COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC - Annual Report: 2006 (Form 10-K)
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934 - For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
Commission
file number 1-13905
COMPX
INTERNATIONAL INC.
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(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its
charter)
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Delaware
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57-0981653
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation
or organization)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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5430
LBJ Freeway, Suite 1700,
Three
Lincoln Centre, Dallas, Texas
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75240-2697
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code
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(972)
448-1400
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Act:
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Title
of each class
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Name
of each exchange
on
which registered
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Class
A common stock
($.01
par value per share)
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New
York Stock Exchange
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Act: None.
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Indicate
by check mark:
If
the
Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the
Securities Act. Yes
£
No
S
If
the
Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Act. Yes
£
No
S
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
S
No
£
If
disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not
contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant's
knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by
reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form
10-K. S
Whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a
non-accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Large accelerated
filer £
Accelerated filer £
Non-accelerated filer S
Whether
the Registrant is a shell Company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act). Yes
£
No
S
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The
aggregate market value of the 1.7 million shares of voting stock held by
nonaffiliates of CompX International Inc. as of June 30, 2006 (the last business
day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter)
approximated $31.2 million.
As
of
February 28 2007, 5,271,780
shares of Class A common stock were outstanding.
Documents
incorporated by reference
The
information required by Part III is incorporated by reference from the
Registrant's definitive proxy statement to be filed with the Commission pursuant
to Regulation 14A not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year
covered by this report.
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PART
I
ITEM
1. BUSINESS
General
CompX
International Inc. (NYSE:CIX), incorporated in Delaware in 1993, is a leading
manufacturer of security products, precision ball bearing slides, and ergonomic
computer support systems used in the office furniture, transportation, postal,
tool storage, appliance and a variety of other industries. We recently entered
the performance marine components industry through our acquisition of two
performance marine components manufacturers in August 2005 and April 2006.
Our
products are principally designed for use in medium to high-end product
applications, where design, quality and durability are critical to our
customers. We believe that we are among the world's largest producers of
security products, precision ball bearing slides, and ergonomic computer support
systems.
CompX
Group, Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of NL Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NL)
owned
82% of our outstanding common stock at December 31, 2006. NL owned 82% of CompX
Group, and Titanium Metals Corporation (NYSE: TIE) (“TIMET”) owns the remaining
18% of CompX Group. At December 31, 2006, (i) NL and TIMET owned an additional
2% and 3%, respectively, of us, (ii) Valhi, Inc. (NYSE: VHI) holds, directly
and
through a subsidiary, approximately 83% of NL’s outstanding common stock and
approximately 35% of TIMET’s outstanding common stock and (iii) Contran
Corporation holds, directly or through subsidiaries, approximately 92% of
Valhi's outstanding common stock. Substantially all of Contran's outstanding
voting stock is held by trusts established for the benefit of certain children
and grandchildren of Harold C. Simmons, (for which Mr. Simmons is sole trustee)
or is held by Mr. Simmons or persons or other entities related to Mr. Simmons.
Consequently, Mr. Simmons may be deemed to control each company and us.
Our
corporate offices are located at Three Lincoln Centre, 5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite
1700, Dallas, Texas 75240. Our telephone number is (972) 448-1400. We maintain
a
worldwide website at www.compx.com.
Unless
otherwise indicated, references in this report to “we”, “us”, or “our” refer to
CompX International Inc. and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Forward
Looking Statements
This
Annual Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements
in this Annual Report on Form 10-K that are not historical in nature are
forward-looking in nature about our future, and are not statements of historical
fact. Such statements are found in this report, including, but not limited
to,
statements found in Item 1 - "Business," Item 1A - “Risk Factors,” Item 3 -
"Legal Proceedings," Item 7 - "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations"
and Item
7A - "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk." These
statements are
forward-looking statements that represent our beliefs and assumptions based
on
currently available information. In some cases you can identify these
forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "believes," "intends,"
"may," "should," "could," "anticipates," "expects" or comparable terminology
or
by discussions of strategies or trends. Although we believe the expectations
reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we do not know
if
these expectations will be correct. Forward-looking statements by their nature
involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could significantly impact
expected results. Actual future results could differ materially from those
predicted. Among the factors that could cause actual future results to differ
materially from those described herein are the risks and uncertainties discussed
in this Annual Report and those described from time to time in our other filings
with the SEC including, but not limited to, the following:
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Future
supply and demand for our products,
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Changes
in our raw material and other operating costs (such as steel and
energy
costs),
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General
global economic and political conditions, (such as changes in the
level of
gross domestic product in various regions of the
world),
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Demand
for office furniture,
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Service
industry employment levels,
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The
possibility of labor disruptions,
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Competitive
products and prices, including increased competition from low-cost
manufacturing sources (such as China),
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Substitute
products,
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Customer
and competitor strategies,
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Costs
and expenses associated with compliance with certain requirements
of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 relating to the evaluation of our internal
control over financial reporting,
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The
introduction of trade barriers,
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The
impact of pricing and production decisions,
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Fluctuations
in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies (such
as the
Canadian dollar and New Taiwan dollar),
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Potential
difficulties in integrating completed or future acquisitions,
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Decisions
to sell operating assets other than in the ordinary course of
business,
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Uncertainties
associated with new product development,
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Environmental
matters (such as those requiring emission and discharge standards
for
existing and new facilities),
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The
ability of the Company to comply with covenants contained in its
revolving
bank credit facility,
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The
ultimate outcome of income tax audits, tax settlement initiatives
or other
tax matters,
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The
impact of current or future government
regulations,
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Possible
future litigation,
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Possible
disruption of our business or increases in the cost of doing business
resulting from terrorist activities or global
conflicts,
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Operating
interruptions (including, but not limited to labor disputes, leaks,
natural disasters, fires, explosions, unscheduled, or unplanned downtime
and transportation interruptions);
and
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Government
laws and regulations and possible changes
therein.
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Should
one or more of these risks materialize or if the consequences worsen, or if
the
underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially
from those currently forecasted or expected. We disclaim any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement whether as a result
of changes in information, future events or otherwise.
Industry
Overview
Currently,
approximately 36% of our total product sales are to the office furniture
manufacturing industry,
which
has decreased considerably from 51% in 2004 and 43% in 2005, as a result of
our
strategy to increase the diversity of our customer base. The remainder of our
product sales are sales for use in other products and industries, such as
recreational transportation, mailboxes, tool boxes, appliances, banking
equipment, vending equipment and computers and related equipment. We
believe
that our emphasis on new product development and sales of our products to
non-office furniture markets has resulted in our potential for higher rates
of
growth and diversification of risk. See
also
Item 6 - "Selected Financial Data" and Item 7 - "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."
Business
Segments
We
currently have three operating business segments - Security Products, Furniture
Components, and Marine Components. For additional information regarding our
segments, see “Part II - Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Note 2 to our Consolidated
Financial Statements.
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Manufacturing,
Operations, and Products
Security
Products.
Our
Security Products segment, with manufacturing facilities in South Carolina
and
Illinois, manufactures locking mechanisms and other security products for sale
to the postal, transportation, furniture, banking, vending, and other
industries. We believe that we are a North American market leader in the
manufacture and sale of cabinet locks and other locking mechanisms. Our security
products are used in a variety of applications including ignition systems,
mailboxes, vending and gaming machines, parking meters, electrical circuit
panels, storage compartments, office furniture and medical cabinet security.
These products include:
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disc
tumbler locks which provide moderate security and generally represent
the
lowest cost lock to produce;
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pin
tumbler locking mechanisms which are more costly to produce and are
used
in applications requiring higher levels of security, including our
KeSet
high
security system, which allows the user to change the keying on a
single
lock 64 times without removing the lock from its enclosure; and
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our
innovative eLock electronic locks which provide stand alone security
and
audit trail capability for drug storage and other valuables through
the
use of a proximity card, magnetic stripe, or keypad
credentials.
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A
substantial portion of our Security Products’ sales consist of products with
specialized adaptations to individual manufacturer’s specifications, some of
which are listed above. We, however, also have a standardized product line
suitable for many customers which is offered through a North American
distribution network through our STOCK
LOCKS
distribution program to lock distributors and to large original equipment
manufacturers (“OEMs”).
Furniture
Components.
Our
Furniture Components segment, with manufacturing facilities in Michigan, Canada,
and Taiwan, manufactures a complete line of precision ball bearing slides and
ergonomic computer support systems for use in applications such as computer
related equipment, tool storage cabinets, imaging equipment, file cabinets,
desk
drawers, automated teller machines, appliances and other applications. These
products include:
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our
patented Integrated
Slide Lock
which allows a file cabinet manufacturer to reduce the possibility
of
multiple drawers being opened at the same
time;
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our
patented adjustable Ball
Lock
which reduces the risk of heavily-filled drawers, such as auto mechanic
tool boxes, from opening while in
movement;
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our
Self-Closing
Slide,
which is designed to assist in closing a drawer and is used in
applications such as bottom mount
freezers;
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articulating
computer keyboard support arms (designed to attach to desks in the
workplace and home office environments to alleviate possible strains
and
stress and maximize usable workspace), along with our patented
LeverLock
keyboard arm, which is designed to make ergonomic adjustments to
the
keyboard arm easier;
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CPU
storage devices which minimize adverse effects of dust and moisture;
and
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complimentary
accessories, such as ergonomic wrist rest aids, mouse pad supports
and
flat screen computer monitor support
arms.
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Marine
Components.
Our
Marine Components segment, with manufacturing facilities in Wisconsin and
Illinois, manufactures and distributes marine instruments, hardware, and
accessories for performance boats. Our specialty marine component products
are
high performance components designed to operate in the highly corrosive marine
environment. These products include:
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original
equipment and aftermarket stainless steel exhaust headers, exhaust
pipes,
mufflers, other exhaust components and billet accessories; and
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high
performance gauges and related components such as GPS speedometers,
throttles, controls, tachometers and
panels.
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Our
business segments operated eight manufacturing facilities at December 31, 2006.
For additional information, see also “Item 2 - Properties”, including
information regarding leased and distribution-only facilities.
Security
Products
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Furniture
Components
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Marine
Components
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Mauldin,
SC
River
Grove, IL
Lake
Bluff, IL
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Kitchener,
Ontario
Byron
Center, MI
Taipei,
Taiwan
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Neenah,
WI
Grayslake,
IL
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Raw
Materials
Our
primary raw materials are:
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zinc
(used in the Security Products segment for the manufacture of locking
mechanisms);
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coiled
steel (used in the Furniture Components segment for the manufacture
of
precision ball bearing slides and ergonomic computer support
systems);
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stainless
steel (used in the Marine Components segment for the manufacture
of
exhaust headers and pipes and other components;
and
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plastic
resins (also used in the Furniture Components segment for injection
molded
plastics in the manufacturer of ergonomic computer support
systems).
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These
raw
materials are purchased from several suppliers and are readily available from
numerous sources.
We
occasionally enter into raw material arrangements to mitigate the short-term
impact of future increases in raw material costs. While these arrangements
do
not necessarily commit us to a minimum volume of purchases, they generally
provide for stated unit prices based upon achievement of specified purchase
volumes. We utilize purchase arrangements to stabilize our raw material prices
provided we meet the specified minimum monthly purchase quantities. Raw
materials
purchased outside of these arrangements are sometimes subject to unanticipated
and sudden price increases. Due to the competitive nature of the markets served
by our products, it is often difficult to recover all increases in raw material
costs through increased product selling prices or raw material surcharges.
Consequently, overall operating margins can be affected by such raw material
cost pressures. Steel and zinc prices are cyclical, reflecting overall economic
trends and specific developments in consuming industries and are currently
at
historically high levels.
Patents
and Trademarks
We
hold a
number of patents relating to our component products, certain of which are
believed to be important to us and our continuing business activity. Patents
generally have a term of 20 years, and our patents have remaining terms ranging
from less than one year to 16 years at December 31, 2006. Our major trademarks
and brand names, include:
Furniture
Components
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Security
Products
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Marine
Components
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CompX
Precision Slides®
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CompX
Security Products®
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Custom
Marine®
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CompX
Waterloo®
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KeSet®
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Livorsi
Marine®
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CompX
ErgonomX®
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Fort
Lock®
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CMI
Industrial Mufflers™
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CompX
DurISLide®
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Timberline®
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Custom
Marine Stainless
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Dynaslide®
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Chicago
Lock®
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Exhaust™
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Waterloo
Furniture
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ACE
II®
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The
#1 Choice in
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Components
Limited®
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TuBar®
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Performance
Boating®
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STOCK
LOCKS®
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Mega
Rim™
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National
Cabinet Lock®
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Race
Rim™
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CompX
Marine™
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Sales,
Marketing and Distribution.
We
sell
components directly to large OEM customers through our factory-based sales
and
marketing professionals and engineers working in concert with field salespeople
and independent manufacturers' representatives. We select manufacturers'
representatives based on special skills in certain markets or relationships
with
current or potential customers.
A
significant portion of our sales are also made through distributors. We have
a
significant market share of cabinet lock sales as a result of the locksmith
distribution channel. We support our distributor sales with a line of
standardized products used by the largest segments of the marketplace. These
products are packaged and merchandised for easy availability and handling by
distributors and end users. Due to our success with the STOCK
LOCKS
inventory program within the Security Products segment, similar programs have
been implemented for distributor sales of ergonomic
computer support systems within the Furniture Components segment.
In
2006,
our ten largest customers accounted for approximately 38% of our total sales
(11% from Security Products’ customers and 27% from Furniture Components’
customers). Overall, our customer base is diverse and the loss of a single
customer would not have a material adverse effect on our
operations.
Competition
The
markets in which we participate are highly competitive. We compete primarily
on
the basis of product design, including ergonomic and aesthetic factors, product
quality and durability, price, on-time delivery, service and technical support.
We focus our efforts on the middle and high-end segments of the market, where
product design, quality, durability and service are placed at a
premium.
Our
Marine Components segment competes with small domestic manufacturers and is
minimally affected by foreign competitors. Our Security Products and Furniture
Components segments compete against a number of domestic and foreign
manufacturers. Suppliers, particularly the foreign Furniture Components
suppliers, have put intense price pressure on our products. In some cases,
we
have lost sales to these lower cost foreign manufacturers. We have responded
by
shifting the manufacture of some products to our lower cost facilities, working
to reduce costs and gain operational efficiencies through workforce reductions
and process improvements in all of our facilities and by working with our
customers to be their value-added supplier of choice by offering customer
support services which foreign suppliers are generally unable to
provide.
International
Operations
We
have
substantial operations and assets located outside the United States, principally
Furniture Component operations in Canada and Taiwan. The majority of our 2006
non-U.S. sales are to customers located in Canada. Foreign operations are
subject to, among other things, currency exchange rate fluctuations. Our results
of operations have in the past been both favorably and unfavorably affected
by
fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Political and economic uncertainties
in
certain of the countries in which we operate may expose us to risk of loss.
We
do not believe that there is currently any likelihood of material loss through
political or economic instability, seizure, nationalization or similar event.
We
cannot predict, however, whether events of this type in the future could have
a
material effect on our operations. See Item 7 - "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," Item
7A -
"Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" and Note 1 to
the
Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Regulatory
and Environmental Matters
Our
operations are subject to federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations
relating to the use, storage, handling, generation, transportation, treatment,
emission, discharge, disposal, remediation of and exposure to hazardous and
non-hazardous substances, materials and wastes ("Environmental Laws"). Our
operations also are subject to federal, state, local and foreign laws and
regulations relating to worker health and safety. We believe that we are in
substantial compliance with all such laws and regulations. To date, the costs
of
maintaining compliance with such laws and regulations have not significantly
impacted our results. We currently do not anticipate any significant costs
or
expenses relating to such matters; however, it is possible future laws and
regulations may require us to incur significant additional expenditures.
Employees
As
of
December 31, 2006, we employed 1,137 people as follows:
United
States
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711
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Canada(1)
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278
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Taiwan
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148
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Total
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1,137
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(1)
Approximately
73% of our Canadian employees are represented by a labor union covered by a
collective bargaining agreement that expires in January 2009 which provides
for
annual wage increases from 1% to 2.5% over the term of the contract.
We
believe our labor relations are good.
Available
Information
Our
fiscal year ends December 31. We furnish our stockholders with annual reports
containing audited financial statements. In addition, we file annual, quarterly
and current reports, proxy and information statements and other information
with
the SEC. We also make our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on
Form
10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments thereto, available free of
charge through our website at www.compx.com
as soon
as reasonably practical after they have been filed with the SEC. We also provide
to anyone, without charge, copies of such documents upon written request.
Requests should be directed to the attention of the Corporate Secretary at
our
address on the cover page of this Form 10-K.
