AMPCO PITTSBURGH CORP - Quarter Report: 2009 June (Form 10-Q)
FORM
1O-Q
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
[X] QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly
period ended June 30, 2009
OR
[
] TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition
period
from to
Commission File
Number 1-898
AMPCO-PITTSBURGH
CORPORATION
Pennsylvania 25-1117717
(State of
Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)
600 Grant Street,
Suite 4600
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15219
(Address of
principal executive offices)
(412)456-4400
(Registrant’s
telephone number)
Indicate by check
mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter periods that the registrant was required to file
such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past
90 days.
Yes √ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or
a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “accelerated filer”, “large
accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
Large accelerated
filer____ Accelerated filer √
Non-accelerated
filer ____ Smaller reporting company _____
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes
__ No
√
On
August 7, 2009, 10,199,997 common shares were outstanding.
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AMPCO-PITTSBURGH
CORPORATION
INDEX
Part I -
Financial Information:
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Page
No.
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Item 1
–
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Financial
Statements
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Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets –
June 30, 2009
and December 31, 2008
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3
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations –Six and Three Months Ended June 30,
2009 and 2008
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4
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Six Months Ended June 30, 2009 and
2008
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5
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Notes to
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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6
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Item 2
-
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Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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19
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Item 3
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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22
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Item 4
–
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Controls and
Procedures
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22
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Part II –
Other Information:
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Item 1
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Legal
Proceedings
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23
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Item 1A
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Risk
Factors
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23
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Item 4
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Submission of
Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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23
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Item 6
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Exhibits
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23
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Signatures
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25
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Exhibit
Index
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26
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Exhibits
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Exhibit
31.1
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Exhibit
31.2
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Exhibit
32.1
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Exhibit
32.2
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PART I - FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
AMPCO-PITTSBURGH
CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
June
30,
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December
31,
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2009
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2008
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Assets
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Current
assets:
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Cash and cash
equivalents
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$ | 79,080,962 | $ | 81,606,793 | ||||
Receivables,
less allowance for
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doubtful
accounts of $456,175 in
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2009
and $211,021 in 2008
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47,652,643 | 53,763,444 | ||||||
Inventories
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63,771,947 | 62,634,464 | ||||||
Insurance
receivable – asbestos
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22,000,000 | 14,000,000 | ||||||
Other current
assets
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19,400,904 | 16,885,616 | ||||||
Total current
assets
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231,906,456 | 228,890,317 | ||||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net
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98,158,368 | 86,733,317 | ||||||
Insurance
receivable - asbestos
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103,151,356 | 122,175,929 | ||||||
Investments
in joint ventures
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10,641,463 | 6,536,412 | ||||||
Deferred tax
assets
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31,467,612 | 35,156,434 | ||||||
Goodwill
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2,694,240 | 2,694,240 | ||||||
Other
noncurrent assets
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5,609,792 | 6,794,839 | ||||||
$ | 483,629,287 | $ | 488,981,488 | |||||
Liabilities
and Shareholders' Equity
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$ | 16,018,394 | $ | 16,906,407 | ||||
Accrued
payrolls and employee benefits
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11,349,210 | 10,831,512 | ||||||
Industrial
Revenue Bond debt
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13,311,000 | 13,311,000 | ||||||
Asbestos
liability – current portion
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32,000,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||
Other current
liabilities
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20,659,352 | 27,164,050 | ||||||
Total current
liabilities
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93,337,956 | 88,212,969 | ||||||
Employee
benefit obligations
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61,970,908 | 65,091,656 | ||||||
Asbestos
liability
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159,357,687 | 187,014,436 | ||||||
Other
noncurrent liabilities
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3,901,961 | 3,675,138 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
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318,568,512 | 343,994,199 | ||||||
Commitments
and contingent liabilities
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(Note
6)
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Shareholders'
equity:
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Common stock
- par value $1; authorized
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20,000,000
shares; issued and outstanding
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10,199,997
shares in 2009 and
10,177,497
in 2008
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10,199,997 | 10,177,497 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
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114,884,173 | 113,471,496 | ||||||
Retained
earnings
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107,924,293 | 96,480,472 | ||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
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(67,947,688 | ) | (75,142,176 | ) | ||||
Total
shareholders' equity
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165,060,775 | 144,987,289 | ||||||
$ | 483,629,287 | $ | 488,981,488 | |||||
See Notes to
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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AMPCO-PITTSBURGH
CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
Six Months Ended June 30,
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Three Months Ended June 30,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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Net
sales
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$ | 160,733,852 | $ | 200,519,255 | $ | 74,978,864 | $ | 102,689,468 | ||||||||
Operating
costs and expenses:
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Costs
of products sold
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(excluding
depreciation)
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109,994,148 | 142,432,065 | 50,218,086 | 72,531,491 | ||||||||||||
Selling
and administrative
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20,817,871 | 20,931,495 | 10,196,238 | 10,676,878 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
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3,625,804 | 3,668,403 | 1,809,715 | 1,809,904 | ||||||||||||
Gain on
disposition of assets
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- | (84,268 | ) | - | (79,828 | ) | ||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
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134,437,823 | 166,947,695 | 62,224,039 | 84,938,445 | ||||||||||||
Income from
operations
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26,296,029 | 33,571,560 | 12,754,825 | 17,751,023 | ||||||||||||
Other income
(expense):
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Investment-related
income
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146,815 | 1,195,052 | 64,208 | 965,515 | ||||||||||||
Interest
expense
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(146,853 | ) | (247,859 | ) | (77,489 | ) | (113,925 | ) | ||||||||
Other -
net
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(2,313,221 | ) | (1,195,462 | ) | (535,446 | ) | (686,605 | ) | ||||||||
(2,313,259 | ) | (248,269 | ) | (548,727 | ) | 164,985 | ||||||||||
Income before
income taxes
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23,982,770 | 33,323,291 | 12,206,098 | 17,916,008 | ||||||||||||
Income tax
provision
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8,871,000 | 11,571,000 | 4,413,000 | 6,307,000 | ||||||||||||
Net
income
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$ | 15,111,770 | $ | 21,752,291 | $ | 7,793,098 | $ | 11,609,008 | ||||||||
Earnings per
common share:
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Basic
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$ | 1.48 | $ | 2.14 | $ | 0.77 | $ | 1.14 | ||||||||
Diluted
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$ | 1.48 | $ | 2.14 | $ | 0.77 | $ | 1.14 | ||||||||
