UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13
or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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February 2, 2006 |
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OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION
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Wisconsin
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1-31371
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39-0520270
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P.O. Box 2566, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54903
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Item 2.02. Results
of Operations and Financial Condition.
On
February 2, 2006, Oshkosh Truck Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press
release (the “Press Release”) announcing its earnings for the first quarter
ended December 31, 2005 and its revised outlook for fiscal 2006. A copy of such press
release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
On
February 2, 2006, the Company held a conference call in connection with the Company’s
announcement of its earnings for the first quarter ended December 31, 2005 and its revised
outlook for fiscal 2006 and beyond. A copy of the script (the “Script”) for such
conference call is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated by reference herein. An
audio replay of such conference call and the related question and answer session will be
available for at least twelve months on the Company’s web site at
www.oshkoshtruckcorporation.com.
The
information, including without limitation all forward-looking statements, contained in the
Press Release, the Script and related slide presentation on the Company’s web site
(the “Slide Presentation”) or provided in the conference call and related
question and answer session speaks only as of February 2, 2006. The Company has adopted a
policy that if the Company makes a determination that it expects the Company’s
earnings per share for future periods for which projections are contained in the Press
Release, the Script and the Slide Presentation or provided in the conference call and
related question and answer session to be lower than those projections, then the Company
will publicly disseminate that fact. The Company’s policy also provides that if the
Company makes a determination that it expects the Company’s earnings per share for
future periods to be at or above the projections contained in the Press Release, the
Script and the Slide Presentation or provided in the conference call and related question
and answer session, then the Company does not intend to publicly disseminate that fact.
Except as set forth above, the Company assumes no obligation, and disclaims any
obligation, to update information contained in the Press Release, the Script and the Slide
Presentation or provided in the conference call and related question and answer session.
Investors should be aware that the Company may not update such information until the
Company’s next quarterly conference call, if at all.
The
Press Release, the Script and the Slide Presentation contain, and representatives of the
Company made, during the conference call and the related question and answer session,
statements that the Company believes to be “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other
than statements of historical fact included in the Press Release, the Script and the Slide
Presentation or made during the conference call and related question and answer session,
including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company’s future financial
position, business strategy, targets, projected sales, costs, earnings, capital
expenditures, debt levels and cash flows, and plans and objectives of management for
future operations, are forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements
generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as
“may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,”
“estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “should” or
“plan,” or the negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology.
The Company cannot provide any assurance that such expectations will prove to have been
correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
Company’s expectations include, without limitation, the following:
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Accuracy
of Assumptions. The expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements, in
particular those with respect to projected sales, costs, earnings, capital expenditures,
debt levels and cash flows, are based in part on certain assumptions made by the Company,
some of which are referred to in, or as part of, the forward-looking statements. Such
assumptions include, without limitation, those relating to the Company’s ability to
continue the turnaround of the business of the Geesink Norba Group sufficiently to support
its current valuation resulting in no non-cash impairment charge for Geesink Norba Group
goodwill; the Company’s ability to work through the production inefficiencies related
to a three-phase enterprise resource planning system conversion at McNeilus Companies,
Inc. (“McNeilus”); the Company’s ability to increase its operating income
margins at McNeilus; the Company’s ability to recover steel and component cost
increases with selling price increases to its customers; anticipated commercial segment
sales in advance of and following a diesel engine emissions standards change effective
January 1, 2007; the Company’s estimates for the level of concrete placement
activity, housing starts and mortgage rates; the performance of the U.S. and European
economies generally; the Company’s expectations as to timing of receipt of sales
orders and payments and execution and funding of defense contracts; the Company’s
ability to achieve cost reductions and operating efficiencies, in particular at McNeilus
and the Geesink Norba Group; the anticipated level of production and margins associated
with the Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles contract, the Indefinite Demand/Indefinite
Quantity contract, the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement follow-on contract and
international defense truck contracts; the expected level of United States Department of
Defense procurement of replacement parts and services and remanufacturing of trucks and
funding thereof; the Company’s estimates for capital expenditures of municipalities
for fire and emergency and refuse products, of airports for aircraft rescue and snow
removal products and of large commercial waste haulers generally and with the Company;
federal funding levels for Department of Homeland Security and spending by governmental
entities on homeland security apparatus; the availability of chassis components including
engines and commercial chassis generally; the Company’s planned spending on product
development and bid and proposal activities with respect to defense truck procurement
competitions and the outcome of such competitions; the expected level of commercial
“package” body and purchased chassis sales compared to “body only”
sales; the Company’s ability to integrate acquired businesses and achieve expected
synergies; the Company’s estimates of the impact of changing fuel prices and credit
availability on capital spending of towing operators; anticipated levels of capital
expenditures; the Company’s estimates for costs relating to litigation, product
warranty, insurance, stock options and restricted stock awards, personnel and raw
materials; the Company’s estimates for debt levels, interest rates, working capital
needs and effective tax rates; and that the Company does not complete any further
acquisitions. The Company cannot provide any assurance that the assumptions referred to in
the forward-looking statements or otherwise are accurate or will prove to have been
correct. Any assumptions that are inaccurate or do not prove to be correct could have a
material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to achieve the results that the
forward-looking statements contemplate.
