Form 11-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

 

(Mark One)

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

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009

OR

 

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

For the transition period from              to             

Commission file number 1-475

 

 

 

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

A. O. Smith Profit Sharing Retirement Plan

 

 

 

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

A. O. Smith Corporation

11270 West Park Place

Milwaukee, WI 53224

 

 

 

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REQUIRED INFORMATION

 

1. Not Applicable.

 

2. Not Applicable.

 

3. Not Applicable.

 

4. The A. O. Smith Profit Sharing Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) is subject to the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). Attached hereto is a copy of the most recent financial statements and schedules of the Plan prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of ERISA.

Signature

 

Exhibits

      
23.1    Consent of Independent Auditors

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A. O. SMITH

PROFIT SHARING RETIREMENT PLAN

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    1

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

    2

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

    3

Notes to Financial Statements

    4 – 13

Schedule of Assets Held for Investment

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Benefits Committee

A.O. Smith Profit Sharing Retirement Plan

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the A.O. Smith Profit Sharing Retirement Plan as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. 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 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. An audit also includes 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.

In our opinion, the financial statements, referred to above, present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental Schedule of Assets Held for Investment – December 31, 2009, 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.

 

/s/ REILLY, PENNER & BENTON LLP

May 7, 2010

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

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A.O. SMITH PROFIT SHARING RETIREMENT PLAN

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

December 31, 2009 and 2008

 

     2009     2008

Assets:

     

Investments in Master Trust:

     

Investment options at fair value

    $ 222,148,031      $ 192,127,471

Participant loans receivable at estimated fair value

      2,389,494        2,567,697
              

Total investments

      224,537,525        194,695,168

Receivables:

     

Company contributions

      4,467,824        3,126,282

Due from brokers for securities transactions (Net)

      273,845        19,565

Accrued Interest

      17,374        25,687
              

Total receivables

      4,759,043        3,171,534
              

Net assets reflecting all investments at fair value

      229,296,568        197,866,702

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

      (204,720 )      5,774,160
              

Net assets available for benefits

    $ 229,091,848      $ 203,640,862
              

The accompanying notes to the financial statements

are an integral part of this statement.

 

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A.O. SMITH PROFIT SHARING RETIREMENT PLAN

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Years Ended December 31, 2009 and 2008

 

     2009    2008  

Increases:

      

Net income (loss) from the Master Trust:

      

Investment options

    $ 28,977,797    $ (49,869,861 ) 

Interest income from participant loans

      138,681      166,475   
               

Net income (loss)

      29,116,478      (49,703,386 ) 

Contributions:

      

Company

      4,467,963      3,126,282   

Participants

      7,460,564      7,710,292   

Rollovers

      156,391      114,122   
               

Total contributions

      12,084,918      10,950,696   
               

Total increases (decreases)

      41,201,396      (38,752,690 ) 

Decreases:

      

Benefit and withdrawal payments

      15,753,569      22,982,272   
               

Change in net assets before transfers

      25,447,827      (61,734,962 ) 

Transfers from other plans

      3,159      —     

Transfers to other plans

      —        (88,747 ) 
               

Change in net assets available for benefits

      25,450,986      (61,823,709 ) 

Net assets available for benefits:

      

Beginning of year

      203,640,862      265,464,571   
               

End of year

    $ 229,091,848    $ 203,640,862   
               

The accompanying notes to the financial statements

are an integral part of this statement.

 

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A.O. SMITH PROFIT SHARING RETIREMENT PLAN

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2009 and 2008

1. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

General

The A.O. Smith Profit Sharing Retirement Plan (Plan) was established in 1956 to cover salaried or commissioned employees of the A. O. Smith Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates. Employees are eligible to participate in the Plan if they are scheduled to complete 1,000 hours of service in a Plan year. Employees elect to participate by designating a portion of their salary to be contributed to an account maintained on behalf of the participant. Participants direct the investment of their contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan (see Note 2).

Participant Loans

Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum of $50,000 or 50 percent of their account balance, whichever is less. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at rates which are commensurate with local prevailing rates as determined by the Plan’s Trustee.

Investment Valuation

All of the Plan’s assets are held in the A. O. Smith Profit Sharing Retirement Master Trust (Master Trust) (Note 2) which are recorded at fair value. The Financial Statements of the Master trust are presented separately and are incorporated by reference to the Financial Statements of this plan.