Cash
dividends declared
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per
share
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$ | 0.36 | $ | 0.36 | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.18 | ||||||||
Weighted-average
number of
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common
shares outstanding:
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Basic
shares
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10,180,881 | 10,177,497 | 10,184,228 | 10,177,497 | ||||||||||||
Diluted
shares
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10,181,779 | 10,179,800 | 10,178,381 | 10,179,860 | ||||||||||||
See Notes to
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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AMPCO-PITTSBURGH
CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
Six Months
Ended June 30,
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2009
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2008
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Net cash
flows provided by operating activities
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$ | 21,709,482 | $ | 14,186,374 | ||||
Cash flows
from investing activities:
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Purchases of
property, plant and equipment
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(13,474,176 | ) | (9,755,367 | ) | ||||
Purchases of
short-term marketable securities
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- | (61,628,567 | ) | |||||
Proceeds from
sales of short-term marketable
securities
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- | 11,000,000 | ||||||
Investment in
Chinese joint venture
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(4,410,000 | ) | (2,940,000 | ) | ||||
Collateral
for outstanding foreign currency exchange contracts (Note
8)
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(4,326,000 | ) | - | |||||
Purchases of
long-term marketable securities
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(574,268 | ) | (562,558 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from
sale of long-term marketable
securities
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507,731 | 463,058 | ||||||
Other
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1,774 | 92,572 | ||||||
Net cash
flows used in investing activities
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(22,274,939 | ) | (63,330,862 | ) | ||||
Cash flows
from financing activities:
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Dividends
paid
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(3,663,899 | ) | (3,358,575 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from
the issuance of common stock
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300,825 | - | ||||||
Excess tax
benefits from the exercise of stock
options
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89,453 | - | |||||||
Net cash
flows used in financing activities
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(3,273,621 | ) | (3,358,575 | ) | ||||
Effect of
exchange rate changes on cash
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and cash
equivalents
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1,313,247 | 16,251 | ||||||
Net decrease
in cash and cash equivalents
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(2,525,831 | ) | (52,486,812 | ) | ||||
Cash and cash
equivalents at beginning of period
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81,606,793 | 71,626,379 | ||||||
Cash and cash
equivalents at end of period
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$ | 79,080,962 | $ | 19,139,567 | ||||
Supplemental
information:
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Income
tax payments
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$ | 7,277,973 | $ | 5,512,649 | ||||
Interest
payments
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$ | 154,991 | $ | 266,236 | ||||
Non-cash
investing activities:
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Purchases
of property, plant and equipment
included
in accounts payable
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$ | 1,006,147 | $ | - | ||||
Appreciation
of short-term marketable
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securities
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$ | - | $ | 451,554 | ||||
See Notes to
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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AMPCO-PITTSBURGH
CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
1.
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Unaudited Condensed
Consolidated Financial
Statements
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The condensed
consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2009, the condensed consolidated
statements of operations for the six and three months ended June 30, 2009 and
2008 and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the six months
ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 have been prepared by Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation
(the Corporation) without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments,
consisting of only normal and recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly
the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods
presented, have been made. The results of operations
for the six and three months ended June 30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative
of the operating results expected for the full year.
Certain information
and footnote disclosures normally included in the annual financial statements
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America have been condensed or omitted.
Recently Implemented
Accounting Pronouncements
In
December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) revised Financial
Accounting Standard (FAS) No. 141, Business Combinations. While
FAS No. 141(R) retains the fundamental requirements of the original
pronouncement, it further defines the acquirer and is broader in scope as to its
applicability. FAS No. 141(R) is effective for any business combination
completed by the Corporation whereby the Corporation obtains control with an
acquisition date on or after January 1, 2009.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued FAS No. 160, Non-controlling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements – an amendment of ARB No. 51, which
requires (1) entities that prepare consolidated financial statements and have an
outstanding non-controlling interest in one or more subsidiaries or that
deconsolidate a subsidiary to clearly identify and label ownership interests in
subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent on the consolidated balance
sheet and the amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and
the non-controlling interest on the consolidated statement of income and (2)
additional disclosures relating to changes in ownership interests and other
relevant items. FAS No. 160 became effective on January 1, 2009. The Corporation
currently does not have any non-controlling interests in any of its
subsidiaries; accordingly, the statement did not impact the
Corporation.
In
February 2008, the FASB issued Final Staff Position (FSP) FAS No. 157-2
providing for a one-year deferral of the provisions of FAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, as
it relates to non-financial assets and liabilities which are recognized or
disclosed at fair value in the consolidated financial statements on a
non-recurring basis. The provisions of FAS No. 157 relating to the Corporation’s
non-financial assets and liabilities were adopted as of January 1, 2009, their
effective date, and did not impact the Corporation.
In
March 2008, the FASB issued FAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment of FASB Statement No.
133,
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which requires
enhanced disclosures about an entity’s derivative and hedging activities. FAS
No. 161 became effective for the Corporation on January 1, 2009 and required
disclosures are included in Note 8.
In
April 2009, the FASB issued three FSPs intended to provide additional guidance
and enhance disclosures regarding fair value measurements and impairment of
securities. FSP FAS 157-4, Determining Fair Value When the
Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly
Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly, relates to
determining fair values when there is no active market or where the price inputs
being used represent distressed sales. Transactions are no longer presumed to be
distressed or not orderly but, instead, will be determined on the weight of the
evidence to indicate such. FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, Interim Disclosures about Fair Value
of Financial Instruments, relates to fair value disclosures for any
financial instruments that are not currently reflected on the balance sheet of
companies at fair value. Prior to issuing this FSP, fair values for these assets
and liabilities were only disclosed once a year. The FSP now requires these
disclosures on a quarterly basis. FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, Recognition and Presentation of
Other-Than-Temporary Impairments, provides additional guidance regarding
the timing of the recognition of an impairment and the credit and noncredit
components of impaired debt securities that are not expected to be sold. The
FSPs are effective for the Corporation for interim and annual periods ending
after June 30, 2009; however, as acceptable, the Corporation early adopted the
FSPs for the interim period ended March 31, 2009. The FSPs did not have a
significant impact on the operating results, financial position or liquidity of
the Corporation.
In
May 2009, the FASB issued FAS No. 165, Subsequent Events, which
requires disclosure of the date through which subsequent events have been
evaluated and the basis for that date. FAS 165 became effective for the
Corporation for the interim period ended June 30, 2009 and the required
disclosures are included in Note 14.
Recently Issued Accounting
Pronouncements
In
December 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS 132(R)-1, Employers’ Disclosures about
Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets, which requires further disclosure
about how investment allocation decisions are made, categories of plan assets,
fair value measurements of plan assets and significant concentrations of risk.
FSP FAS 132(R)-1 becomes effective for the Corporation for the year ending
December 31, 2009. The Corporation is currently evaluating the effects that FSP
FAS 132(R)-1 may have on its annual financial statement
disclosures.
In
June 2009, the FASB issued FAS No. 167, Amendments to FASB Interpretation
No. 46(R), which amends Interpretation 46(R) to replace the
quantitative-based risks and rewards calculation for determining which
enterprise, if any, has a controlling financial interest in a variable-interest
entity with a more qualitative approach. The Statement also adds an additional
reconsideration event for determining whether an entity is a variable- interest
entity and ongoing assessments of whether an enterprise is the primary
beneficiary. FAS No. 167 becomes effective for the Corporation on January 1,
2010. The Corporation is currently evaluating the effects that FAS No. 167 may
have on its operating results, financial position or liquidity.
