KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORP /DE/ - Quarter Report: 2017 July (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended July 31, 2017

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  ☒    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, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

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

As of September 5, 2017, the registrant had outstanding 2,713,817 shares of Common Stock.

KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

INDEX TO FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JULY 31, 2017

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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 Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited)

(in thousands)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity

(Unaudited)

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

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”) 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 include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of these financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s 2017 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 consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 2017 included in this interim period filing has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all of the information and related notes required by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for complete financial statements.

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. Revenue Recognition

Product sales and installation revenue are recognized when all of the following criteria have been met: (1) products have been shipped, or customers have purchased and accepted title to the goods, but because of construction delays, have requested that the Company temporarily store the finished goods on the customer’s behalf; service revenue for installation of products sold is recognized as the installation services are performed, (2) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (3) the price to the customer is fixed, and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. The Company utilizes either the percentage of completion or completed contract method based on facts and circumstances of individual contracts.

Deferred revenue consists of customer deposits and advance billings of the Company’s products where sales have not yet been recognized. Shipping and handling costs are included in cost of product sales. Because of the nature and quality of the Company’s products, any warranty issues are determined in a relatively short period after the sale and are infrequent in nature, and as such, warranty costs are immaterial to the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations and are expensed as incurred.

Product sales resulting from fixed-price construction contracts involve a signed contract for a fixed price to provide the Company’s laboratory furniture and fume hoods for a construction project. In these instances, the Company is usually in the role of a subcontractor, but in some cases may enter into a contract directly with the end-user of the products. Contract arrangements normally do not contain a general right of return relative to the delivered items. Product sales resulting from fixed-price construction contracts are generated from multiple-element arrangements that require separate units of accounting and estimates regarding the fair value of individual elements. The Company has determined that its multiple-element arrangements that qualify as separate units of accounting are (1) product sales and (2) installation services. There is objective and reliable evidence of fair value for both the product sales and installation services and allocation of arrangement consideration for each of these units is based on their relative fair values. Each of these elements represent individual units of accounting, as the delivered item has value to a customer on a stand-alone basis. The Company’s products are regularly sold on a stand-alone basis to customers which provides either best estimate of selling prices or vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value. The fair value of installation services is separately calculated using expected costs of installation services. Many times the value of installation services is calculated using price quotations from subcontractors to the Company who perform installation services on a stand-alone basis.

Product sales resulting from purchase orders involve a purchase order received by the Company from its dealers or stocking distributor. This category includes product sales for standard products, as well as products which require some customization. Any customization requirements are approved by the customer prior to manufacture of the customized product. Sales from purchase orders are recognized under the terms of the purchase order which generally are freight on board (“FOB”) shipping point and do not include rights of return. Accordingly, these sales are recognized at the time of shipment.

C. Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company records derivatives on the consolidated balance sheet at fair value and establishes criteria for designation and effectiveness of hedging relationships. The nature of the Company’s business activities involves the management of various financial and market risks, including those related to changes in interest rates. The Company does not enter into derivative instruments for speculative purposes. In May 2013, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement whereby the interest rate payable by the Company on $3,450,000 of outstanding long-term debt was effectively converted to a fixed interest rate of 4.875% for the period beginning May 1, 2013 and ending August 1, 2017. In May 2013, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement whereby the interest rate payable by the Company on $2,600,000 of outstanding long-term debt was effectively converted to a fixed interest rate of 4.37% for the period beginning August 1, 2017 and ending May 1, 2020. In May 2013, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement whereby the interest rate payable by the Company on $1,218,000 of outstanding long-term debt was effectively converted to a fixed interest rate of 3.07% for the period beginning November 3, 2014 and ending May 1, 2020. The Company entered into these interest rate swap arrangements to mitigate future interest rate risk associated with its long-term debt and has designated these as cash flow hedges.

D. Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the three month period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the assumed exercise and conversion of outstanding options under the Company’s stock option plans, except when options have an anti-dilutive effect. Options to purchase 39,200 shares were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three month period ended July 31, 2017, because the option exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common shares during the quarter, and accordingly, such options would have an antidilutive effect. Options to purchase 110,000 shares were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three month period ended July 31, 2016, because the effect would be anti-dilutive.

E. Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

The Company uses the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method of valuing inventory for its domestic operations, which represents $14,527,000 of inventory at July 31, 2017 and $12,730,000 at April 30, 2017. An actual valuation of inventory under the LIFO method can be made only at the end of each year based on the inventory levels and costs at that time. Interim LIFO calculations are based on management’s estimates of expected year-end inventory levels and costs, and are subject to the final year-end LIFO inventory valuation. The Company’s international subsidiaries’ investories were $2,474,000 at July 31, 2017 and $2,205,000, at April 30, 2017, measured using the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method at the lower of cost and net ralizable value.

