BEL FUSE INC /NJ - Quarter Report: 2005 June (Form 10-Q)
U.S.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
[X] Quarterly
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
For
the
Quarter Ended June 30, 2005
[
]
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 0-11676
BEL
FUSE
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New
Jersey
|
22-1463699
|
(State
or other jurisdiction of
|
(I.R.S.
Employer
|
incorporation
or organization)
|
Identification
No.)
|
206
Van
Vorst Street, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
(201)
432-0463
(Address
and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive
office)
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 period that the Registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements
for
the past 90 days.
Yes
x
No o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined
in Rule
12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) Yes x No
o
At
August
1, 2005, there were 2,702,677 shares of Class A Common Stock, $.10 par value,
outstanding and 8,886,589 shares of Class B Common Stock, $.10 par value,
outstanding.
BEL
FUSE INC.
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INDEX
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Page
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Part
I
|
Financial
Information
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||||||||
Item
1.
|
|
Financial
Statements
|
|
1
|
||||||
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2005 (unaudited)
and December 31, 2004
|
2-3
|
||||||||
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the Six
and Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004
(unaudited)
|
4 | ||||||||
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||||||||||
|
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders' Equity for
the Years Ended December 31, 2004 and 2003 and the
Six Months Ended June 30, 2005
(unaudited)
|
5-6 | ||||||||
|
||||||||||
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months
Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 (unaudited)
|
7-9 | |||||||||
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
|
10-26
|
|||||||||
Item 2. |
Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
|
27-45
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Item 3. |
Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
|
45
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||||||||
Item 4. |
Controls
and Procedures
|
46
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Part II |
Other
Information
|
|||||||||
Item 1. |
Legal
Proceedings
|
47
|
||||||||
Item 4. |
Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
|
48
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||||||||
Item 6. |
Exhibits
|
48
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||||||||
Signatures |
49
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PART
I.
Financial
Information
Item
1. Financial
Statements
Certain
information and footnote disclosures required under accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or
omitted from the following consolidated financial statements pursuant to
the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is suggested
that the following consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction
with
the year-end consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included
in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004.
The
results of operations for the six and three months ended June 30, 2005 and
2004
are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire fiscal year
or for
any other period.
-
1
-
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|||||||
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
|
|||||||
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Current
Assets:
|
|||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$
|
54,051,516
|
$
|
71,197,891
|
|||
Marketable
securities
|
18,456,292
|
23,120,028
|
|||||
Accounts
receivable - less allowance for doubtful
|
|||||||
accounts
of $1,273,000 and $1,610,000 as of
|
|||||||
June
30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively
|
40,436,358
|
33,247,911
|
|||||
Inventories
|
33,003,754
|
29,101,060
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current
|
|||||||
assets
|
1,997,279
|
2,404,718
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
248,000
|
-
|
|||||
Assets
held for sale
|
797,724
|
696,013
|
|||||
Total
Current Assets
|
148,990,923
|
159,767,621
|
|||||
Property,
plant and equipment - net
|
42,599,973
|
41,244,759
|
|||||
Intangible
assets - net
|
4,016,544
|
2,691,682
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
24,425,055
|
9,881,854
|
|||||
Prepaid
pension costs
|
1,127,941
|
1,127,941
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
2,772,413
|
3,062,714
|
|||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$
|
223,932,849
|
$
|
217,776,571
|
|||
See
Notes
to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
-
2
-
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|||||||
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
|
|||||||
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||
Current
Liabilities:
|
|||||||
Current portion of long-term debt |
$
|
-
|
$
|
2,000,000
|
|||
Short-term
debt
|
482,509
|
-
|
|||||
Accounts
payable
|
14,007,266
|
8,814,161
|
|||||
Accrued
expenses
|
9,115,296
|
10,293,576
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
-
|
3,322,000
|
|||||
Income
taxes payable
|
9,093,026
|
7,172,955
|
|||||
Dividends
payable
|
545,000
|
541,000
|
|||||
Total
Current Liabilities
|
33,243,097
|
32,143,692
|
|||||
Long-term
Liabilities:
|
|||||||
Minimum
pension obligation
|
2,602,583
|
2,261,583
|
|||||
Long-term
debt - net of current portion
|
-
|
4,500,000
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
1,234,000
|
410,000
|
|||||
Total
Long-term Liabilities
|
3,836,583
|
7,171,583
|
|||||
Total
Liabilities
|
37,079,680
|
39,315,275
|
|||||
Commitments
and Contingencies
|
|||||||
Stockholders'
Equity:
|
|||||||
Preferred
stock, no par value,
|
|||||||
authorized
1,000,000 shares;
|
|||||||
none
issued
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Class
A common stock, par value
|
|||||||
$.10
per share - authorized
|
|||||||
10,000,000
shares; outstanding
|
|||||||
2,702,677
and 2,702,677 shares, respectively
|
|||||||
(net
of 1,072,770 treasury shares)
|
270,268
|
270,268
|
|||||
Class
B common stock, par value
|
|||||||
$.10
per share - authorized
|
|||||||
30,000,000
shares; outstanding 8,778,589
|
|||||||
and
8,660,589 shares, respectively
|
|||||||
(net
of 3,218,310 treasury shares)
|
877,859
|
866,059
|
|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
24,235,077
|
21,989,174
|
|||||
Retained
earnings
|
159,841,414
|
149,949,283
|
|||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive
|
|||||||
income
|
1,628,551
|
5,386,512
|
|||||
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
186,853,169
|
178,461,296
|
|||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND
|
|||||||
STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
$
|
223,932,849
|
$
|
217,776,571
|
|||
See
Notes
to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
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3
-
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
|||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||
Six
Months Ended
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Net
Sales
|
$
|
102,983,706
|
$
|
90,747,265
|
$
|
57,545,421
|
$
|
48,390,242
|
|||||
Costs
and expenses:
|
|||||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
73,380,908
|
62,987,015
|
40,692,097
|
33,196,001
|
|||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
|
15,839,939
|
15,069,585
|
8,618,636
|
8,118,713
|
|||||||||
Fixed
asset impairment
|
-
|
1,032,786
|
-
|
1,032,786
|
|||||||||
89,220,847
|
79,089,386
|
49,310,733
|
42,347,500
|
||||||||||
Income
from operations
|
13,762,859
|
11,657,879
|
8,234,688
|
6,042,742
|
|||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(207,469
|
)
|
(116,474
|
)
|
(140,319
|
)
|
(59,708
|
)
|
|||||
Interest
income
|
632,650
|
279,579
|
407,306
|
175,219
|
|||||||||
Lawsuit
proceeds
|
-
|
2,935,000
|
-
|
2,935,000
|
|||||||||
Earnings
before provision for income taxes
|
14,188,040
|
14,755,984
|
8,501,675
|
9,093,253
|
|||||||||
Income
tax provision
|
3,206,000
|
2,956,000
|
1,833,000
|
1,948,000
|
|||||||||
Net
earnings
|
$
|
10,982,040
|
$
|
11,799,984
|
$
|
6,668,675
|
$
|
7,145,253
|
|||||
Earnings
per common share - basic
|
$
|
0.96
|
$
|
1.05
|
$
|
0.58
|
$
|
0.64
|
|||||
Earnings
per common share - diluted
|
$
|
0.95
|
$
|
1.03
|
$
|
0.58
|
$
|
0.63
|
|||||
Weighted
average common shares
|
|||||||||||||
outstanding
- basic
|
11,420,305
|
11,225,389
|
11,468,398
|
11,247,242
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average common shares
|
|||||||||||||
outstanding
- diluted
|
11,519,992
|
11,418,840
|
11,532,455
|
11,426,868
|
|||||||||
See
Notes
to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
-
4
-
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Cumulative
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Other
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Compre-
|
Compre-
|
Class
A
|
Class
B
|
Additional
|
||||||||||||||||||
hensive
|
Retained
|
hensive
|
Common
|
Common
|
Paid-In
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
|
Income
(loss)
|
Earnings
|
Income
(loss)
|
Stock
|
Stock
|
Capital
|
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
January 1, 2003
|
$
|
130,659,147
|
$
|
115,632,819
|
$
|
(50,132
|
)
|
$
|
267,623
|
$
|
826,149
|
$
|
13,982,688
|
|||||||||
Exercise
of stock
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
options
|
2,580,224
|
2,544
|
19,920
|
2,557,760
|
||||||||||||||||||
Tax
benefits arising
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
from
the disposition of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
non-qualified
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
incentive
stock options
|
812,000
|
812,000
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends on Class A
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
common
stock
|
(322,234
|
)
|
(322,234
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends on Class B
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
common
stock
|
(1,667,586
|
)
|
(1,667,586
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Currency
translation
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
adjustment
- net of taxes
|
1,014,808
|
$
|
1,014,808
|
1,014,808
|
||||||||||||||||||
Increase
in unrealized gain on
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
marketable
securities-net of taxes
|
14,900
|
14,900
|
14,900
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
13,763,694
|
13,763,694
|
13,763,694
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
14,793,402
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2003
|
146,854,953
|
127,406,693
|
979,576
|
270,167
|
846,069
|
17,352,448
|
||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
options
|
3,891,266
|
101
|
19,990
|
3,871,175
|
||||||||||||||||||
Tax
benefits arising
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
from
the disposition of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
non-qualified
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
incentive
stock options
|
765,551
|
765,551
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends on Class A
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
common
stock
|
(430,707
|
)
|
(430,707
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends on Class B
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
common
stock
|
(1,748,292
|
)
|
(1,748,292
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Currency
translation
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
adjustment
- net of taxes
|
386,257
|
$
|
386,257
|
386,257
|
||||||||||||||||||
Increase
in unrealized gain on
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
marketable
securities-net of taxes
|
4,020,679
|
4,020,679
|
4,020,679
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
24,721,589
|
24,721,589
|
24,721,589
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
29,128,525
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2004
|
178,461,296
|
149,949,283
|
5,386,512
|
270,268
|
866,059
|
21,989,174
|
||||||||||||||||
See
Notes
to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
-
5
-
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Cumulative
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Other
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Compre-
|
Compre-
|
Class
A
|
Class
B
|
Additional
|
||||||||||||||||||
hensive
|
Retained
|
hensive
|
Common
|
Common
|
Paid-In
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
|
Income
(loss)
|
Earnings
|
Income
(loss)
|
Stock
|
Stock
|
Capital
|
||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
options
|
2,067,330
|
-
|
11,800
|
2,055,530
|
||||||||||||||||||
Tax
benefits arising
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
from
the disposition of
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
non-qualified
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
incentive
stock options
|
190,373
|
190,373
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends on Class A
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
common
stock
|
(215,470
|
)
|
(215,470
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends on Class B
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
common
stock
|
(874,439
|
)
|
(874,439
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||
Currency
translation
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
adjustment
- net of taxes
|
(614,665
|
)
|
$
|
(614,665
|
)
|
(614,665
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Decrease
in unrealized gain on
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
marketable
securities-net of taxes
|
(3,143,296
|
)
|
(3,143,296
|
)
|
(3,143,296
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
10,982,040
|
10,982,040
|
10,982,040
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
7,224,079
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
June 30, 2005 (unaudited)
|
$
|
186,853,169
|
$
|
159,841,414
|
$
|
1,628,551
|
$
|
270,268
|
$
|
877,859
|
$
|
24,235,077
|
||||||||||
See
Notes
to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
-
6
-
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
Six
Months Ended
|
|||||||
June
30,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Cash
