FutureFuel Corp. - Quarter Report: 2007 June (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For
the quarterly period ended June 30, 2007
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OR
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For
the transition period from
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Commission
file number: 0-52577
FUTUREFUEL
CORP.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
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20-3340900
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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8235
Forsyth Blvd., Suite 400
St.
Louis, Missouri 63105
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
(314)
854-8520
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter 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 No √
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No √
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issurer’s classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date: 26,700,000
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerate filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large
accelerated filer
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Accelerated
filer
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Non-accelerated
filer √
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Smaller
reporting company
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1
PART
I
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
Item
1. Financial Statements.
The
following sets forth our unaudited consolidated balance sheet as at
June 30, 2007 and our audited consolidated balance sheet as at
December 31, 2006, the unaudited consolidated statements of operations for
the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2007 and June 30,
2006, and the unaudited consolidated statements of cash flows for the six-month
periods ended June 30, 2007 and June 30, 2006.
FutureFuel
Corp.
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
As
at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006
(Dollars
in thousands)
(Unaudited)
June
30,
2007
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December 31,
2006
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Assets
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Cash and cash
equivalents
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$ | 62,920 | $ | 63,129 | ||||
Accounts
receivable, net of allowances of $42 and $42, respectively
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21,338 | 23,903 | ||||||
Inventory
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21,707 | 22,582 | ||||||
Current deferred income tax
asset
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775 | 70 | ||||||
Income taxes
receivable
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853 | - | ||||||
Prepaid expenses
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587 | 1,248 | ||||||
Other current
assets
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741 | 3,131 | ||||||
Total current
assets
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108,921 | 114,063 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment,
net
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89,666 | 82,626 | ||||||
Restricted cash and cash
equivalents
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3,201 | 3,127 | ||||||
Intangible assets
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491 | 548 | ||||||
Other assets
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3,070 | 2,765 | ||||||
Total noncurrent
assets
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96,428 | 89,066 | ||||||
Total
Assets
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$ | 205,349 | $ | 203,129 | ||||
Liabilities
and Stockholders’ Equity
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Accounts payable
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$ | 14,566 | $ | 12,945 | ||||
Accounts payable – related
parties
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181 | 112 | ||||||
Income taxes
payable
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- | 1,916 | ||||||
Short term contingent
consideration
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225 | 191 | ||||||
Accrued expenses and other
current liabilities
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2,140 | 1,717 | ||||||
Accrued expenses and other
current liabilities – related parties
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- | 40 | ||||||
Total current
liabilities
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17,112 | 16,921 | ||||||
Long term contingent
consideration
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2,075 | 2,168 | ||||||
Other noncurrent
liabilities
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1,115 | 914 | ||||||
Noncurrent deferred income
taxes
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23,024 | 21,970 | ||||||
Total noncurrent
liabilities
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26,214 | 25,052 | ||||||
Total
Liabilities
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43,326 | 41,973 | ||||||
Preferred
stock, $0.0001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and
outstanding
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- | - | ||||||
Common
stock, $0.0001 par value, 75,000,000 shares authorized, 26,700,000 issued
and outstanding
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3 | 3 | ||||||
Additional paid in
capital
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158,436 | 158,436 | ||||||
Retained earnings
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3,584 | 2,717 | ||||||
Total stockholders’
equity
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162,023 | 161,156 | ||||||
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
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$ | 205,349 | $ | 203,129 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
2
FutureFuel
Corp.
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
For
the Three Months Ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
(Dollars
in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Three
Months Ended June 30,
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2007
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2006
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Revenues
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$ | 41,580 | $ | - | ||||
Revenues
– related parties
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40 | - | ||||||
Cost
of goods sold
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35,491 | - | ||||||
Cost
of goods sold – related parties
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83 | - | ||||||
Distribution
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464 | - | ||||||
Gross
profit
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5,582 | - | ||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
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769 | - | ||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses - related
parties
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53 | - | ||||||
Research
and development expenses
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678 | - | ||||||
Income
from operations
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4,082 | - | ||||||
Interest
income
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877 | 4 | ||||||
Interest
expense
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(8 | ) | - | |||||
Gain
on foreign currency
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5 | - | ||||||
Other
expense
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(68 | ) | (2 | ) | ||||
806 | 2 | |||||||
Income
before income taxes
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4,888 | 2 | ||||||
Provision
for income taxes
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1,981 | 1 | ||||||
Net
income
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$ | 2,907 | $ | 1 | ||||
Earnings
per common share
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Basic
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$ | 0.11 | $ | 0.00 | ||||
Diluted
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$ | 0.09 | $ | 0.00 | ||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding
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Basic
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26,700,000 | 26,700,000 | ||||||
Diluted
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32,045,246 | 32,045,246 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
3
FutureFuel
Corp.
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
For
the Six Months Ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
(Dollars
in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Six
Months Ended June 30,
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2007
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2006
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Revenues
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$ | 79,087 | $ | - | ||||
Revenues
– related parties
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40 | - | ||||||
Cost
of goods sold
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75,150 | - | ||||||
Cost
of goods sold – related parties
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83 | - | ||||||
Distribution
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760 | - | ||||||
Gross
profit
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3,134 | - | ||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
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1,540 | 303 | ||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses - related
parties
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83 | - | ||||||
Research
and development expenses
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1,669 | - | ||||||
Loss
from operations
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(158 | ) | (303 | ) | ||||
Interest
income
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1,819 | 5 | ||||||
Interest
expense
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(13 | ) | - | |||||
Gain
on foreign currency
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5 | - | ||||||
Other
expense
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(68 | ) | (2 | ) | ||||
1,743 | 3 | |||||||
Income
(loss) before income taxes
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1,585 | (300 | ) | |||||
Provision
(benefit) for income taxes
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718 | (113 | ) | |||||
Net
income (loss)
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$ | 867 | $ | (187 | ) | |||
Earnings
(loss) per common share
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Basic
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$ | 0.03 | $ | (0.01 | ) | |||
Diluted
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$ | 0.03 | $ | (0.01 | ) | |||
Weighted
average shares outstanding
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Basic
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26,700,000 | 26,700,000 | ||||||
Diluted
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32,037,968 | 26,700,000 | ||||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements
4
FutureFuel
Corp.
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
For
the Six Months Ended June 30, 2007 and 2006
(Dollars
in thousands)
(Unaudited)
Six
Months Ended June 30,
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2007
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2006
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Cash
flows provide by (used in) operating activities
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Net
income (loss)
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$ | 867 | $ | (187 | ) | |||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities:
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Depreciation
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2,127 | - | ||||||
Provision
(benefit) for deferred income taxes
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349 | - | ||||||
Change
in fair value of derivative instruments
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946 | - | ||||||
Losses
on disposals of fixed assets
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112 | - | ||||||
Noncash
interest expense
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11 | - | ||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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Accounts
receivable
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2,565 | - | ||||||
Inventory
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1,508 | - | ||||||
Income
taxes receivable
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(853 | ) | - | |||||
Prepaid
expenses
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661 | - | ||||||
Other
assets
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(305 | ) | 94 | |||||
Accounts
payable
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1,623 | 2 | ||||||
Accounts
payable – related parties
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68 | - | ||||||
Income
taxes payable
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(1,916 | ) | - | |||||
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities
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423 | - | ||||||
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities – related parties
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(40 | ) | - | |||||
Other
noncurrent liabilities
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190 | - | ||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
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8,336 | (91 | ) | |||||
Cash
flows provided by (used in) investing activities
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Restricted
cash
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(74 | ) | - | |||||
Collateralization
of derivative instruments
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1,444 | - | ||||||
Contingent
purchase price payment
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(59 | ) | - | |||||
Capital
expenditures
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(9,806 | ) | - | |||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
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(8,495 | ) | - | |||||
Cash
flows provided by (used in) financing activities
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Financing
fee
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(50 | ) | - | |||||
Proceeds
from long term debt - related parties
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- | 500 | ||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
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(50 | ) | 500 | |||||
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
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(209 | ) | 409 | |||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
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63,129 | 28 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
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$ | 62,920 | $ | 437 | ||||
Cash
paid for interest
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$ | 3 | $ | - | ||||
Cash
paid for taxes
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$ | 1,612 | $ | - |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
5
Notes
to Financial Statements of FutureFuel Corp.
(Dollars
in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
1) | Nature of operations
and basis of presentation
Viceroy
Acquisition Corporation
Viceroy
Acquisition Corporation (“Viceroy”) was incorporated under the laws of the
state of Delaware on August 12, 2005 to serve as a vehicle for the
acquisition by way of asset acquisition, merger, capital stock exchange,
share purchase or similar transaction (“Business Combination”) of one or
more operating businesses in the oil and gas industry.