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F. Segment Information

The Company’s operations are classified into two business segments: Domestic and International. The Domestic business segment principally designs, manufactures, and installs scientific and technical furniture, including steel and wood laboratory cabinetry, fume hoods, laminate casework, flexible systems, worksurfaces, workstations, workbenches, and computer enclosures. The International business segment, which consists of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries, provides products and services, including facility design, detailed engineering, construction, and project management from the planning stage through testing and commissioning of laboratories. Intersegment transactions are recorded at normal profit margins. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. Certain corporate expenses shown below have not been allocated to the business segments.

The following table provides financial information by business segments for the three months ended July 31, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):

G. Defined Benefit Pension Plans

The Company has non-contributory defined benefit pension plans covering substantially all domestic 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. The Company did not make any contributions to the plans during the three months ended July 31, 2017 and 2016. The Company expects to make contributions of $600,000 to the plans during fiscal year 2018. The Company assumed an expected long-term rate of return of 7.75% for the period ended July 31, 2017 as compared to 8.0% for the period ended July 31, 2016. Pension expense consisted of the following (in thousands):

H. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash and equivalents, mutual funds, cash surrender value of life insurance policies, term loans and short-term borrowings. The carrying value of these assets and liabilities approximate their fair value. The following tables summarize the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis as of July 31, 2017 and April 30, 2017 (in thousands):

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I. Reclassifications

Certain 2016 amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2017 presentation in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Such reclassifications had no impact on net earnings.

J. New Accounting Standards

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASU 2014-09”). This update outlines a new comprehensive revenue recognition model that supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance and requires companies to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 also requires additional disclosures about the nature, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments. The FASB has issued several updates and/or practical expedients to ASU 2014-09. ASU 2014-09 and the subsequent updates and/or practical expedients to the standard will be effective for the Company during the first quarter of our fiscal year 2019 and we do not plan to early adopt. ASU 2014-09 provides two methods of adopting the standard: using either a full retrospective approach or modified retrospective approach. We expect to elect the modified retrospective approach of adopting the standard. We have conducted a preliminary assessment of how ASU 2014-09 is likely to affect us, identifying the Company’s revenue streams and performance obligations. Our contracts with customers currently may be for single performance obligations or for multiple performance obligations. Based on our preliminary assessment, we do not believe the new standard materially changes our accounting policy for these types of performance obligations. We have also evaluated the impact the new standard will have on our existing policies, contracts, accounting processes, internal controls, reporting systems and disclosure processes and are in the process of identifying improvements and or enhancements that we will make to the aforementioned in preparing to comply with the new guidance. We continue to evaluate the implications of the new guidance and at this time do not believe the adoption of ASU 2014-09 will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, equity or cash flows.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, “Inventory – Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory.” This guidance changes the measurement principle for inventory from the lower of cost or market to the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is defined as estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company adopted this standard effective May 1, 2017. The adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-9, “Stock Compensation – Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting.” This guidance simplifies various aspects related to how share-based payments are accounted for and presented in the financial statements. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company adopted this standard prospectively effective May 1, 2017. Prior periods were not retrospectively adjusted. The adoption of this standard did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The Company’s 2017 Annual Report to Stockholders contains management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations as of and for the year ended April 30, 2017. The following discussion and analysis describes material changes in the Company’s financial condition since April 30, 2017. The analysis of results of operations compares the three months ended July 31, 2017 with the comparable period of the prior year.

Results of Operations

Sales for the three months ended July 31, 2017 were $33,881,000, a decrease of 9.1% from sales of $37,279,000 in the comparable period of the prior year. Domestic sales were $22,146,000, down from $29,637,000 in the comparable period of the prior year, due to the timing of customer demand within the Company’s order backlog. International sales were $11,735,000, up from sales of $7,642,000 in the comparable period of the prior year, as sales were favorably impacted by shipments of a large Middle East order during the quarter.

The order backlog was $111.2 million at July 31, 2017, as compared to $113.5 million at April 30, 2017 and $86.2 million at July 31, 2016.

The gross profit margin for the three months ended July 31, 2017 was 20.1% of sales, as compared to 19.2% of sales in the comparable quarter of the prior year. The increase in the gross profit margin percentage for the current period was primarily due to continued execution of the Company’s cost reduction and productivity improvement programs.

Operating expenses for the three months ended July 31, 2017 were $5,133,000, or 15.2% of sales, as compared to $5,078,000, or 13.6% of sales, in the comparable period of the prior year. The increase in operating expenses for the three months ended July 31, 2017 related primarily to increases in corporate governance expenses of $160,000 and wages and incentive compensation of $73,000 partially offset by decreases in pension expense of $69,000 and professional services of $94,000 when compared to the prior period.

Interest expense was $59,000 for the three months ended July 31, 2017, as compared to $80,000 for the comparable period of the prior year. The lower interest expense resulted from lower borrowing levels in the first three months of the current year as compared to the prior year.

Income tax expense of $605,000 was recorded for the three months ended July 31, 2017, as compared to income tax expense of $770,000 recorded for the comparable period of the prior year. The effective tax rates were 33.7% and 36.7% for the three months ended July 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The effective tax rate for the prior period reflects an unfavorable adjustment to tax expense attributable to the domestic tax consequences of the earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries.