Contributions

The Plan is a defined contribution plan to which participants may make contributions of not less than 1% or more than 25% of their compensation. The Plan provides for all participant contributions to be made with tax-deferred dollars under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. These contributions are excluded from the participant’s current wages for federal income tax purposes. The Internal Revenue Code has set a maximum of $16,500 and $15,500 for tax-deferred contributions that may be excluded for any individual participant in 2009 and 2008, respectively. The Internal Revenue Code also allows additional catch-up contributions for participants over age fifty. The maximum additional contribution allowed was $5,500 and $5,000 in 2009 and 2008, respectively. No federal income tax is paid on the tax-deferred contributions and growth thereon until the participant makes withdrawals from the Plan.

Contributions from participants are recorded when A. O. Smith Corporation (the Company) makes payroll deductions from Plan participants. Contributions from the Company are accrued in the period in which they become obligations of the Company in accordance with terms of the Plan.

For each $1.00 of 401(k) Tax-Deferred contributions, up to 6% of a participant’s salary, the Company guarantees a contribution of $.35. Additional Company contributions in excess of $.35 will be based on the Company’s return on net worth. The additional Company matching contribution amount is $.05 times the return on net worth between 5% and 10%, plus $.10 times the return on net worth in excess of 10% up to a maximum of 18%. Therefore, the guaranteed and additional contributions can combine for a maximum Company contribution of $1.40 of participant contributions up to 6% of salary.

 

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A.O. SMITH PROFIT SHARING RETIREMENT PLAN

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2009 and 2008

(Continued)

1. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

Vesting

Participants of the Plan are 0% vested in employer contributions with less than two years of participation, 40% vested after two years, 60% after three years, 80% after four years and fully vested after five years of participation. Participants are always fully vested in their own contributions.

Administrative Expense

Administrative expenses are the responsibility of the Plan and are part of the net income from the master trust. Administrative expenses totaled $62,639 and $74,586 for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Investment Valuation

At December 31, 2009 and 2008, all of the Plan’s assets are held in the A.O. Smith Profit Sharing Retirement Master Trust (Master Trust). The financial statements of the Master Trust are presented separately and are incorporated by reference to the financial statements of the Plan. The assets in the Master trust are recorded at fair value in accordance with acceptable valuation techniques and inputs to these techniques. These inputs are assumptions market participants use in pricing investments. Acceptable valuation techniques establish a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs, which are summarized as follows:

Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets, e.g. NYSE, NASDAQ, etc… for assets identical to the securities to be valued. If a Level 1 input is available, it must be used.

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for securities, either directly or indirectly. Examples include matrix pricing utilizing yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc…; quoted prices for similar assets in active markets; and inputs derived from observable market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs, which contain assumptions by the party valuing those assets. For level 3 inputs, there is no market data or correlations with market assumptions. Examples would include limited partnership interests, closely held stock, etc.

In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, investment contracts held by a defined-contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the plan. Accordingly, the statements of net assets available for benefits presents the fair value of the investment contracts as well as the adjustment of the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts from fair value to contract value. The statements of changes in net assets available for benefits is prepared on a contract value basis.

 

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A.O. SMITH PROFIT SHARING RETIREMENT PLAN

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2009 and 2008

(Continued)

1. Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

Participant Account Provisions

A separate account is maintained for each participant. The separate account balances are adjusted periodically as follows:

 

  a. Semi-monthly for participant’s contributions.

 

  b. Annually for Company contributions.

 

  c. Daily for a proportionate share of increases and decreases in the fair value of Plan assets.

 

  d. The accounts are periodically adjusted for forfeitures, which are reallocated to participants in the same manner as if they were a Company matching contribution for the Plan year. Forfeiture allocations for 2009 and 2008 amounted to $20,380 and $22,004, respectively.

 

  e. Daily for benefit and withdrawal payments which consist of the following:

 

  i.

Upon retirement, death, disability, or termination of employment resulting from permanent reduction of personnel, an employee may withdraw any amount or the entire account balance for any reason. At age 70  1/2, an account distribution election must be made.

 

  ii. Upon termination of employment for other reasons, the balance in the separate account (reduced for non-vested Company contributions and growth thereon based on years of service) may be paid in a lump sum.

 

  iii.

An active participant age 59 1/ 2 or older and employed for five years may withdraw any amount up to the balance in the separate account. The balance in the separate account is paid to the participant in a lump sum.

 

  iv. A participant may withdraw all or any portion of the principal balance attributable to after-tax contributions and earnings and rollover contributions and earnings. All or any portion of the balance attributable to Company contributions and earnings may also be withdrawn if the participant has five full years of employment with the Company.

 

  v. A participant may withdraw at any time any amount attributable to participant contributions and growth to purchase, prevent eviction from or foreclosure on, a principal residence or to pay certain expenses (namely post-secondary education and unreimbursed medical expenses). Withdrawals may not include earnings on 401(k) contributions posted to a participant’s account after 1988.