Additional
information, including our Audit Committee Charter, our Code of Business Conduct
and Ethics and our Corporate Governance Guidelines, can also be found on our
website. Information contained on our website is not a part of this Annual
Report.
The
general public may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the
SEC’s
Public Reference Room at 100 F. Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The public
may
obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling
the
SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. We are an electronic filer. The SEC maintains an Internet
website at www.sec.gov
that
contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information
regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC, including
us.
Item
1A. RISK
FACTORS
Listed
below are certain risk factors associated with us and our businesses. In
addition to the potential effect of these risk factors discussed below, any
risk
factor which could result in reduced earnings or operating losses, or reduced
liquidity, could in turn adversely affect our ability to service our liabilities
or pay dividends on our common stock or adversely affect the quoted market
prices for our securities.
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We
sell many of our products in mature and highly competitive industries and face
price pressures in the markets in which we operate, which may result in reduced
earnings or operating losses. Each
of
the markets we serve is highly competitive, with a number of competitors
offering similar products.
We
focus
our
efforts on the middle and high-end segment of the market, where product design,
quality and durability are the primary competitive factors.
Some of
our competitors may be able to drive down prices for our products because their
costs are lower than our costs, especially those located in Asia. In addition,
some of our competitors' financial, technological and other resources may be
greater than our resources, and such competitors may be better able to withstand
changes in market conditions. Our competitors may be able to respond more
quickly than we can to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer
requirements. Further, consolidation of our competitors or customers in any
of
the industries in which we compete may result in reduced demand for our
products. In addition, in some of our businesses new competitors could emerge
by
modifying their existing production facilities so they could manufacture
products that compete with our products. The occurrence of any of these events
could result in reduced earnings or operating losses.
Sales
for certain of our products, principally precision slides and ergonomic
products, are concentrated in the office furniture industry which has in the
past experienced significant reductions in demand that could result in reduced
earnings or operating losses.
Sales
of our products to the office furniture manufacturing industry accounted for
approximately 51%, 43% and 36% for 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. The future
growth, if any, of the office furniture industry will be affected by a variety
of macroeconomic factors, such as service industry employment levels, corporate
cash flows and non-residential commercial construction, as well as industry
factors such as corporate reengineering and restructuring, technology demands,
ergonomic, health and safety concerns and corporate relocations. There can
be no
assurance that current or future economic or industry trends will not materially
adversely affect our business.
Our
failure to enter into new markets would result in the continued significant
impact of fluctuations in demand within the office furniture manufacturing
industry on our operating results. In
an
effort to reduce our dependence on the office furniture market for certain
products and to increase our participation in other markets, we have been
devoting resources to identifying new customers and developing new applications
for those products in markets outside of the office furniture industry, such
as
home appliances and tool boxes. Developing these new applications for our
products involves substantial risk and uncertainties due to our limited
experience with customers and applications in these markets as well as facing
competitors who are already established in these markets. We may not be
successful in developing new customers or applications for our products outside
of the office furniture industry. Significant time may be required for such
development and uncertainty exists as to the extent to which we will face
competition in this regard.
Our
development of new products as well as innovative features for current products
is critical to sustaining and growing our sales.
Historically, our ability to provide value-added custom engineered products
that
address requirements of technology and space utilization has been a key element
of our success. The introduction of new products and features requires the
coordination of the design, manufacturing and marketing of such products with
potential customers. The ability to implement such coordination may be affected
by factors beyond our control. While we will continue to emphasize the
introduction of innovative new products that target customer-specific
opportunities, there can be no assurance that any new products we introduce
will
achieve the same degree of success that we have achieved with our existing
products. Introduction of new products typically requires us to increase
production volume on a timely basis while maintaining product quality.
Manufacturers often encounter difficulties in increasing production volumes,
including delays, quality control problems and shortages of qualified personnel.
As we attempt to introduce new products in the future, there can be no assurance
that we will be able to increase production volume without encountering these
or
other problems, which might negatively impact our financial condition or results
of operations.
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We
have in
the past pursued, and intend to pursue in the future, a growth strategy through
acquisitions which could negatively affect operating results if the acquired
businesses are not successful.
Our
ability to successfully grow through acquisitions will depend on many factors,
including, among others, our ability to identify suitable growth opportunities
and to successfully integrate acquired businesses. There can be no assurance
that we will anticipate all of the changing demands that expanding operations
will impose on our management and management information systems. Any failure
by
us to adapt our systems and procedures to those changing demands could have
a
material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial
condition.
Higher
costs of our raw materials may decrease our liquidity. Certain
of the raw materials used in our products are commodities that are subject
to
significant fluctuations in price in response to world wide supply and demand.
Coiled steel is the major raw material used in the manufacture of precision
ball
bearing slides and ergonomic computer support systems. Plastic resins for
injection molded plastics are also an integral material for ergonomic computer
support systems. Zinc is a principal raw material used in the manufacture of
security products. These raw materials are purchased from several suppliers
and
are generally readily available from numerous sources. We occasionally enter
into raw material supply arrangements to mitigate the short-term impact of
future increases in raw material costs. Materials
purchased outside of these arrangements are sometimes subject to unanticipated
and sudden price increases. Should
our vendors not be able to meet their contractual obligations or should we
be
otherwise unable to obtain necessary raw materials, we may incur higher costs
for raw materials or may be required to reduce production levels, either of
which may decrease our liquidity as we may be unable to offset such higher
costs
with increased selling prices for our products.
ITEM
1B. UNRESOLVED
STAFF COMMENTS
None.
ITEM
2. PROPERTIES
Our
principal executive offices are located in approximately 1,000 square feet
of leased space at 5430 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75240. The following table
sets forth the location, size, business operating segment and general product
types produced for each of our operating facilities.
Facility
Name
|
Business
Segment
|
Location
|
Size
(square
feet)
|
Products
Produced
|
|||||||||
Owned
Facilities:
|
|||||||||||||
Waterloo
|
FC
|
Kitchener,
Ontario
|
276,000
|
Slides/ergonomic
products
|
|||||||||
Durislide
|
FC
|
Byron
Center, MI
|
143,000
|
Slides
|
|||||||||
National
|
SP
|
Mauldin,
SC
|
198,000
|
Security
products
|
|||||||||
Fort
|
SP
|
River
Grove, IL
|
100,000
|
Security
products
|
|||||||||
Dynaslide
|
FC
|
Taipei,
Taiwan
|
45,500
|
Slides
|
|||||||||
Custom
|
MC
|
Neenah,
WI
|
95,000
|
Specialty
marine products
|
|||||||||
Livorsi
|
MC
|
Grayslake,
IL
|
16,000
|
Specialty
marine products
|
|||||||||
Leased
Facilities:
|
|||||||||||||
Dynaslide
|
FC
|
Taipei,
Taiwan
|
36,000
|
Slides
|
|||||||||
Dynaslide
|
FC
|
Taipei,
Taiwan
|
45,500
|
Slides
|
|||||||||
Distribution
Center
|
SP/FC
|
Rancho
Cucamonga, CA
|
12,000
|
Product
distribution
|
|||||||||
Timberline
|
SP
|
Lake
Bluff, IL
|
16,000
|
Security
products
|
______________________________________________
FC
-
Furniture Components business segment
SP
-
Security Products business segment
MC
-
Marine Components business segment
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The
Waterloo, Byron Center, National and Fort facilities are ISO-9001 registered.
The Dynaslide and Neenah facilities are ISO-9002 registered. We believe that
all
of our facilities are well maintained and satisfactory for their intended
purposes.
ITEM
3. LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
We
are
involved, from time to time, in various environmental, contractual, product
liability, patent (or intellectual property) and other claims and disputes
incidental to our business. Currently no material environmental or other
material litigation is pending or, to our knowledge, threatened. We currently
believe that the disposition of all claims and disputes, individually or in
the
aggregate, should not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated
financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
ITEM
4. SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None.
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PART
II
ITEM
5. MARKET
FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
Common
Stock and Dividends.
Our
Class A common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange
(symbol: CIX). As of February 28, 2007, there were approximately 19 holders
of record of CompX Class A common stock. The following table sets forth the
high
and low closing sales prices per share for our Class A common stock for the
periods indicated, according to Bloomberg, and dividends paid during such
periods. On February 28, 2007, the closing price per share of our Class A common
stock according to Bloomberg was $16.32.
High
|
Low
|
Dividends
paid
|
||||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2005
|
||||||||||
First
Quarter
|
$
|
18.05
|
$
|
16.15
|
$
|
.125
|
||||
Second
Quarter
|
16.98
|
14.45
|
.125
|
|||||||
Third
Quarter
|
19.15
|
15.38
|
.125
|
|||||||
Fourth
Quarter
|
17.46
|
15.01
|
.125
|
|||||||
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
||||||||||
First
Quarter
|
$
|
18.36
|
$
|
14.62
|
$
|
.125
|
||||
Second
Quarter
|
17.90
|
15.25
|
.125
|
|||||||
Third
Quarter
|
17.66
|
15.44
|
.125
|
|||||||
Fourth
Quarter
|
20.50
|
14.89
|
.125
|
|||||||
January
1, 2007 through February
28, 2007
|
We
paid
regular quarterly dividends of $.125 per share during 2005 and 2006. In February
of 2007, our board of directors declared a first quarter 2007 dividend of
$.125
per share, to be paid on March 26, 2007 to CompX shareholders of record as
of
March 9, 2007. However, declaration and payment of future dividends and the
amount thereof, if any, is discretionary and is dependent upon our results
of
operations, financial condition, cash requirements for our businesses,
contractual requirements and restrictions and other factors deemed relevant
by
our board of directors. The amount and timing of past dividends is not
necessarily indicative of the amount or timing of any future dividends which
we
might pay. In this regard, our revolving bank credit facility places certain
restrictions on the payment of dividends. We are limited to (i) a $.125 per
share quarterly dividend, not to exceed $8.0 million in any calendar year,
plus
(ii) $20.0 million plus 50% of net income since September 30, 2005 over the
term
of the credit facility.
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Performance
Graph.
Set
forth below is a line graph comparing the yearly change in our cumulative total
stockholder returns on our Class A common stock against the cumulative total
return of the Russell 2000 Index and an index of a self-selected peer group
of
companies for the period from December 31, 2001 through December 31, 2006.
The
old self-selected peer group index is comprised of The Eastern Company,
Harley-Davidson, Inc., HNI Corporation (formerly HON Industries, Inc.), Knape
& Vogt Manufacturing Company (included through December 2005), Leggett &
Platt, Incorporated and Steelcase Inc. The new self-selected peer group index
is
comprised of The Eastern Company and Leggett & Platt. We believe that the
new peer group index reflects a better mix of our competitors and customers
than
the old peer group index. The graph shows the value at December 31 of each
year
assuming an original investment of $100 at December 31, 2001 and reinvestment
of
dividends.
December
31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||
CompX
International Inc.
|
$
|
100
|
$
|
68
|
$
|
53
|
$
|
137
|
$
|
137
|
$
|
178
|
|||||||
Russell
2000 Index
|
100
|
80
|
117
|
139
|
145
|
171
|
|||||||||||||
New
Peer Group
|
100
|
100
|
99
|
133
|
111
|
119
|
|||||||||||||
Old
Peer Group
|
100
|
89
|
96
|
120
|
109
|
135
|
Equity
compensation plan information.
We have
an equity compensation plan, which was approved by our stockholders, which
provides for the discretionary grant to our employees and directors of, among
other things, options to purchase our Class A common stock and stock awards.
As
of December 31, 2006, there were 437,000 options outstanding to purchase shares
of our common stock, and approximately 672,000 shares of our Class A common
stock were available for future grant or issuance. We do not have any such
equity compensation plans that were not approved by our stockholders. See Note
9
to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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ITEM
6. SELECTED
FINANCIAL DATA
The
following selected financial data should be read in conjunction with our
Consolidated Financial Statements and Item 7 - "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."
Our
operations are comprised of a 52 or 53-week fiscal year. Excluding 2004, each
of
the years 2002 through 2006 consisted of a 52-week year. 2004 was a 53-week
year.
Years
ended December
31,
|
||||||||||||||||
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
($
in millions, except per share data)
|
||||||||||||||||
Statements
of Operations Data:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$
|
166.7
|
$
|
174.0
|
$
|
182.6
|
$
|
186.3
|
$
|
190.1
|
||||||
Gross
Margin
|
$
|
29.1
|
$
|
31.1
|
$
|
39.8
|
$
|
43.8
|
$
|
46.5
|
||||||
Operating
income
|
$
|
6.1
|
$
|
8.8
|
$
|
15.4
|
$
|
19.1
|
$
|
20.3
|
||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
$
|
3.0
|
$
|
3.4
|
$
|
7.8
|
$
|
18.6
|
$
|
9.7
|
||||||
Income
from continuing operations
|
$
|
0.9
|
$
|
5.8
|
$
|
9.5
|
$
|
0.9
|
$
|
11.7
|
||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
(0.3
|
)
|
(4.5
|
)
|
(12.5
|
)
|
(0.5
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
0.6
|
$
|
1.3
|
$
|
(3.0
|
)
|
$
|
0.4
|
$
|
11.7
|
|||||
Diluted
Earnings Per Share Data:
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from:
|
||||||||||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$
|
.06
|
$
|
.38
|
$
|
.63
|
$
|
.06
|
$
|
.76
|
||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
(.02
|
)
|
(.30
|
)
|
(.83
|
)
|
(.03
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||
$
|
.04
|
$
|
.08
|
$
|
(.20
|
)
|
$
|
.03
|
$
|
.76
|
||||||
Cash
dividends
|
$
|
.50
|
$
|
.125
|
$
|
.125
|
$
|
.50
|
$
|
.50
|
||||||
Weighted
average common shares Outstanding
|
15.1
|
15.1
|
15.2
|
15.2
|
15.3
|
|||||||||||
Balance
Sheet Data (at year end):
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
and other current assets
|
$
|
71.3
|
$
|
80.2
|
$
|
78.3
|
$
|
80.8
|
$
|
76.2
|
||||||
Total
assets
|
200.1
|
210.7
|
186.3
|
188.6
|
192.0
|
|||||||||||
Current
liabilities
|
22.2
|
24.5
|
26.0
|
20.3
|
17.8
|
|||||||||||
Long-term
debt, including current maturities
|
31.0
|
26.0
|
0.1
|
1.6
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
142.0
|
154.4
|
155.3
|
150.1
|
153.7
|
|||||||||||
Statements
of Cash Flow Data:
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash
provided (used) by:
|
||||||||||||||||
Operating
activities
|
$
|
16.9
|
$
|
24.4
|
$
|
30.2
|
$
|
20.0
|
$
|
27.4
|
||||||
Investing
activities
|
(12.7
|
)
|
(8.2
|
)
|
(3.2
|
)
|
(3.7
|
)
|
(19.3
|
)
|
||||||
Financing
activities
|
(25.5
|
)
|
(7.3
|
)
|
(27.1
|
)
|
(7.2
|
)
|
(8.8
|
)
|
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ITEM
7. MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
Business
Overview
We
are a
leading manufacturer of security products, precision ball bearing slides, and
ergonomic computer support systems used in the office furniture, transportation,
postal, tool storage, and appliance and a variety of other industries. We
recently entered the performance marine components industry through our
acquisition of two performance marine component manufacturers in August 2005
and
April 2006.
Operating
Income Overview
We
reported operating income of $20.3 million in 2006 compared to operating income
of $19.1 million in 2005 and $15.4 million in 2004. As more fully described
below, our operating income increased from 2005 to 2006 primarily due to a
more
favorable product mix, the impact of two marine acquisitions, and our on-going
focus on reducing costs partially offset by the negative impact of changes
in
currency exchange rates. Our operating income increased from 2004 to 2005 as
the
result of the favorable impact of continued reductions in costs, offset in
part
by the negative impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and higher
raw material costs.
Fluctuations
in foreign currency exchange rates positively impacted sales in 2006 as compared
to 2005 by $1.1 million, and negatively impacted operating income by $1.1
million. Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates positively impacted
sales in 2005 as compared to 2004 by $1.5 million, but negatively impacted
operating income by $2.3 million. The impact on net sales is primarily due
to
the strengthening Canadian dollar in relation to the U.S. dollar. The impact
on
operating income primarily results from our Canadian operations, where the
majority of net sales are denominated in U.S. dollars while the majority of
expenses are denominated in Canadian dollars.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
We
have
based the accompanying "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations" upon our Consolidated Financial Statements.