Noncontrolling interests related to the Company’s subsidiary not 100% owned by the Company reduced net earnings by $44,000 for the three months ended July 31, 2017, as compared to $30,000 for the comparable period of the prior year. The change in the net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest in the current period was due to changes in earnings of the subsidiary in the related period.

Net earnings of $1,148,000, or $0.42 per diluted share, were reported for the three months ended July 31, 2017, compared to net earnings of $1,300,000, or $0.48 per diluted share, in the prior year period.

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. The Company believes that these sources will be sufficient to support ongoing business requirements in the current year, including capital expenditures.

The Company had working capital of $34,071,000 at July 31, 2017, compared to $32,885,000 at April 30, 2017. The ratio of current assets to current liabilities was 2.6-to-1.0 at July 31, 2017, compared to 2.2-to-1.0 at April 30, 2017. At July 31, 2017, advances of $3.4 million were outstanding under the Company’s bank revolving credit facility, compared to advances of $3.5 million outstanding as of April 30, 2017. The Company had standby letters of credit outstanding of $4.2 million at July 31, 2017 and April 30, 2017. Amounts available under the $20 million revolving credit facility were $12.4 million and $12.3 million at July 31, 2017 and April 30, 2017, respectively. Total bank borrowings and interest rate swaps were $6,783,000 at July 31, 2017, compared to $6,940,000 at April 30, 2017.

The Company’s operations provided cash of $530,000 during the three months ended July 31, 2017, with cash primarily provided from earnings and a decrease of $6,248,000 in receivables, partially offset by an increase in inventories of $2,066,000 and a decrease of $5,033,000 in deferred revenue. The Company’s operations used cash of $180,000 during the three months ended July 31, 2016, primarily driven by an increase of $2,697,000 in receivables, and an increase of $1,159,000 in inventories, partially offset by a $1,995,000 increase in accounts payable and other accrued expenses and net earnings.

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During the three months ended July 31, 2017, the Company used net cash used of $471,000 in investing activities, which included $435,000 for capital expenditures, and a $36,000 increase in restricted cash. During the three months ended July 31, 2016, net cash of $1,115,000 was used in investing activities, which included $1,056,000 for capital expenditures and a $59,000 increase in restricted cash.

The Company’s financing activities used cash of $554,000 during the three months ended July 31, 2017 primarily for cash dividends of $406,000 paid to stockholders, repayment of $105,000 on long-term debt, and a net decrease in short-term borrowings of $52,000. The Company’s financing activities provided cash of $2,788,000 during the three months ended July 31, 2016, primarily from a $3,140,000 net increase in short-term borrowings, partially offset by cash dividends of $350,000 paid to stockholders, and repayment of long-term debt of $105,000.

Outlook

The Company’s ability to predict future demand for its products continues to be limited given its role as subcontractor or supplier to dealers for subcontractors. Demand for the Company’s products is also dependent upon the number of laboratory construction projects planned and/or current progress in projects already under construction. The Company’s earnings are also impacted by fluctuations in prevailing pricing for projects in the laboratory construction marketplace and increased costs of raw materials, including stainless steel, wood, and epoxy resin, and whether the Company is able to increase product prices to customers in amounts that correspond to such increases without materially and adversely affecting sales. Additionally, since prices are normally quoted on a firm basis in the industry, the Company bears the burden of possible increases in labor and material costs between the quotation of an order and delivery of a product. Looking forward the Company is optimistic that fiscal year 2018 will result in increased sales and earnings as our order backlog and opportunities in the marketplace remain strong.

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

This report contains statements that the Company believes to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this report, including statements regarding the Company’s future financial condition, results of operations, business operations and business prospects, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “predict,” “believe” and similar words, expressions and variations of these words and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to important factors, risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including industry and economic conditions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Such factors, risks, uncertainties and assumptions include, but are not limited to, competitive and general economic conditions, both domestically and internationally; changes in customer demands; dependence on customers’ required delivery schedules; risks related to fluctuations in the Company’s operating results from quarter to quarter; risks related to international operations, including foreign currency fluctuations; changes in the legal and regulatory environment; changes in raw materials and commodity costs; and acts of terrorism, war, governmental action, natural disasters and other Force Majeure events. Many important factors that could cause such a difference are described under the caption “Risk Factors” in Item 1A in the Company’s 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this document. The Company assumes no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation, to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

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, 2017.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based on the evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required financial disclosure.

As disclosed under Item 9A. Controls and Procedures in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2017, management identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting relating to the misapplication of certain aspects of the Company’s multi-element and percentage of completion revenue recognition policies.

The Company has implemented changes to the design of its controls and procedures surrounding the execution of the Company’s multi-element and percentage of completion revenue recognition policies, which included, but were not limited to, drafting additional policy guidance, training key personnel and developing additional detective and monitoring controls. The material weakness cannot be considered remediated until the applicable controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively. We currently expect to complete remediation of the material weakness by April 30, 2018.

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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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