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Geesink
Norba Group Turnaround. Prior to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005, the Geesink Norba
Group operated at a loss for five quarters due to the weak European economy, declines in
selling prices in its markets, operational inefficiencies and increased material, labor
and warranty costs related to the launch of a new Geesink-branded rear loader. Although
the Geesink Norba Group operated at a profit in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 and the
first quarter of fiscal 2006 and the Company has taken steps to turn around the business
of the Geesink Norba Group, including reducing its work force, installing new executive
leadership, implementing lean manufacturing practices, introducing new products and
outsourcing components to lower cost manufacturing sites, the Company cannot provide any
assurance that the Geesink Norba Group will continue to operate profitably or that such
activities will be successful. In addition, the Company may incur costs to continue to
implement any such turnaround beyond its current expectations for such costs. Further, if
the Company is unable to continue to turnaround the business of the Geesink Norba Group,
then the Company may be required to record a non-cash impairment charge for Geesink Norba
Group goodwill, and there could be other material adverse effects on the net sales,
financial condition, profitability and/or cash flows of the Company.
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Cyclical
Markets. A decline in overall customer demand in the Company’s cyclical
commercial or fire and emergency markets could have a material adverse effect on the
Company’s operating performance. The ready-mix concrete market that the Company
serves is highly cyclical and impacted by the strength of the economy generally, by
prevailing mortgage and other interest rates, by the number of housing starts and by other
factors that may have an effect on the level of concrete placement activity, either
regionally or nationally. Although the concrete placement industry has recovered from a
downturn compared to historical levels and customers of the Company such as municipalities
and large waste haulers have increased their expenditures for fire and emergency and
refuse equipment, if these improvements do not continue or if these markets face
downturns, then there could be a material adverse effect on the net sales, financial
condition, profitability and/or cash flows of the Company. Furthermore, the recent surge
in the Company’s defense business is due in significant part to demand for defense
trucks, replacement parts and services and truck remanufacturing arising from the conflict
in Iraq. Events such as this are unplanned, and the Company cannot predict how long this
conflict will last or the demand for its products that will arise out of such an event.
Accordingly, the Company cannot provide any assurance that the increased defense business
as a result of this conflict will continue.
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Government
Contracts. The Company is dependent on U.S. and foreign government contracts for a
substantial portion of its business. That business is subject to the following risks,
among others, that could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operating
performance:
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The
Company’s business is susceptible to changes in the U.S. defense budget, which may
reduce revenues that the Company expects from its defense business. |
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The
U.S. government may not appropriate funding that the Company expects for its U.S.
