UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

(Mark One)

 

 

 

 

 

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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2004

 

 

 

OR

 

 

 

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

For the transition period from           to

 

Commission file number 1-12557

 

A.    Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

Cascade Corporation Savings and Investment Plan

 

B.    Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

Cascade Corporation

 

2201 N.E. 201st Ave.

 

Fairview, Oregon 97024-9718

 

 



 

Cascade Corporation Savings and Investment Plan

 

Index

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

2

 

 

Financial Statements:

 

 

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

3

 

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

4

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements

5-9

 

 

Supplemental Schedule:

 

 

 

Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

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Exhibit:

 

 

 

23 – Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Participants and Administrative Committee of the

Cascade Corporation Savings and Investment Plan

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of Cascade Corporation Savings and Investment Plan (the “Plan”) at December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2004 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s 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 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.

 

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management.  The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Portland, Oregon

June 10, 2005

 

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Cascade Corporation Savings and Investment Plan

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

December 31, 2004 and 2003

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

 

 

 

Investments at fair value (Note 3)

 

$

57,368,097

 

$

47,150,761

 

Participant loans

 

717,759

 

803,428

 

Total investments

 

58,085,856

 

47,954,189

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables

 

 

 

 

 

Employer contribution

 

572,742

 

243,374

 

Net assets available for benefits

 

$

58,658,598

 

$

48,197,563

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Cascade Corporation Savings and Investment Plan

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2004

 

Additions to net assets attributed to

 

 

 

Investment income

 

 

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

 

$

7,335,545

 

Interest and dividends

 

812,071

 

 

 

8,147,616

 

Contributions

 

 

 

Participant

 

2,433,795

 

Employer

 

2,028,642

 

 

 

4,462,437

 

Total additions

 

12,610,053

 

 

 

 

 

Deductions from net assets attributed to

 

 

 

Benefits paid to participants

 

2,145,900

 

Administrative expenses

 

3,118

 

Total deductions

 

2,149,018

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase

 

10,461,035

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

48,197,563

 

End of year

 

$

58,658,598

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Cascade Corporation Savings and Investment Plan

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

December 31, 2004 and 2003

 

1.     Description of the Plan

 

The following brief description of the Cascade Corporation Savings and Investment Plan (the “Plan”) is provided for general information purposes only.  Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

 

General

The Plan is a defined contribution plan that was established by Cascade Corporation (the “Company”) on January 1, 1987 to provide a means for savings and investment by employees for retirement purposes.  The Plan was amended as of January 1, 1989 to include an employer contribution element and further amended January 1, 1994 to increase the Company’s contribution.  In addition, the Plan was amended January 1, 2001 to reflect various statutory requirements (so-called “GUST” amendments) as well as certain provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.  The Plan, as amended, exists for the exclusive benefit of eligible employees and is intended to comply with Sections 401 and 501 of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”), as amended, and related regulations.  The Plan is administered by a committee (the “Committee”) composed of management and employees of the Company.  It is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).

 

Eligibility

Employees of the Company in the United States of America, who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, are eligible to participate in the Plan.  For purposes of eligibility for employer defined and matching contributions, a year of service (defined as the twelve-month period ending on the day preceding the anniversary of an employee’s date of hire or a calendar year starting after date of hire during which the employee has rendered at least 1,000 hours of service) is required.

 

Contributions

Participants may defer 1 percent to 100 percent of their pretax annual compensation up to the maximum allowable by the IRC.  Of this, up to 2 percent of base compensation may be contributed as a retiree medical elective deferral.  Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or defined contribution plans.  Participants are allowed to change their contribution percentage at any time.  Taxes on these contributions and the related earnings are deferred under Section 401(k) of the IRC.

 

As an incentive for participants to save, the Company contributes a 50 percent match on the participant’s first 6 percent of base compensation contributed to the Plan as a regular elective deferral.  The Company also makes a 50 percent matching contribution on those amounts up to 2 percent of base compensation contributed to the Plan as a retiree medical elective deferral.  Additionally, the Company contributes an amount equal to 4 percent of each eligible employee’s base compensation as a defined contribution amount, regardless of whether that eligible employee participates in the elective deferral portion of the Plan or not.  Total contributions to a participant’s account in any plan year may not exceed the lesser of $41,000 or 100 percent of the participant’s compensation.  However, participants who reach age 50 during a calendar year are eligible to

 

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contribute an additional amount ($3,000 for calendar year 2004).

