 |
|
2011
|
|
|
324 |
|
2012
|
|
|
83 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
233 |
|
|
|
$ |
1,494 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12) Discontinued
Operations
Five of Katy’s operations have been
classified as discontinued operations as of and for the three month periods
ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 in accordance with SFAS No. 144.
On June
2, 2006, the Company sold certain assets of the Metal Truck Box business unit
within the Maintenance Products Group for gross proceeds of approximately $3.6
million, including a $1.2 million note receivable. These proceeds
were used to pay off related portions of the Term Loan and the Revolving Credit
Facility. Management and the board of directors determined that this
business was not a core component to the Company’s long-term business
strategy.
On
November 27, 2006, the Company sold the United Kingdom consumer plastics
business unit (excluding the related real estate holdings) for gross proceeds of
approximately $3.0 million. These proceeds were used to pay off
related portions of the Term Loan and the Revolving Credit
Facility. For the three month period ended March 31, 2007, the
Company incurred a $0.2 million loss as a result of finalizing the working
capital adjustment. Additionally, the transaction on the sale of the
real estate holdings was completed during the three month period ended March 31,
2007 for gross proceeds of approximately $6.1 million, and resulted in a gain of
$1.9 million. Management and the board of directors determined that
this business was not a core component of the Company’s long-term business
strategy.
On June
6, 2007, the Company sold the CML business unit for gross proceeds of
approximately $10.6 million, including a receivable of $0.6 million associated
with final working capital levels. These proceeds were used to pay
off related portions of the Term Loan and the Revolving Credit
Facility. The Company recorded a gain of $0.1 million for the three
month period ended March 31, 2008 in connection with the ultimate collection of
the receivable. Management and the board of directors determined that
this business was not a core component of the Company’s long-term business
strategy.
On
November 30, 2007, the Company sold the Woods US and Woods Canada business units
for gross proceeds of approximately $49.8 million, including amounts placed into
escrow of $6.8 million. Management and the board of directors
determined that these business units were not a core component of the Company’s
long-term business strategy. These proceeds were used to pay off
related portions of the Term Loan and the Revolving Credit
Facility. At December 31, 2007 the Company had approximately $7.7
million being held within escrow, which relates to the filing of a foreign tax
certificate and the sale of specific inventory. At December 31, 2007
the Company had deferred gain recognition of approximately $0.9 million of the
escrow receivable as further steps were required to realize those
funds.
At March
31, 2008, the Company had approximately $4.0 million being held in escrow, which
relates to the sale of specific inventory. The Company received $3.7
million in the three month period ended March 31, 2008 upon the receipt of a
foreign tax certificate. During the three month period ended March
31, 2008, the Company also recognized $0.5 million in an additional gain on sale
of discontinued businesses as further steps associated with the sale of specific
inventory required to realize these funds were completed. As of March
31, 2008, the Company still has approximately $0.4 million of the escrow held as
a deferred gain. The amount currently held in escrow will be paid out
upon the resolution of the final working capital adjustment, which management
believes will be completed by the end of the second quarter and any potential
adjustment will not be material to the final gain recognized on the
sale.
The
Company did not separately identify the related assets and liabilities of the
discontinued business units on the Consolidated Balance
Sheets. Following is a summary of the major asset and liability
categories, along with any remaining receivables or payables, for these
discontinued operations as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007:
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivable
from disposition
|
|
$ |
3,553 |
|
|
$ |
6,799 |
|
Other
current assets
|
|
|
900 |
|
|
|
1,235 |
|
|
|
$ |
4,453 |
|
|
$ |
8,034 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
$ |
300 |
|
|
$ |
600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
30 |
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|
|
110 |
|
|
|
148 |
|
|
|
$ |
110 |
|
|
$ |
178 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
historical operating results of the discontinued business units have been
segregated as discontinued operations on the Consolidated Statements of
Operations. Selected financial data for discontinued operations is
summarized as follows (in thousands):
|
|
Three
months ended
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
sales
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
49,251 |
|
Pre-tax
operating loss
|
|
$ |
(130 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,757 |
) |
Pre-tax
gain on sale of discontinued businesses
|
|
$ |
543 |
|
|
$ |
1,666 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Item
2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
Restatement of Prior Financial
Information
As a
result of accounting errors in the Company’s raw material inventory records,
management and the Company’s Audit Committee determined on August 6, 2007 that
the Company’s previously issued consolidated financial statements for the three
month period ended March 31, 2007 should no longer be relied
upon. The Company’s decision to restate its consolidated financial
statements was based on facts obtained by management and the results of an
independent investigation of the physical raw material inventory counting
process at CCP. These procedures resulted in the identification of
the overstatement of raw material inventory when completing the physical
inventory. At the time of the physical inventories, the Company did
not have sufficient controls in place to ensure that the accurate physical raw
material inventory on hand was properly accounted for and reported in the proper
period. The Company filed on August 17, 2007 an amended Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q/A as of March 31, 2007 in order to restate the consolidated
financial statements. All amounts included in this Quarterly Report
for the above period have been properly reflected for the
restatement.