On
July 21, 2006, Viceroy entered into an acquisition agreement with
Eastman Chemical Company (“Eastman Chemical”) to purchase all of the
issued and outstanding stock of Eastman SE, Inc. (“Eastman
SE”). On October 27, 2006, a special meeting of the
shareholders of Viceroy was held and the acquisition of Eastman SE was
approved by the shareholders. On October 31, 2006, Viceroy
acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Eastman SE from
Eastman Chemical. Immediately subsequent to the acquisition,
Viceroy changed its name to FutureFuel Corp. (“FutureFuel”) and Eastman SE
changed its name to FutureFuel Chemical Company (“FutureFuel
Chemical”).
Eastman
SE, Inc.
Eastman
SE was incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware on
September 1, 2005 and subsequent thereto operated as a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Eastman Chemical through October 31,
2006. Eastman SE was incorporated for purposes of effecting a
sale of Eastman Chemical’s manufacturing facility in Batesville, Arkansas
(the “Batesville Plant”). Commencing January 1, 2006,
Eastman Chemical began transferring the assets associated with the
business of the Batesville Plant to Eastman SE.
The
Batesville Plant was constructed to produce proprietary photographic
chemicals for Eastman Kodak Company (“Eastman Kodak”). Over the
years, Eastman Kodak shifted the plant’s focus away from the photographic
imaging business to the custom synthesis of fine chemicals and organic
chemical intermediates used in a variety of end markets, including paints
and coatings, plastics and polymers, pharmaceuticals, food supplements,
household detergents and agricultural products.
In
2005, the Batesville Plant began the implementation of a biobased products
platform. This includes the production of biofuels (biodiesel,
bioethanol and lignin/biomass solid fuels) and biobased specialty chemical
products (biobased solvents, chemicals and intermediates). In
addition to biobased products, the Batesville Plant continues to
manufacture fine chemicals and other organic chemicals.
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared by
FutureFuel in accordance and consistent with the accounting policies
stated in FutureFuel's 2006 audited financial statements and should be
read in conjunction with the 2006 audited consolidated financial
statements of FutureFuel. Certain prior year balances have been
reclassified to conform with the current year presentation.
In
the opinion of FutureFuel, all normal recurring adjustments necessary for
a fair presentation have been included in the unaudited consolidated
financial statements. The unaudited consolidated financial
statements are presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles (“GAAP”) in
the United States and, of necessity, include some amounts that are based
upon management estimates and judgments. Future actual results
could differ from such current estimates. The unaudited
consolidated financial statements include assets, liabilities, revenues
and expenses of FutureFuel and its wholly owned subsidiary, FutureFuel
Chemical. Intercompany transactions and balances have been
eliminated in consolidation.
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6
Notes
to Financial Statements of FutureFuel Corp.
(Dollars
in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
2) | Inventories
The
carrying values of inventory were as follows as
of:
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June
30,
2007
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December
31, 2006
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At
first-in, first-out or average cost (approximates current
cost)
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Finished
goods
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$ | 8,961 | $ | 7,943 | ||||
Work-in-process
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1,848 | 1,750 | ||||||
Raw
materials and supplies
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11,576 | 12,894 | ||||||
22,385 | 22,587 | |||||||
LIFO
reserve
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(678 |
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(5 |
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Total
inventories
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$ | 21,707 | $ | 22,582 |
3) | Derivative
instruments
The
volumes and carrying values of FutureFuel’s derivative instruments were as
follows at:
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Asset/(Liability)
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June
30, 2007
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December
31, 2006
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Quantity
(000
bbls)
Long/(Short)
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Fair
Market
Value
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Quantity
(000
bbls)
Long/(Short)
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Fair
Market
Value
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Regulated
fixed price future commitments, included in other current
assets
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- | $ | (1,265 | ) | (250 | ) | $ | (28 | ) | |||||||
Regulated
options, included in other current assets
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(50 | ) | $ | (128 | ) | (100 | ) | $ | (419 | ) |
The
margin account maintained with a broker to collateralize these derivative
instruments carried an account balance of $2,134 and $3,578 at June 30,
2007 and December 31, 2006, and is classified as other current assets
in the consolidated balance sheet. The carrying values of the
margin account and of the derivative instruments are included in other
current assets and comprise the entire account balance.
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4) | Accrued expenses and
other current liabilities
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities, including those associated with
related parties, consisted of the following
at:
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June
30,
2007
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December
31,
2006
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Accrued
employee liabilities
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$ | 843 | $ | 773 | ||||
Accrued
property, use and franchise taxes
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1,126 | 373 | ||||||
Accrued
professional fees
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140 | 340 | ||||||
Amounts
collected on behalf of Eastman Chemical
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20 | 178 | ||||||
Other
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11 | 93 | ||||||
$ | 2,140 | $ | 1,757 |
5) | Borrowings
In
March 2007 FutureFuel Chemical entered into a $50 million credit
agreement with a commercial bank. The loan is a revolving
facility the proceeds of which may be used for working capital, capital
expenditures and the general corporate purposes of FutureFuel
Chemical. The facility terminates in March
2010. Advances are made pursuant to a borrowing base comprised
of 85% of eligible accounts plus 60% of eligible direct inventory plus 50%
of eligible indirect inventory. Advances are secured by a
perfected first priority security interest in accounts receivable and
inventory. The interest rate floats at the
following
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Notes
to Financial Statements of FutureFuel Corp.
(Dollars
in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
margins over the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or base rate based upon the leverage ratio from time to time. |
Leverage
Ratio
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Base
Rate
Margin
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LIBOR
Margin
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>
3
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-0.55%
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1.70%
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≥ 2 <
3
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-0.70%
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1.55%
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≥ 1 < 2
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-0.85%
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1.40%
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<
1
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-1.00%
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1.25%
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There
is an unused commitment fee of 0.25% per annum. Beginning
December 31, 2007, and on the last day of each fiscal quarter
thereafter, the ratio of EBITDA to fixed charges may not be less than
1.5:1. Beginning June 30, 2007, the ratio of total funded
debt to EBITDA may not exceed 3.50:1, reduced to 3.25:1 at March 31,
2008, June 30, 2008 and September 30, 2008, and then 3:1
thereafter. FutureFuel has guaranteed FutureFuel Chemical’s
obligations under this credit agreement.
As
of June 30, 2007, no borrowings were outstanding under this credit
facility.
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6) | Provision for income taxes |
For
the three months ended June 30,
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For
the six months ended June 30,
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2007
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2006
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2007
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2006
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Provision
(benefit) for income taxes
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$ | 1,981 | $ | 1 | $ | 718 | $ | (113 | ) | |||||||
Effective
tax rate
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40.5 | % | 37.7 | % | 45.3 | % | 37.7 | % |
The
effective tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 and
2006 reflect FutureFuel’s expected tax rate on reported operating earnings
before income tax.
FutureFuel
adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
Interpretations No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in
Income Taxes (“FIN 48”) on January 1,
2007. FutureFuel does not and has not possessed a liability for
unrecognized tax benefits, and, as a result, did not recognize any change
in this liability as a result of the implementation of FIN
48.
FutureFuel
records interest and penalties net as a component of income tax
expense. As of June 30, 2007, FutureFuel had no accrual for
interest or tax penalties.
FutureFuel
and its subsidiary, FutureFuel Chemical, file tax returns in the U.S.
federal jurisdiction and with various state
jurisdictions. FutureFuel was incorporated in 2005 and is
subject to U.S., state and local examinations by tax authorities from 2005
forward. FutureFuel Chemical is subject to the effects of tax
examinations that impact the carry-over basis of its assets and
liabilities. FutureFuel Chemical’s carry-over basis of its
assets and liabilities are no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and
local income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before
2004.
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8
Notes
to Financial Statements of FutureFuel Corp.
(Dollars
in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
7) |
Earnings
per share
The
computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share was as
follows:
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For
the three months ended June 30,
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For
the six months ended June 30,
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2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
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Net
income (loss) available to common stockholders
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$ | 2,907 | $ | 1 | $ | 867 | $ | (187 | ) | |||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding
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26,700,000 | 26,700,000 | 26,700,000 | 26,700,000 | ||||||||||||
Effect
of warrants
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5,345,246 | 5,345,246 | 5,337,968 | - | ||||||||||||
Weighted
average diluted number of common shares outstanding
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32,045,246 | 32,045,246 | 32,037,968 | 26,700,000 | ||||||||||||
Basic
earnings per share
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$ | 0.11 | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.03 | $ | (0.01 | ) | |||||||
Diluted
earnings per share
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$ | 0.09 | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.03 | $ | (0.01 | ) |
Warrants
to purchase 22,500,000 common shares of FutureFuel were not included in
the computation of diluted earnings per share for the six months ended
June 30, 2007 as FutureFuel reported a net loss for the period and the
inclusion of those securities in the computation would have been
antidilutive.