 

During 2004 the Principal Financial Group stock owned by the terminated Cascade Corporation Retirement Plan was sold and a portion of the proceeds was distributed in equal amounts to accounts of all Plan participants with over one year of service as of the distribution date.  The distribution, which occurred January 27, 2005, totaled $330,204, or $685 per eligible participant.  These participants are fully vested in this one-time, non-forfeitable contribution. This $330,204 contribution amount is included in the employer contribution receivable in the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2004 and in employer contributions in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the year ended December 31, 2004.

 

Participant Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution, Company contributions and an allocation of investment income or loss.  The investment income or loss allocation is based on performance of investments in each participant’s account.  The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account balance.

 

Vesting

Participants are fully vested at all times in their own contributions, including earnings thereon.  Once eligibility is satisfied, participants are fully vested at all times in the employer’s matching contributions, including the earnings thereon.  A participant is fully vested in the employer’s defined contribution after five years of service.  Defined contribution accounts are fully vested upon normal or disability retirement and upon death while an employee.

 

Forfeited Accounts

Forfeited balances of terminated participants’ nonvested accounts are used to reduce future employer contributions.  At December 31, 2004 and 2003, forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $382,763 and $271,394, respectively.

 

Payment of Benefits

Participant contributions and the vested portion of the Company contributions, including earnings thereon, may be withdrawn for a financial hardship as stipulated in the Plan provisions.  Upon termination or retirement, all participant contributions and vested Company contributions, including earnings thereon, are distributed in a lump sum payment upon request of the participant.  Terminated participants may keep their vested benefits in the Plan subject to a $5,000 threshold.  Vested balances less than $5,000 are distributed to the participant as a lump-sum distribution.  At December 31, 2004, there were no benefits due to participants that had not yet been paid.

 

Participant Loans

The Plan allows for discretionary loans to participants.  Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50 percent of their account balance.  Participant loans are secured by the balance remaining in the participant’s account, and loan repayments are paid through payroll deductions.  Loan terms range from one to five years.  The interest rate for a participant loan is fixed as of the loan issue date, and is based on the US Prime Rate plus 1 percent.  As of December 31, 2004, the participant loan interest rate was 6.25 percent.

 

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2.     Summary of Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Accounting

The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual basis of accounting.

 

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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 income and expenses during the reporting period.  Estimates are based on historical experience and on various assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances at the time.  Actual results could differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

Investments in the Plan have been recorded at fair value at December 31, 2004 and 2003 as determined by quoted closing market prices reported on national securities exchanges or other markets, as applicable.  Shares of mutual funds are valued at the net asset values of shares held by the Plan at year end.  Participant loans are stated at cost, which approximates fair value based on prevailing interest rates.

 

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis.  Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.  Interest income is recorded when earned.  The Plan presents in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, the net appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of its investments, which consists of realized gains or losses and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on those investments.

 

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Plan to concentrations of credit risk, consist of investments in mutual funds, common stock, common or commingled trust funds and receivables.  The Plan has no formal policy requiring collateral to support the financial instruments subject to credit risk.

 

Risks and Uncertainties

The Plan provides for various investment options in any combination of mutual funds, common stock and other investment securities.  Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market and credit risk.  Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities and the level of uncertainty related to changes in the value of investments, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in risks in the near term would materially affect participant account balances and the amounts reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits.

 

Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid.

 

Plan Expenses

All administrative and investment management expenses of the Plan are paid by the Company, except for transactional charges such as loan and stock trading fees, which are paid by the particular participants involved.  Loan and stock trading fees totaling $3,118, for the Plan year ended December 31, 2004, were paid by participants.

 

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3.     Investments

 

The following presents investments that represent 5 percent or more of the Plan’s net assets as of December 31:

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

Putnam S&P 500 Index Fund, 393,499 and 371,529 shares respectively

 

$

12,092,220

 

$

10,321,076

 

Putnam Stable Value Fund, 9,380,356 and 7,985,847 shares respectively

 

9,380,356

 

7,985,847

 

Cascade Corporation common stock, 199,475 and 242,283 shares respectively

 

7,969,027

 

5,402,908

 

The George Putnam Fund of Boston, 433,737 and 422,484 shares respectively

 

7,833,295

 

7,173,774

 