Three Months March 31, 2008
versus Three Months Ended March 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(Amounts
in Millions, Except Per Share Data)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
% to
Sales
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
% to
Sales
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
sales
|
|
$ |
41.7 |
|
|
|
100.0 |
|
|
$ |
45.6 |
|
|
|
100.0 |
|
Cost
of goods sold
|
|
|
37.9 |
|
|
|
90.8 |
|
|
|
40.0 |
|
|
|
87.7 |
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
3.8 |
|
|
|
9.2 |
|
|
|
5.6 |
|
|
|
12.3 |
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
6.8 |
|
|
|
16.2 |
|
|
|
7.6 |
|
|
|
16.6 |
|
Severance,
restructuring and related charges
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
Loss
(gain) on sale of assets
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
(0.3 |
) |
Operating loss
|
|
|
(3.6 |
) |
|
|
(8.6 |
) |
|
|
(2.1 |
) |
|
|
(4.5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(0.5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1.2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Other,
net
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
from continuing operations before benefit from (provision
for)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
income taxes
|
|
|
(4.1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3.2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Benefit
from (provision for) income taxes from continuing
operations
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
from continuing operations
|
|
|
(3.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3.3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Loss
from operations of discontinued businesses (net of tax)
|
|
|
(0.2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2.2 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Gain
on sale of discontinued businesses (net of tax)
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(3.4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(3.8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
per share of common stock - basic and diluted:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
from continuing operations
|
|
$ |
(0.47 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(0.42 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Discontinued
operations
|
|
|
0.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.06 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$ |
(0.43 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(0.48 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net sales from our
only reporting segment, the Maintenance Products Group, decreased from $45.6
million during the three month period ended March 31, 2007 to $41.7 million
during the three month period ended March 31, 2008, a decrease of
8.5%. Overall, this decline was due to lower volume as activity
within the business units selling into the janitorial and food service markets
as well as the building industry activity were the primary reasons for the
volume shortfall for the three month period ended March 31, 2008.
Gross margins were 9.2% in the three
month period ended March 31, 2008, a decrease of 3.1 percentage points from the
three month period ended March 31, 2007. Margins were adversely
impacted by the above lower volume at several of our business units as well as
an unfavorable variance in our LIFO adjustment of $0.6 million primarily
resulting from the increase in resin prices. Selling, general and
administrative expenses (“SG&A”) as a percentage of sales were 16.2% for the
three month period ended March 31, 2008 which is lower than 16.6% for the three
month period ended March 31, 2007 as a result of lower requirements under the
Company’s incentive compensation program as well as various cost
improvements.
Severance,
Restructuring and Related Charges
Operating results for the three month
period ended March 31, 2008 were impacted by severance, restructuring and
related charges of $0.1 million. Charges related to changes in lease
assumptions for the Hazelwood abandoned facility. Operating results
for the three month period ended March 31, 2007 were impacted by severance,
restructuring and related charges of $0.2 million. First quarter of
2007 charges related to changes in lease assumptions for the Hazelwood abandoned
facility as well as severance charges with the closure of the Washington,
Georgia facility.
Other
Interest
expense decreased by $0.7 million during the three month period ended March 31,
2008 versus the three month period ended March 31, 2007 partially as a result of
$0.3 million of debt issuance costs being written off from the reduction in the
Revolving Credit Facility on March 8, 2007, and partially as a result of lower
average borrowings and interest rates. The benefit from income taxes
for the three month period ended March 31, 2008 reflects a benefit of $0.1
million which offsets a tax provision reflected under discontinued operations
for domestic income taxes. The benefit from income taxes for the
three month periods ended March 31, 2008 also reflects FIN No. 48 benefits of
$0.3 million.
With the
sale of the Metal Truck Box, U.K. consumer plastics, CML, Woods US, and Woods
Canada business units over the past two years, all activity associated with
these units is classified as discontinued operations. Loss from
operations, net of tax, for these business units was approximately $0.2 million
for the three month period ended March 31, 2008 compared to $2.2 million for the
three month period ended March 31, 2007. Gain on sale of discontinued
businesses for the three month period ended March 31, 2008 includes a gain of
$0.5 million recorded for the finalization and receipt of the working capital
adjustments associated with the CML business unit, as well as partial
recognition of the deferred gain from the sales of the Woods US and Woods Canada
business units. Gain on sale of discontinued businesses for the three
month period ended March 31, 2007 includes gains (losses) related to the U.K.
consumer plastics business unit of $1.9 million for the sale of the real estate
assets and ($0.2) million as a result of finalizing the working capital
adjustment.
