KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORP /DE/ - Quarter Report: 2010 October (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended October 31, 2010

or

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number 0-5286

KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (704) 873-7202

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ¨    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

As of December 6, 2010, the registrant had outstanding 2,576,167 shares of Common Stock.

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KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

INDEX TO FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2010

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Part 1. Financial Information

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share data)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

(in thousands)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

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Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

A. Financial Information

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of Kewaunee Scientific Corporation (the “Company” or “Kewaunee”) have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted, although the Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.

These interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s 2010 Annual Report to Stockholders. The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be expected for the full year.

The preparation of the interim consolidated financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

B. Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

For interim reporting, LIFO inventories are computed based on year-to-date quantities and interim changes in price levels. Changes in quantities and price levels are reflected in the interim consolidated financial statements in the period in which they occur.

C. Comprehensive Income

A reconciliation of net earnings and total comprehensive income for the three and six months ended October 31, 2010 and 2009 is as follows (in thousands):

Assets and liabilities for the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are translated at exchange rates prevailing on the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at weighted average exchange rates prevailing during the period and any resulting translation adjustments are reported separately in stockholders’ equity.

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D. Segment Information

The following table provides financial information by business segments for the three and six months ended October 31, 2010 and 2009 (in thousands):

E. Defined Pension Plans

The Company has non-contributory defined benefit pension plans covering substantially all salaried and hourly employees. These plans were amended as of April 30, 2005, no further benefits have been, or will be, earned under the plans, subsequent to the amendment date, and no additional participants will be added to the plans. Contributions of $719,000 were paid to the plans during the six months ended October 31, 2010, and the Company does not expect any contributions to be paid to the plans during the remainder of the current fiscal year. No contributions were made during the comparable periods of the prior year.

Pension expense consisted of the following (in thousands):

F. Credit Arrangement

In July 2009, the Company amended its unsecured revolving credit facility to extend the facility’s expiration date to July 31, 2012, and modify the variable rate component of the interest calculation. Monthly interest payments under the facility, as amended, are calculated at the 30-day LIBOR Market Interest Rate plus a variable rate ranging from 1.575% to 2.175%.

In July 2009, the Company entered into an interest rate SWAP agreement whereby the interest rate payable by the Company on $2 million of outstanding advances under the revolving credit facility was effectively converted to a fixed interest rate of 3.9% for the period beginning August 3, 2009, and ending August 1, 2012. The Company entered into this interest rate swap to mitigate future interest rate risk associated with advances under the credit facility.

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G. Long-Term Debt

On August 2, 2010, the Company amended its existing bank agreement covering its unsecured $14 million revolving credit facility to provide for an additional $4 million seven-year term loan secured by the Company’s real property and equipment located in Statesville, North Carolina. The term loan requires monthly principal payments of approximately $17,000, plus interest calculated at the 30-day LIBOR Market Index Rate plus 1.575%, with payment of the outstanding principal balance and any unpaid interest at the term loan maturity date. In June 2010, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement whereby the interest rate payable by the Company on the term loan was effectively converted to a fixed interest rate of 4.875%, effective August 2, 2010. The term loan includes financial covenants similar to the unsecured revolving credit facility. The proceeds of the term loan are being used primarily to fund the expansion of the Company’s Statesville, North Carolina manufacturing facilities.

H. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

As described in Note G above, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement with an initial notional amount of $4 million, whereby the interest rate payable by the Company on the unpaid balance of the new term loan is effectively converted to a fixed interest rate of 4.875% for the period beginning August 2, 2010, and ending August 1, 2017. The Company entered into this interest rate swap to mitigate future interest rate risk associated with advances under the credit facility. The Company does not use derivatives for trading or speculative purposes. The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and is subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivatives is recognized directly in earnings. The Company did not record any hedge ineffectiveness in earnings during the three months and six months periods ended October 31, 2010 and 2009.

The reduction in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax for the three months and six months ended October 31, 2010 was $197,000 and $208,000, respectively. The change in fair value was recorded in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a current liability and accumulated other comprehensive loss.

I. Reclassifications

Certain 2009 amounts have been reclassified to conform with the 2010 presentation in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Such reclassifications had no impact on net earnings.

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The Company’s 2010 Annual Report to Stockholders contains management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations at and for the year ended April 30, 2010. The following discussion and analysis describes material changes in the Company’s financial condition since April 30, 2010. The analysis of results of operations compares the three and six months ended October 31, 2010 with the comparable periods of the prior fiscal year.