flows from operating
|
|||||||
activities:
|
|||||||
Net
earnings
|
$
|
10,982,040
|
$
|
11,799,984
|
|||
Adjustments
to reconcile net
|
|||||||
earnings
to net cash provided
|
|||||||
by
operating activities:
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
4,502,560
|
4,372,332
|
|||||
Fixed
asset impairment
|
-
|
1,032,786
|
|||||
Other
|
531,373
|
674,000
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
(1,423,000
|
)
|
1,665,000
|
||||
Changes
in operating assets
|
|||||||
and
liabilities (net of acquisitions)
|
(650,121
|
)
|
(4,431,561
|
)
|
|||
Net
Cash Provided by
|
|||||||
Operating
Activities
|
13,942,852
|
15,112,541
|
|||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|||||||
Purchase
of property, plant
|
|||||||
and
equipment
|
(3,405,163
|
)
|
(2,010,767
|
)
|
|||
Purchase
of marketable
|
|||||||
securities
|
(643,424
|
)
|
(1,392,146
|
)
|
|||
Payment
for acquisitions - net of
|
|||||||
cash
acquired
|
(20,340,853
|
)
|
(74,539
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds
from repayment
|
|||||||
by
contractors
|
-
|
14,500
|
|||||
Proceeds
from sale of marketable
|
|||||||
securities
|
-
|
4,953,449
|
|||||
Net
Cash Used In
|
|||||||
Investing
Activities
|
(24,389,440
|
)
|
1,490,497
|
||||
See
Notes
to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
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7
-
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
Six
Months Ended
|
|||||||
June
30,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Cash
flows from financing
|
|||||||
activities:
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from borrowings
|
8,000,000
|
-
|
|||||
Loan
repayments
|
(15,360,694
|
)
|
(1,000,000
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds
from exercise of
|
|||||||
stock
options
|
2,067,330
|
2,927,226
|
|||||
Dividends
paid to common
|
|||||||
shareholders
|
(1,086,095
|
)
|
(1,088,950
|
)
|
|||
Net
Cash Provided By (Used In)
|
|||||||
Financing
Activities
|
(6,379,459
|
)
|
838,276
|
||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash
|
(320,328
|
)
|
(71,490
|
)
|
|||
Net
Increase (Decrease) in
|
|||||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
|
(17,146,375
|
)
|
17,369,824
|
||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
|
|||||||
-
beginning of period
|
71,197,891
|
57,461,152
|
|||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
|
|||||||
-
end of period
|
$
|
54,051,516
|
$
|
74,830,976
|
|||
Changes
in operating assets
|
|||||||
and
liabilities (net of acquisitions) consist of:
|
|||||||
Increase
in accounts receivable
|
$
|
(3,735,125
|
)
|
$
|
(4,165,495
|
)
|
|
Increase
in inventories
|
(1,181,135
|
)
|
(4,244,931
|
)
|
|||
(Increase)
decrease in prepaid
|
|||||||
expenses
and other
|
|||||||
current
assets
|
480,706
|
(645,237
|
)
|
||||
Increase
in other assets
|
(624,818
|
)
|
(104,682
|
)
|
|||
Increase
in accounts payable
|
3,075,709
|
3,628,710
|
|||||
Increase
in income taxes payable
|
1,925,559
|
410,097
|
|||||
Increase
(decrease) in accrued expenses
|
(591,017
|
)
|
689,977
|
||||
$
|
(650,121
|
)
|
$
|
(4,431,561
|
)
|
||
See
Notes
to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
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8
-
BEL
FUSE INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
|
|||||||
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
Six
Months Ended
|
|||||||
June
30,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Supplementary
information:
|
|||||||
Cash
paid during the six months for:
|
|||||||
Income
taxes
|
$
|
2,389,322
|
$
|
410,021
|
|||
Interest
|
$
|
207,469
|
$
|
116,474
|
|||
Details
of acquisitions:
|
|||||||
Fair
value of assets
|
|||||||
acquired
(excluding acquired cash of
|
|||||||
$311,856
in 2005)
|
$
|
3,977,256
|
$
|
-
|
|||
Intangibles
|
2,302,905
|
74,539
|
|||||
Goodwill
|
14,543,201
|
-
|
|||||
20,823,362
|
74,539
|
||||||
Less:
Amounts due on acquisition payment
|
482,509
|
-
|
|||||
Cash
paid for acquisition
|
$
|
20,340,853
|
$
|
74,539
|
|||
See
Notes
to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.
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9
-
BEL
FUSE
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. BASIS
OF
PRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The
consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2005, and the consolidated statements
of operations and cash flows for the periods presented herein have been prepared
by Bel Fuse Inc. (the "Company" or "Bel") and are unaudited. In the opinion
of
management, all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments)
necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations
and
cash flows for all periods presented have been made. The information for
the
consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2004 was derived from audited
financial statements.
Accounting
Policies
DESCRIPTION
OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
- Bel
Fuse Inc. and subsidiaries operate in one industry with three geographic
reporting segments and are engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of
a
broad array of magnetics, modules, circuit protection devices and interconnect
products. The Company manages its operations geographically through its three
reporting units: North America, Asia and Europe. Sales are predominantly
in
North America, Europe and Asia.
PRINCIPLES
OF CONSOLIDATION
- The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and
its
wholly owned subsidiaries including the businesses acquired since their
respective dates of acquisition. All intercompany transactions and balances
have
been eliminated.
USE
OF
ESTIMATES - The
preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts
of
revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ
from those estimates.
CASH
EQUIVALENTS - Cash
equivalents include short-term investments in U.S. treasury bills and commercial
paper with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased. At
June
30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, cash equivalents approximated $24,363,000
and
$38,355,000, respectively.
MARKETABLE
SECURITIES - The
Company classifies its equity securities as "available for sale", and
accordingly, reflects unrealized gains and losses, net of deferred income
taxes,
as other comprehensive income.
The
fair
values of marketable securities are based on quoted market prices. Realized
gains or losses from the sale of marketable securities are based on the specific
identification method.
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10
-
ACQUISITION
EXPENSES - The
Company capitalizes all direct costs associated with proposed acquisitions.
If
the proposed acquisitions are consummated, such costs will be included as
a
component of the overall cost of the acquisition. Such costs are expensed
at
such time as the Company deems the consummation of a proposed acquisition
to be
unsuccessful.
FOREIGN
CURRENCY TRANSLATION - The
functional currency for some foreign operations is the local currency. Assets
and liabilities of foreign operations are translated at balance sheet date
rates
of exchange and income, expense and cash flow items are translated at the
average exchange rate for the period. Translation adjustments are recorded
in
Other Comprehensive Income. The U.S. Dollar is used as the functional currency
for certain foreign operations that conduct their business in U.S. Dollars.
A
combination of current and historical exchange rates is used in measuring
the
local currency transactions of these subsidiaries and the resulting exchange
adjustments are included in the statement of operations. Current exchange
rates
are used for all foreign subsidiaries except for two subsidiaries in the
Far
East which use both current and historical exchange rates. Realized foreign
currency (gains) losses were ($105,000) and ($12,000) for the six months
ended
June 30, 2005 and 2004, and ($25,000) and ($54,000) for the three months
ended
June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and are included in Selling, General
and
Administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations.
CONCENTRATION
OF CREDIT RISK - Financial
instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit
risk consist principally of accounts receivable and temporary cash investments.
The Company grants credit to customers that are primarily original equipment
manufacturers and to subcontractors of original equipment manufacturers based
on
an evaluation of the customer's financial condition, without requiring
collateral. Exposure to losses on receivables is principally dependent on
each
customer's financial condition. The Company controls its exposure to credit
risk
through credit approvals, credit limits and monitoring procedures and
establishes allowances for anticipated losses.
The
Company places its temporary cash investments with quality financial
institutions and commercial issuers of short-term paper and, by policy, limits
the amount of credit exposure in any one financial instrument.
INVENTORIES
- Inventories
are stated at the lower of weighted average cost or market.
REVENUE
RECOGNITION -The
Company recognizes revenue in accordance with the guidance contained in SEC
Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, "Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements"
("SAB 104"). Revenue is recognized when the product has been delivered and
title
and risk of loss has passed to the customer, collection of the resulting
receivable is deemed probable by management, persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists and the sales price is fixed and determinable. Substantially
all of the Company's shipments are FCA (free carrier) which provides for
title
to pass upon delivery to the customer's freight carrier. Some product is
shipped
DDP/DDU with title passing when the product arrives at the customer's
dock.
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11
-
For
certain customers, the Company provides consigned inventory, either at the
customer’s facility or at a third party warehouse. Sales of consigned inventory
are recorded when the customer withdraws inventory from consignment.
The
Company typically has a twelve-month warranty policy for workmanship defects.
Warranty returns have historically averaged at or below 1% of annual net
sales.
The Company establishes warranty reserves when a warranty issue becomes known
as
warranty claims have historically been immaterial. No general reserves for
warranties have been established.
The
Company is not contractually obligated to accept returns except for defective
product or in instances where the product does not meet the customer's quality
specifications. However, the Company may permit its customers to return product
for other reasons. In these instances, the Company would generally require
a
significant cancellation penalty payment by the customer. The Company estimates
such returns, where applicable, based upon management's evaluation of historical
experience, market acceptance of products produced and known negotiations
with
customers. Such estimates are deducted from gross sales and provided for
at the
time revenue is recognized.
GOODWILL
AND OTHER INTANGIBLES -The
Company tests goodwill for impairment annually (fourth quarter), using a
fair
value approach at the reporting unit level. A reporting unit is an operating
segment or one level below an operating segment for which discrete financial
information is available and reviewed regularly by management. Assets and
liabilities of the Company have been assigned to the reporting units to the
extent that they are employed in or are considered a liability related to
the
operations of the reporting unit and were considered in determining the fair
value of the reporting unit.
DEPRECIATION
- Property,
plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and
amortization. Depreciation and amortization are calculated primarily using
the
declining-balance method for machinery and equipment and the straight-line
method for buildings and improvements over their estimated useful lives.
INCOME
TAXES - The
Company accounts for income taxes using an asset and liability approach under
which deferred income taxes are recognized by applying enacted tax rates
applicable to future years to the differences between the financial statement
carrying amounts and the tax bases of reported assets and
liabilities.
Except
for a portion of foreign earnings, an income tax provision has not been recorded
for U.S. federal income taxes on the undistributed earnings of foreign
subsidiaries as such earnings are intended to be permanently reinvested in
those
operations. Such earnings would become taxable upon the sale or liquidation
of
these foreign subsidiaries or upon the repatriation of earnings.
The
principal items giving rise to deferred taxes are unrealized gains on marketable
securities available for sale, the use of accelerated depreciation methods
for
machinery and equipment, timing differences between book and tax amortization
of
intangible assets and goodwill and certain expenses which have been deducted
for
financial reporting purposes which are not currently deductible for income
tax
purposes.
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12
-
STOCK-OPTION
PLAN
- The
Company accounts for equity-based compensation issued to employees in accordance
with Accounting Principles Board ("APB") Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for
Stock
Issued to Employees". APB No. 25 requires the use of the intrinsic value
method,
which measures compensation cost as the excess, if any, of the quoted market
price of the stock at the measurement date over the amount an employee must
pay
to acquire the stock. The Company makes disclosures of pro forma net earnings
and earnings per share as if the fair-value-based method of accounting had
been
applied as required by SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation".
The
Company grants stock options with exercise prices at fair market value at
the
date of the grant. The Company will continue to account for stock-based employee
compensation under the recognition and measurement principle of APB Opinion
No.
25 and related interpretations through December 31, 2005. Thereafter, the
Company will account for stock based compensation under Statement on Financial
Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 123 (R), "Share-Based Payment" (revised).
The
Company is currently evaluating its position and will make its determination
to
account for stock-based compensation costs either prospectively or retroactively
at the time of adoption.