Overall,
we reported a net loss of ($3.4) million [($0.43) per share] for the three month
period ended March 31, 2008, versus a net loss of ($3.8) million [($0.48) per
share] in the same period of 2007.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL
RESOURCES
We
require funding for working capital needs and capital
expenditures. We believe that our cash flow from operations and the
use of available borrowings under the Bank of America Credit Agreement (as
defined below) provide sufficient liquidity for our operations going
forward. As of March 31, 2008, we had cash and cash equivalents of
$0.6 million versus cash and cash equivalents of $2.0 million at December 31,
2007. Also as of March 31, 2008, we had outstanding borrowings of
$16.0 million [33% of total capitalization], under the Bank of America Credit
Agreement with unused borrowing availability on the Revolving Credit Facility of
$11.5 million after the $5.0 million minimum availability
requirement. As of December 31, 2007, we had outstanding borrowings
of $13.5 million [27% of total capitalization] with unused borrowing
availability of $11.0 million after the $5.0 million minimum availability
requirement. We used cash flow in operations of $5.2 million during
the three month period ended March 31, 2008 versus $4.8 million during the three
month period ended March 31, 2007. Cash flow from operations for the first
three months of 2008 was comparable to 2007 for both operating earnings and
working capital requirements.
We have a
number of obligations and commitments, which are listed on the schedule later in
this section entitled “Contractual and Commercial Obligations.” We have
considered all of these obligations and commitments in structuring our capital
resources to ensure that they can be met. See the notes accompanying
the table in that section for further discussions of those items. We
believe that given our strong working capital base, additional liquidity could
be obtained through additional debt financing, if necessary. However,
there is no guarantee that such financing could be obtained. In
addition, we are continually evaluating alternatives relating to the sale of
excess assets and divestitures of certain of our business
units. Asset sales and business divestitures present opportunities to
provide additional liquidity by de-leveraging our financial
position.
Bank of America Credit
Agreement
On
November 30, 2007, the Company entered into the Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement with Bank of America (the “Bank of America Credit
Agreement”). The Bank of America Credit Agreement is a $50.6 million
credit facility with a $10.6 million term loan (“Term Loan”) and a $40.0 million
revolving loan (“Revolving Credit Facility”), including a $10.0 million
sub-limit for letters of credit. The Bank of America Credit Agreement
replaces the previous credit agreement (“Previous Credit Agreement”) as
originally entered into on April 20, 2004. The Bank of America Credit
Agreement is an asset-based lending agreement and only involves one bank
compared to a syndicate of four banks under the Previous Credit
Agreement.
The
Revolving Credit Facility has an expiration date of November 30, 2010 and its
borrowing base is determined by eligible inventory and accounts receivable,
amounting to $27.8 million at March 31, 2008. The Company’s borrowing
base under the Bank of America Credit Agreement is reduced by the outstanding
amount of standby and commercial letters of credit. All extensions of
credit under the Bank of America Credit Agreement are collateralized by a first
priority security interest in and lien upon the capital stock of each material
domestic subsidiary of the Company (65% of the capital stock of certain foreign
subsidiaries of the Company), and all present and future assets and properties
of the Company.
The
Company’s Term Loan balance immediately prior to the Bank of America Credit
Agreement was $10.0 million. The annual amortization on the new Term
Loan, paid quarterly, is $1.5 million with final payment due November 30,
2010. The Term Loan is collateralized by the Company’s property,
plant and equipment.
The Bank
of America Credit Agreement requires the Company to maintain a minimum level of
availability such that its eligible collateral must exceed the sum of its
outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and letters of credit
by at least $5.0 million. The Company’s borrowing base under the Bank
of America Credit Agreement is reduced by the outstanding amount of standby and
commercial letters of credit. Vendors, financial institutions and
other parties with whom the Company conducts business may require letters of
credit in the future that either (1) do not exist today or (2) would be at
higher amounts than those that exist today. Currently, the Company’s
largest letters of credit relate to our casualty insurance
programs. At March 31, 2008, total outstanding letters of credit were
$5.5 million.
Borrowings
under the Bank of America Credit Agreement will bear interest, at the Company’s
option, at either a rate equal to the bank’s base rate or LIBOR plus a margin
based on levels of borrowing availability. Interest rate margins for
the Revolving Credit Facility under the applicable LIBOR option will range from
2.00% to 2.50% on borrowing availability levels of $20.0 million to less than
$10.0 million, respectively. For the Term Loan, interest rate margins
under the applicable LIBOR option will range from 2.25% to
2.75%. Financial covenants such as minimum fixed charge coverage and
leverage ratios are excluded from the Bank of America Credit
Agreement.