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8) | Segment information
FutureFuel
has determined that is has two reportable segments organized along product
lines – chemicals and biofuels.
Chemicals
FutureFuel’s
chemicals segment manufactures diversified chemical products that are sold
externally to third party customers and to Eastman
Chemical. This segment comprises two components: “custom
manufacturing” (manufacturing chemicals for specific customers); and
“performance chemicals” (multi-customer specialty chemicals).
Biofuels
FutureFuel’s
biofuels business segment manufactures and markets
biodiesel. Biodiesel revenues are generally derived in one of
two ways. Revenues are generated under tolling agreements
whereby customers supply key biodiesel feed stocks which FutureFuel then
converts into biodiesel at the Batesville Plant in exchange for a fixed
price processing charge per gallon of biodiesel
produced. Revenues are also generated through the sale of
biodiesel to customers through FutureFuel’s distribution network at the
Batesville Plant and through distribution facilities available at a leased
oil storage facility near Little Rock, Arkansas at negotiated
prices.
Summary
of long-lived assets and revenues by geographic area
All
of FutureFuel’s long-lived assets are located in the U.S.
Most
of FutureFuel’s sales are transacted with title passing at the time of
shipment from the Batesville Plant, although some sales are transacted
based on title passing at the delivery point. While many of
FutureFuel’s chemicals are utilized to manufacture products that are
shipped, further processed and/or consumed throughout the world, the
chemical products, with limited exceptions, generally leave the United
States only after ownership has transferred from FutureFuel to the
customer. Rarely is FutureFuel the exporter of record, never is
FutureFuel the importer of record into foreign countries and FutureFuel is
not always aware of the exact quantities of its products that are moved
into foreign markets by its
customers.
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9
Notes
to Financial Statements of FutureFuel Corp.
(Dollars
in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
FutureFuel does track the addresses of its customers for invoicing purposes and uses this address to determine whether a particular sale is within or without the United States. FutureFuel’s revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2007 attributable to the United States and foreign countries (based upon the billing addresses of its customers) were as follows: |
Three
Months Ended
|
United
States
|
All
Foreign
Countries
|
Total
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June
30, 2007
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$ | 35,882 | $ | 5,739 | $ | 41,620 | ||||||
June
30, 2006
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$ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 |
FutureFuel’s
revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2007 attributable to the
United States and foreign countries (based upon the billing addresses of
its customers) were as follows:
|
Six
Months Ended
|
United
States
|
All
Foreign
Countries
|
Total
|
|||||||||
June
30, 2007
|
$ | 68,182 | $ | 10,945 | $ | 79,127 | ||||||
June
30, 2006
|
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 |
Beginning
in 2005, FutureFuel Chemical Company began invoicing Procter & Gamble
International Operations Mexico, D.F. directly, at which time revenues
from Mexico became a material component of total
revenues. Revenues from Mexico account for 9% of total revenues
for the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 11% for the six months ended
June 30, 2007. Other than Mexico, revenues from a single
foreign country during the three and six months ended June 30, 2007 did
not exceed 3% of total revenues.
Summary
of business by segment
|
For
the three months ended June 30,
|
For
the six months ended June 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
|
||||||||||||||||
Chemicals
|
$ | 34,414 | $ | - | $ | 70,069 | $ | - | ||||||||
Biofuels
|
7,206 | - | 9,058 | - | ||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$ | 41,620 | - | $ | 79,127 | - | ||||||||||
Segmented
gross margins
|
||||||||||||||||
Chemicals
|
$ | 5,274 | $ | - | $ | 10,721 | $ | - | ||||||||
Biofuels
|
308 | - | (7,587 | ) | - | |||||||||||
Segmented
gross margins
|
5,582 | - | 3,134 | - | ||||||||||||
Corporate
expenses
|
(1,500 | ) | - | (3,292 | ) | (303 | ) | |||||||||
Income
(loss) before interest and taxes
|
4,082 | - | (158 | ) | (303 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest
income
|
877 | 4 | 1,819 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Interest
and other expenses
|
(71 | ) | (2 | ) | (76 | ) | (2 | ) | ||||||||
(Provision)
benefit for income taxes
|
(1,981 | ) | (1 | ) | (718 | ) | 113 | |||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | 2,907 | $ | 1 | $ | 867 | $ | (187 | ) |
Depreciation
is allocated to segment costs of goods sold based on plant
usage. The total assets and capital expenditures of FutureFuel
have not been allocated to individual segments as large portions of these
assets are shared to varying degrees by each segment, causing such an
allocation to be of little value.
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9) |
Recently
issued accounting standards
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements, which addresses the measurement of fair value by
companies when they are required to use a fair value measure for
recognition or disclosure purposes under GAAP. SFAS No. 157
provides a common definition of fair value to be used throughout GAAP
which is intended to make the measurement of fair value more consistent
and
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Notes
to Financial Statements of FutureFuel Corp.
(Dollars
in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
comparable
and improve disclosures about those measures. With the
exception of other non-financial assets and liabilities, SFAS No. 157 will
be effective for an entity's financial statements issued for fiscal years
beginning after November 15, 2007. With respect to other
non-financial assets and liabilities, the Financial Accounting Standards
Board has provided a one-year implementation
deferral. FutureFuel is currently evaluating the effect SFAS
No. 157 will have on its consolidated financial position, liquidity, and
results of operations.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—Including an amendment of FASB
Statement No. 115. SFAS No. 159 permits companies to
choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at
fair value at specified election dates. Upon adoption, an
entity shall report unrealized gains and losses on items for which the
fair value option has been elected in earnings at each subsequent
reporting date. Most of the provisions apply only to entities
that elect the fair value option. However, the amendment to
SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain
Investments in Debt and Equity Securities, applies to all entities
with available for sale and trading securities. SFAS No. 159
will be effective as of the beginning of an entity's first fiscal year
that begins after November 15, 2007. FutureFuel is
currently evaluating the effect SFAS No. 159 will have on its consolidated
financial position, liquidity, and results of
operations.
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The
following sets forth FutureFuel Chemical Company’s (formerly known as Eastman
SE, Inc.) unaudited statements of operations for the three- and six-month
periods ended June 30, 2006 and the unaudited statement of cash flows for the
six-month period ended June 30, 2006.
FutureFuel
Chemical Company, formerly known as Eastman SE, Inc.
Statement
of Operations
For
the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2006
(Dollars
in thousands)
(Unaudited)
Three
Months
Ended
June
30, 2006
|
Six
Months
Ended
June
30, 2006
|
|||||||
Revenues
|
$ | 29,578 | $ | 59,515 | ||||
Revenues
– related parties
|
5,148 | 10,265 | ||||||
Cost
of goods sold
|
27,032 | 53,542 | ||||||
Cost
of goods sold – related parties
|
5,148 | 10,265 | ||||||
Distribution
|
305 | 611 | ||||||
Gross
profit
|
2,241 | 5,362 | ||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
1,632 | 2,973 | ||||||
Research
and development expenses
|
1,277 | 2,047 | ||||||
Income
(loss) from operations
|
(668 | ) | 342 | |||||
Other
expense
|
- | - | ||||||
- | - | |||||||
Income
(loss) before income taxes
|
(668 | ) | 342 | |||||
Provision
(benefit) for income taxes
|
(161 | ) | 82 | |||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | (507 | ) | $ | 260 | |||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
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FutureFuel
Chemical Company, formerly known as Eastman SE, Inc.
Statement
of Cash Flows
For
the Six Months Ended June 30, 2006
(Dollars
in thousands)
(Unaudited)
Six
Months Ended
June
30, 2006
|
||||
Cash
flows provide by (used in) operating activities
|
||||
Net income
|
$ | 260 | ||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities:
|
||||
Depreciation
|
4,482 | |||
Provision
(benefit) for deferred income taxes
|
367 | |||
Losses
on disposals of fixed assets
|
131 | |||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||
Accounts
receivable
|
(361 | ) | ||
Inventory
|
(2,845 | ) | ||
Prepaid expenses
|
(25 | ) | ||
Other assets
|
(67 | ) | ||
Accounts payable
|
(2,792 | ) | ||
Accrued
expenses and other current liabilities
|
(1,248 | ) | ||
Other
noncurrent liabilities
|
624 | |||
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
(1,474 | ) | ||
Cash
flows provided by (used in) investing activities
|
||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(4,404 | ) | ||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
(4,404 | ) | ||
Cash
flows provided by (used in) financing activities
|
||||
Transfer to parent,
net
|
5,878 | |||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
5,878 | |||
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
- | |||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
- | |||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$ | - | ||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
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Notes
to Financial Statements of FutureFuel Chemical Company, formerly known as
Eastman SE, Inc.
