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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K/A
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended June 29, 2006
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
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For the transition period from to
Commission file number 0-19681
JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
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36-2419677 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification |
Incorporation or Organization)
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2299 Busse Road
Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (847) 593-2300
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
(Title of Class)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act: Yes o No þ.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Act: Yes o No þ.
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, as amended (the Exchange Act),
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file
such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes o No þ.
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation
S-K (229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained to the best of
Registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in
Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K þ.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, or a non-accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).
Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer þ Non-accelerated filer o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of
the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ.
The aggregate market value of the voting Common Stock held by non-affiliates was $103,123,862
as of December 29, 2005 (7,975,550 shares at $12.93 per share).
As of September 27, 2006, 8,112,099 shares of the Companys Common Stock, $.01 par value
(Common Stock), including 117,900 treasury shares, and 2,597,426 shares of the Companys Class A
Common Stock, $.01 par value (Class A Stock), were outstanding.
Documents Incorporated by Reference:
Portions of the Companys definitive Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on
November 6, 2006 are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Report.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 29, 2006 of
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (the Company), is being filed to restate the Companys
Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the year ended June 29, 2006 for the following
accounting matters detailed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements: The Company is
restating its consolidated balance sheet to reclassify certain Long-term Debt as Current Maturities
of Long-term Debt, as the Company previously disclosed in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
November 22, 2006. Additionally, the Companys Consolidated Financial Statements have been restated
(i) to record a goodwill impairment loss, (ii) to record a valuation allowance related to state net
operating loss carryforwards, (iii) to consolidate variable interest entities, and (iv) to disclose
managements plans regarding going concern.
In connection with the restatement, the following items of the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K
have been amended:
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Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors |
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Part II, Item 6. Selected Financial Data |
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Part II, Item 7. Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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Part II, Item 8. Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data |
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Part II, Item 9A. Controls and Procedures |
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Part IV, Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules |
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All internal cross-references have been updated accordingly |
With the exception of the foregoing, no other information in the Companys Annual Report on Form
10-K filed on September 27, 2006 has been supplemented, updated or amended and the information
contained herein does not reflect any events that have occurred after the 2006 Form 10-K was filed.
Pursuant to Rule 12b-15 under the Exchange Act, the complete text of each amended item is set
forth below.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1 Business
a. General Development of Business
(i) Background
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (the Company) was incorporated under the laws of the State of
Delaware in 1979 as the successor by merger to an Illinois corporation that was incorporated in
1959. As used throughout this annual report on Form 10-K, unless the context otherwise indicates,
the term Company refers collectively to John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., JBSS Properties, LLC and
JBS International, Inc., a previously wholly-owned subsidiary, that was dissolved in November,
2004. The Companys fiscal year ends on the final Thursday of June each year, and typically
consists of fifty-two weeks (four thirteen week quarters). Fiscal 2005, however, contained
fifty-three weeks, with the fourth quarter containing fourteen weeks. References herein to fiscal
2007 are to the fiscal year that will end June 28, 2007. References herein to fiscal 2006 are to
the fiscal year ended June 29, 2006. References herein to fiscal 2005 are to the fiscal year ended
June 30, 2005. References herein to fiscal 2004 are to the fiscal year ended June 24, 2004.
The Company is one of the leading processors and marketers of tree nuts and peanuts in the United
States. These nuts are sold under a variety of private labels and under the Companys Fisher,
Evons, Flavor Tree, Sunshine Country, Texas Pride and Tom Scott brand names. The Company also
markets and distributes, and in most cases manufactures or processes, a diverse product line of
food and snack items, including peanut butter, candy and confections, natural snacks and trail
mixes, sunflower seeds, corn snacks, sesame sticks and other sesame snack products.
The Companys Internet website is accessible to the public at http://www.jbssinc.com. Information
about the Company, including the Companys annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form
10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports are made available free of charge
through the Companys Internet website as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports have
been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). The Companys
materials filed with the SEC are also available on the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov. The
public may read and copy any materials the Company files with the SEC at the SECs public reference
room at 450 Fifth St., NW, Washington, DC 20549. The public may obtain information about the
reference room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.
The Companys headquarters and executive offices are located at 2299 Busse Road, Elk Grove Village,
Illinois, 60007, and its telephone number for investor relations is (847) 593-2300, extension 6612.
(ii) Facility Consolidation Project
The Company is in the process of moving its Illinois operations to a central location in Elgin,
Illinois. On April 15, 2005, the Company closed on the $48.0 million purchase of a site in Elgin,
Illinois (the Current Site). Prior to acquiring the Current Site, the Company engaged in a series
of transactions whereby it purchased property that it anticipated using in the facility
consolidation project (the Original Site). The Company is currently marketing the Original Site
to potential buyers and expects a sale to be consummated in fiscal 2008. The Company is also moving
forward with the facility consolidation project on the Current Site. The Current Site includes both
an office building and a warehouse. The Company is leasing 41.5% of the office building back to the
seller for a three year period, with options for an additional seven years. The remaining portion
of the office building may be leased to third parties; however, further capital expenditures, such
as for increased parking availability, will be necessary to lease a substantial portion of the
remaining space. The 653,302 square foot warehouse was expanded to slightly over 1,000,000 square
feet during fiscal 2006 and is being modified to serve as the Companys principal processing and
distribution facility and headquarters. The Company transferred its primary Chicago area
distribution facility from a leased location to the Current Site in July 2006. Processing
operations are scheduled to begin at the Current Site in the second quarter of fiscal 2007, with
operations moving from the existing Chicago area locations, and new equipment installed, beginning
in the second quarter of fiscal 2007 and continuing on a gradual basis through the end of calendar
2008.
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(iii) Credit Facilities
At the end of fiscal 2006 the Company was a party to an unsecured revolving bank credit facility
(the Prior Bank Credit Facility), which was to expire on July 31, 2006 and for which the Company
had received a waiver for the default on certain covenants. On July 27, 2006, the Company entered
into an amended and restated bank credit facility (the Bank Credit Facility), which replaced the
Prior Bank Credit Facility. The Bank Credit Facility provides for $100.0 million in secured
borrowings and is comprised of (i) a working capital revolving loan which provides working capital
financing of up to $93.6 million in the aggregate, and matures on July 25, 2009, and (ii) a $6.4
million letter of credit maturing on June 1, 2011(the IDB Letter of Credit) to secure the
industrial development bonds which financed the construction of a peanut shelling plant in 1987.
The Bank Credit Facility also allows for an amendment to increase the total amount of secured
borrowings to $125.0 million at the election of the Company, the agent under the facility and one
or more of the lenders under the facility. Borrowings under the Bank Credit Facility accrue
interest at a rate determined pursuant to a formula based on the agent banks reference rate, the
prime rate and the Eurodollar rate. The interest rate varies depending upon the Companys quarterly
financial performance, as measured by the available borrowing base. The Bank Credit Facility also
waived all non-compliance with financial covenants under the Prior Bank Credit Facility.
The terms of the Bank Credit Facility include certain restrictive covenants that, among other
things, require the Company to maintain certain specified financial ratios (if the borrowing base
is below a designated level), restrict certain investments, indebtedness and capital expenditures
and restrict certain cash dividends, redemptions of capital stock and prepayment of certain
indebtedness of the Company. The lenders are entitled to require immediate repayment of the
Companys obligations under the Bank Credit Facility in the event the Company defaults on payments
required under the Bank Credit Facility, non-compliance with the financial covenants, or upon the
occurrence of certain other defaults by the Company under the Bank Credit Facility (including a
default under the Note Agreement, as defined below).
In order to finance a portion of the Companys facility consolidation project and to provide for
the Companys general working capital needs, the Company received $65.0 million pursuant to a Note
Purchase Agreement (the Note Agreement) entered into on December 16, 2004 with various lenders.
On July 27, 2006, the Note Agreement was amended to, among other things, increase the interest rate
from 4.67% to 5.67% per annum, waive all non-compliance with financial covenants through June 29,
2006, secure the Companys obligations and modify future financial covenants. Additionally, the
Company is required to pay an excess leverage fee of up to an additional 1.00% per annum depending
upon its leverage ratio and financial performance.
The terms of the Note Agreement include certain restrictive covenants that, among other things,
require the Company to maintain certain specified financial ratios, attain minimum quarterly
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) levels, restrict certain
investments, indebtedness and capital expenditures and restrict certain cash dividends, redemptions
of capital stock and prepayment of certain indebtedness of the Company. The lenders are entitled to
require immediate repayment of the Companys obligations under the Note Agreement in the event the
Company defaults on payments required under the Note Agreement, non-compliance with the financial
covenants, or upon the occurrence of certain other defaults by the Company under the Note Agreement
(including a default under the Bank Credit Facility).
When the Company filed its financial statements for the year ended June 29, 2006 on Form 10-K on
September 27, 2006, management concluded that $54.2 million of debt related to the Note Agreement
was properly classified as Long-term Debt. That determination was based upon, among other things, a
forecast (the Forecast) the Company prepared during its first quarter of fiscal 2007 indicating
that the Company would be able to attain the minimum EBITDA levels required by the Note Agreement
throughout fiscal 2007, as well as satisfy other non-financial covenants contained in the Note
Agreement and other borrowing arrangements. The Company did not achieve the minimum quarterly
EBITDA covenant for the quarter ended September 28, 2006 by a material amount, which caused the
Company to reevaluate the accuracy of the Forecast, the reasonableness of assumptions underlying
the Forecast and its related conclusions with respect to expected covenant compliance. The Company
determined that the Forecast did not take into consideration information available to the Company
in connection with classifying amounts as current and non-current in its June 29, 2006 balance
sheet and therefore the balance sheet classification of the Long-term Debt was not accurate. If
such information had been incorporated in the Forecast and considered by management in evaluating
the classification of affected debt obligations, the Company would have concluded that the Company
would not meet the EBITDA covenant for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and accordingly the
obligations
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pursuant to the Note Agreement would have been classified as Current Maturities of Long-term Debt
in the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended June 29, 2006.
The Company is uncertain whether it will be able to comply with the covenants and warranties in its
various financing arrangements, such as the EBITDA covenant contained in its Note Agreement, in the
future. If the Company does not comply with the covenants or warranties in its financing
arrangements in the future, the Company will seek waivers from its lenders; however, there can be
no assurance that in such case waivers will be received or that such waivers will be on
commercially reasonable terms that are not adverse to the Company.
The Companys announcement on November 22, 2006 that the consolidated financial statements in its
Form 10-K for fiscal 2006 filed on September 27, 2006 could no longer be relied upon caused a
default pursuant to the Companys Note Agreement and Bank Credit Facility. In addition, the
Company did not file its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 28, 2006
with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the November 27, 2006 deadline required in the Note
Agreement, which caused an additional event of default pursuant to the Note Agreement. The Company
has received waivers from it lenders for these events of non-compliance. Non-compliance with any
future covenant or warranty requirements would allow the lenders to demand immediate payment. If
waivers are not received or acceptable terms renegotiated with respect to future non-compliance
with covenant or warranty requirements, the Companys ability to pursue its business plans,
objectives and its ability to continue as a going concern would be adversely affected.
Obtaining alternative financing for amounts due pursuant to the Note Agreement would allow the
Company to eliminate the restrictive EBITDA covenant that the Company did not comply with in the
first quarter of fiscal 2007 as well as the related uncertainty as to whether the Company will be
able to comply with such covenant in the future. The Company believes it would be able to secure
alternative financing for the amounts due pursuant to the Note Agreement through conventional
mortgages that do not contain a restrictive EBITDA covenant; however, there can be no assurance
that such alternative financing could be obtained, that the new lenders would be willing to
negotiate on terms acceptable to the Company, or that the Company would receive the consent for
such refinancing required by its Bank Credit Facility. The Bank Credit Facility does not contain a
restrictive EBITDA covenant; however, a default under the Note Agreement triggers a default under
the Bank Credit Facility. If the Company attempts to secure alternative financing for amounts due
under the Note Agreement, it does not anticipate that it would also attempt to secure alternative
financing for amounts due pursuant to the Bank Credit Facility. Sustained losses by the Company,
the inability to receive waivers from the Companys lenders, if necessary, the inability to secure
alternative financing for amounts due pursuant to the Note Agreement, and/or future non-compliance
with the covenants or warranties in the Companys Bank Credit Facility and Note Agreement would
have a material adverse effect on the Companys financial position, results of operations and cash
flows and raises substantial doubt with respect to the Companys ability to continue as a going
concern.
(iv) Sales/Leaseback Transactions
In fiscal 2005, in order to facilitate the facility consolidation project, the Companys Board of
Directors appointed an independent board committee to explore alternatives with respect to the
Companys existing leases for the properties owned by two related party partnerships. After
negotiations with the partnerships, the independent committee approved a proposed transaction and,
subsequently, the Company entered into various agreements with the partnerships. The agreements
provided for an overall transaction whereby: (i) the current related party leases were terminated
without penalty to the Company; (ii) the Company sold the portion of the Busse Road property that
it owned to the partnerships for $2.0 million; and (iii) the Company sold its Selma, Texas
properties to the partnerships for $14.3 million (an estimate of fair value which also slightly
exceeds its carrying value) and leased the properties back. The sale price and rental rate for the
Selma, Texas properties were determined by an independent appraiser to be at fair market value. The
lease for the Selma, Texas properties has a ten-year term at a fair market value rent, with three
five-year renewal options. In addition, the Company has an option to repurchase the Selma property
from the partnerships after five years at 95% (100% in certain circumstances) of the then fair
market value, but not to be less than the $14.3 million purchase price. The sale of the Selma,
Texas properties at fair market value to the related party partnerships was consummated during the
first quarter of fiscal 2007.
The Company is restating its financial statements for the year ended June 29, 2006 to consolidate
variable interest entities (two related party partnerships). The Company leased certain properties
during 2006 from two related party partnerships, one of which was terminated in March 2006 and the
other terminated in July 2006. The Companys Balance Sheet as of June 29, 2006 has been restated to
consolidate the remaining partnership leasing a facility to the Company as of June 29, 2006. As a
result, Current Maturities of
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Long-term Debt increased by $1.2 million and Buildings increased by $0.7 million. The cumulative
effect of this item of $0.5 million was recorded in Cost of Sales in the Statement of Operations
for the year ended June 29, 2006.
In March 2006, the Company sold a facility owned by one of its consolidated partnerships, a
variable interest entity. As the Company was the primary beneficiary of the partnership, upon
consolidation of the partnership the deficit, which includes losses in excess of the minority
interest, was absorbed by the Company. Upon sale of the facility by the partnership for a gain,
the previously recognized losses attributable to the minority interest of $0.9 million were
recovered by the Company to the extent such losses were previously allocated to the Company in
consolidation and reduces any gain allocable to the partnership interest. Additionally as the
partnership and not the Company was entitled to the net proceeds from the sale, the Company
recorded an equal and offsetting minority interest amount for the partnerships gain on the sale of
approximately $3.5 million in other income and expense.
Subsequent to year end, the Company sold a facility, a portion of which was owned directly by
the Company and the remaining portion owned by one of its consolidated partnerships, a variable
interest entity. The related party partnership then sold the property to a third party, which is
leasing back the property to the Company for the time period necessary to transition operations to
the Current Site.
Also in July 2006, the Company sold its Arlington Heights and Arthur Avenue facilities for a
combined $7.8 million in proceeds and is leasing back the facilities from the purchaser. The
Arlington Heights facility is being leased back through December 2008 with a three to ninth month
renewal option. The Arthur Avenue facility is being leased back through August 2008 with a three to
nine month renewal option.
b. Segment Reporting
The Company operates in a single reportable operating segment that consists of selling various nut
products procured and processed in a vertically integrated manner through multiple distribution
channels.
c. Narrative Description of Business
(i) General
As stated above, the Company is one of the leading processors and marketers of tree nuts and
peanuts in the United States. Through a deliberate strategy of capital expenditures and
complementary acquisitions, the Company has built a vertically integrated nut processing operation
that enables it to control every step of the process, including procurement from growers, shelling,
processing, packing and marketing. Vertical integration allows the Company to enhance product
quality and to capture additional processing margins. In the past, the Companys vertically
integrated business model has worked to its advantage. Vertical integration, however, can under
certain circumstances result in poor earnings or losses. See Item 1A Risk Factors. Products are
sold through the major distribution channels to significant buyers of nuts, including food
retailers, industrial users for food manufacturing, food service companies and international
customers. Selling through a wide array of distribution channels allows the Company to generate
multiple revenue opportunities for the nuts it processes. For example, whole almonds could be sold
to food retailers and almond pieces could be sold to industrial users. The Company processes and
sells all major nut types consumed in the United States, including peanuts, pecans, cashews,
walnuts and almonds in a wide variety of package styles, whereas most of the Companys competitors
focus either on fewer nut types or narrower varieties of packaging options. The Company processes
all major nut types, thus offering its customers a complete nut product offering. In addition, the
Company is less susceptible to any single nut types price or crop volume swings.
(ii) Principal Products
(A) Raw and Processed Nuts
The Companys principal products are raw and processed nuts. These products accounted for
approximately 92.7%, 91.2% and 90.7% of the Companys gross sales for fiscal 2006, fiscal 2005 and
fiscal 2004, respectively. The nut product line includes peanuts, almonds, Brazil nuts, pecans,
pistachios, filberts, cashews, English walnuts, black walnuts, pine nuts and macadamia nuts. The
Companys nut products are sold in numerous package styles and sizes, from poly-cellophane
packages, composite cans, vacuum packed tins, plastic jars and glass jars for retail sales, to
large cases and sacks for bulk sales to industrial, food service and government customers. In
addition, the Company offers its nut products in a variety of different styles and seasonings,
including natural (with skins), blanched (without skins), oil roasted, dry roasted, unsalted, honey
roasted, butter toffee, praline and cinnamon toasted. The
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Company sells its products domestically to retailers and wholesalers as well as to industrial, food
service and government customers. The Company also sells certain of its products to foreign
customers in the retail, food service and industrial markets.
The Company acquires a substantial portion of its peanut, pecan, almond and walnut requirements
directly from domestic growers. The balance of the Companys raw nut supply is purchased from
importers, traders and domestic processors. In fiscal 2006, the majority of the Companys peanuts,
pecans and walnuts were shelled at the Companys four shelling facilities, and the remaining
portion was purchased shelled from processors. See Raw Materials and Supplies and Item 2
Properties Manufacturing Capability, Utilization, Technology and Engineering below.
(B) Peanut Butter
The Company manufactures and markets peanut butter in several sizes and varieties, including
creamy, crunchy and natural. Peanut butter accounted for approximately 2.6%, 3.6% and 3.6% of the
Companys gross sales for fiscal 2006, fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004, respectively.
(C) Other Products
The Company also markets and distributes, and in many cases processes and manufactures, a wide
assortment of other food and snack products. These products accounted for approximately 4.7%, 5.2%
and 5.7% of the Companys gross sales for fiscal 2006, fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004, respectively.
These other products include: candy and confections, natural snacks, trail mixes and chocolate and
yogurt coated products sold to retailers and wholesalers; baking ingredients sold to retailers,
wholesalers, industrial and food service customers; bulk food products sold to retail and food
service customers; an assortment of corn snacks, sunflower seeds, party mixes, sesame sticks and
other sesame snack products sold to retail supermarkets, vending companies, mass merchandisers and
industrial customers; and a wide variety of toppings for ice cream and yogurt sold to food service
customers.
(iii) Customers
The Company sells products to approximately 2,900 customers, including approximately 100
international accounts. Retailers of the Companys products include grocery chains, mass
merchandisers, drug store chains, convenience stores and membership clubs. Sales to Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc. accounted for approximately 19%, 18% and 19% of the Companys net sales for fiscal
2006, fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004, respectively. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006, the Company
lost the majority of the business with one of its five largest customers, which represented 3% of
gross sales for fiscal 2006. The Company believes it will be able to replace the loss of this
customer in fiscal 2007 through the addition of new customers and expansion of business at existing
customers. The Company markets many of its products directly to approximately 400 retail stores in
Illinois and five other states through its store-door delivery system discussed below. Wholesale
distributors purchase products from the Company for resale to regional retail grocery chains and
convenience stores. The Companys industrial customers include bakeries, ice cream and candy
manufacturers and other food and snack processors. Food service customers include hospitals,
schools, universities, airlines, retail and wholesale restaurant businesses and national food
service franchises. In addition, the Company packages and distributes products manufactured or
processed by others.
(iv) Sales and Distribution
The Company markets its products through its own sales department and through a network of
approximately 160 independent brokers and various independent distributors and suppliers.
The Company distributes its products from its Illinois, Georgia, California, North Carolina and
Texas production facilities and from public warehouse and distribution facilities located in
various other states. The majority of the Companys products are shipped from the Companys
production, warehouse and distribution facilities by contract and common carriers.
The Company distributes its products to approximately 400 convenience stores, supermarkets and
other retail customer locations through its store-door delivery system. Under this system, the
Company uses its own fleet of step-vans to market and distribute nuts, snacks and candy directly to
retail customers on a store-by-store basis. Presently, the store-door delivery system consists of
11 route salespeople covering routes located in Illinois and other Midwestern states. District and
regional route managers, as well as sales and
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marketing personnel operating out of the Companys corporate offices, are responsible for
monitoring and managing the route salespeople.
In the Chicago area, the Company operates thrift stores at one of its production facilities and at
three other retail stores. These stores sell bulk foods and other products produced by the Company
and by other vendors.
(v) Marketing
Marketing strategies are developed by distribution channel. Private label and branded consumer
efforts are focused on building brand awareness, attracting new customers and increasing
consumption in the snack and baking nut categories. Industrial and food service efforts are focused
on trade-oriented marketing.
The Companys consumer promotional campaigns include newspaper and radio advertisements, coupon
offers and co-op advertising with select retail customers. The Company also conducts an integrated
marketing campaign using multiple media outlets for the promotion of the Fisher brand, including
sports marketing. The Company also designs and manufactures point of purchase displays and bulk
food dispensers for use by several of its retail customers. Additionally, shipper display units are
utilized in retail stores in an effort to gain additional temporary product placement and to drive
sales volume.
Industrial and food service trade promotion includes attending regional and national trade shows,
trade publication advertising and one-on-one marketing. These promotional efforts highlight the
Companys processing capabilities, broad product portfolio, product customization and packaging
innovation. Additionally, the Company has established a number of co-branding relationships with
industrial customers.
Through participation in several trade associations, funding of industry research and sponsorship
of educational programs, the Company supports efforts to increase awareness of the health benefits,
convenience and versatility of nuts as both a snack and a recipe ingredient among existing and next
generation consumers of nuts.
(vi) Competition
The Companys nuts and other snack food products compete against products manufactured and sold by
numerous other companies in the snack food industry, some of whom are substantially larger and have
greater resources than the Company. In the nut industry, the Company competes with, among others,
Planters, Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., Diamond Foods, Inc. and numerous regional snack food processors.
Competitive factors in the Companys markets include price, product quality, customer service,
breadth of product line, brand name awareness, method of distribution and sales promotion. See Item
1A Risk Factors below.
(vii) Raw Materials and Supplies
The Company purchases nuts from domestic and foreign sources. In fiscal 2006, all of the Companys
peanuts, walnuts and almonds were purchased from domestic sources. The Company purchases its pecans
from the southern United States and Mexico. Cashew nuts are imported from India, Africa, Brazil and
Southeast Asia. For fiscal 2006, approximately 29% of the Companys nut purchases were from foreign
sources.
Competition in the nut shelling industry is driven by shellers ability to access and purchase raw
nuts, to shell the nuts efficiently and to sell the nuts to processors. The Company is the only
sheller of all five major domestic nut types and is among a select few shellers who further
process, package and sell nuts to the end-user. Raw material pricing pressure, the inability of
some shellers to extend credit to raw material suppliers and the high cost of equipment automation
have contributed to a consolidation among shellers across all nut types, especially peanuts and
pecans.
The Company is vertically integrated and, unlike its major retail competitors, who purchase nuts on
the open market, the Company purchases nuts directly from growers. For fiscal 2006, the Companys
results of operations were severely impacted by a decline in the market price for almonds after
entering into fixed price purchase contracts. Consequently, the Company experienced negative
margins on its almond sales for fiscal 2006. In order to help decrease the Companys exposure to
the effects of a possible recurrence of a declining almond market in fiscal 2007, the Company
changed its method of purchasing almonds in fiscal 2007. To the extent
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practicable, the procurement is occurring as industrial sales contracts are entered into, thus
helping to reduce the Companys exposure to the effects of changing market prices. Although the
Company has modified its method for procuring almonds, there can be no assurance that this method
will reduce the Companys losses or the risks associated with buying almonds. In November
2006, the Company announced that it will no longer purchase almonds directly from growers and will
discontinue its almond handling operation at its Gustine, California facility during the first
quarter of calendar 2007 when the processing of current crop year almonds purchased directly from
growers is completed. The Company is discontinuing its almond handling operation in order to reduce
commodity risk and to eliminate the significant labor costs associated with processing almonds that
could not be recovered completely when the almonds are sold. Furthermore, the risks associated
with vertical integration that contributed to the Companys negative margins for almond sales also
exist, to varying degrees, for other nut types that the Company shells. Accordingly, since the
Company is a vertically integrated sheller, processor and seller of nuts and nut products, the
effects of changing market prices can never be eliminated.
The Company sponsors a seed exchange program under which it provides peanut seed to growers in
return for a commitment to repay the dollar value of that seed, plus interest, in the form of
farmer stock inshell peanuts at harvest. Approximately 56% of the farmer stock peanuts purchased by
the Company in fiscal 2006 were grown from seed provided by the Company. The Company also contracts
for the growing of a limited number of generations of peanut seeds to increase seed quality and
maintain desired genetic characteristics of the peanut seed used in processing.
The availability and cost of raw materials for the production of the Companys products, including
peanuts, pecans, walnuts, almonds, other nuts, roasting oil, sugar, dried fruit, coconut and
chocolate, are subject to crop size and yield fluctuations caused by factors beyond the Companys
control, such as weather conditions and plant diseases. These fluctuations can adversely impact the
Companys profitability. Additionally, the supply of edible nuts and other raw materials used in
the Companys products could be reduced upon a determination by the USDA or any other government
agency that certain pesticides, herbicides or other chemicals used by growers have left harmful
residues on portions of the crop or that the crop has been contaminated by aflatoxin or other
agents.
Due, in part, to the seasonal nature of the industry, the Company maintains significant inventories
of peanuts, pecans, walnuts and almonds at certain times of the year, especially in the second and
third quarters of the Companys fiscal year. Fluctuations in the market price of peanuts, pecans,
walnuts, almonds and other nuts may affect the value of the Companys inventory and thus the
Companys gross profit and gross profit margin. See Introduction, Fiscal 2006 Compared to Fiscal
2005 Gross Profit and Fiscal 2005 Compared to Fiscal 2004 Gross Profit under Item 7
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The Company purchases other inventory items, such as roasting oils, seasonings, glass jars, plastic
jars, labels, composite cans and other packaging materials, from related parties and third parties.
(viii) Trademarks and Patents
The Company markets its products primarily under private labels and the Fisher, Evons, Sunshine
Country, Flavor Tree, Texas Pride and Tom Scott brand names, which are registered as trademarks
with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as well as in various other jurisdictions. The Company
also owns several patents of various durations. The Company expects to continue to renew for the
foreseeable future those trademarks that are important to the Companys business.
(ix) Employees
As of June 29, 2006, the Company had approximately 1,800 active employees, including approximately
190 corporate staff employees. The Companys labor requirements typically peak during the last
quarter of the calendar year, at which time temporary labor is generally used to supplement the
full-time work force.