If the
Company is unable to comply with the terms of the agreement, it could seek to
obtain an amendment to the Bank of America Credit Agreement and pursue increased
liquidity through additional debt financing and/or the sale of
assets. It is possible, however, the Company may not be able to
obtain further amendments from the lender or secure additional debt financing or
liquidity through the sale of assets on favorable terms or at
all. However, the Company believes that it will be able to comply
with all covenants throughout 2008.
On April 20, 2004, the Company
completed its Previous Credit Agreement which was a $93.0 million facility with
a $13.0 million Term Loan and an $80.0 million Revolving Credit
Facility. The Previous Credit Agreement was amended eight times from
April 20, 2004 to March 8, 2007 due to various reasons such as declining
profitability and timing of certain restructuring payments. The
amendments adjusted certain financial covenants such that the fixed charge
coverage ratio and consolidated leverage ratio were eliminated and a minimum
availability level was set. In addition, the Company was limited on
maximum allowable capital expenditures and was required to pay interest at the
highest level of interest rate margins set in the Previous Credit
Agreement. On March 8, 2007, the Company also reduced its revolving
credit facility from $90.0 million to $80.0 million.
Effective
August 17, 2005, the Company entered into a two-year interest rate swap on a
notional amount of $25.0 million in the first year and $15.0 million in the
second year. The purpose of the swap was to limit the Company’s
exposure to interest rate increases on a portion of the Revolving Credit
Facility over the two-year term of the swap. The fixed interest rate
under the swap over the life of the agreement was 4.49%. The interest
rate swap expired on August 17, 2007.
All of
the debt under the Bank of America Credit Agreement is re-priced to current
rates at frequent intervals. Therefore, its fair value approximates
its carrying value at March 31, 2008. For the three month periods
ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, the Company had amortization of debt issuance
costs, included within interest expense, of $0.1 million and $0.6 million,
respectively. Included in amortization of debt issuance costs for the
three month period ended March 31, 2007 is approximately $0.3 million written
off due to the reduction in the Revolving Credit Facility on March 8,
2007. The Company incurred $0.1 million associated with entering into
the Bank of America Credit Agreement, as discussed above, for the three month
period ended March 31, 2007.
The
Revolving Credit Facility under the Bank of America Credit Agreement requires
lockbox agreements which provide for all Company receipts to be swept daily to
reduce borrowings outstanding. These agreements, combined with the
existence of a material adverse effect (“MAE”) clause in the Bank of America
Credit Agreement, will cause the Revolving Credit Facility to be classified as a
current liability, per guidance in the Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No.
95-22, Balance Sheet
Classification of Borrowings Outstanding under Revolving Credit Agreements that
Include Both a Subjective Acceleration Clause and a Lock-Box
Arrangement. The Company does not expect to repay, or be
required to repay, within one year, the balance of the Revolving Credit
Facility, which will be classified as a current liability. The MAE
clause, which is a fairly typical requirement in commercial credit agreements,
allows the lender to require the loan to become due if it determines there has
been a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations, business,
properties, assets, liabilities, condition, or prospects. The
classification of the Revolving Credit Facility as a current liability is a
result only of the combination of the lockbox agreements and the MAE
clause. The Revolving Credit Facility does not expire or have a
maturity date within one year, but rather has a final expiration date of
November 30, 2010.
Contractual and Commercial
Obligations
We have
contractual obligations associated with our debt, operating lease agreements,
severance and restructuring, and other obligations. Our obligations
as of March 31, 2008, are summarized below (in thousands of
dollars):
Contractual Cash
Obligations
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Due
in less than 1 year
|
|
|
Due
in 1-3 years
|
|
|
Due
in 3-5 years
|
|
|
Due
after 5 years
|
|
Revolving
Credit Facility [a]
|
|
$ |
5,794 |
|
|
$ |
5,794 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Term
Loan
|
|
|
10,201 |
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
|
|
8,701 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Interest
on debt [b]
|
|
|
1,978 |
|
|
|
808 |
|
|
|
1,170 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Operating
leases [c]
|
|
|
10,900 |
|
|
|
5,423 |
|
|
|
4,221 |
|
|
|
976 |
|
|
|
280 |
|
Severance
and restructuring [c]
|
|
|
577 |
|
|
|
79 |
|
|
|
274 |
|
|
|
153 |
|
|
|
71 |
|
Postretirement
benefits [d]
|
|
|
4,507 |
|
|
|
456 |
|
|
|
1,239 |
|
|
|
817 |
|
|
|
1,995 |
|
Total
Contractual Obligations
|
|
$ |
33,957 |
|
|
$ |
14,060 |
|
|
$ |
15,605 |
|
|
$ |
1,946 |
|
|
$ |
2,346 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Commercial
Commitments
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Due
in less than 1 year |
|
|
Due
in 1-3 years |
|
|
Due
in 3-5 years
|
|
|
Due
after 5 years
|
|
Commercial
letters of credit
|
|
$ |
391 |
|
|
$ |
391 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Stand-by
letters of credit
|
|
|
5,099 |
|
|
|
5,099 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total
Commercial Commitments
|
|
$ |
5,490 |
|
|
$ |
5,490 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[a] As discussed in the
Liquidity and Capital Resources section above and in Note 5 to the Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q, the entire Revolving Credit Facility under the Bank of America Credit
Agreement is classified as a current liability on the Condensed Consolidated
Balance Sheets as a result of the combination in the Bank of America Credit
Agreement of (i) lockbox agreements on Katy’s depository bank accounts, and (ii)
a subjective Material Adverse Effect (“MAE”) clause. The Revolving
Credit Facility expires in November of 2010.