(Dollars
in thousands)
(Unaudited)
1) | Nature of operations
and basis of presentation
Viceroy
Acquisition Corporation
Viceroy
Acquisition Corporation (“Viceroy”) was incorporated under the laws of the
state of Delaware on August 12, 2005 to serve as a vehicle for the
acquisition by way of asset acquisition, merger, capital stock exchange,
share purchase or similar transaction (“Business Combination”) of one or
more operating businesses in the oil and gas industry. On
July 12, 2006 Viceroy completed an equity offering.
On
July 21, 2006, Viceroy entered into an acquisition agreement with
Eastman Chemical Company (“Eastman Chemical”) to purchase all of the
issued and outstanding stock of Eastman SE, Inc. (“Eastman
SE”). On October 27, 2006, a special meeting of the
shareholders of Viceroy was held and the acquisition of Eastman SE was
approved by the shareholders. On October 31, 2006, Viceroy
acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Eastman SE from
Eastman Chemical. Immediately subsequent to the acquisition,
Viceroy changed its name to FutureFuel Corp. (“FutureFuel”) and Eastman SE
changed its name to FutureFuel Chemical Company (“FutureFuel
Chemical”).
Eastman
SE, Inc.
Eastman
SE was incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware on
September 1, 2005 and subsequent thereto operated as a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Eastman Chemical through October 31,
2006. Eastman SE was incorporated for purposes of effecting a
sale of Eastman Chemical’s manufacturing facility in Batesville, Arkansas
(the “Batesville Plant”). Commencing January 1, 2006,
Eastman Chemical began transferring the assets associated with the
business of the Batesville Plant to Eastman SE.
The
Batesville Plant was constructed to produce proprietary photographic
chemicals for Eastman Kodak Company (“Eastman Kodak”). Over the
years, Eastman Kodak shifted the plant’s focus away from the photographic
imaging business to the custom synthesis of fine chemicals and organic
chemical intermediates used in a variety of end markets, including paints
and coatings, plastics and polymers, pharmaceuticals, food supplements,
household detergents and agricultural products.
In
2005, the Batesville Plant began the implementation of a biobased products
platform. This includes the production of biofuels (biodiesel,
bioethanol and lignin/biomass solid fuels) and biobased specialty chemical
products (biobased solvents, chemicals and intermediates). In
addition to biobased products, the Batesville Plant continues to
manufacture fine chemicals and other organic chemicals.
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared by Eastman SE in
accordance and consistent with the accounting policies stated in Eastman
SE's 2006 audited financial statements and should be read in conjunction
with the audited financial statements of Eastman SE.
In
the opinion of Eastman SE, all normal recurring adjustments necessary for
a fair presentation have been included in the unaudited financial
statements. The unaudited financial statements are presented in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in
the United States and, of necessity, include some amounts that are based
upon management estimates and judgments. Future actual results
could differ from such current estimates.
Corporate
Allocations
The
financial statements prior to October 31, 2006 include allocations of
certain corporate services provided by Eastman Chemical's management,
including finance, legal, information systems, human resources and
distribution. Eastman Chemical has utilized its experience with
the business of the Batesville Plant and its judgment in allocating such
corporate services and other support to the periods prior to October 31,
2006. Costs allocated for such services
were:
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Notes
to Financial Statements of FutureFuel Chemical Company, formerly known as
Eastman SE, Inc.
(Dollars
in thousands)
(Unaudited)
Three
Months
Ended
June
30, 2006
|
Six
Months Ended
June
30, 2006
|
|||||||
Distribution
|
$ | 132 | $ | 260 | ||||
Selling,
general and administrative
|
1,393 | 2,476 | ||||||
Research
and development
|
342 | 261 | ||||||
Total
cost and expenses allocated
|
$ | 1,867 | $ | 2,997 |
Allocations were
made to distribution and selling, general and administrative expenses
primarily based on a percentage of revenues and allocations to research
and development were made primarily on actual time and effort incurred,
which management believes represent reasonable allocation
methodologies. These allocations and estimates are not
necessarily indicative of the costs and expenses that would have resulted
if Eastman SE had been operating as a separate entity.
|
|
2) | Provision for income taxes |
Three
Months
Ended
June
30, 2006
|
Six
Months Ended
June
30, 2006
|
|||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
$ | (161 | ) | $ | 82 | |||
Effective
tax rate
|
24.1% | 24.0% |
The
effective tax rate for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30,
2006 reflect Eastman SE's expected tax rate on reported operating earnings
before income tax.
|
|
3) |
Segment
information
Eastman
SE has determined that is has two reportable segments organized along
product lines – chemicals and biofuels.
Chemicals
Eastman
SE’s chemicals segment manufactures diversified chemical products that are
sold externally to third party customers and to Eastman
Chemical. This segment comprises two components: “custom
manufacturing” (manufacturing chemicals for specific customers); and
“performance chemicals” (multi-customer specialty chemicals).
Biofuels
Eastman
SE’s biofuels business segment manufactures and markets
biodiesel. Biodiesel revenues are generally derived in one of
two ways. Revenues are generated under tolling agreements
whereby customers supply key biodiesel feed stocks which Eastman SE then
converts into biodiesel at the Batesville Plant in exchange for a fixed
price processing charge per gallon of biodiesel
produced. Revenues are also generated through the sale of
biodiesel to customers through Eastman SE’s distribution network at the
Batesville Plant and through distribution facilities available at a leased
oil storage facility near Little Rock, Arkansas at negotiated
prices.
Summary
of revenues by geographic area
Most
of Eastman SE's sales are transacted with title passing at the time of
shipment from the Batesville Plant, although some sales are transacted
based on title passing at the delivery point. While many of
Eastman SE's chemicals are utilized to manufacture products that are
shipped, further processed and/or consumed throughout the world, the
chemical products, with limited exceptions, generally leave the United
States only after ownership has transferred from Eastman SE to the
customer. Rarely is Eastman SE
the
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Notes
to Financial Statements of FutureFuel Chemical Company, formerly known as
Eastman SE, Inc.
(Dollars
in thousands)
(Unaudited)
exporter
of record, never is Eastman SE the importer of record into foreign
countries and Eastman SE is not always aware of the exact quantities of
its products that are moved into foreign markets by its
customers. Eastman SE does track the addresses of its customers
for invoicing purposes and uses this address to determine whether a
particular sale is within or without the United States. Eastman
SE's revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006
attributable to the United States and foreign countries (based upon the
billing addresses of its customers) were as
follows:
|
Periods
ended June 30, 2006
|
United
States
|
All
Foreign
Countries
|
Total
|
|||||||||
Three
months
|
$ | 29,291 | $ | 5,435 | $ | 34,726 | ||||||
Six
months
|
$ | 59,673 | $ | 10,107 | $ | 69,780 |
Beginning
in 2005, Eastman SE Company began invoicing Procter & Gamble
International Operations Mexico, D.F. directly, at which time revenues
from Mexico became a material component of total
revenues. Revenues from Mexico account for 13% of total
revenues for the three and six months ended June 30,
2006. Other than Mexico, revenues from a single foreign country
during the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 did not exceed 3% of
total revenues.
Summary
of business by segment
|
Three
Months
Ended
June 30,
2006
|
Six
Months
Ended
June 30,
2006
|
|||||||
Revenues
|
||||||||
Chemicals
|
$ | 32,214 | $ | 67,040 | ||||
Biofuels
|
2,511 | 2,740 | ||||||
Revenues
|
$ | 34,726 | $ | 69,780 | ||||
Segmented
gross margins
|
||||||||
Chemicals
|
$ | 5,156 | $ | 8,491 | ||||
Biofuels
|
(2,915 | ) | (3,129 | ) | ||||
Segmented
gross margins
|
2,241 | 5,362 | ||||||
Corporate
expenses
|
(2,909 | ) | (5,020 | ) | ||||
Income
(loss) before taxes
|
(668 | ) | 342 | |||||
(Provision)
benefit for income taxes
|
161 | (82 | ) | |||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | (507 | ) | $ | 260 |
Depreciation
is allocated to segment costs of goods sold based on plant
usage. The total assets and capital expenditures of Eastman SE
have not been allocated to individual segments as large portions of these
assets are shared to varying degrees by each segment, causing such an
allocation to be of little value.
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Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
The
following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations should be read together with ours and FutureFuel Chemical
Company’s financial statements, including the notes thereto. For the
three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006, the financial information
presented combines our consolidated and FutureFuel Chemical Company’s financial
statements. This information is for illustrative purposes
only. The consolidated company would likely have performed
differently had the Company and FutureFuel Chemical Company always been
combined. The information should not be relied on as an indication of
future results that the combined company will experience after the acquisition
of FutureFuel Chemical Company because of a variety of factors, including access
to additional information and changes in value. This discussion
contains forward-looking statements that reflect our current views with respect
to future events and financial performance. Actual results may differ
materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements. See “Forward Looking Information” below for additional
discussion regarding risks associated with forward-looking
statements.