Strong Growth & Income Fund, 190,622 and 169,241 shares respectively

 

4,065,977

 

3,330,658

 

Putnam New Opportunities Fund, 97,857 and 102,610 shares respectively

 

4,063,990

 

3,870,452

 

Janus Mercury Fund, 185,176 and 160,506 shares respectively

 

3,994,249

 

3,129,862

 

Putnam International Equity Fund, 146,608 and 132,286 shares respectively

 

3,471,684

 

2,733,020

 

 

Investments at fair value are comprised of the following at December 31:

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

Cascade Corporation common stock

 

$

7,969,027

 

$

5,402,908

 

Mutual funds

 

27,660,414

 

23,200,948

 

Common or commingled trust funds

 

21,472,576

 

18,306,923

 

Other common stock

 

266,080

 

239,982

 

 

 

$

57,368,097

 

$

47,150,761

 

 

During 2004 the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as those held during the year) increased in value by $7,335,545 as follows:

 

Cascade Corporation common stock

 

$

3,968,394

 

Mutual funds

 

2,203,637

 

Common or commingled trust funds

 

1,136,891

 

Other common stock

 

26,623

 

 

 

$

7,335,545

 

 

4.     Tax Status

 

The Internal Revenue Service has determined, and informed the Company by a letter dated June 19, 2002, that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the IRC.  Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the Plan administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC.

 

5.     Related-Party Transactions

 

Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds managed by Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company,

 

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the Plan trustee, and therefore, these transactions qualify as exempt party-in-interest transactions.  Mutual funds and common collective trust funds managed by Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company amounted to $37,731,738 and $32,684,334 at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

Certain Plan investments are shares of Company common stock.  Purchases and sales of Company common stock were $1,007,645 and $2,409,920, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2004.  At December 31, 2004 and 2003, the Plan held $7,969,027 and $5,402,908, respectively, of Company common stock.

 

Fees paid to Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company by the Company on behalf of the Plan for investment management services amounted to $6,076 for the year ended December 31, 2004.

 

6.     Plan Termination

 

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA.  In the event of Plan termination, participants will become 100 percent vested in their employer contributions.

 

7.     Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

 

There were no differences between the Form 5500 and the financial statements as of December 31, 2004 and 2003 and for the year ended December 31, 2004.

 

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Cascade Corporation Savings and Investment Plan

 

Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at Year End)

 

December 31, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

Description of Investment, Including

 

 

 

(e)

 

 

 

Identity of Issue, Borrower

 

Maturity Date, Rate of Interest

 

(d)

 

Current

 

(a)

 

Lessor or Similar Party

 

Collateral, Par or Maturity Value

 

Cost*

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

 

Putnam S&P 500 Index Fund

 

Common Collective Trust

 

-

 

$

12,092,220

 

**

 

Putnam Stable Value Fund

 

Common Collective Trust

 

-

 

9,380,356

 

**

 

Cascade Corporation

 

Common Stock

 

-

 

7,969,027

 

**

 

The George Putnam Fund of Boston

 

Mutual Fund

 

-

 

7,833,295

 

 

 

Strong Growth & Income Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

-

 

4,065,977

 

**

 

Putnam New Opportunities Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

-

 

4,063,990

 

 

 

Janus Mercury Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

-

 

3,994,249

 

**

 

Putnam International Equity Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

-

 

3,471,684

 

 

 

Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

-

 

1,824,971

 

 

 

Vanguard Bond Index Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

-

 

1,516,055

 

**

 

Putnam Investors Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

-

 

846,081

 

 

 

Brokerage Securities

 

Common Stock in Self-Directed Brokerage Account

 

-

 

266,080

 

**

 

Putnam Money Market

 

Mutual Fund

 

-

 

44,111

 

**

 

Putnam Balanced Fund

 

Mutual Fund

 

-

 

1

 

**

 

Loan Fund

 

Employee loans with interest rates from 5.0 to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.5 percent and maturities from 2005 to 2009

 

-

 

717,759

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

58,085,856

 

 


*      Cost information has been omitted with respect to participant-directed investments under an individual account plan.

**   Represents a party-in-interest to the Plan.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

 

Cascade Corporation Savings and Investment Plan

Date:June 27, 2005

 

 

By:

Cascade Corporation Savings and Investment
Plan Administrative Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard S. Anderson

 

 

 

Richard S. Anderson

 

 

Administrative Committee Member

 

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