The
Company has adopted the disclosure-only provisions of SFAS No. 123, "Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation". Had compensation cost for the Company's stock
option plan been determined based on the fair value at the grant date for
awards
in 2005 and 2004 consistent with the provisions of SFAS No. 123, the Company's
net earnings and earnings per share would have been reduced to the pro forma
amounts indicated below:
Six
Months Ended
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||
Net
earnings - as reported
|
$
|
10,982,040
|
$
|
11,799,984
|
$
|
6,668,675
|
$
|
7,145,253
|
|||||
Deduct:
Total stock-based
|
|||||||||||||
employee
compensation expense
|
|||||||||||||
determined
under fair value based
|
|||||||||||||
method
for all awards
|
(321,736
|
)
|
(619,797
|
)
|
(160,868
|
)
|
(309,899
|
)
|
|||||
Net
earnings- pro forma
|
$
|
10,660,304
|
$
|
11,180,187
|
$
|
6,507,807
|
$
|
6,835,354
|
|||||
Earnings
per common share -
|
|||||||||||||
basic-as
reported
|
$
|
0.96
|
$
|
1.05
|
$
|
0.58
|
$
|
0.64
|
|||||
Earnings
per common share -
|
|||||||||||||
basic-pro
forma
|
$
|
0.93
|
$
|
0.99
|
$
|
0.57
|
$
|
0.61
|
|||||
Earnings
per common share -
|
|||||||||||||
diluted-as
reported
|
$
|
0.95
|
$
|
1.03
|
$
|
0.58
|
$
|
0.63
|
|||||
Earnings
per common share -
|
|||||||||||||
diluted-pro
forma
|
$
|
0.93
|
$
|
0.98
|
$
|
0.56
|
$
|
0.60
|
The
fair
value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the
Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average
assumptions used for grants in 2004: dividend yield of .9%, expected volatility
of 35% for Class B; risk-free interest rate of 5% and expected lives of 5
years.
No options were granted during the six months ended June 30,
2005.
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13
-
RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT - Research
and development costs are expensed as incurred, and are included in cost
of
sales. Generally all research and development is performed internally for
the
benefit of the Company. The Company does not perform such activities for
others.
Research and development costs include salaries, building maintenance and
utilities, rents, materials, administration costs and miscellaneous other
items.
Research and development expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2005
and
2004 amounted to $3.8 million and $3.7 million, respectively, and for the
three
months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 amounted to $1.9 million and $1.9 million,
respectively.
EVALUATION
OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS - The
Company reviews property and equipment for impairment whenever events or
changes
in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable in
accordance with guidance in SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or
Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” If the carrying value of the long-lived asset
exceeds the present value of the related estimated future cash flows, the
asset
would be adjusted to its fair value and an impairment loss would be charged
to
operations in the period identified.
EARNINGS
PER SHARE - Basic
earnings per common share are computed by dividing net earnings by the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings
per common share are computed by dividing net earnings by the weighted average
number of common shares and potential common shares outstanding during the
period. Potential common shares used in computing diluted earnings per share
relate to stock options and warrants which, if exercised, would have a dilutive
effect on earnings per share.
The
following table includes a reconciliation of shares used in the calculation
of
basic and diluted earnings per share:
Six
Months Ended
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding - basic
|
11,420,305
|
11,225,389
|
11,468,398
|
11,247,242
|
|||||||||
Dilutive
impact of options outstanding
|
99,687
|
193,451
|
64,057
|
179,626
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average shares oustanding - diluted
|
11,519,992
|
11,418,840
|
11,532,455
|
11,426,868
|
|||||||||
During
the six and three months ended June 30, 2005 185,589 and 185,589 outstanding
options, respectively, were not included in the foregoing computations because
they were antidilutive. No such exclusion occurred during 2004.
FAIR
VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - For
financial instruments, including cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable
and
accrued expenses, it was assumed that the carrying amount approximated fair
value because of the short maturities of such instruments. Interest rates
that
are currently available to the Company for issuance of debt with similar
terms
and remaining maturities are used to estimate fair value for bank debt.
Management believes that the carrying amount of bank debt is a reasonable
estimate of its fair value.
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14
-
2. ACQUISITIONS
On
March
22, 2005, the Company acquired the common stock of Galaxy Power Inc. ("Galaxy"),
located in Westborough, Massachusetts, for approximately $18.8 million in
cash
including transaction costs of approximately $.2 million. Galaxy is a designer
and manufacturer of high-density dc-dc converters for distributed power and
telecommunication applications. Purchase price allocations have been initially
estimated by management and are subject to adjustment. Management is in the
process of obtaining independent valuations and independent formal appraisals
and will adjust the purchase price allocations accordingly. Management has
estimated approximately $13.6 million of goodwill and $2.0 million of
identifiable intangible assets arose from the transaction. The identifiable
intangible assets and related deferred tax liabilities are being amortized
on a straight line basis over their estimated useful lives.
The
acquisition has been accounted for using the purchase method of accounting
and,
accordingly, the results of operations of Galaxy have been included in the
Company's financial statements from March 23, 2005.
There
was
no in-process research and development acquired as part of this
acquisition.
On
June
30, 2005, the Company acquired the common stock of Netwatch S.S.O., located
in
Prague, the Czech Republic, for approximately $1.9 million in cash of which
$.5
million is due to the sellers by June 30, 2006. Netwatch is a designer and
manufacturer of high-performance fiber optic and copper cable assemblies
for
data and telecommunication applications. Purchase price allocations have
been
estimated by management and are subject to adjustment. Management has estimated
approximately $1.0 million of goodwill arose from the transaction.
There
was
no in-process research and development acquired as part of this
acquisition.
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15
-
The
following unaudited pro forma summary results of operations assume that Galaxy
and Netwatch had been acquired as of January 1, 2004 (in thousands, except
per
share data):
Six
Months Ended
|
|||||||
June
30,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Net
sales
|
$
|
108,295
|
$
|
101,478
|
|||
Net
earnings
|
10,758
|
12,226
|
|||||
Earnings
per share - diluted
|
0.93
|
1.07
|
|||||
The
information above is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations
that would have occurred if the Galaxy and Netwatch acquisitions had been
consummated as of January 1, 2004. Such information should not be construed
as a
representation of the future results of operations of the Company.
A
condensed combined balance sheet of the major assets and liabilities of Galaxy
and Netwatch, as of their acquisition dates is as follows:
Cash
|
$
|
311,856
|
||
Accounts
receivable
|
3,687,331
|
|||
Inventories
|
2,862,571
|
|||
Prepaid
expenses
|
96,120
|
|||
Property,
plant and
|
|
|||
equipment
|
1,545,526
|
|||
Other
assets
|
32,083
|
|||
Goodwill
|
14,543,201
|
|||
Intangible
assets
|
2,010,000
|
|||
Notes
payable
|
(860,694
|
)
|
||
Accounts
payable
|
(2,129,165
|
)
|
||
Accrued
expenses
|
(465,002
|
)
|
||
Income
taxes receivable
|
5,488
|
|||
Deferred
income taxes payable
|
(800,000 |
)
|
||
Net
assets acquired
|
$
|
20,839,315
|
3. GOODWILL
AND OTHER INTANGIBLES
Goodwill
and intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives are not amortized,
but are
subject to, at a minimum, an annual impairment test which is performed during
the fourth quarter. If the carrying value of goodwill or intangible assets
exceeds its fair market value, an impairment loss would be recorded.
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16
-
Other
intangibles include patents, product information, covenants not-to-compete
and
supply agreements. Amounts assigned to these intangibles have been determined
by
management. Management considered a number of factors in determining the
allocations, including valuations and independent appraisals. Other intangibles
are being amortized over 1 to 10 years. Amortization expense was $981,000
and
$575,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively and
$666,000 and $290,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004,
respectively.
Under
the
terms of the E-Power and Current Concepts, Inc. acquisition agreements of
May
11, 2001, the Company is required to make contingent purchase price payments
up
to an aggregate of $7.6 million should the acquired companies attain specified
sales levels. E-Power will be paid $2.0 million in contingent purchase price
payments if sales, as defined, reach $15.0 million and an additional $4.0
million if sales reach $25.0 million on a cumulative basis through May 2007.
No
payments have been required through June 30, 2005 with respect to E-Power.
Current Concepts will be paid 16% of sales, as defined, on the first $10.0
million of sales through May 2007. During the six months ended June 30, 2005
and
2004, the Company paid $296,000 and $75,000, respectively, in contingent
price
payments to Current Concepts. During the three months ended June 30, 2005
and
2004, the Company paid approximately $182,000 and $-0-, respectively, in
contingent purchase price payments to Current Concepts. The contingent purchase
price payments are accounted for as additional purchase price and as an increase
to intangible assets when such payment obligations are incurred.
The
changes in the carrying value of goodwill classified by geographic reporting
units for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and the year ended December
31,
2004 are as follows:
Total
|
Asia
|
North
America
|
Europe
|
||||||||||
Balance,
January 1, 2004
|
$
|
9,881,854
|
$
|
6,407,435
|
$
|
2,869,092
|
$
|
605,327
|
|||||
Goodwill
allocation
|
|||||||||||||
related
to acquisitions
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2004
|
9,881,854
|
6,407,435
|
2,869,092
|
605,327
|
|||||||||
Goodwill
allocation
|
|||||||||||||
related
to acquisitions
|
14,543,201
|
-
|
13,554,381
|
988,820
|
|||||||||
Balance,
June 30, 2005
|
$
|
24,425,055
|
$
|
6,407,435
|
$
|
16,423,473
|
$
|
1,594,147
|
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The
components of intangible assets other than goodwill by geographic reporting
unit
are as follows:
December
31, 2004
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
Asia
|
North
America
|
|||||||||||||||||
Gross
Carrying
|
Accumulated
|
Gross
Carrying
|
Accumulated
|
Gross
Carrying
|
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||
Amount
|
Amortization
|
Amount
|
Amortization
|
Amount
|
Amortization
|
||||||||||||||
Patents
and Product
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Information
|
$
|
2,935,000
|
$
|
1,338,765
|
$
|
2,653,000
|
$
|
1,188,654
|
$
|
282,000
|
$
|
150,111
|
|||||||
Covenants
not-to-compete
|
3,523,516
|
2,428,069
|
3,523,516
|
2,428,069
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||||
Supply
agreement
|
2,660,000
|
2,660,000
|
1,409,800
|
1,409,800
|
1,250,200
|
1,250,200
|
|||||||||||||
$
|
9,118,516
|
$
|
6,426,834
|
$
|
7,586,316
|
$
|
5,026,523
|
$
|
1,532,200
|
$
|
1,400,311
|
||||||||
June
30, 2005
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Total
|
Asia
|
North
America
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Gross
Carrying
|
Accumulated
|
Gross
Carrying
|
Accumulated
|
Gross
Carrying
|
Accumulated
|
|||||||||||||
|
Amount
|
Amortization
|
Amount
|
Amortization
|
Amount
|
Amortization
|
|||||||||||||
Patents
and Product
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Information
|
$
|
3,380,112
|
$
|
1,633,010
|
$
|
2,653,000
|
$
|
1,411,610
|
$
|
727,112
|
$
|
221,400
|
|||||||
Customer
relationship
|
500,000
|
26,923
|
-
|
-
|
500,000
|
26,923
|
|||||||||||||
Covenants
not-to-compete
|
4,918,712
|
3,122,347
|
3,818,712
|
2,868,501
|
1,100,000
|
253,846
|
|||||||||||||
$
|
8,798,824
|
$
|
4,782,280
|
$
|
6,471,712
|
$
|
4,280,111
|
$
|
2,327,112
|
$
|
502,169
|
Estimated
amortization expense for intangible assets for the next five years is as
follows:
Estimated
|
||||
Year
Ending
|
Amortization
|
|||
December
31,
|
Expense
|
|||
2005
|
$
|
2,011,770
|
||
2006
|
646,281
|
|||
2007
|
107,595
|
|||
2008
|
65,287
|
|||
2009
and thereafter
|
107,324
|
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4. MARKETABLE
SECURITIES
The
Company has acquired a total of 2,037,500 shares of the common stock of Artesyn
Technologies, Inc. (“Artesyn”) at a total purchase price of $16,331,469. These
purchases were reflected on the Company's consolidated statement of cash
flows
in the third quarter of 2004 as purchases of marketable securities and have
since been reflected on the Company's consolidated balance sheet as marketable
securities. As of June 30, 2005, the Company has recorded an unrealized gain,
net of income taxes, of approximately $821,000, which is included in accumulated
other comprehensive income as stated in the Consolidated Statement of
Stockholders' Equity. In connection with this transaction, the Company is
obligated to pay an investment banker's advisory fee to a third party of
20% of
the appreciation in the stock of Artesyn, or $1 million, whichever is lower.