Results
of Operations
In General
We were
not incorporated until August 12, 2005, we did not complete our offering
until July 12, 2006 and we did not complete the acquisition of FutureFuel
Chemical Company until October 31, 2006. Other than the offering
and the acquisition, we did not carry on any material business activities prior
to November 1, 2006.
FutureFuel
Chemical Company’s historical revenues have been generated primarily through the
sale of specialty chemicals. FutureFuel Chemical Company breaks its
chemicals business into two main product groups: custom manufacturing and
performance chemicals. Major products in the custom manufacturing
group include: (i) NOBS, a chemical additive manufactured exclusively for
The Procter & Gamble Company for use in a household detergent; (ii) a
proprietary herbicide (and intermediates) manufactured exclusively for Arysta
LifeScience North America Corporation; and (iii) two other product lines
(CPOs and DIPBs) produced under conversion contracts for Eastman Chemical
Company. The major product line in the performance chemicals group is
SSIPA/LiSIPA, polymer modifiers that aid the properties of nylon manufactured
for a broad customer base. There are a number of additional small
volume custom and performance chemical products that FutureFuel Chemical Company
groups into “other products”. In late 2005, FutureFuel Chemical
Company began producing biodiesel as a product. Beginning in 2006,
revenues and cost of goods sold for biofuels were treated as a separate business
segment.
Revenues
generated from NOBS are based on a supply agreement with the
customer. The supply agreement stipulates selling price per kilogram
based on volume produced, with price moving up as volumes move down, and
vice-versa. The current contract expires in June 2008, and no
assurances can be given that the contract will be extended past that date or, if
extended, under what terms. FutureFuel Chemical Company pays for raw
materials required to produce NOBS. The contract with the customer
provides that the price to be received by FutureFuel Chemical Company for NOBS
is indexed to changes in labor, energy, inflation and the key external raw
materials, enabling FutureFuel Chemical Company to pass along most inflationary
increases in production costs to the customer.
FutureFuel
Chemical Company has been the exclusive manufacturer for Arysta LifeScience
North America Corporation of a proprietary herbicide and certain
intermediates. These products are beginning to face some generic
competition, and no assurances can be given that FutureFuel Chemical Company
will remain the exclusive manufacturer for this product line. The
contracts automatically renew for successive one-year periods, subject to the
right of either party to terminate the contract not later than 270 days prior to
the end of the then current term for the herbicide and not later than 18 months
prior to the current term for the intermediates. No assurances can be
given that these contracts will not be terminated. Arysta LifeScience
North America Corporation supplies most of the key raw materials for production
of the proprietary herbicide. There is no pricing mechanism or
specific protection against cost changes for raw materials that FutureFuel
Chemical Company is responsible for purchasing, and we do not anticipate this to
change going forward.
FutureFuel
Chemical Company has historically manufactured CPOs and DIPBs at cost for
Eastman Chemical Company. CPOs are chemical intermediates that
promote adhesion for plastic coatings and DIPBs are intermediates for production
of Eastman Chemical Company products used as general purpose inhibitors,
intermediates or
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antioxidants. Historically,
revenues related to CPOs and DIPBs were exactly offset by cost of goods sold;
hence there was no effect on gross profits historically. As part of
our acquisition of FutureFuel Chemical Company, FutureFuel Chemical Company
entered into conversion agreements with Eastman Chemical Company that
effectively provide a conversion fee to FutureFuel Chemical Company for DIPB
based on volume manufactured, with a minimum annual fee for both
products. In addition, the conversion agreements provide for revenue
adjustments for actual price of raw materials purchased by FutureFuel Chemical
Company at standard usages. Eastman Chemical Company provides key raw
materials at no cost. For the key raw materials, usage over standard
is owed Eastman Chemical Company; likewise, any improvement over standard is
owed to FutureFuel Chemical Company at the actual price Eastman Chemical Company
incurred for the key raw material.
SSIPA/LiSIPA
revenues are generated from a diverse customer base of nylon fiber
manufacturers. Contract sales with two customers are indexed to key
raw materials for inflation; otherwise, there is no pricing mechanism or
specific protection against raw material cost changes, and we do not anticipate
this to change going forward.
Other
products include agricultural intermediates and additives, imaging chemicals,
fiber additives and various specialty pharmaceutical intermediates that
FutureFuel Chemical Company has in full commercial production or in
development. These products are currently sold in small quantities to
a large customer base. Pricing for these products is negotiated
directly with the customer (in the case of custom manufacturing) or is
established based upon competitive market conditions (in the case of performance
chemicals). In general, for these products, there is no pricing
mechanism or specific protection against raw material cost changes, and we do
not anticipate this to change going forward.
The year
ended December 31, 2006 was the first full year that FutureFuel Chemical
Company sold biodiesel. In addition to selling for its own account,
FutureFuel Chemical Company produced, for a fee, biodiesel for a third party
under a tolling agreement. Under that tolling agreement, for every
gallon of feedstock provided by that party to FutureFuel Chemical Company,
FutureFuel Chemical Company was obligated to deliver one gallon of biodiesel, up
to a maximum amount of 6 million gallons. The tolling agreement
terminated on September 30, 2007 and was not renewed. FutureFuel
Chemical Company delivered approximately 2.1 million gallons pursuant to
that tolling agreement.
The
majority of our and FutureFuel Chemical Company’s expenses are cost of goods
sold. Cost of goods sold reflect raw material costs as well as both
fixed and variable conversion costs, conversion costs being those expenses that
are directly or indirectly related to the operation of FutureFuel Chemical
Company’s plant. Significant conversion costs include labor,
benefits, energy, supplies and maintenance and repair. In addition to
raw material and conversion costs, cost of goods sold includes environmental and
inventory reserves and costs related to idle capacity. Finally, cost
of goods sold includes hedging gains and losses recognized by
us. Cost of goods sold are allocated to the chemical and biofuels
business segments based on equipment usage and reactor time for most conversion
costs and based on revenues for most other costs.
Operating
costs include selling, general and administrative and research and development
expenses. These expense categories include expenses that were
directly incurred by us and FutureFuel Chemical Company and, for the three- and
six-month periods ended June 30, 2006, corporate expense allocations from
Eastman Chemical Company. Allocations from Eastman Chemical Company
of costs of goods sold, distribution and selling and general administrative
expenses were made primarily based on a percentage of revenues and allocations
of research and development expenses were made based upon actual time incurred;
we believe both represent reasonable allocation methodologies. These
allocations and estimates are not necessarily indicative of the costs and
expenses that would have resulted if FutureFuel Chemical Company had been
operating as a separate entity. Beginning November 1, 2006, all
operating expenses were directly incurred by us and FutureFuel Chemical
Company. Please see footnote 1 of FutureFuel Chemical Company’s
financial statements for a more detailed discussion of corporate expense
allocations from Eastman Chemical Company.
The
financial statements provided herein disclose related party transactions and the
impact of those transactions on historical revenues and expenses. The
discussions of results of operations that follow are based on revenues and
expenses in total and for individual product lines and do not differentiate
related party transactions.
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Quarter Ended June 30, 2007 Compared to
Quarter Ended June 30, 2006
Revenues: Revenues for the
quarter ended June 30, 2007 were $41,620,000 as compared to revenues for the
quarter ended June 30, 2006 of $34,726,000, an increase of 20%. The
increase was primarily attributable to the proprietary herbicide and
intermediates, CPOs, SSIPA/LiSIPA and biodiesel. Revenues
from DIPBs and other products contributed modestly to the
increase. Revenues from NOBS decreased modestly. Revenues
from biodiesel increased nearly 200% and accounted for 17% of total revenues in
2007 as compared to 7% in 2006. Revenues from NOBS decreased 5% and
accounted for 46% of total revenues in 2007, as compared to 57% in
2006. Revenues from the proprietary herbicide and intermediates
increased 27% and accounted for 15% of total revenues in both 2007 and
2006. Revenues from CPOs increased 45% in 2007 and accounted for 4%
of total revenues in 2007 as compared to 3% in 2006. Revenues from
DIPBs increased 9% and accounted for 4% of total revenues in 2007 as compared to
5% in 2006. Revenues from SSIPA/LiSIPA increased 61% and accounted
for 6% of total revenues in 2007 as compared to 4% in 2006. Revenues
from other products increased 6% and accounted for 8% of total revenues in 2007
as compared to 9% in 2006.