[b]
Represents interest on the Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan of the Bank
of America Credit Agreement. Amounts assume interest accrues at the
current rate in effect. The amount also assumes the principal balance
of the Revolving Credit Facility remains constant through its expiration date of
November 30, 2010 and the principal balance of the Term Loan amortizes in
accordance with the terms of the Bank of America Credit
Agreement. Due to the variable nature of the Bank of America Credit
Agreement, actual interest rates could differ from the assumptions
above. In addition, actual borrowing levels could differ from the
assumptions above due to liquidity needs.
[c]
Future non-cancelable lease rentals are included in the line entitled “Operating
leases,” which represent obligations associated with restructuring
activities. The line entitled “Severance and restructuring”
represents the remaining obligations associated with restructuring activities,
net of the future non-cancelable lease rentals. The Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2008 includes $1.5 million in discounted
liabilities associated with non-cancelable operating lease rentals, net of
estimated sub-lease revenues, related to facilities that have been abandoned as
a result of restructuring and consolidation activities.
[d]
Benefits consist of postretirement medical obligations to retirees of former
subsidiaries of Katy, as well as deferred compensation plan liabilities to
former officers of the Company.
The amounts presented in the table
above may not necessarily reflect the actual future cash funding requirements of
the Company because the actual timing of the future payments made may vary from
the stated contractual obligation. In addition, due to the
uncertainty with respect to the timing of future cash flows associated with the
Company’s unrecognized tax benefits at March 31, 2008, the Company is unable to
make reasonably reliable estimates of the period of cash settlement with the
respective taxing authority. Therefore, $1.8 million of unrecognized
tax benefits have been excluded from the contractual obligations table
above. See Note 8 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion on
income taxes.
Off-balance Sheet
Arrangements
As of
March 31, 2008, the Company had no off-balance sheet arrangements.
Cash
Flow
Liquidity was impacted during the three
month period ended March 31, 2008 as a result of funds used for working capital
requirements, capital expenditures and reduction of debt levels, which offsets
the proceeds from the sale of discontinued businesses. We used $5.2
million of operating cash compared to $4.8 million during the three month period
ended March 31, 2007. Debt obligations at March 31, 2008 increased by
$2.5 million from December 31, 2007 primarily due to the operating cash
performance noted above as well as the proceeds from the sale of discontinued
businesses offsetting our capital expenditures.
Operating
Activities
Cash used in operating activities
before changes in operating assets and discontinued operations was $1.2 million
in the first three months of 2008 versus $1.0 million in the same period of
2007. While we reported a net loss in both periods, these amounts
included many non-cash items such as depreciation and amortization, the
write-off and amortization of debt issuance costs, non-cash stock compensation
expense, and loss or gain on the sale of assets. We used $3.6 million
of cash related to operating assets and liabilities in the first three months of
2008 compared to $3.7 million in 2007. During the first quarter of
2008, we were turning our inventory at 5.9 times per year versus 7.7 times per
year during the first quarter of 2007.
Investing
Activities
Capital expenditures from continuing
operations totaled $1.0 million in the first three months of 2008 as compared to
$1.0 million in the same period of 2007. In the first three months of
2008, we collected proceeds from receivables from the sales of the CML, Woods US
and Woods Canada business units for $4.4 million. In the first three
months of 2007, we sold the real estate assets of the United Kingdom consumer
plastics business unit for $6.1 million. In 2007, proceeds from
dispositions were reduced by capital expenditures of $0.1 million made by these
businesses.
Financing
Activities
Cash
flows from financing activities in the first three months of 2008 reflect the
increase in our debt levels as cash used in operations and capital expenditures
exceeded proceeds from the sale of businesses. In 2007, the reduction
of our debt obligations was a result of proceeds from the sale of businesses
exceeding the requirements from investing activities. Overall, debt
increased $2.5 million during the three month period ended March 31, 2008 versus
a decrease of $2.4 million during the three month period ended March 31,
2007. Direct debt costs, primarily associated with the debt
modifications, totaled $0.1 million in 2007.