As
of June 30, 2005, the Company has accrued a fee in the amount of approximately
$279,000. Such amount has been classified within other assets. The Company
has
proposed to Artesyn that the Company acquire Artesyn, but to date Artesyn
has
not indicated any interest in negotiating such a transaction with the Company.
If the proposed acquisition of Artesyn is consummated, the fee will be
capitalized as part of the acquisition costs. Such amount will be expensed
at
such time as the Company deems the consummation of the proposed acquisition
to
be unsuccessful.
At
June
30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively, marketable securities have
a cost
of approximately $17,159,000 and $16,516,000, an estimated fair value of
approximately $18,456,000 and $23,120,000 and gross unrealized gains of
approximately $1,297,000 and $6,604,000. Such unrealized gains, net of tax,
are
included in other comprehensive income.
5. INVENTORIES
The
components of inventories are as follows:
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Raw
material
|
$
|
19,758,766
|
$
|
15,236,393
|
|||
Work
in progress
|
2,253,676
|
1,607,052
|
|||||
Finished
goods
|
10,991,312
|
12,257,615
|
|||||
$
|
33,003,754
|
$
|
29,101,060
|
||||
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6. Business
Segment Information
The
Company operates in one industry with three reportable segments. The segments
are geographic and include North America, Asia and Europe. The primary criteria
by which financial performance is evaluated and resources are allocated are
revenues and operating income. The following is a summary of key financial
data:
Six
Months Ended
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||
Total
segment revenues
|
|||||||||||||
North
America
|
$
|
37,119,158
|
$
|
39,703,801
|
$
|
19,158,205
|
$
|
20,090,468
|
|||||
Asia
|
71,509,916
|
64,730,050
|
40,691,564
|
34,244,781
|
|||||||||
Europe
|
7,414,308
|
8,019,194
|
3,415,866
|
4,235,094
|
|||||||||
Total
segment revenues
|
116,043,382
|
112,453,045
|
63,265,635
|
58,570,343
|
|||||||||
Reconciling
items:
|
|||||||||||||
Intersegment
revenues
|
(13,059,676
|
)
|
(21,705,780
|
)
|
(5,720,214
|
)
|
(10,180,101
|
)
|
|||||
Net
sales
|
$
|
102,983,706
|
$
|
90,747,265
|
$
|
57,545,421
|
$
|
48,390,242
|
|||||
Income
(loss) from Operations:
|
|||||||||||||
North
America
|
$
|
3,841,040
|
$
|
1,740,892
|
$
|
2,556,574
|
$
|
355,906
|
|||||
Asia
|
9,799,777
|
8,829,494
|
5,714,850
|
4,974,342
|
|||||||||
Europe
|
122,042
|
1,087,493
|
(36,736
|
)
|
712,494
|
||||||||
$
|
13,762,859
|
$
|
11,657,879
|
$
|
8,234,688
|
$
|
6,042,742
|
||||||
7. DEBT
a. Short-term
debt
Previously
the Company had available one domestic line of credit of $10 million; the
outstanding balance was paid off in its entirety on June 20, 2005. During
March
2005, the Company borrowed $8 million against the line of credit to partially
finance the acquisition of Galaxy. During July 2005, the Company amended
its
credit agreement to increase the line of credit to $20 million which expires
on
July 27, 2009.
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-
b. Long-term
debt
On
March
21, 2003, the Company entered into a $10 million secured term loan, which
was
paid off in June 2005. The loan was used to partially finance the Company's
acquisition of Insilco's Passive Components Group. As of June 30, 2005, the
balance due on the term loan was paid in full. This term loan facility is
no
longer available. For the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, the Company
recorded interest expense of approximately $207,000 and $116,000, respectively.
For the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, the Company recorded interest
expense of approximately $140,000 and $60,000, respectively.
8. ACCRUED
EXPENSES
Accrued
expenses consist of the following:
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Sales
commissions
|
$
|
1,474,751
|
$
|
1,431,169
|
|||
Investment
banking commissions
|
278,956
|
1,000,000
|
|||||
Subcontracting
labor
|
1,687,468
|
1,624,963
|
|||||
Salaries,
bonuses and
|
|||||||
related
benefits
|
2,462,588
|
3,480,213
|
|||||
Other
|
3,211,533
|
2,757,231
|
|||||
$
|
9,115,296
|
$
|
10,293,576
|
||||
9. RETIREMENT
FUND AND PROFIT SHARING PLAN
The
Company maintains a domestic profit sharing plan and a contributory stock
ownership and savings 401(K) plan, which combines stock ownership and individual
voluntary savings provisions to provide retirement benefits for plan
participants. The plan provides for participants to voluntarily contribute
a
portion of their compensation, subject to certain legal maximums. The Company
will match, based on a sliding scale, up to $350 for the first $600 contributed
by each participant. Matching contributions plus additional discretionary
contributions will be made with Company stock purchased in the open market.
The
expense for the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 amounted to
approximately $248,000 and $148,000, respectively. The expense for the three
months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 amounted to approximately $137,000 and
$39,000, respectively. These expenses are included as a component of cost
of
sales and selling, general and administrative expenses on the accompanying
Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of June 30, 2005, the plans owned
19,080 and 129,202 shares of Bel Fuse Inc. Class A and Class B common stock,
respectively.
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-
The
Company's Far East subsidiaries have a retirement fund covering substantially
all of their Hong Kong based full-time employees. Eligible employees contribute
up to 5% of salary to the fund. In addition, the Company may contribute an
amount up to 7% of eligible salary, as determined by Hong Kong government
regulations, in cash or Company stock. The expense for the six months ended
June
20, 2005 and 2004 amounted to approximately $208,000 and $218,000, respectively.
The expense for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 amounted to
approximately $105,000 and $111,000, respectively. As of June 30, 2005, the
plan
owned 3,323 and 17,756 shares of Bel Fuse Inc. Class A and Class B common
stock,
respectively.
The
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “Plan” or "SERP") is designed to
provide a limited group of key management and highly compensated associates
of
the Company supplemental retirement and death benefits. The Plan was established
by the Company in 2002. Employees are selected at the sole discretion of
the
Board of Directors of the Company to participate in the Plan. The Plan is
unfunded. The Company utilizes life insurance to partially cover its obligations
under the Plan. The benefits available under the Plan vary according to when
and
how the participant terminates employment with the Company. If a participant
retires (with the prior written consent of the Company) on his normal retirement
date (65 years old, 20 years of service, and 5 years of Plan participation),
his
normal retirement benefit under the Plan would be annual payments equal to
40%
of his average base compensation (calculated using compensation from the
highest
5 consecutive calendar years of Plan participation), payable in monthly
installments for the remainder of his life.
If
a
participant retires early from the Company (55 years old, 20 years of service,
and 5 years of Plan participation), his early retirement benefit under the
Plan
would be an amount (i) calculated as if his early retirement date were in
fact
his normal retirement date, (ii) multiplied by a fraction, with the numerator
being the actual years of service the participant has with the Company and
the
denominator being the years of service the participant would have had if
he had
retired at age 65, and (iii) actuarially reduced to reflect the early retirement
date. If a participant dies prior to receiving 120 monthly payments under
the
Plan, his beneficiary would be entitled to continue receiving benefits for
the
shorter of (i) the time necessary to complete 120 monthly payments or (ii)
60
months.
If
a
participant dies while employed by the Company, his beneficiary would receive,
as a survivor benefit, an annual amount equal to (i) 100% of the participant’s
annual base salary at date of death for one year, and (ii) 50% of the
participant’s annual base salary at date of death for each of the following 4
years, each payable in monthly installments. The Plan also provides for
disability benefits, and a forfeiture of benefits if a participant terminates
employment for reasons other than those contemplated under the Plan. The
expense
for the six months ended June 20, 2005 and 2004 amounted to approximately
$341,000 and $204,000, respectively. The expense for the three months ended
June
30, 2005 and 2004 amounted to approximately $121,000 and $110,000, respectively.
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-
The
components of SERP expense are as follows:
Six
Months Ended
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
June
30
|
June
30,
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||
Service
cost
|
$
|
154,000
|
$
|
71,000
|
$
|
55,000
|
$
|
43,000
|
|||||
Interest
cost
|
113,000
|
80,000
|
36,000
|
40,000
|
|||||||||
Amortization
of adjustments
|
74,000
|
53,000
|
30,000
|
27,000
|
|||||||||
Total
SERP expense
|
$
|
341,000
|
$
|
204,000
|
$
|
121,000
|
$
|
110,000
|
|||||
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Balance
sheet amounts:
|
|||||||
Accrued
pension liability
|
$
|
2,602,583
|
$
|
2,261,583
|
|||
Intangible
asset
|
1,127,941
|
1,127,941
|
|||||
10. COMMON
STOCK
During
2000, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized the purchase of up
to ten
percent (10%) of the Company’s outstanding Class B common shares. As of June 30,
2005, the Company had purchased and retired 23,600 Class B common shares
at a
cost of approximately $808,000 which reduced the number of Class B common
shares
outstanding.
The
Company maintains two classes of outstanding common stock, Class A Common
Stock
(“Class A”) and Class B Common Stock (“Class B”). The following is a summary of
the pertinent rights and privileges of each class outstanding:
·
|
Voting
- Class A receives one vote per share; Class B is
non-voting;
|
·
|
Dividends
(cash) - Cash dividends are payable at the discretion of the Board
of
Directors and is subject to a 5% provision whereby cash dividends
paid out
to Class B must be at least 5% higher per share annually than Class
A. At
the discretion of the Board of Directors, Class B may receive a
cash
dividend without Class A receiving a cash
dividend.
|
·
|
Dividends
(other than cash) and distributions in connection with any
recapitalization and upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the
Company - Shared equally among Class A and Class B;
|
·
|
Mergers
and consolidations - Equal amount and form of consideration per
share
among Class A and Class B;
|
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23
-
·
|
Class
B Protection - Any person or group that purchases 10% or more of
the
outstanding Class A (excluding certain shares, as defined) must
make a
public cash tender offer (within 90 days) to acquire additional
shares of
Class B to avoid disproportionate voting rights. Failure to do
so will
result in forfeiture of voting rights for those shares acquired
after the
recapitalization. Alternatively, the purchaser can sell Class A
shares to
reduce the purchaser's holdings below 10% (excluding shares owned
prior to
recapitalization). Above 10%, this protection transaction is triggered
every 5% (i.e., 15%, 20%, 25%,
etc.);
|
·
|
Convertibility
- Not convertible into another class of Common Stock or any other
security
by the Company, unless by resolution by the Board of Directors
to convert
such shares as a result of either class becoming excluded from
quotation
on NASDAQ, or if total outstanding shares of Class A falls below
10% of
the aggregate number of outstanding shares of both classes (in
which case,
all Class B shares will be automatically converted in Class A
shares).
|
·
|
Transferability
and trading - Both Class A and Class B are freely transferable
and
publicly traded on NASDAQ National
Market;
|
·
|
Subdivision
of shares - Any split, subdivision or combination of the outstanding
shares of Class A or Class B must be proportionately split with
the other
class in the same manner and on the same
basis.
|
11. COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME
Comprehensive
income for the six and three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 consists
of:
Six
Months Ended
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
$
|
10,982,040
|
$
|
11,799,984
|
$
|
6,668,675
|
$
|
7,145,253
|
|||||
Currency
translation adjustment-
|
|||||||||||||
net
of taxes
|
(614,665
|
)
|
(203,460
|
)
|
(424,138
|
)
|
18,978
|
||||||
Increase
(decrease) in unrealized
|
|||||||||||||
gain
on marketable securities
|
|||||||||||||
-
net of taxes
|
(3,143,296
|
)
|
7,200
|
32,446
|
(8,500
|
)
|
|||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
7,224,079
|
$
|
11,603,724
|
$
|
6,276,983
|
$
|
7,155,731
|
|||||
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-
12. ASSETS
HELD FOR SALE
On
July
15, 2004, the Company entered into an agreement for the sale of a certain
parcel
of land located in Jersey City, New Jersey. The sales agreement is subject
to a
due diligence period by the buyer. The seller and buyer are aware that a
portion
of the property may be subject to tidelands claims by the State of New Jersey.