(x) Seasonality
The Companys business is seasonal. Demand for peanut and other nut products is highest during the
months of October, November and December. Peanuts, pecans, walnuts and almonds, the Companys
principal raw materials, are primarily purchased between August and February and are processed
throughout the year until the following harvest. As a result of this seasonality, the Companys
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personnel requirements rise during the last four months of the calendar year. This seasonality also
impacts capacity utilization at the Companys Chicago area facilities, with these facilities
routinely operating at full capacity during the last four months of the calendar year. The
Companys working capital requirements generally peak during the third quarter of the Companys
fiscal year. See Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data and Item 7 Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Introduction.
(xi) Backlog
Because the time between order and shipment is usually less than three weeks, the Company believes
that backlog as of a particular date is not indicative of annual sales.
(xii) Operating Hazards and Uninsured Risks
The sale of food products for human consumption involves the risk of injury to consumers as a
result of product contamination or spoilage, including the presence of foreign objects, substances,
chemicals, aflatoxin and other agents, or residues introduced during the growing, storage, handling
or transportation phases. Although the Company maintains rigid quality control standards, inspects
its products by visual examination, metal detectors or electronic monitors at various stages of its
shelling and processing operations for all of its nut and other food products, permits the USDA to
inspect all lots of peanuts shipped to and from the Companys peanut shelling facilities, and
complies with the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act by labeling each product that it sells with
labels that disclose the nutritional value and content of each of the Companys products, no
assurance can be given that some nut or other food products sold by the Company may not contain or
develop harmful substances. The Company currently maintains product liability insurance of $1
million per occurrence and umbrella coverage of up to $50 million.
The Company has begun to move its raw material storage facility to the Current Site and expects to
complete the move during the first quarter of fiscal 2007. The cooling system at the Current Site
utilizes ammonia. If a leak in the system were to occur, there is a possibility all of the
Companys inventory could be destroyed. At this time, the Companys insurance policy would not
reimburse the Company for such a loss. The Company is currently evaluating the risk of an ammonia
leak and the cost of additional insurance.
Item 1A Risk Factors
The Company faces a number of significant risks and uncertainties in connection with its
operations. The Companys business, results of operations and financial condition could be
materially adversely affected by the factors described below. While each risk is described
separately, some of these risks are interrelated and it is possible that certain risks could
trigger the applicability of other risks described below. Also, the risks and uncertainties
described below are not the only ones that the Company faces. Additional risks and uncertainties
not presently known to the Company, or that are currently deemed immaterial, could also potentially
impair the Companys business, results of operations and financial condition.
Sustained Losses Would Have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company
In fiscal 2006, the Company incurred operating losses of $18.3 million. If the Company continues to
experience operating losses due to, among other things, losses on various nut types such as
almonds, such losses would have a material adverse affect on the Company and its financial
condition. For example, the terms of the Note Agreement, as amended, include certain restrictive
covenants that, among other things, require the Company to attain minimum quarterly adjusted EBITDA
levels ($1.5 million, $5.5 million, $6.25 million and $8.0 million for the four quarters of fiscal
2007). The Company did not comply with the minimum quarterly EBITDA requirement for the first
quarter of fiscal 2007, and is uncertain as to whether it will be able to comply with the covenant
in the future. In the past, the Company has received waivers from its lenders for non-compliance
with restrictive covenants. However, if the Company continues to experience net operating losses,
among other things, the Company will not be able to fulfill its obligations pursuant to the Note
Agreement and the Bank Credit Facility, which would have a material adverse effect on the Company
and affect the Companys ability to continue as a going concern.
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The Companys Current Financing Arrangements, and the Classification of the Companys Debts, May
Have a Materially Adverse Effect on the Company
The Company has incurred significant losses throughout fiscal 2006. The extent of the losses and
uncertainties related to meeting financial covenants in the Companys financing arrangements raises
substantial doubt as to whether the Company will be able to continue as a going concern for a
period of at least twelve months.
In particular, payment obligations related to the Companys indebtedness may limit its ability to
meet its funding needs for operations and interest expenses, to refinance existing debt, to invest
in its businesses, support customer growth, and to respond quickly to economic downturns or
industry changes either through internal cash generation or access to capital from outside debt
and/or equity issuances. Consequently, the Companys debt level could have a material adverse
effect on the marketability, price and future value of the Companys equity securities, and may
limit the Companys ability to continue as a going concern.
The Company is uncertain whether it will be able to comply with the covenants and warranties in the
Companys Note Agreement and Bank Credit Facility, such as the EBITDA covenant contained in its
Note Agreement, in the future. The Company will seek waivers from its lenders if defaults in the
future occur; however, there can be no assurance that waivers will be received or that such waivers
will be on commercially reasonable terms that are not adverse to the Company. Sustained losses by
the Company, the inability to receive waivers from the Companys lenders, if necessary, to secure
alternative financing for amounts due pursuant to the Note Agreement, and/or future non-compliance
with the covenants or warranties in the Companys Bank Credit Facility and Note Agreement would
have a material adverse effect on the Companys financial position, results of operations and cash
flows and raises substantial doubt with respect to the Companys ability to continue as a going
concern. Due to the Companys financial condition and debt obligations, there can be no assurance
that the Company will be able to generate or have access to sufficient cash to meet its
obligations. For example, the Companys Bank Credit Facility is one of the Companys principal
sources of operating funds. There can be no assurance that the conditions to the availability of
borrowings under the Bank Credit Facility will be satisfied in the future if, among other things,
the Company continues to sustain losses. If such conditions are not satisfied, the Company will
not be able to rely on the Bank Credit Facility for operating funds, which may materially and
adversely impact the Companys ability to pursue the Companys business plans and objectives and
continue as a going concern.
Material Weaknesses in the Companys Internal Controls
The Companys Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) have concluded
that the Companys disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) were not effective as a result of material weaknesses
identified in the Companys internal control over financial reporting as of June 29, 2006. At the
time that the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 29, 2006 was filed on
September 27, 2006, the CEO and CFO concluded that the Companys disclosure controls and procedures
were effective as of June 29, 2006. Subsequent to that evaluation, the Companys CEO and CFO
concluded that the Companys disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 29,
2006 because of the material weaknesses in the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, that results in more
than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the Companys annual or interim financial
statements will not be prevented or detected. Among other things, the Company did not maintain (i)
effective controls to ensure the completeness and accuracy of information communicated within the
organization on a timely basis, (ii) effective controls over the completeness and accuracy of the
periodic impairment assessment of goodwill (iii) effective controls over the accounting for lease
transactions, and (iv) a sufficient complement of accounting and finance personnel with an
appropriate level of accounting knowledge, experience and training in the selection and application
of generally accepted accounting principles commensurate with the Companys financial reporting
requirements. See Part II, Item 9A Controls and Procedures for more detailed information
concerning these material weaknesses and the remediation plan for such weaknesses.
The Company is taking steps to address the identified material weaknesses; however, there is
no guarantee that these remediation steps will be sufficient to remediate the identified material
weaknesses and control deficiencies or to prevent additional material weaknesses or control
deficiencies. In addition, the costs of remediating such deficiencies in the Companys internal
controls may adversely affect the Companys financial condition and results of operations. If the
Company is unable to substantially improve the Companys internal controls, the Companys ability
to report its financial results and related disclosures on a timely and accurate basis
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will continue to be adversely affected. If the Companys financial statements and related
disclosures are not accurate, investors may not have a complete understanding of the Companys
operations and the Companys ability to prevent fraud may be impaired. If the Companys financial
statements are not timely and accurate, the Company could be delisted from NASDAQ and the Company
could be subject to sanctions or investigation by regulatory authorities such as the Securities and
Exchange Commission. If any of these events occur, it could have a material adverse affect on the
Companys business, financial condition or results of operations, and could affect the Companys
ability to continue as a going concern.
Availability of Raw Materials and Market Price Fluctuations
The availability and cost of raw materials for the production of the Companys products, including
peanuts, pecans, almonds, walnuts and other nuts are subject to crop size and yield fluctuations
caused by factors beyond the Companys control, such as weather conditions, plant diseases and
changes in government programs. Additionally, the supply of edible nuts and other raw materials
used in the Companys products could be reduced upon any determination by the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) or other government agencies that certain pesticides, herbicides
or other chemicals used by growers have left harmful residues on portions of the crop or that the
crop has been contaminated by aflatoxin or other agents. The Company purchases some of its nut
supply directly from growers using fixed price contracts, some of which are entered into before
harvest. Accordingly, there is a possibility that after the Company enters into the fixed price
contracts market conditions may change, and the Company will be forced to sell the nuts at a loss.
In addition, the Company is not able to hedge against changes in commodity prices because no market
to do so exists, and thus, shortages in the supply of and increases in the prices of nuts and other
raw materials used by the Company in its products (to the extent that cost increases cannot be
passed on to customers) could have an adverse impact on the Companys profitability. Furthermore,
fluctuations in the market prices of nuts may affect the value of the Companys inventories and
profitability. The Company has significant inventories of nuts that would be adversely affected by
any decrease in the market price of such raw materials. See Item 7 Managements Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Introduction.
Fixed Price Commitments
The great majority of the Companys industrial sales customers, and certain other customers,
require the Company to enter into fixed price commitments with its customers. Such commitments
represented approximately 25% of the Companys annual net sales in fiscal 2006, and in many cases
are entered into after the Companys cost to acquire the nut products necessary to satisfy the
fixed price commitment is substantially fixed. The commitments are for a fixed period of time,
typically one year, but may be extended if remaining balances exist. The Company expects to
continue to enter into fixed price commitments with respect to certain of its nut products after
fixing its acquisition cost in order to maintain customer relationships or when, in managements
judgment, market or crop harvest conditions so warrant. To the extent the Company does so, however,
these fixed price commitments may result in reduced gross profit margins that have a material
adverse effect on the Companys results of operations. For example, the Companys results of
operations were adversely affected during fiscal 2006 due to losses on fixed price almond
contracts. The market prices for almonds declined significantly after the Company entered into
fixed price purchase contracts, but before fixed price sales contracts with customers were entered
into. In order to retain customers and remain competitive, the Company was forced to sell the
almonds at a loss. In order to help decrease the Companys exposure to the effects of a possible
recurrence of a declining almond market in fiscal 2007, the Company changed its method of
purchasing almonds. The Company recently announced that it will no longer purchase almonds directly
from growers and will discontinue its almond handling operation conducted at its Gustine,
California facility during the first quarter of calendar 2007. The Company decided to discontinue
its almond handling operation in order to reduce the commodity risk that had such a significant
negative financial impact in fiscal 2006 and to eliminate the significant labor costs associated
with processing almonds purchased directly from growers that could not be recovered completely when
the almonds were sold. Although the Company has modified its method for procuring almonds for the
current crop year and will no longer process almonds purchased directly from growers after the
first quarter of calendar 2007, the risks associated with almond purchases and sales will not be
totally eliminated. Furthermore, the risks associated with vertical integration that contributed to
the Companys negative margins for almond sales also exist, to varying degrees, for other nut types
that the Company shells. Accordingly, since the Company is a vertically integrated sheller,
processor and seller of nuts and nut products, the effects of changing market prices can never be
eliminated.
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Competitive Environment
The Company operates in a highly competitive environment. The Companys principal products compete
against food and snack products manufactured and sold by numerous regional and national companies,
some of which are substantially larger and have greater resources than the Company, such as
Planters and Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. The Companys retail competitors buy their nuts on the open
market and are thus not exposed to the risks of purchasing raw materials at fixed prices that
later, due to altered market conditions, prove to be above market prices. The Company also competes
with other shellers in the industrial market and with regional processors in the retail and
wholesale markets. In order to maintain or increase its market share, the Company must continue to
price its products competitively, which may lower revenue per unit and cause declines in gross
margin, if the Company is unable to increase unit volumes as well as reduce its costs.
Dependence Upon Customers
The Company is dependent on a few significant customers for a large portion of its total sales,
particularly in the consumer channel. Sales to the Companys five largest customers represented
approximately 38%, 38% and 39% of gross sales in fiscal 2006, fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004,
respectively. Wal-Mart alone accounted for approximately 19%, 18% and 19% of the Companys net
sales for fiscal 2006, fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004, respectively. The loss of one of the Companys
largest customers, or a material decrease in purchases by one or more of its largest customers,
would result in decreased sales and adversely impact the Companys income and cash flow.
Pricing Pressures
As the retail grocery trade continues to consolidate and the Companys retail customers grow larger
and become more sophisticated, the Companys retail customers are demanding lower pricing and
increased promotional programs. Further, these customers may begin to place a greater emphasis on
the lowest-cost supplier in making purchasing decisions, particularly if buying techniques such as
reverse internet auctions increase in popularity. An increased focus on the lowest-cost supplier
could reduce the benefits of some of the Companys competitive advantages. The Companys sales
volume growth could suffer, and it may become necessary to lower the Companys prices and increase
promotional support of the Companys products, any of which would adversely affect its gross profit
and gross profit margin.
Production Limitations
The Company typically operates at or near its production capacity at certain times of the year. If
the Company experiences an increase in customer demand, particularly prior to the completion of the
Companys new facility, it may be unable to fully satisfy its customers supply needs. If the
Company becomes unable to supply sufficient quantities of products, it may lose sales and market
share to its competitors.
Food Safety and Product Contamination
The Company could be adversely affected if consumers in the Companys principal markets lose
confidence in the safety of nut products, particularly with respect to peanut and tree nut
allergies. Individuals with nut allergies may be at risk of serious illness or death resulting from
the consumption of the Companys nut products, including consumption of other companies products
containing the Companys products as an ingredient. Notwithstanding existing food safety controls,
the Company processes peanuts and tree nuts on the same equipment, and there is no guarantee that
the Companys products will not be cross-contaminated. Concerns generated by risks of peanut and
tree nut cross-contamination and other food safety matters may discourage consumers from buying the
Companys products, cause production and delivery disruptions, or result in product recalls.
Product Liability and Product Recalls
The Company faces risks associated with product liability claims and product recalls in the event
its food safety and quality control procedures fail and its products cause injury or become
adulterated or misbranded. In addition, the Company does not control the labeling of other
companies products containing the Companys products as an ingredient. A product recall of a
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a significant product liability judgment against the Company, could cause the Companys products to
be unavailable for a period of time and could result in a loss of consumer confidence in the
Companys food products. These kinds of events, were they to occur, would have a material adverse
effect on demand for the Companys products and, consequently, the Companys income and liquidity.
Retention of Key Personnel
The Companys future success will be largely dependent on the personal efforts of its senior
operating management team, including Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo, the Companys Chief Executive Officer,
Michael J. Valentine, the Companys Chief Financial Officer and Group President, and Jasper B.
Sanfilippo, Jr., the Companys Chief Operating Officer and President, who have assumed management
of the day-to-day operation of the Companys business over the past two years. In addition, the
Companys success depends on the talents of Everardo Soria, Senior Vice President Pecan Operations
and Procurement, Walter R. Tankersley, Jr., Senior Vice President Industrial Sales, Charles M.
Nicketta, Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Michael G. Cannon, Senior Vice President of
Corporate Operations. The Company believes that the expertise and knowledge of these individuals in
the industry, and in their respective fields, is a critical factor to the Companys continued
growth and success. The Company has not entered into an employment agreement with any of these
individuals, nor does the Company have key officer insurance coverage policies in effect. The loss
of the services of any of these individuals could have a material adverse effect on the Companys
business and prospects if the Company were unable to identify a suitable candidate to replace any
such individual. The Companys success is also dependent upon its ability to attract and retain
additional qualified marketing, technical and other personnel, and there can be no assurance that
the Company will be able to do so.
Risks and Uncertainties Regarding Facility Consolidation Project
The facility consolidation project may not result in significant cost savings or increases in
efficiency, or allow the Company to increase its production capabilities to meet any future
increases in customer demand. Moreover, the Companys expectations with respect to the financial
impact of the facility consolidation project are based on numerous estimates and assumptions, any
or all of which may differ from actual results. Such differences could substantially reduce the
anticipated benefit of the project. The total projected cost of the new facility is now estimated
at approximately $110 million, which would be $15 million higher than original estimates.
More specifically, the following risks, among others, may limit the financial benefits of the
facility consolidation project:
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the facility consolidation project is likely to have a negative impact on the Companys
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moving the Companys facilities to a new location may cause attrition in its personnel at
levels that result in a significant interruption in its operations, and the Company expects
to incur additional annual compensation costs of approximately $300,000 to facilitate the
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the Company may be unable to obtain amendments or waivers for any future non-compliance
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If for any reason the Company were to realize less than the expected benefits from the facility
consolidation project, its future income stream, cash flows and debt levels could be materially
adversely affected. In addition, the facility consolidation project is a long-term project and
unanticipated risks may develop as the project proceeds.
Government Regulation
The Company is subject to extensive regulation by the United States Food and Drug Administration,
the United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and
other state and local authorities in jurisdictions where its products are manufactured, processed
or sold. Among other things, these regulations govern the manufacturing, importation, processing,
packaging, storage, distribution and labeling of the Companys products. The Companys
manufacturing and processing facilities and products are subject to periodic compliance inspections
by federal, state and local authorities. The Company is also subject to environmental regulations
governing the discharge of air emissions, water and food waste, and the generation, handling,
storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of waste materials. Amendments to existing statutes
and regulations, adoption of new statutes and regulations, increased production at the Companys
existing facilities as well as its expansion into new operations and jurisdictions, may require the
Company to obtain additional licenses and permits and could require it to adapt or alter methods of
operations at costs that could be substantial. Compliance with applicable laws and regulations may
adversely affect the Companys business. Failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations
could subject the Company to civil remedies, including fines, injunctions, recalls or seizures, as
well as possible criminal sanctions, which could have a material adverse effect on the Companys
business.
Economic, Political and Social Risks of Doing Business in Emerging Markets
The Company purchases a substantial portion of its cashew inventories from India, Brazil and
Vietnam, which are in many respects emerging markets. To this extent, the Company is exposed to
risks inherent in emerging markets, including:
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The existence of these risks in these and other foreign countries that are the origins of the
Companys raw materials could jeopardize or limit its ability to purchase sufficient supplies of
cashews and other imported raw materials and may adversely affect the Companys income by
increasing the costs of doing business overseas.
Inventory Measurement
The Company acquires its nut inventories from growers and farmers in large quantities at harvest
times, which are primarily during the second and third quarters of the Companys fiscal year, and
receives nut shipments in bulk truckloads. The weights of these nuts are measured using truck
scales at the time of receipt, and inventories are recorded on the basis of those measurements. The
nuts are then stored in bulk in large warehouses to be shelled or processed throughout the year.
Bulk-stored nut inventories are relieved on the basis of continuous high-speed bulk weighing
systems as the nuts are shelled or processed or on the basis of calculations derived from the
weight of the shelled nuts that are produced. While the Company performs various procedures to
periodically confirm the accuracy
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of its bulk-stored nut inventories, these inventories are estimates that must be periodically
adjusted to account for positive or negative variations in quantities and yields, and such
adjustments directly affect earnings. The precise amount of the Companys bulk-stored nut
inventories is not known until the entire quantity of the particular nut is depleted, which may not
necessarily occur every year. Prior crop year inventories may still be on hand as the new crop year
inventories are purchased. There can be no assurance that such inventory quantity adjustments will
not have a material adverse effect on the Companys results of operations in the future.
2002 Farm Bill
The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (the 2002 Farm Bill) terminated the federal
peanut quota program beginning with the 2002 crop year. The 2002 Farm Bill replaced the federal
peanut quota program with a fixed payment system through the 2007 crop year that can be either
coupled or decoupled. A coupled system is tied to the actual amount of production, while a
decoupled system is not. The series of loans and subsidies established by the 2002 Farm Bill is
similar to the systems used for other crops such as grains and cotton. To compensate farmers for
the elimination of the peanut quota, the 2002 Farm Bill provides a buy-out at a specified rate for
each pound of peanuts that had been in that farmers quota under the prior program. Additionally,
among other provisions, the Secretary of Agriculture may make certain counter-cyclical payments
whenever the Secretary believes that the effective price for peanuts is less than the target price.
The termination of the federal peanut quota program has reduced the Companys costs for peanuts,
beginning in fiscal 2003, and has resulted in a higher gross margin than the Company has
historically achieved. The Company may be unable to maintain these higher gross profit margins on
the sale of peanuts, and the Companys business, financial position and results of operations would
thus be materially adversely affected. The 2002 Farm Bill expires at the end of the 2007 crop year
and will be replaced with new legislation. At this time, the final contents of such legislation are
unknown. While there is no indication that the peanut quota program will be reestablished, there
can be no assurance such a program, or one like it, will not be passed. Accordingly, the new
legislation could alter the fixed payment system currently in place pursuant to the 2002 Farm Bill
in a manner that could result in a material adverse affect on the Companys operations.
Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
The Company is subject to the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act
of 2002 (the Bioterrorism Act). The Bioterrorism Act includes a number of provisions to help
guard against the threat of bioterrorism, including new authority for the Secretary of Health and
Human Services (HHS) to take action to protect the nations food supply against the threat of
international contamination. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as the food regulatory arm
of HHS, is responsible for developing and implementing these food safety measures, which fall into
four broad categories: (i) registration of food facilities, (ii) establishment and maintenance of
records regarding the sources and recipients of foods, (iii) prior notice to FDA of imported food
shipments and (iv) administrative detention of potentially affected foods. There can be no
assurances that the effects of the Bioterrorism Act and the rules enacted there under by the FDA,
including any potential disruption in the Companys supply of imported nuts, which represented
approximately 29% of the Companys total nut purchases in fiscal 2006, will not have a material
adverse effect on the Companys business, financial position or results of operations in the
future.
The Companys Largest Stockholders Possess a Majority of the Companys Aggregate Voting Power,
Which May Make a Takeover or Change in Control More Difficult; The Sanfilippo Group Has Pledged a
Substantial Amount of their Class A Common Stock
As of September 27, 2006, Jasper B. Sanfilippo, Marian Sanfilippo, Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo, Jasper B.
Sanfilippo, Jr., Lisa A. Evon, John E. Sanfilippo and James J. Sanfillipo (the Sanfilippo Group)
own or control Common Stock (one vote per share) and Class A Common Stock (ten votes per share)
representing approximately a 52.2% voting interest in the Company. As of September 27, 2006,
Michael J. Valentine and Mathias A. Valentine (the Valentine Group) own or control Common Stock
(one vote per share) and Class A Common Stock (ten votes per share) representing approximately a
24.3% voting interest in the Company. As a result, the Sanfilippo Group and the Valentine Group
together are able to direct the election of a majority of the members to the Board of Directors. In
addition, the Sanfilippo Group is able to exert influence on the Companys business that cannot be
counteracted by another shareholder or group of shareholders. The Sanfilippo Group is able to
determine the outcome of nearly all matters submitted to a vote of the Companys stockholders,
including any amendments to the Companys certificate of incorporation or bylaws. The Sanfilippo
Group has the power to prevent a change in control or sale of the Company, which may be beneficial
to the public stockholders, or cause a change in control which may not be beneficial to the public
stockholders, and can take other actions that might be less favorable to the Companys stockholders
and more favorable to the Sanfilippo Group, subject to applicable legal limitations. In addition,
several members of the Sanfilippo Group that beneficially own a significant interest in the Company
have pledged a substantial portion of the Companys Class A Stock that they own to secure loans
made to them by commercial banks. If a stockholder
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defaults on any of its obligations under these pledge agreements or the related loan documents,
these banks may have the right to sell the pledged shares. Such a sale could cause the Companys
stock price to decline. Many of the occurrences that could result in a foreclosure of the pledged
shares are out of the Companys control and are unrelated to the Companys operations. Because
these shares are pledged to secure loans, the occurrence of an event of default could result in a
sale of pledged shares that could cause a change of control of the Company, even when such a change
may not be in the best interests of the Companys stockholders, and it would also result in a
default under the Companys Note Agreement and Bank Credit Facility.
The Company May Incur Material Losses as a Licensed Nut Warehouse Operator under the United States
Warehouse Act
The Company houses a large amount of peanut inventory on behalf of the U.S. government at various
facilities. The Company, as a licensed United States Department of Agriculture Nut Warehouse
Operator, is responsible for delivering the loan value of the peanut inventory in its possession as
represented on the warehouse receipt on demand. Because the inventory may be stored at the
Companys facilities for a significant period of time, the peanut inventory may decrease in value
as a result of a decline in the quality of the peanut inventory or shrinkage in the peanut
inventory. The Company is responsible for reimbursing the U.S. government for any such decline in
value associated with quality or shrinkage issues that arise during the Companys custody of such
inventory. Accordingly, a significant decline in the value of the peanut inventory stored at the
Companys facilities for these circumstances could have a material adverse effect on the Company.
Item 6 Selected Financial Data
The selected financial data set forth in this Item 6 has been restated to reflect adjustments to
the Companys consolidated financial statements as more fully described in Note 1 to the
consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data of this Form 10-K/A. The financial data should be read in conjunction with the Companys
audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, which are included elsewhere herein,
and with Item 7 Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
The following historical consolidated financial data as of and for the years ended June 29, 2006,
June 30, 2005, June 24, 2004, June 26, 2003 and June 27, 2002 were derived from the Companys
consolidated financial statements. The information below is not necessarily indicative of the
results of future operations. No dividends have been declared since 1995.
Statement of Operations Data: ($ in thousands, except per share data)
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Year Ended |
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June 29, |
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2006 |
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June 30, |
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June 24, |
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June 26, |
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June 27, |
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Restated |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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2003 |
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2002 |
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Net sales |
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$ |
579,564 |
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$ |
581,729 |
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$ |
520,811 |
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$ |
419,677 |
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$ |
352,799 |
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Cost of sales |
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542,447 |
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|
503,300 |
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|
428,967 |
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|
346,755 |
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|
294,999 |
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Gross profit |
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37,117 |
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78,429 |
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91,844 |
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72,922 |
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57,800 |
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Selling and administrative expenses |
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54,159 |
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51,842 |
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|
50,780 |
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44,093 |
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39,898 |
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Goodwill impairment loss |
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1,242 |
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(Loss) income from operations |
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(18,284 |
) |
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26,587 |
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41,064 |
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28,829 |
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17,902 |
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Interest expense |
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(6,516 |
) |
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(3,998 |
) |
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(3,434 |
) |
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(4,681 |
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(5,757 |
) |
Debt extinguishment fees |
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(972 |
) |
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Rental and miscellaneous (expense) income, net |
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(610 |
) |
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1,179 |
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|
440 |
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|
486 |
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|
590 |
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Loss (income) before income taxes |
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(25,410 |
) |
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23,768 |
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37,098 |
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24,634 |
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|
12,735 |
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Income tax (benefit) expense |
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(8,689 |
) |
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9,269 |
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14,468 |
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9,607 |
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5,044 |
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Net (loss) income |
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$ |
(16,721 |
) |
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$ |
14,499 |
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$ |
22,630 |
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$ |
15,027 |
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$ |
7,691 |
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Basic (loss) earnings per common share |
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$ |
(1.58 |
) |
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$ |
1.37 |
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$ |
2.35 |
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$ |
1.63 |
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$ |
0.84 |
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Diluted (loss) earnings per common share |
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$ |
(1.58 |
) |
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$ |
1.35 |
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$ |
2.32 |
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$ |
1.61 |
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$ |
0.84 |
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Balance Sheet Data: ($ in thousands)
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June 29, |
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2006 |
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June 30, |
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June 24, |
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June 26, |
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June 27, |
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Restated |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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2003 |
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2002 |
Working capital |
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$ |
22,617 |
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$ |
137,764 |
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$ |
122,854 |
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$ |
75,182 |
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$ |
67,645 |
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Total assets |
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390,912 |
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394,472 |
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246,934 |
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223,727 |
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206,815 |
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Long-term Debt, less current maturities |
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5,618 |
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67,002 |
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12,620 |
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29,640 |
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40,421 |
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Total debt |
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137,676 |
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144,174 |
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19,166 |
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70,118 |
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69,623 |
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Stockholders equity |
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180,110 |
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|
196,175 |
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|
181,360 |
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|
118,781 |
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|
102,060 |
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Item 7 Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
2006 Restatements
The Companys Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 29, 2006 is being amended in order to
restate the Companys Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the year ended June 29, 2006.