SEVERANCE,
RESTRUCTURING AND RELATED CHARGES
The Company has several cost reduction
and facility consolidation initiatives, resulting in severance, restructuring
and related charges. Key initiatives were the consolidation of the
St. Louis, Missouri manufacturing/distribution facilities and the consolidation
of the Glit facilities. These initiatives resulted from the on-going
strategic reassessment of the Company’s various businesses as well as the
markets in which they operate.
A summary of charges by major
initiative is as follows:
|
|
Three
Months Ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Consolidation
of St. Louis manufacturing/distribution facilities
|
|
$ |
138 |
|
|
$ |
189 |
|
Consolidation
of Glit facilities
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
19 |
|
Total
severance, restructuring and related charges
|
|
$ |
138 |
|
|
$ |
208 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A
rollforward of all restructuring reserves since December 31, 2007 is as
follows:
|
|
Contract
|
|
|
|
Termination
|
|
|
|
Costs
|
|
Restructuring
liabilities at December 31, 2007
|
|
$ |
1,453 |
|
Additions
|
|
|
138 |
|
Payments
|
|
|
(97 |
) |
Restructuring
liabilities at March 31, 2008
|
|
$ |
1,494 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
These
charges relate to non-cancelable lease liabilities for abandoned facilities, net
of potential sub-lease revenue. Total maximum potential amount of
lease loss, excluding any sub-lease rentals, is $3.1 million as of March 31,
2008. The Company has included $1.6 million as an offset for
sub-lease rentals. As of March 31, 2008, the Company does not
anticipate any significant severance, restructuring and other related charges in
the upcoming year.
Since 2001, the Company has been
focused on a number of restructuring and cost reduction initiatives, resulting
in severance, restructuring and related charges. With these changes,
we anticipated cost savings from reduced headcount, higher utilized facilities
and divested non-core operations. However, anticipated cost savings
have been impacted from such factors as material price increases, competitive
markets and inefficiencies incurred from consolidation of
facilities. See Note 11 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further
discussion of severance, restructuring and related charges.
OUTLOOK
FOR 2008
We
experienced lower volume performance during 2007 in nearly all of the
Maintenance Products Group business units. This lower volume has
continued into 2008 due to the activity in various markets. This
lower volume has been partially offset by the impact of price increases made
over the past two years. Given the steady increase of resin and other
raw materials pricing in the last six months of 2007 and first three months of
2008, we anticipate pricing levels to increase in 2008 to offset the impact of
this cost increase. We believe the Company will have volume
improvements in most of our business units in 2008 during the latter half,
subject to the economy and its impact.
We believe that most of the significant
quality, shipping and production issues present at our Glit business unit over
the past few years have been resolved. The Glit business unit
improved its quality level and has executed the consolidation of the Pineville,
North Carolina and Washington, Georgia operations into the Wrens, Georgia
facility over the past two years. However, our operating results of
Glit will be highly dependent on the overall volume within the business unit and
the unit’s ability to improve productivity, and maintain the quality, shipping
and production improvements referenced above.
Cost of goods sold is subject to
variability in the prices for certain raw materials, most significantly
thermoplastic resins used in the manufacture of plastic products for the
Continental, Container and Contico businesses. After a steady
increase in 2005, prices of plastic resins, such as polyethylene and
polypropylene, remained relatively stable on average in 2006 and the first half
of 2007; however, prices did increase steadily over the last six months of 2007
and first three months of 2008. Management has observed that the
prices of plastic resins are driven to an extent by prices for crude oil and
natural gas, in addition to other factors specific to the supply and demand of
the resins themselves. Prices for corrugated packaging material and other
raw materials have also accelerated over the past few years. We have
not employed an active hedging program related to our commodity price risk, but
are employing other strategies for managing this risk, including contracting for
a certain percentage of resin needs through supply agreements and opportunistic
spot purchases. We have experienced cost increases within the past few
years in the prices of primary raw materials used in our products and inflation
in other costs such as packaging materials, utilities and freight. In
a climate of rising raw material costs, we have experienced difficulty in
raising prices to shift these higher costs to our consumer customers for our
plastic products. Our future earnings may be negatively impacted to the
extent further increases in costs for raw materials cannot be recovered or
offset through higher selling prices. We cannot predict the direction
our raw material prices will take beyond 2008.
Over the
past few years, our management has been focused on a number of restructuring and
cost reduction initiatives, including the consolidation of facilities,
divestiture of non-core operations, selling general and administrative
(“SG&A”) cost rationalization and organizational changes. We have
and expect to continue to benefit from various profit enhancing strategies such
as process improvements (including Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma), value
engineering products, improved sourcing/purchasing and lean
administration.