Additionally, the Company is obligated for environmental remediation costs
of up
to $440,000 of which $140,000 has been paid as of June 30, 2005. The buyer
has
agreed in principle to pay all additional remediation costs. As these costs
are
incurred the Company capitalizes them on the consolidated balance sheet as
a
component of assets held for sale. The Company has classified the asset as
held
for sale with a net book value of $797,724 and $696,013 on the Company's
balance
sheet at June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. The Company
anticipates the sale to take place prior to December 31, 2005.
13. NEW
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
In
December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123(R), that will require compensation
costs related to share-based payment transactions to be recognized in the
financial statements. With limited exceptions, the amount of compensation
cost
will be measured based on the grant-date fair value of the equity or liability
instruments issued. In addition, if granted, liability awards will be remeasured
each reporting period. Compensation cost will be recognized over the period
that
an employee provides service in exchange for the reward. SFAS No. 123(R)
is
effective as to the Company as of the beginning of the Company's 2006 fiscal
year. The Company is currently evaluating its position and will make its
determination to account for stock-based compensation costs either prospectively
or retroactively at the time of adoption. The adoption of SFAS 123(R) is
expected to have a material effect on the Company's results of
operations.
In
December 2004, the FASB staff issued FASB Staff Position ("FSP") FAS 109-1,
"Application of FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, to the
Tax
Deduction on Qualified Production Activities Provided by the American Jobs
Creation Act of 2004" to provide guidance on the application of Statement
109 to
the provision within the American Jobs Creations Act of 2004 (the "Act")
that
provides tax relief to U.S. domestic manufacturers. The FSP states that the
deduction provided for under the Act should be accounted for as a special
deduction in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109 and not as a tax rate
reduction. The FSP is effective upon issuance. The adoption of FAS 109-1
could
have a material effect on the Company's results of operations and financial
position.
In
December 2004, the FASB staff issued FSP FAS 109-2, "Accounting and Disclosure
Guidance for the Foreign Earnings Repatriation Provision Within the American
Jobs Creation Act of 2004" to provide accounting and disclosure guidance
for the
repatriation provisions included in the Act. The Act introduced a special
limited-time dividends received deduction on the repatriation of certain
foreign
earnings to a U.S. taxpayer. The FSP is effective upon issuance. The adoption
of
FAS 109-2 could have a material effect on the Company's results of operations
and financial position.
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25
-
In
December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, an amendment of APB Opinion
No. 29
"Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets". SFAS No. 153 amends APB Opinion No. 29
by
eliminating the exception under APB No. 29 for nonmonetary exchanges of similar
productive assets and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges
of
nonmonetary assets that do not have commercial substance. A nonmonetary exchange
has commercial substance if the future cash flows of the entity are expected
to
change significantly as a result of the exchange. SFAS No. 153 is effective
for
periods beginning after June 15, 2005. The adoption of SFAS No. 153 is not
expected to have a material effect on the Company's financial position or
results of operations.
In
November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, an amendment to Accounting Research
Bulletin No. 43 chapter 4 "Inventory Costs". SFAS No. 151 requires that abnormal
costs of idle facility expenses, freight, handling costs and wasted material
(spoilage) be recognized as current-period charges. SFAS No. 151 is effective
for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. Adoption of SFAS No. 151
is not
expected to have a material impact on the Company's results of operations
or
financial position.
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26
-
Item
2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
The
Company’s quarterly and annual operating results are affected by a wide variety
of factors that could materially and adversely affect revenues and
profitability, including the risk factors described in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. As a result of
these
and other factors, the Company may experience material fluctuations in future
operating results on a quarterly or annual basis, which could materially
and
adversely affect its business, financial condition, operating results, and
stock
prices. Furthermore, this document and other documents filed by the Company
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) contain certain
forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of
1995 (“Forward-Looking Statements”) with respect to the business of the Company.
These Forward-Looking Statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties,
including those detailed in Item 1 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2004, which could cause actual results to
differ
materially from these Forward-Looking Statements. The Company undertakes
no
obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these
Forward-Looking Statements which may be necessary to reflect events or
circumstances after the date such statements are made or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events. An investment in the Company involves
various risks, including those which are detailed from time to time in the
Company’s SEC filings.
Overview
Bel
is a
leading producer of electronic products that help make global connectivity
a
reality. The Company designs, manufactures and markets a broad array of
magnetics, modules, circuit protection devices and interconnect products.
While
these products are deployed primarily in the computer, networking and
telecommunication industries, Bel’s expanding portfolio of products also finds
application in the automotive, medical and consumer electronics markets.
Bel's
products are designed to protect, regulate, connect, isolate or manage a
variety
of electronic circuits.
During
the first six months of 2005, approximately $5.1 million of the sales increase
compared to the first six months of 2004 is attributable to the acquisition
by
the Company of Galaxy Power, Inc. (“Galaxy”) which occurred on March 22, 2005.
Gross
profit margins were lower during the first six months of 2005 compared to
the
first six months of 2004 principally due to increased raw material costs
due to
changes in the Company’s product mix and additional inventory obsolescence
adjustments. During June, 2005 the Company repatriated earnings from a
controlled foreign corporation in the amount of $25.6 million to take advantage
of the lower federal tax rate of 5.25% which was created under the American
Jobs
Creation Act of 2004. Additionally, the Company repaid bank debt during June,
2005 in the amount of $14.0 million.
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Critical
Accounting Policies
The
Company’s discussion and analysis of its financial condition and results of
operations are based upon the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which
have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements
requires the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported
amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure
of
contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, the Company evaluates
its estimates, including those related to product returns, bad debts,
inventories, intangible assets, investments, income taxes and contingencies
and
litigation. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and
on
various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the
circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about
the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent
from
other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different
assumptions or conditions.
The
Company believes the following critical accounting policies affect its more
significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of its consolidated
financial statements.
Allowance
for Doubtful Accounts
The
Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses from
the
inability of its customers to make required payments. The Company determines
its
reserves by both specific identification of customer accounts where appropriate
and the application of historical loss experience to non-specific accounts.
If
the financial condition of the Company's customers were to deteriorate,
resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional
allowances may be required.
Inventory
The
Company makes purchasing decisions principally based upon firm sales orders
from
customers, the availability and pricing of raw materials and projected customer
requirements. Future events that could adversely affect these decisions and
result in significant charges to the Company’s operations include miscalculating
customer requirements, technology changes which render certain raw materials
and
finished goods obsolete, loss of customers and/or cancellation of sales orders,
stock rotation with distributors and termination of distribution agreements.
The
Company writes down its inventory for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable
inventory equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the
estimated market value based upon the aforementioned assumptions. If actual
market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management,
additional inventory write-downs may be required.
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When
inventory is written-off, it is never written back up; the cost remains at
zero
or the level to which it has been written-down. When inventory that has been
written-off is subsequently used in the manufacturing process, the lower
adjusted cost of the material is charged to cost of sales. During 2001 the
Company wrote down or reserved $12 million of inventory, including non
cancelable purchase commitments. At December 31, 2004, approximately $1.4
million of inventory (at original cost before the write-down or reserve in
2001)
was on hand. During 2003 and 2004 approximately $2.5 million and $7.0 million
of
this inventory was scrapped. Management intends to retain the balance of
this
inventory for possible use in future orders. Should any of this inventory
be
used in the manufacturing process for customer orders, the improved gross
profit
will be recognized at the time the completed product is shipped and the sale
is
recorded.
The
following is a quarterly schedule of material reintroduced into production
since
the initial $12 million charge.
Prior
Quarters
|
$
164,329
|
||||||
1st
Quarter
|
2002
|
4,538
|
|||||
2nd
Quarter
|
2002
|
68,098
|
|||||
3rd
Quarter
|
2002
|
38,914
|
|||||
4th
Quarter
|
2002
|
271,163
|
|||||
1st
Quarter
|
2003
|
77,069
|
|||||
2nd
Quarter
|
2003
|
80,046
|
|||||
3rd
Quarter
|
2003
|
28,851
|
|||||
4th
Quarter
|
2003
|
98,263
|
|||||
1st
Quarter
|
2004
|
31,051
|
|||||
2nd
Quarter
|
2004
|
78,232
|
|||||
3rd
Quarter
|
2004
|
72,857
|
|||||
4th
Quarter
|
2004
|
53,295
|
|||||
1st
Quarter
|
2005
|
777
|
|||||
2nd
Quarter
|
2005
|
26,737
|
|||||
$
|
1,094,220
|
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Acquisitions
On
March
22, 2005, the Company acquired the common stock of Galaxy Power Inc. for
approximately $18.8 million in cash including transaction costs of approximately
$.2 million. Purchase price allocations have been initially estimated by
management and are subject to adjustment. Management is in the process of
obtaining independent valuations and independent formal appraisals and will
adjust purchase price allocations accordingly. Management has estimated that
approximately $13.6 million of goodwill and $2.0 million of the identifiable
intangible assets arose from the transaction. The identifiable intangible
assets
and related deferred tax liabilities are being amortized on a straight-line
basis over their estimated useful lives.
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The
Company believes that the purchase of Galaxy’s Power Group is a logical
strategic fit with Bel’s Power Products group. The Company believes that the
products are highly complementary with minimal overlap. The customer base
is
similar but still affords ample opportunity for cross-selling. While Bel
offers
Galaxy a much-needed cost competitive manufacturing base in China, Galaxy
brings
a portfolio of products and technologies aimed at higher end markets. In
addition to these strategic synergies, there is significant opportunity for
expense reduction and the elimination of redundancies.
This
acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and
accordingly, the results of operations of Galaxy have been included in the
Company’s financial statements from March 23, 2005.
On
June
30, 2005, the Company acquired the common stock of Netwatch S.S.O., located
in
Prague, The Czech Republic, for approximately $1.9 million of which $.5 million
is due to the sellers by June 30, 2006. Netwatch is a designer and manufacturer
of high-performance fiber optic and copper cable assemblies for data and
telecommunication applications. Purchase price allocations have been estimated
by management and are subject to adjustment. Management has estimated
approximately $1.0 million of goodwill arose from the transaction.
The
Company believes that strategic value of the Netwatch acquisition is the
establishment of a European manufacturing presence for the Company and the
addition of fiber optic capability to the Bel Stewart and Connector Group
to
complement the Company's current copper-based product portfolio. The
Company believes that Bel Stewart is now capable of supporting the Company's
customer base, including the world's largest structured cabling providers,
with
a broad range of both copper and fiber based components and
assemblies.
There
was
no in-process research and development acquired as part of this
acquisition.