We prepared our Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). In
preparing our Consolidated Financial Statements, we are required to make
estimates and judgments 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 amount of revenues and expenses
during the reported period. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates,
including those related to inventory reserves, the recoverability of other
long-lived assets (including goodwill and other intangible assets) and the
realization of deferred income tax assets. We base our estimates on historical
experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable
under
the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments
about the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Our
actual future results might differ from previously-estimated amounts under
different assumptions or conditions.
We
believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant
judgments and estimates, used in the preparation of our Consolidated Financial
Statements and are applicable to all of our operating segments:
· |
We
provide reserves for estimated obsolete or unmarketable inventories
equal
to the difference between the cost of inventories and the estimated
net
realizable value using assumptions about future demand for our products
and market conditions. We also consider the age and the quantity
of
inventory on hand in estimating the reserve. If actual market conditions
are less favorable than those we projected, we may be required to
recognize additional inventory reserves.
|
-15-
· |
We
recognize an impairment charge associated with our long-lived assets,
including property and equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets,
whenever we determine that recovery of such long-lived asset is not
probable. Our determination is made in accordance with applicable
GAAP
requirements associated with the long-lived asset, and is based upon,
among other things, our estimates of the amount of future net cash
flows
to be generated by the long-lived asset and our estimates of the
current
fair value of the asset. Adverse changes in such estimates of future
net
cash flows or estimates of fair value could result in our inability
to
recover the carrying value of the long-lived asset, thereby possibly
requiring us to recognize an impairment charge.
Under
applicable GAAP (SFAS No. 142, Goodwill
and other Intangible Assets),
we are required to review goodwill for impairment at least on an
annual
basis. We are also required to review goodwill for impairment at
other
times during each year when impairment indicators, as defined,
are
present. No goodwill impairments were deemed to exist as a result
of our
annual impairment review completed during the third quarter of
2006, as
the estimated fair value of each reporting unit exceeded the net
carrying
value of the respective reporting unit. See Notes 1 and 4 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements. The estimated fair values of
these
three reporting units are determined based on discounted cash flow
projections. Significant judgment is required in estimating such
cash
flows. Such estimated cash flows are inherently uncertain, and
there can
be no assurance that such operations will achieve the future cash
flows
reflected in its projections. In December 2004, our Thomas Regout
operations met the criteria under GAAP to be classified as “held for sale”
and thus were required to be measured at the lower of its carrying
amount
or estimated fair value less cost to sell. At such time, we recognized
a
$14.4 million impairment of the goodwill related to such operations,
as
the carrying amount of the net assets exceeded the estimated fair
value
less cost to sell of the operations. The disposal of such operations
was
completed in January 2005, and therefore we no longer report goodwill
attributable to such operations at December 31, 2006. See Note
10 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements.
Under
applicable GAAP (SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or
Disposal
of Long-Lived Assets), we do not assess property and equipment
for
impairment unless certain impairment indicators, as defined, are
present.
During 2006, no impairment indicators were present with respect
to our
property and equipment.
|
· |
We
record a valuation allowance to reduce our gross deferred income
tax
assets to the amount that is believed to be realized under the
"more-likely-than-not" recognition criteria. While we have considered
future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning
strategies in assessing the need for a valuation allowance, it is
possible
that in the future we may change our estimate of the amount of the
deferred income tax assets that would "more-likely-than-not" be realized
in the future resulting in an adjustment to the deferred income tax
asset
valuation allowance that would either increase or decrease, as applicable,
reported net income in the period such change in estimate was
made.
In
addition, we make an evaluation at the end of each reporting period
as to
whether or not some or all of the undistributed earnings of our
foreign
subsidiaries are permanently reinvested (as that term is defined
in GAAP).
While we may have concluded in the past that some of such undistributed
earnings are permanently reinvested, facts and circumstances can
change in
the future, and it is possible that a change in facts and circumstances,
such as a change in the expectation regarding the capital needs
of our
foreign subsidiaries, could result in a conclusion that some or
all of
such undistributed earnings are no longer permanently reinvested.
In such
an event, we would be required to recognize a deferred income tax
liability in an amount equal to the estimated incremental U.S.
income tax
and withholding tax liability that would be generated if all of
such
previously-considered permanently reinvested undistributed earnings
were
distributed to us in the U.S. In this regard, during 2005 we determined
that certain of the undistributed earnings of our non-U.S. operations
could no longer be considered permanently reinvested, and in accordance
with GAAP we recognized an aggregate $9.0 million provision for
deferred
income taxes on such undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries.
See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
|
· |
We
record accruals for environmental, legal, income tax and other
contingencies and commitments when estimated future expenditures
associated with such contingencies become probable, and we can reasonably
estimate the amounts of such future expenditures. However, new information
may become available to us, or circumstances (such as applicable
laws and
regulations) may change, thereby resulting in an increase or decrease
in
the amount we are required to accrue for such matters (and, therefore,
decrease or increase our reported net income in the period of such
change.)
|
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Results
of Operations - 2005 Compared to 2006 and 2004 Compared to
2005
Years
ended December 31,
|
%
Change
|
|||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2004-05
|
2005-06
|
||||||||||||
(Dollars
in millions)
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$
|
182.6
|
$
|
186.3
|
$
|
190.1
|
2
|
%
|
2
|
%
|
||||||
Cost
of sales
|
142.8
|
142.6
|
143.6
|
-
|
1
|
%
|
||||||||||
Gross
margin
|
39.8
|
43.7
|
46.5
|
10
|
%
|
6
|
%
|
|||||||||
Operating
costs and expenses
|
24.4
|
24.6
|
26.2
|
1
|
%
|
7
|
%
|
|||||||||
Operating
income
|
$
|
15.4
|
$
|
19.1
|
$
|
20.3
|
24
|
%
|
6
|
%
|
||||||
Percent
of net sales:
|
||||||||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
78
|
%
|
77
|
%
|
76
|
%
|
||||||||||
Gross
margin
|
22
|
%
|
23
|
%
|
24
|
%
|
||||||||||
Operating
costs and expenses
|
13
|
%
|
13
|
%
|
14
|
%
|
||||||||||
Operating
income
|
8
|
%
|
10
|
%
|
11
|
%
|
Net
Sales. Net
sales
increased in 2006 as compared to 2005 principally due to new sales volumes
generated from the August 2005 and April 2006 acquisitions of two marine
component businesses, which increased sales by $11.3 million in 2006. Other
factors contributing to the increase in sales include sales volume increases
in
security products resulting from improved demand and the favorable effects
of
currency exchange rates on furniture component sales, offset in part by sales
volume decreases for certain furniture components products due to competition
from lower priced Asian manufacturers.
Net
Sales
were higher in 2005 as compared to 2004 principally due to increases in selling
prices for certain products across all segments to recover volatile raw material
prices, sales volume associated with the August 2005 acquisition of a marine
components business which increased sales by $4.2 million in 2005, and the
favorable effect of fluctuations in currency exchange rates, partially offset
by
sales volume decreases for certain furniture component products resulting from
Asian competition.
Costs
of Goods Sold and Gross Margin. Cost
of
goods sold decreased as a percentage of net sales in 2006 compared to 2005,
and
as a result gross margin increased over the same period. The resulting
improvement in gross margin is primarily due to an improved product mix, with
a
decline in lower-margin furniture components sales and an increase in sales
of
higher margin security and marine component products, as well as a continued
focus on reducing costs, offset in part by higher raw material costs and the
unfavorable effect of changes in currency exchange rates.
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Cost
of
goods sold as a percentage of net sales decreased in 2005 as compared to 2004
as
the favorable impact of continued reductions in manufacturing and overhead
costs
more than offset the negative impact of changes in foreign currency exchange
rates and higher raw material costs.
Operating
Costs and Expenses.
Operating costs and expenses consists primarily of salaries, commissions and
advertising expenses directly related to product sales, as well as, gains and
losses on plant, property and equipment and currency gains and losses. As a
percentage of net sales, operating costs and expenses were comparable in each
of
2004, 2005 and 2006.
Operating
Income. Operating
income for 2006 increased $1.2 million, or 6% compared to 2005 and operating
margins increased to 11% in 2006 compared to 10% for 2005. The favorable change
in product mix and continued reductions in our manufacturing and overhead costs
were partially offset by the unfavorable effects of the changes in currency
exchange rates and higher raw material costs.
Operating
income increased in 2005 as compared to 2004 as the favorable impact of
continued reductions in costs more than offset the negative impact of changes
in
currency exchange rates and higher raw material costs.
Currency.
Our
Furniture Components segment has substantial operations and assets located
outside the United States (in Canada and Taiwan). The majority of sales
generated from our non-U.S. operations are denominated in the U.S. dollar with
the remainder denominated in other currencies, principally the Canadian dollar
and the New Taiwan dollar. Most raw materials, labor and other production costs
for our non-U.S. operations are denominated primarily in local currencies.
Consequently, the translated U.S. dollar values of our non-U.S. sales and
operating results are subject to currency exchange rate fluctuations which
may
favorably or unfavorably impact reported earnings and may affect comparability
of period-to-period operating results.
Our
Furniture Component segment’s net sales were positively impacted while their
operating income was negatively impacted by currency exchange rates in the
following amounts as compared to the currency exchange rates in effect during
the prior year.
Increase
(decrease) -
Year
ended December
31,
|
|||||||
2004
vs 2005
|
2005
vs 2006
|
||||||
Impact
on:
|
(In
thousands)
|
||||||
Net
sales
|
$
|
1,541
|
$
|
1,138
|
|||
Operating
income
|
(2,251
|
)
|
(1,132
|
)
|
The
positive impact on sales relates to sales denominated in non-U.S. dollar
currencies translating into higher U.S. dollar sales due to a strengthening
of
the local currency in relation to the U.S. dollar. The negative impact on
operating income results from the U.S. dollar denominated sales of non-U.S.
operations converting into lower local currency amounts due to the weakening
of
the U.S. dollar. This negatively impacts margin as it results in less local
currency generated from sales to cover the costs of non-U.S. operations which
are denominated in local currency.
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General
Our
profitability primarily depends on our ability to utilize our production
capacity effectively, which is affected by, among other things, the demand
for
our products and our ability to control our manufacturing costs, primarily
comprised of labor costs and raw materials such as zinc, copper, coiled steel,
stainless steel and plastic resins. Raw material costs represent approximately
50% of our total cost of sales. During 2004, 2005 and 2006, worldwide steel
prices increased significantly. We occasionally enter into raw material supply
arrangements to mitigate the short-term impact of future increases in raw
material costs. While these arrangements do not necessarily commit us to a
minimum volume of purchases, they generally provide for stated unit prices
based
upon achievement of specified volume purchase levels. This allows us to
stabilize raw material purchase prices to a certain extent, provided the
specified minimum monthly purchase quantities are met. We enter into such
arrangements for zinc, coiled steel and plastic resins. We anticipate further
significant changes in the cost of these materials, from their current levels
for the next year. Materials
purchased on the spot market are sometimes subject to unanticipated and sudden
price increases. Due to the competitive nature of the markets served by our
products, it is often difficult to recover such increases in raw material costs
through increased product selling prices or raw material surcharges.
Consequently, overall operating margins may be affected by such raw material
cost pressures.
Other
non-operating income (expense), net
As
summarized in Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, “other
non-operating income (expense), net” primarily includes interest income.
Interest income in 2004 includes interest income on long-term intercompany
notes
receivable from our European Thomas Regout operations of $1.5 million. Upon
the
sale of our Thomas Regout European operations in January 2005, the intercompany
notes receivable were extinguished; therefore, no such interest income was
recorded during 2005 or 2006.
Interest
expense
Interest
expense declined $.1 million in 2006 compared to 2005 and declined $.2 million
in 2005 compared to 2004 due primarily to lower average levels of borrowing
on
our revolving bank credit facility, partially offset by higher interest rates.
Interest expense in 2007 is expected to be comparable to 2006.
Provision
for income taxes
We
became
a member of Contran’s consolidated U.S. federal income tax group (the “Contran
Tax Group”) in October 2004. As a member of the Contran Tax Group, we compute
our provision for income taxes on a separate company basis, using the tax
elections made by Contran. One such election is whether to claim a deduction
or
a tax credit against U.S. taxable income with respect to foreign income taxes
paid. During the first nine months of 2004, and prior to becoming a member
of
the Contran Tax Group, we were able to claim a tax credit with respect to
foreign income taxes paid. Consistent with elections of the Contran Tax Group,
in 2004, 2005 and 2006 we did not claim a credit with respect to foreign income
taxes paid but instead we claimed a tax deduction. This resulted in an increase
in our effective income tax rate.
Under
GAAP, we are required to recognize a deferred income tax liability with respect
to the incremental U.S. income taxes (federal and state) and foreign withholding
taxes that we would incur when the undistributed earnings of our non-U.S.
subsidiaries are subsequently repatriated, unless we determine that those
undistributed earnings are permanently reinvested for the foreseeable future.
Prior to the third quarter of 2005, we had not recognized a deferred tax
liability related to such incremental income taxes on the undistributed earnings
of certain of our non-U.S. operations, as those earnings were deemed to be
permanently reinvested.
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GAAP
requires us to reassess the permanent reinvestment conclusion on an ongoing
basis to determine if our intentions have changed. As of September 30, 2005,
and
based primarily upon changes in our strategic plans for certain of our non-U.S.
operations, we determined that the undistributed earnings of such subsidiaries
could no longer be considered to be permanently reinvested except for the
pre-2005 earnings in Taiwan. Accordingly, and in accordance with GAAP, in 2005
we recognized an aggregate $9.0 million provision for deferred income taxes
on
the aggregate undistributed earnings of these non-U.S.
subsidiaries.
We
generated a $4.2 million tax benefit in 2004 associated with the U.S. capital
loss realized in the first quarter of 2005 upon the completion of the sale
of
the European Thomas Regout operations. However, we determined that realization
of such benefit did not meet the more-likely-than not recognition criteria
and
therefore, the deferred tax asset was fully offset by a deferred income tax
asset valuation allowance at December 31, 2005. The deferred income tax benefit
and the offsetting valuation allowance are both reflected as a component of
discontinued operations. See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Discontinued
operations
See
Note
10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Related
party transactions
We
are a
party to certain transactions with related parties. It
is our
policy to engage in transactions with related parties on terms, in our opinion,
no less favorable to us than could be obtained from unrelated parties.
See
Note
12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Recent
accounting pronouncements
See
Note
14 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Segment
Results
The
key
performance indicator for our segments is the level of their operating income
(see discussion below). For additional information regarding our segments refer
to Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Net
sales
and operating income
Years
ended December 31,
|
% Change
|
|||||||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
2004
- 2005
|
2005
- 2006
|
||||||||||||
(In
millions)
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
sales:
|
||||||||||||||||
Security
Products
|
$
|
75.9
|
$
|
76.7
|
$
|
81.7
|
1
|
%
|
7
|
%
|
||||||
Furniture
Components
|
106.7
|
105.5
|
93.0
|
(1
|
%)
|
(12
|
%)
|
|||||||||
Marine
Components
|
-
|
4.1
|
15.4
|
n.m.
|
276
|
%
|
||||||||||
Total
net sales
|
$
|
182.6
|
$
|
186.3
|
$
|
190.1
|
2
|
%
|
2
|
%
|
||||||
Gross
margin:
|
||||||||||||||||
Security
Products
|
$
|
20.6
|
$
|
22.1
|
$
|
23.9
|
7
|
%
|
8
|
%
|
||||||
Furniture
Components
|
19.2
|
20.8
|
18.9
|
8
|
%
|
(9
|
%)
|
|||||||||
Marine
Components
|
-
|
0.9
|
3.7
|
n.m.
|
311
|
%
|
||||||||||
Total
gross margin
|
$
|
39.8
|
$
|
43.8
|
$
|
46.5
|
10
|
%
|
6
|
%
|
||||||
Operating
income:
|
||||||||||||||||
Security
Products
|
$
|
11.6
|
13.1
|
14.6
|
13
|
%
|
11
|
%
|
||||||||
Furniture
Components
|
8.9
|
11.0
|
10.1
|
24
|
%
|
(8
|
%)
|
|||||||||
Marine
Components
|
-
|
0.5
|
0.8
|
n.m.
|
60
|
%
|
||||||||||
Corporate
operating expenses
|
(5.1
|
)
|
(5.5
|
)
|
(5.2
|
)
|
8
|
%
|
(5
|
%)
|
||||||
Total
operating income
|
$
|
15.4
|
$
|
19.1
|
$
|
20.3
|
24
|
%
|
6
|
%
|
||||||
Operating
income margin:
|
||||||||||||||||
Security
Products
|
15
|
%
|
17
|
%
|
18
|
%
|
||||||||||
Furniture
Components
|
8
|
%
|
10
|
%
|
11
|
%
|
||||||||||
Marine
Components
|
-
|
12
|
%
|
5
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Total
operating income margin
|
8
|
%
|
10
|
%
|
11
|
%
|
n.m.