The restatement includes the reclassification of Long-term Debt as it relates to the note purchase
agreement dated as of December 16, 2004, as amended (the Note Agreement), as Current Maturities
of Long-term Debt. When the Company filed its financial statements for the year ended June 29, 2006
on Form 10-K on September 27, 2006, management concluded that $54.2 million of debt related to the
Note Agreement should be classified as Long-term Debt. That determination was based upon, among
other things, a forecast (the Forecast) the Company prepared indicating that the Company would be
able to attain the minimum quarterly adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization (EBITDA) levels required by the Note Agreement throughout fiscal 2007, as well as
satisfy other non-financial covenants contained in the Note Agreement and other borrowing
arrangements. The Company did not achieve the minimum quarterly EBITDA covenant for the quarter
ended September 28, 2006 by a material amount, which caused the Company to reevaluate the accuracy
of the Forecast, the reasonableness of assumptions underlying the Forecast and its related
conclusions with respect to expected covenant compliance. The Company subsequently determined that
the Forecast did not take into consideration information available to the Company in connection
with classifying amounts as current and non-current in its June 29, 2006 balance sheet and
therefore the balance sheet classification of the Long-term Debt was not accurate. If such
information had been incorporated in the Forecast and considered by management in evaluating the
classification of affected debt obligations, the Company would have concluded that the Company
would not meet the EBITDA covenant for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and accordingly the
obligations pursuant to the Note Agreement would have been classified as Current Maturities of
Long-term Debt in the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended June 29, 2006.
As a result of the revised forecast described above, the Company also reevaluated its 2006
impairment test of the carrying value of goodwill and reconsidered the need for a valuation
allowance with respect to state income tax net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards. The Company
used a forecast in the original goodwill impairment test which failed to consider certain
information and as a result led the Company to conclude the goodwill was not impaired. By using the
revised forecast that considered all known facts, the Company has determined that the fair market
value was below book value of their reporting unit. As a result the Company is restating its
consolidated financial statements and related disclosures for fiscal 2006 to recognize an
impairment of the remaining goodwill balance of $1.2 million.
With respect to state income tax NOL carryforwards, there is a rebuttable presumption in a going
concern circumstance that the remaining state NOL carryforwards will not be recoverable as future
taxable income from sources other than the reversal of existing future taxable temporary
differences and can not be relied upon as evidence supporting the recovery of the deferred tax
asset. As a result, the Company has provided a valuation allowance of $0.5 million, which reflects
the amount by which state income tax NOL carryforwards are in excess of state net deferred tax
liabilities.
The Company is also restating its financial statements for the year ended June 29, 2006 to
consolidate a variable interest entity. The Company leased certain properties during 2006 from two
related party partnerships, one of which was terminated in March 2006 and the other terminated in
July 2006. The Companys Balance Sheet as of June 29, 2006 has been adjusted to consolidate the one
partnership leasing a facility to the Company as of June 29, 2006. As a result, Current
Maturities of Long-term Debt increased by $1.2 million and Buildings increased by $0.7 million. The
cumulative effect of this item of $0.5 million was recorded in Cost of Sales in the Statement of
Operations for the year ended June 29, 2006. In connection with the sale of the property in March
2006, the Company
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recognized a gain of approximately $3.5 million in other income and expense, together with an equal
and offsetting amount applicable to the partnerships minority interest, as the partnership and not
the Company is entitled to the net proceeds from the sale.
The restated financial statements as of and for the year ended June 29, 2006 adjust the individual
financial statement line items detailed below and impact certain related footnote disclosures. Note
2 to the Companys Consolidated Financial Statements describes the ability of the Company to
continue as a going concern.
The effects of the restatements on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 29, 2006 are
summarized below:
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June 29, 2006 |
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As Previously |
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June 29, 2006 |
(In thousands) |
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Reported |
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As Restated |
Consolidated Balance Sheet |
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Buildings |
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$ |
63,438 |
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$ |
64,146 |
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Total Property, Plant and Equipment |
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|
156,151 |
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|
156,859 |
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Goodwill |
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|
1,242 |
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Total Assets |
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|
391,446 |
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|
390,912 |
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Current Maturities of Long-term Debt |
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|
12,304 |
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|
67,717 |
|
Total Current Liabilities |
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135,732 |
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|
191,145 |
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Long-term Debt, less current maturities |
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|
59,785 |
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|
5,618 |
|
Long-term Deferred Income Taxes |
|
|
5,885 |
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|
6,385 |
|
Total Long-term Liabilities |
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|
73,324 |
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|
19,657 |
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Retained Earnings |
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|
83,667 |
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|
|
81,387 |
|
Total Stockholders Equity |
|
|
182,390 |
|
|
|
180,110 |
|
Total Liabilities & Stockholders Equity |
|
|
391,446 |
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|
390,912 |
|
The effects of the restatements on the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended June
29, 2006 are summarized below:
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|
Year Ended |
|
|
|
|
June 29, 2006 |
|
Year Ended |
|
|
As Previously |
|
June 29, 2006 |
(In thousands) |
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Reported |
|
As Restated |
Consolidated Statement of Operations |
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Cost of Sales |
|
$ |
541,909 |
|
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$ |
542,447 |
|
Gross Profit |
|
|
37,655 |
|
|
|
37,117 |
|
Goodwill Impairment Loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,242 |
|
Total Operating Expenses |
|
|
54,159 |
|
|
|
55,401 |
|
Loss from Operations |
|
|
(16,504 |
) |
|
|
(18,284 |
) |
Loss Before Income Taxes |
|
|
(23,630 |
) |
|
|
(25,410 |
) |
Income Tax Benefit |
|
|
9,189 |
|
|
|
8,689 |
|
Net Loss |
|
|
(14,441 |
) |
|
|
(16,721 |
) |
Loss per Common Share basic and diluted |
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|
(1.36 |
) |
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|
(1.58 |
) |
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The effects of the restatements in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended June
29, 2006 are summarized below:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
|
|
June 29, 2006 |
|
Year Ended |
|
|
As Previously |
|
June 29, 2006 |
(In thousands) |
|
Reported |
|
As Restated |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income |
|
$ |
(14,441 |
) |
|
$ |
(16,721 |
) |
Goodwill impairment loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,242 |
|
Deferred income tax (benefit)/expense |
|
|
(2,500 |
) |
|
|
(2,000 |
) |
Other operating assets |
|
|
1,455 |
|
|
|
1,993 |
|
Proceeds from disposition of assets |
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
3,774 |
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
|
(45,031 |
) |
|
|
(41,281 |
) |
Principal payments on Long-term Debt |
|
|
(4,717 |
) |
|
|
(5,964 |
) |
Minority interest distribution |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,503 |
) |
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
|
4,427 |
|
|
|
677 |
|
Introduction
The Company maintains a vertically integrated nut processing operation that allows the Company to
control every step of the process, including procurement from growers, shelling, processing,
packing and marketing. For example, by purchasing nuts directly from growers, processing the nuts
and then marketing the end products to customers, the Company is able to capture profit margins on
the original purchase of the nuts. In the past, the Companys vertically integrated business model
has worked to its advantage. Vertical integration, however, can under certain circumstances result
in poor earnings or losses. For example, during fiscal 2006 (i) the Company bought too many nuts,
such as almonds, directly from growers, (ii) subsequent to the Companys purchases from growers,
the market for certain nuts, such as almonds, declined, which impaired the Companys ability to
profit from its purchases and (iii) as a result of an overall increase in the price of nuts,
consumption of nuts and nut products decreased. The combination of these three factors, among
others, contributed to the Companys losses in fiscal 2006 and limited the Companys ability to
profit from its vertically integrated business model.
The risks associated with vertical integration that contributed to the Companys negative margins
for almond sales also exist, to varying degrees, for other nut types that the Company shells.
Accordingly, since the Company is a vertically integrated sheller, processor and seller of nuts and
nut products, the effects of changing market prices can never be eliminated.
The Companys results for fiscal 2006 were disappointing in terms of both sales and earnings. Net
sales decreased by 0.4% to $579.6 million for fiscal 2006 compared to $581.7 million for fiscal
2005, and sales volume measured in pounds decreased by 10.2%, approximately 20% of which was caused
by fiscal 2005 containing fifty-three rather than fifty-two weeks. The primary factor causing the
decline in sales volume was the higher costs and related selling prices of tree nuts in fiscal 2006
when compared to fiscal 2005, which led to decreased demand for nut products. The Companys decline
in unit volume is consistent with trends throughout the entire nut category. The Company realized a
net loss of $16.7 million for fiscal 2006 compared to net income of $14.5 million for fiscal 2005.
In addition to the decline in sales volume, the effects of a declining market price of almonds,
after the crop was procured at fixed prices, negatively affected the Companys operating results
for fiscal 2006. Almonds in inventory at June 29, 2006 have been adjusted to the lower of cost or
market. It is anticipated that the almonds in inventory at June 29, 2006 will be sufficient to meet
demand into the second quarter of fiscal 2007. Consequently, the Company expects zero gross profit
on almond sales through this time period. In order to help decrease the Companys exposure to the
effects of a possible recurrence of a declining almond market in fiscal 2007, the Company changed
its method of purchasing almonds. To the extent practicable, the procurement is occurring as
industrial sales contracts are entered into, thus helping to reduce the Companys exposure to the
effects of changing market prices. Although the Company is modifying its method for procuring
almonds, there can be no assurance that this method will reduce the Companys losses or the risks
associated with buying almonds. In November 2006, the Company announced that it will no longer
purchase almonds directly from growers and will discontinue its almond handling operation at its
Gustine, California facility during the first quarter of calendar 2007 when the processing of
current crop year almonds purchased directly from growers is completed. The Company is
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discontinuing its almond handling operation in order to reduce commodity risk and to eliminate the
significant labor costs associated with processing almonds that could not be recovered completely
when the almonds are sold. Management is currently assessing the redeployment of the machinery and
equipment in the almond handling operation to be discontinued to other operations in the Gustine
facility or to its other facilities. The Company performed a review of the carrying value of the
assets related to its Gustine operation and concluded that no impairment of the carrying value
currently exists.
The Company expects that the demand for nuts will improve in fiscal 2007 as lower prices are
anticipated for most major nut types. Private label sales in the consumer distribution channel were
negatively impacted by the high nut costs in fiscal 2006. The price differential between private
label products and major branded products was very narrow in fiscal 2006 which hampered sales
promotions of the private label products. The anticipated lower nut prices for fiscal 2007 are
expected to stimulate promotional activity in the private label market as lower prices increase
consumer demand and the gap between private label and branded products returns to normal historical
levels. The high price of tree nuts also had a negative impact in the industrial distribution
channel. Food processors decreased the usage of nuts in their products as a result of the higher
price of tree nuts.
The Companys unfavorable operating results caused non-compliance with certain restrictive
covenants under its financing arrangements throughout fiscal 2006. Specifically, the Company did
not achieve the minimum trailing fiscal four quarters earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
and amortization (EBITDA) requirement, the maximum allowable funded debt to twelve-month EBITDA
ratio, the minimum fixed charge coverage ratio and the monthly minimum working capital requirement
under its unsecured bank credit facility effective during fiscal 2006 (the Prior Bank Credit
Facility) and the Note Agreement for the second and third quarters of fiscal 2006 and at June 29,
2006. In July 2006, the Company amended its Prior Bank Credit Facility into a secured bank credit
facility (the Bank Credit Facility) that also waived all non-compliance with financial covenants
through June 29, 2006. The Note Agreement was also amended to, among other things, waive all
non-compliance with financial covenants through June 29, 2006, increase the interest rate to 5.67%
from 4.67% per annum, secure the Companys obligations and modify future financial covenants.
When the Company filed its financial statements for the year ended June 29, 2006 on Form 10-K on
September 27, 2006, management concluded that $54.2 million of debt related to the Note Agreement
was properly classified as Long-term Debt. That determination was based upon, among other things, a
forecast (the Forecast) the Company prepared during its first quarter of fiscal 2007 indicating
that the Company would be able to attain the minimum quarterly adjusted EBITDA levels required by
the Note Agreement throughout fiscal 2007, as well as satisfy other non-financial covenants
contained in the Note Agreement and other borrowing arrangements. The Registrant did not achieve
the minimum quarterly EBITDA covenant for the quarter ended September 28, 2006 by a material
amount, which caused the Company to reevaluate the accuracy of the Forecast, the reasonableness of
assumptions underlying the Forecast and its related conclusions with respect to expected covenant
compliance. The Company determined that the Forecast did not take into consideration information
available to the Company in connection with classifying amounts as current and non-current in its
June 29, 2006 balance sheet and therefore the balance sheet classification of the Long-term Debt
was not accurate. If such information had been incorporated in the Forecast and considered by
management in evaluating the classification of affected debt obligations, the Company would have
concluded that the Company would not meet the EBITDA covenant for the first quarter of fiscal 2007
and accordingly the obligations pursuant to the Note Agreement would have been classified as
Current Maturities of Long-term Debt in the consolidated financial statements as of and for the
year ended June 29, 2006.
The Company is uncertain whether it will be able to comply with the covenants and warranties in its
various financing arrangements, such as the EBITDA covenant contained in its Note Agreement, in the
future. If the Company does not comply with the covenants or warranties in its financing
arrangements in the future, the Company will seek waivers from its lenders; however, there can be
no assurance that in such case waivers will be received or that such waivers will be on
commercially reasonable terms that are not adverse to the Company.
The Companys announcement on November 22, 2006 that the consolidated financial statements in its
Form 10-K for fiscal 2006 filed on September 27, 2006 could no longer be relied upon caused a
default pursuant to the Companys Note Agreement and Bank Credit Facility. In addition, the
Company did not file its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 28, 2006
with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the November 27, 2006 deadline required in the Note
Agreement, which caused an additional event of default pursuant to the Note Agreement. The Company
has received waivers from its lenders for these events of non-compliance. Non-compliance with any
future covenant or warranty requirements would allow the lenders to demand immediate payment. If
waivers are not received or acceptable terms renegotiated with respect to future non-compliance
with covenant or
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warranty requirements, the Companys ability to pursue its business plans, objectives and its
ability to continue as a going concern would be adversely affected.
Obtaining alternative financing for amounts due pursuant to the Note Agreement would allow the
Company to eliminate the restrictive EBITDA covenant that the Company did not comply with in the
first quarter of fiscal 2007 as well as the related uncertainty as to whether the Company will be
able to comply with such covenant in the future. The Company believes it would be able to secure
alternative financing for the amounts due pursuant to the Note Agreement through conventional
mortgages that do not contain a restrictive EBITDA covenant; however, there can be no assurance
that such alternative financing could be obtained, that the new lenders would be willing to
negotiate on terms acceptable to the Company, or that the Company would receive the consent for
such refinancing required by its Bank Credit Facility. The Bank Credit Facility does not contain a
restrictive EBITDA covenant; however, a default under the Note Agreement triggers a default under
the Bank Credit Facility. If the Company attempts to secure alternative financing for amounts due
under the Note Agreement, it does not anticipate that it would also attempt to secure alternative
financing for amounts due pursuant to the Bank Credit Facility. Sustained losses by the Company,
the inability to receive waivers from the Companys lenders, if necessary, to secure alternative
financing for amounts due pursuant to the Note Agreement, and/or future non-compliance with the
covenants or warranties in the Companys Bank Credit Facility and Note Agreement would have a
material adverse effect on the Companys financial position, results of operations and cash flows
and raises substantial doubt with respect to the Companys ability to continue as a going concern.
On April 15, 2005, the Company closed on the $48.0 million purchase of a site in Elgin, Illinois
(the Current Site). The Current Site includes both an office building and a warehouse. The
Company is leasing 41.5% of the office building back to the seller for a three year period, with
options for an additional seven years. The remaining portion of the office building may be leased
to third parties; however, further capital expenditures, such as for increased parking
availability, will be necessary to lease a substantial portion of the remaining space. The 653,302
square foot warehouse was expanded to slightly over 1,000,000 square feet during fiscal 2006 and is
being modified to serve as the Companys principal processing and distribution facility and the
Companys headquarters. The Company transferred its primary Chicago area distribution facility from
a leased location to the Current Site in July 2006. Processing operations are scheduled to begin at
the Current Site in the second quarter of fiscal 2007, with operations moving from the existing
Chicago area locations, and new equipment installed, beginning in the second quarter of fiscal 2007
and continuing on a gradual basis through the end of calendar 2008.
In the second quarter of fiscal 2007, the Company learned that one of the facility consolidation
project contractors had stopped paying its subcontractors and may be insolvent. Some of these
subcontractors have given notice to the Company regarding their intent to file liens against the
Company for amounts allegedly past due. The Company has contacted all known subcontractors and
requested that they contact the Company prior to filing any such liens in order to give the Company
time to work with the contractor to determine whether the amounts the subcontractors are claiming
as past due relate to amounts validly outstanding and work actually performed. The Company has not
yet determined its ultimate exposure for the claims, but believes that the amounts outstanding are
approximately $0.3 million.
In fiscal 2005, in order to facilitate the facility consolidation project, the Companys Board of
Directors appointed an independent board committee to explore alternatives with respect to the
Companys existing leases for the properties owned by two related party partnerships. After
negotiations with the partnerships, the independent committee approved a proposed transaction and,
subsequently, the Company entered into various agreements with the partnerships. The agreements
provided for an overall transaction whereby: (i) the current related party leases were terminated
without penalty to the Company; (ii) the Company sold the portion of the Busse Road property that
it owned to the partnerships for $2.0 million; and (iii) the Company sold its Selma, Texas
properties to the partnerships for $14.3 million (an estimate of fair value which also slightly
exceeds its carrying value) and leased the properties back. The sale price and rental rate for the
Selma, Texas properties were determined by an independent appraiser to be at fair market value. The
lease for the Selma, Texas properties has a ten-year term at a fair market value rent, with three
five-year renewal options. In addition, the Company has an option to repurchase the Selma property
from the partnerships after five years at 95% (100% in certain circumstances) of the then fair
market value, but not to be less than the $14.3 million purchase price. The sale of the Selma,
Texas properties at fair market value to the related party partnerships was consummated during the
first quarter of fiscal 2007.
The Company is restating its financial statements for the year ended June 29, 2006 to consolidate
variable interest entities (two related party partnerships). The Company leased certain properties
during 2006 from two related party partnerships, one of which was terminated in March 2006 and the
other terminated in July 2006. The Companys Balance Sheet as of June 29, 2006 has been restated
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to consolidate the remaining partnership leasing a facility to the Company as of June 29, 2006. As
a result, Current Maturities of Long-term Debt increased by $1.2 million and Buildings increased by
$0.7 million. The cumulative effect of this item of $0.5 million was recorded in Cost of Sales in
the Statement of Operations for the year ended June 29, 2006.
In March 2006, the Company sold a facility owned by one of its consolidated partnerships, a
variable interest entity. As the Company was the primary beneficiary of the partnership, upon
consolidation of the partnership the deficit, which includes losses in excess of the minority
interest, was absorbed by the Company. Upon sale of the facility by the partnership for a gain,
the previously recognized losses attributable to the minority interest of $0.9 million were
recovered by the Company to the extent such losses were previously allocated to the Company in
consolidation and reduces any gain allocable to the partnership interest. Additionally as the
partnership and not the Company was entitled to the net proceeds from the sale, the Company
recorded an equal and offsetting minority interest amount for the partnerships gain on the sale of
approximately $3.5 million in other income and expense.
Subsequent to year end, the Company sold a facility, a portion of which was owned directly by
the Company and the remaining portion owned by one of its consolidated partnerships, a variable
interest entity. The related party partnership then sold the property to a third party, which is
leasing back the property to the Company for the time period necessary to transition operations to
the new Elgin facility.
Also in July 2006, the Company sold its Arlington Heights and Arthur Avenue facilities for a
combined $7.8 million in proceeds and is leasing back the facilities from the purchaser. The
Arlington Heights facility is being leased back through December 2008 with a three to ninth month
renewal option. The Arthur Avenue facility is being leased back through August 2008 with a three to
nine month renewal option.
The Company faces a number of challenges in the future. For example, the Company is uncertain as to
whether it will be able to comply with the covenants and warranties contained in its financing
arrangements in the future. Future non-compliance with the covenants and warranties in the
Companys financing arrangements could divert managements attention from other Company matters,
including the implementation of the Companys plan to continue as a going concern, which is
designed to help the Company achieve profitability in the future. The ability of the Company to
continue as a going concern is dependent, among other things, on the successful implementation of
such plan.
In addition, the Companys Chicago area processing facilities operate at full capacity at certain
times during the year. If the Company experiences growth in unit volume sales, it could exceed its
capacity to meet the demand for its products, especially prior to the completion of the new
facility. The Company faces potential disruptive effects on its business, such as cost overruns for
the construction of the new facility or business interruptions that may result from the transfer of
production to the new facility. For example, the total projected cost of the new facility is now
estimated at approximately $110 million, which would be $15 million higher than original estimates.
In addition, the Company will continue to face the ongoing challenges of its business such as
fluctuating commodity costs, food safety and regulatory issues and the maintenance and growth of
its customer base. See Item 1A Risk Factors.
The Company performed an analysis of its existing assets at its Chicago locations, and based on
this analysis identified those assets which will be transferred to the Current Site and those that
will not. For those assets which are not expected to be transferred to the Current Site, the
remaining depreciation period has been reduced to reflect the Companys estimate of the useful
lives of these assets. In addition to the assets being transferred, new machinery and equipment
will also be installed at the Current Site. The Company currently anticipates that operations will
be fully integrated into the Current Site by December 2008. Total remaining capital expenditures
for the new facility are estimated to be approximately $25 $30 million, which the Company expects
to finance through the Bank Credit Facility, available cash flow from operations, proceeds from the
sale of existing facilities and rental income from the office building at the Current Site. Several
uncertainties exist, such as those described under Item 1A Risk Factors.
Prior to acquiring the Current Site, the Company and certain related party partnerships entered
into a Development Agreement with the City of Elgin, Illinois (the Development Agreement) for the
development and purchase of the land where a new facility could be constructed (the Original
Site). The Development Agreement provided for certain conditions, including but not limited to the
completion of environmental and asbestos remediation procedures, the inclusion of the property in
the Elgin enterprise zone and the establishment of a tax incremental financing district covering
the property. The Company fulfilled its remediation obligations under the Development Agreement
during fiscal 2005. On February 1, 2006, the Company and the related party partnerships entered
into a termination agreement with the City of Elgin whereby the Development Agreement was
terminated and the Company and the City of
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Elgin (the City) became obligated to convey the property to the Company and the partnerships
within thirty days. The partnerships subsequently agreed to convey their respective interests in
the Original Site to the Company by quitclaim deed without consideration. On March 28, 2006, JBSS
Properties, LLC (JBSS LLC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired title to the
Original Site by quitclaim deed, and JBSS LLC entered into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement
(the Agreement) with the City. Under the terms of the Agreement, the City assigned to the Company
all the Citys remaining rights and obligations under the Development Agreement. The Company is
currently marketing the Original Site to potential buyers, and expects a sale to be consummated
in fiscal 2008. The Companys costs under the Development Agreement totaling $6.8 million are
recorded as Other Assets at June 29, 2006 and June 30, 2005. The Company has reviewed the asset
under the Development Agreement for realization, and concluded that no adjustment of the carrying
value is required.
Total inventories were approximately $164.4 million at June 29, 2006, a decrease of $53.2 million,
or 24.5%, from the balance at June 30, 2005. The decrease is due primarily to decreases in finished
goods, almonds, cashews and peanuts. The decreases in finished goods and cashews are due to
management emphasis on inventory reduction in order to capitalize on anticipated market price
declines in virtually all nuts in fiscal 2007. The decrease in almonds was due to lower purchases
in fiscal 2006 than in fiscal 2005. Overall volume of nut inventory, as measured by pounds on hand,
decreased by 20.1% at June 29, 2006 when compared to June 30, 2005. Net accounts receivable were
$35.0 million at June 29, 2006, a decrease of approximately $3.5 million, or 9.0%, from the balance
at June 30, 2005.
The Companys business is seasonal. Demand for peanut and other nut products is highest during the
months of October, November and December. Peanuts, pecans, walnuts and almonds, the Companys
principal raw materials, are primarily purchased between August and February and are processed
throughout the year until the following harvest. As a result of this seasonality, the Companys
personnel requirements rise during the last four months of the calendar year. This seasonality also
impacts capacity utilization at the Companys Chicago area facilities, with these facilities
routinely operating at full capacity during the last four months of the calendar year. The
Companys working capital requirements generally peak during the third quarter of the Companys
fiscal year.
Results of Operations
The following table sets forth the percentage relationship of certain items to net sales for the
periods indicated and the percentage increase of such items from fiscal 2005 to fiscal 2006 and
from fiscal 2004 to fiscal 2005.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage of Net Sales |
|
Percentage Increase (Decrease) |
|
|
Fiscal 2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal 2006 vs. 2005 |
|
|
|
|
Restated |
|
Fiscal 2005 |
|
Fiscal 2004 |
|
Restated |
|
Fiscal 2005 vs. 2004 |
Net sales |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
(0.4 |
)% |
|
|
11.7 |
% |
Gross profit |
|
|
6.4 |
|
|
|
13.5 |
|
|
|
17.6 |
|
|
|
(52.7 |
) |
|
|
(14.6 |
) |
Selling expenses |
|
|
6.9 |
|
|
|
6.8 |
|
|
|
7.2 |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
5.7 |
|
Administrative expenses |
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
|
|
2.6 |
|
|
|
14.4 |
|
|
|
(7.9 |
) |
Goodwill impairment loss |
|
|
0.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) income from operations |
|
|
(3.2 |
) |
|
|
4.6 |
|
|
|
7.9 |
|
|
|
(168.8 |
) |
|
|
(35.3 |
) |
Fiscal 2006 Compared to Fiscal 2005
Net Sales. Net sales decreased to approximately $579.6 million for fiscal 2006 from approximately
$581.7 million for fiscal 2005, a decrease of approximately $2.2 million or 0.4%. Net sales would
have increased in fiscal 2006 when compared to fiscal 2005, except that fiscal 2005 contained
fifty-three weeks rather than fifty-two-weeks. Unit volume, measured in terms of pounds shipped,
decreased by 10.2% in fiscal 2006 compared to fiscal 2005.
Unit volume sales decreases of 13.2% in the consumer distribution channel and 13.4% in the
industrial distribution channel were primarily responsible for the overall decrease in unit volume
sales. The decrease in consumer sales volume was due primarily to lower sales of private label
products. Sales volume of the Companys Fisher brand decreased 4.5% for fiscal 2006 compared to
fiscal 2005. The private label decrease was caused in large part by the loss of private label
business in the latter part of fiscal 2005 with customers that would not accept price increases.
Also, market studies have shown a shift in consumer preference to branded snack nuts away from
private label as the price differential between branded and private label products has narrowed.
Market studies have also shown a decrease in overall nut category volume sales during fiscal 2006.
The decrease in unit volume sales in the industrial distribution
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channel was caused primarily by reduced demand due to the higher costs of tree nuts. Unit volume
sales decreased by 3.8% and 1.6% in the food service and contract packaging distribution channels,
respectively, and increased by 0.2% in the export distribution channel.