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In
June 2009, the FASB issued FAS No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards
Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, a
replacement of FASB Statement No. 162, which will become the source
of authoritative U. S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and
interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under
authority of federal securities laws remain sources of authoritative GAAP for
SEC registrants. The Codification does not change GAAP but reorganizes the
literature. FAS No. 168 becomes effective for the Corporation for interim period
ending September 30, 2009. FAS No. 168 is not expected to have a material effect
on the operating results, financial position or liquidity of the
Corporation.
2.
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Inventories
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At
June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, approximately 59% and 65%, respectively, of
the inventories were valued on the LIFO method with the remaining inventories
being valued on the FIFO method. Inventories were comprised of the
following:
(in
thousands)
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June
30,
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December
31,
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2009
|
2008
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Raw
materials
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$ | 12,719 | $ | 12,761 | ||||
Work-in-process
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22,282 | 28,385 | ||||||
Finished
goods
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18,373 | 12,817 | ||||||
Supplies
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10,398 | 8,671 | ||||||
$ | 63,772 | $ | 62,634 |
3.
Property, Plant and
Equipment
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Property,
plant and equipment were comprised of the
following:
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(in
thousands)
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June
30,
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December
31,
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2009
|
2008
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Land and land
improvements
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$ | 4,750 | $ | 4,749 | ||||
Buildings
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31,340 | 31,227 | ||||||
Machinery and
equipment
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147,835 | 146,146 | ||||||
Construction-in-progress
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28,676 | 14,945 | ||||||
Other
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7,464 | 7,425 | ||||||
220,065 | 204,492 | |||||||
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(121,907 | ) | (117,759 | ) | ||||
$ | 98,158 | $ | 86,733 |
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4.
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Other Current
Liabilities
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Other current
liabilities were comprised of the
following:
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(in
thousands)
|
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June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
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Customer-related
liabilities
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$ | 9,618 | $ | 9,512 | ||||
Foreign
currency exchange contracts
|
1,451 | 6,887 | ||||||
Accrued sales
commissions
|
2,033 | 2,853 | ||||||
Dividend
payable
|
1,836 | 1,832 | ||||||
Accrued
income taxes payable
|
481 | 1,164 | ||||||
Other
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5,240 | 4,916 | ||||||
$ | 20,659 | $ | 27,164 |
Included in
customer-related liabilities are costs expected to be incurred with respect to
product warranties. Changes in the liability for product warranty claims for the
six and three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 consisted of the
following:
(in
thousands)
|
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Six
Months
|
Three
Months
|
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Ended June
30,
|
Ended June
30,
|
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2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
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Balance at
beginning of the period
|
$ | 4,724 | $ | 6,156 | $ | 4,900 | $ | 6,543 | ||||||||
Satisfaction
of warranty claims
|
(751 | ) | (1,955 | ) | (482 | ) | (1,372 | ) | ||||||||
Provision for
warranty claims
|
889 | 1,571 | 437 | 596 | ||||||||||||
Other,
primarily impact from
|
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changes
in foreign currency
|
||||||||||||||||
exchange
rates
|
291 | (4 | ) | 298 | 1 | |||||||||||
Balance at
end of the period
|
$ | 5,153 | $ | 5,768 | $ | 5,153 | $ | 5,768 |
5.
Pension and
Other Postretirement Benefits
Contributions for
the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 were as follows:
(in
thousands)
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
U.S. pension
benefits plans
|
$ | 5,000 | $ | - | ||||
U.K. pension
benefits plan
|
$ | 687 | $ | 923 | ||||
Other
postretirement benefits
(e.g. net
payments)
|
$ | 284 | $ | 200 | ||||
U.K. defined
contribution plan
|
$ | 130 | $ | 256 |
(in
thousands)
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
U.S. pension
benefits plans
|
$ | 5,000 | $ | - | ||||
U.K. pension
benefits plan
|
$ | 687 | $ | 923 | ||||
Other
postretirement benefits
(e.g. net
payments)
|
$ | 284 | $ | 200 | ||||
U.K. defined
contribution plan
|
$ | 130 | $ | 256 | ||||
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Net periodic
pension and other postretirement costs include the following
components:
(in
thousands)
|
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Six
Months
|
Three
Months
|
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Ended June
30,
|
Ended June
30,
|
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U.S. Pension Benefits
|
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
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Service
cost
|
$ | 1,425 | $ | 1,344 | $ | 713 | $ | 672 | ||||||||
Interest
cost
|
4,116 | 3,960 | 2,058 | 1,980 | ||||||||||||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
(5,045 | ) | (5,605 | ) | (2,523 | ) | (2,802 | ) | ||||||||
Amortization
of:
|
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Prior
service cost
|
317 | 324 | 159 | 162 | ||||||||||||
Actuarial
loss (gain)
|
863 | (65 | ) | 431 | (33 | ) | ||||||||||
Net benefit
cost (income)
|
$ | 1,676 | $ | (42 | ) | $ | 838 | $ | (21 | ) |
(in
thousands)
|
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Six
Months
|
Three
Months
|
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Ended June
30,
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Ended June
30,
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Foreign Pension Benefits
|
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||||
Interest
cost
|
$ | 1,068 | $ | 1,320 | $ | 534 | $ | 660 | ||||||||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
(680 | ) | (1,400 | ) | (340 | ) | (700 | ) | ||||||||
Amortization
of actuarial loss
|
212 | 157 | 106 | 79 | ||||||||||||
Net benefit
cost
|
$ | 600 | $ | 77 | $ | 300 | $ | 39 |
(in
thousands)
|
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Six
Months
|
Three
Months
|
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Ended June
30,
|
Ended June
30,
|
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Other Postretirement
Benefits
|
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||||
Service
cost
|
$ | 219 | $ | 203 | $ | 110 | $ | 106 | ||||||||
Interest
cost
|
420 | 393 | 210 | 196 | ||||||||||||
Amortization
of:
|
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Prior
service cost
|
43 | 34 | 21 | 17 | ||||||||||||
Actuarial
loss
|
3 | 28 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||||||
Net benefit
cost
|
$ | 685 | $ | 658 | $ | 343 | $ | 343 |
6. Commitments and Contingent
Liabilities
Outstanding standby
and commercial letters of credit as of June 30, 2009 approximated $21,234,000, a
major portion of which serves as collateral for the Industrial Revenue Bond
debt.
During 2007, a
subsidiary of Union Electric Steel (UES) entered into an agreement with Maanshan
Iron & Steel Company Limited to form a joint venture company in China. Each
party will contribute cash for their respective interest. For its 49% interest,
UES will contribute $14,700,000 of which $10,290,000 has been contributed to
date with the balance expected to be contributed by the end of
2009.