government contracts, which may prevent the Company from realizing revenues under current
contracts or receiving additional orders that the Company anticipates it will receive. |
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Most
of the Company’s government contracts are fixed-price contracts, and the Company’s
actual costs may exceed its projected costs, which could result in lower profits or net
losses under these contracts. |
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The
Company is required to spend significant sums on product development and testing, bid and
proposal activities and pre-contract engineering, tooling and design activities in
competitions to have the opportunity to be awarded these contracts. |
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Competitions
for the award of defense truck contracts are intense, and the Company cannot provide any
assurance that it will be successful in the defense truck procurement competitions in
which it participates. |
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Certain
of the Company’s government contracts could be suspended or terminated and all such
contracts expire in the future and may not be replaced, which could reduce expected
revenues from these contracts. |
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The
Company’s defense products undergo rigorous testing by the customer and are subject
to highly technical requirements. Any failure to pass these tests, including Production
Reliability and Acceptance testing for the Company’s wheeled tanker contract for the
United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, or to comply with these requirements could result in
unanticipated retrofit costs, delayed acceptance of trucks or late or no payments under
such contracts. |
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The
Company’s government contracts are subject to audit, which could result in
adjustments of the Company’s costs and prices under these contracts. |
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The
Company’s defense truck contracts are large in size and require significant
personnel and production resources, and when such contracts end, the Company must make
adjustments to personnel and production resources. |
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Completion
and Financing of Acquisitions. A substantial portion of the Company’s growth in
the past nine years has come through acquisitions, and the Company’s growth strategy
is based in part upon acquisitions. The Company may not be able to identify suitable
acquisition candidates or complete future acquisitions, which could adversely affect the
Company’s future growth. The Company’s credit facility also contains restrictive
covenants that may limit the Company’s ability to take advantage of business
opportunities, including acquisitions. Any acquisitions could be dilutive to the
Company’s earnings per share. The Company’s level of indebtedness may increase
in the future if the Company finances acquisitions with debt, which would cause the
Company to incur additional interest expense and could increase the Company’s
vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions and limit the
Company’s ability to obtain additional financing. If the Company issues shares of its
stock as currency in any future acquisitions or as a source of funds to finance
acquisitions, then the Company’s earnings per share may be diluted as a result of the
issuance of such stock.
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Steel
and Component Costs. The Company uses thousands of tons of steel annually and steel
cost increases have had a significant impact on production costs for the Company’s
trucks and truck bodies. During fiscal 2004 and the first six months of fiscal 2005, costs
increased sharply for steel and component parts containing steel. Although the Company
believes steel costs have stabilized, the Company could face further steel cost increases
in fiscal 2006. Steel and component costs that increase further and/or are not recovered
through increases in the Company’s selling prices could impact the Company in the
following ways:
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In
the commercial and fire and emergency businesses, the Company announced selling price
increases during fiscal 2005, some of which take effect in fiscal 2006, to recover
increased steel and component costs and is likely to further increase prices. However,
any such new product prices apply only to new orders, and the Company does not anticipate
being able to recover all cost increases from customers in fiscal 2006 due to the amount
of orders in the Company’s backlog prior to the effective dates of new selling
prices for the Company’s products. In addition, some customers have reacted
adversely to these price increases, and competitive conditions have limited, and may
limit in the future, price increases in some market sectors. Alternatively, adherence to
the price increases could affect sales volumes in some market sectors. Furthermore, steel
and component costs may again rise faster than expected, and the Company’s product
price increases may not be sufficient to recover such increases. |
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In
the defense business, the Company is generally limited in its ability to raise prices in
response to rising steel and component costs as the Company largely does business under
firm, fixed-price contracts. The Company attempts to limit its risk by obtaining firm
pricing from suppliers at contract award. However, if these suppliers, including steel
mills, do not honor their contracts, then the Company could face margin pressure in its
defense business. |
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Revolution®
Composite Concrete Mixer Drum. The Company has made and will continue to make
significant investments in technology and manufacturing facilities relating to the
Revolution® composite concrete mixer drum product, and the Company anticipates that
this product will contribute to growth in revenues and earnings of the Company’s
commercial segment. However, the Company cannot provide any assurance that such growth
will result. Without limitation:
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The
Revolution® drum is a new product in the concrete placement market that uses new
technology, and the Company cannot provide any assurance that the concrete placement
market will broadly accept this product or that the Company will be able to sell this
product at targeted prices. |
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Even
if market demand for the Revolution® drum meets the Company’s expectations, the
Company may not be able to sustain high volume production of this product at projected
costs and on projected delivery schedules, which could result in lower profits or net
losses relating to this product. |
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The
Company’s plans include taking additional actions and making additional investments
to introduce different versions of the Revolution® drum and to introduce the product
in markets outside the United States, and there will be additional risks associated with
these efforts. |
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The
Company cannot provide any assurance that competitors will not offer products in the
future that compete with the Revolution® drum, which would impact the Company’s
ability to sell this product at targeted prices. |
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Because
the Revolution® drum is a new product, the Company has experienced and may continue
to experience higher costs for warranty and other product related claims. |
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International
Business. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005, approximately 15.5% of the
Company’s net sales were attributable to products sold outside of the United States,
and expanding international sales, including through acquisitions, is a part of the
Company’s growth strategy. International operations and sales are subject to various
risks, including political, religious and economic instability, local labor market
conditions, the imposition of foreign tariffs and other trade barriers, the impact of
foreign government regulations and the effects of income and withholding taxes,
governmental expropriation and differences in business practices. The Company may incur
increased costs and experience delays or disruptions in product deliveries and payments in
connection with international manufacturing and sales that could cause loss of revenues
and earnings. Unfavorable changes in the political, regulatory and business climate could
have a material adverse effect on the Company’s net sales, financial condition,
profitability and/or cash flows.