The following table shows a comparison of sales by distribution channel, and as a percentage of
total net sales (dollars in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution Channel |
|
Fiscal 2006 |
|
|
Fiscal 2005 |
|
Consumer |
|
$ |
292,890 |
|
|
|
50.6 |
% |
|
$ |
298,298 |
|
|
|
51.3 |
% |
Industrial |
|
|
131,635 |
|
|
|
22.7 |
|
|
|
132,900 |
|
|
|
22.8 |
|
Food Service |
|
|
64,356 |
|
|
|
11.1 |
|
|
|
61,294 |
|
|
|
10.5 |
|
Contract Packaging |
|
|
44,874 |
|
|
|
7.7 |
|
|
|
45,181 |
|
|
|
7.8 |
|
Export |
|
|
45,809 |
|
|
|
7.9 |
|
|
|
44,056 |
|
|
|
7.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
579,564 |
|
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
$ |
581,729 |
|
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following table shows an annual comparison of sales by product type as a percentage of total
gross sales. The table is based on gross sales, rather than net sales, because certain adjustments,
such as promotional discounts, are not allocable to product type.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product Type |
|
Fiscal 2006 |
|
|
Fiscal 2005 |
|
Peanuts |
|
|
20.1 |
% |
|
|
22.4 |
% |
Pecans |
|
|
21.8 |
|
|
|
23.3 |
|
Cashews & Mixed Nuts |
|
|
22.4 |
|
|
|
22.7 |
|
Walnuts |
|
|
11.8 |
|
|
|
9.4 |
|
Almonds |
|
|
15.4 |
|
|
|
13.5 |
|
Other |
|
|
8.5 |
|
|
|
8.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross Profit. Gross profit in fiscal 2006 decreased 52.7% to $37.1 million from approximately $78.4
million for fiscal 2005. Gross profit margin decreased to 6.4% for fiscal 2006 from 13.5% for
fiscal 2005. The two major factors for the significant decline in gross profit and gross profit
margin were (i) a 16% decline in production volume in fiscal 2006 compared to fiscal 2005, and (ii)
losses on almond sales due to a substantial decline in market costs after the procurement costs of
almonds were fixed. The major components contributing to the decrease in gross profit of $41.3
million may be summarized as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount |
|
|
|
(in millions) |
|
Impact of 16% production volume decline |
|
$ |
19.3 |
|
Decrease in gross profit on almond sales |
|
|
10.3 |
|
Industrial almond contract loss reserve |
|
|
2.0 |
|
Bulk stored inventory adjustments |
|
|
3.9 |
|
Disposal and reserve for walnut and almond by-products and packaging materials |
|
|
2.8 |
|
Increase in workers compensation expense |
|
|
0.8 |
|
Other |
|
|
2.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
41.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
The decreases in sales volume led to a corresponding decrease in production. Also, production
further decreased due to a concerted effort to reduce finished goods inventory levels.
Manufacturing expenses of a fixed nature do not decrease with the decrease in production.
Accordingly, the production volume decline reduced the Companys gross profit by $19.3 million.
Almonds also severely affected the Companys profitability. Almond sales generated a decrease in
gross profit of $10.3 million in fiscal 2006 compared to fiscal 2005. A significant decrease in the
market price for almonds occurred after the Companys costs to procure almonds were fixed. The
majority of the Companys almond sales are to industrial customers on fixed price contracts. For
competitive reasons, the Company entered into fixed price almond sales contracts at unfavorable
prices with major customers in order to maintain good relationships. A $2.0 million reserve
remained at June 29, 2006 for losses expected on the fulfillment of fixed price almond sales
contracts during the first half of fiscal 2007. The Company maintains significant quantities of
bulk stored inshell inventories. $3.4 million in adjustments to increase the estimated quantities
of bulk stored inventories were recorded during fiscal 2005, while a $0.5 million adjustment was
recorded to decrease the estimated quantities of bulk stored inventories as of June 29, 2006,
resulting in a $3.9 million change in gross profit between fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005. An increase
in the processing of almonds and walnuts led to an increase in the production of by-products. The
processes of slicing and slivering almonds inevitably result in the production of by-
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products. The walnut by-products were caused by poor quality inshell walnuts that required
additional reprocessing. Along with the identification of obsolete packaging materials, the
generation of by-products affected gross profit by $2.8 million in fiscal 2006. Workers
compensation expense increased by $0.8 million in fiscal 2006 compared to fiscal 2005 due primarily
to a change in estimate in fiscal 2006.
Selling and Administrative Expenses. Selling and administrative expenses increased to $54.2
million, or 9.3% of net sales, for fiscal 2006 from $51.8 million, or 8.9% of net sales, for fiscal
2005. Selling expenses increased to $39.9 million, or 6.9% of net sales, for fiscal 2006 from $39.4
million, or 6.8% of net sales, for fiscal 2005. The increase was due primarily to an increase of
$0.4 million in general advertising expenses. Administrative expenses increased to $14.2 million,
or 2.5% of net sales, for fiscal 2006 from $12.4 million, or 2.1% of net sales, for fiscal 2005.
This increase was due primarily to $1.8 million of expenses related to a supplemental retirement
plan adopted in August 2005 and to a $0.4 million increase in legal expenses relating primarily to
the facility consolidation project and new financing arrangements, offset partially by the $0.9
million gain from the termination of a related party capital lease.
Goodwill Impairment Loss. A goodwill impairment loss of $1.2 million was recorded for fiscal 2006,
as fair value of the Companys business at June 29, 2006 was determined to be below net book value
and there was no implied fair value of the Companys goodwill.
(Loss) Income from Operations. Due to the factors discussed above, the loss from operations was
$(18.3) million, or (3.2)% of net sales, for fiscal 2006, compared to income from operations of
$26.6 million, or 4.6% of net sales, for fiscal 2005. Continued losses of this magnitude would
create doubt as to the Companys ability to continue as a going concern.
Interest Expense. Interest expense increased to $6.5 million for fiscal 2006 from $4.0 million for
fiscal 2005. Additionally, $1.8 million of interest was capitalized pertaining to the Companys
facility consolidation project during fiscal 2006. This increase was caused primarily by higher
average levels of borrowings and a higher interest rate on the Companys revolving bank credit
facility.
Rental and Miscellaneous (Expense) Income, Net. Net rental and miscellaneous (expense) income was
an expense of $0.6 million for fiscal 2006 compared to income of $1.2 million for fiscal 2005. The
decrease of $1.8 million was caused by expenses at the office building at the Current Site,
including depreciation, exceeding rental income. This net expense is expected to continue until a
larger portion of the office building at the Current Site is rented.
Income Taxes. Income tax benefit was approximately $8.7 million, or 34.2% of loss before income
taxes, for fiscal 2006, compared to income tax expense of $9.3 million, or 39.0% of income before
income taxes, for fiscal 2005. The change in the effective rate for fiscal 2006 is due primarily to
the non-taxable nature of the goodwill impairment loss of $1.2 million, and $0.5 million
established as a valuation allowance related to state income tax net operating loss carryforwards.
Net (Loss) Income. Net loss was $(16.7) million, or $(1.58) basic and diluted per common share, for
fiscal 2006, compared to net income of $14.5 million, or $1.37 basic per common share ($1.35
diluted), for fiscal 2005, due to the factors discussed above.
Fiscal 2005 Compared to Fiscal 2004
Net Sales. Net sales increased to $581.7 million for fiscal 2005 from $520.8 million for fiscal
2004, an increase of $60.9 million or 11.7%. The increase in net sales was due primarily to higher
prices related to higher commodity costs, especially for almonds and pecans. Also, fiscal 2005
contained fifty-three weeks whereas fiscal 2004 contained fifty-two-weeks. Unit volume, measured in
terms of pounds shipped, was virtually the same in fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004, and would have
decreased slightly if not for the extra week in fiscal 2005.
Unit volume sales increased by 13.3% in the food service distribution channel and by 27.4% in the
contract packaging distribution channel, but decreased by 3.5% in the consumer distribution channel
and by 6.4% in the industrial distribution channel. Unit volume sales in the export distribution
channel were virtually unchanged in fiscal 2005 when compared to fiscal 2004. Food service volume
increased due primarily to: (i) higher airline sales; (ii) sales to new customers; and (iii)
expanded sales to existing customers. Contract packaging volume increased significantly due to the
introduction of new products and the expansion of business with a major customer. Consumer
distribution channel volume decreased, due primarily to lower promotional activity for Fisher
peanut products at a major customer during the first half of fiscal 2005 and lost business with
private label customers that would not accept price
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increases. Sales volume in the industrial
distribution channel decreased due primarily to lower peanut sales as fiscal 2004 contained
non-recurring significant sales of peanuts to other peanut shellers.
The following table shows a comparison of sales by distribution channel, and as a percentage of
total net sales (dollars in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution Channel |
|
Fiscal 2005 |
|
|
Fiscal 2004 |
|
Consumer |
|
$ |
298,298 |
|
|
|
51.3 |
% |
|
$ |
289,586 |
|
|
|
55.6 |
% |
Industrial |
|
|
132,900 |
|
|
|
22.8 |
|
|
|
110,813 |
|
|
|
21.3 |
|
Food Service |
|
|
61,294 |
|
|
|
10.5 |
|
|
|
48,969 |
|
|
|
9.4 |
|
Contract Packaging |
|
|
45,181 |
|
|
|
7.8 |
|
|
|
33,074 |
|
|
|
6.3 |
|
Export |
|
|
44,056 |
|
|
|
7.6 |
|
|
|
38,369 |
|
|
|
7.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
581,729 |
|
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
$ |
520,811 |
|
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following table shows an annual comparison of sales by product type as a percentage of total
gross sales. The table is based on gross sales, rather than net sales, because certain adjustments,
such as promotional discounts are not allocable to product type.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product Type |
|
Fiscal 2005 |
|
Fiscal 2004 |
Peanuts |
|
|
22.4 |
% |
|
|
24.9 |
% |
Pecans |
|
|
23.3 |
|
|
|
20.1 |
|
Cashews & Mixed Nuts |
|
|
22.7 |
|
|
|
22.7 |
|
Walnuts |
|
|
9.4 |
|
|
|
9.9 |
|
Almonds |
|
|
13.5 |
|
|
|
12.3 |
|
Other |
|
|
8.7 |
|
|
|
10.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross Profit. Gross profit in fiscal 2005 decreased 14.6% to $78.4 million from $91.8 million for
fiscal 2004. Gross profit margin decreased to 13.5% for fiscal 2005 from 17.6% for fiscal 2004.
Several factors led to the decrease in gross profit margin. Industrial sales are typically sold
under calendar year fixed price contracts. Thus, industrial sales in the first half of fiscal 2005
that were priced based on prior year crop costs were fulfilled with current crop costs that were
significantly higher, especially for pecans and almonds. Also, price increases in the consumer
distribution channel due to the higher commodity costs were not fully instituted until the third
quarter of fiscal 2005. Other contributing factors leading to the decrease in gross profit margin
include: (i) contract packaging sales, which generally carry lower gross margins than the Companys
overall gross margins, accounting for a greater percentage of sales in fiscal 2005 than fiscal
2004; (ii) unfavorable almond processing variances generated from the use of low quality almonds
that were required to be purchased during the first quarter of fiscal 2005 to fulfill contracts;
(iii) a higher than anticipated final settlement of $1.2 million with almond growers for the 2003
crop year; and (iv) the scrapping of $0.4 million of certain obsolete packaging materials in fiscal
2005.
Selling and Administrative Expenses. Selling and administrative expenses as a percentage of net
sales decreased to 8.9% for fiscal 2005 from 9.8% for fiscal 2004. Selling expenses as a percentage
of net sales decreased to 6.8% for fiscal 2005 from 7.2% for fiscal 2004. This decrease was due
primarily to the fixed nature of certain of these expenses relative to a larger revenue base. The
approximately $2.1 million increase in selling expenses for fiscal 2005 compared to fiscal 2004 was
due primarily to higher freight and advertising costs of $2.1 million and $0.6 million,
respectively, offset partially by a $1.1 million decrease in incentive compensation. Administrative
expenses as a percentage of net sales decreased slightly to 2.1% for fiscal 2005 from 2.6% for
fiscal 2004. The $1.1 million decrease in administrative expenses was due primarily to lower
incentive compensation expenses of $2.7 million. No bonuses were paid for fiscal 2005 under the
Companys incentive compensation program since the minimum earnings per share level was not
attained. Partially offsetting the decrease in incentive compensation costs was an increase in
professional expenses of $0.7 million related primarily to corporate governance expenses.
Income from Operations. Due to the factors discussed above, income from operations decreased to
$26.6 million, or 4.6% of net sales, for fiscal 2005 from $41.1 million, or 7.9% of net sales, for
fiscal 2004.
Interest Expense. Interest expense increased to $4.0 million for fiscal 2005 from $3.4 million for
fiscal 2004. This increase was due primarily to the Companys issuance on December 16, 2004, of
$65.0 million of ten year notes bearing interest at a fixed rate of 4.67% under the Note Agreement
to fund a portion of the Companys facility consolidation project and for general working capital
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purposes. Average borrowings under the Prior Bank Credit Facility also increased to finance the
increased purchase of inventories. Also, the interest rate on the Prior Bank Credit Facility
increased in fiscal 2005 when compared to fiscal 2004 due to an increase in short-term interest
rates.
Rental and Miscellaneous Income, Net. Net rental and miscellaneous income increased to $1.2 million
for fiscal 2005 compared to $0.4 million for fiscal 2004. This increase is due to rental income
received from the lease back of the Current Site to the seller. The office building at the Current
Site is being leased for a minimum three year-period, with options for an additional seven years.
The current monthly rental rate for the office building lease is $128 thousand per month. The
warehouse building was leased back to the seller from April 15, 2005 to May 31, 2005 for $333
thousand per month. A separate portion of the warehouse building is being leased back to the seller
for $43 thousand per month through September 2005.
Income Taxes. Income tax expense was $9.3 million, or 39.0% of income before income taxes, for
fiscal 2005, compared to $14.5 million, or 39.0% of income before income taxes, for fiscal 2004.
Net Income. Net income was $14.5 million, or $1.37 basic per common share ($1.35 diluted), for
fiscal 2005, compared to $22.6 million, or $2.35 basic per common share ($2.32 diluted), for fiscal
2004, due to the factors discussed above.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
General
The primary uses of cash are to fund the Companys current operations, including its facility
consolidation project, fulfill contractual obligations and repay indebtedness. Also, various
uncertainties could result in additional uses of cash, such as those described under Item 1A
Risk Factors.
Cash flows from operating activities have historically been driven by net income but are also
significantly influenced by inventory requirements, which can change based upon fluctuations in
both quantities and market prices of the various nuts the Company sells. Current market trends in
nut prices and crop estimates also impact nut procurement.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $41.0 million for fiscal 2006 compared to net cash
used in operating activities of $57.4 million for fiscal 2005. The increase is due primarily to a
$93.1 million decrease in inventory purchases, primarily in pecans, peanuts, cashews and almonds.
Inshell pecan purchases decreased due to a 26.5% decrease in the average cost of inshell pecans,
with the quantity purchased relatively unchanged. Peanut purchases decreased due to higher
quantities on hand at the beginning of fiscal 2006 compared to fiscal 2005 and to lower peanut
sales in fiscal 2006 compared to fiscal 2005. Cashew purchases decreased due to sufficient
quantities already on hand in inventories at the beginning of the fiscal year. Almond purchases
decreased 45.2% due to a reduction in the demand for almonds in the industrial market. Overall nut
purchases for fiscal 2006 compared to fiscal 2005 decreased by 23.9% in terms of pounds, and 22.7%
in terms of dollars. The Company focused on inventory reduction during fiscal 2006 in order to
capitalize on anticipated market declines in virtually all nuts, except for pecans, during fiscal
2007. The Company expects improved gross margins in fiscal 2007, as the lower costs of nuts will
not be offset by corresponding decreases in sales prices.
The Company repaid $6.0 million of Long-term Debt during fiscal 2006 compared to $1.3 million
during fiscal 2005.
Plans To Continue as a Going Concern
The Companys ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on the ability of the Company to
realize a profit from future operations and, in the near term, either obtain funding from outside
sources or on-going waivers from the Companys primary secured lenders. The reclassification of
the Long-term Debt as a current liability, the extent of the losses in 2006, the non-compliance
with loan covenants and uncertainties related to meeting future financial covenants in the
Companys debt agreements raises substantial
doubt as to whether the Company will continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve
months. The significant losses incurred for fiscal 2006 were caused in large part by the decline in
the market price for almonds after the crop was procured. The Company recently announced that it
will no longer purchase almonds directly from growers and will discontinue its almond handling
operation conducted at its Gustine, California facility during the first quarter of calendar 2007.
The Company decided to discontinue
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its almond handling operation in order to reduce the commodity
risk that had such a significant negative financial impact in fiscal 2006 and to eliminate the
significant labor costs associated with processing almonds purchased directly from growers that
could not be recovered completely when the almonds were sold.
Management plans to address the Companys ability to continue as a going concern include: (1)
discontinue purchasing almonds directly from growers and its almond handling operation to reduce
commodity risk and unprofitable almond sales in the industrial distribution channel; (2) implement
merchandising, retail operating and marketing plans to help to increase unit sales and gross
margin; (3) conduct a profitability review of all items that it sells and reduce unprofitable
items; (4) reduce manufacturing spending and costs associated with excess waste in its Gustine
facility to improve gross margin; and (5) if necessary, attempt to obtain waivers from the
Companys lenders with respect to any future events of default pursuant to the Companys financing
arrangements.
Management believes that the implementation of the initiatives described above should enhance
future operating performance, however, the discontinuance of the almond handling operation and the
efforts to reduce unprofitable items will likely lead to a decline in net sales in the latter half
of fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2008. Management estimates that net sales in its industrial channel
could decline by approximately $30 million in fiscal 2008 as a result of discontinuing the almond
handling operation. Virtually all of these sales were significantly unprofitable in fiscal 2006
and are expected to generate a nominal gross profit in fiscal 2007. The discontinuance of
purchasing almonds directly from growers is expected to free up approximately $30 million in
working capital for debt reduction and/or purchases of other nuts that typically deliver a higher
gross profit than the gross profit from almonds.
In addition to the steps that management will take to improve operating performance in the future,
the second quarter of fiscal 2007 marks the beginning of a new crop year. Acquisition costs for
virtually all tree nuts, except pecans, are now substantially lower than they were for last years
crop. The reduction in acquisition costs should lead to lower short-term borrowing levels over the
next four quarters. Though management anticipates that lower tree nut acquisition costs will
ultimately lead to improved gross margin, there is no assurance that competitive pressures will not
result in a decline in selling prices that exceed the decline in acquisition costs.
In summary, management believes that the steps that it will take to improve operating performance
and decreased acquisition costs should enhance its ability to comply with debt covenants in the
future.
The Company believes it has sufficient real estate to enable the refinancing of amounts due
pursuant to the Note Agreement through conventional mortgages. Although management believes that it
would be able to obtain the necessary funding to allow the Company to remain a going concern
through the methods discussed above, there can be no assurances that such methods would prove
successful. If the Company is not able to achieve these objectives, the Companys financial
condition will be materially adversely affected.
Financing Arrangements
On July 27, 2006, the Company amended its Prior Bank Credit Facility into a secured facility (the
Bank Credit Facility). The Bank Credit Facility provides for $100.0 million in secured borrowings
and is comprised of (i) a working capital revolving loan which provides working capital financing
of up to $93.6 million in the aggregate, and matures on July 25, 2009, and (ii) $6.4 million for
the IDB Letter of Credit maturing on June 1, 2011 to secure the industrial development bonds which
finances the construction of a peanut shelling plant in 1987. The Bank Credit Facility also allows
for an amendment to increase the total amount of secured borrowings to $125.0 million at the
election of the Company, the agent under the facility and one or more of the lenders under the
facility. Borrowings under the Bank Credit Facility accrue interest at a rate determined pursuant
to a formula based on the agent banks reference rate, the prime rate and the Eurodollar rate. The
interest rate varies depending upon the Companys quarterly financial performance, as measured by
the available borrowing base. The Bank Credit Facility also waived all non-compliance with
financial covenants under the previous Bank Credit Facility (the Prior Bank Credit Facility) that
existed through June 29, 2006. As of June 29, 2006 the Company had $26.1 million of available
credit under the Prior Bank Credit Facility.
The terms of the Bank Credit Facility include certain restrictive covenants that, among other
things, require the Company to maintain certain specified financial ratios (if the borrowing base
is below a designated level), restrict certain investments, indebtedness and capital expenditures
and restrict certain cash dividends, redemptions of capital stock and prepayment of certain
indebtedness of the Company. The lenders are entitled to require immediate repayment of the
Companys obligations under the Bank Credit Facility in the event the Company defaults on payments
required under the Bank Credit Facility, non-compliance with the financial covenants, or
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upon the
occurrence of certain other defaults by the Company under the Bank Credit Facility (including a
default under the Note Agreement). The Company is required to pay termination fees of $2.0 and $1.0
million if it terminates the Bank Credit Facility in the first and second years of the agreement,
respectively.
In order to finance a portion of the Companys facility consolidation project and to provide for
the Companys general working capital needs, the Company received $65.0 million pursuant to a note
purchase agreement (the Note Agreement) entered into on December 16, 2004 with various lenders.
The Note Agreement requires semi-annual principal payments of $3.6 million plus interest through
December 1, 2014. As of June 29, 2006, the outstanding balance on the Note Agreement was $61.4
million. The Company has the option to prepay amounts outstanding under the Note Agreement. Any
such prepayment must be for at least 5% of the outstanding amount at the time of prepayment up to
100%. A prepayment fee would be incurred based on the differential between the interest rate in the
Note Agreement and .50% over published U.S. treasury securities having a maturity equal to the
remaining average life of the prepaid principal amounts.
On July 27, 2006, the Note Agreement was amended to, among other things, increase the interest rate
from 4.67% to 5.67% per annum, waive all non-compliance with financial covenants through June 29,
2006, secure the Companys obligations and modify future financial covenants. Additionally, the
Company is required to pay an excess leverage fee of up to an additional 1.00% per annum depending
upon its leverage ratio and financial performance.
The terms of the Note Agreement, as amended, include certain restrictive covenants that, among
other things, require the Company to maintain certain specified financial ratios, attain minimum
quarterly adjusted EBITDA levels ($1.5 million, $5.5 million, $6.25 million and $8.0 million for
the four quarters of fiscal 2007), restrict certain investments, indebtedness and capital
expenditures and restrict certain cash dividends, redemptions of capital stock and prepayment of
certain indebtedness of the Company. EBITDA is calculated in accordance with provisions under the
Note Agreement and may be adjusted for certain items of income and expense, including gains and
losses on the sale of assets, pension expense and certain other non-cash expenses. The lenders are
entitled to require immediate repayment of the Companys obligations under the Note Agreement in
the event the Company defaults on payments required under the Note Agreement, non-compliance with
the financial covenants, or upon the occurrence of certain other defaults by the Company under the
Note Agreement (including a default under the Bank Credit Facility).
The Companys unfavorable operating results caused non-compliance with certain restrictive
covenants under its financing arrangements throughout fiscal 2006. Specifically, the Company did
not achieve the minimum trailing fiscal four quarters EBITDA requirement, the maximum allowable
funded debt to twelve-month EBITDA ratio, the minimum fixed charge coverage ratio and the monthly
minimum working capital requirement under the Prior Bank Credit Facility and the Note Agreement for
the second and third quarters of fiscal 2006 and at June 29, 2006. In July 2006, the Company
entered into the Bank Credit Facility whereby the lenders waived all non-compliance with financial
covenants under the terms of the Prior Bank Credit Facility through June 29, 2006. The Note
Agreement was also amended to, among other things, waive all non-compliance with financial
covenants through June 29, 2006, increase the interest rate from 4.67% to 5.67% per annum, secure
the Companys obligations and modify future financial covenants.
The Company did not comply with the minimum quarterly EBITDA requirement contained in the Note
Agreement for the first quarter of fiscal 2007. The Company received waivers from its lenders for
this non-compliance with restrictive covenants. The Company is uncertain whether it will be able
to comply with the covenants and warranties in its various financing arrangements, such as the
EBITDA covenant contained in its Note Agreement, in the future. If the Company does not comply
with the covenants or warranties in its financing arrangements in the future, the Company will seek
waivers from its lenders; however, there can be no assurance that in such case waivers will be
received or that such waivers will be on commercially reasonable terms that are not adverse to the
Company. In light of the non-compliance with the restrictive covenant as a result of the Companys
performance for the first quarter of fiscal 2007, and the uncertainty relating to the Companys
ability to comply with covenants and warranties during future periods, amounts due pursuant to the
Note Agreement for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and subsequent quarters will be classified as
currently due.
The Companys announcement on November 22, 2006 that the consolidated financial statements in its
Form 10-K for fiscal 2006 filed on September 27, 2006 could no longer be relied upon caused a
default pursuant to the Companys Note Agreement and Bank Credit Facility. In addition, the
Company did not file its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 28, 2006
with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the November 27, 2006 deadline required in the Note
Agreement, which caused an additional event of default pursuant to the Note Agreement. The Company
has received waivers from its lenders for these events of
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non-compliance. Non-compliance with any
future covenant or warranty requirements would allow the lenders to demand immediate payment.. If
waivers are not received or acceptable terms renegotiated with respect to future non-compliance
with covenant or warranty requirements, the Companys ability to pursue its business plans,
objectives and its ability to continue as a going concern would be adversely affected.
Obtaining alternative financing for amounts due pursuant to the Note Agreement would allow the
Company to eliminate the restrictive EBITDA covenant that the Company did not comply with in the
first quarter of fiscal 2007 as well as the related uncertainty as to whether the Company will be
able to comply with such covenant in the future. The Company believes it would be able to secure
alternative financing for the amounts due pursuant to the Note Agreement through conventional
mortgages that do not contain a restrictive EBITDA covenant; however, there can be no assurance
that such alternative financing could be obtained, that the new lenders would be willing to
negotiate on terms acceptable to the Company, or that the Company would receive the consent for
such refinancing required by its Bank Credit Facility. The Bank Credit Facility does not contain a
restrictive EBITDA covenant; however, a default under the Note Agreement triggers a default under
the Bank Credit Facility. If the Company attempts to secure alternative financing for amounts due
under the Note Agreement, it does not anticipate that it would also attempt to secure alternative
financing for amounts due pursuant to the Bank Credit Facility. Sustained losses by the Company,
the inability to receive waivers from the Companys lenders, if necessary, the inability to secure
alternative financing for amounts due pursuant to the Note Agreement, and/or future non-compliance
with the covenants or warranties in the Companys Bank Credit Facility and Note Agreement would
have a material adverse effect on the Companys financial position, results of operations and cash
flows and raises substantial doubt with respect to the Companys ability to continue as a going
concern.
The Company entered into a Security Agreement with the lenders under the Bank Credit Facility (the
Lenders) and the noteholders under the Note Agreement (the Noteholders) whereby the Company
granted collateral interests in certain of the Companys assets including, but not limited to,
accounts receivable, inventories and equipment to the Lenders and Noteholders. The Company also
granted liens against the Companys real property located in Elgin, Illinois and Gustine,
California to the Lenders and Noteholders.
As of June 29, 2006, the Company had $5.9 million in aggregate principal amount of industrial
development bonds outstanding, which was originally used to finance the acquisition, construction
and equipping of the Companys Bainbridge, Georgia facility. The bonds bear interest payable
semiannually at 4.55% (which was reset on June 1, 2006) through May 2011. On June 1, 2011, and on
each subsequent interest reset date for the bonds, the Company is required to redeem the bonds at
face value plus any accrued and unpaid interest, unless a bondholder elects to retain his or her
bonds. Any bonds redeemed by the Company at the demand of a bondholder on the reset date are
required to be remarketed by the underwriter of the bonds on a best efforts basis. Funds for the
redemption of bonds on the demand of any bondholder are required to be obtained from the following
sources in the following order of priority: (i) funds supplied by the Company for redemption; (ii)
proceeds from the remarketing of the bonds; (iii) proceeds from a drawing under the IDB Letter of
Credit; or (iv) in the event funds from the foregoing sources are insufficient, a mandatory payment
by the Company. Drawings under the IDB Letter of Credit to redeem bonds on the demand of any
bondholder are payable in full by the Company upon demand of the lenders under the Bank Credit
Facility. In addition, the Company is required to redeem the bonds in varying annual installments,
ranging from $0.3 million in fiscal 2007 to $0.8 million in fiscal 2017. The Company is also
required to redeem the bonds in certain other circumstances; for example, within 180 days after any
determination that interest on the bonds is taxable. The Company has the option, subject to certain
conditions, to redeem the bonds at face value plus accrued interest, if any.