In
connection with the sale of a segment in 2003, the Corporation provided typical
warranties to the buyer (such as those relating to income taxes, intellectual
property, legal proceedings, product liabilities and title to property, plant
and equipment) which primarily expire with the statutes of limitations. Losses
suffered by the buyer as a result of the Corporation’s breach of warranties are
reimbursable by the Corporation up to approximately $2,000,000. No amount has
been paid to date and, based on experience while owning the segment, the
Corporation expects that no amounts will become due.
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See also Note 12
regarding litigation and Note 13 for environmental matters.
7. Comprehensive Income
(Loss)
The Corporation's
comprehensive income (loss) consisted of:
(in
thousands)
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Six
Months
|
Three
Months
|
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Ended June
30,
|
Ended June
30,
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2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
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Net
income
|
$ | 15,112 | $ | 21,752 | $ | 7,793 | $ | 11,609 | ||||||||
Foreign
currency translation
|
||||||||||||||||
adjustments
|
5,344 | 255 | 5,251 | 51 | ||||||||||||
Unrecognized
components of
|
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employee
benefit plans
|
939 | 312 | 481 | 162 | ||||||||||||
Unrealized
holding gains on
|
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marketable
securities
|
209 | 272 | 255 | 192 | ||||||||||||
Change in the
fair value
|
||||||||||||||||
of
derivatives (cash flow hedges)
|
702 | (634 | ) | (584 | ) | 407 | ||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$ | 22,306 | $ | 21,957 | $ | 13,196 | $ | 12,421 |
8.Foreign Currency Exchange
and Futures Contracts
Certain of the
Corporation’s operations are subject to risk from exchange rate fluctuations in
connection with sales in foreign currencies. To minimize this risk, foreign
currency sales contracts are entered into which are designated as cash flow or
fair value hedges and are recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheet
as either an asset or a liability measured at their fair value. The accounting
for changes in the fair value of a derivative depends on the use of the
derivative. To the extent that a derivative is designated and effective as a
cash flow hedge of an exposure to future changes in value, the change in fair
value of the derivative is deferred in accumulated other comprehensive income
(loss). Any portion considered to be ineffective, including that arising from
the unlikelihood of an anticipated transaction to occur, is reported as a
component of earnings (other income/expense) immediately. Upon occurrence of the
anticipated transaction, the derivative designated and effective as a cash flow
hedge is de-designated as a fair value hedge and the change in fair value
previously deferred in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) is
reclassified to earnings (net sales) with subsequent changes in fair value
recorded as a component of earnings (other income/expense). To the extent that a
derivative is designated and effective as a hedge of an exposure to changes in
fair value, the change in the derivative’s fair value will be offset in the
statement of operations by the change in the fair value of the item being hedged
and is recorded as a component of earnings (other income/expense).
As
of June 30, 2009, approximately $72,660,000 of anticipated foreign-denominated
sales has been hedged of which $30,200,000 is covered by cash flow contracts
settling at various dates through June 2012 and the remaining $42,460,000 is
covered by fair value contracts settling at various dates through September
2013. As of June 30, 2009, the fair value of foreign currency sales contracts
designated as cash flow hedges expecting to settle within the next 12 months
approximated $429,000 and is recorded as other current liabilities. The fair
value of the remaining cash flow contracts equaled $295,000 and is recorded as
other noncurrent assets. The change in the fair value of the contracts is
recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and
approximated $69,000, net of income
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taxes, as of June
30, 2009. During the six months ended June 30, 2009, approximately $(37,000),
net of income taxes, was recognized as comprehensive income (loss). The change
in the fair value will be reclassified to earnings when the projected sales
occur with approximately $(135,000) expected to be released to pre-tax earnings
within the next 12 months. During the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008,
approximately $(64,000) and $(1,730,000), respectively, was released to pre-tax
earnings and during the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, approximately
$(67,000) and $(839,000), respectively, was released to pre-tax
earnings.
As
of June 30, 2009, the fair value of foreign currency sales contracts designated
as fair value hedges expecting to settle within the next 12 months approximated
$1,022,000 and is recorded as other current liabilities. (The fair value of the
related hedged item, recorded as other current assets, approximated $1,056,000.)
The fair value of the remaining fair value hedges equaled $914,000 and is
recorded as other noncurrent assets. (The fair value of the related hedged item,
recorded as other noncurrent liabilities, approximated $1,023,000). The fair
value of assets held as collateral as of June 30, 2009 approximated
$4,936,000.
As
a result of a customer’s cancellation of orders, approximately $4,700,000 of
fair value hedge contracts were terminated in July 2009 and, accordingly, were
deemed to be ineffective as of June 30, 2009. The fair value of the hedges was
not significant. No portion of the existing cash flow hedges was considered to
be ineffective, including any ineffectiveness arising from the unlikelihood of
an anticipated transaction to occur. Additionally, no amounts were excluded from
assessing the effectiveness of the hedge. Losses on foreign exchange
transactions approximated $(1,847,000) and $(1,044,000) for the six months ended
June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $(460,000) and $(594,000)for the three
months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and are included in other
income (expense).
In
May 2009, the Corporation entered into foreign currency purchase contracts to
manage the volatility associated with Euro-denominated progress payments to be
made for certain machinery and equipment. The contracts are designated as cash
flow hedges and are recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as
either an asset or a liability measured at their fair value. To the extent that
a derivative is designated and effective as a cash flow hedge of an exposure to
future changes in value, the change in fair value of the foreign currency
purchase contract is deferred in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).
Any portion considered to be ineffective, including that arising from the
unlikelihood of an anticipated transaction to occur, is reported as a component
of earnings (other income/expense) immediately. Upon occurrence of the
anticipated transaction (i.e., remittance of the progress payment), the foreign
currency purchase contract is settled and the change in fair value deferred in
accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) is reclassified to earnings
(depreciation expense) over life of the underlying assets.
As
of June 30, 2009, approximately $12,500,000 of anticipated foreign-denominated
purchases has been hedged with cash flow contracts settling at various dates
through September 2010. As of June 30, 2009, the fair value of the foreign
currency purchase contracts expecting to settle within the next 12 months
approximated $541,000 and is recorded as other current assets. The fair value of
the remaining contracts equaled $22,000 and is recorded as other noncurrent
assets. The change in the fair value of the contracts is recorded as a component
of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and approximated $350,000, net
of income taxes, as of June 30, 2009. During the six months ended June 30, 2009,
approximately $350,000, net of income taxes,
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was recognized as
comprehensive income (loss). Since the underlying assets have not yet been
placed in service, no amounts were released to earnings during the six months
and three months ended June 30, 2009. Additionally, no amounts are expected to
be released to earnings within the next 12 months.
In
addition, one of the Corporation’s subsidiaries is subject to risk from
increases in the price of commodities (copper and aluminum) used in the
production of inventory. To minimize this risk, futures contracts are entered
into which are designated as cash flow hedges. At June 30, 2009, approximately
73% or $1,030,000 of anticipated copper purchases over the next 4 months and 58%
or $533,000 of anticipated aluminum purchases over the next 6 months are hedged.