The
following unaudited proforma summary results of operations assumes that Galaxy
and Netwatch had been acquired as of January 1, 2004 (in thousands except
per
share data):
Six
Months Ended
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June
30,
|
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2005
|
2004
|
||||||
Net
sales
|
$
|
108,295
|
$
|
101,478
|
|||
Net
earnings
|
10,758
|
12,226
|
|||||
Earnings
per share-diluted
|
0.93
|
1.07
|
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The
information above is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations
that would have occurred if the acquisition had been consummated as of January
1, 2004. Such information should not be construed as being a representation
of
the future results of operations of the Company.
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A
condensed combined balance sheet of the major assets and liabilities of Galaxy
and Netwatch as of their acquisition dates is as follows:
Cash
|
$
|
311,856
|
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Accounts
receivable
|
3,687,331
|
|||
Inventories
|
2,862,571
|
|||
Prepaid
expenses
|
96,120
|
|||
Property,
plant and
|
||||
equipment
|
1,545,526
|
|||
Other
assets
|
32,083
|
|||
Goodwill
|
14,543,201
|
|||
Intangible
assets
|
2,010,000
|
|||
Notes
payable
|
(860,694
|
)
|
||
Accounts
payable
|
(2,129,165
|
)
|
||
Accrued
expenses
|
(465,002
|
)
|
||
Income
taxes receivable
|
5,488
|
|||
Deferred
income taxes payable
|
(800,000 |
)
|
||
Net
assets acquired
|
$
|
20,839,315
|
||
Income
Taxes
The
Company files income tax returns in every jurisdiction in which it has reason
to
believe it is subject to tax. Historically, the Company has been subject
to
examination by various taxing jurisdictions. To date, none of these examinations
has resulted in any material additional tax. Nonetheless, any tax jurisdiction
may contend that a filing position claimed by the Company regarding one or
more
of its transactions is contrary to that jurisdiction's laws or
regulations.
Revenue
Recognition
The
Company recognizes revenue in accordance with the guidance contained in SEC
Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements”
(“SAB 104”). Revenue is recognized when the product has been delivered and title
and risk of loss have passed to the customer, collection of the resulting
receivable is deemed probable by management, persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists and the sale price is fixed and determinable.
Historically
the Company has been successful in mitigating the risks associated with its
revenue recognition. Some issues relate to product warranty, credit worthiness
of its customers and concentration of sales among a few major
customers.
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The
Company is not contractually obligated to accept returns except for defective
product or in instances where the product does not meet the Company’s quality
specifications. If these conditions existed, the Company would be obligated
to
repair or replace the defective product or make a cash settlement with the
customer. If the financial conditions of the Company’s customers were to
deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments,
additional allowances for bad debt may be required which could have a material
adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.
The Company has a significant amount of sales with several major customers.
The
loss of any one of these customers could have a material adverse effect on
the
Company’s results of operations and financial position.
Results
of Operations
The
following table sets forth, for the second quarters of 2005 and 2004, and
the
first six months of 2005 and 2004, the percentage relationship to net sales
of
certain items included in the Company’s consolidated statements of
operations.
Percentage
of Net Sales
|
Percentage
of Net Sales
|
||||||||||||
Six
Months Ended
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2005
|
2004
|
||||||||||
Net
sales
|
100.0
|
%
|
100.0
|
%
|
100.0
|
%
|
100.0
|
%
|
|||||
Cost
of sales
|
71.3
|
69.4
|
70.7
|
68.6
|
|||||||||
Selling,
general and
|
|||||||||||||
administrative
expenses
|
15.4
|
16.6
|
15.0
|
16.8
|
|||||||||
Fixed
asset impairment
|
-
|
1.1
|
-
|
2.1
|
|||||||||
Interest
income - net
|
0.4
|
0.2
|
0.5
|
0.2
|
|||||||||
Lawsuit
proceeds
|
-
|
3.2
|
-
|
6.1
|
|||||||||
Earnings
before provision
|
|||||||||||||
for
income taxes
|
13.7
|
16.3
|
14.8
|
18.8
|
|||||||||
Income
tax provision
|
3.1
|
3.3
|
3.2
|
4.0
|
|||||||||
Net
earnings
|
10.6
|
13.0
|
11.6
|
14.8
|
|||||||||
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The
following table sets forth the year over year percentage increase or decrease
of
certain items included in the Company's consolidated statements of
operations.
Increase
(decrease) from
|
Increase
(decrease) from
|
|||||||||
Prior
Period
|
Prior
Period
|
|||||||||
Six
Months Ended
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|||||||||
June
30, 2005
|
June
30, 2005
|
|||||||||
compared
with Six
|
compared
with Three
|
|||||||||
Months
Ended June
|
Months
Ended June
|
|||||||||
30,
2004
|
30,
2004
|
|||||||||
Net
sales
|
13.5
|
%
|
18.9
|
%
|
||||||
Cost
of sales
|
16.5
|
22.6
|
||||||||
Selling,
general and
|
||||||||||
administrative
expenses
|
5.1
|
6.2
|
||||||||
Net
earnings
|
(6.9
|
)
|
(6.7
|
)
|
||||||
SIX
MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2005 VERSUS SIX
MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2004
Sales
Net
sales
increased 13.5% from $90.7 million during the first six months of 2004 to
$103.0
million during the first six months of 2005. The Company attributes the increase
to increased module sales of $7.6 million of which $5.1 million is from the
acquisition of Galaxy, strong demand for interconnect products, resulting
in an
increase of $2.3 million in such sales, strong demand for magnetic sales,
resulting in an increase of $2.7 million in such sales , offset in part by
decreases in circuit protection sales of ($0.5) million.
The
significant components of the Company's first six months of 2005 sales were
magnetic products of $62.4 million (as compared with $60.0 million during
the
first six months of 2004), circuit protection products of $9.6 million (as
compared with $10.1 million during the first six months of 2004), interconnect
products of $18.3 million (as compared with $15.5 million during the first
six
months of 2004), and module products of $12.7 million (as compared with $5.1
million during the first six months of 2004), which includes $5.1 million
from
the acquisition of Galaxy.
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Based
on
conflicting opinions the Company received from customers and competitors
in the
electronics industry pertaining to revenue growth during 2005, the Company
can
not predict with any degree of certainty sales revenue for 2005. Although
the
Company's backlog has been stable, the Company feels that this is not a good
indicator of revenues. The Company continues to have limited visibility as
to
future customer requirements. The Company had one customer with sales in
excess
of 10% (14%) of total sales during the six months ended June 30, 2005. The
loss
of this customer could have a material adverse effect on the Company's results
of operations, financial position and cash flows.
The
Company cannot quantify the extent of sales growth arising from unit sales
mix
and/or price changes. Given the change in the nature of the products purchased
by customers from period to period, the Company believes that neither unit
changes nor price changes are meaningful. Over the past year, newer and more
sophisticated products with higher unit selling prices have been introduced.
Through the Company's engineering and research effort, the Company has been
successful in adding additional value to existing product lines, which tends
to
increase sales prices initially until that generation of products becomes
mature
and sales prices experience price degradation. In general, as products become
mature, average selling prices decrease.
Cost
of Sales
Bel
generally enters into processing arrangements with five independent third
party
contractors in the Far East. Costs are recorded as incurred for all products
manufactured either at the Company's third party contractors or at the Company's
own manufacturing facilities. Such amounts are determined based upon the
estimated stage of production and include labor cost and fringes and related
allocations of factory overhead. The Company manufactures finished goods
at its
own manufacturing facilities in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, Inwood, New York,
the
Dominican Republic and Mexico. See "Critical Accounting Policies" above for
information regarding the use of inventories in the manufacturing process
that
have been written down in prior years.
Cost
of
sales as a percentage of net sales increased from 69.4 % during the first
six
months of 2004 to 71.3% during the first six months of 2005. The increase
in the
cost of sales percentage is primarily attributable to a 3.7% increase in
material costs as a percentage of sales. The increase in raw material costs
is
principally related to increased manufacturing of value-added products
(including Galaxy products new in 2005), which have a higher raw material
content than the Company’s other products and increases in obsolescence
reserves. This was offset in part by lower labor, and overheads as a percentage
of sales in part as a result of the Company's ability to leverage these expenses
over a larger revenue base.
Included
in cost of sales are research and development expenses of $3.8 million and
$3.7
million for the first six months of 2005 and 2004, respectively. The Company
has
experienced minor increases in research and development expense primarily
at its
domestic facilities.
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Selling,
General and Administrative Expenses
The
percentage relationship of selling, general and administrative expenses to
net
sales decreased from 16.6% during the six months ended June 30, 2004 to 15.4%
during the six months ended June 30, 2005, in part as a result of the Company's
ability to leverage general and administrative expenses over a larger revenue
base. The Company attributes the $0.8 million increase in the dollar amount
of
such expenses primarily to increased selling expenses of approximately $0.5
million including $0.2 million in Galaxy related expenses.. In addition,
the
Company incurred a $0.3 million increase in general and administrative expenses,
including $0.5 million related to Galaxy, additional bad debt expense of
approximately $0.4 million principally due to the reduction of accounts
receivable reserves during 2004 and additional amortization of identifiable
intangibles in the amount of $0.3 million principally arising from the
acquisition of Galaxy. This was offset in part by lower employment costs
of $0.4
million due to reduced bonuses and lower professional fees of $0.4 million
due
to lower Sarbanes Oxley compliance costs.
During
2006, the Company will be required to expense share based compensation costs
in
accordance with SFAS No. 123(R). This charge will be principally included
in
selling, general and administrative expenses. See "New Financial Accounting
Standards" included in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations for information regarding SFAS No.
123(R).
Fixed
Asset Impairment
During
the six month period ended June 30, 2004, the Company wrote down fixed assets,
principally machinery and equipment, with a net book value of $1,033,000,
at its
Far East manufacturing facilities. The Company considered these fixed assets
to
be surplus equipment which was replaced by equipment with more advanced
technology.
Interest
Income - net
Interest
income earned on cash and cash equivalents increased by approximately $0.4
million during the first six months ended June 30, 2005 compared to the
comparable period in 2004. The increase is due primarily to increased earnings
on higher cash and cash equivalent balances.
Interest
Expense
A
$10
million term loan was entered into on March 21, 2003, which was borrowed
for the
acquisition of Insilco's Passive Components Group. The loan bears interest
at
LIBOR plus 1.50% payable quarterly and was completely paid off by June 30,
2005.
Interest expense increased by approximately $0.1 during the six months ended
June 30, 2005 compared with 2004. The increase is attributable in part to
higher
interest rates charged on the loan for the first six months of 2005 compared
to
the first six months of 2004 and in part due to the fact that during March
2005,
the Company borrowed $8.0 million against its domestic line of credit to
partially finance the acquisition of Galaxy. During June 2005, both loans
were
paid off.
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Lawsuit
Proceeds
During
the six months ended June 30, 2004, the Company settled an arbitration
proceeding related to a 1998 acquisition. The Company received $2,935,000
(net
of $65,000 of related legal expenses incurred during the period) pursuant
to
that settlement.
Provision
for Income Taxes
The
provision for income taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2005 was $3.2
million compared to $3.0 million during the first six months of 2004. The
Company's earnings before income taxes for the six months ended June 30,
2005 is
approximately $.6 million lower than 2004. The income tax effective rate
is
higher than the prior six months provision primarily due to higher foreign
taxes. Recent developments in Hong Kong suggest that the authorities are
applying different standards in the treatment of offshore income.