Capital Expenditures
The Company made $44.8 million of capital expenditures in fiscal 2006 compared to approximately
$63.8 million in fiscal 2005. The decrease is due primarily to the $48.0 million purchase of the
Current Site and $6.1 million of remediation costs under the Development Agreement incurred in
fiscal 2005. $34.5 million of the fiscal 2006 capital expenditures related to the expansion and
modification to the Current Site. The Company expects to spend an additional $25 $30 million on
the facility consolidation project from fiscal 2007 to the expected completion date of December
2008. The total projected cost of the new facility is now estimated at approximately $110 million,
which would be $15 million higher than original estimates. The projected additional spending
includes
approximately $6.0 million for moving costs which will be expensed when incurred. Changes in the
design of the facility and equipment requirements to adapt to changes in the industry and customer
requirements primarily led to the projected increase in spending for the new facility.
Capital expenditures for fiscal 2007 that are unrelated to the facility consolidation project
are not expected to exceed $10 million.
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In fiscal 2005, in order to facilitate the facility consolidation project, the Companys Board of
Directors appointed an independent board committee to explore alternatives with respect to the
Companys existing leases for the properties owned by two related party partnerships. After
negotiations with the partnerships, the independent committee approved a proposed transaction and,
subsequently, the Company entered into various agreements with the partnerships. The agreements
provided for an overall transaction whereby: (i) the current related party leases were terminated
without penalty to the Company; (ii) the Company sold the portion of the Busse Road property that
it owned to the partnerships for $2.0 million; and (iii) the Company sold its Selma, Texas
properties to the partnerships for $14.3 million (an estimate of fair value which also slightly
exceeds its carrying value) and leased the properties back. The sale price and rental rate for the
Selma, Texas properties were determined by an independent appraiser to be at fair market value. The
lease for the Selma, Texas properties has a ten-year term at a fair market value rent, with three
five-year renewal options. In addition, the Company has an option to repurchase the Selma property
from the partnerships after five years at 95% (100% in certain circumstances) of the then fair
market value, but not to be less than the $14.3 million purchase price. The sale of the Selma,
Texas properties at fair market value to the related party partnerships was consummated during the
first quarter of fiscal 2007.
The Company is restating its financial statements for the year ended June 29, 2006 to consolidate
variable interest entities (two related party partnerships). The Company leased certain properties
during 2006 from two related party partnerships, one of which was terminated in March 2006 and the
other terminated in July 2006. The Companys Balance Sheet as of June 29, 2006 has been restated to
consolidate the remaining partnership leasing a facility to the Company as of June 29, 2006. As a
result, Current Maturities of Long-term Debt increased by $1.2 million and Buildings increased by
$0.7 million. The cumulative effect of this item of $0.5 million was recorded in Cost of Sales in
the Statement of Operations for the year ended June 29, 2006.
In March 2006, the Company sold a facility owned by one of its consolidated partnerships, a
variable interest entity. As the Company was the primary beneficiary of the partnership, upon
consolidation of the partnership the deficit, which includes losses in excess of the minority
interest, was absorbed by the Company. Upon sale of the facility by the partnership for a gain,
the previously recognized losses attributable to the minority interest of $0.9 million were
recovered by the Company to the extent such losses were previously allocated to the Company in
consolidation and reduces any gain allocable to the partnership interest. Additionally as the
partnership and not the Company was entitled to the net proceeds from the sale, the Company
recorded an equal and offsetting minority interest amount for the partnerships gain on the sale of
approximately $3.5 million in other income and expense.
Subsequent to year end, the Company sold a facility, a portion of which was owned directly by
the Company and the remaining portion owned by one of its consolidated partnerships, a variable
interest entity. The related party partnership then sold the property to a third party, which is
leasing back the property to the Company for the time period necessary to transition operations to
the new Elgin facility.
Also in July 2006, the Company sold its Arlington Heights and Arthur Avenue facilities for a
combined $7.8 million in proceeds and is leasing back the facilities from the purchaser. The
Arlington Heights facility is being leased back through December 2008 with a three to ninth month
renewal option. The Arthur Avenue facility is being leased back through August 2008 with a three to
nine month renewal option.
Capital Resources
As of June 29, 2006, the Company had $26.1 million of available credit under the Prior Bank Credit
Facility. In July 2006, the Company received $9.8 million proceeds from the sale of its owned
Chicago area facilities that are now being leased by the Company until operations are converted to
the Current Site. In September 2006, the Company received $14.3 million in proceeds from the sale
and leaseback at fair market value of its Selma, Texas facility to the related party partnerships.
Scheduled long-term Debt payments, including interest for fiscal 2007 are $15.9 million. Scheduled
operating lease payments are $2.6 million. See Plans To Continue as a Going Concern above.
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Contractual Cash Obligations
At June 29, 2006, the Company had the following contractual cash obligations for Long-term Debt
(including scheduled interest payments), capital leases, operating leases, the revolving credit
facility and purchase obligations (amounts in thousands):
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More Than 5 |
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Total |
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Less Than 1 |
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1-3 Years |
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3-5 Years |
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Restated |
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Restated |
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Restated |
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Restated |
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Restated |
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Long-term debt |
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$ |
90,672 |
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$ |
83,544 |
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$ |
1,307 |
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$ |
5,812 |
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$ |
9 |
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Capital lease obligations |
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133 |
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25 |
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50 |
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50 |
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8 |
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Minimum operating lease commitments |
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5,224 |
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2,590 |
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2,351 |
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263 |
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20 |
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Revolving credit facility borrowings |
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64,341 |
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64,341 |
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Purchase obligations |
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101,925 |
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101,925 |
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Total contractual cash obligations |
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$ |
262,295 |
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$ |
188,084 |
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$ |
3,708 |
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$ |
70,466 |
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$ |
37 |
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The purchase obligations include $94,539 of inventory purchase commitments and $7,386 of
construction costs related to the Companys new facility. Also, as a licensed United States
Department of Agriculture Nut Warehouse Operator, the Company is responsible for delivering the
loan value of the peanut inventory in its possession as represented on the warehouse receipt to the
holder of the warehouse receipt on demand. The Company is responsible for any decline in the value
of the peanut inventory due to decline in quality or shrinkage. No amounts related to a potential
decline in the value of peanut inventory are included in the schedule above.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The accounting policies as disclosed in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are applied
on a going concern basis in the preparation of the Companys financial statements and accounting
for the underlying transactions and balances. A going concern basis treats the realization of
assets and the satisfaction of liabilities to be in the normal course of business. The policies
discussed below are considered by the Companys management to be critical for an understanding of
the Companys financial statements because the application of these policies places the most
significant demands on managements judgment, with financial reporting results relying on
estimation regarding the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. Specific risks, if
applicable, for these critical accounting policies are described in the following paragraphs. For a
detailed discussion on the application of these and other accounting policies, see Note 3 of the
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Preparation of this Annual Report on Form 10-K requires the Company to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent
assets and liabilities at the date of the Companys financial statements, and the reported amounts
of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those
estimates, especially if there is doubt as to the appropriateness of using a going concern basis in
the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial statements do
not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset
amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company
be unable to continue as a going concern.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, title has
transferred (based upon terms of shipment), price is fixed, delivery occurs and collection is
reasonably assured. The Company sells its products under some arrangements which include customer
contracts which fix the sales price for periods typically of up to one year for some industrial
customers and through specific programs consisting of promotion allowances, volume and customer
rebates and marketing allowances, among others, to consumer and food service customers. Reserves
for these programs are established based upon the terms of specific arrangements. Revenues are
recorded net of rebates and promotion and marketing allowances. Revenues are also recorded net of
customer deductions which are provided for based on past experiences. The Companys net accounts
receivable includes an allowance for customer deductions. While customers do have the right to
return products, past experience has demonstrated that product returns have been insignificant.
Provisions for returns are reflected as a reduction in net sales and are estimated based upon
customer specific circumstances.
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Inventories
Inventories, which consist principally of inshell bulk-stored nuts, shelled nuts and processed and
packaged nut products, are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market. Inventory
costs are reviewed each quarter. Fluctuations in the market price of peanuts, pecans, walnuts,
almonds and other nuts may affect the value of inventory and gross profit and gross profit margin.
When expected market sales prices move below costs, the Company records adjustments to write down
the carrying values of inventories to fair market value. The results of the Companys shelling
process can also result in changes to its inventory costs, for example based upon actual versus
expected crop yields. The Company maintains significant inventories of bulk-stored inshell pecans,
walnuts and peanuts. Quantities of inshell bulk-stored nuts are determined based on the Companys
inventory systems and are subject to quarterly physical verification techniques including
observation, weighing and other methods. The quantities of each crop year bulk-stored nut
inventories are generally shelled out over a ten to fifteen month period, at which time revisions
to any estimates are also recorded.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company reviews long-lived assets to assess recoverability from projected undiscounted cash
flows whenever events or changes in facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the
assets may not be recoverable, for example, in connection with the Companys facility consolidation
project. An impairment loss is recognized in operating results when future undiscounted cash flows
are less than the assets carrying value. The impairment loss would adjust the carrying value to
the assets fair value. To date the Company has not recorded any impairment charges.
Introductory Funds
The ability to sell to certain retail customers often requires upfront payments to be made by the
Company. Such payments are frequently made pursuant to contracts that stipulate the term of the
agreement, the quantity and type of products to be sold and any exclusivity requirements. If
appropriate, the cost of these payments is recorded as an asset and is amortized on a straight-line
basis over the term of the contract. All contracts that are capitalized include refundability
provisions. The Company expenses payments if no written arrangement exists.
Related Party Transactions
As discussed in Notes 8, 10 and 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company
leases space from related parties and transacts with other related parties in the normal course of
business. The Company believes that these related party transactions are conducted on terms that
are competitive with other non-related entities at the time the transactions are entered into.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In March 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Interpretation No. 47 (FIN
47), Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations an interpretation of FASB
Statement No. 143. FIN 47 requires an entity to recognize a liability for the fair value of a
conditional asset retirement obligation if the fair value can be reasonably estimated. FIN 47
states that a conditional asset retirement obligation is a legal obligation to perform an asset
retirement activity in which the timing or method of settlement is conditional upon a future event
that may or may not be within the control of the entity. FIN 47 became effective in fiscal 2006 for
the Company. The adoption of FIN 47 did not have a material impact on the Companys financial
position, results of operations and cash flows.
In May 2005, the FASB issued Statement No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections a
replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3 (SFAS 154). SFAS 154 provides
guidance on the accounting for and reporting of accounting changes and error corrections. This
statement becomes effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal 2007,
but early adoption is permitted. SFAS 154 was applied in the correction of errors in the previously
issued financial statements for the year ended June 29, 2006.
In June 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes. The Interpretation provides clarification related to accounting for uncertainty in income
taxes recognized in an enterprises financial statements in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109,
Accounting for Income Taxes. This Interpretation is effective for fiscal 2007. Adoption of FASB
Interpretation No. 48 is not expected to have a material impact on the Companys financial
position, results of operations and cash flows.
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In September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 (SAB 108) which provides
interpretive guidance on how the effects of the carryover or reversal of prior year misstatements
should be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement. SAB 108 becomes effective in
fiscal 2007. Adoption of SAB 108 is not expected to have a material impact on the Companys
financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
Forward Looking Statements
The statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, and in the Chairmans letter to
stockholders accompanying the Annual Report on Form 10-K delivered to stockholders, that are not
historical (including statements concerning the Companys expectations regarding market risk) are
forward looking statements. These forward looking statements, which generally are followed (and
therefore identified) by a cross reference to Item 1A Risk Factors or are identified by the use
of forward looking words and phrases such as intends, may, believes and expects, represent
the Companys present expectations or beliefs concerning future events. The Company cautions that
such statements are qualified by important factors, including the factors described under Item 1A
Risk Factors, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward
looking statements, as well as the timing and occurrence (or nonoccurrence) of transactions and
events that may be subject to circumstances beyond the Companys control. Consequently, results
actually achieved may differ materially from the expected results included in these statements.
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Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc:
We have completed integrated audits of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.s June 29, 2006 and June 30,
2005 consolidated financial statements and of its internal control over financial reporting as of
June 29, 2006, and an audit of its June 24, 2004 consolidated financial statements in accordance
with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Our opinions,
based on our audits, are presented below.
Consolidated financial statements
In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders equity, and cash flows present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. and its subsidiary at June 29,
2006 and June 30, 2005, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the
three years in the period ended June 29, 2006 in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards
of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit of financial statements includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has restated its 2006
consolidated financial statements.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the
Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated
financial statements, the Company has incurred significant losses from operations in 2006 and
was in non-compliance with requirements of loan covenants for the quarter ended September 28,
2006, which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.
Managements plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2. The consolidated
financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of
this uncertainty.
As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed the manner in
which it accounts for share-based compensation, effective July 1, 2005.
Internal control over financial reporting
Also, we have audited managements assessment, included in John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.s
accompanying Managements Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing under Item
9A, that John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. did not maintain effective internal control over financial
reporting as of June 29, 2006, because of the effect of not maintaining (1) controls to ensure the
completeness and accuracy of information communicated within the organization on a timely basis,
(2) controls over the completeness and accuracy of the periodic goodwill impairment assessment,
(3) controls over the accuracy of accounting for lease transactions and (4) a sufficient
complement of accounting and finance personnel with an appropriate level of accounting knowledge,
experience and training in the selection and application of generally accepted accounting
principles commensurate with the Companys financial reporting requirements, based on criteria
established in Internal Control Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Companys management is responsible for
maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express
opinions on managements assessment and on the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over
financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit of internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the
standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal
control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. An audit of internal
36
control over financial reporting includes obtaining an understanding of internal control over
financial reporting, evaluating managements assessment, testing and evaluating the design and
operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we consider
necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
A companys internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A
companys internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i)
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company;
and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition of the companys assets that could have a material effect on the
financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or
detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are
subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that
the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that results
in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial
statements will not be prevented or detected. The following material weaknesses have been
identified and included in managements assessment as of June 29, 2006:
|
(1) |
|
The Company did not maintain effective controls to ensure the completeness and
accuracy of information communicated within the organization on a timely basis.
Specifically, there was inadequate sharing of information impacting the financial
statements between the accounting, sales, and operating departments for consideration by
the appropriate accounting personnel in the Companys financial forecast. This control
deficiency resulted in the restatement of the 2006 consolidated financial statements,
affecting the classification of long-term debt, valuation allowance associated with
state tax net operating loss carryforwards and disclosures relating to the Companys
ability to continue as a going concern. |
|
|
(2) |
|
The Company did not maintain effective controls over the completeness and
accuracy of the periodic goodwill impairment assessment. Specifically, effective
controls were not maintained to ensure that a complete and accurate periodic impairment
analysis was prepared, reviewed, and approved in order to identify and record
impairments, as required under generally accepted accounting principles. This control
deficiency resulted in the restatement of the Companys 2006 consolidated financial
statements, affecting goodwill, goodwill impairment loss and disclosures. |
|
|
(3) |
|
The Company did not maintain effective controls to ensure the accuracy of
accounting for lease transactions. Specifically, effective controls were not maintained
to ensure that an accurate analysis was prepared, reviewed and approved in order to
properly evaluate the accounting for certain sale-leaseback transactions, as required
under generally accepted accounting principles, affecting plant, property and equipment,
current and long-term liabilities, gains relating to real estate sales, lease expense,
interest expense and sale-leaseback transaction disclosures. |
|
|
(4) |
|
The Company did not maintain a sufficient complement of accounting and finance
personnel with an appropriate level of accounting knowledge, experience and training in
the selection and application of generally accepted accounting principles commensurate
with the Companys financial reporting requirements. This control deficiency
contributed to the material weaknesses discussed in items 1, 2 and 3 above and the
restatement of the Companys 2006 consolidated financial statements. |
|
|
|
|
These control deficiencies could result in a misstatement of the aforementioned account
balances and disclosures that would result in a material misstatement of the annual or
interim consolidated financials statements that would not be prevented or detected.
Accordingly, management has determined that each of these control deficiencies
constitutes a material weakness at June 29, 2006. |
37
These material weaknesses were considered in determining the nature, timing, and extent of audit
tests applied in our audit of the 2006 consolidated financial statements, and our opinion regarding
the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting does not affect our
opinion on those consolidated financial statements.
Management and we previously concluded that the Company maintained effective internal control over
financial reporting as of June 29, 2006. However, management subsequently has determined that the
material weaknesses described above existed as of June 29, 2006. Accordingly, Managements Report
on Internal Control over Financial Reporting has been restated and our present opinion on internal
control over financial reporting, as presented herein, is different from that expressed in our
previous report.
In our opinion, managements assessment that the Company did not maintain effective control over
financial reporting as of June 29, 2006, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on
criteria established in Internal Control Integrated Framework issued by the COSO. Also, in our
opinion, because of the effects of the material weaknesses described above on the achievement of
the objectives of the control criteria, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. has not maintained effective
internal control over financial reporting as of June 29, 2006, based on criteria established in
Internal Control Integrated Framework issued by the COSO.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chicago, Illinois
September 27, 2006, except for the effects of the restatements, management
plans regarding going concern and subsequent events discussed in Notes 1, 2 and
19, respectively, to the consolidated financial statements and the matter
discussed in the penultimate paragraph of Managements Report on Internal
Control over Financial Reporting, as to which the date is December 15, 2006
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JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
June 29, 2006 and June 30, 2005
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 29, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
Restated |
|
|
2005 |
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT ASSETS: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
$ |
2,232 |
|
|
$ |
1,885 |
|
Accounts receivable, less allowances of $3,766 and $3,729, respectively |
|
|
35,481 |
|
|
|
39,002 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
164,390 |
|
|
|
217,624 |
|
Income taxes receivable |
|
|
6,427 |
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
2,984 |
|
|
|
1,742 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
|
2,248 |
|
|
|
1,663 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS |
|
|
213,762 |
|
|
|
261,916 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Land |
|
|
10,299 |
|
|
|
9,333 |
|
Buildings |
|
|
64,146 |
|
|
|
66,288 |
|
Machinery and equipment |
|
|
109,391 |
|
|
|
104,703 |
|
Furniture and leasehold improvements |
|
|
5,440 |
|
|
|
5,437 |
|
Vehicles |
|
|
2,897 |
|
|
|
3,070 |
|
Construction in progress |
|
|
53,811 |
|
|
|
12,771 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
245,984 |
|
|
|
201,602 |
|
Less: Accumulated depreciation |
|
|
117,094 |
|
|
|
112,599 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
128,890 |
|
|
|
89,003 |
|
Rental investment property, less accumulated depreciation of $924 and $128, respectively |
|
|
27,969 |
|
|
|
28,766 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
|
|
156,859 |
|
|
|
117,769 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intangible asset minimum retirement plan liability |
|
|
6,197 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash surrender value of officers life insurance and other assets |
|
|
5,440 |
|
|
|
4,468 |
|
Property held for sale/Development agreement |
|
|
6,806 |
|
|
|
6,802 |
|
Goodwill |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,242 |
|
Brand name, less accumulated amortization of $6,072 and $5,645, respectively |
|
|
1,848 |
|
|
|
2,275 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL ASSETS |
|
$ |
390,912 |
|
|
$ |
394,472 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
39
JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
June 29, 2006 and June 30, 2005
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 29, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
Restated |
|
|
2005 |
|
LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT LIABILITIES: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revolving credit facility borrowings |
|
$ |
64,341 |
|
|
$ |
66,561 |
|
Current maturities of Long-term Debt, including related party debt of $4,279 and $703, respectively |
|
|
67,717 |
|
|
|
10,611 |
|
Accounts payable, including related party payables of $140 and $1,113, respectively |
|
|
27,944 |
|
|
|
29,908 |
|
Book overdraft |
|
|
14,301 |
|
|
|
3,047 |
|
Accrued payroll and related benefits |
|
|
5,930 |
|
|
|
5,696 |
|
Accrued workers compensation |
|
|
5,619 |
|
|
|
3,564 |
|
Other accrued expenses |
|
|
5,293 |
|
|
|
3,970 |
|
Income taxes payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
795 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES |
|
|
191,145 |
|
|
|
124,152 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term Debt, less current maturities, including related party debt of $0 and $3,929, respectively |
|
|
5,618 |
|
|
|
67,002 |
|
Retirement plan |
|
|
7,654 |
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
6,385 |
|
|
|
7,143 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LONG-TERM LIABILITIES |
|
|
19,657 |
|
|
|
74,145 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Class A Common Stock, convertible to Common Stock on a per share basis, cumulative voting rights of
ten votes per share, $.01 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized, 2,597,426 shares issued and
outstanding |
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Common Stock, noncumulative voting rights of one vote per share, $.01 par value; 17,000,000 shares
authorized, 8,112,099 and 8,100,349 shares issued and outstanding, respectively |
|
|
81 |
|
|
|
81 |
|
Capital in excess of par value |
|
|
99,820 |
|
|
|
99,164 |
|
Retained earnings |
|
|
81,387 |
|
|
|
98,108 |
|
Treasury stock, at cost; 117,900 shares of Common Stock |
|
|
(1,204 |
) |
|
|
(1,204 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
|
180,110 |
|
|
|
196,175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
$ |
390,912 |
|
|
$ |
394,472 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the years ended June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June 24, 2004
(dollars in thousands, except for earnings per share)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 29, 2006 |
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
|
Restated |
|
|
June 30, 2005 |
|
|
June 24, 2004 |
|
Net sales |
|
$ |
579,564 |
|
|
$ |
581,729 |
|
|
$ |
520,811 |
|
Cost of sales |
|
|
542,447 |
|
|
|
503,300 |
|
|
|
428,967 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit |
|
|
37,117 |
|
|
|
78,429 |
|
|
|
91,844 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling expenses |
|
|
39,947 |
|
|
|
39,417 |
|
|
|
37,288 |
|
Administrative expenses |
|
|
14,212 |
|
|
|
12,425 |
|
|
|
13,492 |
|
Goodwill impairment loss |
|
|
1,242 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses |
|
|
55,401 |
|
|
|
51,842 |
|
|
|
50,780 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) income from operations |
|
|
(18,284 |
) |
|
|
26,587 |
|
|
|
41,064 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense ($583, $699 and $775 to related parties, respectively) |
|
|
(6,516 |
) |
|
|
(3,998 |
) |
|
|
(3,434 |
) |
Debt extinguishment fees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(972 |
) |
Rental and miscellaneous (expense) income, net |
|
|
(610 |
) |
|
|
1,179 |
|
|
|
440 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other expense, net |
|
|
(7,126 |
) |
|
|
(2,819 |
) |
|
|
(3,966 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) income before income taxes |
|
|
(25,410 |
) |
|
|
23,768 |
|
|
|
37,098 |
|
Income tax (benefit) expense |
|
|
(8,689 |
) |
|
|
9,269 |
|
|
|
14,468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income |
|
$ |
(16,721 |
) |
|
$ |
14,499 |
|
|
$ |
22,630 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) earnings per common share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
|
$ |
(1.58 |
) |
|
$ |
1.37 |
|
|
$ |
2.35 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted |
|
$ |
(1.58 |
) |
|
$ |
1.35 |
|
|
$ |
2.32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
|
|
10,584,764 |
|
|
|
10,568,400 |
|
|
|
9,648,456 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted |
|
|
10,584,764 |
|
|
|
10,720,641 |
|
|
|
9,758,769 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
For the years ended June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June 24, 2004
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital in |
|
Retained |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Class A Common Stock |
|
Common Stock |
|
Excess of |
|
Earnings |
|
Treasury |
|
Total |
|
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Par Value |
|
Restated |
|
Stock |
|
Restated |
|
|
|
Balance, June 26, 2003 |
|
|
3,667,426 |
|
|
$ |
37 |
|
|
|
5,775,564 |
|
|
$ |
58 |
|
|
$ |
58,911 |
|
|
$ |
60,979 |
|
|
$ |
(1,204 |
) |
|
$ |
118,781 |
|
Net income and
comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,630 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,630 |
|
Stock option exercises |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
83,660 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
488 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
489 |
|
Tax benefit of stock
option exercises |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
856 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
856 |
|
Conversion of Class A
Common Stock |
|
|
(1,070,000 |
) |
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
|
1,070,000 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of Common Stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,150,000 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
38,593 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38,604 |
|
|
|
|
Balance, June 24, 2004 |
|
|
2,597,426 |
|
|
$ |
26 |
|
|
|
8,079,224 |
|
|
$ |
81 |
|
|
$ |
98,848 |
|
|
$ |
83,609 |
|
|
$ |
(1,204 |
) |
|
$ |
181,360 |
|
Net income and
comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,499 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,499 |
|
Stock option exercises |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,125 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
198 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
198 |
|
Tax benefit of stock
option exercises |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
118 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
118 |
|
|
|
|
Balance, June 30, 2005 |
|
|
2,597,426 |
|
|
$ |
26 |
|
|
|
8,100,349 |
|
|
$ |
81 |
|
|
$ |
99,164 |
|
|
$ |
98,108 |
|
|
$ |
(1,204 |
) |
|
$ |
196,175 |
|
Net loss and comprehensive
loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,721 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,721 |
) |
Stock option exercises |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
71 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
71 |
|
Tax benefit of stock
option exercises |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39 |
|
Stock-based compensation
expense |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
546 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
546 |
|
|
|
|
Balance, June 29, 2006 |
|
|
2,597,426 |
|
|
$ |
26 |
|
|
|
8,112,099 |
|
|
$ |
81 |
|
|
$ |
99,820 |
|
|
$ |
81,387 |
|
|
$ |
(1,204 |
) |
|
$ |
180,110 |
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
42
JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the years ended June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June 24, 2004
(dollars in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 29, 2006 |
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
|
Restated |
|
|
June 30, 2005 |
|
|
June 24, 2004 |
|
Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income |
|
$ |
(16,721 |
) |
|
$ |
14,499 |
|
|
$ |
22,630 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
10,501 |
|
|
|
11,190 |
|
Goodwill impairment loss |
|
|
1,242 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain related to termination of capital lease with related party |
|
|
(940 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss (gain) on disposition of properties |
|
|
141 |
|
|
|
(31 |
) |
|
|
24 |
|
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense |
|
|
(2,000 |
) |
|
|
336 |
|
|
|
3,359 |
|
Tax benefit of stock option exercises |
|
|
|
|
|
|
118 |
|
|
|
856 |
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
546 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in current assets and current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable, net |
|
|
3,521 |
|
|
|
(3,452 |
) |
|
|
(6,408 |
) |
Inventories |
|
|
53,234 |
|
|
|
(90,165 |
) |
|
|
(15,443 |
) |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
|
(585 |
) |
|
|
440 |
|
|
|
89 |
|
Accounts payable |
|
|
(5,870 |
) |
|
|
13,520 |
|
|
|
2,730 |
|
Accrued expenses |
|
|
3,612 |
|
|
|
(2,497 |
) |
|
|
3,028 |
|
Income taxes receivable/ payable |
|
|
(7,222 |
) |
|
|
1,738 |
|
|
|
(474 |
) |
Other operating assets |
|
|
1,993 |
|
|
|
(2,360 |
) |
|
|
(1,356 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
|
|
40,951 |
|
|
|
(57,353 |
) |
|
|
20,225 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of property, plant and equipment |
|
|
(10,244 |
) |
|
|
(8,628 |
) |
|
|
(6,880 |
) |
Facility expansion costs |
|
|
(34,520 |
) |
|
|
(48,997 |
) |
|
|
(3,610 |
) |
Development agreement costs |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(6,143 |
) |
|
|
(659 |
) |
Proceeds from disposition of assets |
|
|
3,774 |
|
|
|
135 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Cash surrender value of officers life insurance |
|
|
(287 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
|
(41,281 |
) |
|
|
(63,633 |
) |
|
|
(11,148 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowings under revolving credit facility |
|
|
147,009 |
|
|
|
149,879 |
|
|
|
152,682 |
|
Repayments of revolving credit borrowings |
|
|
(149,229 |
) |
|
|
(88,587 |
) |
|
|
(177,115 |
) |
Issuance of Long-term Debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
65,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Debt issuance costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
459 |
|
|
|
|
|
Principal payments on Long-term Debt |
|
|
(5,964 |
) |
|
|
(1,284 |
) |
|
|
(26,519 |
) |
Increase/(decrease) in book overdraft |
|
|
11,254 |
|
|
|
(4,879 |
) |
|
|
2,419 |
|
Issuance of Common Stock under option plans |
|
|
71 |
|
|
|
198 |
|
|
|
489 |
|
Net proceeds from issuance of Common Stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38,604 |
|
Minority interest distribution |
|
|
(2,503 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax benefit of stock option exercises |
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
|
|
677 |
|
|
|
120,786 |
|
|
|
(9,440 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash |
|
|
347 |
|
|
|
(200 |
) |
|
|
(363 |
) |
Cash: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of period |
|
|
1,885 |
|
|
|
2,085 |
|
|
|
2,448 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
End of period |
|
$ |
2,232 |
|
|
$ |
1,885 |
|
|
$ |
2,085 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest paid, net of interest capitalized |
|
$ |
6,217 |
|
|
$ |
3,351 |
|
|
$ |
3,999 |
|
Income taxes paid, excluding refunds of $2,193, $34 and $80, respectively |
|
|
2,689 |
|
|
|
6,812 |
|
|
|
10,807 |
|
Capital lease obligations incurred |
|
|
133 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
43
JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
NOTE 1 RESTATEMENTS
The Companys Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 29, 2006 is being amended in order to
restate the Companys Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the year ended June 29, 2006.