Results of Operations

Sales for the three months ended October 31, 2010 were $25,625,000, a decrease of 5% from sales of $27,088,000 in the second quarter last year. The decline primarily resulted from a continuing softness in the domestic marketplace for small and mid-sized laboratory projects. Domestic sales were $22,269,000, down from $24,713,000 in the second quarter last year, while international sales were $3,356,000, up from $2,375,000 in the second quarter last year.

Sales for the six months ended October 31, 2010 were $50,483,000, down 5% from sales of $53,337,000, in the same period last year. Domestic operations sales were $43,216,000, down from sales of $48,071,000 in the same period last year. International operations sales were $7,267,000, up from sales of $5,266,000 in the same period last year.

The order backlog was $66.0 million at October 31, 2010, down slightly from $66.9 million at July 31, 2010 and up from $65.2 million at October 31, 2009.

The gross profit margin for the three months ended October 31, 2010 was 21.1% of sales, as compared to 22.9% of sales in the comparable quarter of the prior year. The gross profit margin for the six months ended October 31, 2010 was 20.6% of sales, as compared to 22.4% of sales in the comparable quarter of the prior year. The decreases in gross profit margin percentages for the current year periods were primarily due to aggressive pricing in all of the Company’s markets and the unfavorable impact of lower production volumes.

Operating expenses for the three months ended October 31, 2010 were $4,045,000, or 15.8% of sales, as compared to $3,976,000, or 14.7% of sales, in the comparable period of the prior year. Operating expenses for the six months ended October 31, 2010 were $7,946,000, or 15.7% of sales, as compared to $7,942,000, or 14.9% of sales, in the comparable period of the prior year. The ratio of operating expenses to sales increased for the current year periods as operating expenses were relatively unchanged from the prior year periods while sales declined. Pension expense decreased $75,000 and $107,000 for the three and six months periods ended October 31, 2010, respectively, and incentive compensation expense decreased $52,000 and $211,000, respectively, for these periods. Those increases were offset by increases in various other operating expense categories.

Operating earnings were $1,372,000 and $2,470,000 for the three and six months ended October 31, 2010. This compares to operating earnings of $2,234,000 and $4,032,000 for the comparable periods of the prior year.

Interest expense was $78,000 and $122,000 for the three and six months ended October 31, 2010, respectively, as compared to $39,000 and $80,000 for the comparable periods of the prior year. The increase in interest expense for the current year periods resulted primarily from higher bank borrowings.

Income tax expense of $414,000 and $743,000 was recorded for the three and six months ended October 31, 2010, respectively, as compared to income tax expense of $751,000 and $1,340,000 recorded for the comparable periods of the prior year. The effective tax rates were 32.0% and 31.7% for the three and six months ended October 31, 2010, respectively, and were 34.2% and 33.9% for the three and six months ended October 31, 2009. The effective tax rates for each of the three and six month periods differs from the statutory rate primarily due to the impact of varying income tax rates on income earned by the Company’s foreign subsidiaries. In addition to this factor, the effective tax rates for all the periods were favorably impacted by earned state and federal tax credits. The decrease in the effective tax rates in the current year periods as compared to the prior year periods resulted primarily from the fact that the higher pre-tax earnings levels in the prior year periods were less impacted by earned stated and federal tax credits, and to a lesser extent, the impact of higher pretax earnings in the current year periods from geographic areas with lower statutory income tax rates.

Net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest related to the Company’s two subsidiaries that are not 100% owned by the Company were $25,000 and $92,000 for the three and six months ended October 31, 2010, respectively, as compared to $92,000 and $189,000, respectively, for the comparable periods of the prior year. The decrease in the net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest in the current periods were due to lower earnings of the two subsidiaries.

Net earnings for the three months ended October 31, 2010 were $855,000, or $0.33 per diluted share, a decrease from net earnings of $1,352,000, or $0.53 per diluted share, in the second quarter of the prior year. Net earnings for the six months were $1,512,000, or $0.59 per diluted share, down from net earnings of $2,423,000, or $0.95 per diluted share, for the same period last year. Earnings for the three and six months periods of the current year were unfavorably impacted by lower sales volume and continued aggressive pricing in all of the Company’s markets.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Historically, the Company’s principal sources of liquidity have been funds generated from operations, supplemented as needed by short-term borrowings under the Company’s revolving credit facility. Additionally, certain machinery and equipment are financed by non-cancellable operating leases or capital leases. The Company believes that these sources will be sufficient to support ongoing business requirements, including capital expenditures through the current fiscal year.