NOBS was
the only product where revenues declined during the quarter, though the decline
was moderate and results were roughly in line with the prior quarter and our
expectations. Steady demand from this customer continued through the
second quarter of 2007. Revenues from the proprietary herbicide
and intermediates increased nearly 30% during the second quarter of 2007 due
primarily to increases in volume but also due to a price increase passed along
to the customer late in the quarter to recoup increased raw material
costs. After a slow first quarter, demand from this customer for the
proprietary herbicide and intermediates has been strong through the remainder of
the second quarter. At present, revenues from NOBS and the
proprietary herbicide and intermediates are together the most significant
components of FutureFuel Chemical Company's revenue base, together accounting
for 61% of revenues in the quarter ended June 30, 2007 as compared to 72%
in the quarter ended June 30, 2006. The future volume of and
revenues from NOBS depends on both consumer demand for the product containing
NOBS and the manufacturing, sales and marketing priorities of our NOBS
customer. We are unable to predict with certainty the revenues we
will receive from NOBS in the future. The prices for the proprietary
herbicide and intermediates were reduced by 10% early in 2007 due to continued
competitive pressures from generic product competition. This price
decrease was partially offset by a June 1, 2007 price increase of
approximately 4% to cover certain raw material cost increases that we had
incurred beginning in the first quarter of 2007. We believe our
customer has been able to maintain its volume in light of generic competition by
being more price competitive, changing its North American distribution system
and developing new applications.
Revenues
from CPOs and DIPBs together increased 24% during the second quarter of
2007. This increase is largely the result of new supply agreements
and pricing mechanisms in place following the acquisition of FutureFuel Chemical
Company.
Revenue
from biodiesel increased in 2007 due to an increase in production capacity from
750,000 gallons per quarter at June 30, 2006 to 6 million gallons per
quarter at June 30, 2007.
Cost of Goods Sold and
Distribution: Total cost of goods sold and distribution for
the quarter ended June 30, 2007 were $36,038,000 as compared to total cost of
goods sold and distribution for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 of $32,485,000,
an increase of 11%.
Cost of
goods sold and distribution for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 for
FutureFuel Chemical Company’s chemicals segment were $29,140,000 as compared to
cost of goods sold and distribution for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 of
$27,057,000. Gross margins improved for all chemical products during
the second quarter of 2007 as compared to 2006, with the exception of NOBS,
where cost of goods sold and distribution increased from 42% of total chemical
revenues to 47%. This increase was largely the result of increased
raw material prices resulting from new supply agreements and contractual pricing
mechanisms in place following the acquisition of FutureFuel Chemical
Company. As a whole, cost of goods sold and distribution for the
chemical segment increased 8%, from 84% of total chemical revenues in the second
quarter of 2007 to 85% in 2006. This increase is roughly in line with
increased chemical segment revenues of 7% during the quarter.
Cost of
goods sold and distribution for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 for
FutureFuel Chemical Company’s biofuels segment were $6,901,000 as compared to
cost of goods sold and distribution for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 of
$5,428,000. This 27% increase in cost of goods sold and distribution
was far less than the 187% increase in
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biofuels
revenue. Reduced per gallon costs were attributable to a focus on
continuous production, as more fully described below.
The
biofuels segment began production in the batch plant and has continued to
utilize the batch process to test new processing techniques, experiment with
various alternative feedstocks and meet peak demand. The biodiesel
segment also utilizes a continuous processing line that is more efficient and
produces higher volumes per reactor than the batch process, and hence absorbs
fewer overhead costs per gallon of biodiesel produced. FutureFuel
Chemical Company is transitioning from primarily batch processing to primarily
continuous processing, a strategy which is expected to significantly reduce
fixed cost allocation and as a result reduce total cost of goods sold and
distribution per gallon of biodiesel product.
Operating
Expenses: Operating expenses decreased from $2,909,000 for the
quarter ended June 30, 2006 to $1,500,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2007,
or approximately 48%. This decrease was primarily the result of lower
overall operating expenses incurred by FutureFuel Chemical Company on a
standalone basis.
Provision for Income
Taxes: The effective tax rates for the three months ended
June 30, 2007 and 2006 reflect our expected tax rate on reported operating
earnings before income taxes. In the three months ended June 30,
2007, we incurred certain losses which resulted in the increase of our current
deferred income tax asset. We have determined that we do not believe
that we have a more likely than not probability of realizing a portion of this
asset. As such, we have recorded a valuation allowance of
$294,000.
Six
Months Ended June 30, 2007 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30,
2006
Revenues: Revenues for the
six months ended June 30, 2007 were $79,127,000 as compared to revenues for the
six months ended June 30, 2006 of $69,780,000, an increase of
13%. This increase was attributable to CPOs, SSIPA/LiSIPA,
other products and biodiesel, all of which increased greater than
20%. Revenues from NOBS were flat and revenues from the proprietary
herbicide and intermediates declined 10% due to weak demand and a price decrease
in the first quarter. Revenues from biodiesel increased more than
200% and accounted for 11% of total revenues in 2007 as compared to 4% in
2006. Revenues from NOBS decreased less than 1% and accounted for 50%
of total revenues in 2007 as compared to 57% in 2006. Revenues from
the proprietary herbicide and intermediates decreased 10% and accounted for 15%
of total revenues in 2007 as compared to 19% in 2006. Revenues from
CPOs increased 31% in 2007 and accounted for 4% of total revenues in both 2007
and 2006. Revenues from DIPBs increased 33% and accounted for 6% of
total revenues in 2007 as compared to 5% in 2006. Revenues from
SSIPA/LiSIPA increased 47% and accounted for 5% of total revenues in 2007 as
compared to 4% in 2006. Revenues from other products increased 22%
and accounted for 9% of total revenues in 2007 as compared to 7% in
2006.
Revenues
from NOBS and the proprietary herbicide and intermediates are together the most
significant components of FutureFuel Chemical Company's revenue base, together
accounting for 65% of revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2007 as
compared to 75% in the six months ended June 30, 2006. See above
for a discussion of pricing and demand for these products.
Revenues
from CPOs and DIPBs together increased 33% during the first half of
2007. This increase is largely the result of new supply agreements
and contractual pricing mechanisms in place following the acquisition of
FutureFuel Chemical Company.
Revenue
from biodiesel increased in 2007 due to an increase in production capacity from
750,000 gallons per quarter at June 30, 2006 to 6 million gallons per
quarter at June 30, 2007.
Cost of Goods Sold and
Distribution: Total cost of goods sold and distribution for
the six months ended June 30, 2007 were $75,993,000 as compared to total cost of
goods sold and distribution for the six months ended June 30, 2006 of
$64,418,000, an increase of 18%.
Cost of
goods sold and distribution for the six months ended June 30, 2007 for
FutureFuel Chemical Company’s chemicals segment were $59,348,000 as compared to
cost of goods sold and distribution for the six months ended June 30, 2006 of
$58,548,000, an increase of 1%. Gross margins improved for all
chemical products during the first half of 2007 as compared to 2006, with the
exception of NOBS, where cost of goods sold and distribution
increased
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from 39%
of total chemical revenues to 48%. This increase was largely the
result of increased raw material prices resulting from new supply agreements and
contractual pricing mechanisms in place following the acquisition of FutureFuel
Chemical Company. As a whole, cost of goods sold and distribution for
the chemical segment decreased from 87% of total chemical revenues in the first
half of 2007 to 85% in 2007.
Cost of
goods sold and distribution for the six months ended June 30, 2007 for
FutureFuel Chemical Company’s biofuels segment were $16,645,000 as compared to
cost of goods sold and distribution for the six months ended June 30, 2006 of
$5,870,000. This 184% increase in cost of goods sold and distribution
was less than the 231% increase in biofuels revenue. Reduced per
gallon costs were more pronounced during the second quarter of 2007 than the
first quarter and were attributable to a focus on continuous production, as more
fully described above.
Operating
Expenses: Operating expenses decreased from $5,323,000 for the
six months ended June 30, 2006 to $3,292,000 for the six months ended June 30,
2007, or approximately 38%. This decrease was primarily the result of
lower overall operating expenses incurred by FutureFuel Chemical Company on a
standalone basis.
Provision for Income
Taxes: The effective tax rates for the six months ended
June 30, 2007 and 2006 reflect our expected tax rate on reported operating
earnings before income taxes. In the six months ended June 30,
2007, we incurred certain losses which resulted in the increase of our current
deferred income tax asset. We have determined that we do not believe
that we have a more likely than not probability of realizing a portion of this
asset. As such, we have recorded a valuation allowance of
$294,000.
Critical
Accounting Estimates
Purchase price allocation:
Following our acquisition of Eastman SE, Inc., we allocated the cost of the
acquired entity to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their
estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. We do not
anticipate these estimates changing in the future.
Allowance for doubtful
accounts: We reduce our accounts receivable by amounts that may be
uncollectible in the future. This estimated allowance is based upon
management’s evaluation of the collectibility of individual invoices and is
based upon management’s evaluation of the financial condition of our customers
and historical bad debt experience. This estimate is subject to
change based upon the changing financial condition of our
customers. At June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, we recorded
an allowance for doubtful accounts of $42,000, the majority of which pertained
to one customer. FutureFuel Chemical Company historically has not
experienced significant problems in collecting its receivables and we do not
expect this to change going forward.