-
not meaningful
Security
Products. Security
Products net sales increased 7% to $81.7 million in 2006 compared to $76.7
million in 2005. Gross margin percentage and operating income margin percentage
in 2006 also improved over 2005 resulting in an 11% increase in operating income
from the combined sales growth and margin improvement. The margin percentage
increases were the result of a more favorable product mix and the leveraging
of
the fixed cost structure over higher net sales.
Net
sales
for Security Products increased slightly from 2004 to 2005, while gross margin
percentage improved from 27% to 29%, resulting in an increase in operating
income margin from 15% in 2004 to 17% in 2005. The gross margin percentage
improvement was the result of a more favorable product mix as lower margin
product sales lost to low cost competitors were replaced with highly engineered
products with higher margins.
Furniture
Components. Furniture
Components net sales decreased 12% to $93.0 million in 2006 from $105.5
million in
2005.
However, operating income margin declined only $.9 million due to reductions
in
operating costs and improvements in operational efficiencies through workforce
reductions and process improvements, and an improved product mix from the
replacement of high volume, low margin products sales lost to Asian competitors
with lower volume, higher margin sales.
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Net
sales
for Furniture Components decreased slightly from 2004 to 2005; however, gross
margin percentage improved from 18% in 2004 to 20% in 2005 and operating income
margin percentage improved from 8% to 10% over the same period resulting in
a
$2.1 million increase in operating income. The improved performance was due
to
improved product mix as lower margin product sales to the office furniture
industry were replaced with higher margin sales to the toolbox and appliance
industries as well as reductions in operating costs.
Marine
Components. Marine
Components net sales and operating income increased in 2006 from 2005 due to
the
impact of acquisitions. We acquired an initial Marine Component company in
August 2005 with an additional acquisition occurring in April 2006.
Outlook
While
demand has stabilized across most product segments, certain customers continue
to seek lower cost Asian sources as alternatives to our products. We believe
the
impact of this will be mitigated through our ongoing initiatives to expand
both
new products and new market opportunities. Asian sourced competitive pricing
pressures are expected to continue to be a challenge to us as Asian
manufacturers, particularly those located in China, gain share in certain
markets. Our strategy in responding to the competitive
pricing pressure has included reducing production cost through product
reengineering, improvement in manufacturing processes through lean manufacturing
techniques and moving production to lower-cost facilities, including our own
Asian based manufacturing facilities. In addition, we continue to develop
sources for lower cost components for certain product lines to strengthen our
ability to meet competitive pricing when practical. We also emphasize and focus
on opportunities where we can provide value-added customer support services
that
Asian based manufacturers are generally unable to provide. As a result of
pursuing this strategy,
we will forgo certain segment sales where profitability is not possible in
favor
of developing new product and new market opportunities where we believe the
combination of our cost control initiatives and value added approach will
produce better results for our shareholders. We also expect raw material cost
volatility to continue during 2007 which we may not be able to fully recover
through price increases or surcharges due to the competitive nature of the
markets we serve.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Summary.
Our
primary source of liquidity on an ongoing basis is our cash flow from operating
activities, which is generally used to (i) fund capital expenditures, (ii)
repay
short-term or long-term indebtedness incurred primarily for working capital
or
capital expenditure purposes and (iii) provide for the payment of dividends
(if
declared). From time-to-time, we will incur indebtedness, primarily for
short-term working capital needs, or to fund capital expenditures or business
combinations. In addition, from time-to-time, we may also sell assets outside
the ordinary course of business, the proceeds of which are generally used to
repay indebtedness (including indebtedness which may have been collateralized
by
the assets sold) or to fund capital expenditures or business
combinations.
Consolidated
cash flows.
Operating
activities. Trends
in
cash flows from operating activities, excluding changes in assets and
liabilities, for 2004, 2005 and 2006 have generally been similar to the trends
in our earnings. Depreciation and amortization expense increased in 2006
compared to 2005 as the result of increased capital expenditures. Depreciation
and amortization expense decreased in 2005 compared to 2004 due to the timing
of
capital expenditures placed into service during 2005 versus 2004, as well as
the
effect of the January 2005 disposal of our Thomas Regout operations in Europe.
See Notes 1, 4 and 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Changes
in assets and liabilities result primarily from the timing of production, sales
and purchases. Such changes in assets and liabilities generally tend to even
out
over time. However, year-to-year relative changes in assets and liabilities
can
significantly affect the comparability of cash flows from operating activities.
The increase in cash provided by operating activities in 2006 compared to 2005
is primarily the result of an increase in operating income combined with lower
cash paid for taxes and a higher amount of cash generated from relative changes
in accounts receivable, inventories and accounts payable and accrual balances.
The decrease in our cash provided by operating activities in 2005 as compared
to
2004 is primarily the result of higher cash paid for income taxes in 2005 as
compared to 2004 and a lower amount of cash generated from relative changes
in
accounts receivable, inventories and accounts payable and accrued liabilities,
offset in part by the effect of an increase in operating income. For both years,
relative changes in the amount of cash paid for income taxes were due primarily
to differences in the timing of estimated tax payments.
Our
average days’-sales-outstanding (“DSO”) was relatively flat at 40 days for
December 31, 2005 and 41 days at December 31, 2006. For comparative purposes,
our average DSO increased from 38 days at December 31, 2004 to 40 days at
December 31, 2005 due to a slightly higher accounts receivable balance at the
end of 2005. Our average number of days-in-inventory (“DII”) related to
continuing operations was 59 days at December 31, 2005 and 57 days at December
31, 2006. The decrease in DII is primarily due to reductions in raw material
during 2006 as we utilized the higher than normal balance in ending inventory
at
the end of 2005 that was acquired during 2005 as part of our efforts to mitigate
the impact of volatility in raw material prices. For comparative purposes our
average DII was 52 days at December 31, 2004 and increased to 59 days at
December 31, 2005 due to higher raw material quantities and prices, primarily
steel.
Investing
activities.
Net
cash used by investing activities totaled $3.2 million, $3.7 million, and $19.3
million for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively.
Capital expenditures in the past three years have primarily emphasized
manufacturing equipment which utilizes new technologies and increases automation
of the manufacturing process to provide for increased productivity and
efficiency. Additionally, during 2006, a new facility was constructed for our
Custom Marine operations subsidiary at a cost of $4.1 million. The new facility
is expected to provide Custom with sufficient capacity to take advantage of
sales growth opportunities.
In
April
2006, we completed the acquisition of a marine component products business
for
$9.8 million, net of cash acquired. In August 2005, we completed the acquisition
of our initial marine component product business for $7.3 million, net of cash
acquired. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
On
January 24, 2005, we completed the disposition of all of the net assets of
our
European Thomas Regout operations to members of Thomas Regout management for
net
proceeds of approximately $22.3 million. The proceeds consisted of cash (net
of
costs to sell) of approximately $18.1 million and a subordinated note for
approximately $4.2 million. The subordinated note requires annual payments
over
a period of four years. In April 2006, we collected the first payment of $1.3
million. Historically, the Thomas Regout European operations have not
contributed significantly to net cash flows from operations. See Notes 2 and
10
to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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In
June
2004, we received approximately $2.1 million from the sale of our surplus
Trillium facility in Ontario, Canada, which approximated the net carrying value
of such facility.
Capital
expenditures for 2007 are estimated at approximately $14.4 million, $8 million
of which relates to the expected construction of a new facility in Grayslake,
Illinois for the purpose of consolidating our three Chicago area facilities
into
one in order to gain certain operational efficiencies. As part of the facility
consolidation project, the Lake Bluff, Illinois facility was sold in 2006
for
approximately $1.3 million and the land for the new facility was acquired
in
2006 for approximately $1.8 million. The Lake Bluff facility is being leased
back on a short-term basis. We have also executed a real estate sales contract
to sell the River Grove, Illinois facility for approximately $3.7 million
with
an expected close date of November 2007. Other capital expenditure projects
in
2007 emphasize improved production efficiency including replacement of equipment
that is being retired.
Financing
activities. Net
cash
used by financing activities totaled $27.1 million, $7.2 million, and $8.8
million in 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. Cash dividends paid in 2004
totaled $1.9 million ($.125 per share) and $7.6 million was paid in each of
2005
and 2006 ($.50 per share). We suspended our regular quarterly dividend in the
second quarter of 2003 and reinstated the regular quarterly dividend in the
fourth quarter of 2004. We repaid a net $26.0 million in 2004 under our
revolving bank credit facility, and in 2006 we prepaid $1.6 million of
indebtedness we assumed in our August 2005 marine components
acquisition.
Our
$50
million secured revolving bank credit facility is collateralized by 65% of
the
ownership interests in our first-tier non-United States subsidiaries. Provisions
contained in our Revolving Bank Credit Agreement could result in the
acceleration of outstanding indebtedness prior to its stated maturity for
reasons other than defaults from failing to comply with typical financial
covenants. For example, our Credit Agreement allows the lender to accelerate
the
maturity of the indebtedness upon a change of control (as defined) of the
borrower. The terms of the Credit Agreement could result in the acceleration
of
all or a portion of the indebtedness following a sale of assets outside of
the
ordinary course of business. See Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Off
balance sheet financing arrangements.
Other
than certain operating leases discussed in Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements, neither we nor any of our subsidiaries or affiliates are parties
to
any off-balance sheet financing arrangements.
Other
We
believe that cash generated from operations and borrowing availability under
our
Credit Agreement, together with cash on hand, will be sufficient to meet our
liquidity needs for working capital, capital expenditures, debt service and
dividends (if declared). To the extent that our actual operating results or
other developments differ from our expectations, our liquidity could be
adversely affected.
We
periodically evaluate our liquidity requirements, alternative uses of capital,
capital needs and available resources in view of, among other things, our
capital expenditure requirements, dividend policy and estimated future operating
cash flows. As a result of this process, we have in the past and may in the
future seek to raise additional capital, refinance or restructure indebtedness,
issue additional securities, repurchase shares of our common stock, modify
our
dividend policy or take a combination of such steps to manage our liquidity
and
capital resources. In the normal course of business, we may review opportunities
for acquisitions, joint ventures or other business combinations in the component
products industry. In the event of any such transaction, we may consider using
available cash, issuing additional equity securities or increasing our
indebtedness or that of our subsidiaries.
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Contractual
obligations.
As more
fully described in the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, we are
a
party to various debt, lease and other agreements which contractually and
unconditionally commit the Company to pay certain amounts in the future. See
Notes 6 and 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The following table
summarizes such contractual commitments as of December 31, 2006 by the type
and
date of payment.
Payments
due by period
|
|||||||||||||
Total
|
Less
than
1
year
|
1 - 3
years
|
4 - 5
years
|
||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
|||||||||||||
Long-term
debt
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
|||||
Operating
leases
|
727
|
611
|
114
|
2
|
|||||||||
Purchase
obligations
Income
taxes
|
19,004
972
|
19,004
972
|
-
-
|
-
-
|
|||||||||
Fixed
asset acquisitions
|
615
|
615
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Total
contractual cash obligations
|
$
|
21,318
|
$
|
21,202
|
$
|
114
|
$
|
2
|
The
timing and amount shown for our commitments related to long-term debt, operating
leases and fixed asset acquisitions are based upon the contractual payment
amount and the contractual payment date for such commitments. The timing and
amount shown for purchase obligations, which consist of all open purchase orders
and contractual obligations (primarily commitments to purchase raw materials)
is
also based on the contractual payment amount and the contractual payment date
for such commitments. The amount shown for income taxes is the consolidated
amount of income taxes payable at December 31, 2006, which is assumed to be
paid
during 2007. Fixed asset acquisitions include firm purchase commitments for
capital projects.
ITEM
7A. QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
General.
We are
exposed to market risk from changes in currency exchange rates and interest
rates. We periodically use currency forward contracts to manage a portion of
currency exchange rate risk associated with receivables, or similar exchange
rate risk associated with future sales, denominated in a currency other than
the
holder's functional currency.
Otherwise, we do not generally enter into forward or option contracts to manage
market risks, nor do we enter into any contract or other type of derivative
instrument for trading or speculative purposes. Other
than the contracts discussed below, we were not a party to any material forward
or derivative option contract related to currency exchange rates or interest
rates at December 31, 2005 and 2006. See
Note
1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Interest
rates.
We are
exposed to market risk from changes in interest rates, primarily related to
indebtedness.
At
December 31, 2005 and 2006, we had no amounts outstanding under our secured
Revolving Bank Credit Agreement.
Currency
exchange rates. We
are
exposed to market risk arising from changes in currency exchange rates as a
result of manufacturing and selling our products outside the United States
(principally Canada and Taiwan). A portion of our sales generated from our
non-U.S. operations are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar,
principally the Canadian dollar and the New Taiwan dollar. In addition, a
portion of our sales generated from our non-U.S. operations are denominated
in
the U.S. dollar. Most raw materials, labor and other production costs for such
non-U.S. operations are denominated primarily in local currencies. Consequently,
the translated U.S. dollar value of our non-U.S. sales and operating results
are
subject to currency exchange rate fluctuations which may favorably or
unfavorably impact reported earnings and may affect comparability of
period-to-period operating results.
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As
already mentioned certain of our sales generated by our Canadian operations
are
denominated in U.S. dollars. To manage a portion of the currency exchange rate
market risk associated with receivables, or similar exchange rate risk
associated with future sales, at December 31, 2005 we had entered into a series
of short-term forward currency exchange contracts maturing through March 2006
to
exchange an aggregate of $6.5 million for an equivalent value of Canadian
dollars at exchange rates of Cdn. $1.19 per U.S. dollar. At December 31, 2005,
the actual exchange rate was Cdn. $1.17 per U.S. dollar. The estimated fair
value of such contracts was not material at December 31, 2005. We had no forward
currency contracts outstanding at December 31, 2006. At each balance sheet
date,
outstanding forward currency contracts are marked-to-market with any resulting
gain or loss recognized in income currently unless the contract is designated
as
a hedge upon which the mark-to-market adjustment is recorded in other
comprehensive income.
Other.
The
above
discussion includes forward-looking statements of market risk which assumes
hypothetical changes in market prices. Actual future market conditions will
likely differ materially from such assumptions. Accordingly, such
forward-looking statements should not be considered to be our projections of
future events, gains or losses. Such forward-looking statements are subject
to
certain risks and uncertainties some of which are listed in
“Business-General.”
ITEM
8. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The
information called for by this Item is contained in a separate section of this
Annual Report. See "Index of Financial Statements" (page F-1).
ITEM
9. CHANGES
IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
None.
ITEM
9A. CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. We
maintain a system of disclosure controls and procedures. The term "disclosure
controls and procedures," as defined by regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), means controls and other procedures that are
designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports
that
we file or submit to the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Act"), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within
the
time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms. Disclosure controls and
procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that
we
file or submit to the SEC under the Act is accumulated and communicated to
our
management, including its principal executive officer and its principal
financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate
to
allow timely decisions to be made regarding required disclosure. Each of David
A. Bowers, the Company's Vice Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer, and Darryl R. Halbert, the Company's Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Controller, have evaluated our disclosure controls and
procedures as of December 31, 2006. Based upon their evaluation, these executive
officers have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are
effective as of the date of such evaluation.
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Internal
Control Over Financial Reporting. We
also
maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting. The term
“internal control over financial reporting,” as defined by regulations of the
SEC, means a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal
executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar
functions, and effected by our board of directors, management and other
personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America (“GAAP”), and includes those policies and procedures
that:
· |
Pertain
to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately
and
fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our
assets.
|
· |
Provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit
preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and
that
receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of our management and directors, and
|
· |
Provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could
have
a material effect on our consolidated financial
statements.
|
Beginning
with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, we
will be required to annually assess the effectiveness of our internal control
over financial reporting. Our independent registered public accounting firm
will
also be required to annually attest to the effectiveness of our internal control
over financial reporting, but under the rules of the SEC this attestation is
not
required until our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There
has
been no change to our system of internal control over financial reporting during
the quarter ended December 31, 2006 that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, our system of internal control over
financial reporting.
Certifications.
Our
chief
executive officer is required to annually file a certification with the New
York
Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), certifying our compliance with the corporate governance
listing standards of the NYSE. During 2006, our chief executive officer filed
such annual certification with the NYSE, indicating we were in compliance with
such listed standards. Our chief executive officer and chief financial officer
are also required to, among other things, quarterly file a certification with
the SEC regarding the quality of our public disclosures, as required by Section
302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. We have filed the certifications for
the
quarter ended December 31, 2006 as exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to this Annual Report
on Form 10-K.