The fair value of these contracts approximated $144,000 as of June 30, 2009. The
change in the fair value of the contracts designated as cash flow hedges is
recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and
approximated $90,000, net of income taxes, as of June 30, 2009. During the six
months ended June 30, 2009, approximately $295,000, net of income taxes, was
recognized as comprehensive income (loss). The change in the fair value will be
reclassified to earnings when the projected sales occur with approximately
$144,000 expected to be released over the next 12 months. During the
six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, approximately $212,000 and $190,000
respectively, was released to pre-tax earnings and during the three months ended
June 30, 2009 and 2008, approximately $73,000 and $291,000, respectively, was
released to pre-tax earnings. The fair value of assets held as collateral as of
June 30, 2009 approximated $420,000.
The Corporation
does not enter into derivative transactions for speculative purposes and,
therefore, holds no derivative instruments for trading purposes.
9.
Stock-Based
Compensation
In
February 2009, the Compensation Committee granted 322,500 of non-qualified stock
options to certain employees. The options have a ten-year life with one-third
vesting at the date of grant, one-third vesting on the first anniversary date of
the date of grant and one-third vesting on the second anniversary date of the
date of grant. The exercise price of $13.37 was equal to the closing price of
the Corporation’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the date of
grant and the fair value of the options was $3.17 per share.
The fair value of
the options as of the date of grant was calculated using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model based on an assumption for the expected life of the options
of six years, a risk-free interest rate of 2.72%, an expected dividend yield of
6.33% and an expected volatility of 43.81%. The resultant stock-based
compensation expense of $1,023,000 will be recognized over the requisite service
period.
The risk-free
interest rate is equal to the yield that was available on U.S. Treasury
zero-coupon issues at the date of grant with a remaining term equal to the
expected life of the options. The expected life of the options was estimated by
considering historical exercise experience of the employee group and the vesting
period of the awards. The expected dividend yield was based on a dividend amount
giving consideration to the Corporation’s future expectations of dividend
increases over the expected life of the options. The expected volatility was
based on the historical prices of the Corporation’s stock and dividend amounts
over the past six years, a period equal to the expected life of the stock
options.
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Stock-based
compensation expense for the six and three months ended June 30, 2009 of
$1,045,000 and $380,000, respectively, includes expense associated with the
September 2008 and February 2009 grants. The related income tax benefit
recognized in the statement of operations for the six and three months ended
June 30, 2009 was approximately $366,000 and $133,000,
respectively.
10.Fair
Value
The Corporation’s
financial assets and liabilities that are reported at fair value in the
accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2009 were as
follows:
(in
thousands)
|
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Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Investments
|
||||||||||||||||
Other
noncurrent assets
|
$ | 2,150 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 2,150 | ||||||||
Foreign
currency exchange (sales and purchase) contracts
|
||||||||||||||||
Other current
assets
|
- | 1,597 | - | 1,597 | ||||||||||||
Other
noncurrent assets
|
- | 1,231 | - | 1,231 | ||||||||||||
Other current
liabilities
|
- | 1,451 | - | 1,451 | ||||||||||||
Other
noncurrent liabilities
|
- | 1,023 | - | 1,023 |
11.Business
Segments
Presented below are
the net sales and income before income taxes for the Corporation's two business
segments.
(in
thousands)
|
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Six
Months
|
Three
Months
|
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Ended June
30,
|
Ended June
30,
|
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2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Net
Sales:
|
||||||||||||||||
Forged
and Cast Rolls
|
$ | 102,628 | $ | 142,994 | $ | 45,205 | $ | 73,509 | ||||||||
Air and
Liquid Processing
|
58,106 | 57,525 | 29,774 | 29,180 | ||||||||||||
Total
Reportable Segments
|
$ | 160,734 | $ | 200,519 | $ | 74,979 | $ | 102,689 | ||||||||
Income before
Income Taxes:
|
||||||||||||||||
Forged
and Cast Rolls
|
$ | 25,001 | $ | 31,592 | $ | 11,044 | $ | 16,705 | ||||||||
Air and
Liquid Processing
|
6,367 | 5,376 | 4,146 | 2,790 | ||||||||||||
Total
Reportable Segments
|
31,368 | 36,968 | 15,190 | 19,495 | ||||||||||||
Other
expense, including
|
||||||||||||||||
corporate
costs – net
|
(7,385 | ) | (3,645 | ) | (2,984 | ) | (1,579 | ) | ||||||||
Total
|
$ | 23,983 | $ | 33,323 | $ | 12,206 | $ | 17,916 | ||||||||
12.Litigation (claims not in
thousands
Litigation
The Corporation and
its subsidiaries are involved in various claims and lawsuits incidental to their
businesses. In addition, it is also subject to asbestos litigation as described
below.
Asbestos
Litigation
Claims have been
asserted alleging personal injury from exposure to asbestos-containing
components historically used in some products of certain of the Corporation’s
operating subsidiaries (“Asbestos Liability”) and of an inactive subsidiary in
dissolution and another former division of the
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Corporation. Those
subsidiaries, and in some cases the Corporation, are defendants (among a number
of defendants, typically over 50) in cases filed in various state and federal
courts.
Asbestos
Claims
The following table
reflects approximate information about the claims for Asbestos Liability against
the subsidiaries and the Corporation, along with certain asbestos claims
asserted against the inactive subsidiary and the former division, for the six
months ended June 30, 2009:
Approximate
open claims at end of period
|
9,415 | (1 | ) | |||||
Gross
settlement and defense costs (in 000’s)
|
$ | 14,782 | ||||||
Approximate
claims settled or dismissed
|
552 | |||||||
|
(1)
Included as “open claims” are approximately 3,231 claims classified in
various jurisdictions as “inactive” or transferred to a state or federal
judicial panel on multi-district litigation, commonly referred to as the
MDL.
|
A
substantial majority of the settlement and defense costs reflected in the above
table was reported and paid by insurers. Because claims are often filed and can
be settled or dismissed in large groups, the amount and timing of settlements,
as well as the number of open claims, can fluctuate significantly from period to
period. In 2006, for the first time, a claim for Asbestos Liability against one
of the Corporation’s subsidiaries was tried to a jury. The trial resulted in a
defense verdict. Plaintiffs appealed that verdict and in 2008 the
California Court of Appeals reversed the jury verdict and remanded the case back
to the trial court.
Asbestos
Insurance
Certain of the
Corporation’s subsidiaries and the Corporation have an arrangement (the
“Coverage Arrangement”) with insurers responsible for historical primary and
some umbrella insurance coverage for Asbestos Liability (the “Paying Insurers”).
Under the Coverage Arrangement, the Paying Insurers accept financial
responsibility, subject to the limits of the policies and based on fixed defense
percentages and specified indemnity allocation formulas, for a substantial
majority of the pending claims for Asbestos Liability. The claims against the
inactive subsidiary in dissolution of the Corporation, approximately 340 as of
June 30, 2009, are not included within the Coverage Arrangement. The
one claim filed against the former division also is not included within the
Coverage Arrangement. The Corporation believes that the claims
against the inactive subsidiary in dissolution and the former division are
immaterial.