 

  vi. No lump sum cash distribution in excess of $5,000 will be made without the consent of the participant.

 

  f. Daily for investment allocation changes made by participants.

 

  g. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid. As of December 31, 2009, distributions of $246,345 were requested by participants, but had not yet been paid from the Plan.

 

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2009 and 2008

(Continued)

 

2. A. O. Smith Profit Sharing Retirement Master Trust

The Plan assets are held in the A. O. Smith Profit Sharing Retirement Master Trust at the Marshall and Ilsley Trust Company. The Plan offers sixteen investment vehicles in which participants may invest their account balances. If available, quoted market prices are used to value investments. Shares of mutual funds and common collective trusts are valued at the net asset value of shares held by the plan at year end. Participant loans are valued at amortized cost, which represents fair value. The fair value of the guaranteed investment contract is calculated by discounting the related cash flows based on current yields of similar instruments with comparable durations.

The amount of Master Trust assets, income and change in value which is allocated to the Plan is determined by the ratio of participant account balances in the Plan to the total participant account balances of all participating plans. The defined contribution plans participating in the Master Trust at December 31, 2009, are the A. O. Smith Profit Sharing Retirement Plan, the A. O. Smith Corporation Savings Plan, and the APCOM, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan. At December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Plan was allocated 82.854% and 82.248%, respectively, of the Master Trust assets.

Significant information related to the investments in the Master Trust as of and for the year ended December 31, 2009, is as follows:

 

     December 31,
2009 Balance		    2009
Income/
(Loss)		    2009 Change
in Fair Value		  

a. Mutual Funds:

         

American EuroPacific Growth Fund

    $ 19,224,353    $ 4,944,668    $ 7,026,746   

American Growth Fund of America

      6,074,248      1,419,816      2,487,167   

Vanguard Institutional Index Trust Fund

      11,927,433      2,395,079      2,394,765   

Evergreen Core Bond Fund

      6,457,356      804,869      1,711,221   

American Balanced Fund

      12,271,598      2,087,501      1,410,014   
                      

Subtotal

      55,954,988      11,651,933      15,029,913   

b. Common/Collective Trusts:

         

A.O. Smith Stock Fund

      4,109,688      1,316,715      1,654,709   

M&I Target Retirement - 2010

      10,356,200      1,910,597      2,435,339   

M&I Target Retirement - 2020

      11,723,199      2,561,119      5,254,658   

M&I Target Retirement - 2030

      6,386,206      1,496,321      2,549,027   

M&I Target Retirement - 2040

      1,262,750      333,180      592,814   

M&I Target Retirement - 2050

      432,760      106,932      241,847   

A.O. Smith Fiduciary Fund

      3,593,453      607,683      2,305,248   

A.O. Smith Munder Midcap Fund

      31,049,427      7,538,237      5,814,083   

A.O. Smith M&I Midcap Fund

      8,845,119      2,218,621      2,324,844   

A.O. Smith First American Equity Income Fund

      9,298,529      1,661,082      882,604   

A.O. Smith Stable Asset Income Fund

      123,790,283      3,317,283      (11,843,808 ) 
                      

Subtotal

      210,847,614      23,067,770      12,211,365   

c. Participant Loans Receivable

      3,930,379      218,354      (236,466 ) 

d. Cash

      23,536      —        13,604   
                      

Total

    $ 270,756,517    $ 34,938,057    $ 27,018,416   
                      

 

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2009 and 2008

(Continued)

 

2. A. O. Smith Profit Sharing Retirement Master Trust (Continued)

The following summarizes the classification of investments by classification and method of valuation in accordance with U.S. GAAP as of December 31, 2009:

 

          Fair Value Measurement at Reporting Date Using

Description

    12/31/09    Quoted Prices in
Active markets
for Identical
Assets
(Level 1)		    Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)		    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

Mutual funds

    $ 55,954,988    $ 55,954,988    $ —      $ —  

Common collective trusts

      210,847,614      —        210,847,614      —  

Participant loans receivable

      3,930,379      —        —        3,930,379

Cash

      23,536      —        23,536      —  
                           

Total

    $ 270,756,517    $ 55,954,988    $ 210,871,150    $ 3,930,379
                           

The table below sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Plan’s level 3 assets for the year ended December 31, 2009:

 

     Level 3 Assets  
     Year ended
December 31, 2009		  
     Participant Loans  

Balance, beginning of year

    $ 4,166,845   

Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements (net)

      (236,466 ) 
        

Balance end of year

    $ 3,930,379   
        

 

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2009 and 2008

(Continued)

 