The
Company conducts manufacturing activities in the Far East. More specifically,
the Company manufactures the majority of its products in the People’s Republic
of China (“PRC”), Hong Kong and Macau and has not been subject to corporate
income tax in the PRC. The Company's activities in Hong Kong have generally
consisted of administration, quality control and accounting, as well as some
limited manufacturing activities. Hong Kong imposes corporate income tax
at a
rate of 17.5 percent solely on income sourced to Hong Kong. That is, its
tax
system is a territorial one which only seeks to tax activities conducted
in Hong
Kong. Since the Bel entity in Hong Kong conducts most of its manufacturing
and
quality control activities in the PRC, a portion of this entity’s income is
deemed “offshore” and thus not fully taxable in Hong Kong. Although the
statutory tax rate in Hong Kong is 17.5 percent, the Company generally pays
an
effective Hong Kong rate of less than 4 percent.
The
Company also conducts manufacturing operations in Macau. Macau has a statutory
corporate income tax rate of 16 percent. However, the Company, as a result
of
investing in a certain location in Macau, was able to obtain a 10-year tax
holiday in Macau, thereby reducing its effective Macau income tax rate from
16
percent to 8 percent. The tax holiday in Macau expired in April 2004. Since
most
of the Company's operations are conducted in the Far East, the majority of
its
profits are sourced in these three Far East jurisdictions. Accordingly, the
profits earned in the U.S. are comparatively small in relation to its profits
earned in the Far East. Therefore, there is generally a significant difference
between the statutory U.S. tax rate and the Company’s effective tax rate.
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THREE
MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2005 VERSUS THREE
MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2004
Sales
Net
sales
increased 18.9% from $48.4 million during the three months ended June 30,
2004
to $57.5 million during the three months ended June 20, 2005. The Company
attributes the increase to increased module sales of $6.6 million of which
$4.7
million is from the acquisition of Galaxy and strong demand for magnetic
sales,
resulting in an increase of $3.1 million in such sales offset in part by
decreases in circuit protection sales of $0.2 million and interconnect sales
of
$0.4 million.
The
significant components of the Company's sales for the three months ended
June
30, 2005 were from magnetic products of $33.4 million (as compared with $30.4
million during the three months ended June 30, 2004), circuit protection
products of $5.0 million (as compared with $5.2 million during the three
months
ended June 30, 2004), interconnect products of $9.9 million (as compared
with
$10.2 million during the three months ended June 30, 2004), and module products
of $9.2 million (as compared with $2.6 million during the three months ended
June 30, 2004) including $4.7 million in Galaxy sales.
Based
on
conflicting opinions the Company received from customers and competitors
in the
electronics industry pertaining to revenue growth during 2005, the Company
can
not predict with any degree of certainty sales revenue for 2005. Although
the
Company's backlog has been stable, the Company feels that this is not a good
indicator of revenues. The Company continues to have limited visibility as
to
future customer requirements. The Company had one customer with sales in
excess
of 10% (14%) of total sales during the three months ended June 30, 2005.
The
loss of this customer could have a material adverse effect on the Company's
results of operations, financial position and cash flows.
The
Company cannot quantify the extent of sales growth arising from unit sales
mix
and/or price changes. Given the change in the nature of the products purchased
by customers from period to period, the Company believes that neither unit
changes nor price changes are meaningful. Over the past year, newer and more
sophisticated products with higher unit selling prices have been introduced.
Through the Company's engineering and research effort, the Company has been
successful in adding additional value to existing product lines, which tends
to
increase sales prices initially until that generation of products becomes
mature
and sales prices experience price degradation. In general, as products become
mature, average selling prices decrease.
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Cost
of Sales
Bel
generally enters into processing arrangements with five independent third
party
contractors in the Far East. Costs are recorded as incurred for all products
manufactured either at the Company's third party contractors or at the Company's
own manufacturing facilities. Such amounts are determined based upon the
estimated stage of production and include labor cost and fringes and related
allocations of factory overhead. The Company manufactures finished goods
at its
own manufacturing facilities in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, Inwood, New York,
the
Dominican Republic and Mexico. See "Critical Accounting Policies" above for
information regarding the use of inventories in the manufacturing process
that
have been written down in prior years.
Cost
of
sales as a percentage of net sales increased from 68.6 % during the three
months
ended June 30, 2004 to 70.7 % in 2005. The increase in the cost of sales
percentage is primarily attributable to a 5.4 % increase in material costs
as a
percentage of sales. The increase in raw material costs is principally related
to increased manufacturing of module products, which have a higher raw material
content than the Company’s other products and increases in obsolescence
reserves. This was offset by lower labor and overhead as a percentage of
sales
in part as a result of the Company's ability to leverage these expenses over
a
larger revenue base.
Included
in cost of sales are research and development expenses of $1.9 million and
$1.9
million for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
The
Company's research and development expense remained constant despite the
addition of Galaxy during the second quarter of 2005.
Selling,
General and Administrative Expenses
The
percentage relationship of selling, general and administrative expenses to
net
sales decreased from 16.8 % during the three months ended June 30, 2004 to
15.0%
during the three months ended June 30, 2005, in part as a result of the
Company's ability to leverage general and administrative expenses over a
larger
revenue base. The Company attributes the $0.5 million increase in the dollar
amount of such expenses primarily to increased selling expenses of approximately
$0.4 million including $0.2 million in Galaxy related expenses. The increase
in
selling expenses relates to increased sales. In addition, the Company's general
and administrative expenses were approximately the same as 2004. The increases
and decreases in general and administrative expenses were primarily attributable
to the same reasons as set forth in the six month analysis.
During
2006, the Company will be required to expense share based compensation costs
in
accordance with SFAS No. 123(R). This charge will be principally included
in
selling, general and administrative expenses. See "New Financial Accounting
Standards" included in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations for information regarding SFAS No.
123(R).
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Fixed
Asset Impairment
During
the three month period ended June 30, 2004, the Company wrote down fixed
assets,
principally machinery and equipment, with a net book value of $1,033,000
at its
Far East manufacturing facilities. The Company considered these fixed assets
to
be surplus equipment which was replaced by equipment with more advanced
technology.
Interest
Income - net
Interest
income earned on cash and cash equivalents increased by approximately $232,000
during the three months ended June 30, 2005 compared to the comparable period
in
2004. The increase is due primarily to higher interest rates earned on cash
and
cash equivalent balances.
Interest
Expense
A
$10
million term loan was entered into on March 21, 2003 which was borrowed for
the
acquisition of Insilco's Passive Components Group. Interest expense increased
by
approximately $81,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2005 compared
with
2004. The increase is attributable in part to higher interest rates charged
on
the loan for the second three months of 2005 compared to 2004 and in part
due to
the fact that during March 2005, the Company borrowed $8.0 million against
its
domestic line of credit to partially finance the acquisition of Galaxy. During
June 2005, both loans were paid in full.
Lawsuit
Proceeds
During
the three months ended June 30, 2004, the Company settled an arbitration
proceeding related to a 1998 acquisition. The Company received $2,935,000
(net
of $65,000 of related legal expenses incurred during the period) pursuant
to
that settlement.
Provision
for Income Taxes
The
provision for income taxes for the three months ended June 30, 2005 was $1.8
million compared to $1.9 million during the three months ended June 30, 2004.
The Company's earnings before income taxes for the three months ended June
30,
2005 is approximately $.6 million lower than 2004. Recent developments in
Hong
Kong suggest that the authorities are applying different standards in the
treatment of offshore income which resulted in higher foreign taxes during
the
second quarter of 2005 compared to 2004 offset in part by lower U.S.
taxes.
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The
Company has historically followed a practice of reinvesting a portion of
the
earnings of foreign subsidiaries in the expansion of its foreign operations.
If
the unrepatriated earnings were distributed to the parent corporation rather
than reinvested in the Far East, such funds would be subject to United States
Federal income taxes. Through June 30, 2005, management has repatriated
approximately $25.6 million of foreign earnings which are eligible for the
reduced tax rate of 5.25% under the American Jobs Creations Act of 2004.
Inflation
and Foreign Currency Exchange
During
the past two years, the effect of inflation on the Company's profitability
was
not material. Historically, fluctuations of the U.S. Dollar against other
major
currencies have not significantly affected the Company's foreign operations
as
most sales have been denominated in U.S. Dollars or currencies directly or
indirectly linked to the U.S. Dollar. Most significant expenses, including
raw
materials, labor and manufacturing expenses, are either incurred in U.S.
Dollars
or the currencies of the Hong Kong Dollar, the Macau Pataca or the Chinese
Renminbi. Commencing with the acquisition of the Passive Components Group,
the
Company's European entity has sales transactions which are denominated
principally in Euros and British Pounds. Conversion of these transactions
into
U.S. dollars has resulted in currency exchange gains of approximately ($105,000)
for the six months ended June 30, 2005 which are included in selling, general
and administrative expense and approximately $615,000 in unrealized exchange
losses relating to the translation of foreign subsidiary financial statements
which are included in other comprehensive income. Any change in linkage of
the
U.S. Dollar and the Hong Kong Dollar, the Chinese Renminbi or the Macau Pataca
could have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial position
or
results of operations.
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Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Historically,
the Company has financed its capital expenditures primarily through cash
flows
from operating activities. Currently, due to the recent acquisitions of the
Passive Components Group of Insilco Technologies, Inc. and Galaxy, the Company
has borrowed money under a secured term loan and line of credit and has unused
lines of credit as described below. Management believes that the cash flow
from
operations after payments of dividends and scheduled repayments of its bank
debt, combined with its existing capital base and the Company's available
lines
of credit, will be sufficient to fund its operations for the near term. Such
statement constitutes a Forward Looking Statement. Factors which could cause
the
Company to require additional capital include, among other things, a softening
in the demand for the Company’s existing products, an inability to respond to
customer demand for new products, potential acquisitions requiring substantial
capital, future expansion of the Company's operations and net losses that
would
result in net cash being used in operating, investing and/or financing
activities which result in net decreases in cash and cash equivalents. Net
losses may result in the loss of domestic and foreign credit facilities and
preclude the Company from raising debt or equity financing in the capital
markets.
Previously,
the Company had one domestic line of credit of $10 million; the outstanding
balance was paid off on June 20, 2005 in its entirety. During March 2005,
the
Company borrowed $8 million against the line of credit to partially finance
the
acquisition of Galaxy. During July 2005, the Company amended its credit
agreement to increase the line of credit to $20 million which expires on
July
22, 2009.
On
March
21, 2003, the Company entered into a $10 million secured term loan, which
was
paid off in June 2005. The loan was used to partially finance the Company's
acquisition of Insilco's Passive Components Group. The term loan facility
is no
longer available. For the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, the Company
recorded interest expense of approximately $207,000 and $116,000, respectively.
The
Company's Hong Kong subsidiary has an unsecured line of credit of approximately
$2 million, which was unused at June 30, 2005. This line of credit expires
on
May 31, 2006. Borrowing on this line of credit was guaranteed by the Company.
For
information regarding further commitments under the Company's operating leases,
see Note 15 of Notes to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements in
its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
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As
previously announced, the Company has acquired a total of 2,037,500 shares
of
the common stock of Artesyn Technologies, Inc. at a total purchase price
of
$16,331,469. These purchases were reflected on the Company's consolidated
statement of cash flows as purchases of marketable securities and are reflected
on the Company's balance sheet as marketable securities. As of June 30, 2005,
the Company has recorded an unrealized gain, net of income taxes, of
approximately $0.8 million. In connection with this transaction the Company
is
obligated to pay an investment banker's advisory fee to a third party. As
of
June 30, 2005, the Company has accrued a fee in the amount of approximately
$0.3
million. The Company has proposed to Artesyn that the Company acquire Artesyn,
but to date Artesyn has not indicated any interest in negotiating such a
transaction with the Company. During the six months ended June 30, 2005 the
gross unrealized gain on marketable securities decreased $5.3 million from
December 31, 2004.
The
Company is constructing a 117,000 square foot manufacturing facility in
Zhongshan City, PRC for approximately $2.3 million. As of June 30, 2005,
the
Company has paid approximately $762,000 toward the construction. The Company
expects to complete the construction during 2006.