The Coverage
Arrangement includes an acknowledgement that Howden Buffalo, Inc. (“Howden”) is
entitled to coverage under policies covering Asbestos Liability for claims
arising out of the historical products manufactured or distributed by Buffalo
Forge, a former subsidiary of the Corporation (the “Products”). The Coverage
Arrangement does not provide for any prioritization on access to the applicable
policies or monetary cap other than the limits of the policies, and,
accordingly, Howden may access the policies at any time for any covered claim
arising out of a Product. In general, access by Howden to the policies covering
the Products will erode the coverage under the policies available to the
Corporation and the relevant subsidiaries for Asbestos Liability alleged to
arise out of not only the Products but also other historical products of the
Corporation and its subsidiaries covered by the applicable
policies.
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Asbestos
Valuations
In
2006, the Corporation retained Hamilton, Rabinovitz & Alschuler, Inc.
(“HR&A”), a nationally recognized expert in the valuation of asbestos
liabilities, to assist the Corporation in estimating the potential liability for
pending and unasserted future claims for Asbestos Liability. HR&A was not
requested to estimate asbestos claims against the inactive subsidiary or the
former division, which the Corporation believes are immaterial. Based on this
analysis, the Corporation recorded a reserve for Asbestos Liability claims
pending or projected to be asserted through 2013 as at December 31,
2006. HR&A’s analysis was updated in 2008, and additional
reserves were established by the Corporation as at December 31, 2008 for
Asbestos Liability claims pending or projected to be asserted through
2018. The methodology used by HR&A in its current projection of
the operating subsidiaries’ liability for pending and unasserted potential
future claims for Asbestos Liability, which is substantially the same as the
methodology employed by HR&A in the 2006 estimate, relied upon and included
the following factors:
§
|
HR&A’s
interpretation of a widely accepted forecast of the population likely to
have been exposed to asbestos;
|
§
|
epidemiological
studies estimating the number of people likely to develop asbestos-related
diseases;
|
§
|
HR&A’s
analysis of the number of people likely to file an asbestos-related injury
claim against the subsidiaries and the Corporation based on such
epidemiological data and relevant claims history from January 1, 2006 to
September 30, 2008;
|
§
|
an analysis
of pending cases, by type of injury claimed and jurisdiction where the
claim is filed;
|
§
|
an analysis
of claims resolution history from January 1, 2006 to September 30, 2008 to
determine the average settlement value of claims, by type of injury
claimed and jurisdiction of filing;
and
|
§
|
an adjustment
for inflation in the future average settlement value of claims, at an
annual inflation rate based on the Congressional Budget Office’s ten year
forecast of inflation.
|
Using this
information, HR&A estimated the number of future claims for Asbestos
Liability that would be filed through the year 2018, as well as the settlement
or indemnity costs that would be incurred to resolve both pending and future
unasserted claims through 2018. This methodology has been accepted by numerous
courts.
The Corporation
also retained beginning in 2006 The Claro Group LLC (“Claro”), a
nationally-recognized insurance consulting firm, to assist, in combination with
advice to the Corporation from outside counsel, in analyzing potential
recoveries from relevant historical insurance for Asbestos Liability. Using
HR&A’s projection for settlement or indemnity costs for Asbestos Liability
and management’s projection of associated defense costs (based on current
defense cost levels with an annual 5% inflation factor), Claro allocated the
Asbestos Liability to the insurance policies. The allocations took into account
the Coverage Arrangement, self-insured retentions, policy exclusions, policy
limits, policy provisions regarding coverage for defense costs, attachment
points, prior impairment of policies and gaps in the coverage, policy
exhaustions, insolvencies among certain of the insurance carriers, the nature of
the underlying claims for Asbestos Liability asserted against the subsidiaries
and the Corporation as reflected in the Corporation’s asbestos claims database,
as well as estimated erosion of insurance limits on account of claims against
Howden arising out of the Products. Based upon Claro’s allocations, and taking
into account the Corporation’s analysis of publicly available information on
the
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credit-worthiness
of various insurers, the Corporation estimated the probable insurance recoveries
for Asbestos Liability and defense costs through 2018. Although the Corporation,
after consulting with its counsel and Claro, believes that the assumptions
employed in the insurance valuation were reasonable, there are other assumptions
that could have been employed that would have resulted in materially lower
insurance recovery projections.
Based on the
analyses described above, the Corporation’s reserve at December 31, 2008 for the
total costs, including defense costs, for Asbestos Liability claims pending or
projected to be asserted through 2018 was $207,014,436 ($191,357,687 as of June
30, 2009). While it is reasonably possible that the Corporation will incur
additional charges for Asbestos Liability and defense costs in excess of the
amounts currently reserved, the Corporation believes that there is too much
uncertainty to provide for reasonable estimation of the number of future claims,
the nature of such claims and the cost to resolve them beyond 2018. Accordingly,
no reserve has been recorded for any costs that may be incurred after
2018.
The Corporation’s
receivable as of December 31, 2008 of $136,175,929 ($125,151,356 as of June 30,
2009) was for insurance recoveries attributable to the claims for which the
Corporation’s Asbestos Liability reserve has been established, including the
portion of incurred defense costs covered by the Coverage Arrangement, and the
probable payments and reimbursements relating to the estimated indemnity and
defense costs for pending and unasserted future Asbestos Liability claims. The
insurance receivable recorded by the Corporation does not assume any recovery
from insolvent carriers, and substantially all of the insurance recoveries
deemed probable were from insurance companies rated A – (excellent) or better by
A.M. Best Corporation. There can be no assurance, however, that there will not
be further insolvencies among the relevant insurance carriers, or that the
assumed percentage recoveries for certain carriers will prove correct. The
$70,838,507 difference between insurance recoveries and projected costs at
December 31, 2008 is not due to exhaustion of all insurance coverage for
Asbestos Liability. The Corporation and the subsidiaries have substantial
additional insurance coverage which the Corporation expects to be available for
Asbestos Liability claims and defense costs the subsidiaries and it may incur
after 2018. However, this insurance coverage also can be expected to be
incomplete for one or more of the reasons that affect insurance allocations as
described above, creating significant shortfalls of insurance recoveries as
against claims expense, which could be material in future years.
The amounts
recorded by the Corporation for Asbestos Liabilities and insurance receivables
rely on assumptions that are based on currently known facts and strategy. The
Corporation’s actual expenses or insurance recoveries could be significantly
higher or lower than those recorded if assumptions used in the Corporation’s,
HR&A’s or The Claro Group’s calculations vary significantly from actual
results. Key variables in these assumptions are identified above and include the
number and type of new claims to be filed each year, the average cost of
disposing of each such new claim, average annual defense costs, the resolution
of coverage issues with insurance carriers, and the solvency risk with respect
to the relevant insurance carriers. Other factors that may affect the
Corporation’s Asbestos Liability and ability to recover under its insurance
policies include uncertainties surrounding the litigation process from
jurisdiction to jurisdiction and from case to case, reforms that may be made by
state and federal courts, and the passage of state or federal tort reform
legislation.