2. A. O. Smith Profit Sharing Retirement Master Trust (Continued)

Significant information related to the investments in the Master Trust as of and for the year ended December 31, 2008, is as follows:

 

     December 31,
2008 Balance		    2008
Income/
(Loss)		     2008 Change in
Fair Value		  

a. Mutual Funds:

        

American EuroPacific Growth Fund

    $ 12,197,607    $ (9,680,284 )    $ (13,821,719 ) 

First American Equity Income Fund

      —        (1,671,455 )      (15,802,517 ) 

American Growth Fund of America

      3,587,081      (2,469,057 )      (2,132,594 ) 

Vanguard Institutional Index Trust Fund

      9,532,668      (6,136,546 )      (9,306,245 ) 

Evergreen Core Bond Fund

      4,746,135      (2,190,787 )      (3,015,022 ) 

American Balanced Fund

      10,861,584      (4,173,461 )      (7,103,671 ) 

Fiduciary Common Stock Fund

      —        (108,032 )      (1,670,308 ) 

Munder Midcap Core Growth Fund

      —        (6,763,556 )      (53,365,811 ) 

Marshall Mid Cap Value Fund

      —        (1,444,469 )      (14,609,151 ) 
                       

Subtotal

      40,925,075      (34,637,647 )      (120,827,038 ) 

b. Common/Collective Trusts:

        

A.O. Smith Stock Fund

      2,454,979      (369,332 )      (261,463 ) 

M&I Target Retirement - 2010

      7,920,861      (2,803,516 )      (3,726,535 ) 

M&I Target Retirement - 2020

      6,468,541      (2,939,404 )      (2,063,511 ) 

M&I Target Retirement - 2030

      3,837,179      (1,990,920 )      (1,450,771 ) 

M&I Target Retirement - 2040

      669,936      (393,175 )      43,187   

M&I Target Retirement - 2050

      190,913      (108,728 )      (175,254 ) 

A.O. Smith Fiduciary Fund

      1,288,205      (264,592 )      1,288,205   

A.O. Smith Munder Midcap Fund

      25,235,344      (13,929,985 )      25,235,344   

A.O. Smith M&I Midcap Fund

      6,520,275      (2,988,479 )      6,520,275   

A.O. Smith First American Equity Income Fund

      8,415,925      (2,558,035 )      8,415,925   

A.O. Smith Stable Asset Income Fund

      135,634,091      5,135,692        17,407,983   
                       

Subtotal

      198,636,249      (23,210,474 )      51,233,385   

c. Participant Loans Receivable

      4,166,845      276,969        (209,883 ) 

d. Cash

      9,932      —          3,760   
                       

Total

    $ 243,738,101    $ (57,571,152 )    $ (69,799,776 ) 
                       

 

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A.O. SMITH PROFIT SHARING RETIREMENT PLAN

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2009 and 2008

(Continued)

 

2. A. O. Smith Profit Sharing Retirement Master Trust (Continued)

The following summarizes the classification of investments by classification and method of valuation in accordance with U.S. GAAP as of December 31, 2008:

 

          Fair Value Measurement at Reporting Date Using

Description

    12/31/08    Quoted Prices in
Active markets
for Identical
Assets
(Level 1)		    Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)		    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

Mutual funds

    $ 40,925,075    $ 40,925,075    $ —      $ —  

Common collective trusts

      198,636,249      —        198,636,249      —  

Participant loans receivable

      4,166,845      —        —        4,166,845

Cash

      9,932      —        9,932      —  
                           

Total

    $ 243,738,101    $ 40,925,075    $ 198,646,181    $ 4,166,845
                           

The table below sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Plan’s level 3 assets for the year ended December 31, 2008:

 

     Level 3 Assets  
     Year ended
December 31, 2008		  
     Participant Loans  

Balance, beginning of year

    $ 4,376,728   

Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements (net)

      (209,883 ) 
        

Balance end of year

    $ 4,166,845   
        

 

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2009 and 2008

(Continued)

 

3. Investments

Investments held by the Plan, that represents 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets are as follows:

 

     December 31,
     2009    2008

Vanguard Institutional Index Fund, 101,736.090 shares in 2009

    $ 10,811.017    $ N/A

A.O. Smith Stable Asset Income Fund, 4,306,795.141 and 4,873,676.147 shares, respectively

      88,824,651      112,047,828

American Balanced Fund, 717,036.652 and 730,912.698 shares, respectively

      12,555,658      10,079,286

American EuroPacific Growth Fund, 474,704.609 and 405,714,239 shares, respectively