ITEM
9B.
OTHER INFORMATION
Not
applicable.
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PART
III
ITEM
10. DIRECTORS,
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The
information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our definitive
Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant
to Regulation 14A within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered
by
this report (the "CompX Proxy Statement").
ITEM
11. EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
The
information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy
Statement.
ITEM
12. SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
The
information required by
this
Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement.
ITEM
13. CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR
INDEPENDENCE
The
information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy
Statement. See also Note 12 to the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
ITEM
14. PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
The
information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy
Statement.
PART
IV
ITEM
15. EXHIBITS,
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a)
and
(c) Financial
Statements
The
consolidated financial statements listed on the accompanying Index of Financial
Statements (see page F-1) are filed as part of this Annual Report.
All
financial statement schedules have been omitted either because they are not
applicable or required, or the information
that
would be required to be included is disclosed in the notes to the consolidated
financial statements.
(b)
Exhibits
We
have
retained a signed original of any of these exhibits that contain signatures,
and
we will provide such exhibits to the Commission or its staff. Included as
exhibits are the items listed in the Exhibit Index. We, upon request, will
furnish a copy of any of the exhibits listed below upon payment of $4.00 per
exhibit to cover our costs of furnishing the exhibits. Instruments defining
the
rights of holders of long-term debt issues which do not exceed 10% of
consolidated total assets will be furnished to the Commission upon request.
We,
upon request, will also furnish, without charge, a copy of our Code of Business
Conduct and Ethics, as adopted by the board of directors on February 24, 2004,
upon request. Such requests should be directed to the attention of our Corporate
Secretary at our corporate offices located at 5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1700,
Dallas, Texas 75240.
Item
No. Exhibit
Item
3.1
|
Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant - incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File
No. 333-42643).
|
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Item
No. Exhibit
Item (continued)
3.2
|
Amended
and Restated Bylaws of Registrant, adopted by the Board of Directors
August 31, 2002 - incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2002.
|
10.1
|
Share
Purchase Agreement with Subordinated Loan schedule between the Registrant
and Anchor Holding B.V. dated January 24, 2005. All related schedules
and
annexes will be provided to the SEC upon request. Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2004.
|
10.2
|
Intercorporate
Services
Agreement between the Registrant and Contran Corporation effective
as of
January 1, 2004 - incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2003.
|
10.3*
|
CompX
International Inc. 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan - incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant's Registration Statement
on
Form S-1 (File No. 333-42643).
|
10.4*
|
CompX
International Inc. Variable Compensation Plan effective as of January
1,
1999 - incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1998.
|
10.6
|
Tax
Sharing Agreement between the Registrant, NL Industries, Inc. and
Contran
Corporation dated as of October 5, 2004. Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
|
10.11
|
Agreement
Regarding Shared Insurance between the Registrant, Contran Corporation,
Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc., Kronos Worldwide, Inc., NL
Industries, Inc., Titanium Metals Corporation, and Valhi, Inc. dated
October 30, 2003 - incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of
the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2003.
|
10.12
|
$50,000,000
Credit Agreement between the Registrant and Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as Agent and various lending institutions dated December
23,
2005. Certain exhibits, annexes and similar attachments to this Exhibit
10.12 have not been filed; upon request, the Registrant will furnish
supplementally to the SEC a copy of any omitted exhibit, annex, or
attachment.
|
21.1
|
Subsidiaries
of the Registrant.
|
23.1
|
Consent
of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
|
31.1
|
Certification
|
31.2
|
Certification
|
32.1
|
Certification
|
32.2
|
Certification
|
*
Management contract, compensatory plan or
agreement.
|
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
COMPX
INTERNATIONAL
INC.
Date:
March 1, 2007 By: /s/
David A. Bowers_________________
David
A.
Bowers
Vice
Chairman of the Board
President
and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive
Officer)
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has
been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signature
|
Title
|
Date
|
||
/s/
Glenn R. Simmons
|
Chairman
of the Board
|
March
1, 2007
|
||
Glenn R. Simmons | ||||
/s/
David A. Bowers
|
Vice
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive
Officer)
|
March
1, 2007
|
||
David A. Bowers | ||||
/s/
Darryl R. Halbert
|
Vice
President, Chief
Financial Officer and
Controller
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
March
1, 2007
|
||
Darryl R. Halbert | ||||
/s/
Paul M. Bass, Jr.
|
Director
|
March
1, 2007
|
||
Paul M. Bass, Jr. | ||||
/s/
Norman S. Edelcup
|
Director
|
March
1, 2007
|
||
Norman S. Edelcup | ||||
/s/
Edward J. Hardin
|
Director
|
March
1, 2007
|
||
Edward J. Hardin | ||||
/s/
Ann Manix
|
Director
|
March
1, 2007
|
||
Ann Manix | ||||
/s/
Steven L. Watson
|
Director
|
March
1, 2007
|
||
Steven
L. Watson
|
||||
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Annual
Report on Form 10-K
Items
8, 15(a) and 15(c)
Index
of Financial Statements
Financial
Statements
|
Page
|
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
F-2
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets - December 31, 2005 and 2006
|
F-3
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations -
|
|
Years
ended
December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
|
F-5
|
Consolidated
Statements of Comprehensive Income -
|
|
Years
ended
December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
|
F-6
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows -
|
|
Years
ended
December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
|
F-7
|
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders' Equity -
|
|
Years
ended
December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
|
F-9
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
F-10
|
F-1
REPORT
OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To
the
Board of Directors and Stockholders of CompX International Inc.:
In
our
opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements listed in the
accompanying index present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of CompX International Inc. and its Subsidiaries at December 31, 2006
and 2005, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each
of
the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006 in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based
on
our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with
the
standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
Dallas,
Texas
March
1,
2007
F-2
COMPX
INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
December
31, 2005 and 2006
(In
thousands, except share data)
ASSETS
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||
Current
assets:
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
30,592
|
$
|
29,688
|
|||
Accounts
receivable, less allowance for
doubtful
accounts of $312 and $682
|
20,609
|
19,986
|
|||||
Receivables
from affiliates
|
620
|
259
|
|||||
Refundable
income taxes
|
401
|
42
|
|||||
Inventories
|
22,538
|
21,733
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
1,496
|
1,130
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
1,903
|
2,050
|
|||||
Current
portion of note receivable
|
2,612
|
1,306
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
80,771
|
76,194
|
|||||
Other
assets:
|
|||||||
Goodwill
|
35,678
|
40,759
|
|||||
Other
intangible assets
|
2,317
|
3,174
|
|||||
Note
receivable
|
1,567
|
1,567
|
|||||
Other
|
230
|
644
|
|||||
Total
other assets
|
39,792
|
46,144
|
|||||
Property
and equipment:
|
|||||||
Land
|
7,868
|
8,826
|
|||||
Buildings
|
31,165
|
35,284
|
|||||
Equipment
|
107,333
|
114,207
|
|||||
Construction
in progress
|
2,015
|
2,559
|
|||||
148,381
|
160,876
|
||||||
Less
accumulated depreciation
|
80,392
|
91,188
|
|||||
Net
property and equipment
|
67,989
|
69,688
|
|||||
$
|
188,552
|
$
|
192,026
|
||||
F-3
COMPX
INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS (CONTINUED)
December
31, 2005 and 2006
(In
thousands, except share data)
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||
Current
liabilities:
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
$
|
19,238
|
$
|
16,842
|
|||
Income
taxes payable to affiliates
|
771
|
136
|
|||||
Income
taxes
|
327
|
836
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
20,336
|
17,814
|
|||||
Noncurrent
liabilities:
|
|||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
16,692
|
20,522
|
|||||
Long-term
debt
|
1,425
|
-
|
|||||
Total
noncurrent liabilities
|
18,117
|
20,522
|
|||||
Stockholders'
equity:
|
|||||||
Preferred
stock, $.01 par value; 1,000 shares
authorized,
none issued
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Class
A common stock, $.01 par value;
20,000,000
shares authorized; 5,234,280 and
5,266,980
shares issued and outstanding
|
52
|
53
|
|||||
Class
B common stock, $.01 par value;
10,000,000
shares authorized, issued and outstanding
|
100
|
100
|
|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
109,556
|
110,106
|
|||||
Retained
earnings
|
31,320
|
35,353
|
|||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
9,071
|
8,078
|
|||||
Total
stockholders' equity
|
150,099
|
153,690
|
|||||
$
|
188,552
|
$
|
192,026
|
||||
Commitments
and contingencies (Notes 6, 8 and 13)
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
F-4
COMPX
INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Years
ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
(In
thousands, except per share data)
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
Net
sales
|
$
|
182,631
|
$
|
186,349
|
$
|
190,123
|
||||
Cost
of goods sold
|
142,807
|
142,594
|
143,649
|
|||||||
Gross
margin
|
39,824
|
43,755
|
46,474
|
|||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expense
|
24,132
|
24,155
|
26,060
|
|||||||
Other
operating income (expense):
|
||||||||||
Currency
transaction gains (losses), net
|
185
|
(71
|
)
|
145
|
||||||
Disposition
of property and equipment
|
(479
|
)
|
(467
|
)
|
(258
|
)
|
||||
Operating
income
|
15,398
|
19,062
|
20,301
|
|||||||
Other
general corporate income, net
|
2,419
|
724
|
1,270
|
|||||||
Interest
expense
|
(494
|
)
|
(336
|
)
|
(219
|
)
|
||||
Income
from continuing operations
before
income taxes
|
17,323
|
19,450
|
21,352
|
|||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
7,840
|
18,568
|
9,696
|
|||||||
Income
from continuing operations
|
9,483
|
882
|
11,656
|
|||||||
Discontinued
operations, net of tax
|
(12,497
|
)
|
(477
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Net
income (loss)
|
(3,014
|
)
|
405
|
11,656
|
||||||
Basic
and diluted earnings (loss) per
common
share:
|
||||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$
|
.63
|
$
|
.06
|
$
|
.76
|
||||
Discontinued
operations
|
$
|
(.83
|
)
|
$
|
(.03
|
)
|
$
|
-
|
||
$
|
(.20
|
)
|
$
|
.03
|
$
|
.76
|
||||
Cash
dividends per share
|
$
|
.125
|
$
|
.50
|
$
|
.50
|
||||
Shares
used in the calculation of earnings
per
share amounts for:
|
||||||||||
Basic
earnings per share
|
15,148
|
15,212
|
15,244
|
|||||||
Dilutive
impact of stock options
|
18
|
19
|
13
|
|||||||
Diluted
earnings per share
|
15,166
|
15,231
|
15,257
|
|||||||
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
F-5
COMPX
INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Years
ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
(In
thousands)
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
(3,014
|
)
|
$
|
405
|
$
|
11,656
|
|||
Other
comprehensive income, net of tax:
|
||||||||||
Currency
translation adjustment:
Arising
during the period
|
5,036
|
544
|
(883
|
)
|
||||||
Disposal
of business unit
|
-
|
739
|
-
|
|||||||
5,036
|
1,283
|
(883
|
)
|
|||||||
Impact
from cash flow hedges, net
|
75
|
35
|
(110
|
)
|
||||||
Total
other comprehensive income, net
|
5,111
|
1,318
|
(993
|
)
|
||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
2,097
|
$
|
1,723
|
$
|
10,663
|
||||
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
F-6
COMPX
INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Years
ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
(In
thousands)
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
(3,014
|
)
|
$
|
405
|
$
|
11,656
|
|||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
14,200
|
10,924
|
11,797
|
|||||||
Goodwill
impairment
|
14,400
|
864
|
-
|
|||||||
Deferred
income taxes:
|
||||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
(394
|
)
|
10,120
|
1,536
|
||||||
Discontinued
operations
|
-
|
(187
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
Other,
net
|
861
|
985
|
1,375
|
|||||||
Change
in assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
2,953
|
(133
|
)
|
1,035
|
||||||
Inventories
|
(1,300
|
)
|
(936
|
)
|
2,258
|
|||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
(2,742
|
)
|
(520
|
)
|
(2,891
|
)
|
||||
Accounts
with affiliates
|
(1,247
|
)
|
1,562
|
(274
|
)
|
|||||
Income
taxes
|
5,383
|
(2,770
|
)
|
890
|
||||||
Other,
net
|
1,113
|
(276
|
)
|
63
|
||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
30,213
|
20,038
|
27,445
|
|||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(5,348
|
)
|
(10,490
|
)
|
(12,044
|
)
|
||||
Acquisition,
net of cash acquired
|
-
|
(7,342
|
)
|
(9,832
|
)
|
|||||
Cash
of disposed business unit
|
-
|
(4,006
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
Proceeds
from disposal of assets held for sale
|
-
|
18,094
|
-
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from sale of fixed assets
|
2,138
|
27
|
1,316
|
|||||||
Cash
collected on note receivable
|
-
|
-
|
1,306
|
|||||||
Net
cash used by investing activities
|
(3,210
|
)
|
(3,717
|
)
|
(19,254
|
)
|
||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||
Long-term
debt:
|
||||||||||
Borrowings
|
2,257
|
18
|
-
|
|||||||
Principal
payments
|
(28,097
|
)
|
(93
|
)
|
(1,563
|
)
|
||||
Issuance
of common stock
|
617
|
639
|
347
|
|||||||
Dividends
paid
|
(1,896
|
)
|
(7,608
|
)
|
(7,623
|
)
|
||||
Tax
benefit from exercise of stock options
|
-
|
-
|
111
|
|||||||
Other,
net
|
(28
|
)
|
(114
|
)
|
(110
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash used by financing activities
|
(27,147
|
)
|
(7,158
|
)
|
(8,838
|
)
|
||||
Net
increase (decrease)
|
$
|
(144
|
)
|
$
|
9,163
|
$
|
(647
|
)
|
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
F-7
COMPX
INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
Years
ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
(In
thousands)
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents:
|
||||||||||
Net
increase (decrease) from:
|
||||||||||
Operating,
investing and financing activities
|
$
|
(144
|
)
|
$
|
9,163
|
$
|
(647
|
)
|
||
Currency
translation
|
(545
|
)
|
392
|
(257
|
)
|
|||||
Balance
at beginning of year
|
21,726
|
21,037
|
30,592
|
|||||||
Balance
at end of year
|
$
|
21,037
|
$
|
30,592
|
$
|
29,688
|
||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
relate
to:
|
||||||||||
Continuing operations
|
$
|
16,803
|
$
|
30,592
|
$
|
29,688
|
||||
Assets held for sale
|
4,234
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
$
|
21,037
|
$
|
30,592
|
$
|
29,688
|
|||||
Supplemental
disclosures:
|
||||||||||
Cash
paid for:
|
||||||||||
Interest
|
$
|
516
|
$
|
259
|
$
|
139
|
||||
Income
taxes
|
4,281
|
9,390
|
7,418
|
|||||||
Noncash
investing activities:
Note
receivable received upon disposal of business unit
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
4,179
|
$
|
-
|
||||
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
F-8
COMPX
INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Years
ended December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006
(In
thousands)
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock
|
Additional
paid-in
|
Retained
|
Currency
|
Hedging
|
Treasury
|
Total
stockholders'
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Class
A
|
Class
B
|
Capital
|
earnings
|
translation
|
derivatives
|
stock
|
equity
|
||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2003
|
$
|
62
|
$
|
100
|
$
|
119,437
|
$
|
43,433
|
$
|
2,642
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
(11,315
|
)
|
$
|
154,359
|
||||||||
Net
loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3,014
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3,014
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
5,036
|
75
|
-
|
5,111
|
|||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,896
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,896
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock
|
1
|
-
|
695
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
696
|
|||||||||||||||||
Retirement
of treasury stock
|
(11
|
)
|
-
|
(11,304
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
11,315
|
-
|
|||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2004
|
52
|
100
|
108,828
|
38,523
|
7,678
|
75
|
-
|
155,256
|
|||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
405
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
405
|
|||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,283
|
35
|
-
|
1,318
|
|||||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(7,608
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(7,608
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock
|
-
|
-
|
728
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
728
|
|||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2005
|
$
|
52
|
$
|
100
|
$
|
109,556
|
$
|
31,320
|
$
|
8,961
|
$
|
110
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
150,099
|
|||||||||
Net
income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
11,656
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
11,656
|
|||||||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(883
|
)
|
(110
|
)
|
-
|
(993
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Cash
dividends
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(7,623
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(7,623
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock
|
1
|
-
|
550
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
551
|
|||||||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2006
|
$
|
53
|
$
|
100
|
$
|
110,106
|
$
|
35,353
|
$
|
8,078
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
153,690
|
|||||||||
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
F-9
COMPX
INTERNATIONAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note
1 - Summary
of significant accounting policies:
Organization. We
(NYSE:
CIX) are 82% owned by CompX Group, a majority owned subsidiary of NL Industries,
Inc. (NYSE: NL) at December 31, 2006. We manufacture and sell component
products (security products, precision ball bearing slides, ergonomic computer
support systems and performance marine components). NL owns 82% of CompX Group,
and Titanium Metals Corporation (NYSE: TIE) (“TIMET”) owns the remaining 18% of
CompX Group. At December 31, 2006, (i) NL and TIMET
own
an additional 2% and 3%, respectively, of us directly, (ii) Valhi, Inc. holds,
directly and through a subsidiary, approximately 83% of NL’s outstanding common
stock and approximately 35% of TIMET’s outstanding common stock and (iii)
Contran Corporation holds, directly or through subsidiaries, approximately
92%
of Valhi’s outstanding common stock. Substantially all of Contran's outstanding
voting stock is held by trusts established for the benefit of certain children
and grandchildren of Harold C. Simmons (of which Mr. Simmons is sole trustee),
or is held by Mr. Simmons or persons or other entities related to Mr. Simmons.