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The Corporation
intends to evaluate its estimated Asbestos Liability and related insurance
receivables as well as the underlying assumptions on a periodic basis to
determine whether any adjustments to the estimates are required. Due to the
uncertainties surrounding asbestos litigation and insurance, these periodic
reviews may result in the Corporation incurring future charges; however, the
Corporation is currently unable to estimate such future charges. Adjustments, if
any, to the Corporation’s estimate of its recorded Asbestos Liability and/or
insurance receivables could be material to operating results for the periods in
which the adjustments to the liability or receivable are recorded, and to the
Corporation’s liquidity and consolidated financial position.
13. Environmental
Matters
The Corporation is
currently performing certain remedial actions in connection with the sale of
real estate previously owned and has been named a Potentially Responsible Party
at three third-party landfill sites. In addition, as a result of a sale of a
segment, the Corporation retained the liability to remediate certain
environmental contamination at two of the sold locations, one of which has been
completed, and has agreed to indemnify the buyer against third-party claims
arising from the discharge of certain contamination from one of these locations,
the cost for which was accrued at the time of sale.
Environmental
exposures are difficult to assess and estimate for numerous reasons including
lack of reliable data, the multiplicity of possible solutions, the years of
remedial and monitoring activity required, and identification of new sites. In
the opinion of management and in consideration of advice from the Corporation’s
consultants, the potential liability for all environmental proceedings of
approximately $905,000 at June 30, 2009 is considered adequate based on
information known to date.
14. Subsequent
Events
Subsequent events
have been evaluated through August 7, 2009, the date the financial statements
were issued.
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ITEM 2 - MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
|
FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
|
Executive
Overview
The Corporation
currently operates in two business segments – the Forged and Cast Rolls segment
and the Air and Liquid Processing segment.
The Forged and Cast Rolls group
has been affected by the weak economy and global recession which has forced
customers to cut back their level of steel and aluminum production, temporarily
shut down facilities and place new mill projects on hold. Operating results for
Davy Roll have been further impacted by the weakening of the British pound
sterling in relation to the U.S. dollar. While backlogs (orders on hand) remain
strong, many customers are requesting deferral or cancellation of roll
shipments. Where possible, the Corporation is working with each of them by
agreeing to reschedule deliveries into future periods. The Corporation believes
the worldwide shortage of capacity for forged hardened steel rolls, which
resulted in the enormous backlog for Union Electric Steel, will continue to be a
significant factor influencing demand when steel and aluminum production returns
to more normal levels. The Corporation’s capital investment program is in the
second of three years and will enable the operations to maximize capacity and
productivity when business returns to more typical volumes.
The Air and Liquid Processing
group has not been affected by the weakened economy as significantly as the
Forged and Cast Rolls group. However, operating results for the remainder of the
year are contingent on the volume of new orders.
Operations for the Six and
Three Months Ended June 30, 2009 and 2008
Net
Sales. Net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and
2008 were $160,734,000 and $200,519,000, respectively, and $74,979,000 and
$102,689,000, respectively, for the three months then ended. Backlog
approximated $567,304,000 and $841,863,000 at June 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively. A discussion of sales and backlog for the Corporation’s two
segments is included below.
Costs of Products
Sold. Costs of products sold, excluding depreciation, as a
percentage of net sales approximated 68.4% and 71.0% for the six months ended
June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and 67.0% and 70.6% of net sales for the
three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The decrease is
attributable to lower material costs and, for the Forged and Cast Rolls group, a
higher amount of billable variable-index surcharge revenues.
Selling and
Administrative. Selling and administrative expenses decreased
principally due to the effects of lower volumes of shipments offset by the
recognition of stock-based compensation costs related to stock options granted
of $1,045,000 and $380,000 for the six and three months ended June 30, 2009. No
stock-based compensation expense existed for the same periods of the prior year
since the grants occurred in September 2008 and February 2009.
Income from
Operations. Income from operations for the six months ended
June 30, 2009 and 2008 approximated $26,296,000 and $33,572,000, respectively,
and $12,755,000 and $17,751,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and
2008, respectively. A discussion of operating results for the Corporation’s two
segments is included below.
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Forged and Cast
Rolls. Sales and operating income for the six and three months
ended June 30, 2009 were less than the comparable prior year periods and
impacted by the deferral of orders by customers, particularly for the cast roll
business in England. Although operating income was negatively affected by the
reduced volume of shipments, it benefited from the completion and delivery of
production that was in progress at the end of 2008, higher variable-indexed
surcharges and lower costs for scrap and alloys.
Backlog
approximated $524,162,000 at June 30, 2009 against $793,997,000 as of June 30,
2008. The decrease is due to lower order intake as a result of reductions in
customer production levels coupled with existing orders extending two to three
years in advance of their anticipated need. The value of backlog has been
further impacted by the decline in amount of variable-indexed surcharge included
therein (due to a decline in the cost of scrap and alloys) and by a reduction in
the exchange rate used to convert the backlog of Davy Roll. It is difficult to
accurately determine the proportion of the backlog that will ship beyond the end
of 2009; however, based on customers deferring roll deliveries to better meet
their production needs, it is likely to be more than $400,000,000. In addition,
the Forged and Cast Rolls group has commitments of roughly $70,000,000 from
customers under long-term supply arrangements which will be included in backlog
upon receipt of specific purchase orders closer to the requirement dates for
delivery.
Air and Liquid Processing.
Sales for the segment for the six and three months ended June 30, 2009
were comparable to sales for the six and three months ended June 30, 2008.
Operating income for the same periods improved against the respective prior year
periods due to a more profitable product mix and lower material costs. Backlog
equaled $43,142,000 and $47,866,000 as of June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively,
with the decrease being attributable to slowing order intake during the second
quarter of 2009 as a result of trailing effects from the downturn in economic
activity. The majority of the month-end backlog is expected to ship in
2009.
Other Income
(Expense). Investment-related income decreased as a result of the
deferral of the 2009 dividend from the Corporation’s Chinese cast-roll joint
venture (which approximated $800,000 in 2008) and lower investment returns.
Interest expense decreased due to a decline in average interest rates incurred
on the outstanding Industrial Revenue Bonds. The increase in other expense for
the six months ended June 30, 2009 from the comparable prior year period is
primarily attributable to higher foreign exchange losses and an additional
provision for environmental costs estimated to be incurred relating to the
remediation of real estate previously owned. Foreign exchange losses for the
three months ended June 30, 2009 were less than that incurred during the three
months ended June 30, 2008.