Depreciation: Depreciation
is provided for using the straight-line method over the associated assets’
estimated useful lives. We primarily base our estimate of an asset’s
useful life on our experience with other similar assets. The actual
useful life of an asset may differ significantly from our estimate for such
reasons as the asset’s build quality, the manner in which the asset is used or
changes in the business climate. When the actual useful life differs
from the estimated useful life, impairment charges may result. We
monitor the estimate useful lives of our assets and do not currently anticipate
any impairment charges.
Asset retirement
obligations: We establish reserves for closure/post-closure
costs associated with the environmental and other assets we
maintain. Environmental assets include waste management units such as
incinerators, landfills, storage tanks and boilers. When these types
of assets are constructed or installed, a reserve is established for the future
costs anticipated to be associated with the closure of the site based on an
expected life of the environmental assets, the applicable regulatory closure
requirements and our environmental policies and practices. These
expenses are charged into earnings over the estimated useful life of the
assets. The future costs anticipated to be associated with the
closure of the site are based upon estimated current costs for such activities
adjusted for anticipated future inflation rates. Unanticipated
changes in either of these two variables or changes in the anticipated timing of
closure/post-closure activities may significantly affect the established
reserves. At June, 2007 and December 31, 2006, we recorded
reserves for closure/post-closure liabilities of $556,000 and $545,000,
respectively. We monitor this reserve and the assumptions used in its
calculation. As deemed necessary, we have made changes to this
reserve balance and anticipate that future changes will occur.
Income taxes: We
account for income taxes using the asset and liability method. Under
this method, income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for temporary
differences between financial statement carrying amounts of
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assets
and liabilities and their respective income tax basis. A future
income tax asset or liability is estimated for each temporary difference using
enacted and substantively enacted income tax rates and laws expected to be in
effect when the asset is realized or the liability settled. Changes
in the expected tax rates and laws to be in effect when the asset is realized or
the liability settled could significantly affect the income tax assets and
liabilities booked by us. We monitor changes in applicable tax laws
and adjust our income tax assets and liabilities as necessary.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Our and
FutureFuel Chemical Company’s net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities, investing activities and financing activities for the six months
ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 was:
(Dollars
in thousands)
2007
|
2006
|
|||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
$ | 8,336 | $ | (1,565 | ) | |||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
$ | (8,495 | ) | $ | (4,404 | ) | ||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
$ | (50 | ) | $ | 6,378 |
Operating
Activities: Cash provided by operating activities increased
from $(1,565,000) during the six months ended June 30, 2006 to $8,336,000 during
the six months ended June 30, 2007. This increase primarily resulted
from changes in accounts receivable, inventory and accounts
payable. Cash generated from (used in) changes in accounts receivable
was $2,565,000 during the first half of 2007 as compared to $(361,000) during
the first half of 2006. At the end of 2006, FutureFuel Chemical
Company’s accounts receivable were abnormally high as Eastman Chemical Company
had collected a significant amount of payments on behalf of FutureFuel Chemical
Company but had not yet transferred funds to FutureFuel Chemical
Company. These funds were collected during the six months ended
June 30, 2007 and there was no balance owed FutureFuel Chemical Company at
June 30, 2007. Cash generated from (used in) changes in
inventory was $1,508,000 during the first half of 2007 as compared to
$(2,845,000) during the first half of 2006. Inventory at December 31,
2006 was higher than historical norms and FutureFuel Chemical Company was
successful during the first quarter of 2007 in reducing inventory days
outstanding. The decrease in inventory from December 31, 2006 to June
30, 2007 was partially offset by accumulation of biodiesel feedstocks and
finished product inventories during the second quarter of 2007. Cash
generated from (used in) accounts payable was $1,691,000 during the first half
of 2007 as compared to $(2,790,000) during the first half of
2006. The increase in accounts payable is primarily attributable to
increased demand, and hence increased production, across several major product
lines. Other significant changes in cash included a decrease in
income taxes payable during the first half of 2007 of $(1,916,000); there was no
cash generated from (used in) income taxes payable during the first half of 2006
as Eastman Chemical Company handled all tax obligations for FutureFuel Chemical
Company. The change in income taxes payable was mostly offset by cash
generated from accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $423,000 during
the first half of 2007 as compared to $(1,248,000) during the first half of
2006.
Investing
Activities: Cash provided by (used in) investing activities
during the first half of 2007 was $(8,495,000) as compared to $(4,404,000)
during the first half of 2006. This decrease was primarily driven by
FutureFuel Chemical Company’s expansion of its biodiesel related infrastructure
and spending on implementation of a new ERP system.
Financing
Activities: Cash provided by (used in) financing activities
during the first half of 2007 was $(50,000) as compared to $6,378,000 during the
first half of 2006. Financing activities during 2007 consisted solely
of the payment of a bank financing fee. Financing activities during
2006 consisted of transfers of cash to Eastman Chemical Company and proceeds
from long-term debt from related parties.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
Our only
off-balance sheet arrangements are: (i) the financial assurance trusts
established for the benefit of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality;
and (ii) hedging transactions. The financial assurance trusts
aggregate $3,201,000 at June 30, 2007 and were established to provide assurances
to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality that, in the event the
Batesville facility is closed permanently, any reclamation activities
necessitated under applicable environmental laws will be
completed. Such financial assurance trusts are not reasonably likely
to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in
financial condition,
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revenues
or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital
resources that is material to investors. The amounts held in trust
are included in restricted cash and cash equivalents on our balance
sheet. The closure liabilities are included in other noncurrent
liabilities, but only on a present value basis.
We engage
in two types of hedging transactions. First, we hedge our biodiesel
sales through the purchase and sale of futures contracts and options on futures
contracts of energy commodities. Such futures contracts and options
on contracts of energy commodities are detailed in note 6 to our annual
consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein. This
activity was captured on our balance sheet at June 30, 2007 and at
December 31, 2006. Second, we hedge our biodiesel feedstocks
through the execution of purchase contracts and supply agreements with certain
vendors. These hedging transactions are recognized in earnings and
were not recorded on our balance sheet at June 30, 2007 or December 31,
2006 as they do not meet the definition of a derivative instrument as defined
under accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. The
purchase of biodiesel feedstocks generally involves two components: basis and
price. Basis covers any refining or processing required as well as
transportation. Price covers the purchases of the actual agricultural
commodity. Both basis and price fluctuate over time. A
supply agreement with a vendor constitutes a hedge when FutureFuel Chemical
Company has committed to a certain volume of feedstock in a future period and
has fixed the basis for that volume.
Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
In recent
years, general economic inflation has not had a material adverse impact on
FutureFuel Chemical Company’s costs and, as described elsewhere herein, we have
passed some price increases along to our customers. However, we are
subject to certain market risks as described below.
Market
risk represents the potential loss arising from adverse changes in market rates
and prices. Commodity price risk is inherent in the chemical and
biofuels business both with respect to input (acetic anhydride, electricity,
coal, natural gas, biofuel feedstocks, etc.) and output (manufactured chemicals
and biofuels).
We seek
to mitigate our market risks associated with the manufacturing and sale of
chemicals by entering into term sale contracts that include contractual market
price adjustment protections to allow changes in market prices of key raw
materials to be passed on to the customer. Such price protections are
not always obtained, however, so raw material price risk remains a significant
risk.
In order
to manage price risk caused by market fluctuations in biofuel prices, we may
enter into exchange traded commodity futures and options
contracts. We account for these derivative instruments in accordance
with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 133 Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended by SFAS No. 149 Amendment of Statement 133 on
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. Under these
standards, the accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative
instrument depends upon whether it has been designated as an accounting hedging
relationship and, further, on the type of hedging relationship. To
qualify for designation as an accounting hedging relationship, specific criteria
must be met and appropriate documentation maintained. We had no
derivative instruments that qualified under these rules as designated accounting
hedges in 2006 or in any preceding year. Changes in the fair value of
our derivative instruments are recognized at the end of each accounting period
and recorded in the statement of operations as a component of cost of goods
sold.
Our
immediate recognition of derivative instrument gains and losses can cause net
income to be volatile from quarter to quarter due to the timing of the change in
value of the derivative instruments relative to the sale of biofuel being
sold. As of December 31, 2006 and June 30, 2007, the fair
values of our derivative instruments were a net liability in the amount of
$447,000 and $1,392,000, respectively.
Our gross
profit will be impacted by the prices we pay for raw materials and conversion
costs (costs incurred in the production of chemicals and biofuels) for which we
do not possess contractual market price adjustment protection. These
items are principally comprised of acetic anhydride, electricity, coal, natural
gas, methanol, soybean oil and caustic soda. The availability and
price of all of these items are subject to wide fluctuations due to
unpredictable factors such as weather conditions, overall economic conditions,
farmers’ planting decisions, governmental policies and global supply and
demand.