Consequently, Mr. Simmons may be deemed to control each of the companies and
us.
Unless
otherwise indicated, references in this report to “we”, “us”, or “our” refer to
CompX International Inc. and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Management
estimates. In
preparing our financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally
accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) we
are
required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
at
each balance sheet date and the reported amounts of our revenues and expenses
during each reporting period. Actual results may differ significantly from
previously-estimated amounts under different assumptions or
conditions.
Principles
of consolidation.
Our
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CompX International
Inc. and our majority-owned subsidiaries. We eliminate all material intercompany
accounts and balances. We have no involvement with any variable interest entity
covered by the scope of FASB Interpretation No. 46R, Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities.
Fiscal
year. Our
operations are reported on a 52 or 53-week fiscal year. The year ended December
31, 2004 consisted of 53 weeks. The years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006
consisted of 52 weeks.
Translation
of foreign currencies.
We
translate the assets and liabilities of our subsidiaries whose functional
currency is other than the U.S. dollar at year-end rates of exchange, while
we
translate their revenues and expenses at average exchange rates prevailing
during the year. We accumulate the resulting translation adjustments in
stockholders' equity as part of accumulated other comprehensive income, net
of
related deferred income taxes. We recognize currency transaction gains and
losses in income.
Cash
and cash equivalents.
We
classify as cash and cash equivalents bank time deposits and government and
commercial notes and bills with original maturities of three months or
less.
F-10
Net
sales.
We
record
sales when products are shipped and title and other risks and rewards of
ownership have passed to the customer. Our shipping terms are generally F.O.B.
shipping point, although in some instances, shipping terms are F.O.B.
destination point (for which sales are recognized when the product is received
by the customer). Amounts charged to customers for shipping and handling are
not
material. Sales are stated net of price, early payment and distributor discounts
and volume rebates. We report any tax assessed by a governmental authority
that
we collect from our customers that is both imposed on and concurrent with our
revenue producing activities (such as sales, use, value added and excise taxes)
on a net basis (meaning we do not recognize these taxes either in our revenues
or in our costs and expenses.)
Accounts
receivable. We
provide an allowance for doubtful accounts for known and estimated potential
losses rising from our sales to customers based on a periodic review of these
accounts.
Inventories
and cost of sales.
We
state inventories
at the lower of cost or market, net of allowance for obsolete and slow-moving
inventories. We generally base inventory costs on average cost that approximates
the first-in, first-out method. Our cost of sales includes costs for materials,
packing and finishing, utilities, salary and benefits, maintenance and
depreciation.
Selling,
general and administrative expenses; advertising
costs. Selling,
general and administrative expenses include costs related to marketing, sales,
distribution, research and development and administrative functions such as
accounting, treasury and finance, and includes costs for salaries and benefits,
travel and entertainment, promotional materials and professional fees. We
expense advertising and research development costs as incurred. Advertising
costs were approximately $554,000 in 2004, $686,000 in 2005, and $872,000 in
2006.
Goodwill
and other intangible assets; amortization expense. Goodwill
represents the excess of cost over fair value of individual net assets acquired
in business combinations. Goodwill is not subject to periodic amortization.
We
amortize other intangible assets, consisting principally of certain patents
acquired, using the straight line method over their estimated lives
(approximately 9 years remaining at December 31, 2006). We assess goodwill
and
other intangible assets for impairment in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142, Goodwill
and Other Intangible Assets.
See Note
4. Other intangible assets are stated net of accumulated amortization of $2.1
million at December 31, 2005 and $2.5 million at December 31, 2006. Amortization
of intangible assets was $231,000 in 2004, $314,000 in 2005, and $441,000 in
2006, and is expected to be approximately $450,000 in 2007 through
2011.
Property
and equipment; depreciation expense.
We
state
property and equipment, including purchased computer software for internal
use,
at cost. We compute depreciation of property and equipment for financial
reporting purposes principally by the straight-line method over the estimated
useful lives of 15 to 40 years for buildings and 3 to 10 years for equipment
and
software. We use accelerated depreciation methods for income tax purposes,
as
permitted. Depreciation expense related to continuing operations was $11.5
million in 2004, $10.6 million in 2005, and $11.4 million in 2006. Upon sale
or
retirement of an asset, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are
removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is recognized in income
currently. Expenditures for maintenance, repairs and minor renewals are
expensed; expenditures for major improvements are capitalized.
When
events or changes in circumstances indicate that assets may be impaired, an
evaluation is performed to determine if an impairment exists. Such events or
changes in circumstances include, among other things, (i) significant current
and prior periods or current and projected periods with operating losses, (ii)
a
significant decrease in the market value of an asset or (iii) a significant
change in the extent or manner in which an asset is used. We consider all
relevant factors. We perform the impairment by comparing the estimated future
undiscounted cash flows (exclusive of interest expense) associated with the
asset to the asset's net carrying value to determine if a write-down to market
value or discounted cash flow value is required. We assess impairment of
property and equipment in accordance with SFAS No. 144, Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.
Self-insurance. We
are
partially self-insured for workers' compensation and certain employee health
benefits and self-insured for most environmental issues. We purchase coverage
in
order to limit our exposure to any significant levels of workers' compensation
or employee health benefit claims. We accrue self-insured losses based upon
estimates of the aggregate liability for uninsured claims incurred using certain
actuarial assumptions followed in the insurance industry and our own historical
claims experience.
Derivatives
and hedging activities.
Certain
of our sales generated by our non-U.S. operations are denominated in U.S.
dollars. We periodically use currency forward contracts to manage a portion
of
currency exchange rate market risk associated with receivables, or similar
exchange rate risk associated with future sales, denominated in a currency
other
than the holder's functional currency. We have not entered into these contracts
for trading or speculative purposes in the past, nor do we anticipate entering
into such contracts for trading or speculative purposes in the future. Most
of
our currency forward contracts meet the criteria for hedge accounting under
GAAP
and are designated as cash flow hedges. For these currency forward contracts,
gains and losses representing the effective portion of our hedges are deferred
as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income, and are subsequently
recognized in earnings at the time the hedged item affects earnings.
Occasionally, we enter into currency forward contracts which do not meet the
criteria for hedge accounting. For these contracts, we mark-to-market the
estimated fair value of such contracts at each balance sheet date, with any
resulting gain or loss recognized in income currently as part of net currency
transactions. To manage such currency exchange rate risk, at December 31, 2005,
we held a series of contracts to exchange an aggregate of U.S. $6.5 million
for
an equivalent value of Canadian dollars at an exchange rate of Cdn. $1.19 per
U.S. dollar. These contracts qualified for hedge accounting and matured through
March 2006. The exchange rate was $1.17 per U.S. dollar at December 31, 2005.
The estimated fair value of the contracts was not material at December 31,
2005.
We had no currency forward contracts outstanding at December 31,
2006.
F-11
Income
taxes.
Prior
to
October 1, 2004, we were a separate United States federal income taxpayer and
not a member of Contran’s consolidated United States federal income tax group
(the “Contran Tax Group”). Effective October 1, 2004, we became a member of the
Contran Tax Group. We have been and currently are a part of the consolidated
tax
returns filed by Contran in certain United States state jurisdictions. As a
member of the Contran Tax Group, we are jointly and severally liable for the
federal income tax liability of Contran and the other companies included in
the
Contran Tax Group for all periods in which we are included in the Contran Tax
Group. See Note 13.
As
a
member of the Contran Tax Group, we are a party to a tax sharing agreement
which
provides that we compute our provision for U.S. income taxes on a
separate-company basis. Pursuant to the tax sharing agreement, we make payments
to or receive payments from NL in amounts we would have paid to or received
from
the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or the applicable state tax authority had
we
not been a member of the Contran Tax Group. The separate company provisions
and
payments are computed using the tax elections made by Contran. Under certain
circumstances, such tax regulations could require Contran to treat items
differently than we would on a stand alone basis, and in such instances GAAP
requires us to conform to Contran’s tax election. We made net cash payments of
$2.3 million in 2004, $3.5 million in 2005, and $5.6 million in 2006 to Contran.
Deferred
income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax
consequences of temporary differences between the income tax and financial
reporting carrying amounts of assets and liabilities, including undistributed
earnings of foreign subsidiaries which are not permanently reinvested. Earnings
of foreign subsidiaries subject to permanent reinvestment plans aggregated
$5.5
million at December 31, 2005 and $5.6 million at December 31, 2006.
Determination of the amount of unrecognized deferred tax liability on such
permanent reinvestment plans was not practicable. We periodically evaluate
our
deferred tax assets in the various taxing jurisdictions in which we operate
and
adjust any related valuation allowance based on the estimate of the amount
of
such deferred tax assets which we believe do not meet the "more-likely-than-not"
recognition criteria.
Earnings
per share.
Basic
earnings per share of common stock is based upon the weighted average number
of
common shares actually outstanding during each period. Diluted
earnings per share of common stock includes the impact of outstanding dilutive
stock options. The weighted average number of outstanding stock options excluded
from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their impact would
have been antidilutive aggregated approximately 440,000 in 2004, 404,000 in
2005
and 397,000 in 2006.
Fair
value of financial instruments. The
carrying amounts of accounts receivable and accounts payable approximates fair
value due to their short-term nature. The carrying amount of indebtedness
approximates fair value due to the stated variable interest rate approximating
a
market rate. These estimated fair value amounts have been determined using
available market information or other appropriate valuation
methodologies.
F-12
Note
2 - Business and geographic segments:
Our
operating segments are defined as components of our operations about which
separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by
our
chief operating decision maker in determining how to allocate resources and
in
assessing performance. Our chief operating decision maker is Mr. David A.
Bowers, our president and chief executive officer. We currently have three
operating segments - Security Products, Furniture Components and Marine
Components. The Security Products segment, with manufacturing facilities in
South Carolina and Illinois, manufactures locking mechanisms and other security
products for sale to the office furniture, transportation, postal, banking,
vending and other industries. The Furniture Components segment, with facilities
in Canada, Michigan and Taiwan, manufactures and distributes a complete line
of
precision ball bearing slides and ergonomic computer support systems for use
in
office furniture, computer-related equipment, tool storage cabinets, appliances
and other applications. Our Marine Components segment with facilities in
Wisconsin and Illinois, manufactures and distributes marine instruments,
hardware, and accessories for performance boats.
In
August
2005 and April 2006, we completed acquisitions of two marine component products
businesses, for aggregate cash consideration of $7.3 million and $9.8 million,
respectively, net of cash acquired. The purchase price has been allocated among
tangible and intangible net assets acquired based upon an estimate of
the
fair value of such net assets. The pro forma effect to us assuming the
acquisitions had been completed as of January 1, 2004 and 2005 is not material.
In
2006,
we reorganized our internal management structure, and as a result our previously
separate precision slides and ergonomics products product lines are now
evaluated as a single Furniture Components operating unit. Our segment
information reflects our new internal management structure. Additionally, prior
to 2006, the reported amount of operating income for each of our segments
included an allocation of corporate operating expenses based upon the amount
of
each segment’s net sales. Corporate expenses are now no longer allocated but
instead are presented as a separate item within operating income. Prior period
segment information has been restated to conform to the current
presentation.
The
chief
operating decision maker evaluates segment performance based on segment
operating income, which is defined as income before income taxes, and interest
expense, exclusive of certain general corporate income and expense items
(primarily interest income) and certain non-recurring items (such as gains
or
losses on the disposition of business units and other long-lived assets outside
the ordinary course of business). The accounting policies of the reportable
operating segments are the same as those described in Note 1. Capital
expenditures include additions to property and equipment, but exclude amounts
attributable to business combinations.
Segment
assets are comprised of all assets attributable to the reportable segments.
Corporate assets are not attributable to the operating segments and consist
primarily of cash, cash equivalents and notes receivable. For geographic
information, net sales are attributable to the place of manufacture (point
of
origin) and the location of the customer (point of destination); property and
equipment are attributable to their physical location. At December 31, 2005
and
2006, the net assets of non-U.S. subsidiaries included in consolidated net
assets approximated $45 million and $50.2 million, respectively.
F-13
Years
ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||
Net
sales:
|
||||||||||
Security
Products
|
$
|
75,872
|
$
|
76,667
|
$
|
81,684
|
||||
Furniture
Components
|
106,759
|
105,524
|
92,983
|
|||||||
Marine
Components
|
-
|
4,158
|
15,456
|
|||||||
Total
net sales
|
$
|
182,631
|
$
|
186,349
|
$
|
190,123
|
||||
Operating
income:
|
||||||||||
Security
Products
|
$
|
11,604
|
$
|
13,141
|
$
|
14,620
|
||||
Furniture
Components
|
8,885
|
10,985
|
10,036
|
|||||||
Marine
Components
|
-
|
427
|
822
|
|||||||
Corporate
operating expenses
|
(5,091
|
)
|
(5,491
|
)
|
(5,177
|
)
|
||||
Total
operating income
|
15,398
|
19,062
|
20,301
|
|||||||
Other
non-operating income, net
|
2,419
|
724
|
1,270
|
|||||||
Interest
expense
|
(494
|
)
|
(336
|
)
|
(219
|
)
|
||||
Income
from continuing operations before income taxes
|
$
|
17,323
|
$
|
19,450
|
$
|
21,352
|
||||
Depreciation
and amortization:
|
||||||||||
Security
Products
|
$
|
4,191
|
$
|
3,876
|
$
|
4,309
|
||||
Furniture
Components
|
7,477
|
6,798
|
6,798
|
|||||||
Marine
Components
|
-
|
207
|
666
|
|||||||
Corporate
Depreciation
|
111
|
43
|
24
|
|||||||
Thomas
Regout**
|
2,421
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
$
|
14,200
|
$
|
10,924
|
$
|
11,797
|
|||||
Capital
expenditures:
|
||||||||||
Security
Products
|
$
|
2,432
|
$
|
4,909
|
$
|
5,335
|
||||
Furniture
Components
|
2,521
|
5,549
|
1,504
|
|||||||
Marine
Components
|
-
|
32
|
5,205
|
|||||||
Thomas
Regout**
|
395
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
$
|
5,348
|
$
|
10,490
|
$
|
12,044
|
|||||
Goodwill:
|
||||||||||
Security
Products
|
$
|
23,742
|
$
|
23,742
|
$
|
23,742
|
||||
Furniture
Components
|
5,270
|
6,594
|
7,135
|
|||||||
Marine
Components
|
-
|
5,342
|
9,882
|
|||||||
$
|
29,012
|
$
|
35,678
|
$
|
40,759
|
F-14
Years
ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||
Net
sales:
|
||||||||||
Point
of origin:
|
||||||||||
United
States
|
$
|
99,807
|
$
|
113,510
|
$
|
127,620
|
||||
Canada
|
74,157
|
63,918
|
52,395
|
|||||||
Taiwan
|
16,034
|
14,213
|
15,910
|
|||||||
Eliminations
|
(7,367
|
)
|
(5,292
|
)
|
(5,802
|
)
|
||||
$
|
182,631
|
$
|
186,349
|
$
|
190,123
|
|||||
Point
of destination:
|
||||||||||
United
States
|
$
|
138,136
|
$
|
149,487
|
$
|
153,942
|
||||
Canada
|
33,205
|
25,015
|
19,985
|
|||||||
Other
|
11,290
|
11,847
|
16,196
|
|||||||
$
|
182,631
|
$
|
186,349
|
$
|
190,123
|
|||||
|
December
31,
|
|||||||||
2004
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2006
|
||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||
Total
assets:
|
||||||||||
Security
Products
|
$
|
72,794
|
$
|
76,875
|
$
|
74,887
|
||||
Furniture
Components
|
77,717
|
77,226
|
77,781
|
|||||||
Marine
Components
|
-
|
10,614
|
26,607
|
|||||||
Thomas
Regout**
|
28,921
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Corporate
and eliminations
|
6,847
|
23,837
|
12,751
|
|||||||
$
|
186,279
|
$
|
188,552
|
$
|
192,026
|
|||||
Net
property and equipment:
|
||||||||||
United
States
|
$
|
41,328
|
$
|
42,751
|
$
|
47,865
|
||||
Canada
|
19,114
|
16,978
|
14,144
|
|||||||
Taiwan
|
5,680
|
8,260
|
7,679
|
|||||||
$
|
66,122
|
$
|
67,989
|
$
|
69,688
|
|||||
**
Denotes discontinued segment. See Note 10.
|
Note
3 - Inventories:
December
31,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2006
|
||||||
(In
thousands)
|
|||||||
Raw
materials
|
$
|
6,801
|
$
|
5,892
|
|||
Work
in process
|
9,116
|
8,744
|
|||||
Finished
products
|
6,621
|
7,097
|
|||||
$
|
22,538
|
$
|
21,733
|
F-15
Note
4 - Goodwill:
We
have
assigned goodwill to each of our reporting
units (as
that
term is defined in SFAS No. 142) which correspond to our operating segments.