Income Taxes. The
increase in the effective rate between the two years is primarily attributable
to a change in the composition of projected net income before income taxes. For
2009, a higher proportion of net income before income taxes is anticipated to be
generated by the U.S. operations which are taxed at a statutory federal rate of
35% versus 28% in the U.K.
Net Income and Earnings per
Common Share. As a result of the above, the Corporation’s net income for
the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 equaled $15,112,000 or $1.48 per
common share and $21,752,000 or $2.14 per common share, respectively, and
$7,793,000 or $0.77 per common share and $11,609,000 or $1.14 per common share
for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
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Liquidity and Capital
Resources
Net cash flows
provided by operating activities increased for the six months ended June 30,
2009 when compared to the six months ended June 30, 2008. The increase is
principally due to improvements in working capital offset by a reduction in
earnings. While business activity declined in 2009 as a result of the economic
slowdown, the first half of 2008 was experiencing significant growth and
record-level demand from steel and aluminum producers throughout the
world.
The decrease in net
cash flows used in investing activities is primarily attributable to maintaining
available funds in cash and cash equivalents versus investing in short-term
marketable securities. During each of the years, Union Electric Steel made
contributions toward its 49% interest in the Chinese joint venture. The
remaining amount due of $4,410,000 is expected to be contributed by the end of
2009. Also, in 2009, approximately $4,326,000 (£3,000,000) was deposited in
escrow and is being held as collateral for the outstanding foreign currency sale
contracts of Davy Roll. As of June 30, 2009, future capital expenditures
totaling approximately $43,153,000, to be spent over the next two years, have
been approved.
Net cash flows used
in financing activities represent primarily the payment of dividends which are
paid one quarter in arrears. The increase in dividends paid is due to an
increase in the dividend rate and the number of common shares
outstanding.
The effect of
exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents for the six months ended June
30, 2009 is related to the strengthening of the U.K. pound sterling against the
U.S. dollar.
As
a result of the above, cash and cash equivalents decreased $2,526,000 in 2009
and ended the period at $79,081,000 in comparison to $81,607,000 at December 31,
2008.
Funds on hand and
funds generated from future operations are expected to be sufficient to finance
the operational and capital expenditure requirements of the Corporation. The
Corporation also maintains short-term lines of credit and an overdraft facility
in excess of the cash needs of its businesses. The total available at June 30,
2009 was approximately $9,500,000 (including £3,000,000 in the U.K. and €400,000
in Belgium).
Litigation and Environmental
Matters
See Notes 12 and 13
to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
Critical Accounting
Pronouncements
The Corporation’s
critical accounting policies, as summarized in its Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008, remain unchanged.
Recently Issued Accounting
Pronouncements
See Note 1 to the
condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Forward-Looking
Statements
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and
other sections of the Form 10-Q contain forward-looking statements that reflect
the Corporation’s current views with respect to future events and financial
performance.
Forward-looking
statements are identified by the use of the words “believes,” “expects,”
“anticipates,” “estimates,” “projects,” “forecasts” and other expressions that
indicate future events and trends. Forward-looking statements speak only as of
the date on which such statements are made, are not guarantees of future
performance or expectations and involve risks and uncertainties. For the
Corporation, these risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
those described under Item 1A, Risk Factors, of Part II of this Form 10-Q. In
addition, there may be events in the future that the Corporation is not able to
accurately predict or control which may cause actual results to differ
materially from expectations expressed or implied by forward-looking statements.
The Corporation undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement
whether as a result of new information, events or otherwise.
ITEM 3 – QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
RISK
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There were no
material changes in the Corporation’s exposure to market risk from December 31,
2008.
ITEM 4 – CONTROLS AND
PROCEDURES
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(a) Disclosure controls and
procedures. An evaluation of the effectiveness of the Corporation’s
disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this
report was carried out under the supervision, and with the participation, of
management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial
officer. Disclosure controls and procedures are defined under Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules as controls and other procedures that are
designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the
reports that it files under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized
and reported within the required time periods. Disclosure controls and
procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports
that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated
to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and principal
financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on that evaluation,
the Corporation’s management, including the principal executive officer and
principal financial officer, has concluded that the Corporation’s disclosure
controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2009.
(c) Changes in internal control over
financial reporting. There were no changes in the Corporation’s internal
control over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 2009, that
have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its
internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II - OTHER
INFORMATION
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AMPCO-PITTSBURGH
CORPORATION
Item
1 Legal
Proceedings
The information
contained in Note 12 to the condensed consolidated financial statements
(Litigation) is incorporated herein by reference.
Item
1A Risk
Factors
There are no
material changes to the Risk Factors contained in Item 1A to Part I of our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
Items
2-3 None
Item
4 Submission of Matters to a
Vote of Security Holders
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On April 29,
2009 at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the following individuals were
elected directors of the Corporation by the following
votes:
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For Withheld
Robert J.
Appel 7,443,542 1,949,926
Paul A.
Gould 7,502,853 1,890,615
Robert A.
Paul 9,005,002 388,466
In
addition, the shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP
as the independent registered public accountants for 2009 by casting 9,360,344
votes “For”, 24,208 votes “Against” and 8,916 votes “Abstain”.
Item
5 None
Item
6 Exhibits
(3) Articles of Incorporation
and By-laws
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(a)
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Articles of
Incorporation
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Incorporated by
reference to the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31,
1983, March 31, 1984, March 31, 1985, March 31, 1987 and September 30,
1998.
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(b)
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By-laws
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Incorporated by
reference to the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September
30, 1994, March 31, 1996, June 30, 2001 and June 30, 2004.
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(10) Material
Contracts
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(a)
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1988
Supplemental Executive Retirement
Plan
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Incorporated
by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2008.
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(b)
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Severance
Agreements between Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation and certain officers and
employees of Ampco-Pittsburgh
Corporation
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Incorporated
by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2008.
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(c)
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2008 Omnibus
Incentive Plan
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Incorporated
by reference to the Proxy Statement
dated
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March 6,
2008.
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(d)
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Retirement
and Consulting Agreement between Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation and Ernest
G. Siddons dated April 30, 2009.
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Incorporated
by reference to the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2009.
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(31.1)
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Certification
of the principal executive officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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(31.2)
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Certification
of the principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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(32.1)
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Certification
of principal executive officer pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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(32.2)
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Certification
of principal financial officer pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
AMPCO-PITTSBURGH
CORPORATION
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DATE: August 7,
2009
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BY: s/Robert A.
Paul
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Robert A.
Paul
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Chairman
and
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Chief
Executive Officer
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DATE: August 7,
2009
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BY: s/Marliss D.
Johnson
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Marliss D.
Johnson
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Vice
President
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Controller
and Treasurer
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AMPCO-PITTSBURGH
CORPORATION
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
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(31.1)
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Certification
of principal executive officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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(31.2)
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Certification
of principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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(32.1)
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Certification
of principal executive officer pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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(32.2)
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Certification
of principal financial officer pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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