The Company had working capital of $21.8 million at October 31, 2010, compared to $20.1 million at April 30, 2010. The ratio of current assets to current liabilities was 2.2-to-1.0 at October 31, 2010, compared to 2.1-to-1.0 at April 30, 2010. At October 31, 2010, advances of $4,147,000 were outstanding under the Company’s bank revolving credit facility, as compared to advances of $4,872,000 outstanding as of April 30, 2010. Total bank borrowings and capital lease obligations were $8,273,000 at October 31, 2010, as compared to $5,073,000 at April 30, 2010.

The Company’s operations provided cash of $479,000 during the six months ended October 31, 2010. Cash was primarily provided from earnings, which was partially offset by increased accounts receivable of $909,000 and an increase in inventory of $708,000. The Company’s operations provided cash of $2,073,000 during the six months ended October 31, 2009, with cash primarily provided from earnings, which was partially offset by increased accounts receivable of $2,205,000.

During the six months ended October 31, 2010, net cash of $3,712,000 was used in investing activities, primarily for capital expenditures. This compares to the use of $2,283,000 for investing activities in the comparable period of the prior year, primarily for capital expenditures.

The Company’s financing activities provided cash of $2,685,000 during the six months ended October 31, 2010. Cash provided was primarily from the proceeds from $4,000,000 in new long-term debt, partially offset by cash dividends paid of $514,000, and repayment of short-term borrowings of $725,000. The proceeds of the term loan are being used primarily to fund the expansion of the Company’s Statesville, North Carolina manufacturing facilities. Financing activities used cash of $934,000 in the same period for the prior year, which included $461,000 for cash dividends, $144,000 for payments on obligations of capital leases, and repayment of short-term borrowings of $350,000.

Outlook for Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2011

The Company’s ability to predict future demand for its products continues to be limited given, among other general economic factors affecting the Company and its markets, the Company’s role as subcontractor or supplier to dealers for subcontractors, and the fact that demand for its products is dependent upon the number of laboratory construction projects planned and/or current progress in projects already under construction.

The Company expects that sales and earnings for the second half of fiscal year 2011 will likely improve over the first half of the fiscal year. The Company’s expectations are based on a number of factors, including scheduled delivery dates for orders in the order backlog, a modest recovery in the global economy, and continuing increased sales opportunities in the international marketplace.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

Certain statements in this report constitute “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Reform Act”). Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could significantly impact results or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, economic, competitive, governmental, and technological factors affecting the Company’s operations, markets, products, services, and prices, as well as prices for certain raw materials and energy. The cautionary statements made pursuant to the Reform Act herein and elsewhere by the Company should not be construed as exhaustive. The Company cannot always predict what factors would cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. In addition, readers are urged to consider statements that include the terms “believes”, “belief”, “expects”, “plans”, “objectives”, “anticipates”, “intends” or the like to be uncertain and forward-looking. Over time, the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements will likely differ from the anticipated results, performance or achievements that are expressed or implied by the Company’s forward-looking statements, and such difference might be significant and harmful to stockholders’ interests. Many important factors that could cause such a difference are described under the caption “Risk Factors,” in Item 1A of the Company’s 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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REVIEW BY INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

A review of the interim consolidated financial information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for each of the three and six month periods ended October 31, 2010 and October 31, 2009 has been performed by Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P., the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. Their report on the interim consolidated financial information follows.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Kewaunee Scientific Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of October 31, 2010, and the related consolidated statements of operations for the three month and six month periods ended October 31, 2010 and 2009 and the related consolidated statements of cash flows for the six-month periods ended October 31, 2010 and 2009. These interim consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the interim consolidated financial statements referred to above for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 2010, and the related statements of operations, of stockholders’ equity and of cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein) and in our report dated July 16, 2010, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 2010 is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the consolidated financial statement from which it has been derived.

/s/ Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P.

Charlotte, North Carolina

December 10, 2010

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There are no material changes to the disclosures made on this matter in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2010.

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

An evaluation was performed under the supervision and the participation of the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of October 31, 2010. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, concluded that, as of October 31, 2010, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were adequate and effective and designed to ensure that all material information required to be filed in this quarterly report is made known to them by others within the Company and its subsidiaries.

(b) Changes in internal controls

There was no significant change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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