The restatement includes the reclassification of Long-term Debt as it relates to the note purchase
agreement dated as of December 16, 2004, as amended (the Note Agreement), as Current Maturities
of Long-term Debt. When the Company filed its financial statements for the year ended June 29, 2006
on Form 10-K on September 27, 2006, management concluded that $54.2 million of debt related to the
Note Agreement was properly classified as Long-term Debt. That determination was based upon, among
other things, a forecast (the Forecast) the Company prepared indicating that the Company would be
able to attain the minimum quarterly adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization (EBITDA) levels required by the Note Agreement throughout fiscal 2007, as well as
satisfy other non-financial covenants contained in the Note Agreement and other borrowing
arrangements. The Company did not achieve the minimum quarterly EBITDA covenant for the quarter
ended September 28, 2006 by a material amount, which caused the Company to reevaluate the accuracy
of the Forecast, the reasonableness of assumptions underlying the Forecast and its related
conclusions with respect to expected covenant compliance. The Company subsequently determined that
the Forecast did not take into consideration information available to the Company in connection
with classifying amounts as current and non-current in its June 29, 2006 balance sheet and
therefore the balance sheet classification of the Long-term Debt was not accurate. If such
information had been incorporated in the Forecast and considered by management in evaluating the
classification of affected debt obligations, the Company would have concluded that the Company
would not meet the EBITDA covenant for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and accordingly the
obligations pursuant to the Note Agreement would have been classified as Current Maturities of
Long-term Debt in the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended June 29, 2006.
As a result of the revised forecast described above, the Company also reevaluated its 2006
impairment test of the carrying value of goodwill and reconsidered the need for a valuation
allowance with respect to state income tax net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards. The Company
used a forecast in the original goodwill impairment test which failed to consider certain
information and as a result led the Company to conclude the goodwill was not impaired. By using the
revised forecast which considered all known facts, the Company has determined that the fair market
value was below book value of their reporting unit. As a result the Company is restating its
consolidated financial statements and related disclosures for fiscal 2006 to recognize an
impairment of the remaining goodwill balance of $1.2 million.
With respect to state income tax NOL carryforwards, there is a rebuttable presumption in a going
concern circumstance that the remaining state NOL carryforwards will not be recoverable as future
taxable income from sources other than the reversal of existing future taxable temporary
differences and can not be relied upon as evidence supporting the recovery of the deferred tax
asset. As a result, the Company has provided a valuation allowance of $0.5 million, which reflects
the amount by which state income tax NOL carryforwards are in excess of state net deferred tax
liabilities.
The Company is also restating its financial statements for the year ended June 29, 2006 to
consolidate a variable interest entity. The Company leased certain properties during 2006 from two
related party partnerships, one of which was terminated in March 2006 and the other terminated in
July 2006. The Companys Balance Sheet as of June 29, 2006 has been adjusted to consolidate the one
partnership leasing a facility to the Company as of June 29, 2006. As a result, Current
Maturities of Long-term Debt increased by $1.2 million and Buildings increased by $0.7 million. The
cumulative effect of this item of $0.5 million was recorded in Cost of Sales in the Statement of
Operations for the year ended June 29, 2006. In connection with the sale of the property in March
2006, the Company recognized a gain of approximately $3.5 million in other income and expense,
together with an equal and offsetting amount applicable to the partnerships minority interest, as
the partnership and not the Company is entitled to the net proceeds from the sale.
The restated financial statements as of and for the year ended June 29, 2006 adjust the individual
financial statement line items detailed below and impact certain related footnote disclosures.
Note 2 describes the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern.
44
The effects of the restatements on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 29, 2006 are
summarized below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 29, 2006 |
|
|
|
|
As Previously |
|
June 29, 2006 |
|
|
Reported |
|
As Restated |
Consolidated Balance Sheet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Buildings |
|
$ |
63,438 |
|
|
$ |
64,146 |
|
Total Property, Plant and Equipment |
|
|
156,151 |
|
|
|
156,859 |
|
Goodwill |
|
|
1,242 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total Assets |
|
|
391,446 |
|
|
|
390,912 |
|
Current Maturities of Long-term Debt |
|
|
12,304 |
|
|
|
67,717 |
|
Total Current Liabilities |
|
|
135,732 |
|
|
|
191,145 |
|
Long-term Debt, less current maturities |
|
|
59,785 |
|
|
|
5,618 |
|
Long-term Deferred Income Taxes |
|
|
5,885 |
|
|
|
6,385 |
|
Total Long-term Liabilities |
|
|
73,324 |
|
|
|
19,657 |
|
Retained Earnings |
|
|
83,667 |
|
|
|
81,387 |
|
Total Stockholders Equity |
|
|
182,390 |
|
|
|
180,110 |
|
Total Liabilities & Stockholders Equity |
|
|
391,446 |
|
|
|
390,912 |
|
The effects of the restatements on the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended June
29, 2006 are summarized below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
|
|
June 29, 2006 |
|
Year Ended |
|
|
As Previously |
|
June 29, 2006 |
|
|
Reported |
|
As Restated |
Consolidated Statement of Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of Sales |
|
$ |
541,909 |
|
|
$ |
542,447 |
|
Gross Profit |
|
|
37,655 |
|
|
|
37,117 |
|
Goodwill Impairment Loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,242 |
|
Total Operating Expenses |
|
|
54,159 |
|
|
|
55,401 |
|
Loss from Operations |
|
|
(16,504 |
) |
|
|
(18,284 |
) |
Loss Before Income Taxes |
|
|
(23,630 |
) |
|
|
(25,410 |
) |
Income Tax Benefit |
|
|
9,189 |
|
|
|
8,689 |
|
Net Loss |
|
|
(14,441 |
) |
|
|
(16,721 |
) |
Loss per Common Share basic and diluted |
|
|
(1.36 |
) |
|
|
(1.58 |
) |
The effects of the restatements in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended June
29, 2006 are summarized below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
|
|
June 29, 2006 |
|
Year Ended |
|
|
As Previously |
|
June 29, 2006 |
|
|
Reported |
|
As Restated |
|
|
|
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income |
|
$ |
(14,441 |
) |
|
$ |
(16,721 |
) |
Goodwill impairment loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,242 |
|
Deferred income tax (benefit)/expense |
|
|
(2,500 |
) |
|
|
(2,000 |
) |
Other operating assets |
|
|
1,455 |
|
|
|
1,993 |
|
Proceeds from disposition of assets |
|
|
24 |
|
|
|
3,774 |
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
|
(45,031 |
) |
|
|
(41,281 |
) |
Principal payments on Long-term Debt |
|
|
(4,717 |
) |
|
|
(5,964 |
) |
Minority interest distribution |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,503 |
) |
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
|
4,427 |
|
|
|
677 |
|
45
NOTE 2 MANAGEMENTS PLANS REGARDING GOING CONCERN
The Companys ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on the ability of the Company to
realize a profit from future operations and, in the near term, either obtain funding from outside
sources or on-going waivers from the Companys primary secured lenders. The reclassification of
the Long-term Debt as a current liability, the extent of the losses in 2006, the non-compliance
with loan covenants and uncertainties related to meeting future financial covenants in the
Companys debt agreements, as further discussed in Note 19, raises substantial doubt as to whether
the Company will be able to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months. The
significant losses incurred for fiscal 2006 were caused in large part by the decline in the market
price for almonds after the crop was procured. The Company recently announced that it will no
longer purchase almonds directly from growers and will discontinue its almond handling operation
conducted at its Gustine, California facility during the first quarter of calendar 2007. The
Company decided to discontinue its almond handling operation in order to reduce the commodity risk
that had such a significant negative financial impact in fiscal 2006 and to eliminate the
significant labor costs associated with processing almonds purchased directly from growers that
could not be recovered completely when the almonds were sold.
Management plans to address the Companys ability to continue as a going concern include: (1)
discontinue purchasing almonds directly from growers and its almond handling operation to reduce
commodity risk and unprofitable almond sales in the industrial distribution channel; (2) implement
merchandising, retail operating and marketing plans to help to increase unit sales and gross
margin; (3) conduct a profitability review of all items that it sells and reduce unprofitable
items; (4) reduce manufacturing spending and costs associated with excess waste in its Gustine
facility to improve gross margin; and (5) if necessary, attempt to obtain waivers from the
Companys lenders with respect to any future events of default pursuant to the Companys financing
arrangements.
Management believes that the implementation of the initiatives described above should enhance
future operating performance, however, the discontinuance of the almond handling operation and the
efforts to reduce unprofitable items will likely lead to a decline in net sales in the latter half
of fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2008. Virtually all of these sales were significantly unprofitable in
fiscal 2006 and are expected to generate a nominal gross profit in fiscal 2007. The discontinuance
of purchasing almonds directly from growers is expected to free up working capital for debt
reduction and/or purchases of other nuts that typically deliver a higher gross profit than the
gross profit from almonds.
In addition to the steps that management will take to improve operating performance in the future,
the second quarter of fiscal 2007 marks the beginning of a new crop year. Acquisition costs for
virtually all tree nuts, except pecans, are now substantially lower than they were for last years
crop. The reduction in acquisition costs should lead to lower short-term borrowing levels over the
next four quarters. Though management anticipates that lower tree nut acquisition costs will
ultimately lead to improved gross margin, there is no assurance that competitive pressures will not
result in a decline in selling prices that exceed the decline in acquisition costs.
In summary, management believes that the steps that it will take to improve operating performance
and decreased acquisition costs should enhance its ability to comply with debt covenants in the
future.
The Company believes it has sufficient real estate to enable the refinancing of amounts due
pursuant to the Note Agreement through conventional mortgages. Although management believes that it
would be able to obtain the necessary funding to allow the Company to remain a going concern
through the methods discussed above, there can be no assurances that such methods would prove
successful. If the Company is not able to achieve these objectives, the Companys financial
condition will be materially adversely affected.
NOTE 3 SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., JBSS
Properties, LLC and JBS International, Inc., a previously wholly-owned subsidiary, which was
dissolved in November, 2004 (collectively, the Company). Certain prior years amounts have been
reclassified to conform to the current years presentation, which provides more detail of
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certain financial statement line items. The Companys fiscal year ends on the last Thursday of June
each year, and typically consists of fifty-two weeks (four thirteen week quarters), but the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2005 consisted of fifty-three weeks, with the fourth quarter containing
fourteen weeks. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going
concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the liquidation of liabilities in
the normal course of business. However, several factors indicate doubt as to whether the Company
will be able to continue as a going concern.
Management Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
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.
Significant estimates include reserves for customer deductions, allowances for doubtful accounts,
the quantity and valuation of bulk inventories, accruals for workers compensation claims and
various other accrual accounts. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are stated at the amounts charged to customers, less: (i) allowances for
doubtful accounts, and (ii) reserves for estimated cash discounts and customer deductions. The
allowance for doubtful accounts is calculated by specifically identifying customers that are credit
risks. Account balances are charged off against the allowance when the Company feels it is probable
the receivable will not be recovered. The reserve for estimated cash discounts is based on actual
payments. The reserve for customer deductions represents known customer short payments and an
estimate of future credit memos that will be issued to customers related to rebates and allowances
for marketing and promotions based on historical experience.
Inventories
Inventories, which consist principally of inshell bulk-stored nuts, shelled nuts and processed and
packaged nut products, are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market. Inventory
costs are reviewed each quarter. Fluctuations in the market price of peanuts, pecans, walnuts,
almonds and other nuts may affect the value of inventory and gross profit and gross profit margin.
When expected market sales prices move below costs, the Company records adjustments to write down
the carrying values of inventories to fair market value. The results of the Companys shelling
process can also result in changes to its inventory costs, for example based upon actual versus
expected crop yields. The Company maintains significant inventories of bulk-stored inshell pecans,
walnuts and peanuts. Quantities of inshell bulk-stored nuts are determined based on the Companys
inventory systems and are subject to quarterly physical verification techniques including
observation, weighing and other methods. The quantities of each crop year bulk-stored nut
inventories are generally shelled out over a ten to fifteen month period, at which time revisions
to any estimates are also recorded.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Major improvements that extend the useful life
are capitalized and charged to expense through depreciation. Repairs and maintenance are charged to
expense as incurred. The cost and accumulated depreciation of assets sold or retired are removed
from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is recognized currently in operating income.
Cost is depreciated using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:
buildings 30 to 40 years, machinery and equipment 5 to 10 years, furniture and leasehold
improvements 5 to 10 years and vehicles 3 to 5 years. Depreciation expense was $9,207, $8,697
and $8,637 for the years ended June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June 24, 2004, respectively. The
Company capitalizes interest costs on its projects. The amount of interest capitalized was $1,808
for the year ended June 29, 2006 and was not material for the years ended June 30, 2005 and June
24, 2004.
Certain lease transactions with related parties relating to the financing of buildings are
accounted for as capital leases, whereby the present value of future rental payments, discounted at
the interest rate implicit in the lease, is recorded as a liability. See Note 8. A corresponding
amount is capitalized as the cost of the assets and is depreciated on a straight-line basis over
the estimated lives of the assets or over the lease terms which range from 20 to 30 years,
whichever is shorter. The cost and accumulated depreciation of capitalized lease assets were $6,442
and $5,434, respectively at June 29, 2006, and $9,520 and $8,254 at June 30, 2005, respectively.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006, a $708 adjustment was recorded to increase the Companys
carrying value of assets associated with the capital lease to the carrying value recorded on the
books of the variable interest entity.
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Long-Lived Assets
The Company reviews long-lived assets to assess recoverability from projected undiscounted cash
flows whenever events or changes in facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the
assets may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized in operating results when future
undiscounted cash flows are less than the assets carrying value. The impairment loss would adjust
the carrying value to the assets fair value. To date the Company has not recorded any impairment
charges. In connection with the Companys facility consolidation project, management performed a
review of assets in its existing Chicago area facilities. There was no impairment of these assets,
however, the useful lives of certain assets were adjusted to the remaining time that the assets are
expected to be utilized.
Facility Consolidation Project
In April 2005, the Company acquired property to be used for its facility consolidation project (the
Current Site). Two buildings are located on the Current Site, one of which is an office building
of which 41.5% is being leased back to the seller for a minimum period of three years. The Company
is actively seeking tenants to lease the remaining portion of the office building. The other
building, a warehouse, has been expanded and is being modified to be used for the Companys
principal processing facility and headquarters. The warehouse building was leased back to the
seller for a one and one-half month period in fiscal 2005. The allocation of the purchase price to
the two buildings was determined through a third party appraisal. The value assigned to the office
building is included in rental investment property on the balance sheet. The value assigned to the
warehouse building is included in property, plant and equipment.
The net rental income from the office building and the warehouse building, included in rental and
miscellaneous expense (income), net, was an expense of $1,115 for the year ended June 29, 2006 and
income of $503 for the year ended June 30, 2005. Gross rental income was $1,665 and $927 for the
years ended June 29, 2006 and June 30, 2005, respectively. Future gross rental income under the
office building operating lease is as follows for the years ending:
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June 28, 2007 |
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$ |
1,536 |
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June 26, 2008 |
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1,216 |
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$ |
2,752 |
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Prior to acquiring the Current Site, the Company and certain related party partnerships entered
into a Development Agreement with the City of Elgin, Illinois (the Development Agreement) for the
development and purchase of the land where a new facility could be constructed (the Original
Site). The Development Agreement provided for certain conditions, including but not limited to the
completion of environmental and asbestos remediation procedures, the inclusion of the property in
the Elgin enterprise zone and the establishment of a tax incremental financing district covering
the property. The Company fulfilled its remediation obligations under the Development Agreement
during fiscal 2005. On February 1, 2006, the Company and the related party partnerships entered
into a Termination Agreement with the City of Elgin whereby the Development Agreement was
terminated and the Company and the City of Elgin (the City) became obligated to convey the
property to the Company and the partnerships within thirty days. The partnerships subsequently
agreed to convey their respective interests in the Original Site to the Company by quitclaim deed
without consideration. On March 28, 2006, JBSS Properties, LLC (JBSS LLC), a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company, acquired title to the Original Site by quitclaim deed, and JBSS LLC
entered into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the Agreement) with the City. Under the
terms of the Agreement, the City assigned to the Company all the Citys remaining rights and
obligations under the Development Agreement. The Company is currently marketing the Original Site
to potential buyers, and expects a sale to be consummated in fiscal 2008. The Companys
costs under the Development Agreement totaling $6,806 and $6,802 at June 29, 2006 and June 30,
2005, respectively, are recorded as Other Assets. The Company has reviewed the asset under the
Development Agreement for realization, and concluded that no adjustment of the carrying value was
required as of June 29, 2006 and June 30, 2005.
In fiscal 2005, in order to facilitate the facility consolidation project, the Companys Board of
Directors appointed an independent board committee to explore alternatives with respect to the
Companys existing leases for the properties owned by two related party partnerships. After
negotiations with the partnerships, the independent committee approved a proposed transaction and,
subsequently, the Company entered into various agreements with the partnerships. The agreements
provided for an overall transaction whereby: (i) the current related party leases were terminated
without penalty to the Company; (ii) the Company sold the portion of the Busse Road
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property that it owned to the partnerships for $2.0 million; and (iii) the Company sold its Selma,
Texas properties to the partnerships for $14.3 million (an estimate of fair value which also
slightly exceeds its carrying value) and leased the properties back. The sale price and rental rate
for the Selma, Texas properties were determined by an independent appraiser to be at fair market
value. The lease for the Selma, Texas properties has a ten-year term at a fair market value rent,
with three five-year renewal options. In addition, the Company has an option to repurchase the
Selma property from the partnerships after five years at 95% (100% in certain circumstances) of the
then fair market value, but not to be less than the $14.3 million purchase price. The sale of the
Selma, Texas properties at fair market value to the related party partnerships was consummated
during the first quarter of fiscal 2007. The Company expects the Selma, Texas lease transaction to
be accounted for similar to a capital lease.
The Company leased certain properties during 2006 from two related party partnerships (consolidated
variable interest entities), one of which was terminated in March 2006 and the other terminated in
July 2006. In March 2006, the Company sold a facility owned by one of its consolidated
partnerships. As the Company was the primary beneficiary of the partnership, upon consolidation of
the partnership the deficit, which includes losses in excess of the minority interest, was absorbed
by the Company. Upon sale of the facility by the partnership for a gain, the previously recognized
losses attributable to the minority interest of $0.9 million were recovered by the Company to the
extent such losses were previously allocated to the Company in consolidation and reduced any gain
allocable to the partnership interest. Additionally as the partnership and not the Company was
entitled to the net proceeds from the sale, the Company recorded an equal and offsetting minority
interest amount for the partnerships gain on the sale of approximately $3.5 million in other
income and expense.
Subsequent to year end, the Company sold a facility, a portion of which was owned directly by
the Company and the remaining portion owned by one of its consolidated partnerships, a variable
interest entity. The related party partnership then sold the property to a third party, which is
leasing back the property to the Company for the time period necessary to transition operations to
the new Elgin facility.
Also in July 2006, the Company sold its Arlington Heights and Arthur Avenue facilities for a
combined $7.8 million in proceeds and is leasing back the facilities from the purchaser. The
Arlington Heights facility is being leased back through December 2008 with a three to ninth month
renewal option. The Arthur Avenue facility is being leased back through August 2008 with a three to
nine month renewal option.
Introductory Funds
The ability to sell to certain retail customers often requires upfront payments to be made by the
Company. Such payments are frequently made pursuant to contracts that stipulate the term of the
agreement, the quantity and type of products to be sold and any exclusivity requirements. If
appropriate, the cost of these payments is recorded as an asset and is amortized over the term of
the contract. The Company expenses payments if no written arrangement exists and amounts are not
recoverable in the event of customer cancellation. Total introductory funds included in other
assets and prepaid expenses and other current assets were $282 at June 29, 2006 and $710 at June
30, 2005. Amortization expense, which is recorded as a reduction in net sales, was $367, $1,173 and
$1,820 for the years ended June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June 24, 2004, respectively.
Goodwill and Brand Name
Intangible asset consists of the Fisher brand name that was acquired in 1995. The Company is
amortizing the brand name over a fifteen-year period on a straight-line basis with no estimated
residual value. Annual amortization expense for each of the next four fiscal years is expected to
be $427, with the remaining amount of $140 amortized in fiscal 2011. Amortization expense was
approximately $427, $426 and $427 for the years ended June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June 24,
2004, respectively.
Goodwill represented the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets from
the Companys acquisition of Sunshine Nut Co., Inc. which occurred in 1992. A goodwill impairment
loss of $1,242 was recorded for the year ended June 29, 2006, as discussed in Note 1. Fair value,
based on considerations of the quoted market price with an estimated control premium, and estimated
cash flow forecasts of the Companys reporting unit, was determined to be below its net book value
and there was no implied fair value of the Companys goodwill.
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Based on borrowing rates presently available to the Company under similar borrowing arrangements,
the Company believes the recorded amount of its Long-term Debt obligations approximates fair market
value. The carrying amount of the Companys other financial instruments approximates their
estimated fair value based on market prices for the same or similar type of financial instruments.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, title has
transferred (based upon terms of shipment), price is fixed, delivery occurs and collection is
reasonably assured. The Company sells its products under some arrangements which include customer
contracts which fix the sales price for periods, typically of up to one year, for some industrial
customers and through specific programs consisting of promotion allowances, volume and customer
rebates and marketing allowances, among others, to consumer and food service customers. Revenues
are recorded net of rebates and promotion and marketing allowances. While customers do have the
right to return products, past experience has demonstrated that product returns have been
insignificant. Provisions for returns are reflected as a reduction in net sales and are estimated
based upon customer specific circumstances. Billings for shipping and handling costs are included
in revenues.
Significant Customers
The highly competitive nature of the Companys business provides an environment for the loss of
customers and the opportunity to gain new customers. Net sales to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. represented
approximately 19%, 18% and 19% of the Companys net sales for the years ended June 29, 2006, June
30, 2005 and June 24, 2004, respectively. Net accounts receivable from Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. were
$4,444 and $4,225 at June 29, 2006 and June 30, 2005, respectively.
Promotion and Advertising Costs
Promotion allowances, customer rebates and marketing allowances are recorded at the time revenue is
recognized and are reflected as reductions in sales. Annual volume rebates are estimated based upon
projected volumes for the year, while promotion and marketing allowances are recorded based upon
terms of the actual arrangements. Coupon incentives have not been significant and are recorded at
the time of distribution. The Company expenses the costs of advertising, which include newspaper
and other advertising activities, as incurred. Advertising expenses for the years ended June 29,
2006, June 30, 2005 and June 24, 2004 were $2,297, $1,896 and $1,344, respectively.
Shipping and Handling Costs
Shipping and handling costs, which include freight and other expenses to prepare finished goods for
shipment, are included in selling expenses. For the years ended June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and
June 24, 2004, shipping and handling costs totaled $18,767, $19,004 and $16,696, respectively.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes using an asset and liability approach that requires the
recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of
events that have been reported in the Companys financial statements or tax returns. Such items
give rise to differences in the financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities. Any
investment tax credits are accounted for by using the flow-through method, whereby the credits are
reflected as reductions of tax expense in the year they are recognized in the financial statements.
In estimating future tax consequences, the Company considers all expected future events other than
changes in tax law or rates.
Segment Reporting
The Company operates in a single reportable operating segment that consists of selling various nut
products procured and processed in a vertically integrated manner through multiple distribution
channels.
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Earnings per Share
Earnings per common share is calculated using the weighted average number of shares of Common Stock
and Class A Common Stock outstanding during the period. The following table presents the
reconciliation of the weighted average shares outstanding used in computing earnings per share:
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Year Ended |
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Year Ended |
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Year Ended |
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June 29, 2006 |
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June 30, 2005 |
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June 24, 2004 |
Weighted average shares outstanding basic |
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10,584,764 |
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10,568,400 |
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9,648,456 |
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Effect of dilutive securities: |
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Stock options |
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152,241 |
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110,313 |
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|
Weighted average shares outstanding diluted |
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10,584,764 |
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10,720,641 |
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9,758,769 |
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All outstanding options were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the
year ended June 29, 2006 due to the net loss for the year. Also excluded from the computation of
diluted earnings per share for the years ended June 30, 2005 and June 24, 2004 were options with
exercise prices greater than the average market price of the Common Stock. Total options excluded
from the calculation of diluted earnings per share were 324,815, 3,226 and 7,286 for the years
ended June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June 24, 2004, respectively. These options had weighted
average exercise prices of $13.70, $31.61 and $18.11, respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123R). This Statement
requires companies to expense the estimated fair value of stock options and similar equity
instruments issued to employees over the requisite service period. FAS 123R eliminates the
alternative to use the intrinsic method of accounting provided for in Accounting Principles Board
Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (APB 25), which generally resulted in no
compensation expense recorded in the financial statements related to the grant of stock options to
employees if certain conditions were met.
Effective for the first quarter of fiscal 2006, the Company adopted SFAS 123R using the modified
prospective method, which requires the Company to record compensation expense for all awards
granted after the date of adoption, and for the unvested portion of previously granted awards that
remain outstanding at the date of adoption. Accordingly, prior period amounts presented herein have
not been restated to reflect the adoption of SFAS 123R.
Prior to the adoption of SFAS 123R, the Company included all tax benefits resulting from the
exercise of stock options in operating cash flows in its consolidated statements of cash flows. In
accordance with SFAS 123R, for the period beginning with first quarter of fiscal 2006, the Company
includes the tax benefits from the exercise of stock options in financing cash flows in its
consolidated statement of cash flows.