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Foreign
Currency Fluctuations. The results of operations and financial condition of the
Company’s subsidiaries that conduct operations in foreign countries are reported in
the relevant foreign currencies and then translated into U.S. dollars at the applicable
exchange rates for inclusion in the Company’s consolidated financial statements,
which are stated in U.S. dollars. In addition, the Company has certain firm orders in
backlog that are denominated in U.K. Pounds Sterling and certain agreements with
subcontractors denominated in U.K. Pounds Sterling and Euros, which will subject the
Company to foreign currency transaction risk to the extent they are not hedged. The
exchange rates between many of these currencies and the U.S. dollar have fluctuated
significantly in recent years and may fluctuate significantly in the future. Such
fluctuations, in particular those with respect to the Euro and the U.K. Pound Sterling,
may have a material effect on the Company’s net sales, financial condition,
profitability and/or cash flows and may significantly affect the comparability of the
Company’s results between financial periods.
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Interruptions
in the Supply of Parts, Components and Chassis. The Company has experienced, and may
in the future experience, significant disruption or termination of the supply of some of
the Company’s parts, materials, components and final assemblies that the Company
obtains from sole source suppliers or subcontractors or incur a significant increase in
the cost of these parts, materials, components or final assemblies. Such disruptions,
terminations or cost increases could delay sales of the Company’s trucks and truck
bodies and could result in a material adverse effect on the Company’s net sales,
financial condition, profitability and/or cash flows. A recent surge in over-the-road
truck sales has created shortages of certain components utilized by the Company,
especially certain engines utilized in the Company’s defense business. The shortages
have also caused periodic delays or limitations on the receipt of chassis scheduled for
mounting of the Company’s truck bodies across both it fire and emergency and
commercial segments. It is possible that some or all of such shortages could intensify
during calendar 2006, which may cause the Company to miss forecasted sales and earnings
estimates or incur additional costs to manage production when key components are delivered
late.
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Competition. The
Company operates in highly competitive industries. Several of the Company’s
competitors have greater financial, marketing, manufacturing and
distribution resources than the Company and the Company is facing
competitive pricing from new entrants in certain markets. The Company’s
products may not continue to compete successfully with the products of
competitors, and the Company may not be able to retain or increase its
customer base or to improve or maintain its profit margins on sales to its
customers, all of which could adversely affect the Company’s net
sales, financial condition, profitability and/or cash flows.
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Additional information concerning
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in the Company’s filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Item 9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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Exhibits.
The following exhibits are being furnished herewith: |
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(99.1) |
Oshkosh
Truck Corporation Press Release dated February 2, 2006. |
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(99.2) |
Script
for conference call held February 2, 2006. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION |
Date: February 2, 2006 |
By: /s/ Charles L. Szews |
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Charles L. Szews |
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Executive Vice President and |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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OSHKOSH TRUCK
CORPORATION
Exhibit Index to
Current Report on Form 8-K
Dated February 2, 2006
Exhibit
Number
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Oshkosh
Truck Corporation Press Release dated February 2, 2006. |
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Script
for conference call held February 2, 2006. |