SG&A
expenses as a percentage of sales were lower in 2007 versus 2006 and should be
lower as a percentage of sales in 2008 primarily from cost improvements made in
the past year. We will continue to evaluate the possibility of
further consolidation of administrative processes and other SG&A
expenses.
Interest
rates dropped in 2007. Ultimately, we cannot predict the future
levels of interest rates. Under the Bank of America Credit Agreement
the Company’s interest rate margins on all of our outstanding borrowings and
letters of credit are lower as of December 31, 2007 as compared to the average
level during 2007 given the completion of the Bank of America Credit Agreement
on November 30, 2007.
Given our
history of operating losses, along with guidance provided by the accounting
literature covering accounting for income taxes, we are unable to conclude it is
more likely than not that we will be able to generate future taxable income
sufficient to realize the benefits of domestic deferred tax assets carried on
our books. Therefore, except for our profitable foreign subsidiary,
Glit/Gemtex, Ltd., a full valuation allowance on the net deferred tax asset
position was recorded at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, and we do not
expect to record the benefit of any deferred tax assets that may be generated in
2008. We will continue to record current expense, within continuing
and discontinued operations, associated with foreign and state income
taxes.
We expect
our working capital levels to remain constant as a percentage of
sales. However, inventory carrying values may be impacted by higher
material costs. We expect to use cash flow in 2008 for capital
expenditures and payments due under our term loan as well as the settlement of
previously established restructuring accruals. The majority of these
accruals relate to non-cancelable lease obligations for abandoned
facilities. These accruals do not create incremental cash obligations
in that we are obligated to make the associated payments whether we occupy the
facilities or not. The amount we will ultimately pay out under these
accruals is dependent on our ability to successfully sublet all or a portion of
the abandoned facilities.
The
Company was in compliance with the covenants of the Bank of America Credit
Agreement as of December 31, 2007. The Bank of America Credit
Agreement requires the Company to maintain a minimum level of availability
(eligible collateral base less outstanding borrowings and letters of credit)
such that its eligible collateral must exceed the sum of its outstanding
borrowings and letters of credit by at least $5.0 million.
If we are
unable to comply with the terms of the Bank of America Credit Agreement, we
could seek to obtain amendments and pursue increased liquidity through
additional debt financing and/or the sale of assets. We believe that
given our strong working capital base, additional liquidity could be obtained
through additional debt financing, if necessary. However, there is no
guarantee that such financing could be obtained. The Company believes
that we will be able to comply with the Bank of America Credit Agreement
throughout 2008. In addition, we are continually evaluating
alternatives relating to the sale of excess assets and divestitures of certain
of our business units. Asset sales and business divestitures present
opportunities to provide additional liquidity by de-leveraging our financial
position. However, the Company may not be able to secure liquidity
through the sale of assets on favorable terms or at all.
Cautionary Statement
Pursuant to Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995
This report and the information
incorporated by reference in this report contain various “forward-looking
statements” as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section
21E of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking
statements are based on the beliefs of our management, as well as assumptions
made by, and information currently available to, our management. We
have based these forward-looking statements on current expectations and
projections about future events and trends affecting the financial condition of
our business. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks
and uncertainties that may lead to results that differ materially from those
expressed in any forward-looking statement made by us or on our behalf,
including, among other things:
-
|
Increases
in the cost of, or in some cases continuation of, the current price levels
of thermoplastic resins, paper board packaging, and other raw
materials.
|
-
|
Our
inability to reduce product costs, including manufacturing, sourcing,
freight, and other product costs.
|
-
|
Our
inability to reduce administrative costs through consolidation of
functions and systems improvements.
|
-
|
Our
inability to protect our intellectual property rights
adequately.
|
-
|
Our
inability to reduce our raw materials
costs.
|
-
|
Our
inability to grow our revenue.
|
-
|
Our
inability to achieve product price increases, especially as they relate to
potentially higher raw material
costs.
|
-
|
Competition
from foreign competitors.
|
-
|
The
potential impact of rising interest rates on our LIBOR-based Bank of
America Credit Agreement.
|
-
|
Our
inability to meet covenants associated with the Bank of America Credit
Agreement.
|
-
|
Our
failure to identify, and promptly and effectively remediate, any material
weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal controls over
financial reporting.
|
-
|
The
potential impact of rising costs for insurance for properties and various
forms of liabilities.
|
-
|
The
potential impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates related to
our foreign operations.
|
-
|
Labor
issues, including union activities that require an increase in production
costs or lead to a strike, thus impairing production and decreasing
sales. We are also subject to labor relations issues at
entities involved in our supply chain, including both suppliers and those
involved in transportation and
shipping.
|
-
|
Changes
in significant laws and government regulations affecting environmental
compliance and income taxes.
|
Words and
phrases such as “expects,” “estimates,” “will,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,”
“should,” “anticipates,” and the like are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. The results referred to in forward-looking statements may
differ materially from actual results because they involve estimates,
assumptions and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements included
herein are as of the date hereof and we undertake no obligation to revise or
update such statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof
or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. All
forward-looking statements should be viewed with caution.