Under SFAS No. 142, goodwill is not considered to be impaired if the estimated
fair value of the applicable reporting unit exceeds the respective net carrying
value of the reporting unit, including the allocated goodwill. If the fair
value
of the reporting unit is less than carrying value, then a goodwill impairment
loss would be recognized equal to the excess, if any, of the net carrying value
of the reporting unit goodwill over its implied fair value (up to a maximum
impairment equal to the carrying value of the goodwill). The implied fair value
of reporting unit goodwill would be the amount equal to the excess of the
estimated fair value of the reporting unit over the amount that would be
allocated to the tangible and intangible net assets of the reporting unit
(including unrecognized intangible assets) as if the reporting unit had been
acquired in a purchase business combination accounted for in accordance with
GAAP as of the date of the impairment testing.
In
determining the estimated fair value of the reporting units, we use appropriate
valuation techniques, such as discounted cash flows. In accordance with the
requirements of SFAS No. 142, we review goodwill for impairment during the
third
quarter of each year. Goodwill will also be reviewed for impairment at other
times during each year when events or changes in circumstances indicate that
an
impairment might be present. No goodwill impairments relating to continuing
operations were deemed to exist as a result of our annual impairment review
completed during 2004, 2005 or 2006. However, we did recognize an impairment
of
goodwill related to our disposed European Thomas Regout operations in December
2004. See Note 10.
Changes
in the carrying amount of goodwill related to continuing operations during
the
past three years is presented in the table below. Goodwill was generated
principally from acquisitions of certain business units during 1998, 1999,
2000,
and the Marine Components acquisitions in August 2005 and April 2006. See Note
2.
Security
Products
|
Furniture
Components
|
Marine
Components
|
Total
|
||||||||||
(In
millions)
|
|||||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2003
|
$
|
23.7
|
$
|
5.0
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
28.7
|
|||||
Changes
in currency exchange rates
|
-
|
.3
|
-
|
.3
|
|||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2004
|
23.7
|
5.3
|
-
|
29.0
|
|||||||||
Goodwill
acquired during the year
|
-
|
1.5
|
5.4
|
6.9
|
|||||||||
Changes
in currency exchange rates
|
-
|
(.2
|
)
|
-
|
(.2
|
)
|
|||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2005
|
23.7
|
6.6
|
5.4
|
35.7
|
|||||||||
Goodwill
acquired during the year
|
-
|
.4
|
4.5
|
4.9
|
|||||||||
Changes
in currency exchange rates
|
-
|
.1
|
-
|
.1
|
|||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2006
|
$
|
23.7
|
$
|
7.1
|
$
|
9.9
|
$
|
40.7
|
|||||
F-16
Note
5 - Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities:
December
31,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2006
|
||||||
(In
thousands)
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$
|
7,022
|
$
|
6,151
|
|||
Accrued
liabilities:
|
|||||||
Employee
benefits
|
8,179
|
7,549
|
|||||
Customer
tooling
|
1,319
|
617
|
|||||
Professional
|
720
|
334
|
|||||
Insurance
|
516
|
621
|
|||||
Taxes
other than on income
|
299
|
302
|
|||||
Other
|
1,183
|
1,268
|
|||||
$
|
19,238
|
$
|
16,842
|
Note
6 - Indebtedness:
At
December 31, 2006, we have a $50 million secured revolving bank credit facility
that matures in January 2009 and bears interest, at our option, at rates based
on either the prime rate or LIBOR. The credit facility is collateralized by
65%
of the ownership interests in our first-tier non-U.S. subsidiaries. The facility
contains certain covenants and restrictions customary in lending transactions
of
this type, which among other things, restricts our ability and that of our
subsidiaries to incur debt, incur liens, pay dividends or merge or consolidate
with, or transfer all or substantially all assets to, another entity. The
facility also requires maintenance of specified levels of net worth (as
defined). In the event of a change of control, as defined, the lenders would
have the right to accelerate the maturity of the facility. At December 31,
2006,
we had no outstanding draws against the credit facility and the full amount
of
the facility was available for borrowing.
The
credit facility
permits us to pay dividends and/or repurchase common stock in an amount equal
to
the sum of (i) a dividend of $.125 per share in any calendar quarter, not to
exceed $8.0 million in any calendar year, plus (ii) $20.0 million plus 50%
of
aggregate net income over the term of the credit facility. In addition to the
$8.0 million available annually to repurchase common stock and or pay dividends,
at December 31, 2006, $27 million was available for dividends and/or repurchases
of our common stock under the terms of the facility.
Our
outstanding indebtedness at December 31, 2005, totaling $1.6 million, includes
certain industrial revenue bonds assumed in connection with the August 2005
business acquisition discussed in Note 2. We prepaid such indebtedness in
February 2006 for an amount
equal to its carrying value. We included the current portion of our outstanding
indebtedness at December 31, 2005 ($171,000) with “Accounts payable and accrued
liabilities” in our Consolidated Balance Sheet.
F-17
Note
7 - Employee benefit plans:
Defined
contribution plans.
We
maintain various defined contribution plans in which we make contributions
based
on matching or other formulas. Defined contribution plan expense related to
continuing operations approximated $1.8 million in 2004, $2.3 million in 2005
and $2.2 million in 2006.
Note
8 - Income taxes:
The
components of pre-tax income, the provision for income taxes attributable to
continuing operations, the difference between the provision for income taxes
and
the amount that would be expected using the U.S. federal statutory income tax
rate of 35%, and the comprehensive provision for income taxes are presented
below.
Years
ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||
Components
of pre-tax income from continuing operations:
|
||||||||||
United
States
|
$
|
8,148
|
$
|
10,564
|
$
|
14,022
|
||||
Non-U.S.
|
9,175
|
8,886
|
7,330
|
|||||||
$
|
17,323
|
$
|
19,450
|
$
|
21,352
|
|||||
Provision
for income taxes:
|
||||||||||
Currently
payable:
|
||||||||||
U.S.
federal and state
|
$
|
4,016
|
$
|
4,920
|
$
|
5,651
|
||||
Foreign
|
4,732
|
3,528
|
2,509
|
|||||||
8,748
|
8,448
|
8,160
|
||||||||
Deferred
income taxes (benefit):
|
||||||||||
U.S.
federal and state
|
(273
|
)
|
10,215
|
2,074
|
||||||
Foreign
|
(635
|
)
|
(95
|
)
|
(538
|
)
|
||||
(908
|
)
|
10,120
|
1,536
|
|||||||
$
|
7,840
|
$
|
18,568
|
$
|
9,696
|
|||||
Expected
tax expense, at the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate of
35%
|
$
|
6,063
|
$
|
6,808
|
$
|
7,473
|
||||
Non-U.S.
tax rates
|
(297
|
)
|
(253
|
)
|
(298
|
)
|
||||
Incremental
U.S. tax on earnings of foreign subsidiaries
|
3,206
|
12,006
|
2,138
|
|||||||
State
income taxes and other, net
|
(377
|
)
|
224
|
535
|
||||||
Canadian
tax rate change
|
-
|
-
|
(142
|
)
|
||||||
Tax
credits
|
-
|
-
|
(432
|
)
|
||||||
Tax
contingency reserve adjustments, net
|
(755
|
)
|
(217
|
)
|
422
|
|||||
$
|
7,840
|
$
|
18,568
|
$
|
9,696
|
|||||
Comprehensive
provision (benefit) for income tax benefit allocable
to:
|
||||||||||
Income
from continuing operations
|
$
|
7,840
|
$
|
18,568
|
$
|
9,696
|
||||
Discontinued
operations
|
(410
|
)
|
(387
|
)
|
-
|
|||||
Other
comprehensive income - currency
translation
|
380
|
(223
|
)
|
1,210
|
||||||
$
|
7,810
|
$
|
17,958
|
$
|
10,906
|
F-18
The
components of net deferred tax assets (liabilities) are summarized
below.
December
31,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2006
|
||||||
(In
thousands)
|
|||||||
Tax
effect of temporary differences related to:
|
|||||||
Inventories
|
$
|
769
|
$
|
785
|
|||
Tax
on unremitted earnings of non-U.S. subsidiaries
|
(10,472
|
)
|
(12,490
|
)
|
|||
Property
and equipment
|
(5,924
|
)
|
(5,556
|
)
|
|||
Accrued
liabilities and other deductible differences
|
2,444
|
1,364
|
|||||
Tax
loss and credit carryforwards
|
4,690
|
4,335
|
|||||
Other
taxable differences
|
(2,061
|
)
|
(3,009
|
)
|
|||
Valuation
allowance
|
(4,235
|
)
|
(3,901
|
)
|
|||
$
|
(14,789
|
)
|
$
|
(18,472
|
)
|
||
Net
current deferred tax assets
|
1,903
|
2,050
|
|||||
Net
noncurrent deferred tax liabilities
|
(16,692
|
)
|
(20,522
|
)
|
|||
$
|
(14,789
|
)
|
$
|
(18,472
|
)
|
||
Under
GAAP, we are required to recognize a deferred income tax liability with respect
to the incremental U.S. income taxes (federal and state) and foreign withholding
taxes that would be incurred when undistributed earnings of a foreign subsidiary
are subsequently repatriated, unless we have determined that those undistributed
earnings are permanently reinvested for the foreseeable future. Prior to the
third quarter of 2005, we had not recognized a deferred tax liability related
to
such incremental income taxes on the undistributed earnings of certain of our
non-U.S. operations, as those earnings were subject to specific permanent
reinvestment plans. GAAP requires us to reassess the permanent reinvestment
conclusion on an ongoing basis to determine if our intentions have changed.
In
September of 2005, and based primarily upon changes in our strategic plans
for
certain of our non-U.S. operations, we determined that the undistributed
earnings of these subsidiaries could no longer be considered to be permanently
reinvested except for the pre-2005 earnings in Taiwan. Accordingly, and in
accordance with GAAP, in 2005 we recognized an aggregate $9.0 million provision
for deferred income taxes on the aggregate undistributed earnings of these
foreign subsidiaries.
In
January 2005, we completed our disposition of our Thomas Regout operations
in
Europe. See Note 10. We generated a $4.2 million income tax benefit associated
with the U.S. capital loss realized in the first quarter of 2005 upon completion
of the sale of the Thomas Regout operations. Recognition of the benefit of
such
capital loss by us was appropriate under GAAP in the fourth quarter of 2004
at
the time we classified the operations as held-for-sale. However, we also
determined, based on the weight of available evidence that realization of the
benefit of the capital loss did not and continues not to meet the
“more-likely-than-not” recognition criteria. Therefore, we have also recognized
a deferred income tax asset valuation allowance to fully offset the deferred
tax
asset related to the capital loss carryforward. The capital loss carryforward
discussed above expires in 2010.
At
December 31, 2006, we had for U.S. federal income tax purposes net operating
loss carryforwards of approximately $1.2 million which expire in 2007 through
2017. Utilization of such net operating loss carryforwards is limited to
approximately $400,000 per tax year. We utilized approximately $400,000 of
the
carryforwards in each of 2005 and 2006, and approximately $800,000 in 2004,
which included two tax years (See Note 1). We believe it is more-likely-than-not
that the carryforwards will be utilized to reduce future income tax liabilities,
and accordingly we have not provided a deferred income tax asset valuation
allowance to offset the benefit of the carryforwards.
F-19
Note
9 - Stockholders' equity:
Shares
of common
stock
|
|||||||||||||
Class
A
|
Class
B
|
||||||||||||
Issued
|
Treasury
|
Outstanding
|
Issued
and
outstanding
|
||||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2003
|
6,228,680
|
(1,103,900
|
)
|
5,124,780
|
10,000,000
|
||||||||
Issued
|
54,100
|
-
|
54,100
|
-
|
|||||||||
Cancelled
|
(1,103,900
|
)
|
1,103,900
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2004
|
5,178,880
|
-
|
5,178,880
|
10,000,000
|
|||||||||
Issued
|
55,400
|
-
|
55,400
|
-
|
|||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2005
|
5,234,280
|
-
|
5,234,280
|
10,000,000
|
|||||||||
Issued
|
32,700
|
-
|
32,700
|
-
|
|||||||||
Balance
at December 31, 2006
|
5,266,980
|
-
|
5,266,980
|
10,000,000
|
Class
A and Class B common stock.
The
shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock are identical in all
respects, except for certain voting rights and certain conversion rights in
respect of the shares of the Class B Common Stock. Holders of Class A Common
Stock are entitled to one vote per share. CompX Group, which holds all of the
outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, is entitled to one vote per share
in
all matters except for election of directors, for which CompX Group is entitled
to ten votes per share. Holders of all classes of common stock entitled to
vote
will vote together as a single class on all matters presented to the
stockholders for their vote or approval, except as otherwise required by
applicable law. Each share of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock
have
an equal and ratable right to receive dividends to be paid from our assets
when,
and if declared by the board of directors. In the event of the dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of our operations, the holders of Class A Common
Stock
and Class B Common Stock will be entitled to share equally and ratably in the
assets available for distribution after payments are made to our creditors
and
to the holders of any of our preferred stock that may be outstanding at the
time. Shares of the Class A Common Stock have no conversion rights. Under
certain conditions, shares of Class B Common Stock will convert, on a
share-for-share basis, into shares of Class A Common Stock.
During
2004, we cancelled approximately 1.1 million shares of our Class A common stock
that was previously reported as treasury stock. The aggregate $11.3 million
cost
of such treasury shares was allocated to common stock at par, additional paid-in
capital and retained earnings in accordance with GAAP.
F-20
Incentive
compensation plan.
The
CompX International Inc. 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan provides for the award
or
grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance grants and other
awards to employees and other individuals who provide services to us. Up to
1.5
million shares of Class A Common Stock may be issued pursuant to the plan.
Generally, employee stock options are granted at prices not less than the market
price of our stock on the date of grant, vest over five years and expire ten
years from the date of grant. The following table sets forth changes in
outstanding options during the past three years.
Shares
|
Exercise
price
per
share
|
Amount
payable
upon
exercise
|
Weighted
average
exercise
price
|
||||||||||
Outstanding at December 31, 2003
|
619
|
$
|
10.00
-$20.00
|
$
|
10,684
|
$
|
17.26
|
||||||
Exercised
|
(48
|
)
|
10.00
- 13.00
|
(616
|
)
|
12.83
|
|||||||
Canceled
|
(9
|
)
|
12.50
- 13.00
|
(116
|
)
|
12.89
|
|||||||
Outstanding at December 31, 2004
|
562
|
10.00
- 20.00
|
9,952
|
17.71
|
|||||||||
Exercised
|
(50
|
)
|
11.59
- 14.30
|
(638
|
)
|
12.76
|
|||||||
Canceled
|
(42
|
)
|
13.00
- 20.00
|
(677
|
)
|
16.12
|
|||||||
Outstanding at December 31, 2005
|
470
|
10.00
- 20.00
|
8,637
|
18.38
|
|||||||||
Exercised
|
(27
|
)
|
13.00
|
(347
|
)
|
13.00
|
|||||||
Canceled
|
(6
|
)
|
20.00
|
(120
|
)
|
20.00
|
|||||||
Outstanding at December 31, 2006
|
437
|
$
|
10.00
- 20.00
|
$
|
8,170
|
$
|
18.70
|
||||||
Outstanding
options at December 31, 2006 represent approximately 3% of our total outstanding
shares of common stock at that date and expire at various dates through 2012
with a weighted-average remaining term of 2 years. At December 31, 2006, options
to purchase 435,000 of our shares were exercisable at prices ranging from $10.00
to $20.00 per share, with an aggregate amount payable upon exercise of $8.1
million, with a weighted-average exercise price of $18.70 per share. Our market
price per share at December 31, 2006 was $20.16. Of the total exercisable
options at December 31, 2006, 435,300 options were exercisable at prices lower
than the December 31, 2006 market price per share with an aggregate intrinsic
value (defined as the excess of the market price of our common stock over the
exercise price) of approximately $635,000. At December 31, 2006, options
to purchase 2,000 shares are scheduled to become exercisable in 2007 and an
aggregate of 672,000 shares were available for future grants. Shares issued
under the incentive stock plan are generally newly-issued shares. The intrinsic
value of our options exercised aggregate approximately $175,500 in 2004,
$238,500 in 2005 and $123,900 in 2006, and the related income tax benefit from
the exercises was $61,500 in 2004, $67,100 in 2005 and $43,500 in 2006.