For the years ended June 30, 2005 and June 24, 2004, the Company accounted for stock-based
compensation in accordance with APB 25 and related interpretations using the intrinsic value
method, which resulted in no compensation cost for options granted for fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004.
The Company had adopted the disclosure only provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 123 (SFAS 123) with respect to options granted to employees.
The Companys reported net income and earnings per share would have changed to the pro forma
amounts shown below if compensation cost had been determined based on the fair value at the grant
dates in accordance with SFAS Nos. 123 and 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.
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Year Ended |
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Year Ended |
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June 30, 2005 |
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June 24, 2004 |
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Net (loss) income applicable to common stockholders, as reported |
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$ |
14,499 |
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$ |
22,630 |
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Add: Compensation expense included in reported net income |
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Deduct: Stock-based employee compensation determined under fair
value based method for all awards |
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353 |
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251 |
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Pro forma net income applicable to common stockholders |
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$ |
14,146 |
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$ |
22,379 |
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Basic earnings per common share: |
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As reported |
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$ |
1.37 |
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$ |
2.35 |
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Pro forma |
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$ |
1.34 |
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$ |
2.32 |
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Diluted earnings per common share: |
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As reported |
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$ |
1.35 |
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$ |
2.32 |
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Pro forma |
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$ |
1.32 |
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$ |
2.29 |
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The fair value of each option is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes pricing
model with the following weighted-average assumptions:
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Year Ended |
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Year Ended |
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Year Ended |
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June 29, 2006 |
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June 30, 2005 |
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June 24, 2004 |
Average risk-free interest rate |
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4.1 |
% |
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3.3 |
% |
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3.6 |
% |
Expected dividend yield |
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0.0 |
% |
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0.0 |
% |
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0.0 |
% |
Expected volatility (based on historical) |
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54.7 |
% |
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53.0 |
% |
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35.0 |
% |
Expected life (years) |
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5.7 |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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The weighted average fair value per option granted was $9.85, $8.76 and $6.23 for the years ended
June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June 24, 2004, respectively.
Comprehensive Loss (Income)
The Company accounts for comprehensive income in accordance with SFAS 130, Reporting Comprehensive
Income. The Company currently has no components of comprehensive income that are required to be
disclosed separately. Consequently, comprehensive income equals net income for all periods
presented.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In March 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Interpretation No. 47 (FIN
47), Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations an interpretation of FASB
Statement No. 143. FIN 47 requires an entity to recognize a liability for the fair value of a
conditional asset retirement obligation if the fair value can be reasonably estimated. FIN 47
states that a conditional asset retirement obligation is a legal obligation to perform an asset
retirement activity in which the timing or method of settlement is conditional upon a future event
that may or may not be within the control of the entity. FIN 47 became effective in fiscal 2006 for
the Company. The adoption of FIN 47 did not have a material impact on the Companys financial
position, results of operations and cash flows.
In May 2005, the FASB issued Statement No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections a
replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3 (SFAS 154). SFAS 154 provides
guidance on the accounting for and reporting of accounting changes and error corrections. This
statement becomes effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal 2007,
but early adoption is permitted. SFAS 154 was applied in the correction of errors in the previously
issued financial statements for the year ended June 29, 2006.
In June 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
Taxes. The Interpretation provides clarification related to accounting for uncertainty in income
taxes recognized in an enterprises financial statements in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109,
Accounting for Income Taxes. This Interpretation is effective for fiscal 2007. Adoption of FASB
Interpretation No. 48 is not expected to have a material impact on the Companys financial
position, results of operations and cash flows.
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In September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 (SAB 108) which provides
interpretive guidance on how the effects of the carryover or reversal of prior year misstatements
should be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement. SAB 108 becomes effective in
fiscal 2007. Adoption of SAB 108 is not expected to have a material impact on the Companys
financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
NOTE 4 NATURE OF BUSINESS
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. is one of the leading processors and marketers of tree nuts and
peanuts in the United States. These nuts are sold under a variety of private labels and under the
Companys Fisher, Evons, Flavor Tree, Sunshine Country, Texas Pride and Tom Scott brand names. The
Company also markets and distributes, and in most cases manufactures or processes, a diverse
product line of food and snack items, including peanut butter, candy and confections, natural
snacks and trail mixes, sunflower seeds, corn snacks, sesame sticks and other sesame snack
products. The Company has plants located throughout the United States. Revenues are generated from
sales to a variety of customers, including several major retailers and the U.S. government which
are made on an unsecured basis.
NOTE 5 COMMON STOCK OFFERING
In April 2004, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of an additional 1,150,000
shares of Common Stock at a price of $35.75 per share, or $34.00 per share after the underwriting
discount. Total net proceeds to the Company were approximately $38.6 million, after deducting
offering costs. The net proceeds were used to prepay Long-term Debt and to reduce outstanding
balances under the Companys bank credit facility. See Notes 7 and 8.
In conjunction with the offering, an equal number of shares were sold by selling stockholders, all
of whom are directors and executive officers of the Company or are related to directors and
executive officers of the Company. Prior to the offering, 1,070,000 shares of Class A Stock were
converted to Common Stock by the selling stockholders for the offering. The selling stockholders
also sold 80,000 shares of previously outstanding Common Stock.
In connection with the offering, the holders of Class A Stock entered into an agreement with the
Company under which they have waived their right to convert Class A Stock to Common Stock and
agreed not to transfer or otherwise dispose of their shares of Class A Stock in a manner that could
result in conversion of such shares into Common Stock pursuant to the Companys certificate of
incorporation. These agreements were required since the number of authorized shares of Common Stock
was insufficient to allow for the conversion of all outstanding shares of Class A Stock. These
agreements remained in effect until the Companys certificate of incorporation was amended to
increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 10,000,000 to 17,000,000 at the
Companys 2004 annual meeting.
NOTE 6 INVENTORIES
Inventories consist of the following:
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|
June 30, |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
Raw material and supplies |
|
$ |
77,209 |
|
|
$ |
99,851 |
|
Work-in-process and finished goods |
|
|
87,181 |
|
|
|
117,773 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
164,390 |
|
|
$ |
217,624 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 7 REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
The Companys unsecured bank credit facility that was effective at June 29, 2006 (the Prior
Bank Credit Facility) was comprised of (i) a working capital revolving loan which provided working
capital financing of up to $93.6 million in the aggregate, and was scheduled to mature, as amended,
on July 31, 2006, and (ii) a $6.4 million letter of credit maturing on June 1, 2011 (the IDB
Letter of Credit) to secure the industrial development bonds which financed the construction of a
peanut shelling plant in 1987 as is described in Note 8.
The Prior Bank Credit Facility was amended on April 29, 2006 to extend a temporary $20.0 million
increase in the total availability under the facility through July 31, 2006. Borrowings under the
working capital revolving loan accrued interest at a rate
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(the weighted average of which was 8.08% at June 29, 2006) determined pursuant to a
formula based on the agent banks quoted rate and the Eurodollar Interbank rate. As of June 29,
2006 the Company had $26.1 million of available credit under the Prior Bank Credit Facility.
The Prior Bank Credit Facility, as amended, was scheduled to mature on July 31, 2006 and included
certain restrictive covenants that, among other things: (i) required the Company to maintain
specified financial ratios; (ii) limited the Companys annual capital expenditures; and (iii)
required that Jasper B. Sanfilippo (the Companys Chairman of the Board) and Mathias A. Valentine
(a director and the Companys former President) together with their respective immediate family
members and certain trusts created for the benefit of their respective sons and daughters, continue
to own shares representing the right to elect a majority of the directors of the Company. In
addition, the Prior Bank Credit Facility limited dividends to the lesser of (a) 25% of net income
for the previous fiscal year, or (b) $5.0 million, and prohibited the Company from redeeming shares
of capital stock. For the quarters ended December 29, 2005 and March 30, 2006 and as of June 29,
2006, the Company did not achieve the minimum trailing fiscal four quarters earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) requirement, the maximum allowable funded
debt to twelve-month EBITDA ratio, the minimum fixed charge coverage ratio and the monthly minimum
working capital requirement under the Prior Bank Credit Facility. The Company received waivers for
all non-compliance with restrictive financial covenants from its lenders under the Prior Bank
Credit Facility during fiscal 2006.
On July 27, 2006, the Company entered into an amended and restated bank credit facility (the Bank
Credit Facility). The secured $100.0 million Bank Credit Facility replaced the Prior Bank Credit
Facility. The Bank Credit Facility is comprised of (i) a working capital revolving loan which
provides working capital financing of up to $93.6 million in the aggregate, and matures on July 25,
2009, and (ii) $6.4 million for the IDB Letter of Credit maturing on June 1, 2011 to secure the
industrial development bonds which financed the construction of a peanut shelling plant in 1987 as
is described in Note 8. The Bank Credit Facility also allows for an amendment to increase the total
amount of secured borrowings to $125.0 million at the election of the Company, the agent under the
facility and one or more of the lenders under the facility. Borrowings under the Bank Credit
Facility are based upon an eligible borrowing base tied to qualifying receivables and inventory and
accrue interest at a rate determined pursuant to a formula based on the agent banks reference
rate, the prime rate and the Eurodollar rate. The interest rate varies depending upon the Companys
quarterly financial performance, as measured by the available borrowing base. The Bank Credit
Facility also waived all non-compliance with financial covenants under the Prior Bank Credit
Facility through June 29, 2006. The terms of the Bank Credit Facility include certain restrictive
covenants that, among other things, require the Company to maintain certain specified financial
ratios, restrict certain investments, indebtedness and capital expenditures and restrict certain
cash dividends, redemptions of capital stock and prepayment of certain indebtedness of the Company.
The lenders are entitled to require immediate repayment of the Companys obligations under the Bank
Credit Facility in the event the Company defaults in the payments required under the Bank Credit
Facility, non-compliance with the financial covenants, or upon the occurrence of certain other
defaults by the Company under the Bank Credit Facility (including a default under the Note
Agreement, as defined in Note 8). The Company is required to pay termination fees of $2.0 and $1.0
million if it terminates the Bank Credit Facility in the first and second years of the agreement,
respectively.
The Company entered into a Security Agreement with the lenders under the Bank Credit Facility (the
Lenders) and the noteholders under the Note Agreement (the Noteholders) whereby the Company
granted collateral interests in certain of the Companys assets including, but not limited to,
accounts receivable, inventories and equipment to the Lenders and Noteholders. The Company also
granted liens against the Companys real property located in Elgin, Illinois and Gustine,
California to the Lenders and Noteholders.
See Note 19 for subsequent events.
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NOTE 8 LONG-TERM DEBT
Long-term Debt consists of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 29, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
Restated |
|
|
2005 |
|
Notes payable, interest payable semiannually at 4.67%,
principal payable in semi-annual installments of $3,611
beginning on June 1, 2006 |
|
$ |
61,389 |
|
|
$ |
65,000 |
|
Industrial development bonds, collateralized by building,
machinery and equipment with a cost aggregating $8,000 |
|
|
5,865 |
|
|
|
6,185 |
|
Capitalized lease obligations/mortgages involving related parties |
|
|
4,279 |
|
|
|
4,632 |
|
Arlington Heights facility, first mortgage, principal and
interest payable at 8.875%, due in monthly installments of $22
through October 1, 2015 |
|
|
1,684 |
|
|
|
1,796 |
|
Capitalized equipment leases |
|
|
118 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
73,335 |
|
|
|
77,613 |
|
Less: Current maturities |
|
|
(67,717 |
) |
|
|
(10,611 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Long-term Debt |
|
$ |
5,618 |
|
|
$ |
67,002 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company financed the construction of a peanut shelling plant with industrial development bonds
in 1987. On June 1, 2006, the Company remarketed the bonds, resetting the interest rate at 4.55%
through May 2011, and at a market rate to be determined thereafter. On June 1, 2011, and on each
subsequent interest reset date for the bonds, the Company is required to redeem the bonds at face
value plus any accrued and unpaid interest, unless a bondholder elects to retain his or her bonds.
Any bonds redeemed by the Company at the demand of a bondholder on the reset date are required to
be remarketed by the underwriter of the bonds on a best efforts basis. The agreement requires the
Company to redeem the bonds in varying annual installments, ranging from $345 to $780 annually
through 2017. The Company is also required to redeem the bonds in certain other circumstances, for
example, within 180 days after any determination that interest on the bonds is taxable. The Company
has the option at any time, however, subject to certain conditions, to redeem the bonds at face
value plus accrued interest, if any.
In order to finance a portion of the Companys facility consolidation project and to provide for
the Companys general working capital needs, the Company received $65.0 million pursuant to a note
purchase agreement (the Note Agreement) entered into on December 16, 2004 with various lenders.
For the quarters ended December 29, 2005 and March 30, 2006 and as of June 29, 2006, the Company
did not achieve the minimum trailing fiscal four quarters EBITDA requirement, the maximum allowable
funded debt to twelve-month EBITDA ratio, the minimum fixed charge coverage ratio and the monthly
minimum working capital requirement under the Note Agreement. The Company received waivers for all
non-compliance with restrictive financial covenants from its lenders under the Note Agreement
during fiscal 2006.
On July 27, 2006, the Note Agreement was amended to, among other things, increase the interest rate
from 4.67% to 5.67% per annum, waive all non-compliance with financial covenants through June 29,
2006, secure the Companys obligations and modify future financial covenants. Additionally, the
Company is required to pay an excess leverage fee of up to an additional 1.00% per annum depending
upon its leverage ratio and financial performance. The Note Agreement requires semi-annual
principal payments of $3.6 million plus interest through December 1, 2014. The Company has the
option to prepay amounts outstanding under the Note Agreement. Any such prepayment must be for at
least 5% of the outstanding amount at the time of prepayment up to 100%. A prepayment fee would be
incurred based on the differential between the interest rate in the Note Agreement and .50% over
published U.S. treasury securities having a maturity equal to the remaining average life of the
prepaid principal amounts.
The terms of the Note Agreement, as amended, include certain restrictive covenants that, among
other things, require the Company to maintain certain specified financial ratios, attain minimum
quarterly adjusted EBITDA levels ($1.5 million, $5.5 million, $6.25 million and $8.0 million for
the four quarters of fiscal 2007), restrict certain investments, indebtedness and capital
expenditures and restrict certain cash dividends, redemptions of capital stock and prepayment of
certain indebtedness of the Company. EBITDA is calculated in accordance with provisions under the
Note Agreement and may be adjusted for certain items of income and expense, including gains and
losses on the sale of assets, pension expense and certain other non-cash expenses. The lenders are
entitled to require immediate repayment of the Companys obligations under the Note Agreement in
the event the Company defaults on
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payments required under the Note Agreement, non-compliance with the financial covenants, or upon
the occurrence of certain other defaults by the Company under the Note Agreement (including a
default under the Bank Credit Facility).
The Company entered into a Security Agreement with the lenders under the Bank Credit Facility (the
Lenders) and the noteholders under the Note Agreement (the Noteholders) whereby the Company
granted collateral interests in certain of the Companys assets including, but not limited to,
accounts receivable, inventories and equipment to the Lenders and Noteholders. The Company also
granted liens against the Companys real property located in Elgin, Illinois and Gustine,
California to the Lenders and Noteholders.
In conjunction with the Companys facility consolidation project, the Company sold its Arlington
Heights facility in July 2006. At that time, the Company prepaid its outstanding balances under the
Arlington Heights mortgage. The Company is leasing back the facility until operations are fully
transitioned to the Current Site. The entire balance of the mortgage of $1,684 is classified as
current maturities at June 29, 2006.
Aggregate maturities of Long-term Debt (restated), excluding capitalized lease obligations with
related parties, are as follows for the years ending:
|
|
|
|
|
June 28, 2007 |
|
$ |
63,437 |
|
June 26, 2008 |
|
|
396 |
|
June 25, 2009 |
|
|
427 |
|
June 24, 2010 |
|
|
463 |
|
June 30, 2011 |
|
|
4,324 |
|
Thereafter |
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
69,056 |
|
|
|
|
|
The Company leases a building under a capital lease from an entity that is owned by certain
directors, officers and stockholders of the Company. The carrying value of the capital lease was
adjusted by $1,246 during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006 to the mortgage amount carried by a
variable interest entity. In conjunction with the Companys facility consolidation project, the
lease was terminated in July 2006 and the Company is leasing back the building from the third party
that purchased the building from the related party. The entire balance of $4,279 under the capital
lease/related party mortgage is classified as current maturities at June 29, 2006.
See Note 19 for subsequent events.
NOTE 9 INCOME TAXES
The (benefit) provision for income taxes for the years ended June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June
24, 2004 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 29, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
June 24, |
|
|
|
Restated |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
Current |
|
$ |
(6,689 |
) |
|
$ |
8,933 |
|
|
$ |
11,109 |
|
Deferred |
|
|
(2,000 |
) |
|
|
336 |
|
|
|
3,359 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total (benefit) provision for income taxes |
|
$ |
(8,689 |
) |
|
$ |
9,269 |
|
|
$ |
14,468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The reconciliations of income taxes at the statutory federal income tax rate to income taxes
reported in the statements of operations for the years ended June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June
24, 2004 are as follows:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 29, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
June 30, |
|
June 24, |
|
|
Restated |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
Federal statutory income tax rate |
|
|
35.0 |
% |
|
|
35.0 |
% |
|
|
35.0 |
% |
State income taxes, net of federal benefit |
|
|
4.8 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
4.8 |
|
Goodwill impairment loss |
|
|
(1.9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Valuation allowance for state net operating loss carryforwards |
|
|
(2.0 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
(1.7 |
) |
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
|
|
(0.8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effective tax rate |
|
|
34.2 |
% |
|
|
39.0 |
% |
|
|
39.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The deferred tax assets and liabilities are comprised of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 29, 2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restated |
|
|
June 30, 2005 |
|
|
|
Asset |
|
|
Liability |
|
|
Asset |
|
|
Liability |
|
Current |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable |
|
$ |
222 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
455 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
Employee compensation |
|
|
548 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
540 |
|
|
|
|
|
Inventory |
|
|
975 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
90 |
|
|
|
|
|
Workers compensation |
|
|
1,239 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
644 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current |
|
$ |
2,984 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,742 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long term |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(8,825 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(9,055 |
) |
Capitalized leases |
|
|
780 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,336 |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating loss carryforwards, less valuation allowance of $500 and $0 |
|
|
427 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retirement plan |
|
|
554 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
679 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
576 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total long-term |
|
$ |
2,440 |
|
|
$ |
(8,825 |
) |
|
$ |
1,912 |
|
|
$ |
(9,055 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
5,424 |
|
|
$ |
(8,825 |
) |
|
$ |
3,654 |
|
|
$ |
(9,055 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company evaluates the realization of deferred tax assets by considering its historical taxable
income and future taxable income based upon the reversal of deferred tax liabilities. At June 29,
2006, other than the state net operating loss carryforwards, the Company believes that its deferred
tax assets are fully realizable.
At June 29, 2006 the Company has approximately $13,000 of operating loss carryforwards for state
income tax purposes. All of the operating loss carryforward relates to losses generated during the
year ended June 29, 2006. The losses generally have a carryforward period of between 5 and 10 years
before expiration. The Company has provided a valuation allowance related to realization of such
operating loss carryforwards, as it is more likely than not such losses may expire unused in the
future given managements going concern assessment. There is a rebuttable presumption in a going
concern circumstance that the remaining state NOL carryforwards will not be recoverable as future
taxable income from sources other than the reversal of existing future taxable temporary
differences and can not be relied upon as evidence supporting the recovery of the deferred tax
asset. As a result the Company has provided a valuation allowance, which reflects the amount by
which state income tax NOL carryforwards are in excess of state net deferred tax liabilities.
On October 22, 2004, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the Act) was signed into law. The
Act provides for a deduction for income from qualified domestic production activities, which will
be phased in from calendar 2005 to 2010. This provision is also subject to a number of limitations
which affect the effective tax rate in fiscal 2007 and later.
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NOTE 10 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Operating Leases
The Company leases buildings and certain equipment pursuant to agreements accounted for as
operating leases. Rent expense under these operating leases aggregated $2,342, $2,377 and $1,319
for the years ended June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June 24, 2004, respectively. Aggregate
non-cancelable lease commitments under these operating leases, including significant leases entered
into in the first quarter of fiscal 2007, are as follows for the years ending:
|
|
|
|
|
June 28, 2007 |
|
$ |
2,590 |
|
June 26, 2008 |
|
|
1,766 |
|
June 25, 2009 |
|
|
585 |
|
June 24, 2010 |
|
|
179 |
|
June 30, 2011 |
|
|
84 |
|
Thereafter |
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
5,224 |
|
|
|
|
|
Litigation
The Company is a party to various lawsuits, proceedings and other matters arising out of the
conduct of its business. It is managements opinion that the ultimate resolution of these matters
will not have a significant effect upon the business, financial condition or results of operations
of the Company.
Facility Consolidation Project
In August 2005, the Company entered into a contract with a general contractor for the construction
of a new facility. The total amount committed under the contract is estimated to be $23,198, of
which $19,757 was incurred in fiscal 2006. The Company anticipates $20 $25 million in remaining
capital expenditures related to the new facility from June 30, 2006 through the scheduled
completion date of December 31, 2008. The total projected cost of the new facility is now estimated
at approximately $110 million, which would be $15 million higher than original estimates.
Accounts payable at June 29, 2006 includes $3,906 related to capital expenditures for the facility
consolidation project. This amount has been excluded from the amount shown as facility expansion
costs in the investing activities section of the statement of cash flows.
NOTE 11 STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
The Companys Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value (the Class A Stock), has cumulative voting
rights with respect to the election of those directors which the holders of Class A Stock are
entitled to elect, and 10 votes per share on all other matters on which holders of the Companys
Class A Stock and Common Stock are entitled to vote. In addition, each share of Class A Stock is
convertible at the option of the holder at any time into one share of Common Stock and
automatically converts into one share of Common Stock upon any sale or transfer other than to
related individuals. Each share of the Companys Common Stock, $.01 par value (the Common Stock)
has noncumulative voting rights of one vote per share. The Class A Stock and the Common Stock are
entitled to share equally, on a share-for-share basis, in any cash dividends declared by the Board
of Directors, and the holders of the Common Stock are entitled to elect 25% of the members
comprising the Board of Directors.
NOTE 12 STOCK OPTION PLANS
At the Companys annual meeting of stockholders on October 28, 1998, the Companys stockholders
approved a new stock option plan (the 1998 Equity Incentive Plan) under which awards of
non-qualified options and stock-based awards may be made. There are 700,000 shares of common stock
authorized for issuance to certain key employees and outside directors (i.e. directors who are
not employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries). The exercise price of the options will be
determined as set forth in the 1998 Equity Incentive Plan by the Board of Directors. The exercise
price for the stock options must be at least the fair market value of the
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Common Stock on the date of grant, with the exception of nonqualified stock options, which can have
an exercise price equal to at least 50% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of
grant. Except as set forth in the 1998 Equity Incentive Plan, options expire upon termination of
employment or directorship. The options granted under the 1998 Equity Incentive Plan are
exercisable 25% annually commencing on the first anniversary date of grant and become fully
exercisable on the fourth anniversary date of grant. All of the options granted, except those
granted to outside directors, were intended to qualify as incentive stock options within the
meaning of Section 422 of the Code. At June 29, 2006, there were 199,125 options available for
distribution under this plan. Option exercises are satisfied through the issuance of new shares of
Common Stock.
The Company determines fair value of such awards using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The
following weighted average assumptions were used to value the Companys grants during fiscal 2006:
3.75 and 6.25 years expected life; expected stock volatility from 53.5% to 58.4%; risk-free
interest rate of 4.07% to 4.69%; expected forfeitures of 0%; and expected dividend yield of 0%
during the expected term.
The expected term of the awards was determined using the simplified method as stated in SEC Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 107 that utilizes the following formula: ((vesting term + original contract
term)/2). Expected stock volatility was determined based on historical volatility for either the
3.75 or 6.25 year-period preceding the measurement date. The risk-free rate was based on the yield
curve in effect at the time options were granted, using U.S. treasury constant maturities over the
expected life of the option. Expected forfeitures were determined based on the Companys
expectations and past experiences. Expected dividend yield was based on the Companys dividend
policy at the time the options were granted.
Under the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123R, stock-based compensation is measured at
the grant date based on the value of the award and is recognized as expense over the vesting
period. Stock-based compensation expense was $546, or $.05 per share (basic and diluted) and the
related tax benefit for non-qualified stock options was $39 for fiscal 2006. Prior to the adoption
of SFAS123R, the tax benefits for deductions resulting for stock option exercises were presented as
cash flows from operating activities. With the adoption of SFAS 123R, the deductions for tax
benefits are presented as financing cash flows.
Activity in the Companys stock option plans for fiscal 2006 was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise |
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Price |
|
Outstanding at June 26, 2003 |
|
|
253,775 |
|
|
$ |
6.33 |
|
Activity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted |
|
|
100,500 |
|
|
|
16.89 |
|
Exercised |
|
|
(83,660 |
) |
|
|
6.01 |
|
Forfeited |
|
|
(7,300 |
) |
|
|
8.67 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at June 24, 2004 |
|
|
263,315 |
|
|
$ |
10.41 |
|
Activity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted |
|
|
72,000 |
|
|
|
18.55 |
|
Exercised |
|
|
(21,125 |
) |
|
|
9.36 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at June 30, 2005 |
|
|
314,190 |
|
|
$ |
12.37 |
|
Activity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted |
|
|
66,000 |
|
|
|
18.73 |
|
Exercised |
|
|
(11,750 |
) |
|
|
6.03 |
|
Forfeited |
|
|
(43,625 |
) |
|
|
13.82 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at June 29, 2006 |
|
|
324,815 |
|
|
$ |
13.70 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at June 29, 2006 |
|
|
142,815 |
|
|
$ |
10.49 |
|
Exercisable at June 30, 2005 |
|
|
95,065 |
|
|
$ |
8.16 |
|
Exercisable at June 24, 2004 |
|
|
53,440 |
|
|
$ |
5.33 |
|
The weighted average fair value of options granted and the total intrinsic value of all options
exercised was $9.85 and $104, respectively, during fiscal 2006. Of the 66,000 total options granted
during fiscal 2006, 14,000 were at exercise prices greater than the market price of the Common
Stock at the grant date with a weighted average fair value of $8.21 per share, and the remaining
52,000 options were at exercise prices equal to the market price of Common Stock at the grant date
with a weighted average fair value of $10.29 per share.
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A summary of the status of the Companys non-vested shares as of June 29, 2006, and changes during
fiscal 2006, is presented below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grant-Date |
|
Nonvested Shares |
|
Shares |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
Nonvested, beginning of year |
|
|
219,125 |
|
|
$ |
6.91 |
|
Activity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted |
|
|
66,000 |
|
|
|
9.85 |
|
Vested |
|
|
(79,000 |
) |
|
|
6.12 |
|
Forfeited |
|
|
(24,125 |
) |
|
|
8.61 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nonvested, end of year |
|
|
182,000 |
|
|
$ |
8.09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of June 29, 2006, there was $1.06 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to
non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the Companys stock option plans.
The Company expects to recognize that cost over a weighted average period of 1.36 years. The total
fair value of shares vested during fiscal 2006 was $484.
Exercise prices for options outstanding as of June 29, 2006 ranged from $3.44 to $32.30. The
weighted average remaining contractual life of those options is 6.7 years, 6.0 year for those
exercisable. The aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding options at June 29, 2006 was $793, $601
for those exercisable. The options outstanding at June 29, 2006 may be segregated into two ranges,
as is shown in the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Option Price Per Share Range |
|
|
|
$3.44 - $9.38 |
|
|
$15.14 - $32.30 |
|
Number of options |
|
|
120,065 |
|
|
|
204,750 |
|
Weighted-average exercise price |
|
$ |
6.40 |
|
|
$ |
17.98 |
|
Weighted-average remaining life (years) |
|
|
5.5 |
|
|
|
7.3 |
|
Number of options exercisable |
|
|
88,315 |
|
|
|
54,500 |
|
Weighted average exercise price for exercisable options |
|
$ |
6.20 |
|
|
$ |
17.46 |
|
NOTE 13 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
The Company maintains a contributory plan established pursuant to the provisions of section 401(k)
of the Internal Revenue Code. The plan provides retirement benefits for all nonunion employees
meeting minimum age and service requirements. The Company contributes 50% of the amount contributed
by each employee up to certain maximums specified in the plan. Total Company contributions to the
401(k) plan were $629, $584 and $640 for the years ended June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June 24,
2004, respectively.