On
July
15, 2004, the Company entered into an agreement for the sale of a certain
parcel
of land located in Jersey City, New Jersey. The sales agreement is subject
to a
due diligence period by the buyer. The seller and buyer are aware that a
portion
of the property may be subject to tidelands claims by the State of New Jersey.
Additionally, the Company is obligated for environmental remediation costs
of up
to $440,000 of which $140,000 has been paid as of June 30, 2005. As these
costs
are incurred the Company capitalizes them on the Company's consolidated balance
sheet as assets held for sale. The Company has classified the asset as held
for
sale with a net book value of $798,000 on the Company's consolidated balance
sheet at June 30, 2005. The Company anticipates the sale to take place prior
to
December 31, 2005.
Under
the
terms of the E-Power and Current Concepts, Inc. acquisition agreements of
May
11, 2001, the Company will be required to make contingent purchase price
payments up to an aggregate of $7.6 million should the acquired companies
attain
specified related sales levels. E-Power will be paid $2.0 million in contingent
purchase price payments if sales reach $15.0 million and an additional $4.0
million if sales reach $25.0 million on a cumulative basis through May, 2007.
No
payments have been required to date with respect to E-Power. Current Concepts
will be paid 16% of related sales on the first $10.0 million in sales through
May 2007. During the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, the Company
paid
approximately $296,000 and $75,000, respectively, in contingent purchase
price
payments to Current Concepts. The contingent purchase price payments have
been
accounted for as additional purchase price and as an increase other intangibles
when such payment obligations are incurred.
On
May 9,
2000, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 10% of the
Company’s outstanding common shares from time to time in market or privately
negotiated transactions. As of June 30, 2005, the Company had purchased and
retired 23,600 Class B shares at a cost of approximately $808,000, which
reduced
the number of Class B common shares outstanding.
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During
the six months ended June 30, 2005, the Company's cash and cash equivalents
decreased by approximately $17.1 million, reflecting approximately $20.4
million
used principally for acquisitions, $15.4 million for loan repayments, $3.4
million for the purchase of property, plant and equipment, $0.7 million for
the
purchase of marketable securities and $1.1 million for payments of dividends
offset by $13.9 million provided by operating activities (principally as
a
result of net income of $11.0. million and depreciation expense of $4.5
million), borrowings of $8.0 million and proceeds of $2.1 million from the
exercise of stock options.
Cash,
marketable securities and cash equivalents and accounts receivable comprised
approximately 50.6% and 58.6% of the Company's total assets at June 30, 2005
and
December 31, 2004, respectively. The Company's current ratio (i.e., the ratio
of
current assets to current liabilities) was 4.5 to 1 and 5.0 to 1 at June
30,
2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively.
The
following table sets forth at June 30, 2005 the amounts of payments due under
specific types of contractual obligations, aggregated by category of contractual
obligation, for the time periods described below.
Payments
due by period
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Contractual
Obligations
|
Total
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Less
than
1
year
|
1-3
years
|
3-5
years
|
More
than
5
years
|
|||||||||||
Short-term
debt
|
$
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482,509
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$
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482,509
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$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
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Long-term
debt
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Capital
expenditure obligations
|
6,471,249
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6,471,249
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-
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Contingent
purchase price
|
||||||||||||||||
commitments
|
1,249,270
|
1,249,270
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-
|
-
|
-
|
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Operating
leases
|
3,595,249
|
735,762
|
1,757,344
|
1,102,139
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Raw
material purchase obligations
|
8,867,454
|
7,999,454
|
868,000
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
20,665,731
|
$
|
16,938,244
|
$
|
2,625,344
|
$
|
1,102,139
|
$
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The
Company is currently obligated to fund the Company's SERP. As of June 30,
2005
the SERP had an unfunded benefit obligation of approximately $2.6 million.
Other
Matters
The
Company believes that it has sufficient cash reserves to fund its foreseeable
working capital needs. It may, however, seek to expand such resources through
bank borrowings, at favorable lending rates, from time to time. Should the
Company pursue additional acquisitions during 2005, the Company may be required
to pursue public or private equity or debt transactions to finance the
acquisitions and to provide working capital to the acquired
companies.
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New
Financial Accounting Standards
In
December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) issued Statement
on Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 123(R), "Share-Based Payment"
(revised), that will require compensation costs related to share-based payment
transactions to be recognized in the financial statements. With limited
exceptions, the amount of compensation cost will be measured based on the
grant-date fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued. In
addition, liability awards will be remeasured each reporting period.
Compensation cost will be recognized over the period that an employee provides
service in exchange for the reward. SFAS No. 123(R) is effective as to the
Company as of the beginning of the Company's 2006 fiscal year. The Company
is
currently evaluating its position and will make its determination to account
for
the stock-based compensation costs either prospectively or retroactively
at the
time of adoption. The adoption of SFAS 123(R) is expected to have a material
effect on the Company's results of operations.
In
December 2004, the FASB staff issued FASB Staff Position ("FSP") FAS 109-1,
"Application of FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, to the
Tax
Deduction on Qualified Production Activities Provided by the American Jobs
Creation Act of 2004" to provide guidance on the application of FASB Statement
No. 109 to the provision within the American Jobs Creations Act of 2004 (the
"Act") that provides tax relief to U.S. domestic manufacturers. The FSP states
that the deduction provided for under the Act should be accounted for as
a
special deduction in accordance with Statement 109 and not as a tax rate
reduction. The FSP is effective upon issuance. The adoption of FAS 109-1
could
have a material effect on the Company's results of operations or financial
position.
In
December 2004, the FASB staff issued FSP No. FAS 109-2, "Accounting and
Disclosure Guidance for the Foreign Earnings Repatriation Provision Within
the
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004" to provide accounting and disclosure
guidance for the repatriation provisions included in the Act. The Act introduced
a special limited-time dividends received deduction on the repatriation of
certain foreign earnings to a U.S. taxpayer. The FSP is effective upon issuance.
The adoption of FAS 109-2 could have a material effect on the Company's results
of operations and financial position.
In
December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, an amendment of APB Opinion
No. 29
"Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets". SFAS No. 153 amends APB Opinion No. 29
by
eliminating the exception under APB No. 29 for nonmonetary exchanges of similar
productive assets and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges
of
nonmonetary assets that do not have commercial substance. A nonmonetary exchange
has commercial substance if the future cash flows of the entity are expected
to
change significantly as a result of the exchange. SFAS No. 153 is effective
for
periods beginning after June 15, 2005. The adoption of SFAS No. 153 is not
expected to have a material effect on the Company's financial position or
results of operations.
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In
November 2004 the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, an amendment to Accounting Research
Bulletin No. 43 chapter 4 "Inventory Costs". SFAS No. 151 requires that abnormal
costs of idle facility expenses, freight, handling costs and wasted material
(spoilage) be recognized as current-period charges. SFAS No. 151 is effective
for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. Adoption of SFAS No. 151
is not
expected to have a material impact on the Company's results of operations
or
financial position.
Item
7A.
Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments — The following disclosure of the estimated fair
value of financial instruments is made in accordance with the requirements
of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, "Disclosures about Fair
Value of Financial Instruments". The estimated fair values of financial
instruments have been determined by the Company using available market
information and appropriate valuation methodologies.
However,
considerable judgment is required in interpreting market data to develop
the
estimates of fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are
not
necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company could realize in a
current market exchange.
The
Company has not entered into, and does not expect to enter into, financial
instruments for trading or hedging purposes. The Company does not currently
anticipate entering into interest rate swaps and/or similar
instruments.
The
Company's carrying values of cash, marketable securities, accounts receivable,
accounts payable and accrued expenses are a reasonable approximation of their
fair value.
The
Company enters into transactions denominated in U.S. Dollars, Hong Kong Dollars,
the Macau Pataca, the Chinese Renminbi, Euros and British Pounds. Fluctuations
in the U.S. dollar exchange rate against these currencies could significantly
impact the Company's consolidated results of operations.
The
Company believes that a change in interest rates of 1% or 2% would not have
a
material effect on the Company's consolidated statement of operations or
balance
sheet.
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Item
4.
Controls
and Procedures
a)
|
Disclosure
controls and procedures.
As of the end of the Company’s most recently completed fiscal quarter
covered by this report, the Company carried out an evaluation,
with the
participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s chief
executive officer and vice president of finance, of the effectiveness
of
the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Securities
Exchange Act Rule 13a-15. Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s chief
executive officer and vice president of finance concluded that
the
Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring
that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the
reports
that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified
in
the SEC’s rules and forms.
|
b.)
|
Changes
in internal controls over financial reporting:
There have been no changes in the Company's internal controls over
financial reporting that occurred during the Company's last fiscal
quarter
to which this report relates that have materially affected, or
are
reasonable likely to materially affect, the Company internal control
over
financial reporting.
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PART
II.
Other Information
Item
1. Legal
Proceedings
The
Company is a defendant in a lawsuit, captioned Murata Manufacturing Company,
Ltd. v. Bel Fuse Inc et al and brought in Illinois Federal District Court.
Plaintiff claims that its patent covers all of the Company's modular jack
products. That party had previously advised the Company that it was willing
to
grant a non-exclusive license to the Company under the patent for a 3% royalty
on all future gross sales of ICM products; payment of a lump sum of 3% of
past
sales including sales of applicable Insilco products; an annual minimum royalty
of $500,000; payment of all attorney fees; and marking of all licensed ICM's
with the third party's patent number. The Company is also a defendant in
a
lawsuit , captioned Regal Electronics, Inc. v. Bel Fuse Inc. and brought
in
California Federal District Court. Plaintiff claims that its patent covers
certain of the Company's modular jack products. That party had previously
advised the Company that it was willing to grant a non transferable license
to
the Company for an up front fee of $500,000 plus a 6% royalty on future sales.
The District Court has granted summary judgment in the Company's favor
dismissing Regal Electronics' infringement claims, while at the same time
the
Court dismissed the Company's invalidity counterclaim against Regal Electronics.
As of the date hereof, the Company has not been advised as to whether Regal
will
appeal the Court's rejection of its infringement claims. The Company believes
that none of its products are covered by these patents and intends to vigorously
defend its position and no accrual has been provided in the accompanying
consolidated financial statements.
The
Company cannot predict the outcome of these matters; however, management
believes that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not have a material
impact on the Company's consolidated financial condition or results of
operations.
The
Company is not a party to any other legal proceeding, the adverse outcome
of
which is expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company's
consolidated financial condition or results of operations.
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Item
4. Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The
Company's annual meeting of security holders was held on May 12, 2005. At
the
meeting, the Board's nominees were elected to the Board of Directors for
a term
of one to three years. The votes were cast as follows:
For
|
Withheld
|
||||||
Avi
Eden
|
2,443,005
|
33,006
|
|||||
Robert
H. Simandl
|
2,310,316
|
165,695
|
Item
6. Exhibits
(a)
Exhibits:
10.1 Amendment
No. 1 to the Registrant's Amended and Restated Credit and Guarantee Agreement
dated as of March 21, 2003 is incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 1, 2005.
31.1
Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act
of 2002
31.2 Certification
of the Vice President of Finance pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002.
32.1 Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes
- Oxley
Act of 2002.
32.2 Certification
of the Vice-President of Finance 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.
BEL FUSE INC. | ||
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By: | /s/ Daniel Bernstein | |
Daniel Bernstein, President and Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
|
By: | /s/ Colin Dunn | |
Colin Dunn, Vice President of Finance |
Dated:
August 5, 2005
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
10.1 Amendment
No. 1 to the Registrant's Amended and Restated Credit and Guarantee Agreement
dated as of March 21, 2003 is incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 1, 2005.
Exhibit
31.1 - Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302
of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit
31.2 - Certification of the Vice President of Finance pursuant to Section
302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit
32.1 - Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906
of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit
32.2 - Certification of the Vice President of Finance pursuant to Section
906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.