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We
prepared a sensitivity analysis of our exposure to market risk with respect to
key raw materials and conversion costs for which we do not possess contractual
market price adjustment protections, based on average prices in
2006. Assuming that the prices of the associated finished goods could
not be increased and assuming no change in quantities sold, a hypothetical 10%
change in the average price of the commodities listed below would result in the
following change in annual gross profit:
(Volumes
and dollars in thousands)
Item
|
Volume(a)
Requirements
|
Units
|
Hypothetical
Adverse
Change
in Price
|
Decrease
in
Gross
Profit
|
Percentage
Decrease in Gross Profit
|
||||||
Acetic
anhydride
|
7,256
|
|
KG
|
10.0%
|
$459
|
4.1%
|
|||||
Electricity
|
84
|
|
MWH
|
10.0%
|
$437
|
3.8%
|
|||||
Coal
|
40
|
|
MT
|
10.0%
|
$407
|
3.7%
|
|||||
Natural
gas
|
200
|
|
KSCF
|
10.0%
|
$275
|
2.5%
|
|||||
Methanol
|
5,915
|
|
KG
|
10.0%
|
$205
|
1.8%
|
|||||
Soybean
oil
|
2,784
|
|
KG
|
10.0%
|
$163
|
1.5%
|
|||||
Caustic
soda
|
10
|
|
MT
|
10.0%
|
$157
|
1.4%
|
__________
(a)
|
Volume
requirements and average price information are based upon volumes used and
prices obtained for the twelve months ended December 31,
2006. Volume requirements may differ materially from these
quantities in future years as the business of FutureFuel Chemical Company
evolves.
|
As of
June 30, 2007, we had no borrowings and, as such, were not exposed to
interest rate risk. Due to the relative insignificance of
transactions denominated in a foreign currency, we consider our foreign currency
risk to be immaterial.
Item
4. Controls and Procedures.
Under the
supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our
Principal Financial Officer and other senior management personnel, we evaluated
the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange
Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this
report. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our
Principal Financial Officer have concluded that these disclosure controls and
procedures as of June 30, 2007 were effective to ensure that information
required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under
the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, we did not timely file this report or the report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 as a result of our having to
restate our financial statements to apply purchase accounting to the acquisition
of Eastman SE, Inc. The restatement of our financial statements for
the year ended December 31, 2006 and the quarter ended March 31, 2007
is more fully disclosed in note 2 to our consolidated financial statements
included in our Amendment No. 2 to Form 10, filed February 29,
2008 with the SEC.
The
disclosure controls and procedures are designed to, among other things, mitigate
the effect of material weaknesses in our internal control over financial
reporting disclosed in our Amendment No. 2 to Form 10, filed
February 29, 2008. We have expended substantial financial
resources, and our senior management and accounting staff have devoted
significant time and attention, in support of these
efforts. Additional information relating to the material weaknesses
and management efforts to mitigate the effect on our disclosure controls is set
forth in the Amendment No. 2 to Form 10 under the captions “Risk
Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations.” We believe that these processes and
procedures mitigate the potential effect of the identified material weaknesses
in internal control over financial reporting and the disclosure included in our
filings under the Exchange Act. As a result of these disclosure
controls, we believe, and our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer have certified to their knowledge that, this report on Form 10-Q
does not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the
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statements
made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered in this report.
Our
management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will
prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no
matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not
absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be
met. The design of a control system must reflect the fact that there
are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered
relative to their costs. Further, because of the inherent limitations
in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance
that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control
issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been
detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that
judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because
of simple error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the
individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by
management override of the controls. The design of any system of
controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future
events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving
its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections
of any evaluation of controls effectiveness to future periods are subject to
risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes
in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or
procedures.
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PART
II
OTHER
INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal Proceedings.
Neither
we nor any of our subsidiaries are a party to, nor is any of ours or their
property subject to, any material pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary
routine litigation incidental to their businesses. However, from time
to time, FutureFuel Chemical Company and its operations may be parties to, or
targets of, lawsuits, claims, investigations and proceedings, including product
liability, personal injury, asbestos, patent and intellectual property,
commercial, contract, environmental, antitrust, health and safety and employment
matters, which we expect to be handled and defended in the ordinary course of
business. While we are unable to predict the outcome of any matters
currently pending, we do not believe that the ultimate resolution of any such
pending matters will have a material adverse effect on our overall financial
condition, results of operations or cash flows. However, adverse
developments could negatively impact earnings or cash flows in future
periods.
Item
1A. Risk Factors.
See our
Amendment No. 2 to Form 10 Registration Statement filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2008 for a description of “Risk
Factors” relating to an investment in us. There are no material
changes from the risk factors disclosed in such filing.
Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
None.
Item
3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item
4. Submission of Matters to Vote of Security Holders
On
Tuesday, June 26, 2007, the Company held its annual meeting of shareholders
for the following purposes:
(1)
|
to
elect one director, Douglas D. Hommert;
|
|
(2)
|
to
approve the adoption of the FutureFuel Corp. Omnibus Incentive
Plan;
|
|
(3)
|
to
amend and restate the Company’s certificate of incorporation to remove
references to “business combination” and “qualified business combinations”
and related matters;
|
|
(4)
|
to
ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditors
for the year ending December 31, 2007; and
|
|
(5)
|
to
transact such other business as may properly come before the
meeting.
|
The votes
cast for or against (or withheld), and the number of abstentions, for each
matter considered and voted upon at the annual meeting is as
follows:
(1)
|
Election
of Douglas D. Hommert:
|
||||
For:
16,309,806
|
Withheld:
0
|
||||
(2)
|
Adoption
of the FutureFuel Corp. Omnibus Incentive Plan:
|
||||
For:
16,309,806
|
Against:
0
|
Abstain:
0
|
|||
(3)
|
Amendment
and Restatement the Company’s certificate of
incorporation:
|
||||
For:
16,309,806
|
Against:
0
|
Abstain:
0
|
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(4)
|
Ratification
of the appointment of KPMG LLP:
|
||||
For:
16,309,806
|
Against:
0
|
Abstain:
0
|
Item
5. Other Information.
None.
Item
6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
|
31(a)
|
Rule
13a-15(e)/15d-15(e) Certification of chief executive
officer
|
31(b)
|
Rule
13a-15(e)/15d-15(e) Certification of principal financial
officer
|
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|
Section
1350 Certification of chief executive officer and principal financial
officer
|
Forward
Looking Information
This Form
contains or incorporates by reference “forward-looking
statements”. When used in this document, the words “anticipate,”
“believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “plan,” and “intend” and similar expressions,
as they relate to us, FutureFuel Chemical Company or our respective management,
are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements are based on current management assumptions and are
subject to uncertainties and inherent risks that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking
statement. We caution you therefore that you should not rely on any
of these forward-looking statements as statements of historical fact or as
guarantees or assurances of future performance. Important factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements include regional, national or global political,
economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory conditions as well as,
but not limited to, the following:
·
|
our
board’s selection of FutureFuel Chemical Company as a prospective target
business;
|
·
|
conflicts
of interest of our officers and directors;
|
·
|
potential
future affiliations of our officers and directors with competing
businesses;
|
·
|
the
control by our founding shareholders of a substantial interest in
us;
|
·
|
the
highly competitive nature of the chemical and alternative fuel
industries;
|
·
|
fluctuations
in energy prices may cause a reduction in the demand or profitability of
the products or services we may ultimately produce or offer or which form
a portion of our business;
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changes
in technology may render our products or services
obsolete;
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failure
to comply with governmental regulations could result in the imposition of
penalties, fines or restrictions on operations and remedial
liabilities;
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the
operations of FutureFuel Chemical Company’s biofuels business may be
harmed if the applicable government were to change current laws and/or
regulations;
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our
board may have incorrectly evaluated FutureFuel Chemical Company’s
potential liabilities;
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our
board may have FutureFuel Chemical Company engage in hedging transactions
in an attempt to mitigate exposure to price fluctuations in petroleum
product transactions and other portfolio positions which may not
ultimately be successful; and
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we
may not continue to have access to capital markets and commercial bank
financing on favorable terms and FutureFuel Chemical Company may lose its
ability to buy on open credit
terms.
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Although
we believe that the expectations reflected by such forward-looking statements
are reasonable based on information currently available to us, no assurances can
be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. All
forward-looking statements included in this Form and all subsequent oral
forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf
are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary
statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise
any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as to their
particular dates.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
FUTUREFUEL
CORP.
By: /s/ Douglas D.
Hommert
Douglas
D. Hommert, Executive Vice President, Secretary
and
Treasurer
Date: March
3, 2008
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