F-21
Note
10 - Discontinued operations and assets held for sale:
Prior
to
December 2004, our Thomas Regout European operations were classified as held
for
use. In December 2004, our board of directors adopted a formal plan of disposal
which resulted in the reclassification of such operations to held-for-sale.
We
have classified the results of operations of Thomas Regout for all periods
prior
to the disposal as discontinued operations. We have not reclassified our
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows to separately present the cash flows
of
the disposed operations. When we adopted a formal plan of disposal, based upon
the estimated realizable value (or fair value less costs to sell) of the net
assets disposed, we determined that the goodwill associated with the assets
held-for-sale was partially impaired. In determining the estimated realizable
value of the Thomas Regout operations as of December 31, 2004, we used the
sales
price inherent in the definitive agreement reached with the purchaser in January
2005 and our estimate of the related transaction costs (or costs to sell).
Therefore, in the fourth quarter of 2004, we recognized a $14.4 million
impairment charge to write-down our investment in the Thomas Regout operations
to estimated realizable value.
In
January 2005, we completed the sale of such operations for net proceeds (net
of
expenses) of approximately $22.3 million. The net proceeds consisted of
approximately $18.1 million in cash at the date of sale and a $4.2 million
principal amount note receivable from the purchaser bearing interest at a fixed
rate of 7% and is payable over four years. The note receivable is collateralized
by a secondary lien on the assets sold and is subordinated to certain
third-party indebtedness of the purchaser. The net proceeds from the January
2005 sale of the European Thomas Regout operations was $864,000 less than the
net realizable value estimated at the time of the goodwill impairment charge
(primarily due to higher expenses associated with the sale), and discontinued
operations in 2005 includes a charge related to the differential ($477,000,
net
of income tax benefit). The charge represents an additional impairment of
goodwill.
Condensed
income statement data for the year ended 2004 and 2005 for Thomas Regout is
presented below. The $14.4 million and $864,000 impairment charges are included
in Thomas Regout’s operating loss for 2004 and 2005, respectively. Interest
expense included in discontinued operations represents interest on certain
intercompany indebtedness with us, which arose at the time of our acquisition
of
Thomas Regout prior to 2003 and corresponded to certain third-party indebtedness
we incurred at the time the operations were acquired.
Years
ended December 31,
|
|||||||
2004
|
2005
|
||||||
Net sales
|
$
|
41,694
|
$
|
-
|
|||
Operating loss
|
$
|
(10,609
|
)
|
$
|
(864
|
)
|
|
Other expense, net
|
(797
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Interest expense
|
(1,501
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Income tax benefit
|
410
|
387
|
|||||
Net loss
|
$
|
(12,497
|
)
|
$
|
(477
|
)
|
|
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Note
11 - Other non-operating income, net:
Years
ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||
Interest
income
|
$
|
1,612
|
$
|
613
|
$
|
1,278
|
||||
Other
income (expense), net
|
807
|
111
|
(8
|
)
|
||||||
$
|
2,419
|
$
|
724
|
$
|
1,270
|
|||||
Interest
income in 2004 includes accrued interest income of $1.5 million, on long-term
notes receivable from our former European Thomas Regout operations. Upon the
sale of the Thomas Regout European operations in January, 2005, the intercompany
notes receivable were extinguished and, therefore, no such interest income
was
recorded in 2005 or 2006.
Note
12 - Related
party transactions:
We
may be
deemed to be controlled by Harold C. Simmons. See Note 1. Corporations
that may be deemed to be controlled by or affiliated with Mr. Simmons sometimes
engage in (a) intercorporate transactions such as guarantees, management and
expense sharing arrangements, shared fee arrangements, joint ventures,
partnerships, loans, options, advances of funds on open account, and sales,
leases and exchanges of assets, including securities issued by both related
and
unrelated parties and (b) common investment and acquisition strategies, business
combinations, reorganizations, recapitalizations, securities repurchases, and
purchases and sales (and other acquisitions and dispositions) of subsidiaries,
divisions or other business units, which transactions have involved both related
and unrelated parties and have included transactions which resulted in the
acquisition by one related party of a publicly-held minority equity interest
in
another related party. We continuously consider, review and evaluate, and
understand that Contran and related entities consider, review and evaluate
such
transactions. Depending upon the business, tax and other objectives then
relevant, it is possible that we might be a party to one or more such
transactions in the future.
Under
the
terms of various Intercorporate Service Agreements (“ISAs”) with Contran,
employees of Contran perform certain management, tax planning, financial and
administrative services for us on a fee basis. Such fees are based upon
estimates of time devoted to our affairs by individual Contran employees and
the
compensation of such persons. Because of the large number of companies
affiliated with Contran, we believe we benefit from cost savings and economies
of scale gained by not having certain management, financial and administrative
staffs duplicated at each entity, thus allowing certain individuals to provide
services to multiple companies but only be compensated by one entity. Fees
pursuant to these agreements aggregated $2.3 million in 2004, $2.6 million
in
2005 and $2.7 million in 2006.
Tall
Pines Insurance Company and EWI RE, Inc. provide for or broker certain insurance
policies for Contran and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates, including
us. Tall Pines and EWI are subsidiaries of Valhi. Consistent with insurance
industry practices, Tall Pines and EWI receive commissions from the insurance
and reinsurance underwriters and/or assess fees for the policies that they
provide or broker. The aggregate premiums paid to Tall Pines and EWI were
approximately $810,000 in 2004, $930,000 in 2005 and $770,000 in 2006. These
amounts principally included payments for insurance, but also included
commissions paid to Tall Pines and EWI. Tall Pines purchases reinsurance for
substantially all of the risks it underwrites. We expect that these
relationships with Tall Pines and EWI will continue in 2007.
F-23
Contran
and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates, including us, purchase certain
of their insurance policies as a group, with the costs of the jointly-owned
policies being apportioned among the participating companies. With respect
to
certain of these policies, it is possible that unusually large losses incurred
by one or more insureds during a given policy period could leave the other
participating companies without adequate coverage under that policy for the
balance of the policy period. As a result, Contran and certain of its
subsidiaries and affiliates, including us, have entered into a loss sharing
agreement under which any uninsured loss is shared by those entities who have
submitted claims under the relevant policy. We believe the benefits in the
form
of reduced premiums and broader coverage associated with the group coverage
for
such policies justifies the risk associated with the potential for any uninsured
loss.
Note
13 - Commitments
and contingencies:
Legal
proceedings.
We are
involved, from time to time, in various contractual, product liability, patent
(or intellectual property), employment and other claims and disputes incidental
to our business. We currently believe that the disposition of all claims and
disputes, individually or in the aggregate, if any, should not have a material
adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations
or
liquidity.
Environmental
matters and litigation.
Our
operations are governed by various federal, state, local and foreign
environmental laws and regulations. Our policy is to comply with environmental
laws and regulations at all of our plants and to continually strive to improve
environmental performance in association with applicable industry initiatives.
We believe that our operations are in substantial compliance with applicable
requirements of environmental laws. From time to time, we may be subject to
environmental regulatory enforcement under various statutes, resolution of
which
typically involves the establishment of compliance programs.
Income
taxes. From
time
to time, we undergo examinations of our income tax returns, and tax authorities
have or may propose tax deficiencies. We believe that we have adequately
provided accruals for additional income taxes and related interest expense
which
may ultimately result from such examinations and we believe that the ultimate
disposition of all such examinations should not have a material adverse effect
on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or
liquidity.
We
have
agreed to a policy with Contran providing for the allocation of tax liabilities
and tax payments as described in Note 1. Under applicable law, we, as well
as
every other member of the Contran Tax Group, are each jointly and severally
liable for the aggregate federal income tax liability of Contran and the other
companies included in the Contran Tax Group for all periods in which we are
included in the Contran Tax Group. NL has agreed, however, to indemnify us
for
any liability for income taxes of the Contran Tax Group in excess of our tax
liability previously computed and paid by us in accordance with the tax
allocation policy.
Concentration
of credit risk.
Our
products are sold primarily in North America to original equipment
manufacturers. The ten largest customers accounted for approximately 43% of
sales in 2004 and 2005, and 38% in 2006. The HON Company accounted for
approximately $20.5 million (11%) and $19.4 million (10%) of sales from all
three segments in 2004 and 2005, respectively.
Rent
expense, principally for buildings, was $744,000 in 2004, $738,000 in 2005
and
$787,000 in 2006. At December 31, 2006, future minimum rentals under
noncancellable operating leases are approximately $611,000 in 2007, $66,000
in
2008, $35,000 in 2009, $13,000 in 2010 and $1,000 in 2011.
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Note
14 - Recent accounting pronouncements:
Inventory
costs -
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 151, Inventory
Costs, an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4,
became
effective for us for inventory costs incurred on or after January 1, 2006.
SFAS
No. 151 requires that allocation of fixed production overhead costs to inventory
be based on normal capacity of the production facilities, as defined by SFAS
No.
151. SFAS No. 151 also clarifies the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle
facility expense, freight handling costs and wasted material, requiring those
items be recognized as current-period charges. Our existing production cost
policies complied with the requirements of SFAS No. 151, therefore the adoption
of SFAS No. 151 did not affect our Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Stock
options - We
adopted the fair value provisions of SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based
Payment,
on
January 1, 2006 using the modified prospective application method. SFAS No.
123R, among other things, requires the cost of employee compensation paid with
equity instruments to be measured based on the grant-date fair value. That
cost
is then recognized over the vesting period. Using the modified prospective
method, we will apply the provisions of the standard to all new equity
compensation granted after January 1, 2006 and any existing awards vesting
after
January 1, 2006. The number of non-vested equity awards we had issued as of
December 31, 2005 was not material, and therefore the impact to us of adopting
the fair value provisions of SFAS No. 123R was not material. Prior to the
adoption of SFAS No. 123R we accounted for stock-based employee compensation
related to stock options using the intrinsic value method in accordance with
Accounting Principles Board Opinion ("APBO") No. 25, Accounting
for Stock Issued to Employees.
Under
APBO No. 25, no compensation cost was generally recognized for fixed stock
options in which the exercise price is greater than or equal to the market
price
on the grant date. Recognized compensation cost related to stock options was
not
significant during 2004, 2005 and 2006. If we had applied the fair value
recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation,
to
stock-based employee compensation related to stock options for all options
granted on or after January 1, 1995, the effect on our results of operations
would not have been material.
Effective
January 1, 2006, SFAS No. 123R requires the cash income tax benefit resulting
from the exercise of stock options in excess of the cumulative income tax
benefit previously recognized for GAAP financial reporting purposes to be
reflected as a component of cash flows from financing activities in our
Consolidated Financial Statements. SFAS No. 123R also requires certain expanded
disclosures regarding equity compensation, and these expanded disclosures are
provided in our 2006 Annual Report.
Uncertain
tax positions -
In
the
second quarter of 2006 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued
FASB Interpretation No. (“FIN”) 48, Accounting
for Uncertain Tax Positions, which
will become effective for us on January 1, 2007. FIN No. 48 clarifies when
and how much of a benefit we can recognize in our Consolidated Financial
Statements for certain positions taken in our income tax returns under SFAS
No.
109, Accounting
for Income Taxes, and
enhances the disclosure requirements for our income tax policies and
reserves.
Among
other things, FIN No. 48 will prohibit us from recognizing the
benefits
of a tax
position unless we believe it is more-likely-than-not that our position would
prevail with the applicable tax authorities and limits the amount of the benefit
to the largest amount for which we believe the likelihood of realization is
greater than 50%. FIN No. 48 also requires companies to accrue
penalties and interest on the difference between tax positions taken on their
tax returns and the amount of benefit recognized for financial reporting
purposes under the new standard. Our current income tax accounting
policies comply with this aspect of the new standard. We will also be
required to classify any reserves we might have for uncertain tax positions
in a
separate current or noncurrent liability, depending on the nature of the tax
position. In January 2007, the FASB indicated that they will issue clarifying
guidance regarding certain aspects of the new standard by the end of March
2007.
We are still in the process of evaluating the impact FIN 48 will have on our
consolidated financial position and results of operations, and do not expect
we
will complete that evaluation until the FASB issues their clarifying
guidance.
Quantifying
Financial Statement Misstatements
- In
September 2006 the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 108
expressing their views regarding the process of quantifying financial
statement
misstatements. The SAB became effective for us in the fourth quarter of 2006.
According to SAB No. 108 both the “rollover” and “iron curtain” approaches must
be considered when evaluating a misstatement for materiality. Adoption of SAB
No. 108 did not have a material effect on our previously reported consolidated
financial position or results of operations.
Fair
Value Measurements -
In
September 2006 the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair
Value Measurements,
which
will become effective for us on January 1, 2008. SFAS No. 157 generally provides
a consistent, single fair value definition and measurement techniques for GAAP
pronouncements.
SFAS
No. 157 also establishes a fair value hierarchy for different measurement
techniques based on the objective nature of the inputs in various valuation
methods. We will be required to ensure all of our fair value measurements are
in
compliance with SFAS No. 157 on a prospective basis beginning in the first
quarter of 2008. In addition, we will be required to expand our disclosures
regarding the valuation methods and level of inputs we utilize in the first
quarter of 2008. We do not expect that the adoption of this standard will have
a
material effect on our Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Note
15 - Quarterly results of operations (unaudited):
Quarter
ended
|
|||||||||||||
March
31
|
June
30
|
Sept.
30
|
Dec.
31
|
||||||||||
(In
millions, except per share amounts)
|
|||||||||||||
2005:
|
|||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$
|
46.8
|
$
|
45.7
|
$
|
47.1
|
$
|
46.7
|
|||||
Gross
profit
|
10.3
|
10.5
|
11.0
|
12.0
|
|||||||||
Operating
income
|
4.1
|
4.7
|
4.8
|
5.5
|
|||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
$
|
2.2
|
$
|
2.4
|
$
|
(6.1
|
)
|
$
|
2.4
|
||||
Discontinued
operations
|
(.5
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$
|
1.7
|
$
|
2.4
|
$
|
(6.1
|
)
|
$
|
2.4
|
||||
Basic
and diluted earnings (loss) per share:
|
|||||||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$
|
.14
|
$
|
.16
|
$
|
(.40
|
)
|
$
|
.16
|
||||
Discontinued
operations
|
(.03
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
$
|
.11
|
$
|
.16
|
$
|
(.40
|
)
|
$
|
.16
|
2006:
|
|||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$
|
47.0
|
$
|
50.1
|
$
|
48.8
|
$
|
44.2
|
|||||
Gross
profit
|
11.6
|
12.3
|
12.9
|
9.7
|
|||||||||
Operating
income
|
4.8
|
5.8
|
6.2
|
3.5
|
|||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
$
|
2.5
|
$
|
3.8
|
$
|
3.8
|
$
|
1.6
|
|||||
Discontinued
operations
|
-
|
(.5
|
)
|
-
|
.5
|
||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
2.5
|
$
|
3.3
|
$
|
3.8
|
$
|
2.1
|
|||||
Basic
and diluted earnings (loss) per share:
|
|||||||||||||
Continuing
operations
|
$
|
.16
|
$
|
.25
|
$
|
.25
|
$
|
.10
|
|||||
Discontinued
operations
|
-
|
(.03
|
)
|
-
|
.03
|
||||||||
$
|
.16
|
$
|
.22
|
$
|
.25
|
$
|
.13
|
The
sum
of the quarterly per share amounts may not equal the annual per share amounts
due to relative changes in the weighted-average number of shares used in the
per
share computations.
F-26