The Company contributed $128, $94 and $89 for the years ended June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June
24, 2004, respectively, to multi-employer union-sponsored pension plans. The Company is presently
unable to determine its respective share of either accumulated plan benefits or net assets
available for benefits under the union plans.
NOTE 14 RETIREMENT PLAN
On August 25, 2005, the Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the
Committee) approved a Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (SERP) for certain executive
officers and key employees of the Company effective as of August 25, 2005. The SERP is an unfunded,
non-qualified benefit plan that will provide eligible participants with monthly benefits upon
retirement, disability or death, subject to certain conditions. Benefits paid to retirees are based
on age at retirement, years of credited service, and average compensation. The Company uses its
fiscal year-end as its measurement date for obligation and asset calculations. As of June 29, 2006,
the Company had recorded an intangible asset of $6.2 million and related minimum pension liability
of $8.0 million related to the SERP.
The changes in the benefit obligation; components of the actuarial gain; and the plans funded
status for the year ended June 29, 2006 are as follows:
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|
|
|
|
|
Change in projected benefit obligation |
|
|
|
|
Benefit obligation at plan inception, August 25, 2005 |
|
$ |
14,674 |
|
Service cost |
|
|
386 |
|
Interest cost |
|
|
642 |
|
Actuarial gain |
|
|
(5,453 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Projected benefit obligation at June 29, 2006 |
|
$ |
10,249 |
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued benefit obligation at June 29, 2006 |
|
$ |
8,023 |
|
Components of the actuarial gain |
|
|
|
|
Change in participant bonus percentage |
|
$ |
(3,141 |
) |
Change in discount rates |
|
|
(1,906 |
) |
Other demographic changes |
|
|
(406 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Actuarial gain |
|
$ |
(5,453 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Funded status |
|
$ |
(10,249 |
) |
Unrecognized net actuarial gain |
|
|
(5,453 |
) |
Unrecognized prior service cost |
|
|
13,876 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net amount recognized |
|
$ |
(1,826 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Amounts recognized in the statement of financial position at June 29, 2006 consist of:
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued benefit cost |
|
$ |
(8,023 |
) |
Intangible asset |
|
|
6,197 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net amount recognized |
|
$ |
(1,826 |
) |
|
|
|
|
The components of the net periodic pension cost for the year ended June 29, 2006 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Service cost |
|
$ |
386 |
|
Interest cost |
|
|
642 |
|
Prior service cost amortization |
|
|
798 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net periodic cost |
|
$ |
1,826 |
|
|
|
|
|
Significant assumptions related to the Companys SERP include the discount rate used to calculate
the actuarial present value of benefit obligations to be paid in the future and the average rate of
compensation expense increase by SERP participants. The assumptions utilized by the Company in
calculating the benefit obligations and net periodic costs of its SERP for the year ended June 29,
2006 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plan Inception |
|
|
|
|
August 25, 2005 |
|
June 29, 2006 |
Discount rate |
|
|
5.25 |
% |
|
|
6.44 |
% |
Rate of compensation increases |
|
|
4.00 |
% |
|
|
4.50 |
% |
The assumed discount rate is based, in part, upon a discount rate modeling process that considers
both high quality long-term indices and the duration of the SERP plan relative to the durations
implicit in the broader indices. The discount rate is utilized principally in calculating the
actuarial present value of the Companys obligation and periodic expense pursuant to the SERP. To
the extent the discount rate increases or decreases, the Companys SERP obligation is decreased or
increased, accordingly.
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The following benefit payments, which reflect expected future service, are expected to be paid:
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal year |
|
|
|
|
2007 |
|
$ |
369 |
|
2008 |
|
|
246 |
|
2009 |
|
|
814 |
|
2010 |
|
|
780 |
|
2011 |
|
|
743 |
|
2012 2016 |
|
|
3,077 |
|
NOTE 15 TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES
In addition to the related party transactions described in Note 8, the Company also entered into
transactions with the following related parties:
The Company purchases materials and manufacturing equipment from a company that is 11% owned by the
wife of the Companys Chairman of the Board. The five children of the Companys Chairman of the
Board own the balance of the entity either directly or as equal beneficiaries of a trust. Two of
the children are officers and directors of the Company. Purchases from this related entity
aggregated $9,799, $8,565 and $8,715 for the years ended June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June 24,
2004, respectively. Accounts payable to this related entity aggregated $128 and $1,099 at June 29,
2006 and June 30, 2005, respectively.
The Company purchases materials from a company that is 33% owned by an individual related to the
Companys Chairman of the Board. Material purchases from this related entity aggregated $682, $489
and $501 for the years ended June 29, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June 24, 2004, respectively. Accounts
payable to this related entity aggregated $12 and $12 at June 29, 2006 and June 30, 2005,
respectively.
The Company purchased supplies from a company that was previously 33% owned by an individual
related to the Companys Chairman of the Board. This individual divested his ownership during
fiscal 2005. Supply purchases from this former related entity aggregated $174 and $305 for the
years ended June 30, 2005 and June 24, 2004, respectively. Accounts payable to this related entity
aggregated $2 at June 30, 2005.
NOTE 16 DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL AND PRODUCT TYPE SALES MIX
The Company operates in a single reportable operating segment through which it sells various nut
products through multiple distribution channels.
The following summarizes net sales by distribution channel.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
Year Ended |
|
Distribution Channel |
|
June 29, 2006 |
|
|
June 30, 2005 |
|
|
June 24, 2004 |
|
Consumer |
|
$ |
292,890 |
|
|
$ |
298,298 |
|
|
$ |
289,586 |
|
Industrial |
|
|
131,635 |
|
|
|
132,900 |
|
|
|
110,813 |
|
Food Service |
|
|
64,356 |
|
|
|
61,294 |
|
|
|
48,969 |
|
Contract Packaging |
|
|
44,874 |
|
|
|
45,181 |
|
|
|
33,074 |
|
Export |
|
|
45,809 |
|
|
|
44,056 |
|
|
|
38,369 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
579,564 |
|
|
$ |
581,729 |
|
|
$ |
520,811 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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The following summarizes sales by product type as a percentage of total gross sales. The
information is based on gross sales, rather than net sales, because certain adjustments, such as
promotional discounts, are not allocable to product types.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended |
|
Year Ended |
|
Year Ended |
Product Type |
|
June 29, 2006 |
|
June 30, 2005 |
|
June 24, 2004 |
Peanuts |
|
|
20.1 |
% |
|
|
22.4 |
% |
|
|
24.9 |
% |
Pecans |
|
|
21.8 |
|
|
|
23.3 |
|
|
|
20.1 |
|
Cashews & Mixed Nuts |
|
|
22.4 |
|
|
|
22.7 |
|
|
|
22.7 |
|
Walnuts |
|
|
11.8 |
|
|
|
9.4 |
|
|
|
9.9 |
|
Almonds |
|
|
15.4 |
|
|
|
13.5 |
|
|
|
12.3 |
|
Other |
|
|
8.5 |
|
|
|
8.7 |
|
|
|
10.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 17 INTEREST COST
The following is a breakout of interest cost:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Years Ended |
|
|
|
June 29, |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
June 24, |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
Gross interest cost |
|
$ |
8,324 |
|
|
$ |
4,030 |
|
|
$ |
3,434 |
|
Capitalized interest |
|
|
(1,808 |
) |
|
|
(32 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense |
|
$ |
6,516 |
|
|
$ |
3,998 |
|
|
$ |
3,434 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 18 VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES
The following table details the activity in various allowance and reserve accounts:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at |
|
Description |
|
of Period |
|
|
Additions |
|
|
Deductions |
|
|
End of Period |
|
June 29, 2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax valuation allowance (Restated) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
500 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
500 |
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts |
|
|
887 |
|
|
|
88 |
|
|
|
(671 |
) |
|
|
304 |
|
Reserve for cash discounts |
|
|
280 |
|
|
|
6,055 |
|
|
|
(6,055 |
) |
|
|
280 |
|
Reserve for customer deductions |
|
|
2,562 |
|
|
|
8,752 |
|
|
|
(8,132 |
) |
|
|
3,182 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
3,729 |
|
|
$ |
15,395 |
|
|
$ |
(14,858 |
) |
|
$ |
4,266 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, 2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts |
|
$ |
650 |
|
|
$ |
270 |
|
|
$ |
(33 |
) |
|
$ |
887 |
|
Reserve for cash discounts |
|
|
195 |
|
|
|
6,155 |
|
|
|
(6,070 |
) |
|
|
280 |
|
Reserve for customer deductions |
|
|
1,132 |
|
|
|
8,154 |
|
|
|
(6,724 |
) |
|
|
2,562 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
1,977 |
|
|
$ |
14,579 |
|
|
$ |
(12,827 |
) |
|
$ |
3,729 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 24, 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts |
|
$ |
591 |
|
|
$ |
277 |
|
|
$ |
(218 |
) |
|
$ |
650 |
|
Reserve for cash discounts |
|
|
140 |
|
|
|
5,568 |
|
|
|
(5,513 |
) |
|
|
195 |
|
Reserve for customer deductions |
|
|
821 |
|
|
|
7,285 |
|
|
|
(6,974 |
) |
|
|
1,132 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
1,552 |
|
|
$ |
13,130 |
|
|
$ |
(12,705 |
) |
|
$ |
1,977 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTE 19 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company did not comply with the minimum quarterly EBITDA requirement under the Note Agreement
for the first quarter of fiscal 2007, which resulted in a cross-default under the Bank Credit
Facility. The Company received waivers from its lenders for this non-compliance with restrictive
covenants. The Company is uncertain whether it will be able to comply with the covenants and
warranties in its various financing arrangements, such as the EBITDA covenant contained in its Note
Agreement, in the future. If the Company does not comply with the covenants or warranties in its
financing arrangements in the future, the Company will seek waivers from its lenders; however,
there can be no assurance that in such case waivers will be received or that such waivers will be
on commercially reasonable terms that are not adverse to the Company. In light of the
non-compliance with the restrictive covenant as a result of the Companys performance for the first
quarter of fiscal 2007, and the uncertainty relating to the Companys ability to
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comply with covenants and warranties during future periods, amounts due pursuant to the Note
Agreement for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and subsequent quarters will be classified as
currently due.
The Companys announcement on November 22, 2006 that the consolidated financial statements in its
Form 10-K for fiscal 2006 filed on September 27, 2006 could no longer be relied upon caused a
default pursuant to the Companys Note Agreement and Bank Credit Facility. In addition, the
Company did not file its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 28, 2006
with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the November 27, 2006 deadline required in the Note
Agreement, which caused an additional event of default pursuant to the Note Agreement. The Company
has received waivers from its lenders for these events of non-compliance. Non-compliance with any
future covenant or warranty requirements would allow the lenders to demand immediate payment. If
waivers are not received or acceptable terms renegotiated with respect to future non-compliance
with covenant or warranty requirements, the Companys ability to pursue its business plans,
objectives and its ability to continue as a going concern would be adversely affected.
Obtaining alternative financing for amounts due pursuant to the Note Agreement would allow the
Company to eliminate the restrictive EBITDA covenant that the Company did not comply with in the
first quarter of fiscal 2007 as well as the related uncertainty as to whether the Company will be
able to comply with such covenant in the future. The Company believes it would be able to secure
alternative financing for the amounts due pursuant to the Note Agreement through conventional
mortgages that do not contain a restrictive EBITDA covenant; however, there can be no assurance
that such alternative financing could be obtained, that the new lenders would be willing to
negotiate on terms acceptable to the Company, or that the Company would receive the consent for
such refinancing required by its Bank Credit Facility. The Bank Credit Facility does not contain a
restrictive EBITDA covenant; however, a default under the Note Agreement triggers a default under
the Bank Credit Facility. If the Company attempts to secure alternative financing for amounts due
under the Note Agreement, it does not anticipate that it would also attempt to secure alternative
financing for amounts due pursuant to the Bank Credit Facility. Sustained losses by the Company,
the inability to receive waivers from the Companys lenders, if necessary, the inability to secure
alternative financing for amounts due pursuant to the Note Agreement, and/or future non-compliance
with the covenants or warranties in the Companys Bank Credit Facility and Note Agreement would
have a material adverse effect on the Companys financial position, results of operations and cash
flows and raises substantial doubt with respect to the Companys ability to continue as a going
concern.
NOTE 20 SUPPLEMENTARY QUARTERLY DATA (Unaudited)
The following unaudited quarterly consolidated financial data are presented for fiscal 2006 and
fiscal 2005. Quarterly financial results necessarily rely on estimates and caution is required in
drawing specific conclusions from quarterly consolidated results. The fourth quarter of fiscal 2006
has been restated for the matters discussed in Note 1 to these consolidated financial statements.
The impact of the restatement was as follows; reduce gross profit by $538, increase the loss from
operations by $1,780, increase net loss by $2,280 and increase the loss per share by $0.22
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fourth |
|
|
First |
|
Second |
|
Third |
|
Quarter |
|
|
Quarter |
|
Quarter |
|
Quarter |
|
Restated |
Year Ended June 29, 2006: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net sales |
|
$ |
138,658 |
|
|
$ |
191,077 |
|
|
$ |
119,004 |
|
|
$ |
130,825 |
|
Gross profit |
|
|
13,280 |
|
|
|
16,139 |
|
|
|
4,498 |
|
|
|
3,200 |
|
(Loss) income from operations |
|
|
(82 |
) |
|
|
1,262 |
|
|
|
(7,425 |
) |
|
|
(12,039 |
) |
Net loss |
|
|
(1,128 |
) |
|
|
(64 |
) |
|
|
(5,913 |
) |
|
|
(9,616 |
) |
Basic loss per common share |
|
$ |
(0.11 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.56 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.91 |
) |
Diluted loss per common share |
|
$ |
(0.11 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.56 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.91 |
) |
Year Ended June 30, 2005: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net sales |
|
$ |
134,645 |
|
|
$ |
183,024 |
|
|
$ |
119,979 |
|
|
$ |
144,081 |
|
Gross profit |
|
|
16,926 |
|
|
|
24,990 |
|
|
|
15,936 |
|
|
|
20,577 |
|
Income from operations |
|
|
4,325 |
|
|
|
10,822 |
|
|
|
4,371 |
|
|
|
7,069 |
|
Net income |
|
|
2,556 |
|
|
|
6,421 |
|
|
|
2,051 |
|
|
|
3,471 |
|
Basic earnings per common share |
|
$ |
0.24 |
|
|
$ |
0.61 |
|
|
$ |
0.19 |
|
|
$ |
0.33 |
|
Diluted earnings per common share |
|
$ |
0.24 |
|
|
$ |
0.60 |
|
|
$ |
0.19 |
|
|
$ |
0.32 |
|
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The fourth quarter of fiscal 2006 contained a $0.5 million downward revision to the estimate of
on-hand quantities of bulk-stored inshell pecan inventories whereas the fourth quarter of fiscal
2005 contained a $3.1 million upward revision to the estimate. The fourth quarter of fiscal 2006
also contained (i) a $0.8 million increase in the accrual for workers compensation claims; (ii)
$1.5 million in additional costs related to the reprocessing of walnuts and almonds; and (iii) a
$1.9 million write-down of walnut and almond by-products and packaging materials.
In addition, the restatement of the Companys 2006 consolidated financial statements resulted in
(i) a $1.2 million goodwill impairment loss; (ii) a $0.5 million charge related to a variable
interest entity, and (iii) a $0.5 million valuation allowance related to the realization of tax
benefit carryforwards.
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Item 9A Controls and Procedures
Restatement of previously issued Consolidated Financial Statements
As described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has restated its 2006
Consolidated Financial Statements.
In connection with the restatement described above, management has also concluded that the
restatement referred to above resulted from material weaknesses in the Companys internal control
over financial reporting as described below in Managements Report on Internal Control over
Financial Reporting (Restated).
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule
13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), that are
designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Companys Exchange Act reports
is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SECs
rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Companys
management, including its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), as
appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.
When the Company filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 29, 2006 on September
27, 2006, management concluded that $54.2 million of debt related to the Note Agreement was
properly classified as Long-term Debt. That determination was based upon, among other things, a
forecast (the Forecast) the Company prepared indicating that the Company would be able to attain
the minimum quarterly adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
(EBITDA) levels required by the Note Agreement throughout fiscal 2007, as well as satisfy other
non-financial covenants contained in the Note Agreement and other borrowing arrangements. The
Company did not achieve the minimum quarterly EBITDA covenant for the quarter ended September 28,
2006 by a material amount, which caused the Company to reevaluate the accuracy of the Forecast, the
reasonableness of assumptions underlying the Forecast and its related conclusions with respect to
expected covenant compliance. On November 17, 2006, the Company determined that the Forecast did
not take into consideration information available to the Company in connection with classifying
amounts as current and non-current in its June 29, 2006 balance sheet and therefore the balance
sheet classification of the long-term debt was not accurate. If such information had been
incorporated in the Forecast and considered by management in evaluating the classification of
affected debt obligations, the Company would have concluded that the Company would not meet the
EBITDA covenant for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 and accordingly the obligations pursuant to
the Note Agreement would have been classified as Current Maturities of Long-term Debt in the
consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended June 29, 2006.
As a result of the revised forecast described above, the Company also reevaluated its 2006
impairment test of the carrying value of goodwill and reconsidered the need for a valuation
allowance with respect to state income tax net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards. The Company
used a forecast in the original goodwill impairment test which failed to consider certain
information, and as a result led the Company to conclude the goodwill was not impaired. By using
the revised forecast which considered all known facts, the Company has determined that the fair
market value was below book value of their reporting unit. As a result the Company is restating
its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures for fiscal 2006 to recognize an
impairment of the remaining goodwill balance of $1.2 million.
With respect to state income tax NOL carryforwards, there is a rebuttable presumption in a going
concern circumstance that the remaining state NOL carryforwards will not be recoverable as future
taxable income from sources other than the reversal of existing future taxable temporary
differences and can not be relied upon as evidence supporting the recovery of the deferred tax
asset. As a result, the Company has provided a valuation allowance of $0.5 million, which reflects
the amount by which state income tax NOL carryforwards are in excess of state net deferred tax
liabilities.
The Company is also restating its financial statements for the year ended June 29, 2006 to
consolidate a variable interest entity. The Company leased certain properties during 2006 from two
related party partnerships, one of which was terminated in March 2006 and the other terminated in
July 2006. The Companys Balance Sheet as of June 29, 2006 has been adjusted to consolidate the one
partnership leasing a facility to the Company as of June 29, 2006. As a result, Current
Maturities of Long-term Debt increased by $1.2 million and Buildings increased by $0.7 million. The
cumulative effect of this item of $0.5 million was recorded in Cost of Sales in
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the Statement of Operations for the year ended June 29, 2006. In connection with the sale of the
property in March 2006, the Company recognized a gain of approximately $3.5 million in other income
and expense, together with an equal and offsetting amount applicable to the partnerships minority
interest, as the partnership and not the Company is entitled to the net proceeds from the sale.
The restated financial statements as of and for the year ended June 29, 2006 adjust the individual
financial statement line items detailed below and impact certain related footnote disclosures. Note
2 describes the ability of the Company to meet its obligations as they become due, which raises
substantial doubt with respect to the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern.
At the time that the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 29, 2006 was
filed on September 27, 2006, the CEO and CFO concluded that the Companys disclosure controls and
procedures were effective as of June 29, 2006. Subsequent to that evaluation, the Companys CEO and
CFO concluded that the Companys disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June
29, 2006 because of the material weaknesses in the Companys internal control over financial
reporting discussed below.
Managements Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting (Restated)
Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control
over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. Management assessed the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial
reporting as of June 29, 2006. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by
the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal
Control-Integrated Framework.
A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that results
in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial
statements will not be prevented or detected. Managements assessment included the following
material weaknesses in the Companys internal control over financial reporting as of June 29, 2006:
|
(1) |
|
The Company did not maintain effective controls to ensure the completeness and
accuracy of information communicated within the organization on a timely basis.
Specifically, there was inadequate sharing of information impacting the financial
statements between the accounting, sales, and operating departments for consideration by
the appropriate accounting personnel in the Companys financial forecast. This control
deficiency resulted in the restatement of the 2006 consolidated financial statements,
affecting the classification of long-term debt, valuation allowance associated with
state tax net operating loss carryforwards and disclosures relating to the Companys
ability to continue as a going concern. |
|
|
(2) |
|
The Company did not maintain effective controls over the completeness and
accuracy of the periodic goodwill impairment assessment. Specifically, effective
controls were not maintained to ensure that a complete and accurate periodic impairment
analysis was prepared, reviewed, and approved in order to identify and record
impairments, as required under generally accepted accounting principles. This control
deficiency resulted in the restatement of the Companys 2006 consolidated financial
statements, affecting goodwill, goodwill impairment loss and disclosures. |
|
|
(3) |
|
The Company did not maintain effective controls to ensure the accuracy of
accounting for lease transactions. Specifically, effective controls were not maintained
to ensure that an accurate analysis was prepared, reviewed and approved in order to
properly evaluate the accounting for certain sale-leaseback transactions, as required
under generally accepted accounting principles, affecting plant, property and
equipment, current and long-term liabilities, gains relating to real estate sales, lease
expense, interest expense and sale-leaseback transaction disclosures. |
|
|
(4) |
|
The Company did not maintain a sufficient complement of accounting and finance
personnel with an appropriate level of accounting knowledge, experience and training in
the selection and application of generally accepted accounting principles commensurate
with the Companys financial reporting requirements. This control deficiency
contributed to the material weaknesses discussed in items 1, 2 and 3 above and the
restatement of the Companys 2006 consolidated financial statements. |
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|
|
|
These control deficiencies could result in a misstatement of the aforementioned account
balances and disclosures that would result in a material misstatement of the annual or
interim consolidated financials statements that would not be prevented or detected.
Accordingly, management has determined that each of these control deficiencies
constitutes a material weakness at June 29, 2006. |
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In Managements Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting included in the Companys
original Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 29, 2006, management concluded that
the Companys internal control over financial reporting was effective as of June 29, 2006 to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. Based on managements revised assessment and because of the material
weaknesses described above, management has subsequently concluded that the Company did not maintain
effective internal control over financial reporting as of June 29, 2006, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. Accordingly, management has restated its report on internal control over financial
reporting.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, audited managements
assessment of the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting as of
June 29, 2006 as stated in their report contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A.
Remediation Plan for Material Weaknesses
The Company did not maintain effective controls to ensure the completeness and accuracy of
information communicated within the organization on a timely basis. To remediate this matter, the
Company plans to:
|
1. |
|
Conduct month end surveys or meetings of significant functional areas such as
operations, purchasing, accounts payable, sales, marketing and payroll in order to
ensure that all relevant information is communicated to the accounting department in a
complete and timely manner and considered in the financial statement closing process. |
|
|
2. |
|
Implement a process to ensure that information gathered in the financial
statement closing process that requires further action or consideration is tracked and
resolved on a timely basis. |
|
|
3. |
|
Perform monthly cutoffs of all transactional activity on a company-wide basis to
the same extent that it performs cutoffs at the end of quarters to improve the accuracy
of monthly interim periodic financial information. This effort will primarily focus on
inventory and related reserves and accounts. |
|
|
4. |
|
Implement new forecasting methods, considering the survey and monthly close
information on a more frequent basis, with the objective of improving the accuracy and
usefulness of such information. |
|
|
5. |
|
Direct the internal audit department to focus on the process changes and on
effective operation of the newly implemented information and communication processes
discussed above. |
|
|
6. |
|
Implement a revised lease assessment process to ensure proper lease accounting
determinations are made on an interim and annual basis. |
The Company did not maintain a sufficient complement of accounting and finance personnel with an
appropriate level of accounting knowledge, experience and training in the selection and application
of generally accepted accounting principles commensurate with the Companys financial reporting
requirements. To remediate this matter, the Company plans to:
|
1. |
|
Hire an additional senior level accounting professional, with public company
experience, to enhance the technical accounting resources of the department. |
|
|
2. |
|
Hire two experienced degreed accountants to improve the timeliness of periodic
closings and to allow more senior accounting executives to perform higher level review
duties. |
|
|
3. |
|
Engage a consultant to review its monthly closing process to further improve the
timeliness and accuracy of both the interim and quarterly closing processes. This
effort will focus on improving the timing related to preparation of SEC filings as well. |
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The impairment charge for goodwill reflected in the restatement has eliminated the entire goodwill
balance from the Companys balance sheet. Remedial actions planned with respect to sufficiency of
accounting personnel will ensure that appropriate controls are in place if future acquisitions
result in generating goodwill when applying purchase accounting. In this case, the Company will
design a control to ensure a proper impairment test is performed.
These measures (as well as the focus on remediation of other control deficiencies not considered
material weaknesses) will take some time to implement effectively and it is expected that during
fiscal 2007, the Company will report material weaknesses in these same areas until such weaknesses
have been remediated and operating effectively for a sufficient period of time. The adequacy and
effectiveness of the remediation plans are subject to continued management review and Audit
Committee oversight and, accordingly, the Company may make additional changes to its internal
control over financial reporting to address the material weaknesses.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Further, management determined that there were no changes in internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls
The Companys management, including the Companys CEO and CFO, does not expect that the Disclosure
Controls or the Companys Internal Control over Financial Reporting will prevent or detect all
errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only
reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control systems objectives will be met. Further, the
design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the
benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent
limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that
all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These
inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and
that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by
the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override
of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part upon certain assumptions
about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed
in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with
associated policies or procedures. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control
system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
PART IV
Item 15 Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
The exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K and filed herewith are listed in the Exhibit
Index which follows the signature page and immediately precedes the exhibits filed.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
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|
|
|
|
JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.
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|
Date: December 15, 2006 |
By: |
/s/ Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo |
|
|
|
Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed
below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
|
|
|
|
|
Name |
|
Title |
|
Date |
/s/ Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo
|
|
Chief Executive (Principal Executive Officer)
|
|
December 15, 2006 |
Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chief Financial Officer and Group Vice President (Principal Financial Officer) |
|
December 15, 2006 |
Michael J. Valentine
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vice President of Finance (Principal Accounting Officer)
|
|
December 15, 2006 |
William R. Pokrajac |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
|
|
December 15, 2006 |
Jasper B. Sanfilippo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
|
|
December 15, 2006 |
Mathias A. Valentine |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
|
|
December 15, 2006 |
Jim Edgar |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Director
|
|
December 15, 2006 |
Timothy R. Donovan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Jasper B. Sanfilippo, Jr.
|
|
Director
|
|
December 15, 2006 |
Jasper B. Sanfilippo, Jr. |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
Director
|
|
December 15, 2006 |
Daniel M. Wright |
|
|
|
|
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JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.
EXHIBIT INDEX
(Pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K)
|
|
|
Exhibit |
|
|
Number |
|
Description |
|
|
|
23
|
|
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, filed herewith |
|
|
|
31.1
|
|
Certification of Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo pursuant to Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, filed herewith |
|
|
|
31.2
|
|
Certification of Michael J. Valentine pursuant to Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, filed herewith |
|
|
|
32.1
|
|
Certification of Jeffrey T. Sanfilippo pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith |
|
|
|
32.2
|
|
Certification of Michael J. Valentine pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith |
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