      18,977,775      11,339,713

AO Smith Munder Mid Cap Fund, 697,633.038 and 743,475.242 shares, respectively

      33,610,757      24,344,431

4. A.O. Smith Stable Asset Income Fund

The Master Trust in which the plan’s assets are invested owns shares of the A.O. Smith Stable Asset Income Fund (the Fund). The Fund owns shares of two collective investment funds which hold Guaranteed investment contracts. Information pertaining to these two funds for the year ended December 31, 2009, is as follows:

 

     Average
Yield		     Crediting
Interest
Rate		     Investments
at Contract
Value		    Investments
at Fair
Value		    Adjustment
to
Contract
Value		  

M&I Stable Principal Fund

    3.78 %    3.36 %    —      —      —     

Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund G

    3.40 %    3.32 %    102,360,152    102,564,872    (204,720 ) 

Information pertaining to the two funds for the year ended December 31, 2008, is as follows:

 

     Average
Yield		     Crediting
Interest
Rate		     Investments
at Contract
Value		    Investments
at Fair
Value		    Adjustment
to
Contract
Value

M&I Stable Principal Fund

    4.96 %    3.28 %    54,791,388    52,051,819    2,739,569

Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund G

    5.29 %    4.10 %    57,256,440    54,221,849    3,034,591

 

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2009 and 2008

(Continued)

 

5. Income Tax Status

The Plan obtained its latest determination letter on October 21, 1999, in which the Internal Revenue Service stated the Plan as then designed, was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.

6. Plan Termination

While the Company has not expressed any intent to terminate the Plan, it is free to do so at any time. In the event of termination, each participant automatically becomes vested to the extent of the balance in his separate account.

7. 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 in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

8. Risks and Uncertainties

The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

9. Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Schedule H Form 5500

The following is the reconciliation between the financial statements and Form 5500:

 

     2009     2008  

Total net assets per Form 5500, Schedule H

    $ 229,296,568      $ 203,640,862   

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

      (204,720 )      —     
                

Net Assets available for benefits per financial statements

    $ 229,091,848      $ 203,640,862   
                

Increase (decrease) in net assets per Form 5500, Schedule H

    $ 25,655,706      $ (61,823,709 ) 

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

      (204,720 )      —     
                

(Decrease) increase in net assets available for benefits per financial statements

    $ 25,450,986      $ (61,823,709 ) 
                

 

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A.O. SMITH PROFIT SHARING RETIREMENT PLAN

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2009 and 2008

(Continued)

 

10. Subsequent Events

Subsequent events were evaluated through the date of financial statement issuance.

Effective January 1, 2010, the Plan was renamed the A.O. Smith Retirement Security Plan.

Effective January 1, 2010, the Plan was revised to satisfy the safe harbor requirements of Internal Revenue Code 401(k)(13) as follows:

 

  a. An automatic enrollment feature was instituted

 

  b. Plan participants will have the ability to contribute up to 100% of available compensation on a pre-tax basis

 

  c. The Company will contribute 100% on the first 1% of a participant’s compensation and 50% on the next 5%, for a maximum annual matching contribution of 3.5%

 

  d. All matching contributions shall vest after two years of vesting service

 

  e. An additional matching contribution to be allocated as of the last day of the plan year for those participants who are employed on such date or who terminated during the year on or after attainment of age 65

Also, effective January 1, 2010, all participants who are not eligible to accrue a benefit under any of the Company’s qualified defined benefit pension plans will be eligible for an annual nonelective employer contribution equal to three percent of an eligible participant’s total compensation for the Plan year. Those employees who are employed in a FTE position for the Plan year or complete 1,000 hours of service during a Plan year and who are employed on the last day of the Plan year or terminated employment during the Plan year as a result of death, disability, retirement, or termination resulting from job abolishment are eligible. This nonelective contribution will vest after three years of vesting service.

In addition, effective in 2010 as such time as is determined by the Company’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Public Affairs, the A.O. Smith Corporation Savings Plan shall be merged with and into the A.O. Smith Retirement Security Plan.

 

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A.O. SMITH PROFIT SHARING RETIREMENT PLAN

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

EIN 39-0619790, Plan 018

Schedule H, line 4i - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment

December 31, 2009

 

(a)

   

(b)

Identity of Issue

   

(c)

Description of
Investment

  

(d)

Cost

   

(e)

Current
Value

*

    Participant Loans    4% - 9.25%   $ —      $ 2,389,494

 

* -Denotes a party-in-interest

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the persons who administer the employee benefit plan have duly cause this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  A. O. Smith Profit Sharing Retirement Plan
 

/S/    DUANE CARLSON        

Dated: May 25, 2010

   Duane Carlson, Manager U.S. Benefits

 

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