ENVIRONMENTAL
AND OTHER
CONTINGENCIES
See Note 9 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1
of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of environmental and
other contingencies.
RECENTLY
ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
See Note 3 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1
of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of recently issued
accounting pronouncements.
CRITICAL
ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
We
disclosed details regarding certain of our critical accounting policies in the
Management’s Discussion and Analysis section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2007 (Part II, Item 7). There have
been no changes to policies as of March 31, 2008.
Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND
QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Interest Rate
Risk
Our
exposure to market risk associated with changes in interest rates relates
primarily to our debt obligations. Accordingly, effective August 17,
2005, we entered into a two-year interest rate swap agreement on a notional
amount of $25.0 million in the first year and $15.0 million in the second
year. The interest rate swap expired on August 17,
2007. As a result of the current changing interest rate environment
and the increase in the interest rate margins on our borrowings as a result of
the Bank of America Credit Agreement, our exposures to interest rate risks could
be material to our financial position or results of operations. A 1%
increase in the interest rate of the Bank of America Credit Agreement would
increase our annual interest expense by approximately $0.1 million.
Foreign Exchange
Risk
We
are exposed to fluctuations in the Canadian dollar. In addition, we
make significant U.S. dollar purchases from suppliers in Honduras, Pakistan,
China, Taiwan, and the Philippines. An adverse change in foreign
currency exchange rates of these countries could result in an increase in the
cost of purchases. We do not currently hedge foreign currency
transaction or translation exposures. Our net investment in foreign
subsidiaries translated into U.S. dollars at March 31, 2008 is $3.4
million. A 10% change in foreign currency exchange rates would amount
to $0.3 million change in our net investment in foreign subsidiaries at March
31, 2008.
Commodity Price
Risk
We
have not employed an active hedging program related to our commodity price risk,
but are employing other strategies for managing this risk, including contracting
for a certain percentage of resin needs through supply agreements and
opportunistic spot purchases. See
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations – Outlook for 2008 in Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q, for further discussion of our exposure to increasing raw material
costs.
Item 4T. CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We
maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed in our filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is reported within the time periods specified in the
SEC's rules, regulations and related forms, and that such information is
accumulated and communicated to our management, including the principal
executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Katy
carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of
our management, including the principal executive officer and principal
financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our
disclosure controls and procedures (pursuant to Rule 13a-15(e) under the
Exchange Act) as of the end of the period of our report. Based upon
that evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer
concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the
end of the period covered by this report.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There
have been no changes in Katy’s internal control over financial reporting during
the quarter ended March 31, 2008 that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, Katy’s internal control over financial
reporting.
PART II -
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
Except as otherwise noted in Note 9 to
the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, during the quarter for which this report is
filed, there have been no material developments in previously reported legal
proceedings, and no other cases or legal proceedings, other than ordinary
routine litigation incidental to the Company’s business and other nonmaterial
proceedings, were brought against the Company.
Item 1A. RISK
FACTORS
We are affected by risks specific to us
as well as factors that affect all businesses operating in a global
market. The significant factors known to us that could materially
adversely affect our business, financial condition, or operating results are
described in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March
14, 2008. There has been no material change in those risk
factors.
Item
2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF
PROCEEDS
On December 5, 2005, the Company
announced the resumption of a plan to repurchase $1.0 million in shares of its
common stock. During the three month periods ended March 31, 2008 and
2007, the Company purchased zero and 1,300 shares, respectively, of common stock
on the open market for zero and $3 thousand, respectively.
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
Exhibit
Number
|
|
Exhibit Title
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10.1
|
|
Employment
Agreement dated as of April 21, 2008 between the Company and David J.
Feldman.
|
|
*
|
10.2
|
|
Katy
Industries, Inc. 2008 Chief Executive Officer's Plan.
|
|
*
|
31.1
|
|
CEO
Certification pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14, as adopted
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
*
|
31.2
|
|
CFO
Certification pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14, as adopted
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
*
|
32.1
|
|
CEO
Certification required by 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
*
#
|
32.2
|
|
CFO
Certification required by 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
*
#
|
*
Indicates filed herewith.
# These
certifications are being furnished solely to accompany this report pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and are not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are not to be
incorporated by reference into any filing of Katy Industries, Inc. whether made
before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation
language in such filing.
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.
KATY INDUSTRIES,
INC.
Registrant
DATE: May
13,
2008 By /s/ David J.
Feldman
David J. Feldman
President and Chief Executive
Officer
By /s/ Amir
Rosenthal
Amir Rosenthal
Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer,
General Counsel and
Secretary